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Here's what I'm seeing for prices up here in ND right now: CRP Hay (some is tolerable, some is crap) - around $60/ton Good Grass Mix - $80/ton First Cutting Alfalfa - $100/ton Second Cutting Alfalfa - $130/ton Third Cutting Alfalfa - $200/ton

In Denver last year I saw a couple guys using spray varnish/stain on some red cattle. I can see the point of the Varnish, but confused on the tanning spray...

I like the 35 heifer, but I thought she was a bit too wasty fronted. I voted for the 49 heifer. She seems to be the most balanced/complete heifer of the group to me. She seems refined, but she she still has some rib and a decent hip to her. My $.02

Final snow here was another 12 inches last night. I grabbed the camera this mornign when I went go to feed. Here are some pics: http://www.facebook.com/p.php?i=161800988&k=44C62YQXQ32MZFFITG24Q

Equipment breakdown is a relatively new coverage for farm policies. It was used quite a bit on commercial policies in the past. The way it works is that if a mechanical breakdown were to occur that renders a piece of vital equipment unusable, the insurance policy kicks in. For instance, if you...

Hey JIT, this is the insurance agent in my talking now - check to see if your farm insurance policy has a clause for equipment breakdown. Most of my farm companies are beginning to offer it. This endorsement will cover the contents of a semen tank in the event of rupture or malfunction. With a...

panties  ;D

Been thinking of flushing a couple of our cows (our first forray into ET work), but I don't have the recips available right now to implant. What do most of you who flush cows do for storage of your embryo's? If you have a place store them for you, what's the average cost/egg?

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Here is a link to some photos of our more local flood: http://www.bismarcktribune.com/floods/ Photos from our last blizzard that dropped 12+ inches on us last week: http://www.thedickinsonpress.com/photography/includes/gallery.cfm?id=94

I don't know who peed in Mother Nature's Cheerio's, but she sure has it out for us today! We're getting hit with another blizzard right now here. In the last 3 hours we've gotten 6 inches of snow with more 30mph wind. Final forecast is for 8-14 inches of snow by tomorrow morning. I was going to...

Thought I'd break this off from the Texas Panhandle post. I've gotten a few PM's and emails asking if I was surviving up here... A friend of mine just sent me these pictures. It's from the flood close to Fargo. The rancher who owns the cattle apparently lost nearly 100 head to the water. These...

Hey folks, figured I'd check in. We've had a week from hell up here, to put it mildly. I'm in the Southwest corner of North Dakota, so we're getting hit with everything right now. Starting last week Friday, we got up into the 50's, so our 4 feet of snow started to really melt down. I found out...

We have two of them. The one that we use on everything is the V5 brand on the right rib (non-show side). We only brand out bred females, so we never have to worry about the brand on show calves. The other brand is C-V which is my grandfather's brand. Both of these brands have been in our family...

A friend of mine just sent me these pictures. It's from the flood close to Fargo. The rancher who owns the cattle apparently lost nearly 100 head to the water. These cattle were lucky enough to climb up the haystack that was there. What you're seeing was a haystack that was 3 bales high. The...

Hey folks, figured I'd check in. We've had a week from hell up here, to put it mildly. I'm in the Southwest corner of North Dakota, so we're getting hit with everything right now. Starting last week Friday, we got up into the 50's, so our 4 feet of snow started to really melt down. I found out...

What are the typical costs associated with this?

All depends on breed, age, etc. Are you looking at adjusted or actual numbers?

Since Saturday we've been between 40 and 50. All our snow is melting off right now and making mini-lakes in all the corrals. I went out to feed this morning and our herd bulls had a lake in their corral. Their bale feeder was sitting right in the middle on an island. Now we just need to get rid...

If you've ever been stalled on the hill in Denver and had tie outs way down in the bottom, I'd be amazed if it wasn't pushing 5 miles a day.