Recent content by nate53

Somethings never change! :) This article is 3 years old, so how long before this gets on the market?  What should be the objective for land in this country?  Agriculture has over produced.  Corn, soybeans, cattle, pigs, chickens, etc. all are in excess right now. dang phd's

Over the past couple weeks sudden death syndrome has made quite an appearance (worst ever for this area).  Some fields have it in over half the field others don't have any.  Some places lost some bottom beans this past week because of flooding.  Other than these two things the beans look better...

Thanks for letting me in on that secret!  That's what happens when you get old, u forget stuff that u knew when you were 10.  ;) So it doesn't really say how much better the F2's are than the purebred's.  Just that it is dramatically less than 10 to 20 percent.  So considering the purebred...

Doesn't mating a F1 to an F1 = a F1?  As long as the same two breeds make up the F1.  If the goal is to make F1's to breed to a terminal line (3 way cross for lbs).  Then why not have a herd of F1 females and breed them to F1 bulls, strictly for the idea of creating more F1 females.  Can't a F1...

  Agree!  One could find a good reliable single axle semi for $7 - 10,000 (some a lot cheaper).  My neighbor has one with a hitch on it for gooseneck, he hauls hay, cows, whatever with it.  But if you go out of state very far you would have to meet DOT requirements or ur sposed to anyway. ;) ...

I know at different times in the past they would take pure holsteins but it would just be now and then.  We hauled some of them.  I'm not sure if they even take them at all now (they may)?  I think it was more about the size of the different cuts, and the larger size of the carcasses. There is...

BTDT:  kill sheets on progeny, scan data would be nice to see but can be unreliable, epd's can be valuable in the right program. Davis:  List a shorthorn herd or sire if u want.  Personally I don't know of one that will match up let alone beat the angus on marbling.  Not to say there isn't one...

Uh, sorry but I couldn't care less which breed in general marbles better.  It's like being in Florida during a hurricane or rainy period and saying generally it's very sunny here.  Stack the best sires of each breed against each other for this trait and see who wins.  I admitted nothing, only...

Prayers to your son and your family.

List a couple red angus herds or some sires that will match up or beat the best in the black angus breed (at marbling).  I don't think there is any but I maybe wrong?

I'm with you on everything but the docility.  For a couple years we only saved heifers out of cows that produced prime calves (they were some of the craziest, didn't stay around too long). Jamie:  Did you get the data?

Also, do you have kill data from these same cows from another sire or two?  It would be interesting to know if it was actually from the bull, cows, or maybe they are pretty much equal?  It's good data, especially for the age! (clapping)

Until someone raises YG1 animals that grade prime and actually look and perform on the maternal side.  Until then no I am not interested.  I guess if it was a totally terminal line it would be okay, but if one did that why not use Wagyu and be done with it? What is the live weight of a YG1...

  No!  From my experience, I would say that most cattle if fed right can grade choice.  But to get a high rate of prime, one would need the right genetics.  So genetics, type of feed, and length of time on feed all contribute greatly to the end results. IMO Also on the scenario you gave I would...

I think I'll look into the  Mollies Defender Adair bull and see if there is any semen around anywhere.  Look's like there was a calf born in 2013.  Does anybody have a pic or any idea of what he looked like?  Waukaru told me some of their prime calves have came out of animals that have had Rodeo...