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Anyone know if we can import semen from the US into Canada right now? I know how the permitting and reg's work, just hadn't heard if it was actually ALLOWED.

Good day all, If anyone has some knowledge/experience with the Ford Inline 6 in these Versatile 4400 Swathers, I'd sure appreciate some help. I've got 200 acres of swath grazing to cut and I've been working on this swather all morning to no avail. I've got fuel, but no spark. Tried arking a...

Anyone here have experience tanning their own hides - not your kids either ;-) - and actually doing something with the leather? Burns my personal hide that we have almost no options for hides in Alberta anymore. Our hides could fetch a premium, being natural, organic, blah, blah, blah, but we...

I'm trying to get some info on some Aubracs I found on the web. There's a pic of a great looking bull on the American Assocation's website. Is AubracUSA still a member on here? If anyone knows who this bull is, or who owns him, please let me know. Oh, and let me know if this pic doesn't work. :D

Curious to know if any of you have experience with long-term leases, 99yr and the like. Have a chance to wrap up some pasture land with a relative who doesn't live in the area, and has always said it'll be ours as long as he and I are breathing. We'd like to put something on paper, but I want to...

Just a note to let everyone know the wife and I had our baby on Monday morning. 7lb 4oz baby girl, and we called her Emily Aletha. They're both home already and doing well. Toughest part is explaining to the boys that they can't jump on Momma.

Just a note to let everyone know the wife and I had our baby on Monday morning. 7lb 4oz baby girl, and we called her Emily Aletha. They're both home already and doing well. Toughest part is explaining to the boys that they can't jump on Momma.

We finally got our mortgage papers signed and everything legal for buying half of the land from my folks. They gave us a great deal on it, and the people at Farm Credit Canada were great to deal with too. Of course, that may have had something to do with the fact that the land is worth 4 times...

8-12 inches of heavy, wet snow this morning. And it ALL came overnight!! Highways are a mess, vehicles sliding all over and big trucks in the ditch. But, most importantly, you can spot the deer in the coulees and canyons from a mile away now. :P Hunting season is looking up!

Since Monday afternoon last week, we've had 4 inches of rain. Most has come in nasty thunderstorms with all the extreme heat and humidity we've had. No hail until last night. Ice cube to golf ball sized stuff that levelled the neighbours peas and canola. Didn't seem to hurt our swath-grazing...

....did I forget to mention the good news? The wife and I are gonna have another little one early in 2007!!!! Couldn't keep it to myself any longer!! YEEEEEHAAAAAWWWW! :cboy: :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D

Well, I was going to post this some time ago, but I thought I'd wait till we had a handle on things and a firm count on the death toll. We lost 7 calves in total to a strain of E.Coli scours that we finally discovered was living in a pothole of muddy water about the size of my desk. Some of the...

A friend in our Grazing Club is looking for some Tamworth or Old Gloucestershire Spot breeding stock for his organic free-range operation. So I told him I'd ask on a forum full of the most knowledgeable producers from across the globe. When I find that forum, I'll ask there too, but in the mean...

Just wanted to let some of you know that Temple Grandin is coming to Alberta this summer. June 13th she'll be speaking to the Grey Wooded Forage Assoc., and on the 14th, she'll be in Forestburg, hosted by the Battle River Research Group. Also in June, our Grazing Clubs are coming for a pasture...

I'm on the planning committee for the Western Canadian Grazing Conference, and I'm curious as to what kind of speakers would peak everyone's interest. We're booking speakers on soil balancing, soil micro-biology, year-round grazing, direct-marketing, sustainable grazing management, and holistic...

Judging by the conversation about their program, it sounds like some of you have attended their sale. What do their prices average? I've heard the top-sellers going into the 20-30,000 or more, but what's the average? They claim in their sale catalog that they sell affordable bulls - true or...

Just wondering what opinions are on prices for registered females. When you're looking to buy top quality papered, bred females, at this time of year, what would you be willing to pay? Assuming health and condition is good, and they're a month from calving.

I'm wondering if any of you have grassed June/July calves? Ours weighed 640lb average on the 19th of February, just before we sold them. So I figure they would have averaged 800lbs or better by the time they hit grass in mid-May. What I'm not sure of, is what kind of gains they would get...

What are some of you paying for a roll in your area? I'm talking the good stuff, two-strand, on the wooden spools. It's advertised as high as $57 CDN in some flyers that have come out recently.

I'm full of questions today, so here goes... A guy told me that Shorthorns ARE NOT GOOD for beef sales, because he claims they have small, flat loins due to their dairy heritage. Keep in mind this is coming from a guy who makes his living trying to sell top quality cuts through restaurants and...