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Where is the best place to educate yourself about nutrition requirements? I'd like to learn how to formulate mixes for different classes of my cows (lactating, dry, 6-7weights, yearling steers and heifers, etc) based on what forage and/or hay I have available. I've played around with the Ok...

We give Ultrabac and Bovishield at weaning then a booster 30days later. The mama's are boosted anually. I was just wondering did we need to gather and spend the $0.40 prior to weaning, or is it fine to wait. BL

Do you guys vaccinate any calves before they are weaned?

The best way to make a profit is to get them cheep off the dairy farm. They also are not as efficient at turning feed into Lbs as beef breeds are. They also don't bring the $$ at the sale barn that the beef breeds do. You can do it, and you can make money doing it. But like Stocker Steve...

We just freeze branded for the first time last week. We'll find out in a couple of weeks if it worked or not. For the brood cows and replacement heifers, we use their 4-digit ID number. For the steers and feeder heifers, we just use the last 2 digits.

We have a New Holland feed grinder similar to that one. We've always used it just for processing/mixing grains. We would mix our own calf and heifer feed when we had dairy cows. We would put in whole kernal corn to be ground, then add the hulls, minerals, etc. to be mixed. We've never put...

We had one that got her tail bit off by a stray dog. She sure looked weird w/o the tail. Every time she was palpated the vet would joke how no self-respecting bull would ever breed that cow w/o the tail. After you fought to get your hand in her b/c there was nothing to hang onto, she would be...

Most labels will tell you not to use a MLV vaccine on pregnant or nursing animals. We use a killed virus when the animal is pregnant or nursing.

I'm going to have to build/buy some mineral feeders soon. Can you tell me what the "Dun type mineral feeder" is? Thanks. BL

We're located in South Carolina. We used to pay for a nutritionist when we were still milking. I guess I'll call the Clemson extension agent to get started.

I need some advice on how to determine rations. My family operated a dairy farm until my dad passed away a few years ago. Now I am trying to build up a beef herd. We have the strorage capacity and equipment to mix feed in a vertical mixer. We still have some holstein heifers that we are...