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Lately, I have been hearing alot of talk about new 2016 rules for antibiotics that will make them much harder to get and alot more expensive for farmers to use on their cattle. A feed store owner told me today that he will have to stop selling medicated feed due to the increase in paperwork...

For the first time in 12 years, I am thinking of buying a new truck. I have been to several dealers. All seem to be on the same page; Take 2k off the list and call it invoice, deduct rebates, 3-5k and that gets you to 5-7 off list price, whether the truck lists for 58k or 35k, magically...

I was asked by a friend how to approach a problem that has been going on for 10 days. I have no idea, so I thought I would see if any of you have had any experiences like this and if you have any suggestions. My friend has a son in Oregon who needed some money as a deposit on a logging...

Just curious to see what baby calves are selling for in different parts of the country. They are high around here. I have been seeing avg to better than average holstein bulls 1-3 days old from 420-440 dollars each. Saw some baby jersey bulls weighing around 30 lbs bring 235 today. On the...

Yesterday the ground was frozen and I was trying to get cows hauled home from 3 farms that I got the pasture when I bought their herds last summer. Late afternoon, while I was loading up on top of a hill, it came a brief, hard, unforecast rain. I had a hard time getting away from the chute...

Just wondering if anyone knows what happened with the diesel fuel price today. One place I went diesel was up 50 cents and gas down 8 cents. Another was up 65 cents on diesel. Talked to some other people and the places closer to Springfield were pretty consistent 3.89- 3.99 today, after...

FarmFest weather should be a little cool, but really beautiful the next 3 days at Springfield, Mo. I don't know when I will go, but I always enjoy going and visiting with friends at the livestock exhibits and most years have bought some cattle from people, there. I look forward to seeing them...

Has anyone had enough experiences with any brands of gas powered pole saws to recommend one or recommend to stay away from one? I have quite a bit of trimming to do around fields and pens that range from 10-15 feet high and from small limbs up to about 8 inches thick. I was looking at an ad...

Had some good fortune with a prolapse cow. Last Wednesday night, I noticed a real gentle, long eared cow that I had bought had prolapsed, it wasn't too bad, so I waited until Thursday morning to get her up and put it back in. Was really tough as it had filled with fluid that had to be pushed...

I have seen several articles and pictures about Lake Mead and how low it is and the expectancy for it to drop much, much further in the near future. I also have been seeing alot the last couple of days about the horrible flooding in southern Nevada and how out of control the streams are and...

I was curious about the effect on prices at the sales barns today after the feeder futures were down the limit the last 2 days and no one knows how they will open next week. I watched or checked on 4 sales in our area, today. 3 regular sales and one special cow sale. The prices were all...

I have a friend who bought a Vermeer round baler that is supposed to make a 4x6 bale. The baler is about 2 years old and has not had enough bales run through it to have the paint rubbed off the inside by the bales. It is a string tie baler. When he tries to make a 6 foot bale, he sets...

There is a herd of cattle that was not taken care of and is going to be auctioned off. There are about 20 of the 2-3 year old bulls. They have been overworked and under fed. However, the bulls come from an outstanding breeder. I used to buy his bulls until they got to be more expensive than...

I lost a couple of new calves born in the sub-0 temps and 12 inches of snow a few nights ago and my neighbor lost one, also. The sales close to here are closed due to weather and I was needing 3 calves to put on these cows. Did not want to let them go without. I called Denver and he went to...

A neighbor of mine has rented a farm and has more land than he needs. He asked me if I knew anything about having someone place stocker calves on his land and he would feed and take care of them and they would pay him a prearranged price per pound of gain when they come off pasture. I told him...

Anyone having any issues with their stockpiled fescue after all the snow and ice? For the first time in many years, I have enough stockpiled fescue to do most of my cattle until mid-February. We had 1/2 inch of ice and 10 inches of snow then 4 inches more, then 5 inches more snow and the...

I got a shock today when I talked with my local farm store about fertilize for this spring. I had been talking with them every couple of weeks and they were going to tell me the right time that they felt would be the cheapest to lock the price in. My family has done business with them all of...

Have any of you noticed the commercial for "My PIllow"? It was invented by a former dairy farmer from, I believe, Minnesota. Sounds like he does alot of donations of his pillows to armed forces personnel and to people with health problems. The pillow is very pricey, but I ordered one and...

Has anyone watched the new Hallmark Channel movie, Christmas with Tucker? I love the movie, A Dog Named Christmas, great story, as well and the actors did a fantastic job of presenting the emotions. Instead of making a sequel to A Dog Named Christmas, they made a movie that was supposed to...

Anyone seen any real good way of loading and hauling a 4 wheeler on a Cannonball bed? Probably be the same on a Dew-Eze bed. I have seen some people putting a chain on the front rack and a chain on the back rack and hooking each chain to one of the bed arms, then lifting and the chain is...