January 2014 Hereford World

January 2014 Hereford World

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Published by the American Hereford Association

January 2014; Vol. 104, No. 8

Calving features: 283 Days . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Grafting Calves . . . . . . 48

Adding Hereford bulls to the Goose Creek operation has helped improve the cow herd.

Making the Best Cow WANTED: Hereford and Hereford-Influenced Feeder Calves . . . . . . . . 28

Longtime Angus family is utilizing the power of heterosis by adding Hereford bulls to its commercial cow herd.

by Sara Gugelmeyer

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hat do you get when you add the best Hereford genetics in the country to the best Angus genetics in the country?

Jess Herbers knows the answer: it’s the best commercial cow around — the black baldie.

Meet the family

Matching Cows and Production to the Environment . . . . . . . . . 32 Kriegers Mr Limestone Z1 ET, CSF 18U Olivia 2102 Top National Hereford Show in Louisville . . . . 58

Raised in a cattle-feeding family in western Kansas, Jess knows the power of crossbreeding. “I was raised in the feedyard business,” Jess explains. His father managed a feedlot and the associated stocker cattle operation, the Pyramid Ranch, which ran about 5,000 yearlings. After college at Kansas State University (K-State), Jess took the opportunity to manage that ranch.

But it was there at K-State, where Jess’ eyes were opened to the seedstock industry. He fell in love with Wynn Dalton. The Dalton name is well known continued on page 16...

This Hereford-sired heifer represents exactly what Jess Herbers is looking for — a moderate, easy-fleshing, highly fertile female.

Using BB bulls makes cents without raising your debt ceiling.

Annual Bull Sale, February 10, 2014, at the Ranch

BB 239 Saga 3003

BB 0130X Domino 3014

BB Mounument 3057

BB 1108Y Domino 3020

For Sale At Private treaty Fall Pairs Bred Heifers • Bred cows Heifer Calves

BW 2.8 WW 47 YW 74 MM 28 M&G 52

BW 3.7 WW 57 YW 98 MM 29 M&G 58

BW 3.0 WW 53 YW 93 MM 25 M&G 52

BW 4.0 WW 55 YW 87 MM 33 M&G 61

BB Pinstripe 3040

BB 945 Harland 3001

BB 0130X Domino 3004

BB 626S Neon 3005

BW 4.9 WW 55 YW 91 MM 24 M&G 52

BW 1.1 WW 37 YW 60 MM 24 M&G 42

BW 4.1 WW 50 YW 91 MM 25 M&G 50

BW 2.7 WW 53 YW 97 MM 27 M&G 53

Bill Bennett and Family Box 36, Connell, WA 99326 509-234-4361 • Bill’s Cell 509-551-6102 Joe Cell 509-551-6104 • Jay cell 509-551-6101 Leslie cell 509-551-6101 bbcattle@bosig.com • www.bbcattle.com

PUZZLED? Looking for a Sire That Fits Your Program?

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70 bulls available for sale private treaty with these sires represented

WPF 12S 50Y Delware 3250 ET - For Sale

TH 223 71I Conquer 40 9X ET

We just may have that Missing Piece that will fit your herd perfectly.

Jason and Marcy McDonald, Owners Scott and Deb Brown, Managers Scott’s cell 740-641-7089 72196 325th St., Kimball, MN 55353 320-398-6317 • Jason’s cell 320-221-0280

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by Craig Huffhines, executive vice president chuffhin@hereford.org

2014 Projects to Be a Winner for Cow-Calf Sector Optimism permeates the air as the American Hereford Association (AHA) prepares for the rollout of the new and improved 2012 and 2013 genetic models of the Hereford breed at the National Western Stock Show in Denver this month. January also brings in the spring bull sale season, and the selection decisions of countless cattlemen will determine the outcome of future calf crops.

Profitability is always good medicine for the headaches of the past, and 2014 projects optimism as it relates to the beef market, the commercial feeder calf market, lower feed costs, a healthier climate for forage production and the continued enhancements of genetic technology.

All of these factors play a role in the profitability of our industry, and we’re hoping for all cylinders to be

running smoothly, resulting in a great year ahead for American cattlemen.

Below are just a few predictions being bantered for the upcoming year.

Record high feeder calf prices Barring any condition that might trigger the unexpected, 2014 is programmed to generate record prices for feeder cattle. The cattle industry should simply avoid the analogy of the

unexpected end of game botched field goal attempt from way out of range, resulting in a subsequent field goal return run back costing someone a national championship.

It doesn’t take big time coaching to manage risk appropriately. The fundamentals are in the industry’s favor for record-breaking prices in 2014; therefore, a little common sense this year should keep cow-calf operators well into the black.

Three-year low for corn prices Aside from record feeder prices, relief has somewhat come to the feeding sector in the form of a massive 2013 corn crop and the prospects that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Obama administration are rethinking the renewable fuel policy.

It’s not such good news for corn farmers, but EPA proposes a 20% reduction in the 2014 ethanol mandate equivalent to 3 billion gallons. This could, in effect, level off the growing utilization of the nation’s corn crop for fuel production and eliminate another billion bushels of corn that were headed to the fermentation vats in 2014. Could this mean land values may be impacted in a way that might challenge the purpose of marginal farm ground down the road? If it does, this reduction will indirectly benefit the cow-calf sector.

Even higher prices for breeding bulls Seedstock and, in particular, bull demand will remain strong in 2014. The average price paid for performance-tested Hereford range bulls bought through production sales is likely to remain the same or increase slightly from the 2013 average of $4,500.

Historically, prices paid for bulls are closely correlated with the feeder calf market. The additional hybrid vigor bonus that Hereford bulls will add to the black cow herd should create justification to support the existing demand trend for Hereford genetics.

The value of Hereford genetics continues to improve because of the need for a maternal outcross in the predominantly Angus cow base that exists. Couple this with the increasing predictive value of Hereford genetics, and the Hereford-Angus cross just makes sense.

In 2012 the AHA introduced genomic-enhanced expected progeny differences (GE-EPDs) that have complemented the current EPD evaluation system by increasing the accuracy of those breeding values in younger unproven animals. This tool is a bonus for the cow-calf producer that is looking to purchase yearling and 2-year-old bulls. HW

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by Jack Ward, chief operating officer and director of breed improvement jward@hereford.org

Use the Tools Available to Make Breeding Decisions I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday season, and as we begin a new year, I am sure many of you are starting to calve and make preparations for another breeding season.

The Hereford breed continues to see demand for good genetics, and commercial cattlemen continue to see the benefit of adding Hereford genetics as a source of hybrid vigor for various breeds including Bos indicus breeds of the South and black and red Angus throughout the U.S. These developments are exciting, and yet pose a great challenge to seedstock Hereford breeders. So, what do commercial cattlemen need with Hereford genetics and what kinds of tools are available to help create the genetics needed? As part of the American Hereford Association’s (AHA’s) last strategic planning process, a survey was conducted among commercial cow-calf producers to see which traits were most important when incorporating Hereford genetics into these herds. Calving ease (CE) was the No. 1 trait of interest, and this economically relevant trait (ERT) is always important because cattlemen want fewer issues at calving in terms of time and labor and cow recovery. Next

is disposition, and this is due to the inherent advantage of disposition of Hereford cattle.

So, the tools available for breeders to make breeding decisions are more robust and readily available at their fingertips today than ever before. The entire Hereford database is available to anyone, and expected progeny difference (EPD) or $ index sorts can be made at Hereford.org by clicking on the “EPD Search” tab.

Producers can sort by any trait of interest and then pull performance certificates that are up-to-date with the most current information available on an animal.

The AHA adopted a whole herd performance recording system in 2000, which is the system recommended by the Beef Improvement Federation (BIF), which allowed the AHA to develop addition traits including mature cow weight (MCW), sustained cow fertility (SCF), heifer calving rate (HCR) and udder quality EPDs. As the industry continues to add additional traits, it may make sense for breeders and their customers to adopt the use of the $ indexes, which are multi-trait with relative weightings on each trait and an economic value

associated with each based off of current, past and potential markets.

These $ indexes are valuable because they look at both output and input costs.

Most recently, a genomic component has been added to the national cattle evaluation (NCE). The AHA has been incorporating genomic information for more than a year, and this incorporation has added more predictive power to the numbers and reduced the risk of selection and mating of young non-parent bulls.

As a seedstock producer, I would not use a young bull that has not been high density (HD) genotyped, and it would seem reasonable that as a seedstock producer, you would offer this technology to the buyers of your young bulls. It just reduces the risk of using younger bulls.

At all levels, an artificial insemination (AI) program should be utilized by both seedstock and commercial producers. With tight margins associated with the cattle business, the use of some highly proven bulls for ERTs should be employed.

In seedstock herds, AI should be utilized throughout. In the commercial herds, at a minimum it should be used in the heifer

programs, and there are more and more data that prove it should be utilized even in the commercial cows.

Timed breeding protocols along with businesses that provide AI technicians allow for much more widespread AI use than ever before. This technology allows all cattlemen to be much more precise with breeding and gives them access to the genetics that can make a real difference.

I would challenge everyone to put some serious thought into this spring’s breeding. As a seedstock producer, do not accept average. It is your job to produce the kind of genetics the commercial industry needs. Even if your buyers do not retain ownership in cattle throughout the feedlot stage, it is important to select cattle that have end product merit.

Someone will be buying those cattle, and if they do not perform, then it is ultimately a reflection of your breeding program. In addition, remember to keep CE, growth, disposition, fertility and all ERTs in mind when selecting bulls. The tools are available to make the right decisions; use them, endorse them and continue to make the Hereford breed a useful and viable part of the commercial industry. HW

American Hereford Association National Reference Sire Program Responsibilities of Test Herd:

• Select from nominated bulls • Contact bull owner for semen shipping instructions • Breed 55-60 cows at a random mating across genotypes • Breed 30 cows to one reference sire that has been tested in previous years (at the cost of the test herd, semen and shipping at a commercial rate) • Provide complete data on National Reference Sire Program (NRSP) forms • Breeding data: Cow ID, specific breed makeup (based on percent), age of cow at breeding time, date bred and sire used • Birth data: Calf ID, date of birth, weight and calving ease score • Weaning data: Calf ID, date weaned and weight • Interim data: Calf ID, date, weight • Carcass data: Calf ID, carcass weight, marbling score, fat thickness, ribeye area, internal fat and yield grade • Test herd must provide at least 55% conception rate • Test herd must retain ownership or partnership at 50% or greater on cattle until they have been harvested

Test Herd Cost:

• All costs will be covered by test herd • Test herd will pay for the reference sire semen for the 30 cows, and shipping semen will be priced at a commercial rate, data collection will be paid by test herd on all cattle

✁Sire Nomination Form Ranch Name

• Nominate bulls for test sire • Nominate bulls to American Hereford Association (AHA) by March 1, 2014 • Furnish 60 straws of semen and pay shipping cost to test herds • Pay fees as required

Bull Owner Cost:

• Semen and shipment of semen • Pay the test herd fee per bull tested when semen is shipped — contact Jack Ward for details

Responsibilities of AHA:

• Receive data and report all data back to bull owner and to test herd

AHA Cost:

There will be no cost to the test herd or the bull owner for the data reporting done by the AHA

Benefits of Test Sires:

• Obtaining high accuracy carcass EPDs (expected progeny differences) • Obtaining performance data compared to other sires tested in herd contemporaries • Opportunity to market semen as a NRSP reference sire, after nominated and selected • Opportunity to test sires next to the top Hereford genetics in the breed

2014 National Reference Sire Feedlot and Carcass Testing Program

Contact person

Address Phone No.

Responsibilities of Bull Owner:

Send application by March 1, 2014 to: American Hereford Association Jack Ward P.O. Box 014059 • Kansas City, MO 64101-0059 816-842-3757 • jward@hereford.org

E-mail:

Test Bull Information: Name and Registration No.

Name and Registration No.

*I acknowledge that any information or samples I provide to the AHA or through AHA programs may be used by the AHA for any purpose.

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Top selling bull in our 2012 production sale at $160,000. 105Y combines flawless phenotype, superb calving ease and generations of maternal cow power. An outstanding set of sons sell with breed leading genetics.

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CL 1 Domino 0130X 1ET {DLF,HYF,IEF}

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CL 1 Domino 144Y 1ET {DLF,HYF,IEF}

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CL 1 Domino 186Y 1ET {DLF,HYF,IEF}

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CL 1 Domino 1108Y 1ET {DLF,HYF,IEF}

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CL 1 Domino 1131Y 1ET {DLF,HYF,IEF}

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CL 1 Domino 1161Y {DLF,HYF,IEF}

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HH Advance 1087Y ET {DLF,HYF,IEF}

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CL 1 Domino 929W {CHB}{DLF,HYF,IEF}

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CL 1 Domino 994W 1ET {CHB}{DLF,HYF,IEF}

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HH Advance 0118X {DLF,HYF,IEF}

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by Angie Stump Denton, editor adenton@hereford.org

“What’s New?” is a column designed to keep you in-the-know about Hereford happenings. You can also sign up for Hereford eNews, a weekly electronic newsletter from the American Hereford Association (AHA). Send an e-mail to eNews@hereford.org to subscribe. Archived issues are posted at Hereford.org.

Association updates The American Hereford Association (AHA) Board of Directors has approved two rule changes and an increase in fees.

Rule 17A: New embryo transfer policy — for embryo transfer (ET) calves there will no longer be an ET certificate required for registration.

The new requirement for registering an ET calf will be the reporting of the recovery date of the embryo at the time

of flush. As previously, ET calves are charged an additional $10 per head over and above the normal registry rate (same cost as an ET certificate). This change is effective Nov. 1, 2013.

Steers need registration papers: Starting in 2014, all steers showing at the Junior National Hereford Expo (JNHE) must be registered by the AHA and out of a registered sire and dam.

No steer certificates will be accepted, only registration papers. The AHA will

still offer traditional steer certificates for those state and regional shows not requiring a registration paper on steers at this time.

New registration and enrollment fees: Starting Jan. 1, 2014, registration fees will increase 50 cents per head and Total Performance Records (TPR) cow herd enrollment fees will increase by 50 cents.

HYFA offerings headline Mile High Night Sale Kicking off the Mile High Night National Hereford Sale Friday, Jan. 17, will be Lot 1, GKB 8144 Notice Me Too B19 ET, a female donated by Gary and Kathy Buchholz, GKB Cattle, Waxahachie, Texas. All proceeds will go to the Hereford Youth Foundation of America (HYFA) “Growing a Lasting Legacy” campaign to ensure the sustainability of future Junior National Hereford Expos (JNHEs) and leadership events for generations to come.

“On behalf of HYFA, I’d like to thank Gary and Kathy Buchholz for donating the best from the heart of their program,” says Ray Ramsey, HYFA president. “If Gary and Kathy did not feel so strongly about the junior Hereford program, I’m sure none of us would have had a chance to own one of this caliber.”

Lot 1 — GKB 8144 Notice Me Too B19 ET

Reno photos available Western Nugget National Hereford Show photos, including candids and backdrop photos, are available to purchase at HerefordPhotoShop.com.

Use B for 2014 The year letter code for 2014 is B. This notice is for producers who use letter codes in their identification systems.

For more on tattoo and identification tips, visit the Education Center at Hereford.org.

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GKB 8144 Notice Me Too B19 ET’s pedigree is stacked three generations with national champions from top to bottom. The exceptional January 2011 daughter of BR Currency 8144 ET is bred to NJW 98S R117 Ribeye 88X ET, sire of the world-record-selling bull C Miles McKee. “When I saw GKB 8144 Notice Me Too B19 ET, my first thought was ‘I don’t know anyone who wouldn’t want to own this one,’” Ramsey adds. “She is flawless in her design, a perfect picture of what a great young cow should look like. She represents some of the freshest, most-sought-after genetics in the industry today. If you’re looking for a donor to anchor your program, don’t squander the opportunity to own one that would never have left GKB if she was not the Lot 1 HYFA foundation female.”

In addition, P&R Herefords, Leedey, Okla., has graciously donated the proceeds from the pick of its 2014 heifer calves to HYFA. The pick will sell as Lot 19 in the Mile High Night Sale.

Paul, Maria, Alex and Sophia Laubach, along with Ross Laubach, are owners of P&R Herefords. The Craig and Laubach families have been ranching for 113 years in western Oklahoma, and they have made this generous contribution to benefit Hereford youth.

The P&R Herefords herd is anchored by daughters of CL 1 Domino 5110R, the No. 1 maternal milk sire in the Hereford breed.

The P&R cow herd is considered to be one of the most functional, efficient cow herds in the Southwest.

The Mile High Night Sale will begin at 6 p.m., Jan. 17. Visit HerefordMarketplace.com to download a catalog. For more information about HYFA or about the offering, contact Amy Cowan at acowan@hereford.org or 816-842-3757. HW

Support Hereford youth and give Hereford prints.

Unveiled during the Hereford Youth Foundation of America (HYFA) “Growing a Lasting Legacy” campaign fundraiser, the Out at Tie Outs art-mounted print is the perfect gift for any Hereford enthusiast. The photo was taken by Heidi Anderson, Legacy Livestock, of the historic West Bottoms during the recent Junior National Hereford Expo (JNHE) in Kansas City.

Print No. 1 sold in Kansas City, while numbers 2-99 are now available. You can order a 10" × 20" for $140 or a 12" × 36" for $225.

Also unveiled in Kansas City was The Hereford Ox, 1840. The original canvas painting is on display at the AHA. Ten limited-edition canvas prints were sold. Now HYFA is offering 11" × 14" prints of The Hereford Ox, 1840 as well as those of “Anxiety 4” and “Silver.”

Prints of all three can be purchased individually for $30 or a set of “Anxiety 4” and “Silver” for $50. Visit HerefordYouthFoundation.org to order all four HYFA prints. HW

Denver Hereford activities planned Hereford enthusiasts will be in Denver Jan. 15-18 for the National Western Stock Show (NWSS).

Hereford events in Denver will kick off in the Stadium Arena on the Hill with the bull show on Thursday, Jan. 16, at 8 a.m., followed by the junior heifer show. Friday will be the pen and carload show in the Yards starting at 8 a.m.

Following the show in the Yards is the Mile High Night National Hereford Sale at 6 p.m. in the Stadium Arena on the Hill.

Judging the National Hereford Show on the Hill will be David Allan, Schulenberg, Texas, along with his brother, Mark Allan, Sioux Center, Iowa. Pen show judges are Blake Oschner, Torrington, Wyo.; Kirk Bieber, Onida, S.D.; and Paul Bennett, Red House, Va. Hereford events wrap up Saturday with the female show in the Stadium Arena on the Hill starting at 8 a.m. If you can’t make the trip to Denver, you can find Hereford show results online at Hereford.org.

NWSS attendees will again have a chance to meet with other Hereford producers in the Hereford hospitality suite in the Yards.

Sponsored by Hereford breeders, the suite will again be on the first floor of the Exchange Building. It will be a great place for breeders to discuss business transactions or just to visit with old friends. The suite will be open Wednesday, Jan. 15, through Friday, Jan. 17, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

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Schedule of events

Wednesday, Jan. 15 9 a.m. Hereford Hospitality Suite opens 6 p.m. Hereford Hospitality Suite closes Thursday, Jan. 16 8 a.m. National Hereford Bull Show Stadium Arena on the Hill 9 a.m. Hereford Hospitality Suite opens noon Junior Hereford Show Stadium Arena on the Hill 6 p.m. Hereford Hospitality Suite closes Friday, Jan. 17 8 a.m. Hereford Pen of Three Female Show Livestock Center Arena in the Yards 9 a.m. Hereford Hospitality Suite opens 9:30 a.m. Hereford Pen and Carload Bull Show Livestock Center Arena in the Yards 6 p.m. Mile High Night National Hereford Sale Stadium Arena on the Hill 6 p.m. Hereford Hospitality Suite closes Saturday, Jan. 18 8 a.m. National Hereford Female Show Stadium Arena on the Hill

Hotel information Headquarters hotel: Renaissance Denver Hotel 3801 Quebec St., Denver, CO 80207 800-468-3571 Overflow hotel: Crowne Plaza Denver International Airport Convention Center 15500 E. 40th Ave. Denver, CO 80239 888-233-9527

Stock show shuttles Shuttles will run to and from the Renaissance Denver Hotel to the National Western complex on a regular basis between 6 a.m. and 11 p.m. daily. The shuttles will pick up in front of the hotel and drop off at the NWSS grounds by the horse complex on the Hill. Check the hotel lobby for a complete schedule.

The Crowne Plaza will offer three shuttles per day to and from the NWSS. HW

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Hereford offers internships, ambassador program The American Hereford Association (AHA) is offering several opportunities this summer for college students hoping to further their education and gain valuable real-world experience working with youth activities.

Junior activities internship — The AHA youth department is offering college juniors or seniors the opportunity to assist with the planning and execution of junior shows and leadership events and to gain experience in association work.

Applicants must be enrolled in an agriculture-related major and should be self-starters who are detail-oriented and outgoing and have the ability to work well with all types of people. Travel to the Junior National Hereford Expo (JNHE) and other shows should be expected as part of the internship.

AHA communications internship — The AHA communications and marketing team is offering a communications internship for college juniors or seniors to assist with communication projects and production of Herd Book, August and September Hereford World issues.

Applicants must be working toward a degree in agriculture communications or agricultural journalism. Writing and editing skills are required. Experience with photography, social media and website maintenance is preferred but not required.

Both internships span approximately mid-May to midAugust, with specific starting and ending dates depending on applicant’s availability. Applications for both are due Feb. 15.

Applicants for the junior activities intern can send a cover letter, résumé and references to Amy Cowan, AHA director of youth activities, P.O. Box 014059, Kansas City, MO 64101. For more information, contact Cowan at 816-842-3757 or acowan@hereford.org.

Communication applicants can send a cover letter, résumé, three writing samples and references to Angie Stump Denton,

AHA director of communications, 1039 Vista Road, Blue Rapids, KS 66411. For more information, contact Denton at 785-562-6197 or adenton@hereford.org.

JNHE Ambassador program College students can also apply for the JNHE Ambassador Program. The 2014 ambassadors will assist the National Junior Hereford Association (NJHA) board and AHA staff throughout the JNHE week — July 5-13 — in Harrisburg, Pa. The five ambassador positions include: 1. Contest coordinator — help with the facilitation of the 22 contests including room setup, starting on time, judge gifts, etc.

2. Event coordinator — assist with organization of opening ceremonies, awards banquet and shows.

3. Technology coordinator — assist with show office, data entry, social media, etc.

4. Operations assistant — help coordinate people and cattle check-ins and assist with oversight of tie outs, showring and facility setup.

5. Communications assistant — assist with press releases, photos and daily newsletter as well as contribute to the September Hereford World.

Candidates must be a 2014 high school graduate or older and must have had national show experience. Ambassadors cannot be exhibitors or competitors at the 2014 JNHE. Ambassador applications are available online at JrHereford.org/jnheambassador and are due March 15. HW

Sparks, Grandview CMR support Hereford youth Lot X in the Grandview CMR “The Big One” Dispersal Sale Nov. 8 brought $15,000 to benefit the Hereford Youth Foundation of America (HYFA). Grady Sparks, Birmingham, Ala., placed the winning bid.

William and Jackie Adair along with Walt and Jil McKellar of Grandview CMR, Como, Miss., made the gracious donation with all proceeds to benefit HYFA. Lot X is a heifer pregnancy sired by RST Time’s A Wastin’ 0124 and out of the cow DJB 46B Beth 1L. The recipient cow is due to calve Feb. 25, 2014. This will surely be an amazing heifer calf sired by the 2013 Denver Supreme Champion Hereford and out of a full sister to PW Victor Boomer P606.

“On behalf of the Hereford Youth Foundation of America, we extend our sincere gratitude to Grady Sparks and Grandview CMR for their belief in HYFA’s mission to support leadership and education in Hereford youth,” says Amy Cowan, American Hereford Association director of youth and foundation. “This donation keeps the momentum going as we work to build our ‘Growing a Lasting Legacy’ fund to ensure the sustainability of Junior National Hereford Expos and leadership events.”

Visit HerefordYouthFoundation.org to learn about HYFA’s fundraising. HW

Gerber Right Kind Sale Tuesday, April 8, 2014 at 6p.m. EDST Featuring the best of our Spring 2013 bull calf crop

All bulls will have complete performance and carcass ultrasound data and genomic-enhanced EPD profiles.

Profitable beef genetics… it’s what we do.

Building your future and ours with these rare multi-trait leading sires:

Schu-Lar On Target 22S {CHB}{DLF,HYF,IEF}

Sire: Schu-Lar 5N Of 9L 3008 • MGS: KPH Phase 121 • CE 5.8 (.45); BW 2.5 (.83); WW 67 (.77); YW 119 (.77); MM 22 (.48); M&G 55; MCE 3.4 (.39); MCW 144 (.56); SC 2.2 (.69); FAT -0.036 (.58); REA 0.72 (.59); MARB 0.26 (.55); BMI$ 36; CEZ$ 23; BII$ 31; CHB$ 42

KCF Bennett 9126J R294 {CHB}{DLF,IEF}

Sire: CL 1 Domino 9126J 1ET • MGS: RRH Mr Felt 3008 • CE 10.1 (.41); BW -1.5 (.79); WW 54 (.68); YW 96 (.67); MM 33 (.36); M&G 60; MCE 3.6 (.33); MCW 85 (.52); SC 1.4 (.51); FAT -0.008 (.51); REA 0.06 (.52); MARB 0.58 (.52); BMI$ 29; CEZ$ 25; BII$ 23; CHB$ 39

EFBeef Foremost U208 {CHB}{DLF,HYF,IEF}

Sire: Feltons Sounder 957 • EF 821C Mr Carcass G824 • CE 4.7 (.35); BW 2.4 (.75); WW 79 (.64); YW 118 (.66); MM 16 (.28); M&G 55; MCE 2.4 (.29); MCW 96 (.47); SC 2.3 (.57); FAT 0.056 (.50); REA 0.81 (.49); MARB 0.38 (.48); BMI$ 39; CEZ$ 22; BII$ 33; CHB$ 43

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POWERFUL PERFORMERS 48TH ANNUAL PRODUCTION SALE Monday, March 10, 2014 At the Ranch, Valier, Mont.

Selling 110 BIG, STOUT YEARLING BULLS 30 POWERFUL 18-MONTH-OLD BULLS 12 TOP QUALITY YEARLING HEIFERS 20 Fall Calving Cows and Heifer Calves

Bulls sell with complete performance and carcass ultrasound data.

Free delivery on purchases totaling $5,000 or more.

HH Advance 8050U ET

Sire: L1 Domino 03571 • MGS: HH Advance 0024K • BW 1.6; WW 61; YW 85; MM 26; M&G 56; REA 0.52; MARB -0.20 • One of the greatest breeding bulls we have ever raised. 8050U is a powerful combination of calving ease, growth, maternal and carcass strength combined with exceptional muscle expression, length of body and eye appeal. He is a trait leader for CED, WW, Milk, M&G and REA EPDs. 25 Powerhouse Sons and Grandsons Sell!

HH Advance 3063A ET

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Sire: HH Advance 8050U ET • MGS: HH Advance 5104R • BW 4.0; WW 65; YW 106; MM 30; M&G 62; REA 0.54; MARB -0.17 • One of three full brothers that will sell out of one of our best young donors. 3063A has explosive growth EPDs combined with tremendous muscle expression and length of body. Extra fancy herd bull prospect that ranks in the top 5% of the breed on WW, YW, Milk and M&G EPDs and the top 10% on REA EPD.

HH Advance 3031A ET

Sire: HH Advance 8050U ET • MGS: HH Advance 4055P • BW 3.3; WW 58; YW 84; MM 28; M&G 56; REA 0.31; MARB 0.15 • Outstanding combination of depth of rib, thickness, pigment, carcass and overall power in this great young herd bull prospect out of a top donor female.

A full sister is one of our best young females and a future donor also. Beef bull deluxe that weaned off at 935 lb. in August.

HH Advance 3013A

Sire: HH Advance 8050U ET • MGS: CL 1 Domino 886U • BW 4.0; WW 62; YW 96; MM 31; M&G 62; REA 0.55; MARB -0.20 • Extra pigment, thickness, length and style in this powerhouse herd bull prospect. With outstanding EPDs and backed by a top cow family, 3013A has huge potential. Maternal great grandam topped our 2008 Female Sale.

HH Advance 3006A

Sire: HH Advance 1098Y • MGS: HH Advance 8050U ET • BW 2.2; WW 58; YW 89; MM 27; M&G 56; REA 0.39; MARB 0.00 • One of the first sons to sell out of the 1098Y bull that sold for $102,000. 3006A is extremely well marked and thick with eye appeal deluxe. This 36% inbred bull shows what stacking great genetics can produce. Great EPDs and phenotype along with herd bull power.

HH Advance 3022A ET

Sire: HH Advance 0002X • Dam: HH Miss Advance 6155S • BW -0.9; WW 48; YW 73; MM 33; M&G 57; REA 0.27; MARB 0.06 • 3022A is a curve bender deluxe out of the $95,000 6155S cow that is a full sister to 8050U. He has exceptional muscle expression, volume, pigment and style and combines with strong calving ease, maternal and carcass strength. This is a tremendous flush with five powerful full brothers selling.

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60 years of consistent, balanced trait performance selection backed by a linebreeding program that guarantees predictability and uniformity HH Advance 0132X

Sire: CL 1 Domino 7128T 1ET • MGS: CL 1 Domino 320N • BW 0.5; WW 42; YW 62; MM 29; M&G 50; REA -0.17; MARB 0.23 • 0132X is proving out to be a top sire of calving ease, pigment, thickness, depth of rib and fleshing ability. His progeny are fancy made, correct and have loads of style. His first daughters look tremendous and his dam was a top donor that sold for $60,000 in our 2013 Female Sale. 30 Top Quality Sons Sell!

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Sire: L1 Domino 03571 • MGS: HH Advance 0024K • BW 1.2; WW 53; YW 86; MM 30; M&G 56; REA 0.29; MARB -0.07 • 6155S topped our spring 2013 sale at $95,000 to Iron Lake Ranch. She is a full sister to 8050U and is massive topped, deep sided, well marked, moderate framed and long bodied. She is an easy fleshing donor cow with curve bending EPDs and passes all her strengths on to her progeny. Nine powerhouse sons sell out of this great donor!

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HH Advance 3134A ET

Sire: HH Advance 0132X • Dam: HH Miss Advance 6155S • BW 0.7; WW 47; YW 72; MM 29; M&G 52; REA 0.05; MARB 0.08 • Well marked, big butted, deep ribbed and extra fancy herd bull prospect. 3134A is a calving ease bull with curve bending power and phenotype. One of four full brothers to sell out of this great mating.

HH Advance 3183A ET

Sire: HH Advance 0132X • Dam: HH Miss Advance 6155S • BW 0.7; WW 47; YW 72; MM 29; M&G 52; REA 0.05; MARB 0.08 • Square hipped and huge topped with tremendous spring of rib and eye appeal. 3183A is a super correct, easy moving herd bull prospect with curve bending EPDs.

HH Advance 3131A

Sire: HH Advance 0132X • MGS: L1 Domino 03571 • BW 2.7; WW 51; YW 77; MM 25; M&G 50; REA -0.21; MARB 0.23 • Tremendous rib shape, length of quarter and muscle expression in this well marked, moderate framed herd bull prospect.

HH Advance 2316Z ET

Sire: HH Advance 0132X • MGS: CL 1 Domino 500E • BW 1.0; WW 38; YW 59; MM 24; M&G 43; REA 0.01; MARB 0.00 • 2316Z has herd bull written all over him. He is an eye catcher deluxe with a big top, extra length of side and plenty of volume and muscle expression. His dam is a top donor cow that was still in production at 15 years of age and is a full sister to the great 767G bull. She also produced the high selling females in our 2005 and 2008 Female Sales.

HH Advance 0002X

Sire: HH Advance 7026T ET • MGS: HH Advance 5104R • BW -2.2; WW 43; YW 63; MM 39; M&G 60; REA 0.26; MARB 0.19 • 0002X was the high selling bull in our 2011 sale at $55,000 for ½ interest. He is a proven calving ease bull that is siring strong performance, maternal and carcass traits in his progeny. They are long bodied, well marked and fancy made with plenty of volume and capacity. Fourteen Sons Sell!

HH Advance 3203A

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Sire: HH Advance 0002X • MGS: HH Advance 7034T ET • BW 1.9; WW 56; YW 88; MM 29; M&G 57; REA 0.30; MARB 0.04 • Outstanding young herd bull prospect out of a top 2-year-old heifer. -3203A is well marked, stout and extra fancy and backs it up with a tremendous EPD profile.

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by Larry Brooks whiteface1881@gmail.com

“CHB Bites” is a column designed to keep you in-the-know about Certified Hereford Beef (CHB) program happenings. You can also follow CHB on Facebook at facebook.com/CertifiedHerefordBeef.

CHB LLC staff visited Sysco Minnesota on Nov. 26. Pictured (l to r) during the visit are: Brad Ellefson, CHB LLC vice president of retail; June Dunn, Sysco center of the plate specialist, Craig Huffhines, AHA executive vice president; Deed Danielson, Sysco center of the plate specialist; and Mick Welch, CHB LLC vice president of sales.

Look at all that Certified Hereford Beef (CHB®). Pictured touring the J&B warehouse in St. Michael, Minn., on Nov. 25 (l to r) are: Mike Hageman, J&B Wholesale Quality Food Products CEO; Craig Huffhines, American Hereford Association (AHA) executive vice president; and John Dinsmore, J&B sales manager. J&B supplies CHB product to Coborn’s Inc. and Sysco Foods.

Jon Erding, Sysco merchandizing manager, and Craig Huffhines point out a Greater Omaha Packing Co. Inc. CHB box during the Sysco Minnesota tour. Sysco Minnesota has made CHB its primary beef program. The company recorded record sales of 6 million lb. in 2013 and has a goal to be the first CHB foodservice distributor to reach 10 million lb. Based on its numbers of primal cuts, portion cuts and ground beef it should hit that milestone goal sometime in 2015.

Fifth Annual Montana Hereford Association Feeder Calf Sale Another Success For the second time since its inception five years ago, the Montana Hereford Association Hereford Influenced Feeder Calf Sale grossed more than $1 million.

Wednesday, Nov. 13, 1,080 head of whitefaced calves sold at the 2013 MHA Sale, at the Headwaters Livestock Auction Yard in Three Forks, Mont.

The sale is coordinated by a Montana Hereford Association committee. Eleven buyers participated in the auction; spending $1,021,018 on whitefaced calves that day. Prices were up $15 to $35/cwt. over last year’s sale.

A comparison of the MHA sale averages with the USDA compiled Montana average market report for that week, indicates that average prices for calves sold in the Hereford Influenced sale fell within the range of the USDA compiled prices in all weight breaks.

Information and results are available on the Montana Hereford Association website at mhafeedercalfsale.com. HW

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...Making the Best Cow continued from the cover

in the Angus seedstock business, as Daltons have raised top-quality Angus cattle in Virginia for 40 years, under the name Daltons on the Sycamore.

The two were married in 2001 and moved back East, where Jess quickly found himself continuing his education.

He had to learn about the seedstock business and the cow-calf business and the much-different business of grazing cattle on the East Coast.

Daltons on the Sycamore was already quite the enterprise with a progressive Angus herd run by longtime manager Dennis Eastin. Doug and Beverley Dalton (Wynn’s parents) own the land and the company. They have four children all of whom are involved in family businesses.

When he and Wynn moved back to Virginia, Jess had to carve out his niche within the family business dynamic.

“When I got here with my commercial background,” Jess says, “we put a lot of ground back into production that had previously been in trees. I got the opportunity to manage the commercial herd (called Goose Creek Valley Farms), which is a separate entity from the registered Angus herd.

“Now, we are all family at the end of the day, but we keep the registered herd and the commercial cow herd separate from a management standpoint and an economic standpoint so that we can measure both herds. We utilize our excellent Angus genetics in our commercial herd, and we use both ends to feed off of each other,” Jess adds.

Cow-calf crash course

Jess and his wife, Wynn, enjoy raising their two daughters, Curtis Ann (left) and Aubrey on the ranch.

western Kansas to be fed and sold on the U.S. Premium Beef grid. Because of that arrangement, Jess’ No. 1 concern was carcass merit.

“I knew with our Angus bulls from Daltons on the Sycamore, from a carcass standpoint, that those traits would be strong and highly heritable.

I wanted to be sure I wouldn’t hurt myself on that (by using Hereford bulls),” Jess says.

But, he hoped Hereford genetics could help him make a better commercial cow. “I knew that I wanted to take a breed of cattle that could thrive on low inputs and use a sometimes negative trait of fat thickness and turn that into a positive to add fleshing ability to my commercial cows. You don’t think of Virginia as being a necessarily harsh climate, but the heat and the humidity in the summer and fescue grass is hard on

cattle from a conception standpoint and weaning weight standpoint,” Jess says.

“It’s hard to believe, but you can go to South Texas and find cattle in better shape than in this country, starving to death in ankle-deep green grass,” Jess explains. “That was a big change, coming from short-grass country. But, I remembered, growing up, some of the best cattle were black baldie steers.

They are tremendous cattle.”

When Jess took over the management of the commercial cattle, they were mainly a recipient herd for embryos from the registered Angus herd. The base of the commercial cattle herd had come with a land purchase. The genetics were blackBull shopping hided and Angus-influenced; however, Knowing he needed some Hereford bulls the exact bloodlines were unknown. if he was going to produce those goodJess says he was concerned that lack of doin’ baldies, Jess talked to friend and knowledge could be a risk in many ways.

Hereford breeder Paul Bennett of nearby “Growing up in the stocker and Knoll Crest Farms, Red House, Va. feeder business, the cow-calf world “That’s an old Hereford cow herd was new to me,” Jess says. “But when that from a carcass standpoint might be I went to managing it, the one thing the elite herd in the country. They’ve I saw from a cow-calf standpoint is got generations of cows with data and profitability is based on percentages.

If I don’t start with a high conception rate, everything goes south from there.”

He continues, “I was trying to figure out how to make the best set of commercial cows, given what I was starting with.

Everyone I asked: ‘What would be your best commercial cow?’ said black baldie.”

Jess says he thought that rotating Hereford bulls into his breeding program was the best way to get that type of cow.

He knew he had to be sure before he went forward, though.

“I knew if I was going to bring Hereford bulls back to an Angus family, I had to be able to prove myself,” Jess says.

On all of the commercial calves, ownership is usually retained all the way to harvest.

The calves are weaned and backgrounded and then sent to There's no doubt Hereford bulls are very docile and easy to handle, Jess says.

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are highly influenced on carcass traits.

Again, for me, carcass merit was a must,” Jess explains.

In 2010 Jess made the leap and bought a Hereford Revolution son from Knoll Crest. Jess next headed west to Cooper Herefords in Willow Creek, Mont., where he says he found some of the best Hereford cattle in the country.

He bought another bull, and Jess says his only regret was he didn’t buy more bulls that first trip to Montana.

There have been challenges, though.

Jess started with only about 150 cows, and most of those were needed in the embryo transfer program for the Angus seedstock operation. With careful management and purchases, he has grown the herd to about 450 cows.

Now he uses Hereford bulls or semen on all the straight Angus cows that don’t get an embryo.

Each year, the straight-Angus replacement heifers are artificially inseminated (AI) to Feltons Legend 242, a Genex sire. In fact, the top end of the 2- and 3-year-old straight-Angus cows are all bred AI to Hereford bulls before entering the embryo program at 4 years old.

“In doing that, I am hoping that the genetic base of the cow herd comes from the freshest-sired calves,” Jess explains.

“Now I’ve got a big enough cow herd to justify keeping 40 or 50 replacement heifers. The straight blacks are AI bred to Legend, and if it’s a crossbred heifer or black whiteface heifer, I’ll use an Angus sire on her.”

Special consideration must be made when running a herd for embryo transfer, Jess says. “You can have a lot of embryo cows, but you’ll run out of cows and end up with the tail-end of the calf crop all the time if you don’t keep enough cattle back for replacements.”

As part of his overall breeding program, Jess currently keeps a bull battery of about six Hereford bulls and uses Hereford semen as well. He estimates right now about 150 out of the 450 are Hereford-sired calves.

Impressive results The results have been impressive, Jess says. “I am probably only two steps into a six-step process, but I’ve been very pleased so far.”

Jess has seen advantages in conception rates and fleshing ability on the Herefordsired heifers and cows and advantages in calf vigor, average daily gain, feed conversion and cost of gain on the Herefordsired calves and calves out of the Hereford-sired cows. All of these advantages were gained without sacrificing carcass merit. Plus, the Hereford bulls are very docile.

“I am really pleased so far with what I’ve seen,” he says.

Jess noticed an advantage as soon as the Hereford-sired calves hit the ground because of calf vigor.

“It’s tangible, but hard to measure, that calf vigor,” Jess says. “It’s real, though. When those Hereford-sired calves hit Hereford.org

the ground, if you’re not right there, you may end up roping to get them tagged. They are up and sucking quick, and those calves have a lot of punch to them,” Jess says.

The next noticeable difference is at weaning time. Jess has noticed an advantage in fleshing ability on the crossbred calves. And they do well in the yard too.

“Where I was really pleased last year was a set of crossbred steers gained (an average of) 3.71 lb. for 187 days and converted at 5:1 and fed for $1.17 per lb. when another set of cattle was feeding for $1.30 during that $8 corn run. That was something that I think is important all of the time, and there was a noted conversion advantage to that Hereford-sired calf.”

There’s no doubt Angus calves are noted for their carcass merit, but the crossbred calves didn’t give up any carcass quality when gaining more efficiently.

“I didn’t want to give up carcass performance,” Jess says. “Last year was probably the first year with a deep enough set of cattle to make sure that going away from the Angus breed wouldn’t hurt me from a quality and yield grade standpoint.

Those (Hereford-sired) cattle graded 96% Choice and didn’t give up anything from a hot carcass weight or Certified Angus Beef percentage or a Yield Grade percentage yielding a strong 65%.”

Female advantages If the Hereford-sired steers have competed well with straight Angus, then the crossbred heifers have done even better. Jess and his longtime friend and Genex rep Tom McCall agree that the advantage of heterosis has helped the Goose Creek heifers considerably.

First, it’s noticeable in conception rates. “At preg-check it’s pretty typical if she comes through with a bald-face, she will be bred,” Jess says. “I think the improved conception rates probably come directly from fleshing ability.”

The numbers don’t lie. This year, the difference in conception rates on the replacement heifers was obvious. He had 34 total replacement heifers with 14 Hereford-sired and the remaining 20 straight Angus. Nine out of 14 Herefordsired were bred AI on the first service (64%), compared to the Angus, of which only eight out of 20 were bred AI on the first heat (40%). Ninety-eight percent of the Hereford-sired heifers were bred in the first two heat cycles.

Tom has noticed the difference too.

“I am seeing some advantages from heterosis as far as fleshing ability,” he explains. “Those Hereford-sired 2-yearold heifers are normally half a body condition score better at weaning time than the straight blacks.”

That makes a big difference on getting that first-calf heifer bred back, another measurable trait where Jess has seen an advantage. “I’ve got my first set of Hereford-sired 3-year-olds this year, and they’re really special,” Jess says.

A big difference could be seen in getting the 2-year-old heifers bred.

This year there were 27 females in that group, 17 straight Angus and Hereford.org

“It’s tangible, but hard to measure, that calf vigor. It’s real, though. When those Hereford-sired calves hit the ground, if you’re not right there, you may end up roping to get them tagged. They are up and sucking quick, and those calves have a lot of punch to them.”

— Jess Herbers 10 Hereford-Angus cross. Of the 10 Hereford-sired, seven were bred AI, and all 10 were settled in the first two heats. Compare that rate with the straight Angus cows of which only 9 were bred AI; 12 were settled in the first two heats, and even after three heat cycles, there were still two opens.

Meeting lofty goals Because of these results, Goose Creek will continue to use Hereford bulls and semen in a rotational breeding system, according to Tad Melton.

Tad is married to Whitney Dalton and lends a helping hand with the business management of the Dalton family ranching activities on both the seedstock and commercial sides.

Tad explains that because of the advantages of heterosis, the operation will strive to keep the base of the commercial cow herd three-quarters Angus and a quarter Hereford into perpetuity. Carcass merit is very important to them, Tad explains, and they’ve set “lofty” goals for achievement of Prime quality grades on their commercial calves.

“Jess always says ‘the packer likes that Prime carcass but the cow-calf man likes a cow that breeds back,’ and he is right,” Tad quips. “I, however, believe that you can breed cattle that can do it all. It isn’t easy, and it doesn’t happen fast, but that is our goal.”

Tad continues, “We learned in our Angus business, if you want to achieve great outcomes you have to have the best genetics, and we are laser focused on scaling a herd

of commercial cattle that descend from the best genetics out there to achieve our goals. Such goals are to produce cattle that breed back and calve early in the calving season, wean heavy calves in a low-input, fescue dominated grazing system, gain rapidly on feed and return us or our customers profits in a retained ownership marketing program. These are lofty goals but why not have lofty goals? To realize them we know we need to use the best genetics, and at Goose Creek that will include Hereford bulls in the future.

“Eventually we hope to be sought out as a source of replacements that will then make those buyers and their customers money.”

Jess believes they are close to that goal. “I have retained all the heifers so far purely from a growing standpoint,” he says. “I needed them to go back in, but now I am getting to the point where I will be able to market a potload of bred heifers that will be out of the best genetics in the Angus and Hereford breeds. That’s my goal going forward.”

Lessons learned Tad shares an important business philosophy often with the family and employees: “Warren Buffett says, ‘If you are playing poker and you look around the table and don’t know who the fool is, the fool is you.’ This is a powerful lesson that in a thinking-based environment, you must know at least as much as all the other participants. How it applies to the cattle business is that we think you have to know how every participant in the

beef industry value chain makes money — because you have to create a product that will contribute to their success all the way down the line. We believe this is the future of the industry.”

That philosophy has been critical to the Dalton family’s commercial and seedstock success.

“We have spent a lot of time understanding how everyone from the AI stud to the seedstock producer to the cow-calf man, from the backgrounder to the feedlot operator to the packer and retailer make money,” Tad says. “In our opinion, if you want to be on the cutting edge of the beef industry, you have to know these things and can’t just make decisions based on your circumstances or assume that what works for one guy in your segment or down the line will work for you.”

Based on this research, Tad says that Hereford genetics are important to the success of the Goose Creek commercial cow herd. “We are striving to build a product in a largescale cow-calf operation that has all the industry segments in mind. We want ourselves and our customers to make money. We want cows that calve early and breed back on time.

When we retain ownership we will be paid strong premiums for a superior product; however, if we choose to market the cattle at weaning, our customers will know what to expect from Goose Creek calves. For us that included adding Hereford genetics to our operation.” HW

These Hereford-sired females are doing well, despite that Virginia is actually a harsh climate, where less efficient cattle will do poorly because of the low nutritional value of the fescue grass.

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47 Years in the Hereford Business Selling 50-head of 2-year-old, fall yearling and yearling Hereford bulls 13 Yearling Hereford heifers New this year: 3 Red Angus bulls Monday, March 10, 2014 Cattleman’s Connection Bull Sale 1 p.m. (CST) at Spring Cove Ranch, Bliss, Idaho

Selling sons and daughters of:

Selling sons and daughters of:

KCF Bennett 9126J R294 • P42651401 CE 10.1; BW -1.5; WW 54; YW 96; MM 33; M&G 60; SC 1.4; REA 0.06; MARB 0.58

C 860U Domino 0152 ET • 43090911 CE 0.0; BW 2.8; WW 52; YW 93; MM 26; M&G 52; SC 1.0; REA 0.33; MARB 0.14

JBB/AL Herefords

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Logterman Family Hereford & Angus Production Sale Monday, Feb. 10, 2014 • 2 p.m. (CST)

Valentine Livestock Auction • Valentine, Neb. Selling: 65 2-year-old Hereford bulls • 70 yearling and 2-year-old Angus bulls F 400 Domino 813 {CHB}{DLF,HYF,IEF}

BW 3.6; WW 71; YW 121; MM 35; M&G 70; REA 0.85; MARB -0.02 • 813 has become a mainstay in our herd with his fourth crop weaned. He has a powerful, proven EPD profile with highly productive daughters in our herd.

UPS Domino 5216 {CHB}{DLF,IEF}

BW 1.5; WW 45; YW 68; MM 31; M&G 53; REA 0.50; MARB 0.19 • 5216 was used for his low birth weight and high maternal traits. His progeny consistently have that easy keeping, full ribbed look that ranchers demand. 11-trait leader.

KC Mr Ribstone 10071 "Freckles"

BW 0.4; WW 52; YW 80; MM 26; M&G 52; REA 0.26; MARB 0.21 • Carmichael's top seller, with multi-trait excellence and loads of pigment. "Freckles" lowers birth weights, yet increases weaning weights and marbling. Thus far 90 "Freckles" calves in two crops averaged birth ratio 98 and nursing ratio 102. Progeny scans thus far averaged 108 marbling ratio.

Other sires represented F Rest Easy 847 {CHB}{DLF,HYF,IEF}

BW 0.2; WW 45; YW 86; MM 43; M&G 65; REA 0.20; MARB 0.25

H Payback 807 ET {CHB}{DLF,HYF,IEF}

BW 6.0; WW 64; YW 95; MM 27; M&G 59; REA 0.85; MARB -0.28

Churchill Dakota 5194R ET {CHB}

BW 5.5; WW 52; YW 94; MM 29; M&G 55; REA 0.22; MARB 0.13

For a catalog or more information, contact:

Dwight Logterman 605-429-3209 Cell 402-389-1165 www.logterman.com Catalog is online at www.valentinelivestock.net

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Forecast for ’14 Waiting on the Farm Bill and herd rebuilding.

by Kindra Gordon

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wo factors will heavily influence the new year — foremost, can Congress come to a consensus on a fiveyear farm bill, and, secondly, have drought conditions subsided enough that 2014 becomes the year that beef producers begin to rebuild their herds? Here are highlights of the indicators to watch in the year ahead.

Farm bill friction

Blustery winter weather What’s in store for winter weather 2013-14?

The 2014 Old Farmer’s Almanac — which boasts an 80% accuracy rate — calls for a cold one with heavy snow to boot.

The Almanac says, “A decline in solar activity combined with ocean-atmosphere patterns in the Pacific and Atlantic will result in below-normal temperatures and above-normal snowfall during most of the winter across much of the United States.”

Janice Stillman, editor of The Old Farmer’s Almanac, suggests there can be a silver lining to this snowy, cold forecast. She stated, “The good news is that the extra precipitation — which will fall as rain or snow depending where you are — will help with any drought issues left over from the summer.”

Ample snow will also mean most ski resorts across the country should not have a problem getting up-and-running this year.

Predicting the weather trend for January, February and March is more challenging than normal this year because the Arctic Oscillation is in a neutral position — meaning there is no El Niño or La Niña currently occurring that would indicate expected temperatures and precipitation.

According to Accuweather.com, here are some specifics for the forecast: • California can expect heavy precipitation through January, which will provide relief from the past two years of drought and help fill some reservoirs.

• In the Northwest and Rockies, abundant snow and wild temperatures are being predicted. This weather is being attributed to changes in water temperatures occurring in the northeastern Pacific — the waters are becoming much warmer. Montana and Wyoming can expect temperatures well below normal while coastal parts of Oregon and Washington may be milder.

• The Northern Plains and Upper Midwest can anticipate snowy weather with blasts of extreme cold. The Dakotas already had a record-breaking snowfall in October, and higher-thannormal snowfall amounts are also being forecast through January from Iowa and Nebraska to Minnesota and the Dakotas.

• In the Southeast and the Gulf Coast, warmer temperatures are in the forecast. However, this situation could also prompt severe weather with heavy rain and flooding in December and February.

• The East can expect a mild start to winter, but by January colder temps will arrive. Snowfall is also expected to be minimal until later in the season. HW

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The Farm Bill is already a year behind schedule and has primarily faced gridlock over proposed cuts to food stamps and nutrition programs — which represent about 85% of USDA’s (U.S. Department of Agriculture’s) budget. Farm programs account for the remaining 15%. The Senate version called for $4 billion to be cut from food stamps while the House wanted to reduce the program by $40 billion.

As of mid-November, the farm bill was being reviewed by a conference committee representing 41 members of Congress. Barry Flinchbaugh, a Kansas State University agricultural economist, told Reuters, “Food is the only division. The other issues can be settled.”

If Congress fails to pass a new bill, a second extension of the 2008 farm bill is likely, according to Flinchbaugh. If that happens, he anticipates it would be a two-year extension to avoid farm bill wrangling during the 2014 midterm elections — when 33 of 100 seats in the Senate and all 435 seats in the House will be contested.

But political analysts agree that with Congress deeply divided, the future outcome for the farm bill is challenging to predict.

Beef rebuilding Despite the uncertainty in Washington, D.C., indications in ranch country are that rebuilding of the beef herd may be picking up its pace. Fall sales of heifer

calves at auctions in the Northern Plains were bringing top billing with many of those females going to herds planning to increase their cow herd numbers.

With the current low inventory of beef cattle creating tight supplies, cattle prices have remained strong. And, with some moisture over the summer and fall helping pasture conditions and the corn crop, cattlemen are seeing incentive for herd expansion.

Speaking at the Texas Cattle Feeders Association (TCFA) convention in early November, Randy Blach of CattleFax said the lower corn prices this fall are a “big deal.”

Blach explained, “We’ve obviously been short on corn over the last couple of years… And then we had the drought on top of that. So, it’s been impossible for the livestock industry to really catch a big enough corn crop in here to where we had production costs at levels where we could really make a living.”

Blach anticipates the price of corn and other grains will remain relatively low for the near future and that will be good news to producers — allowing for more positive operating margins for the next several years as a result.

Blach said the size of the nation’s cow herd has not jumped significantly yet, but he believes it will soon.

“We’ll see a smaller herd yet on Jan. 1 of ’14, but we do like what we see happening. The number of beef cows being harvested has slowed significantly.

We’re going to keep a few more heifers and not put them in the feedlot stream…. If we continue to get some good moisture, by Jan. 1 of 2015, we should see an uptick in the beef cow herd,” he told TCFA attendees.

The numbers There are indications that heifer retention is accelerating this fall with cow-calf producers holding more heifers and heifer calves for Hereford.org

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emand is up for Hereford genetics across the board.

One place in particular is for Hereford and Herefordinfluenced feeder calves to serve the demand for Certified Hereford Beef (CHB®) products.

Trey Befort, the CHB LLC supply chain manager hired in August 2013, wants to help commercial cattlemen and seedstock producers find ways to meet this demand.

Befort says, “As the demand for CHB continues to increase, we need to manage the supply and determine where those cattle are to acquire more cattle into the CHB network.”

First on his to-do list has been to build a network of feedlots interested in feeding Hereford and Hereford-influenced calves.

“We started at the top and asked our two packing partners (Greater Omaha Packing Co. Inc. and National Beef Packing Co. LLC plants in Dodge City and Liberal, Kan.) about yards they already had good relationships with. We’ve been canvassing those feedyards and explaining

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CHB live animal specifications Cattle must be at least one-half Hereford breeding and 100% British bred.

the CHB program and how it can work for them,” he says.

Befort says he and other American Hereford Association (AHA) staff have also been contacting sale barns. “We are trying to establish communication with the auction markets so whenever they have any cattle in their sale that might fit our live specs, they could communicate that to us. That allows us to notify everyone in that feedyard network we’ve put together. That applies to video markets too — Superior and Western Video, among others.

So if they have lot numbers that fit the CHB program, they can communicate that to us.”

It’s a win-win for everybody; more competition for Hereford feeder cattle means better prices for sellers. It means more cattle in the participating feedlots, which include both custom and commercial yards, and more cattle eligible for the program at the packer level. Ultimately, that’s more CHB on plates around the country.

What can commercial cattlemen do?

First, they can raise cattle that qualify for the CHB program (see “CHB live animal specifications” sidebar). Next, when their calves are near market-ready, they should contact Befort. Depending on their unique operation, he can help producers decide what’s the best way to get their calves into the CHB supply.

For smaller producers not near a participating yard, that might mean pooling cattle with a neighbor or participating

in one of the many Hereford feeder cattle auctions to create a load. For larger producers, there may be an opportunity to direct market their calves to a participating feedlot. Either way, Befort can let the near 30 participating feedlots know these cattle are for sale.

What can seedstock producers do?

They should spread the word.

Befort says, “It really starts with breeders. When they sell a bull, they know a lot better than I do about where it’s going.

They can be very instrumental in helping us communicate to their customers that there’s a want and need for Herefordinfluenced calves,” he says.

There’s a new supply development brochure available, which is a great way to inform bull and female buyers about the program. Producers can ask their field representative for copies or contact Befort.

Cattle must have a predominately (51%) whiteface. Cattle must exhibit white markings over the jaw, forehead and muzzle. Cattle must have white markings on all three locations, or they are unacceptable.

Cattle must exhibit some or all of the traditional markings of a Hereford or Hereford/English crossbred animal such as white on the face and neck. White markings on any part of the hip, shoulder or side of the body such as spots, stripes, or belts are not acceptable.

Cattle offered for qualification other than solid red, solid black or roan with a predominately whiteface — such as yellow, gray, brown, brindle or smoke — are ineligible.

Steers and heifers presented for qualification must be of beef-type breeding. Animals must express some evidence of muscle bulge.

Although not limited to, this bulge is best observed in the large muscles of the round.

An animal expressing dairy-type breeding (dairy-type head, prominent “hook” bones, large “barrel-like” body, etc.) typically has muscles in the round, which are semi-flat to concave or “dished” in appearance, and is not acceptable.

Cattle offered for qualification shall not have an excessive hump on the withers (protruding above the top line), excessively long ears (ears that project downward from the head) or an elongated head indicative of Bos indicus genetics. The hump on the withers should not be confused with a crest on the neck, which is normal for many thick muscled cattle, particularly males.

To qualify, cattle may be either horned or polled. Bulls, bullocks or cows are not acceptable.

Producers shouldn’t forget Hereford Verified.

For those interested in a sourceand age-verified market, there’s Hereford Verified. Hereford Verified is a genetic, sourceand age-verification program that pulls together a network of seedstock producers, commercial producers, cattle feeders and licensed packers with data, market access and premiums.

Producers should contact Heidi Tribbett (htribbett@hereford.org) for more on enrolling their cattle in that program. HW

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FREE cattle listing on Hereford Marketplace Hereford Marketplace is a quick and easy way to let people know about your feeder cattle for sale.

Log on to HerefordMarketplace.com, scroll down to the feeder cattle section and click “Add feeder cattle.” Once the form is submitted, allow 24 hours for it to be approved, and then the listing will appear on the website free for all to see.

Raised on his family’s cow-calf operation near Pratt, Kan., Befort is a 2010 graduate of Kansas State University. After graduation, he completed the Career Leadership Opportunity training program with JBS-Swift before accepting a position as a cattle buyer for the JBS-Swift Grand Island, Neb., beef plant.

His wife then accepted a position with the American Royal, initiating the move to the Kansas City area. Since taking the position of CHB supply manager, he’s enjoyed the opportunity to learn more about the Certified Hereford Beef program and says he is looking forward to continuing to grow the CHB supply by working with producers.

Contact Befort with questions and concerns or to visit about your cattle marketing options. You can reach him at 620-770-3419 or tbefort@herefordbeef.org.

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Matching Cows and Production to the Environment

Beef cattle specialist encourages producers to consider the environment when making genetic decisions.

by Troy Smith

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rom a price standpoint, calf-sellers should be happy, happy, happy. Prices received in recent years suggest tremendous financial opportunity for commercial cow-calf operators, provided their costs of production are under control. Therein lies the rub. Prices cattle producers pay for many production inputs have increased dramatically, including prices paid for a historically leastcost feed resource: grazed forage.

Despite rising rental rates and purchase prices, grazed forages remain the least expensive feedstuff for maintaining beef cows. That’s the reason why cow-calf producers have long been advised to match

cow biological type to their respective environment’s forage resources and, especially, the forages available for grazing. But Oklahoma State University Beef Cattle Specialist David Lalman fears many producers are trying to make the environment fit the kind of cows they like.

Lalman says genetic selection emphasizing muscle, growth and milk production has resulted, in many instances, in beef cows that really don’t fit production systems based on grazed forages.

He cites the industry trend toward cows of larger mature size and greater milking ability. Such cows have higher nutrient requirements which a grazed

“Commercial producers should find seedstock sources that put priority on economically relevant traits related to fertility and forage use efficiency. ” — David Lalman

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forage system may not satisfy.

Commonly, the production environment must be modified by supplementing or replacing grazed forages with purchased or harvested feedstuffs.

In Lalman’s home state of Oklahoma, the average beef cow relies heavily on harvested feed.

In 1960 her grazed forage diet was supplemented with about three-quarters of a ton of hay per year. Now, says Lalman, the average Oklahoma cow consumes 2.25 tons of hay annually. Her diet consists primarily of hay for 150 days each year.

Production environment modifications, or enhancements, result in added cost which may not be offset by increased productivity. Selection for increased growth through weaning and increased milk really ought to yield increased weaning weights, unless genetic expression for those traits is limited by the environment.

However, Lalman says Standardized Performance Analysis (SPA) data from New Mexico, Texas and Oklahoma show no evidence of sustained increases in weaning weights in commercial cow-calf operations.

Benchmarking data from the North Dakota Cow Herd Appraisal Performance Software (CHAPS) program indicate that, after a decade of relatively steady increase, weaning weights have been static since 2006. Such evidence makes Lalman wonder if genetic potential in cattle has surpassed the capacity of forage to provide increased nutrients needed for increased production.

“There is no strong evidence that commercial cow efficiency has improved. From Hereford.org

a commercial cow-calf perspective, the industry is on an unsustainable path, relative to some traits. Cows are big, and we can’t seem to get enough milk or muscle,” states Lalman. “The result is that fed inputs — costs per cow-calf unit — are increasing, while limited data suggest that production is not.”

Admittedly, the trend toward larger frame size has waned.

However, Lalman says mature cow weight per inch of height continues to increase. The push for more muscle and more capacity but less fat increases potential for negative impact to fertility. Less body fat in proportion to muscle means these cows have to be heavier to obtain the same fat composition, which is still thought to be the best mediator driving fertility. So, bigger cows may have to achieve a higher body condition score to be in optimum condition for breeding.

Too often ignored, says Lalman, is the relationship between increased milk production and year-long maintenance requirements for beef cows. The higher nutrient requirements associated with increased genetic potential for milk production can be linked to increased visceral organ mass, relative to live weight. According to Lalman, selection for milk has pushed lactation potential so far that cows of some beef breeds are approaching maintenance levels for the Holstein breed.

“If you continue to select for milk,” states Lalman, “you continue to select for animals with higher maintenance requirements.”

Selection for high growth is accompanied by higher feed intake and greater gut capacity, which also result in increased visceral organ mass relative to live body weight.

Just like selection for more milk, the consequence is higher cow maintenance requirements.

Lalman also advises commercial producers to consider how mismatches between cow type and environment may affect reproductive performance.

Southwest SPA data show no improvement in weaning rates since the benchmarking program began more than 20 years ago. Lalman says Oklahoma calf weaning rates of 80-82% show there is a challenge, but also opportunity, for application of management to improve reproductive performance.

Lalman says targeting more moderation in growth, mature size and milk, combined with alteration of ranch stocking rates, would seem a good response to economic trends and likely would result in increased efficiency.

Lalman believes the Hereford breed stands on the brink of an era of opportunity. However, he warns against trying to be all things to all people. Hereford producers need to Hereford.org

capitalize on the differences their breed offers.

“Fertility cannot be treated as a secondary trait. In my opinion, it has been for about 20 years,” says Lalman, noting how greatest selection emphasis has been placed on calving ease, marbling and cutability. “We have somewhat forgotten the commercial cow.”

Lalman advises Hereford producers to put pressure on cows to perform. Seedstock breeders as well as commercial operators should make their cows work for a living

without artificial enhancements to the environment. He recommends selecting sires born to cows that have calved early in the calving season every year while managed under real-world conditions.

“Be careful of size and growth.

Forage efficiency is more important,” stresses Lalman.

“Commercial producers should find seedstock sources that put priority on economically relevant traits related to fertility and forage use efficiency. (Seedstock suppliers should) cull open cows, save only

early-born heifers and keep only early-bred replacements in the herd. Purchase bulls out of cows that are managed like yours, or worse,” he adds.

Relative to other breeds, Hereford milk production is low but increasing.

Lalman advises caution. If the trend toward more milk continues, he believes a real Hereford advantage may be lost.

“It is an advantage,” emphasizes Lalman. “Congratulations. You’re in a wonderful position. Don’t run from it.” HW

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B&D L1 Domino 210 • 43333143

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Sire: CL 1 Domino 042X 1ET • Dam: B&D L1 Dominet 0208 ET Sire: HH Advance 5104R • Dam: L1 Dominette 08509 BW 2.1; WW 58; YW 91; MM 41; M&G 70; FAT 0.044; BW 2.3; WW 59; YW 95; MM 31; M&G 60; FAT 0.008; REA 0.16; MARB -0.05 REA 0.49; MARB 0.02 • Outstanding heifer bull with loads of performance.

• Really good 5104 son that is short marked.

The dam is a direct daughter of the great Cooper 475 cow we owned with Mark Cooper.

B&D L1 Domino 255 • 43333176 Sire: B&D L1 Domino 7155 1ET • Dam: B&D Miss Advance 394 BW 3.6; WW 54; YW 85; MM 26; M&G 53; FAT 0.028; REA 0.19; MARB -0.02 • 7155 is a flushmate to the great HH Advance 8050 bull. He, like his brother, passes on tremendous performance to his offspring and 255 is proof of that.

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BW 2.0; WW 49; YW 76; MM 28; M&G 53; FAT 0.036; REA 0.17; MARB 0.02 • A powerful 9169 son out of a great 836/550 daughter. 550 was the first cow we ever flushed.

We have two full sisters to 670 and they are all outstanding.

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BW 2.0; WW 59; YW 91; MM 34; M&G 63; FAT 0.034; REA 0.05; MARB -0.03 • HERD BULL. Dam 9007 is an outstanding 5104 daughter that has a Denver pen bull every year.

BW 0.9; WW 50; YW 78; MM 30; M&G 55; FAT 0.038; REA 0.18; MARB -0.07 • Herd bull out of 042. 829 is a tremendous producer that always brings one of the big ones.

The bulls pictured above will be in our annual sale slated for March 17, 2014.

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4) Create strategies that manage risk and maximize opportunity in each scenario (Plan A, B, C, D and so on).

5) Implement the best strategies and continue to develop new strategies as scenarios unfold and new market conditions evolve. “In other words, continuously repeat steps 1 through 5,” Stewart says.

Facing Reality: Feed Price Volatility How are you preparing?

by Kindra Gordon

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ast fall the question being pondered was how high could the price of corn possibly go? $9? $12? By when?

This year, the price-of-corn pendulum has swung the other direction — further proof that volatility is here to stay — and it’s anyone’s guess what the market might do next.

Scott Stewart, CEO and president of the commodity marketing firm of Stewart-Peterson Inc., notes that no one really knows where the price will land. So, rather than focus on the possible price predictions, Stewart, who has 30 years of tenure working with ag commodities, advises there is one

paper titled “$12 Corn Special Report.” Stewart says, “I wrote the report with that provocative title in order to get people’s attention — everyone wants an advisor to pinpoint a price.”

But, the report’s overall message was not “prepare for $12 corn.” It was “prepare for the volatility that could bring us $12 corn.” He notes that sometimes that message gets lost in the desire to pinpoint a price level.

In 2006, when the report was released, corn prices hovered around $2.50 to $3. At that time the word “volatile” historically referred only to the weather.

However, change loomed on the

contracts eclipsing the $8 mark. It stopped climbing there; however, it also swung all the way back down to $2.90 in a period of six months.

Anticipate future scenarios Corn has not hit the $12 mark; however, Stewart notes volatility is more prevalent than it has ever been and those who have not prepared will struggle as it continues. Supplies of corn continue to be uncertain, and as this scenario unfolds each growing season, Stewart says producers’ focus should not be solely on what might happen with prices — rather it should be on preparing for volatility.

Stewart’s recommended approach, which he calls market scenario planning, includes these essential steps: 1) Survey the data and expert opinions.

certainty to bank on and prepare for: Volatility will continue and it can be managed by preparing for the “likely,” “potential” and “possible” events.

Winds of change In fact, Stewart has been trying for the past seven years to get the ag community to prepare for volatility. In 2006 he wrote a

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horizon. The effects of freedom to farm, stepped-up world demand, ethanol production and a just-intime delivery mindset lowered year-to-year carryover stocks and began shaking up what had been relatively stable markets.

As an example, Stewart recalls June 2008 when corn rallied 37.5% past its previous high and went to $7.62, with some deferred

2) Develop scenarios of what could possibly happen to the price. He emphasizes including all the possibilities and says, “For this exercise, don’t get caught thinking: ‘That could never happen!’”

3) Imagine how your operation will fare in each scenario, thus determining your greatest risks and opportunities.

Stewart emphasizes that the key in this approach is to keep an open mind and to avoid the temptation to follow one single “marketing plan” based on someone’s price predictions or bias.

He says, “In this new world of price volatility, an advisor’s role should be to paint possible price scenarios, not predict price levels.

It’s so important to look at all the possibilities. Otherwise, you will be scrambling to adjust when a price level you hadn’t envisioned comes along.”

Stewart also says it is important to become familiar with riskmarketing strategies and tools before decisions are needed.

More extremes ahead Looking ahead, Stewart is cautious, saying, “When we look at the conditions that have led to the volatility we have today, we see that they haven’t changed. If anything, the risks have become more pronounced.”

Among the risks he foresees continuing to influence corn price volatility include:

• Weather data • Yield patterns • Just-in-time mentality —

Stewart says, “The world has come to rely on supplies of crops and commodities being readily available. No one wants inventory in advance of need. The most recent economic collapse has accelerated this thinking.

Almost no one has stockpiles of agricultural commodities.”

Stewart surmises, “As a result of all this, the cost of protecting prices has jumped. Options that used to cost pennies to buy are now many times that, increasing the importance of good decisionmaking. When markets move fast, you can lose money so quickly if you do not know what you are doing.”

He adds, “In this kind of highprice, high-risk environment, advanced option strategies or combinations of both futures and options will be necessary to keep marketing costs low while protecting a price range.” HW Editor’s Note: Stewart-Peterson Inc. is based in West Bend, Wis., with branch offices in Illinois, Nebraska and Maryland.

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Calving

283 Days Gestation length in cattle affects birth weight and breed back.

by Heather Smith Thomas

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here are several factors that affect birth weight in calves. These factors can include: 1) breed — some breeds have larger calves; 2) genetics of sire and dam — size of calf at birth is heritable; 3) length of gestation — also heritable; 4) age and size of the dam — heifers tend to have smaller calves and shorter gestation than mature cows, and large cows tend to have larger calves than small cows); 5) sex of the calf; 6) environmental factors; and 7) nutrition and health of the dam.

Gestation length is heritable.

Some breeds and some family lines within breeds tend to have gestation lengths slightly shorter or longer than the “average” 283 days. Low-birth-weight cattle often have shorter-than-average gestation length. High-birthweight cattle tend to have longerthan-average gestation length.

The fetus grows fastest in the final stages of gestation, so several more days of gestation create a larger calf. One study showed that each extra day of

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gestation amounts to at least a pound increase in size of the calf. In breeds with large calves, this may be more than a 2 lb. increase per day.

Bull calves tend to be larger than heifer calves of the same breed, partly because bovine males are larger than females and partly because male calves tend to be carried longer than heifer calves. If a cow goes past her due date, she often has a bull calf, whereas if she calves a few days early, the calf is often a heifer.

Avoid extremes Calves genetically large at birth tend to be large as weanlings and then as yearlings. Small calves tend to have lower weaning and yearling weights.

This difference in weight is one reason many breeds inadvertently developed more calving problems, selecting for heavier weaning and yearling weights.

This got to be such a problem by the 1980s that many breeders began selecting for lower birth weights. Most breeds eventually

developed a birth weight expected progeny difference (EPD) and then calving ease EPDs so stockmen could have a way to try to select bulls that sired smaller calves at birth, especially for use on heifers.

Birth weight is heritable and is influenced by gestation length, which is also heritable. The calf inherits tendencies for birth weight from his sire and dam. You may not resolve all your calving problems by purchasing bulls with low birth weight if your heifers were large at birth. A good rule of thumb is to never keep a heifer that was heavier than 90 lb. at birth.

It’s wise to avoid extremes. Low birth weight is generally beneficial, as long as the calf is not too small.

Dr. Steve Hendrick, Western College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Saskatchewan, says there are some concerns when calves are too small.

Michael MacNeil, who recently retired from the research station at Miles City, Mont., and now has a consulting business, says gestation length is an interesting trait. He participated in a number of earlier research projects looking at gestation length, calving ease, etc.

“Intermediate optimum is clearly important, rather than either extreme,” MacNeil says.

“If gestation length is too short, calves are born not only too small, but premature and not fully competent, and they die. If calves are carried too long they get too big. There’s actually a fairly narrow window of acceptable gestation length.

“Mother Nature does not allow us to breed cattle outside that window or she will kill them,” he adds.

They die if they are premature and can’t be born if they are too big. But there are advantages to having calves in the lower end of average (born easily) rather than on the high end of average where you end up pulling 120-lb. calves or delivering them by C-section.

Regarding birth weight, it’s best to find a happy medium — medium-size calves at birth that still give good performance. Or, you can look for the exceptional individuals that are born small but grow quickly, catching up by weaning time. There are cattle with a 70 to 80 lb. birth weight that grow fast enough to give excellent performance at weaning and as yearlings.

Dr. Ron Skinner, veterinarian and seedstock producer near Hall, Mont., says producers need to be cautious about selecting for really small (60- to 65-lb.) calves. “If you keep them as breeding stock, you may end up with a body type that is not optimal for calving. Some of these animals will have short bodies (not enough length) and not enough thickness. You can

build yourself into a trap where these smaller cows can’t give birth to a 90-lb. calf,” says Skinner.

It’s more common, however, for stockmen to get into trouble at the other extreme, since many people keep their biggest heifers as replacements. If you keep selecting this type of animal, you soon have cows a frame size or two larger than you started with and bigger calves at birth.

“Do not keep heavy birth weight females. Even if you breed them to easy-calving bulls, you may still have to assist them at birth. It’s just as important to watch birthweight on females as it is on the bulls you select,” Skinner says.

“When trying to bend the curve with moderate birth weight and high performance, much of your success will depend on where you get your genetic seedstock. You need to know how your bull producer selects genetics and how careful he is on keeping good records.”

Some cattle have low birth weights and ease of calving and still give high performance, but you have to look a little harder to find them.

Search for shorter gestation Buddy Westphal, a seedstock breeder from Polson, Mont., went on a search more than 40 years ago for bulls with shorter gestation. “When I was a student at Colorado State University, one of my professors, Jim Wiltbank, worked with several beef research stations. His mandate for the cattle business was that a cow had to have a calf every 365 days,” Westphal says.

You don’t want a cow that has a longer calving interval each year, or, eventually, she calves too late or comes up open.

“You only have about 80 days to clean up a cow and get her bred back, and if she has an overdue calf, she doesn’t have as much chance to rebreed on time.

I didn’t want to lose my calving interval, so I went in search of bulls with shorter gestation length,” Westphal explains.

In 1968 he came across a Canadian research project called Canadian Conception to Consumer Test. This multiyear study was testing bulls for various traits, including birth weight and gestation length as well as performance. This was the first large-scale progeny test program in North America designed to provide detailed breeding-to-slaughter and carcass evaluation of the sires that were available through AI (artificial insemination). The study utilized thousands of cows on the PFRA (Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration) community pastures — which hundreds of ranchers utilize for summer Hereford.org

grazing — with bulls supplied by the government.

“For this study, they bred a lot of the cows AI to different bulls,” he says. “The people doing the AI work only knew the code on the semen and didn’t know whether it was Simmental, Chianina or Charolais, etc. Even when the cow calved, they didn’t know what breed the sire was; it was simply a crossbred calf. They just kept track of all the dates and details such as weights through yearling age and slaughter. When the data came back, it was unbiased, down to the hour the calves were born, how much they weighed, etc.

“Thousands of cows in the PFRA community pastures were part of this study, mating them to the new French and European bulls of all breeds.

When the data came back they were able to tell what happened with which sires, in which breed. It was extremely accurate and unbiased data, and I used it for 20 years,” he says.

During those years, Westphal sold a lot of his bulls to the research centers at Miles City and Havre, Mont., and got the data on those bulls. “The Miles City station, for instance, was also studying gestation length in terms of breed-back time. Cows that give birth to calves with longer than average gestation don’t have as much time to recover and breed back. That was the reason for my quest — to have an adequate calving interval,” he says.

The shorter gestation solved calving problems, as well.

“As soon as I started seeking bulls that sired calves with a gestation under the 283-day average, I was no longer doing C-sections. If I could find a bull with a 278- or 280-day gestation, birth weights became more reasonable.”

This was a secondary benefit that he now utilizes in producing easycalving bulls for commercial customers — which he feels is possibly more important than the increased window for breed back, which was the reason for his original search.

before it’s born. A large cow tends to have a larger calf than a small cow, and the nutrition the fetus obtains from the dam can make a difference in how fast it grows.

But gestation length is determined mainly by the calf itself — its fetal maturity is what triggers labor, and this is a function of genetics via the sire. Some bulls consistently sire longer-gestation calves (or shortergestation calves) than average.

“The sire of the calf that’s in utero is the more important piece in this equation,” MacNeil says. HW

The dam doesn’t have as much influence on gestation length as does the sire — though she will have an influence on how big the calf gets before it’s born.

moderate,” MacNeil explains. “If you want to minimize calving difficulty you are better off to select on direct and maternal calving ease EPDs. You might not care as much whether the gestation

length is 279 days or 286 days (the most practical range), as long as the calf is born easily. There’s only about a 10 day window that’s actually useful — though a calf carried 278 days may be born easier than one carried 288 days.”

The dam doesn’t have as much influence on gestation length as does the sire — though she will have an influence on how big the calf gets

Heritability “Heritability for gestation length is moderate,” MacNeil says. “Estimates of heritability are somewhere around 0.3 which means it’s just a bit higher in heritability than weaning weight. The misleading thing about this, however, is that we can select for weaning weight and actually change it, whereas there’s a limit to how much we can select for gestation length and change it. We can keep selecting for bigger and bigger weaning weight almost indefinitely — and this is what many breeds have done in the past 50 years. On the other hand, if we select for shorter gestation length, we can only make it shorter by a little bit and still have a healthy viable calf.

You want gestation length to be appropriate, but not outside that acceptable window.

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Grafting Calves

by Heather Smith Thomas

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ccasionally a cow loses a calf at birth or a calf loses its mother, and you need to “graft” the orphan or a substitute calf onto another cow to raise. Or, a cow might have twins and can’t raise both of them, and you want to put the extra calf onto a cow that lost her own baby.

Sometimes it’s prudent to graft an old cow’s calf (so the old cow can be fattened and sold) onto a younger cow that lost a calf.

It can be challenging sometimes to convince a cow to adopt the substitute calf.

There are many tricks a person can try, according to Dr. Mark Hilton, Purdue University clinical associate professor of beef production medicine. He says the most reliable way is to skin the dead calf and put the hide on the substitute. “You don’t need the entire hide. About half to three-quarters of it will do. The

important thing is to leave the tail on, since the cow will spend a lot of time licking that end of the calf,” he says.

The cow knows the smell of her own calf (even if it was dead at birth — if you gave her a chance to smell and lick it before you took the body away). This “smell bonding” can trick the cow into thinking the substitute is her calf.

Grafting works best when a cow loses her calf while it is very

young. Her mothering instinct, due to hormonal changes during the birth process, is strongest soon after she calves, and she can be more readily convinced to accept another young calf in place of her own. If her own calf dies after it is a few days or weeks old, it is harder to trick her into taking a different calf. But it is always worth a try.

“Put some holes in the hide so you can attach strings or baling twine. I generally put holes in front and back of the front legs and in front of the hind legs, to tie the hide onto the calf. Leave the hide on him for three to four days; generally that’s enough time to convince the cow that it’s her calf — and the hide starts stinking by then and you’ll want to take it off,” Hilton says.

Bring the “new” calf to the cow when the calf is hungry and eager to nurse. The sooner he nurses her the better, if she lost her own calf at birth. Nursing triggers the release of oxytocin in the cow, which stimulates motherly behavior. You want the cow to accept the calf before she becomes suspicious. Once the substitute calf has nursed a few times and the cow is accepting him, it is usually safe to take off the old skin.

“If you don’t have the hide from the calf that died, there are commercial products to put on the substitute calf to encourage the cow to lick him. I’ve only had moderate success with these or with applying syrup, molasses or salt to the calf to entice her to lick him,” Hilton says.

One rancher’s experience

It can be challenging to convince a cow to adopt a substitute calf. Specialists say the most reliable way is to skin the dead calf and put the hide on the substitute.

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Most ranchers have tricks they’ve learned over the years — ways to convince a cow to accept a calf that’s not her own. Buddy Westphal, Polson, Mont., has grafted many calves (usually twins) onto other cows.

“We generally have about 15 sets of twins or more, out of 600 cows. We calve 100 heifers and there are always a few problems and we need a spare calf. We may have an old cow that we love what she is producing, genetically, but if we think she might not do justice to her final calf, we may graft it onto a younger cow that loses a calf,” he says.

“For decades we did the skin-the-dead-calf trick. For the past 15 years, however, we have been using a combination of a little tranquilizer (for the cow) and some powder sprinkled on the calf. We use the commercial product O-No-Mo (Orphan-No-More) that smells terrible. You have to follow label instructions (dampening the calf with a damp towel, sprinkling the powder on and massaging it into the hair), and we also smear it on the cow’s nose. I think it has a salty tang, but whatever it is, the cow wants to lick it off the calf,” he explains. “The other key to success is to give the cow a little tranquilizer.

This eliminates any question about her attitude and helps guarantee success.

It ensures she doesn’t have adrenalin flowing, trying to fight the process.

It makes her mellow and sleepy long enough for the calf to suck and feel confident about sucking her without getting kicked.”

A partial dose of the right kind of tranquilizer will keep the cow calm and docile. “You can push the calf around to suck and push the cow around wherever you need her to be, and she’s a little sleepy and enjoying it. When she wakes up, she wants to lick the O-No-Mo off the calf and the pair is bonded,” he says.

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Easy hobbles You can purchase strap hobbles or create hobbles from baling twine.

Use a nonslip loop around each leg above the dewclaws, loose enough to not cut off circulation but small enough to not slip down over the joint. Leave a 12 to 15 inch space between the legs, depending on size and stride of the cow. This gives her room to walk, but not enough to kick the calf. Always use a nonslip knot in the leg loops, so they cannot tighten. Otherwise, the blood circulation in the leg will be hindered.

Tie four strands of baling twine together at the knot ends. Restrain the cow in a headcatch, squeeze chute or stanchion so you can put hobbles on her without being kicked. If necessary, tie her nearest leg back so she can’t kick you — with enough slack in the rope that she can stand comfortably but not enough that she can reach forward to kick. Situate the hobbles above the rope holding her leg so you can take the rope off her foot after you’ve made the hobbles.

Tie the first knot a few inches from the tied-together end of the twines so there will be plenty of room to go around the cow’s leg and then tie a loop around the leg — just loose enough to get a finger between the loop and her leg. If it’s much looser than that, she may be able to pull the hobbles down over the joint when she tries to walk or kick, or she might get a toe of her other foot caught in the too-large loop.

Double-tie all knots so they can’t slip. After you make the final knot to finish the second loop, make another double-tied knot so it can’t come undone. Cut off the extra length of twine ends so they won’t drag. To remove the hobbles later, restrain the cow again and carefully snip them off. HW

Mark Hilton, DVM, is a clinical professor of beef production medicine at the Purdue University School of Veterinary Medicine, West Lafayette, Ind.

A short gate or panel separating them is best, so the cow can reach over and nuzzle the calf if she wants,” Hilton explains.

It may take two days or two weeks to change a cow’s mind about being a mother, but she will eventually accept the calf. If the cow is hobbled so she can’t kick the calf and you give her some good hay to eat when you let the calf in with her at nursing time, she will usually stand still — without trying too hard to prevent the calf from nursing. Eating the hay takes her mind off trying to hurt the calf.

The combination of O-No-Mo and a partial dose of tranquilizer works wonders. The cow isn’t fighting, and she feels motherly after the calf nurses.

“Just make sure you don’t use too much tranquilizer or the cow will be ‘out of it’ for too long. You want her to be able to lick the O-No-Mo off the calf and decide that she’s a mother,” he says.

The tranquilizer must be prescribed and approved by a veterinarian. “You need to figure dosage by size/weight of the cow and also her attitude. If she’s mellow, it takes less than if she is excited and upset with a lot of adrenalin pumping,” he says. There are some new laws restricting tranquilizer use. Discuss this with your herd health veterinarian to see if this would affect his/her ability to prescribe the necessary drugs.

“In the years I’ve used the tranquilizer, my vet recommended using about onethird of the normal dosage. The metabolism and disposition of one herd might be a little different from another person’s herd.

It is definitely better to underdose than overdose. You can always give more if it’s not working, but you don’t want the cow

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If she is still trying to butt the calf, you may have to tie her at nursing time while she eats hay and baby gets dinner.

Leave a halter on her, dragging the halter rope. Then you can get hold of the rope and tie her up or hold her while she eats the hay, enabling the calf to catch up with her and nurse.

After dragging the rope and stepping on it, she quickly learns to respect this restraint and is nicely halter trained.

Usually, after a few days, even the stubborn cows resign themselves to letting the calf

nurse. Once the cow starts to show a change of heart, such as mooing at the calf, licking him or worrying about him when you put him back into his own pen, it is safe to leave them together.

You can keep the hobbles on a day or too longer just to make sure she doesn’t kick him when he tries to suck, but once she changes her mind and accepts the calf, your grafting job is successful. HW

to be ‘out’ for so long that she can’t stand up and be sucked. The key is to have her just mellow enough so you can work around her and she isn’t worried about the calf sucking or you helping him,” Westphal explains.

When the tranquilizing effect wears off in about an hour, the calf has nursed, the cow is accepting him and the calf is confident that he can nurse without getting kicked. It can be frustrating, trying to graft a calf, if he becomes timid when the cow kicks him, and he won’t get that close to her again.

“If that happens, we substitute another calf — and use more tranquilizer or hobbles — and bottle feed that calf for another week until he gets his confidence back, and then we put him on a different cow.”

For successful grafting, it has to be a team effort with a cooperative calf. The calf has to be eager to nurse and the cow has to be willing — these elements make a perfect match. HW PHOTO COURTESY OF SPRINGER MAGRATH

“Using hobbles on the cow’s hind legs to keep her from kicking the calf has proved to be the best method to get the cow to accept the graft calf if we didn’t have a hide. After about a week, the cow usually gives up and lets the calf nurse,” he adds.

Try to introduce the calf when it is hungry. “I suggest putting the cow in a chute if the cow does not let the calf nurse right away — and let the calf nurse while she is restrained.

You can also pen the calf separately and supervise the nursing two or three times a day.

O-No-Mo (Orphan-No-More) is a commercial product that can be used to encourage a cow to claim a calf.

By following label instructions — dampening the calf with a damp towel, sprinkling the powder on and massaging it into the hair — and then smearing it on the cow’s nose, makes the cow want to lick it off the calf and start the bonding process.

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Sire: Holden 1193Y BW 0.6; WW 37; YW 55; MM 22; REA 0.41

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LED GKB LEGEND 108 ET P43237033 — Calved: May 1, 2011 — Tattoo: BE 108

THM DURANGO 4037 {CHB}{DLF,HYF,IEF} CRR ABOUT TIME 743 {CHB}{DLF,HYF,IEF} P42797564 CRR D03 CASSIE 206 {DLF,HYF,IEF}

CS BOOMER 29F {SOD}{CHB}{DLF,HYF,IEF} THM 7085 VICTRA 9036 {DLF,HYF,IEF} SHF INTERSTATE 20X D03 {SOD}{CHB}{DLF,HYF,IEF} CRR 475E CASSIE 838

HH ADVANCE 026K 1ET {CHB}{DLF,HYF,IEF} C 026 AMBER 3062 42405140 C AMBER 1106 {DLF,HYF,IEF}

HH ADVANCE 6052F {SOD}{DLF,IEC} HH MS ADVANCE 4054D {DOD} C -S PURE GOLD 98170 {SOD}{CHB}{DLF,HYF,IEF} C 572E MS ADV 98022 {DOD}

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• 2013 Western Nugget Grand Champion Polled Bull • 2013 American Royal Reserve Grand Champion Bull • Full brother for sale private treaty. Call for information.

• Full sister sells in the Cowtown Select Sale in Fort Worth.

• Full sib embryos sell in the Cowtown Select Sale in Fort Worth.

LED 743 MISS ABOUT TIME 302 ET P43382863 — Calved: March 1, 2013 — Tattoo: BE 302

THM DURANGO 4037 {CHB}{DLF,HYF,IEF} CRR ABOUT TIME 743 {CHB}{DLF,HYF,IEF} P42797564 CRR D03 CASSIE 206 {DLF,HYF,IEF}

CS BOOMER 29F {SOD}{CHB}{DLF,HYF,IEF} THM 7085 VICTRA 9036 {DLF,HYF,IEF} SHF INTERSTATE 20X D03 {SOD}{CHB}{DLF,HYF,IEF} CRR 475E CASSIE 838

HH ADVANCE 026K 1ET {CHB}{DLF,HYF,IEF} C 026 AMBER 3062 42405140 C AMBER 1106 {DLF,HYF,IEF}

HH ADVANCE 6052F {SOD}{DLF,IEC} HH MS ADVANCE 4054D {DOD} C -S PURE GOLD 98170 {SOD}{CHB}{DLF,HYF,IEF} C 572E MS ADV 98022 {DOD}

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• Full sisters in production did a great job with their first calves.

• Lots of substance and style. Show heifer then to the donor pen.

in s l l Se r th o tW r o F C 026 AMBER 3062 42405140 — Calved: Jan. 10, 2003 — Tattoo: BE 3062

HH ADVANCE 6052F {SOD}{DLF,IEC} HH ADVANCE 026K 1ET {CHB}{DLF,HYF,IEF} 42050125 HH MS ADVANCE 4054D {DOD}

CL 1 DOMINO 392 {SOD}{DLF,IEF} HH MISS ADVANCE 160A {DOD} L1 DOMINO 910282 HH MISS ADVANCE 218B

C -S PURE GOLD 98170 {SOD}{CHB}{DLF,HYF,IEF} C AMBER 1106 {DLF,HYF,IEF} 42177658 C 572E MS ADV 98022 {DOD}

C GOLD RUSH 1ET C MS DOM 93218 1ET HH ADVANCE 572E C MS ACHVR 92022 1ET

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• 2014 calves coming by 88X, Kahuna, Game Changer and Whitmore

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Consumer Close-up NCBA’s John Lundeen provides insight on current beef demand drivers and consumer trends.

by Kindra Gordon

H

ave you ever wandered around a grocery store just to observe what consumers are putting into their carts? Have you kept a watchful eye on the meat case to study what products consumers are spending their hard-earned dollars on?

John Lundeen, senior executive director of market research for the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA), is tasked with finding the answers to these and other questions — and extrapolating that information for the beef industry.

Through Beef Checkoff-funded research, Lundeen explains that consumer data can be gathered and analyzed to better position beef to meet consumer demand in the future. For instance, an understanding of current consumer demographics, trends and concerns can allow the beef industry to adapt messaging and product development to suit consumers’ needs.

What’s currently driving consumer food purchases?

Lundeen says, “Consumers are thinking about taste, nutrition, safety and if they can put a meal on the table in 30 minutes.”

With regard to beef, Lundeen says Beef Checkoff research has

helped reveal a litany of information about what is on consumers’ minds.

Here’s a closer look.

Beef vs. chicken Overall, Lundeen reports that consumer perceptions of beef are considerably more positive than their perceptions of raising cattle.

Unfortunately, in a matchup of beef vs. chicken on the plate, consumers tend to have a more positive perception of chicken — especially when it comes to value, says Lundeen.

In a survey of consumers, chicken was ranked above beef in the categories of good value, consistently good results, balance of taste/nutrition, ability to prepare well, smart choice and consistent tenderness. With regard to taste, consumers did rank beef above chicken.

“Chicken beats us on value and several of the other categories.

That is why beef has always got to taste great,” says Lundeen. He notes that the ability to prepare beef is also a hindrance for many consumers — meaning the beef industry must continue to work to develop convenient products and to help educate consumers on cooking preparation.

Addressing cost, nutrition and other factors National Cattlemens’ Beef Association’s (NCBA’s) John Lundeen notes that the top limiting factor of beef consumption is cost or price per pound. “This is the biggest thing, especially in the context of the recession,” Lundeen says.

He points out that 50% of Americans have an annual income of less than $50,000/year.

And, as families have to pay higher prices for gas and other commodities, they may spend less money on beef.

A second factor concerning consumers is nutrition — and fat. Lundeen shares, “Consumers are still eating protein, but they are looking for a healthy balance, so they may replace a beef meal with seafood.”

Lundeen expects health to be a major focus related to food in the future. He points to the statistics that indicate that currently 34% of the U.S. population is classified as obese, and by 2030 that percentage is projected to grow to 42%.

With regard to beef, Lundeen notes that more messaging about the positive nutrition attributes of lean beef can be shared to address this concern.

Additionally, Lundeen says consumers — Millennials especially — are seeking assurances that their food is safe. Thus, he says the connection with consumers of where food comes from and the transparency in the food chain will continue to be critical.

A final factor that could influence beef trends in the future is the population’s increase in ethnic diversity. Lundeen reports that by the year 2050, the number of Hispanic and Asian households in the U.S. will double. As a result, cultural influences may reflect the types of beef products being sought. HW

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Changing demographics Within the population, one of the biggest changes being seen, according to Lundeen, is a shift in dominance from the Baby Boomer generation (consumers ages 49 to 64) to the Millenials (consumers ages 15 to 36).

“Millenials are now 80 million strong. They represent the largest sector for food spending, so it is important for the beef industry to embrace Millenials,” reports Lundeen.

Boomers represent 76 million people, while Gen Xers (ages 37 to 48) number only 51 million.

Regarding Millenials, Lundeen points out that they are a generation whose decisions are influenced by social media, and, given their age, many are just finding their niche in life and society.

Additionally, the beef industry must recognize that Millenials have less knowledge about beef. Lundeen says, “They know ground beef; they are unsure of steak; and they have no idea what to do with a roast.”

Based on these factors, Lundeen notes that it will be important for the beef industry to continue growing its role as part of the social media dialogue, as well as continuing to develop convenient beef products.

Some other demographic changes also speak to the need for smaller portions and convenient products.

For example, Lundeen shares that according to the 2010 U.S. Census, smaller households have become the norm. Sixty-two percent of American households have one to two people compared to 38% with three or more people.

As well, in most households, both adults work — meaning after a busy day, meal preparation time is limited. According to findings of a 2010 Beef Checkoff-funded Convenience Framework study, 31% of consumers said 40 minutes from start to table is too long for a beef meal, and 70% said 60 minutes from start to table is too long.

Based on this information, Lundeen notes that traditional beef roasts do not fit current consumer demand.

He also gives this example: If consumers decide to have spaghetti for supper but the ground beef is frozen, they are more likely to have the sauce without meat.

Lundeen says, “The majority of meals are same day decisions, and the beef industry must figure out how to get our product to fit that.”

Through Beef Checkoff investments, the Beef Innovations Group is working to help manufacturers bring new, convenient beef products to consumers. This spring, the beef industry introduced a microwaveable roast, as well as ground beef in a microwaveable bag to address changing consumer needs. Convenient beef skillet and sandwich kits are also currently being tested in the marketplace. HW Hereford.org

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Herefords

True Integrity Bull and Female sale

Friday, Feb. 7, 2014 • 1 p.m. (CST) • Pickstown, S.D. – 1 Mile east of the Ft.Randall Dam

Selling: 25 coming 2-year-old bulls (7 polled, 18 horned) 5 January born ET bull calves (4 polled) 15 registered heifer calves

Sires include: MH Monument 909, G Domino 442, PF About Time 0031, KB L1 Domino 665, H H Perfect Timing 0150 ET, AGA 121G Stanmore 20J, TH 71U 719T Mr Hereford 11X

BW -1.6 WW 36 YW 75 MM 21 REA 0.30 MARB 0.14

DVOR 665 0007 Domino 290

BW 6.4 WW 65 YW 99 MM 30 REA 0.26 MARB 0.05

DVOR 909 9230 Monument 2106

• Polled • Act. BW 78 lb.

• REA/00 lb. 1.29

• Adj. WW 715 lb., ratio 131 • Adj. YW 1,164 lb., ratio 109 • IMF 3.42%, ratio 116

Offering three January born, full ET brothers sired by Perfect Timing EPDs: BW 0.9; WW 38; YW 58; MM 23; REA 0.47; MARB 0.17

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by Kris Ringwall, North Dakota State University Extension beef specialist chaps@ndsuext.nodak.edu

Is a Cow Ever Too Ornery?

Cattle that routinely challenge the producer for space should be sold, and cattle that are very aggressive and easily put in a defensive mode should be sold.

Having worked cattle for years and too many sheep to count, one develops a feel for the rogue cow or calf. Maybe it is just a quick look or an intense stare.

There also are those animals that you know are not going to have a good cohabitation experience.

It happened quickly: The cow was the last one in the chute and already had made several attempts to leave. The handling facility was solid, so leaving was not an option. She had tried to doublestack the chute. In other words, she tried

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pushing past the restraining gatekeeper and joining the cow already in the chute.

I heard three direct hoof impacts on the chute wall prior to her arrival in the chute. She was diagnosed pregnant.

Keep or cull her was the question.

That question, oddly enough, would be debated in many cattle circles. For those with adequate help, which includes agility in the job description, they might consider keeping the cow. For those who are more do-it-yourself types, the answer would sway toward culling her.

Maybe the answer comes from the partner. Cull her would be the answer if you ask the night calving crew or Mom and the kids. Then ask yourself: Why is she still here?

The other day, the Dickinson Research Extension Center crew was processing weaned calves after I had been up to ultrasound the cows for pregnancy, including the cow with a bad temperament. One bull calf, with an obvious attitude, was restrained and processed. During the process, the calf

started to shake with obvious signs of distress. The question was asked: What are the chances that the calf belonged to the cow that gave us so much difficulty earlier in the day?

Sure enough, that was her calf.

Granted, not all behavior is that obvious. However, ornery cattle are just that, ornery; so they have no business being in the cattle population.

Is behavior or temperament passed from one generation to the next?

Absolutely. Can producers select for mild-mannered cattle? Absolutely. Can producers control the destiny of their herd’s attitude? Absolutely. Should the center castrate the bull calf with an obvious attitude? Absolutely.

Although the center castrates all bull calves, even as a steer, ones with a bad attitude can possibly mean bad feeding experiences. The question often asked is what to look for in an animal with a bad attitude. The answer is already there.

Cattle that routinely challenge the producer for space should be sold.

Cattle that are very aggressive and easily put in a defensive mode should be sold. Cattle that are overreactive to the chute environment should be sold.

Nervous, high-strung cattle are obvious. One can feel the tense, nervous cow. A cow may be very rigid on the outside but literally shaking on the inside, so she needs to go.

With the upcoming bull sale season, ask questions on bull attitude and, for heaven’s sake, don’t buy temperamental bulls. Bulls that challenge the sales crew or, in the worst-case situation, the buyers never should be sold as intact bulls. Bulls with an attitude can be cut and placed in the feedlot well before sale time. Even cows that are overprotective at calving should be sold.

All the data in the world is negated once a cow or bull is identified as dangerous to be around. However, some producers will disagree and some will mildly agree. There is that mysticism about conquering the wild and taming the untamable.

That being said, the stories make good reading but are much better as fiction than nonfiction. If the truth be told, the industry does not need cattle with an attitude. However, there is no one better than a cattle producer at finding a reason to not part ways with a favorite critter but, as a producer, you are never one of the herd.

Only two things exist in a herd: dominance and defense. In a normal herd, the producer is dominant, and there is an understanding that no cow, bull or calf will question that. Likewise, defensive plays also are prohibited.

The herd understands that and, as a producer, you totally control what enters and remains in the herd.

Attitude is heritable. The bad can go and the good can stay. Practice good bull selection and strong temperament culling within the cow herd. If you do that, life will be better. HW Hereford.org

She is a beauty…

one in a million

CSF 18U OLIVIA 2102 CE BW WW YW MM M&G MCE MCW SC FAT REA MARB BMI$ CEZ$ BII$ CHB$ -1.3 4.3 73 114 26 62 3.2 134 1.3 0.006 0.88 0.12 23 14 18 37

P43295732 — Calved: Jan. 14, 2012 — Tattoo: LE 2102/RE CSF

GOLDEN-OAK FUSION 3S {DLF,HYF,IEF} GOLDEN OAK OUTCROSS 18U {CHB}{DLF,HYF,IEF} P42963135 GOLDEN-OAK 60D MALLORY 15M

GOLDEN-OAK 4J MAXIUM 28M {CHB}{DLF,HYF,IEF} NCX MISS JR NELLIE 528N RU DUSTER 60D {CHB}{DLF,HYF,IEF} GOLDEN-OAK P183 GLORIA 25G

DM BR SOONER {CHB}{DLF,HYF,IEF} CSF BR GABRIELLE 8129 ET P43000048 BR GABRIELLE 5082

REMITALL ONLINE 122L {SOD}{CHB}{DLF,HYF,IEF} DM L1 DOMINETTE 901 BR LANSING 3060 BR GOLDRIEL 3029 ET

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However, Olivia is much more than a

pretty face. In our 57 years of breeding and exhibiting whiteface cattle, she is arguably the most complete Hereford female we have ever had the pleasure of working with.

Phenotypically, Olivia is long sided, deep middled, thick topped and symmetrically level in both fore and rear flanks. She is as feminine in her skull and overall design as you can breed one.

However ironically, her genetic pedigree may be Olivia’s greatest asset. She is the granddaughter of Gabrielle, one of only two females in the recent history of our breed to win the Denver National back-to-back while also reigning as the Junior National Champion. With Sooner, one of the best cow making sires in existence backing her pedigree, Olivia combines a moderate birth EPD with huge milk and growth EPDs. This leads us to the conclusion that SHE is the one to build a program around.

Once we have accumulated some embryos for our program, we will be selling some flush opportunities on this unique female.

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Kriegers Mr Limestone Z1 ET, CSF 18U Olivia 2102 Top National Hereford Show in Louisville

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riegers Mr Limestone Z1 ET won the bull show and CSF 18U Olivia 2102 topped the female show at the North American International Livestock Exposition Thursday, Nov. 21, in Louisville, Ky. Terri Barber, Austin, Texas, and her mother, Mary, judged the 237-head show. Terri complimented exhibitors on the quality shown throughout the day. During the championship

drive she said she was impressed with the lineup top to bottom and that she’d love to use or have any of the genetics in her own herd.

Kriegers Mr Limestone Z1 ET was slapped grand champion after winning the yearling bull division.

He is an April 2012 son of SR CG Hard Rock 5073 owned by Anna Krieger, Universal, Ind. Purple Reign Cattle Co., Toulon, Ill., won reserve champion bull honors with Purple Joe Dirt 58A ET by THM Durango 4037. He also won the spring bull calf division.

David Hockett, New Palestine, Ind., won the champion female title

Judges Mary and Terri Barber

Kriegers Mr Limestone Z1 ET

Grand and champion yearling bull, by Anna Krieger, Universal, Ind., with an April 20, 2012, son of SR CG Hard Rock 5073.

Purple Joe Dirt 58A ET

Reserve grand and champion spring bull calf, by Purple Reign Cattle Co., Toulon, Ill., with a March 28, 2013, son of THM Durango 4037.

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with CSF 18U Olivia 2102. She is a January 2012 daughter of Golden Oak Outcross 18U and first won the junior yearling division. JTH SC Kiss & Tell 20A ET by UPS TCC Nitro 1ET was chosen reserve champion female after winning the junior heifer calf division.

She is owned by Devin Hay, Leesburg, Ind. The premier breeder banner went to Purple Reign Cattle Co., while Copeland and Sons LLC, Nara Visa, N.M., won the premier exhibitor award. Ridgeview Farms, Alto, Mich., won best six head and first place get-ofsire with a group sired by LAKE 002 Kilowatts 104S. In the junior show on Sunday, Nov. 16, Judge Alan Miller, Gridley, Ill., evaluated 122 head. Melissa Grimmel, Jarrettsville, Md., exhibited the champion heifer SHF Coyotte Done by LCC Back N Time ET. Korbin Collins, Flanagan, Ill., won reserve champion female honors with Purple SV Gypsy 27Z ET by Purple Kingsley 23X ET. Visit Hereford.org for complete results. HW

CSF 18U Olivia 2102

Grand and champion junior yearling female, by David Hockett, New Palestine, Ind., with a Jan. 14, 2012, daughter of Golden Oak Outcross 18U.

JTH SC Kiss & Tell 20A ET

Reserve grand and champion junior heifer calf, by Devin Hay, Leesburg, Ind., with a Jan. 31, 2013, daughter of UPS TCC Nitro 1ET.

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Best six head — Ridgeview Farms, Alto, Mich.

Premier exhibitor — Copeland and Sons LLC, Nara Visa, N.M.

Premier breeder — Purple Reign Cattle Co., Toulon, Ill.

First-place get of sire — Ridgeview Farms with a group sired by LAKE 002 Kilowatts 104S.

ADDITIONAL DIVISION RESULTS Spring calf champion heifer: DeLHawk Cattle, Earlville, Ill., with DeLHawk Sapphire 102A ET by CRR About Time 743.

Reserve champion cow-calf pair: Courtney Eudy, Harrisburg, N.C., with H RW Gypsy 1102 by C New Era ET with May bull calf at side by TH 702 719T Victor 56Y.

Reserve spring calf champion heifer: Cassidy Hanson, Linn Grove, La., with Purple Jaxon 36A ET by AH JDH Cracker Jack 26U ET.

Reserve spring calf champion bull: Copeland & Sons LLC, Nara Visa, N.M., with JCs Currency 3474 ET by BR Currency 8144 ET.

Reserve junior calf champion heifer: Payton Farmer, Brownstown, Ind., with CFCC Hope 910A

by STAR Shock Wave 13Y ET.

Junior calf champion bull: River Circle Farm, Hartsville, Tenn., with RC Bohlin 307 ET by BR Currency 8144 ET.

Fall calf champion heifer: NS Polled Herefords, Mason, Ohio, with NS 4037 Duranna 221 by THM Durango 4037.

Reserve junior calf champion bull: Larsons’ Polled Herefords, Clifton, Texas; Professor Syndicate, Elgin, Okla.; and Whispering Pine Farms LLC, Kimball, Minn., with KCL WPF The Professor 7110 ET by TH 71U 719T Mr Hereford 11X.

Reserve champion fall calf heifer: Cash Langford, Okmulgee, Okla., with Langfords Cinderella 2400 ET by BR DM TNT 7010 ET. Intermediate champion female: Ryan and Robyn Samsel, Cloverdale, Ind., and Kirbie Day, Waxahachie, Texas, with KLD 8144 Showstopper D28 ET by BR Currency 8144 ET. Reserve intermediate champion female: Lance Wirth, New Richmond, Wis., with BW 973H Sugar & Spice 215Z ET by Remitall Online 122L. Spring yearling champion female: Kaine Warnken, Schulenburg, Texas, with RW KLD Mindy Too 4080 2020 ET by RW Ballistic 552 4080 ET. Reserve spring yearling champion female: Bailey Buck, Madill, Okla., with HAPP Kool Aid Points 1218 ET by DeLHawk Kahuna 1009 ET. Reserve junior yearling champion female: Korbin Collins, Flanagan, Ill., with Purple SV Gypsy 27Z ET by Purple Kingsley 23X ET. Senior yearling champion female: Locust Hill Farm LLC, Middleburg, Va., with LHF S01 Investor Gal L81G ET by HCC Legacy S01 ET. Champion cow-calf pair: Oak Ledge Farm, Belmont, N.H., with KEB Holly B Hard Rock 5073W

by SR CG Hard Rock 5073, with a March bull calf at side by TH 223 71I Conquer 409X ET.

Fall calf champion bull: William Doig, Waldron, Ind., with RB 6X Ponce De Leon 903Z by ElmLodge Xplorer 6X. Reserve fall calf champion bull: River Circle Farm, Hartsville, Tenn., with RC 2nd Amendment 275 by H W4 Grizzly 0146 ET. Intermediate champion bull: Ray and Hattie Duncan, Wingate, Ind., and Sennett Cattle, Waynetown, Ind., with AA HRD The Answer 2126 by H KH DD Excel 0091 ET. Reserve champion intermediate bull: Flatter Hereford Farms, Yellow Springs, Ohio; Chad Wilson, Cloverdale, Ind.; and Wyatt Flatter, Yellow Springs, Ohio, with WCC FHF Snap Crackle Pop ET by STAR TCF Shock & Awe 158W ET. Reserve yearling champion bull: Whispering Pine Farms LLC; Cash Langford; and Albin Farms, Newman, Ill., with Langfords 2020 Vision by BR DM TNT 7010 ET. Senior champion bull: Sandy Ridge Farms, West Lorne, Ohio, with SRF Revolution 4R 8Y by MSU TCF Revolution 4R. Reserve champion senior bull: Blu Oil Land, Fairlawn, Ohio, and Tommie Lynne Mead, Midville, Ga., with THM Hickson 2056 by THM Solution 6056.

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Hawkins 2013 Saddle & Sirloin Portrait Gallery Inductee The 2013 Saddle & Sirloin Portrait Gallery inductee is David Hawkins, E. Lansing, Mich. For those involved in animal agriculture, this selection is a very high honor. It is bestowed by the Saddle and Sirloin award committee based on service to and impact on the livestock industry.

The portrait gallery is the livestock industry’s hall of fame.

Hawkins began his teaching career at Michigan State University (MSU) after earning his doctorate from that institution in 1969. In 1973 he was named the faculty coordinator of the MSU Beef Cattle Teaching Center. Under his leadership the success of the MSU purebred beef cattle herds has served to recruit many potential students and motivate them to become successful stockmen.

During his more than 40 year career at MSU, he has been a teacher, livestock judging team coach, student mentor, purebred livestock show judge, and National Collegiate Livestock Judging Contest superintendent.

He is the recipient of numerous awards including the Distinguished Teacher, Animal Industry Service, and Fellow Awards from the American Society of Animal Science.

Today, Hawkins and his wife, Kathleen, live in Michigan where they maintain a noted Angus cattle herd.

KEB Holly B Hard Rock 5073W

During his career, Hawkins contributed significantly to the worldwide livestock industry. Under his leadership, the MSU herd was selected for both type and performance, producing cattle that were excellent classroom models and highly sought after by the industry for their genetic excellence. He became one the most respected beef cattle show judges in the U.S. and internationally.

He officiated at national shows for seven breeds of cattle in over 36 states and in Canada, Europe and Australia. Because of his animal science expertise, he has presented seminars on beef cattle breeding, selection and genetic improvement in North and South America, Australia and Europe.

Hawkins was deserving of this honor for not only his impact on beef cattle genetic improvement programs worldwide, but also his direct interaction with more than 7,000 students that he molded into today’s livestock industry leaders.

The Saddle & Sirloin portrait presentation took place Nov. 17, 2013, at the 40th Annual North American International Livestock Exposition in Louisville, Ky. HW David Hawkins is shown here standing in front of his portrait that was made part of the famous Saddle & Sirloin Portrait Collection. He is the 2013 inductee, and his image now becomes part of a portrait gallery that encompasses more than 350 original oil paintings of famous individuals who have been honored over the past 100-plus years.

H RW Gypsy 1102

Reserve champion cow-calf pair,

by Courtney Kudy, Harrisburg, N.C., with a Mar. 21, 2011, daughter of C New Era ET and her May bull calf by TH 702 719T Victor 56Y.

Champion cow-calf pair, by Oak Ledge Farm, Belmont, N.H., with a Sept. 10, 2009, daughter of SR CG Hard Rock 5073 and her March bull calf by TH 223 71I Conquer 409X ET.

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Annual Production Sale

Selling Range-Ready 2-Year-Old Bulls February 11, 2014 • Philip Livestock • Philip, S.D.

CO L1 Domino 847U

42941187 • Sire: L1 Domino 99496 BW WW YW MM M&G REA MARB 2.7 48 75 27 51 0.20 0.25

CO L1 Domino 936W

43003689 • Sire: RH Domino 6050

Champion female, by Melissa Grimmel, Jarrettsville, Md., with SHF Coyotte Done, 4/3/12, daughter of LCC Back N Time ET.

BW WW YW MM M&G REA MARB 3.2 54 93 21 48 0.22 0.08

Semen for sale by both 847 and 936.

Consistency you can count on.

Not overfed, efficiency is a must.

Moderate BW out of good udder females because

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Reserve female, by Korbin Collins, Flanagan, Ill., with Purple SV Gypsy 27Z ET, 2/24/12, daughter of Purple Kingsley 23X ET. Hereford.org

Make your 2014 breeding plan easy…

Just throw some

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Purple Joe Dirt 58A ET

P43416538 • Calved: March 28, 2013 Sire: THM Durango 4037 • Dam: Purple Dirty Diana 18V (Maternal sister to Purple Milsap) CE BW WW YW MM M&G MCE MCW SC FAT REA MARB BMI$ CEZ$ BII$ CHB$ 2.4 2.5 53 83 26 53 2.1 98 0.3 -0.017 0.42 0.10 13 15 9 28

Purple Delilah 64A ET

Full sister purchased for $22,000 (1/2 interest)

by Jones Show Cattle, Harrod, Ohio

Purple Delta 59A ET

Full sister that topped the Ladies of the Royal Sale at $19,500 to Kessler Collins, Ill.

Total performance with astounding look.

See him on the Hill in Denver! A limited number of semen packages will be available.

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2013 NAILE Junior Bull Calf Champion

RC Bohlin 307 ET

Sire: BR Currency 8144 ET • MGS: CS Boomer 29F BW WW 3.5 57

YW 87

MM 24

M&G 53

FAT 0.006

REA 0.43

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Sire: H W4 Grizzly 0146 ET • MGS: HH Advance 932J 1ET BW WW 4.5 56

YW 98

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REA 0.43

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2013 State Tours in Review

Hereford breeders host tours and field days.

On the following pages are highlights of 2013 field days and tours that were reported to Hereford World staff.

Tennessee Hereford Field Day

Parker Bros. Polled Herefords, Bradyville, hosted the 2013 Tennessee Polled Hereford Association/ Tennessee Hereford Association and Cannon County Cattlemen’s Field Day June 29.

David and Paula Parker and their family hosted a fun “old-fashioned” field day, complete with a judging contest and a hands-on halter making demonstration. Attendees enjoyed a lunch featuring Parker Family Custom Beef with all the trimmings.

During the event, Lou Nave, executive director for Farm Animal Care Coalition of Tennessee, David Parker welcomes the field gave a presentation about humane care, well-being day attendees. issues and best management practices for farm animals. Jack Ward, American Hereford Association (AHA) chief operating officer and director of breed improvement, covered a broad spectrum of topics from expected progeny differences and genomics to whole herd reporting.

Veterinarians Dan Tracy and Mandy Hagen Willis, assisted by Sara Wilcher, gave a breeding soundness exam demonstration. The hands-on demonstration included collecting semen, showing test results on a screen and discussing the results. In addition, Valerie Bass, Tennessee Beef Industry Council executive director, discussed how beef checkoff dollars are being utilized to benefit the beef industry.

Virginia Hereford Field Day

Knoll Crest Farms, Red House, Va., hosted the 2013 Virginia Hereford Association (VHA) Field Day on Aug. 24.

VHA president John Fleishman opened the program, and James Bennett welcomed the crowd to Knoll Crest. The morning program included a panel discussion regarding genomics and Hereford’s position in the feedlot and packing industry as well as information on using Hereford genetics in crossbreeding programs.

Following lunch, Craig Huffhines, James Bennett welcomed AHA executive vice guests to Knoll Crest Farms. president, talked about the past, present and future of the Hereford industry and included some touching remarks about James Bennett and the history of Knoll Crest. Everyone enjoyed viewing the excellent females on display.

Craig Huffhines, AHA executive vice president, gave a presentation about the Hereford industry —past, present and future.

Wisconsin Hereford Tour

Nearly 150 Hereford breeders, friends and families enjoyed the Wisconsin Hereford Tour hosted in the northwest district on Aug. 24.

Tour stops included Printz Creek Farm, Eric Hanson family, Sparta; Steiny’s Polled Herefords, Dave Steinhoff family, New Lisbon; Next Generation Genetics, Tod and Ben Brancel families, Endeavor; and Pierce’s Hereford Haven, Baraboo.

Tour guests had a chance to view some outstanding Hereford genetics, share fellowship with one another and enjoy some great meals. A judging contest was held on the tour.

Attendees participated in a hands-on halter making demonstration.

Veterinarian Mandy Hagan Willis and Sara Wilcher demonstrate how to perform a breeding soundness examination.

Pennsylvania/West Virginia/Mason-Dixon Joint Field Day

Flat Stone Lick, Marianna, Pa., hosted the joint field day for the Pennsylvania Hereford Association, the West Virginia Hereford Association and the MasonDixon Polled Hereford Association on June 29.

Speakers during the event included: Lowell Midla, DVM, who talked about 10 myths of beef cow health management; BJ Eick, who discussed photographing and videoing cattle, and John Meents, American Hereford Association (AHA) fieldman, who gave an AHA update and explained DNA testing options.

Other highlights of the day included two judging contests, a herd tour, lunch and a demonstration of living during the turn of the past century.

Kansas Hereford Tour

Hereford enthusiasts experienced a new twist during this year’s Kansas Hereford Tour on Aug. 3 — excessive amounts of mud.

Central Kansas breeders who hosted the event were: Blue Top Herefords, Inman; Double O Herefords, Inman; S&S Farms, Windom; Oak Creek Polled Herefords, Moundridge; BTS Herefords, Hutchinson; Geffert Herefords, Haven; and Schlickau Herefords, Haven.

Kansas Hereford breeders David Breiner and Glen Oleen at BTS Herefords.

The Schlickau family celebrated 100 years in the Hereford business in 2013.

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Northwest district Hereford breeders hosted the 2013 Wisconsin Hereford Tour.

Illinois Hereford Tour

A nice crowd attended the Illinois Hereford Tour over Labor Day weekend, Aug. 31 and Sept. 1, in southern Illinois.

On Saturday the tour visited Natures Acres, Salem, and Apple Ridge Cattle, Salem. The day ended with a Certified Hereford Beef (CHB®) dinner hosted by Apple Ridge Cattle at the Marion County Fairgrounds.

On Sunday, tour participants visited Goldstein Farms, Hereford enthusiasts participated in the Illinois Hereford Effingham, and Perry Farms, Tour Labor Day weekend. The final stop on Sunday was Perry Farms, Tower Hill.

Tower Hill.

Saturday afternoon attendees visited Apple Ridge Cattle, owned by Don and Jane Morgan, Rick and Kim Morgan, and Kevin and Lisa Babbs. Apple Ridge has been breeding Hereford cattle for 66 years.

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Idaho Hereford Breeders

Idaho Hereford Breeders met during their annual fall tour Sept. 12, hosted by Shaw Cattle Co., Caldwell. Tour guests from four states viewed cattle on display by a number of breeders including the Shaws; Ron and Jeni Shurtz, Rocky Ridge Cattle, Caldwell; Holt Family Cattle, Caldwell; and Brumley Farms, Orovada, Nev. The Shaws sponsored a delicious tri-tip lunch. Kate Wood of Naples, Idaho, was presented a Hereford heifer donated by Bruce and Linda Sharp of OJJ Cattle Ranch, Ririe, for winning the Idaho Cattle Association’s (ICA’s) Heifer of the Year (HOY) competition.

Idaho Hereford Breeders Association board of directors elected during its tour Sept. 12 (pictured, l to r) are: Dave Jenkins, Kuna; Deb Jenkins, Kuna, secretary-treasurer; James Anderson, Gooding; Scott Holt, Caldwell; Bruce Sharp, Ririe, president; Ron Shurtz, Caldwell, vice president; and Tucker Shaw, Caldwell.

Cattle on display at Stickleys.

Iowa Hereford Breeders Tour

With temperatures nearing the 100 degree mark, a large group of Hereford enthusiasts turned out Saturday, Sept. 7, for the annual Iowa Hereford Tour, hosted by four central Iowa herds.

The first stop was Stickley & Sons, Parkersburg, where attendees enjoyed coffee, juice and a selection of donuts and rolls under the shade of a canopy.

Other tour hosts included Double J Herefords, Iowa Falls; Allen and Maryln Johnson, Iowa Falls; Landt Herefords, Union; and Ohrt Polled Herefords, Haverhill.

Colin and Kevin Johnson, Double J Herefords, took participants on a pasture tour of their fall-calving cow herd.

Tim Pansegrau (pictured) and his family brought their five cows and calves to the Ohrts’ farm to show the herd they are building at Gilman.

Guests from Idaho, Oregon, Utah and Nevada convened at Shaw Cattle Co., Caldwell, on Sept. 12 for the annual Idaho Hereford Breeders Fall Tour, which featured high-quality cattle and Hereford breeder fellowship.

Montana Hereford Tour

North-central Hereford breeders hosted the 2013 Montana Hereford Tour on Sept. 14. The event started north of Great Falls at Vaughn and ended at Shelby.

Approximately 125 people from four states and Canada attended the event.

Tour hosts included Anchor Polled Herefords, Vaughn; Ehlke Herefords, Townsend; Sand-Bayers Herefords, Fairfield; Holden Herefords, Valier; McKechnie Herefords, Dunkirk; Diemert Herefords, Lothiar; Barker Herefords, Lothiar; Bar Star Cattle, Loma; Weaver Herefords, Big Sandy; Elings Herefords, Conrad; Wichman Herefords, Moore; and Gunderson Herefords, Rudyard.

South Dakota Hereford Tour

At the end of the tour, attendees enjoyed eating ice cream and visiting in the Ohrts’ back yard.

Missouri Hereford Field Day

Missouri Hereford Association (MHA) members and guests enjoyed the Missouri Field Day held at Reynolds Herefords, Huntsville, on Sept. 7.

Breeders with cattle on display were Belzer Farms, Browning; Littleton Livestock, Keytesville; Circle R Cattle Co., Huntsville; Winkler Farms, Salisbury; and Reynolds Herefords.

During the program, Missouri State Veterinarian Linda Hickam spoke about animal disease traceability, and Cliff Miller, DVM, discussed embryo transfer.

Attendees had a chance to listen to speakers as well as to view cattle on display.

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Cliff Miller, DVM, of Moberly gave a presentation about embryo transfer.

Matt Reynolds and his family hosted the field day activities.

Nearly 100 Hereford enthusiasts attended the South Dakota Hereford Tour Sept. 20 and 21.

South central South Dakota breeders hosting the event on day one were: Gerlach Herefords, Stickney; Ollerich Bros. Herefords, Clearfield; Myers Herefords, Colome; Chamberlain TUF Herefords, White River; Bartling Herefords, Herrick; Gant Polled Herefords, Geddes; Genex Dakota Sire Service, Mitchell; Atkins Herefords, Tea; Sleepy Hollow Farm, Centerville; Tricky’s Herefords, Winfred; Starmak Herefords, Tea; Larry Crane, Mitchell; and Spark Ranch, Armour.

Day two hosts included: Blacktop Farms, Mitchell; Zens Herefords, Canova; Fink Polled Herefords, Bridgewater; Lounsbery Hereford Farm, Centerville; Olthoff Polled Hereford Farm, Emery; Penner Land & Cattle/Carter’s Polled Herefords, Freeman; and Dvorak Herefords, Pickstown.

Cattle on display at Dvorak Herefords near Pickstown.

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Nebraska Hereford Tour

Sept. 22 and 23 Herefords took center stage in Western Nebraska during the 2013 Nebraska Hereford Tour. Attendees traveled a large area and the weather proved to be challenging on the second day.

Tour hosts included Van Newkirk Herefords, Oshkosh; Monahan Herefords, Hyannis; Vin Mar Cattle Co., Gordon; Sellman Ranch, Crawford; Dyer Ranch, Crawford; Lambert Family, Whitney; and Olsen Ranches Inc., Harrisburg. Because of the weather the tour did not stop at the Henderson’s near Alliance. HW The first stop on the Nebraska Hereford Tour was Van NewKirk Herefords near Oshkosh.

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Longtime National Reference Sire Program (NRSP) test herd, Olsen Ranches Inc., hosted the final stop on the tour.

At Olsens’ attendees had a chance to see cow-calf pairs as well as NRSP progeny on test.

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Oklahoma's oldest Annual Production Sale

messner ranch saturday, feb. 1, 2014 • 12:30 (CST) 140 Hereford & Angus Bulls 60 2-Year-Old Hereford & Angus Spring Pairs and Heavy Bred Females

M8551 Domino 359A • 43371680 • DOB: Jan. 25, 2013 Sire: JA L1 Domino 8551U • MGS: HH Advance 6098S ET CE BW WW YW MM REA MARB CHB$ 1.2 2.6 54 88 22 0.47 0.04 25

M8551 Domino 371A • 43371686 • DOB: Jan. 28, 2013 Sire: JA L1 Domino 8551U • MGS: DS Beef 9059

CE 1.9

BW WW 2.1 45

YW 73

MM REA MARB CHB$ 19 0.46 0.15 24

M091 Domino 3105A •

43371731 • DOB: Feb. 4, 2013 Sire: CL 1 Domino 091X • MGS: CL 1 Domino 869U

CE 1.7

BW WW 1.4 50

YW 82

MM REA MARB CHB$ 26 0.39 0.16 25

M472T Upward 316A •

17502440 • DOB: Jan. 22, 2013 Sire: Sitz Upward 472T • MGS: B/R Traveler 004-420 CED 10

BW WW .6 57

YW 102

MILK 29

REA .49

MARB .46

Hereford Herd Sires:

CL 1 Domino 869U BW 1.6; WW 50; YW 85; M 24; REA .51; MARB .13 HH Advance 6098S ET BW 1.1; WW 47; YW 73; M 30; REA .46; MARB -0.08 L1 Domino 091X BW 1.6; WW 53; YW 88; M34; REA .33; MARB -0.03 JA L1 Domino 8551U BW 2.2; WW 57; YW 95; M 24; REA .52; MARB .14 CL 1 Domino 993W BW 2.1; WW 49; YW 89; M 33; REA .36; MARB -0.09 CL 1 Domino 0172X BW 0.8; WW 48; YW 75; M 31; REA .09; MARB .25

Angus Herd Sires: M 6098 Advance 280Z • 43272184 • DOB: Feb. 4, 2012 Sire: HH Advance 6098S ET • MGS: DS Beef 9059

CED 1.7

BW WW 3.3 43

YW 75

MILK 20

REA .51

MARB -0.01

Connealy Consensue 0148 BW 0; WW 73; YW 111; M 20; REA .38; MARB .75 Connealy 044 062 BW 4.0; WW 74; YW 131; M 26; REA -0.02; MARB .28 Sitz Upward 472T BW .1; WW 55; YW 103; M 38; REA .81; MARB .54 Gardens Prime Star K77 BW 3.6; WW 60; YW 111; M 23; REA .38; MARB 1.13 Sitz Final Statement 608Z BW -0.1; WW 58; YW 103; M 24; REA -0.1; MARB .41

Messner HEREFORDS Rt. 1, Box 350, Laverne, OK 73848 Milton 580-273-9494, Van 580-552-1555 messner1@ptsi.net

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N M The Hereford World welcomes new members who joined the American Hereford Association Sept. 1, 2013, through Nov. 30, 2013.

2 Lazy 2 Ranch Richard Guinn 234 Americana Palmer, TX 75152 4A Cattle Co. P.O. Box 459 Yantis, TX 75497 4G Mini Herefords David, Lora, Troy and Ranee Garrison 25676 F.M. 149 Richards, TX 77873 McClung Cattle Co. Adam and Chantel McClung 140 Brown Rd. Vilonia, AR 72173 Ahlin Cattle Co. Jason Ahlin 6994 S. 3600 W. Spanish Fork, UT 84660 Candace Albrecht 19642 C.R. 2142 Troup, TX 75789 Jeremy Arnett 6055W 1600S Wanatah, IN 46390 B4 Farm Tommy Brown 181 Brown Ln. Eudora, AR 71640 Kevin Bankston 2664 C.R. 1171 Sulphur Springs, TX 75482 Donal Barker 3711 Ramming Rd. Iowa Park, TX 76367 Walter Barlow 291 Sanders Rd. Fairfield, PA 17325

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Bar N T Ranch John or Susan Leach 21780 Co. Rd. 3 Lindon, CO 80740 H.F. Bean P.O. Box 430 Beaumont, TX 77704-0430 Bear Creek Farm David Johnson P.O. Box 1208 Leonard, TX 75452 Bear Mountain Ranch Diane Vogel 790 Farmingdale Rd. Jackson, NJ 08527 Bednarski Farms Dennis and Karen Bednarski W8003 Co. Rd. J Watertown, WI 53098 Bevanville Beef Jason, Jaclyn, Mya and Bianca Bevan 1681 Austin Rd. Platteville, WI 53818 BH Cattle Co. Willie and Heather Bovard 2453 W. Hatton Rd. Othello, WA 99344 Roy Black Farms Roy Black 907 W.V. Armstrong Rd. Hartford, AL 36344 Black Hat Cattle Co. LLC Michael Mauceli 1901 N. Central Expressway #LB30 Richardson, TX 75080 Bluemoon Farm Wednesday Arend 8100 Cedar Dr. Joplin, MO 64804

Blue Ribbon Acres Steven J. Pabst 2194 GA Hwy. 17 North Guyton, GA 31312 Borchert Family Ranch Jim and Jennifer Borchert 13781 Strubels Ln. Grass Valley, CA 95949 Patricia Brady-Fugitt 1283 Daniels Run Rd. Scenery Hill, PA 15360 Bramley Farm Barbara Prenen Lee 19950 S.W. 5th Place Dunnellon, FL 34431 Breaking Point Farm James Chapman 5555 S.E. Hwy. 42 Summerfield, FL 34491 Janette Brincks 3115 290th St. Fredericksburg, IA 50630 Broken Diamond D William DeMille P.O. Box 643 Jensen, UT 84035 Faron Brown 1342 Jacy Ln. Ville Platte, LA 70586-8739 The Bruce Ranch Emily M. Bruce 5484 Co. Rd. 557 Arnold, MI 49819 Cynthia and Dennis Budlong P.O. Box 431 27463 Hudel Rd. Mill City, OR 97360 Hope Burge 10941 Co. Rd. 137 Valley Head, AL 35989

Dawn Campos 8595 Horseshoe Bar Rd. Loomis, CA 95650 Cattle for Christ Intl. Inc. Glenn Crumpler 4125 Co. Rd. 636 Enterprise, AL 36330 Cedar Creek Farm Brandon Mitchell 1065 Hungry Run Rd. Lawrenceburg, KY 40342 Ron Chambless 418 C.R. 413 Fyfee, AL 35971 Chesser Miniature Hereford Farm Gary and Cindy Chesser 5321 Springfield Rd. Bardstown, KY 40004 Cin Del Inc. Del Beasley 14492 Daisy Nevils Hwy. Claxton, GA 30417 Cinnabar Ranch Lee and Lorraine Bulla P.O. Box 579 Tioga, TX 76271 Closer Walk Farm Larry and Carolyn Smith 6393 McLarnan Rd. Howard, OH 43028 Harold Corey 716 Blazek Rd. Ellis, TX 75119 Tanner and Tori Crisp 133 13th Ave. Union Grove, WI 53182 Jimmy and Jacque Dearman 23 Dearman Rd. Collins, MS 39428

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Duane Dewald 360 H Co. Rd. 820 Sutter, IL 62373 Scott Dewar 13801 Ashe Rd. Bakersfield, CA 93313 Jackson Dill 988 Farmland Rd. Marshfield, MO 65706 Double II Ranch Stuart and Lea Isaac 1087 A. 190th Rd. Hillsboro, KS 67063 Lane Dubre P.O. Box 63 Burkesville, KY 42717-0063 Duckhead LLC Shannon Cooper 126 N.E. 581 Clinton, MO 64735 Englewood Ranch Justin Kirkwood P.O. Box 1404 Giddings, TX 78942-1404 Michael Firestone 1204 Airport Rd. Blacksburg, VA 24060 Dallas Fry 7210 W. State Rte. 90 Princeville, IL 61559 Gilbert or Shawna Garcia P.O. Box 942 Chama, NM 87520 Half Pint Ranch Andrew and Pam Berst 23493 Co. Rd. 150 Agate, CO 80101 J.C. or Mary Hamilton 6147 Mount Zion Rd. Hackett, AR 72937 Ruth Happel 19306 W. 98th Terr.

Lenexa, KS 66220-9752 Chris Hargrove 400 Co. Rd. 3445 Clifton, TX 76634-3421 Hereford Hollow Farm Joel and Amanda Blevins 324 Austin Ln. Wytheville, VA 24382 Allen and Catherine Hoffman 11982 Shag Rd. New Ulm, MN 56073 James David Hoyle 10951 Beneux Bottom Rd. Mulberry, AR 72947 Brennen Hutchins 4851 Pheasant Dr. Anderson, CA 96007 Robert Hutchins 7007 Whispering Canyon Anderson, CA 96007 JBC Farms LLC Josh Banta P.O. Box 1121 Dallas, GA 30132 Jus Breezn Thru Ranch Mark and Kathy Eash 51425 C.R. 133 Bristol, IN 46507 K&T Cattle Kip Beaudry and Travis Trent P.O. Box 6097 Cabot, AR 72023 Kelly’s Hereford Farm David Kelly and Wendy Olsen 19480 Canby Way Fairbault, MN 55021 Kernens Collective Cattle James and Kimberly Kernen Jr. 46387 State Rte. 556 Beallsville, OH 43716 Danny Lee Kerr 13157 Peonia Rd. Clarkson, KY 42726 John Kichman 394 Oak Hill Rd. New Enterprise, PA 16664 King Family Farm Kevin King 118 Powerhouse Rd. Groton, VT 05046 KMC Cattle Co. Eric and Michelle Setniker 4515 Cooper Hollow Rd. Dallas, OR 97338 Hereford.org

Lassen Ranch Victor Neve 624 Eastman Ln. Petaluma, CA 94952 Lazy Jemm Ranch Michael and Michele Bennett P.O. Box 173 Dallas, OR 97338 LeGier Ranch Keith LeGier 4094 F.M. 451 Waskom, TX 75692 Leigh Cattle Co. Cody Leigh 901 El Campo Dr. Rio Vista, TX 76093 Long Ear Ranch Ryan Anderson 31930 202nd St. Bloomfield, IA 52537 Lopez Farms Art Lopez 18117 E. Cherry Hills Place Queen Creek, AZ 85142

Doug Lord and/or Jeanne Shirey-Lord 614 Shorewood Dr. Seabrook, TX 77586 Lost Cause Ranch James or Mari Jo Owens 230 C.R. 318 Ignacio, CO 81137 Loyning & Walen Cattle Co. P.O. Box 398 Absarokee, MT 59001 Dustin and Michelle Malone 651 Rd. 270 Americus, KS 66835 Brandy March 28061 Angostura Rd. Hot Springs, SD 57747 Marsh Farms 18862 Hwy. 412 Huntsville, AR 72740 Garry Martin 45942 120 th Blue Earth, MN 56013 Dalton Martinek 15854 Valley Ave. Cresco, IA 52136

MC Herefords Galen McCune 20316 E. 1120 Rd. Elk City, OK 73644 Mills Ranch Greg Mills 23364 Laneview Rd. Hempstead, TX 77445 Mini Hereford Ranch Monty Martin 111 Saddle Club N. Kingsland, TX 78639 Patrick Moellendorf 31725 Meadow Creek Trail P.O. Box 2311 Boerne, TX 78006 Morgan Cattle Partners LLC 83617 Gracie Creek Ave. Burwell, NE 68823 Muleshoe Ranch Lauren Echols P.O. Box 1597 Breckenridge, TX 76424 Thomas Mullineaux 11968 Simpsons Mill Rd. Keymar, MD 21757

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Andrew and Dennis Plassmeyer 338 Hoecker Rd. St. Elizabeth, MO 65075 Pollard Creek Farms Jonathan Spears 1850 E. Franklin St. Carthage, MS 39051 Pop-A-Top Ranch LLC 41809 S.W. Burgarsky Rd. Gaston, OR 97119 Matt Pulliam 1061 Co. Rd. 94 Moulton, AL 35650 Red Barn Farm Jason Loper 9415 Chidsey Rd. Nunda, NY 14517 James Repasky 7947 State Rte. 88 Ravenna, OH 44266 Ridgetop Farms LLC Bethany Mansfield 7100 Dale Ridge Rd., Unit B4 Lancaster, TN 38569

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Jason Mushrush 2690 Joyce Hill S.W. New Philadelphia, OH 44663 Samtha Nace 130 Devereux Rd. Glenmoore, PA 19343 Brady and Shanna Noble 5006 Audubon Ln. St. Francisville, LA 70775 Nathan and Shanna Oliver & Family 3855 N. Collins Dr. Bloomington, IN 47404 Olson Farm Brandon and Danielle Olson 28577 Co. Rd. 4 Badger, MN 56714 Jason Petrowski 14126 Holly Springs Rd. Byhalia, MS 38611 Michael Pizzolato 5335 Bayonne Dr. Greenwell Springs, LA 70739

Cassandra Rink 65832 C.R. 37 Goshen, IN 46528 Riverbank Ranch Kaylee Stein 9548 19th S.W. Taylor, ND 58656 W&J Roberts 252 Birch Rd. Louisa, KY 41230 Robidoux Heritage Farms Larry W. Mullen 8028 S. Hamilton Rd. Brookshire, TX 77423 RP Land Co. P.O. BOX 185 Truxton, MO 63381-0185 Scion Works LLC Bradley Wors 217 Teeling Trail Whitney, TX 76692 David Scudero P.O. Box 384 Walton, WV 25286

NJW 98S R117 RIBEYE 88X ET 43094146 — Calved: Feb. 8, 2010 — Tattoo: LE 88X/RE 98S

KCF BENNETT 3008 M326 {SOD,CHB}{DLF,HYF,IEF} RRH MR FELT 3008 {SOD,CHB}{DLF,HYF,IEF} SHF RIB EYE M326 R117 {SOD,CHB}{DLF,HYF,IEF} KCF MISS 459 F284 P42584003 HVH MISS HUDSON 83K 8M MSU MF HUDSON 19H {SOD,CHB}{HYF}

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CL 1 DOMINO 9126J 1ET {SOD,CHB}{DLF,IEF} NJW 9126J DEW DOMINO 98S {DOD}{DLF,HYF,IEF} P42693893 RU 20X BOULDER 57G {CHB}

HH ADVANCE 767G 1ET {SOD,CHB}{DLF,IEF} CL 1 DOMINETTE 490 {DOD} NJW 57G 74G DEW 5M {DLF,HYF,IEF} NJW 832W FAITHFUL 74G

CE 4.9; BW 1.8; WW 59; YW 80; MM 29; M&G 59; MCE 5.8; MCW 91; SC 1.8; FAT -0.017; REA 0.29; MARB 0.25; BMI$ 31; CEZ$ 23; BII$ 27; CHB$ 33 • Semen no longer available. Contact King Herefords for 88X progeny for sale.

CL 1 DOMINO 860U 42897554 — Calved: Jan. 10, 2008 — Tattoo: LE 860

L1 DOMINO 03396 {CHB}{DLF,IEF} CL 1 DOMINO 637S 1ET {CHB} 42692477 CL1 DOMINETTE 118L

L1 DOMINO 00552 L1 DOMINETTE 96893 {DOD} CL 1 DOMINO 888H 1ET CL 1 DOMINETTE 903J

CL1 DOMINO 1172L CL 1 DOMINETTE 5142R {DOD}{DLF,HYF,IEF} 42571150 CL 1 DOMINETTE 810H

HH ADVANCE 767G 1ET {SOD,CHB}{DLF,IEF} CL 1 DOMINETTE 7192G {DOD} CL 1 DOMINO 640F {CHB} CL 1 DOMINETTE 6117F

CE -2.4; BW 4.7; WW 63; YW 118; MM 35; M&G 67; MCE -2.0; MCW 131; SC 1.1; FAT 0.032; REA 0.46; MARB 0.04; BMI$ 12; CEZ$ 9; BII$ 9; CHB$ 29 • One of the most heavily used bulls in the Hereford breed last year.

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Miles Shout 5790 Abby Ln. Piedemont, OK 73078 Silver Bell Farm Kevin Forbes 3153 Aldino Rd. Churchville, MD 21028 Elmer or Maunelle Sims 5 Grable Ln. Quitman, AR 72131 Rusty and Terra Skinner 3902 Cliff Rd. Bryan, TX 77808 S.O.S. Miniature Herefords Kirk Schwingle 110 9th St. Mendota, IL 61342 Souder Farms Holly Souder 9416 N. 200 W. Rushville, IN 46173 Starck Century Farm Rick and Jenny Starck 7501 280th St. Cadott, WI 54727 Jeff and Lori Stover 3811 S. Co. Rd. 150W Frankfort, IN 46041 Leslie and Suzanne Sturgell R.R. 2, Box 1600 Porum, OK 74455 Suebrook Farms LLC Steve Smith P.O. Box 1360 Tyler, TX 75710 Summit Farms LLC Brain Mike 10640 Co. Hwy. D20 Aldsen, IA 50006 Thomson Ranch Jordan and Lori Thomson 3987 Missouri Flat Rd #340-356 Placerville, CA 95667 Jessica Tisthammer 2135 270th Ave. Albion, NE 68620 Toluca Farm West Tim Clark 2885 E. Allen Rd. Howell, MI 48855 Valley Acres Ranch LLC Marcia and James Melin 41459 Baptist Church Dr. Lebanon, OR 97355 Dawn Wagerman 6485 Cramer Ln. Keymar, MD 21757 Jeremy (Jay) Wagerman 6485 Cramer Ln. Keymar, MD 21757 Waggoner Cattle Co. 2096 Pilgrim Rest Rd. Carthage, MS 39057 Walters Cattle Farms Robert Walters, Jr. 1363 Deerfield Rd. Wickliffe, KY 42087 John Webb 28021 F.M. 1488 Hockley, TX 77447 Brianne Webster 8818 320th St. S. Roy, WA 98580 Josh Wendling 2327 Hwy. 13 Manchester, IA 52057 Butch West 2360 Dogtown Dr. Savannah, TN 38372 Willow Pines Farm Duane and Tammy Bishoff 1470 Centenary Rd. Bruceton Mills, WV 26525 Philip Wright P.O. Box 11407 Ft. Worth, TX 76110 Wynnstay LLC 3091 Combs Ferry Rd. Winchester, KY 40391

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C The “Calendar” is a listing of Hereford sales and events known to our staff. Italicized dates denote shows and events. Non-italicized dates denote sales. To make the “Calendar” concise we have used the following abbreviations: association, assn.; international, int'l; junior, jr.; mountain, mtn.; national, nat’l; northeast, NE; northwest, NW; performance tested, PT; southeast, SE; southwest, SW; and university, Un.

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2 Greater Midwest Hereford-Influenced Feeder Calf Sale, Carthage, Ill. 6 Pennsylvania Farm Show, Harrisburg 16-18 Nat’l Western Stock Show Hereford Shows, Denver 17 Mile High Night Nat’l Hereford Sale, Denver 20 Van Newkirk Herefords, Oshkosh, Neb. 23 Sioux Empire Farm Show and Sale, Sioux Falls, S.D. 24 Ad deadline for March Hereford World 24-25 Tennessee Cattlemen’s Assn. Convention and Trade Show, Pigeon Forge 25 M.C. Quantock Bull Sale, Lloydminster, Alberta 25 Southwestern Exposition Jr. Hereford Show, Ft. Worth 26 Carswell-Nichols Herefords, Alton, Kan. 28 BuyHereford.com Internet Auction

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1 Buckeye Hereford Assn. Annual Meeting, Plain City, Ohio 1 Messner Herefords, Slapout, Okla.

1 Pelton Polled Herefords Bull Sale, Halliday, N.D. 1 Red Bluff Bull Sale, Red Bluff, Calif.

1 South Texas Hereford Assn., Beeville 1 Upstream Ranch, Taylor, Neb. 1 Wisconsin Hereford Assn. Annual Meeting, Wisconsin Dells 2 Texas Hereford Assn. Replacement Female and Cowtown Select Sales, Ft. Worth 3 Southwestern Exposition Nat’l Hereford Show, Ft. Worth 3 Topp Herefords Bull Sale, Grace City, N.D. 4-7 NCBA Convention and Trade Show, Nashville, Tenn.

5 Black Hills Stock Show Hereford Sale, Rapid City, S.D. 6 Ridder Herefords, Callaway, Neb. 7 Baumgarten Cattle Co. Bull Sale, Belfield, N.D. 7 Dvorak Herefords Bull Sale, Lake Andes, S.D. 7 Elkington Polled Herefords Bull Sale, Idaho Falls, Idaho 8 Baker Hereford Ranch, Rapid City, S.D. 8 Indiana Hereford Assn. Annual Meeting, Indianapolis 8 Klamath Bull Sale, Klamath Falls, Ore. 9 Mrnak Herefords, Bowman, N.D. 10 BB Cattle Co., Connell, Wash.

10 Fawcett’s Elm Creek Ranch, Ree Heights, S.D. 10 Logterman Herefords Bull Sale, Valentine, Neb. 11 Red Hills Herefords Semen and Embryo Auction on BuyHereford.com 11 South Mountain Ranch Bull Sale, Melba, Idaho 11 Thorson Herefords Bull Sale, Philip, S.D. 12 Friedt Herefords Bull Sale, Dickinson, N.D. 13 Iowa Beef Expo Hereford Sale, Des Moines 15 Carmichael Herefords Bull Sale, Meadow, S.D. 15 Fallon All Breeds Bull Sale, Fallon, Nev. 15 Four L Hereford Farm, Atwood, Tenn.

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15 Magnolia Hereford Assn., Magnolia, Ark. 17 Durbin Creek Ranch Bull Sale, Worland, Wyo. 17 Rausch Herefords, Hoven, S.D. 18 Bar JZ Ranches Bull Sale, Holabird, S.D. 19 Nebraska Cattleman’s Classic, Kearney 19 Shaw Cattle Co., Caldwell, Idaho 20 Olson’s Bull Sale, Argusville, N.D. 21 Hoffman Ranch Bull Sale, Thedford, Neb. 21 Beef Maker Bull and Female Sale, Horton, Ala. 21 Illinois Hereford Assn. Annual Meeting and Embryo Auction, Springfield 22 Illinois Beef Expo Hereford Sale, Springfield 22 Kreth Bull Sale, Mt. Vernon, S.D. 22 Woolfolk Farms, Columbia, Tenn.

24 Colyer Herefords and Angus, Bruneau, Idaho 24 Hereford Heritage, Orlando, Okla.

25 Ad deadline for April Hereford World 25 BuyHereford.com Internet Auction 25 Mill Creek Ranch, Manhattan, Kan. 28 Ernst Herefords Bull Sale, Windsor, Colo.

28 Jamison Herefords Bull Sale, Quinter, Kan. 28 Kentucky Beef Expo Hereford Show, Louisville

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1 Kentucky Beef Expo, Louisville 1 Maryland Hereford Assn. Annual Meeting, Hagerstown 1 Bischoff’s Ravine Creek Ranch, Huron, S.D. 1 Wisconsin Hereford Assn., Lancaster 3 Harrell Herefords, Baker City, Ore. 4 Schutte & Sons, Guide Rock, Neb. 6 Calgary Bull Sale, Calgary, Alberta 6 Northwest Hereford Breeders Bull Sale, Hermiston, Ore. 7 Snake River Bull Test Sale, Twin Falls, Idaho 7 Tennessee Hereford Assn. Annual Meeting, Lebanon 8 Boyd Beef Cattle Bull Sale, Mays Lick, Ky. 8 Central Missouri Polled Hereford Breeders Assn., Eldon 8 Northeast Texas Hereford Assn., Mt. Pleasant 8 Tennessee Agribition Sale, Lebanon 10 Harvie Ranching Bull Sale, Olds, Alberta 10 Holden Herefords, Valier, Mont.

10 JBB/AL Sale, Bliss, Idaho 10 Tegtmeier Polled Herefords, Burchard, Neb. 11 Cooper Hereford Ranch, Willow Creek, Mont.

12 Udy Cattle Co. Bull Sale, Rockland, Idaho 14 Ohio Beef Expo Hereford Show, Columbus

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4 Georgia Hereford Assn. Meeting, Perry 4 Michigan Hereford Assn. Annual Meeting, E. Lansing 4 Michigan Beef Expo Hereford Show., E. Lansing 4 Sandhill Farms, Haviland, Kan. 5 Georgia Hereford Assn., Perry 5 GKB Cattle, Waxahachie, Texas 5 Michigan Beef Expo Hereford Sale, E. Lansing 7 Delaney/Atkins Bull Sale, Lake Benton, Minn.

8 Gerber Land and Cattle, Richmond, Ind. 9 Clark Anvil Ranch, La Junta, Colo.

10 West Virginia Hereford Assn. Annual Meeting, Jane Lew 11 Langford Herefords Bull Sale, Okmulgee, Okla.

11 West Virginia Beef Expo Hereford Show, Jane Lew 12 Ellis Farms, Chrisman, Ill. 12 Knoll Crest Farm, Red House, Va. 12 Thorstenson Herefords Bull Sale, Selby, S.D. 12 West Virginia Beef Expo Hereford Sale, Jane Lew 18 Virginia Hereford Assn., Harrisonburg 19 Burns Farms, Pikeville, Tenn.

19 Stuber Ranch, Bowman, N.D. 21 Early bird ad deadline for July Hereford World 25 Middle Tennessee Hereford Assn. Meeting, Cross Plains 26 California/Nevada Hereford Assn. Tour and Meeting, Calif.

26 Middle Tennessee Hereford Assn., Cross Plains 26 Ritichie County Polled Hereford Assn., Harrisville 29 BuyHereford.com Internet Auction

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3 South Carolina Hereford Assn., Clemson 3 Tennessee River Music Inc., Ft. Payne, Ala. 6 Philip Livestock Bull Sale, Philip, S.D. 9 Switzerland of Ohio Polled Hereford Assn., Old Washington 10 Broadlawn Farm, Lena, Miss.

16 Final ad deadline for July Hereford World 17 Hereford Alliance Sale, Clifton, Texas 24 Debter Hereford Farm Cow Sale, Horton, Ala. 26 Mead Cattle Enterprises, Midville, Ga. 27 BuyHereford.com Internet Auction

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CL 1 DOMINO 9125W 1ET University of Tennessee Bull Test

January 23, 2014

Spring Hill, Tennessee CL 1 DOMINO 9125W 1ET

SOLUTION 668Z

Sire of Z237 and Z240

NORTHFORK RANCH Galen Krieg

1795 E. C.R. 1000 • Basco, IL 62313 217-743-5382 • gkrieg@frontiernet.net

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15 Falling Timber Farm Bull Sale, Marthasville, Mo. 15 Buckeye Hereford Assn., Columbus 15 West Tennessee Polled Hereford Assn., Martin 16 K7 Herefords Bull Sale, Lockridge, Iowa 17 B&D Herefords, Claflin, Kan. 17 Lowderman Cattle Co. Bull Sale, Macomb, Ill. 19 Heartland Herefords, N. Platte, Neb. 21 North Carolina Hereford Assn. Meeting, Statesville 22 North Carolina Hereford Assn., Statesville 22 Candy Meadow Farms, Lexington, Tenn.

24-27 Churchill Cattle Co. Online Sale, Manhattan, Mont.

25 Ad deadline for May/June Hereford World 25 BuyHereford.com Internet Auction 25 Frenzen/Blueberry Hill Bull Sale, Fullerton, Neb. 26 Washington Cattlemen’s Assn. Bull Test Sale, Eltopia 29 Barber Ranch Female Sale, Ft. Worth, Texas 29 CES Polled Herefords/Predestined Cattle, Wadley, Ga. 29 Heart of America Hereford Assn., Wayne City, Ill.

CPH 9125W JAKE DOMINO Z237 {DLF,HYF,IEF} • 43392557 • Calved: Oct. 12, 2012 Adj. 365-day wt. 1,131 lb., WDA 3.05, ADG 3.58

CE BW WW YW MM M&G MCE MCW SC FAT REA MARB BMI$ CEZ$ BII$ CHB$ 3.5 1.3 47 69 31 55 2.9 80 0.6 0.065 0.08 0.14 14 17 10 19 P P+ P+ P+ P+ P P P+ P+ P+ P+

CPH 9125W FINN DOMINO Z240 {DLF,HYF,IEF} • 43394130 • Calved: Nov. 3, 2012 Adj. 356-day wt. 1,298 lb., WDA 3.48, ADG 341

Proven Results

CE BW WW YW MM M&G MCE MCW SC FAT REA MARB BMI$ CEZ$ BII$ CHB$ 3.7 1.7 55 82 30 57 3.0 80 1.0 0.088 -0.03 0.32 19 18 15 25 P P+ P+ P+ P+ P P P+ P+ P+ P+ BW 3.0 WW 68 97 YW MM 24 M&G 57 FAT 0.016 REA 0.72 MARB 0.31

C&L Advantage M326 22S ET

Sire: KCF BENNETT 3008 M326 • Dam: HH MS ADVANCE 8037H

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ALABAMA Campbell Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Debter Hereford Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Sweatman Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 Thousand Hills Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 White Willow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

ARIZONA Mountain View Hereford Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

INDIANA Able Acres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Beck-Powell Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Carlson Cattle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 CDF Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 Clinkenbeard Farms & Sons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 DAD’S Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Elzemeyer Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Everhart Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Gerber Land & Cattle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Gray Family Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . XX Green Meadow Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Greives Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 Hayhurst Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Hunt Bros. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 J&K Cattle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 Kesling Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 Kottkamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Laudeman Family, Gale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Miller Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . XX Ramsey Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Sankey, Cody and Lindsey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Streamline Genetics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34, 35 Stuckey Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

ARKANSAS James Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 CALIFORNIA Alto Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Five H Farms/J-B Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Jess Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Lambert Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 McDougald Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Morrell Ranches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Mrnak Herefords West . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Parham Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Pedretti Ranches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 R&R Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Red Bluff Bull & Gelding Sale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Sonoma Mountain Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Valentine Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Weimer Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 COLORADO Campbell, James T. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Clark Anvil Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Coleman Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Coyote Ridge Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50, 93 Ernst Family, Marshall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Hall Herefords, Doug . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Hanging W Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Kubin Hereford Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Leroux Land & Cattle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Robb & Sons, Tom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Sidwell Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Strang Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 GEORGIA CES Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Greenview Farms Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Hill-Vue Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 HME Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Leonard Polled Hereford Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Mead Cattle Enterprises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BC Nunnally Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Predestined Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Sunset Ridge Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Thompson Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 White Hawk Ranch Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81, IBC IDAHO Canyon Gem Livestock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Colyer Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27, 93 Eagle Canyon Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Elkington Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15, 93 Fern Ridge Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Harrison & Sons, Hawley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 JBB/AL Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18, 93 Moonlight Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 OJJ Cattle Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Shaw Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19, 93 Snake River Bull Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 South Mountain Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Wooden Shoe Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 ILLINOIS Aden Family Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 ALH-Hartwig . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Apple Ridge Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Bafford Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Baker Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Behrends Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Benedict Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Bickelhaupt Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Bixler Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 Bob-O-Lou Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 Burns Polled Hereford Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82, 94 Crane Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 DeLHawk Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Double B Herefords LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 Ellis Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 Eubank Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 Fancy Creek Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Fleisher Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 Gen-Lor Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 Hallbauer Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Happ Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 Harbison and Sons, Ray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82, 94 Kline Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Knott Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 Loehr Hereford Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 Lorenzen Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Lowderman Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 McCaskill Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 Miller Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Milligan Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 Mud Creek Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Moffett Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Nature’s Acres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Newbold Farms Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 Northfork Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 Oak Hill Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 Perks Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Plainview Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Prairie Cross Land, Livestock & Ranching . . . . . . . . 82 Prairie Meadow Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 Prairie Rose Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Purple Reign Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 RGR Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 River Ridge Ranch & Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 Rustic Oaks Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 Sayre Hereford Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 Stephens Hereford Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 Sturdy Hereford Outlet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

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IOWA Amos Hereford Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 Beef Resources Partnership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 Casteel Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 Curran, Jay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 Goehring Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 Iowa Beef Expo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Jackson Hereford Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 K7 Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 Landt Herefords, Steve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 Ohnemus Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . XX Rosenberg, James N. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 Sladek Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . XX Sorensen Family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 St. Clair Hay & Cattle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 Stream Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94, 101 Wiese & Sons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4, 94 KANSAS 4V Douthit Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 Alexander Farms Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 B&D Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Carswell-Nichols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6, 94 Davis Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 Douthit Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 Herbel Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 Jamison Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53, 94 Jensen Bros. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 M-M Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 Malone Hereford Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Meitler, Gene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 Mill Creek Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Oleen Brothers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 Oleen Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 Sandhill Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41, 94 Schu-Lar Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 Springhill Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 Towner Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 Umberger Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 VJS Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 KENTUCKY BBL Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Botkin Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Boyd Beef Cattle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Chambliss Hereford Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Dogwood Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

JMS Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Peyton Well Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Rosecrest Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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LOUISIANA 5C’s Hereford Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 MARYLAND All Seasons Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 Church View Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 East Side Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95, 106 Foggy Bottom Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Grimmel Girls Show Cattle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 R&T Acres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Red Oak Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 SCH Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Tamsey Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 MICHIGAN Behnke’s Hereford Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 Castle Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Cottonwood Springs Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 Grand Meadow Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 Hanson’s Double G Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 Longcore Hereords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 McDonald Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 MacNaughton, Ron and Jill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 RLB Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 Rottman, Phil and Chris . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 Sugar Sweet Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 Veeser’s Triple E Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 MINNESOTA DaKitch Hereford Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Delaney Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Lawrence Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Schafer Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Springwater Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Whispering Pine Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3, 95

MISSISSIPPI Broadlawn Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Caldwell Hereford Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Grandview CMR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 MISSOURI Abra Kadabra Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Bellis Family, Jim D. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Bonebrake Hereford Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Cattle Visions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Doss Hereford Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Falling Timber Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Findley Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Glengrove Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Harding Bros. Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Journagan Ranch/Missouri State . . . . . . . . . . . . 77, 95 Kaczmarek 4K Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 McMillens Toothacre Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Reed Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Roth Hereford Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77, 95 Schneider Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 WMC Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Woessner Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 MONTANA Brillhart Ranch Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Broken Pick Land & Cattle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Cooper Hereford Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9, 95 Curlew Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Dutton Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Ehlke Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Feddes & Sons, Marvin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Holden Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12, 13, 95 J Bar E Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 McMurry Cattle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Mohican West . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 Thomas Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 NEBRASKA 7 Mill Iron Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 Blueberry Hill Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Fisher, Lowell and Carol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Frenzen Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Gibson Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Henkel Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Hoffman Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43, 96 JB Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 Linton Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 Logterman Cattle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Monahan Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 Nebraska Cattlemen’s Classic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Niedermeyer Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 Ridder Hereford Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51, 96 Schutte & Sons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 Spencer Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 Upstream Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40, 96 Van Newkirk Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7, 96 NEVADA Bell Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Brumley Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Genoa Livestock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Hutchens Herefords, Lee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Nevada Cattlemen’s Association . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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NEW JERSEY Grass Pond Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 NEW MEXICO B&H Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 C&M Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 Copeland & Sons LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 Cornerstone Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 King Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76, 96 West Star Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 NEW YORK SK Herefords LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 Stone House Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 NORTH CAROLINA Brent Creech Taylor’s Mill Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 Claxton Farm LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 Double J Farm LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 Myers Hereford Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79, 96 Prestwood Beef Cattle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Terrace Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 Triplett Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 W&A Hereford Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 Will-Via Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 NORTH DAKOTA Baumgarten Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42, 80 Boehnke Hereford Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Carter’s Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Friedt Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46, 80 Friesz Livestock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Mrnak Hereford Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69, 80, 96 North Dakota Hereford Assn. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Olson Hereford Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Pelton Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Rockeman Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Topp Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Insert OHIO Banks Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 Berg Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 Buckeye Hereford Assn. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 Grandview Hereford Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 Herman Family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 Hively’s Hereford Lane Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 J&L Cattle Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 Mohican Polled Hereford Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . 84, 96 Morrison Stock Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 Oakridge Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 Ostgaard Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 Sunny Side Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 Switzerland of Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

OKLAHOMA Beacon Hill Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

CNB Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Darnell Hereford Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Dennis Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Dufur Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Durham Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Flying G Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Fullerton Hereford Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Graft-Britton Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Gray Land & Cattle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Langford Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

LeForce Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Loewen Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Messner Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Moss Herefords, Allen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Nelson Land & Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

P&R Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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OREGON Bar One Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Bird Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Chandler Herefords Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 England Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Harrell Hereford Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39, 97 High Desert Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Klamath Bull & Horse Sale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Oregon Hereford Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Quick Mill Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Stallings Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Vollstedt Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Y Cross Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 PENNSYLVANIA Bar-H Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Creekside Hollow Acres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Dana Livestock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Deana Jak Farms Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Flat Stone Lick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BC Glenview Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BC Slayton’s BearDance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 Stone Ridge Manor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 Vogel Valley Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 SOUTH CAROLINA Forrest Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Fowken Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Keese Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

White Column Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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SOUTH DAKOTA Baker Hereford Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Bar JZ Ranches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Bischoff’s Ravine Creek Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67, 97 Black Hills Stock Show . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Blume Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Courtney Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Dvorak Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Eggers Southview Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Fawcett’s Elm Creek Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23, 97 Frederickson Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Hoffman Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 JBN Livestock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 K&B Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 LaGrand Angus and Hereford Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Rausch Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21, 97 Sioux Empire Farm Show . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 Stenberg Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Thorson Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Thorstenson Hereford Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 TENNESSEE Bartholomew Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Burns Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Cunningham Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 Coley Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 DLL Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Four L Hereford Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31, 97 Gray Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Jackson Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Mud Creek Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81, 97 Parker Bros. Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 River Circle Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62, 97 Rogan Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81, 97 Triple L Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Woodard Hereford Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Woolfolk Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 TEXAS Alpha Equine Breeding Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 B&C Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 Barber Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 Case Ranch Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 Cowtown Select Sale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Doyle Hereford Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 Dudley Bros. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 Fuston Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 G3 Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 GKB Cattle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 Glaze Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 H2 Ranch and Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 Indian Mound Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 Iron Lake Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 Kinnear Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98, 102 Larsons’ Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 Ledbetter Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Massey Hereford Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 McInnis Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 McMullin Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 Metch Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 ML Cattle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 Neel Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 Noack Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 Nolan Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 Powell, James L. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 Rockin 4H Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 Rockin’ W Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Rocking Chair Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 Sanders Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 Skrivanek Ranches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 Spearhead Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98, 102 Still River Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 Sunny Hill Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 Texas Hereford Association . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Williams Family Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 Willis Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 UTAH Allen & Son, Phil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 Circle BJ Polled Hereford Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 Ekker Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 Johansen Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 Pallesen Hereford Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 Peterson Bros. Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 Rell Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 VIRGINIA Fauquier Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 Knoll Crest Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 Meadow Ridge Farms Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 Poplar Ridge Farm LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 Rolling Hills Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98, 106 Thistle Tree Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 WASHINGTON BB Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IFC Diamond M Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 Ottley Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 Yoricka Farm Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 WEST VIRGINIA Cottage Hill Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 Five Star Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 Genex Copperative Inc./Hal Lipscomb . . . . . . . . . . 92 Goff & Sons, A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 Grandview Hereford Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 Grassy Run Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92, 100 Haught Bros. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 Hickory Springs Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 Law & Sons, David . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 McDonald Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 Westfall Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 WISCONSIN Boettcher’s Brookview Acres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 C&L Hereford Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98, 100 DeLHawk Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Gari-Alan Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 Huth Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98, 103 Kegley Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 Koens Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 Larson Hereford Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 Lietzau Hereford Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 Lininger Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 MGM East . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 MGM West . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 Owego Stock Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 Pierce’s Hereford Haven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 Sandrock Ranch Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 Starr Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 Wiswell Family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 WYOMING Berry’s, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 Holmes Herefords/Drake Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 Largent & Sons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 Lockhart Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 McClun’s Lazy JM Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 Micheli Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 Middleswarth Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 Ochsner Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 Perkes Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 Ward, Ned and Jan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 CANADA Bar Pipe Hereford Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Elm Lodge Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 Medonte Highlands Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . 99 Lilybrook Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 SERVICES Barnes, Tommy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 James F. 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