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    Pay day

    Someone is much more confident in the future of prices than i am.
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    ATV

    Just bought a Kubota side by side for 11,200. So much more comfortable than my 4 wheeler
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    Electric Fence Problem - Arching at Ground Rod

    Im lucky enough to have a frost free right beside the barn and yes once i let it run for an hour to get the ground wet and it worked for days again.
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    A big shout out to my Amish neighbors

    Every Amish in jltrent and my area use a tractor with rubber tires. Some even have cab tractors. They have hay rollers and all the farm machinery just like we do. A couple have dozers and excavators.
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    Electric Fence Problem - Arching at Ground Rod

    Everyone thinks of driving a ground rod and many places here you can't drive them 8ft. We dug a trench along my barn and mine are laying flat in the trench about 2ft deep. The rain dripping off the barn keeps the ground wetter and works great.
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    Clover Galore

    Picture he sent me today. Cows standing in belly deep grass but still reaching under the fence to eat.
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    Grass ID

    My app is saying quackgrass but not with a high degree of certainty. Im not confident in what it is. I rode through some of my paddocks that havent been grazed and cant find any of it. But i sure got way more grass than cattle to eat it.
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    Calhoun sale 5-07

    We had 390 sheep and goats at a sale last week. Where do they keep coming from.
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    Clover Galore

    Im pretty sure you haven't sowed any so it would be great to know why the red clover has done so well. I have some white but not much red. Ask your Ag Extension Agent out and get his or her ideas. They will be wanting to have a farm tour there.
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    Electric Fence Problem - Arching at Ground Rod

    I have posted this s few times before so i will make it short. Lay a t-post or something on your fence to totally short it out. Check the single ground rod and it will be high. Keep adding ground rods until it shows 0. Take the t-post off the fence and thd fence will check high. Also will be...
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    Open House at the Vet Clinic

    And she has to AI a few cows for daddy each year to pay him back for all those jobs he said he does. Sure glad she is good at AI.
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    Update on HPAI Detection in Kansas, Texas Dairy Herds

    The theileria is much more of an issue to worry about here also. 5% + of the cattle that are effected die.
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    Electric Fence Problem - Arching at Ground Rod

    At least 3 6-8ft ground rods 8ft apart.
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