Recent content by hamburgman

your cows do not need to eat 24/7, I don't know what your pen set up is, but why not have two round bale feeders and only leave cows on for 8 hours a day.  You could pry get some grain corn or wheat decently priced even though you are in a drought since the supply is in the country, I don't know...

Titanium 5 should be a pretty smooth vaccine. It was developed in Des Moines I believe and the selling point when it came out was how much it was toned down from other MLVs.  I advocate only using MLVs in all cattle of all ages, except breds without a known vaccine history and one could argue...

Gotcha, our thinking is on the same path then.  I do laugh when people have that expensive loader tractor when it shouldn't be used very often on good operations.  Same with manure spreaders.

I can agree XBAR that good operations have definitely been beating the average, hence the definition of average I guess. What are you considering/talking about when you say non-production cost?  I have just seen some stuff by people that gets confusing because expenses to raise a calf I...

Over the last 20 years profit over $100/pair has came only a handful of times xbar.  That $100 in many states is the difference between making an average profit vs losing serious money.

Have seen 4 of them. 2 heifers and 2 bulls I believe and out of registered angus cows. They don't come really exciting, but in a month you can see how much they start changing.  Good thickness and great bone on them for angus, but not clubby boned thankfully.  He looks to be pretty promising...

Seeing this unfold should be interesting.  Does anyone think that in a country with over a billion people that has been heavily cultivated for centuries there are acres and acres of grassland not being utilized? Listened to an ag economist once who toured China for 6 months.  He had one big...

1. no and no, unless the landlord is gracious but should still be a fee associated with the use of said structures. 2. Figure out county average on timber ground rental and pasture rental.  Adjust if you feel either are above or below average, come up with the total sum and divide by total...

Raise your hand if you ever sold a good cow in her prime?  Most people only buy cows from "true" dispersals and I am talking commercial herds here.  Few people ever let go of good cows and I cannot argue for it. Most cowmen I talk with have their best overall luck with heifers in the long...

hairy heel warts?

The heifer has to do more than just cycle at 6 months, she needs to breed in the first 21 days of exposure.  Time and time again people find and studies have shown that heifers that conceive early tend to have longer productive lives.

I have known one case where a 1500+ pound steer won the show.  I give the judge credit for having the guts to do that because like I said I know of one case.  My biggest squawk with this whole thing is the market heifer class.  It seems like the market heifer show is filled with a bunch of...

Basset, NE had 604lb steers bring $3.00 a few weeks back.  pound bulls and cows just keep going up.  http://www.sfrlinc.com/site/index.php?id=3

Never been all that impressed with muck boots.  They allow moisture in during the rain, are heavy and insulated making my feet sweat which then later freezes.  I am a cowboy boots or tennis shoes person and put on pair of rubbers in mud type of person.

Doesn't sound like you are dealing with footrot from the antibiotic history.  Penicillin cures 90% of foot rot cases and you hit him with way more powerful stuff.  I suspect a cracked toe or a heel ulcer/bruise.  Are you sure he didn't injure some tendons, ligaments or muscles.  Look for...