Recent content by muleskinner

Should not be an issue, our Vet had us put one in a cow and leave it so that she would not get bred last year when we turned the bull in. We did not have any issues.

I will be going to the Wardensville Bull test in WV. https://www.wardensvillebulltest.com/sale

I bolted Oak 2x12s to the load bars on a set that we used in dirt/gravel alleys. It worked real well. Sometimes you had to put dirt or a rock under a corner to level but it worked. If the platform is sloped a little it will still work even with a couple of inches slope from end to end.

Tru-test has different platforms for putting in the chute. Load cells do not hold up under squeeze chutes. Just put it right before the palp cage and it works real good. I like tru-tests equine platform the best. It work real good for cows. http://livestock.tru-test.com/en-nz/pla ...

International Pedal tractor I got it when my granddad got a new 574 international in 1974 and I have both of them today.

I did a grazing research project with a hard plastic bolus with wings on it that was about the same size as these. The wings stuck out 2 inches on each to help keep the cows from losing the bolus. the retention of the bolus was not good. I would not try it.

I think the longest any of our Herefords have went is around 290 days.

JBowen Go see your County Extension agent if I remember right it is Brad Smith he is a long time sheep and cattle farmer. He can offer some good advice.

I was very young when I started driving tractor. Probably about 5 or 6. I know I was pulled over by the State Police when I about 8.

That one look interesting. let use know what you think.

Visited a place that gets dairy heifers in from farms and raises them from birth till about 2 months before calving. They do about 9000 heifers a year. They tried the sexed semen route and found out it was to expensive and not worth it. Most of there clients just want them to use non sexed...

West Virginia Young Sire Evaluation Program Wardensville Bull Test http://bulltest.ext.wvu.edu/about_us Just wandering if anyone is going? Eric

Take a look at this web site. it is more towards the meats industry but it has a lot of info on writing HACCP plans. http://meathaccp.wisc.edu/index.html

I found a used 2010 Kubota RTV diesel With 1300 hours on it. It looks to have been taken care real good and does not look to have been beat on. How many more hours could I expect to get out of it. It is priced at half the cost of a new one. Just wandering how long the RTV's are running. Thanks

To help out with mineral cost our county cattleman's group gets together and buys it by the tractor trailer load. It saves about 5 dollars per bag. Plus the Mineral packs are formulated for our part of the country.