Recent content by Katpau

We have been receiving offers from Solar company's for years now. The last offer quoted $50,000 per year to lease 30 acres. A major line runs right across our fields and the property is located only a few miles from a nuclear Power plant in Minnesota. We have 90 acres of cropland leased to a...

I believe the rules in Oregon are that land zoned as agricultural can not have a house built on it unless you can convince the Planning Dept that a home is required in order to manage an agricultural purpose, such as taking care of livestock. When we first purchased our place, (close to 1000...

I started this thread. I am 70 years old and learned to call in the cows to the dairy barn when I was a small child growing up in Minnesota. I also had a call I used to call in the horses when I wanted to go for a ride. I was curious if others did the same. I wasn't expecting it to be...

Correct me if I am wrong, but I believe Simmental's also have a breed up program. I think it takes 7/8 percentage registered Simmental blood to be registered as a purebred. So they would be similar to Murray Grey. I suspect both programs may have other conditions that must be met beyond that...

If you haven't already, I would give all your calves a nasal respiratory vaccine such as Inforce 3. I would check the temperatures on all of them while I had them in the chute, and only treat those with a high temperature. This should help to prevent most respiratory viruses from going through...

I get so tired of people making the statement that 51% black has anything to do with CAB. I don't know where this came from, but being predominantly black does not mean 51%, The cattle must also be "Angus influenced", and besides that, the black color is just one minor characteristic for CAB...

The calf gets all of its mitochondrial DNA from the cow. While I do believe in keeping heifers from older cows that have proven their worth, I believe there is some risk in keeping a heifer from a cow that is so old she has begun to decline in both production and condition. I believe I saw a...

This doesn't surprise me. My guess is someone offered him a price closer to their value, and they are sold. It is probably awkward to contact you now. I just sold our spring born calves. Steers brought an average of $1,438 each and heifers $1,273. Be careful if you buy at a sale barn. The...

Since I was unfamiliar with the way the Black Hereford breed worked, I did an internet search and found this. "you get a Black Hereford by crossing a Red Polled Hereford with a Black Angus. in cattle black coat coloring is dominant and red coat color is recessive. So when u cross a Angus (BB)...

Our ranch is a little over 2 miles from one end to the other and the corrals are in the middle. The house is a mile away up on a ridge near the west end entrance. I wish I could say I was smart enough to have planned that, but we put the corals down near the old original homestead where a large...

I had a heifer get bred at 4 months and calve 4 days short of 13 months old. (Not planned obviously). She went on to raise 3 more calves before I had to cull her for a bad attitude at 4 years old. She was normal size and if it stunted her growth I could not tell. She weighed 1420 pounds when...

I thought I had posted when the semen actually arrived, but I guess I must have forgotten to hit "Post Reply". I do that with emails too. I think I have responded, only to later find it in drafts. :rolleyes: I picked the semen up on Monday, and everything went smoothly. The tank showed vapor...

Charley Cap Semen is stored in a special tank called a semen tank. A tank like the one I have (MVE 20) will cost between $700 and $1,000 and must be topped off with nitrogen every 3 to 4 months. You will likely pay $50 to $75 for each refill. It is not practical to own your own tank for just...

What did they weigh?