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How many days is a semen shipper tank good? I ordered a bunch of semen for myself and three others and I asked that they mail it on a Monday. I was ordering from ABS in Wisconsin and I knew it would be 5 days or so by truck or rail and I did not want the tank setting over the weekend during a...

I often see rants against CAB posted on this site. People seem to blame CAB for ruining the market for their cattle, just because they aren't black. The problem is, their cattle are discounted because buyers have found them less likely to grade well than the black cattle. If you are able get a...

When I was a child we always called in the milk cows by calling out "Come Boss". It sounded more like K Bahhhhss. The Boss was loud and drawn out. I was probably over 10 before I even knew we were saying "Come Boss". It seemed like most of the other farmers in the county used that same call...

I have a calf that is about a month old that wants to follow me around and play with me, every time I walk through the pasture. By play, I mean she approaches and immediately begins to rub and butt me with her head. I usually just push her away and continually move to her side so she can't...

The other day we were heading down to feed and check for new calves, when we noticed a cow up the hill all alone. We went up to check it out, and as expected there was a cow with a newborn. It was a little odd, because the cow was standing maybe 30 feet away and not looking at the calf who was...

Does anyone know what is going on with the no snag eartags, such as Z-tags and Y-tags. I have tried to buy yellow and white for over a year now and they are always out of stock. I prefer the light colors because they are easier to read at a distance, but I've finally had to order whatever I...

I was looking recently looking through a group of sale catalogs from various well known and some lesser known seed-stock producers. I wanted to see what bulls they had selected to produce the offerings in those catalogs. As usual most had used many of the same list of bulls. You might expect...

We were getting ready to synchronize a group of cows, a few of which I hoped to breed with sexed semen. When we went to gather and sort yesterday about 11AM, I saw one of them was coming in heat. By noon she was standing. I called my AI technician and we bred her early this morning with sexed...

I have always hired out the actual AI breeding, so I had never considered the need for a thawing device. We do the set-up and the guy with the arm arrives at the predetermined time to breed the cows. They have always provided the thaw unit, but after last year I decided I need to pay more...

We have been breeding a portion of our herd A.I. since 2010. Results have varied from 40% success to 90% with most years around 60%. I was using the same man to breed my cows for the last 8 years, but I let my Vet breed them last year. Walt, my regular guy is in his mid 80's and he bred 100's...

I have a question for those of you in the fence building business. We have never hired anyone to build fence and we have built and maintained all of the approximately 10-12 miles of fencing that is now in place. My husband and I are now in our late 60's and early 70's and we have to accept our...

My friend was planning to AI her heifers to the Hereford bull, Small Town Kid, next week, so she went to look at his current EPDs. Apparently it showed his registration as being pulled, and when she called Select Sires to ask about it, she was told he was found to be a carrier of some defect...

I could use a second opinion on a calf I’m treating for probable Joint ill. The calf was born on March 15 to a heifer. It was running alongside that heifer when we went to feed in the morning and all seemed well. We put iodine on the navel, weighed and tagged it, and went on with chores. By the...

For years I used Z-tags and I was extremely satisfied. My last batch however did not work out. The tip that punctured the ear would not go in straight, and it would end up bending over ruining the ear tag. I threw away dozens. I ran into a man at a trade show who told me the company had been...

I was not sure where to post this, but I figure being out of water is definitely a health issue, so here goes. We have several miles of underground pipe that feeds numerous stock tanks located throughout the ranch. The water comes from several springs and when those are insufficient, which...

I would like to hear the protocols of others when treating a cow with a cystic ovary. Last fall I purchased a couple cow/calf pairs in a partial dispersal from a large well-known Angus breeder. I had an employee of that ranch bid for me. I had selected a number of cows I liked based on videos...

I noticed this heifer with a slightly runny eye and this pink growth by that eye a few days ago. She looked a bit off at the time. By today she seemed perfectly normal attitude wise, but cows were near the corrals and I brought her in to take her temperature and look at it up close. She did...

We found a dead cow this morning, and I have no idea what happened. We have been checking the herd pretty close every day looking for pinkeye and respiratory problems. The temperatures have been in the high 90’s to low hundreds for about a week and we have what is apparently ringworm going...

At one time some semen catalogs scored their bulls for there ability to pass on certain traits. They scored them on Udder attachment, teat size, leg angle, etc. I can't seem to find that any longer. Are there any catalogs out there that still reference phenotype. I see plenty of information...

The other day we moved a group of cows into a new pasture. We have had more rain then usual and the pasture was about waist high. We went to check the bull feeder to make sure we had mineral in that pasture. It was hiding in some deep grass and took a while to locate. My husband flipped up...