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Santa Gertrudis Cattle

By | Cattle

Santa Gertrudis breed of cattle was the first officially recognized new breed of beef cattle in America. We have a lot of them here in the Southwest. Richard King, founder of the King Ranch, sought to improve his cattle and horse stock through an aggressive, thorough and studied upbreeding (breed…

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Freeze Branding

By | Cattle

Branding cattle has a long history and is done for security reasons as a permanent way to identify the owner. Most people have seen branding done with hot irons but in recent times freeze branding has become popular. It is nearly painless to the animal and is often used on…

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Design of Curved Cattle Chutes

By | Cattle, Equipment, Ranches

I’ve written before about livestock equipment designer Dr. Temple Grandin. In this video she is talking about designing curved cattle chutes. You can get her newly revised paperback book about this subject HERE. If you have problems seeing the video below click HERE. youtube::EZ1VzDSmsNk::

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