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We got one cow that is now going to be a fall calver, if we ever get her bred. Every time she goes through the chute it’s been one escapade after another. Today we ran her to set up a cidr and she broke the welds on the head catch. By the time we get this done our chute is going to be fully...

Does anyone have any experience with Berseem Clover?

Yesterday we locked up a rental (barn and pasture), there is a 10 acre pasture that has been over grazed and hasn’t seen a speck of fertilizer in years. On my own place I screw around every year, broadcasting oats and peas and then discing it, but this will be my first venture in no till. Got a...

After going to Deer Valley Farms, I got all goggled eyed looking at their cattle, the money thrown around and all the commotion and promotion. Once the new car smell went away I began to look at my own program and decisions and see if I was going to maintain my current course. What I learned...

I’m out in Tennessee for a visit and took a trip to Deer Valley Farms. One of the things I love about the Angus industry are the relationships and people. They have no real tangible reason to spend two hours with a knucklehead and his two daughters, but they did and they made us feel like...

How many generations must one produce before they can be considered a real breeder? And I’m talking phenotype and quality of animal, not epd’s. I say at least 4 generations of your own doing. Proof that your decision making has been good or when poor, you corrected it (culling). You can...

Let’s lighten up the commentary around here. Who is your favorite Coneally AI bull and why? For me, I got two, Lead On and Danny Boy. Lead On, just made them right, no spectacular epd’s, just made really functional cattle. Danny Boy, I used him on some heifers and young cows and was a no...

Over the last week, there has been a lot of discussion on these boards about the AAA. Criticisms lobbed at the Association and some strong defenses. Unfortunately some of the defense of the AAA became attacks on those who were critical and like most attacks, constructive thought was abandoned...

Personally, I think the AAA has some big issues at hand and they really don't know how to deal with it. Other than creating new indexes that truly will not correct anything. For some reason there is a mantra going around that Angus are no longer maternal and the herd is heading towards being a...

This morning I woke up, as for the new $B scores, I don't have new cattle. The new $M, it appears is just an accumulation of the current EPD's which really tell you nothing about the maternal worth of a cow. My high indexing cattle are high valued in the $M, my lower indexing cows appear to be...

Tomorrow those of us with registered cattle will wake up with whole new herds. My breed leading $B cows will no longer be worthy of mention. I wonder who the $M value leader will be?

Today we start AI'ing. All the research, self talk, brooding and double guessing all come to fruition today. Half the ladies are being bred to Chisum 255, the other half to War Party.

Anyone know how to read the Zoetis 50k and any idea on how long it takes for AAA to adjust the EPD's after they get the results? I can see the results online and here's what they show CED-96 BW- 93 WW-35 YW-48 YH-8 Doc- 47 Milk-96 I skipped a few other columns. This is the first time I...

Yesterday, here locally, the sale barn put on a consignment bull sale, 28 bulls were entered, almost all Angus, 1 Hereford, 1 Charolais, 2 Red Angus. Only four bulls were quality, 2 Angus the Charolais and a Red. $2,750 was the top, but that same consignor also had the bottom at $1,400. There...

Today a neighbor came to look at pair I have for sale. Saw our 6 week old bull calf out of JVC Emulation V910 and bought him, with a delivery of October 1st. He will take full possession, but I have the right to use him as a cover bull for three years. I will be using V910 for our 2021 calf...

Looking at my recent sales books they all start out,” Here at *************, we don’t chase fads” (Branded: that was a friendly poke and one day you can start out you sale book that way). I’m trying to figure out what a fad is in the Angus industry. Is it Precision who took out half my herd...

We've all seen the posts and comments, from a certain individual, that Kentucky cattle suck and the whole "woe is the cattle industry in Kentucky, I will make it better". So I decide to pull some sale reports from some "crap" operations from the Suck Cattle capital of the United States...the...

Today I watched the Thomas Bull sale out of Baker City Oregon and I've noticed a trend out west. Bull prices are down, way down. The top end at Thomas was only $6,000 and I've seen this at several auctions out here, which includes Montana. Cow men and ladies are not paying high dollars for...

On another groups message board, someone posted Duff Honcho. When I saw his pictures I was blown away with his phenotype and he truly is an outcross. He’s and epd albatross, but it’s not an issue for my herd. I cant figure out how to get a picture posted, much appreciated if someone can do...

Up here in the left hand corner (Northwest) of the country, where we have lunatics running the states, Fords with 6.4 power strokes are cheap. Getting a truck with less than 100k can be bought for around $20,000. My question is anyone have any kind of luck with these motors, getting rid of the...