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Diesel #2 = Home Heating Oil (On road Diesel #2 has lower sulpher content and is federally taxed) Diesel #1 = Kerosene (also jet fuel) no tax Diesel #2 Has a higher BTU rating (burns hotter, more effient, helps mileage and engine performance in vehicles)

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If your neighbor has an ornery charolais bull, you might want to consider letting him breed your cows. 1. You will save money by not buying your own bull 2. No jail time for you for killing someone elses' cattle. 3. No mysterious dead cattle of your own. 4. And you will have pretty...

I can get on now. I could on at home but not at work. I can get on at work now.

Well said Bama!

IMHO, it is a good a idea to pen them for a few days. I have tried this. I bought ten head of cattle that were preconditioned two years ago. I let them go in the open field to join 10 others that I had previoulsly purchased. I opened the trailer door and they ran straight for the other...

Sorry, I didnt finish my thought on preconditioning... If you dont buy them preconditioned you should do it yourself. If you dont have the facilities you can always worm and vaccinate at the sale barn before you bring them home. (That is if you buy from a sale barn) Most places I have been...

#1 I usually try to buy in the 500-600 lbs. range. By the time they are 500 - 600 lbs. they most likely have been, but not always, weaned. I have spent days looking for cattle that have not been weaned. Its not fun. Especially if you dont have much time. Also, 500-600 lbs cattle stay in...

No problem. bcox

In the past, I average about 150 lbs a head from April till the end of August. (Heifers) I keep heifers in case their maybe a drop in the market. Instead of loosing my a$$, I will make cows out of them or sell them to some of the surrounding farmers who are looking for replacements. I'm just...

I bought 17 heifers in April and will be keeping them until September. bcox

My cattle get them around their eyes, neck, and shoulders. We always called them warts. I dont know what they are really called. bcox

Here is some things I do when I go to the cattle sales. Sometimes sale barns will have special sales along with their regular sales. Find out what may be selling before the day you go. There is nothing like showing up at the sale barn to buy feeders on a day they are having a cow and calf...