Recent content by Maines in PA

Maybe I'm in the minority here, but has anyone else noticed the temperament of popular bulls' calves going downnlill? I started raising Maines because they were easy to get along with. In the last 5 years or so, some calves out of a few of the most popular Maine bulls has been suspect at best...

It'll soon be semen ordering time and this crowd knows Shorthorns pretty well. Scenario: I have a handful of too-big high percentage Maine cows that I'd like to mate for potential replacement females. I've been using smaller framed, easy calving Angus bulls on these but my customers are...

Three Icon calves here. Two heifers and a bull. Two baldies and a black out of solid black cows. Best one is a Maintainer out of an unregistered Daddy's $ cow, but they're all pretty good. BW's were reasonable (80's-low 90's). I'll use him again.

Are these bulls really that old? A big chunk of my cows go back to Stout and Overload. K&A Amtrack was another we used. Big cattle and fertility was a problem with the Amtracks- at least here. Those cow families have weeded themselves out. If I remember correctly, these bulls were among the...

So this brings up a question. At what size of an operation does professional marketing start to pay? We'll never calve more than 20 cows and it'll probably be closer to 15 most of the time. Yes we try to keep the quality as high as we can, but in reality by the time you pull out some...

Herman Purdy was at Penn State from '54 to '72. I can't recall the year Troubadour was shown but can find out next time I'm in the office. I do recall that Henry Gruber took Troubadour on his national train tour following the show. Guess that was sort of a tradition for Chicago Champions in...

That part of Pennsylvania is not highly populated but you'll see some upland farm country around Mansfield and Liberty. Gettysburg and the Amish Country will be several hours away. So if you do those, it would probably be best to plan those stops on the way there or on the way back. The Pine...

Mid-State Maines https://www.facebook.com/pages/Mid-State-Maines/367870663280098

I've seen enough straight Angus calves from him to be impressed. Penn State's set has been uniformly complete, and his dam Libby was evidently something special though I never saw her. I have a couple too-big Maine cows bred to him and will use him on heifers this year. Bob

Here's the page for Mid-State Maines. http://www.facebook.com/pages/Mid-State-Maines/367870663280098 Thanks for looking! Bob

I never thought I'd see the day, but so far this Facebook marketing thing is kind of fun. Talk about a brave new world.... Here are couple Mercedes Benz heifers I've had fun working with the last few weeks. http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Mid-State-Maines/367870663280098 Thanks to all who...

Today is mainesinpa's 53rd Birthday! Much love and Happy Birthday. :)

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Mid-State Tuscarora (AMAA #400034). CMAC Tyson x NBH Polled Energizer. This guy is a super sound, moderate, problem-free bull. Reserve Champion bull at 2010 PA Farm Show as a calf Ten of his first 15 calves were from heifers. All births were unassisted. Calves are very uniform. Located in...

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