Recent content by ROB

a few more variables you are probably thinking about - taxes, do you need to sell this year or would your tax situation be better off waiting until next year? cow maintenance costs - selling your calves now will provide more forage for your cows later going into the winter months, less hay to...

tncattle- in missouri selling in bulk quantities of a quarter beef or more - sales tax is exempt. selling by the cut you must obtain a tax i.d. number and charge sales tax. the tax amount in missouri to be charged is determined by the department of revenue. filing payments are made to the...

here's what i could find. http://www.beefempiredays.com/results/best.html ROB

frankie- this whole thread seems to be a contest with you :lol: ROB

hillsdown - i think GV5 is referring to the post i put on the breeds board yesterday "BEST (beef empire steer trial)" ROB

Rate of gain, carcass and combined division results of this years BEST contest: Braunvieh breeders Mike Long of Rocking L Cattle Co. and Mike Long, Nick Long and Matt Traster of LLT Cattle Co. from Ulysses, Kan. continued their success in the Beef Empire Steer Trial (BEST) contest held in...

no...health issues with a partner...he needed to reduce stress level so he got out of the cow/calf business, i also took advantage of the opportunity and culled off half my cows. ROB

last springs calf crop born at the end of March thru April were weaned on June 4th. Mommas went to town - calves had not been creeped prior to weaning. by the middle of the second day post weaning, all the calves were eating out of the bunk - never had any sickness. It cost a lot of cash...

the New Holland 8N Boomer? man i want one of those!!! that old two row cultivator would be smokin. ROB

yea, kind of hard to blame it on the bull - he did his job. ROB

in the traditional sense of marketing fullblood and purebred braunviehs at the local salebarn they will be docked, not because they're not good quality, but because they are not the norm. the black braunviehs will do very well at the local markets. not because they are better quality than the...

i can't see it either...and havent found studies where it has been documented. ROB

Aero- not wanting to add frame. quite the opposite. the discussion was whether or not selecting for high ADG would increase frame in replacements over time and if selecting for better feed conversions would increase frame in replacements over time. i know for fact that selecting for higher...

thanks for the kind words- i got a call after i got to work - the momma had another bull calf after i had left home. went back home and gave the second calf a round of colostrum - momma was very interested in both calves and both were up and going very good. ROB

spring calving season is officially up and going - a first calf heifer had a nice 75 lb half-blood bull calf. think i'm going to be really liking calving in april-may. february is too darned cold to calve outdoors, and march is usually a loblolly with all the mud from the winter thaw/spring...