Recent content by steerhorn

Thanks for the info! :)

I've been heating our home with firewood for 16 winters now. We do all of our own cutting, splitting and stacking of the wood, and up until now, I've been able to use a relatives "homemade" log splitter. It works great! Unfortuately, he's moving out of the area and taking his log splitter with...

No Murray Grey takers?? I've never owned any MG's, but I've been doing a lot of research on them lately. They seem to be a "good package". Unless I'm missing something. (please respond) :) My family has raised Polled Herefords, Black Angus, Limosine, MaineAnju, and Beefmaster over the...

posted the previous reply in the wrong place, sorry all.

Just out of curiousity, how far do you plan to finish these calves out to, weight wise. And, how much do you figure you'll have in them? (if that's getting to personal, I understand) Just curious as to how others do it. :)

Seeking some general info for the Murray Grey cattle breed. Is there anyone in Ohio, or surrounding states raising this breed? If so, in general, how's it going? Pro's and Con's. Thinking about possibly switching to something different in the next year or so. Been raising Beefmaster...

It's all starting to make sense now. We also suffered a really dry summer here in Ohio this year. Bad enough that I just recently sold my cows due to the lack of available / affordable hay. (only 12 head). Never experienced a year like this in the 17 years I've been raising cattle. (Not my main...

Would this be a second planting, and ,or, what does it follow in rotation. Is cotton planted in a rotation? I would assume so. Just curious, Thanks for the reply.

I have a question: My wife and I are from central Ohio and have always enjoyed taking trips to Tenn. Having never been to the western side we decided to take a road trip to Memphis by way of Jackson just to check out the scenery and agriculutural interests. The trip was last weekend. We...

When visiting the local farm store the other day, I noticed a 50lb. bag of sweet feed was around $5.69, while a 50lb. bag of whole corn (just shelled, not cracked) was $6.58. I would think the sweet feed with the different ingredience and processing would be higher than just shelled corn...

Sold the cows and bull yesterday. Cows went a little low, I thought. The 6yr olds brought between .49 and .52. The 2 bred heifers, they through in with the "fat" cattle, which surprised me, though I don't know why. they brought about the same so I guess it didn't matter. The angus bull...

stupid question.... When I'm viewing postings that would appear to have photos attached to them, How do I view the pictures?? I visit the Photo Gallery, but don't see pictures that go with the postings I'm wanting to view. Sorry, I'm a little slow.

I put the bull in June 1st. So, depending on when they came in, they could be as far as about 4 months along. We were drought stricken this summer, though finally received some rain which made for a decent last cutting for those who had any at all. I was hoping $650 - $700 wasn't too out...

Not sure this is where this posting belongs, but hopefully will get some responses. This has been a really bad year as far as pasture and hay making was concerned. So bad, I'm considering, well,... I guess I've made up my mind to sell down. I just cannot justify the cost in buying feed it...

How can you tell it was arson, and not spontaneous combustion, or from it heating up and starting to smolder? Maybe a little damp when made? Just curious