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Well I had to cut feed cost and I been looking at whole corn for a while. We just switched all the steers to whole corn and beef trate. I will be excited to see how it works and if the quality grade goes up any. Feeding out 20 angus steers. Have some that will be processed end of March and the...

My kids been showing steers now for 4 years and I am in the market for the 5th year steer. I was thinking I want to try to find a better quality calf that can compete but after looking at prices I’m not sure we will be doing that. I currently pay 1500 for there steers and with the market I’m...

Has anyone processed a 2 year old virgin bull around 1850 pounds? I have one fail a semen test and have extra slot at processor so wanted to know thoughts. We processed one 18 month old with no issues but this one is a few hundred pounds more and few months older. I suspect he will be leaner and...

My girls will be showing these guys on the 24th of October. Let me know your thoughts and guess there weights.

So we had a few heifers not breed. They don’t get a second chance around our place so Instead if selling them at the sale barn I figured I could put them in our freezer beef program. This is the first set of heifers I ever processed. I’m a little nervous but everyone keeps telling me they will...

We raise angus but have a jersey on the farm as a nurse cow. Well one of her calves we kept and bred. She slipped her calf the first year and then again this year. She will be 3 in October and never had a calf. I have a extra processing date in November that I plan to take her to but should I...

We were able to showcase our operation yesterday for a second and hopefully get more people looking at purchasing directly from the farm. We were great full for the opportunity...

So I guess you are never to old to learn. I took this old cow that is stifled to the processor today. She weighs 1600 pounds and been on feed by her self because she raised my daughters show heifer and we short penned the pair so we could easily halter the calf. Anyhow when I took her to the...

I am going to deliver the last 3 steers for the season. One will go in my own freezer as I been waiting patiently. Weighed them this afternoon and these angus steers weighed 1310, 1350 and 1390. The cull cow was 1585 and we will grind her all into hamburger and sell in 25 pound bundles. I’m...

We took another 5 to the processor on Monday if this week. The average hanging weight was 736. The low 705 and high 778. I’m pretty pleased with that. I also got the online store up and running in just trying to figure out the best way to sell everything. Most likely will just do packages with a...

I have the 1st 6 steers going to the processor on Monday afternoon. I will try to get pictures and videos then. We weighed them this morning and they are as follows. 1350 1315 1275 1270 1235 1215 Im interested to see there hanging weights. We have 5 more that will be going in a month and they...

We are gonna grow the beef side of the farm a bit and we have invested in barn to door that will allow us to have an online store just like Amazon or any other online store. It will keep up with all our inventory and people can order 24/7 without contacting me. It will also allow them to pay...

We are looking at the possibility of running hair sheep behind the cattle. I have been doing a ton of research trying to decide if this is a path we want to go down. does any other cattle producer on here run hair sheep? I am looking at all the breeds. I like the Dorper but understand the...

We have a pasture that is across our lake and the only way to get cows back and fourth is to cross the Dam however we prefer to keep the heifers in this pasture without bringing them back and forth. We don't want them to water in the lake and have them fenced off the lake. This field is pretty...

We are beginning the set up on our new donor Sinclair Queen Mother 6R109 Reg# 15366604 and will flush her the first of next month. I would like some ideas on who you might breed her to based on her genetic package. shs is a pretty massive cow and I would like to clean her front end up a bit. I...

Has anyone used CPC Feeds? If so what are you using? do you hand feed or free choice? Do you add salt for a regulator and how much are they eating? I am looking for something to grow bulls out without getting them fat. I had a friend of mine use CPC grower but other people are telling me to look...

Is anyone planning to attend the sale? this year the offering is online athttp://www.cattleinmotion.com/event/florida-bull-test-sale.

I have a good friend that is looking for 2 show steers for our local county fair. They need to me March or April born calves.

Well it's that time of year to start thinking of winter grazing. I'm just curious what everyone plants and the verity. I been really paying attention over the last few year and realizing our winter grazing is a lot more important than summer grazing as we calve in the fall. Here is what I'm...

We finally got our sun hemp in yesterday. I was hoping to get it planted the first of June but it didn't happen. We are trying to build up the soil in this field. We need to have a lot more top soil. The main reason we planted this was because the field was covered with cogan grass and we be...