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Doc I see you are still selling snake oil at the "moderate sized cow" carnival. Moderate sized cows have their place but they are NOT the end all be all to every cattleman. The presentation of relative analysis and comparative values are often transposed in an attempt to successfully lobby an...

Doc Harris = Funny Guy Good one Doc. Sleep with one eye open my friend. You never know when it's my turn. Ha ha ha.

Doc you have been taking the wrong medication again. Charolais is the premier terminal breed.

Lilmac, Without a doubt that bull needs to be removed from your operation and replaced with a higher quality animal. That point has been made very clear. I'll give you my opinion and that's all it is, an opinion. Don't bother castrating the bull. He won't bring substantially more money then...

Doc, Spoken like a true river boat gambler with a cattle addiction. Remember, the first step to overcoming your problem is to admit you have a problem. Does Leachman's have a 12 step program that can we can get you into?

Laura's Lean Beef will kill you on more than just YG4's!!!

We've employed several methods of castration. We've banded at birth, at 2-3 months, and around weaning time. We have also cut the calves at 2-3 months of age. In my opinion banding them at birth is the best method to adopt. First, the calf is still in a daze from entering the world and...

It's tough to debate red vs. black in a "catch all" category. I think it all depends on your program and what you are attempting or planning to do. The details of your business plan will influence your choice of red or black. For what we are doing in our operation on the cow/calf side, we...

Excellant advice. You beat me to this post. I think you should focus on an exotic bull to increase the frame of your calves and their ability to wean out at advanced weights. Charolais and Limousin are the two top performance breeds while Charolais and Simmental both excel in growth. My...

Well put.

Doc, nice post about CAB and improving the quality of cowherds. However, the reach to improve the quality of cattle in the U.S. is being negated and smothered by current market dynamics and tradition. In my opinion CAB is fighting an uphill battle in the foreseeable future.

East Caney I think you can see the general theme in the replies to your original post. Cattlemen are very passionate towards their industry and although they may be critical and opinionated to a fault, more times than not they are only trying to help or improve their industry. I'm not going to...

I know very little about the longhorn breed but it's my understanding that there is a wide array of color patterns that can occur. The Charolais carry a diluter gene which will cause the yellow pigmentation when placed on red cattle. In fact, that is what we do in our herd. The Charolais...

Hillbilly you beat me to the punch. I think a limmy bull would add more consistency to the herd in addition to adding pounds. I would not suggest a limmy bull however if you were going to feed the calves to finish. As for the "crazy limmy" debate, there are good ones and bad ones in every...

We have several cows that are red angus/red gelbvieh F1's and they are the real deal. They milk great, have a nice disposition, and add some frame to the calf. In addition, that cross provides you with a tremendous amount of flexibility. If you want to retain ownership and feed the cattle to...

What does anyone know about Major League? Is he as impressive as everyone says?

Thanks for the advice Parkerson Cattle Co. What do you like about the Field Rep, Rio Blanco, and Silver Value bulls? Are these bulls similar to Baldrigde Fastrack or do they offer different dynamics that appeal to the commercial cattleman. If I provided you with the reg# of the bull I...

The BW on the bull is a little high I agree. However, the bull is not the only contributor to BW. Your cows should help bring the BW down unless they all had high BW's themselves. And I agree the bull is probably not suited for medium or small frame cows. I'd be curious to know the weight...

Aero - the cows can handle a large calf, however we'd like to stay away from the extremely large calves. But we don't want birth weights to drop into the 70's either. We do pay attention to birth weights but we probably don't focus on them as much as some commercial cattlemen. We try and...

Over the past 16 months we have made a very aggressive effort to incorporate F1 cattle into our operation. We have chosen to populate our herd with either simmangus (red) or balancer (red) dams. We have traditionally used charolais bulls, however we have not chosen our bulls with genetics or...