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I have a high phosphorus problem with my hay. Last year I had several cattle go down due the improper Ca:P ratio. Several died. Some went down even after we provided the correct free choice mineral to fix the problem. So our guess was that some cows didn’t eat the mineral. My solution was to...

Those are my choices. Each is $2-3 more per bag than the other. From what I have learned Nelson is considered worth the money vs Gulf. What about Maximus? I can’t find any reports on it. I’m in Arkansas. Thanks in advance.

Do you use a hay ring? If so, which do you prefer? Are the heavy duty plastic rings that cost a hundred bucks more than the metal ones worth it?

How do you do it? I’ve taken over my dad’s cow/calf herd after his passing this summer. There are calves of varying ages out there. Most are a shade of white because of the Charolais bull. I need to do some serious culling of the cows. My question is how do you determine which calf (none have...

I can't find anyone to give me a straight answer on this. If I wanted to prove a bull was homozygous for a certain gene (for instance the black gene in an Angus bull), how many test crosses are required to prove such? Does anyone have a number?