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I just installed power and water outside of my livestock shelter house. I put a GFCI on the plug for the trough heater. Well it keeps blowing and the tank is freezing up. I put this in thinking a cow could get shocked if a short should occur. Whats is your thinking? Im thinking of putting...

Beef cattle

I have a short horn heifer for beef. What would be something to breed her with? Neighbor is getting an angus bull soon. Said we could let them run together. Whats your thought?

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Dad bought a steer about 6 weeks ago and put him in the cow lot. He is about 6 about 4 months old and looks good and healthy. His penis looks swollen, bigger than the other steers. Anyone know if this is something I should call the vet for?

Dad used to take an old box spring mattress and use it for a drag to cover seed. It didnt have material on it just the metal from the springs. We didnt have much money, But it worked.

I use a spreader sticker "Surfactant" at a pint per hundred gallons. If rain is in the forecast and its below 80 degrees I use 2 pints a hundred. I get control if its on there 30 minutes and has a chance to dry. I have been in lawn care over 20 years. I think I pay about 90.00 a gallon and get...

I just started raising a few head of cattle because I was tired of mowing that field. It was already fenced for horses, So I didnt have much sweat in it. I have it divided in half and sprayed the one half with Glyphosate then reseeded with a quality cattle pasture seed mix for my East Central...