Well, yeah, there is a lot more to farming than one thinks, a lot more.. I know, I've done it. Ever
try pulling a calf in near zero conditions? I have, it isn't easy and the little bugger actually lived! 
Then the young mother rejected it, it ended up in my living room.
I live on the Gulf Coast, so near zero conditions are something that could kill because I don't know what I don't know about things being that cold. Having a calf in your living room must have been fun (sarcasm).
To answer your question, my only experience with cattle is seeing them, eating them, and dropping off hay for them with a (small) tractor. Basically the rest of my knowledge of them is academic but broader than one might expect.
