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Post by oakcreekfarm on Apr 30, 2012 9:34:00 GMT -6
Matt stucky
Oakcreek Polled Herefords
Hesston, Kansas
Started from scratch when I was 20. Dad and I sold our few 4H show cows and bought one good registered female. 7 years later she continues to do us a good job. We run a lot of sandhill farm bred cattle. He was gracious enough to be my mentor, and introduced me to other breeders as well. Right now we are calving 40 registered cows, I am in the process of purhcasing a grocery store, but for now I am in agriculture advertising sales. I also became Col. Matt Stucky in 2009, and am a real estate agent with Mossy Oak properties. We also raise a few litters of performance chocolate labradors, and farm a few acres when we have time.
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Post by George on Apr 30, 2012 12:18:17 GMT -6
Well it's gonna be pretty obvious from anyone reading the forum that I'm the nice guy on here, I'm NOT crusty, I always have good things to say and I do give a shit about what folks think. I also wish to remain anonymous.  Oops, forgot to put my name on here   ;D Paul Novak Rock Mills Herefords. Actually, Paul is really "Mister" Kim Novak! ;D *LOL* Now I have to wonder if there's anyone here, besides me, that recognizes the significance of that name! Picnic, Vertigo... |
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Post by Glenn on Apr 30, 2012 12:30:27 GMT -6
The actress?!?!?!?!
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Post by George on Apr 30, 2012 12:53:28 GMT -6
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Post by damona1 on May 1, 2012 4:58:13 GMT -6
Geoff Hayes
Damona Hereford
Glen INNES
NSW
Australia
My wife & I have a small Hereford stud selling bulls at the Glen INNES Hereford sale & Casino Hereford sales
We love the breed & enjoy spending time with our cows & our 4 children who each have a favorite cow
Damona is based on cows we bought at the Smithston dispersal sale in 2007 with bulls used currently from the IRONBARK stud with Home Builder line & Nashdale line our main sires. I have a strong interest in the line 1 program. & in particular the Holden cattle. We plan to use 3 Holden bulls in our AI this October
Our cattle are quite dark in the coat & we like full pigment on our cattle as dark coat & pigment are a requirement in Australia to sell bulls for better $$$. I found this board whilst googling one night & thought how great it is to be able to chat to people all over the world on my favorite subject.
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Post by Glenn on May 1, 2012 7:59:00 GMT -6
Ironbark just bought the Australian semen rights to 1098 that Flying S bought at Holden's this spring.
George and I were just down at Flying S, but they don't have physical possession of 1098. George has went a second time and he did see the two other bulls they bought from Holden's this spring.
Of the bulls they bought last year, I like 0081X the best.
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Post by damona1 on May 2, 2012 3:55:36 GMT -6
We are planning to use 1098Y in our AI program this year. I like the look of the bull but not so keen on the full red neck. We will use him over some heifers with a bit more white. Does anyone out there know of anyone using HH 9169W, 7034T or 0002X. I would be interested how they are breeding around the place.
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Post by damona1 on May 2, 2012 4:20:54 GMT -6
Wow that's interesting flatlander I just checkout 0081X & he is by 7034T the bull we are planning to use. Thanks.
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Post by dougthorson on May 3, 2012 12:52:27 GMT -6
I am a little behind but here goes
Doug Thorson
Quinn SD
4th generation rancher
42 years old
200 cow ranch with about 75 registered now. Working on getting to all registered.
I am a hardass on cows. No extra work is tolerated. I cull relentlessly. I started with 56 registerd cattle in 2005 and have only built the registered herd by 20 or so. Where I live the ranches are big and extra work is frowned upon.
I had my sale Tuesday and averaged $3600.
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Post by bllcattle on May 3, 2012 14:13:44 GMT -6
Guess I will give you a little information. Home ranch is Beery Land and Livestock. 4th generation to raise herefords in central eastern Montana. Herefords have paid our bills around here forever and have been our livelyhood. Ranch consists of 400 mother cows, 140 yearling heifers and small backgrounding yard that custom feeds 900 calves in the fall and early winter. Selling 80 to 100 bulls privately. Farm also consisting of spring wheat, barley, and peas. My name is Matt Beery, wife Krista, son Ethan, 12 and daughter Leah 7. 38 years old and dont know anything else except production ag. Stop in and see us Visitors alway welcome.
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Post by rockmillsfarm on May 3, 2012 18:38:05 GMT -6
Well it's gonna be pretty obvious from anyone reading the forum that I'm the nice guy on here, I'm NOT crusty, I always have good things to say and I do give a shit about what folks think. I also wish to remain anonymous. Oops, forgot to put my name on here ;D Paul Novak Rock Mills Herefords. Actually, Paul is really "Mister" Kim Novak! ;D *LOL* Now I have to wonder if there's anyone here, besides me, that recognizes the significance of that name! Picnic, Vertigo... :)I've actually been called that before, bad news is I've been called a hell of a lot worse, good news is I did get the prettier one of the two.  |
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Post by George on May 4, 2012 8:10:44 GMT -6
Actually, Paul is really "Mister" Kim Novak! ;D *LOL* Now I have to wonder if there's anyone here, besides me, that recognizes the significance of that name! Picnic, Vertigo... :)I've actually been called that before, bad news is I've been called a hell of a lot worse, good news is I did get the prettier one of the two. Shoot, Paul, how bad do you think being from Texas, with a name like George W, is!  |
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Post by quackingduck on May 5, 2012 16:05:38 GMT -6
Philip and Kathy Knobloch
Busby, MT
Commercial hereford herd, although did some crossbreeding when we started in the 90's and the herefords weren't worth anything. May go back to crossbreeding again, with the large discount we take on the straight hereford calves. Doesn't look like yearlings are discounted as much - working towards keeping calves over as stockers. Main problem is there's very few herefords left in this area; black as far as the eye can see. Kathy's family had registered herefords for their own use, although were gone by the early 80s. Took some time to convert Philip to the breed, as his family has a commercial operation using no herefords since the 70s. Last fall had the opportunity to purchase a few registered heifers from Deewalls - plan to build up a small herd for our own use. We think the breed needs to stay with what they're good at - longevity, low maintenance, easy fleshing, high fertility. For our operation, many herefords are too big with too much milk. We don't have any farmland, so are as low input as possible. This site has been full of good info, although we are now pretty nervous about dealing with the AHA. We are 40ish with 3 kids - 12, 9, and 1.
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Post by Deleted on May 5, 2012 20:06:52 GMT -6
Bob Hug
Frank Hug & Sons
Scranton, KS
My brother (Ed) and I are 5th generation Hereford breeders. Our family settled here in 1868. Nothing but registered Herefords from 1896 to 1992. The previous generations have all passed on, but we have been known as Frank Hug & Sons for over 100 years. Our registered herd numbers 50 cows. Sell 12-15 bulls a year. We also have a commercial herd of 120 cows that we started 20 years ago - Hereford, Angus and baldies. We sell 30-40 bred commercial heifers on Nov. 1, either home-raised or heifers we have bought from bull customers. All four us have taught in public schools for over 20 years, including my wife Tisha, and my sister-in-law Gretta. Between school and the activities, and running a cow-calf operation, we have alot of irons in the fire. As some others on the board have stated, time does not allow us to deal with problem cattle. We cull those pretty quick. Participated in the first GOP test at Ft Collins in 1994 and have fed cattle in 10 GOP/NHF tests since that time.
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Post by Deleted on May 6, 2012 10:13:13 GMT -6
Philip and Kathy Knobloch Busby, MT Commercial hereford herd, although did some crossbreeding when we started in the 90's and the herefords weren't worth anything. May go back to crossbreeding again, with the large discount we take on the straight hereford calves. Doesn't look like yearlings are discounted as much - working towards keeping calves over as stockers. Main problem is there's very few herefords left in this area; black as far as the eye can see. Kathy's family had registered herefords for their own use, although were gone by the early 80s. Took some time to convert Philip to the breed, as his family has a commercial operation using no herefords since the 70s. Last fall had the opportunity to purchase a few registered heifers from Deewalls - plan to build up a small herd for our own use. We think the breed needs to stay with what they're good at - longevity, low maintenance, easy fleshing, high fertility. For our operation, many herefords are too big with too much milk. We don't have any farmland, so are as low input as possible. This site has been full of good info, although we are now pretty nervous about dealing with the AHA. We are 40ish with 3 kids - 12, 9, and 1. mission accomplished glen |
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Post by jayh on May 6, 2012 19:42:26 GMT -6
James Hudnut . Divorced and two girls who like the cows. My great grandad started with horned herefords in 1948. He passed them down to the three sons and my grandad was the only one who kept them. He passed away unexpectedly and my grandma gave my mother and father 2 heifers. They got up to 25 head and mom and dad got divorced. we then started again with only two heifers ( my mom and I ) .
I like the looks of the show cattle but they dont seem to work in real life and world conditions. I am looking to breed easy keeping functional cattle. I have both horned and polled adn plan on crossing some but do plan on keeping some straight line ones also.
Up to 25 head again and they are mine and I have plans but only time will tell if they are right.
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Post by rockmillsfarm on May 7, 2012 19:20:14 GMT -6
:)I've actually been called that before, bad news is I've been called a hell of a lot worse, good news is I did get the prettier one of the two. Shoot, Paul, how bad do you think being from Texas, with a name like George W, is! Wooo, nice one, try to keep it to yourself ok. ;D |
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Post by rockmillsfarm on May 7, 2012 19:36:08 GMT -6
Philip and Kathy Knobloch Busby, MT Commercial hereford herd, although did some crossbreeding when we started in the 90's and the herefords weren't worth anything. May go back to crossbreeding again, with the large discount we take on the straight hereford calves. Doesn't look like yearlings are discounted as much - working towards keeping calves over as stockers. Main problem is there's very few herefords left in this area; black as far as the eye can see. Kathy's family had registered herefords for their own use, although were gone by the early 80s. Took some time to convert Philip to the breed, as his family has a commercial operation using no herefords since the 70s. Last fall had the opportunity to purchase a few registered heifers from Deewalls - plan to build up a small herd for our own use. We think the breed needs to stay with what they're good at - longevity, low maintenance, easy fleshing, high fertility. For our operation, many herefords are too big with too much milk. We don't have any farmland, so are as low input as possible. This site has been full of good info, although we are now pretty nervous about dealing with the AHA. We are 40ish with 3 kids - 12, 9, and 1. mission accomplished glen They're really not that bad on the general stuff, sometimes they lose stuff, and sometimes you got to remind them 2 or 3 times to get something done. Most of the animosity towards them seems to come from the general direction the want the breed to take. |
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Post by cpl on May 12, 2012 21:54:14 GMT -6
I guess I am a little behind the ball here.
My name is Christian Lovell and I have a small herd that I started with my grandpa back in 2008. It has been slow growing for now. I am a soon to be sophomore at Lake Land College in Mattoon, IL where I'm on the judging team. The plan is to add to the herd when I graduate college.
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Post by Deleted on May 12, 2012 22:27:59 GMT -6
No need to apologize. All of us had to start somewhere. Great to see a young Hereford breeder out there. Having your grandpa as a partner - that is a super opportunity for a variety of reasons. Have patience and stick to your vision.
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Post by clearfork on May 30, 2012 7:27:50 GMT -6
Sam Preston
Clear Fork Farms
My dad and I have been raising registered hereford cattle since 2007. We had about 20 to 25 calves this year with half of them being angus cross and the rest registered. We are located in central ohio so we have a little different genetics than most of you on here. We have a lot of Legend 242 infulence and now I am starting into Star Lake Genetics. We have some other not really known genetics from around here.
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Post by Glenn on May 30, 2012 8:54:47 GMT -6
Welcome aboard!
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Post by talin on Jun 8, 2012 8:26:45 GMT -6
Diane Phillips
I am very new day job in medical field just bought a run down former Hereford ranch(bit of a stretch on ranch it's 250 acres) I have 2 cows 3 heifers and 4 recip's predominately Star Lake breeding. We are currently working on problems of fencing, feeding since we are not there everyday currently looking at solar feeders and how to keep Meth labs and poachers off the property. Thinking about cameras and hunting leases.
Look forward to tapping into the wealth and breadth of knowledge here as I stub my toe on beginner mistakes
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Post by Glenn on Jun 8, 2012 8:59:29 GMT -6
Welcome! Where is your new ranch located?
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Post by talin on Jun 8, 2012 21:38:20 GMT -6
Locust Grove Oklahoma
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