Rotational Grazing
These cattle rotate to a new paddock every day each one being about the size of a subdivision plot.
Soil Is Where It's At
Here are 2 soil samples from the same field, one of the samples is from 2016 and one 2020. The difference in organic matter is incredible – 1.73% to 3.58%!
Creep Grazing into November
Creep grazing is in full swing at Fischer Farms. We have 280 acres of ryegrass that we planted in September and in some places is 16” high already.
Continuous Quality Improvement
Hopefully many of you have noticed the continued quality improvements in our beef. I thought I would give some of our thinking and continued process improvement of why it continues to improve. We view quality on three main characteristics: marbling, flavor & tenderness.
Water Management
A key part of managing land that can be overlooked is how runoff from rain is controlled. The soil itself actually has a huge impact.
Grazing / Silage Research... and... Sunflowers??
We have been doing research over the past couple weeks on different grasses and their silage nutritional value.
Planting Ryegrass by Sunset Light
A less stressful week this week catching up on to-do's from last week. We're keeping the drill (ryegrass seed planter) running most daylight hours to get as much planted as we can before the rain comes so it gets good growth before the cold hits. Every day counts!
Donkey Protectors
Donkeys are sometimes used in herds as additional protectors of calves from predators (e.g., coyotes). Our most recent trial was less than successful... Jack, was less of a protector and quickly became the wimpiest one in the group (scared of the cows).
All Bulls Are Not Created Equal
We often talk about our top quality genetics but thought we would provide a little more depth into how and why we spend so much time selecting the genetics that we do.
New Butchering Facility
We have officially broke ground on our new processing facility with Sander Processing