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Quote Worth Requoting: In 30 years of crop production I’ve rarely been complimented on what we’ve produced. I completely get that. My corn isn’t measurably different than anyone else’s corn at the elevator. I might get a “great test weight” or a “congratulations” on a yield. When you produce a non-differentiated commodity you shouldn’t expect...
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Hello All: March 15, 2025 11 am ICE Headquarters: Catalogs are in the mail. If you received a catalog in the past you should be receiving one momentarily. If you don’t receive one by the middle of February, and want one, please let us know. Before and After: I LOVE before and after pictures! Someone...
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Online Catalog: If not now, soon, our 2025 sale catalog will be available online at icecattle.com and DVAuction.com. Our base prices allow everyone to be in the running for high-quality, grass based, maternal genetics. Our bulls start at $3500, the heifers at $2500 and the older and/or late bred cows at $1000-$1500 (the cows would...
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1-14-2025 ICE UPDATE Sale date 3/15/25 Videos are up on dvauction.com! https://www.dvauction.com/video_catalogs/11717-ichthys-enterprise-annual-production-3-15-25 Hello All: Inching Closer…to having a sale catalog online at icecattle.com and dvauction.com. Ashley is bringing that about with a huge assist from Kristin. What are They Gonna Cost?!? This is a perennial, important and particularly unanswerable question. I will once again explain...
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1-7-2025 ICE UPDATE Hello All: Sale Preparation: Ashley formed a crew last week and got all the animals in the upcoming sale videoed. She now needs to keep “hand to plow” and get the videos edited, all of the information organized and a catalog compiled and sent to DVAuction and uploaded to our website: icecattle.com....
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12-30-2024 ICE UPDATE Hello All: Time to Catch Up: Our typical activities have progressed throughout the year. Planting, calving, harvesting all came and went with few far-outside-the-norm events. We had enough rain for a decent corn crop but haven’t had rain in August for several years and this always leads to a poor soybean crop....
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