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    Price of Jersey or Guernsey calves at salebarn?

    You stated that Promise Land dairy went out of business. Do you know what the story is??? We still get milk here sold under the same name but doesn't seem to keep very well. Maybe this is the reason.
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    Army Worms

    I am also in south central Texas and we had army worms in our oats about two weeks ago. Had them sprayed by airplane and knocked them down. I am expecting the next generation any day. I walk my fields every morning while the dew is still wet. That is the best way I have found to catch them while...
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    AI using ampules instead of straws

    have an inventory but it is not complete. Most of it is from an angus bull the man owned and had collected. The first calves from that bull will be on the ground in 60 days. Was lucky he let me have the tank. He knew he was never going to use it again but ABS always came by and kept the nitrogen...
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    AI using ampules instead of straws

    Thanks that is just what I needed to know. The ampules contain semen from a angus bull by the name of Parabel Esso(sp).
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    AI using ampules instead of straws

    I received a semen tank from a relative because of his bad health stopped him from AI work. In this tank was approx 1000 straws of viable semen. Old but still checked good by a lab. Now the question, In the tank is some semen stored in ampules. What is the procedure for using the ampules?? I...
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    Bovine Elite

    I also went through their AI school and think they are a very good company. I have bought semen from them with no difficulties.
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    after bag strutts how long until they come in

    48 Hours is enough to kickstart .
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    CATTLE AT LARGE TICKET-COSTS MORE THAN THE COW

    In the state of Texas You have to be proved grossly negligent to be in trouble. That is defined as your cows are habitally on the road. The first offense is not that. Our place fronts on a 4 Lane divided highway and I have had the local law put my cattle back in and not say anything.
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    Lucky , kinda

    Had a very large truck on a state hwy have a blow out and run completely through my perimeter fence. The man was a mexican national on his way to Mexico. He had insurance but it was with a company in Mexico that I had never heard of. I called the DPS and he allowed me to keep the truck until the...
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    Seed oats

    I have planted both varities and I am about 100 miles north of you. I like the BIG MAC the best but my supplier said that they are hard to find this year. I am planning on planting TAM 397.
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    NEED IDEALS/HELP ON WHAT TO PLANT?

    Thanks dun thats what I should have said.
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    NEED IDEALS/HELP ON WHAT TO PLANT?

    If spraying is ruled out, then a shreader is my next choice. I sprayed my hay meadows with 2,4,D and just shreaded the bad spots in the pasture. Some years they can really be a problem, especially if the soil is disturbed.
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    NEED IDEALS/HELP ON WHAT TO PLANT?

    I am also located in central Texas. I plan to dry plant oats just like I do every year. I always flatbreak my land in June and let it lay until the first of September. I then apply my granular fertilizer and harrow it under. I then let that lay until after Sept. 15. I then plant oats and hope...
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    What is this plant?

    Spanish Mulberry in my part of south central Texas.
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    Hay supply, how much extra do you keep?

    Humidity is terrible here 125 miles inland from the gulf coast. We do not have vents on the barn and the hay does not suffer. A&M which is just 20 miles from me did a study on some hay that was stored for 30 years and found only minor differences in the before and after analysis. Thats when I...
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    Experience questions

    You have the right attitude when you realize that you don't already know it all. That is a rare quality in young people today. I predict that you will be successful at whatever you undertake. I just took an AI course at age 60 after 40 years in the cattle business. I learned a lot and it has...
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    Hay supply, how much extra do you keep?

    We keep a years worth inside and a years worth outside. We don't rotate. Just keep the hay inside dry and out of the weather and it will keep for years. This past winter we had to go into our inside storage for the first time in 9 years. The hay looked good and the cattle did good.
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    Johnsongrass

    I like the stuff. My cows love the stuff. My wife hates the stuff as her dad was a cottonfarmer and made her chop and dig the roots as a young girl. I threatened to plant some on some old crop land but got an absolute NO!
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    Boomless spray nozzles?

    I use a cluster jet to spray weeds. Works good but requires very low wind velocity. Works especially good if you have a lot of trees to dodge as you spray. In some parts of our county they are restricted because of drift anywhere cotton grows.
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    Disposing of old wire

    The scrap iron dealer in our area will buy ours. That was not the case 10 years ago, but things have changed.
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