4K Cattle Operations
The mission of 4 K Land and Cattle Company is to raise a quality set of calves that will meet the markets' expectations from year to year, while acting as positive stewards of our land and natural resources. Management strives to accomplish this by running a quality set of mother cows. The cowherd is predominately comprised of Angus and Brangus cows. Angus, Brangus, and Charolais bulls naturally service these cowherds. The calf crop is 75% black hided, and the remainder is colored calves with black noses - Charolais cross. Calves are either sold straight off the cows at weaning, or depending on market conditions, the ranch may wean and background the calves. Afterwards, they are placed on native and introduced grasses for additional gain or sold, typically, by private contract.
The ranch uses aggressive vet/ med programs to keep the cattle herd healthy. Calves are given a blackleg vaccination and an upper respiratory vaccination at the initial working. If the management weans the calves on the ranch, they are given another blackleg as well as another upper respiratory vaccination. At this time they will also receive a shipping fever vaccination. Cows receive an upper respiratory vaccination every year and are regularly treated for internal and external parasites.
The managers use a Merrill Rotation system across the ranch. Using a rotation allows the ranch to get better utilization of the forage in our pastures, in addition to preventing threats to the native grasses, such as spot grazing - typical in continuous grazing systems. By rotating the cattle, we also find that the cows are easier to gather when its time to work the calves. This helps to reduce some of the stress in gathering and working, which improves productivity.
ranch offers a wide variety of hunting opportunities to be enjoyed year round from whitetail and turkey to hogs and exotics.
