When training calves as oxen, use a step-by-step plan. Start by handling them often, tying, grooming, teaching them to lead with a halter. Then they are ready for a yoke. At first, keep one or both of ...

One of the most rewarding aspects of raising cattle is working with them as individuals, enjoying their unique personalities. The ultimate in the human/bovine relationship is training them as oxen. An ...

Carole and her new working steer pair, Pop and Corn, were at Sanborn Mills Farm for a two-day intensive oxen training workshop with Farm Manager Ray Ramsey. Pop and Corn are Devon/Jersey crosses born ...

Titan is not an intimidating bull. Unlike most bulls, he wanders around the Remsen field where he lives with a herd of more than 100 cows, calves, heifers, steer and oxen, all of them American milking ...