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Thank you Frankie.

Jeanne I must of just missed your farm. We traveled all over the finger lakes region. I saw alot of land that was laying idle that would work for a beef operation. Is a source of water the limiting factor in most areas for pasturing cattle. I was surprised at how few equipment and farm...

I must of missed the cattle area of vermont in my travels. I traveled up rte 7 to rutland, rte 4 to white river junction. I take it that I was just south of where the cattle are. I was on the honeymoon and site seeing.

I spent the better part of 2 days driving around the back roads of NY below I 90 and saw very little beef cattle. Where are all the beef operations located? Were are the equipment dealers located?

The housing developments in my area are getting bad. Every year we lose more hay fields to houses. The taxes keep going up to support the new schools and other services the new neighbors demand. I am investingating the possibily of selling here in maine and buying 4 to 5 times the land...

Jeanne - Simme Valley Any suggestion on what part of NY to look at for a medium to large scale cow/calf operation? I was thinking of a free stall dairy farm with a large land base to grow feed on. What area's are freindly to farming and low development pressures? pat

We try to get all the cows AI'ed by a certian date then we turn the bull in. This is more for our convience and reduces the time conflicts with the haying enterprise.

Hear in southern maine we are below normal for snowfall. We have a nasty storm brewing that may or may not dump 6" to 24" inches of snow before it is done. It has been a relatively mild winter so far. the midwest has had more nasty weather than we have.

The state ag types look blank when you mention premise ID here in Maine. I have seen no state plan to implement premise ID's or serious discussion for that matter

We have 1 up and 1 more to next spring. If you decide to go with the hoop barn make sure you get trusted rafters period. We put a single pipe barn up in 96 and lost it to snow load in 98. We replaced it in 99 with a trust pipe one and it is still going strong. Dad ripped the canvas 3 years...

Where can i get a sample partnership form for ag business? Dad and I would like to form a partnership.

I second JB favorite place. Lately vacation from the paying job is spend on a tractor trying to make hay.

In the north east they are commonly refered as tent catapillers

I work for one the local banks running the computers in the afternoon and early evening. I spent the rest of the time farming. I dapple in wood working and machinery repair as needed. I guess I qualify as a jack of many trades and master of none.

Thank you for the explaination. TPR is similiar to the red angus whole herd reporting but with a cheaper fee structure. I like the idea of whole herd reporting but not as implemented by the AHA. I agree with you that a 2 season calving choice does not fit everyones needs.

What is TPR? Is that like the red angus that have total herd reporting?

EPD's are just another selection tool to be used in selecting animals. If you are using AI, EPD's allow you compare bulls of the same breed. When selecting AI sires I always look at the breeder, parents of the bull and there EPD's and all other data I can get my hands on. On average EPD's...

We have 2 permanent mirafount waterer's installed in each barn for winter use. I have run 3/4 in black plastic water pipe laid on top of the ground down the middle of the pasture with hose fittings installed where it goes under the permanent cross fencing. I use a portable tub and move it with...

I have only lost 1 sick calf to coyotes as far as I know. We had another attack 10 years ago but survived it. I will shoot them anytime I find them in the pastures. The angus cows play coyote ball with them if they come around their calfs or can be caught in the pasture.

We usually ted 2 or 3 hours after mowing and again the folowing day if heavy hay. If extremely heavy grass hay we might ted it 3 times. This is on mainly grass hay. Clover changes all the rules with leave shatter.