Recent content by zkrioka

Help ! I have began the season badly! Began cutting my hay and my VICON disc mower broke down before completing the first turn. I desperately need two gears that go inside the mower bar. These have about 15 cmm diameter and 41 teeth. Also need knives off center bolts and one disc gear post...

I have a herd of 2 3 4 5 year old cows all hybrid polled herefords, black and red angus. I have made some selection of cows based on past performance. Currently I have a mixed black angus bull. Next week I am going to a local fair where there will be all kinds of pure breed bulls. Thinking of...

sounds like a likely candidate for the barbecue. Youd get more from selling the meat than the live cow.

Last year I kept my calves over winter rather than sellin at weaning. I did have to house them at night and feed them concetrate mixed with ensilage. It comes down to: do you have a place to overnight, can you feed concetrate, and/or quality ensilage ? The price difference in your market can...

I bought at auction an old Vicon 4 disk harrow with hammer conditioner. I am new to farming so was hoping to find a manual thru this forum ...

Thanks, I was beginning to think that I had made an unanswerable question. I did find out that Tru Test have a mode called Fleece that changes the scale accuracy to 100 grs. The idea being to weigh small animals .... anybody using a scale raising rabbits ?

I have just installed a digital scale I picked up at an auction. It uses two loadbars and a digital display. The scale is made by ALLFLEX I believe in New Zealand or Australia (and who no longer exists and is not related to the ear tags company) and it is model FX600. It has three modes Cont...

I have just installed a digital scale I picked up at an auction. It uses two loadbars and a digital display. It has three modes Cont, FFr, and FLCE Cont is continous weighing but I cannot figure out what the other two modes are. The scale is made by ALLFLEX I believe in New Zealand or...

I have just installed a digital scale I picked up at an auction. It uses two loadbars and a digital display. It has three modes Cont, FFr, and FLCE Cont is continous weighing but I cannot figure out what the other two modes are. The scale is made by ALLFLEX I believe in New Zealand or...

I am getting ready for calving season here in the Southern Hemisphere. Our experience last year showed the vet takes too long to arrive mainly because we are small operation and far away from town. Ive been thinking of buying a calf puller. The local feed supplier carries a model made in Germany...

just heard on cnn that a new case of BSE has been discovered but no details as to location, source, etc. Anybody heard more?

I was recently on a trip to Brazil and saw on TV a cattle auction where pregnant pure Nelore cows were being sold for $2,000 each....