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:???: :???: :???: I think what we have here is a failure to communicate :P I believe you are talking about the 3 point lift arms, while I was referring to the loader lift arms :tiphat: The point I originally intended to make is the HOSES for the lift and tilt cylinders of the...

It will work fine. Just have to add in a couple posts here and there in a draw or on a knoll to staple it to. I've put it up in plenty of rough spots in the mountains of VA and NC.

If you properly install the Miraco with a heat tube, you shouldn't need a heater unless you're in high elevations or farther north (SW VA is not high elevation). They come with instructions and, if followed, won't freeze if you have animals drinking out of them. 10 head should be fine, I know...

I bought an 06 F350 with 164k on it earlier this year. Did the gaskets, studs, deleted EGR, added coolant filter. I had to because it blew them the night I brought it home. The big thing to take into consideration is that you'll need between $2,000-$5,000 depending on the shops in your area...

I'll say that NC is pretty good. We have the opportunity to grow good grass 11 months out of the year in certain parts, and can have pastures in piedmont area of both warm and cool season grasses to mitigate fescue dropping off in the summer, turning around and stockpiling it when the bermuda...

"Grinnin' like a jack*** eatin' sawbriars." "Workin' like a borrowed mule." "Drunk as a skunk." "Screwed up as a football bat." "Messier than a soup sandwich." "I got my tongue caught around my eye tooth and I couldn't see what I was saying."

1. Simmental or Gert (depending on market tolerance for any ear in your area) 2. Simmental or Gert (again, market tolerance for ear) 3. Simmental 4. Hereford 5. Angus, Simmental, or Gert (depending on market tolerance for ear) 6. Hereford 7. Angus or Hereford (depending on what market...

That's the general rule of thumb for most recommendations. One cow per age of month up to 24 months, and try to keep 25 cows to one mature bull. This is not saying that good mature bulls will not cover more than 25 cows - but for some of the folks I work with, they are using stockyard bulls...

Thanks for the heads up.

Yeah somewhat. Randolph County.

I only post when I feel I might add something of value that hasn't already been hashed out. I also just enjoying reading the posts, and tend to keep a professional distance from doing too awfully much on message boards. I do enjoy the site, though, don't get me wrong on that one!

Does anyone know of a good slide set or pictures that can be used to identify the different grades of embryos for ET work?

It will take a lot of years to realize the high P from litter. Where I'm from in the hills of NC, we do have high P fields where they don't allow litter anymore. However, litter has been spread there for 40+ years and at rates of sometimes 12 ton/acre (not the norm, but has been done). If...

"If you laugh, you think, and you cry, that's a full day. That's a heck of a day. You do that seven days a week, you're going to have something special." -- Jim Valvano

Tail bleeding is pretty simple. Lift the tail with one hand, have a syringe in the other (I prefer syringes as those vacutainers are pretty irritating losing vacuum if the cow moves). Starting at about 3 inches or so from the tail head, you will notice small pockets on the midline of the tail...