Recent content by Amo

Well credit hasn't even been offered to me yet, and not sure if he'll off a cash settlement. That's why I was considering a sale credit, but I decided to skip the sale. I agree what's currently in the tank is junk.

Not from this collection. What I'm questioning is weather to take replacement from the "fresh" collection or ask for a sale credit/cash refund.

Called the collection place. Their threshold is 50% motility, 70% morthology, with 40 million sperm. No clue what abs, genex, or select have for their minimum.

Oh, I guess I like his numbers and his pedigree. The people that have sold sons of the bull, they have sold really well. You'd most likely recognize the bull, but he hasn't been used a lot which contradicts my previous statement. He's also not a heifer bull, which is what helps move a bull...

So I bought seamen on a bull that was custom collected. A major stud leased the bull as a yearling. They released the bull back to the owner as well as the inferior semen. Why they didn't destroy the old stuff I'm not sure. I was unaware of the last couple of sentences until couple of weeks...

Wow, yours is really bad! Picking it up was cheaper, and their 4 hours away. Guy I visited with said a vet wouldn't be able to determine anything, have to go to a bull stud. Closest one is 2½ hours away and I really have no need to go there right now. Then you do all of that and they say it's...

So I bought some seman on a black Angus bull. Bred 18 head last year. 2 got bred Hereford and both stuck. 3 got bred to one bull, and 2 stuck. 12 got bred to this bull and 4 stuck. The last bull was purchased directly from the owner. Owner is using the bull with et as well as natural...

Oh the vet let a little bit of stuff go on the ground before putting the slide underneath. Ya, I know there can be a rusty load in the front. I'll probably retest the bent tails one. The one I'm more concerned about is the one who gave a sample without a forward facing erection, yet the vet...

Ya, that's the bull I'm really questioning. I've got a bull that no matter what you do he doesn't extend at the clinic. Yet he's always doing it out in the cow herd. I don't have a degree in veterinary medicine, but I question my vet saying he'll "straighten" out. On a side note, I live...

Also 2 of the bulls had tan colored samples. Vet said it had a high level of caroteen. Never hear or seen that before. He wasn't concerned about that, which I think they did give a decent sample. Just odd.

I tested my herd bulls today. For as cold as it has been in North Central Nebraska it was plenty early, but if I need a bull I want to know soon enough Im not picking through everyones left overs. Out of 6 head, 1 flunked and 2 are marginal. The flunk is done, his pecker is banana shaped...

That's kinda what I'm thinking too. If it's not going to keep, I should go ahead and get a load of the alfalfa before he runs out.

So I bought some millet (pearl I think)bales. They were baled at 27% moisture and wrapped in a long tube, not individually. I got a semi load and they are not wrapped anymore, just net wrap. Feeding a bale a day, and with the cold weather I think I'll be fine. Nitrates at time of baling were...

* I cant get the quote thing to work. Carcass traits are some of the most heritable. If you like EPDs, you ignore the actual data. If you believe that EPDs are the average expected rather than the actual measurements then you go with measured data. I see. I thought it was the other way...

I'm a cow calf guy. Wean the calves and sell them about 45-60 days after weaning. The calves will weigh around 550-750. I'm bull shopping. A valid argument is, where I don't retain ownership through the feedlot that paying attention to carcass data is irrelevant. I also know it's not very...