Start Date
10-26-2021 3:00 PM
Description
Circle F Farms is a family operation located in Gracey, Ky roughly consisting of 325 acres of farmland. 120 acres are rented out for row crop production, 130 acres of pasture that are rotationally grazed with the balance in woods. The family operation is a partnership of John, David and John David Fourqurean. John David’s 3 kids will be the 6th generation to operate this farm. We run around 60 pairs on 2 different farms, 10 minutes apart. Steer calves are marketed through CPH or private treating sales off the farm. Heifer calves are marketed through the Guthrie bred heifer sale those that do not make the cut are sold at the CPH sale. There are a few bulls that are marketed privately from some purebred gelbvieh cows. The cows are all bred one round of AI to Simmental or Gelbvieh bulls and cleaned up with Balancer bulls. The cows are mostly Gelbvieh/Angus cross, average cow weight is 1,315 lbs. Average weaning weight on 9/26/21 was 625 lbs. on steers and heifers calved mostly in late Jan‐early March.
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Circle F Farms--Grazing into the Future
Circle F Farms is a family operation located in Gracey, Ky roughly consisting of 325 acres of farmland. 120 acres are rented out for row crop production, 130 acres of pasture that are rotationally grazed with the balance in woods. The family operation is a partnership of John, David and John David Fourqurean. John David’s 3 kids will be the 6th generation to operate this farm. We run around 60 pairs on 2 different farms, 10 minutes apart. Steer calves are marketed through CPH or private treating sales off the farm. Heifer calves are marketed through the Guthrie bred heifer sale those that do not make the cut are sold at the CPH sale. There are a few bulls that are marketed privately from some purebred gelbvieh cows. The cows are all bred one round of AI to Simmental or Gelbvieh bulls and cleaned up with Balancer bulls. The cows are mostly Gelbvieh/Angus cross, average cow weight is 1,315 lbs. Average weaning weight on 9/26/21 was 625 lbs. on steers and heifers calved mostly in late Jan‐early March.