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I am needing to pump water out of ponds or springs into water tanks for my cows. I am trying to improve the water quality they are getting. I don't have electricity at these sites so solar seems to be way to go. With a lage holding tank the pump will only need to deliver a couple of gallons a...

A friend of mine was looking for info on baling corn stubble. It has been so dry around here that we are putting up very little hay. If you have done this, did you bale directly behind the combine or did you run a mower and rake? I was thinking that if we run behind the combine it will be...

Although I love looking at all the pics of snow on here I thought Y'all might like to see some pics from down South where we think winter is 3 or 4 nights in a row below freezing. Johnny Breeding replacents for next year First calf heifer Calves out of first calf heifers Bull with...

Seems like the more you try the worse it gets Bought a new bull about 3 weeks ago to breed my heifers to. Got him home and been keeping him up in lot till time to turn out. Turned him out yesterday. Went to check on him this morning and 3 heifers standing in heat and he is at feed bunk...

About three weeks ago my wife and I took a road trip to Burlington, CO. Left MS and headed west to Fort Worth for first night. Then headed NW thru Amarillo and then N to CO. After a cpl of days in CO we turned E to Kansas City and on to St. Louis before turning back S to MS. Saw lots of...

Due to the extreme cost of diesel have been looking into making bio diesel out of used cooking oil. Has anyone tried this? Directions on internet seem pretty straight foward. Cost around $1.00 per gallon or less. Would like any input available. Johnny

Ryegrass balage that was baled in April. [/img] Oldest son raking hay Unloading and wrapping the balage. [/img] [/img]

I have my pictures on photobucket. How do I get them here? Johnny

I am trying to convince some neighbors to pool our calves into load lots to sell. I have been preconditioning my own calves so I have the facilities to do all the calves. Neighbors will bring in calves straight from cows and I will wean, vaccinate and feed calves for around 45 to 60 days. Last...

I get so tired of all the yapping that goes on here. I come here to try and pick up a little good info that may be usefull on my farm. The problem is that no matter what the topic starts out to be it turns into us against them. That may be US vs Canada, or NCBA vs R-CALF of cattlemen against...

Do any of ya'll age and source verify your calves. If you do have you seen a premium paid for these calves. I am fixin to wean a set of calves and do have birth dates on all calves. Won't cost me much to certify thru a PVP program but am wondering if it will be worth the hassle. Johnny

What type dewormers do ya'll use? I used safeguard drench for years then the last couple of years went to generic Ivomec. Seemed to work ok but always have 2 to 3 % that don't seem to respond. Using Cydectin this spring to change things up but hate the cost. 3 times cost of generic Ivomec. Johnny

I was wandering what ya'll thought about Kits bulls. I got the spring catalogue yesterday. I like a the idea of the easy keepin, easy fleshing bulls, but can't convince myself to go to frame 2 and 3 bulls. I realize that a lot of my cows that weigh 1400 are too large but bulls with yearling...