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    Banding 101

    Thank you all for the help... Any additional vaccinations I should give while I'm at or just tetanus and blackleg. Need to tag him also but I don't believe I have any questions about that... Little bugger is gunna have a rough day...
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    Banding 101

    I need to band my first calf (2 1/2 month old angus cross). It was a bottle calf i was gifted because the farmer didnt want to mess with it. I've just turned it loose into the pasture so its time to do the deed... I need the rundown on procedure and some advice From what ive read so far i need...
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    Green as it gets

    Wow...way to dive in head first...off a cliff...blindfolded... If the pastures are as bad as you describe why did they have so may head per acre?
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    Any money in Jersey Bull Calves?

    I've also wondered if there is any merit to picking up 1-2 cheap dairy calves, raising them on pasture, and butchering them for burger and maybe a few of the nicer steak cuts. Got more grass than cows...
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    Overseeding Fescue

    My thoughts were that novel fescue and clover would be about the only things that could survive in a fescue stand. Good point about the cattle eating the novel over the E+... I just need something to help fill out the fields...maybe i should just keep grazing and mowing until they fill...
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    Overseeding Fescue

    Hello all, I've recently begun cleaning up pastures which by appearances have been neglected for many years. The pastures are currently mainly fescue presumably E+ with some scattered timothy and orchard mixed in. I've been mowing off the grass since last summer but its still pretty thin. I am...
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    Finishing a Steer

    These photos probably show the worst pasture areas they have access to...they get a fresh strip of the actual pasture each afternoon. I feed them 3-4 lb of corn each day simply to supplement the pastures. I intend to ramp them up to 20-25 lb cracked corn per day for the 90 day finishing period...
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    Finishing a Steer

    i should add that they are both currently on pasture with 3-4 lb corn per day
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    Finishing a Steer

    Hello all, I have a steer that i intend to take to the "spa" after a 90 day corn finish. I'm looking for some guidance on when to start that process. No cattle scale...based on my last round of measurements (6/12/17) Heart Circumference: 66", Length:46". Using the Heart*Heart*Length/300...
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    New Cows With Shunned Calf

    The 30% and 70% is a percentage of total feed. That information came from an artical i read. It stated that the cows digestive system should be tuned to digest primarily grass or grain but would not digest both efficiently at the same time. Hence the below 30% of the total diet or more than 70%...
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    New Cows With Shunned Calf

    Hello all, could use some advice for a rookie... Background: -5 Acres currently fenced another 20+/- yet to be fenced/repaired -Fescue, Smooth Brome, Orchard, White Clover, and Red Clover grasses Identified so far -Northeast Missouri -Complete Rookie I recently purchased 3 beef cattle, 1...
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    Floating Corner Brace For High Tensile Fence

    I agree that the length and angle of the brace make a huge diffence as far as lifting forces. And with the floating system if you do not provide a bearing surface for the brace it will sink into the ground and the post will lean. But if the brace post provides a lateral force instead of just...
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    Floating Corner Brace For High Tensile Fence

    Hello, Can anyone please explain to me why a floating corner brace system requires the actual brace to be floating ontop of the ground? It seems like if the brace post was ended in the ground against a dead man of sorts that the brace would be alot more effective? The only reasons i can think...
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