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Haven't heard much on prices down here, but sold a 270 pound charlois colored bull calf and got $2.95 per pound, on Monday. Almost fainted. I've been hearing that this is the year to sell around 300 lbs. Looks like I'll be selling all calves around August instead of the end of September.

Has anyone used Velpar L for Smutgrass control? It used to have a 90 day grazing restriction, but now it has no restrictions. I need to do something, or I will be discing and planting a couple of my pastures in the near future. I have a 10 acre bull pasture I might use as a guinea pig to try...

Does anyone aerate their pastures before the spring? I am thinking about seting my disc blades straight and going over a 30 acre pasture that hasn't been worked or anything in a long time, just has cattle on it all the time. Also gonna do a soil test as it has alot of bitterweed in it and I...

How do ya'll keep your round bales off the ground to keep them from rotting? I'm thinking about getting some RR ties and setting the bales on them. Any more suggestions? (Had a barn but Ike took it. Not trying that again)

I have 30 acres disced up and pretty much ready to plant. Before I disced it up the only thing growing on this field was some smut grass and st. augustine carpet grass. It was pretty much a worthless piece of ground. Anyway, I got it ready to plant and then saw the price of Bermuda grass...

For the last 3 years I have lost 4 to 6 calves every year. This year I have already lost 2. They are born fine, nursing and then 4 to 7 days old they die. Not coyotes oor buzzards because I have found the carcasses within a few days up to a week or two. This started when I bought 2 Santa...

Have a very nice bull calf that I am going to wean with about 6 replacement heifers this year. Thinking about raising him for a herd bull. I usually set a round bale of hay in the pens for the heifers I keep, and give them 50 lbs. of creep feed a week (depends on how many I keep). As far as...

I narroweed it down to a Austrailian Shepherd and a Australian Cattle dog. I live in SE Texas and am worried about the heat and the long haired Aussie. Also have a 2 kids, 4 and 2 y/o. Anyone ever shaved an Aussie?

A couple of pastures of mine are getting over-run with smutgrass. Is there any spray that will kill this and not my bahaia grass?

Anyone know of any Beefmaster bulls for sale in the SE Texas area. Having a hard time finding them. Thanks.

Going to look at a few SG bulls. Haven't had one. Any bad news out there about the breed. I will be putting them on x-bred cattle. Thanks.