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Alan, I think you are asking about culling as a managment process, right? If so, I think its great, but there are always exceptions to the rules. [1]Raise replacement heifers to replace 20% of your cow herd every year. [2] Cull 20% +/- of your cow herd every year. [3] After 5 years of this your...

Its a little more complicated than that.

We use red clover in our hay field and white dutch in our pastures. I've heard crimson is better in the south but has a much higher seeding rate. You can use selective herbacides or spot spray. We have found that the more clover is in a field, the less weeds are in the field. Hillbilly

Its all about cost. If you can keep a cow in good shape and calving every year for less than $200 it will take alot less cows than if you have $350 cost per cow. Everybody comming in figures they are going to reinvent the wheel. After they have been in it a while they realize its all about...

Sorry to go against C&C but I would go to Farm Credit, they got all my notes, never cheated me, yet. If you refinance your house and tie on the 50 ac. you might not even need a down. Property has to be ajoining. You can get annual payments if you want. After you've been with them a while you...

Might as well tromp it down. My cows only eat about 50% of haygrazer baled that tough... They act like it's weeds...too corse. They will eat it standing, but not baled. It's a good crop if you manage the cr#p out of it. I dont know how many acres you got of it but didn't sound like many. I would...