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I have a few black Beefmaster heifers and they are now pregnant for the first time. If my objective is a satisfactory breed back for the second calf and a productive cow going forward, at what age should I remove the calves from the heifers? The now pregnant with first calf heifers are in good...

Hello. I am considering using my hay baling equipment to bale for others. My baler is a John Deere 450E. Max bale diameter is 60 inch but I set machine at 57 inch. What is a fair price to charge for cutting raking and leaving the net wrapped bale on the field. I am in East Texas near Huntsville...

The sting tie on the 430 baler quit tying. I replaced the power steering pump with a brand new power steering pump off of a 1979 Chevrolet Malibu. Forty seven dollars vs $627 for a John Deere pump. It was an identical match. The string tie mechanism now cycles, however the power steering pump...

Hello. I have asked this before but have not been able to plow, disk, drag smooth and old Coastal Bermuda hayfield which is now mostly a Bahia field because here in Walker County Texas (approx. 70 miles North of Houston), we have had so much rain that I cant get in the field to do it. There is...

Hello. I raised a heifer in hopes of her becoming a cow but after 47 months ( she was born on February 3, 2015) there is still not a calf. She was taken out of the heifer pasture on June 28, 2016 and allowed to run with the other cows in a pasture where the bull stays with the cows all the time...

I am working on smoothing out a Coastal and Bahia hay field which is so rough the custom baler doesn't want the work. I think I can lightly disk and drag to smooth the field. How deep should I lightly disk? How deep can I go and have the Coastal and Bahia return in the spring? Can I go down at...

A field in Walker County Texas was once coastal Bermuda. A ten acre section of it has been cleared of persimmon saplings with a root grubber and basal bark treatments of Remedy and diesel. The remaining plants that need to go are greenbriar and smutgrass as well as some easier to get rid of...

Is it too late to plant ryegrass for late winter or early spring grazing? Are temperatures too low for germination in the Huntsville Texas area? Huntsville is about 70 miles north of Houston. Any comments appreciated.

My grandfathers old coastal bermuda hay meadow has been mostly taken over by bahia grass and in many places the smutgrass is probably 80 percent of what is there. There are also persimmon saplings which are being controlled by Remedy and diesel basal bark treatments. The broad leaf weeds, mostly...

Hello. I am considering planting red river crabgrass this Spring with a John Deere Van Brunt B grain drill. The drill has a grain box and a small seed box. Will the fuzzy seed plant ok with this drill? Should it be mixed with fertilizer? Any comments appreciated.

Is planting Alyce Clover a good idea for summer forage and putting nitrogen in the soil? Does it germinate easily and quickly? Thanks in advance for any comments.

Hello. I am wondering how to plant oats and still have the warm season perennial grass in the Spring? I am near Huntsville, Texas and will be planting in sandy soil over bahia and coastal. Any comments appreciated.

Is this a good bull to put with Angus cross cattle? Is the Gelbvieh bull any more likely to get out of the fence than another breed? Any comments appreciated.

How many acres of ryegrass at 50 pounds per acre are needed to sustain a cow and small calf?

My sample of Pearl Millet came back .53 percent nitrates. The sample was collected by pulling up the most yellow and scrawny plants in the 4 acre field. The whole plants were sent to Texas A & M. I have been told it is safe for the cattle to graze. Does anyone have experience with this kind of...

Hello. Would it make sense to plow a field in the fall and raise rye grass then plow it again in the early spring and raise pearl millet and just keep going like that year after year. Right now the field is not in good shape because of persimmons trees that have come up in it. I was going to...

How many rolls of hay per cow should I buy this summer to get the cows through the winter? Assume 1000 pound cows and 1000 pound 4X5 rolls of hay at 10 percent protien. I am about 70 miles North of Houston. The first freeze may typically be around Thanksgiving and the last about mid March...

I bought three bags of leafy 23 hybrid pearl millet seed and intended to plant it on five acres back in April. Have I waited too late to plant it here in East Texas about an hour and a half North of Houston? Any comments appreciated. I would like to have it baled if it makes a good stand.

I have seen where people lightly disc thier hay fields. Why do they do that?

If I let the cattle into the ryegrass pasture they will graze it too short in a short time. If I was going to put the cattle on the ryegrass for part of each day then call them out with cubes, how long should they stay on the ryegrass each day so that they their nutrition will be adequate for...