This photo of Dixie, a second calf heifer, was taken in March of 2012. She’s just weaned her first calf, and is pregnant with her second. From a nutritional perspective, this cow is coming into the most physically demanding time of her life. At three-years-old, she’s still growing, she’s pregnant, it’s cold, (she’s using extra
Yearly Archives: 2012
The difference between beef producers and beef consumers is that consumers think no cattle need grain, and most beef producers think all cattle need grain. This photograph came from somewhere in New England, in a news article on grassfed beef. News reports are often accompanied