One of the fundamentals of raising cows is the balance between the number of cows in a given area versus the ability of the land to recover. You always want slightly fewer cows than the land can handle so it will have adequate time to reseed and regrow. Stocking rate…
The King Ranch, located in south Texas between Corpus Christi and Brownsville, is one of the world’s largest and most famous ranches. The ranch itself is divided into four separate land areas (Laureles, Santa Gertrudis, Encino, Norias) of approximately 1,300 square miles. King had a life long motto “buy land,…
From the Texas AgriLife Extension Service Horse owners and ranchers can take precautions to reduce the risk and spread of wildfire and protect their animals from injury or death by fire, said Texas AgriLife agents. “The most important thing to remember is to have a fire plan in place,” said…
The largest cow/calf ranching operation is in Florida, not Texas. Just to give some perspective they require 1,300 bulls to cover the 44,000 cows. Dotted with lakes, and native forested areas, the ranch is home to deer, turkey, armadillos, eagles, alligators and other wildlife. The ranch has received awards for…
Chet Vogt’s Three Creeks (Briscoe, Mad and Clover) Ranch in Glenn County, California is a 500 cow/calf operation that successfully integrates environmental and economic sustainability on 5,300 acres of winter rangeland, supplemented by a summer grazing permit. The core of Vogt’s holistic approach is intensive managed grazing, which rotates the…
