How to Feed 1,000 Head of Cattle

An overview of how we feed 1,000 head of cattle on our family farm here in Kansas!

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[stevemartinez]

I find your videos fascinating and quite enjoyable. If I was say 30 years younger I would love to do what you all do. I know that farming/raising cattle won't make you "rich" in the money aspect, but to me you guys are "rich" in that you are doing a lifestyle and work that you all seem to enjoy. My wife and I are settling down for retirement on our 35 acre "hobby farm" and enjoy every bit of the hard "work" (I call it my therapy) that we do. God bless and keep the great videos coming.

[edgarkyeyune]

I just discovered your channel a day ago & it's so addictive. I just 🧡 the simplicity & rawness of your content. Please keep us glued. ❤️ from Dubai - U.A.E.

[myronparks]

Nice operation you guys have. I miss working at the feedyard. I live in Western Iowa. I worked for my neighbor in the 90s. It was Hanson Cattle Company. He had a 10, 000 head feedyard in the Loess Hills east of Onawa. 6 pens total. We finished the cattle. He would buy them around 700-850 pounds. The feed ration was cracked corn, corn silage and hay plus their vitamins and minerals. The only part about feeding cattle in the winter i didn't like was chopping ice out of the water tanks.

[jamesmilos]

Great video! Having raised cattle my entire life, it’s great to meet some farmer/feeders! Keep up the great work!

[lorilandenburger]

First year vet student here, from Alaska. Thanks for these great videos! Do you ever have rodent problems with your grain storage... here, we get a ton of meadow voles when it gets cold starting in september. Also, it's making me cold watching you guys out in cotton! Lol! wool for the win! Looking forward to the rest of your videos. Wishing you the very best of years!

[soloheadlad]

Great video cattle look strong and have a good coat of hair for the winter elements. Here in ireland 90%of cattle are indoors for winter

[TheFarmingLife]

Thanks for the video. a farmer here in Pennsylvania I appreciate all the hard work you do in Kansas to help feed the world. Feeding 200 for me is pretty hard some days especially when the weather is not working with you. Have an awesome day 😎

[aqter]

It’s humbling to see how much work, effort and care that you do 7 Days / 24Hrs week! Just like people animals eat everyday. Thanks for showing us the depth of involvement. This is truly educational. Appreciate so much the Farmers because “this does not happen in the Supermarket storeroom. Appreciate what y’all do, makes one think about what goes into these when you go to the grocery store. Plus Farmers eat to, they eat what they grow. If you do any upgrades/ improvements, etc what would they be? All takes “Resources” that is for sure! Thanks for Sharing your Family operation.

[michaelthola]

You guys have quite the farm. Thanks for the overview and detail on cows.

[rshoemaker]

Feeding America! Thank you for your hard work. Great video.

[robertreznik]

Very informative! The cattle feeding is very different here in West Texas on the North Plains. Mostly 50, 000 to 100, 000 head custom feeders.

[andrewm]

Interesting video about feed lots in the USA. Going to watch somemore video of yours to understand more.

[branonjohnson]

Gotta feed everybody!
Truer words have rarely been said!
Gotta feed them so they can feed us!
Keep it up fellas

[kevintanner]

Man I should have waited on the question I asked you guys the other day about the cow calf operation or you guys are doing this video because of my questions but one hella job guys keep it up. God bless

[mathiggins]

Looking good guys be safe out there see you next time your buddy from Nebraska 👍

[herbhouston]

That's quite an operation you have. I like how the whole family is involved.

[jackwillie]

Folks these men but a lot of time into this operation and it’s every day of the year and the equipment is constantly breaking down, , , my hats off to them, , , been their, winter can be harsh, , , and flies are everywhere…one point a big company sent us a new mixer to test out we feed 1200 head ..filled it up to mix every gear Box, chains, bombed the front of the mixer box and All was twisted up they were mad as, need say no more, ,would love to hear some great stories on when things went wrong…

[realworldwildlifeproducts]

I really enjoyed this video - there is so much science behind what you guys do. It is not as easy as having cows that have calves that you sell. To be successful it is amazing what all has to be done in picking the stage of the process you want to specialize in and be efficient and profitable at it. People don't understand that this all does not even consider the crops that you are raising to sustain these feed rations. Well done guys - enjoy both channels but I like this one the most! ~ Terry

[edharnish]

Very informative thanks. Here in southeastern pennsylvania there are almost no backgrounders only small feedlots. The cattle come mostly from Virginian.

[jamesosinga]

Of course Dad gets the nicer tractor 😜 That's the advantage of being the eldest. You've got a nice set up there. Good video 👍