Recent content by JWW

Monopoly is also half Heatwave if that makes you concerned about calving ease..... JWW

usually the simmi shows start on saturday before MLK jr day... bull pen show on saturday, heifer pen show on sunday, sale on monday, open shows on monday and tuesday and jr show on wednesday... i may be off on some of the show dates but they are within that time frame. JWW

good stout calf! I used MIR quite extensively this year ( after many years of cliff, seth, and ralph telling me i should), i am very excited to get some of these calves on the ground.. i used him on a variety of cows and heifers including a heatwave X simmental donor . i saw the hefier that...

southeast iowa - $.55-.60 for poor mediocre... $.85 for good flesh good looking pound cows JWW

simmis are in Lincoln, Nebraska... at the craptactular Lancaster event center, the hotels are half way across town too. heard from AJSA board members that the bid Grand Island sent was cheaper but personal conflicts between some higher ups prevented it from being there. JWW

we freeze brand a bit at the clinic - mostly horses and mules but also some cattle - mostly id numbers.... here are our steps: first put brands in liquid nitrogen for awhile 1. shave the area with a surgical clipper blade - get it very short. 2. rinse the area with high percent alcohol - 90% or...

I really like ttheEagle vally pelleted bedding for a base and then put wood chips of shavings on top of it... my show barn is cement floor so I need. As muh cushion as possible and it absorbs so mucch moisture... I really like it. works well for a hog show ring after it is wetted dowwn. JWW

Sullivan supply would have a hay day if these styles came back... would have to make and sell bigger blocking chutes, come up with a straw/yellow colored paint, and design "fitting stilts" for trimming top lines. the length of legs would mean more adhesive sold too! probably wouldn't seel as...

call your vet, he/she may have an open box he/she is working out of and may be willing to sell you 10. JWW

like most in the simmental breed he has (and we have) used him on everything with pretty good success, i like a powerfull female with medium frame ( not small not big) and needs a little refinement, but we have used him on fancy cool looking show heifers and add power to em too, like i said, he...

the monopoly bull you are thinking of i probably "Soft Spoken" http://cattlevisions.com/Simmental/softspoken.php you also should look into The Foreman - he is 3/4 sm and would produce a 5/8 simmental out of a 1/2 blood cow http://cattlevisions.com/Simmental/TheForeman.php tons of good bulls...

http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news%2Fentertainment&id=8656783 thought some of you might like to see a recent change to the rodeo and concert schedule. Might be the last time George Strait plays at Houston... JWW

I have had mixed results with the floats I have done... at Iowa State Vet Hospital it is a SOP for any downer cow. Have had some that have been down for 10 minutes and after floating for two days, never would stand again. Then had another one that was down for 6 hours and floated it once, and...

I have a Motown X S146 (Dream On X Perfection), born in januray of 2011, has more of a star head/brockle face but is conformationally awesome, he is for sale in Eastern Nebraska, He passed his breeding soundness exam with flying colors; . the S146 donor cow is a full sib/flush mate to Jerry...

saw a heavy bred heifer calve at a show about 36 hours before the show and the crew fitted the calf and lead it in behind the cow in the breeding beef class, i think she got reserve at the show,  lol JWW