Stockmen are raising herds of Black Angus, Herefords, and longhorns on their 10-50 acre fields, "finishing" them in feed lots using locally-grown grain.
Grass in the Summer, hay in the Winter, and grain in the Spring
At the present time, the beef does not go to the local market and is primarily for stockmen's own use or for auction to meat processors.
The herds are limited by the limited number of acres on their farms. Calvert is a small county and the original farms that grew cash crops of tobacco and corn were relatively small.
