8 Reasons To Install Livestock Scales in Your Farm

 8 Reasons To Install Livestock Scales in Your Farm  By Kevin Hill Farm management consists of several critical tasks and weighing animals accurately is one of them. It is imperative that you stay up-to-date with all the details pertaining to individual animals. To achieve this, you must implement...

When facing a forage shortage, … changing feeding strategies, and a TMR mixer, can help

When facing a forage shortage, … changing feeding strategies, and a TMR mixer, can help. By Dr. Alan S. Vaage Ph.D.The combination of unusually warm and dry conditions this summer has left areas of the Northern Plains in the US and Canadian Prairie with reduced and more costly forage supplies.  In some...

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 Gallagher’s New TW Series Makes Weighing and Data Management Easier than Ever  By Steve Weisman Since Bill Gallagher, Sr. founded Gallagher in New Zealand in 1938, Gallagher has proudly worked side by side with cattlemen helping meet their fencing needs by designing and manufacturing a wide range...

Equipment Profile

Equipment Profile: Forage Wagons H&S ExtraCap www.hsmfgco.comHD Forage Boxes are available in 16’ and 18’ lengths with a chain, or twin auger cross-conveyor unload system. XTRACAP Forage Boxes are available in 17’, 19’, and 21’ lengths with a chain, or twin auger cross-conveyor unload...

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Staying Ahead of the Game.  By Maura Keller. In the small town of Dalhart, Texas, R&R Machine Works has been working hard to help over 750 worldwide customers maintain their feedyard mills, while servicing the animal feed industry. It was back in 1976, nearly 40 years ago, that R&R Machine was first...

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Why settle for less than the origianl & the best.  Article provided by REDI Driver. Do you dread the driving of fence posts into the ground?  You can simplify (any maybe even enjoy!) the task with the REDI Driver gas powered post driver & our exclusive accessories.  You can cut your working...

TMR Corner

 How to ensure TMR mix uniformity in the feedlot. Dr. Alan S. Vaage Ph.D. Feedlot rations require special attention to ensure they are uniform throughout the TMR mixer before they are fed.  Firstly, a single batch of feed is normally fed to multiple pens, creating the potential for pen-to-pen...

Equipment Profile: Portable Corrals

Equipment Profile: Portable CorralsWinkel Portable Corralwww.winkelmfg.comNow cattlemen can turn any remote area into easy working conditions with Winkel Portable Corrals.  This is a complete system that includes a loading chute, nineteen 12’ corral panels, a 12’ x 10’ gate panel, a center frame...