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    Aubrac & Mashona -- herd dispersal

    I'm sure this isn't the best place to put this ... but ... here it is ... With a very heavy heart, we are selling. We made some promises to our kids and we've exhausted all other means to keep those promises ... so ... the cows and farm are getting sold. We hope to re-start down the road...
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    Nearly died

    Hitting a full grown cow at 65 mph is bad for her health, the truck and you. FYI.
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    Mashona Bull

    Hello ... does this microphone work? 1 ... 2 ... 3 ... Hello?! ... I've had zero luck trying to figure out how to get photos posted since the ranchers.net site's photo section went kaput a while back ... So, if I've got this right, this is Edouard. He's a fullblood Mashona bull at 17 months...
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    Would you buy this bull?

    Reading all the back and forth on another thread about the importance of buying a bull (or semen) with certain EPDs made me wonder if anyone here would consider buying a bull (or semen from a bull) with the following description: ***************** Bull never saw a halter and is very quiet (I...
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    When you're trying to increase your numbers ...

    ... in the spring of 2017, and then once or twice during the summer of 2017, I had a little chat with the bulls, each time explaining their role in the profitability and longevity of the operation. This past year, 80% of our calves were heifers ... all natural service. I give my little tip to...
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    current rates to haul critters

    Just curious what the current going rate would be for a (est) 30hr (round trip) haul (unloaded on the way up, and loaded on the way back). Trip starts and stops in the middle third of the USA (no crazy mountains). Three pairs.
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    Aubrac cattle in France

    We're landing in Paris tomorrow morning ... and we will have three days in Paris then three in Aubrac looking at the herds that've produced some ofthe bills we've recently imported / used. It's going to be great -- I've wanted to take my wife to France for 20 years and am finally getting to do...
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    Neospora article (short)

    A good, short read
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    The swamp...

    ... just lost a member.
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    Picking a direction --- a possible group project for all of us

    I have a nice commercial black Angus cow who was supposedly carrying a FB Aubrac embryo for me. Then, she calved out a beautiful black F1 heifer (fullblood Aubrac sire) -- apparently our bull jumped in with her when she was in heat, bred her, and jumped back out again a day or two before the...
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    At the end of a long line at the vets...

    I'm supposed to arrive at the vets at 2pm. I'm 90 minutes late due to my sons soccer tournament getting over late and an uncooperative old (!) Cow that refused to step up 10" to get in the trailer... Anyhow once I get there, there is this line ... three trailers deep! They're usually done at...
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    grumble grumble grumble

    :mad: :mad: :mad: Three recips didn't take good enough care of their ET calves to keep coyotes (or dogs) from getting them. Three different recips didn't take good enough care of their tagged 3-4 week old ET calves to keep them from getting taken down and hauled off. Our fullblood Aubrac...
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    Help me price this tractor

    1967 Farmall 656 ... gas ... narrow front ... three point ... front and rear hydraulics work ... torque works ... all five gears work ... starts and runs like a champ ... tires nearly new ... bracket for suitcase weights ... comes with no attachments (other than my personal feelings of...
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    Can we start a password protected classified ads section?

    It's been discussed before (but in my rudimentary searching ability, I was unable to find the thread I'm recalling) about trying to get some sort of password protected classified ads section. Something along the lines of -- make 50 (?) posts at CT and you're allowed in to the classified area to...
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    Calling cattle breeders in New Foundland and Labrador

    https://www.agcanada.com/daily/newfound ... le-breeder
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    Guess the Breed Composition

    Picture taken at a farm near where I live ... this is a bull calf, about 9-10 months old, with a single spot of white at the end of his sheath. He's been off mama for about four months. Smooth polled.
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    Someone is using my bull without my permission to sell their genetics

    An odd way to end the day ... I just found an advertisement (in Russian and on a Russian website) of someone living somewhere in central Europe advertising the sale of Aubrac genetics and beef into Russia ... using a picture of one of my bulls (at least they picked a good picture of a really...
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    Thinking long term

    Not sure where this goes, but I'm quite thrilled with today's events. Our largest client just told us they'd like to become a cooperator. This will, over the next few years, double the size of what we can do. They're excited to be exclusively raising fullblood Aubrac cattle (including the...
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    Seeing the Rocky Mountains for the first time

    Our two youngest hadn't seen them before ... it's sure fun watching their amazement at the enormous variety of beauty in this nation of ours.
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    A great day for a slow drive...

    It's about 70 degrees, mostly cloudy with a very gentle breeze. I'm driving the old Farmall 656 about 8 miles to the shop to see if they can figure out something weird with my top two gears. So, I've been petting along in 3rd gear. Just ran out of gas and am waiting on my best friend (wife)...
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