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    Dehorners

    Looking to purchase a butane or propane dehorner for all the little horned Herf's that will be popping out in the next couple of months. Any recommendations? Looking to spend about $200, maybe more if need be. Thanks.
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    Continuous fence

    Anyone know of a good place (in Canada or Northern US) that makes continuous fence? I know of one place in Manitoba that sells 24' 6 bar sections for $9.95 a foot. Was wondering if that is basically the going rate or if any other dealers are out there. Would like to redo the outer perimeter...
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    Question for Kato, Cowzilla and other SW MB producers

    Know of any good salvage dealers in your area, or even an individual with parts? Looking for parts for a 479 (488 will work) New Holland haybine. Tried Murphy's Salvage in Deleau, no luck.
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    Some pictures - dial-up beware - 08/19/07

    Pics of our new horned bull I bought in February. He's lean and been doing his job since mid-June. Some pics of the cows, a nice steer calf and some heifer calves. A couple of calves I am looking to keep as bulls. Definitely not the best pics of them. Will give them a couple more...
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    New pics of the new bull

    Picked the new fella up yesterday from a dealer a few miles away. :D Birthweight: 94 lbs Weaning weight: 570 lbs Current weight: 1740 lbs Scrotal: 41 cm Pelvic area: 255 square cm.
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    Got a bull

    Here's a pic of the bull that I got today through Oddan's sale. Not one of my top picks, but for the price, I think he'll do just fine. Looking forward to seeing him at 3 or 4 years when he's had time to fill out on pasture. Now that I got everyone to focus on just one bull, what's your...
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    More bulls pics

    Another 8 pics of bulls I am looking as potentials in an upcoming bull sale. Which is your pick of the bunch? Hopefully they load all right for everyone. I picked #9 and #40 (first and last pics) as my top two, but I was wondering what everyone else thought.
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    This should help the border opening...

    U.S. urges 'fivefold expansion' in Alberta oilsands production Last Updated: Wednesday, January 17, 2007 | 10:45 PM ET CBC News The U.S. wants Canada to dramatically expand its oil exports from the Alberta oilsands, a move that could have major implications on the environment. U.S.and Canadian...
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    Fall cowherd pictures - Nov 10/06

    Was home for the weekend and decided to take a few pics of the herd to post on ranchers and CT. June calf that was well over 550 lbs when we purchased him at the end of October from an uncle. The calf is 1/2 Gelbvieh x 3/8 Red Angus and a 16th of Simmental and Hereford each. I helped pick...
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    Market was Hot, Hot, Hot!

    Annual local fall yearling sale was held on the 9th. 1247 head on offer. Yearlings, calves and cull bulls and cows. Large assortment of good looking yearlings. Uncle sold 27 head. Batch of 14 growthy March yearling Gelbvieh x Red Angus steers at 1003 lbs went for $1.1025/lb (grossing over...
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    Cows mooo with a twang

    Farmers: Cows mooo with a twang Wednesday, August 23, 2006; Posted: 1:36 p.m. EDT (17:36 GMT) LONDON, England (Reuters) -- Cows have regional accents, a group of British farmers claims, and phonetics experts say the idea is not as far-fetched as it sounds. Lloyd Green, from southwest England...
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    Well-Aged Beef

    Meat art garners ghastly glares By THE CANADIAN PRESS Aug 11, 2006, 00:43 NORTH BAY, Ont. (CP) — The creator of Dead Skinned Men Wrapped in Barbed Wire welcomes the disgusted looks on people’s faces as they hold their noses in front of his smelly, steak-wrapped artwork. And Andrew Van Schie is...
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    Rough Day for the Pork Industry

    Processed meat linked to stomach cancer Last Updated Wed, 02 Aug 2006 12:53:44 EDT CBC News People who eat more processed meat such as bacon and salami show an increased risk of stomach cancer, a new review finds. The review concluded the risk of developing stomach cancer increased by between...
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    Little piece of history

    4-H in Ontario - 1955 http://www.archives.gov.on.ca/english/exhibits/agriculture/video/qt/4h_cattle_lg.mov
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    How often?

    As I was walking among the herd the other day, I wondered how often people walk among their herds. I know some people never see their cows or feeders unless they are on the tractor during the winter, and it shows when their cattle try to kill anything that moves on two legs at the auction mart...
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    Clydesdale Foal

    Anyone see the Budweiser Clydesdale foal commercial for the Superbowl? Very nicely done. :D http://www.break.com/superbowl/budweiser4.html
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    Weaning Time

    Pics from back on Dec 30/05. Ave. age= 250 days Ave. weight= 480 lbs It's a pretty day with all the hoar frost on the trees Mom's none too happy But most aren't getting real excited. Steers Poorer quality steer and a nice dark heifer. Some of the heifers. 3 really nice heifers...
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    Grass Fires in Texas and Oklahoma

    How are you guys and gals down in Texas and Oklahoma holding out? Sounds like those grass fires down there are really starting to stir up the cities and cause some major problems, a few small towns got totally burnt? From the reports, a bit of the outskirts of Oklahoma City is getting toasted...
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    All Ag subsidies to end in 2013

    WTO agrees draft on farm reform Sunday, December 18, 2005 Posted: 0842 GMT HONG KONG, China -- A final draft of a World Trade Organization agreement has proposed Sunday that all nations end agricultural export subsidies by 2013 in a breakthrough that paves the way for an agreement from the...
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    U.S. beef back on Japanese plates

    U.S. beef back on Japanese plates Sunday, December 18, 2005 Posted: 0445 GMT TOKYO, Japan (AP) -- Customs officials in Japan on Sunday awaited the first beef shipment from the U.S. Meat Export Federation since the easing of an import ban imposed two years ago after America's first case of mad...
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