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    Collection costs

    What are the costs associated with taking a bull in and getting him collected? How many straws can be expected per collection?
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    CattleCon

    The name of the NCBA convention says it all. Instead dealing with the existential issues that face the modern cattle industry, we instead get a knockoff of comic con the place were adults go to play pretend. Let's be real.
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    Irrigation reels

    I have around 25 acres of bottom ground that I am looking to irrigate cover crops on. I am interested in a one of those wind up reels that will do 1/8th of a mile set. Any thoughts?
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    Protein or Energy

    Is there a way to determine if an animal is whether an animal could use more protein in their diet or whether they could benefit from added energy?
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    How long before calving does the udder start filling with milk?

    When I tried asking google, all I got was PETA saying dairying is bad.
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    New Hereford Calves

    I am a big believer that for the Hereford breed to be viable long term, we need to maintain as broad a breadth of genetics going forward. Here is the results of some of breeding, I am looking to move forward with: Here is a AI calf out of the old Courtney 20B bull. Here is an embryo bull calf...
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    Mixing Medium Quantities of Feed

    I would like to start playing around with trying salt limited feeding. Does anyone have any thoughts on how to mix between a few hundred and a ton of feed?
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    Pasture Pet Peeves

    What are your pasture management pet peeves?
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    Killing the Little Man

    Bull Sale season is starting up in California and this year there are going to be several fewer ma and pa breeders having sales. I find it very sad that the little guy is getting squeezed out by big money throwing its weight around.
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    Dead Man's Curve

    Around here grain hay is $100 a ton wholesale. It costs around $50 a ton to harvest and contains $70 of NPK. Anyone who has to harvest hay at those prices is putting themselves $20 a ton in the whole before planting costs and rent. If any farmer is in the position where they have to generate...
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    The good old days when things were bad

    I have been thinking a great deal about how as a society we have a mindset that the farm of days gone by is a place that we should return to. We are so lucky to live in a time where having to much to eat is a larger problem than starvation. And it isn't just quantity of food, never before in...
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    Salt limiting distillers grains

    I have been looking at the price of feed recently and it looks like distillers grains is the cheapest form of protein around. I am thinking about feeding ddg in a salt limited mix. Thoughts on salt limiting and how to mix several hundred pounds of feed?
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    IVF vs Conventional Embryo collection

    Last year, I bought a cow that aborted with the idea that I would try to breed her for a fall calf and if she didn’t settle I would flush her. Today she has cycled for the third time and it‘s time to start thinking about flushing her. I am leaning towards IVF since I don’t think she is...
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    Worldwide Herefords for the World Hereford Conference

    I have a goal to have calves sired by bulls from as many different countries as possible in time for the upcoming World Hereford Conference. I have genetics lined up already from Canada, England, New Zealand, and I feel that Wales, Ireland and Australia should be achievable. If somebody wants...
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    Vaca Vieja Style Beef

    We have used our main herd bull for six years and it is now time to move to on. I heard about the Spanish method of marketing old bull beef as something superior and I am interested in trying to market vintage beef in the way vintage wine is sold.
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    Custom Intensive Grazing Business

    I want to make a business out of managing pastures and grazing livestock. I want to bridge the gap between crop consultant and animal nutritionist. I would like ideas on how to make that sort of business work.
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    Truth in Advertising?

    Saw this while looking for a steakhouse in Buffalo, Wyoming.
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    Strojan Herefords

    I am Paul Strojan from California. I am joining Cattle Today because I am tired of seeing the little guy get killed. I believe that each area is different and we need cattle that are selected to work in our environment. I run a herd of Herefords that my grandfather started when he got back from...
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