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We are currently searching for show help while we are at the NILE for the Red Angus show in October. Duties will consist of typical daily work, Washing, blowing, fitting etc. Experienced individuals please. Message me if you are interested. RW

We traditionally offer a summer internship working in the show barn. As luck would have it, the individual that we had selected this year cannot fulfill the internship. So now we are once again in search of someone to fill the position. The job includes halter breaking calves, daily care of our...

Calving ease bull that produced some pretty nice daughters. RW

For an EPD to be a valuable tool it has to be based on the belief that the data used to obtain that EPD is accurate and not manipulated. Our Association does not require a BW to be turned in. If there is not an actual BW turned in the Association assigns them "breed average" BW EPD. I fail to...

I really don't understand how we have arrived at the point where people are convinced an 80 - 85 lb calf is a calving issue especially for mature cows. My heifers will routinely have calves in that weight range without incident if the position of the calf is normal. This is a product of...

The "old cowboys" all used the 8% rule. The idea was that any cow/heifer should be able to have 8% of her body weight in a calf assuming it is a normal presentation without complication. Example - a 1000 lb heifer should have an 80 lb calf without and complications if presentation is normal. The...

For the 35+ years that I have been involved with Red Angus cattle, they have been known as a calving ease/maternal breed. In the past several years it has become fashionable in no small part thanks to the major AI studs and the association to pursue and promote extreme calving ease. It seems...

I hear you, things were alot easier 30 years ago than now. Things that were alot of fun back in the day just plain hurt now! Invitation is open if you get back over here in the future.

Aussie, I might take you up on that but you would probably have to stay through Louisville and Denver too!

Red Angus

We are looking for help with our showstring at the NILE in Billing, MT in October. PM me if you're interested.

I'm a little late to the party here. We get the opportunity to see thousands of Red Angus cattle all over the United States and some in Canada every year. I can tell you that there are cattle in nearly every region of the country that will likely suit you. At this point it is a matter of how far...

There is a section of permanent tie out rails but it is not nearly big enough to handle all of the cattle that are there. Some build pens along side of their trailers with corral panels. We usually tie to the side of the trailer and bed them down there.

After you find a place to tie them out, you will be able to go to the NAILE office to get everything else you need. We generally tie to the side of our trailer for tie outs. We leave Wednesday morning to head down there.

We had two herdbulls come down with this at the same time. We had just showed them both in Denver as two year olds and I wondered if there was a connection with that. They both shared some of the same genetics and at the time I wondered if there was a connection there as well. It was a bad day...

I wasn't at the sale so I really don't know how the cattle were represented by the owners or the sale management. If they were represented to be healthy, breeding cattle by either or both entities, that could open up a whole new can of worms. Announcements made from the auction block by...

I've also been hearing a lot of reports of infected cattle coming from the sale. Sick cattle, aborted fetuses and cattle that never recovered and died within days of the sale. Bad deal for all involved. Anyone who purchased cattle in that sale are now at risk of contamination of their herd and...

I have had Red Angus cattle since 1992, actually a couple of years before that but '92 was when we made the switch from commercially based cattle to a larger number of Registered Red Angus. The positives: 1) All of the traits you would expect from Angus but with less disposition issues than...

Sounds like a plan Jason. I'll be on the road most of the upcoming week but will have a lap top with me and check on things in the evenings. RW

I've been off of the grid for awhile and this is the first time I've had a chance to get on here. Terry is recuperating slowly as you would expect. Yes he is a tough old bugger, but here is the rest of the story. The majority of the donors that he had left within days of his being hurt and have...