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Needing a skidsteer for the farm. Just bought one of these at auction. Seemed like reasonable value. Anyone ever use one? If so, pluses and minuses would be appreciated.

Texas Bred and others, here's a fun one for you. This is my primary, first cutting hay. Both my cow herd and yearlings will be getting this free choice. Ordinarily, this is ALL the cow herd would get but I'm not happy with the condition we are carrying into the winter and so I'm prepared to...

Ran this pair across today. I think it will be a fun guessing game given people's varying cow size preference here. Guess this three year old's weight and her May 15 calf.

New one for me. I've got a month old calf who has some rectal bleeding. You can see him strain and an ounce or two of pretty much straight blood will come out. You can see past his sphinctre and the rectum looks irritated right up close. Its been at least 36 hours that this is going on but he is...

Thankful for early healthy calves despite nasty ongoing weather:

I thought an interesting conversation starter would be for people to share their favorite bull pic ever, either from an AI catalog or of your own bull. Here is mine. This picture certainly has influenced my herd as I have Extensive influence from this bull in my herd now and keep going back to...

Does anyone else here use a weather station that synchs to the internet? I thought it would be really interesting if people had weather stations in their signature here. I really enjoy using my ambient weather 1200IP. Someday I will figure out tracking snow accumulation too but thats not so...

Had to back out to the cows today to keep the bale on my rear spear. Pushing 3 1/2' in last 48 hours. Consumption is up but other than that, cows are fine. Had to drive some trails for them to make sure they can keep getting to the low spot and back to the hay rings and water. Thankful for our...

And there is a bit of an adjustment period for all of us. 24" in last 2 days. Cow in the front is an OCC cow who was in Kansas 2 years ago. She feels a bit like Toto I think

I've said it on here for at least four years that I am shooting for maternal cattle. The biggest factor I think you can have when you're trying to establish a type of cow would be a confidence in the genetics you are using to accomplish that goal. I guess thats kind of a non-scientific way of...

We had another exciting acquisition to the herd today. As someone who is breeding for maternal, feed-efficient Angus that can excel in tough environments, I have come to admire from a distance breeding programs like Shoshone, Wye, and Ohlde. With the purchase of OCC Revolution Rose 807Z...

Alright, how often do you do it and what methods do you use? I just came across this one and I dont think I'm a sucker but this sure looks better than trying to slam my probe into my pasture again. http://www.collectngonow.com/

Putting in my corners and braces for a 14 acre piece and thought I would throw this question out. If you are hanging a gate off an H-brace that is also the beginning of a long section of line headed in the other direction, do you do just a single H? If so, how do you do your cable tighteners...

I'm just gonna post what I put up on my facebook but I thought some on here would like to see the new addition to the farm: Today was an exciting day for Artesian Springs Farm. My goal in building our herd of Angus cattle has been three-fold. We want to grow our herd in numbers so we want to...

He gave me some advice a few years ago that I'm finally heeding and would enjoy telling him so if anyone has his contact info. You can PM if that's better. Thanks

Seems like a great price for the hours but I'm not familiar with the model. Thoughts? https://syracuse.craigslist.org/hvo/6047296243.html

Anyone going to be there? It's always nice to put faces to names and usernames. Let me know.

Just thought this one would be fun. Here's a short video. First time heifer. Guess the weight on the calf: https://www.facebook.com/23680492312521 ... 179652054/

My family had the delight of welcoming CT's own True/High Grit to the farm today. It was a real good time and I enjoyed really getting to know Vince and his wife. The farm tour was punctuated by brisk wind and heavy snow but he was a trooper and pitched in trying to help us separate out a...