You’d be amazed at what those pilots live and love to fly around. Drones are improving—my neighbor hired a drone guy to desiccate 1/2 section of sunflowers after his regular spray flying guy wound up in the Obits. I watched for a little while. Two drones operating off a gravel road. Guy kept...
I keep heifers because they are raised to know and work with me and my farm. They know the paths I want them to walk, from pen to pen and pasture to pasture. And they last longer on my farm than most animals I have bought. A closed herd is best for managing disease. That said, it is hard to...
Have never charged a deposit, but should. Have sold to a couple of relatives on “time.” Never a problem. But as Ann Landers said, “You can loan money to a relative or you can give money to a relative — the result is the same.”
I’m not real sure about the university anymore. But they are listening to the gurus — no one should close their minds. NDSU at Dickinson R/E Center found some good numbers with Aberdeen Angus a couple of years ago. Is that 1600 lb. cow weaning an 800 lb. calf?
The difference between a 4-frame critter and a 5-frame is two inches between the belly and the ground, which doesn’t weigh very much and you can’t eat it.