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    deer in wheat

    OK so here is my problem. My next door neighbor is the Federal National Forest about three thousand acres of it, and in the last 2 weeks the deer have discovered our hay field planted to wheat and clover. There are herds of them in there every evening from about 7pm till daylight and are grazing...
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    Bull Calf Rectal Prolapse

    Just went to feed calves and noticed that one of our bull calves about 500lbs had rectal prolapsed... We have a call into the vet and are waiting for them to call me back.  Just wondering if anyone else has had this happen? Or has any advice on the situation.
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    Canadian Angus Importing

    I am curious.. I live in the US and if I were to buy a Reg. Angus female in Canada could I register her calves with the American Angus Association?
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    Opinions on bull calf

    Feeding the Fall Bull Calves tonight I snapped a quick pic on this guy. He is a Lim-Flex 33% out of our herd bull (EXAR Spartan Son) and a Naskar Cow. What are your thoughts and opinions of him? P.S. I know its not the best pic and I will try to get one with his head out of the trough soon.
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    Angus Bull Sires Scurred calf

    This Past weekend we had the cows up to freeze brand them and then we blacklegged and did some other stuff to the calves. Anyhow, while running the calves through the chute I noticed that one of the bull calves out of our Reg. Angus herd bull (a Spartan Son) is scurred, the calf's dam is scurred...
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    Calf Names

    We had our first calf of 2013 this afternoon (pic below) an unassisted bull calf out of a former show heifer (this was her first calf) Anyhow we use the year code to start the names of the calves and since this year is "A" was wanting to solicit some name suggestions. Feel free to comment here...
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    Drought Predictions

    Ok well 2013 is underway. I live in southern MO in the heart of cow/calf country and was wondering what everyone else's weather predictions for this year would be. I personally think that we will once again fall below normal rainfall but not as severely as last year.. but added to the already...
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    Clipping/blending Necks & Front Ends

    I am not an expert when it comes to clipping cattle, but after a few years of trial and error I have gotten acceptable at clipping most of the calf. My weakest area is clipping and blending necks and front shoulders and was wondering if anyone has any tips or tricks to make this job easier...
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    Show Heifer Ration

    I was wondering if anyone had a good relatively cost effective ration to use on show heifers?
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