 Hi, I'm Darnell Davis. I've been working with cattle about 15 years and we're here in Jefferson County And I'm here to answer all your questions about cows Why did I choose to be a cattle rancher? I chose to be a cattle rancher because of the lifestyle and the people that you're around and the people that you will meet in the industry Plus I like being around horses and you get to see really good horses working cattle Why do we use horses to work cattle? We use horses to work cattle because it's easier The horses tend to take better steps than we could Faster steps we could get there when we need to be It helps the cattle stay slow and easy and we can be exactly where we need to be on a four-legged horse versus my two legs What I like to add to my cows feed other than grass I like to start with the corn base feed makes the meat a little leaner It's not adding any Harmful products to the cows feed that will make the meat harmful to eat and it keeps the cows pretty and slick Does all bulls have horns? No Some bulls are pulled meaning that they're bred to genetically not grow horns and on the other side Some cows have horns and some don't How long are cows pregnant? Normal circumstances cows are pregnant 283 days Which is nine months in ten days Is there a certain breed of horses good for working cattle? I would like to say quarter horses reason I say quarter horses because most quarter horses bred for cow work Most horses are bred to travel, you know, pretty rough country. This is my horse fly She's kind of cowy likes to work cows. She's into it. And so that's why I like the quarter horse Do you have a cattle call? I Don't have one necessarily we use a siren and a feed truck, but if I had one it would probably sound like this What's my favorite breed of cattle and why My favorite breed of cattle is the Simangas Simangas are bred a little bit more for the hot weather and Climates here in Arkansas as you can see behind me Some of these cattle have a little ear to them and that makes them better to equipped to handle the heat Simangas if you must know Simangas is a Cementol and Angus cross Why do cows need ear tags? Cows need ear tags if you're running a large amount of cattle You can take it and put it on inventory and keep up with your cows other than names We also use an identification for identification purpose to scan So that we can when we're working them all the information comes up once we scan that ear What kind of breeding program do I have and what have I found to be most successful? Well here we do live cover as you can see we have herd bulls turned out. I Guess she doesn't want to stop Well here we like to live cover which means we turn bulls out and at a certain time of year We have a odd in the past, but we found more successful to let the bull turn out and let the bull do its work What's the best way to cook a steak? Well, I don't want to say it too loud because they're standing right there the cast iron butter medium rare So next time you're at a grocery store and you're picking out your steak think about a ranch like this