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Beef Breeds

Started this discussion. Last reply by Aaron Braunschweig Feb 9, 2011. 4 Replies

cow/calf vs backgrounding operation

Started this discussion. Last reply by David Ernst Feb 1, 2011. 1 Reply

feeder calves

Started this discussion. Last reply by Jake_NEIA Dec 1, 2010. 2 Replies

 

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Aaron Braunschweig replied to Jake_NEIA's discussion Beef Breeds
"Angus/Red Angus, Gelbvieh, Simmental(provided they're moderate in size), or a Gelbvieh/Angus or SimmAngus cross. I love the combination of fleshing ease, mothering ability, and carcass qualities a nice Angus crossed with a Gelbvieh or Simmental…"
Feb 9, 2011
Cheryl Livengood replied to Jake_NEIA's discussion Beef Breeds
"We run Angus and Balancer cows.  All very tame, good Mommas, good milking ability, good graziers, good beef and excellent growing calves. "
Feb 7, 2011
brad123 replied to Jake_NEIA's discussion Beef Breeds
"We are currently switching our herd from charolais/ red angus cows to black and black baldies.. We have been using Double red shorthorn bulls for quite a few years and have been very happy with them"
Feb 7, 2011
Jake_NEIA posted a discussion

Beef Breeds

Lets discuss the different beef breeds. Temperment, mothering ability, grazing ability, production, hardiness, etc JakeSee More
Feb 4, 2011
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David Ernst replied to Jake_NEIA's discussion cow/calf vs backgrounding operation
"Having good breeding stock is a longterm investment.  Backgrounding, besides the additional facilities can be adjusted a little more on the short term.  Like I said, you will have a little more costs in facilites with backgrounding in…"
Feb 1, 2011
Jake_NEIA posted a discussion

cow/calf vs backgrounding operation

Lets weigh the pros and cons of having a backgrounding operation vs a cow/calf operation just in general. Which would be more profitable? Which would be easier to get started in? I'm from a dairy operation, so not overly familiar w/ beef animals. However, I can grasp the basics and am good with animal husbandry. JakeSee More
Feb 1, 2011
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Jake_NEIA replied to Cade Christensen's discussion Getting Loans
"I got the $5000 youth loan when I was 15, 16? years old....I'm now 22. I bought dairy cattle with my loan. I bought 5 hd through out the life of my loan. by the time i was 18 and graduated high school i was pushing 20 hd. After I'd get…"
Jan 28, 2011
Jake_NEIA replied to Jake_NEIA's discussion feeder calves
"Thanks for the reply. The barn is already paid for. The TMR probably won't be used this summer, but might be a possibility in a year or two. Biggest catchup I'm having with TMR is getting a fenceline feeding system that can be used from…"
Dec 1, 2010
David Ernst replied to Jake_NEIA's discussion feeder calves
"Is raising these calves the only thing that will be paying off the shed? You may need more numbers of claves and throughout the year. Using the TMR to feed the ration over the summer could stretch your pasture out to more calves. Its not as cheap as…"
Nov 29, 2010
Jake_NEIA posted a discussion

feeder calves

Hello,I built a 30x40 barn this spring/summer. I'm looking to utilize my barn and make money this late winter/spring. So here is my idea I'm looking for feedback on. I'd purchase a group of say 24 calves @ 250-300 lbs in Feb...When nobody wants them. Feed them until April/May and sell say 16 hd @ 400-450 lbs in the Iowa Farm Beurea Spokesman to people looking for calves to put on grass....When historically cattle prices peak. The remaining 8 hd I could easily background by rotational grazing my…See More
Nov 24, 2010
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Jan 26, 2010
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Dec 22, 2009
Jake_NEIA replied to Keith Baker's discussion Orchard grass over corn
"Use a discbine and mow the residue, rake it, bale it, and either sell the bales or feed them. The discbine will remove the most residue off the field. Then you could no til your grass. Either way you do it there will be some corn residue in the…"
Oct 24, 2009
Bruce Fecteau replied to Jake_NEIA's discussion Help me name my business
"Hey Jake. How 'bout........ Circle J Heifers"
Sep 16, 2009
CB Sowder replied to Jake_NEIA's discussion Help me name my business
"heifers by Jake heifers by George"
Sep 15, 2009
Rachel M. Fishback replied to Jake_NEIA's discussion Help me name my business
"I think you should look up in old plat books for the name of that creek. They ALL had names way back when. Stoney Creek Livestock Johnson's Family Farms Johnson's Cattle Estate Meadows on Stoney Creek You can also go to a free thesaurus…"
Sep 15, 2009
My name is Jake. I'm 20 years old and live in Northeast Iowa. I was born and raised on a dairy farm. My dad still milks about 20 cows and has a small farrow to finish operation. My brother in law milks about 30 cows. I started my own herd as a sophomore in high school, and run them with my brother in laws herd.

I went to a community college for dairy science and now I'm out in the big ol' scary world. I have been custom raising calves for my brother in law on my grandpas farm. Grandpa row crops 800+/- acres at 72 years old with my dads help. Grandpa is looking into retiring this year and I hope to take over part of the row crop operation and expand my custom calf raising business.

I'm a pretty laid back, easy going person. I hope to meet some new people on here. Anything else ya wanna know give me a holler.....

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At 9:55pm on April 25, 2009, Kristine Kohlhaas said…
hey- sorry it's been awhile. School is busy, but almost done for the year! We got started with field work about 2 and a half weeks ago. Some people were planting already then! We are still working ground but will get our planter in soon. Hope everything goes well for you this spring. Keep me posted
At 11:23am on April 6, 2009, Laura said…
Definately missed your post until now... Sorry! I'm an Ag Business major. But wish I could be in your shoes living the dream (farming) already! After graduation I plan to work for a seed company in North Central Iowa. Latham Hi-Tech Seeds is the company. I'm working for them now and love it! All the people are great and they still believe in providing that hometown service that many big companies these days lack. I like being able to give ideas and work together in teams that they really allow that to happen even though I'm only part time for now. Eventually I hope to farm though.
At 9:12pm on March 24, 2009, Kristine Kohlhaas said…
ok sounds like a plan!
At 8:12pm on March 23, 2009, Kristine Kohlhaas said…
well I want to stay in Iowa...preferably on a farm somewhat near home, but anywhere in Iowa is fine. Since I am an evironmental Ag engineer and agronomist, I can pretty much work anywhere...even the DNR. I'm really excited to get through school and work in the world of AG
At 6:17pm on March 22, 2009, Kristine Kohlhaas said…
yea I'm a freshman. I took those senior pics at my uncles pond...actually that horse is the result of me, my cousins and uncles, a case of beer and a torch. lol
At 5:17pm on March 22, 2009, Kristine Kohlhaas said…
hey yea West Bend isn't all that far from Independence. I actually have a friend from there. He also goes to ISU with me. His name is Jake Lentz. I'm not sure if you know him, but he's an Ag E with me
At 1:24am on March 22, 2009, Laura said…
Hi Jake, ISU's really good I'm enjoying it and sort of sad it'll be coming to an end in the next year. You're right Nora Springs is northwest of Waterloo. Glad to see another Iowan on here!
At 7:11pm on March 17, 2009, jeremy gerow said…
they all come from one farms thats milking about 1400 this makes keeping track of the animals easy so some guy doesnt get back someone elses heifers. my in laws live around the corner from the milking farm and they raise them from birth to 3 months then i take them from 3 till 60 days before freashing . you might want to think real hard on going to 350 or 400 you would be a CAFO then and have to meet all requirements . thats why i dont want to get any more than 300 .. i know what a hassle CAFO is we used to milk 700 cows and had 700 heifers . only thing with getting them all from one farm is your eggs are in one basket make sure you have something else to live on like i also sell feed and do a little trucking
At 8:52pm on March 16, 2009, jeremy gerow said…
yes we currenly raise replacemet heifers we work on a per day board basics i have 209 animals right now but am buying a farm up the road so i can go to 300 head we also put up feed for a couple other dairyies and sell corn silage. what are you thinking of doing with heifers ? tip its nice to deal with a farm thats big enough that the calves come in fast enough so they are uniform in size to make nice groups
At 7:17pm on March 14, 2009, t_head said…
No, that will be a research and production site. I work with the sales team.

What type of nursery business exactly do you have? My wife was loves flowers, and was looking for something to fund her gardening habit, so she picked this up. She's sold at farmer's markets, and has done a wedding, with another 1 or so booked for this summer. To wet to work in the beds yet, but we put up the greenhouse today. She has several flats of plants started in the basement about ready to move out when the weather's fit. She's talked about expanding to start selling plants in addition to the cut stems, but not sure what the best direction to go is, she has a pretty small, basic operation right now. Maybe we should swap some notes sometime.

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