He Feeds Cattle In A Circle To Reduce Fighting

He Feeds Cattle In A Circle To Reduce Fighting LIVESTOCK Beef 20-6-34 Cattle do less fighting when grain is fed to them in a circle instead of in a straight-line windrow, says Byron Hart, Vermilion, Alberta, who has a 140-head cow-calf operation. "When we fed in a straight line, the cows all ran down to the end and bunched up. Then they would start fighting on their way back down the line. If the hay and grain is laid out in a circle, they just line up on both sides and start eating." He generally lays out circles of feed where organic matter is needed, such as on hill tops. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Byron Hart, Box 3246, Vermilion, Alberta, Canada T9X 2B2 (ph 403 853-2496).

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