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What are reasons any of you who use an LLC have your farm set up that way? I am trying to understand the various advantages and disadvantages of setting up a farm as an LLC.

1963 COMMUNIST GOALS 1 – U.S. acceptance of coexistence as the only alternative to atomic war. 2 – U.S. willingness to capitulate in preference to engaging in atomic war. 3 – Develop the illusion that total disarmament [by] the United States would be a demonstration of moral strength. 4 –...

I haven't had a case of pinkeye in my little cow herd in over 10 years. When the cows got pinkeye last time I was not feeding any mineral. The year after I had the last outbreak of pinkeye I switched to a mineral sold at Southern States. The formula for that mineral was changed in the last few...

How do you go about figuring how much of each kind of seed to plant in a pasture mixture? I am planning to plant Fescue, Orchardgrass, timothy, meadow brome, Perennial ryegrass, annual ryegrass, white clover, red clover and birds foot trefoil in a mix. I might add some crabgrass, big bluestem...

No, I am not talking about cleaning up around the house. I have a small orchard. The trees are getting too tall for me to reach the top of and dust with seven or other powders. I tried mixing the dust with water in the sprayer and that made a huge mess, plugged up the sprayer and in general...

I am curious what the Red Angus breeders think of this bull: http://abs-bs.absglobal.com/beef/angus.asp?CodTouro=29AR0261 I am looking to retain heifers. I want easy keeping cows. If I could make a change to the cows I have now it would be to add longevity. Does an 18 on the EPD for Stay...

This farm is 80% wooded, mostly with cedar trees. I want to clear most of the wooded areas, especially the cedar, and turn it into pasture. I got a start on that last month. I caught a break in the weather for a few days. I did the work with a Case 1155E track loader, which I bought last year...

I noticed this cow a month ago with a bulging rectum. It was really noticeable when I aied her. Pictures were taken right after AI. Cow will be 8 years old this spring. She has what I believe is/are lice on her rump. I have poured her with ivomec since these picture were taken. What do you...

I have a cow that was in standing heat on July 5 in the afternoon (natural heat 28 days after calving on June 7). Yesterday late afternoon (July 14, 9 days after her first heat) she was in standing heat again and still standing this morning. I would like to move up her breeding date to early May...

I have a cow, calved on June 25 - so 10/11 days ago. For about the past week she has been losing her cud or spitting it out. I will see her out in the pasture with a mouthful of cud, not chewing it, just standing there with both cheeks full and saliva dripping from her chin. I have seen several...

I need some help picking a Jersey bull for AI. I use ABS pretty much exclusively. I have looked at the EPDs and so forth, but they don't really tell me what I want or I just don't know how to read them correctly. Looking for a bull that will throw some good females for family milk cow type of...

I have a "jersey cross" who calved 1/17/13. This is her first calf. I left her calf on her and so far I just take what's left. I did this last year with my 4 yr old jersey cow, and she milked about 1 1/2 gallons a day plus took care of her calf. After about 3 months into her lactation, the calf...

I have a first calf heifer with an odd bump on her lower right side. I am expecting her to have a calf any day now. Last night she looked normal, bag was pretty tight, getting really loose behind. Checked her this morning and she way laying down. Nothing abnormal. This afternoon I checked her -...

I am thinking about getting a milking machine. I have always milked by hand, as long as I have been around cows. I think I have read enough to understand the basics of how it all works. A few questions for those with milking machines: The milker: What style does a better job milking? Do you...

I have a Jersey nurse/milk cow. Looking for ideas on what to breed her to next. I just started with AI so there are many options. In the past she just got bred to whatever bull I had. Now I can actually have a plan! I would like to stay with bulls that ABS has. Right now she is bred to an Angus...

Anyone have any recommendations for Red Angus Bulls from the ABS line up? I did a search on here, but didn't find much. Obviously, looking for the dream bull! Something that can turn my normal cows into super stars! This is just for a small commercial herd. I will mainly be breeding for...

I bought some "steers" from a neighbor last spring for freezer beef. When I was looking at them, they had a little bit of a sack but no visible testicles. The one acted like a bull, the other acted like a steer. We took the one that acted like a bull to the butcher last month, he was getting...

My clover has been amazing this year. it is probably 50% of my forage and keeping up with the grass. I just read another thread about bloat, which got me thinking. If I am not mistaken, milk fever can be brought on by feeding a diet too high in calcium just before birth. Isn't clover pretty high...

Anyone use this bull? http://abs-bs.absglobal.com/beef/herefo ... o=29HP0918 His EPD numbers look pretty good. I don't know how much he has been used. I am thinking about using him on my Black Angus ladies to make F1 baldies. I am not very good with hefeford EPD numbers and names. I did a few...