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I am thinking of purchasing some bred heifers and putting them on a farm that is partially fenced. I have temporary electric fence on the partof the farm that does not have permanent fence. When I have had cattle there before the calves always get out of the electric fence. The fence is...

Due to several factors I am 99% sure that I am going to sell every cow/calf on the place. We had an ice storm here in January and it destroyed 50% of the fence on all three of our farms. I also got a new off farm job that requires a 60 mile drive to and from every day. I'm leanming toward...

I am looking at a Ford 515 sickle bar mower so I can get two tractors cutting in the field instead of one. I haven't been to the farm to measure the width of my 4600 Ford tractor so I don't know if it will be too wide for the mower. The mower has Cat 1 pins on it, but I am hoping I can get it...

All of my cows calve during September and October with the bull going back in on November 20th. I was working alot of overtime at my off farm job during calving and did not get the bulls banded as I normally do. The calves are about 400lbs now. I was thinking of buying a larger bander and...

I need a little advice. I have 110 rented acres that I feel I could improve without alot of expense if I could develop a rotational grazing system. There is one pond near the center of the farm and there is a city water hydrant near the center also. The fact that it is rented ground on a year...

First calf of the year was born on the place four days ago. She was about two weeks early. Got to the farm today and saw momma just standing in an open field and bawling. I looked for her calf for about 45 minutes and then rode back over to where she was standing. I had went on one side of...

The last few years I have been trying to reach a goal of only feeding hay for @30-45days per year during a western KY winter. I haven't reached my goal yet, but I have been making good progress. My current herd calves in September and October and the bull is turned out on NOV 15. These cows...

I got the old disk mower serviced, blades belts oil etc. Pulled inot the first 25 acre field this morning and cut about 100yards and the drive shaft twisted out of it. This mower hasd been a POS from the day I bought it five years ago and is very lightly built. I spent the rest of the day...

One of our angus bulls, who was in the bull pen waiting for the May 1st turn out date has become deathly sick within the past 24hrs. The bull is five years old. He is alone in the bull pen and has free choice grass hay and a small bucket of soy hulls every day. He was fine yesterday. today...

I need some opinions on adding some different varieties to my summer grazing plan. At two farms I have about four acres at each one where I feed hay in the winter. By spring this area is virtually destroyed. I am thinking about disking and leveling and planting sudan or millet and making it...

I have been using Gallagher solar chargers on my temporary fences for strip grazing and rotational grazing. They seem to only last about a year and then they quit working and I have to send them in for repair. They normally fix them pretty cheap, but it's just a pain. I have three and two are...

Just turned my cow out into a stockpiled fescue field that will probably last 45-60 days. I have mineral tubs w/hig mag placed around the pasture. The bull will be turned out in a few days. I have never saved pasture back for this purpose, I usually bale it. Does anyone on here do this with...

Are any of you all using Balancer Bulls and if so what are your thoughts. My heard is basically Brangus/Herford. I am going to begin retaining some heifers and am thinking of using a Balancer bull with good maternal traits to father these future heifers. Any thoughts or experiences appreciated.

Just curious as to whether or not anyone is aware of a hay cover made specifically to cover hay that is stacked in a long single row. I have several of the silver hay tarps that I cover stacks with, but at one farm I don't have a loader tractor. I was looking for something made of the same...

Do any of you own or have any experience with the self unloading hay trailers. I'm referring to the kind that you load from the rear and keep pushing the bales forward then whe you get to your destination you pull a pin and you can dump the bales by hand. I am considering looking into one, but...

One of my hay fields has gotten into pretty bad shape and it is time to rennovate it. It has jsut been cut and rolled and I was wondering if when the regrowth appears that it would be too late in the year to spray 24D or similar hebicide or would it be better to bushhog in the fall and spray in...

I have been thinking about hiring out some of my hay harvesting this year. Just too much for me to do by myself and work full time. Some guys in my county round bale for $10.00/roll and will cut rake and bale for $17.00/roll. They have good equipment and do a good job. I am thinking about...

I am planning to start a rotational grazing system on two of my rented farms. One is about 75 acres and has a spring fed creek running through the middle of it and the other is about 150 acres and has two nice ponds. An option for both is city water and buried water, but this is alot of...

Had a hard day yesterday. First calf heifer began calving at app. 8:30 am. Let her try to do it by herself as it usually works out for us here. I gave her a while and saw two feet , checked her again in 15 minutes and only saw one foot sticking out. She got up and I walked her into the barn ...

Well my calving season has begun. The two weeks prior to calving season we have had about seven inches of rain and temperatures in the 50 degree area. Until day before yesterday. The temp dropped to 19, one calf born and quickly became on frozen mud ball. Got him in the barn dried him off...