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I cut and baled a 12 acre coastal meadow this week but it was mostly rescue grass. My neighbor told me if I didn't kill the rescue grass it would set back the coastal. I usually cut it before the coastal greens up, but I know its using nutrients. Not sure what I could do except try to cut it...

Baled the first hay this year and my push bar is not working. I had to back up to drop a bale so I could close the gate. Any ideas to start looking for the problem? Thanks

I have 4 Brangus heifers that weigh between 620 and 680lbs I would like to breed in June. What rate of gain could I expect with this feed at 1% of their weight and free choice 11% CP coastal hay? http://www.lonestarfeed.com/pdffiles/0776.pdf I don't want to push them too hard but would like...

Would 45% corn, 2% cottonseed meal and the rest cottonseed and soybean hulls be too high of a energy diet for replacement heifers? I need to get 1.25 pounds a day growth on them until June to reach their target breeding weight without getting them fat. I've never kept as many heifers as I have...

I'm looking at buying a new stock trailer and have two choices in flooring. Treated lumber or cleated rubber floor. I have no experience with the rubber floor and am wondering if anyone has any experience with this type of floor.

This is the first time I've kept all my heifers. Gonna breed them all back and sale all of them as bred except the ones I would have kept anyway. Any thoughts? I figure it will pencil out right now. At least where I'm at.

I have an opportunity to by a really good Limo bull that looks great with great numbers. Thought about using him on some retained heifer out of a Herf bull and Brangus cows. What's everyone else's take on this cross?

I hear a lot about culling older cows but really don't buy in to it. I do cull based on performance but really don't believe in culling just based on age. I try to cull and replace the bottom 10 to 15% of my herd(more so during the drought we were in not so long ago) but never let age be a part...

Well I was looking at new tractors last spring and decided to put it off until this year. I decided on the new Kubota M9960s but every time I looked at the emission system I just kept thinking of rain and hay on the ground with a tractor not running right. My dealer had a 2007 M9540 4wd fel with...

I have a 18 acre hay field of tifton 85 I cut late September for the last time this year and We had some late warm weather so it has about a foot of growth on it. I was thinking about burning it off late February or early March right before greenup because I wanted to start with a clean first...

If you we're only vaccinating two heifers out of a 10 dose bottle of blackleg vaccine would you save the rest of the bottle. Everything I ever read said to dispose of the unused vaccine but I thought it might be from sticking cattle with the same needle. If you used a new needle and only had the...

Irony 1. We are encouraged NOT TO judge ALL Muslims by the actions of a few lunatics. BUT we ARE encouraged to judge ALL Gun Owners by the actions of a few lunatics. Irony 2. The Food Stamp Program, administered by the U. S. Department of Agriculture, is proud to be distributing this year the...

I am shopping for a disc mower before my next cutting and need a little help. I have a Kubota M5640 tractor with a FEL and water in the tires. Its 56hp. I was using a 7' Kuhn that just isn't worth fixing anymore and had to finish with my sickle. I stopped by the local tractor dealer to price...

My old Kuhn has crapped out on me and I'm cutting with a wore out NH 451 I used to use regular. The dealership I like to use started carrying Krone mowers and I wondering If anyone has used one and the pros and cons vs a Kuhn.

It seems like at least once a year I'm buying a new pump or rebuilding one for my spray rig. I've been using the Hypro 8 roller pumps but they just don't seem to last, even when I run water through them after spraying. Has anyone used a different style of pump with success? I've thought about...

Went and checked the cows this morning and one of my best cows is lame. She has a back hoof split from one toe to the coronary band. Penned her up and poured iodine on it. Talked to a neighbor and he said to use burnt motor oil on it for a week to keep the hoof soft and see if she starts putting...

It's been several years since I have had to treat foot rot but this morning I noticed a cow favoring a back leg and a little swollen below the cannon. Put her in the chute and she has foot rot. She weighs about 1300lbs so I gave her 40cc's of LA300 and cleaned her foot with iodine. I was...

I have been using a horned Hereford bulls on black Brangus cows for a while now. I am keeping several black and red baldie heifers this year and buying some F1 brafords to put with them. I have been thinking of using a LBW Black Angus bull on these heifers, but was wanting other opinions on what...

I am feeding 24 cows that will start calving early fall. Unlike last year, I have been able to sale my first cutting and have enough hay from my second cutting to make this year. About 75% of the hay I have is coastal that tested at 13% protein with a TDN of 55. The rest is bahia that I...

I found a Massey 253 for a reasonable price. I've been looking for a 50 to 60 horse to use primarily for loading round bales, spraying and running a sickle. Was just wondering if any board members had any experience with this tractor.