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01/30/12, 11:00 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Michigan
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We have one Dexter, AI'ed to a Lowline. Kind of interested in pure bred lowline in the future.
I like the lottery sign-off, HillRunner. We've got a neighbor who says the best way to make a million bucks farming is to start off with three.
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01/30/12, 01:29 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: FL
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We have a Guernsey, Ayrshire, and a Jersey as well as a Guernsey heifer calf and a Jersey/Angus heifer calf. Guernsey and Ayrshire are my favorite breeds but we bought the Jersey because we needed more milk as our Ayrshire is dry right now. She is a nice little cow.
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01/30/12, 01:53 PM
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Location: Central WI
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holstein normally but currently we have crosses with very little holstein in the mix
shorthorn heifer
shorthorn/swedish red bull
holstein jersey/swedish red bull
holstein angus/swedish red steer
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01/30/12, 02:12 PM
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Udderly Happy!
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Location: Oklahoma
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Jersey and ayrshire........................too many to feed properly right not!!!
Sold the beef herd due to drought and probably won't go back into it that big.............EVER!
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"The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much" James 5:16
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01/30/12, 02:27 PM
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Alberta Farmgirl
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Alberta, Canada (Not the USA!)
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Don't have any now, but we backgrounded commercial mix-bred stocker steers. Breeds included Angus, Red Angus, Charolais, Simmental, Limousin, Shorthorn and Hereford.
Now the neighbor we rent the land to puts Holstein, Jersey and Brown Swiss cattle in in the summers to keep the grass down.
Sure miss those beefers... 
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01/30/12, 02:49 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: MO
Posts: 914
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I have 8 Jerseys...4 cows, 3 heifers, and a bull. We are crossbreeding the cows this year to Wagyu and Montbeliarde.
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Parents to Danial, Jacob, Isaac, Clara, Sarah Jo, and twins Emma and Anna born 12/18/2009!
http://www.jerseyknoll.com
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01/30/12, 03:13 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Oklahoma
Posts: 6
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5 Highlanders and one Angus. Herd bull is Highlander.
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01/30/12, 05:58 PM
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Location: north-central Kansas
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We always had mostly a 3-way cross. Gelbveih for milk and fast growth, hereford for mothering ability, and angus for the black hide. Fast growing , healthey black beef calves.
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01/30/12, 09:14 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Virginia
Posts: 138
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anything that will stay in the fences, then are cheap or cheap to keep then I have some Jersey , Holstien heifers, Shorthorn hereford heifer, angus hereford heifer and Jersey /Holstien steers and a jersey bull. Gettting a couple of holstien babies next week
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01/30/12, 10:33 PM
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Sugarstone Farm
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Location: Minnesota
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Angus and Simmental/Angus in my beef herd. Also have a few Randalls.
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01/30/12, 10:45 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: North Central WV
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Mare Owner
Angus and Simmental/Angus in my beef herd. Also have a few Randalls.
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How are the Randall's?
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01/31/12, 07:56 AM
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Retired farmer-rancher
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Location: north-central Kansas
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Quote:
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How are the Randall's?
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What is a Randall? That's one I've never heard of. 
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01/31/12, 08:41 AM
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Farm lovin wife
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Location: Kansas
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01/31/12, 08:44 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: Alabama
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I wanted to ask about the Randalls too! I love them and would love to get a breeding pair, but i heard they do not do well in the southern heat. I raise Angus right now - 1 bull, 2 cows, 1 bull calf (6mo) and a new heifer calf (2 weeks).
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01/31/12, 09:46 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2006
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We have 2 Jersey heifers, 1 Angus (mostly Angus) heifer, and one Brahman heifer.
All due to start calving in March. Bred to a Super nice Angus bull.
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01/31/12, 09:51 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Hoosier transplant to cheese country
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Purebred Scottish Highlanders, registered Texas Longhorns.
We also have a registered Pinzgauer bull. Everything else is crosses of the above. We do have a couple out there that have 1/4 holstein and we have a charlois mix cow also.
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01/31/12, 10:25 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: North East Alabama
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One of our neighbors down the street raises South Poles. They have some Senepol in them. From what I hear, the breed was developed by one of the Alabama band guys (don't know their names--but he lives in Fort Payne)
The neighbor has sold is calves for $1500 to $3500. each. The one went cheep because there was no one there to bid on it. A little out of my price range
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01/31/12, 10:37 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2008
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We raise fullblood Highland Cattle.
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01/31/12, 10:45 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: North Dakota
Posts: 1,713
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Simmental
Sim/Angus
Simmental/Hereford (aiming for some F1 baldies)
Angus/Hereford (aiming for some F1 baldies)
Shorthorn/Angus/Simmental/Hereford
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01/31/12, 08:15 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: CT
Posts: 43
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Quote:
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Angus and Simmental/Angus in my beef herd. Also have a few Randalls.
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That's interesting you have Randalls. I'm just down the road from the Langs who worked on keeping the breed going and was thinking about going with them for my first time keeping cows. (That's his site in the link posted)
Either them or Black Angus because they have such good brand recognition for sales.
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