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    HOT!

    Sorry to hear BMR. That is a tough deal. We had hail on the weekend (golf ball), but it was fairly soft. Hope things turn out and the insurance guys are reasonable...
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    Wondering about a Bug Assault Gun

    https://www.bugasalt.com/ Or Amazon. Our son's friends have a couple (apparently they sting). If you are getting socks, I highly recommend Darn Tuff socks. They are guaranteed for life. If they wear out you send them back and they replace them for free! I have never had a pedicure, but in...
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    Hey Pure Country

    Welcome back to the neighbourhood... Good luck with the move.
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    Balers, Vermeer vs John Deere

    We run an older 535 that is very good but if we had a local Vermeer dealer, we would be switched already. They are $12-14K cheaper than the JD, just as heavy built and anyone I talk to that has run both, loves the Vermeer over the JD. The JD balers are good and we have good local parts...
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    My little girl....

    That looks like she is having fun. It also looks like you will have to get a real job to support her habit!
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    Second Spearhead branding - April 25, 2018

    Nice pics. Just thinking that toy would serve as a good blueprint for dad to weld up a ranger size track in a couple of years.
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    Pictures from late March through mid April of 2018

    Great pics. I suspect that the "digging out" and being out on the ranch is even better therapy than the dogs. Good luck with the recovery. Although I am sure it is good to know things are capably handled at home, you must be a bit nervous that you will be looking for work soon.
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    April Fools

    This is a good one...I love my deck, but often wish I had this feature for the truck underneath it! https://youtu.be/p8vSMlrsDdw
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    anybody try this

    Bought one this summer. It locks on really well, but seems big for tight spots (since not every engineer designs grease nipples for accessibility). I removed it from my "field" grease gun and reinstalled it on my "stay at home" air grease gun. Good idea and if things are reasonably accessible...
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    Twins

    Sure do. Anything we help at calving for any reason (even a heifer) gets an orange ear tag and then it goes in the fall regardless of the resulting calf. We are a bit odd in that we don't tag anything (other than purebreds) at birth, but we tag and DNA at processing. If we treat a calf we put...
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    Twins

    That's almost worth listing the calves right off the cow! Nice to have a time consuming chore gone for the right price. I think sometimes twinning is exacerbated by forage conditions peaking (rain or other factors being just right) just as breeding season starts, and especially so if cows are...
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    no rope , no chute

    Nice. Fully adjustable, ratcheting squeeze, safety yellow... I can't believe all the money that has been wasted on chutes and maternity pens over the years! :clap: :clap: :D
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    Winter has ARRIVED!!!

    Glad to hear about the water. Our mud is still a couple of months away...
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    Damn........

    He's a double bred EXT on the top side and a Rito 707 cow on the bottom. those Blackcap May cows are good cattle, and the EXT are good but slightly quicker than the average bear... His Doc is to 10% and $EN is only top 85%. It looks like he is DNA tested, but only has interim EPD. It will be...
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    Tour

    What I saw was that the cattle were not all over it, they could only eat at the face of the pit. The reason the folks we toured covered the pits is that in a lot of cases it is a way to create an emergency store that they can graze in years when there is a poor crop (like this year). They are...
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    Heritability of phenotype.

    I would kind of echo what FH said, although we use the numbers extremely heavily in our selection, we use them to find consistent type and not necessarily the biggest numbers. In other words we use numbers and pedigree to help lock down type. By finding values that work for us and repeatedly...
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    Tour

    I have a couple of friends from SK that tour with me. It is a good situation as the one is a beef specialist and the other is a similarly aged young producer. We are both expanding our operations, balancing young families, like doing math and are running full tilt it seems like. The advantage...
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    Checking in! 2017 Update

    Thanks MYT. That hits pretty close to home. We are certainly thinking of and praying for you and yours.
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    COLD WEATHER COMPLICATIONS, by Steve Moreland, January 2, 2018

    These fancy keys aren't all that great. Our Dodge Journey has push button start and a wireless key. You never have to take the thing out of your pocket. One day in Lloyd this fall, we went to get in and the doors wouldn't open with either set of keys. Next to us a Jeep was having the same...
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    Merry Christmas!

    Merry Christmas to Everyone.
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