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I have noticed several times in the past that when I sell, the price I get never seems to match the Market Report from that particular sale. Last week I sold at a different market (darn cows know when sale days typically is and refused to go to the pen lol.) Only about 250 sold that day and...

Have a heifer (4-5 months old) that was looking pretty bad last week so I used the pour on wormer. I left town the next day and sure as ever she went down. Wife has been trying everything while I was gone and I continued when I returned. We gave her LA 200 for first couple of days, cal/mag for...

Just pulled some soil test. Results called for 1 1/2 ton of lime, 100# N and 60# Phosphorus and 0 potash on Gulf rye grass. Due to fertilizer cost, lime cost and poor cattle prices what would be best? I am thinking that the fertilizer will not due much good because of the lime shortage. It will...

Not a beginner but sure feel like one. I have two chargers that are just not putting out. The problem seems to be something in the ground. When the ground is not connected I get a full pulse (6000 v). As soon as the wire is connected to the ground rod..200v. I have added a second ground rod and...

I noticed these people advertising on the Cattle Today website. Does anyone have any experience using it? How does it relate to granular. Looking for any alternative to the high price stuff. I have never used any type of liquid fertilizer so I guess how does it compare to other liquids? Just as...

OK, I know everyone has their opinion except for the cow. Have a heifer that appears to be getting close, but how close do you think? I have been out of town for a few days and the wife has been checking things. When I got to check yesterday, the heifer's tailbone was starting to point up and...

Alabama has implemented a program for insuring pasture against drought. Does anyone have the cost associated with this type of insurance? The deadline is Nov 30 and I am wondering if it would be beneficial considering the current circumstances in the Southeast.

Finished testing most of my herd last week after having diagnosis of possible BVD a few weeks back. Had 3 or 4 escape the pen and a couple of new born calves we couldn't get in, but all that were tested came back NEGATIVE. Non even suspect. Kinda of a good news bad news thing to me. Even though...

Today was first time to actually “work” herd of 60 cows from 5 months of age to adult. Bought a used squeeze chute, built new pen with everything built secure (except for the stupid gate) Started out with the vet and 6 people to help. The plan was to ear notch, ear tag, vaccinate for...

Need your input please. A few weeks ago, I noticed a young heifer abort. She should have been about 7-8 months along but did not find fetus just the evidence. Talked to vet and they said watch her. About 2 weeks roll along and notice an older cow that appeared to be in heat. The older cow had...

Have a 3 week old bottle baby. Mom would not take her and we got some colostrum (2 qts) in her at about 16 hrs old..Been doing wonderful until Friday evening. She only drank 1 qt of milk. We were concerned that she might be getting sick so we gave her 3 ml of LA200. Saturday morning she drank 3...

Opinions needed. Had to pull a calf on a first calf heifer Saturday evening. Thought all was fine as it was dark when we got done. Momma cleaned him up well and next morning we noticed that she was kicking calf when she tried to suck. Got colostrum and feed it to her and then gave her...

How long does it take for a cow to dry up if calf doesn't suck? Had calf that wasn't able to suck (see sick calf from 3/2) and after a little bottle feeding ( a weeks worth) he is now sucking some from momma. Do you think she will start to produce again? I am still offering him the bottle but he...

Suggestions please. Had to pull a calf this morning. The cow got up and was up several times. Checked her again and she was out flat on her side. Any inovative ideas about ways to get her onto her stomach without causing a hernia. Vet was here and pumped her full of stuff so she shouldn't have...

We have a calf born we believe in the last 24 hours. We found it this afternoon appearing very weak and seemed to be walking on his "toes". The mother is staying with him and attentive but we don't believe he's been nursing. His eyes are very bloodshot too. We have another calf that we're bottle...

We have a calf born we believe in the last 24 hours. We found it this afternoon appearing very weak and seemed to be walking on his "toes". The mother is staying with him and attentive but we don't believe he's been nursing. His eyes are very bloodshot too. We have another calf that we're...

Have a three day old calf from mother with very little if any milk. We think he may have received some milk but not enought to live on. Based on his stool (yellowish color) my mother (she is better at this than I am) thinks he got some of the colostrum from the mother and possibly some milk...