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Just curious on everyones take on a free bull usage other then feeding him. Would breeding heifers/cows and selling as bred or breeding then calving and selling pairs make more sense? Or any other ideas?

I have been thinking about doing some custom haying and corn stalks in 5x6 bales. I have talked to some area farmers and everyone says i will stay plenty busy. My question to everyone that is in the custom hay business is, is it worth actually doing? Is it profitable if i stay busy? I would have...

I've got an idea to breed some heifers with a calving ease bull and perhaps do it 3 times a year. How long would you want a bull to rest before turning in another group? I'm thinking 10-15 hd at a time for 45 to 60 days.

I have been thinking about buying some bred heifers and calving them out to sell as a pair and was curious on how many have tried it and if it was worth it. Also if I decide to try how old should the calf be before selling as a pair?

Has anyone been to a select sires AI school? I know some that has been to ABS school and said it was good but unfortunately they have already had it for the year but could possibly get into SS school.

I've been feeding kent 365 ADE free choice for about 2 months now and cows seem to really like it, maybe alittle to much. The last bag I put out only lasted 3 days with 12 cows with 5 calves. And the bag before that last 1 week with the same cows but less calves. Why would they be going through...

I've been thinking about buying a manure bucket for my skidloader and my buddy has a bucket I can buy and was thinking I could weld some rolled steel onto that bucket and make it into a manure bucket. Has anyone done anything like that, would it work or am I just spinning my wheels?

I pulled a calf from a heifer 4 days ago and had the heifer and calf penned with another pair, the heifer seemed to like to chase the other calf and headbutt it so I separated the pairs. Now I have more to calve so I kicked her and her calf out and she's still head butting and chasing but not...

I have a preifeirt model 91 headgate and today is the first time I tried to use the auto catch on a cow but it didn't work. Is there a trick to it? I've watched videos and played around with it when I got it and I did everything right as far as I'm aware.

I'm pretty sure I've seen a post similar to what I'm asking but I can't find it in the search so bare with me. The only piece of equipment I have is a skidloader and it works great but now since I'm growing my herd I was wondering what a good all around tractor size would be for feeding round...

I was curious to see what others feed costs are with various types of feed and at what price is it worth looking for an alternative feed? I average about .60-.80 cents per head per day feed only with round bales, how's that sound to others out there?

Just curious on how often everyone else checks heifers/cows that are getting close. And once they calve and the calf is up walking and sucking how often do you check the pair?

I feed about 120 bales a year and plan on expansion. My question is would it be feasible to get some haying equipment to bale waterways or am I better off buying hay. I should also add I have no hay ground or any equipment for haying.

I'm looking for a bull to breed 2nd year and 3rd year calvers. I buy bred heifers so I take it I dont need a heifer bull but still want a lower bw and ced bull? What would be a good epd score in those areas I should start looking at?

I would like to expand my operation and with ground prices as high as they are I was wondering what everyone's single best investment that expanded there operation?

A friend of mine who has been in the cattle business for years told me when he was starting to ai and didn't have a clean up bull at the time would give the cow more then one straw at ai time to increase conception rates. Would that really work?

This is my 2nd year of having bred cows and heifers and I noticed that a bred heifer Ibought was trying to ride a open cow. Should i be concerned that the heifer isn't bred or is that normal?