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I have a small lot that I use to feed feeder cattle in. It currently has 8 stand hi tensile fence. I have added electricity to 3 of the wires. I have never weaned cattle as it hasn't had power until recently. How would you feel about weaning bought cattle in this lot with electric fence now

Looking to see if anyone has ever used a 60hp tractor or under to pull a feeder mixer what mixer was it, and what was your experience.

After ai'ing what is your preferred method and timing to do preg checking

I have been using simmental/ simangus bulls and do some ai. I have a mostly commercial herd. But I'm looking at leasing a new farm and am thinking about buying hereford cows and using simmental/simangus bull on them. I currently have 2 commercial hereford that I have been doing this with and...

Anyone have experience using tj flat iron. What was his calves like and what did you use him on.

I have recently purchased 15 650# steers. I currently have them on a 14% feed at 1% of their body weight. I store the grain in a feed bin and Feed in fence line bunks by hand out of buckets. Im selling these steers by the Quaters, half, or whole, processing starts mid November. So eventually...

Just wanted to post a picture of the fence line hay feeder panel I made to feed free choice hay, or other similar feeds for my feedlot. It's 16 feet long with 11 feed slots. How many feed slots is recommended when feeding free choice hay or such?

I'm looking to create a 4 acre dry lot and am debating the perimeter fence. I normally do 5 wrie hi tensile with the top 4 hot for my other pastures. This is the first lot I'm building to background load lots of feeders in. I visited a neighbor that feeds feeder calves and he has some woven...

I'm building a small feedlot/ backgrounding lot. I plan to purchase 5 to 6wt calves and grow them to 8wts. I'm wanting some type of fence line troughs, I really want the j bunks, but due to cost I had seen these and thought about building myself some. I'm planning to start with about 15 head...

I have a couple sim angus heifers I'm ai'ing soon. I have been looking at broad range to use on them and will have a couple cows i will use him on. I will also be using TJ main event on my other cows, i have 2 of his calves this year and was pleased. Any feedback or calf pictures from broad...

I have been trying to get a feed ration worked out to get pre mixed to feed some feeders. I came up with these 3 and would like some feed back. Ration 1 is 20% corn gluten, 20% wheat midds, 10% cotton seed, 50% grass hay It comes out to be around 66% TDN Ration 2 is 30% DDG corn, 10% wheat...

So I'm trying to work all of the bugs out of a small feedyard I'm trying to start. So I have talked with a neighbor who feeds a few tractor trailer loads a year and he suggested doing a tmr or a wet ration. My problem is I only plan to do about 60 head at a time and probably 2 loads a year...

so my last post kind of hit of Subject of the question I meant to be asking. What size is your back grounding lot, and what stocking rate do you have in it.?

just wanting some feedback on different operations. What is your lot size and stocking rates? How many lots do you have? Also in your state are you considered a cafo.

What kind of peg check do you use after ai'ing, blood test, palate, ultrasound, or other? What's your reason for your choice.

Im preparing to AI for the first time and would like input on bull selection. I have 2 cows that I plan to AI and this will be their 2nd calf. The cows are half simmental from my bull and eggs other half of one it's a Hereford mix and one it's believed to be an Angus mix. I have looked at...

A friend of mine had the tank attached in the pictures and said I could use it. However he said he wasn't sure that it is still good. So I plan to take the tank today ro get it filled and plan to go back in 2 days to get topped off. At that point what should my measurements be to be considered...

I have been looking at the bulk self feeders. I have looked at building a feeder like the a1 cattle feeders that are built of wood. Does anyone have experience with them or building one of them. Is the inside of feeder built with marine grade plywood to keep it from rotting?

I have an aluminum trailer with a wood floor that needs to be replaced. I was looking for suggestions/ ideas on what to use to replace the floor with. Wheat type of wood, treated or untreated. Or, would it be feasible to use metal, if so what diamond plate, thickness, etc. Thanks for the...

Looking for information on grazing soybeans. I'm thinking about planting soybeans and having 5 to 6wt cakes on it in as backgrounding lot. I have a lot that is 4 acres that I plan to background some (20-30) calves in. I was wondering if I could plant the lot in soybeans and graze them to help...