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    Traveling National Western 2018

    Found out starting in 2018 Denver International Airport will have a train going direct to the National Western Starting in 2018
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    RB Tour of Duty 177

    I will have to retract a previous negative statement. Many have told me TD is the real deal. As with most bulls with good epds they almost always drop when the general public uses them. More importantly many are saying use this bull for show cattle.. Actually some people need a outcross to...
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    Embryo Transfer - Superovulation Protocol Modification

    this month have confirmed 7preg from 8 from only one flush all grade 2 all but one bred at trans ova the other bred here a home donor has not bred back yet after flushing 17 eggs freeze. They say donor will take a embryo rather than bull bred
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    Angus breeders, need mating advice

    He brought one over to shear out for sure one blue roan and SNP to sire and dam as registered Angus. This kid 50K everything at birth and has a very small herd. But he tells some pretty windy stories as well at times. He was very high on that bull when he bought the semen. He was pretty sad...
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    Angus breeders, need mating advice

    prophet neighbor used him major issues he had a very bad experience real sad deal Yes $B number is a real joke the old Bando 9047 bull on your list was a good one. I saw him four times I his life a real sleeper.
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    Cow Genetics

    You should be looking ahead to 2016 do not feel out of the norm. My case maybe more aggressive I flushed two of my most proven better number cows of my own breeding. With the eggs in have already getting a baby bull calf ready to use on unborn calf replacements. Crazy right but I know what...
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    A.I schools

    Since you are in college look into a college credit class somewhere If I remember one transfer some hours from another college to your present school if your school does not offer a repo class. I had to take one class that way to graduate from another university (summer program) to graduate in...
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    EMBRYO TRANSFER - IMPROVING BOVINE PREGNANCY RATES

    Trans Ova send a email yesterday to check my account. They put in 6 grade two embryos in their cows of the six five were 40 days bred only one was open. Have 20 more days to find out how many of those will bred officially. We have to wait 10 more days for the next five to be checked for the 40...
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    Connealy Black Granite

    I bought the pair for 4500
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    Spring Estrus Behavior

    Yes here in Missouri this time of year that is about all the heat we get. I was told and I think its true DO NOT AI in Missouri after June 1. We preg checked one that was bred four months I had heat patches on all the heifers she was orange the next morning. Two more were orange turned bull...
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    Connealy Black Granite

    I bought a week old bull calf out of Granite on a commercial angus cow. He is quite good.
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    Feeding an Angus steer.

    Good Luck The US is not breeding for extreme rapid muscle. We want cattle with more structure to them as we still have large pastures and ranges where cattle are raised. We do not use implants either. Your feed for your goal sounds ok. It sounds like it would have to much acid for the rumen in...
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    Feeding an Angus steer.

    Some of these US top Show Steers you see on the internet have been on feed for a long time. If your corn is rolled, flaked, crimped and your hay is not coarse I would think you would get at least 3 pounds ADG minimum. If you don't something is wrong with your genetics or management. Do not get...
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    Are the days of a small registered breeder over

    I enjoyed reading all the posts of this topic I started. Everyone gave me much better outlook to my question. I attended a dispersal sale yesterday with 100 cow calf pairs that averaged over 7,800 all cattle sold. Real money. I saw a lot of small breeders buying from a breeder that had only...
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    Priority, Chisum and Investment?

    Investment is the only one I have experienced I have a Investment heifer we just entered in a Angus show. And I am not one that shows everyday I flushed a old cow to Investment in December and we a putting in 8 embryos this month I sold other bulls I purchased this past year on Advantage and...
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