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It's obvious the seasons are changing - finally. I need a light jacket early mornings here - mid-40's lately. S'posed to be back in the upper-80's to low-90's for highs by the end of the week. Pleasant days for finishing up projects for the year compared to the 100+ days, but sure a challenging...

Been awhile since we've had a vaccine discussion. What are you guys using now? I'm still kinda partial to Pfizer stuff. Or Zoetis, more accurately. Never understood that name change, to be honest. Great name recognition with Pfizer, but change it to something that most people had never heard of...

I realize that none of us here like change, but I'd encourage all of you guys to give it a chance before you just reject it out of hand. There are some great tools and features that the old phpbb software was lacking, and once you get used to it, you'll like it a lot better. I remember when...

I hope everything is okay with Martin Jr. I look at the Daily Bible reading every day and I can't remember him ever missing this many days of posting it. I hope he's okay, and also that he doesn't feel like nobody is reading his thread. I never comment, just read, and now I realize that I have...

Seems as if rural America is largely overlooked in many of the news stories about this Coronavirus mess, so I thought that some of you might find this one interesting. Thanks to AP News, Gillian Flaccus, and her co-contributors for sharing this insight with the 'outside world.' Link and full...

How's the weather where you are? Any of you guys dealing with winter storm conditions yet? The NWS has been talking about this impending storm in the northern mountain and plains states for days now. Hard to imagine here because it's still in the mid-90's every day and plenty dry. One of the...

Are any of you following the renewed discussion about MLV's being linked to IBR-related abortions? http://beefmagazine.com/vaccination/controversy-over-mlv-vs-killed-vaccines-rekindled I switched from Cattlemaster VL5 to Bovishield FP5VL5 several years ago and thought that I was doing the...

I did a search for Inforce 3 and see that some of you are using it at branding and/or at weaning. I was thinking about trying it on light, put-together salebarn calves and wondered if any of you had any experience with that? I've been doing a Bovishield Gold 5, followed by another one in a...

Cattle raisers increase award for information on cattle thefts Posted by TSCRA on 08-17-12 The Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association (TSCRA) and CA Cattle Company, Mason, are now offering a $3,000.00 reward for information leading to the arrest and indictment of suspects involved...

TSCRA, U.S. Marshals on the lookout for cattle thief Posted by TSCRA on 05-22-12 Reward available through Operation Cow Thief Authorities are looking for an alleged cattle thief who has been missing since March. A reward has been offered through the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers...

Top steer goes for record $230,000 at Fort Worth Stock Show By Punch Shaw Special to the Star-Telegram FORT WORTH -- How does $173.19 per pound sound? That's what the grand champion steer was worth at Saturday's annual Sale of Champions, which helped close out a record-setting run at this...

Top meat antitrust regulator quits By CHRISTOPHER LEONARD, AP Agribusiness Writer – 1 day ago A top federal antitrust regulator for meat companies is stepping down. J. Dudley Butler will end his tenure next week as head of the Grain Inspection Packers and Stockyards Administration, the...

I've read through some old threads here on bale spinners. I usually feed hay in hay rings, but need to unroll it this year. Trying to decide whether to go with a 3pt bale spinner or a 3pt Deweze unroller. I haven't priced either, but figured the spinner would be cheaper - except I don't have...

Anybody here had any experience grazing turnips? Preferably, light calves. I'd be interested in reading your advice and experiences. They seem like they would be fairly cheap to establish, but one of my concerns is the damn hogs. If anybody in hog country has tried them, how did that work?

Somebody sent me this pic from the Bastrop fire. Really puts the fear into perspective for any cattleman.

Bankruptcy Trustee Gives Update On Eastern Livestock Debacle By Colleen Schreiber KISSIMMEE, Fla. — One of the cattle industry’s worst debacles — at least in recent times — the Eastern Livestock Chapter 11 bankruptcy case is now about 10 months in, and far from being sorted out...

Any of you that use Draxxin for first pulls or mass treats having trouble with it this year? I've had some calves that either didn't respond at all, or that I've had to repull after a couple of weeks. I hit those with Excede and so far it seems to be working better.

Well...not really. But it's sure getting hellish. ======================= Texas crop, weather for Aug. 16, 2011 Forage expert: It's a 'no-brainer;' sell out herds now AgriLife Today August 16, 2011 By: Robert Burns COLLEGE STATION – With little to no grazing and hay, should livestock...

CHICAGO, Jul 22, 2011 (Dow Jones Commodities News via Comtex) -- TOP STORIES US Cattle Placed In Feedlots Rise In June From Year Ago The number of young cattle added to feedlots in June was 4.1% higher compared to last year as drought-stricken producers sold animals to feedlots earlier than...

Execs Say Disunity In Beef Industry Continues To Worsen By Colleen Schreiber NEW BRAUNFELS — The dissonance and infighting in the beef industry are apparently getting worse, certainly not better. In fact, industry observers say the infighting is now much worse than it was prior to...