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Thanks for the advice everyone. My dad AI-ed his cows and heifers for quite a few years by himself so if I get in a jam he will probably be able to help. I was just old enough to do a handful by myself with his supervision and remember struggling for 10 minutes just to watch him take over and...

I am planning on AI-ing my heifers next year but figured I better learn how to do it first. Any advice where to go to AI school at? Here's some background on my situation. I want to use AI to improve my female breeding stock. I have a commercial black angus herd, some mine and some on share...

I'm looking for a bull to use on my heifers this summer. I got a local breeder's flier that has a bull with good calving ease EPD's. Only thing is, he weighed 50 lbs at birth and is about 100-150lbs lighter than most of the rest of the bulls on the sale. So I asked the hired man over there...

Denny - seems like 220 ac of corn at $5/bu adds up to more than whatever the silage would be worth...why chop it? Sell the calves off the cow and contract or hedge the corn - I don't claim to be a great marketing mind, but others who are say that is the way to go.

I'm building a new corral at my place and am using those slammer latches in 3 or 4 places. Found a couple leftovers from dad's corral, but I can't find any like them. Looked at Runnings and wasn't real impressed with what they had. Has anyone had a slam latch fail them? I forget the brand...

In the beef production classes I've taken at SDSU we were told hefiers should be 65% of their mature body weight at breeding and 85% mature body weight when they have thier first calf.

Which product are you considering? I've got a friend who is a sales rep for that kind of product with Wilbur Ellis.

I use neadsfoot something-or-other, oil or compound but I don't recall which. I like to put it on with an old 2" paintbrush. It goes a lot faster than using a rag and you can get in cracks and such much easier. I usually do it over Christmas break from college - always enjoy those winter jobs...

To do my bibliography, I may need to get your name and hometown and state so I reference the source correctly. Let me know if that's ok, or just PM me. Thanks.

I'm doing a paper about controlling prairie dogs on rangeland. I can't seem to find any data on how fast prairie dog towns can spread. Have any of you had a town spread, or maybe repopulate after poisoning them? How long does it take? My family's operation is on the wrong side of the...

Thanks for the effort, fedup2. I'll try contacting a local broker. It seems strange that this kind of data isn't more accessible.

February 10 & 17, '06 April Live Cattle, Chicago Merchantile Exchange. I need the quotes for a marketing class project, so I don't work with a broker. Is there a website or publication where I can get that stuff? Thanks!

Does anyone know where to find options quotes from a month ago? It's real easy to find futures contract prices but I can't seem to find options quotes.

I'm doing a feasibility study for a farm economics class about the feasibility of meat goat production in southeast SD and southwest MN. I come from a cow/calf background and don't know much at all about goat production. Any help is welcome. Thanks.

I think there are different levels of payments, as someone else said, depending on the area and how many other walk-ins there are around. I don't know that it is based on how much the landowner could get. That could vary a lot by the amenities and accomodations offered. As far as where the...

We have about 2000 acres in the Walk-In program. We like it because it attracts the type of hunters who are just that - hunters. Not the kind that chase the deer down with their pickup, drive through fences, ect. We get $1/acre, which isn't much, but it's money laying on the sidewalk. We...

We have run Hondas and they have been pretty reliable. We have a Foreman S right now, 2001 model with 8500 mi. The engine is bulletproof but the brakes and wheel bearings arent. THose are the only problems we've really had. As far as durability, we have a lot of rocks (more rocks than grass...

I sympathize with those of you who have had bad experiences with hunters. To be sure, I would be very unhappy as well. We've had some bad experiences as well. One thing that helped was putting a big chunk of our land into Walk-In Areas. That way we don't have to deal with it as much because...

I agree that once wire gets past a certain age it doesnt bend, in which case those crimp-type splices work better. but you cant tell me that old wire can be bent at such a sharp angle with the loop-type and not break but can't be used in a lineman's splice. I will say that I have also seen...

Juan - I'm curious why you don't like that splice.