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In a local farm paper a large feedlot was advertising custom feeding options for investors. How does this work? what is reasonable for them to charge? and has anybody ever made money doing this? Any response would be appreciated

Ok guys I am at a loss here with these two calves. I started noticing 2 calves in my group starting to go down hill so I thought I would give them penicillin for a couple days and keep an eye on them. Well they were at the time still standing and eating with the group just slowly losing...

All right I am hoping there is someone who can give me some advice on this. I bought about 25 just weaned holstein steers about a month ago. I had them green tagged and poured and implanted with compudose. They are healthy but I don't think they are gaining like I had hoped and I am thinking I...

I know I just made a posting but has anyone just mixed wcgf and wdgs and fed it as a finishing ration seems like it might work. The university of Neb tried it and they said they mixed alfalfa hay with it and they got around 4lbs adg doing this. Has anyone done this or is doing this or have they...

I am thinking out loud here just to see if anyone has done this or has experiance. In Iowa there are lots of small guys who have 5-10 cows on a pasture and they sell the calves in small groups off of the pasture about this time of year. I heard a guy on tv say that the bigger the group the more...

I have been thinking about buying some 850 lb beef steers although most of my experiance is with holstein steers. My question is could I easily bring a 850 lb beef steer up to 1400 lbs in 150 days or am I just dreaming? I know I would be pushing it with a dairy steer but I would think a guy...

I know from reading alot if post on this blog that alot of you are pretty smart when it comes to feed ingrediants. I have just started feeding out holstein steers and looking into trying to make it more than just 10 to 15 head. I live in Iowa where there are all sorts of byproducts available but...

I am about to wean some steers that I will sell in about 4 mo. I have been doing some research, some research says that you should be implanting between 2 to 3 time if you are selling to a commercial buyer. I am wondering what experiances others have doing this? Have there been any difference in...

This may sound like a terrible idea but I was wondering if anyone has bought baby calves and tried group feeding them with a group bottle feeder like they do in Europe and NZ. I figure you would have to top notch at your management but I think would make it easier for one person to feed alot of...

I am looking to feed out some holstein steers any body have any good self feeder rations for holstein steers. I looking at a ration of 800 pounds corn, 800 lbs corn gluten pellets and 400 lbs oats with some grass hay. anybody have an opinion on self feeder rations. I am also looking at...