Recent content by Bertch

when I was in the city and got my nitrogen from a welding supply store it would cost 65 bucks to fill my 20 liter tank. Now I get it from the local college for 25 bucks. The key is getting nitrogen from either a semen distributor or a medical supplier. I currently get mine from the latter.

I heard a poem on Red Stiegals radio show a few years ago about a sentimental old rancher trying to decide whether to ship an old cow or not. The only line i can remember was that she "the cow" would check the gate each day to see if it was shut.  I was wondering if anybody has heard this and...

I live in an are that allows me access to extremely cheap barley pellets. Do you think i could achieve good results with a strict ration of barley pellets with shag as a top dress. I have also considered adding lentils to add protein. I will be feeding heifers.

I would like some opinions on this heifer. The faults i see are that she need a little more muscle in her lower quarter, and as a show heifer she dosen't have the length of neck or trimness in her neck. what do you all see?

What type of cows are you having the best results when breeding built right and rendition.

I'm wanting to go with a white faced simmental this year and was wondering who is regarded as the best?Both in a comercial and club calf setting.

I am considering buying some British white parks but haven't found much info on them. I was wondering if any of you have had any experience with them. Fertility, growth etc... The ones I saw look like excelent mother cows.

Thanks for all the sugestions and ideas. I don't have a cleanup bull that's why I'm still messing around with breeding her. I bred her to a bull today that has bred everything I have ever used jim on. So I'll cross my fingers again. The guy I bought her from was going to turn a bull out with the...

she had a 300 pund calf on her that was amazing and she has done an outstanding job with it since i got her. she was a good deal. if she dosent breed this time im shipping her

I got a purebred angus cow bought as an open cow last september. I AI'd her and though she was bred but she recently came back in. so i bred her with two straws this time and she still didnt breed. Any ideas why she wont breed? she's been of free choice minerals and oathay planted over a new...

I have used Star from abs on heifers with all calving unasisted. Not to be confused with Star Power!!

Have any of you experienced being electrocuted by your blower switch? my hand was wet and so was the concrete. But I've done this numerous times before at shows and never been zapped. do i have a short in the ground? any ideas on how to fix this would be appreciated.

I have 1 beefmaker calf now I bred a whole cane and couldn't settle any of my cheap bargain cows. However, me joker cow gave me a nice bull calf out of him. I like the looks but he might be too moderate for me he also turns out a bit on his front feet. He started out slow but last month he...

What do you guys think are the best simmental bulls to use for show ring style yet produce comercial growth and carcass. I am considering using sas sweetmeat, rc clubking, red ceaser, or ws beefmaker. I showed cows in highschool but currently am trying to breed for pounds, carcass and great...