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Good morning all, It has been a very long time since I have posted, but I am currently working on a research project for my senior year at college. This question is directed towards ranch operations that are in more remote areas. Around us, if we have a cow in heat, we can call a breeder and he...

I'm loking at finally installing a set of cattle yards, and I need suggestions on panels to use or avoid. I really liked the panels I saw around Australia, but so far I haven't been able to find anything like them. They are oval and made of hollow galvanized steel. M&M Stockyards was a very...

I have a big 6 year old cow who is acting a little odd recently (I haven't been around to watch her until yesterday, so no idea how she's been acting prior). Yesterday she was laying a little distance away from the group, and didn't seem to care when I was approaching. Normally she is the 1st to...

I am selling my first bull on a consignment sale in March, and I'm wondering if I should put a ring in his nose? He is an April 23rd, and I'd estimate him at high 8-mid 900lbs. Typically at this sale bulls and heifers are on display "county fair style" and then are walked into the ring via...

Coming up this week we will be heading down to NAILE for our first time, and we are taking a bull calf and a heifer calf. Just wondering if anyone has any tips or advice for making our first visit a little less hectic and confusing? I've been to the expo center for FFA a couple years ago, though...

If you could design the most eye-appealing (to you) cow to put into your pasture, what would it look like? Let's assume that she will consistently produce whatever is in demand in your area (such as solid black polled calves) regardless of the actual genetic combinations that would be required...

to get an A.I. stud to carry a shorthorn bull? Now before we go on a tangent about colors and discounts and showiness and etc., I'm asking what are the traits that would make a shorthorn bull desirable enough to be listed by a commercially-oriented AI stud such as Genex? What are commercial...

We now have a cow that is about 345 days past her 1 and only A.I. from last year (August 18th, got the breeding slip in hand to prove it) and she's just starting to bag up. Vet checked her 3 weeks ago, said it was a really big calf and should come "any day now" she's been having some mucus...

Well, we did our 1st preg check this week... With incredible results! Last month we did 2 ET's and 5 AI's, and last week we preg checked with 114% conception! All 7 of them are pregnant, with 1 carrying twins! We decided to try the double Lut protocol, and this time it worked out really well for...

It seems like any time people see the saying "Stop Factory Farms!" They will sign anything you put in front of them, or throw money at you without the slightest idea what they are doing... For example, I saw a post on facebook saying "Sign this petition to stop factory farms!" And it led you to...

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=79 ... nref=story Just awesome.

So I've been waiting all year to get to my favorite part of raising cattle... Sire selection! :D This is when we have the greatest opportunity to make an impact on our herd, and is also the time to put serious consideration into where we want to take our herd as well as to evaluate where we...

I got the catalog via email this morning... For those of you who have been there before, what do the fall calves and bred heifers typically bring? And what do you expect them to bring this year with these prices? I have an ASA grant of $1000 to go towards the purchase of a heifer at a sponsor...

I know this is a real long shot, but does anyone know of any tricks for delaying calving a little bit? I have an embryo due April 25th that I would really like to be born in early May... Any ideas other than sketchy paperwork? No need for derogatory or sarcastic responses. Strictly looking to...

I am looking for suggestions of Gelbvieh breeders in the Midwest (ideally MN or WI) that focus their breeding on maternal traits such as WW, Milk, MWW, MCE, and fertility with a secondary emphasis on carcass quality. Looking for purebred Gelbvieh, not really interested in buying balancers or...

I am looking for suggestions of simmental breeders in the Midwest (ideally MN or WI) that focus their breeding on maternal traits such as WW, Milk, MWW, MCE, and fertility with a secondary emphasis on carcass quality. Looking for purebred simmental, not really interested in buying SimAngus or...

This year I sold some holstein steers directly to my school for their lunch program, and I was wondering if anyone on here has tried doing this too? Overall I'd say it was a very positive experience, and the entire staff was very happy with it (janitors, cooks, teachers, school board, etc.). The...

Wednesday afternoon I found out there is a show this weekend at the fairgrounds 5 miles from my house! Fortunately, we can still sign up for the show until tomorrow morning by... ;-) I'm thinking I am going to take my registered Shorthorn show steer and my commercial Simple Math sired black...

Okay, so I know most commercial farmers don't creep feed because it is an added expense and usually doesn't bring in any more profit when selling feeder calves by the pound, but with these high feeder calf prices we are seeing, does it make any sense not to? Looking ahead at the futures prices...

So far we are 4/4 on live calves in the beef herd! :banana: The first one to calve was a first calf heifer, she was 2 weeks early to Conneally Thunder (CE AN) so that was a really tiny calf, but still needed some assistance (I wasn't there, my dad got impatient and pulled it). That heifer calf...