{"id":62,"date":"2015-03-27T15:17:27","date_gmt":"2015-03-27T15:17:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/notionfront.net\/AltaiMeadow\/?page_id=62"},"modified":"2018-04-16T08:36:18","modified_gmt":"2018-04-16T14:36:18","slug":"cattle","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/altaimeadows.com\/?page_id=62","title":{"rendered":"Cattle"},"content":{"rendered":"
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_custom_heading text=”Our Cattle” google_fonts=”font_family:Dosis%3A200%2C300%2Cregular%2C500%2C600%2C700%2C800|font_style:700%20bold%20regular%3A700%3Anormal”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1523889296241{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]To produce our fantastic grass-finished beef at Altai Meadows we raise a breed of cattle called South Poll<\/a>.<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0This breed comes from\u00a0the great folks at Bent Tree Farms in Fort Payne, Alabama who years ago set out to build a better grass-based beef composite well suited for the heat and humidity in their part of the country.<\/p>\n

The idea for the South Poll\u2019s origin was based on a desire to combine four maternal\u00a0Bos taurus<\/em>\u00a0breeds together to form a more heat tolerant animal that had a gentle disposition and tender carcass qualities.\u00a0The foundation for their new South Poll breed was built on the very best purebred cattle from each of four individual breeds.<\/p>\n

Bent Tree Farms started with a Hereford\/Red Angus base, but since only a small percentage of the overall population in Hereford and Angus are slick haired they looked\u00a0for two other breeds that would compliment the maternal abilities of the Hereford and Angus.<\/p>\n

Barzona became the third breed added to the composite. Barzona is a composite as well that was developed by the Bard family in Arizona, bred to excel in the tough and mountainous high desert country of American Southwest.<\/p>\n

The fourth breed of the composite is the Senepol, a heat tolerant breed developed on St. Croix, Virgin Islands during the1940\u2032s and 50\u2032s by breeding the native N\u2019dama cattle to Red Poll bulls. The Senepol are very slick haired and according to University of Florida research are the most heat tolerant breed they\u2019ve tested.<\/p>\n

The resulting South Poll cows are gentle, slick haired, produce an outstanding piece of meat on grass and do well with our hot and humid Missouri summers. They are smaller than commercial breeds at\u00a0around 1,000 to 1,050 pounds\u00a0per cow but are highly efficient grazers with a short and wide body type to maximize forage utilization.<\/p>\n

The South Poll breed is a gentle breed with cows possessing a strong maternal instinct. Calves have moderate birth weights with adequate growth and dependable carcass consistency. \u00a0South Poll cattle are a top choice to fulfill the role for the natural production of quality grass-finished beef.<\/p>\n

If you are interested in purchasing South Poll or South Poll cross cattle for your operation feel free to give us a call to see what\u2019s available.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][mk_image src=”https:\/\/altaimeadows.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/dsc00669-001.jpg” image_height=”500″ crop=”true”][vc_cta_button2 h2=”Learn more” h4=” about our grazing.” style=”square” txt_align=”center” title=”CLICK HERE” btn_style=”3d” color=”green” position=”bottom” accent_color=”#f7f6ef” link=”url:%3Fpage_id%3D83|title:Here|”][\/vc_cta_button2][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][mk_image src=”https:\/\/altaimeadows.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/dsc00526.jpg” image_height=”500″ crop=”true”][vc_cta_button2 h2=”Learn more” h4=” about grass-finished beef.” style=”square” txt_align=”center” title=”CLICK HERE” btn_style=”3d” color=”green” position=”bottom” accent_color=”#f7f6ef” link=”url:%3Fpage_id%3D98%20|title:Here|”][\/vc_cta_button2][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_custom_heading text=”Our Cattle” google_fonts=”font_family:Dosis%3A200%2C300%2Cregular%2C500%2C600%2C700%2C800|font_style:700%20bold%20regular%3A700%3Anormal”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1523889296241{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]To produce our fantastic grass-finished beef at Altai Meadows we raise a breed of cattle called South Poll.\u00a0\u00a0This breed comes from\u00a0the great folks at Bent Tree Farms in Fort Payne, Alabama who years ago set out to build a better grass-based beef composite well suited for the heat […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-62","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P268NW-10","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/altaimeadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/62","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/altaimeadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/altaimeadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/altaimeadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/altaimeadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=62"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/altaimeadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/62\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":939,"href":"https:\/\/altaimeadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/62\/revisions\/939"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/altaimeadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=62"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}