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That's what I do if I catch it early. I give one (maybe two if needed) shot of LA300 along with spaying Vetericyn in the eye once a day for 3 or 4 days. Before I spay the Vetericyn, I throw some sugar in the eye first. The sugar is gritty and will break up the protective membrane that has...

Yes, they are a good weed eater. I run a .130" line on mine and it is a hog.

I don't know where your at finacially, but if your in decent shape financially I would do it in a heart beat. I was in that situation for about 10 years and it sucked. I waited so I didn't need a loan, would never do that again. But then again I like to work on stuff during the winter and...

That's what a lot of people did last fall and there is more cattle in the US this year than last year. Here's my prediction for what it's worth: 45% chance of hitting the low next spring at about 10 points lower and then stabilizing. 45% chance of the cattle market continuing to go down for...

I would like to know how others figure there gross profit when buying calves in the spring, putting them on pasture, then selling them back in the fall. Using Dave's weights and prices above, buying in May and selling in November below is what I am thinking: From current market report: 492lbs...

Eight 492 pound heifers that sold for $1.46 at Toppenish....if you need a picture Dave, let me know as they are in my corrals!

I can feel your pain a little today! Picked up 10 calves at the barn last night. 2 700 pound butcher steers and 8 500 pound just weaned heifers that were balling for mamma. I locked them up in the corrals, double checked the gates before heading to bed. One of the 6 gates in the corrals was a...

I'm going against the grain here guys, but there's two sides to every story and we have only heard one. Jackson you have been asked numerous times what you paid for the heifers (and a picture) and you still haven't said! Did you pay 1/4 of market price? Do you know what market price is? Did...

I am going to make some assumptions so keep this in mind. Was the price with the added 150 about market price? To me I'm guessing this older man normally would be selling his calves at the auction and would not have sold them to you other than he has been helping you out for a while now. He...

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It's pretty easy to loose faith in the fbi when they knew this was going to be watched closely and they covered up these 2 shots for this long.

Enough with bragging him up. Fenceman-1, where are ya at?!

Mod, you got to admit you've learned a trick or two on fences from him, I have! I'm not sure what he did, but let's keep the good guys.

I would also like to stress that you would want to get a cow with good temperament, like others have mentioned. You can probably tame anything down to a certain point but some only so far. Here's an example: A couple years ago, my son was taming a heifer calf down for the 4H fair. Even though...

I believe the old timers milked the cow in the evening and then locked the cow in the barn at night and then milked in the morning. The cow was typically on pasture during the day, maybe not the best pasture (maybe like your pasture) for good tasting milk. The evening milking was feed to...

Yes comodities are down as well as cattle but let's look at the cash market, that's what effects me. The actually expenses that a rancher had compared to his income, the net was higher in the last couple years. Darn right there was dollars made in the last couple years...there was "value" in...

Yes there are a lot of things that effect supply and demand. That last sentence you quoted is interesting, not sure if I agree with him though or maybe he's thinking a little too deep for me!

I'm hoping we hit the bottom...but my gut feeling is it's going to go down more next year. I'm guessing everyone stocked up on more cattle the last couple years when they were making money and there is still going to be more supply than demand next year. Dave, what auction did you go to? Your...

Don't discount that college degree. With this day and age if you want a decent paying job you need a degree. You need something to fall back on if things don't pan out with going ranching....before you have a wife and kids. I'm speaking from experience...My wife and I's goal when we got...