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Why is the first one missing hair on her face?

My problems with the Rubbermaid tanks appear to be self inflicted. Moving them at all is a risk to cracking. I just dont move them anymore.

Snorty cows are on deck for the cull list. One more offense and they get a ride. Even if she's 90% likely to never hurt me, that 10% can impact my life too much.

FYI: The effect of the artificial environment has as much effect as the genetics. Try this same animal on straight grass finishing.

It might be 50%+ black...

As long as your friend isnt planning on pasture finishing them...

The first steps are pretty simple: Know what you are trying to sell and how - write it down. Cull anything that doesn't help you get there or males your life more complicated than it needs to be.

If anybody buys a bull that was raised different from the way you will raise his calves, most have no idea what they are getting. If it's known that a 1500lb yearling bull will produce a much smaller bull calf at the new farm, that fat bull was only purchased to feel good - nothing to do with...

I'm fully aware. It's much the same in NC and it's a shame bulls are sold from such artificial environments to inflate numbers so buyers can think bigger is always better. If a commercial cattlemen could feed all of his calves like that bull was fed and turn a profit, it might have a chance of...

This has a lot more to do with feeding method than genetics. The worst growth genetics animal in a feedlot will outgain any animal in a desert.

I am also interested in experience from actual users of AgBoost. Anybody??

If this is the case, I can't imagine any positive return to going this direction unless it's for the seedstock potential. Without big premiums and direct marketing, it seems like you could do just as well with average AI angus terminal genetics. It seems odd to pick an extreme breed and only get...

Travlr is right here. Back down the groceries to avoid painful decisions. She's got enough energy packed away to get that calf to weaning on poor hay.

If the question is about the value of F1 hybrid vigor, it mainly comes down to how many more calves will you get over a regular commercial cow. Fertility, weaned calf percentage, number of calves weaned over lifetime are all improved and will be the bulk of that value. Growth is a small factor...

Transitioning to silver and brown as fast as possible. I'm done with black. Murray Grey and Aubrac heifers below.

I have to say, this will be the most underrated statement. If you are using bulls because they work great in a system that is not similar to yours from cows to sold calves, you used the wrong bull - no matter how much he sold for or what the advertisement says

Yound Aubrac bull, Oliver and 7 year old Murray Grey, CMG Cowboy 1, is currently at Lookout Mountain Genetics being collected. Semen available this fall.

Still have any mashona in NC?

The winters in North Carolina are not severe but the summers can be 100°F and 100% humidity which sucks for almost every mammal. Where these Aubracs came from, Montana, gets very cold and the same breeder sells a good number of bulls into Canada where it gets very cold. They do quite well in it...