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What you say is even more true at home. There are very few pure fields of fescue. Those that do exist are on steep ground that only a crack addict would drive a combine on. Anything "flat" enough to thresh is planted in succotash. There must be something restrictive about the soil here...

If you are at UK, the dairy ai's everything and I'm sure the beef program does some repro work as well. Even if there isn't a formal class, I'm sure someone would be willing to give you some lessons or point you in the right direction.

I hate to say it, but I think people around home have been spoiled over the years by tobacco farming. Much of the knowledge, equipment, and infrastructure for other things is gone.

That's not too far; we're actually staying in Bolivar. I'll try to PM a phone number to you. I haven't been on the forum for a long time and the email address I had before is no longer valid. I might need to fix that.

I think 150-300 pounds is common, although I'm sure there are many instances of much higher yields.

Very seldom do I spray anything other than a fence row and I don't spray those near enough. We here in ky are blessed with a plethora of "weeds" that make fantastic forage. I'm not saying you shouldn't spray, but you might be kidding yourself about the relationship between spraying and...

The endophyte is what makes fescue what it is. Gotta take the bad to get the good.

Is anyone here combining fescue seed around Springfield, MO? The company I work for sent me out to help with a new endeavor to buy some fescue seed. Looks like the weather has really put a damper on things.

I have several char x cows and they are some of the best cows I have. Some have made it to 15 before being culled. Most of the ones I have culled have been for blown udders or mastitis from too much milk. I have had a few rattails but haven't noticed much dockage. I have yet to see a scientific...

Finally, got 'em bigger. Thank God for Google Chrome. That would've been next to impossible in old Internet Explorer.

These are the only ones I had on the computer. First one is mostly steers I sold Feb. 1. Solid black calf with yellow tag is a half-blood simangus bull I bought for a clean up bull for the heifers in pic. 2, along with their older half-sibs.

Nope. Angus would be the way to go. Make sure the milk epd on them cows is at least a 45 and then you can milk 'em. Everybody knows dairies are where the money is. Keep the DOC down close to zero, too. Nobody likes those slow, lethargic cows.

I'm looking for something that will make good, efficient mama cows. I'm more interested in structure; feet and legs to be more exact. I'm not as concerned about milk or growth as much as soundness. Also has to be black for my market. I'm not anti-angus, just don't like the ugly feet and...

I'm considering using a simm bull myself, but haven't heard of club king. I'll have to check him out. My short list so far includes Nichols Manifest, ACC1 Hustler, Grandmaster, and Fatt butt. I have only managed to find Grandmaster and Manifest calves on the ground locally and have been more...

Every Charolais x Angus calf I've ever seen had a black hide. Around here, the smokes sell in the same pens with the blacks. The original post said english x continental were docked 2.5 - 2.7 /cwt compared to primarily angus cattle, but what about the extra 100 pounds that were on those...