3 Ways to Make Your Hereford Calving Season More Productive + a Bonus Video #1 -Mark Your Calendar for Beginning Calving Date Know when to prepare….. & prepare 2 weeks ahead of your calving date. Doctors call it “EXPECTING”...
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Calving Season can make your nervous. But have everything in place and you can sleep easy. The very FIRST thing is to write down when you started breeding. When the Hereford bull is loaded in the trailer & before you open the gate...
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Calving Preparation saves Time, Money & Disappointments. There’s a rewarding feeling during the calving season but get caught unprepared and with a poor setup, the struggles will be expensive and unpleasant memories. ...
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Can you manage your Hereford bull? Everything revolves around him, or at least he thinks so! But, he’s not too far from the truth! After all the dirt throwing, romping around, and bellowing is done, the Hereford bull is still a beast that...
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If you think that a Breeding Soundness Exam on your bull is just too expensive and only made for high class breeding stock. Think Again! Any bull can become infertile. The lost income or a herd with a staggered calving season will not be...
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Bull Performance Matters I’ve developed a 5 x 7 card for recording important information on each bull in your herd. Just like the Cow Production Cards, this is a quick and easy reference to manage your livestock. Whether your herd is...
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From our Hereford Farm to your farm, Cow & Bull Production Cards. Here is one of the best management tools that I have used in our Hereford cattle operation. I even provide a production card for every Hereford cow, heifer, & bull that I...
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It’s just plain HOT! Summer always is. It’s that dreadful humidity and even Hereford cattle dislike it. But manage heat stress & you will determine how many cattle are for sale next year. The high temperatures plus humidity make...
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When I mention record keeping for cattle, I just don’t get much of a discussion. The talk goes much like this: “Well, I’ve purchased Cattle Max but never really used it. Or, I’ve downloaded a spreadsheet from this site but...
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The type of mineral feeder and it’s location may be more important than the kind of mineral that you purchase. With all the options for minerals, sometimes we overlook and overspend & still miss the target. The location of your...
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The little horn fly is one of the most profit robbing pests for us here in NC. The pestilence is costly either to the herd’s production or to the producer’s pocket. It’s best to confront the problem head-on than to take your...
More infoThis month, we will focus on best ways to control those pests. Horn flies, face flies, biting flies, and all kinds of worms that make our cattle miserable and steal weight gain. In addition to finding the most effective product and using it on...
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