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    Suggestions and advice on commerical herd needed!

    We run about 550 commercial cows, the majority of which are straight angus, a few that still have some of the old simmental blood that we ran here about 20 years ago, and a the rest are hereford cross (baldies now). I've been getting into a discussion with a relative who raises purebred angus...
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    January snowstorm

    Well, we finally have winter. We went from half a foot of snow here at the house to over 20. Hard to tell as we finally got some wind last night and it blew snow into drifts, and it's still early so we haven't been out and about yet! Heavy wet snow, just what we needed. We were just about to...
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    What do you get a rancher for Christmas?

    So i'm really trying to find a gift for my father in law and I can't come up with anything. He seemingly has everything as he has ranched for his whole life! Any ideas? I know there has to be something out there to get for him!
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    We officially started feeding...5 1/2 months left to go

    Well, the wind decided to blow (surprise, surprise) and made it hard for our cows to eat the grass left out in the meadows; and it turned 20 below zero too. They started to drop off fast and they all stood at the west gate ready to come home to hay. As normal it was a pleasant ground blizzard...
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    Pap testing and buying bulls

    Been some interesting conversations on here lately about different bull producers; now I want some opinions! We run our cattle here STARTING at 7700 feet. All the way up to 10,000 feet or higher depending on how much the girls decide to travel on our forest allotment. So regarding buying...
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    Another EPD question

    OK...what is the difference between an EPD listed at +54 and one listed as 1+54? We are going to try to go to some bull sales this month and the next; we have at least 7 bulls to try to buy, and at least 3 of them as heifer bulls. If they sell like they did last year we will be trying to keep...
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    Calving ease vs. birth weight

    Someone set me straight...which is more important when trying to buy bulls for breeding to heifers, C.E. or their actual birth weight? Or both...and how is calving ease figured in bulls? We are getting ready to start buying bulls and that's what we are needing are heifer bulls. Thanks for your...
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    Record keeping in the field on an IPad?

    Ok, so after running cows thru the chute to preg check while it was 20 degrees out and the pens were too cold to write with, I got to wondering if an IPad would work in the field under the conditions we work in: cold, wind, cow crap flying after running 500 cows thru the chute, etc. Anyone have...
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    Cutting out heifer replacements...pics from October 12, 2011

    And our fall work continues...we got all our pairs down the road to our other ranch where we have a TON of fall grass. A lot of the ground is pretty boggy and so when it freezes the cows can utilize the feed, much which is still pretty green. It's not froze yet though! We have been very dry...
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    Question on Ral-Grow

    Maybe some of you will have some expertise and input on this subject: a friend bought some super nice angus heifer calves last winter/spring with the intent to breed them up this summer to some VERY nice angus bulls with low birthweights. He fertility tested his bulls and they were good to go...
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    Our herd we don't run on the forest...

    Went to check out our other herd we pasture on private land year round. Quite a few of these calved a month before our forest herd, something we aren't going to do this next season. Our spring was ridiculously snowy and cold and we lost way too many to make the extra pounds worth the risk. So...
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    Cows are slowly coming home off of grazing allotment

    We have about 2/3's of our girls home off of our forest allotment. Had a couple of good gathering days but since our allotment burnt 3 years ago, it's really hard to find black cows in a "forest" of black burnt trees. Supposed to get a weather chance early next week which will hopefully get...
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    A few more pics of our Drewby

    Here's another pic of our Drewby Threw in one pic of how we feed 550 head in the winter...usually we have 8 head we work on 2 different sleds (2 4 ups) but this was early in the winter and we were working on getting the old nags in shape.
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    First time posting pics...Stacking hay

    Our one year old in the hay field Hauling hay with the old flatbed pickup and 2 hay wagons tied together Our Drewby used to unload and stack with Our little guy loves checking out the tires! The end of haying is in sight after 6 weeks of break downs, fighting the weather, and probably one of...
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    Back mouthed cur

    Anyone out there ever used a black mouthed cur breed for cattle work? Wondered if they were supposed to be good, an all around kind of dog...like Old Yeller? That dog was supposed to be a BMC, but who knows? Anyways, curious! We are looking for a dog or mix of breeds other than aus. shepherd and...
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