Our cattle are all Angus they came from an original mob of 30 cows from
Adaminaby and they were guaranteed to be good "doers" able to make good on poor country and
forage for a feed. Those original 30 cows are now just only 10 but their daughters and
granddaughters are all part of our herd.
I like the Angus because the cows are great mothers and they are tractable. We source bulls from the local area. The cows have very little supplemental feeding they get by on grass and a few pecans. In winter when the frost and the cold knock the grass around we supplement their feed with organic copra meal. The meal is a by-product of coconut oil manufacture. Coconut oil is extracted by grating or grinding copra to produce the coconut oil - the by-product or solid residue is known as Copra Cake or Copra Meal. Its high oil levels and protein mean the cattle keep condition all year round provided their is enough bulk to keep them happy. Even better they seem to love the taste of it and come running to get it!
Our cattle are all Angus they came from an original mob of 30 cows from Adaminaby and they were guaranteed to be good "doers" able to make good on poor country and forage for a feed. Those original 30 cows are now just only 10 but their daughters and granddaughters are all part of our herd. 
I like the Angus because the cows are great mothers and they are tractable. We source bulls from the local area. The cows have very little supplemental feeding they get by on grass and a few pecans. In winter when the frost and the cold knock the grass around we supplement their feed with organic copra meal. The meal is a by-product of coconut oil manufacture. Coconut oil is extracted by grating or grinding copra to produce the coconut oil - the by-product or solid residue is known as Copra Cake or Copra Meal. Its high oil levels and protein mean the cattle keep condition all year round provided their is enough bulk to keep them happy. Even better they seem to love the taste of it and come running to get it! 
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