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This year we will have 500 cows on
range. Both of the purebred herd and
commercial herds are run together
in the mountains. The range pastures
open on the 1st of June and run through
to the 16th of October. With 30km of
highway fence and half a million acres
of crown range land, we have our work
cut out for us fencing and moving cows
between alotted pasture boundaries.
The cows start grazing the lower valleys
and mountain slopes, grazing higher as
the spring like pastures mature later at
higher altitudes and the bugs aren't as
persistent yet. The pastures they are
eating are mostly hard grasses, ie:
bunch grass and wheat grass, with some
wild alfalfa, shrubs and some riparian
areas.
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