It takes three cowboys to run this Louisiana prime beef cattle farm. Here's how they do it.

When Shawn Sagrera was 6, his dad told him he could pick out any cow to be his own. That was the day he became a fourth-generation Louisiana cattle farmer.

Now, his family legacy continues in Sagrera Farms in East Feliciana Parish.

"I’m so fortunate to have this legacy, this family history of raising cattle,” Sagrera said.

The sun had just risen on a chilly early November morning at Sagrera Farms in Ethel. With the dew sparkling on the grass, owner Shawn Sagrera held a handful of fermented cow feed to his nose, inhaling the grain's sweet aroma. A tractor delivered it to the troughs seconds before.

“Smell that,” Sagrera said, holding a handful of chopped feed that’s 17% protein. “It’s sweet. How beautiful.”

Twice a day, the feed nourishes Angus cattle in the last six months of their