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Agreed; however, that's evident long before the first heat cycle, and should be culled earlier.

19 months, due in 2 months... that's a due date at 21 months of age. Not too young. Target should be 24, impregnated around 900-1000lbs. If not pregnant by 24 months, should be culled.

Dude.. you and I should grab a beer sometime. :tiphat:

They finance anything the dealer sells. New JD and Kuhn. They also finance any used equipment of any brand that they have in inventory at extremely low rates (1.9% for 60). I typically have used my Credit Union for other equipment needs. The whole point of me ever using 0% financing is to...

Yeah I looked at our local Ag Credit sources, and they all wanted huge down payments and process similar to a mortgage or business loan. John Deere gave me $0 down, 0% for 60 months (could have went 72) and nearly instant approval with just a car loan type of application.

As far as conservation, I do get a great benefit from the State of Georgia, whereas I agreed not to develop my land for the next 10 years and I get a property tax reduction. That was easy. Have never had good luck with anything in the Federal realm.

Don't know of many Federal "grants." Most are loans.

I looked into one of those USDA microloans once for an equipment purchase. They wanted more info than the banks, interest rate was higher, and processing time was in excess of 100 days. Highly ineffective for business purposes, so used NGO (John Deere Financial) to pay for the purchase with 0%...

Same here, though haven't had that good of rainfall. I gotta wait til the typical Mother's Day cut to avoid nitrate problems since I fertilized on that schedule. I've got some rye to cut now as soon as I get a window long enough.

Maybe "best-selling" because their resale value in the used market, which is what we are talking here, is very low especially compared to their cost when purchased new. Resale on a Ford is generally bad, ergo trade in value will be horrible. I had the same dilemma as the OP a few years ago. I...

No problems out of any of my late model diesels with emissions (trucks or tractors). I was told by the dealer that most problems are caused by people by-passing the regen.

Wet (to a certain extent) is better than dry on an established pasture. Run it about 50 ft or so, stop the tractor and check the pasture and equipment to see if it's running right. You'll also want to check your seed depth as change in moisture will effect that.

Yeah, we were ALL short on hay about February after the drought. I thought I was gonna run out, but the grass grew in earlier than expected. Rye has been being cut around us for a few weeks now, so not surprising that he'd have been out of hay in February and now has some Rye in stock. I'm...

This is exactly what I'm talking about. I raise and feed my own, cut some for others (of their own), and I sell what I don't plan to use. I can afford to tell them to pound salt if they're an arse of a buyer, and I will. I know majority of "customers" that buy from us personally. I will only...

Every hay buyer thinks they are experts on producing hay as well. That's why I provide the test and you decide to buy it or go elsewhere. On behalf of good hay producers everywhere, I'd really like to apologize to you for whomever screwed you over so bad.

Mine love fescue. Fescue just doesn't do well in the warmer, dry months.

As long as she's still nursing and energetic, that's positive. Best of hopes for you and your girls!

I had a surplus of 4 bales this year, because the grass grew about 2 weeks earlier than I had expected green up. Most is sold before it's even cut.

THAT... is awesome.

Are you talking about the paintball type gun that shoots balls of insecticide? They sell them at my local feed & seed, and also on valleyvet.com. Lady at the feed store said they are developing ways to get medications into the balls as well. Guess they can reformulate them to be topical? I...