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My family canned meat before my home town put in a locker plant. They used jars, mason lids (two piece), large pots w/lids (they called canners). A 6-700 lb calf was usually a two day process. When the jars were cool and lids checked for proper tightness the finished product was transported to...

As always what goes around comes around. Many years ago, before combinding corn & baleing corn stocks was in, all farmers/corn growers in NE Nebraska grazed the corn stocks. After several inches to over a foot of snow there was nothing else other than Hay. When it was still popular to "pick corn...

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On a cold wind blown hill in NE Nebraska. A day to be remembered and to remember that Freedom trully is not Free.

My Dad had a earthen pit dug into a hill side. The only plastic sheeting he used was to cover the contents when finished. One of things that made this pit sucessful was he would drive a tractor over the contents, packing it much tighter especially on the edges than some of the more modern pits...

My brother is in the banking business and according to him they donot require branding. However, they are in favor of EID tags at least for cattle that are in feed lots. The reason is that they lend the operator money for a specific buy and when they go to check on the investment they have no...

This may be of interest: http://www.acs.edu.au/courses/product.aspx?id=216

Ok I give - please explain roach back. Is it like a hump back? i.e. bowing upward. I see a lot of dairy breeds at the Sales Barn that there backs bow upward and beef breeds that are sway back. Thanks :D

If you want a Red Brangus there is a breeder in the Gonzales area. I'm not hame ATT but if interested can get his telephone number or email addr later in the day and PM you. :)

You might contact the Colorado Dept of Ag for specfic info to your questions. Thats all the help availabe from me, but I did stay in a Holiday Inn in Colorado Springs.

I don't know that it is a requirement, but, most of the beef quality people want you to use the VAC 45 (45 days) program.

In your part of the country Shorthorns would work well. They are normally gentle and work well in winter.

Several of our neighbors have a hose & reel system. They each had large wells drilled and pvc piping installed from the well with numerous hook-ups for the hose & reel system (don't know the cost of the installation). Last year they had hay on these fields where the rest of us did not. One...

If she is still open send her to market. Your other cows need the feed.

When this is your livelyhood one becomes ( that over used word) an expert in their business. He may not have noticed the hoof until the animal was headed for the scale. :)

. Wednesday sales in Centex are, Hills Prairie (Bastrop), Seguin, Caldwell, and I think Taylor :)

You could contact the county agent and/or Farm Service Org; let take a look at the 40 and give you some ideas on what would make it worth while.

It must be the water -- or run-off from global warming, or space people delivering AI in the dark of night.

You can add Gonzales Livestock Market to the list of Saturday cattle sale day. I heard Schullenburg (Sp) also on Saturday but have never been. 8)