Adrian Cattle Co Washington State Beef Commission Form

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The cow/calf operation is the first step in the whole beef cycle. We have the cows, which are the mothers, and they are going to have the babies starting in March. They are eating grass and they are drinking mama's milk. That's it. It's just like what you would do as a mother, you make sure your kids are getting all the nutrients they need, a well-balanced meal. Well, we do the same thing for our cattle. They are eating grasses and legumes, alfalfa and clovers and things like that, and then we make sure they have a free choice salt and mineral package. That is in front of them all the time. Fresh drinking water is the big thing. You know, they need to have a very clean source of water. The process of moving cattle from pasture to pasture the reason we do that, we rotate through small pastures. So right now they are on a 15 acre pasture and as soon as they eat what we think is sufficient, we'll move them on to the next one and then to the next one and then to the next one. We'll follow