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We had our first brahman calf born on the farm recently.

It’s been a strange calving season for me so far. I’ve had 11 calves hit the ground so far, and 10 are bull calves.

I’ve got big plans for this girl!

I've decided to start switching out my herd from primarily Angus to Hereford and eventually Brahman and Brafords. I picked this guy up this week. He's a little older then I really wanted, but his calves looked great, the price was right, and I know he's been well taken care of. He should fit my...

Hello all. I have a steer that weighs about 450 lbs that the vet suspects was bitten by a snake. I noticed him about a week ago and he had labored breathing, gray snot coming out of his nose and his eyes were swollen and watering like crazy. He was also very unsteady on his feet. At first I...

I have about 90 acres of land plowed and ready to plant a triticale/rye/wheat mixture. I've run into a bit of a dilemma here in SW OK. I'm looking at the weather forecast and there is no chance of rain in the next 10 days. It's already pretty dry and the wind is supposed to blow 30-40 MPH...

I've got about 30 calves to sell this cycle. Looking for advice. I know cattle prices are down and I'm not sure whether to hold on to them until the spring, meaning feeding them all winter, or just bite the bullet and sell them. The steers are in the 400-450 range. The heifers are probably in...

I wasn't sure what forum to post this on, but I had a crazy thing happen last week. My parents had called out a farrier to trim the hooves on a horse at their house last week. They are on vacation so I told the guy to call me and I would meet him over at the house. Sunday afternoon he called and...

I have 80 acres of land that has been in CRP for the last 10+ years that I am now able to do something with. There is another 80 connected to it that will also come out of CRP in two more years. The soil is pretty poor from what I can tell, very sandy and soft in most places. It has quite a bit...

I've been thinking of trying out a liquid, lick tank feeder for my herd. Can anyone with experience with them give me some pros and cons? The feed looks a little pricy, but I'm looking for something to help supplement my feed and get the cows in better condition. A little background on my...

Loaded up 22 calves and 2 old cows and took them to the sale barn yesterday. The calves could have used a few more months of feed, but I don't want to feed them this winter. Hay is in short supply around here. Hopefully they do well.

Anyone had any luck with Crimson clover? I have a field that needs nitrogen and organic material in it badly. It is the field I currently have my haygrazer in. I'm thinking of trying Crimson clover this fall. I've never grown it and I've not noticed any around here. Most people grow alfalfa out...

I have a friend that is buying a place just about a mile down the road from where I live. I have all of my cutting/baling equipment at the house currently. He is wanting a price to cut and bale 40 acres of grass hay. I'm new to this, so I am not sure what the going rate would be. Any...

After feeding some cake in the lot, I opened up the pen where I feed the two horses when I feed the cows. I took a trip around the pasture and came back to find this. I was about to find something to pull that tank over on its side when she finally got to her feet. I then got a shower of poopy...

I normally save part of a bag of cake to hand feed a few of the "pets". I'm beginning to think I have more pets then cows.

Finally finished baling for a bit. Luckily, my neighbor who owns the land right in front of my house let me fertikize, cut, and bale the grass. Ended up with 75 bales of fertilized love grass off about 35 bales. Should get another cutting off of it in another month or so, if it ever rains again.

I'm trying my hand at hay-grazer for the first time. Our rye did nothing due to not having any rain on it for dang near 6 months, so I really need this stuff to produce. I'm going to mix it with about 6-8 lbs per acre of cow peas. I also put down about 100 lbs per acre of nitrogen about 3 weeks...

I'm super excited. I'm taking delivery today of my "new to me" tractor. It's a significant upgrade from the tractor my Dad has.

I'm having issues with my cattle moving around too much when branding in the chute. I have a Preifert squeeze chute and electric branding iron. The cows are moving too much in the chute and it is causing the brand to smear. The cows will hunch up forward or drop their rear down (I'm putting the...

This bunch of calves is just about ready to go to the sale barn.