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Will the use of DNA scores in EPD's become a necessity in bull sale catalogs? How will the average rancher use them to sell their final product? IMO, this has opened a whole new set of possibilities.

We introduced 140 heifers into the herd many years ago and when calving started, scours started. The vet said our cows were not immune to the new bugs brought in by the new heifers. We lost 113 out of 300 or so cows. Perhaps the new bulls introduced a new bug to the herd and they will...

Will someone enlighten me on the 840 ear tags? Is this something the average cowman wants to get involved with? How do they differ from other EID tags? Is this too much information for the gov.? Thank you in advance.

Would you rather trust the cow or the USFDA? :-)

Would Mel might have been Mel Rives?

I agree with Clarence. The ID stops at the kill floor. USDA wants to know which pasture the critter is born, where it is fed & how. When the consumer looks over the meat case, we don't know even what Country the meat is from! When I buy an apple it is labeled where it was grown and what kind...

Yes, I would do it over again. Unless you work for your self, you are at risk of having nothing at the end of your productive years and who cares? Maybe a reduced pension or none and no way of recouping your lost years. If you have land, it will take care of you if you take care of it, maybe...

A-men Mike! Poor Johanns is upset because Phyllis Fong, an internal auditor and investigator did not clear the test with him. Now, he will be able to prove to all, that "Beef is too high" (Omaha World Herald) Johann has just found out that he is a packer puppet

I haven't been on this site for awhile, so maybe this topic has been addressed already. According to the Western Livestock Reporter March 2nd, the U.S. Agency for International Development announced the the agency plans to displace $300 million worth of American product with foreign foods to...

I SH, Guess you know where your Dodge stands in the Theives' Choice! By the way, we haven't seen the Grand Am in our travels South & west of Mission. Welcome Home.

Replacement quality heifers at Valentine Livestock, Valentine Neb. on Thur. Feb 10 were from 130.25 on 677 pounds for 70 head for top, the next group of heifers was 714 @ $111

This is a nice set-up for hi-speed internet probably. With my dial-up, I log on at 1600 to 2800 at best. I don't have that much time to spend waiting for the different things to come up. Hope that you will consider us in the back country and try to speed your site up. This is my home page...