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I had a horse when I was younger that would eat anything. We'd ride all day gathering cows, and when I'd unwrap my bologna sandwich, he'd look back over his shoulder at me. He loved bologna, bread, waffles, doughnuts, snickers bars, chocolate, etc, liked everything but cheese. He'd eat the...

We always milked range cows when I was a kid, couldn't afford a milk cow, and I always thought the milk was just fine. My husband and I tried to get a first calf heifer (angus cross) broke to milk last spring. She was fairly gentle and had good milk, but her tits were so small it was a big...

cd Some folks refer to various range cubes as "cake". It probably is regional. It is like a range cube, its made up of corn, barley, suncured alfalfa, soybean meal, wheat, molasses, cottonseed meal, calcium salt, vitamin A and some other ground grain products. The cake we use is about 1 1/2...

If you can get past all the legal jargon that scares most people away from the 1031 exchange, it really is the way to go. There are tons of books out there on how to use it to your advantage. I'd google it or look at used books at amazon.com. I'm not 100% on all the particulars, but when you...

In the nw corner of CO pasture is going for about $12/head/month if you take care of fences, water, etc. If all is included, runs more like $16. And the pasture varies alot from, say highdesert to mountain range. So head per acre is a problem out here. Hard to find enough pasture to run any...

appreciate all the advice, and will be showing all of your comments to the man in charge... Thanks for backing me up :)

Colorado put a big tax on cigs and banned smoking indoors at any location except a cigar bar. Even bars! Its weird to see all the late night drinkers out in the cold lighting up, they have to be at least ten feet from the establishment. Bars, restraunts, everwhere. I don't smoke, but my...

They are on bare fields (snow covered) with little available pasture value, being fed about 20 pounds of grass/alfafla hay daily along with protien tubs and 1 pound each "cake" which is 15% protien. They are in good shape now, but about 30 days before calving (first calf heifers) my family has...

How much is hay running a ton in your area? I've heard as high as 240/ton here, and thats cow hay, not horse or dairy quality. Ouch.

Thanks for your input. My hubby and I agree with all that you said, however, trying to convice my dad of that is another story. It's a matter of "been doing it that way for years, why mess with a good thing?"

Some people swear by drastically reducing the protein given to bred cows late in the pregnancy in order to keep the calves small for easy delivery. Others say that the cows need more protein then than ever. Any thoughts?

Have one dairy cow and am going to start making cheese on a very small scale. Know where I can get a reasonable, old fashioned type cheese press? Everything I've seen is upwards of $200. Could buy alot of cheese for that...

My cousin has a jersey that is great because she's real quiet, but I like my brown swiss because she's tall (and so am I) so its not uncomfortable for me to milk her. Her personality is good, too. Not at all like I'd been warned.

Any suggestions on the best place to get brown swiss semen? I've only got one milk cow, but hate to breed her to an angus again....