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I DO believe in capital punishment. However, I don't believe capital punishment should ever be intended as a form of "revenge".. or even "justice" for that matter, other than it is absolutely "just" and "right", and a GOD GIVEN RESPONSIBILITY GIVEN TO GOVERNMENT, to take the life of one who has...

I agree with public executions, including hangings, a "speedy trial" (almost never happens today), and a fair justice system (seems almost inconceivable today somehow!). Presumption of innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Any possibility of "doubt", they shouldn't get the...

Corn Isn't Food - 9 Unpopular Facts USDA and Big Ag Are Trying To Hide

BFE, you "organic"?

I did try that, owned a roller crimper for a couple seasons, wasn't very happy with it though, so I sold it and actually made a couple bucks on it. Wasn't consistent enough, IMO. I've been hearing that making two passes over helps with that... I went to "mowing" the rye to terminate instead...

I'd bet that's what BFE did by the look of the rye. I generally planted "green", and then terminated by various means afterward, when I was doing row crops. Have seeded everything down now, and am running cattle on the majority of it year round (feeding hay by unrolling in winter after the...

Of course slowing down appropriate to conditions is ALWAYS critically (literally) important. But let's not be guilty of "blaming somebody else rather than taking responsibility for our own actions" ourselves. We don't need to be guilty of creating another Dust Bowl.

Cover crops and no-till would put an end to this disaster on all counts.

Yeah, I think if you're serious about a "sorting system", you're gonna be wanting one that will sort "anything" with some form of ease, rather than just cows from calves. Heck, if that's all you want to sort off, just make a pen for the calves to get into a creep feeder through, and put a one...

I've been running these NI disc cutterbars for 25 years. Cut at 10 mph without ever slowing down... run all day long, day after day after day that way. Don't think I've ever had it plugged. When I was in the hay business, I used to cut in heavy downpouring rain even... remember pushing water...

Looks to be more efficient than it would be running them all into a lane to single-file 'em first and then sort. I think part of why it's working so well for them in the video is because they have open fencing behind, and the calves can hang along the fence with Mom on the other side. Saw this...

Thanks for sharing that video... already working on trying to figure out how I can incorporate it!

I agree... they both have merit... and a place. Depends mostly on how the operator prefers to work the cattle. Personal preference. I personally prefer a box vs. a tub, for the reasons that I've clearly stated. I've got nothing against those who prefer a tub. It's a free country. Agree as...

Curious... I'm personally not a fan of the tubs vs. a properly designed and operated Bud Box (one is designed to push/force the animals into the opening, the latter is designed so that they will WANT to go there by themself), but what did you like and not like about both? Second question...

If you sheet it, you can't move the animals from outside of the fence with your body position as easily. I prefer open fence for that reason. I also prefer high enough that they don't ever want to try to jump it. Any of the farm store gates/corral panels with a cow on 'em tends to depreciate...

Well, I guess that blows my theory out of the water! Glad I'm living on permafrost!

My expectation would be that as you get further south, the cost of building a basement vs. slab on grade becomes more of a factor. Up here, our footings have to be 48" below grade by code to avoid frost heaving... you're pretty much there with the foundation wall anyway, so you might as well...

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Everything that I've heard about waterheaters says that the new ones are typically only good for 10 years or so. I remodeled the house 10 years ago, put in a new furnace, but not the water heater... That one was here when I came here 25 years ago, and as far as I can tell, it was maybe 15...

How'd you get your fence jumper contained so you could get her into the trailer? Rope her down? Did she clear the fence on the first leap out of the trailer, or did she get to plant her feet on their property first?