Woods Fork Cattle Company LLC

Since 1987, Woods Fork Cattle Company, in the Ozarks of Southern Missouri, has been using a simple breeding system to develop cattle adapted to our region, that allows the cows to profitably produce calves in a low input, completely forage based system. The goal has always been to have cows that can breed in July and August on KY31 fescue based pastures, to then calve in April and May, in sync with the spring growing season, when the nutritional needs of the cattle are highest. Our South Poll cattle have succeeded in achieving this goal. In the Woods Fork breeding program, we expose our entire yearling heifer crop to bulls for a 45 day breeding season; all the pregnant yearling heifers are kept and calved on the farm. After calving they then must breed back again in a 45 day breeding period to remain in the herd. With all of the bred heifers kept as replacements, we have mature cows to sell to other farmers for replacements in their herds. Wood Fork Cattle Company has been using South Poll bulls since 2006 and producing purebred South Polls through the breed up program. It’s a program we are pleased with, as it means all the cows have been born and raised on this farm. Our purchased bulls have come directly from Bent Tree, Voss Land & Cattle Company and Sassafras Valley.