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OT Aren'tyou making yourself look a little selfish, think about it. There are people out there who are unemployed, those with low income, and those who live on a limited fixed income who have a hard time putting food on the table for their family.The high prices are not there to give the...

Might be Selenium poisoning. I have never experienced it,but high selenium area and poison Vetch rings a bell. Poison vetch is a selenium accumulater.

They are just trying to find excuses. It is all about inflation. When there is more phoney money out there then there is product the price goes up. If beef get so much to high buying will slow down so will the price

About 40 years ago, when this exotic craze was just startig to get hot my brother and i bought two simental cross bulls. These bulls were gentle enough, The cows that were their ofspring were also gentle, but they acted almost like Holseins. Get them in the working corral, they would just...

Sometimes the ones we pamper the most ae the first to die. Do you know what? The same sometimes happen to people too.

OT just wants a sounding board. He wants something to keep him alive on this board.

The original post here was just sarcsm anyway, Wasn't it? It does suggest what we believe to be the mentality of the OWS people. If this guy is for real, maybe he will find a job in marketing, Perhaps he could become a community organizer.

A section is one square mile, or 640 acres. Here is was generally thought that a section of native range would support 60 cows and calves for the summer. On Indian lease land the BIA uses an animal unit per month basis it figures out to about 13 head per quarter section. I used the quarter...

Never thought much about that. I guess my accounting program takes care of that. When you sell a cull cow, it is taken from your capital account, the sale price goes into income so everything still would be in balance. When you buy or even if you raise a replacement the cost comes from...

I have been out of the cattle business for a couple of years so the $1.75 figure sort of hit me between the eyes. But we have to re-calculate. Cattle prices are higher then they ever were. Feed costs for this winter will be higher then ever. Our cattle numbers will go down because of...

Years back before there were many good things to use to treat scours, a neighbor suggested giving a tablespoon ful of Peptp Bismo. I don't know if it helped the scours, but it sure made the calf want to nurse.

We have had a few calves like that here a few times. Been long ago so don't remember to well. If they were not to bad sometimes they got over it, but had bowed legs. Didn't know the cause but thought maybe we were buying to many of our bulls from the same source. Those with just bent ankles...

We hear of big companies and big banks givig their CEOs large million dollar salaries. The same deal here! The name on the letterhead.

I guess I belive in some of the things your brother mentioned. The economy has crests and troughs. Recessions are when things get out of balance. Recessions are catrastrophic for those who are riding the top of the waves, the rest are afraid they will also be sucked down. During the 1800's...

I don't know a whole lot about the feedstufs you mention, but it doesn't look like a very hot ration to me. You would most likely get little more gain then if put on grass. 650 lb steers could go to the feedlot or be put out to grass for 3 or 4 months. What you have for feed would change...

There is no one size fits all in ranching. each ranch is different, each operaterator has different skills and different obectives. Generaly speaking, I believe there is more profit in the cow calf business. You have to decide just what you are selling. In the yearling business you are mostly...

I am going to jump in here just once and that is it. I am not taking anybodies side. It is a matter of ethics, I won't point a finger at anyone, because I really don't know. Busineses today, and individuals too, do so many unethical things that we no longer seem to recognize what is unethical...

This is just my opinion. If you already own those crossbred cows, that may be as good a way to go as any. If you want to start a herd, stay somewhere in the middle. We can expect a lot of changes in the next few years. Our markets are changing and so are our resources. Cattle have changed a...

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I did consider building one. I have some 4' pieces of alunimun studs I was going to use. Now I sold my cows so I guess I won't have to build one.