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I was reading and i came across this. What is everyones opinion when reading this and what parts do you agree with, disagree with and why so. The 8 Most Common Genetic Mistakes Made by Cow/Calf Producers 1. More Is Not Better – When it comes to EPD’s! We can all do the math. +100 is more than...

Thanks everyone for the answers and help here i really appreciate everyones time put into it. Lon

Yes he is a good friend. One of those friends you can call your only real honest friend a pal. But irregardless of that i would move to wherever makes sense for use to move in its own right. In our are this is how is goes for us right now. It take 12 acres for summer grazing which lasts 6 months...

So alot of smaller hobby type ranches for sale than. On the flat ground do they farm it with corn and such or just alfalfa. So what is the main type of cattle you do see around there? Also what is the grazing season when things grow and when they are done and your feeding hay. Is calving season...

2 acres per head for how long? sorry in my aread its 12 acres per six month for summer grazing so the whole area like that with so much rain is new to me. Do they get snow or not really? hot and humid like 90s hot alot of days or no. Again sorry used to 90s in our area or at least mid to high...

Have a friend that moved down there. He is marrying into a family that was in nebraska that sold their ranch and moved down to Dixon Springs. Me and the wife and kids will head that way end of june for the wedding and take a few days to look at the country around there hopefully on top of all...

Anybody here from around the Gallatin Tn area?

So really there isnt anything about them that would set them above something like a gelv or sim cow on a production wise basis but they come with less options as far as bulls are conserned. I do see that alot of the people raising them are from farther south than my area. Is it safe to assume...

Anyone have any experience with them as purebreds or crossbred for maternal cows? Also just kind of wandering what breed the seem to compare to the most? From best i can tell i would guess Gelv but with better carcass traits but less selection. But again i dont know nothing about them so could...

I actually have a question about murray grey cattle in general. Why is it they are not more popular. Any particular reason like wild at one time or something like that. Dont marble or something. I havent seen any to my knowledge in person but the ones on here seem to be rather eye catching cows...

Also if i was anywhere south where it was warmer i would use brangus or F1 hereford/brahman cattle. There is no reasoning behind this from any knowledge i have at all other than i really like the looks of brangus cattle and some of them F1's really catch my eye too.

I would say i agree with angus baldie as maternal but i would probably switch the salers to maternal side crossed with either the angus or hereford. Not saying they cant be used as term bull succesfully but with the saler you undoubtfully add some hair which gets noticed. That same hair if was...

I was offered a little better price than that. Only thing though is we may be talking about different age of cows because i wasnt trying to buy 2 3 or 4 year olds either. But really if you think about it $2500 for a good quality reg set of of cows specially if they were young isnt that bad at...

Well thanks for all the input on this. Sorry been awhile since got back we have gottin real busy. I do have a place for the hiefers if he doesnt want to run them. If he keeps them there i will breed and keep. The heifers are coming two this april. Main part of the question was that if he sends...

Man wish I was living farther south if thats the price good beefmaster hiefers bring cause i was talking to lasater about thier cattle a little bit ago and was offered a pretty fair deal on registered cows if i wanted to buy 50 head or so. Said that he would give a good deal for only a few...