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This is very true about me. I just need to focus on breeding good animals right now.

A couple more questions I was thinking about today. There's gonna be a lot of what ifs in this so bare with me. In a scenario that is hypothetical, Let's say I have too equally sized pastures. In pasture A I have my new bull, let's call him Tom, and the heifers I get from Tom go to pasture B to...

How do you decide to do that? Because other people have succeeded in your area doing that? You have seen animals in sales that you like come from that breed? I would actually say you "knuckle heads" are far ahead of me. I'm a commercial cattleman that wants to sell seedstock, not an easy...

A couple stupid questions about cow families. How do you know what good ones are as everybody and their mom can have a proven queen or elluna. is it just based on the operation the cow family is at like Joe Blow down the road has the best proven queens? How are new ones established?

Can you explain these a little more? What is the benefit of selling line crosses vs just straight line bred stock? Doesn't that seem like the producers that use the hot AI bulls, aren't they just trying to sell somebody elses genetics and not their own? Why do linebred stock not sell as good...

I have been managing my her as a commercial herd for the last 6 years and from what I can tell uniform pens is what sells feeders, correct me if I am wrong. I have been feeding my own steers for the last 3 years, but just a few for custom beef I would like to try retaining ownership on my...

Isn't the goal to sell seedstock to commercial cattlemen? I read somewhere that only 2% of seed stock cattle go to other seed stock operations, so it would be like trying to run for president just worrying about what the people in Wyoming think about your campaign.

I'm wanting to someday get into the world of selling seedstock, I know it's easier said than done, but first I have soooo many questions on how to approach this. Disclaimer: A lot of these might be stupid questions to the experienced cattle breeders, but just bare with me I am trying too learn...

Like my sig says. "Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it." - Steven Wright Also use the bolt on hinges and hang the top on upside down.... Don't ask me how I know...

1/4 heifer to bull so far.

I've lost 4 calfs and 3 cows this year. Don't know whats going on but it's been a rough calving season so far... I feel your pain.