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<blockquote data-quote="Caustic Burno" data-source="post: 631219" data-attributes="member: 694"><p>If you are using Grazon for weed control this is absolutely the worst method IMO as grazon kills grass seed as well, reducing your stand over the years increasing breeding areas for grasshoppers which consume hugh volumes of cow feed. IMO 2-4-D is a much better product for broadleaf control. Fertilize your pasture this is the cheapest feed you can put in a cow, you can't just take and take and expect to maintain high carrying capicity.</p><p>Learn to be the best grass farmer in your region on your grass. If a cow can't maintain BCS and raise the calf on my grass and hay I am changing the cow not the grass or hay.</p><p> Are you raising crossbred bulls to put or your cows this is also a big mistake as your ending up with a genetic woodpile that looks like a box of crayons.</p><p>Sell three good calves and buy the best terminal sire you can if you want two sell six. Good rule of thumb is three calves to buy replacement bulls. A bad cow hurts the bottom line a bad bull is a diaster.</p><p>Also when buying replacements heifers or heavies in a commercial operation buy red cows they are cheaper and you have options to follow market trends as they will change as they always have.</p><p>Run a homo black bull bingo black calf's Red Bull red calfs a Char yellow calfs all by just changing the bull.</p><p>Run F-1 crossbred Momma's with the best straight breed terminal sire to maximize hybred vigor for the most pounds across the scale.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Caustic Burno, post: 631219, member: 694"] If you are using Grazon for weed control this is absolutely the worst method IMO as grazon kills grass seed as well, reducing your stand over the years increasing breeding areas for grasshoppers which consume hugh volumes of cow feed. IMO 2-4-D is a much better product for broadleaf control. Fertilize your pasture this is the cheapest feed you can put in a cow, you can't just take and take and expect to maintain high carrying capicity. Learn to be the best grass farmer in your region on your grass. If a cow can't maintain BCS and raise the calf on my grass and hay I am changing the cow not the grass or hay. Are you raising crossbred bulls to put or your cows this is also a big mistake as your ending up with a genetic woodpile that looks like a box of crayons. Sell three good calves and buy the best terminal sire you can if you want two sell six. Good rule of thumb is three calves to buy replacement bulls. A bad cow hurts the bottom line a bad bull is a diaster. Also when buying replacements heifers or heavies in a commercial operation buy red cows they are cheaper and you have options to follow market trends as they will change as they always have. Run a homo black bull bingo black calf's Red Bull red calfs a Char yellow calfs all by just changing the bull. Run F-1 crossbred Momma's with the best straight breed terminal sire to maximize hybred vigor for the most pounds across the scale. [/QUOTE]
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