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Thanks. Livestock business is doing fine but stock market is doing even better. I purchased 13 bred Angus heifers this morning. Due to calve in the spring and bred to Gardiner and Express low birth weight bulls. $1900 each.

The hay producers are getting old just like the beef producers. Most figure it's easier to run a few cows than kill yourself driving 10 hours a day on a tractor and having to fix the equipment in the middle of a hay field with no shade and 100 degree temp. We need more young people in this...

I will have one 17A field baled and buy the rest. If that turns out to be a hassle I will run cows on it. Matter of fact I had a pond built on it last fall for that very reason. As far as drought goes, I have a hay barn that holds 250 round bales. I try to keep it at least half full for...

Been doing it for the last 25 years. Since dad passed away two years ago it's no longer fun and lot's more work without him. I am getting rid of all of the hay equipment and will have one meadow custom baled and go buy the rest. I just ordered a Deere 5085M with front end loader. I also bought a...

You are going to need some good hay and protein supplements for those heifers. Hay needs to be 11-12% protein and a TDN of upper 60's. I make 12% protein coastal with a TDN of mid 60's but not upper 60's, so you will also have to feed a supplement. My hay costs me $25 bale just for the...

Kansas is a little far for me. I am trying to find some within 2-300 miles if I can. What's shipping running these days? $3.25-3.50 a loaded mile?

I see several problems with waiting until spring. One they are already predicting herd rebuilding for the next few years and increasing prices (more record highs.) So not only will the prices be higher because I am buying a live calf instead of a bred heifer, but also probably because all...

Well after three years of drought I am down to less than half my normal carrying capacity and need to expand. In the past I have always kept my heifer calves back and used them for replacements. This new Angus bull however for the last two years has given me about 85% bulls- I can't complain...

There are several disadvantages to the bands. One is you might not get both nuts below the band. The second is tetanus. Most recommend that you give a tetanus shot if you use bands. Having said that I have been using bands for about 20 years and so far no problems. And finally a tip. Keep your...

Yes, I carry one of those but it has been so hot the last couple of summers that my ink is running and the pages are falling apart. I always have the cell phone so keeping records there would be convenient and I would have one less thing to remember to carry around: Right now it's Cell phone...

Anybody know of a good app for keeping track of your cow/calf inventory? The American Angus Association has one but you have to join the association to use it. I have been using registered Angus bulls since '87 but am not a member of the association (as I don't sell registered stock) and don't...

Good luck everybody. Hope you are hunkered down and ready. I got gas for the generators and groceries and i have plenty of hay and range cubes for the cows, so I am ready

A couple of my moma cow's calved today. It always amazes me, how the changing weather conditions (cold fronts, changes in barometric pressure, etc) cause the cows to calve. I don't know the science behind it, but it's always been that way. Now if my heifers will hold off calving until next...

Actually, that would be the logical place to put it, but if you think about standing between two post, firmly planted in the ground, with a hand on each post pulling them together toward you, the easiest place to pull them together is the top. I personally have never seen a 6" fence post with a...

We have used "H" braces since the forties- for us, the brace goes in the middle of the posts, not at the top. Also, we make our barbwire braces like an "X". If it is a particularly long run, or if the corner posts are small in diameter, we use three posts instead of two. Having said this, I...

Me too, younger and stupid. We then graduated to a Preifert headgate and now a Powder River squeeze with automatic headgate- you would think I was in cow heaven...

Done that for years when we had the dairy farm- no more of that for me. We had a lariat and found a close tree. I got to hold the rope and dad had to try to pull calves or give injections- no wonder he never liked cows very much back then.

Thanks for the pixs and the ideas. Merry Christmas

Yep, there's nothing like finding a new calf and it jumps up and starts running. goes thru two fences and ends up 1/4 mile from where the moma left it. Done been there and done that too many times. Now I will not even get close to a new calf unless the moma is around, that way if it runs she can...

Thanks for the ideas. I haven't had a cow go down in my Powder River but don't want to find out what happens if I do. Yes, it has a rope to pull to open one side. Even then I would probably have to drag her out of the chute as she probably wouldn't be able to get her neck and head out of the...