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Comment on this scenario You have been working with your present Vet for about 5 years and have been following his protocols in vaccination, worming, bull testing, breeding, etc. with mostly positive satisfaction. At the same time your normal N2 and semen supplier retired and the route was taken...

Read this article from Rueters in the Indiana Beef Assoc. news letter. This part of it. Are these idiots crazy?? How can this be profitable? IMO there will be a bubble burst and someone is going to get hung out to dry. I know that we have record prices for beef this year but input costs have...

Neighbor brought me some fresh picked mushrooms last night so just enjoyed mushrooms and scrambled eggs. Didn't even have to get out in the rain and pick'em!

Seems no matter what the govt puts it's nose in it finds a way to stink it up and create problems. What would you consider the most detrimental laws, regs, etc that the govt has imposed to farmers/ranchers?

Grandson asked and I honestly didn't have the answer. At what point does the discounting initiate? ie does it start with the packer and work it's way down?

I’m somewhat stumped with this. I have a commercial cow on her 2nd calving that is due 3/22 and 4 yrs old in May. She raised a good calf last year as a 1st time heifer with no special treatment or creep to the calf and bred back with no issues. All the cows have been on free-choice corn stocks...

With the winter night lasting longer now and the snow I found myself spending a little longer before making my morning commute to the barn to do the morning feeding and found myself taking in the Today show. This morning’s feature was holiday tips of etiquette for hosts and party goers. What to...

Does anyone know about what % of the cost of a final product, in this case beef, is represented by trading?

How soon can you abort a unwanted mating after being bred? Bull got in and bred his sister. :mad:

Currious how many of you insure your cattle and in what form. Are they under a "blanket form" in your farm policy? How about semen & embryos?

I spred the wealth around a little this winter and bought a barn camera system. Have 6 cameras, a switcher, cable to the house, and used an older tv as a monitor. It has proved to be very good and useful. Got to have it a bit easier last night checking the calving stalls from the comfort of my...

I got an interesting opinion from an outsider to Ag this week. He felt that the grain producers with government’s assistance have thrown livestock producers to the wolves. He noted that Sen. Tom Harkin, chair of the Ag committee, from Iowa the largest corn producing state and pork producing...

No wonder we can't make any money raising cattle if you go by these people's costs! http://moneycentral.msn.com/video/default.aspx PS: the kids are qute though.

We just had a 5.4 Earthquake! :!:

( Maybe the whole country needs to shut the engines off on everything ??

The Last Night Out TWO OLD MEN DECIDE THEY ARE CLOSE TO THEIR LAST DAYS AND DECIDE TO HAVE A LAST NIGHT ON THE TOWN. AFTER A FEW DRINKS, THEY END UP AT THE LOCAL BROTHEL. THE MADAM TAKES ONE LOOK AT THE TWO OLD GEEZERS AND WHISPERS TO HER MANAGER, 'GO UP TO THE FIRST TWO BEDROOMS AND PUT...

A tale of how to compare various forms of government with farming… Feudalism – You have two cows. Your lord takes some of the milk. Pure Socialism – You have two cows. The government takes them and puts them in a barn with everyone else’s cows. You take care of the cows, and the government...

I was told by some farmers the other day that a guy in our area was sued by Monsanto for saving and planting some of his harvested beans and had to pay them $5000 for technology rights. I could understand it if he was trying to sell them to someone else for seedbeans but not for his own use...

Last week I pulled out the old address book and sent an e-mail survey to about 25 friends and family so see in light of the recalls and food safety issues how they felt about beef. I told them it was so that I could better manage & advertise and asked them give me honest answers. These are the...

For bull selection criteria or development what would be your targets for... BW FS SC ADG REA IMF