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https://www.canadiancattlemen.ca/livestock/how-to-spot-respiratory-acidosis-in-a-newborn-calf/ Thought this article was informational and might be helpful when someone has a dummy calf. Article says one cause of a dummy calf is respiratory acidosis. Treatment seems to be a resuscitator and an IV.

FerAppease - https://ferappease.com/ Found this on the internet. Anybody use or tried it? Sounds like a pheromone you can apply around the muzzle. It is inhaled and will reduce the animal's stress level. e.g. weaning, chute work, or an animal that will not load on a trailer

National BQA audit reported packing plants are finding buck shot / bird shot in carcasses. What is this from? Hunters do not know the difference between wild game and domesticated animals?

Beef Magazine {click here} - "USDA studies ... cattle fed hempseed cake" Hempseed cake can be an alternative feed option for cattle producers that live near a hemp processing facility. Still waiting final approval from the FDA.

How do you block/brace a feeder wagon? I chain the tongue up and block a rear wheel with two 4x6s. ...This morning the feeder wagon was down over the hill. And the tongue was flipped under the front wheels. Nothing broken and I got the tongue re-positioned. What do I need to do differently?

Bleach marking cattle. Is this common? I use a paint stick. https://www.dtnpf.com/agriculture/web/ag/blogs/sort-cull/blog-post/2022/10/24/marking-cull-cows-bleach-costing

Engine can use either SAE 30 or 10W-30. What is the correct oil for the pump? Think I saw a sticker with 75W-90. When I search 75W-90 it pulls up 75W-90 gear oil with a limited slip additive. Is that the correct oil for a pressure plunger pump?? .... Tried to use the pressure washer today...

I am a cow/calf producer. I have thought about reducing the cow herd and I would see the calves all the way to finish. I am near a kill plant. Currently I background the calves and sell at a sale barn. Dairies in the area have a lot of black-hide beef on dairy cross cattle. Is there more...

"FDA has determined that intentional genomic alteration of beef cattle does not raise any safety concerns." PRLR-Slick cattle have been gene-edited to add short-hair coat trait aka slick coat. The science is neat, but I'm wondering how practical it is. Some cattle breeds just work better...

The USA 2022 ABS beef book has 3 Millah Murrah bulls: Rocket Man R38 Rembrandt R48 Paratrooper P15 Thoughts on these bulls?

I am planning to order a pair of Firestone Transforce AT2 LT245/75R16. Firestone have been okay. When the tread gets wore the tires develop bulges, but I guess that is caused by the rough roads. I have run Cooper before. When Cooper Discoverer tires get old the tread separates on me. I was...

Been hearing about PFAS chemicals in the news lately. Sounds like the stuff is everywhere, but it seems ag operations with contaminated ground water have it the worst. I feel bad for Highland Dairy of Clovis, New Mexico, and Stoneridge Farm of Arundel, Maine. PFAS are found in fast food...

The 2.5-liter jug came with 2 straps. A 5-liter jug came with 1 strap. Is there a correct way to lace up a pour-on jug? I did some chute work. I use disposable syringes. Figured out I can put scotch tape around the syringes, so the numbers don't wear off before I get done.

Heard some life insurance policies have an exclusion for pandemics and will not pay if you die from COVID. Maybe somebody knows more about this.

heifer_image Majority of the herd is those ornery Angus. The picture is from Fall 2019 and is of a heifer let's call Limi. Dam is of said Angus and the sire is red Limousin - Romn Justice NALF# NPM1541731. Limi is a total sweetheart; doesn't seem to have a mean streak what so ever. As a...

pic1 pic2 This cow is in an old beef herd. I don't know what breed she is and I am trying to figure out a complementary breed for mating. Any suggestions? I was thinking Fleckvieh, but I would have to buy semen. I do have some Red Shorthorn - Creole 135.

I am used to breeding cattle that are a single color - Angus, Limousin, Lincoln Red, and Murray Grey. However, there is one baldy cow; this cow is out of an Angus bull. As you can see in the photo, I have bred her to some things including Murray Grey...

http://www.cattletoday.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=103037&p=1401269#p1400761 >>>Backbone Ranch wrote: Let me know how that Olympia's Pelion bull calf turns out. We have straws from Olympia's Pelion, but we have yet to use him over our cows.<<< In the 2015-2016 Winter, I artificially...