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Bigdog13; I left a similar job description just this past year. Location was Colorado, 25 hd. cow/calf grass fed operation. We held over yearlings to sell to a grass finisher for direct marketing. Most of our hay was put up by a custom operator for sale to horsy people, we retained some of the...

The standard answer here is "it depends". My advice would be to spend some time in prayer about it all first and ponder this scripture: Jeremiah 29 vs.11-14. If you can figure out what you were created to do and then do that, you'll be the happiest person on earth. Good Luck.

If you truly want this to be a profitable business and not a hobby, you should do you and your family a a huge favor and invest in some education that will help make this venture profitable. Sign up and attend "Ranching for Profit" school, put on by Ranch Management Consultants. This will be...

The most profitable ranchers don't own any land, cattle or equipment. Think about that awhile. A small operator would be money ahead to buy in his hay(fertilizer and micro nutrients), avoid the money and time involved in growing and making hay, and use his hay fields to run more cattle...

Another question for MM or somebody that knows: Here in Iowa the state has a Green and Gold Tag program. It certifies the calf has received a round of specific vaccinations(green tag) and two rounds(gold tag) and has been weaned for a minimum of 45 and 60 days, respectively. All shots...

Sorry to hear about that Todd, but it sounds like you made a prudent decision that will allow you to stay in the game when the rain comes again(it will). Perhaps you can take your sale proceeds and purchase some silver to help you: 1) save for a future cattle purchase and 2) help preserve your...

As far as Hi-Tensile being a PITA, I suppose it is all a matter of perspective. Compared to Barbed Wire, the installation, life-span, strength and durability, cost, not to mention it's ability to be electrified makes HT a dream. Compared to 14ga. or Polywire for temporary use, ease of...

If it's Hi-Tensile, why couldn't he use a spinning jenny like what is used to dispense it in the first place? If it IS Hi-Tensile, I don't think a water hose reel or a poly wire reel is gonna do the job. bart. †

I currently have 15 head on a 50 acre pasture. This is in S.W. Florida, washy grass, no fertilizers. My other 10 acre pasture currently has 4 head in it. Everything has a mix of cows, steers, calves and a bull. For the past three years I have been able to winter my cattle without supplemental...

I made them myself, I own a small welding company. They were made out of 1"x1/4" Mild Steel(A36), laid on edge, with a #3 rebar for a handle. <>< bart.

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...

Good Morning!!! Thanks for replying. Some of my cattle have a fairly thick coat and when we branded it tended to be a smeary mess. It should be less of an issue now that we purchased a squeeze chute. It isn't an issue at all on the shorter slick hided ones. Shearing or clipping was mentioned...

A serious word of caution...... You had make darn sure that you don't worm them until Warble(Heel Fly) season is over or you risk giving your cattle bottle throat? or even Paralisys and a slow death from killing the larvae in their spinal cord. I killed two of my yearlings last year......very...

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...

All went well today. Made an imaginary X. Center was between the eyes and up about an inch and it was lights out. I then cut the jugular after she stopped moving. Got her winched up into the truck, and before noon she was quartered and hanging in a cooler. The gentleman who is doing the...

Thanks for the quick replies. Dunn, that is about the way it was explained to me once, you just confirmed it for me. Grannysoo, She's not going to get fed per say, I generally bring a half bag of feed or small bale of hay whenever I go to the pens, they all follow me like I was the Pied Piper...

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...

Funny how things vary from region to region. Down here generally folks don't pay anything for a lease. The property owner pays for fencing material, the cowman provides the labor. The property owner gets a substantial tax break for maintaining his Ag Excemption and the cowman gets the use of...

State Farm is having problems. While not a ranch, our Homeowner's insurance more than doubled this year. After having the same agent for over sixteen years, I gave him the oportunity to explain and makethings right. It is State Farm's policy to increase premiums here in Florida by 100%...

Newb here too. Have you given any thought to leasing your land rather than out-right buying? Greg Judy has a good book entitled "No Risk Ranching" that spends alot of time talking about the advantages of not owning land or equiptment. Might give you some things to consider. Best Regards...