Recent content by casey k

well since i had to sell off all my cattle this year cause of this drought, i guess could raise grass hoppers, there are millions of those things in my pasture, all i know is my chickens are sure loving those grass hoppers lol. i really wish it would rain around here, this is absolutely insane.

i was going to take them to Springfield, and when i called up there some rancher answered the phone and got to talking to him and he offered to come out and look at them cause he was interested in buying them, so he came out and looked at them and bought them, saved me time, fuel and trouble of...

ok, so we just had to sell most of my cows cause of the drought here in missouri, but in many ways this was a good decision. but next year i will start to rebuild my stock. so im needing some advise on some things cause im kinda new at all this. which breed of cattle is best to raise in...

thanks for everyones advice. I tried to talk to my granddad and that did not work, all he kept saying was he was out of the cattle business. but i have decided to sell off most of my cows for several reasons. but im hoping i can rebuild my heard next spring. but thanks to everyone that sent me...

ok, so i have kind of a dilemma, last fall my granddad sold all of his calves. And from what i was told he had put all the money from the calves back so we could buy hay this year. well come to find out he had spent all of the money. Well he turned the ranch over to me this year, and the worst...

well our land is free and clear, but looking into buying more land. and yeah cattle prices around here are pretty good right now, but that can change tomorrow lol. and yes i do work full time as a paramedic, so that help out on the farm. everything is so hard for farmers to survive in the united...

oh yeah i always will, i mean my grandpa means the world to me.i mean he has been around for 91 years lol

well my grandpa is a very intelligent man, he used to own 2 fueling stations in springfield mo for 40 years, but he turned 91 today and ive been trying to work with him for the past 5 years trying to come up with better ways to run the farm and he always says i dont want to hear about it, im not...

ok thanks, yeah i would like to calf in the spring, i used to work on a ranch in South Dakota years ago and we calved in the winter and it was so difficult cause of the extreme temps and all the snow. in Missouri we usually don't get a lot of snow but we do get the cold temps. but rite now im...

well 80 head is cows,bulls and calves. so salt mix is a good supplement for the cows? i was told that its just plain old salt and not the best. and whats meal? cubes are the range cubes correct? and with meal or cubes, you feed that with hay in the winter? and what all does meal or cubes have in...

well they are doing ok, but i think they could be doing better. and we calve during the winter and he doesn't wean until he sells the calves in the fall, and that's a problem but he doesn't want to change anything until he turns it over to me. and no i don't have any access to corn fields...

i really appreciate it

well im from marshfield missouri. i raise mixed beef cattle but slowly switching over to brangus, we buy our hay every year, the hay that we buys is usually 2 years old, he just bought 70 bales of hay at $7.00 a bale, he is always looking for cheap hay, i mean he is 91 years old. so while...

my granddad is turning over his farm to me next year and im needing ideas of different kind of feed options. right now he is feeding crappy hay and putting out a lot of salt mix. i have done some research at local feed stores but they act like they dont want to help. i know there is a lot of...