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Someone may find this interesting, or I may learn from the comments. Anyway here are the results of this year's finishing of 9 steers and one stag. They were angus stock, with a few having simmental mixed. The animals were bought on March 15, five were butchered on 9/14, the other 5 on 10/11...

It looks like one of my steers got an incomplete castration. He looks to be carrying one testicle high and tight. I noticed this lately as he is not developing like the other 9 steers. Any thoughts on what kind of beef he'll make? He weighed 516 on March 15, but is growing fast. I plan on...

We took our slaughter steers off this morning, but the scales at the slaughter house were broken so I couldn't get live weights. In order to price for my customers, I'm going to have to back into a live weight estimate based on hanging weight. The steers will range 900 to 1200 pounds live...

It's a banner year for horsenettle here. Is there anything I can spray that will kill the nettle, but not clover? Thanks.

I've got a solid black heifer, less than 2 years old, that was some warts. It started about 2 months ago as a pencil eraser sized spot about a half inch below an eye. That one is about the size of the end of your pinky now, and a few others are popping up behind the eye. If you look down her...

Long story short, I now have 3 heifers in a field. They are still owned by a neighbor, but we are negotiating. They are angus, one weighs 622 pounds - born 2/5/09, another weighs 694 - born about 2 years ago, the last weighs 458 - born 4/19/09. My sole interest in keeping cattle in this field...

My experience is not as extensive as that of most of you folks, so I throw this out for your debate and my education. We started last year setting up a system for finishing a few steers for the freezer for myself and friends. We started in May with 3 on a neighbor's field that faces south and...

I am located in the mountains of SW Virginia. My pastures are a good mix of clover, timothy, fescue :mad: , bluegrass, ryegrass, and orchard grass. I have about 30 acres of fields divided into 5 paddocks with tire waterers. The real plus in our area is that during a normal summer, the fields...

We recently put in an outdoor wood furnace, so now I have plenty of ash. I know alot of folks put it on their gardens. What do you folks have to say on the subject?

A friend and I have buddied up on 3 head for beef in the fall. One is a steer. Two are about 700 pound heifers, one angus, one charlaise. Here's where the questions begin. My property has several paddocks to graze, one is separate from the rest on the opposite side of a one lane road...

What plants do I need to be watching out for as far as keeping cattle healthy? We will get our first cattle in a week or two, and I've been busting my tail trying to cut down all the buckeyes I can find. Is this overkill? We have lots of black cherry also. Am I better off leaving them...

My pumpkins are coming in early. Any tips as to what I could do with them to keep them fresh for a month or so? I doubt anybody will buy them until they've watched a football game or two. The people that is, we don't let our pumkins watch TV.

Any body have tips on storing potatoes?

Howdy, new here. I am looking to do some 2,4-D spraying to control horsenettle and morning glory in my hayfield. I know there are instruction regarding pints/acre, but does anybody have any knowledge regarding a general amount per gallon of water? I'll be using an ATV mounted tank sprayer...