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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...

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

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 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...

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...