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Your cattle pictures always WOW me. Way to go. Best Charolais cattle I've seen.

I have nothing to offer, but I'd be curious to see those Main Event calves if you have pictures? I had a neighbor use him on his fall cows this past year, but those calves won't hit until September. I am anxious to see them.

And Petro! Big driver in the N market as well.

How long are you grazing the "stockpiled" fescue? Have you considered feeding hay in Oct-Dec (or however long you expect stockpile to last) and then turning in on stockpile in Jan? More often than not, our Jan-March stockpile tests much better than our hay, PLUS the endophyte is not quite as hot...

Between the Chinese and Bill Gates, there has been a lot of farmland purchased in the last few years. Not sure their plan, but I trust Mexican tap water more than either of them...

http://ameriag.com/mineral-feeder.html These things work very well and are durable. No more dumped mineral feeders and are portable for rotational grazing operations. You can also get fly strips to go on them for use during the fly and tick seasons. Well worth the $$.

2 mowers, immediately followed by a 4 basket tedder makes the difference of us getting hay put up dry and in the barn with no rain in a 3 day window. Without it, we'd have to wrap. We do not have a silage baler, nor wrapper, but the neighbor does. He makes hay same time we do so first cutting...

It can be done! I too have a "day job" and struggle to do my due diligence when heat detecting. For the last several years, I've just bred once a day, usually in evenings, on anything that has a red patch (estrotect). Yes, some are getting bred a little early/late, but I always give a shot of...

From my limited experience with the F1's (approaching 20 head now) I think the first cross is comparable to whatever breed they are used on in regards to growth. That being said, from my experiences, they do in fact increase quality grade significantly and consistently. I'm not necessarily...

Good looking specimen! Who is it?

Let em have it! Occasionally I'll get my hands on sweet corn trimmings(shucks, tips and stumps, WHOLE EAR), pumpkins, watermelons, cantaloupe, broccoli, cabbage, etc. I've never cut any of it, they'll figure out how to break it down on their own. Yeah, I'm sure some people have lost cattle due...

It is definitely too late to spray for them this year.

This is from Virginia's Pest Management Guide. Not sure how accurate the month will be in your particular area, but you can consider your climate/region compared to Virginia and take a crack at timing. I'd have to disagree with Kenny on his clipping comment. (no offense Kenny) I agree with the...

Thanks for the update! I've got some in the tank...I think I've used 1 straw so far. Maybe more now!

Lamb and beef. Never tried the pork. I did raise some "pastured pork" one time. 9 total...only "pastured" because the rascals wouldn't stay in. Long story there, but occasionally they got in with the fats and bellied up to the feeders. Didn't seem to have any effect on the meat quality, but they...

You really need to look into those VQA sales. They will ALWAYS bring more than CH (by a mile). I think you'd really benefit from it. You should talk with Phil Blevins about the program. Best thing we've done to help the bottom line in a long time.

For those who have used Baldridge Colonel, how is the breed up on his heifers? EPD is dismal IMO. I know a LOT goes in to whether or not a heifer gets bred, but with bottom 5% ranking at ~60% accuracy, it makes me wonder if there is something to it. Wouldn't mind keeping some heifers out of him...

How's this heifer looking today?

How's your Boulder calf (or calves) turning out?

How's this heifer progressing?