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Well, the only hope I have to survive is to try to put in a significant winter pasture – early grazing with wheat and cereal rye, later with rye grass and clover. Hoping for a little moisture before it gets too cool to stockpile some pasture. Does anyone know of someone who custom hires to put...

Background: Once a year we gather up the herd for annual vacs, de-worming and any other issue needing attention. We have leased pastures with facilities that are not suitable to work the cattle so we haul them to the homeplace to work; then return, or move to calving pastures, weaning pastures...

Anyone know of a good place for leather repair east of Dallas? Son has an old pair of shotgun chaps he likes to wear when working the cattle - he does most of the vacs, etc. at the chute. Doesn't own a horse so these are used more for working - fairly well used. Some kid at his school borrowed...

Anyone attend those big monthly tractor auctions? I'm in the market for a tractor and attended one this past weekend near Tyler, TX (Noonday). Couple things I notice: 1) There were several ring men, but in particular there were two specific ring men that would trade-off with each other...

Anyone have recommendations for good bulk buy work gloves? The quality of the last couple of bulk buys over ebay was pitiful. Not even a full days work before they start falling apart. Just for typical farm work: fence building/repair, fence line cleaning, and a lot of wood cutting/splitting...

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Looking at a used Paul Livestock Scale - 300 series - capacity 3000lbs. 1985 version, but still in fair to good shape. It does not have the wheel kit on it but factory says they can add that to make it portable - which I need. Looking at $1500 for the scale and another $1600 for the wheel kit...

Bought a registered herd bull last year for clean-up from A.I. 20 month old, virgin bull from reputable breeder. Noticed last year it took him up to three heat cycles to settle the 4 missed cows (one on first heat, 2 on second heat, and one on 3rd heat). Wrote it off to him being a young, virgin...

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Figured this deserved its own post. If you have not signed yet, please consider doing so. Thanks and God Bless. Open carry in Texas! http://www.petitiononline.com/texasoc/petition.html

Starting to look at new trucks. Was considering a dodge 3500 but wanted SRW, long bed - which is a difficult combination to find in this area. In researching, it appears the 2500 and 3500 (assuming same diesel engine options and SRW) is basically this same except the 3500 appears to have an...

Has anyone used glyphosate immediately after cutting bermuda hay pasture to try and control bahia? I've heard this works but it scares me a bit; :shock: afraid of destroying the entire hay field. Anyone have any actual results? Thanks!

I am interested in experimenting with the ABS Genetic Manager tool for AI sire selection (assuming I can figure out why I cannot get it to work on my computer). Does anyone have any experience with this tool? Thanks!

Does anyone have any experience with any of the the Bull Test Stations in Texas? I'm thinking this may be a good place to market some of my bulls that have potential. Any thoughts on using bull test stations in general - pro's and con's? Thanks!

I did not want to hi-jack the other post but thought this is an interesting topic. At the top-level, estate taxes appear to be a bad thing - death tax. However, digging a little deeper makes you think. I believe Congress adopted the estate tax in 1916 as a way to "break up the swollen...

Anyone have any experience with Chamness Land & Cattle?

At what age do you typically register your calves? Newborn, weaning, and/or after you make the cull decision? Thanks!

I would appreciate your opinions with explanation on retaining a heifer's first calf; either as a herd bull or replacement heifer. Thanks!

Anyone have any experience with Girth Weight Tapes? I measured a couple of heifers with a tape I bought and really question it's accuracy. 264 day old Angus heifer measured 66" which equated to 792 lbs - very had for me to believe. 172 day old Angus heifer measured 53 1/2" which equated to 448...

Assume Registered Herd. Seedstock producer. You've analyized your cows, selected bulls for the traits, genetics, bloodlines, etc. you want to include in your herd. Heifers are born; some make the cut, some don't. Two part question: 1) What do you use to determine which heifers make the cut and...