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Florida's cattle industry ranks in the top 15 in the US. It is mostly cow/calf production with very little feedyard or processing capacity. Florida's ranchers are comitted to conservation of the states natural resources. Cattle producers provide jobs for state residents and support a wide variety of businesses such as feed companies, equipment dealers and fertilizer manufacturers. Additionally, Florida's ranchers are strong supporters of Florida's youth. From county fairs to scholarship contests, they have worked hard to give back to theie communities.

Real estate developers are quickly buying up what is left of Florida's pristine ranch land. In an industry with historically low profit margins, it is hard for a rancher to give up cash bonanza for selling their land.

Florida once was a farm rich state, but with continued population growth and development, it is becoming a more urbanized region each year.

The Florida Cattlemen's Association works to create a greater understanding among Florida citizens of the problems faced by cattle ranchers and fact that rural and urban interests are interconnected and interdependent.

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Genetics at Work
by bigbluegrass (Posted Thu, 17 May 2012 14:34:33 GMT)
I bet that bull wants a paternity test..

Fuel additive for smoke.
by dieselbeef (Posted Thu, 17 May 2012 14:32:45 GMT)
like my avatar??

Milk Fever from clover
by bigbluegrass (Posted Thu, 17 May 2012 14:32:35 GMT)
You are close! Heck I can dang near spit and hit Maysville. Why don't you tell your brother Judge executive to drop the taxes some.... just saying. Heck, seems like they just raise the taxes every year for the sake of raising them. Don't make me send my wife down there to show them how to operate that place, she'll be cussing them out for leaving lights on and tell them they don't need ac - no new trucks either.. hahaha

photos from May
by Kathie in Thorp (Posted Thu, 17 May 2012 14:27:08 GMT)
All the critters look content. Good pics!

Diseases with no Cure
by bigbluegrass (Posted Thu, 17 May 2012 14:24:34 GMT)
Johne's - more of a problem in dairy cows in general. No cure I know of. They don't show symptoms for years. Have not had it personally, but I do fear it.

New Holland Tractor....Question?
by Banjo (Posted Thu, 17 May 2012 14:14:42 GMT)
It had about 3100 hrs on it when I bought it and after I washed the mud off of it where I had fed hay with it since Jan., I seen the oil filter had 3027 wrote on it or something close, so I have put on about a 100 hrs on it(now 3147) so I probably wouldn't have had to change it. But when I would pull the dipstick the oil looked just like honey. my neighbor said his was the same way, but he could have been guessing about the reasons why.

Spraying weeds before/after cutting
by 1wlimo (Posted Thu, 17 May 2012 13:40:58 GMT)
bird dog wrote:If your rye grass is covering the plant, most of your herbicide will not reach the leaves. Two years ago when we had similar conditions we shredded to about 4" and then waited 2-3 weeks to let the weeds recover and leaf out. The poison then reached the desired plant and 90% of the broom weed was knocked out. Even with last years drought it was easy to see where we miss with the sprayer the year before as the broom weed was the only thing left that the cows didn't eat.

I agree with you bird dog

It is generally much easier to kill a fast growing smaller plant than a large and more mature one. The fresh young leaves will take up the chemical much easier

Will cattle clean up the woods
by herofan (Posted Thu, 17 May 2012 13:08:13 GMT)
agmantoo wrote:I permit my herd to have access to areas in the woods from time to time. I like to be able to see into the trees and the cattle eat the poison oak and clean up the small trees. Silvopasture is a recognized and promoted method of combining forestry and grazing of domesticated animals in a mutually beneficial manner.

Beautiful! That's how ours looked 20 years ago. Now you can barely walk thorough it.

CATTLE DEATHS FROM IVOMEC
by SSGenetics (Posted Thu, 17 May 2012 13:01:49 GMT)
TexasBred wrote:FARMR have you also had probelms with sulfur in CGF and DDGs??

Say it aint so....

Lost my first calf
by TennesseeTuxedo (Posted Thu, 17 May 2012 12:45:23 GMT)
I thought the answer to that one was "dentist", agmantoo.

...does not compute...
by Brute 23 (Posted Thu, 17 May 2012 12:43:58 GMT)
1982vett wrote:Jogeephus wrote:Vett, if it started raining out there would you even know what to do?
Your right about that... Had another one pass over us a couple days ago....rained real good north and south of us...very little on us.

Same here last week. They had 8" couple miles south and 4" couple miles north. We squeezed out 1.5" and thats gone by now.

Best Angus cross
by Cross breeder #1 (Posted Thu, 17 May 2012 12:42:13 GMT)
were both correct all im saying is that its possible.

here is the lyrics guess the song and artist
by ALACOWMAN (Posted Thu, 17 May 2012 12:16:34 GMT)
429421blkangus wrote:Corb Lund is one of the great storytellers of the music world and doesn't get the credit he deserves. His band and songs are a refreshing change from the Nashville style of "country" these days which seems to mean being a cowboy means being a redneck hillbilly from down south that has never seen a cow but wears a cowboy hat and drives a truck (not that there is anything wrong with the south or that there aren't real cowboys down there, don't think that's my point). For a northern cowboy there isn't much to relate to there. Canadian singer/songwriters Corb Lund, Tim Hus and Ian Tyson give a western style of country that relates as much to the northern states as much as it does to southern Canada. Corb grew up on a ranch and really understands the life of a working ranch cowboy and the rodeo life as well, kind of a modern Ledoux with songs like "Chinook Wind", "Hurtin' Albertan", "The Horse i Rode in on" andd many others. I can honestly say there isn't a single one of his songs i've found i don't like. If you're looking for real cowboy music again, check him out on youtube or itunes! i was starting to blush there for a second,,,i'll take old country..western swing and cowboy music anyday

gyp at trainer's
by Howdyjabo (Posted Thu, 17 May 2012 11:35:32 GMT)
Paying Some money upfront to get a dog started is well worth it if you don't have the time/skills to do it yourself.
the secret is lots of time put in almost everyday for a month or more- hit and miss training over an extended period doesn't work well for MOST dogs. I have had the occasional dog that I just took to work and they basically trained themselves, thats pretty rare.
Trainers will dedicate the time to get it done and have the skills to get it done faster(if the dog cooperates).

Problem is that most people think that 30-60 days will give them a problem free dog they can just go to work with- and that is unreasonable in most cases.More time and training time is needed, but hit and miss training(or on the job training) will be more effective at this point.

MOST dogs don't hit their stride until they have been working for a year or more. And usually in that time I have threatened to shoot almost everyone for being worthless, luckily I am not trigger happy and most will work thru their issues and end up being worth keeping around.

I won't train a heeler either , they just work different and you can't train them like a fetching dog.

Unknow sire
by vclavin (Posted Thu, 17 May 2012 11:25:35 GMT)
dun wrote:The cows name doesn;t happen to me Mary does it?

Would you believe Wilma? May change it to Mary though. LOL
Valerie

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