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One of my college professors did some research on interseeding legumes into grass stands a few years back. Here's the abstract to the research project: Sod suppression is necessary for successful establishment of legumes interseeded into existing pasture; however such techniques vary in their...

I buy alfalfa net wrapped mostly because it holds together nice when using the bale bed to feed. If I'm unrolling with the tractor or running it through the processor, I'll take sisal over anything else simply because I don't have to deal with it in the winter. This winter we are feeding 750...

I have a neighbor who bale grazes, but he also grazes standing corn. Sort of limit-feeds them with strip grazing. Maybe something to look into before you give up on the corn field.

I'm not ready for that yet. I try to select the ones to breed based on their type and the type of their mother, as well as which group of bulls they were sired by. Someday I hope the herd is consistent enough to allow for less of my involvement in the sorting.

Is it possible (or advisable) to run spayed heifers along with replacement heifers on grass? I would rather not have another herd to manage. This way they could all get out together rather than separately.

I agree, I think they get a bad rap from a lot of people who are just repeating something they read on the internet. Yes the seed is expensive. But the results speak for themselves. If it wasn't profitable to plant the stuff, farmers wouldnt pay up for it. There is still non-GMO corn in the...

Just curious, how do you think Monsanto hurts farmers?

I just read an article in BEEF magazine about the importance of salt in preventing grass tetany. Here's a link: http://beefmagazine.com/health/salt-can-prevent-and-treat-grass-tetany I've heard salt is important for other things too. Not sure that I'd mix it with the mineral. Our...

I have been starting to think more like 4Diamond. If my hay is worth $100/ton or more on the open market, that 15-20% storage loss is a lot bigger deal than a few years ago when the hay was worth half that much. I don't like the idea of selling hay (exporting nutrients). But I also don't like...

I've had the same problem...seems simple enough, but I just switched to pencils! I agree with tenbach about the battery. I have an iPhone and they say below 32 degrees affects performance.

How often are you guys splicing belts? Just curious. We traded for a new baler before we started haying last year, got about 4500 bales made so far on these belts without needing any work done. Got a couple clips coming off now but far from having to fix anything. Dad used to sell and...

$0.45-$0.80 / ft labor only in our area. We have a local guy doing about 3 miles at .45/ft. Materials for a 3 strand barbed wire fence I figure around .35/ft. $3.50/ft for labor is plumb crazy. I agree with some of you, I'd have my cows sold yesterday and be finding all the high school kids...

I have a 2002 Honda Foreman w/ 14,000 mi. Mechanically it is bulletproof. It doesn't get maintained as well as it should but it still runs like a top. I'm on my third set of tires. I've hit lots of rocks (hard enough to bend rims and smash up the frame) and it has handled them fine. The...

Bale grazing sounds like a good idea but I have a few reservations. How much hay is lost from the cows bedding down in the stuff they didn't eat right away? I would also wonder about how much hay would be lost if you had an open winter in which the cows decided to pick out the tasty...