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The Virginia Cattlemen's Association (VCA) was organized in 1944 and chartered in 1953 to promote the profit potential of Virginia's cattle industry. The early objectives of VCA were to promote more effective marketing from the farm to the consumer and to present cattlemen's views to the legislature on the state and national levels. These primary objectives provide the basis for most activities of VCA today. The VCA provides many functions to Virginia's cattlemen in its day to day operations including: media relations, producer information, sponsorship of educational seminars for cattlemen on a local and statewide basis, administrative support to Virginia's Beef Check-Off program and coordination of activities with other cattle related organizations in the state. ...more

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CATTLE PRODUCERS OFFERED NATIVE GRASSES INFORMATION
An informational program and station tour of Mississippi State University's Prairie Research Unit will focus on native grass and cattle production May 31.
GROUND BEEF GETS A "RAW DEAL" IN MEDIA COVERAGE
A Mississippi State University meat scientist is describing recent media reports as irresponsible journalism that casts a shadow over established practices that make certain ground beef products healthier and safer.
RECORD KEEPING DOES NOT HAVE TO BE HARD
As calf prices increase and more volatility comes to the input side of beef production, completing the task is more important than ever and some of the loopholes or shortcuts no longer exist when it comes to profitable beef production.
ANTIBIOTICS GIVEN TO CATTLE FOR SAME REASONS AS HUMANS
In Part 2 of this series we will review the use of antibiotics in cattle, both therapeutic (injected and fed) and non-therapeutic (fed – used to address sickness or to improve animal performance), applications.
IT'S THE PITTS -- BACKGROUND CHECK
We met at high noon, she was dressed completely in green from her pilates shoes to her forest green sweatband. She wore spandex leotards, an Audubon pin and a Sierra Club tee shirt with John Muir's face on it.
HUNTIN' DAYLIGHT -- TWO SIDES OF CONSUMER RESPONSE
Consumers and the mainstream media are a fickle lot, sometimes for the good and sometimes for the bad.
USE CAUTION WHEN RESTOCKING AFTER DROUGHT
Experts with the Texas AgriLife Extension Service are advising beef cattle producers to use caution and strategic planning when thinking about restocking herds after drought.
LIPSCOMB HONORED BY ALABAMA BCIA
The Alabama Beef Cattle Improvement Association recently honored William “Bill” Lipscomb as the 2011 Richard Deese Award recipient during their Annual Meeting and Awards Program held in conjunction with the 69th Annual Alabama Cattlemen's Association Convention in Huntsville on March 31st.
CHECKOFF RELEASES BEEF TENDERNESS SURVEY
With funding from the beef checkoff, the industry has been tracking beef tenderness for 20 years with the first benchmarking survey conducted in 1990. In more recent surveys, foodservice cuts were added and a consumer sensory panel was substituted for previously used trained sensory panels because the consumer's perception of tenderness is the ultimate determinant of a cut's success.
PRODUCERS FACE SCRUTINY FROM PUBLIC OVER ANTIBIOTIC FEEDING
The use of antibiotics in food animal feeding has been a common practice for years. It has also been under fire from a variety of scientists, doctors, consumer groups and the media for years.
BLACK INK -- FAMILIAR OR LOADED WORDS
By its simplest definition, a cliché is something you have heard before. Writers are taught to avoid using them unless it is with a twist or to “shine new light on” something previously unexplored or even imagined.
IT'S THE PITTS -- OR SO I HEAR
I am one of the 10 percent of adult Americans who don't own a cell phone. It's not that I think cell phones are the work of the devil, or that they aren't handy, it's just that I am far too busy listening to other people's conversations to have one of my own.
BLACK CREST FARMS HOSTS ANNUAL SALE
The Black Crest Farms Annual Sale was held February 11, 2012 in Sumter, S.C.
THE WORLD ACCORDING TO HOOTER MCCORMICK...GULLY'S BAPTISM
If you've ever been a pallbearer, fighting to keep hold of your part of the precious cargo, lest your slip sets loose a chain reaction that ultimately upends the proverbial applecart, then you have some idea how desperate Thomas Terwilliger was becoming.
PROPER DEVELOPMENT LEADS TO PRODUCTIVE COWS
Finding common ground when it comes to developing the next generation of productive cows has always been a challenge for the beef industry.

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how to get the poop smell off your hands!
by JSCATTLE (Posted Fri, 18 May 2012 06:06:40 GMT)
Tooth paste is expensive .. It smells like mOney to me .. I just wait a few days and
The smell Is gone .. It goes with the job .

anyone NOT use mineral?
by dcara (Posted Fri, 18 May 2012 05:58:56 GMT)
Someone may have already said this, if so, here it is again.

Have your forage and/or hay tested to determine what quantity of what minerals you need to be feeding for the different animals (i.e yeairlings, heifers, bred, etc). Many mineral suppliers will do this test for free if you buy their mineral. Otherwise the test cost about $30.

Spraying weeds before/after cutting
by novatech (Posted Fri, 18 May 2012 05:47:20 GMT)
1wlimo wrote: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
And there are some newly sprouted weeds that do not respond to herbicide until they develop a few mature leaves.

AI on cows you don't see often
by hooknline (Posted Fri, 18 May 2012 05:35:56 GMT)
This is all good info. Thanks.

working sequence
by plumber_greg (Posted Fri, 18 May 2012 05:35:29 GMT)
The only thing I do different than Dun, I work the calves first. With the calves on the outside of the chute, the cows can't wait to line up and run thru the alleyway to the chute. gs

Santa bull on char x angus females
by Old_man_emu (Posted Fri, 18 May 2012 05:32:16 GMT)
Massey135 wrote:Take no advive from a man that uses a crossbred bull.
well with AI as an option, what breed would you use?

Gabbyellepaige Happy b-day
by CKC1586 (Posted Fri, 18 May 2012 05:09:32 GMT)
Have a fantabulous day!!

New Holland Tractor....Question?
by Banjo (Posted Fri, 18 May 2012 04:58:49 GMT)
Cabo wrote:How thick was the "honey"? Maybe full of oil treatment?

Not any thicker than normal that I noticed. Which by the way brings up another question \.
Do any of you use oil treatment products like Lucas oil or some of the other stuff?, I have used some but don't know if it helps or not, it sounds like it should in theory.

Genetics at Work
by KNERSIE (Posted Fri, 18 May 2012 04:08:35 GMT)
BRAFORDMAN wrote:British White is the calves daddy.

I own british white and have a few crossbred calves.

He may be docked on color, but you will be very surprised on the growth of the calf.

I friend of mine had a bull calf out of a brangus cow.
Can you say tank! The calf at 5 months old had to weigh 600lbs. He was very huge.

If the calf is a heifer, she would make a good replacement. A friend of mine had some halfblood british whites in her herd. The neighbors angus bull got in, an dnone of the cfalves looked like british whites. They were black or black motleys. She noticed that the halfblood cows didnt pass the bw color if bred to a none britihs white.

If both parents were pure enough for heterosis to have a significant effect, typically calves from bulls of nondescript breeder just grows and looks like calves from bulls of nondescript breeding....

a few pictures
by KNERSIE (Posted Fri, 18 May 2012 04:04:44 GMT)
I'm curious about that yellow calf in the background of the first pic...

JI Case 1175 Tractor Buy ?
by mnbryant2001 (Posted Fri, 18 May 2012 03:51:58 GMT)
Funny. Guess I just answered your question in another post you made here viewtopic.php?f=10&t=76379&start=45. Though by now you know some of them.

Tractor Recommendations
by mnbryant2001 (Posted Fri, 18 May 2012 03:47:33 GMT)
Stocker Steve wrote:If you don't mind having collectable equipment JI Case is one of your better values.
Built well for the day, heavy for good 2WD traction, and not the right color for most people.
You still see some good 730 or 830 w/ loader outfits around.
Case IH carries the common parts.
And Kubota orange is almost a match for JI orange

I just bought a JI Case for the wife. The trucker called it old when we loaded but I pointed out it was made on the same year she was. He swallowed hard and said how nice the rubber was.

What model? Your right about the price on them. Though some have there problems. Dad bought a Case 1175 in 1972. She is in the yard. Grew up on it and figure it will outlast me. The clutch will put you in pain if you mash it to many times in one day. The brakes were never good and shifting is not the best. But that Cummings turbo 451 is the bomb. Other than standard service the hydro pump and clutch have been replaced twice. The handpump on the steering was repalced 3 years ago and I rebuilt the front end at that time because Dad hit a cattle trail leading into the creek and put her on the ground. The rebuild was needed though. Never have replaced but one radiator hose. The radiator is 40 years old. Never seen one last that long on a car. I plan to celebrate it's 80'th year if I last that long. I see them sell on occasion from $4000 to $6000. Parts are still around and last I checked the engine could be rebuilt locally for $3000. Cheap for 125 hp. And if you get that baby stuck you really shouldn't have been there in the first place.Been done and you can take a bath in the hole it leaves!

breeding back question
by dun (Posted Fri, 18 May 2012 02:00:31 GMT)
If you start breeding july 1 your first calf will be due April 9, you need to determine when you want to calve, spring/summer/fall.
This link is to a gestation table: http://www.cattletoday.com/gestation.shtml
We spring calve (Early February through late March) pretty much because of the weather and feeding issues of a wet cow and small calf during the winter.
In your case, if you don;t mind the fall calving issues you could breed the cows that have calved already starting about now and hold the later calvers over for breeding for fall calves. If you don;t want to deal with fall calving you could breed everything as he start to cycle post calving and sell the preg checked late calvers in the fall when you wean.

I don't know why but....
by 1wlimo (Posted Fri, 18 May 2012 01:08:52 GMT)
going the natural route is not a way to find out that so called natural remedies do not work. If you manage your grazing properly you do not need to use wormer of any sort because you have managed the problem away. Reducing the use of medications and chemicals requires a higher level of management not the same or reduced level

Daily Joke
by Cabo (Posted Fri, 18 May 2012 00:32:15 GMT)
Even with the teeth in a glass.

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