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4-H Beef Club tour the Morris Beef Farm

By: Mikayla Nelson

On July 27th the beef club met at Shaun Morris's beef farm to do a tour. The group stood for the 4-H pledge. We then moved out into one of Shaun's many paddocks where the cows were grazing, there we discussed how long the cattle would stay in each paddock. They would stay there until the grass was mostly eaten, but not over grazed. What were they eating? They were eating grass and some white clover. They liked the nice green grass not the course, dry grass. Shaun took us to see his three bulls in the pasture. We learned that they like to dig holes everywhere but Shaun was unsure why they do that. He also joked about being chased by a bull, telling us that you only have to be faster than the slowest person in the group to get away. Kind of funny and also makes you think a bit. We walked back to visit some more cattle in the feed lot then we walked into his processing barn and learned the process he uses to vaccinate his cattle. Mrs and Mr. Morris brought the group a lovely snack to end off this great tour!

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