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Today's workshop
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Caustic Burno » Fri Apr 17, 2015 4:48 pm
Was largely on retaining and buying replacements.
Average cost to raise a heifer was 1900 the most to pay for a replacement
was 2400 with the five...
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Last post by DCA farm
Sun Dec 01, 2019 4:17 am
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What happens on a feedlot?
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milkmaid » Mon Oct 06, 2014 6:54 am
This a cross-post of mine from another forum that I created for the hobby people who are anti-big-Ag, thought maybe y'all would appreciate it as...
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Last post by jedstivers
Tue Nov 28, 2017 11:42 pm
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RAISING BEEF CATTLE ON A FEW ACRES
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Arkansas » Sat Dec 10, 2011 2:08 am
I want to start off by letting you all know this is not my material I found it while looking into raising cattle on a few acres. I found it very...
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Last post by bird dog
Wed Oct 09, 2019 4:44 pm
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Last post by M Gravlee
Sat Jan 30, 2010 6:46 am
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For newcomers..........
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Mod2 » Sun Jul 12, 2009 12:29 am
No advertising, no politics, no profanity, no threatening of others
Welcome to the forums
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Tue Jan 06, 2015 8:46 pm
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Last post by cypressfarms
Fri Dec 19, 2008 4:01 pm
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cows calving -- for newbies -- pictures
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milkmaid » Wed Aug 06, 2008 9:49 pm
For those who wonder what normal will look like... (and those experienced folks feel free to add more to the info I've given)
Cows calving:
This...
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Last post by farmerjan
Mon Dec 09, 2019 10:37 am
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2 year old heifer
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ncboy34 » Fri Nov 01, 2019 6:52 am
Have a few 2 year old heifers that had still born calves. I'm not wanting to breed them again and am trying to figure out the best way to market...
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Last post by farmerjan
Sat Nov 02, 2019 8:18 pm
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How to help calf give up sucking milk
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devarainjan » Sat Oct 19, 2019 2:34 pm
Hi, i am new here. I am so glad to find the site. I have a question. I have 2 calves, pretty nice more than 5 months but they still want to suck milk...
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Last post by farmerjan
Wed Oct 30, 2019 9:16 pm
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Mod2 - locations
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Jeanne - Simme Valley » Thu Oct 24, 2019 9:25 am
Can you set it up so that when a new person signs in they HAVE to put their location.
Time and time again, we have to ask people WHERE they are...
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Last post by snoopdog
Wed Oct 30, 2019 7:58 pm
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Selling Seedstock
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GHzFarms » Fri Oct 25, 2019 7:54 pm
Young farmer here, trying to gain ground in our operation. We have a little known breed with not much demand. What characteristics do you look for in...
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Last post by GHzFarms
Sun Oct 27, 2019 7:31 pm
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Any ideas?
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Lazy M » Wed Oct 23, 2019 6:52 pm
Just have 3 spring calves left to wean. The stupid Mama cows refuse to bring them anywhere near the corral. The cows will happily eat feed if I bring...
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Last post by Lazy M
Fri Oct 25, 2019 7:37 pm
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Last post by snoopdog
Wed Oct 23, 2019 7:34 pm
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Katie in Thorpe
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farmerjan » Sun Oct 20, 2019 1:19 pm
Just happened to see an ad for an auction co that is in Alberta Can, that was showing some of the stuff for sale on Oct 28th. Had a 7 ft tall iron(?)...
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Last post by farmerjan
Mon Oct 21, 2019 8:01 am
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Last post by Stocker Steve
Sun Oct 20, 2019 9:56 am
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Fortress sons?
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tom4018 » Sat Oct 19, 2019 7:35 am
I need to replace my bull. Anyone have experience with this bulls sons?
Bought a bull from this breeder before with great results. With the...
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Last post by Ebenezer
Sat Oct 19, 2019 3:00 pm
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Found him
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Silver » Mon Oct 14, 2019 8:00 pm
One missing bull, been looking for awhile. Got some snow last night so thought I'd have a chance. Went out on the side x side and found his tracks...
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Last post by sstterry
Thu Oct 17, 2019 9:04 pm
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Rules of ownership for showing?
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tlan6556@aol.com » Mon Oct 14, 2019 12:01 pm
I am not in the show business (started this business too late in life), just a small breeding operation intending to produce show quality prospects....
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Last post by tlan6556@aol.com
Wed Oct 16, 2019 7:55 pm
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Mold spots ok in hay?
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cowgal604 » Sun Oct 13, 2019 3:18 pm
Doing my last stock up on hay. I have someone who’s offering it to me at a good price bcs they baled too wet and it has mold spots. They said it’s ok...
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Last post by Nesikep
Tue Oct 15, 2019 12:44 pm
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Water Trough
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silverfoxvtx » Sun Oct 13, 2019 11:20 pm
I there a trough out there that has a center hole with a pipe coming up to run the water line?
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Last post by Hippie Rancher
Mon Oct 14, 2019 3:16 pm
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Last post by Jeanne - Simme Valley
Sun Oct 13, 2019 5:14 pm
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Conformation critique please
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tlan6556@aol.com » Mon Oct 07, 2019 2:18 am
I am a newbie here, and actually an inexperienced rookie with any discussion board, so, please be patient with me.
A few years ago I bought two...
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Last post by tlan6556@aol.com
Mon Oct 07, 2019 12:48 pm
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First heifers
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Bfields30 » Mon Oct 07, 2019 9:00 am
First two calfs i bought when they were 6 months old there 23 and 21 months now I’m sure they’ll stay on my place forever. No horns baldie is pilgrim...
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Last post by Bfields30
Mon Oct 07, 2019 10:18 am
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Cattle Management App?
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amyacker » Thu Sep 05, 2019 8:14 am
Hello,
Whats the best cattle management app? free or paid services?
Any recommendation or suggestion?
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Last post by Jeanne - Simme Valley
Sun Oct 06, 2019 3:38 pm
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Last post by Dave
Sun Oct 06, 2019 10:12 am
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Angus for beef
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Hereford2 » Thu Sep 19, 2019 8:07 pm
Hi I'm looking to buy a 500 pound Angus bull calf to raise for meat and I'm wondering how long it will take it to get to 1,200 pound butcher weight?...
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Last post by Jeanne - Simme Valley
Thu Oct 03, 2019 11:15 am
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Last post by snoopdog
Tue Oct 01, 2019 7:54 pm
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Pole corral
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Dave » Sun Sep 15, 2019 7:59 am
I just finished one section of my pole corral rebuild. That is 54 poles down and 200+ to go. It is 5.5 to 6 foot tall and stout enough that they...
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Last post by Little Cow
Tue Oct 01, 2019 8:12 am
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Last post by Silver
Mon Sep 30, 2019 9:30 pm
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Last post by TennesseeTuxedo
Mon Sep 30, 2019 6:45 pm
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Herd Integration
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chaded » Wed Sep 25, 2019 10:16 am
I don’t have a lot of experience so I wanted to get some thoughts. Last Friday I took 4 cows out of the group of 13 to the sale. Saturday I bought a...
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Last post by SPH
Fri Sep 27, 2019 9:28 pm
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Lime question
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BobbyLummus1 » Thu Nov 09, 2017 4:57 pm
I'm about to buy and spread lime , I have found 20-24 ton truck loads of lime delivered from Tennessee for half of what I can buy it for here from...
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Last post by Fire Sweep Ranch
Thu Sep 26, 2019 9:42 pm
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Weaned calves
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nocows » Wed Sep 25, 2019 9:23 am
Just wanted to share a picture of a group of calves I recently weaned, I am pretty proud of this bunch. They are all pretty uniform it's hard to tell...
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Last post by wbvs58
Thu Sep 26, 2019 6:45 pm
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pregnant check at the salebarn question
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scf84 » Thu Sep 26, 2019 3:47 pm
took some calves and 2 cows that have always gave me trouble at calving time to the sale barn the other day. had the 2 cows preg checked. on the...
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Last post by 76 Bar
Thu Sep 26, 2019 4:59 pm
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What do you think of my calves?
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cowgal604 » Tue Sep 24, 2019 3:21 pm
Huge rookie farmer. I don't even know if I can call myself a farmer. More like cow hoarder. Cow enthusiast maybe.
I got rid of my entire herd about...
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Last post by snoopdog
Wed Sep 25, 2019 6:37 pm
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Electric Fence grounding
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nocows » Mon Sep 23, 2019 8:29 am
I have a question about grounding an electric fence charger I recently bought a Parmak 25 mile range solar charger. The instructions say to put 3 6'...
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Last post by nocows
Wed Sep 25, 2019 8:40 am
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Last post by Son of Butch
Sat Sep 21, 2019 11:36 pm
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