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I've been feeding a pelletized feed from FRM for about 16 days. I started around 8# per day and am up to 12# per day. The cattle have access to pasture that's still green, but backing off in a hurry. The steers were around 550 on the low end and 625 on the high end prior to first feeding. Have...

We plant a bunch of rye and clover under irrigation in the winter. Stockers typically grow in the ADG of 2# range. As you’ve seen from my sewer pipe post, I’m feeding a lot more than I used to but have never fed cattle on grazing. Any benefit to supplementing with 5-10# per day stockers on high...

Anybody own one of these? Thinking about buying one with about 1500 hours on it. 4wd, cab, etc. Looks to be in great mechanical shape. Couple signs of wear, but seems cosmetic. Would use it to feed cows, mow, disc, and plant. Everything I’m currently using a case 70a open cab for with no major...

I acquired a bunch of 24” ribbed on the outside, smooth on the inside pipe. About 300’ of it. I’m going to cut it in half and figure I can feed about 300 or so feeder cattle at a time with it. My problem is I don’t have a convenient way to “fence line” it. I basically have them in four rows in a...

Looking to buy a couple loads to run through the winter on grazing. Nervous about prices going down more next year, so was going to buy steers and hedge them. For whatever reason, 5wt heifers seem to be cheaper right now and the 7/8wts are -$12 on heifers and -$33 on steers. Are heifers due...

Our landscape has been forever changed. Never seen anything like this, and hope to never see it again. Just got power back on yesterday and internet today. Running water to cows in the heat gets expensive when using a generator. Will never gripe about the power bill again! Had six healthy...

Has anyone in the south had an experience planting ryegrass alone as a winter grazing forage. (Ignoring legumes for this discussion.) We typically plant a rye/ryegrass or oat/ryegrass mixture in an effort to extend the grazing season. How soon have you grazed ryegrass? My limited research...

Weaned calves on 06/01. Wormed, vaccs, etc in June. Steers were implanted. We loaded up the steers to see if we wanted to sell on 07/30, and they averaged 580#. Decided to keep them for another month or two to put another 100#s on. They have been on grass with free choice mineral and good...

For my fellow southern climate guys: I'm on the GA/FL line, and it is usually hot well into November and sometimes Santa wears shorts and flip flops. Has anyone in a similar climate ever tried spreading millet/crabgrass/something right after shelling corn and cut it in? I'm thinking I could...

I have a 65 acre irrigated field that I have rented out the past three years. It has been in a corn/peanut/corn rotation. We are getting 275 per acre rent, but this is the last year of the lease. In a perfect world, I want to plant it in a summer annual next year and run 4-6 head per acre on...

We've got rye, clover, and winter peas drilled into a section of pasture. Planted later than desired, but had to wait on it to rain. Have a great stand, but it quit raining and it's only 3-4" as of mid December. We finally got a good killing frost. Then put some 28%N out two weeks ago before...

You've got to love going to the Sunbelt Ag Expo. You get your mind set on a Haybuster 107, but decide to go to the expo to look at other options. Should have never gone. Does anyone have any experience with either of the following no-till drills: The Plant-o-Vator (www.sodbasedfarming.com)...

I should never go out of town. Had to go to a conference in Atlanta this weekend. Get back, tornado has leveled towns down the road and I've got two dead calves. One calf was dead when found. Seemed to be dead for less than a day. Good looking calf, no weight loss, etc. Whatever happened it...

I had grand plans to use my buddy's no-till drill to plant some ryegrass into my pasture. Well, he sold it... some buddy. Has anyone had any experience just broadcasting ryegrass into a pasture? It has been eaten down to nothing, but not sure about soil contact. Maybe burn it off... maybe...

I've got a cow that I'm ready to shoot. Keeps stealing milk from other mamas while their calf nurses. We bought her in a group of supposedly bred 3 year old, second calf cows. Good looking cow, mouthed a two year old, that calved out great and is a pretty good mama. But, she keeps getting on the...

I'm guessing some type of abscess on the brisket. Anything to do other than lance it and give an antibiotic? Any way to tell if it is hardware disease without knives or x-rays?

I'm not counting this guy as a "calving season" calf. We apparently had a fence jumper! This bull calf showed up about two months early with a white face! Supposed to be Red Angus. Really healthy, good calf. Decided not to cut him yet, see how he shapes up. Need to take a more recent...

If you found a load of exactly what you were looking for (In my case bred, fall calving, red angus 3-5 year old cows. If you know anybody in GA, FL, or AL let me know.) for a price you felt good about, how close to calving is too close to transport? In my specific example, 425 miles and cows...

We've got a 55 acre irrigated field, adjacent to our pasture, that we rented to a row crop guy. He should be shelling corn this week if the afternoon showers will ever hold off. This is my winter grazing field. After he shells corn, it's mine till march. Corn hasn't been planted out here since...

Went to check the cows this morning, and one of our yearling bulls (that we went all the way to Kansas to buy) is hobbling around. It is his front right leg. Doesn't seem to be foot rot, due to no swelling on the foot. He won't put any weight on it at all. He is sort of dragging it and...