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I do know the fifth overall market animal was the reserve champion market heifer shown by Brumer. Happened to see this on Facebook

A few kind replies would have been nice and some of you have been, but I was just looking for opinions not a bash session.  I dont think my hubby ever had the idea to sue but he is one that still believe a handshake is adequate and I keep telling him you cannot rely on a handshake any more. ...

It is 40 acres. Yes, we want to be good neighbors but her Grandson also works for another neighbor who has been knocking on everyone's door to buy everyone's land and now he is upset because we are all putting in irrigation and no one else will sell land to him. This land owner is also my...

Okay, I know this is a cattle forum but I have to ask a question about land.  Last planting season we rented a small junk of land from a neighbor.  Actually we have rented it for many years and unfortunately the lady who owned the land would never write up a contract like we wanted. To make a...

Thanks for the opinions! Please keep them coming. I will try to get a better pic next week when it warms up. The heifer is very straight across the top so she looks great that way. We have just started to sell some club calves and I don't want to mess up but I think I am going to continue to...

Her disposition is okay. She is not crazy or anything. Is not broke to lead yet as we have ice and snow everywhere, but she is getting more approachable the more we try to approach here so I am really not concerned about that. My daughter does a nice job with clipping so maybe she will look...

Sorry for the bad pic. Don't think winter will leave in West Central, MN so took quick pic in the barn

We have several kids that have approached us to lease calves for our county and possibly state fair and we are running out of animals so here goes. Is this Grizzly heifer good enough to show. My hubby and I have a difference of opinions. He thinks we can make something out of her. I don't. I...

Congrats! I am from MN and I wish our state fair would have some type of classification or DNA testing. We like to show in the Simmental steer class which officials rely on papers and honesty. Only need to be 1/2 blood but many of the animals are full blood club calves. This also happens in...

If I am correct, government reports are showing low numbers of cattle throughout the US due to drought the last couple of years.  I have some friends that just got back from the Western US. They drove from Minnesota to California going through several western states on their annual round trip...

Our county fair is located on city property and the city is now selling a portion of the property where our beef and dairy facilities are located for commercial development.  The buildings are old brick buildings and are not in good shape and cannot be moved.  Plans are to tear them down in...

Was doing some semen inventory this morning and found a straw of Double Talent. It had been bought for a neighbor but he was hurt and has not AI bred since getting hurt and he no longer has his registered shorthorn.  Could this bull be used on some moderate framed Sim-Angus cattle or some clean...

A couple years ago we were asked by a neighbor to find a reasonibly priced shorthorn bull to breed his daughter-in-laws registered Shorthorn.  We were working a lot with Genex and the only bull they had was Double Talent.  Long story short neighbor got hurt badly so we never used semen and were...

We have several moderate framed Sim-angus cattle that would be 2nd and 3rd calves. We are looking to breed all club calf with a little more bone and style as well as with up and coming bulls. We will be buying a few of the original Monopoly but would like some other suggestions as well.

There is a new product called Lubrsyn if I have the spelling correct. It is for joints. We plan to start using it soon. Talked to the individuals in Denver when we were there and they explained it in great detail. We are usually not big fans of that many supplements but we are going to try.

We have a Monopoly x Friction Market heifer that we will be showing this spring and summer and she is beyond extreme but we think she looks great!!!

We are in the market to purchase a good used semen tank.  We have been sharing one for some time with a neighbor and want to purchase our own.  Are there any issues we should be aware of and any suggestions of good or bad brands.  What should we be looking for?

My husband and I are having a discussion and my hubby feels that very tall kids are at a big disadvantage showing some calves.  I have the same opinion but I really dont think it should be that way.  We have an extremely tall boy in our county and my husband feels that he could never show a...

Last winter we clipped our calves with 5/8 blade in January.  We are in West Central, MN and it is very cold.  This year we have a market heifer that is a Monopoly x Friction and a 1/2 blood Simmi steer that is a Unforgiven x PB Simmi cow.  The Monopoly has great hair and the 1/2 blood Simmi has...

Okay, we have a suggestion to use Unstoppable on some 2nd and 3rd calvers but they do not have a lot of muscle and are Final Answer and BC Lookout Sires and both are Ali Dam.  Are we save to use Unstoppable to get nice steers or heifers for show prospects.  Also could we use Unstoppable on a...