Cattle pens

We recently improved the working facilities at our other farm. I don't have a picture that does justice to the before, but suffice it to say a lot of twine was involved. Now we have several sorting pens, a loading alley, and a covered head gate. I think things will run smoother the next time we have to work the cattle here.

Lately I have been reading two books by Temple Grandin (am I the only one who reads more than one book at the same time? I think I have four on the go at the moment!). If you haven’t heard of Temple Grandin, she is an amazing lady. I first discovered her one lonely night in a hotel when I flicked channels and came across the biographical movie about her work with cattle. Temple is autistic, and extremely good at understanding and explaining cattle behaviour. She explains that her autistic…

Walk in fence. This way you don't have to unlatch the gate every time, but your livestock stay in.

Discover how S&B's custom gates offer robust and adaptable solutions to meet all your livestock handling needs.

Fencing livestock is important for many reasons. It can protect your valuable livestock, keep them contained for easy herding and even allow you to manage the health of your farmland. While early f…

A design like the picture above shows the handling facility that will be on on my cow-calf operation. This facility is located according to access from pastures, so cattle can go from pastures into the holding and sorting pens. Once in these pens cattle can follow through the layout where we can easily bring them into the squeeze chute. Also the facility will help us load the cattle when transporting.

Here are some photos of the show cattle barn, sale barn, and the entrance to Bob Funk's house I took today on my tour ...