Recent content by JimF

Foreplay - no one seems to mention him but might be a consideration - cow might need to be a bit more angular and he like Flush would help that -

to bring things into perspective on "breeding bull" value in the marketplace no matter where that market is, and the relative value of such a bull by breed, I would suggest that you take a look at the American Angus Association website under sales results - now I am not an Angus breeder but for...

CAB - agree fully and JMO as well on the semen prices with $50 max on any Simmental bull as there are lots of good ones to choose from - people sometimes forget that the quality of the offspring is limited by the quality of the cow, no matter the cost of the semen -

we have 15+ Combustible calves on the ground - they are nice - plenty stout with good bone and nice pattern as you would expect - the bull appears to breed like he looks and will add his positive features - as usual the better cows have the better calves and no dinks, all being pretty good -...

as usual xbar you seem to be the confused one as it seems that you don't know what is involved in setting up cows for successful ET, the costs and the number of times through the chute or the general terms of contract receipts - so don't do like Obama and infer that someone else is confused - ...

you only get that on the 50 to 60% that take and make it to weaning and that is the best that you will do - you are out all of the expenses and time involved in working them probably 3 times - that cost could easily be $50+ per cow if you need hired labor - then your calves that are clean ups...

I suspect that X-Bar is selling colored up shorthorn xs at the sale barn which would probably bring that price - just saying.....

as a thought on using commercial cows as receipts, given today's cattle market - you line up your cows to receive the embryos with the cost and time of processing which can be substantial - then process them again with good amount of time and effort for someone to put in the embryos - hold rate...

X-Bar - your comment "Cattle winning ADG contest(s) are not capacious in terms of body/rib shape" - with this absurd comment I would suggest that you stick to commenting on the very numerous Shorthorn threads and leave the factual comments to other folks

Upgrade or Combustible

I will respectfully disagree somewhat with my Simmental colleagues in regards to Grandmaster - we have had a significant number of them, probably 100, and find them to be easy calving with good growth - is great to use on heifers - the best performing bull gained 5.9 pounds per day in a feed...

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probably would not have done anything differently - have also had the unfortunate experience of a vet calling a short term bred open however I aborted the calf trying to set her up again - a potential high-dollar pregnancy aborted -  however if you used a vet that could not determine a 6 month...

my day job is working with physicians and hospitals all over the country and have been doing so for over 20 years so have a reasonable insight into the issue - I cannot really speak to the individual premium costs but in general one must presume that they will for the most part be higher  - the...

I would certainly second Chambero's suggestion of contacting Power Genetics adding that through them you could also acquire the age/source verified calves to start the program, most likely from a single source, and at the same time also be able to contract directly with an affiliated feedlot for...