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    Making money with commercial goat herd?

    Located in the Midwest. Looking at buying a small acreage with 5 acres of pasture. Wondering if there is any money to be make with commercial goats on a smaller scale? Any tips to get started, like breeds or different feed types? Thanks in advance.
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    Looking for a ride from SW Indiana to anywhere near Nebraska.

    Need a steer transported from Plainsville, IN to anywhwere near Nerbaska, will pay for trucking, message me if you have anything
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    Looking for shorthorn/ shorthorn plus steer in or around NE

    My little brother wants to take a shorthorn steer to the junior national show next year in Grand Island. I looked at Sullivan's club calf sale last year thinking they would have some but I didn't see any. Thinking more of a purebred but open to plus's too. Anyone have any other suggestions to go...
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    My eyes have been opened!

    Took some bulls to Voglers the other day to get collected. Figured while I was there I would take a look at the new clubby bulls since I've never had the chance of seeing any of them in person. Now I've read on here about how short they are and I've always known they were short but I didn't...
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    Wet distillers as creep feed, any try it?

    Was thinking of using wet distillers as creep feed this summer on a small group of calves. Have easy access to plenty of it and creep feed from the feed store is a little pricey. Would have to feed everyday since there would be no way to limit them on it. Am going to talk to our nutritionist...
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    I80 Full Brother

    Does anyone have calves out of him yet? Looks like a nice option to use in heifers. He's 3 this year, figured maybe someone had some opinions of him
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    Flushing options??

    Have a cow that needs frame bone and body. She is a clubby bred cow but I want to take her back to take her back to a maternal bull (thinking Simmental and Charolais) and looking for suggestions. Have thought of chopper and firewater but don't think there bring enough body to the table. She is...
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    Simmental bull on Commercial Angus Heifers

    I've read some threads on here about Simmental calving ease bulls but I wasn't sure if these were results from crossing with Simmental heifer or any heifers. I have about 50 mostly commercial angus heifer I want to breed to a Simmental bull. All of the heifers we under 80 lbs at birth and...
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    Swine help, Beginner needs help

    This is a repost from the Swine Chat, I've noticed there isn't a lot of replies on the Swine Chat side so if any of you have any suggestions let me know. I have convinced my little brother to show pigs at the country fair which is in the first week in july. I come from a cattle background and...
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    Beginner needs help!

    I have convinced my little brother to show pigs at the country fair which is in the first week in july. I come from a cattle background and have no knowledge of pigs. When am I suppose to buy the pigs, what do I feed them, what daily care do they need? Any thing will help, Thanks
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    screwing up a calfs hair cycle

    If you put a 4-6 month old calf in a cooler before sale does it somehow screw up there heir cycle? Ive only heard one person tell me this but I'm wondering if there's any truth to it.
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    PB Charolais- What to flush this cow to?

    This is a PB Char cogw that had a monopoly heifer this past year that is excpetional, and i plan on flushing her back that way sometime, I also plan on flushing her to Believe In Me this fall but looking for more options. Eventually I want to flush/breed her to a PB bull sometime but am not very...
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    Champion Heifer Maine Junior Nationals 2013

    What bull sired the 2013 Champion Heifer this year for the Maines?
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    Heat Wave's Dam

    I seen on executive sires blog that Heat Waves dam was recently flushed which obviously means she's alive and well, I'm assuming she would have to be around 16 years old since Heat Wave was a 2000 model. Just wondering if anyone has a picture of her or thoughts on the fact that a 16 year old...
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    Craziest breeding decisions

    I don't know if this has been a topic on here and I wouldn't even know what to search, but I sometimes see in catalogs and posts that people have bred a heifer to a bull like monopoly or some clubby bull (big BW bull) and got away with it so I'm just wondering what some people have bred to...
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    Interstate Semen

    How come the Interstate semen on the Top Sires sale went for $485 a straw? I feel like I'm missing something, I know that he sired the $96,000 heifer at Fabers and the heifer of Elders but did he die or something? Just curious
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    Embryos on Snow Results

    What did the lot one embryo and I think there was a heifer clone on there to, being last night?
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    Good Fronted Hereford Bull

    Any suggestions for a good frontd hereford bull to cross on commercial angus cows to make baldies. I would then try to corss some of the baldies on clubby bulls for fun so I would want to hereford to be somewhat of a "showier" bull without sacrificing growth and maternal traits. Semen would need...
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    Can breathe easy calves registered as maintainers?

    Does anyone know if they can be registered? Just curious
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    What charolais bull to use?

    I was wanting to find a pb Charolais bull to cross on some angus cows to get some good replacement heifers to breed clubby. Would want him to put good front ends in them without giving up body and volume, I already like firewater but was looking for something else to, thanks
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