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The pasture isn’t putting up like it normally does due to unusually cooler temperatures for north MS in May. Called my local bulk feed guy to order some range meal type feed to put in my bulk feeder to free range feed all the cows to give them a little boost until pastures put out. Feed guy said...

Not really a calving or breeding question but more of a momma cow/calf issue. I have cow that has jumped the fence into the neighbors empty pasture & had a calf. Just after the calf was born another neighbor’s Great Pyrenees dogs tried to attack the calf but the momma cow kept them at bay. I’ve...

So it’s been several years since I have worked in a real garden. Probably 30 or so when I helped my grandparents. We have had raised bed gardens for the past 5-6 years & have decided this year to have a full fledged garden. We disked it up & planning on planting this weekend. I was planning on...

Boot stuck in the mud/manure around the hay ring. Just nearly fell face first, lol. Luckily only sacrificed a sock.

I’ve never used dried distillers grain before. With range meal & cubes in the $360-$400 range per ton by the sack, I’ve acquired a feeder to leave out free range for cows, bulls, & calves regulating intake by letting them in to feed free range for a couple of days then taking them off for a few...

I recently bought a new bull. Currently 15 mos old. He’s by far the best bull I’ve owned. I am currently running about 40 head of cows & have 3 bulls with intentions on selling one. We do not have a single calving season. I have several calves between January and March, again in May & then...

If the dam is out of rampage & the sire is speedway, would you use offspring on heifers? Rampage is not a low birthweight bull I know but how much weight does the dam carry on offspring? The combo would make for some great momma cows with the only 2 questionable epd’s being birthweight &...

I’m 45 years old & have a cousin that’s 48. He became constipated & had to have a colonoscopy done. Couldn’t do the colonoscopy because he had a tumor too large. Has stage 4 colon cancer. He called me immediately after finding out & encouraged me to have it done. Did it last week & had two...

So my farm is the same farm that my great grandfather bought in the 1920’s. There’s a hundred acres. My grandfather made his living with 25 head of cattle & case 8440 baler, baling for the public. Grandmother worked in a factory until she couldn’t anymore. They are both deceased now & I think...

Dropped off some posts for an upcoming project today & noticed it looked like like too many animals in the pasture. Right at the gate 6 of my weaning calves made their way through the fence. Mended the fence real quick & then I thought how in the world will I get these separated without calling...

I am getting more & more interested in switching from commercial angus to registered angus. One question I have is how does everyone take birth weights? I would imagine that if I go this route that my calves will still be born in the pasture. I read up on the Coleman ranch & it seems they do the...

I need a little insight & advice, please. I have a small herd & work full time. Knock on wood I haven’t had to pull any calves which is a good thing because I can’t be at the farm all day watching & waiting due to my schedule. I am currently running an Upward bull & am keeping heifers from last...

Let me start by saying I am a small one-man hobby operation. My dilemma is that I had a bull (offspring of a Sitz Upward)that I was forced to sell due to a back leg injury. I bought another bull from the same friend. He is also out of the same sire but different dam (half-brother you might...

I weined 3 Angus heifers approx 6 mos ago. I drove by the pasture today & had to do a double take. One of the heifers was going to town on her momma & when she looked up she was definitely milk faced. I watched the heifers for a while & have not had an issue but now all of a sudden she has...