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That is a difficult question to answer. According to Drovers, pasture rent varied from $128/acre in Snohomish County, Washington to $0.60/acre in Culberson County, Texas. Average rent for 2017 was $12.50/acre, but average is likely not what you will pay. Drovers has a map that shows average rent...

I had not thought of the ear connection with the tongue. He's performing good enough to be a bucket calf for our 8 year old. I'm guessing he may struggle to keep up in the feedlot this fall. Thanks for your insights!

His face appears normal to me. For awhile, I thought his snout may be narrow, but when I compare him to our Angus heifer calf that is a couple of days younger, he's very comparable with a little bit larger head. In the photo, it may appear that he has a slight under bite, but when feeding a...

I'm bottle feeding a couple of calves and one has issues with his tongue that affects his ability to nurse. I've checked some past related posts on this site and a few on other sites. Still looking for some advice. The bull calf with the tongue issue is not mine. We keep our few cows with...

Thanks Mark! No doubt that some bulls are marketed harder than others and I see what you are saying with Cowboy Up. I also like what you are saying about Xcalibur 32X. Frey Angus Ranch's top two bulls on his February sale were both out of Xcaliber 32X too. I will have to keep him in mind. Do...

We are relatively new to selling breeding stock (seven years with a six cow herd). I concur on some of the previous posters. We sold our first Angus heifers private treaty by listing them on Craigslist. Got 'em sold, but didn't hardly cover our expenses. Then we started showing and selling...

Looking at some power and performance Angus bulls for a flush mating. Love the performance and phenotype of HA Cowboy Up 5405, but I'm a bit scared by his actual 99 lb. birth weight. I see that his CED is +8, but we we've seen some outliers in our herd pop up with calving ease sires before. His...

I'm resurrecting this thread as I've been looking for the same answers to this previous post. It has not garnered any replies, but has been read 1,352 times, so there must be interest. We have a small Angus herd, a very small herd. We've marketed 3 bulls in 8 years, but have sold a dozen...

Used a few times for the last two years. 0 - bulls 5 - heifers missed on one heat Fortunately, my son named his operation Noble Farm, as in no-bull farm. We also have a much better market for heifers than bulls. Love the calves! Everyone has been a keeper and three of the best four heifers...

I will try to post some pics of a couple of Insight heifers that we have. So far, I LOVE them! The one heifer I almost let get away. Tried to sell her dam last summer as a bred heifer for $3,500. Didn't generate much interest, but I don't know that I'd part with her Insight calf if offered...

It has been over a year since this post was active and we are interested in using him in our small Angus herd. I was curious what recent calf crops have looked like out of him. Virtually all of our calves end up in the show ring and we've built up a small but strong base of customers in our...

My son got in the Angus business in 2006 as a 4-H project. We bought a couple of heifers from my wife's uncle in South Dakota and it has been one of the best development tools for building kids/young adults. Anyway, my son named his operation Noble Farm, because we have "no bulls" to breed...

We are heading to the NE State Fair this week, and I'm curious who are the calves to watch for in the 4-H market beef show? We are also exhibiting in the open class Angus show for the first time and I'm excited to see how our tiny herd competes.

They are Furst-McNess cubes and guaranteed 26% protein, 8% fat, 10% fiber, 0.7% phosphorus. The DDG comes from local/regional ethanol plants.

When the pasture was really good, they were getting about a pound a day of range cubes plus Vitaferm Concept-Aid 8/S prior to breeding and when the pasture was fresh. We had them on the Vitaferm with range cubes prior to going on pasture because the hay was marginal at calving time and the one...

Minimal clover in the pasture. These photos are from 10 days prior to breeding. The one picture shows our oldest cow with her calf. This Vermilion Payweight/Stockman 365 cow is the foundation for the entire herd. The second photo shows the supposed to be bred heifers behind a March calf. Only...

We have had an extremely unusual breeding season. Of note, we have a tiny herd and are hobby cattlemen. After 6 years of over 70% success with AIing our cows and heifers, we hit on only 22% of them this year. It has been a humbling and expensive lesson and I'm curious if anybody else has had a...

We hit a slow spot in our feeding program at a similar point for feeding calves that were nearly finished. In both pens where we feed, we started adding some Vitaferm back into our mix and within 10 days they have increased their appetite by about 10 lbs/day. We also had to adjust our evening...

Depth Charge is great for adding... depth. If you are looking to add performance or ADG, you should probably not use this product. One of the side benefits of using this product is to hold an animal that has reached its desired weight. Depth Charge expands when it gets wet, preferrably in the...

It is important to understand that all fans are not created equally. For example, many ceiling fans sold in discount home improvement stores are more for looks than performance. An engineer friend of mine calls them decorative noise makers. While I have not found any detailed specifications...