Recent content by SLaCowboy

Any gulfcoast state producers here. What type of worming protocol do you use? What time of the year, how many times, and when do you use a flukicide?

Anyone see where this rice could replace a percentage of corn in a full grain finishing ration?

Soybeans 34% CP 74% TDN Rice 8% CP 76% TDN Im currently feeding this mix to some 1200/1300# bred/calving cows with free choice low quaility hay 2 lbs Crushed Raw Soybeans 2 lbs Cracked Corn .5 lb Crushed Rice I have a large quanity of the rice and a limited quantity of the soybeans both...

I put a cm srw bed on my 01 dodge 2500. I got the sk model with four boxes. paid right at $4000 for it. I think with just two front boxes you could knock a couple 100 off. Me and a buddy put it on in a day for hardly nothing. Couple pieces of square tubing some channel iron and fuel hose. Had it...

Every year we plant a couple acres of browntop for doves in the corners of our pastures. It comes up very nice without any fertilizer. Seems every year the cattle find a way to get in it a mow it down. If we get them out in time, we let it mature, clip, and burn and shoot doves. Leaves a good...

I have considered spot spraying them. Pretty sure they are buttercup. Im not worried about cosmetic. They usually end up covering the whole pasture, but like I said much earlier this year then normal. I see them as a week taking up fert, moisture, and eventually chocking out rye.

The clover I do have is growing natural. I have money in ryegrass seed and fert. Do I sacrifice the clover to keep flowers from taking over to safe next month and half of rye? I was hoping to graze for at least another month.

I have those yellow flowers comming up in my rye grass. They are alot earlier this year then normal. They usually come up when rye grass is just about done and we just clip them with bushhog. Is there any herbicide I could apply? I have some clover. I hate to loose prime time grazing to flowers.

I feed once daily in troughs. Use five gallon buckets. Weighted one full and that's what I use to determine weight Im feeding. Right now im feeding a 50/50 mix rice and soybeans. Rice is crushed pretty fine and soybeans are rolled. They look like corn flakes. They always have free choice hay in...

How would you do it in my situation? Am I on the right track? First off I will tell you a little about our operation. Run right at 80 momma cows all Brahman influenced. about 75% brangus 25% braford. We run ultra black bulls and will throw a charlios bull into the mix this breeding season on...