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I turn out on Thanksgiving day every year, puts me at a September 1st date. Usually have one or two that will calve a few days early in August but nothing unmanageable. I don't like early or mid August calves with the heat and flies.

Longer I do this, the more I find the wisdom in some of the reasons that some folks manage their herds the way they do. They may not understand the science and reasoning behind it, but they know what works in general more often than not. I sold a couple of big girls this fall for not breeding...

Read this today. I concur with the anecdotal statement about unmowed pasture being a prime ground for the Asian Longhorned ticks and ticks in general. I had no issues until the spring when I turned out on 40 acres of stockpiled fescue that had been allowed to grow the previous year with no...

I did not ever find out cost of treatment. Local vets wanted a couple hundred to come out and test and my limited research led me to decide that there isn't any to speak of unless it's caught very early. Considering what I sold cows for yesterday, probably $1300 for the cow and $750 for the...

Sold a couple of cows that had skipped calving last year, three steers, and heifer yesterday. Mid Missouri Stockyards in Phillipsburg. Feeders did okay, down a bit from April sales. I'm still terrible at judging cow weight but okay on feeders. I knew the heavy girl was big as she had a lot of...

Ended up losing a good mammoth jack and the cow I referenced at the beginning of this thread to what I assume was it (theileriosis) this year. Both lethargic for months and while they maintained an appetite to a degree, both wasted away to nothing. Not a fan of it and hope I don't see it next...

When it looks like a clump of fescue and it's about 6 inches tall you can graze it. Don't let it get so tall it sends out the flag leaf, but you shouldn't have to worry about that until spring. Depending on the rain, you'll probably be able to start grazing mid November or Thanksgiving safely.

Not in this instance. She makes it or she don't. Won't sell her sick like she is now, but if she lives through until I take the spring born calves off here in a few months, she'll likely go with them if she's doing okay. I've asked a vet or two if they want to test her to report, but I'm not...

Anyone had a definitive go around with it? Might have one cow that picked it up. We're in an area that's likely got the Longhorned tick. She's not doing terrible, but she's slow, very likely aborted but didn't pass, was probably six months along, little drool, trace of blood on the nostril...

You don't think there's plenty of room between $3 bucks a pound at the producer and $20 at the retailer to make everyone a decent profit?

Everything is two weeks behind here. Had a hard freeze on April 23-24. Got down to about 24 for three hours or so. Had plenty of rain first couple of weeks of April and then dry as bone for the next three. Past week or so has given us about four inches total so we're getting back to where we...