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    05-23-2017, 05:38 PM
    Lead Cow replied to a thread Live Export Heifers in General Dairy Topics
    Back in 2002 we purchased a bunch of animals from up on the Murray . It does take quite a while for them to make the adjustment to down here . At...
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    05-22-2017, 06:05 PM
    Lead Cow replied to a thread Live Export Heifers in General Dairy Topics
    Have you been involved in putting cows or young stock on the boat across Bass strait in the past ? Just wondered how they handle the trip .
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    05-22-2017, 05:54 PM
    Lead Cow replied to a thread How to get time off in Business Management
    Seems like a good idea . Do women make better calf rearers than men ? At least in the early stages .
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    05-21-2017, 09:14 PM
    Lead Cow replied to a thread Live Export Heifers in General Dairy Topics
    Generally pretty good, last batch one was rejected due to a broken white and black fetlock and another because she had a missing NLIS and we had none...
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    05-21-2017, 05:58 PM
    Lead Cow replied to a thread Live Export Heifers in General Dairy Topics
    Various reasons such as they're often the youngest born late season, they don't keep up to their bigger counterparts reproductively and productively...
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    05-21-2017, 07:42 AM
    cousinit replied to a thread Planting 2017 in General Dairy Topics
    Thermostat is set on 65 & the furnace runs nearly every day. Not good for growing crops. It's been one of the coldest springs I can remember. ...
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    05-21-2017, 07:02 AM
    cousinit replied to a thread Planting 2017 in General Dairy Topics
    70% of Manitowoc County alfalfa was winterkilled. One of our fields looked great, & 2 of them looked pretty bad. We don't care as we rented them...
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    05-20-2017, 06:30 PM
    Lead Cow replied to a thread Who owns cattle DNA ? in Reproduction
    Well , they'll sort it out in court before long but I hope the patent is thrown out .
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    05-20-2017, 06:24 PM
    Lead Cow replied to a thread Planting 2017 in General Dairy Topics
    For weather patterns there is a heap of difference . I've been to all the major dairying areas in NZ . The better areas have very reliable seasons ....
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    05-20-2017, 10:48 AM
    cousinit replied to a thread Going off BST in Herd Health
    Elanco rep said they sell a whole lot of Posilac in Cali & Idaho. Manufacturing of product is going gangbusters. That's what he said.
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    05-19-2017, 06:53 PM
    Lead Cow replied to a thread Live Export Heifers in General Dairy Topics
    We have too many ourselves to even think of buying . I'd never thought much about selling cattle in Tassie being more limiting but guess it figures...
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    05-19-2017, 06:39 PM
    Lead Cow started a thread Who owns cattle DNA ? in Reproduction
    Saw this mentioned on TV last night http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/breakfast/who-owns-cattle-dna/8540616 Seems like a can of worms ?
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    05-19-2017, 04:12 AM
    Lead Cow replied to a thread Live Export Heifers in General Dairy Topics
    Thanks for sharing @Lead Cow, it is great to read a good news story. We haven't really slowed our in-farm export opportunities @BLOOMFIELD and in...
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    05-19-2017, 04:07 AM
    Lead Cow replied to a thread Live Export Heifers in General Dairy Topics
    Well , we haven't sold any for a couple of years but if prices are good it's worth considering for sure . Any old hojo heifer calf at our...
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    05-18-2017, 11:01 PM
    Lead Cow started a thread Live Export Heifers in General Dairy Topics
    Prices are looking up for international demand...
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    05-14-2017, 11:19 PM
    Lead Cow started a thread Over Production in General Dairy Topics
    In today's paper I'm reading of reports that milk is being dumped in at least four states and regions, with manufacturing capacity insufficient to...
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    05-12-2017, 03:58 AM
    Lead Cow replied to a thread Milk price in Business Management
    Guessing you are with Fonterra ? I don't fully understand about the extra 40 cents that current and resuming suppliers receive but not available...
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    05-11-2017, 04:58 PM
    cousinit replied to a thread Ag worker bill in Business Management
    I'll share my name, address & phone number, if you want, in a PM. I'm trying to figure out why this has been an unsolved issue in our country.
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    05-11-2017, 03:53 PM
    cousinit replied to a thread Ag worker bill in Business Management
    Safe places are for liberals, of which i am definitely not. Yes, your mistake. But I've still to receive an answer on why this hasn't been...
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    05-11-2017, 12:11 PM
    cousinit replied to a thread Ag worker bill in Business Management
    El Jefe, you're the one who needs a safe place, not me. It takes alot to offend me, but what you did in that post was hit & run. I think Congress...
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    05-11-2017, 11:41 AM
    cousinit replied to a thread Ag worker bill in Business Management
    Have it your way. Legal status will resolve some issues, but bring them different issues. I'm obviously not the only "obtuse" person on this...
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    05-11-2017, 10:24 AM
    cousinit replied to a thread Ag worker bill in Business Management
    And calling me names isn't going to cut it. I'm trying to have a dialogue here. What did I say that you don't agree with?
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    05-11-2017, 10:07 AM
    cousinit replied to a thread Ag worker bill in Business Management
    I guess I am. What am I missing? We even had a guy come here with a Mexican ID who'd been working for area farmers for ten years with no more...
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    05-11-2017, 09:41 AM
    cousinit replied to a thread Ag worker bill in Business Management
    Why do they want this? You say it's better than what we have now. Why? Every Mexican that wants to work is working. Every Mexican that wants to...
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    05-11-2017, 09:33 AM
    cousinit replied to a thread Going off BST in Herd Health
    Your cows milk 95 #? I forget if you milk 3x but beefers should have high components.
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    05-11-2017, 09:21 AM
    cousinit replied to a thread Ag worker bill in Business Management
    Ok but what do they want? This wasnt an immigration bill. They want to "guarantee" that illegals won't get deported so long as they work in ag...
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    05-11-2017, 08:54 AM
    cousinit replied to a thread Going off BST in Herd Health
    5# cottonseed holy moly no wonder you had good components. We cut back to 2# years ago when cotton started going sky high.
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    05-11-2017, 08:51 AM
    cousinit replied to a thread Going off BST in Herd Health
    People here will narc on you. Neighbors or employees with an axe to grind. Or if the fieldman stops by unannounced & sees syringes.
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    05-11-2017, 02:51 AM
    cousinit replied to a thread Going off BST in Herd Health
    We don't have that experience here. Are we the only ones that have persistent-milking cows?
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    05-11-2017, 02:47 AM
    cousinit replied to a thread Going off BST in Herd Health
    Early 80's was a bad deal for all economic sectors, but by the mid 80's Holstein heifer calves were selling for $200 minimum.
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