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I have had really good results with the Land-O-Lakes all milk product --- the one I've used is "Jersey Blend". It ain't cheap.

And today ... one of her embryos hit the ground. It's a heifer. :)

And today was a sad day... I have zero idea what happened, but she had a full vaginal and intestinal prolapse and she's now hanging at the butcher. She might have slipped, fell and got stepped on by a bunch of other cows...just don't know. Her two month old heifer is doing great, though! We...

I've noticed there are times of the year they demolish the salt and don't do much with the mineral ... and sometimes just the opposite happens. Since both are equally available all year long, I consider the odds are good the are telling me something about what they need.

I use a big orange covered station... one with salt and two with good balanced mineral ... letting them choose, but only a little. A man I know with a successful cattle operation runs free choice mineral and has for a while. It's been at least a year since I've asked him about it, but he...

What should happen? The owner should be a little more introspective and decide whether or nor she's up to attending to the needs of the herd ... then be willing to sell off the ones that can't do their job so she might be have the resources to take care of the ones who can / should be able to...

I've been seeing it for at least five years. Two of the last three sets of females I bought I'd tested for neospora ... and in both sets, at least one cow turned up positive. One set was in Wisconsin and one was in Illinois. It's real thing. Oh, and to be sure, the beef is fine to eat. The...

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Honestly, I'd have to ask my best friend. Generally speaking, I've been asked to avoid the kitchen except for hauling groceries and cleaning up after meals. Ha!

We age our Aubrac beeves between 10 days and 24 days with good results each direction. And Jeanne ... it's not just management that's required to have really superior dining experience with grassfed beef. Quite a bit of it is genetic, too. And quite a bit is in the preparation of the meal.

All the way from breeding decision to butcher ... grass-fed beef with full disclosure as to treatments and diet ... we've found that a growing number of people will pay more to know more about what's happened to the food that's going in their body.

Sure there is. I don't dock for having fawn colored calves. Then I grow them how I see fit and disclose all of it to the beef buyer ... and get a premium for the finished product.

We aged one half 10 days and one half 3.5 weeks. The roasts ... could be cut with a fork -- juicy, tender, succulent. The steaks were even better. My kids would ask my wife for nearly a year after he was long-since-consumed whether or not we had any more Excalibur in the freezer. He was that...

We pulled a 5.5 year old bull straight from winter hay (he was getting zero grain) to go to the butcher. Some of the most tender beef we've ever had. Your results may be different. But, for your sake, I hope not.

Fascinating set of opinions... The market can change on a dime. It takes 18 months to go from the birth of one calf (approimately when the next breeding decision is made) until the subsequent calf is weaned. That's a long time for a buyer to change their mind about whay they think you should...

Begonia is at our partner's farm. They're responsible for her maintenance and care. Both are large animal vets. They made the call. I have no reason to question their assessment. Here she is right after birth in our partner's old barn ... And here she is a couple of hours later (it was 14...

Yesterday, she calved another beautiful heifer. :) Unfortunately, she's carrying a reasonable amount of excess condition and she had a uterine prolapse as a result of calving ... so, she's done carrying pregnancies. We're going to try to get some more embryos from her in a couple of months...

I'm supposed to arrive at the vets at 2pm. I'm 90 minutes late due to my sons soccer tournament getting over late and an uncooperative old (!) Cow that refused to step up 10" to get in the trailer... Anyhow once I get there, there is this line ... three trailers deep! They're usually done at...

Dandelion arrived yesterday ... looks stupendous (to me). I'll try to get a photo up in the next coupe of days.

:nod: Thanks.