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By Rayford Pullen | [email protected]
With this being November, winter is not far behind. With it will be our first killing freeze of the season, with the average first freeze date for us being Nov. 15. Here is hoping it does not happen until mid-December.
Winter feed prices per cow per day are going to be high this year with the cost of hay and feed being what they are. The last time I put a pencil to the projected cost to winter a cow, if hay is the primary forage source, we will be looking at three to four dollars per day assuming hay cost $0.10 per pound with 20 to 25-pound consumption with 25 percent hay loss due to waste around bale rings, plus protein cost of $0.75-$1 per day. If we feed for 100 days, Dec. 1-March 10, our total will be $300 to $400, which does not include labor or equipment.
Now, this cost is the same for each cow whether she produces a calf or not which leads us to the fact that we cannot spend this much on something that will not have a positive return with a live, weaned calf to sell.
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By Krista Lucas Wynn
Each year, when the professional rodeo season wraps on Sept. 30, the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association and Women’s Professional Rodeo Association announce the Nutrena Horse of the Year, presented by the American Quarter Horse Association, in each event. This is a prestigious award, voted on by the members of the associations. To be named Horse of the Year by fellow competitors is a high honor only a few achieve.
To read more, pick up a copy of the November edition of North Texas Farm & Ranch magazine, available digitally and in print. To subscribe by mail, call 940-872-5922.
By Heather Welper
Husband and wife duo, Heather and Calvin Welper, are the Co-Owners and Operators or Two C Livestock, located in Valley View, Texas.
The pair’s operation has a show cattle focus where they raise and sell purebred heifers of all breeds and club calf Hereford steers.
When it comes to show cattle, the Welpers know a thing or two including how to prepare for the cold winter months and the Texas major show season run.
To read more, pick up a copy of the November edition of North Texas Farm & Ranch magazine, available digitally and in print. To subscribe by mail, call 940-872-5922.
By Tony Dean
Snow on the Mountain is an annual forb that is part of our landscape almost every year.
It is adapted to most of Texas and grows north to Montana and Minnesota and south to Mexico.
Although is seems to be most adapted to clay soils, this plant can be found on a wide variety of soil and moisture conditions.
To read more, pick up a copy of the November edition of North Texas Farm & Ranch magazine, available digitally and in print. To subscribe by mail, call 940-872-5922.
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