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Dowdle Family Farms
United States
Приєднався 9 жов 2020
Dowdle Family Farms is a multiple generation farm located in Caledonia, MS. We raise cattle, pigs, and honeybees.
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We Transformed Our Pastures with This Clover: Durana Clover Species Profile
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We can improve our pastures by inter seeding different forage and cover crops into them. Durana clover is one of my favorites. It's hard to overgraze, it reseeds itself naturally, and is highly nutritious. Give Durana clover a try! Join this channel to get access to perks: ua-cam.com/channels/ubrMm6wlMeolSBUgfqVwmw.htmljoin Thank you for watching our videos. Support our channel by purchasing it...
They Played with Their Food and Bushhog Repair
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This Weed Is a Game Changing Cover Crop and Forage Crop
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High Density Grazing Cover Crops and Moving Cows
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Loading Pastured Pigs Easily and Checking Warm Season Cover Crop
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Hairy Vetch as a Cover Crop for Grazing
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Hairy vetch is used extensively as a cover crop because it fixes nitrogen, over winters well and produces a lot of biomass. Plus the nitrogen from hairy vetch can be used for successive crops. Grazing hairy vetch is not without its problems but if you are careful, you can graze hairy vetch with cows and pigs. Join this channel to get access to perks: ua-cam.com/channels/ubrMm6wlMeolSBUgfqVwmw.h...
Determining Seeding Rates in Diverse Cover Crops for Grazing and Soil Health
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How do you formulate your own cover crop mixes and calculate the seeding rates for cover crop mixes? Diverse cover crop mixes are important for soil heath, grazing, and the health and nutrition of our livestock. Diverse mixes of sorghum sudan grass, buckwheat, chicory, soybeans, cowpeas, clovers, and other plants are hard to calculate when you formulate your own mixes. Join this channel to get ...
How to Calibrate a No Till Drill Quickly and Easily Every Time
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How do you calibrate a no till drill? In this video, I demonstrate how I calibrate my LMC Ag no till drill. This process works for all ground driven no till drills, but the formula will change. I use a spreadsheet formula to calculate the correct weight of the seed for my context. Join this channel to get access to perks: ua-cam.com/channels/ubrMm6wlMeolSBUgfqVwmw.htmljoin Thank you for watchin...
Spring Has Sprung and The Farm Is Chaotic
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We started planting our warm season cover crops for cows and pigs to graze this weekend but we had several different problems arise. We used our LMC Ag no till drill to plant the sorghum sudangrass, buckwheat, cowpeas, joint vetch, dwarf essex rape, sunflowers, forage soybeans, clovers, chicory, and other cover crops. The cover crops feed the health of our soil and nourish our livestock. Join t...
Problems with the New Breeder Pig Setup!
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Developing Good Pastured Pig Breeding Genetics
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Finding good pastured pig breeding genetics to farrow on our farm has been incredibly difficult. In this video I describe how I find and develop good genetics that express good mothering instincts, good growth rates on pasture, and good meat quality for my pastured pig operation. Join this channel to get access to perks: ua-cam.com/channels/ubrMm6wlMeolSBUgfqVwmw.htmljoin Thank you for watching...
The Value in Buying Meat From a Farmer
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What Qualities Do We Look for in Breeder Pigs
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What Qualities Do We Look for in Breeder Pigs
How We Farrow Our Pigs on Pasture: Conception to Weaning
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How We Farrow Our Pigs on Pasture: Conception to Weaning
Why I Purchased a No Till Drill for Our Small Farm
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Why I Purchased a No Till Drill for Our Small Farm
Grazing on Cover Crops vs Perennial Pasture
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Grazing on Cover Crops vs Perennial Pasture
First Breath to Last: A Regenerative Farmer's Vision
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First Breath to Last: A Regenerative Farmer's Vision
Moving Pigs to a Cool Season Pasture
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Moving Pigs to a Cool Season Pasture
Regenerative Farmers Need Your Help
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Pigs on Cover Crops: Developing An Annual Grazing Plan
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Pigs on Cover Crops: Developing An Annual Grazing Plan
Swine Superfoods: How to Pick the Best Cover Crops for Your Pigs
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Swine Superfoods: How to Pick the Best Cover Crops for Your Pigs
Watch This Before Trying to Save Money on Pig Feed
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Watch This Before Trying to Save Money on Pig Feed
Benefits of Grazing Pigs on Cover Crops
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Benefits of Grazing Pigs on Cover Crops
The Best Livestock for Small Farms? #pastureraised #pasturedpigs #pasturedpoultry
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Is Free Livestock Feed Really Free? Cheap, Better Alternative Pig Feeds
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Is Free Livestock Feed Really Free? Cheap, Better Alternative Pig Feeds
Planting Trees on a Regenerative Farm
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Planting Trees on a Regenerative Farm
Pig Feed Savings on Cool Season Cover Crops
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Pig Feed Savings on Cool Season Cover Crops
Good grief, @DowdleFamilyFarms, quit with the zooming and rezooming at 1:21. You're giving me motion sickness. I'm bailing; I can't watch this.
Praying Mantis: Hey guy, I don’t see you around here…
They won't eat raw sweet potatoes or hot peppers.
Haram! Just kidding. We haven’t heard that in a while.
I used to do this on rye/hairy vetch cover crop each spring on my dairy. The amount of residual they are leaving and access to the back areas will allow little to no regrowth, which will give you good to excellent crop kill if you're going to seed summer annuals in next for grazing. That was always my plan. On the other hand, if you ever want to get a second spring grazing out of your winter covers, leave a much higher residual and be sure to backfence. Those cattle look to be happy and gaining weight fast.
thin the woods, seed covercrops or native woodland grasses and forbes.
That was perfectly good standing feed.
Left overs from school cafeteria so they don't have to pay so much for trash disposal... A trick I used in FFA in highschool
You are not fortunate to have Cherry Laurel. It is extremely invasive and will take over woods, fence rows and will grow up in all your shrubs.
Is this just feed sorghum?
YOUR FREE SOURCE OF ACORNS AND NUTS IS NOT FREE BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO PAY FOR THE PRICE OF LAND AND PAY TAXES EVERY YEAR,
The real reason is the throttle linkage rotates about a 90 bend. There’s a slot where it lies When the linkage jumps out of that slot you get sticky trigger
It’s hard to know precisely what you are talking about without looking at it but I think I know. The problem on this one was a corroded pin though. That whole trigger twists on the pin.
@@DowdleFamilyFarms Yes, I understand what you are referring to. But there’s a general problem with MS311 and its relatives. If you look at where the throttle linkage sits in a cradle , just past the pin , you will see it pops out sometimes. It is this that causes the problem.
I think she needs roof😅
Naw. They had one and didn’t like it so they used the bales of hay.
Cattle will graze the pumpkin vines.
Interesting.
Boy that will be good por
It is.
You seem very knowledgeable in many things
I’m not sure about that but I appreciate it.
I have been a gardener most of my life, and every gardener thinks their ways are the best. I, am no exception. I had, as a child growing in the country, worked for a few farmers who planted corn for silage and oats and wheat for commercial sale. The problem I saw was when they planted with a drill on hard soil, they had the same issues you did....sporadic and substandard growth with poor coverage. We attacked the soil violently by disk and later drag and then broadcast with an inverted drag to cover the seed. A new sprout needs a loose base to expand its roots and nurture itself at early growth. It needs time to develope a larger root system to support itself as it grows larger. I believe, that whatever I will grow as a cover crop, my first year will include @ 40% rye grass to fix much needed nitrogen to my depleted soil. When mowed, that thick, matted root base disolves in a couple weeks and I think that then, just draging and broadcasting will give me a proper start and the longevity I will desire for the future my paddocks. Sorgum sudan grass, buckwheat and rye my first year. This will be on @ 3 acres broken into smaller paddocks for just 2 pigs.
Indeed.
Horse pastures often have trees planted in them. That’s done to provide some shade but not so much shade that there’s little to graze.
Interesting.
I season my turnip greens with pork and you're seasoning your pork with turnip greens!
lol.
I purposely breed duroc and Hampshire to create the red and white banded
Nice.
I love Fertinan name!❤
Thanks.
Hi Rob, my wife and I have been enjoying your videos after recently discovering your channel. We are interested in raising pigs on our 40 acres in southern Missouri. We were wondering what you would recommend as a breed to start out raising, if we should get registered pigs, and what the best way to acquire them would be. Our goal would be to raise pigs to butcher and sell straight to consumers, and to possibly experiment with breeding either to provide ourselves with more feeders to raise or to sell outright. Thanks for your time and keep up the good work on your videos.
Hey (Nolan?), I highly suggest raising pigs. Let me start off by saying what not to do initially. 1. Do not start breeding pigs until you are really familiar with raising standard feeder pigs to market weight, especially if you have an off farm job. I'd start with some feeder pigs first. Try some different things outs like durocs, berkshires, chester whites, etc. You will get an idea of what breeds you like there. 2. Do not start with a specialty breed like mangalitsa, kune kune, IPP, pot bellied, or one of their crosses. They take longer to grow out, cost more to raise, usually have specialty feed requirements, and despite what most people say, they aren't as profitable unless you have a really specialized market. I have a podcast episode about mangas on the pastured pig podcast where we talk about that issue specifically. If you don't know your market for standard pigs, its hard to know the market with specialty pigs. 3. Do not register. The cost is higher and people want good pork. Most don't care about your registrations. If you are selling breeding stock, registration may matter. Buy you need to know more about pigs before you know what is good breeding stock. If your purpose is meat production, the traits you select for in breeding will likely cross breed lines and will most certainly be different than breed standards. How I'd start if I were you. Get a few feeder pigs to try. Traditional, lean meat breeds like berkshires, durocs, hampshires, chester whites, even cross like blue butts or more nuanced heritage breeds like tamworths and large blacks. Stay away from lard breeds and their crosses initially. Ideally you'd get them from a farm that is doing what you are doing, but frankly, you probably won't be able to find any exactly like that. That's ok for feeders. Just look for good looking, healthy pigs. After you have raised a couple batches, it might be worth considering breeding. At that point, genetics are more important than breed. You want pigs that are good mothers, raised on forage, etc. I hope this helps. While looking for piglets you will hear a voice on your shoulder telling you that a manga or IPP ore kune kune will be ok or even one of those breeds crossed with a meat breed. Squash the voice. You will thank me in the long run! lol. I wish I had squished that voice. It would have saved me thousands and thousands of dollars and frustration.
@@DowdleFamilyFarms This helps a lot thank you very much for the reply!
Wow smart animals thank you for this educational video
Thank you too
Wonderful work. God's light is on you. Those ruts look like they stuck from last year. But you know your property and resources better than anyone else. I had good success moving my seeding up to 8 species from 3. Tons more resistant to cold, wet, drought, or heat. Thought I'd lose money 💰 on it... but the pasture and increased ADG more than made up for it. Praying 🙏 for you buddy.
thank you
GREAT LOOKING HOGS...
thanks
@@DowdleFamilyFarms grew up in Tennessee and Oklahoma raised a few of them. Misunderstood animals...
Indeed
I saw a pig eating a bycicle tyre
That's pretty rare. Usually they are doing something other than eating it.
How much time between those cuttings?
A couple weeks I think
May your health get better soon!
Thank you! It’s improving.
So, let me get this straight. You were about 3 weeks late and no one called you from the processing plant?? If you have a cell phone or old school calendar you might want to put that kind of appointment down so you don't forget.. On the deer, I would have threw it in the truck as soon as I hit it. If you didn't get that deer then that was not very smart unless you don't like deer.... I've taken road kill deer a few times. Thanks for the vid. I enjoyed it.
I was a week early on the processing date and I brought two additional pigs. It was in my digital calendar. Regarding the deer, it was dark, and did not have time to look for it. Several thousand dollars riding on a schedule and lookin for a deer was the least of my concerns.
@@DowdleFamilyFarms If you were a week early then I think you misspoke, because I think you said your appointment was April 13 and you arrived on May 6th I think.. Last I knew April was before May.. Maybe I miss heard you. Good vid no matter what. I wish you the best of luck. Look forward to more vids. Thanks.
I went back and I did say April 13! It was May 13 that they were due. I misspoke.
It does my heart good to see someone as scatter-brained as I am.
I think that’s a compliment!
@@DowdleFamilyFarms Very few truthful You Tubers out there. You are one of them, if it weren't for you showing a little reality some of us would think we are only ones who have troubles.
The 🐗 boar,s nest
lol
The livestock trailer can be like a sauna while sorting pigs. Maybe it might catch on.😂😂 Great video have a good upcoming week.
They can be incredibly hot indeed. But the sorting in there is the easiest way I have. I don't have really good pig handling facilities.
In Tennessee it's legal to take road kill deer home for meat. Don't know how long she laid there but could of had some deer meat if she wasn't stiff yet. Do you change out their feed before taking them to be processed. I go straight corn two days out my Dad, who is in his 80's has always done this, so when I started my pastured pig operation, I've followed suit. His reasoning being that it helps clear the gut out, which results in making the meat more tender. I don't know if there's any merit to it, but I figured why not it can't hurt.
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thanks for watching.
I dont know why but your voice is relaxing.
Thanks!
I'd suggest spreading cover crop species in the wooded areas that would do good in shady areas. This would not just help take up excess nutrients that the trees can't take up but also provide a little bit of extra forage for the pigs.
We've tried it, but the canopy is way to thick for stuff to stay in.
@DowdleFamilyFarms during the winter cereal rye would do well because it'll still grow in 35-40° weather and the leaves that make the forest canopy are fallen for the winter.
I’ve tried it. There’s still too much cover from pines for the rye to grow well. In many places I’ve seen it work. But I does not work. Our woods are too heavily canopied. Plus the pigs are there when we broadcast the seed for our time of the year.
Noice.
thanks.
They're awfully strange animals
wonderful animals, but they can bedifferent.
We do this with our sheep to minimize parasite loads. They rarely go back to a grazed area. It is still a lot of work but only half when moving only one line lol. Been overseeing new forage into the grass for a year but not seeing any new growth. I must be doing something wrong…
nice.
You ever seen Carbon Cowboys? You should check them out
I've heard of them.
In your 6 years of planting, what time of year do you think is best to establish in a pasture. Now that you have a drill do you feel that you will drill it vs continuing to broadcast as you did for the fields in this video. Does it start producing in early spring as other clovers? How does it do in Mississippi with the heat in mid-late summer. Does it produce into the late fall early winter? thanks for the video, glad for the insight, want to plant in NC. Your help is telling me when and how I will get the best result.
I drill it with other crops, but not by itself probably. It is an early producer for us, but it lags in the heat, particularly in dry weather.
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thanks
Really enjoy your videos. So interesting and educational. Makes me want to try farming lol. Good luck with everything! Hope you have a great summer.
Thanks, you too!
Are you grazing pig behind cows. Is it ok to do that?
Yes.
Pumpkins are a natural dewormer too.
Hogs are smarter than dogs they aren't automatically trusting but once your their your friend they make great pets.
They are smart, but I don't recommend them as pets for most people. Most people struggle to meet their needs in a lot of ways.
Pigs naturally live in the forest, so stop worrying about their poo.
Pigs don’t live naturally in the forest at a stocking rate of over 2000 pounds per acre. Not worried, just something I’m trying to figure out.
Love pigs but seeing how messy they are OCD kicks in😂😂😂😂😂
lol. they are great.