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I can put my cows out to feed over the winter for $1.25/day. They would be getting balage and dry hay, grain if I want (I don't) and salt and mineral. Open sheds for shelter and straw. Seems right to me, only they would need a 7 hr. truck ride to get there. That costs a bit, too. How does...

The McIlwraith's from Glenfiddich Galloways send greeting your way. I met their daughter and saw a couple of head of their stock today at the Ontario Farm Show. I mentioned that I knew of a Galloway breeder from Alberta and she told me that they bought a bull from you. Your infamy grows! :-)

I know, I know, I know, it is inevitable. But that doesn't mean that I like all the feelings it leaves me with. Yesterday, our daughter drove out the lane to start her first day of college in the nursing program. I am proud as could be of her. She is a super smart, talented and capable young...

From another forum, this is a mighty fine piece of cowboy poetry . http://forums.cowboy.com/viewtopic.php?t=608

Rumors afloat that a strike is imminent at Cargill's Guelph meatpacking plant this fall. How much of the supply can the smaller Federally inspected slaughter plants absorb? Part of the reason given is that the owners are asking for wage cutbacks.

The following link says that after 9 profitable years, the U.S. cattle herd is still not expanding. Rising costs are keeping a damper on things. I read this week that the Canadian herd has shrunk in the past 2 years and it seems that the mentality is still less than positive from the BSE...

Say Northern Rancher yer last name ain't Johnson, is it? :lol2: :lol2: :lol2: Wait a minute, I was maybe thinking of Silver, he's from up that direction! :wink: http://www.thestar.com/News/Canada/article/246684

Two or three years ago, my wife's cousin (Dannie) told me he was doing carpentry work on some wealthy folk's cottages in the Bancroft area (beautiful lake country north of Toronto). One of them, he said, was a baseball player who pitched for the Orioles. Being a huge baseball fan, I asked who...

We were just starting to get our feet back under us from the BSE thing and now we have a nasty drought going here in Southern Ontario. I have been dipping into the winter's hay pretty good the past few weeks and will have it fed out by the end of October. I've had to buy too much hay the past...

I have seen pictures and ideas posted here for water tanks made out of tires. I have a pair of 30 x 32" combine (rice) tires that are worn out and was thinking of converting one into a watering tank. How would I go about cutting one sidewall out and then sealing the bottom? Chainsaw? I have...

Well it's stuff like this that makes one sit back and take inventory of life. Yesterday, one of our neighbours was killed while cutting a tree for firewood. Seems the tree wasn't falling right and he got in harm's way trying to help it. He was a good neighbour, the kind that will be missed by...

O.K., I know this is going back a long ways, but have any of you used an electric plate-style feed grinder made by Wood's? I googled it and came up with nothing that remotely resembles the old grinder that I have. It has a big honkin' 220v electric motor that must weigh over 100 lbs. and puts...

Can anyone from Sask. or Alberta give me any information about sourcing trailerload lots of started Holstein bull calves?

THE PSYCHIATRIST AND THE PROCTOLOGIST Two doctors opened an office in a small town and put up a sign reading: "Dr. Smith and Dr. Jones, "Hysterias and Posteriors." The town council was not happy with the sign, so the doctors changed it to read, "Schizoids and Hemorrhoids." This was...

After a few good rains this spring, we now have enjoyed a pleasant two weeks of sunny, hot weather. That has allowed good progress in getting the first cut hay off. Although it's fairly early, we finished baling today and now have to haul the bales in under cover. What a pleasure it is to bale...

http://www.thestar.com/Business/article/224996 Well, I would think most of us with livestock take at least a 1% loss in the form of mortality rates

Hard white spring wheat is a crop that I know little about. There are likely some on this board who have grown it. What experience do any of you have with it?

Well today is the day! Every year for over the past 30 or 35 years, we have hosted a "May bush walk" for those of my siblings and offspring who want to go for a walk to see the spring flowers in our hardwood bush. Usually, there are about 30 who come. Over the years, we have been blessed to...

You wanna see weird? Hey Katrina, is this yours? Or is Soapweed trying to raise a faster calf?:wink: Maybe either of you know the guy who owns it? http://www.thestar.com/News/article/210599

http://www.thecommstockreport.com/Newspaper/2007-0419colm.htm Makes that Canadian crude and/or petroleum product look darn cheap @ double the price.