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We supplement our feeders with grain for flavor and to save on time/space, but otherwise same here. I will sell a "budget" show heifer here and there, but the direct-beef sales provides a pretty sturdy "floor price." In my experience, the direct-beef market is saturated with "angus" (dairy X)...

Try setting him up while he's tied to a post/gate/panel. Then you can get that practice in without building on the bad habits.

I saw this video: https://youtu.be/x4aaSRr5L_E in an "OnPasture" article a while back, and I was pretty skeptical about getting untrained cattle to do it. However, tonight I needed to get a cull cow off to the sales barn and I didn't feel like moving the whole herd up to the yard to use the...

+1 on waiting to flush. Unless one of them is irreplaceable (e.g. National Champion or someone has already asked to buy embryos out of them). I myself had a cow I really wanted to flush when I got started, but looking back I'm glad I didn't. She wasn't good enough despite the fact she was my...

I do appreciate the comments. Barn blindness can be a real bear at times  (lol)

His back certainly isn't a strength, but the concrete floor wasn't really helping. He looks better out on pasture and I think he will get better in the coming weeks. Unfortunately I didn't have anywhere else to put him while waiting to send him out, but I was happy with how his feet stayed in...

Thank you, I think he's going to be a good option for cleaning up post-AI/ET without giving up value in the natural-service calves

Sired by JDMC Standout out of an Alta Cedar Samurai cow

Putting this guy out on cleanup duty this weekend

Most of the largest dairies are in California, and you'd be hard-pressed to find a large dairy in california that isn't also an almond producer. We even have a nearby dairyman here in MN that owns an almond farm out there. The business-savvy individuals saw the writing on the wall and got into...

I've come across a couple in my travels. The breeders made me swear to secrecy where they were and how they were bred because they didn't want the world to know they had that problem. I can assure you they are out there, but nobody wants their name tied to that so they don't let pictures get out...

Can someone explain what the Cal Poly program was all about?

There you go again using the outlier argument to spare your ego. If that was the outlier of his herd then why would he choose that as the example to mention? And with how linebred the operation is, I find it hard to believe their mature size ranges from 1200-1600. I guess my 73.89lb average...

*gasp* but did you hear him say he had 1600lb cows?? And feeds alfalfa-grass hay?? Figured you'd have crucified him for those two comments.  (lol)

Very cool video. Thanks for sharing

This is why we run our core cowherd and then bring in custom-grazing cattle for the months of really high grass growth--if things go dry then we only have to wait 14 days to cut our numbers. If it turns into a wet year we can always call around to bring in a few more animals. Plus it gets you...

Minnesota cancelled almost a month ago now

I was going to be done earlier, but the opportunity to toss that one back was too good. Despite your best efforts, we all see you for who you are.

Yeah, too bad an **edited to keep SP clean since it's served it's purpose** had to go and spew his vendetta all over it.

Extortionists