Our 30 brood cows are excellent mothers and very in age from 3 years to, at this writing, 12 years of age.  These mothers are allowed to wean their calves themselves.  Thus, they are a happy, calm group. 

Our cattle receive yearly vaccinations against beef diseases but do not receive maintenance antibiotics. Our cattle’s yearly food intake follows the grass cycle: from April to October they move through grass-legume fields and self-select their food.  As the grass stops growing and goes into its rest period – November through March – the cattle are fed our stored hay grown on a harvested field here at the farm. This hay does not receive pesticides either.