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Looks like your program is working like usual. Good looking cattle.

Yes bulls break things. Sometimes it’s each other. We keep 20 to 30 around here and it just is part of the deal. I do know that once they get about 4 yr old they retain ear tags far better because they fight less. They have to establish their pecking order so it’s something we have to accept...

I really doubt six yr old bulls would do that. Our older bulls usually avoid confrontations if they have room to. The key is giving them some space.

Bump your Calcium by feeding 2-4 lbs of average alfalfa will eliminate most uterine prolapses. It is induced by environment. Difficult birthing and or combined feeding of distillers grains, corn silage or other grains. We calve more than a few cows and our uterine prolapse rate is less than 1...

The fact of the matter is genomics still have a long way to go to predict feed efficiency and I believe today they are not even in the ballpark of most of the modern pedigrees. Based on the dmi epd I should be hauling more feed to my cows than I was 10 years ago. The fact is I am hauling less...

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The differences from north to south and East to west in both Dakotas are big enough that anyone recommending cow size without knowing the input level of the individual operation is quite frankly full of hot air.

Well not to get personal but why would someone 500 miles away recommend to someone they need 6.7 frame cows to be most profitable. I could go on from that post but environment rules every time. Every mile you move north or south makes a huge difference on cow adaptabilly. The dmi epd is a lowly...

Some of the advise that has been touted on this thread is very sketchy at best. As the song goes ”people are crazy”.

Why may I ask have they switched back to Angus? I am in expiremental stage of Wagyu breeding. My goal is to raise quarter bloods for freezer beef. So far we have 5 half blood calves on ground. I am not sure the bull I used is necessarily a heifer bull as the the one bull calf we got was well...

What I am referencing is the potential carriers that are not tested that are not listed as such. Lots of potentials out there for the Hereford breed and with MSUD they have a bunch more.

To further add to my previous post. In a day and age when we have the ability to identify known lethal defects with a dna test why multiply them and pass problems on to unsuspecting commercial cow men?

While Angus have multiple defects, I can look up the registration number of any potential bull and know whether that animal is clean by pedigree. I am not sure any other breed can say that. Herefords don’t list their potential carriers. Just plain backwards if you ask me.

After the last round of Hereford bulls left us with some epileptic calves we cut bait and run just Angus now. We are an old Hereford family at one time I had some registered Hereford cows. The Hereford Association needs to learn how to protect their commercial producers from this but it seems...

Cute but some cows might enjoy that.

You are going to get a wide variety of answers on this. I personally have worked cattle all my life and have observed different temperaments and genetics is the number one separator. Yes how we handle them makes a big difference but making excuses for the ones that don’t fit our management style...

That was not my experience. Ten year old cows that never were in a barn in their life suddenly forgot how to mother a calf? Udders were not the problem either.

I agree.There are is a breed or two that are known to sire deadheads that won’t nurse on their own.

Hope things went well for everyone.

Bull hamburger is the best there is but will need a little white fat added to it.