Why do cattle need minerals in their diets?
Macro mineral: Minerals that are in larger amounts in the animals body and required in larger doses in a healthy diet. In cattle these...
Low-stress Herd Management
Low-stress Management: Proper pressure, applied at the proper time, in the proper direction to create a reaction from the cattle in the...
Top Reasons to Drag Pastures
FERTLIZATION Redistribution of manure, when available, increases the fertilizing value and therefore is more cost effective than the...
Balancing Pasture Hoof Compaction
Cattle walking around your pasture can help loosen up the top soil allowing better water penetration and easier germination of seed for the
Maintaining Cattle Health With Hay Over Winter
When is the right time to cut hay? Hay should be cut when the plant or forage still has plenty of nutrients available within its content....
Australian Shepherds as Cattle Dogs
Bradshaw Cattle Company loves to utilize herding, or "working, dogs as a means of low-stress handling of our cattle. Here are some of the...
4 Responsible Pasture Manure Distribution Practices
According to the University of Missouri Forage Systems Research Center, if the pasture areas are too large or the cattle are being left in t
What is rotation grazing?
There are three stages of grass growth; early vegetative phase (slow growth rate), rapid vegetative phase (optimum growth rate), and a matur
