Cattle for Sale - Benefits of Livestock Agents

Livestock agents are a great asset when you have cattle for sale. They organise the buying and selling of cattle, they also provide guidance on cattle, farming supplies and stock market trends. The combination of your local knowledge and their knowledge of farm management and cattle will assist in making the bigger decisions clearer and give all the important information you require to make the right decisions.

Acquiring the assistance of a livestock agent when you have cattle for sale will help you avoid a fair bit of tiresome paper work as the livestock agent will take care of arranging import and export licences, documentation, freight and insurance, health testing and inspections. You will quickly see how beneficial a livestock agent is to your business and the process of selling your cattle either domestically or internationally will be significantly more efficient.

The agents are trained to gauge the value of your cattle and they will come to your farm to calculate the weight and condition of the animals you want to sell. They can also work on behalf of you by buying and selling on farms and via the auction process and organise transportation of animals to and from the farm leaving you with ample time to take care of making sure your business is in order.

You can rely on trained livestock agents to be diligent, direct, friendly, enduring and confident in their work. Their far reaching experience on many different types of farms and plenty of stock sales means they have an excellent understanding of various circumstances and can offer helpful and straightforward advice. Agents want to keep their clients happy so you can be certain of their commitment and attention. You can phone to arrange a meeting with them and they will come to your farm to discuss your cattle for sale and will assess the animals to come up with selling options. This might include the choice of selling at an auction, selling privately or selling to meat works. They will provide you with an estimated price and then leave it to you to decide whether to accept or try for another option but you can be assured that livestock agents will give you the best possible deal. It makes perfect sense to receive professional help when it comes to selling your cattle because they have the experience, the knowledge, the contacts and their ears tuned for extra information to give you the best possible assistance.

Kelly Livestock is the largest independently owned livestock Company in the Taranaki Region. If you are looking for cattle, dairy cows / herds for sale take a look at cattle for sale online here: http://www.cows4sale.co.nz/

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Environmental Benefits of Grass Fed Beef Farming

What if there was a way you could contribute to saving the environment just by making a conscious decision in your choice of beef? This is a personal satisfaction experienced by those who choose grass fed beef.

There are several benefits which grass feeding of cows has on the environment, and when compared to the environmental damage that occurs when cows are raised on a feed lot, the choice is not a difficult one to make.

Grass Fed Beef Helps Keep Water Clean

The manure from cows is rich and when properly managed, can lead to greater biodiversity in the water. The problem stems from when that manure is not well managed as is the case with feed lot beef. When it comes to water pollution, these are the common problems with feed lot beef:

The antibiotics that are fed to feed lot beef pass into the manure unchanged.Because the manure is so much and so heavy, it is often just dumped on soil in the nearest field.The excess manure causes erosion and the top soil is washed away (which is another problem on its own).This manure that is washed away with the top soil often ends up in the water supply and pollutes it, killing the fish, destroying the biodiversity and making the water unhealthy.

Grass feeding, through rotational grazing ensures that the manure is evenly distributed through the soil and is used to ensure the healthy growth of pasture plants. In addition, grass fed beef do not need antibiotics so their manure is free from that. There is no instance of excess manure and the problem of erosion as a result, does not exist.

Grass Fed Beef Can Improve the Quality of the Soil

Soil quality is important to farmers and years of farming have degraded the soil quality in parts of the United States. Grazing has been a traditional means of restoring degraded land. Recent studies have shown that not only do grass fed beef help in restoring soil quality, but they could also potentially contribute to bringing down greenhouse gasses by removing them from the atmosphere and trapping them in the soil where they can contribute to plant growth.

Grass Fed Beef Can Reduce Greenhouse Gasses

Generally, raising cows has been associated with the release of greenhouse gasses into the environment. Methane gas is a green house gas which is belched up by ruminants when they are digesting their food. Methane gas contributes to global warming. When grazing is properly managed it could potentially draw the gasses from the air into the soil to stimulate plant growth. Feedlots have no plants growing in them with just dirt.

Methane gas is not the only form of greenhouse emission that is associated with raising cows, there is also carbon dioxide. However, the growth of plant for grazing helps to remove the carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and store in the soil.

When cows have been grass fed, it helps to reduce the impact of beef production on global warming.

The environmental benefits of grass fed beef are numerous. In addition to those listed above, grass fed beef keeps the air free from the air pollution which feed lot beef is known for. Eating grass fed beef is a way to keep you and the earth healthy.

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