When I realized I was the last descendant of a multigenerational family of farmers dating back for hundreds of years. I watched it all fizzle away after my dad died. We sold all the farming equipment and a large portion of the property to pay for old farming debt. A few years later the bank took the farm house because of additional debt owed. Ever since then I’ve wondered what to with that land I inherited up there near Ocala. Ten years later I started my own cattle ranch not knowing much about cows or how to do it. I had my eight acre inheritance that was just an empty pasture. I purchased a ten year lease on the adjacent property and now operate on 16 acres, plus I got four more at my Aunts place next door. That gave me twenty acres to work with. I started the project last year in August of 2020 and work out there ever spare moment. Every chance I get I’m out there on my days off my regular day job. First thing I did was get a permit from the county for the construction project. Next thing I did was install a power pole for electric to the well pump. Then I trenched 800 feet to the well - and dug it three feet deep and then laid the 800 feet of electrical wire. I installed a 1 hp in ground jet pump and called the county for an inspection. I passed and called the electric company the next day to get service. After that I piped 400 feet of irrigation and hooked up two water toughs. I knew I couldn’t let my heritage end with me. I had very little knowledge about anything I was doing but managed to successfully get it all done. I built the breaker box and the weather head. I got the codes from the city and the electric company and built it according to their specifications and the county codes. I thank God for the strength and am still very thankful. I didn’t spend much time on the farm growing up. I was taken away as a young boy when I was about eight years old to live in the city where I grew up in Clearwater. I visited Anthony often, but never stayed that long. Now I plan to retire up there. I purchased seven heifers in October, 2020 and moved them next door to my Aunts property next door and finished the electrical to the well. She’s always loved cows and grew up on the farm. They are about a year old now and I still keep them there. I’ll breed them after they’re close to two years old. After I got the well running I bought more cows. I got eight pregnant cows, a few steers, a couple more heifers and a bull. I’ve been blessed with six calves this season. I had four in March and twin bulls calves in June, four baby bulls and two heifers. It’s all been an extremely exciting experience and I know my papa and my dad are proud looking down on me knowing I’ve busted my butt every spare minute I had to keep the farm going. Now I have twenty six head and another pregnant mama due soon. I did most everything myself with very little help. I didn’t let anything or anyone stop me, not even covid. I got it on Christmas Eve and was back to work the next week in January… felt like the flu. Now look what I’ve accomplished with the grace of God. I could of never done it alone. Even though I was by myself… I always had my papa or dad to guide me as I just followed with my gut feelings.
Look up several regenerative farmers. I especially like when they admit their mistakes. And Joel Salatin is an incredible motivational speaker. How noble and important what you are doing is. Right while he is telling a rat got all his baby chicks, stuff like that.
I live on the cattle ranch my parents own and let me tell you that it is not as fun as it seems. You have to deal with predators and death. Some calves will be still born and most people say cows are low maintenance but they are very high maintenance.
Reading the comments and seeing so much help, Love this community. Can't wait till I have more money so I can become a farmer. Once I get monetized and have some passive income coming in I'm doing it!
Great video and sorry about the calf...we have tons of coyotes around us along with bob cats (N.E. Texas)..we just brought home our first bred beef cow - 2 mos. bred - angusxbrangus mix...6 yrs old...new to cows...we won't be having a herd...just raising meat for us on our homestead...she should calve out in May next year...and will set up a nice paddock out of one side of the barn for her to have safety having the calf... we have 9 rescue horses on our 27 acres...just have the cow 1 week today...so she is a bit skiddish being lone cow, new people, and property...but she is doing good...bucket training her on cubes and she comes and follows us pretty good...we raise laying hens and hatch out chicks...raise cornish x chicks and butcher for good meat...raise meat rabbits and hoping for a good breeding as soon as the weather can cool down some...got a couple of gilt pigs that may be ready to go to slaughter by December...and now added some beef to our table...gowing veggies and have some fruit trees...canning and freezing...living a clean life...like your channel!
Hi! Love your videos. Suggestion...turn the volume of your music down? In some sections we can't hear what your saying. Bless your work your family your lively cattle!
now what u need is 10 goats, just looking at the pen where the bulls are,only thing is left is tall weeds, the goats will eat them weeds down to the ground then return too eat any new growth over a few times killing that weed, leaving more space for grass to regrow in. we got a few goats last year to keep the weeds down in our hog yard, its mostly a paved area but weeds still sneak up around all the barns etc and now with the goats there the weeds are gone.
I used to have goats in that bull pen probably 8-10 years ago. I loved having them around and they are the heck out of the weeds. I just didn’t have great fencing. Hopefully one day I’ll get back into it!
I'm a veterinary medicine student. My family farmed for years and years, but the cattle get poor quality rearing. After I saw that video, If there is a chance I want to visit there farm once, And in any farm from your country. ///// I like your video. It's a great video. Nice farm like and follow great.
I just bought 28 acres of land I would love to put a least 10 cows in it Hereford my favorite cow I've been looking around I live in Michigan and I'm having a hard time to find them
I love your video and all details thanks so much for sharing, Only one Opinion is the music lauder that you, I would like to hear what you say, thanks again for sharing really appreciate it.
Dude Hey! I'm your South African subscriber here...I have a few questions...Would you recommend starting a cow cal operation from bottle calves? If yes, is 20 heifers no bull manageable for one person? : assume all the machinery, milk, grass and grains is an abundance.
If you are wanting to start a beef cow calf operation, I would not start with bottle calves if you can afford to buy heifers or cows. If you have limited money to spend, then bottle calves are the cheaper route. Not to mention the bottle calves are much more docile when full grown. Yes 20 should be manageable for one person!
Would you ever have a problem with someone asking you for permission to come and roam your field in search of mushrooms? How would you respond to that? I love studying the local farms and ecosystems , also foraging wild mushrooms (not just the magic kind)! I won’t trespass, but I’m not sure how to approach these good, hard working people. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated
We don’t have any mushrooms growing in the fields but a lot of the woods in Missouri have some mushrooms in the spring. Most farmers probably wouldn’t mind if you asked for permission to walk through their woods, but it all depends on the farmer. Some don’t want ANYONE going on their property and others don’t care as long as you ask. Worst case you ask and they say no. If we had some timber, I’d check it for mushrooms too. But sadly we don’t hardly have any timber on the property. You might have a little better luck asking some hunters if you can check their property for mushrooms.
I was looking for a farming video and this help a lot thank you and I want to thank Marie_trading for carefully helping me manage my portfolio from $5,000 and turning that amount into $250,000. If you need help with managing or increasing your portfolio, you should contact her, she's doing a good job. I appreciate.
That would cause really bad stress for the calf, they need to be with others as they feel safer and they need the stimulation from having others around them (especially if they’ve already gotten used to being with other cattle) Separating the calf from the others could cause the bad habit to get worse or could lead to additional bad habits developing...it could also lead to behavioural issues.
I’m new here. You mentioned you spray weeds. Hope you use a safe brand. The animals don’t get near these weeds. With all the cancer lawsuits against a weed killer company.
Thanks for watching! We haven’t had a coyote kill in a few years but we have noticed the coyotes have been really bad this year. Hopefully it is the only one that gets taken out! Best of luck!
They are hard to find but in my area you just have to drive around and ask the dairy farmers if they know of anyone breeding their Holstein cows to beef bulls. If you try to buy them on Craigslist you will end up paying much more than market price. Most dairy farmers would rather you come pick them up than have to haul a few to the sale barn every week. So just ask around and eventually you should find some. Most dairy farmers in my area are about to retire so they don’t want to raise anymore dairy heifers to keep. That’s why they breed with beef bulls.
Nice video of that, nice lookin animals, your black cow there the one was about to get after you, those are the ones that are perfect for predators but mostly for coyotes.. cuz we had a cow like that once, but sometimes there pain in the butt especially when it involves their own baby's after so many hours of after having it. So I'll say she's a good protective mother of her young. & #2 that's the problem with yearlings there worst then cows on times of getting out of the gates..lol #3 but that's the part of farming is there's always something needs fixing or checking before being used again. And last but not least sorry for your calf there, my guess is that she could of been out eating a little ways so she wasn't able to protect her baby? Or there again some cow's some, don't care about there young like they should be. But inerways good work.👍 and good
When I realized I was the last descendant of a multigenerational family of farmers dating back for hundreds of years. I watched it all fizzle away after my dad died. We sold all the farming equipment and a large portion of the property to pay for old farming debt. A few years later the bank took the farm house because of additional debt owed. Ever since then I’ve wondered what to with that land I inherited up there near Ocala.
Ten years later I started my own cattle ranch not knowing much about cows or how to do it. I had my eight acre inheritance that was just an empty pasture. I purchased a ten year lease on the adjacent property and now operate on 16 acres, plus I got four more at my Aunts place next door. That gave me twenty acres to work with.
I started the project last year in August of 2020 and work out there ever spare moment. Every chance I get I’m out there on my days off my regular day job. First thing I did was get a permit from the county for the construction project. Next thing I did was install a power pole for electric to the well pump. Then I trenched 800 feet to the well - and dug it three feet deep and then laid the 800 feet of electrical wire. I installed a 1 hp in ground jet pump and called the county for an inspection. I passed and called the electric company the next day to get service. After that I piped 400 feet of irrigation and hooked up two water toughs.
I knew I couldn’t let my heritage end with me. I had very little knowledge about anything I was doing but managed to successfully get it all done. I built the breaker box and the weather head. I got the codes from the city and the electric company and built it according to their specifications and the county codes.
I thank God for the strength and am still very thankful. I didn’t spend much time on the farm growing up. I was taken away as a young boy when I was about eight years old to live in the city where I grew up in Clearwater. I visited Anthony often, but never stayed that long. Now I plan to retire up there.
I purchased seven heifers in October, 2020 and moved them next door to my Aunts property next door and finished the electrical to the well. She’s always loved cows and grew up on the farm. They are about a year old now and I still keep them there. I’ll breed them after they’re close to two years old.
After I got the well running I bought more cows. I got eight pregnant cows, a few steers, a couple more heifers and a bull. I’ve been blessed with six calves this season. I had four in March and twin bulls calves in June, four baby bulls and two heifers. It’s all been an extremely exciting experience and I know my papa and my dad are proud looking down on me knowing I’ve busted my butt every spare minute I had to keep the farm going. Now I have twenty six head and another pregnant mama due soon.
I did most everything myself with very little help. I didn’t let anything or anyone stop me, not even covid. I got it on Christmas Eve and was back to work the next week in January… felt like the flu. Now look what I’ve accomplished with the grace of God. I could of never done it alone. Even though I was by myself… I always had my papa or dad to guide me as I just followed with my gut feelings.
@Quirin M. I think you could handle it
This is the same spirit that the very first farmer in your family had.
Look up several regenerative farmers. I especially like when they admit their mistakes. And Joel Salatin is an incredible motivational speaker. How noble and important what you are doing is. Right while he is telling a rat got all his baby chicks, stuff like that.
"Our cows were all over town..."
"I found one of them in a sizzlers parking lot just standing there staring at a poster of a ribeye..."
I miss the ranch...
😂😂
Oh god you got them back tho? Right?
I used to live on a farms, but moved to the city about 7 years ago. I can't wait to be able to move back to a farm again!
You should get some Donkeys to put in with the cows. They are great for keeping coyotes away.
I’ve heard of guard donkeys. I would get them but my dad probably wouldn’t go for it haha
Then, tell your Dad to get accustomed to losing calves, frequently. Once a Coyote Pack gets established, they are hard to control by Rifle alone.
@@gmathis4829 not jist gun but traps also them coyotes also kill jist ta kill it dont matter what it is they chase
Yeah its true, but have you ever took care of a donkey? Lol
If not donkeys then definitely dogs .. like mastiffs
I wish I lived on a farm but when I grow up I'm going to live on one
You are of age
@Bafflinnn not at all
Me to
I live on the cattle ranch my parents own and let me tell you that it is not as fun as it seems. You have to deal with predators and death. Some calves will be still born and most people say cows are low maintenance but they are very high maintenance.
@@micah_tackett8091 I disagree I live on a ranch and it’s as fun as possible
Reading the comments and seeing so much help, Love this community. Can't wait till I have more money so I can become a farmer. Once I get monetized and have some passive income coming in I'm doing it!
This is such good content and reminds me that there’s good people in the world! Thank you for this!
Great video and sorry about the calf...we have tons of coyotes around us along with bob cats (N.E. Texas)..we just brought home our first bred beef cow - 2 mos. bred - angusxbrangus mix...6 yrs old...new to cows...we won't be having a herd...just raising meat for us on our homestead...she should calve out in May next year...and will set up a nice paddock out of one side of the barn for her to have safety having the calf... we have 9 rescue horses on our 27 acres...just have the cow 1 week today...so she is a bit skiddish being lone cow, new people, and property...but she is doing good...bucket training her on cubes and she comes and follows us pretty good...we raise laying hens and hatch out chicks...raise cornish x chicks and butcher for good meat...raise meat rabbits and hoping for a good breeding as soon as the weather can cool down some...got a couple of gilt pigs that may be ready to go to slaughter by December...and now added some beef to our table...gowing veggies and have some fruit trees...canning and freezing...living a clean life...like your channel!
Sounds like you have a lot going on. Thanks for watching and best of luck!
I enjoy your videos thanks for sharing.
Just came across this channel I'm a over the road trucker and I love to see the cows so many questions will look at other videos
Hai my name firdaus from malaysia I'm amazed at this person who wakes up in the morning to feed the animals
Dang coyotes , so sad about the calf and the mamma sounded so sad
She did. She has moved on since then, but sadly she will be going to the sales barn in December.
@@FarmandHammer What happened to her after the sale
Everytime he try’s to touch them they move away after like “don’t touch me”🤣🤣
Aaaawwww what a love , Cows 🐮❤️
I think this was my favorite video you've had so far! Sorry about the calf.
That was a cool feed filler thing in the beginning
I just found out I’m gonna be working on my great uncles cow farm in Maryland so now I’m watching this lol
Hi! Love your videos. Suggestion...turn the volume of your music down? In some sections we can't hear what your saying. Bless your work your family your lively cattle!
I’m sorry for the momma cow who lost her baby , I know she was hurting ❤️
now what u need is 10 goats, just looking at the pen where the bulls are,only thing is left is tall weeds, the goats will eat them weeds down to the ground then return too eat any new growth over a few times killing that weed, leaving more space for grass to regrow in. we got a few goats last year to keep the weeds down in our hog yard, its mostly a paved area but weeds still sneak up around all the barns etc and now with the goats there the weeds are gone.
I used to have goats in that bull pen probably 8-10 years ago. I loved having them around and they are the heck out of the weeds. I just didn’t have great fencing. Hopefully one day I’ll get back into it!
Great videos I love your channel 🤩👌
They are so cute❤️❤️❤️🤣🤣🤣🤣the bulls loose weight chasing cows😂😂😂😂
Cool video man unfortunate about the calf...hope u can mange yhe coyte issue...
We are gonna try!
Now this quality content!
Love this content!
How are the flies controlled on the cows? We use fussell farms inc automatic cow sprayer, works great.
There always something to do on a farm.
Great video but you put music in the background and it gets hard sometimes to hear you
I noticed that a little too late. I didn’t edit with headphones on and that is the result. I’ll try to fix that next time!
I'm a veterinary medicine student. My family farmed for years and years, but the cattle get poor quality rearing. After I saw that video, If there is a chance I want to visit there farm once, And in any farm from your country. ///// I like your video. It's a great video. Nice farm like and follow great.
Just found your channel buddy awesome👍💯👍 some nice groups 👍💯👍well done
I just bought 28 acres of land I would love to put a least 10 cows in it Hereford my favorite cow I've been looking around I live in Michigan and I'm having a hard time to find them
Hope you find some! Cows deserve wide open space rather than cages. So good for buying alot of land👍
Thanks
when you feed did you add sold, to add sold water and food is good for cows like our food
Grief. Too bad for that mournful mother.
can we please have another day in the life
Farm greetings from Indonesia
I got so baked I look this up lmfaoo !
Hi nice video I have a question How much acres do you have? Or about how much acres do you need for cows?
so wonderful beautiful video friend
I love your video and all details thanks so much for sharing,
Only one Opinion is the music lauder that you, I would like to hear what you say, thanks again for sharing really appreciate it.
what breed of cattle do you have?
does each group of your cows have their own barn to stay in?
Dude Hey! I'm your South African subscriber here...I have a few questions...Would you recommend starting a cow cal operation from bottle calves? If yes, is 20 heifers no bull manageable for one person?
: assume all the machinery, milk, grass and grains is an abundance.
TALES OF A LAW GRADUATE would you being using AI to get calves or what
Yes, or borrow a bull from neighboring farms... I just don't want to deal with a bull YET!
If you are wanting to start a beef cow calf operation, I would not start with bottle calves if you can afford to buy heifers or cows. If you have limited money to spend, then bottle calves are the cheaper route. Not to mention the bottle calves are much more docile when full grown. Yes 20 should be manageable for one person!
Thank you!
I live on a hobbie farm and we have like about 27 cows with 1 bull and a couple of calfs
Would you ever have a problem with someone asking you for permission to come and roam your field in search of mushrooms? How would you respond to that? I love studying the local farms and ecosystems , also foraging wild mushrooms (not just the magic kind)! I won’t trespass, but I’m not sure how to approach these good, hard working people. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated
We don’t have any mushrooms growing in the fields but a lot of the woods in Missouri have some mushrooms in the spring. Most farmers probably wouldn’t mind if you asked for permission to walk through their woods, but it all depends on the farmer. Some don’t want ANYONE going on their property and others don’t care as long as you ask. Worst case you ask and they say no. If we had some timber, I’d check it for mushrooms too. But sadly we don’t hardly have any timber on the property. You might have a little better luck asking some hunters if you can check their property for mushrooms.
@@FarmandHammer thank you
A Day in the Life it's a song by The Beatles
Such a fun video😭😭❤️
Nice cattle farm, I know someone who has a cattle farm as well.
What do you feed them with? I feed them with hay
What kind of grass do you plant in your farm for angus beef and another beef sir.
Very sorry about the calf. Used to raise sheep and the coyotes got several over the years. Really hate them. Mother is a really nice Angus.
Yes, coyotes can do some real damage to small ruminants! I’m glad we usually do not have a problem with them.
I enjoyed that video
I was looking for a farming video and this help a lot thank you and I want to thank Marie_trading for carefully helping me manage my portfolio from $5,000 and turning that amount into $250,000. If you need help with managing or increasing your portfolio, you should contact her, she's doing a good job. I appreciate.
Would a pack of dogs instinctively protect your acreage?
They definitely would . Just would have to get dogs bred for it. I’m surprised they don’t already
Have you ever thought of taking the calve that's sucks on things or other calves and separate it to see it will stop?
That would cause really bad stress for the calf, they need to be with others as they feel safer and they need the stimulation from having others around them (especially if they’ve already gotten used to being with other cattle)
Separating the calf from the others could cause the bad habit to get worse or could lead to additional bad habits developing...it could also lead to behavioural issues.
It's a great video. Nice farm like and follow
Do you have black and white cows and red/brown ones?
Try turning off the music
Good share
I’m feeding bottle calfs
Why don't you use spike plants to build a fence???
less music. hard to sort your voice out over it. otherwise good video
Throw a little de-lice in their general direction and do a flying elbow drop off the feed trough onto that red one! Haaahaha!
Sorry to see that one of your calves was killed. Otherwise things seem to be going well for you. Thanks for a great video.
I’m new here. You mentioned you spray weeds. Hope you use a safe brand. The animals don’t get near these weeds. With all the cancer lawsuits against a weed killer company.
You live in the ozarks?
To be honest, I would love to hang out with these cattle unless they had horns.
Were do you buy your cows or do you breed them
At H McD, the perps knew the fire dept.
Why don't you have fruit trees and vegetables bunks and flowers planted so the cows can become swlf sufficient? ??
Cattle Farmer ^ < Cattle Rancher
Enjoyed seeing your routine but sorry about your calf . We have been blessed so far with that not happening to any of ours but you just never know .
Thanks for watching! We haven’t had a coyote kill in a few years but we have noticed the coyotes have been really bad this year. Hopefully it is the only one that gets taken out! Best of luck!
Looks like yote hunting is on the agenda
where is this farm ?
Where do you find people selling black angus cross bottle calves or just black angus bottle calves? Also how much do you pay for them on average?
They are hard to find but in my area you just have to drive around and ask the dairy farmers if they know of anyone breeding their Holstein cows to beef bulls. If you try to buy them on Craigslist you will end up paying much more than market price. Most dairy farmers would rather you come pick them up than have to haul a few to the sale barn every week. So just ask around and eventually you should find some. Most dairy farmers in my area are about to retire so they don’t want to raise anymore dairy heifers to keep. That’s why they breed with beef bulls.
additional food for the cow from any material
Nice video of that, nice lookin animals, your black cow there the one was about to get after you, those are the ones that are perfect for predators but mostly for coyotes.. cuz we had a cow like that once, but sometimes there pain in the butt especially when it involves their own baby's after so many hours of after having it. So I'll say she's a good protective mother of her young. & #2 that's the problem with yearlings there worst then cows on times of getting out of the gates..lol #3 but that's the part of farming is there's always something needs fixing or checking before being used again. And last but not least sorry for your calf there, my guess is that she could of been out eating a little ways so she wasn't able to protect her baby? Or there again some cow's some, don't care about there young like they should be. But inerways good work.👍 and good
How do you know which cow is which!?
Country Western
nice one, are you stugying bussines casually? because i am and doing pretty much the same haha
What is that stuff that he fed to the cows in the beginning
Grain/supplements
so sad about the calf..😔
l want to visit this farm.
Where's the cow's drink? Am I not careful🤠#breeding
what are you feeding them????
Never sit a battery directly on the ground for a prolonged period of time
🤠🤠🤠🤠Yee-Haw
good job brother improve recording video camera should not shake alot
I'm doing my reseth
Flirting, bullying by insiders. Someone in fire co. She found a lighter, then 8 fire
Cowes are black and white.
Buy a bull from Nichols farm in Iowa
Nice vid dude I'm sorry to here about that calf but what can ya do
Can’t do much now...
@@FarmandHammer yep there ain't nothin
Ever catch hell for wearing shorts and tennis shoes?
All the time. Doesn’t bother me one bit! I’d rather not sweat my butt off while working all summer. The farmers tan is just a bonus 😂😂
plz save the world and take an alan savory grazing class or someone who knows to graze'n
Farming Cows 🐮
Can i visit ur farm bruh?
Farming Cows
Nice battery from oreillys
Good catch!
I work at oreillys in New Hampshire
what? bo an cam ha?
Do you hire guys to shoot the coyotes?
It not that bad lot of work