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Went to local sale barn last evening. Observed 30 or so bottle calves going through the mill. Amazed by the price spread. Given that all looked reasonably healthy and lively. Holsteins went for $100 - 130 a head. (maybe a week or so old) A couple of Jersey's went for $70 - 75 a head...

I went to a local sale barn last fall looking for stock. I always get there early to watch cattle unload and look at them in the stalls before the auction starts. As someone said: "You can see a lot by just looking". A guy pulls up in a pickup with a small cage trailer towing behind. the...

I have installed temporary electric fencing before with a Solar Power Source. I grounded it out in the pasture next to the charger. Now I am putting in semi-permanent electric cross fencing to support intensive grazing. I purchased a new plug in electric controller/power source and intend to...

I went to a farm auction on Saturday. There was a 1950's Allis Chalmers 27hp (?) Model B (?) tractor in decent running shape on the block. No one bid and when it got down to $500 I bought it. I drove it 10 miles home without incident. It's newly painted a pretty orange though. I already...

I am purchasing red clover seed and have a question about options. The seed I am purchasing is coated but not inoculated. I can buy the inoculant substance for about $2.50 per hundredweight of seed. I don't understand what inoculation does for seed. Also; is it advisable or necessary...

Anyone with experience using an overseeder care to comment on their effectivness? I am looking at an eight foot Brillion overseeder for pasture improvement. Jon

I sold a registered bull yearling recently that I had bought as part of a cow calf pair. I received the papers in the mail and (I'm new to the business) only read them briefly. The buyer, however, read the papers carefully. He saw that the bull calf had a listed birth weight of 53 lbs. He...

What are the laws relating to Imports and Exports of beef (cattle) to Mexico? I know that beef is imported from various places (Mexico, Canada, Australia, Argentina for example) Are there import quotas? Are American cattle eligible for export to Mexico? Not breeding stock but cattle for...

A man who contended throughout his 26 years in prison that he never raped a woman who lived five houses down from him was freed Thursday after a judge recommended overturning his conviction. Charles Chatman, 47, was released on his recognizance as several of his eight siblings cheered. He was...

Take 40 acres with decent fencing, cross fencing installed (6-8 acres each for intensive grazing, water, Working facilities installed, decent small barn. decent older used tractor, etc All paid for and with these costs not part of the calculations. Decent grass, fescue, red clover. Recommeded...

Ignorant of many things but this one for sure. I had a possum take up residence in my barn recently. It was getting into the feed bags. I used welders gloves and picked it up by its tail, put it in a pet carrier and drove it 3 miles or so and released it in some woods. A few days passed and I...

I have been feeding 2-5 lbs (EA) of 12% winter creep to my cattle once or twice a week (along with pasture and/or Hay). The idea is to supplement a bit and keep them used to coming into the paddock in the evening. It contains a bit of corn and mostly pelleted something or the other. Would I...

I went to Wal Mart with my Wife yesterday afternoon because I had a craving for a boiled supper. (corned beef, cabbage, carrots, celery, potatoes) I was shocked at the prices on vegetables. (Wife has insulated me for years by doing the shopping) A small bag of red potatoes (1-2 lbs) was...

I know that many ranches (more so in the past?) ran bulls year round with the herd. How do heifers that are too young keep from getting bred in a situation like that? Is it common to have separate pastures for Bulls/ Young Heifers/Cows? Jon

As noted in another post my wife and I (with some help from the Mother Cow) had our first calf born recently. I am amazed by the new sounds that Mama Cow makes to communicate with her calf. It is a low hum that she modulates in different ways. I am convinced that one variation means "get up...

This Red Angus Heifer Calf was born early Thanksgiving Morning. There is nothing special about her except that she is the first calf born on our farm. My wife and I have a lot to be thankful for. Jon

My pastures have occasional rocks (fist size and smaller) that keep turning up no matter how many I pick up. There are also some uneven spots and heavy fescue growth existing. I have an opportunity to use a no till drill to plant some clover in the coming months. Will such pasture conditions...

I am going to frost seed red clover over tall fescue this winter. Roughly how many pounds of seed per acre should I use? Will 24D kill the red clover if sprayed for weed killing in the spring? Thanks in advance Jon

Thanks to everyone for the flood of great knowledge on this forum every day but especially the last few days. I am taking notes on the great topics lately. Hope I can pay back to others one day. Jon

Grass Fed Red Angus, 11 months old. http://cattletoday.com/photos/data/591/thumbs/1862602925_03804ea194.jpg http://cattletoday.com/photos/data/591/1862593399_7e122b6b15.jpg Jon