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The Iowa Maine Anjou board of directors approved a motion that will permit any animal that is registered as a MaineTainer to show as a MaineTainer in Iowa. In the past, MaineTainers shown in Iowa had to be sired by a registered Maine bull. The exception to this rule is the IOWA BEEF EXPO bull...

The information/catalog for our private treaty bred female sale is now available online at www.cowpower.com  If it doesn't show up at first, when you click on COWPOWER females, you need to refresh. They are available on a first come/first serve basis. Contact me for details!  Thanks.  Juli Nelson

This may be an opportunity for somebody still looking for a couple of really nice calves! I have three calves from our Labor Day sale that the owner, Neil Ketchum of Oklahoma, can not pay for. They have been here at our farm for over a month and he has told me that he is sending the money but...

I am looking for a person to help out during our fall Club Calf Paradise sale. Start August 15 and work until Sept 6. I am great to work for...so they say...but I expect you to work hard until the work is finished each day. We have a LOT of fun but we work very hard. Most of the work is rinsing...

I recently had an opportunity to sell a tremendous young Maine Anjou bull to a young man from my area. This young man has been at our farm many times over the last few years watching and looking for a bull that he could put his faith into promoting and changing the breed. I have to be honest, at...

I know that a lot of people have been asking when the pictures and video would be available for our annual Labor Day Sale at Club Calf Paradise. I just wanted to let everyone know that the pictures are done and the video will be up by tomorrow afternoon. The calves are all here and ready for...

I have had a lot of people tell me that they are having trouble finding motel rooms in Spencer, Iowa for the junior national show this summer.  As of Saturday, April 10, the Budget Inn and the Spencer Plaza, both owned/managed by the same company, still had over 20 rooms available. There is also...

I would like to offer some semen that I have stored at Nichols Cryogenetics in Ankeny, Iowa to a junior that might like to try something different as far as Maine genetics. I have ten units of GVC Momentum and four units of ZM Jim Dandy that I would be happy to donate.  All you have to do is pay...

I have had a group of E.T. calves being born at another location. All of the calves are strong and healthy with the exception of two which happen to be litter mates. One had to be put down and the other is showing the same symptoms so I am sure the prognosis is not good. There have been three...

I just wanted to let everyone know that had asked about this or who might not already know, that we are selling the remainder of our cows except for a handful of donors and partnership females. We dispersed most of the herd last fall and kept about 20 head and a few yearling heifers. We have...

GIGOLO JOE AND SEXED GIGOLO JOE BABIES ARE ON THE WAY!! : I have a powerful set of bred first-calf purebred Angus and commercial Angus heifers all AI bred to Gigolo Joe for spring 2010 calves. Eight bred with sexed semen. Females are sired by Anchor, SITZ Tradition, Moneyline, Emblazon, DCC...

I have a trailer leaving my place, west-central Iowa,  on Sunday, September 27 and heading to Denton, Texas. If anyone needs to get any calves that direction please let me know as soon as possible.

My intention is not to try and plug somebody's sale but to make a comment on the loss of a pool of genetics that have had a huge influence on the Maine breed.  Due to hard times i.e. drought and economy,  Charlie Phillip of Boerne, Texas has no option but to sell his cowherd.  He will be selling...

Well we officially have sexed semen from Gigolo Joe so for all of you that either called or PM'd me, give me a PM if you are still interested.  <party>  Gigolo Joe is currently at Trans Ova for sexed semen collection.  All sexed semen will be shipped from Trans Ova.  If you are using the semen...

My current favorite Chuck Lorre quote of the week:  #248 I believe that Newton's first law of motion is the reason we will emerge from our current economic woes. That law states that an object at rest tends to stay at rest and an object in motion tends to stay in motion with the same speed and...

Going to try this again...don't know what happened to the old post.  Born October 2008 sired by Gigolo Joe and out of a first calf heifer.  The dam is sire by NBJ Big Improvement (Northern Improvement X Phillip BlackStone) and out of our donor, Mona Lisa (BPC Pipe).  This calf has a great set of...

Well, there has been a last minute change of plans for us on our Gigolo Joe display for the Ohio Beef Expo.  I have been really nervous about taking a newly weaned and young calf to display for three days so far from home.  I am more concerned about keeping the calf healthy and not dragging...

I have had so many phone calls in the past few weeks that I just wanted to make a few comments about calving ease bulls and breeding decisions.  Most of the people that I have had the opportunity to talk to about calving ease bulls are looking for the ultimate bull to use on their show heifer. ...

I know that we have a lot of creative people on here so here's a challenge.  I was thinking that it would be great to have S.P. name badges for our Planet-eers to wear at funtions so that we will recognize each other and maybe encourage others to join. I think the buttons need to be good sized...

Well, I know this isn't a fair example but we had our first I Am Legend calf.  It is a heifer out of a Specialist cow. I have never had much desire to use unproven bulls but really liked that bull in Denver last year.  I bought a few straws to use and ended up keeping this old Specialist cow in...