BFT Ranch

03/30/2025

It’s a girl!

03/27/2025

Cattle working day. Can you see the barn?!? Me either.

03/22/2025

It’s been a minute! (Southern speak for: I haven’t posted in quite a while😉).
All is well here at the ranch. Calves being born, herds being rotated through pastures, steers getting fat and being processed. And now, Spring is knocking. (Don’t get too excited, the bois d’arc trees havent budded yet). But planting season has arrived, fruit trees, native grasses and management of all the above is keeping me moving!

03/07/2025

Temple Grandin is a distinguished professor of animal science at Colorado State in Fort Collins. She proved doubters wrong and changed her field.

02/19/2025

This calf was born last night at dusk. I found the pair this morning on the leeward side of a giant pecan tree. Looks good. I worried all night, but did not want to intervene. And this morning, a quick pass through the pasture, a little cotton seed for energy boost and I’m outta there. The more I drive around, the more the cattle move with me; disturbed from a warm place, a good bite of hay or just hunkered down conserving body warmth. Good genetics, pre-loading hay and improved winter planting/grazing all add up to confidence in getting the herd through short rough patches like today!

02/16/2025

Rotational grazing. When the plains were wide-open and there were no fences or humans to interact with; the buffalo did it according to their seasons and the amount of grass and water available. Humans came along and guided animals into ranges. We practice rotational grazing on a smaller scale and try to follow more natural events. But I often think how humans have affected (positive and negative)
animals lives and none so apparent to me that this little guy this morning when I said it was time to change pastures. Doesn’t he just look mad, that I am disturbing him from his comfortable dry bedding?🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 get along little doggie it’s time to move!

02/15/2025

02/15/2025

Folks, use your voice!

02/14/2025

https://youtu.be/EhWUFZ2YgP4?si=AXxROPgOiN-D-keP Just spent the morning in a neighboring county with like minded Ag folks. Thanks to collaborating groups like: Texas Grazing Lands Coalition, Texas Parks and Wildlife and NRCS! But most of all, the Ebels family! Thank you for taking the time to share your experiences and knowledge!

02/10/2025

It never fails! New calf on this cold rainy day. This first time mama will learn quick!

02/02/2025

When in winter….buy seeds and dream of planting!

02/01/2025

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01/28/2025

3 new calves today! I guess they are trying to beat the rain!

01/22/2025

New heifer calf today! Cold, cold, cold.

01/21/2025

It’s breaking ice weather.

01/16/2025