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Hello to all my old friends....... hoping to make some new ones from those who have joined since my last post that was some time in 2020 life has changed a lot in the last few years. my wife had a life ending stroke in 2018. my best friend and horseback riding partner, battled cancer for two...

Last evening I began the breeding synchrony shots for my now small herd of cows...I don't have many any more but still want to breed them to great bulls.... I use the Michigan G6G protocol which no one uses because it involves six trips thru the chute over a nineteen day period.... the...

well....I finally did it.... I quit making excuses... I quit finding other things that were supposedly more important... I quit lying to myself.... I accepted that I am not doing all right.... I admitted that I needed help.... I scheduled yet another appointment with my therapist..... Only this...

below is a photo from my oldest son. these are my two grandaughters combing a bull calf that Fisher (my oldest Grandson) is prepping for show. apparently the disease I have is highly heritable i got it from my father. I apparently passed it to both my sons as they both feed cattle daily...

Below is a shot of my cleanup bull this year. this shot was at 13 months of age he is a son of Alap of Wye and is out of a daughter of CC&7 He is already with one cow whom I have never been able to settle AI so I just put her in with him and I think she was bred over the weekend. He will then...

No big news at the farm today..all goats were present and accounted for....I am liking BUCKY, the new kiko Billy. He. Is real good natured and comes every time I rattle a bucket. I can already lead him with his collar and he is not aggressive at all. Very laid back. Today was the day scheduled...

I can not tell you what happened.... I was last here in June of this year.... I have not been able to log in since then... I have tried to contact Macon and a few others but never got any response. Anyhow today I tried one more time and had to answer a security question and viola....it let me...

I tried to post a photo and was unable to. So I put it on my blog.... here is a link to the photo and comment. https://pdfangus.com/2018/05/22/a-memory-of-marie/

I have some news For the first time in about five years, my wife Marie, is not in pain. She passed away this afternoon from a massive and devastating stroke. I was by her side with my hand on her heart until it stopped She did not suffer or even know what hit her as she had been sedated since...

We worked cows over the weekend. had a good vet check....first time I have had mine checked with ultrasound and had them sexed... my five head I got four of them AI the fifth one I have never settled AI but she breeds first time with the bull every year....tried her twice this year so I set...

wanted to inquire of the assembled wisdom here... I have amassed some hearing loss over the decades. never bad enough to require amendment but have long had trouble hearing in crowed rooms or in particular higher pitched voices. lately noticed that I am having problems with the office...

I really dodged a bullet last night.... well it might have been worse than a bullet.... My barn and stable have not had any lights since we had the barn fire in 2003. so this time of year I am normally doing chores by flashlight...I have several lights good and bad of many types... sometimes...

i AM NO LONGER GETTING NOTIFICATIONS FROM THE FORUM ABOUT TOPICS sorry......caps lock key was on again.... anyhow not getting ntoifications about topics like I use to... I have reset my notifications settings to get an e-mail ..... but I never get any ....used to get them all day long...

link to what I think is a great video... It is the essence of what I think agriculture can be… This man is far ahead of me in his transition process….but we have the same goals of making our life better through soil improvement…. And he is a great spokesman for the process of working with...

Links below to our district facebook page two notices of cover crop seed mixes available thru Southern States https://www.facebook.com/hcswcd/ there are two documents....be sure to look at both

no known value....weed... goat people like it because they believe it helps suppress worms in goats.... see...even parasites don't like it...

We have some good news to announce. We have a local supplier who I have been working with who is willing to upgrade their cover crop mixes to create a high diversity summer mix and make them available across the state locally. Southern States Virginia Agronomist, Jim Riddell, is committed to...

​link to new blog post about managing fescue in the 21st century. http://wp.me/p239CQ-rc ​ -- JIM TATE PIPE DREAM FARM [email protected]

been so long since I wrote and posted I forgot the easiest way to do it... link to post on my blog http://pdfangus.com/2016/01/03/lake-anna-ride-1-1-2016/

Seasons Greetings to you all. I have not been around the board much this year. have checked in a good bit more often than I have commented, so still trying to keep up. I just wanted to take an opportunity to wish for all of my friends here at Cattle Today a very Merry Christmas and a Happy...