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Steer planet used to be geared toward show cattle, both people who produced them as well as young people raising them, The shorthorn mafia hung out there as well, (it is amazing how people breeding the same breed of cattle could fight so much). Now, like this site, use is down, some of the...

It has been a while since I have posted anything, mainly it because I mostly come here to learn, I'm just a hobby farmer, with 4 cows, 2 of them are old and stay around for one reason, they were here when my grandson was here with us. His first word was Moo, all he ever wanted to do was go see...

Well I have not been on here in a while, I used to really enjoy coming here and seeing Soapweeds stories and photos. I don’t think any of you would remember that I had formed a foundation that supplies a young man or lady with a breeding heifer to show, we paid all the expenses except travel...

I watched a demo of this driver , at the Int. Farm Expo last year, it runs off of air but it ran pretty slick. http://www.powerpostdriver.com/picket_post_driver.html

Leanin' H, I thought I did reply on the 5 of march, I sent you another PM, let me know if you received that one.

Well,wanted to update everyone on my project, I posted on here about 9 months ago or so that I had formed a foundation in honor of my grandson, to give a heifer scholarship to a youth in our state, we provide the heifer, feed and entry fees for the year, at the end of the year the heifer goes...

One of the requirements is they must send in a monthly update on what they have learned, experienced, what they are feeding, if they have gone to a show that experience as well as pictures of their project. All of this will be posted on our website, that will allow anyone interested to follow...

All though I joined 10 years ago, I’m not much of a serious Rancher, I have 2 cows, no pasture except when the winter rye will grow. I do enjoy visiting this site and learning, Soapweed’s stories and pictures along with the rest of the post. I have been around Ag most my life. My grandfather...

"Excuses are patches that mend the garments of failure"

Beautiful poem, The females in my family seem to live forever, it is the men who leave to early. We lost my uncle several years ago, he was in his 50's, my cousin and I would make an annual trip up to his place in late fall to pick up a load of hay (he ran a 1800 acre alfalfa farm in Yerington...

I bought it new when they had the friends and family sale in 05, a Chevy with a duramax/allison it has 225,000 miles on it now. Replaced the water pump, one front hub, 2 glow plugs, the glow plug control and the batteries twice, that's it. What i still have not had to replace are the brakes...

Muck Boots raises money for the HSUS https://www.facebook.com/MuckBoot/photos/pb.328222526920.-2207520000.1407211421./10152231142396921/?type=3&theater

Ford is coming out with a new option, heated tailgates, that way your hands stay warm while you push the vehicle home. :wink:

Anybody heard from him, I have not seen him post since Mid December.

With the Chevy Duramax, 05 or newer, the 04 and older have injector problems. 06 and newer have the 6 speed Allison the 05 a 5 speed; I have a 05 with 160,000, has never been in the shop, Went to change the shocks and brakes about 5 thousand miles ago, shocks needed replaced, probably 50,000...