"I Bought a Farm...Now What?" Videos
The "I bought a farm...now what" series is intended to highlight the decisions and the work necessary to develop a beef cattle operation with an underdeveloped farm. It is designed for someone that has little to no experience in the beef cattle industry. This documentary will involve many people in the Department, College, and industry.
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Episode 30 - Prepairing Heifers for Breeding
Dr. Les discusses the steps taken to prepare the heifers for the breeding season. He discusses vaccinations, deworming, rations, pelvic area, and reproductive tract scores of the heifers in this project. Dr. Les does not go into detail on the pelvic area so for more detailed information on that please view the following YouTube video from Beef Minutes (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PGQ55RHpNg&list=PLC5aJFY_Be8XJZ_03_Ql73TK0826T8Fjq&index=4).
Episode 29. Treating a heifer for pinkeye
In this episode Dr. Les discusses and demonstrates how to treat a heifer with pinkeye. Dr. Les and the landowner use a dart gun with an antibiotic to treat the bacterial infection on the eye. Fortunately, the infection was caught quickly and the heifer will recover without any ill effects.
Episode 23. "Dr. Jimmy Henning Talks Grass."
Dr. Jimmy Henning and Dr. Les discuss the forage/grazing plan and the grass inventory for the farm on July 27. Don’t miss Dr. Jimmy’s fantastic discussion of forage development, management, and grazing. The episode is a little longer than some of our others but it is completely worth the time.
Episode 7. "Finding heifers to buy"
We are ready to purchase heifers but where and how do we find good heifers to buy? What factors should be considered when purchasing heifers? Kevin Laurent joins Dr. Les for this two part discussion on the process of purchasing heifers for our heifer development enterprise.
Episode 5. "Rotational Grazing System"
Dr. Jeff Lehmkuhler discusses many factors used to design a rotational grazing system for the farm. Dr. Lehmkuhler uses a web soil survey to help assess the fertility of the soil and maps out the forage plan for the heifer development system. Very interesting discussion.
Episode 1 - "Series Introduction"
The "I bought a farm...now what" series is intended to highlight the decisions and the work necessary to develop a beef cattle operation with an underdeveloped farm. It is designed for someone that has little to no experience in the beef cattle industry. This documentary will involve many people in the Department, College, and industry.