@TroyHadrick That’s a good idea. Sometimes it’s too cold to tag when we are calving. We have a stack of hip tags we apply to the calf if this happens. They stay on for about a month. Although the tube of glue dries out between calving seasons…
@BlairGilmore13 We don’t do creep on pasture, just at home. This is our first time having Decoquinate. It’s working very well. We might try something different when this feed runs out.
@krauslana30 We do a&d e&selenium, calfguard, enforce and a tag at birth. Toltazerol at a couple days old. This is our first year with enforce due to some extra illness last yr. But I think a lot of our problems stemmed from an E deficiency. Christmas -Feb caving
Wrapped straw bales.
When our quality and quantity of straw is good and close to home we bale and wrap it. It stays in excellent shape for years, with zero spoilage. We don’t have to waste resources running after poor swaths or hauling bales extra miles. Bales are easy to
I’ve got the hay pen on point this year. Not over stuffed but enough if I need to flip some pens on short notice. And of course snacks for the pretty new mamas.
This yr we wanted to make 2 breeding groups, so we needed another watering spot. Mathews up-cycled board trough is pretty nifty. We have plans next summer we make something a little more permanent. #waterer#Manitoba#cattle#mbp#calving#commercialcows
@AllamFarmer Oh it absolutely is more input than it needs to be. I just really like playing with spreadsheets for forecasting budgets. I run our business off of quickbooks and farm off of ag ex. I really like how I can print off specific reports to use in my spreadsheets.
@AllamFarmer I’ve got a 2 budget styles. 1 spreadsheet is for cashflow it’s only calculated 6 mths out so it’s accurate. I change it anywhere from 0-10 times/day bc it’s very dependent on real life. My other is a big picture projection, usually for 2 yrs out. It uses past ave’s & projections