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I don't test every year. Lack of vets in the area is one reason. I do keep very good records on what the bull is doing. Its easy to jot down in the memo section on my phone who he is sniffing around on and when. The steer calves ganging up around a cow in heat is another indicator.

He's just a bored young man. The ladies in his own group will keep his mind occupied. Meanwhile, keep your truck out of his pasture.

Buying a new or nearly new tractor and taking care of it is really not all that expensive as the tractors lose very little value per year compared to a car or pickup. In this day and age of high inflation they almost stay the same value if just used for normal farm operations and kept out of...

I think I would wean them for a couple weeks to get the bawl out then sell them and buy 10 older, thin, medium size bred cows that would calve in August/Sept. Let them calve and stay through the winter. By spring flush you will have 10 more 400-500 lb calves plus 10 fat packer cows to sell...

A new entry into Mammoth Cave?

Too late for this year to do more than what you have done. Enjoy what you have. Don't over graze it. Spray for weeds. Seed will always wash around with a big rain. It will settle in low spots and will silt to cover it up. You will have some nice growth somewhere

Are the calves AI'd beef on dairy?

You might be surprised how many young they kill. Bust up a group of a sow and her piglets and she will run to survive. The piglets are on their own. https://feralhogs.extension.org/natural-predators-of-feral-hogs/

what are you wanting to plant?

You have to learn to live with them like any other varmint. Kill off their natural predators like bobcats and coyotes will only make the problems worse. Like buzzards, take a shot at them even if they are to far to hit to let them know they are being hunted. Folks using deer feeders are your...

Losing 10% over 24 hours is very possible with a large fleshy animal with a rumen full of green grass. Unless he was penned alone those big bulls are in constant motion at the sale barn trying to establish themselves and/or trying to breed anything that will let them. I know its not...

A lot of our sale barns don't have the pen space or the people to sort calves properly to sell in groups not to mention the fact that a lot of them come in on sale day while the packer cows are going through.

https://www.zerohedge.com/commodities/tyson-foods-ceo-unsure-when-nations-collapsing-beef-herd-will-reverse

That would be interesting Dave. On straight grass like that, they sure won't shrink much. I would bet 1.375 lbs per day gain.

Is she the only one in the herd that has these abortions? Is your herd vaccinated for Lepto?

So you are not sure of your average daily gain? Growth genetics can come in all shapes and forms. I weaned, backgrounded and sold 14 calves in mid April and the top performer was from a sale barn cow of unknown breeding but appears to be a red angus jersey cross. Bred to my Limousin bull her...

Yes Rifle D is the same as Brash. The surfactant I use is nothing special, just a decent quality 80/20 non-ionic product from Winfield called Valcheck. It cost me $56.25 per 2 1/2 gallon jug. My sprayer holds 335 gallons so I use 3 quarts per load. Using the Brash and surfactant and...

I was worried about a old cow. She should be bred but seemed to be back in heat a couple weeks ago. The bull was interested. I put her with some others to draw blood from to preg check them. This was Thursday. She had a nice heifer calf this afternoon.

Geez, get the man a side x side. Sounds like he deserves it to me.

I really have no idea Jan, it was just mentioned by someone "smarter" than I. His name is Waldo and he is a laid back friendly fella. I gave him away once on the condition he could be brought...