North central South Dakota. I just found it interesting that at the same time your grandpa was trying to buy a light plant that my grandpa and all his neighbors were trying to sell theirs. Would be interesting hearing what year electricity came to different farms and ranches across the...
Long Range isn't really all that new anymore. This will be the third year that I will use it. I only give it to the first calf heifers, yearlings and calves though. I seem to be getting a higher percentage of first calvers bred back in the first cycle with it. The vet sure thinks highly of it.
Does anyone have a rock roller in your neighborhood? If you push the rocks into the ground they won't break your windows anymore. After running a disc mower I would hate to go back to running a sickle bar mower.
There is no reason that the packers can't pay the inspectors themselves. They already have to pay for the graders. They could knock the bids down on fats a buck a hundred and easily come up with enough cash to pay them. Instead the price of fats goes down every time the talk of furloughs comes...
Just what do these $963 bred heifers look like? I sold my tested opens in October for $1300 and some bred heifers in December for 1550. The only bred heifers selling that cheap around here are the feedlot heifers that sell as guaranteed open and then come back through the ring an hour later as...
Around here the auctioneer introduces you before your calves sell. If you are sitting around any buyers they usually ask you questions about your calves. It would get kinda strange if I suddenly started to bid.