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Let em have it! Occasionally I'll get my hands on sweet corn trimmings(shucks, tips and stumps, WHOLE EAR), pumpkins, watermelons, cantaloupe, broccoli, cabbage, etc. I've never cut any of it, they'll figure out how to break it down on their own. Yeah, I'm sure some people have lost cattle due...

Lamb and beef. Never tried the pork. I did raise some "pastured pork" one time. 9 total...only "pastured" because the rascals wouldn't stay in. Long story there, but occasionally they got in with the fats and bellied up to the feeders. Didn't seem to have any effect on the meat quality, but they...

Sulfur smell when cooking. Can get same results with distillers

Check with Joe Meek at Pulaski Livestock Market in Dublin. He may know of some corn fodder bales in your neck of the woods.

Once you get them "warmed up" you can put them on a self feeder and let em have at it. Been doing it for years and works fine.

Adding supplement to a stocker gaining 2#/d may get them too fleshy. If you can get 2#/d on grass, save the feed for someone else, or like CMF said, insurance for running out of grass before you want to.

I agree 100%. Once they are about a month old, I start upping the milk replacer slowly until they get up to two bottles, 2X/d. yes, it's expensive, but MOST of the time, they turn out to be good calves at weaning. All of mine that I have raised on a bottle, I have finished and sold direct. Those...

They are a good feed, highly digestible fiber and high TDN. Works well with corn gluten around here.

How much of that mix was WSC, and how much SBM?

Agreed! I'd take that advise, and mix in some of TB's, and either tell your feed supplier to mix it better, or find another supplier. You can buy a whole lot of headaches if your feed isn't consistent. been there...

TRUE STORY! I called our processor (we sell direct so we speak frequently) last Friday, and first available booking date was FEB 2021. Yes, that's not a typo! 2021!!! Luckily, I have already booked our monthly kill dates for 2020 when all this crap hit, but I decided I might as well go ahead and...

I was told once that the BVT worked better for younger calves and the RUM worked better for larger cattle, like yearlings and things. Not sure why or if it's true, but that's just what I heard. I use RUM in my steers that I fatten up for beef.

7yo cow=supermarket meat 2yo heifer (with some feed to finish)=should be better eating steaks If you are willing to "settle" (and I say that lightly) for supermarket meat and need/want it right away, go for the cow. Roasts/stew would probably be okay to cut, but I wouldn't put too high of...

Be sure to post some updated pics of the steaks! Looks like he'll eat well! Thanks for the update

$4.95/HCW, I pay cut and wrap and will deliver if located between farm and processor...otherwise customer picks up at processor or farm if located on opposite side of farm from processor. Works extremely well for us. I will add that our processor keeps going up and today is at $.72/lb HCW for...

What is your closest market? You could work with a few of your neighbors and get something going on with the VQA Board sales and may get a bit more for those calves. We've been doing it for years, and it's payed premiums every time.

Kenny, how far are you from Tri-state in Abingdon? https://vacattlemen.org/pdfuploads/1114PDFB.pdf

FWIW, the nutritionist I spoke with about this product/ration I use suggested that WSC was safer (in regards to acidosis) than cracked corn.

Whole shelled corn

We direct market about 18-20 per year and we feed 1.5-2% of their bodyweight until they reach about 800# and then start increasing feed until they are eating about 20# feed/hd/d. Then we start introducing our "finishing feed" that is 1800# WSC and 200# of local mill's "Tender Beef" product and...