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Alright, I got a question for y'all. I live here in Alabama. I've been doin alright (balin small squares) with just a hay rake and a disk mower. Hay sits on the ground a couple of days, rake er then go... I've bought a farm in Northern Michigan and am movin everything up there. I'm noticin that...

... I called my friend Andy Sable, a gastroenterologist, to make an appointment for a colonoscopy. A few days later, in his office, Andy showed me a color diagram of the colon, a lengthy organ that appears to go all over the place, at one point passing briefly through Minneapolis . Then Andy...

I surprised myself today and went and got myself an idea. I've got this little fenceline weed problem I've been thinking of taking care of by running goats with my cattle. One problem though is keeping the durn coyotes from eating goat burgers. I hear that Longhorns don't like coyotes and dogs...

I'm looking at building a new haybarn this winter and want to feed square bales right out of the barn. I'm thinking of using those feeder panels and leaving the backside of the barn open. The only problem I can see is the calves could get in the barn through those things. The panels say the "s"...

I've got 10 acres of five strand barbed wire I'd like to move to another pasture for cross fencing. I'm just not sure how to do it. Any suggestions? Thanks

I saw this on another thread and really wanted to ask some questions about it because my brother and I were thinking of doing something like this. I own 100 acres and he has 5 adjoining. He's an OTR trucker and gets home on weekends. What we're talking about doing is having two seperate herds...

Weird question here, but I gotta ask. It was nothing for me to think about getting my boys on a tractor and riding with me an all, but I'm having a feeling that my boys wife might not be as easy to convince as the boys mamma was (remembering back... she wasn't easy either). Anyway, been thinking...

I see where these lightbar guidance things are getting almost affordable (around $1000 for the teejet centerline). I was wondering if anyone uses these things and if they pay for themselves over time. I know I do run over the same spots alot when I'm raking or mowing. Anyone with any opinions?

Things got a little rough out in the hay field the other day, and when I stopped the ol farmall, I noticed, the valvestem of the tube was sheared right off. Looking closer at the rim, it looks a little jagges around the valvestem hole. I'm thinkin it sheared right off. Y'all think it's be ok to...

I picked up an interesting book the other day by a guy named Ensminger called the The Stockman's Handbook. In it he explained different winter rations. One of them was grass hay and raw soybeans as a protein suppliment. Now, this would fit pretty good into my farm and is a simple ration I can...

My first hay cutting was pretty bad due to the drought here. So I made a decision to keep my herd on the current pasture and try to get another cutting out of the one I took the hay off (Its a better hayfield). Well, I'm gonna try to make it till the end of June before I cut hay again and move...

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I need some help with a decision on what to do on this 20 acre piece of property I recently bought. My soil test shows I have low nitrogen( 10ppm) and phosperhous (5ppm) I have a medium to low K (70 ppm). My PH though is 5.2. I've got 3 heifers and two steers on it now, and was planning to add...

Alright, I've got 5 weaned calfs (Average around 500lbs each) in a pen where I'll keep them for a week. I just want to make sure I do this right..... feed em free choice hay and around 5 lbs of corn a day should keep em good until I turn em out..... right?? Just wanting to make sure.... Thanks...

I've got a chute and a head catch, but I was wondering how someone would go about banding a bull this large? Do you pu tit in the catch, tie its feet and come at it from behind? How would you do it? Thanks, Brad

The subsidy thread got me thinking about this. I went and talked to the FSA about some conservation programs. I have about 60 acres that has a creek running through it and was thinking of applying for a subsidy to help get rid of some of the fencing costs. They said the next go around won't be...

A couple of years ago, I was looking at a cart that had a chute on it that would slide the bales up from a square baler and dump it in the basket behind. For the life of me I can't find it now. I think this year is the last year of the boys being around, so I was looking at another way of...

I posted this on the introduction board, but thought I ought to try it here. I currently shell the goat corn with an old JD 1b hand sheller. Now I like it and everything, but my right arm is getting alot bigger than my left and the neighbors are beginning to think I took up tennis or something...

Hello, Please allow me to introduce myself, I'm new to this board and raising cattle. The master plan is to work another 10 years and while building my 60 acres into a multi-million dollar enterprise ( or into a "I'll try not to lose as much moneythis year honey.....). I have been hanging around...