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    Doctoring a few

    Made it look very business-like. Good job flyingS. That didn't look very fast-paced to me. I thought it was all very collected and low stress.
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    Legendary Cattle Breeder Dies

    That was a pretty lame shot. :roll: Maybe get up and go outside if you're that unhappy about life. The rest of us are trying to enjoy it. :D
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    Does anyone have blueprints for an ark?

    Hang in there Fred! Feb/March calving would have been worse! You are staring down the barrel of some seriously green and growing feed in a couple of weeks. Chin up my friend! :D It's a downhill pull from here!
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    Which sale to put in for?

    I think $2.00 for 600 lb. steers will be too cheap this year. There will be better money later on. If a person were considering marketing dates I'd go with a later date this year. Calf supplies are not large and feeders will be frantic to fill their needs in the fall. The August feeder...
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    bulls

    McCumber Angus in North Dakota will probably fit the bill for the type of cattle that you want. If smaller framed is your ball of wax then by golly they've got some good ones. The Angus breed definitely covers all frame sizes and philosophies of breeding. My replacement heifers are closer to...
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    $10 per pound

    That's an excellent point. However, my own personal calf crop isn't big enough to justify a full futures contract (50,000#) so the option would be extremely expensive insurance unless it happened to cash out in my favor. :D Glad you brought it up though.
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    2014 Bull Sales Results

    Seems like an Angus bull with a pulse is worth $5,000 and the good ones are worth $10,000. You can sure pay less if you deal with smaller breeders and don't go to the name brand sales. At these prices I really enjoy synchronizing and A.I. breeding as many cows as possible with my partner...
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    Food for thought for winter calving

    My partner calves our heifers in late February and cows I March. We feed out our calves and want them to finish in April to get the high April fed cattle market. This year there has been a $10/cwt. difference between the April futures and June futures for live cattle. That's how we price the...
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    Are you going?

    Price is high. Prefer to buy high powered genetics from lesser reputation outfits. Wish them the best luck in the world with what looks to be a very successful seedstock enterprise.
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    $10 per pound

    You can get Livestock Risk Protection insurance for 600 lb. steer for September at $196 for just a $0.03 premium right now. It's just a floor and you can still go higher in the cash market. Believe I'll be doing that but have to wait until the calves are all on the ground. Might not be as...
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    Olie

    We have first-calf Olie heifers and so far we are very excited. They just became mommas so the jury is out but there is a lot of evidence in other places that he's making good cows.
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    Suburban's ?

    Yeah, that makes you GM people. :D
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    Home remedy????

    No Crack Super Hand Cream for daytime use. I like it because it's not greasy so you can actually do something during the day. Bag balm is great but super-greasy and only really useful for overnight, in my opinion. I actually prefer Aquafor for overnight because it doesn't stink and it's not...
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    Record Keeping

    Write it down in a calving book, AI book, Big Chief notepad then transfer all to CowSense. Hasn't been an easy program to operate but they are coming out with a new and updated version in the next month or two that I have seen in a demonstration. I like it, but then I'm a little weird and...
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    Calf prices

    Yeah, I've found it works to sell them in the country!
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    AI tech problem

    Your AI friend is too lazy or too busy to breed his own cows by AI but he's willing to make time to breed yours for cash. That, or he really likes your bull. Take it as a compliment, I guess. 8)
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    Canadian cattle

    Shouldn't be, but if she has CAN burned on her butt you may run into some resistance. :wink:
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    Replacment heifers

    I understand, second hand, that the man that bought them had been buying them for 7 years now and he was going to own them again, no matter what. That's called "old money". :lol:
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    Adjustable alley

    Adjustable alleys become necessary equipment once you've had the chance to use one. For the very reason that you described. Different sizes of cattle. Daniels makes good stuff. Don't know anything about the stur-d. I like the bud box too, so I'd probably like your overall setup when you get...
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    calves on cows all winter

    Bought a couple pregnant 3-yr. old fall cows in Sept. for $1600 each. They calved in 2 weeks after the purchase so, bingo, right away they got cheaper. I'm going to run them over and make spring calvers out of them so there will be 6 months of free sledding for the cows. Calves will have to...
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