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I bought a semen tank that came with some Dream On embryos.  Cane code is MO31.  Anyone have a clue?  I believe Dream On was a fairly popular Simmental bull at one time. 

Canadian friends:  Has the trucking issue caused any problems for you locally?  How is it impacting agricultural products, including cattle, at the main border crossings?  I saw that several crossings in the western half of Canada have been impacted.  Does anyone feel disgusted with the numerous...

How are farm supplies in your area?  We're seeing shortages and extremely high prices for items if and when they become available.  Everything from gas to engine oil to machinery parts to farm tires and everything in between.  A friend at a farm store told me it's a 16 week wait for a metal feed...

Our county fair has a toy/model horse show.  I have been told that the kids can purchase a toy horse and exhibit it at the county fair.  Any other counties out there have a similar show?  Maybe fill me in on details. 

Epicurious magazine announced they have eliminated any beef recipes from their future publications.  They said it wasn't anything against cattle, just trying to do their part to save the planet.  According to the article I read, an arm of the UN declared that 15% of all global greenhouse gas...

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Everyone better check out the proposed Protect Animals From Unnecessary Suffering and Exploitation legislation in Colorado.  Among other things, it will prevent the slaughter of animals until they have reached a certain percentage of their expected life span.  According to the bill, the expected...

I listened to Bill Gates, an obvious agriculture and science expert, proclaim that we should consume nothing but synthetic beef.  It tastes different, he proclaimed, but you'll get used to it.  Reminds me of the old poster "Eat crap.  10 zillion flies can't be wrong."  How does the industry...

In spite of the virus and now the mega destructive storm that hit most of us Iowans so hard, it's nice when something good happens.  Last week my twin grandsons called me at work and told me there was a cow in the pasture down at the corner, about 1/4 mile from the house, that had just had a set...

Just heard the Iowa State Fair has been cancelled.  Over 50 years in a row showing there, never dreamt it would end this way. 

A frequently discussed, and sometimes heated debate on this site is optimum cow size.  Check out the 5-23-20 issue of Iowa Farmer Today for an interesting piece on the subject.  According to Kansas State Research and Extension beef specialist Bob Weaber, "Our results showed that in eastern...

We can't leave the house, can't see anybody.  Glad we can look forward to seeing the new calves every day.  Here's a few of our new borns (one is a couple of months old).  The grandkids took these earlier today.  Good, bad, red, black, blue, or pink.  Cheer us up and post a few photos. 

Since we're all house bound, forced to watch the political morons on TV, I can't help but think of the 3 items I would like to wish for our government.  1-Term limits.  You are allowed to serve a maximum of 2 terms of 4 years each.  From President to dog catcher.  After your terms expire, you...

The moderation movement, if there ever really was one, took a hit yesterday at our county fair.  Supreme Champion female was a 1700+ pound Simmental senior yearling.  She brought back memories of the ton plus junior yearling Angus heifers in Denver in the 80's.  First time in many, many years we...

I'm surprised I haven't seen any comments on SAV America, the Angus bull that set a new record with a 1,107 pound 205 day weaning weight.  85 lb. birth weight to 1,107 at 205 days is quite impressive.  I would imagine he weaned at over 1/2 his dam's weight!

Last night as I was flipping through channels I came across an IPTV airing of a BBC newscast.  The tease was a video of Holsteins with Global Warming across the screen.  After some ridiculous commercial, the bit came on.  Another scientific study regarding a cow's bad gas has revealed that...

The bull in the tall grass is Oakview General, a son of Diamond Zulu 3Z r.  The spring calves sired by him are truly outstanding.  The roan bull in the lot is Oakview Leader 9-18, a grandson of Leader 9th and Deerpark Leader 18th.  He is most likely the most consistently easy calving bull we've...

According to the Midwest Beef Producer September, 2018, issue, 33.13% of the 56,840 bull sales reported were sold by 10 producers.  48.141% of the bulls were sold by the top 20 producers.  Jorgenson Land and Cattle sold 7.013% of the bulls.  I guess the rest of us are pretty much inconsequential. 

Any of you had recent experience feeding corn silage to cows?  We did it for many, many years, but it's been about 20 since we did it.  The corn is right here on the farm.  I will need to buy about 150 bales of hay otherwise and with the cost of hay, it seems to me it might be time to try silage...

A month ago or so I listened to WHO radio as farm show host Andy Peterson interviewed one of the candidates for governor.  Wanting to show he was a friend of agriculture, the candidate raved about the potential for massive growth potential of the cow-calf industry in the state.  He said we way...