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I can't figure it out from the rule book. 1.  Am I correct that Grand Market Heifer shows against Grand Market Steer? 2.  Rule book says they now have breeds for steers, but doesn't mention heifers.  Am I correct that they have separate classes for heifers?  Guessing they don 't hsve enough...

Houston just put out a notice that Zilmax cannot be used this year.  Optaflexx is still acceptable.  I figured we would still be able to use our existing supplies of Zilmax.

I have a soft spot for the Fort Worth Zoo.  My kids loved it when they were little and I used to get a kick out of seeing the steers each year in the middle of summer. Link to Fort Worth Star Telegram about this year's crop...

Well, I've got to decide on a new profile picture. The cow in my current profile photo (a 2005 model Troy x Maine) had to hit the road a couple of weeks ago.  She developed something of an attitude after a she was 4 or 5 and became no longer worth the trouble.  I think she was about 7.  Never...

Didnt realize it, but it has begun airing tonight.  It is a topic I've always found fascinating and this documentary is outstanding so far.

After the calves were fed and turned out, after football practice, and as we were finishing up dinner, I heard my 8th grader ask my wife if he could start taking his lunch to school.  She asks him why - has the food gotten bad?  Well, Conner began to outline his complaints.  Keep in mind this is...

I thought I'd get to this quicker, but I've been real busy for the last week and honestly it's taken a little while to sink in.  Most of yo uon here already figured out my son won Grand Champion in Ring B (4th Overall in Ring A) at the BBB in Waco last week.  For those of you unfamiliar with it...

Actually, we've bought several over the last 6-7 months, but we did get a new one today I was able to get a photo of tonight. This fella is about a solid frame 5, maybe a tad bit bigger, but built as deep and heavily muscled as a typical Ohlde type bull.  He's about 3.5 and bought him from a...

In case those who care haven't already heard: Fort Worth – Dr. Mark Johnson, Stillwater San Antonio – Scott Griner – Virginia Tech Houston – Mark Hogue Any experience with them?

One of my Facebook friends just posted that he had a stroke and is in the hospital in Oklahoma. I dont know him, but I appreciate his posts and know a lot of people think a lot of him.

Walks Alone calf out of a Meyer GD. Photo at birth, weaning, and at our county show in mid Jan (weighed 1050 at that time).  He got a little coarser shouldered and shorter-necked than I expected.  Super thick and good, bodied but not really as big as I hoped.  He turned out on his front feet as...

Some of you have met my father in law before.  He passed away this afternoon from cancer.  His timing, as always, was impeccable. I pulled CIDRs yesterday on 175 cows. It is supposed to rain heavily the next two days while we breed. We are goung to bury him in the pasture- the pasture where...

It's been an extremely busy and hectic year around our place for a variety of reasons, but we (actually ZNT) finally got around to taking some calf photos when we had cows gathered up last Wednesday to start the synchronization process.  Monopoly x Friction.  This is the first calf that...

I may be late in figuring this out, but Houston (I'm sure) and San Antonio (I think) have both shifted their steer shows one week later this year. Fort Worth - Jan 30 - Feb 3 San Antonio - Jan 20 - 24 Houston - Mar 12 - 16

We decided about a year ago to get involved with showing some purebred Angus heifers.  The breeder we are dealing with is local to us and has been in the Angus business a very long time.  Due to the drought this year, he was looking to unload his entire heifer calf crop and we bought them all. ...

I finally took time this weekend to pay a little detailed attention to our new calves that have been hitting the ground for the past three weeks.  Until this point, it was check to see if they were alive and move on to the next spot.  We finally cooled off and the babies actually act like they...

Nobody is "against" wind energy per se, but I did find this article interesting. August 12, 2011 4:00 A.M. The Wind-Energy Myth The claims for this “green” source of energy wither in the Texas heat.  Hot? Don’t count on wind energy to cool you down. That’s the lesson emerging from the...

We had a wild evening yesterday.  On my way home about 3:45 pm (about 30 miles from home) I saw a large grass fire boil up in the direction of our pastures.  I called my wife and she had already seen it and headed out to check on the location.  Sure enough it was really close (<1 mile) from our...

We are about to have to give up on the idea of there being any hay made in our region. What parts of the country look like they are going to make enough hay to actually have some to sell.  We don't use much ourselves due to the way we stock our pastures - usually 100 round bales a year takes...

It's kind of a testimony as to how little profit there is long term in raising/showing cattle for the vast majority of us, but from time to time I wonder about old ranches I used to remember hearing a lot about and don't anymore.  I know there are enough old timers on here that remember a bunch...