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Mr. VanRoss , Your operating expense is inline with mine. In my area I see larger operations having more pasture or crop ground to keep cows foraging through the winter . Which equates to less hay to feed. My cow/calf operation and hay operation have to work together to make it work. Just wish...

If were truly adding all costs with a cow/calf operation . How would you show a + net return ? My question is how would you figure hay sales and Gov. Payments . Is it income from the cows ? If you didn't have cows would you need equipment to bale hay. If you bought all hay fed, less equipment...

I have a few that has use the compost . I've told them that the pasture chemical used on the hay ground would care over in the manure . They have stopped using it . My question ; does the composting process get rid of the chemical residue ? I'm thinking 1 year old stuff . Manure/hay pushed up...

I pasture, spring thru fall 12 fall calving cows . Pasture has a small pond for them to run to. I hauled water July and August last year. Ok now the question : Neighbor across the road has a pond they use for recreation . I would like to pull water from their pond vs. hauling . I'm sure they...

I know first hand a cow can choke on whole ears . I would break them in half the very least . rj

Just asking a few questioning. A little history. This is hay that is wasted around hay ring . I've piled it over the winter . I dug into it Thursday evening really wet not much composting going on . #1 How do I get the process of composting started . #2 How long should it take ? Thanks Rj

I started a small cow/calf operation after dad passed. Wish I had his knowledge to draw from. I think Brute 23 summed it up about right . rj

I can't tell from the post . Do you work off the farm ? Getting your handling system in good shape would be good money to spend . I started from scratch 4yrs. ago . It takes time to figure out what works best for yourself. I would add 2 or 3 bred cows along . Increase your herd as pasture and...

Dad ran horses with his cows all the time . I would think that beef cows would bee a better fit . You can buy a lot of milk for what it will cost to keep a milk cow . With raising beef one could be butchered or sold to help off set the cost of feed and hay . I would guess 2 to 3 acres of grass...

Went out around 3:00 cows and feeders all got extra feed tonight. We had over and inch of rain today before it started snowing . Wish they could of got dried off before the wind and snow stared. Calves were all humped up . Cows seemed not to mind much with ice cycle hanging off of them . Go...

wayne co. Fairfield Evansville tv station calling more snow in your area than here .

Major storm forecasted for Sunday thru Tuesday . Up to 12 inches of snow and temps down minus 11. With wind gust up to 30mph wind chilles down to minus 45 . Worst storm in our area in the past 20 yrs.. I set out two extra hay feeder . Three are full to the max . Week old calf and her mom...

Does the neighbor have a front end loader ? May have run into steer while moving hay .

I'm sure the large farm operations would hire a cert mech to work on their equipment . Maybe some schooling to work on all the electronics and GPS systems . Where I see and have problem myself is get enough land to expand . Pasture land his hard to come by, to rent and very expense to buy...

This past winter I feed hay in one spot . Hay was feed in hay ring . Hay and manure around ring was 3ft. deep, when the pasture green up I move the cows out of feeding area . Then pushed this area around the hay ring up in a large pile so it would compost . Did I go about this correctly . The...

I had several that i cut down while they were leafed out . Piled them together when they were cut down. My thoughts were moving tree while green would be less spreading of thorns . Then used tordon and painted the stump . Good results on no regrowth . good luck rj

I ment to say a Jan 2014 calf

Bought her at the Heart of America Hereford Association sale. this afternoon . She may be border line heavy . She is bred for a jan 14 calf . If she was to slim down some by calving time, will it make any difference on her having a calf with less trouble and milking ability . I'll try to get...

I seprated them till this past sat morning . Every thing went well till Tuesday night . The calf had a cut on the inside of his rear leg . The bull was roughing him up again . I will just keep them apart till I decide to get rid of the bull or ship the calf at weaning age. I know I'm not happy...

Tonight I had a 18mo. old bull roughing up a three week old calf . The bull was agressive enough that it shoved this calf through a barb wire fence . What would cause the bull to do/act this way ? This is the first problem with the bull . I have seprated the cow/calf from the bull . Has anyone...