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    grazing cattle in woods

    I have about 15 to 20ac of mostly fescue pasture. But I have about 100ac of good mature forest that I would like to look into grazing them on. It's mostly hilly terrain with a few bottoms. I would like advice on how Yal would stock it, how the cattle would do on it and ect. It will be used in my...
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    growing NWSG in mid south

    I am looking into planting sum native warm season grasses into my pastures and hay fields that are dominated by my cool season grasses like fescue. My goal is for a longer grazing season and an extra cutting in the summer. I would like to get other producers inputs on planting and growing them...
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    Rear tractor tire low on air

    I have a JD 2355 with large rear tires. I will be baling hay nxt week and noticed my right rear tire is a little low, and that happens to be the side of the tractor that my mower runs on. My ? Is since these tires have ballest in them how do i air it up and check the psi? Thanks.
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    Need help catching a sick heifer

    I have a young heifer that had baling twine wrapped around her neck. She moves and eats just fine but it looks like its getting infected. She stays with the herd that roames the whole farm and we cant get too close to her. What is yals best advice for catching and restraing her and prob give her...
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    How long to achive ideal weight

    Ive been slowly getting into the cattle business. I am looking to market my future steers in april when prices are traditionaly at there highest. I want to get my steers into the 600 to 700 lbs range. What is the average time it is taking yal to get your cattle to that desired weight? I am...
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    Let seed lay, or disc it in?

    After finishing up our hay harvest for the year last week, i took a few days this weekend to plant some more fescue seed for our thin hay stand. I planted roughly 600 lbs of KY31 on about 23 ac that we just finished cutting for hay. I know that the no till drill is the preferred method of...
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    Setting up and using 4wheeled hay rake?

    I have acquired a 3pt 4 wheeled hay rake that i will be trying out this week on my hay crop. I have used a rollbar rake in the past but it is broken at this time. How do yal set your rake up to work rite? what are sum good tips u use to make this work? I have read sum articles online about users...
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    1st calf heifer, but mama has no milk

    Yesterday we had our first calf out of a young heifer. And when i say young she is only 16 months or so old. But she had her calf easy and seems do be caring for it well. The only thing that concerns me is the mama has no milk and a very small bag. I dont know if this is atributed to the young...
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    Anyone have experience with 3pt wheel rake

    We just purchased a 3pt wheel rake. it has 4 wheels made by sitrex. There user manuel is very vague and having never used this type of rake i was looking to see the advice and tricks that yal use for operating this type of hay rake, which will save me countless hours and headaches of learning on...
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    HAY RAKE PROBLEM!

    I have a new holland hay rake. Last few nights i have been raking hay with no problems. but last night all of a sudden in the field the rake stopped working. I would be going threw the feild and all of a sudden the bars would stop rotating..its a rolabar rake. Now when it does that u can look...
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    Grazing at 2 months old??

    I have sum angus cattle that gave birth within the last couple of months. My ? is this, while checking on them yesterday i noticed a few of the calves where grazing grass. Now i thot calves didnt wean until severel hundered lbs/months of age? Not saying that their not still nursing, but i didnt...
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