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I believe this topic pops up on here from time to time. It’s a struggle many of us are familiar with. A recent article is making the rounds on socials: https://thelifeofafarmer.com/2023/04/14/the-struggle-to-find-a-work-life-balance/ Surprisingly, and sadly, there’s a small portion of people...

(The purchaser isn’t making a big deal out of this so it probably won’t ever be concluded. This is only for internet opinionz) I sold this calf in June. Add on a couple hundred pounds and a couple inches of horns. (Here’s a poor photo from the week before it left) Buyer says this is the...

Just came out on Netflix here. Giving it a watch. It’s been mentioned in a couple other threads but deserves one of its own. Message is simple and fairly clear. Keep the soil healthy. Keep the soil covered. There are parts that are annoying. Spray planes when talking about glyphosate. GMOs...

Anyone taking photos of it? I haven’t put mine on the computer yet in case they’re fuzzy or noisy or something else disappointing, so I’m just enjoying them on camera :LOL:

This one could have betting potential. Any advice appreciated, I am working with a couple vets for treatment and hope, just the whole thing is being weird. Then again, my mastitis experience is limited. 2013 model Fleckvieh. Calves were weaned in September. No issues noted until December. All...

So this forum is full of international members poking our noses out here and there. Sometimes there's even questions from the UK about Canada which people are generally kind enough to tag me in because I'm worse than awful for seeing them myself :LOL: The last couple of years I've done a Day a...

Anyone use them? Advice? Experiences? Photos of before and after. Got a couple heifers I never got around to disbudding when they were younger. Now I’m thinking about horn weights instead of dehorning.

I seen this posted asking cow folks what they saw. The answers were quite interesting, especially when self professed cow experts had answers that ended up being... rather out to left field. FYI, once someone sees and says one thing, that's all you're going to see :LOL:

Are there any increased risks or difficulties for a cow having multiple c sections? C’s really aren’t put up with here but with the numbers I’ve seen from BB calvings Id think someone over there may have experience with cows requiring c sections for more than one birth. My thought was there...

I have a Patriot P5 fencer that has always worked very good but started struggling last fall. Despite all the fence clearing, spot fixing and anything else I’ve thought of or know to do it just isn’t what it used to be. But it’s also shorting out on the ground rod. My electrically challenged...

Been reading up on this lately. Anyone here done it? Successes, failures, suggestions? Not sure how feasible it is in a lot of the UK. Frosts may not be the most reliable thing there compared to other places. Up North maybe. Hoping to give it a shot this spring if the snow disappears in time...

It's that time of year. Every January and February I just really want to garden. More so than even in summer when I have to actually make myself do garden work :bag: The last couple of years I've just done a few things in a couple of beds. I don't have a large garden plot or a tractor or...

I seen a neat idea on Facebook that I thought would be fun to try. After further thinking I thought I would also share it here as many members don't experience such seasonal differences as this area. The goal is to take photos of the same view once a month. I've chosen three views around the...

I just don't understand some of the hay producers here. People are already whining about the price of hay this year (whole other rant about them) and the same old hay producers are replying they need to charge such high prices because yields are low, land and equipment costs are high. Some had...

Now I know this has been talked about before, but I suck at remembering things LOL I've done posts and a blog on stuff that beef cattle get here regarding antibiotics, vaccines, implants, feed supplements, feed, etc. and I know in comparison, you guys give almost next to nothing. But what I...

You guys seem to have more handy gadgets over there. Or just know about and use them more. MooCall blew my mind - I'd never herd of it before! And your ultrasound scanners are about a tenth of the price of any you can find here. You also have reusable RFID tags... One day a girl can hope to have...

Not to be confused with a debate about freeing an encarcerated @martin gribbon Especially as I don't think he's currently locked up. At least afaik :eek: An idle question about free martins in calves appeared on Facebook this evening. It brought out some interesting, and to me ridiculous...

http://www.cbc.ca/m/news/business/beef-cattle-prices-bounce-back-to-record-highs-1.2932006 It's a crap article in that it doesn't actually say what the prices are right now (n) But it gives a basic perspective for cattle in Canada right now. Ill see if I can find a more specific article...

http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2014/12/05/antelope-hill-provincial-park_n_6279522.html?ir=Canada+Alberta This lovely guy donated his entire ranch for use as a Provincial park. That area is fairly wild to begin with and almost the closest you can get to pristine prairie these days. I'm super...

Last week seen an outbreak of Avian Influenza in the Fraser Valley of BC. Been 10 years now since the last outbreak there. There's also currently an outbreak in the Netherlands which I'm sure you've heard about. The restricted area for this leads all the way up to the Alberta boarder so it...