Recent content by dfm

IVF her with conventional, reverse sort if you want heifers. You can flush her every few weeks, although the conception rate will be slightly lower with frozen eggs. You can try a variety of sires on her that way as opposed to being tied to just one choice. Be sure you watch recipients for...

Your daughters heifer looks to be progressing nicely since the county fair. She looked really good that day also, but as you mentioned was sure interested in wanting to make her escape from the show arena. Your daughter handled her very well though and shall continue to do so. From the picture...

TransOva Weaned Calf Program. That is what I used this time to IVR flush, reverse sort regular semen (for females) an implanted embryo's into their receipts. I will pick up heifers at 6 months after 2 rounds of vaccinations and in my case dehorn. With a nationwide highly regarded company in the...

Your frustration level doesn't always improve with access to the dam. With a different breed association I sent in a blood sample on a cow that was flushed out of a cow on this farm to register a set or IVF heifers.  Knowing the popular, much used bull the dam was out of I listed him on the...

As for the donor question, I am using their donors and the weaned calf program. The additional cost will be $2,000.00 per calf for a 5 month old weaned calf off of their donor picked up. While that is an additional expense, my donor is raising a calf that has never been worth as much as it is...

I had to smile at the post remembering an experience from the past. Shortly after what turned out to be a popular bull was pictured on the cover of a widely distributed show magazine quite a few years ago, I was at a well known collection facility getting a bull collected.  Walking by the pens...

Thanks for the quick look back! I'm living about 50 miles west of Cherokee currently as a transplant from SW Oklahoma and it is a great part of the country with great people.

My career currently has me about 225 miles away from my cows so I have someone else playing herdsman.  Put in 5 straws of Limestone this past season to go along with the Angus trying for replacements. 3 cows calved, 2 REALLY good heifers and one bull that felt over 125 when I picked him up and...

I have been putting back a few heifers bred a lot like yours and using New Design 878 on them. The only issue was one calf this fall with a leg back and the calves out of this bull and clubby heifers are nicer than I expected.There are Angus bulls with lower bw but none with any higher accuracy...

I see where the Calf Quest out of Missouri is for sale. Thought about taking calves to it a time or two but it is at an inconvenient time for me.But over the years I have watched the results and thought they were building their success. You may contact those guys to get advice / ideas about...

I realize you may have seen it, but if not for a good source of visual information look at YouTube the" Brad Hook BS" (Broadcasting System). Under playlist, look for Real Barns ....Real People, Goretska Part 3. There are 4 videos, video #3 will possibly show you most of the information you are...

Just watched a TV commercial promoting a YES vote on State Question 766 here in Oklahoma. As voters, you better understanding what you are voting for. A yes vote has the potential to raise your personal property taxes! It is my understanding SQ 766 was started by ATT due to a lost court case to...

EWG Farm Subsidy Database. You can see what you have received over the years, and what everyone else has received also...

On behalf the school officials; they are attempting to get as many students who qualify for free/reduced identified as they can because in most cases the federal reimbursement for those meals is much more than what the district charges for full price. This allows the district to hold down cost...

Well my career (and drought) has taken me away from the cattle and I have seen the calves once! I have daughter's and my mother taking care of cows while my wife and I are away and these are a few pictures sent to me. The 004 bull calf is a Walks Alone x (Habanero x Cunia), the 053 heifer is a...