REDFIELD, Iowa (DTN) -- Grazing cattle all year helps provide needed nutrients most of the year at Alberta's Cross Cattle Company. Supplemental feed is also grown or purchased to fill needs when grass is less plentiful. The Cross Family owns Cross Cattle Company in Claresholm, Alberta, Canada, and are participating in DTN's View From the Range series, where DTN will follow a year at the ranch to give readers an inside look at how the ranch operates and cares for its animals. This segment of the series focuses on the feed grown on the ranch and other that is purchased from nearby operations. QUALITY FEED CLOSE TO HOME "We raise cattle, but we have to have extra feed," explained Austin Cross, who runs the operation with brother Malcolm. "Malcolm likes to do the farming and we do have farmland; it's just 25 miles away from where the cows are." The 1,200 acres of farmland are mostly all planted in alfalfa and managed to get the best yields. Cross said they have two agronomists who ...
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