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Glad to hear that you are feeling better.  So you may be sending a heifer home with someone from NY.  Glad to know that we are not the only people in this state who are interested in raising some good cattle. Hope you find a good home foryour other heifers.

There has been alot of talk on here lately about local/county fairs since it is that time of year.  I am curious if all/most fairs have auctions.  If yours does, do all of the market animals get sold.  What are your average prices for market steers.  For those that don't have a sale what do you...

Farm Boy, good jog and good attitude.  We have been home from our county fair for a week or so.  Weather for the week was good.  One of the kids had the commended steer (4th overall) and was reserve champion heifer showman.  Our other child had the reserve supreme female.  All in all it was a...

I would recommend a blend of roasted soybeans, steam flake corn, steam flake barley, oats, beet pulp, molasses, yeast and sodium bicarb.  Have your mill help you put a mix together that is 14% crude protein and offer it at 2-2.5% of body weight, along with free choice grass hay and free choice...

If you can the best way to tell is to actually handle the animal.  Feel the area near the 12th rib about 6-8 inches below the back.  Also feel the area of the flank.  A well finished calf will have thickness there that should be width of the palm of your hand.  This will should be soft to the...

The recent stretch of hot, dry weather around here has made heat detection seem more difficult.  Is this common or is the heat effecting us humans and no the cows?

Here in NY all cattle that are going to any show or fair must be vaccinated against rabies.  It is my understanding that for next year (2008) all catte that are to be shown or exhibited must have proof of a negative BVD test as well.  We are trying to get the word out in our area so that kid's...

Numbers at our fair are actually on the upswing.  This year there were 48 steers and about 20 breeding cattle (heifers and cow/calf pairs).  Not sure how many hogs were in that show but they sold 66 at the auction at the end of the week.  I believer there were about 30 market lambs that were...

They can be as small as 8 feet or expand up to 15 feet.

Had a Lifeline bull calf out of a Black Impact heifer this spring.  The mother is not a great milker but she has done a good job of taking care of the calf.  This is a combination that we will use again.  Like the calf, born unassisted to a 22 month old female and the little bit of chrome that...

Just had a cow have a heifer calf out of a bull called Hill's Triple Crown.  Got this semen "second hand" when buying a used tank and had the AI technician put it in a WMW female.  Does anyone know anything about this bull?  I tried to find some information or picture of him last year but didn't...

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