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I am planning on purchasing light weight, 300-400 lb. calves from the local sale barns to pre-condition and background to 500# and then turn. I think I can easily do 4 turns per year, thus increasing the number of units turned for increased profit. This is in extreme South Central Iowa. My...

I have some questions for the Backgrounders in this group.and any other work that needs to be done. Let me start by saying that my experience is limited to stockers and all natural cow/calf. I'm just about to pull the trigger on some calves for pre-conditioning and backgrounding. I'm planning...

Does anyone have a handle on costs to get bucket calves to pasture? Purchase price aside, how much milk replacer, meds, calf starter and grain is required to get them from 2-3 days old to weaned and on straight pasture? Thanks. †

We have an approx. 2 day old calf that I have yet to see nurse. I checked it 4 times today, and spent the past 3.5 hours watching, and nothing. The cow failed to raise her calf last year, but we did not know if it was her not feeding or if the calf had gotten sick, but within a week the calf...

We may have the opportunity to lease some land that will be much different than where we are now located.(S. Fla) I would like to implement MOB grazing techniques, and about half the land is currently flood irrigated with a poor crop of alfalfa, the other half is dryland pasture. It is my...

Last year we branded some of our stock. We used hot iron brands, made out of steel, 1/4" wide. The cattle were a mixed bunch, some short hair and some with a heavier coat. The brand itself is two Turkey Tracks, approx. 4" tall. After about one year, the hair on all the cattle has for the most...

Does anyone who shears the hair on their cattle prior to brand application have a suggestion for a reliable hand held shear? I would require a make that would hold up to commercial use, 100+ head at a time. Brand, make, cordless, plug in, size of head, etc., real world use, not show ring prissy...

This Saturday we will be harvesting our first Beeve, she is a three year old heifer with a bad attitude and since work is slow and the wife would feel better with a freezer full of beef, this particular heifer qualifies. We will be quartering her and hanging the carcass in a cooler for a week...