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A preacher was making his rounds on a bicycle, when he came upon a little boy trying to sell a lawn mower. "How much do you want for the mower?" asked the preacher. "I just want enough money to go out and buy me a bicycle." said the little boy. After a moment of consideration, the preacher...

Mine is an Australian Shepherd. He's just now getting interested in the cattle and wanting to understand directions. If I let him on his own, he'll just run through the neighbors herd like a rocket spreading them all over the place. It will take some time and patience but I think he's gonna...

I've done a little fishing next to the King Ranch and I understand it's shrunk a great deal since it's early day's. I have a brand somewhere, from the ranch, that would span about 12" wide. My understanding was that they made 'em that big to be able to identify their cattle from a distance...

HOW IS NORMA? A sweet grandmother telephoned St. Joseph 's Hospital. She timidly asked, "Is it possible to speak to someone who can tell me how a patient is doing?" The operator said, "I'll be glad to help, dear. What's the name and room number of the patient?" The grandmother in her weak...

FH, that was interesting because just yesterday, I replied to a craigslist ad for a Polaris Ranger (price was incredibly low!) and received the following reply this morning: (Google Checkout) Hi, I spoke with 2 trucking co and the lowest price to get it shipped to your location will be 360$...

Bingo!!!! The right worming product and at the right times. Not every vet observers this.

There was a man who worked for the Post Office whose job was to process all the mail that had illegible addresses. One day, a letter came addressed in a shaky handwriting to God with no actual address. He thought he should open it to see what it was about. The letter read: Dear God, I am an...

Yes, I've had a few like that too. The Brahman gene is know for showing some rib but their lean like that anyway. For $375, you made a sweat deal!

Are you gonna fatten that gal up, Whitewing? Or do they normally come that way?

That would sure make a person forget the cracks in the ground for a while, Lilly!

Lilly, your cows look pretty good, considering! The liguid feed and hay will get them through. I'm about 2 hours west of you and we have had the same dry conditions (burn bans every week!) with no rain in the forecast. Well, there's always rain in the forecast but it seems to disappear about...

I don't hardly a thing about the beef traceability issue, however, I will soon be raising "grass-fed" cattle and am taking an interest in ID systems. What's the average cost per head and what information is being traced? One article I read claimed: "A full (life cycle) traceability program...

You got that right JL!! My bluestem seed never came up and even our annual ryegrass is having a hard time sprouting. A neighbor is now irrigating his. While hay production was high this year I'm afraid hay prices will stay high if we don't get some rain.

A high of 77 expected here today :D. We might even get rain 10 days from now!

Yea, your Dad really talked up those Crackerjacks! If I remember, he marketed to the roping crowd. Is that right? I'm sure you'll have fun with them!

Justin, I was just thinking about RobertMac's original question: "What is more important to the commercial cattleman...increased percentage of weaned calves or increased weaning weights?" What parameters influence when a calf is weaned? Left alone with the cow, weaning times could vary all...

When I made the response Nicky, I was thinking commercial in terms of salebarn commercial, however, I agree with you that if raising purebred non-registered cattle (commercial) through private treaty then yes, weaning is absolutely important! Which brings up a question: Natural weaning or...

Congrats on the new fridge Lilly! I don't think that fruit is a trifoliate orange as they are described as inedible. Mike might be right in calling it a wild lemon or maybe it's some kind of a hybrid of a wild lemon. Only way to tell is to peel it and several others, place in the blender...

Rancher3, it's not too much of an effort to take the twine off or netwrap off. Some people don't but in my opinion take it off so there's less to worry about later. No risk of the cows ingesting it and less trash on the ground to look at later. If you can get yourself some bales rings, you'll...

Why can't you have both? If the operation is "commercial" does weaning really matter?