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I like to back the trailer up to an alley with the gate hung opposite of the trailer gate, opened to the inside. This way you can use the corral gate to crowd,then end up at the trailer gate for the final crowd-up. Its nice if you have another gate hinged from the other side two gate lenths...

The problem comes up when you get 3 maternal sisters in the herd say 1889, 2889,6889, plus third generation cows 0882,8886, and 0882's daughter 4880. Now suppose in 2009 four of these cows have good heifer calves. 9881, 9886, 9888,and 9884, no problem! until these 4 heifers calve, then you have...

I wrote about this once on another forum/topic. I will try to find it and paste it here. @ As much as I hate trying to read 4 digit tags, on the registered cows I feel the cow family is so important I devised this system. First number- year born, next two numbers identify cow families 00 to...

If you can go look at a Big Valley (Belen) or Powder River head gate, It would really help you out they work as good as any. If I get a chance I will try to take some pictures of one of the Powder Rivers. We about killed the vet one time with an old light chain driven catch. Souix Steel has...

Where is sand mountain stockyard? Alabama? What is pen hooking? @

I like the two piece, tag with a button. We used Allflex at the dairy so I used them for years. Allflex tried to change (cheaper)the tag sometime in the 90's and they broke at the neck. I tried a cheaper knock off one year, don't recall the brand name but they were awful. They curled, faded, and...

If I have to pull 200 posts with a handyman jack, he better be paying me and I get the posts. :D :nod: And they better be good heavyweight posts. @

We used the Hoskins red top tanks at the dairy. They were pretty trouble free, the stanless tanks were easy to clean. I liked that the big heater units were under the tank not in the water. The valves would freeze up on very cold nights, we thawed them with buckets of hot water. I put the big...

There are a lot of strong opinions posted here about the "dollars & sense" of matching the cows to your environment. How about matching your resources and management ability to the cows! @

As I recall your motivation for wanting more cows is because the tractor and facilities you have now are woefully inadequate to take care of the ones you already have and you are “losing them left and right.” Why would you be considering buying more cows instead of buying better equiptment or...

I tend to agree with novatech here, one caveat; Everyone has a different pocketbook to work with, many situations could use a pretty ordinary bull and it would still improve their cows. That said you should always try to use the best available bull within your budget. Not every registered...

My experience nothing shows up really well on a black angus ear. The thick green paste works best. If you blunt the needles they will make bigger holes, work the paste into them with a toothbrush or terry cloth. Good Luck! @

TexasBred; I think you helped me learn something new. I had heard some where before that chelated minerals were more readily available to cattle/livestock but they didn't really explain what they were or how it worked. Today I was comparing mineral feed tags at the local feed store. I knew...

Thank You Jeanne With out digging and looking it up that was my first instint, higher levels of sulfer and Iodine. @

We tag heifers in the left with one color, bulls in the right with another. By tagging heifers in the left it leaves the right ear open for the bangs tag and tatoo. Another good trick I learned from another comercial rancher; Change to another color mid season, that way if you have a good doing...

If this were true Britain needs to just import all their beef!@ :lol2: :lol2:

SRBEEF; As usual a very well thought out and insightful piece. Unless you are milking the cows or calving at least a couple of potloads of calves a month. I see no reason for year round calving other than lack of management. I do however see advantages to calving 2 distinct seasons if your...

I have been thinking a lot about the possable effects of soil type and moisture on "good feet" and foot problems lately. Between the dry abrasive soils and a good mineral program I have never had reason to question my cattle's foot structure. I just took credit for selecting and breeding good...

This world market dynamic is the impetus behind the U.S. premium branded beef programs. The U.S. is still the world leader in producing quality grain fed beef, We virtually have that market to ourselves, but Brazil, Argentina, Australia, and to a lesser extent Canada, Mexico, and the other...

I got this E-mail about a week ago, this thread reminded me of it. I usually don't get too excited about Internet boogyman stories but most of this is nothing new. Its been going on for a long time now. @ MUST Read about McDonalds THIS IS A GOOD DECENT MAN WHO TOOK THE TIME TO WRITE THIS AND...