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    Beef suppliers

    These calculator's are just a good rule of thumb. We sell alot of beef on the rail and about every so many someone calls and wonders why they did'nt get more cube steak or why there wasnt more of something. Any time there is some thing put in writeing ther will be someone finding out a...
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    Feed peas

    One of the greatest values of peas is cattle feed. Used with barley,oats or corn they are a real asset. We raised them for feed some before there was much markets for them . N.Dak. did a lot of research at Carrington several years ago on peas to feed in fattening rations and also as suppelment...
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    Ball waterers

    Well I'll be darned never thought of not being able to dig deep enough because of rock. How do you get your waterlines below frost? all of our lines have to be at least 6ft. deep or more to keep from freezing. Have had to blow some shelf rock once to lay a line in some of our rougher grazeing...
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    Ball waterers

    Not very successful here as the balls want to freeze up and they are'nt easy to thaw sometimes. What does work quite well here is a corbet ' made in Iowa' and another one that the hutterites make in Canada. Almost foolproof and no heet needed. Finally remembered the name "Therma--Sink". No...
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    Butcher a bull?

    Have a small local meat business. Sell alot of fed cattle for freezer beef and do a lot of small cafe's and bar/grills so we use quite a lot of bulls strickly for ground beef,feed them about 4-6 weeks so their meat has a bit of fat and moisture enough to make a decent patty.Always pull the...
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    Corn Storage ?

    We are located in N.E. Mont> and have,for this area, a very good corn crop. We did'nt need it for silage as the pit's were already full.[ Oats and peas ]Therefore we are currently planning to harvest it for grain. My question is how high can the moisture be for good storage. We plan on --14% on...
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    creeping calves

    Why would you put corn in a creep feeder? Corn is a low protein feedlot feed and I wouldnt think that you would put a suckling calf on a full feed of corn.
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    self feeders

    We finish cattle on self feeders and have for many years. Feed,mostly barley. We work them up to full feed in bunks,usually takes about 3 weeks and then let them go to the feeders. The feeders need to be checked and cleaned daily,the fines removed. I do realize that there will be some that says...
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