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I've got a 20 acre field that I've ran over with a disc to prepare a seedbed for broadcast seeding ryegrass on. I want to use the 20 acre ryegrass field to help supplement winter hay feeding to my cows. I've already purchased the ryegrass and have my 3pt broadcast seeder ready to go, but here's...

Today I mowed one of my pastures with a lot of toxic horsenettle/silverleaf nightshade that popped up during this drought we're having here in Texas. The weed is toxic to cattle even once it's dried (an animal can be poisoned by eating 0.1 to 0.3 percent of its weight). My cows don't touch it...

I inherited a Kuhn GMD 600 disc mower from the 90's, it ran fine a couple of years ago and was parked in a field ever since. I went to hook up to it today and tried to lift the mower vertical for transport and the hydraulic cylinder just sprayed hydraulic fluid out of both ends of the cylinder...

I took a cow to the sale barn this past weekend and got to looking at my ticket stub and noticed the sale barn hand wrote "Red rannie" on the description. The cow is red in color but what does the rannie mean? I can't find that term anywhere. Am I reading the handwriting wrong?

What vaccines are you all using on your cattle? I'm using vaccines for Blackleg and one for Viral/Lepto. In addition I'm deworming with a pour on, fly tags when flies get heavy, and band castrating with a shot of tetanus. I have antibiotics set aside for foot rot and pinkeye. Wondering if I need...

Yesterday I noticed one of my cows was a little sluggish coming up for feed. The day before she was fine. My cows have been on hay since November. She was up and walking around this morning but still seemed a little off. I saw her standing with her tail held up and out a few times and figured...

I took 3 donkeys to the sale barn this past weekend and they averaged around $200 a head. On the payment stub it shows a $90 charge for vet services. That seems like a lot especially since there's no description of what vet services were performed and they were healthy animals when I dropped...

At the cattle auction, what happens if no one bids on a cow? Does the barn or someone else buy the unsold cows at a certain price?

Is a brindle/tiger stripped cow worth any more or less than any regular solid colored cow of the same weight and condition? Here's my brindle cow and her 3 month old steer calf. She's one of my best cows, calm, has kept on a really good body condition after calving and has one of the biggest...

I currently have a little 2007 New Holland TC30 hp tractor that I bought when I had just 4 acres to manage. Now I've got a 100 acre farm and I'm looking to begin round bale hay production on about half of it next year. I'd like to produce 5x5 or 5x6 round bales and the 50 acres that I will be...

China has agreed to re-open US exports of beef for the first time since 2003. How do you think this will affect cattle prices, if any?

My farm of ~100 acres is being overrun by black locust trees. If you are not familiar with the species these are thorny hardwood-like trees that grow up to 6 feet per year. If you cut them down at the base of the trunk the hardwood is heck on a chainsaw and the thorns are heck on your arms and...

I've done some looking around for this answer and haven't found a very concise answer. What is the best age, in regards to profitability, to take calves (steers and cull heifers) to the sale barn? I've seen some say around 6 months or weening time, some say around a year, some say older. I'll be...

I'm running about 30 head of cattle and have had a few bulls born this winter/spring that I have castrated via band however I have this one little bull that was born on March 8, 2017 (2 months old) that I really like the way he looks. His mother is a pretty good looking red angus (kept her...