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I can't stand people like the "country girl" a.k.a city girl that thinks there are laws against anything she doesn't like. It would be best if she just went back to the city, but she probley won't, she'll just try to make her neibors life difficult. What a joke, is this legal? give me a break.

I have been running stockers on a small scale just like you want to do for the last 5 years and have learned a lot. Let me tell you!!! 1. Most important, vacine. Your going to invest around $17000 dollars on these stockers, would you buy a car for $17000 and not buy insurance for it? Your...

I work in the construction industry, and run stocker cattle on the side for a little income and a lot of fun. I would be very interested in something like this if it was in Nebraska. But I don't think you could afford me. If the house was decent and the pickup was decent I'd have to have...

I buy 400-500 lb steers in april and sell them in the fall. This year I had 10. Next year I'm going to buy around 15 and I want to insure them against death by any cause. How do I go about this? I have looked on the net and they have forms to fill out and you have to have a vet certify that...

Here is my experience. I grew up on a cow-calf farm. I had never been in a sale barn until 4 years ago. I'm what some of you would call a hobby rancher, I into cattle because I love it and the last four years it has made me some money. My dad bought and sold all his cattle private treaty...

How can I buy these herbicides, is there any way to get them without being certified? Thanks

My tractor broke down while seeding pasture with a no till drill two years ago. I was about 3/4 done and the drill was rented so I finished drilling with my 1980 GMC rusted out pickup. Had to make big wide turns since I did'nt have hydralics to lift the drill out of the dirt. My neighbors had...

You took my post wrong, I love being a sad sack, would I like to be a full time rancher, yes, it just isnt in the cards right now, I stated in my post the only way I'd be happier is more land and more cattle. The post was about making sacrifices so that you can do something you love to do, even...

Definition of a sad sack: Always wanted to be a rancher, but never had a ranch or the means to buy one. Works ones ass off for a decade or two to get enough money to buy a small place. Digs post holes by hand, unrolls barb wire by hand and by self, has a 50 year old tractor that he babies...

I'm not trying to make anyone mad, but I went to a wedding in Ada Oklahoma last may and driving through Oklahoma my wife and I were amazed at the low quality of most of the cattle, not all of the cattle but most. Nothing compaired to the quality of cattle in Nebraska and South Dakota. I...

They are the "new white angus" just like the "new black herefords"!!!!! Ha Ha

Well, I'm going to disagree with some people hear, I bought a single man auger last year. It has a 50 cc engine on it and a 8" auger. I think it does a heck of a good job. I can auger out a 8" hole 4 feet deep in less than a minute most of the time. But if the soil is bone dry your in for a...

fairly loose

I kept one steer to feed out this year. I started him on corn Oct 1. I worked up to 22 lbs of corn a day by Nov 1st. We just had, and are having a really cold snap and he quit eating corn and just eats alfalfa. He eats alfalfa good, drinking good just doesn't touch the corn for the last...

I have a steer that I bought 2 months ago, he has a lump on his back and its getting bigger. He was 400 lbs when I bought him so he is about 7 or 8 months old. He is eating good, drinking and looks to be gaining just as much weight as all the others. When I first noticed the lump it was about...

Hello fella's, I am slowy getting into the cattle business and have just been running stockers on pasture during the summer for the past two years. But as my boys get older and can help more while I'm at my real job I want to get some cows. My question is, is there any difference in the calves...

I'm so hungry I could eat a frozen dog.

Hello, just joined this site today and I have a question on bloat and alfalfa. This will be my 3rd year in the cattle business, (very small scale). What I've been doing is buying light weight steers (400-500 lbs) in late April and running them on grass until the grass runs out (usually...