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Let’s get a Mooove on it! Farm Intern – Taylor Burrell Week 3

June 14, 2018 by virginia.moerbe

Monday, we fixed a gap in the fence line where a wash out occurred. We patched the gap so that we could move the main herd into this pasture for grazing, without having to worry about cows getting on the neighbor’s property.

Monday afternoon we tried to move the main herd to a new pasture from the hay field by coaxing them with some cottonseed. While most of the main herd was disinterested, the cows and heifers in the northwest pasture were more than happy to follow the hay seed into the corral so we could sort them out on Tuesday.

Tuesday morning, I moved the northwest pasture herd into the working pens to sort them. We moved the pregnant heifers to the headquarters pens to keep an eye on them and moved the others to new grazing.

Wednesday morning, we tried to move the main herd once again, and this time it was successful! Thanks to the help of Dr. John Tomecek, his horse, Shiner, and a little bit of cottonseed, we got most of the main herd to move towards the pasture we want them in.

By: Taylor Burrell

 

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