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    SimAngus x hereford or chinina

    What do yall think whould be the benefits of letting a hereford or chianina bull run with SimAngus? The goals are normal commercial ones; fastest growth with lowest feed intake (and preferably highest yeild at market) I'm also think maybe a charolias cross bull but am not sure of what cross...
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    How to select a steer?

    For my school district's FFA show, all our animals come from one breeder & are picked at a selection. I'm pretty sure there'll be only a 30 minute pre-viewing before everyone goes in the order they were assigned for another 5 or 10 minutes of viewing and selecting. There will be garenteed...
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    Drug Testing?

    While I was out of town, the person giving my steer feed started giving him Asprin on the vet's orders once he fixed his bum leg. The instant I found out he was giving 10 a day, a week after the vet said to stop I took that bottle and threw it into the compost pile. I just read an article about...
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    Daughters heifer... Opinions

    Looks nice but that neck could hurt bring you down fast. Best to get a sweat collar on it. I can also see a sway back and a naval on a heifer. She can use the show stick's hook and tug on the naval a few hard times to make her draw up that back. She can also use the hook to scratch the tail...
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    Finishing up my steer

    I've got a decent idea on what I want out of my Limiflex steer but I dont know how to get it since he's my first. Ribs- I've fed him 2 lbs of dry pulp per feeding but am not getting enough expansion in his rack. He has a pretty high fiber & roughage diet but it just doesnt look good enough to...
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