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We have 6 lots in the Stars & Stripes Sale, May 4th, PA. Our cattle are not "clean" or fitted for the pictures for the sale catalog. We have to take the pictures in March and it is too cold and muddy to do anything about their cleanliness or hair coat. We were just winding down from our...

Has anyone tried them? I purchased a pack and had my AI guy use them. They are "slightly" bigger diameter than others. Are we supposed to use a different gun? When we pull the straw out of the Alpha, we can definitely see semen left in the sheath. Not much, but there is some. I haven't...

This is Java's twin bull calf. (Not Java in the pic). You can see we are dealing with a lot of mud.

As most of you know, I am pretty diligent with my cattle. We bring our pregnant cows up front into a field outside my house windows - within 2 weeks of due date - and any that look at all close also come up front. We put any cow that "appears' ready into the calving pens at night and kick them...

Has anyone used the heated gloves? @TCRanch - I see you posted asking same question quite a while ago. Any results? Anyone?

Java, the dam of our "little bull" calved 5 days early last year, calving on Jan 1st. This year she was due Jan 8th. On Thursday, she was a little lame. As I've mentioned, we have been MUD non-stop. Several cows have come up lame. So, we brought her into the barn. On Friday, Phil picked up...

There has been unwarranted conversations about scruples and or reputation. I have always said, my reputation is EVERYTHING in the cattle business - or ANY business/life. I am going to brag about my reputation. I've told many of you before, that the only bulls I sell is bull calves, and the...

I think many of you know we sponsor a family of 3 kids. We are starting our SEVENTH year with them. They have literally grown up with us. They live in suburbs about 10 minutes from us. Own 2 dogs and a cat. GREAT parents. Of course, I always say, you can't have good kids if you don't have...

Obviously I'll start. I was born and raised in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. The closest I came to living on a farm was between age of 4 and 9 we lived in Mesquite, Texas. Went to the rodeo and came home with a horse. Broke-broke-broke. I would lead her to a wooden fence and climb up the fence to...

Beyond Meat continues to struggle in waning US market The company posted wider-than-expected losses 11 November 2023 2 minute read By: Global Ag Media North America Beyond Meat missed market expectations for quarterly revenue and posted a wider-than-expected loss on Wednesday, hurt by...

Truck has been hooked to trailer and parked since Saturday AM. Yesterday, we came home and cargo lights were on in truck?? We had not been near the truck since Saturday. Phil turned them off. Two minutes and they came back on. They are just randomly turning on and off. Took key fob out and...

Food labeling is confusing. But do not be deceived! When orange juice says it's non-GMO, please recognize that all oranges are non-GMO. The only potential GMO products in the USA are papaya, corn, alfalfa, soybeans, cotton, potatoes, squash, canola, sugar beets, and apples. When organic milk...

This info was posted in another thread. We hauled 3 of our five Sept, 2022 steers to processor on Wed. We weighed them before loading them and got HCW yesterday. 60K - 1311# - HCW 802# 9/11/22 5K. - 1165# - HCW 722# 9/11/22 2K - 1280# - HCW 794# 9/23/22 Butcher was extremely pleased...

I finally sat down with my hay guy and paid for our 2nd cutting. We had 80 acres mowed, tedded (sp?), raked, baled and moved. They baled 2 wagons of dry square (285 bales) and made 226 round dry bales. Ended up costing $3.79/sq bale and $20.78/round bale - 50-52" Sure came out good prices...

This cow, Sexy, is 14 years old. Just spit out a beautiful red Mack heifer calf.

This is my Jan/Feb calving herd. Weaned all calves this past Friday. Just moved cows to this paddock. 4th grazing. All bawling is over. Calves have been quiet for a few days. Only interested in our buckets of corn! twice a day. Gave them a new section of grass this morning and a dry round...

Had a good showing. Won Premier Exhibitor. Won Breeders Herd and Best 4 Head - Java, cow - Lava, bull - Lenoir, Mar hfr - Licorice, Feb hfr Won Reserve 2-year old Cow/Calf Won Grand Champion Bull with "calf" Lava, on C/C Won Reserve Calf Champion with Lenoir (March out of the clean up...

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We work our calves in June and July each year - vaccinations, deworm, tattoo, earnotch for BVD-PI, etc. We worked them on 6/23 and again today 7/28. I am really excited about our weights. For NY, we have been having some hot weather, but the calves are really growing. I'm hoping the...

Anyone else having trouble with the Alerts. It may read 5 and I will click on the 1st thread. When I go back to the "bell", the notice is still there. Normally the next active notice is on top.