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With my small bunch of cattle, I've looked at niche marketing to make a buck or two. I can't be certified organic as my pasture was in soybeans last year, but I am feeding natural feed in the form of hay/grass. Now, never having fed straight hay/grass without any supplements, etc., how much...

I sewed winter wheat lat fall then a pasture mix this spring on 5 acres for pasture. My original plan was to cut the wheat grass for hay, then turn the cows loose on it. I know that wheat grain is not good for them, but due to mother nature's cruel sense of humor, when it was a good time to...

My seed rep sells a line of forage seed called "Pasture Perfect" but he has never actually sold any, it's just on his list. Has anyone ever used this kind of pre-mixed seed, or is a fella better off to figure and get a mix to his/her liking? I'm going to be planting the seed in standing wheat...

Our troops in Afghanistan prove they've retained their sense of humor with the following: "YOU MAY BE A TALIBAN IF...." 1. You refine heroin for a living, but you have a moral objection to beer. 2. You own a $3,000 machine gun and $5,000 rocket launcher, but you can't afford shoes. 3...

When it comes to raising cattle, I'm very small time with my mangy herd of six bovines, but I do work with what I got, and my equipment (including my truck) look like it. Last week, I was sitting in a parking lot in Columbus, OH while my wife took a certification test for her job. As I sit...

This is my bull calf. He was C-Sectioned about a week early last March, making him 8 months old. He seems a little short for that age. Should I be overly concerned, or is he just going to be a late bloomer because he was taken out out of the oven a tad early? The mother heifer got down in...

Well, I haven't been on in a while, but that just means that I've been busy. I haven't gotten much accomplished, but I'm still plugging away. My tiny herd has now tripled in size. I added two cow/calf pairs this past week. Both cows are about 4 years old, the red cow has a freshly weened...

My two calves are looking bloated, but not acting like it...they are mobile, eating good when I take them feed, etc. I'm going to get some Therabloat but I don't have a drenching bottle. Would it be okay to use a regular bottle, or is the drencher a must have?

I have 5 (+/-) acres that I'm going to be fencing off come fall for my pasture. I've pondered a couple different ways of doing it, one is to make it four equal sections, but that gives me a bit of a headache when it comes to water, or the design below which solves the water/hay issues, but I...

Has anyone used a truck bed mounted round bale mover? I was looking on EBay and saw this contraption that is basically a hydraulic cylinder that clamps onto the gooseneck ball with a bale spike on the end of it, and has a wired remote with about fifteen feet of cable so you can back into the...

Those of you that read my introduction know that I'm grazing two calves, a Red Angus bull and a Holstein/handsome stranger steer, in my barn lot. I was curious to know if anyone knew what the actual (I know, varies from location to location/types of grass) nutrient value of yard grass. They...