#184 – Wild Country

by | Jun 16, 2025 | Herd Quitter® Minute | 3 comments

We run our cows with other PCC® customers in wild country for the summer. It’s past the middle of nowhere, but the cattle do great up in the mountains.

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  1. Jim Harden

    This looks like some of that prime farmland that we need to be producing food for humans on instead of wasting it on climate destroying methane gas producing bovines. (sarcasm) Of course, you are using it to produce food for humans, but the environmentalists will never admit it. It makes my SW Kansas grass look lush in comparison. Jim Harden

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    • Robert Pulliam

      Yes, Kansas looks lush in comparison. 100 pairs on 6,800 acres for 5 months. They will have to work for. it, but they do well on mountain grass. Thanks for the comment, Jim.

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