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Beef Cattle saboranch on 24 Sep 2008
First Devon Calf
Our first Rotokawa Devon heifer calf, born on Mother’s Day. 2008.
Beef Cattle saboranch on 24 Sep 2008
Red Cows at Sunset
Red Cows at sunset with the mountains behind: This view across our front hayfield shows a typical winter snow and the spectacular Tobacco Root mountain range that is our backyard. Our ranch sits at 5200′, with about 16-18″ of annual precipitation.
Warm summer days (80-100 deg F) and cool nights, (usually in the 40′s) lead to high omega 3 and CLA (conjugated linoleum acid) levels in our grasses and hay crop. Our soils, freshly eroded from the mountains, are high in minerals that create sweet, intensely flavored 100% Grassfed meat from our beef animals.
These 26 Red Angus heifers are the beginning of our 100% Grassfed Beef herd. We implanted 14 full blood Rotokawa™ Devon embryos in these heifers in August last year, following up with our full blood Devon bull, “Sabo’s Abel”. We eagerly awaited the birth of our full blood and half blood Devon calves in May and June 2008. These girls are a wonderfully plump, easy keeping, gentle bunch of cows.