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I've hired on a mexican man to help some. He is extremely good with cattle. Probally has more experience and knowledge than I do. We have somewhat of a communication barrier though. Can anyone translate some common ranch terms Cow - Vaca Bull - Toro Calf/Calves - ? Heifer - ? Steer - ...

what do you think about running multiple bulls with a herd? I've always seperated cows into 30-40 cow herds and placed a bull with each, but it would be so much easier and I could rotate pastures better to run one herd. I would figure I would need to run 3 bulls, maybe 4 if they are younger...

Can anyone help me find information on operating a utility vehicle on NC roads. I know atv's are illegal, but mine would be strictly agricultural use. Going from one pasture or farm to another. It would be nice to not load and unload it to go 3-5 miles down the road to check cattle in another...

I've got about 160 bushels of wheat in the 40 bushel bags that was left over from last year. The weevils got in pretty bad. Its not to the flour state yet but most of the seed has holes bored into it. Do you think it would be safe to mix into some feed? What all would you mix with it? I...

If I were going to use different syringes and needles for each animal, would there being anything wrong with me drawing up meds at the beginning of the day or the night before and putting them in a cooler chute-side. So they would be drawn up for less than 24 hrs.??? I know safety is an issue...

Last year I had a heifer that we had to make take her calf. It wasn't too bad, just locked them in the stall together and they figured it out. I started to get rid of her and then decided that it was probally just a heifer thing and she would be better next year. WELLL Last Tuesday morning I...

I'm going to put a pencil to this AI deal. what would be a good figure for cost of A.I. / cow. Figure $15 per straw and then what for a A.I. tech, synchronizing, heat detection? I intend on learning how to AI but for now I need a figure for someone doing the whole thing, like Genex's...

I am looking for a good rifle that doesn't break the bank. This won't be one of my hunting rifles that I take good care of. This will be my "truck gun" and will get scratched, mistreated, and probally dropped. I thought about getting a Savage 22 WMR because of the price and that is a really...

Looks like I kept my steers too long. Not that prices are bad, but they are lower than a couple weeks ago. They are already weaned about 550-650lbs. Do I haul them next week or hold on to them for a while. I have plenty of fescue left. On fescue and a protien supplement they stand the...

When watching sales on Superior or other auction, I hear the auctioneer say "this is a great group of northern origin hiefers/cows/steers" Why is northern origin such a big deal? Is that just to add a little reassurance that there is no brahman blood in them. I have always thought that if I...

anyone use a parquat product? I think it is used mostly by row crop farmers. I know you have to have a licience to use it. Just wondering about application rates and expense. Supposed to be a quicker kill than roundup?

I watched the cattle show a couple of nights ago on rfdtv. It was a show one the safeguard deworming products. I have always used pour on or even injectable dewormer but was wondering if any of you had the safeguard or simimlar product work for you. I think they had cubes, mollasses blocks...

I see so many commercial hiefers selling for in the $1300 range. 4-6 months bred and really nice stuff that I would love to have in my pasture. However, how do you make a $1300 hiefer pay for herself in a acceptable amount of time. Not counting feed, labor, illness, routine medication...

it's that time of year again, my cattle are way too "loose" due to the green ryegrass. They have acess to high mag minerals and hay but you know they won't eat much hay. Any economical ways to treat a whole herd. I'm worried it might lower my conception rate with breeding starting next month...

I couldn't help but wonder? I'm sure there is a prefectly good explanation for this and by no means do I think I have any clue how to raise cattle in the extreme north. (North Dakota, Montana, Canada, etc.) Most people around here calve from fall to spring with temperatures somewhere between...

I always bring my hiefers up to a pasture near the barn when they start showing really heavy. So today I got 7 of them up. I'm not the most experienced cattleman in the world but I can tell when a hiefer is two weeks (give or take) or less from calving. My question comes here. There was one...

I was going through the oline catalog that I sometimes order supplies and vaccines from and I saw something called cat gut? Is this really CAT gut and if it is, what in the world do you do with it??? Thanks I was just too curious not to find out. http://www.pbsanimalhealth.com/cgi-loca ...

What kind of old theories have ya'll heard about cattle or anything else? An old man was looking at my cows with the other day and he said "that cow is going to have a nice bull calf because one side of her belly is bigger than the other. If she was to have a heifer she would look more even...

I am deffinatly going to have to do some hay rationing to make it until my ryegrass pastures get up this spring? Can anyone tell me approximatly what a 1000-1200lb cow requires in pounds per day of hay. Just assume no grass. They do get minerals and salt. Now I know they will eat more but...