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I’m a fan of this method, as long as the partner is reliable and isn’t known for breaking things. My husband and I have made a few co-purchases with my dad and brother and all has worked out well. We’ve bought a hay wrapper and a livestock trailer and are looking for a seeder at the moment. It...

COVID - better make sure the rest of the herd wears their masks! kidding - sounds like BRD as others have suggested. Does the neighbor vaccinate for it? I’d call the vet - that bill would cost less than losing another cow.

Sorry to hear that! I can empathize - a few weeks ago we had to ship our 6 y/o bull due to not passing his BSE this year. We officially started our herd 5 years ago with him and 3 half-sub heifers. He was tame as could be and only wanted feed and scratches. We sometimes said he was TOO tame...

I’m trying to start small but I keep finding more things I want to try!! Need to bring my husband along with me when I buy seeds/materials so he can keep me in check 🤣

Looks like a great harvest! Hopefully I’ll have some pics to share later in the year.

I wonder if it’s a regional thing? Ohio and we call it a sale barn, but I do know of a few that are specifically named “___ Stockyards”.

I’ll keep an eye out for them! & thanks for the great resource!

Thank you! I’ll make sure to do that.

I’d like to try my hand at gardening, but wanted to start small, so I plan to try container gardening this year. So far I’d like to try: tomatoes, lettuce, potatoes, herbs and strawberries. We have a ton of empty mineral tubs that I think would be perfect for container gardening. I plan to drill...

We have a ‘75 4030 that spends most of its time in the hay field. It should be able to handle the disc mower unless you have some big hills. Personally, we’d like something with a little bit more power, but currently we don’t have a barn/shed tall enough.

Looks great @southernultrablack! I get the love for hay - you sound just like my husband. He says if he could only keep one aspect of the farm, it would be making hay, no question. It’s been awesome seeing his efforts over the years and watching him turn old overgrown brushy land into...

Glad to hear! We have an older bull that didn’t pass his BSE this year so he’s off to the sale barn this week.

The more bedrooms the better! Avoiding bad renters is nearly impossible, but my advice would be to make your contract as detailed as possible and have everything in writing. Then vet the heck out of them. I search them on Facebook, get their credit checked, background check, call references etc...

Similar to others - 15 gal Fimco from TSC strapped to the back of the 4-wheeler. It gets the job done. I like the extra long hose so I can get hard to reach spots that the wheeler can’t get to.

See, I agree with wage increases to offset the cost of living increases, but these dramatic jumps are absurd. Something similar happened at my off-farm job (gov run). They hadn’t increased their service price for 10+ years and started seeing some loss, so instead of slowly increasing the...