It is always interesting to read about other ways of raising beef, and other breeds of cattle.
It would help anyone interested in considering a breed, as well as other facets of ag and our interests, if climate were detailed a little.
Such as extremes of temperatures, precipation, and timing thereof.
For instance, where I live in SD, we can range from -50% in winter to +117% in summer. I have seen the 117 temp., and the -50 is on record, but before I was born 72 years ago this month. A more typical low is -40 and that is rare, thank God! Highs in the low 100's are more typical, and we do have pretty high humidity with that the past week, Last summer was far more moderate, with very few temps over 92%.
Precipitation is usually rain, but we can have snows measured in feet, too, again that is thankfully rare in this mid-state area. Most of our approx. 15" of precip. comes during our growing season. Growing season can be as short as three months, with it rare to have frost after the first week of June, or before the last week of August, but it happens more often than gardeners prefer! Winter can begin in early Oct, tho we have had near a foot of snow in mid-Sept. Also thankfully, that is rare and has melted almost immediately. Our very mild last winter saw very little snow, few temperatures below 20%, ,many days well above freezing. We thought a drought wasn't a bad thing during winter, and expected that we would have a 'wetter' spring and summer, but no luck with that, although we are not so hard hit as other nearby areas, getting about one third of the hay crop of last year and pastures aare looking fair at this time.
This is more detail than I asked for others to post, but a brief version would be helpful for those considering changes in methods, I'm sure.
mrj