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With my goals for the farm, I've been looking to bring the size of the cows down and make them easier fleshing, hoping that will improving fertility and longevity. Trying to get this herd to year round grazing and I believe these bulls may help. When visiting peoples farms that manage similar...

Has anyone here read the book by Johann Zietsman? What did you think?

I know the conditions were good last year and the fields were hot. That and the fact that I had 69 cows new to the farm, 36 of which were first calf heifers. It wasnt a fun summer. Finding a lot of ergot this year in the fescue. Not very excited, but I guess it will give a chance to see how...

They say timothy is the last of the cool seasons to head. I have gamma grass that has went to seed. Therefore, i'm not even sure what if this is a cool or warm season, but most of it is just now hitting boot stage. I did find a good seed head though. It doesnt look like a bunch grass, but that...

Soon to a field near you. Gamagrass is up as well as Johnson grass. People are clearing off their bermuda fields to let the sun shine in. I'll finish no-tilling my warm-season mix in the morning. First time I've mixed seeds together. First time for planting summer annuals for me. Kind of excited...

I have 9 heifers, Had a Black angus bull with a nice Calving Ease number. That bull blew out a joint in his back hip 5 days in. I couldn't find a bull I liked so I moved them into the cow herd and the 4 bulls there. 2 of those bulls were young and weren't intended to be used on heifers. As they...

I've added him to my list of bulls I need to look into. He's been available through several semen suppliers for a while now, should be proven. Any reports on how his cows are doing? Looking for moderate, easy keeping, good feet and legs, going to fall short of year round grazing this year, but...

Going to be starting a new corral soon on a farm that doesn't have one. Clean slate, farm doesn't even have a panel catch pen. The corral I've got drawn up has a holding pen 56x56, which is bigger than the 1 here at home, and it will hold 100 cows. Should have plenty of room for growth if I get...

Anybody using this bull? I know he's the wrong color for most but i'm thinking I might give him a shot. I've seen several pictures of sons for auction and on genex. Looking for something for replacements.

I've planted both in the past. Never side by side, which I should probably do just to prove to myself which I like better. I've generally stuck with the Rye because they say it grows later into the fall and earlier in the spring giving me grazing when I need it. However, I've talked to the...

Thinking about buying a copy of "Livestock Feeds and Feeding" Looks to be a text book. Any other recommendations for a reference material to different grain and hay feeding values including protein and TDN for everything from cottonseed hulls, alfalfa, fescue, or wheat mids. "Animal feeding and...

Early this spring I noticed some clumps coming up. To dark, wide leafed and bunched together to be johnson grass. Now that its headed out I'm certain it is Eastern Gamagrass. I'm liking what I see so far, and hoping this rotational grazing system i'm installing will help it spread. Anybody know...

I keep reading reference that you shouldn't inseminate a cow until 60 days after calving. By my math with 283 day gestation, 60 day referenced recovery, that means you are only AI breeding the cows that have calved on the first 20 days or 1st cycle. So if you only have 60-80% settle AI, you're...