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We used 943 to AI some heifers. The calves were ok but not great. However, we now using a 943 son that we purchased from Richard and he is throwing some nice calves. The last time I saw Richard was in the fall of 2016. He had had a recent stroke but he and his wife were maintaining the ranch...

Does anyone have any information on the Day Hereford cattle out of Roff, OK? The genetics of our herd is heavily influenced by 943, a bull that at one time owned by Richard Day. I had heard that Richard was having health problems and was wondering if anyone could provide a status update. Thanks...

Just moving cattle to a new environment will oftentimes interfere with their reproductive cycles.

I tag and band them as soon as they hit the ground. This also gives me an opportunity to weight them on a small platform scale I carry with me in the Mule. I should qualify my remarks by saying this is how I handle the Herefords. The Brahman calves usually get their tags later when I can get...

Thanks for the informative reply. To bring the topic up to date, I was at a grazing conference at the beginning of the week. I asked both Jim Garrish and Ron Morrow about Johnson grass toxicity. I was amazed that they both seemed to know little or nothing about it. But there was a state...

Very interesting article. I used to have a lot of K31 which was useful for cool weather grazing. Even though it is supposed to drought resistant the last couple of summers have done it in along with everything else except for toxic Johnson grass.

We use the state veterinary lab in Little Rock. It costs $10.00 per sample. Cheap when you consider the alternative.

We just had another three samples of Johnson grass tested at the state lab. This is a full two weeks after the first test in which eight out of eight samples had toxic levels of prussic acid. The latest test results show all three samples were over 100 ppm hydrogen cyanide which is highly toxic...

As I understand it the prussic acid is converted to HCN in the animal. The symptoms are similar to those of cyanide poisoning. The animal staggers, the mucous membranes turn cherry red, there is gasping for air followed by collapse. It is over in a matter of minutes. This is something to be...

That was the price quoted to me on the phone at the coop in Mena. Fortunately, the other feed store in town has them for $9.25, but they expect a big uptick on the next shipment.

Range cube prices jumped from $8.75 to $11.25 around here today.

Times like this make me wonder what I'm doing in the cattle business. Two years of extreme drought and now toxic grass. I expect to see a cloud of locusts on the horizon any minute now. On the other hand, I don't know why locusts would come here. They would starve to death.

Seems like kind of an expensive way to test. Fortunately, here in Arkansas they will do a lab test for 10 bucks a sample.

I'm not sure of its nutrition value, perhaps someone else can comment. My cattle love it, it is the first thing to go for when I turn them in.

Johnson grass is about the only thing growing in our pastures during this extended drought. Knowing there is a toxicity issue we decided to have it tested by the state lab here in Arkansas. For testing we collected 8 samples randomly. To our dismay, each sample tested over 100 ppm prussic acid...