October 2012 Hereford World by American Hereford Association

October 2012 Hereford World

Inside… 2012 Annual Meeting Planned . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Published by the American Hereford Association

October 2012; Vol. 103, No. 5

Herefords Work Research project with Simplot Livestock Co. proves Hereford calving ease sires stack up to Angus bulls. by Angie Stump Denton

Hereford Success Stories:

alving ease and neonatal vigor are two significant traits in the cattle industry. A live calf that is born unassisted and gets up and nurses right away is important in any calving environment but is critical in a heifer program. Simplot Livestock Co. retains, develops and breeds more than 4,500 heifers each year. Dr. Randall Raymond, Simplot Livestock Co. director of research and veterinary services, says, “Of critical importance to our heifer program is calving ease and neonatal vigor.”

With this in mind, in 2011 the American Hereford Association (AHA) and Simplot partnered on a research project to document the benefits of using calving ease Hereford sires in a large-scale predominately Angus heifer program. “With this project we are using young and unproven Hereford sires,” Raymond explains. “We are excited about the project because it is allowing us to sample sires that may or may not have a lot of numbers behind them. We are able to utilize them in a controlled setting to see how they do in our environment and follow them through the entire production system.”

During the first year of the project, eight Hereford sires were bred to nearly 500 virgin heifers.

The bulls According to Raymond the average birth weight (BW) expected progeny difference (EPD) of the Hereford bulls used was -1.1 and the average calving ease (CE) EPD was +8. In addition, one Angus sire was used in the project for comparison. This Angus sire has a BW EPD of -3.8 and a CE EPD of +15. Using the U.S. Meat Animal Research Center (USMARC) across-breed adjustments it wold have a Hereford equivalent BW EPD of -6.5.

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The Right Kind . . . . . . . 32 Baldies Bring Benefits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Section starts on page 64 Hereford and Angus sires are being used at Simplot Livestock Co. to build a baldie herd that fits its desert environment and have reproductive efficiency and longevity.

the Churchill HErd Bull Sale November, 2012 • At Private Treaty

Churchill Sensation 2128Z ET

Sire: Churchill Sensation 028X • Dam: Churchill Lady 9123W ET Calved: Jan. 19, 2012 • BW 78 lb. • WW 800 lb.

BW 0.2; WW 56; YW 89; MM 26; REA 0.66; MARB 0.28 Phenomenal Low BW Sensation son out of a great Yankee donor with an excellent udder!

Churchill ILR Closer 1241Y ET

Sire: CL 1 Domino 955W • Dam: Churchill Lady 202 Calved: Sept. 5, 2011 • BW 80 lb. BW 1.7; WW 53; YW 89; MM 27; REA 0.29; MARB 0.39

Total package 955 son out of the super cow 202, dam of Rancher and Yankee! Owned with Iron Lake Ranch.

Churchill Outcross 1217Y ET

Sire: Golden Oak Outcross 18U • Dam: Churchill Lady 6124S Calved: Aug. 19, 2011 • BW 78 lb. BW 4.5; WW 62; YW 100; MM 21; REA 0.60; MARB 0.17

Herd Bull Supreme! Outcross son out of our lead donor, 6124S, who has a perfect udder!

Churchill Director 2180Z ET

Sire: CL 1 Domino 955W • Dam: Churchill Lady 7202T ET Calved: Feb. 24, 2012 • BW 84 lb. BW 2.1; WW 58; YW 96; MM 25; REA 0.61; MARB 0.12

Totally unique! Out of Sensation’s dam!

Churchill ILR Domino 1246Y ET

Sire: CL 1 Domino 955W • Dam: Churchill Lady 202 Calved: Sept. 10, 2011 • BW 82 lb. BW 1.7; WW 53; YW 89; MM 27; REA 0.29; MARB 0.39

Massive 955 son out of the super cow, 202. He sells in Ft. Worth! Owned with Iron Lake Ranch.

Churchill Outcross 1213Y ET

Sire: Golden Oak Outcross 18U • Dam: Churchill Lady 6124S Calved: Aug. 16, 2011 • BW 85 lb. BW 4.8; WW 60; YW 98; MM 21; REA 0.58; MARB 0.16

Powerhouse, high performance Outcross son out of the very maternal 6124S donor!

The Churchill Bull Program There’s nothing else like it!

See www.churchillcattle.com for more information. • Sired by Sensation, 955W, Outcross and Helton! • Polled and horned bulls sell. • Elite, balanced, top of breed EPDs! • Power bulls with rib, structure, length, soundness, pigment and quality. • New generation genetics! • Watch the November Hereford World for catalog!

Dale and Nancy Venhuizen 1862 Yadon Rd. • Manhattan, MT 59741 Cell 406-580-6421 • Home 406-284-6421 dale@churchillcattle.com • www.churchillcattle.com

Fri. & Sat., Oct. 19-20, 2012 • Skiatook, OK Lot 822

Selling Over 800 Lots Starts at 10:30 a.m. both days Lot 165

Lot 147

Lot 134

Lot 149

Lot 701

Lot 227

Lot 19

Lot 226

Lot 116 Lot 175

Lot 96

Lot 228

Lot 585

Lot 99

Lot 221

Lot 97

Lot 157

Lot 207

Lot 80 Lot 135

Lot 586 Lot 55 Lot 33 Lot 146 Lot 587 Lot 800

Lot One Lot 150

Everything Goes in This Final Star Lake Sale This landmark sale will feature the entire registered Hereford inventory… • The proven donors, mature cows and young donor prospects. Icons like Apollonia, Olivia, Kessey, Valedictorian, Rockin On Baby, Onica, Geisha, Investor Gal, Carla, Karley Maid, Roxie Beth, Ruby, Rosy Lane, Belle 117L, Orabel, Western Star, Advance 4021P, Ginger Gal, P200 & 515P. • The herd sire battery packed with National Champions and Proven Breed Improvers – Shock & Awe, Lock-N-Load, Bright Future, Can-Am, Advance S109, Quantum, Radar 73T, Tymeless, Titleist, Moneymaker and many more.

Lot 4

Lot 156

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Ranch Ready bulls. Ready to go to work. The complete 2012 ET calf crop – bulls and heifers. All replacement heifers due to calve in spring 2013. 140 recipients due to calve in spring 2013. More than 800 frozen embryos. It’s a spectacular selection of breed-leading genetics. • 100 Lots of semen including many lots of sexed female semen. This will be the End of the Dynasty at Star Lake, and the beginning of another for these Branded Herefords taking their influence to your operations. Watch the Star Lake web site for updates. Videos of the lots will be posted by Oct. 10.

Sale Schedule Friday 10:30 a.m. start A selection of Hereford cattle plus most of the embryos, pregnant recipients and semen, sell. Saturday 10:30 a.m. start Selling the remainder of the registered Hereford herd and a small quantity of embryos or recipients. Ranch Ready Bulls sell at approximately 1 p.m. If you didn’t receive the catalog with this Hereford World, contact our office for a copy

STAR LAKE COMPLETE DISPERSAL FRIDAY & SATURDAY, OCT. 19-20, 2012 • 10:30 A.M. BOTH DAYS SATURDAY’S SALE WILL BE BROADCAST ON RFD-TV • BOTH DAYS WILL BE LIVE ON THE INTERNET AT LIVEAUCTIONS.TV

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• RANCH READY BULLS SELL AT 1 P.M. SATURDAY

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Tradition of Excellence Sale October 27 3 p.m. (CST)

On the ranch in Mitchell, S.D.

October 2012 • Vol. 103 • No. 5

Cover Herefords Work

Research project with Simplot Livestock Co. proves Hereford calving ease sires stack up to Angus bulls.

Breed Focus

Hereford Registrations Up 8% Despite Drought. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

24 2012 Annual Meeting Planned

Performance Matters

American Hereford Association members will meet in Kansas City Nov. 2-4 to conduct Association business.

Performance Updates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Board Action

32 The Right Kind

Tank x Shelby • Maternal sib to the 2012 Denver Champion, “Diana 3 full sibs sell 1 direct daughter of Harley sells

Hereford genetics are valuable to Southern cattlemen’s peace of mind and bottom line.

37 Hereford Provides Improvement Opportunity

Highlights of the 2011 National Beef Quality Audit.

64 Drought Advice

Despite the difficult situation, be proactive in making management decisions.

For more information, contact: Cory Thomsen 605-730-2397 Trae Simmons 765-438-2312 John Tucker 308-530-5765

Bushy Park Farm 40281 260th St. • Mitchell, SD 57301 Fax 605-996-0721 • Toll Free 888-502-7322 Steve Robinson, Owner Cory Thomsen, General Mgr. 605-730-2397 Trae Simmons, Director of Sales 765-438-2312 Stephanie Steck, Marketing 402-680-1254 Visitors always welcome

To view our catalog online visit www.bpfcc.com

John, Jill, Blake and Mitchell Tucker 2973 E. Brown Rd. N. Platte, NE 69101 308-534-5885 308-530-6765 John’s cell

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Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Sales Digest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 National Show and Sale Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

68 Dealing with Drought

Advertisers’ Index . . . . . . . . 92

A summary of information and tips on how to survive the drought.

AHA C American Hereford Association

Certified Hereford Beef Staff

Field Staff

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Vice president of sales Mick Welch, mwelch@herefordbeef.org Vice president of customer service Brad Ellefson, bellefson@herefordbeef.org Account analyst Cheryl Monson, cmonson@herefordbeef.org Communication specialist Christy Couch Lee, christylee@hereford.org Territory managers Jill Johnson, jjohnson@herefordbeef.org Danielle Starr, dstarr@herefordbeef.org Administrative assistant Karla Richardson, krichardson@herefordbeef.org Hereford Verified and Hereford Marketplace specialist Heidi Tribbett, hktribbett@hereford.org 970-580-4503 For information about Hereford Marketplace, visit HerefordMarketplace.com or call 970-580-4503.

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Outcross x EKS S04 Paris U37 This special horned female sells Oct. 27

Annual Meeting, Queen Coronation Highlight Fall Activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

66 Training Cattle to Eat Weeds

Titleist x STAR KKH Brite Kessie 266S Full sib to the 2011 Denver Champion, “Mirror Image”

Hereford Women

For this Kentucky commercial operation, Hereford-influenced cattle provide premiums and quality.

53 Pillars of Beef Chain Success: Moving the Industry Forward

What’s New?

Association News and Events . . . . . . 12

Sierra Ranches turned to Hereford genetics to maximize calf-crop potential from its Angus-based cows.

44 Baldies Bring Benefits

August Board Meeting Highlights. . . 10

President David Breiner, Alma, Kan. Vice president Cliff Copeland, Nara Visa, N.M. Directors Term expires 2012 Paul “Butch” Funk, Copperas Cove, Texas Jimmie Johnson, Clinton, Okla. Term expires 2013 Marty Lueck, Mountain Grove, Mo. Dale Micheli, Ft. Bridger, Wyo. Term expires 2014 Keith Fawcett, Ree Heights, S.D. Steve Lambert, Oroville, Calif. Dale Venhuizen, Manhattan, Mont. Term expires 2015 Fred Larson, Spring Valley, Wis. David Trowbridge, Tabor, Iowa Eric Walker, Morrison, Tenn.

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Executive vice president Craig Huffhines, chuffhin@hereford.org Chief operating officer and director of breed improvement Jack Ward, jward@hereford.org Chief financial officer Leslie Mathews, lmathews@hereford.org Director of communications Angie Stump Denton, adenton@hereford.org 785-363-7263 Director of records department Stacy Sanders, ssanders@hereford.org Director of youth activities Amy Cowan, acowan@hereford.org Records supervisor Cindy Coleman, ccoleman@hereford.org BuyHereford.com manager Dennis Schock, dschock@hereford.org 903-815-2004

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Whispering Pine Farms is Proud to Offer

WPF 070 719T Bella 2014

in the

Ladies of the Royal sale, November 3, 2012, in Kansas City

WPF 070 719T Bella 2014 {HYF} BW 4.0; WW 67; YW 101; MM 23; M&G 56

TH 75J 243R Bailout 144U ET {DLF,HYF,IEF}

CE -0.6 (.26); BW 4.4 (.79); WW 53 (.65); YW 94 (.59); MM 12 (.21); M&G 38; MCE 2.1 (.18); MCW 97 (.33); SC 0.9 (.18); FAT -0.010 (.39); REA 0.42 (.39); MARB -0.04 (.36); BMI$ 18; CEZ$ 14; BII$ 16; CHB$ 24

TH 223 71I Conquer 409X ET {DLF,HYF,IEF}

CE 4.2 (P); BW 3.0 (.24); WW 52 (.23); YW 84 (.22); MM 21 (.21); M&G 47; MCE 0.9 (P); MCW 114 (.20); SC 0.6 (.15); FAT -0.031 (.17); REA 0.46 (.18); MARB 0.06 (.16); BMI$ 17; CEZ$ 17; BII$ 14; CHB$ 28

See our sale consignments at: Kansas City • Louisville • Denver • Ft. Worth Contact us for more information. We sell bulls by private treaty. Jason and Marcy McDonald, Owner 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

jasonm@meltel.net • www.whisperingpinefarms.com

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

Hereford Registrations Up 8% Despite Drought It’s been more than 50 years since the Hereford breed has experienced such good times from a market demand standpoint. While the extreme drought conditions and escalating cost to operate have many within the industry under a cost crunch, there is an increasing awareness within the commercial industry that breed complementarity and hybrid vigor from crossbreeding are inexpensive decisions that can make an enormous difference in the profitability of a commercial operation. This fact has put the Hereford breed squarely in a solid market position despite the drought conditions that have softened a lot of optimism in many parts of the country. Albert Einstein was quoted as saying, “When you are courting a nice girl an hour seems like a second. When you sit on a red-hot cinder a second seems like an hour. That’s relativity.” Relatively speaking, the Hereford breed is experiencing times reminiscent of a young man “courting a nice girl.” It’s certainly easier to sustain challenges when you’re on the high side of the demand curve. While the last few years of drought in different parts of the country have made it difficult on virtually everyone in production agriculture, the Hereford breed seems to continue to gain traction within the industry, which is translating into investment and expansion of the cow base and in annual registrations of calves. Fiscal year (FY) 2012, which ended Aug. 31, was a rebound year for the American Hereford Association (AHA). The AHA reported an 8.1% increase in registrations of more than 70,000 head for the first time in seven years. Cow numbers rebounded 3.4% to more than 101,000 cows, a four-year high despite the drought and declining

Percentage change in Hereford registration and cow inventory from 2011 to 2012 by region Cows +9% Cows +5%

Regs +1.71%

Cows +3.1% Regs +18.3%

Regs +16.5%

Cows +9.5% Regs +3.3%

Cows -9%

Cows +21%

Regs -6.5%

Regs +15.4%

cow numbers last year in a large part of the Southwest. Watch for more fiscal year highlights in the Annual Report, which will be included in the November Hereford World.

The drought’s effect on Hereford numbers In 2012, registered Hereford cow inventories and registrations climbed in every region of the country with the exception of the Southwest and upper New England states. Land values and population density are making it very difficult on all of production agriculture in the Northeastern U.S., but it’s the drought that has clearly taken a toll on the Southwest. Texas and Oklahoma, two of the top five states in the U.S. for registered Hereford cow numbers and calf registrations, took the hardest blow from the 2011 drought, which was said to be the worst on record in over 60 years.

Cows -23.8% Regs -4.7%

In FY 2012 the region was down 6.5% in registrations and 9% in cow inventory. It’s been well documented that commercial cow liquidation in the state of Texas last year was more than 400,000 head, reducing the demand for breeding age range bulls by more than 16,000 head. Since 2006 the Southwest has experienced a 5% decline in cow numbers due principally to record dry years. That being said, the Hereford breed has remained solid in the region, maintaining strong prices for bulls and females. All indicators suggest that recovery for Hereford breeders in the Southwest is predicted to be strong once range resources heal. While the Southwest suffered the most in 2011, there have been significant rebounds in both Hereford registrations and cow inventories across most of the rest of the country despite a 2012 drought that canvassed most of the Midwest.

The highest percentage rebound in registrations occurred in the Southeast, reporting a 15% increase in registrations and a 21% increase in cow numbers. The second highest percentage increase occurred in the High Plains region with a 18% increase in Hereford registrations and a 3% increase in cow numbers. The Plains and Missouri River Corn Belt region — including the states of North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas and Missouri — accounted for more than 35% of all the Hereford cows in the U.S., a concentration that seems to be growing in recent years.

With popularity also comes responsibility The beef cattle industry has certainly opened a door of opportunity for Hereford breeders. The challenge for Hereford breeders will be to keep that door open. As we see the expansion of registered Hereford numbers, it will be increasingly important to maintain the quality of the registered Hereford cow base. AHA has assembled the largest database in the world of whole-herd fertility and longevity records. The breed has worked hard and invested heavily in performance testing and genetic research. Breeders have culled hard to upgrade convenience traits and reduce cow herd defects. AHA has one of the strongest databases in the world from which to derive selection information. Careful and prudent expansion of Hereford numbers in a way that maintains acceptable quality and gives rise to better than expected results for the commercial customer is what will sustain future growth in demand. HW

2011-2012 drought comparison

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33rd Annual Sale

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High Altitude - PAP Tested Cattle

Tuesday, October 23, 2012

2012 Hereford Sale Bulls:

SH 3027 Domino 101Y ET by 3027

SH 157K Ribstone 113Y ET by 157K

SH 501R Domino 118Y ET by 501R

A Proven Program for 50 Years…… Offering muscular,

easy calving & easy fleshing bulls who will add pounds, milk & productive replacement females to your herd

SH 157K Ribstone 121Y ET by 157K

SH 501R Domino 122Y ET by 501R

SH 739T Domino 130Y by 739T

SH 816U Domino 147Y by 816U

SH 741T Rancher 198Y by 741T

Sale Bulls Sired By: • UPS Domino 3027 • K 64H Ribstone Lad 157K • CL 1 Domino 739T • CL 1 Domino 501R • SH 501R Domino 816U • F 157K Ribstone 715 • Churchill Rancher 741T ET • R 350 North Star 22R

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

Performance Updates Thank you to all who supported the recent Hereford Research Foundation (HRF) auction on BuyHereford.com. Thanks also goes to Dale and Nancy Venhuizen of Churchill Cattle Co., who donated the proceeds of a bred heifer from their sale to HRF, a division of the Hereford Youth Foundation of America. ABS Global has sent two checks for semen sales on Loewen Foundation. John and Mona Loewen donated semen sales from Foundation to HRF. Thanks again to everyone who has donated money, items and time.

DNA update In June AHA transitioned its DNA lab services to GeneSeek Inc. We continue to work to develop and improve the DNA submission and reporting issues. It seems as though one of the biggest issues has been poor or lack of DNA when the hair reaches the lab. When we started the process, the AHA was unaware that the SNP technology would require a larger amount of DNA. In the past breeders were asked to provide 20-25 hair follicles. Today we need at least 80.

In addition, this technology is much more sensitive to contamination from mud, manure, pour ons, age and other outside factors. I do recommend that when you collect DNA, to go ahead and collect some extra and store it in an envelope in a dry place so you can have extra in case the lab needs it. The lab transfer and technology upgrade is a blessing, as it will position the AHA to make tremendous progress and take advantage of all genomic tools. It has also created some challenges. In the past we were

able to obtain reports daily from the lab that had parentage, profile and abnormalities all run at the same time. With GeneSeek, we have multiple reports because the animals might be tested for multiple things such as parents, abnormalities, horned/ polled and GE-EPD (expected progeny difference). We are working through these issues. In the past, seven to 10 business days were expected for testing and those might be extended, especially for the multiple test animals. The Friday educational forum during the annual meeting will feature speakers who will address the questions you may have concerning DNA issues.

Steer registration The AHA Board unanimously supported a rule change for all steers to be shown at any AHA-sponsored show including the Junior National Hereford Expo and all regional shows. The rule states that any steer to be shown at these events will need to be fully pedigreed. In other words, the steers will need to have two registered parents to be qualified for the show. The AHA will continue to issue steer certificates for those who will need them for other shows such as county fairs, state fairs or beef expos. This rule will start Jan. 1, 2014.

Abnormality listing The AHA Board voted to change policy on how owners of genetic abnormality carriers are notified. Starting Nov. 30 all animals will automatically get the results loaded into the system and onto the web. If a breeder questions the results, he will have 30 days to request a new kit and have the animal retested. The AHA will no longer notify owners by certified mail.

EPD trend reports The AHA has seen several benefits with the new ILR-2 registry software. This fall we will begin to produce some EPD trend reports that you will find on your authorized user accounts. These reports will show members how their herds have progressed over the last 10 years within the herd and across the breed. These reports should be very helpful for breeders to identify areas of both progress and deficiency.

Proven sire genotyping In the September Hereford World I discussed the importance of adding strength to the Hereford-specific panel that was developed for GE-EPDs. This will only happen as the breed continues to genotype more high-accuracy sires. The AHA Board has agreed to do a cost share to get as many high-accuracy sires genotyped as possible. If you have a sire with at least 50% accuracy for weaning weight and was born after 2001, then AHA would like to get that bull genotyped and will pay for half the cost. Please contact the AHA office if you are interested in participating in this very important project. HW

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MCR

Bluestem 977

7HH57 P43086834 Sire: CJH Harland 408 • MGS: Feltons Legend 242

With two breed standouts in his pedigree, Bluestem is bred to do the right things. Incredibly sound, he displays tremendous capacity and fleshing ability with the potential for low birth weights. Pictured on a 100-degree day right out of the breeding pasture. From Mill Creek Ranch, Kan. Fall 2012 AHA Sire Summary EPD Acc

Semen: $20/Straw; Non-Certificate

CED BW WW YW MM M&G MCE SC FAT REA MARB BMI$ CEZ$ BII$ CHB$ 4.0 1.5 57 91 24 52 1.4 1.1 -.06 .57 .23 22 18 18 29

.17 .36 .30 .32 .19 .16 .30 .26 .25 .24 % Rank 15 15 20 20 25 15 15 15 10 15 15 20 10

TH 122 71I

Top Shelf 504X ET

7HP108 P43122851 Sire: DRF JWR Prince Victor 71I • MGS: NJW 1Y Wrangler 19D

This full brother to 719T is fancy and stout. With solid stats for growth performance and no AI certificates, Top Shelf will find his way into plenty of herds that want to improve their cows. His phenotype alone is reason enough to use him. From Topp Herefords, N.D.

Semen: $25/Straw; Non-Certificate

Fall 2012 AHA Sire Summary EPD Acc

CED BW WW YW MM M&G MCE SC FAT REA MARB BMI$ CEZ$ BII$ CHB$ 5.4 2.3 54 87 20 47 -0.4 0.7 -.02 .53 -.03 18 18 14 27

P .25 .23 .23 .22 P .16 .18 .18 .17 % Rank 5 25 20 25 15 15 15 15

Gerber Ultra 809U

7HP104 P42959382 Sire: Schu-Lar 5N of 9L 3008 • MGS: Feltons Domino 774 Now at +87 for YW, Ultra is the only bull in the AHA Summary that ranks in the top 1% for EVERY $ Profit Index while having a minus BW EPD. His calves are born small and grow fast. Ultra is a super choice for heifers. From Gerber Land and Cattle, Ind. Fall 2012 AHA Sire Summary EPD Acc

Semen: $15/Straw; Non-Certificate

CED BW WW YW MM M&G MCE SC FAT REA MARB BMI$ CEZ$ BII$ CHB$ 7.2 -0.1 53 87 12 39 3.6 1.6 -.01 .21 .67 37 25 33 39 .20 .67 .59 .61 .20 .16 .29 .33 .36 .34

% Rank 2 2 25 25 15 3 25 1 1 1 1 1

NJW 98S

Durango 44U

7HP105 P42892264 Sire: THM Durango 4037 • MGS: CL 1 Domino 9126J 1ET

Durango is getting high marks from both commercial and purebred users. Additional progeny have raised his YW by 13 lb., so take advantage of his low BW and strong performance. Durango’s first daughters are right sized, easy fleshing and display balanced, well-attached udders. From Ned and Jan Ward, Wyo.

Semen: $25/Straw; $60/Certificate

Fall 2012 AHA Sire Summary EPD Acc % Rank

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CED BW WW YW MM M&G MCE SC FAT REA MARB BMI$ CEZ$ BII$ CHB$ 8.1 -0.7 51 85 34 60 .28 .80 .70 .66 .20 1

4.7 1.1 -.02 .52 -.05 .20 .41 .43 .43 .39

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The American Hereford Association (AHA) Board of Directors met for its annual summer budget-planning meeting Aug. 9-10 on the campus of Kansas State University (K-State). Since 2010 the AHA Board has been following the goals outlined in the Association’s strategic plan to continue to strengthen the Hereford breed and the Association as a whole. The Board passed a $5.4 million breakeven budget after depreciation for the upcoming 2013 fiscal year. The AHA is projected to generate $5.4 million of revenue next year from its parent company and subsidiaries and works to utilize those funds to advance the breed through member service, promotion and advertising, research, commercial marketing, and youth development efforts. Here are other meeting highlights:

Genetic evaluation basics As part of the meeting, the Board asked K-State Animal Scientist Dan Moser to review basic principles for proper expected progeny difference (EPD) calculations including the importance of proper contemporary grouping, genetic correlations among traits, heritabilities of traits and age of dam adjustments. All of these components are used to take biases and environmental influences out of the genetic evaluation

and, thereby, produce an EPD that accounts for as much of the genetic influence as can be accounted for in the AHA EPD system. The Board agreed that this type of educational review would be beneficial to the membership and suggested that it be discussed at the upcoming Annual Meeting in November during the Friday afternoon educational forum in Kansas City.

HCR, SCF EPDs Moser reviewed with the Board the process of developing and the meaning of the new heifer calving rate (HCR) and sustained cow fertility (SCF) EPDs. Moser stated that the AHA has the largest database in the world with complete fertility and cow sustainability records. The Board agreed that an educational overview of these two new traits would also be beneficial during the educational forum in Kansas City.

Adjustment of profit indexes Due to the release of the new HCR and SCF EPDs that attempt to improve the information for breed fertility, the Board instructed staff to work with the original committee of scientists to reassess the four profit indexes utilizing a more robust measurement of fertility. Up until now, fertility has only been estimated by utilizing scrotal circumference in a less than perfect

relationship. The new fertility EPDs should strengthen the indexes with stronger information on the trait that most influences profit, that being fertility.

New EPD trend report approved for release The AHA has worked with its software provider in recent months to develop a tool for TPR breeders. The new product called AHA Herd Benchmark Report is a report produced for each individual performance breeder. It highlights in graph form the progress a breeder has made in his individual herd relative to each EPD trait compared to the Hereford breed trend over the same years the breeder has been recording performance. The Board charged the staff with developing a system for making these reports available to each TPR breeder through a downloadable report on his AHA online account. Staff will work to release this information in the fall of 2012.

Funding approved for Hereford genotyping project The Board approved the cost share of upwards of $40,000 to 50k genotype as many as 1,000 highly proven bulls for the purpose of continued gene discovery work at Iowa State University. In order for the relationships between genetic tests and their respective correlated traits to become stronger, more research discovery is needed to strengthen the accuracy of genomic-enhanced EPDs (GE-EPDs).

GE-EPD animal listing In addition, the Board asked staff to develop a list of all 50K genotyped bulls to be placed on the AHA website. AHA staff has made this list available through a look-up feature on the AHA database search engine. All animals that have been 50K genotyped and that have a GE-EPD can be found by entering the year the animal was born (up to a four year range at a time), clicking the GE-EPD criteria button and then clicking search. This search will list all animals including males and females. Exclusive bull search criteria can be entered to list only the bulls with a GE-EPD by designating that criteria in the “Select if” box.

Genetic abnormality policy modification The current AHA policy for the reporting of genetic carriers is to notify the owner of a carrier animal through registered mail and to allow 30 days for the owner to respond to the resulting carrier status. Since members who have been notified of carrier status have not yet responded to the registered mail inquiry, the Board removed the 30-day notice requirement and instructed AHA staff to no longer send a registered mail notice of the carrier status beginning after Nov. 30, 2012. Carrier status will be automatically loaded into the AHA database system. A breeder will still have the right to

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retest an animal if there is a question over the result at any time.

New ad campaign approved The Board approved the development of a dynamic new fold-out advertising campaign that focuses on the Hereford breed’s inherent strengths. A $210,000 budget was approved for the campaign. A copy of the insert will be included with the October Hereford World. Full, half and quarter page ads have also been developed to complement the insert.

Educational forum A dynamic panel of educational speakers is being planned for the Friday afternoon educational forum during the AHA Annual Meeting weekend. The forum and the Annual Meeting will be at the Argosy Casino and Hotel. See Page 24 for more about the Annual Meeting.

Member service activity The Board was informed of progress in a number of areas of investment in the records department. Staff has been realigning the records department to maximize efficiency. The Board approved the implementation of a new phone system. The new ILR-online system is currently in development, and testing will begin in the fall of 2012. The features of the new system will be: 1) Payment online, 2) Transfer of ownership online, 3) DNA test kit requests and 4) Requests for AI (artificial insemination) certificates from bull owners. Other software developments are ongoing with CattleMax in an effort to have their desktop and online packages fully integrated with AHA’s system. The CattleMax system is currently being tested by staff.

GeneSeek laboratory conversion There have been a number of start-up pains in the relocation of the AHA genotyping services from Maxxam to GeneSeek. The delays have caused some backup this summer, but everything will soon be on track. AHA staff has asked GeneSeek staff to attend the Educational Forum, where they can discuss the new technology and the expectations for turnaround time considering the new technology platforms involved.

Hall of Fame, Merit inductees selected The Board endorsed the proposed candidates to be inducted into the Hall of Fame and Hall of Merit during the 2012 Annual Meeting. 2012 Hall of Fame inductees are Lilla Bell, Paradise Valley, Nev.; Jackie Davis, Lincoln, Calif.; the Douthit Family, St. Francis, Kan.; and Gene Wiese, Manning, Iowa. Hall of Merit inductees are H.H. “Hop” Dickenson, former AHA executive secretary, and Dusty Rich, former American Polled Hereford Association president. HW Hereford.org

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.

Annual Meeting approaches The 2012 American Hereford Association (AHA) Annual Membership Meeting will be Saturday, Nov. 3 at the Argosy Casino Hotel and Spa, located in Riverside, Mo. A weekend packed full of events is planned for Hereford enthusiasts. For a complete schedule, see Page 24.

Submit spring analysis data by Nov. 1 All data needs to be submitted prior to Nov. 1 to be included in the next genetic evaluation. The AHA performance

department requests all breeders submit cow weights and body condition scores when sending weaning weights. These weights and scores are imperative to the development of longevity and fertility genetic selection traits.

Take advantage of Herefordinfluenced feeder calf sales Consigning Hereford and Herefordinfluenced calves to a special Hereford sale not only provides a great outlet for buyers interested in Hereford genetics but may also result in a premium for

the seller. Contact these organizers today for the specific requirements of each sale. Many have a consignment deadline, and the earlier you commit your stock, the better advertisement your calves will get. Whether you have one head or 100, one of these sales may be the perfect marketing outlet for you: Tennessee Hereford Marketing Program Feeder Calf Sale Date: Oct. 18 Location: Tennessee Livestock Producers, Columbia, Tenn.

Contact: John Woolfolk 731-225-2620 or Darrell Ailshie 931-212-8512 Kansas Hereford Feeder Calf Sale Date: Oct. 19 Location: Manhattan Commission Co., Manhattan, Kan. Contact: Gus Gustafson 785-238-7306, Tom Granzow 785-466-2247 or John Cline 785-776-4815 Kentucky Certified HerefordInfluenced Sale Date: Oct. 23 Location: Bluegrass Stockyards South, Stanford, Ky. Contact: John Meents 419-306-7480 Missouri Hereford Association Hereford-Influenced Feeder Calf Sales Dates: Nov. 5, 2012, and Jan. 7, 2013 Location: Miller Co. Regional Stockyards, Eldon, Mo. Contact: Matt Reynolds 660-676-3788 or Marty Lueck 417-948-2669 Montana Hereford Association Hereford-Influenced Feeder Calf Sale Date: Nov. 14 Location: Headwaters Livestock Auction, Three Forks, Mont. Contact: Montana Hereford Association board of directors Greater Midwest Certified Hereford Feeder Calf Sale Date: Jan. 3, 2013 Location: Carthage Livestock Auction, Carthage, Ill. Contact: John Meents 419-306-7480 or Brent Lowderman 309-221-9621 HW

Auction Raises $25,108 for Hereford Research More than $25,000 was raised for Hereford research Aug. 21 during the BuyHereford.com auction. The 26 donated lots generated lots of excitement from charitable bidders for the benefit of the Hereford Research Foundation, which is a division of the Hereford Youth Foundation of America. The top seller was Lot 5, a pick of the herd from Olsen Ranches, Harrisburg, Neb., purchased by Kevin Schultz of Sandhill Farms, Haviland, Kan., for $4,500. That price earned him the right to select a bred heifer from the 2011 natural-born calf crop from Olsen’s. At $3,700, Lot 17 was the second high-selling lot. Dan and Nancy Bowling, Blackwell, Okla., bought four embryos from a top donor cow at Cooper Hereford Ranch, Willow Creek, Mont. Close behind was a unique opportunity to go fly-fishing at the Bar Z Riverside Ranch in Montana. Dave Hanson of the Bar Z Riverside Ranch donated this world-class two-day fishing trip for two people and Robert Rogers of Hidden Oaks Ranch, Hamilton, Texas, paid $3,600 for the lot. There were 26 lots total averaging $965, including a variety of hunting and fishing packages, semen and embryos, mineral and fencing equipment. HW

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Calved: Jan. 17, 2012 Sire: Harvie Dan T-Bone 196T MGS: STAR SS Thunder LT 62J

BW 5.0; WW 56; YW 97; MM 16; M&G 45; FAT 0.013; REA 0.58; MARB -0.10

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Calved: July 9, 2009 Sire: Harvie Dan T-Bone 196T MGS: AA Boomer 611

BW 3.2; WW 51; YW 82; MM 16; M&G 41; FAT 0.021; REA 0.43; MARB -0.03

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Calved: Feb. 28, 2012 Sire: AA HRD LF Airline 820 ET MGS: LaGrand Reload 80P ET

BW 4.3; WW 54; YW 87; MM 22; M&G 49; FAT -0.002; REA 0.40; MARB 0.10

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Calved: Jan. 26, 2012 Sire: AA Destiny 9127 MGS: WLB Eli 10H 83T

BW 3.1; WW 53; YW 82; MM 19; M&G 46; FAT -0.011; REA 0.32; MARB 0.04

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Calved: Feb. 3, 2012 Sire: SHF Ultra Max R117 U71 MGS: AA PRF Wideload

BW 2.8; WW 51; YW 77; MM 21; M&G 46; FAT -0.013; REA 0.41; MARB 0.09

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Calved: Jan. 26, 2012 Sire: PR 144U Bailout 0005 ET MGS: THM Durango 4037

BW 3.2; WW 52; YW 84; MM 18; M&G 44; FAT -0.012; REA 0.38; MARB 0.07

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Calved: Jan. 21, 2012 Sire: UPS TCC Nitro 1ET MGS: AA PRF Wideload

BW 4.6; WW 52; YW 89; MM 12; M&G 38; FAT -0.009; REA 0.60; MARB -0.11 Sire: BW 5.7; WW 62; YW 111; MM 6; M&G 37; FAT -0.020; REA 1.03; MARB -0.14 Dam: BW 3.4; WW 43; YW 67; MM 18; M&G 39; FAT 0.003; REA 0.17; MARB -0.08

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Calved: Jan. 17, 2012 Sire: STAR TCF Shock & Awe 158W ET MGS: AA Juror 1132

BW 5.8; WW 45; YW 83; MM 18; M&G 41; FAT -0.035; REA 0.41; MARB -0.08

Selling 20 Cows • 30 Show Quality Heifer Calves 3 Bulls • 10 Steer Prospects Cody Lowderman, Auctioneer 309-313-2171 Cell

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L.R. Duncan and Family 1264 N. Mountain Rd. • Wingate, IN 47994 David Duncan, Cell 765-366-0295 Lawrence Duncan, Cell 765-918-2297 davidandjilld@ aol.com • www.ableacres.com October 2012 /

by Susan Hayhurst, NHW director hayhurstfarms@aol.com

Annual Meeting, Queen Coronation Highlight NHW’s Fall Activities National Hereford Women (NHW) members are gearing up for a bevy of activities during the American Royal in Kansas City, Nov. 2-4. The organization’s annual meeting and the National Hereford Queen coronation aren’t to be missed. What better way to get to know the ladies and workings of what NHW does throughout the year than to attend their general annual meeting at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 3, in the American Royal’s Governor’s Room. Refreshments will be served while the board share the great success achieved in fundraising and in membership during the Junior National Hereford Expo (JNHE) in Grand Island, Neb., this summer. Retiring board members will be recognized, new board members will be welcomed and trained, and the 2012 NHW Woman of the Year will be celebrated. The NHW board meeting will be at 5 p.m., Friday, Nov. 2, in the Argosy Hotel and Spa’s Board Room. One of NHW’s most exciting annual events is the queen coronation during the American Royal National Hereford Show. 2011-12 National Queen Amanda Bacon will crown one of four ladies-in-waiting: Whitney Andras, Checotah, Okla.; Bridget Beran, Claflin, Kan.; Cara

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National Hereford Queen Candidates

Whitney Andras

Cummings, Gilmer, Texas; or MaKayla Rutt, Minden, Neb. During the American Royal weekend, the candidates maintain a loaded schedule by participating in a formal orientation and gift exchange, interviews on Friday, Nov. 2, at the Argosy Hotel, a social activity and the NHW annual meeting. The candidates are also expected to attend the Ladies of the American Royal Hereford Sale, the sale’s reception, and finally, the Hereford show, where they will lead in classes and hand out awards.

FTF 2012 Bred Heifer Sale November 7th on

Featuring: 20 high quality bred heifers safe in calf to TH 122 71I Victor 719T, MSU Revolution 4R and FTF R413 Balancer 0113X that will begin calving in January. Selling pick of Spring 2012 heifer calves. Over 50 prospects to choose from. Sired by Sonora, Revolution, Victor 719T, Mr Advisor, World Class, Ribeye and M326. Two embryo packages on KCF Miss 3008 N344. This proven donor is the mother of the ABS bull, KCF Bennett 9126J R294. Embryos are sired by Revolution and Sonora.

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Bridget Beran

Cara Cummings

“It is an honor for a young woman to be the National Hereford Queen because she is a representative of the future of the Hereford industry,” Jill Bielema, NHW board member and queen committee chair, says. “She also represents the Hereford breed across the country and serves as an ambassador for the youth, the breeders, and the Hereford enthusiasts.” For those of you who have held the prestigious queen position or who have daughters or relatives that have assumed the title, you know the time, dedication and financial resources it takes to complete the year-long responsibilities and travel the position dictates. The queen travels extensively throughout the year, often attending more than 30 shows and sales and traveling over 40,000 miles. She attends the six national shows and sales as well as state and local events where she is invited. “The queen program is sponsored by the NHW and is funded in part by the NHW and also by generous donations from contributors,” Bielema says. “It is a very expensive endeavor for a young woman to represent our breed as National Queen, but it is also a wonderful and incredible opportunity.” NHW sincerely appreciates the 2011-2012 queen fund sponsors. They are Fulton Bank, Lebanon, Pa.; Paula Tracy, Ruppert, Idaho; Boyd Beef Cattle, Mays Lick, Ky.; John and Dorothy Mehaffey, Burleson, Texas; Shannon Mehaffey, Grandview, Texas; Jim and Linda Reed, Green Ridge, Mo.; Betsy and Andy Beck, Bainbridge, Ind.; Carol and Mike Allison, Boardman, Ore.; Texas Hereford Auxillary, Jayton, Texas; Tennessee River Music, Randy and Kelly Owen, Ft. Payne, Ala.; and Frank Thomas, Powerline Polled Herefords, Alamo, Ga. Additional sponsors also include MAP Farm, Womelsdorf, Pa.; Split Butte, Minidoka, Idaho; National Cattle Services, Sims Family, Elgin, Okla.; Gebhart Family, Claremore, Okla.; White Column Farms, John Williams, N. Augusta, S.C.; Warnken Rockin’ W Ranch, Schulenburg, Texas; McKown Polled Herefords, Atlanta, Ill.; Lynn and Stephen Sumner, Axtell, Texas; Truman and Starr Whaley, Dalton, Ga.;

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MaKayla Rutt

Mohican Polled Herefords, Conrad Stizlein, Glenmont, Ohio; Wright Polled Herefords, Alvarado, Texas; Paul and Marsha Farno, Eaton, Ohio; Grand Meadows Farm, Ada, Mich.; Kevin and Barbara Gregory, Houstonia, Mo.; Nelson Cattle Co., Plano, Texas; and the Day Family, Waxahachie, Texas. NHW is grateful to John Mehaffey and the Gebhart family for sponsoring the crown box and to the Georgia Hereford Women for underwriting the crown. Donors to the fund will receive recognition in NHW materials and the Hereford World and at various Hereford events throughout the country. Acknowledgment of your contribution will be sent to you and is tax deductible. Contributions may be sent to Shellie Collins, NHW treasurer, 23334 CR EW 180, Chattanooga, OK 73528. Questions about the queen program may be directed to Jill Bielema at jbielema@comcast.net or 616-292-7476. The NHW board looks forward to your participation at our annual meeting in Kansas City and to you becoming a part of our treasured National Hereford Queen program. HW

National Hereford Women OFFICERS AND COMMITTEE CHAIRS President – Mary Ann Berg, Dalton, Ohio President elect – Denise Billman, Newcomerstown, Ohio Vice president – Gay Maddox, Zionsville, Ind. Secretary – Ann Guess, Jayton, Texas Treasurer – Shellie Collins, Chattanooga, Okla. Parliamentarian – Jill Bielema, Ada, Mich. Historian – Jeanine Radel, Spring Green, Wis. Membership – Paula Acheson, Woodbine, Kan. Queen co-chairwomen – Jill Bielema, Denise Billman Ways and means chairwoman – Denise Billman DIRECTORS Beth Burns, Pikeville, Tenn. Colleen Chaffin, Morgan, Texas Lauren Echols, Arlington, Va. Barbara Ernst, Windsor, Colo. Cheryl Evans, Winona, Miss. (ex officio) Susan Gebhart, Claremore, Okla. (ex officio) Lori Riffel-Hambright, Chapman, Kan. Susan Hayhurst, Terre Haute, Ind. Shannon Mehaffey, Grandview, Texas Jeanine Radel, Spring Green, Wis. Catie Sims, Oklahoma City, Okla. Diann Strickland, Mershon, Ga. HerefordWomen.com Hereford.org

KCF Bennett M326 S380 Powerful performance sire! BW 6.0; WW 74; YW 120; MM 21; M&G 58; FAT 0.004; REA 0.53; MARB

0.27

Sir es of 2012 Of f er ing…

KCF Bennett 10H S252 {CHB,DLF,HYF,IEF}

DS Spartan 8008 {DLF,HYF,IEF}

Great sire in our program, recently leased by ABS. Moderate framed, deep ribbed, easy fleshing sire group known for their overall dimension. Rancher favorites!

-0.1; WW 57; YW 82; MM 21; M&G 49; FAT 0.006; REA 0.45; MARB 0.24

BW 3.0; WW 76; YW 120; MM 24; M&G 62; FAT 0.046; REA 0.03; MARB 0.51

This sire group does it all! Our 2008 top seller at $14,500 to Upstream. Great sons and daughters here. Sired Upstream’s 2012 top seller at $36,000. BW

Lower Labor, Input and Feed Costs...

✔Fast Early Growth ✔Moderate Mature Size ✔More Muscle ✔Lower Birth Weights ...A longtime focus on easy fleshing, big ribbed cattle with more carcass REA and MARB! HH ADVANCE 9051W {DLF,HYF,IEF}

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Fantastic new sire in our program and our pick from the 2010 Holden sale. Stout, uniform and consistent sire group with eye appeal and performance. BW 3.2; WW 51; YW 83; MM 32; M&G 57; FAT 0.005; REA 0.39; MARB 0.00

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Spencer Herefords

Dale Spencer and Family • www.spencerherefords.com 308-547-2208 • Cell 308-870-1784 • 43500 East North Loup Rd. • Brewster, NE 68821

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...Herefords Work continued from the cover

Stacking up

These calves are some of the first calf crop born that are part of the Simplot-AHA research project.

About Simplot With ranches in four Western states, Simplot Livestock Co. has two large commercial feedlots and 14 commercial cow-calf operations. The company manages about 28,000 mother cows and its feedlots have a one-time capacity of 200,000. For eight years the Simplot management team has been breeding its heifers based on phenotype. The program is set up to breed all black and red solid-colored heifers to Hereford bulls and all whitefaced or brockle-faced heifers to Angus bulls. All heifers are bred utilizing artificial insemination (AI). With the Simplot cow herd, Dr. Randall Raymond, Simplot Livestock Co. director of research and veterinary services, says, the breeding program is based on a three-prong approach focusing on reproductive efficiency, high growth and carcass quality. “Our goal is to moderate cow herd size and maximize heterosis for reproductive efficiency and longevity. We are trying to make cattle that fit our environment.” Hereford and Angus bulls are used to build a maternal herd at Simplot. Charolais bulls are utilized as a terminal cross.

Dr. Randall Raymond, Simplot Livestock director of research and veterinary services, oversees the research project and says he's excited to track the calves from birth to harvest as well as follow the females as they enter the Simplot cow herd.

Table 1: Calf vigor score 1

Up and sucking within 30 minutes, vigorous.

Up within 1-2 hours, suckling without assistance.

3 Suckling with assistance. 4 No suckle reflex. Drench needed. 5

Unwilling to rise. Dead shortly after birth.

The first set of calves was born this spring. Simplot has collected birth weights (BW), calving ease (CE) scores and calf vigor scores. The calf vigor score represents how long it takes a calf to get up and start nursing or if it needed assistance (see Table 1). According to Raymond the actual average birth weight of the Herefordsired calves was 78.5 lb. and the average birth weight of the Angus-sired calves was 75. He says the average CE and calf vigor scores were virtually the same. Table 2 shows results from the first calf crop born at Simplot. “We have had no increased incidence of dystocia with the sires we have chosen and calf vigor has been acceptable,” Raymond says. “We are anxious to evaluate weaning weights, feedlot performance and carcass quality on the crossbred calves.”

In addition to data at birth, Simplot will collect weights at weaning, yearling and will measure feed intake on the steers and collect slaughter data. The females will be kept as replacements to look at long-term heterosis effects in the cow herd. “Our long-term goal is to populate our cow herd with moderate-framed, efficient, crossbred cows that match our tough desert environment and have reproductive efficiency and longevity,” Raymond explains. “A combination of Angus and Hereford genetics provide heterosis that is relatively easy to manage and a large enough genetic database to allow us to select for economically important traits. This project has allowed us to critically evaluate proven and non-proven Hereford sires for their fit in our long-term program.” Watch for more results from the project in future Hereford World issues an online at Hereford.org. HW

A total of 500 heifers like these were AI-bred to Hereford bulls as part of the research project.

Table 2: Simplot 2012-born calves Sire name

Reg. No.

Avg. BW

Vigor

Bar JZ Traditions Legend 463S UPS Domino 3027 Huth P093 Progressive U001 KCF Bennett 9126J S100 TH 49U 719T Sheyenne 3X TH 122 71I Victor 719T /S 3027 Domino 8502U Huth R002 Puckerator W002

42693193 42426386 42914977 42681148 43101191 42800895 42907988 43022870

77 80 79 81 76 74 80 81 79

1.06 1.00 1.32 1.08 1.08 1.07 1.11 1.27 1.12

1.00 1.00 1.18 1.00 1.04 1.15 1.00 1.12 1.06

1.08

1.05

Angus sire Tender Ten, ABS bull

Bull battery With a bull battery of nearly 1,400 head, Simplot looks for bulls with good feet and legs. They also want bulls that will sire females with good udders, have moderate milk and are moderate framed. “We look for moderate Hereford bulls that will do well in our desert environment,” Raymond says. “We want easy fleshing cattle.” Hereford herd bulls run in common with Angus and Charolais sires. For more about the Simplot program, see the January 2011 Hereford World cover story or visit Simplot.com. HW

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FALL BONANZA SALE — 11 a.m. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2012 ROCKINGHAM COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS — HARRISONBURG, VA

Selling: Cows and Calves Bred Cows Bred Heifers Open/Show Heifer Prospects Herd Bull Prospects Service Age Bulls

Special Invitation to all juniors who participate in the Mid-Atlantic Junior Round-Up Show Saturday, Nov. 10, at 3 p.m. Heifers that sell in the sale are also eligible to show

VHA Annual Meeting November 9, at 6 p.m. Show Contacts Jerry Funkhouser 540-333-1020 Bob Schaffer 540-582-9234

Sale Contact Rodney Phillips 804-556-3810 Rodney@ baybrookherefords.com

Catalogs will be available upon request or visit www.hereford.org, click Sale Catalogs under Marketplace or www.virginiaherfords.org. Hereford.org

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Modest Birth ♦ Massive Meat For Sale Privately: 100 bull calves • 40 females

F Common Sense 252 — 5216 x 5104R — BW 80 lb. BW

M&G

REA

MARB

F Rib Eye 236 (Polled) — R117 x 765 — BW 86 lb. BW

M&G

REA

MARB

1.7 54 87 32 59 0.41 0.11

3.3 61 98 34 64 0.24 0.17

F Revolution 292 (Polled) — 4R x Harland — BW 82 lb.

F Relax 2103 — Abe x Rest Easy — BW 76 lb.

BW WW YW MM M&G REA MARB 3.0 65 107 28 61 0.56 0.21

BW WW YW MM M&G REA MARB 0.9 60 95 31 61 0.37 0.06

BW 1.5 WW 54 YW 89 MM 32 M&G 59 REA 0.51 MARB 0.03

F Fast Forward 204 — Abe x 400 — BW 78 lb. BW WW YW MM M&G REA MARB 1.6 55 87 31 59 0.37 0.07

• Forward-thinking breeders will love his calving ease, performance, pigment and muscle expression. All our weaning weights come from mother’s milk and grass without creep or additional feed.

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F 3027 Domino 234 — BW 78 lb. 3027 x Payback

Feddes Herefords Tim 406-570-4771 tfeddes@msn.com Marvin

Dan 406-570-1602 2009 Churchill Rd. Manhattan, MT 59741

See sires, mothers and cattle for sale this fall at:

www.feddes.com

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Annual Production Sale 12:00 Noon, Friday, October 19, 2012 At the Ranch

Selling 110 Bulls

85 full 2-year-olds, 25 18-month olds

Our gates are always open for visitors! Registered Herefords and Certified F-1s Bosque County, since 1961 Jay Wright, Manager • 254-635-4444 office 254-396-2584 mobile • Email: jay@w4ranch.com P.O. Box 9 • Morgan, Texas 76671 James, Joe and Joey Walker

Sale managed by

Johnson C attle M ar ketin g

Tom Johnson 440 FM 246 Wortham, Texas 76693 903-599-2403 Mobile 817-291-5121

tom@johnsoncattlemarketing.com

Catalog will be online at:

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Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012 3:00 p.m. Wagstaff Sale Arena American Royal Complex, Kansas City, Mo.

his sale features outstanding show heifer prospects, future brood cows and a select set of Hereford steers. Also, this sale will feature some solid embryos, semen and pregnant recipients.

If you want to show a good one — this is the sale to be at

Contact Joe Rickabaugh 785-633-3188 or jrick@hereford.org for catalog.

Ladies of the Royal Consignors AbraKadabra Cattle Co., Columbia, Mo...............................573-864-6475 Amos Hereford Farm, Indianola, Iowa..................................515-961-5847 Atlas Farms, Grandview, Texas...............................................817-790-0202 Bacon Herefords, Siloam Springs, Ark...................................479-601-4317 Beacon Hill Ranch, Claremore, Okla....................................918-344-0791 Bigelini Farms, Republic, Mo................................................417-793-0512 Bradford, Rex, Bonnie and Heather, St. Marys, Ohio...........419-953-9815 C&M Herefords, Nara Visa, N.M.........................................575-403-7971 Curry Herefords, McAlester and Okemah, Okla...................918-623-9400 Decker Herefords, La Plata, N.M..........................................505-327-4556 Deppe Bros. Cattle Co., Maquoketa, Iowa............................563-672-3531 Diamond Ring Ranch, Otis, Kan..........................................308-214-0815 Doss Hereford Farms, Smithville, Mo...................................816-699-8831 Fawcett’s Elm Creek Ranch, Ree Heights, S.D......................605-943-5664 Lowell Fisher Family, Spencer, Neb........................................402-589-1347 GLM Herefords & TGM Farms, Marysville, Kan................785-619-6086

Purple Reign Cattle Co. Sire: Purple Kingsley 23X ET DOB: 3/6/12

Hoffman Ranch Sire: AH JDH Cracker Jack 26U ET DOB: 1/3/12

Sadler Herefords Sire: GO Excel L18 DOB: 3/4/12

AbraKadabra Cattle Co. Sire: Golden Oak Outcross 18U DOB: 3/10/12

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Glengrove Farm, Rolla, Mo....................................................573-341-3820 Hoffman Ranch, Thedford, Neb...........................................530-604-5096 K7 Herefords, Lockridge, Iowa..............................................608-574-2309 KJB Herefords, Jamie Baker, Hillsboro, Texas.......................214-629-9106 Lowderman Cattle Co., Macomb, Ill.....................................309-833-5543 MCS Cattle Co., Elgin, Okla.................................................580-595-1626 Nolles Cattle Co., Basset, Neb...............................................402-244-5473 Purple Reign Cattle Co., Toulon, Ill......................................309-995-3013 River Bend Farms, Waldron, Ind...........................................317-402-2594 Sadler Herefords, Tyron, Okla. .............................................405-334-2752 Stutheit Family Herefords, Johnson, Neb..............................402-868-5037 Sunset Ridge Herefords, Cumming, Ga................................404-376-6414 Towner Farm, Girard, Kan.....................................................620-724-6636 Whispering Pine Farms, Kimball, Minn................................320-398-6317 Worrell Enterprises, Mason, Texas.........................................210-241-4925

Curry Herefords Sire: HH Advance 4089P ET DOB: 1/4/12

Whispering Pine Farms Sire: TH 122 71I Victor 719T DOB: 3/10/12

Beacon Hill Ranch Sire: SHF Interstate 20X DOB: 11/20/11

Lowderman Cattle Co. Sire: JB LCC Quagmire 506 DOB: 5/20/12 Hereford.org

Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012 • 3:00 p.m. Wagstaff Sale Arena , American Royal Complex, Kansas City, Mo.

2012 Illinois State Fair Champion Hereford and Reserve Grand Overall Purebred. Steer came from last year’s sale.

Doss Cattle Co. Sire: UPS Domino 3027 DOB: 2/6/12

Atlas Farms Sire: BR Currency 8114 ET DOB: 3/1/12

GLM Cattle Co. Sire: Purple Milsap 45S DOB: 3/5/12

GLM Cattle Co. Sire: Purple Milsap 45S DOB: 3/6/12

Decker Herefords Sire: DM BR Imax 666 ET DOB: 2/14/12

Diamond Ring Ranch Sire: CL 1 Domino 955W DOB: 1/6/12

Lowell Fisher Family Sire: CL 1 Domino 0145X DOB: 2/23/12

K7 Herefords Sire: ECR L18 Extra Deep 9279 DOB: 2/6/12

Towner Farm Sire: H Payback 807 ET DOB: 2/25/12

Amos Herefords Sire: JCS Top Hand 0280 Steer

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KJB Herefords Sire: Gold Key 4X ET DOB: 1/7/12

The Bradfords Sire: Felton’s 774 Pattern 412P Steer

his sale will feature embryo packages from Sunset Ridge Herefords, MCS Cattle Co., Deppe Bros. and AbraKadabra Cattle Co. Semen packages from Bacon Herefords,Glengrove Farm and Remitall West on Remitall West Game Day 74Y, 2012 World Hereford Conference Grand Champion bull and a package of Tundra semen from River Bend Farms. Worrell Enterprises is consigning a pregnant recipient carrying an embryo by H WCC/WB 688 Wyarno 9500 and Purple Snooki 002 and C&M Cattle Co is consigning a flush to their great donor cow. October 2012 /

2012 Annual Meeting Planned AHA members will meet in Kansas City Nov. 2-4 to conduct Association business.

Schedule of Events (subject to change)

Friday, November 2 1:30 p.m. Educational Forum, Argosy Hotel & Spa’s Cordoba Room

Industry Outlook During Volatile Times — Randy Blach

Breed Improvement 101: Contemporary Groups, Age of Dam Adjustments, New Traits for Fertility — Dan Moser

Hereford Genomic Update — Dorian Garrick

DNA Testing: Our New Partner GeneSeek — Elisa Marques

3 p.m.

Hereford Youth Foundation of America (HYFA) Board Meeting, Argosy Hotel & Spa’s Board Room

5 p.m.

National Hereford Women (NHW) board meeting, Argosy Hotel & Spa‘s Barcelona Room 6:30 p.m. Hereford Honorees Reception, Argosy Hotel & Spa Grand Ballroom

Saturday, November 3 9 a.m. 1 p.m. 3 p.m.

grouping, genetic correlations among traits, heritabilities of traits and age of dam adjustments. Discussion will also include explanations of the new heifer calving rate (HCR) and sustained cow fertility (SCF) EPDs. Also planned is an update on AHA’s DNA testing and genomic-enhanced EPDs (GE-EPDs).

LLC and the Hereford Youth Foundation of America (HYFA). This year’s Hereford Heritage Hall of Fame and Hereford Hall of Merit recipients will also be recognized. Buses will be available to shuttle attendees to the American Royal complex for the Ladies of the Royal Sale, which will start at 3 p.m.

Saturday highlights

Herefords in the ring

Saturday the Annual Membership Meeting, which is open to the public, will start at 8:30 a.m. Association members selected 126 delegates to conduct the Association’s business and to elect three members to serve on the AHA Board of Directors. The six Board candidates are Craig Beran, Claflin, Kan.; Curtis Curry, McAlester, Okla.; Jonny Harris, Screven, Ga.; Sam Shaw, Caldwell, Idaho; Harold Sidwell, Carr, Colo., and Jay Wright, Morgan, Texas. Candidate profiles are on Page 25 and a list of delegates starts on Page 27. The Association’s Annual Report will be presented and distributed during the Annual Membership Meeting along with other reports on activities within the Association, Hereford Publications Inc., Certified Hereford Beef (CHB)

Sunday the junior Hereford show will begin at 8 a.m. at the American Royal complex. The junior show judge will be Mark Ebling, Cleburne, Texas. The National Hereford Show, judged by Murray Andrew, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, will follow the junior show. Between the female and bull shows, 2011‑12 National Show Award winners will be recognized. Prior to the selection of the champion bull, the 201213 National Hereford Queen will be crowned. At 9 a.m. the AHA Board of Directors will be available in the American Royal Governor’s Room at the American Royal complex to answer questions about the Association and its programs. For those who can’t make the trip to Kansas City, show results will be available online at Hereford.org. HW

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Directions to the Argosy From the Airport: Take I-29 south to I-635 south. Take exit 9 for Horizons Parkway toward Argosy Casino Parkway. Follow signs to the hotel.

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embers of the American Hereford Association (AHA) will be in Kansas City Nov. 2-4 for the 2012 Annual Meeting. New dates and a venue change are planned for this year’s event. The Argosy Casino Hotel and Spa, located in Riverside, Mo., will host the event. The hotel’s two restaurants — Crazy Olives and the Journey steakhouse will feature Certified Hereford Beef entrées during the annual meeting weekend. Friday afternoon an educational forum will kickoff the weekend at the Argosy, followed by a “Hereford Honoree” reception. The educational forum will focus on the basic principles for proper expected progeny difference (EPD) calculations including the importance of proper contemporary

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Argosy Casino Hotel & Spa 777 N.W. Argosy Casino Parkway Riverside, MO 64150 1-800-270-7711 Room rate: $99 Reservations need to be made by Oct. 16 All reservations must be made on or before the cutoff date. Ask for the American Hereford Association rate when making reservations.

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From American Royal: Take Wyoming Street to I-670 west toward Topeka. Exit onto Central Avenue. Turn right onto North 7th St/North 7th Street Trafficway. After crossing Fairfax Bridge take slight right onto Argosy Parkway. Follow signs to hotel.

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National Hereford Show, American Royal Complex Board Q&A Session, American Royal Complex Governor’s Room

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Six Contending for AHA Board The American Hereford Association (AHA) nominating committee has announced six Hereford breeders are vying for positions on the AHA Board.

Craig Beran

Craig Beran, Claflin, Kan., is a partner in his family-owned ranch, B&D Herefords. Craig and his three brothers — Gerald Jr., Terry “Tex” and Kevin — work together to manage the family’s Hereford, Angus and commercial cow herds. The Beran family has been in the registered Hereford business since the late 1960s. With the focus of raising quality seedstock as well as supplying quality beef for consumers, the Berans calve around 800 cows a year. They host a production sale the fourth Tuesday in March each year and offer 125 to 150 bulls and 80 pairs. Craig has been a member of the Kansas Hereford Association board, serving a term as president. His family has participated in the Hereford Feedout for a number of years as well as shown cattle at the American Royal, Kansas State Fair and the National Western Stock Show (NWSS). Craig’s daughter Bridget is active in National Junior Hereford Association activities and is serving as the Kansas Hereford Queen. Craig has been a voting delegate at the AHA Annual Meeting for several years and has attended two Young Guns conferences. Locally, Craig has served on the Barton County Farm Bureau board, the Holy Family parish finance council for 10 years, the Claflin Recreation Commission and the Barton County FSA board, serving as chairman in 2010 and 2011. Craig and his wife, Michelle, have two children.

Curtis Curry

Oklahoma breeder Curtis Curry has been in the registered Hereford business since 1989. Curtis and his family reside in McAlester. They run approximately 75-100 females in Okfuskee and Pittsburg counties. They sell mostly private treaty, marketing approximately 40 to 50 bulls per year. Curry Herefords also hosted a BuyHereford.com sale last fall — making the Curry family the first to host its own BuyHereford.com sale. The family has also consigned to most National Hereford Sales through the years. His marketing goal is to obtain enough land to increase his herd and be able to have the numbers to host a production sale each year. He’d also like to be able to sell all bulls to one operation annually. Curtis and his family participate in national shows including the Junior National Hereford Expo, American Royal, Ft. Worth Stock Show and the NWSS. He is currently president of the Oklahoma Hereford Association (OHA) and has served on the OHA board for 10 years. He’s also served as the Junior Hereford Association of Oklahoma advisor for six years. Curtis is a member of the Pittsburg County Cattlemen’s Association and the Oklahoma Cattlemen’s Association. Curtis and his wife, Donna, have two children.

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Jonny Harris

Fifth-generation cattleman and farmer, Jonny Harris, Screven, Ga., owns and manages Greenview Farms Inc., a 3,500 acre diversified farm. Greenview Farms is the oldest, continuously active Hereford operation in the state of Georgia, producing seedstock since 1942. In addition to Herefords, the Harris family has been producing F1 Brafords, crossing half of their 400 mama cows with Brahman bulls, since 1981. Along with the cattle operation, they also manage timber, annual forages, hay, haylage and row crops including cotton, corn, peanuts and soybeans. One of the family’s goals is to continue producing seedstock with quality to meet the purebred breeder’s needs and quantity to serve the commercial breeder and supplying both with the information they need to make their selections. Jonny is currently a Georgia Hereford Association director. Other leadership roles include United Braford Breeders director and former treasurer, former Georgia Cattlemen’s Association (GCA) regional vice president and executive committee member, Florida Cattlemen’s Association member, former Wayne County Livestock Association president, former Southeast Georgia Cattlemen’s Association president, Wayne County Farm Bureau director and Wayne County Supervisor. He represents GCA on the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association property rights and environmental committee, has testified at a U.S. Department of Agriculture, Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Interior listening session and has participated in two Washington, D.C. fly-ins promoting sustainable agriculture and conservation. Jonny and his wife, Toni, have three children and six grandchildren.

Sam Shaw

Sam Shaw, Caldwell, Idaho, has been involved in the Hereford business since birth. His family owns and operates Shaw Cattle Co. The Shaw family has been in the Hereford business for 68 years, and Sam’s children represent the fourth generation involved with Hereford cattle. The Shaws currently run more than 1,250 cows including registered Herefords, Angus and Red Angus. Two thirds of the Shaw herd calves in the spring with the remainder calving in the fall. The Shaws host an annual production sale in the spring and market 500 bulls and females. They also sell bulls and females private treaty throughout the year. The Shaws’ breeding philosophy is based on their customers’ needs including production, soundness and performance. They have an extensive artificial insemination (AI) program. All females are synchronized once and then heat detected for a second cycle. They also collect feed intake data using the GrowSafe program. The entire crop of bulls from their fall calving herd is placed in the program. Growing up, Sam was active in the American Junior Hereford Association, serving as president of the junior board. He represented AHA at the Young Cattlemen’s Conference (YCC) in 2003 and served as chairman of YCC in 2004. He served as the Idaho Cattlemen’s Association purebred council chairman from 2006-2008. Sam and his wife, Janel, have three children.

Harold Sidwell

A Hereford breeder for 54 years, Harold Sidwell, Carr, Colo., partners with his son to manage Sidwell Herefords. The Sidwell family has been in the Hereford business for 104 years, and today the Sidwell herd includes 125 registered Hereford cows and 200 commercial cows. The family buys 100 heifers each year to breed to their home-raised bulls and then sells the bred females in late fall or early winter. They usually keep 35 bulls to sell private treaty. Any bulls not sold are consigned to the Oklahoma state sale. The Sidwells also retain a select group of 30 heifer calves each fall. All steer calves and remaining heifer calves are marketed in the fall of the year. They also sell a few show prospects on a private basis. Sidwell Herefords can also be found exhibiting cattle at the NWSS, in the Yards and on the Hill. Harold was inducted into the AHA Hall of Fame in 2011. He is a member of the Wyoming and Oklahoma Hereford Associations and has served as a director for the Colorado Hereford Association. He is a current member of the Wyoming Stock Growers Association, a past member of the Weld Re-9 School Board and past president of the Belvoir Grazing Association and has served as a church deacon. He currently attends Carr Community Church. Harold and his wife, Marlene, have three grown children, four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Jay Wright

Texas Hereford breeder Jay Wright is general manager of and partner in W4 Ranch, Morgan, Texas. W4 Ranch was established in 1961 and currently includes 12,000 acres and supports 1,000 registered cows. W4’s goal is to raise registered seedstock that will meet the needs of the changing cattle industry. The ranch sells about 300 bulls per year and 150 to 250 females — both registered and commercial. The ranch hosts an annual production sale each fall. Prior to joining the W4 Ranch team in 1999, Jay managed several seedstock and commercial ranches including Double Creek Farms, Deep Down Ranch, Riley Brangus, Hidden Valley Ranch and Hondo Creek Ranch. Jay is a member of Texas Hereford Association (THA). Currently the THA president, he has served as a THA director for 10 years and as a member of the executive committee eight years. He has been on the Cowtown Select Sale committee for eight years. The Cowtown Select Sale is hosted during the Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo. He has been a beef leader and president of the county fair board in both Somervell County and Bosque County, Texas. He currently serves on the crops and livestock committee for Bosque County. He is a member of the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association. Jay and his wife, Diana, have two sons and two granddaughters.

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All six candidates had a chance to respond to three questions. Below are the questions and the candidates’ responses. Why are you running for the Board? Beran: As a breeder whose livelihood depends on the success of the Hereford breed and the cattle industry as a whole, I have a vested interest in how the AHA operates.

Curry: I made the decision to run because several prominent breeders asked me to consider running for the Board and I feel like I would be an asset to the Board having the background of owning my own business for 19 years, experience of serving on other boards and being involved in the Hereford breed in all aspects.

Harris: I have the experience of being a director for local, state and national organizations. I feel this previous experience will enable me to offer positive direction to help keep our Association in the forefront of the cattle business.

Shaw: I have grown up in the Hereford breed and truly believe in it. Hereford breeders have built an incredible set of genetics that are valuable to the beef industry. I want to continue to move the breed forward as we increase market share in the future. The Hereford breed is something I plan to be a part of for the next 50 years, and it would be an honor to serve on the Board.

Sidwell: I am running for the Board because I am committed to the Hereford breed. As a Board member I want to be able to assist all breeders — big or small, horned or polled. Also, I believe Board members need to take an active role in resolving issues pertaining to the Hereford breed. I am proud to say I have been a lifetime breeder of Hereford cattle; I have a strong belief and passion for Herefords, and I want to share that with others. Wright: I believe that my experience in all phases of a cattle operation and expertise will help guide the Board in the direction in which it is going. I understand marketing, business, financing and the day-to-day operations of a ranch. I know many people across the U.S. who are in the Hereford business and understand their needs and concerns. The Association has been very progressive in pushing the Hereford breed to the forefront. Also, I firmly believe that a person should give back to his Association if he has the opportunity to do so.

What are some goals or ideas you have for the Association? Beran: I believe we need to continue to expand the Certified Hereford Beef (CHB) program, which will increase the demand for Hereford seedstock. I also believe we need to continue working on the validity of feed efficiency data and access for commercial producers. Expanding the marketing efforts of this data is crucial in light of the rising cost of feed and tight economic conditions.

Curry: I would like to see the website be more user friendly, including adding the capabilities of online transfers and registration papers so owners can automatically receive their papers. I’d like to see the Association pull DNA on all national champions, and develop a mobile EPD application for smart phones. Harris: I will be a link between producers and the Association to help guide our organization into the future while supporting our existing staff and programs. I feel that in the next couple of years, the AHA should expend more resources on

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implementing genomic linked EPDs. The AHA should continue to upgrade our software and initiate an online training program to help nonusers become more efficient with the program.

Shaw: My main goal is to continue to grow our market share. I want to grow the AHA over the next four years in a number of areas: I want to grow CHB to create a national “pull through demand” for Hereford genetics. I want to continue to grow the National Reference Sire Program. I would also like to see more programs similar to “Young Guns” that keep our younger adult members involved in the breed. Our younger members are the future of the Hereford breed and building their leadership skills is essential to the cattle industry as a whole. I would like to ensure a user-friendly technology for all Hereford members.

Sidwell: I believe that the AHA needs to continue to find innovative ways of marketing the live animal as well as CHB product. We must also continue to prove the doing ability and carcass quality of Hereford/Hereford-influenced cattle. As a Board member, I believe it is also important to keep Herefords going as an ongoing trend for decades to come, not a fading fad. Wright: A board member is the voice of the AHA and needs to seek every possible opportunity to promote the AHA and Herefords. Listening to what members request and desire is a huge factor. Getting Herefords at the forefront of the cattle industry is monumental. An AHA Board member is an advocate who promotes Herefords, enlists the support of members and seeks support of those new to the industry. Most of all, a Board member needs to be open minded and willing to take the time to plan for the future. The AHA records department needs to strive to become paperless. Registrations and transfers preferably should be completed online and remove the paper trail unless a customer requests it. I would like to submit registrations and transfers online, receive online verification and rid the AHA of redundant paper copies. Also, if there is a problem with my registration or transfer requests, I would like to receive an electronic message as to the status of the request with details to address the matter. I would really like to see hard copies of registration and transfer papers become the exception and not the rule. Performance data spreadsheets can be more user-friendly if they are streamlined so that any member can find the data he is looking for in less than three clicks of the mouse. The horned and polled Hereford breeders across the U.S. must band together to promote Herefords on the global market. Horns, or lack thereof, do not feed the world. Let the beef quality speak for itself.

What is the biggest issue the AHA will face in the next five-10 years? How does the Board prepare to face that issue?

Curry: With the growing decline in cattle numbers across the U.S., AHA needs a long-term goal and plans to capture and gain in market share. Along these terms AHA needs to increase registrations. This is what funds the Association. AHA also needs to stress the importance of genomic profiles. The Association needs to build marketing plans to focus toward commercial breeders and the benefits of the Certified Hereford Beef (CHB) program. The Board should also develop a marketing plan to capitalize on potential buyers and breeders at national events, where a large number of people attend.

Harris: With decreasing total cattle numbers nationwide, I feel the biggest issue AHA will face in the next five to 10 years is maintaining and increasing membership. We will face that issue by making sure we can document Herefords as superior in all aspects of the cattle industry — growth, carcass, tenderness, taste, maternal, temperament and predictability — which will keep Herefords as the breed of choice.

Shaw: The biggest issue that we will face is the continued decrease in the number of cows in the U.S. This will create a challenge for breeders, but there will be promising times that lie ahead for our breed. When the cow herd starts to rebuild, maternal heifer calves (Hereford genetics) will be in high demand. As Board members and an Association, we need to be able to equip our members with the tools and information that it will take to promote our herd as the right cross to rebuild the nation’s cow herd.

Sidwell: The biggest issue will be to continue with genomics. The integrity and purity of the Hereford breed must be protected. The Board has already taken steps in the right direction with genomics, and I believe the Board must not stop short in the testing process, thus enhancing the registration of animals. As breeders, we must embrace the process and continue to be open to changes that need to be made along the way to protect the integrity of the Hereford breed. As the testing/research continues the Board needs to be diligent in finding ways to make this more cost effective to the average breeder.

Wright: The biggest issue the AHA will face in the next five to 10 years will be the lack of cattle. The board will need to find producers who can meet the ever-increasing consumer demands. Across the U.S., our greatest opportunity for growth is that Hereford cattle are economically efficient and sound. In the next couple of years, more resources could be expended to research ways to market Hereford cattle and make them the breed of choice in the market place whether that is through DNA or market profitability or the overall usefulness of using Herefords in crossbreeding programs.

Beran: I believe one of our biggest issues will be educating people on animal rights. Sharing with consumers that we use appropriate management practices and making them aware of the contributions of the agricultural industry are important to educate the public. Hereford.org

Delegates ALABAMA Glynn Debter Debter Hereford Farm Horton, Ala. One delegate to be determined. ARKANSAS Phillip Moon Phillip A. Moon & Lisa D. Sparrow Harrison, Ark. Scott Sullivan Triple S Ranch DeQueen, Ark. CALIFORNIA Steve Lambert Lambert Ranch Oroville, Calif. Jim Mickelson Sonoma Mountain Herefords Santa Rosa, Calif. Carrie Morrell Morrell Ranches Willows, Calif. COLORADO Kenneth Coleman Coleman Herefords Westcliffe, Colo. Jane Evans Cornelius Coyote Ridge Ranch LaSalle, Colo. Harold Sidwell Sidwell Herefords Carr, Colo. IDAHO Guy Colyer Colyer Herefords Bruneau, Idaho Greg Shaw Shaw Cattle Co. Inc. Caldwell, Idaho Bruce Sharp OJJ Ranch Ririe, Idaho ILLINOIS Phil Ellis Ellis Farms Chrisman, Ill. Andrew Garnhart Mud Creek Farms German Valley, Ill. Kyle McMillan Rustic Oaks Farm Ohio, Ill. James Milligan Milligan Herefords Kings, Ill. Arlyn Rabideau Clifton, Ill. INDIANA Bruce Everhart Everhart Farms Waldron, Ind. Terry Ferguson Terry Ferguson & Family Odon, Ind. Ray Ramsey Greenfield, Ind. One delegate to be determined. IOWA Steve Landt Union, Iowa Dave Wiese Wiese & Sons Manning, Iowa Jim Kuhlman Mason City, Iowa

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KANSAS Craig Beran B&D Herefords Claflin, Kan. Dean Davis Davis Herefords Maple Hill, Kan. Tom Granzow Granzow Herefords Herington, Kan. Glen Oleen Oleen Cattle Co. Falun, Kan. Jan Oleen Oleen Bros. Dwight, Kan. Kevin Schultz Sandhill Farms Haviland, Kan.

KENTUCKY Hansell Pile Jr. Hansell Pile & Sons Cecilia, Ky. Tony Staples TK4 Herefords Brandenburg, Ky. Ron Thomas Thomas Farm Richmond, Ky. LOUISIANA One delegate to be determined. MICHIGAN Bob Goble Ridgeview Farm Alto, Mich.

Mark Veeser Beesers Triple E Hereford Farm Powers, Mich. MINNESOTA Ross Carlson Carlson Farms Murdock, Minn. Jerry Delaney Delaney Herefords Inc. Lake Benton, Minn. David Gottschalk Gottschalk Polled Hereford Farms Byron, Minn. continued on page 28...

On November 17th, CNPHA will offer a stellar lineup of competitive show cattle and elite herd matrons. Selling the progeny of these legendary sires: Bailout • Shock & Awe BR Currency • Durango About Time • and more. From some of the top donor cows in the country, like Anchor 33L and GO Ms L18 Excel P8

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Polled Hereford Association For information, contact: B.J. Macfarlane 530-518-1024 bjherefords@yahoo.com or Karen Perrin 916-663-1142 hereford@calwisp.com

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MISSISSIPPI Jim O’Mara Jackson, Miss. Bill Darnell Unity Creek Caledonia, Miss.

Jim Reed Reeds Farms Green Ridge, Mo. Bob Thompson Glengrove Farm Rolla, Mo.

MISSOURI Jim Bellis Jim D. &/or Carla Bellis Aurora, Mo. Larry Day Day’s Family Farm Pilot Grove, Mo. Kevin Gregory Gregory Polled Herefords Houstonia, Mo. Marty Lueck Journagan Ranch-Missouri State University Mountain Grove, Mo.

MONTANA Matt Beery Vida, Mont. Jack Holden Holden Herefords Valier, Mont. Fred McMurry McMurry Cattle Billings, Mont. Dale Venhuizen Churchill Cattle Co. Manhattan, Mont.

NEBRASKA Joe Brockman Lawrence, Neb. Dave Goertz Double Heart Diamond Cattle Berwyn, Neb. Ronny Morgan Morgan Ranch Inc. Burwell, Neb. John Ridder Ridder Hereford Ranch Callaway, Neb. Ron Schutte Alfred Schutte & Sons Guide Rock, Neb. Kenneth Stephens KEG Herefords Valentine, Neb. Russ Tegtmeier Clarence Tegtmeier & Sons Burchard, Neb.

Joe Van Newkirk Van Newkirk Herefords Oshkosh, Neb. NEW MEXICO Cliff Copeland Copeland & Sons LLC Nara Visa, N.M. NEVADA Don Brumley Brumley Farms Orovada, Nev. NEW YORK Timothy Dennis Glade Haven Herefords Penn Yan, N.Y. Ted Kriese Spring Pond Farm Cato, N.Y. NORTH DAKOTA Roger Stuber Stuber Ranch Bowman, N.D. Three delegates to be determined. OHIO Jeff Harr J&L Cattle Services Jeromesville, Ohio One delegate to be determined. OKLAHOMA Joel Birdwell Kingfisher, Okla. Norman Durham Durham Hereford Ranch Stillwater, Okla. Richard Gebhart Richard and Susan Gebhart Claremore, Okla. Jimmie Johnson Red Hills Polled Herefords Clinton, Okla. Watson Langford Langford Herefords Okmulgee, Okla. John Loewen Loewen Herefords Waukomis, Okla. Montie Soules Star Lake Cattle Ranch Skiatook, Okla. OREGON David Bird Bird Herefords Halfway, Ore. George Sprague George & Karen Sprague Jr. Eugene, Ore. Cheryl Thomas Hood River, Ore. PENNSYLVANIA Les Midla Flat Stone Lick Marianna, Pa. Paul Slayton Paul & Bette Slayton Bedford, Pa. SOUTH DAKOTA Jerry Bischoff Ravine Creek Ranch Huron, S.D. Phil Eggers Eggers Southview Farms Sioux Falls, S.D. Keith Fawcett Fawcetts Elm Creek Ranch Ree Heights, S.D. Michael Fink Fink Polled Herefords Bridgewater, S.D.

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Vern Rausch Rausch Herefords Hoven, S.D. Steve Repenning Blacktop Farms Mitchell, S.D. One delegate to be determined.

WASHINGTON Joe Bennett W.T. Bennett Connell, Wash. Gary Ottley Ottley Herefords Quincy, Wash.

TENNESSEE Billy Ashe Selmer, Tenn. Jonathan Dagley Mud Creek Farms Wartburg, Tenn. Doug LeTourneau Gallatin, Tenn. Eric Walker Walker Polled Hereford Farm Morrison, Tenn.

WISCONSIN Steve Folkman Steven L. Folkman Ixonia, Wisc. Gerald Huth Huth Polled Herefords Oakfield, Wisc. Gary Reinke Gari Alan Farm Johnson Creek, Wisc.

TEXAS Jimmy Atlas Jimmy & Claudia Atlas Grandview, Texas Terri Barber Austin, Texas Gary Buchholz Gary & Kathy Buchholz Waxahachie, Texas Jack Chastain Jackie L. & Evelyn Q. Chastain Ft. Worth, Texas Mike Doyle Doyle Hereford Ranch Garland, Texas John Dudley Dudley Bros. Comanche, Texas Lee Haygood Indian Mound Ranch Canadian, Texas Donlie McMullin McMullin Ranch Copperas Cove, Texas Don Metch Metch Polled Herefords Canton, Texas Scott Nolan Nolan Herefords Gilmer, Texas Keith Rogers Hidden Oaks Ranch Hamilton, Texas Loyd Whitehead L.C. Whitehead Menard, Texas Jay Wright W4 Ranch Morgan, Texas Two delegates to be determined.

WYOMING Wells Bekins Buffalo, Wyo. Jay, Marsha or Ashley Middleswarth Middleswarth Herefords Torrington, Wyo. Mark Largent Largent & Sons Kaycee, Wyo. CAROLINAS John Wheeler Double J Farm LLC Fayetteville, N.C. One delegate to be determined.

NEW ENGLAND One delegate to be determined. UPPER ATLANTIC Two delegates to be determined. HW

FLORIDA/GEORGIA George Allen TNB Herefords Hull, Ga. Two delegates to be determined.

UTAH Shannon Allen Phil Allen & Son Antimony, Utah VIRGINIA Robert Kube Fauquier Farm Warrenton, Va. One delegate to be determined. WEST VIRGINIA Kenneth Scott Grandview Hereford Farm Beaver, W.Va. Michael Taylor Cottage Hill Farm Petersburg, Wyo. One delegate to be determined.

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Does a good, high accuracy sire get past his prime? Is it too late to use a good bull?

IT’S NEVER TOO LATE!

Use these high accuracy sires with confidence. Still walking pastures at 9 years old

Pictured at 9 years old

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CE BW WW YW MM M&G MCE MCW SC -1.8 2.5 54 81 26 53 -0.9 91 0.5 .26 .79 .72 .73 .48

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FAT REA MARB BMI$ CEZ$ BII$ CHB$ 0.025 0.77 0.50 18 12 16 34 .54

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CE BW WW YW MM M&G MCE MCW SC 5.1 3.2 55 86 8 35 4.3 89 2.2 .45 .84 .79 .80 .64

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• Still the outcross muscle superstar and now known as a superior udder quality female producer. Super fertility (Outlier for the AHA research EPDs of heifer pregnancy and sustained cow fertility.) Trait leader for calving ease. Good gainability. Adequate carcass merit. Superior mothering ability with beautiful udders. Contact Ellis Farms for semen.

• A high customer satisfaction sire. Early feed efficiency data looks outstanding. Daughters are calf raisers. Maternal sisters are outstanding. Trait leader for CHB$ profitability.

• BMI$ profitability leader sire in the breed. Dominates the Australian database as a triple threat curve bender. A superior sire for combining calving ease to yearling to moderate, mature size spread. The sire for cows grazing grass!

EFBEEF 821C FELLIS S701 ET

EFBEEF M821 BEEF EATER U332

EFBEEF FOREMOST U208

CE BW WW YW MM M&G MCE MCW SC 0.6 2.7 49 80 7 32 3.5 76 1.3

FAT REA MARB BMI$ CEZ$ BII$ CHB$ 0.049 0.36 0.32 28 18 26 26

• BMI$, BII$ and CHB$ leader. Data from the AHA Young Sire Test shows that the S701 progeny are high carcass weight, strong feed/gain cattle. The first daughters are very nice. Dam might be the prototype Hereford cow.

CE BW WW YW MM M&G MCE MCW SC 2.9 1.6 54 75 16 43 0.7 71 2.4

FAT REA MARB BMI$ CEZ$ BII$ CHB$ 0.026 0.25 0.25 36 21 36 27

• A BMI$ profit leading sire. First daughters calved in 2012 and look better than good. Expect high fertility, good calving ease, strong growth and end product value with easy fleshing momma cows.

CE BW WW YW MM M&G MCE MCW SC 2.9 3.3 83 124 17 58 1.8 90 2.2

FAT REA MARB BMI$ CEZ$ BII$ CHB$ 0.054 0.88 0.53 39 20 33 48

• The #1 Young Sire in the breed for CHB$ profitability. Early proof is as promising as any sire sampled at EF. A standout in the Fall 2012 AHA analysis.

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Recent Young Sire prospects selling in the annual EFBeef Bull Sale Phil and Joyce Ellis 26455 N. 2300th St. • Chrisman, IL 61924 • 765-665-3207 Matt and Lisa 217-666-3438 • Joe and Lauri 765-665-0095 Call us or visit our website for more information and a catalog: 765-665-3207 • www.efbeef.com

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B MI$ CEZ$ BII$ CHB$ 23 16 19 32

EFBEEF GOOD FORTUNE Y863 • Purchased by Art Linton in the 2012 EFBeef sale

B MI$ CEZ$ BII$ CHB$ 26 16 22 34

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Pride of the Pasture

November 10, 2012 • 1 p.m. Freeport, Ill.

Over 50 Lots Selling

Kamikaze x HVF Lady Wildfire Lady Wildfire sells.

KJ Victory x NJW 141U Several Kamikaze offspring sell.

Kamikaze x Maui Jim daughter Several Kamikaze offspring sell.

Her dam sells.

LCC N Du Time ET 2012 Wisconsin State Fair Champion Bull His service sells.

Her dam sells.

Several top show heifer prospects, top end bred heifers, strong pairs and herd bull prospects featured once again this year! Guest Consignor:

Friedrich’s Windy Hill Herefords Mark Friedrich 1454 70th Ave. Roberts, WI 54023 715-760-2350 cell markfriedrich@yahoo.com

Lamb Bros. Andy and Ben Lamb Families 250 310th St. Wilson, WI 54027 715-308-1347 Lance Wirth, manager Cell 715-377-6876

The Katzenberger Family N1153 Clarno Rd., Monroe, WI 53566 Eric Katzenberger 608-214-1154 • ekatz@tds.net Aaron Katzenberger 815-291-8866 Nick 815-291-8869

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The Right Kind Hereford genetics are valuable to Southern cattlemen’s peace of mind and bottom line. by Sara Gugelmeyer

here’s no doubt Florida and the Gulf Coast are a harsh environment for beef cattle. It’s hot. It’s humid. It’s extremely hot and humid at least half of the year, unlike any other region in the U.S. But like the rest of the country, it’s an area where the right Hereford genetics can and do thrive. University of Florida Associate Professor of Beef Cattle Management Todd Thrift explains it well: “It’s been this way for 100 years. We deal with a hot, humid climate. By what they call the temperature humidity index, we are at extreme danger for livestock a good six months out of the year.” He adds that in this sort of extreme environment, cows with some level of Bos indicus influence will do better in a commercial operation, but the rest of that

Thrift describes the Hereford-Brahman F1 as the “Cadillac of females.”

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equation equals out nicely with Hereford added in.

The Cadillac of females “There is no question about that,” Thrift says. “There’s 70-plus years of research that says the HerefordBrahman F1 cross is the kind. She is certainly the Cadillac of females.” E.L. Strickland would agree. He has been in the cattle business for 36 years on his Circle Square Ranch near Ocala, Fla., and he won’t have anything but a Hereford-Brahman cross cow on the place. He does maintain a purebred herd of about 200 head of Herefords to breed to Brahman bulls for replacement females, along with a small herd of purebred Brahmans to produce those bulls. But the majority of his 1,200 head of cattle are Hereford-Brahman cross cows, which are mated to Hereford

bulls from Debter Hereford Farms, Horton, Ala. From a lifetime of experience, Strickland knows what works and what doesn’t. He says, the Hereford-Brahman cross is ideal for this location. “Heat, rain, dry weather, they can handle all of it,” he says. “They’re durable and easy to raise.” And easy to sell, too. “The Braford female is probably the most popular in Florida and the Gulf Coast because of their heat tolerance and durability,” Strickland says. He keeps many of the females he raises but the rest sell quickly, he says. “I don’t have to worry about marketing females, people come to me, hunting them. I have to tell them, first-come, first-serve.” Strickland says he has no trouble selling the steers either; they usually sell to the same order buyer that they have for years and years. “I’ll put them up against any black calves,” he says. Father-son duo Carl and Shane Askins operate C Bar A ranch near Sarasota, Fla., and echo Strickland’s appreciation of Herefords. On their roughly 500 head of commercial crossbred cows, Hereford and Braford bulls are used — just as they have been for decades. In fact, Carl says he’s been buying bulls from Jonny Harris of Screven, Ga., since 1960 and has been so happy with them he’s never shopped anywhere else since. The Askinses’ cow herd is comprised of a HerefordBrahman cross cow as well. They raise all their own replacements, hand-picking each heifer for

the right mix of the two breeds. Carl says he has found if he can keep “a little ear,” the cows will withstand the heat better but he appreciates the qualities the Hereford genetics bring to the cross as well, saying, “They’re always gentle.”

Advantage in docility Carl adds that he had a purebred Brahman bull once, “They’re hard to find with a good temperament, not saying you can’t, but it’s hard. With these Hereford bulls I can be in the pen with the cattle and walk through them. My old saying is, ‘If you breed an idiot, you’re going to get an idiot. If you breed to an idiot bull you’re going to get an idiot calf. So when you’ve got something that’s pretty gentle you save their offspring, you’ve got a pretty good chance of them being gentle. “I bought a herd of cows one time and it had a Brangus in it. When she got about 6 years old, she got rank and that was enough for me.” Although Carl is 69 years old, he helps other cattlemen once in a while. He says, “I used to do a lot more day work. They’ve got all Angus and Brangus bulls and it seems like every time a Brangus bull gets 5 or 6 years old they get an attitude and I don’t like their attitude.” Sam Albritton raises cattle near Ocala, Fla., in addition to working for Helena Chemical. He runs Hereford and Angus bulls in a twobreed rotation on Brahman-cross cows, so he especially appreciates Herefords for their docility. “I’ve always liked Hereford bulls,” Albritton says. “I like their temperament; I like the ability to drive them.” Hereford.org

Albritton says most of his cattle are quarter-Brahman, and he breeds Hereford bulls to the Brahman-Angus crosses and Angus bulls to the BrahmanHereford crosses. He markets his cattle through Superior Livestock Auction by forward contract. Adding to his knowledge of the bull-buying marketplace, Albritton is co-chairman of the Ocala Graded Bull Sale — the oldest of its kind in the nation. The sale markets all breeds of bulls, Hereford included. He says, “I think Herefords are underrated. As far as calf-wise, I can show you some 700-lb. calves right now from Hereford bulls. And the price of the calves hasn’t hurt us a bit. Using Hereford bulls, I am selling as good or better than anyone else on Superior. And a Hereford bull won’t dig holes at your gate either.” Likewise, Strickland doesn’t hesitate when saying his calves bring just as much or more as a black-hided calf with a lot less frustration. “We used to use Angus bulls on our heifers and I got so aggravated I got rid of them. I don’t like black bulls, won’t let one on the place. They are hole digging, fence tearing up, good for nothings.”

Choose Hereford for profitability Despite those flaws, some are still using Angus, and Thrift explains that many producers in Florida and the Gulf Coast have Anguscross cows. That’s part of the reason why now, more than ever, is the time for Hereford. “I think there’s a heck of a place here for Hereford bulls,” Thrift says. “We’ve got a lot of Brangus kind of cows and on top of them, an excellent choice in my opinion is a Hereford bull. Right now, many of those are being bred to Charolais bulls for a terminal cross, or Angus bulls chasing carcass genetics.” Thrift says, in his opinion, the push toward Angus because of carcass quality doesn’t make sense as far as profitability is concerned.

“We’ve worked against Mother Nature pretty hard trying to fit the end product. Cow traits have been forgotten. I am not saying ignore the end product. But I’ve got to have a cow that functions in my environment, and has a calf every year — which means crossbred. There are too many advantages to her. Those are the really important traits that drive profitability, not whether we get 60 or 70% Choice. If you do the math on that, the Choice-Select spread has to be large — over $20 a hundredweight — for it to really make much of a difference. And most of the producers don’t retain ownership on cattle; they sell at weaning.” Albritton, Strickland, Carl Askins and Thrift all agree that there needs to be more purebred Hereford breeders in the South to help satisfy the need for those genetics. But, Thrift admits that Florida has never been a seedstock-producing state because of its harsh climate. “As you go north animals get larger, they grow better, because of better forages, better soils. As you go south things get smaller. To adapt to this hot, humid climate, cattle need to be a little more moderate in size.” On that note, he says it’s important to consider climate when purchasing cattle to bring to the South. “They need to be slick haired, not monsters in terms of size, with acceptable birth weights, and need to have a little bit of muscle to them. They need to be able to tolerate this heat and humidity.” Obviously, a bull bred and raised in Montana might have a harder time acclimating to the conditions in Florida, but it helps that the majority of the cows in the area are bred to calve in the fall. Strickland says, “Our breeding season is February to June 1. We do our breeding in the wintertime so heat is no problem for bulls, then they rest all summer. During the hot months, all they have to do is lay in the shade and take it easy.”

Hereford-sired Brahman-cross calves like these are highly marketable.

It’s critical that if it does get warm, the bulls are tolerant enough to get the cows bred. “A lot of guys who turn out Angus bulls will have to follow-up with another breed after he gets heat stressed and quits working,” Thrift says. Carl Askins says in all his years of using Hereford bulls and raising Hereford-cross cattle, he’s never lost a cow to heat. He’s lost some to alligators, sure, but not heat stress. Although Thrift admits that hair length probably has more to do with heat tolerance than hair color, he says, in his opinion, especially where shade is scarce, a black-hided cow, calf or bull is more likely to get stressed. That’s part of the reason why, again, Thrift says he wishes more F1 Hereford-Brahman crosses could be produced in his area. But, unfortunately, there is not a large amount of Hereford cows to use Brahman bulls on and the majority of the Brahman cows are being mated to Brahman bulls to produce purebreds.

many three-quarter Angus, one-quarter Brahman crosses needing a shot of heterosis: “I see a lot of guys straight breeding Brangus here and I think there’s a lot of merit in putting a Hereford bull on that cross. “Put a Hereford bull on those Brangus cows and you’ve got great options for replacement females. You can keep them or sell them, maybe to a market that needs a little less ear. That makes a really good cow. As this market builds and we see more of a value put on replacement heifers instead of steers, the females out of a HerefordBrangus cross, those super baldies, are out of this world.” And for those who haven’t gone black, there is a super market for the Cadillac of Southern cows, the HerefordBrahman cross. Strickland has been producing them for decades, and his market has never been better. “I’ve been using Herefords the whole time,” he says. “I am not wishy-washy. And my female demand is great.” HW

Much-needed heterosis All considered, Thrift says on a large scale, he sees great opportunity for Hereford bulls in the South because there are

Slick-haired, quality Hereford bulls work great in the South. Hereford.org

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Bar JB Ranch presents…

A once in a lifetime opportunity. Plan to attend the

Complete Mature Cow Herd Dispersal of Dallas Farms Matrons On November 1st, 2012, at the Olds Cow Palace On Offer

80 polled and horned cows and features from the 2012 calf crop

Outstanding females never before made available

Including the World Hereford Conference 2-Year-Old Division Champion Horned Pair, World Hereford Conference Horned Junior Champion Heifer Calf, World Hereford Conference Reserve Senior Champion Horned Heifer Calf and the World Hereford Conference Horned Junior Champion Bull Calf

BCD 602U Xylia 085X

CE BW WW YW Milk TM EPDs +0.5 +4.0 +50.4 +81.8 +17.4 +42.6 Sire: GH Adams Match Point ET 602U MGS: AR Patch Adams 347P Calf

BCD 902W Lady Dixie 206Z

CE BW WW YW Milk TM EPDs +2.5 +1.4 +50.2 +72.9 +20.6 +45.7 Sire: Churchill Bronx 902W Dam: BCD 602U Xylia 085X

BCD 10N Ribstone Lass 635S

Sire: K 64H Ribstone Lad 10N • MGS: LCI Kahlua 82H CE BW WW YW Milk TM EPDs +2.3 +3.2 +33.5 +61.6 +22.0 +38.8

BCD 347P Xenia 032X

Sire: AR Patch Adams 347P • MGS: Pahl 38J Papillon 46P CE BW WW YW Milk TM EPDs +5.4 -1.4 +32.4 +62.3 +14.8 +31.0

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For more information on these great females or any of the sale offering, please contact: Ben Brillhart 406-947-2222 United States 36

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Hereford Provides Improvement Opportunity Sierra Ranches turned to Hereford genetics to maximize calf-crop potential from its Angus-based cows. by Sara Gugelmeyer, photos by Angie Stump Denton

t was time to make a change. After nearly 20 years of primarily using Angus bulls on his originally crossbred cow herd, Tim Coleman, owner of Sierra Ranches, knew it was necessary. He chose to add Hereford bulls to his program in 2009 and says it was a wise decision.

“In order to improve the herd, crossbreeding seemed the most logical way to move forward with creating a better quality product, as well as achieving the heterosis that was much needed.” — Tim Coleman Hereford.org

Tim Coleman founded Sierra Ranches in 1992 as a purebred Angus operation near Modesto, Calif. After all, Angus was what he knew — his parents are Jim and Sue Coleman of the acclaimed Vintage Angus Ranch. In 1994 he expanded into the commercial cow business. He says, “The goal of our cattle operation is to enhance the maternal traits of our cow herd, as well as improve the performance and carcass quality. We are fortunate in the fact that we have purebred and commercial experience, which helps us utilize the best genetics, while we are able to validate our calves at each stage of production.” Sierra Ranches’ manager, Kevin McKinzie, confirms this approach saying that although the operation is commercial, he runs it with a purebred mindset and management style. Originally the cow herd was comprised of Angus and Charolais-Hereford cross cows. Then for about 15 years or more, Coleman bred them to Angus bulls and retained replacement females. He says during this time he would, on occasion, come across an article or speak with

a longtime rancher touting the benefits of crossbreeding.

Moving forward Coleman says, “In order to improve the herd, crossbreeding seemed the most logical way to move forward with creating a better quality product, as well as achieving the heterosis that was much needed.” So, in 2009 Coleman bought two yearling Hereford bulls and has been expanding the number of bulls used ever since. Currently, Sierra Ranches splits its cow herd in half, using Hereford bulls on the straight Angus cows and the Angus bulls on the remaining cow herd.

“The influence of Hereford genetics is very complementary to our commercial cow-calf program,” he says. “By using the two-breed approach to mate each cow to the appropriate breed sire we can continue this crossbreeding method year after year. The maternal traits, performance, longevity and temperament are all benefits that we expect to continue to improve on our herd.” McKinzie explains that they use a fall-calving program, calving during a 60-75 day season between Aug. 1 and Oct. 15. The best heifers are chosen for continued on page 38...

Quality Hereford bulls add much-needed heterosis to Sierra Ranches’ primarily Angus herd.

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...Hereford Provides Improvement Opportunity continued from page 37

“The Hereford bulls stick to their cows; they stay to their group.” — Kevin McKinzie replacements, and the rest of the calves are sold at weaning or sent to the Midwest to be fed out. Coleman says, “Our cattle have done extremely well performing in the feedlot, and on the carcass grids. Therefore, we have a good understanding of the carcass quality of our cow herd. Moving forward, we will continue to monitor and measure the progress of our cattle as they mature with generations to come.”

Hereford advantages The Hereford advantage starts with the bulls themselves. McKinzie says he appreciates the docility and ease of handling with the Hereford bulls. McKinzie likes the way the Hereford bulls stay out of trouble. “The Hereford bulls stick to their cows; they stay to their group. “The big thing you hear about with Herefords is their docility, they’re gentle, they’re calm, but

they’re doing their jobs. When I handle them outside of the breeding season, when I’ve got them in my bull pasture, they are just gentle. I can go out and gather horseback any one I want on a 5,000-acre ranch and walk them right into the corral. The management practices and being able to work with the Hereford cattle is sure appealing; they make my job a lot easier.” Coleman adds that he appreciates many traits Hereford bulls possess. “They are very hardy, maintaining condition throughout the breeding season. They travel the country and stay sound and the added bonus is their excellent temperament.”

number of baldie replacement heifers and add to our cow herd, as well as market to local ranchers. Through my experience, it is real easy to find all black replacements at a sale barn, but it is very difficult to find even a small lot of good quality baldie replacements. This is another reason why I made the decision to use Hereford bulls, and to generate my own replacements. The diversity that the black baldie heifer brings to our cow herd is extremely valuable in my opinion.” McKinzie, with 22 years of experience in the cattle industry, says he thinks Sierra’s crossbreeding program is and will continue to be successful. “On a visual observation, I feel like the crossbreeding is working very good,” McKinzie says. “What people have done on the commercial side of things, using Angus for so long, then we put something else on those cows, like a Hereford, the calves just explode a little bit. Using another sire sure complements (these cows), so I think we’re seeing somewhat of a

better performing individual in terms of the calf crop. They are good performing, healthy cattle.” Coleman and McKinzie both say the future looks bright for Sierra Ranches. In March Coleman purchased a National Reference Sire Program bull, H5 9027 Advance 161, at Harrell Hereford Ranch’s bull sale. Add that great bull to the other quality bulls Sierra Ranches has already purchased from Pedretti Ranches, El Nido, Calif., and Sonoma Mountain Herefords, Santa Rosa, Calif., and it’s no doubt Coleman has an impressive Hereford bull battery. McKinzie says, “We’re trying to grow with it. We appreciate both breeds, but really maximizing our calf value is the primary focus on how we breed cattle. We want to maximize the potential of our calf crop each year.” And for Sierra Ranches, adding Hereford genetics was the best way to do that. HW

Valuable diversity Although Sierra Ranches just has its third Hereford-sired calf crop on the ground, Coleman and McKinzie both are happy with the results. “So far so good,” Coleman says. “Our plan is to increase the

McKinzie says the Hereford-Angus cross has created a better performing calf.

Hereford bulls’ advantage in docility and ease of handling is much appreciated.

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Tag 2020 • 2/12/2012 • sire: TNT Reg #43277843

EVENT The

The Langford & Copeland

Joint Production Sale

Sunday, October 21, 2012 - 12 noon CST at Langford Headquarters in Okmulgee, Okla.

Tag 2384 • 2/28/2012 • sire: Icon Reg #43308758

:: SELLING 44 LOTS :: Elite Show Heifer Prospects, Powerful Herd Bull Prospects, Donors, Spring Pair Splits, Spring Bred Heifers, Fall Open Heifers, Pick of Herd Flushes, Pick of Spring Bred Heifer Crop, Embryos & Semen

Videos of all sale cattle will be available on web sites October 12th For a sale booklet or more information please contact one of the owners or sale management

Tag 1294 • 11/25/2011 • sire: Peacemaker Reg. #43281899

Tag 2298 • 4/5/2012 • sire: TNT Reg. #43301026

Tag 2281 • 3/25/2012 • sire: TNT Reg. #pending

Tag 2414 • 3/30/2012 • sire: Showtime Reg. #43308746

Tag 2415 • 3/30/2012 • sire: Cool Kat Reg. #43308720

Tag 2432 • 5/2/2012 • sire: Ram 310 Reg. #43308710

Tag 2396 • 3/10/2012 • sire: Durango Reg. #43310079

Tag 2386 • 3/17/2012 • sire: Cool Kat Reg. #43308755

Tag 7103 • 2/23/2007 • sire: M2 Reg. #42805358

Tag 9161 • 3/24/2009 • sire: Moler Reg. #43074234 Sale managed by

Dustin N. Layton 405.464.2455 laytond@yahoo.com Hereford.org

Okmulgee, Oklahoma 918.706.7028 - Watson cell 918.733.1331 - office 918.706.7048 - Leon cell langfordherefords@yahoo.com www.langfordherefords.com

Nara Visa, New Mexico 575.403.8123 - Cliff cell 575.633.2800 - Cliff home 580.336.8284 - Matt cell 575.633.2251 - Clifford home c3copeland@plateautel.net www.copelandherefords.com

Join us for an evening social Saturday, Oct. 20th in Okmulgee, Okla. Live entertainment and refreshments.

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Online Sale of the Year With Leveldale Polled Herefords

November 15-21, 2012

Justamere 425E Bell 201Z

Leveldale Temptress 65T 10Y

Leveldale Wildcat 5T 29W

McCoy 32K Connie 131N

PCL Y Not Me R117 ET 1Y

BW 4.5; WW 50.3; YW 85.5; Milk 28.2; TM 53.4

BW 3.5; WW 47.7; YW 89.5; Milk 31.6; TM 55.5

BW 4.5; WW 57.2; YW 92.7; Milk 25.3; TM 53.9

Triara Unleashed 893U Selling show heifers and bulls from this exciting sire.

Selling a February 2012 daughter of PRL 582 Ned 425E out of an excellent Unleashed 2-year-old.

CE 0.8; BW 2.9; WW 59.1; YW 87.6; MM 18.7; TM 48.3; MCE 3.5; SC 0.8; CW 79.3; Stay -0.5; MPI 165.0; FMI 145.3; Fat -0.018; REA 1.08; MARB -0.11

Selling right to flush.

Selling exportable embryos.

BW 4.1; WW 49.9; YW 89.1; Milk 31.0; TM 56.0

Service sire to Leveldale lots.

Offering Herd Sire Prospects • Show Heifer Prospects • Bred Yearlings Bred Females • Embryos • Right to Flush www.justamereranches.com rite W , l l a C www.leveldale.ca for a l i a m E or g Catalo Watch our websites for sale pictures, videos and catalog.

Justamere Ranches R.R. 4 Comp 30, Dauphin, MB 204-638-4181 • 780-871-4517 Mobile Ben and Linda Fox Emma, Sutherland and Benjamin Ben 780-871-4517 www.justamereranches.com

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Leveldale Polled Herefords Douglas, MB Doug and Fay Allison Doug 204-763-4343 Cody and Michelle Allison Cody 204-720-2446 www.leveldale.ca

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30 JMS Polled Hereford Bulls Available October 1 by Private Treaty with complete performance and scan data available.

Calving ease, high maternal, moderate framed and linebred for consistency.

Danny Miller 4850 Caldwell Ridge Rd., Knifley, KY 42753 270-465-6984 • jmsfarm@msn.com www.jmsvictordomino.com

PARKER BROS. POLLED HEREFORDS

328 Fowken Farm Rd. Jonesville, SC 29353 Norris Fowler nrfowler@brecwb.com 864-674-5147 Farm Office/Fax 864-427-3330 Office Rogers Fowler 864-426-3281 Greg Fowler 864-674-6837 864-426-7337 Cell Raising Herefords for the past 62 years

Kenneth, Houston and David Parker 129 Banks Rd. Bradyville, TN 37026

David and Paula Parker 615-765-5359 615-765-7260 Fax David cell 615-464-7008 dplp@dtccom.net www.dkmfarms.com

385 Sweetwater Rd. N. Augusta, SC 29860 Dr. John L. Williams

Toby and Debby Dulworth 2492 S. Kirkman Rd. LaCenter, KY 42056 270-224-2993 dogwood@brtc.net 42

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Ashley Williams, manager 803-279-0641 or 803-279-0049 Herd Certified and Accredited Located: 3 miles northeast of I-20 off U.S. Hwy. 25

PEYTON WELL POLLED HEREFORDS Lowell, Barbara and Beth Atwood Paul, Linda, Caleb and Luke Epling 133 Edgewood Dr. Stanford, KY 40484 606-365-2520 606-669-1455 Cell peytonwell@netzero.net

Will-Via

Polled Herefords Lavette and Brenda Teeter 2075 Landis Hwy. (NC Hwy. 152) Mooresville, NC 28115 704-664-1947 704-663-1466 Farm Robert Smith, Manager 704-663-0329

The

Payton Crawford Family P.O. Box 1804, Americus, GA 31709 770-540-0341 pcrawford@prideutility.com

MYERS HEREFORD FARM

321 Elmwood Rd. • Statesville, NC 28625 Harry Myers 704-872-7155 Cell 704-450-1598 Fax 704-871-9997 Harry Meyers III 704-872-1234 Cell 704-880-1084 hmastecc@i-america.net www.cattletoday.com/myers Herd Sires: JA L1 Domino 0224, JA L1 Domino 314 and JA L1 Domino 327 Cow Herd: Jamison Herefords and our own selection from 35 years.

Kim Prestwood 390 Pleasant Hill Rd. Lenoir, NC 28645 828-728-8920 828-320-7317 “Breeding Quality Herefords for 43 Years”

FORREST POLLED HEREFORDS

101-103 N. Main St. Saluda, SC 29138 Earl B. Forrest 864-445-2387 864-445-7080 Office 864-445-3707 Fax Brad Forrest 864-445-7633 Herd Certified and Accredited

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Mohican Farms presents

October 27, 2012

Noon • Glenmont, Ohio • 65 Lots Sell!

Mohican Krissi Y108

A super daughter of TH 133U 719T Upgrade 69X. Super numbers and a thick made heifer that will be easy to find.

Mohican Vickie Z8 ET

A powerful daughter of PW Mohican Nasdaq P316 and out of the great donor, S&S Vickie 498C. Maternal genetics abound in this mating.

Pennells War Admiral 1203 ET

Pennells Queen Victra 1204 ET

Big league show heifer prospect sired by THM Durango 4037. Full sib to 2010 Ohio State Fair Champion and Junior national class winner.

BW 4.8 WW 44 YW 76 MM 16 M&G 38

DJF Tess M32 M6 T37

A granddaughter of Feltons Legend 242 out of a daughter of Remitall Governor 236G. This deep bodied, easy doing cow will have a calf by sale time.

Mohican Vickie Z6 ET

Perhaps the best heifer in our calf crop. She is out of our great donor, S&S Vickie 498C. Great numbers and a great show heifer prospect.

BW 2.8 WW 51 YW 81 MM 21 M&G 46

BW 3.6 WW 54 YW 87 MM 21 M&G 48

Full sib to heifer 1204. A powerhouse bull. Super sound, excellent muscle shape, fully pigmented. Sired by THM Durango 4037.

BW 2.9 WW 47 YW 78 MM 21 M&G 44

BW 3.6 WW 50 YW 75 MM 18 M&G 43

BW 1.5 WW 49 YW 78 MM 22 M&G 47

Mohican Durango Z2 ET

A dark red, pigmented herd sire prospect by THM Durango 4037 out of our donor cow, RHF Demolition F37, a daughter of AB JWR Demolition. What a maternal giant.

Mohican Riva R80

Mohican Vicki T7

A top producing cow from the heart of the herd. Granddaughter A daughter of Mohican Lode 158L and out of a daughter of of OXH Mark Domino 8020 out of a daughter of a full brother Remitall Boomer 46B. The grandmother is the famous donor cow, TRM FPH Precious F79. Should calve by sale day. to P606. Should calve by sale time. Great EPDs.

Auctioneers: Dale Stith • Gene Steiner Jim and Linda Reed • P.O. Box 126, Green Ridge, MO 65332 660-527-3507 • Fax 660-527-3379 reedent@iland.net • www.reedent.com

Mohican Farms Conard and Nancy Stitzlein 4551 State Rt. 514 Glenmont, OH 44628 330-378-3421 stitz@bright.net Matt Stitzlein 330-231-0708 cell mkstitzlein@gmail.com

W. Massey Booth Jr. and Curtis H. Booth 711 Kings Run Rd. Shinglehouse, PA 16748 814-697-6339 masseyb@netsync.net

Cecil Jordan • 740-828-2626 Jeff Jordan • 740-828-2620 or 740-704-4807 cell Scott and Stacey Pennell • Andy and Tricia Pennell 502-741-3091 8668 Alabama Ave., Navarre, OH 44662 330-705-4339 • swpennell@gmail.com

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BW 4.8 WW 52 YW 82 MM 22 M&G 48

BW 3.0 WW 43 YW 63 MM 22 M&G 43

Dale Stith Auctioneer

918-760-1550 • dalestith@yahoo.com www.dalestith.com

Cattle Services

Jeff, Lou Ellen and Keayla Harr 334 Twp. Rd. 1922, Jeromesville, OH 44840 419-685-0549 cell jlcattleserv@aol.com

Tom, Nikki, Cody and Paige Morrison 5321 Twp. Rd. 59, Mt. Gilead, OH 43338 419-946-6977 • 419-560-0280 cell tn-morrison@hotmail.com

Dr. Norman Starr, Owner 216-295-1511 Gene Steiner, Manager 513-616-4086 P.O. Box 280, Mason, OH 45040 gsteiner@zoomtown.com

Honored as Ohio’s 2011 Seedstock Producer of the Year 58 years of breeding championship Herefords with documentation

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Baldies Bring Benefits For this Kentucky commercial operation, Hereford-influenced cattle provide premiums and quality. by Christy Couch Lee

or decades Ben Roberts has witnessed the benefits of a Hereford-influenced cattle herd. And for more than 10 years, he’s been putting that theory to work at Brookfield Farm Agency, Lexington, Ky. Originally a horned Hereford operation, Brookfield Farm Agency has been owned by the

same family for more than a century. And since 1991, Roberts has managed the operation that today consists of 500 black baldie mother cows on 1,800 acres. Just before Roberts began managing the operation, the farm began the transition to an Angus-polled Hereford crossbreeding program.

“It took eight or nine years to replace the horned Hereford herd with a black baldie program,” Roberts says. “Once we got to about 75% Angus, we started breeding those replacements back to polled Herefords.” Roberts says this transition was designed to increase the marketability of the offspring.

Ben Roberts says an F1 Hereford-Angus cross is the best of both worlds — combining docility of Herefords with the frame size of Angus.

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“I always understood that an F1 of an Angus-Hereford cross is as good of a cow as you can possibly get,” he says. “In my mind, we were trying to take the best of the Angus and best of the Hereford and put them together — and not in a haphazard way. We want to stay as close to an F1 as we can possibly get.” By following a strict program, Roberts is achieving his goal. “We are very religious and consistent with our breeding program,” he says. “You can’t approach it haphazardly. You need to build your breeding program with some thought. By doing that, I believe we’ve gotten the best of both worlds.” Roberts says the herd has gotten docility from the Hereford influence and frame size from the Angus genetics. “We keep all Angus-sired cows bred to Hereford, and all Hereford-sired cows bred to Angus,” Roberts says. All first-calf heifers are artificially inseminated (AI) on first breeding. “We synchronize and AI each first-calf heifer on the first heat, then turn out a catch bull for 60 days,” he says. Hereford.org

Roberts retains replacement heifers and only purchases herd bulls off the farm. He also raises nearly all feed for the farm’s herd — only purchasing some concentrated feed for weaning and to supplement females through the winter. A key to the success of his operation is the genetics behind it, Roberts says. He purchases all Hereford and Angus bulls from Boyd Beef Cattle, Mays Lick, Ky.

Genetics make the difference “We’ve been buying bulls from the Boyds for at least 15 years,” he says. “I can one-stop shop with them, as they offer both Hereford and Angus bulls. He has a great reputation, and I can trust them to make selections and offer input. It’s been a great situation, with them being so close and so reputable.” Charlie Boyd Jr. believes in their relationship and the quality of Roberts’ herd, as well. “Ben runs a strict breeding program on a Hereford-Angus rotation,” Boyd says. “As a rule, he tries to follow an AI program with bulls with similar EPDs (expected progeny differences), and in some cases, similar pedigrees. He’s pretty astute, and I would consider his operation one of the top commercial herds in the state, and in this part of the country.”

For Roberts, genetic data is critical for the development of his herd.

Knowing the numbers Roberts says he utilizes EPDs in the selection of his herd sires and AI bulls. “We try to go for as even of an EPD as we can — we don’t want to go overboard on anything,” he says. “Birth weight and calving ease are probably the main determining factors on the Hereford sires. With crossbreeding, we try not to use anything over a 1.0 on calving ease, which may sound odd to some purebred breeders. But with anything higher, we’ve run into problems with calving later.” Keeping this goal in mind, Roberts says, he tries to select for weaning and yearling weights that are as high as possible, too. “We like to get in the mid-20s on milk and not go overboard there,” he says. “The udders don’t seem to last as long with higher numbers for us.” In addition, he says, the Boyds and KABA/Select Sires also provide their input on sire selection. “They know our operation and know what we’re doing,” Roberts says. “They’re a lot of help.” The resulting quality of the herd is reflected in the sales of the offspring.

Roberts retains replacement heifers, only purchasing herd bulls off the farm. He selects for moderate EPDs — not going to extremes on any one trait. Hereford.org

Roberts has transitioned to an entirely spring-calving operation to condense AI and calving season; and to simplify winter feeding.

Getting them sold Roberts markets two potloads — about 160 head — of black baldie steers each year through Internet auctions. And, he says, they are easily sold because of their quality and consistency. He explains about 20% of their calves will be born as “rednecks” or red baldies, versus black baldies. However, he’s found a great market for those genetics. Each May and October, the Kentucky Hereford Association hosts the Kentucky Certified Hereford Influenced Sale, where Roberts says he can earn a premium for the red-hided calves. In fact, it’s been reported that these sales bring premiums for all consignors, providing an effective outlet for Herefordinfluenced cattle. “I’m very happy with a redneck mother,” Roberts says. “Those rednecks make very good cows.” Roberts says they cull females strictly. “If they don’t make 60-65% of their weight at breeding age, they’re culled,” he says. “There’s no reason for us to feed them all winter. We sell them as feeders, because that’s where they need to go.” He says he manages the commercial operation as a purebred operation — castrating, tattooing and tagging at birth. In addition, the farm helped the Kentucky Beef Association develop its electronic identification program. When Roberts began with the farm, it was 75% spring calving and 25% fall calving. Today, it’s an entirely spring-calving operation. “We only have to AI once and calve once,” he says. “With only three full-time workers, anything we can do once instead of twice is a great help. In addition, it’s harder to feed cows during the winter, with calves on them all winter. With spring calving, calves

Each May and October, the Kentucky Hereford Association hosts the Kentucky Certified Hereford Influenced Sale, where Roberts says he can earn a premium for the red-hided calves.

are only on them for about 40 days on feed, so it’s easier for us to feed them.” Roberts says spring calving, which often begins about Feb. 20, can cause some problems with calving during ice storms or other inclement weather. To help with this issue, Roberts hires a night watchman to check cattle through the night. By approaching his operation with a strict plan and calculating each move, Roberts is seeing success in his commercial operation. For him, Herefordinfluenced black baldies do, indeed, bring benefits. HW

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223Z 602C x ANL Frontier • Calved Feb. 23, 2012

309Z 602C x P606 • Calved March 9, 2012

Beck-Powell Polled Herefords

Entire heifer calf crop for sale private treaty. Select group of cows bred to Chevy

310Z Online x Mona • Calved March 10, 2012

Gene and Alice Beck 7157 N. C.R. 500 E., Bainbridge, IN 46105 765-522-3235 • 765-720-7001 Cell

401Z Enuff Prophet x Patsy x Robin Hood • Calved April 1, 2012

Andy, Betsy and Cody Beck 765-522-3396 • 765-720-1696 Andy’s cell 765-719-1622 Cody’s cell • abcbeck@tds.net

Indiana Breeders R.W. DaVee HUNT CATTLE CO. Desiree DaVee 10454 N. Mann Rd. Mooresville, IN 46158 317-513-5572 rdavee@yahoo.com

Bros.

2261 E. U.S. Hwy. 40 Clayton, IN 46118

765-567-2409 765-418-0651 cell

Ed and Marcia 317-539-4081 dlkott@aol.com

thunt@fpnmail.com

Miller Miller Herefords 1570 N. 700 W. Thorntown, IN 46071 765-482-4386 317-840-7811 millerherefords@yahoo.com 46

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317-752-1523

7940 N. 500 E. Battle Ground, IN 47920

www.huntbrosherefords.com

Rusty, Marijane, Clayton, Hayley, Jody, Taylor and Tory

Dale, Lesli, Chandis, Emilee and Dylan

www.kottkamps.com

Clinkenbeard Farms Terry, Susan, Lillian and Hayley Hayhurst 14477 S. Carlisle St. Terre Haute, IN 47802 812-696-2468 812-236-0804 cell HayhurstFarms@aol.com

& Sons

201 W. S.R. 58 Edwardsport, IN 47528 812-328-6258 Gordon Clinkenbeard 821-881-8988 cell

ENTERPRISES Randy, Robin and Desiree DaVee

10454 N. Mann Rd. Mooresville, IN 46158

317-513-5572 cell 317-831-4747 rdavee@yahoo.com

Terry Ferguson & Family Terry, Susie, Kelly and Kristin Ferguson 11170 E. 1400 N. Odon, IN 47562 812-636-8224 812-617-1954 cell tskferg@rtccom.net

EVERHART FARMS Bruce, Shoshanna, Blake, Ashley, Jordan and Brian 4072 E. 500 S. Waldron, IN 46182 765-525-9864 317-407-3618 cell

bruce.a.everhart@wellsfargo.com

Lawrence and David Duncan 1264 N. Mountain Rd. Wingate, IN 47994 Lawrence cell 765-918-2297 David cell 765-366-0295 davidandjilld@aol.com www.ableacres.com

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Saturday, Nov. 17, 2012 • Noon Selling 65 Lots

Hosted by Roth Hereford Farm, Windsor, Mo.

8 miles northwest on Hwy. 2, then 1 mile south on Hwy. J

RHF 5052 Sherri 2053Z ET

These two full embryo sisters are peas in a pod. The other full sister was calf champion at the Missouri State Fair. They are by the popular THM Easy Choice 5052 and out of a daughter of RU Duster 60D. They are from the very top of the heifer calf crop.

RHF 5052 Millie 2052Z ET RHF 4037 Delores 2007Z

A daughter of THM Durango 4037 that is deep bodied and has a tremendous future ahead of her. Her dam is sired by a full brother to P606.

RHF Oaks Mariah 2026Z ET

A daughter of CS Boomer 29F out of a daughter of Remitall Embracer 8E.

RF Emily 5075 65Z

BW 3.3; WW 38; YW 65; MM 18; M&G 37 A classy daughter of THM 0838 Domino 5075 out of a daughter of AB JWR Demolition 6008 3510. She is the replacement kind.

DRC P606 Lady 9U

BW 4.4; WW 45; YW 65; MM 32; M&G 54 A fantastic daughter of the great P606 out of a Braxton Giant 1 daughter. Sells with an outstanding heifer calf by KJ C&L J119 Logic 023R ET.

CMF 780R Rose 889T

BW 3.1; WW 50; YW 68; MM 23; M&G 48 A great numbered daughter of TRM 37E 121 King 3238. Lots of eye pigment and dark red. A great udder. She will raise a good one.

DRC 61T Dream Lady 32X

BW 3.8; WW 49; YW 83; MM 17; M&G 41 A pigmented daughter of RF Dream Maker 71I 61T out of a Dam of Distinction that never missed. She has a pedigree you would dream about: 517, F243 and many more. She has a May heifer calf show prospect by KJ C&L J119 Logic 023R ET. Sale Managed by:

Dale Stith, Auctioneer

Jim and Linda Reed • P.O. Box 126 • Green Ridge, MO 65332 660-527-3507 • Cell 417-860-3102 • reedent@iland.net www.reedent.com

Glengrove Farm Bob and Gretchen Thompson 12905 C.R. 4010 • Rolla, MO 65401 573-341-3820

Steinbeck Farms 2322 Drake School Rd. Herman, MO 65041 573-680-0954

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See catalog at www.reedent.com

Roth Hereford Farm

Ed & Carol 1146 NE Hwy. J, Windsor, MO 65360 660-694-2569 • 660-694-0141 Fax Eddie, Mary, Lane and Levi 660-647-9907 croth745@earthlink.net

Ro hl f ing F arms Po l l ed Heref o rds Garrett and Gene Rohlfing 5203 Bluff Rd. • Valmeyer, IL 62295 618-935-2594 Garrett cell 618-741-7642 • Gene cell 618-580-6912

Jim and Linda Reed P.O. Box 126 • Green Ridge, MO 65332 660-527-3507 • Fax 660-527-3379 reedent@iland.net • www.reedent.com

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48th Annual Production Sale

November 16, 2012, at the Ranch

FE 17U Stan Brit 204Y

FE 152S Frontline 208Y

FE 270U Dandy Red Gem 263Y

FE 24U Red Skyline 9Y

FE 42T Emperor 66Y

FE 43T Emperor 172Y

Reserve Champion Pen of Three, Junior Division FE 17U Stan Brit 204Y FE 152S Frontline 208Y FE 270U Dandy Red Gem 263Y

Al and Lori Fenton Becky and Curtis Phone/Fax 780-754-2384 Cell 780-842-7806

Reserve Champion Pen of Three, Intermediate Division FE 24U Red Skyline 9Y FE 42T Emperor 66Y FE 43T Emperor 172Y

Conrad and Janel Fenton Dalee, Prior and Emerson 780-754-3321 Cell 780-209-3600

Blair and Jessica Gray and Tayva Jean Fenton 780-754-2891 Cell 587-281-0900

fentonherefordranch@gmail.com â&#x20AC;¢ Box 479, Irma, AB T0B 2H0 Seven miles east of Irma on Hwy. 14 or 11 miles west of Wainwright. Look for Hereford sign.

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Pillars of Beef Chain Success Moving the Industry Forward

he National Beef Quality Audit (NBQA) was initiated in 1991, and every five years since has provided guideposts for improving the U.S. beef supply. Early audits focused on physical attributes of beef and beef byproducts, such as marbling, external fat, carcass weight and carcass blemishes. Results from the early audits were impressive. Excess fat, revealed as an issue in the 1991 NBQA, has been removed. Injection site lesions were drastically reduced, and progress in the reduction of other defects has also been achieved. It’s obvious that when cattlemen and other beef producers know about challenges that reduce profitability and limit progress, they step up. Over the past 20 years, however, the landscape of the industry — and of society — has changed dramatically. The changes in cattle and beef markets, in eating patterns, in consumer attitudes, and more were considered as phases of the 2011 NBQA were being developed, as the research was conducted, and as researchers and study participants reviewed the resulting data. The 2011 NBQA was the most comprehensive and detailed audit yet. The components yielded a wealth of information that will create an industry roadmap for driving sectors of the industry forward and creating more opportunities for all beef producers. They include: Phase I: Face-to-face interviews over an 11-month period of each production sector helped define seven different quality categories. Understanding what quality means to the various industry sectors, as well as determining the value of each quality attribute to the sectors, will help the industry make modifications needed to increase the value of its products. Some conclusions from Phase I interviews:

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1) Terminology about quality among segments is not standardized;

Quality challenges Ranked according to priority, 1991 to 2011. 1991

1995

2000

2005

2011

External fat

Overall uniformity

Traceability

Food safety

Seam fat

Overall palatability

Carcass weights

Overall uniformity

Eating satisfaction

Overall palatability

Marbling

Tenderness

Instrument grading

Tenderness

Marbling

Market signals

How and where cattle were raised

Overall cutability

External and seam fat

Segmentation

Marbling

Cut weights

Reduced quality due to use of implants External fat

Lean, fat, and bone Weight and size

Carcass weights

Cattle genetics

Source: NBQA

2) According to interview participants, consumers want to know more about the beef they consume, how it’s raised and where it comes from; 3) Food safety is the single most important quality attribute to packers, foodservice and retailers; 4) While the industry produces a safe, high-quality product, continuous improvement in these areas should be an industry-wide focus;

28 processing plants, and instrument grading information from approximately 2.4 million carcasses from 17 plants owned by four processing companies was compiled. The information helps the industry measure progress compared to previous surveys, and provides a benchmark for future industry efforts. Some results from Phase II research:

2) An increasing number of carcasses are grading USDA Choice and Prime. This suggests continued improvement in product eating quality;

1) Individual animal ID has been increasing. The number of cattle individually identified with visual tags jumped from 38.7% in 2005 to 50.6% in 2011;

4) Carcass sizes have increased significantly, but average quality grades have improved. This suggests the industry

3) Instrument grading was not found to be notably different than human cooler grading. These results may accelerate the trend toward more instrument grading;

5) The entire industry prides itself on humane animal treatment, but segments continued on page 54... closer to the consumer have additional customer/societal pressures to ensure humane treatment; Comparison of percent USDA Prime and Choice from NBQAs of 1991, and

USDA Prime and Choice trend

6) Interviews confirm that the industry must do a better job of telling its story. Phase II: A comprehensive evaluation was conducted on about 18,000 carcasses on the harvest floor in eight processing plants. Quality and yield grade characteristics were gathered from about 9,000 chilled carcasses in

1995, 2000, 2005 and 2011. 80% 70% 60% 50%

55%

40%

49%

51%

55%

61%

30% 20% 10% 0% 1991

1995

2000

2005

2011

Source: NBQA

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sharing to improve beef’s value while maximizing consumer trust. We must do a better job of telling our industry’s terrific story. The industry has a great story to tell, but often the message is marginalized by those who don’t want the industry to succeed.

USDA quality grade and yield grade Percentage distribution1 of carcasses stratified by USDA quality2 and yield grades.

USDA Quality Grade, % USDA Yield Grade

Prime

Choice

Select

Other

0.0

3.6

7.3

1.4

0.4

22.8

15.3

2.4

1.8

25.9

8.0

1.5

0.5

6.3

1.4

0.4

0.1

1.3

0.1

Carcasses with missing values for USDA quality or yield grades are not included. 2 USDA quality grade was affected by maturity and dark-cutting beef, and there were no Canner carcasses observed in the audit. Source: NBQA 2011

has made strides in selection and management, especially at the feedyard; and 5) The trend toward more “branded” beef at the supermarket was supported by both Phase I and Phase II research. This suggests a need for more program cattle. Phase III: A survey of 3,755 cattlemen helped identify the adoption of Beef Quality Assurance (BQA) management principles. This marks the first time cattle producers have been surveyed on a national basis for input to measure and strengthen practices that support confidence in beef products and production systems. Some Phase III Survey findings: 1) Nearly 90% of producers have a working relationship with their veterinarians. However, about a quarter said they would use medications other than as directed on a drug product’s label without being directed by a vet; 2) Use of electric prods is becoming rare in the industry. Overall, 98.4% said they do not use an electric prod as their primary driving tool; 3) Progress continues to be made in quality areas identified in the 1991 NBQA. The preferred route

for administering injections is subcutaneous (84.2%), and 87% said their preferred location for injections was in front of the shoulder; and 4) About 78% had attended a meeting at which best management practices or BQA principles had been discussed, and of those cow-calf producers who had attended a BQA session, 99% said they followed best management practices consistent with BQA. A strategy workshop: Forty-one individuals representing each segment of the industry met to review results of the research phases and discuss implications for the U.S. beef industry. Strategies developed at the meeting provide the industry a blueprint for the next five years.

Barriers to success Participants in the 2011 NBQA strategy workshop identified a number of potential barriers to success in the industry. They included: A low level of written protocols. Proper recordkeeping must become more consistent through the entire supply chain. Balancing the needs of all industry segments. There must be a system that transmits information and facilitates data flow to communicate the proper signals throughout the supply chain. A lack of trust between industry segments. Transparent and accurate information-sharing between segments would help increase trust and build a more authentic and sustainable beef industry. A disconnect with dairy. Dairy animals supply a significant portion of the beef marketed, so communicating the importance of BQA to the dairy segment is crucial.

Carcass inconsistency. The industry must eliminate costly nonconformers and provide better market signals that lead to better selection, production practices and post-harvest fabrication. No common language. The communication barrier that allows segments to define value differently must be resolved. Potential food safety issues. While the industry has a stellar food safety record, the industry must closely monitor emerging pathogens and address potential challenges.

Conclusion Only that which is measured can be effectively managed. The NBQA provides an industry-wide scorecard for individual decision-makers across the beef supply chain to improve the quality and value of U.S. beef. More than that, though, it helps identify and correct quality shortfalls and non-conformance, which will lead to greater profitability through improved beef demand. More information about the 2011 NBQA (and how it compares to preceding audits), as well as the NBQA Executive Summary, can be found on the Beef Quality Assurance website at bqa.org. HW Editor’s Note: For more information, contact National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, 9110 E. Nichols Ave., Centennial, CO 80112 or at 303-694-0305.

Lost opportunities

The pillars of success Some key priorities were identified at the strategy workshop after participants had a chance to review the data: Assuring eating satisfaction and product integrity is paramount. The industry must focus on protecting, defending and continuously improving eating satisfaction and product integrity. In order to do this, it must find a way to connect consumers to the beef story by assuring product authenticity and demonstrating transparency. Meeting these objectives will require more effective information-

Lost opportunities* per head identified by NBQA 2011.

Quality grade

($ 25.25)

Yield grade

5.77)

Carcass weight

6.75)

Hide/branding

0.74)

Offal

5.15)

Total

($ 43.66)

*Amount lost due to nonconformance with ideal targets for quality.

Source: NBQA 2011

Recordkeeping methods Percentages of Phase III survey respondents keeping track of withdrawal times by method. Overall

Seedstock

Commercial cow-calf

Backgrounder / preconditioner

Stocker / yearling

Feedlot

Dairy

78.3

88.8

76.9

73.4

61.9

77.9

83.2

Animal in a group 2

11.0

4.3

10.8

12.8

22.5

15.5

11.7

Tracking groups 3 More than one

9.1

6.6

1.6

0.4

10.6 1.7

9.6 4.3

13.8 1.9

5.5 1.0

3.7 1.5

Individual ID

By recording the individual ID

By identifying only animals in a group that are treated

By tracking groups of cattle where individuals within the group were treated

Source: NBQA 2011

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Drought Advice Despite the difficult situation, be proactive in making management decisions. by Kindra Gordon

he drought of 2012 will certainly go down in the history books as one of the driest years ever. It is certainly a difficult and depressing time for the farm and ranch industry. But, farmers and ranchers are a strong bunch who are used to pulling themselves up by their bootstraps and persisting — no matter what conditions are thrown their way. We have gathered a collection of advice from the industry to help land managers navigate through this drought and look to the future (see also Pages 68-71). Chan Glidewell with the Noble Foundation says the principles of range management are as important during a drought as ever. Foremost is to maintain proper stocking rates. He explains that proper stocking rate means matching the actual stocking rate to the carrying capacity of the land. Stocking rate is the amount of grazing pressure applied to pastures from all grazing

animals including cows and other livestock. The carrying capacity for a particular area is the amount of forage the land can produce, and this changes from year to year based on precipitation and prior management. Stocking rate should be adjusted each year to reflect carrying capacity — and must especially be reduced during a drought year when the carrying capacity declines. To adjust may mean feeding supplemental hay or feedstuffs — or selling some of the livestock. Glidewell also emphasizes that maintaining stubble height of the forage on the land is important for water holding capacity. As a rule of thumb, it is suggested landowners maintain grazing heights for introduced grasses above a three-inch residual height and for native grasses above a sixinch residual height. Glidewell explains that the shorter that grasses are grazed, the shallower the root systems

What do ranchers do to prepare for drought? Rural sociologist Tonya Haigh acknowledges that every ranch is unique and different. But through research conducted by the National Drought Mitigation Center she says there are some commonalities among ranchers who have been successful at mitigating the effects of drought on their ranches. What are their strategies? Haigh shares this list: • They know how much forage they are capable of producing, how much rainfall it takes to produce that forage and what their forage demand is throughout the year.

• They build flexibility into their system. • They manage to improve the health of their rangeland resources. • They track rainfall and monitor their forage production. • They know when in the year they have to make decisions about stocking rates, and they stick to those dates.

• They know what they are going to do if their precipitation or forage levels tell them that they need to adjust the stocking rate.

• They think about the long-term health of their resources and the long-term financial management of their operations. HW

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become. Shallow root systems inhibit the plants’ ability to obtain water that is deeper in the soil profile. It also reduces their ability to act as a water filter when it does rain. Without this filtering effect, rainfall washes sediments (soil) into our ponds, lakes, rivers and streams.

Manage, manage, manage Experienced landowners know that drought is a normal part of the climate. And seasoned ranchers also know that the best way to manage drought is to plan and prepare for it before it occurs. A new website has been developed to help landowners do just that — to plan and prepare for and manage drought. The site — available at drought.unl.edu/ranchplan — was launched during the summer of 2011 by the National Drought Mitigation Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The website spotlights several ranchers across the Great Plains and their drought management efforts. Materials on the site are generally applicable to the Great Plains region — from Texas to North Dakota. Sections on the site include information about:

• Drought basics • Inventory and monitoring • Strategies to consider

• Strategies to consider

before drought

during drought

• Strategies to consider

• Writing a drought plan

after drought

Bottomline: It is important to stay in control of the livestock and continue to rotate them to provide periods of active rest to the plants. Active rest is allowing the plants to rest while they are growing, which is needed for recovery of plant health and vigor. Glidewell says if hay feeding is required, select a poorly producing, preferably introduced, grass pasture as a sacrifice pasture. Feed livestock in the sacrifice pasture instead of degrading all pastures equally. He adds, “Remember: heavy culling or selling of livestock is not the same as giving up — it is a part of managing and best done proactively. In fact, strategic culling and selling of livestock may be the most economically feasible way to survive a drought.” Tonya Haigh, a rural sociologist who helped coordinate the drought website, notes that sample drought plans from eight Great Plains ranching operations are included in the “Write a Plan” section on the site. Haigh says, “I think the lessons shared in these real life examples are one of the most helpful parts of the website.” Haigh notes that these eight case studies share their critical dates and the target conditions they monitor during the year. Haigh says each landowner stresses how important it has been to have such dates. “A common recommendation that kept coming up from landowners and drought advisors as we put together this website, was that the earlier producers make decisions

When it does start to rain… Even when rain eventually comes, Bruce Anderson, Extension forage specialist with the University of Nebraska, says, “The worst may be still to come. Because drought and grazing weakened most perennial pasture plants, grass stands and plant vigor have been reduced, and opportunities for weeds to invade are great.” Anderson points out that fall rains could easily stimulate an unprecedented invasion of winter annuals like cheatgrass, wild oats and downy brome. Or spring rains could encourage the population of plants like ragweed to explode. Recovery of grazing capacity might be slow, and producers need to be vigilant in observation and anticipation of weed outbreaks, as well as be prepared with all the tools at their disposal — like herbicides, mowing and grazing management — to deal with these challenges as timely as possible, he concludes. HW Hereford.org

and adjust stocking rates during drought, the better.”

Lessons learned One of the featured case studies on the Managing Drought website is Welch Ranch from southern Colorado. Of lessons learned, the ranch manager shares: “You cannot drought proof a ranch. You can help

and you can delay the effects and you can minimize them, but you can’t drought proof your ranch.” Haigh concurs. She notes that severe drought can undermine anyone’s plans and the choices rangeland managers must make can be difficult. But she adds, “The landowners we’ve surveyed emphasize that the

Online drought resources The drought of 2012 is being called the worst since 1956. Several online pages have been developed to assist landowners and livestock producers with planning their drought management strategies. Here are some of the available resources: The Drought Management Page by the editors at BEEF magazine includes links to the U.S. Drought Monitor, the Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation and several university sites. See it at beefmagazine.com/drought-management-resources. A drought calculator is available online at nd.nrcs.usda.gov/technical/Drought_ Calculator.html. Development of the Drought Calculator (DC) has been a collaborative process involving U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service in Fort Collins, Colo., USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service and North Dakota State University Central Grasslands Research Extension Center. Funding was provided by the USDA Risk Management Agency. Utilizing precipitation information, the DC was developed to help ranchers and other rangeland managers assess the impacts of drought on forage production, enabling them to make better informed decisions as to alternative drought strategies. The Managing Drought Risk on the Ranch website (drought.unl.edu/ranchplan/ Overview.aspx) offers step-by-step instructions in writing a drought plan and profiles producers in different states and how they’ve managed before, during and after drought. HW

planning you do early is definitely beneficial. This website is focused on defining drought options before the drought happens.” She adds, “Then if your monitoring indicates a drought situation, the plan is there and the stress and uncertainty has less of an impact on your decision.” HW

Editor’s Note: Access the Managing Drought Risk on the Ranch website at drought.unl.edu/ranchplan. The U.S. Drought Monitor map is available at droughtmonitor.unl.edu and the Drought Impact Reporter is available at droughtreporter. unl.edu.

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Training Cattle to Eat Weeds by Troy Smith

sn’t it a shame that weeds grow so fast and so well? Even during drought, when good grasses suffer, many weed species seem to thrive. It’s too bad cattle producers have to invest in mechanical and chemical control methods, trying to rid pastures of pesky plants that grazing animals shun. It’s a shame, because many, if not most, broadleaf and grassy weeds are just as nutritious as the forages cattle favor. Analysis shows many common weeds pack as much or more protein punch than cultivated forage crops. The protein content and digestibility of green and growing weeds often compares with that of alfalfa. Most winter annual, summer annual and perennial weeds would satisfy the crude protein requirements of beef cattle. Considering their high leaf surface areas, relative to stems, many weed species could produce a significant volume of forage too, if the cattle would eat it. Many cattle folk have seen cattle prune the buds or blossoms from weedy plants. And some grazing managers apply prescribed grazing strategies to make animals eat targeted weeds. In many situations, however, cattle are too selective to put a dent in a healthy crop of weeds. Kathy Voth, a Loveland, Colo.‑based animal behaviorist and consultant, says it doesn’t have to be that way. Since 2004 Voth has been teaching cattle to be less picky and consume more of their pasture smorgasbord, including the weeds. Over the last nine grazing seasons, Voth has visited stock farms and ranches in seven states and two Canadian provinces

the other way around. Foods taste good or bad because of the nutrients or toxins in the plant and the animal’s physical condition. As an animal’s physical condition changes, so do the kinds of foods it prefers.”

The training process

to train grazing animals to eat various species of weeds. She shows cattle producers how to apply the step-by-step training process she has developed. It’s based on knowledge Fred Provenza and his Utah State University colleagues gleaned from researching how animals choose what to eat.

Why cows eat what they eat According to Voth, the research suggests animals first learn from their mothers. Calves will learn to graze the same plants their dams graze. They’ll learn from other

“In general an animal eats more of foods high in nutrients and less of foods low in nutrients or high in toxins. So flavor is based on palatability, and not the other way around.“ — Kathy Voth 66

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cattle too, but their mothers are the primary influence. Secondly, animals choose foods on the basis of palatability. When preferred foods become scarce, they will sample new things. The “decision” to eat a new food again is based on “feedback” from the digestive system to the brain regarding the nutrients and toxins in the particular food. “The brain matches feedback to the taste and smell of a food and then categorizes that taste and smell as good or bad, based on its nutritional value,” explains Voth. “The brain considers the changing nutritional needs of the animal and adjusts how much and what kind of food the animal eats to take advantage of the nutrients and toxins in a food. “In general an animal eats more of foods high in nutrients and less of foods low in nutrients or high in toxins. So flavor is based on palatability, and not

Voth’s method of training animals to eat a particular weed species takes eight to 10 hours spread out over a seven-day period. Her tools include empty plastic supplement tubs (250-lb. size) and eight different types of feeds known to be highly palatable. Voth uses various types of bagged feeds available at local feed stores. They could include grains and pellets or cubes made from alfalfa, beet pulp, distiller’s grains and other ingredients. Variety is good. “Pick things that have different flavors, smells, sizes, shapes and textures,” advises Voth. “By introducing lots of different things, animals will get used to the idea that food can come in different forms. I use one 50-lb. bag of feed, per 25 animals, at each feeding.” During the first four days of the training period, cattle trainees are fed in the morning and again in the afternoon or evening. A different type of feed is introduced at each feeding. Voth says it’s important to develop a routine. It helps to feed them at about the same time each morning and each night with the same person(s) driving the same vehicle and doing things in the same way. She also recommends calling the cattle to feed by voice or car horn, for example. This helps build expectation among the trainees. “In effect, you’re creating a “language” that includes visual and audible cues telling my trainees, ‘Here they come again. I bet they’re bringing good stuff! We should run over there and eat whatever it is,’” grins Voth. Day five is the feeding when the targeted weed will be introduced to the trainees, so a Hereford.org

supply of that plant will have to be picked. However, Voth puts nothing in the tubs that morning. She says skipping one feeding actually helps keep animals coming to the tubs and actually reinforces the learning process. Voth cites behavioral research showing that when animals receive an intermittent reward for performing a certain action, they will keep trying until they get the reward. For example, a laboratory rat can learn that a feed pellet will appear every time he presses a lever. If the rat later receives his reward only part of the time, he will still take every opportunity to press the lever, in anticipation of the reward. “Translated to the cattle training, when I skip that morning feeding, I start the process of ensuring they don’t quit coming to the tubs,” explains Voth. For day five’s evening feeding, Voth places about half a bag of familiar feed in each tub along with some of the targeted weed species. A small amount will do — just enough so they can sample the weed. Trainees may not eat all of it, but that’s okay. On day six Voth provides an afternoon feeding of about onequarter bag of familiar feed per tub mixed with more of the targeted weeds. On day seven the tubs are loosely filled with weeds only. In Voth’s experience, if cattle will eat weeds from the tubs, they will also start grazing those same weeds in the pasture. Voth says trainees may even start grazing the targeted weed soon after it was first introduced to the feeding tubs. She advises producers to look for the evidence. By observing what cattle are grazing, producers may see that the number of times weeds are fed in tubs can be reduced. “Watch for bitten off leaves and stems,” suggests Voth. “As soon as I see evidence of grazed weeds, I end the training.” Voth tells producers to train cattle to eat one weed species at a time. Conduct training early in the targeted weed’s growing season, rather than after weeds become overly mature. If producers wish to train the cattle to graze more than one targeted weed, another species can be introduced as soon as cattle start eating the first one. It usually isn’t necessary to start the process over from the beginning. Often, just throwing some of that next targeted weed into the tubs is enough to get them to sample it. However, Voth and the producers she’s worked with usually find that “educated” cattle will start, on their own to sample some other types of weeds while grazing. In the beginning, Voth often trained cattle in a dry lot setting, but she now recommends conducting the Hereford.org

training in a pasture where they can start grazing weeds as soon as they develop a taste for them. Since calves learn from their mothers and all cattle are life-long learners that copy their herd mates, the trained cattle will teach “uneducated” cattle that weeds are an acceptable part of the forage mix. Voth has trained up to 110 cow-calf pairs, but smaller groups — say 25 or 50 — are easier, if only because weeds have to be collected and fed in tubs during training. She recommends training groups of at least 10 or 12 animals, since competition for feed in the tubs is a factor. For practical application, a producer might consider training groups of breeding heifers. Training can be accomplished with portable feedbunks, but Voth says plastic tubs offer advantages. They are easy to handle with little if any extra equipment. Cattle can’t see what’s in a tub until they stick their heads inside. And because only a few animals can put their heads inside at the same time (usually three cows or yearlings), feeding in tubs spurs competition for the feed, including the weeds placed there.

Realistic expectations When producers decide to train cattle to eat weeds, Voth advises them to have realistic expectations. Typically, cattle will graze weeds a little bit at the start, but consumption should increase over time. As cattle become more “openminded” and consider weeds to be palatable forage, they often graze them down to a similar height as the other forages they are grazing. With regard to poisonous weeds, Voth does not recommend targeting highly toxic plants. She advises producers to become familiar with the weeds common to their locality and target weeds that can safely become part of a grazed forage diet. Voth says all plants contain some toxins and relatively few species are extremely dangerous to cattle. Most cases of toxicosis occur when cattle consume too much of certain toxic plants because of a lack of other forage. Research shows, says Voth, that when there is adequate mixed forage available, cattle have the ability to vary their diet according to the levels of nutrients and toxins present in the plants. Applying Voth’s method, growing numbers of producers have reported success in training cattle to eat numerous species of troublesome weeds. The list includes various thistles, spotted knapweed and even leafy spurge. Consequently, Voth is frequently asked whether grazing of weeds has had a significant impact on subsequent weed populations. As many

Training cattle to eat weeds is a simple process using empty supplement tubs.

product advertisements state, actual results may vary, depending on overall grazing management. But Voth’s method really isn’t about killing weeds. It’s about taking advantage of a potential forage source. She cites economist John Morley’s findings that, based on average pasture weed populations, if a producer’s cattle eat just 70% of the available weeds, that producer would have about 43% more forage.

“People often ask if teaching cattle to eat them will eradicate weeds,” says Voth. “If cattle eat them, does it matter?” HW Editor’s Note: More information about training cattle to eat weeds can be obtained from Kathy Voth’s website, livestockforlandscapes.com.

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Dealing with This summer farmers and ranchers were hungry for information and tips on how to deal with the drought. Here, we summarize some of the releases our Hereford World team received.

Drought has a potential three-year “tail” Livestock producers who fail to properly manage the drought could find themselves dealing with the consequences long after the rains return, says Ron Lemenager, a Purdue Extension beef specialist. Exceptionally high temperatures and extremely low rainfall have combined to stress livestock and reduce their feed supplies. Producers can take steps to manage a situation that might cost some money now but could pay off in big ways in the long run. “The tail on this can be pretty long if we don’t manage things right in a drought year,” Ron Lemenager said. “One thing that I think is really important for producers to consider this year is body condition. If you use condition scores of these cows as a barometer of where you’re at nutritionally, we can’t do much about the heat or drought, but we can make sure we don’t have any nutritional deficiencies.” In a drought year, forages are low in both quality and quantity, situations that can leave cows thin and undernourished. Less-thanoptimal body conditions can have reproductive consequences not only this year but next year as well. Heat stress coupled with poor nutrition can create a double whammy by lowering oocyte and sperm quality, as well as embryo survival if fertilization does occur, Lemenager said. “The environmental conditions we are experiencing have ratcheted stress forward into the heart of the breeding season for

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those that calve in the spring, meaning it’s very probable we’ll see more open cows than normal this fall,” he said. Lemenager said the likely increase in open cows this year means producers need to pregnancy-check cows to minimize the use of expensive feeds. When forages are in short supply, there is little reason for producers to feed nonproductive animals. Instead, they can consider marketing culled cows earlier than normal to take advantage of higher market prices. “If we’re short on forage we have the option of sliding by, but if cows are thin going into the fall, fewer will be bred, calves will be lighter at weaning time this year and fewer calves will be born next year,” Lemenager said. “Then, if cows are thin heading into next breeding season, fewer cows will be bred and colostrum quality will be lower, meaning a lower calf survival rate which affects productivity in years two and three.” To avoid the three-year “tail,” he said producers might need to pay the price now to supplement feed and make sure cows are healthy and in moderate body condition. Healthy cows will breed better and can shorten the time producers face fallout from the drought. In addition to monitoring body condition, Lemenager and Purdue Extension forage specialist Keith Johnson offered producers a list of steps they can take to manage drought and heat stress:

Hereford breeders from across the Midwest were affected by the drought. This photo was taken July 4 at Van Newkirk Herefords, near Oshkosh, Neb. The Van Newkirk family weaned the following week after having only 3 inches of rain in 12 months.

• Avoid overgrazing and

employ rotational grazing.

• Creep-feed calves to create

near normal weaning weights.

• Early-wean calves to take pressure off of both cows and pastures.

• Use alternative feeds to supplement and stretch forage supplies.

• Limit hay access time to stretch forage supplies.

• Limit-feed a high-concentrate

diet to stretch forage supplies.

• Identify and manage

• Graze crop residues and

• Establish summer annuals

• Use drought-stressed corn for

poisonous plants in pastures and hay fields. to increase late-season forage production.

• Pregnancy-check and market

cull cows earlier than normal to reduce feed needs.

• Inventory hay and other

stockpiled forages to reduce harvested feed needs. grazing, green chop or silage.

• Make sure cattle have access

to a clean, cool water supply.

• Moisten the soil around ground rods of electric fences.

feed resources.

• Analyze feeds for nutrient

— Purdue University

profiles to help determine supplemental feed needs.

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Drought conditions make corn dangerous to feed to livestock As the hot summer and severe drought continue across much of the Midwest, thousands of farmers are being forced to abandon ruined corn crops. With much of the year’s corn crop expected to yield much less grain than anticipated, many farmers are left to harvest their fields early to salvage what nutritional value they can to feed their animals, especially cattle. Tim Evans, an associate professor of veterinary pathobiology and toxicology section head at the Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory at the University of Missouri (MU) College of Veterinary Medicine, warns farmers and livestock producers that droughtdamaged corn plants can pose a risk to animal health. “During severe drought conditions, corn plants, especially those heavily fertilized with nitrogen, can accumulate a chemical called ‘nitrate,’” Evans said. “This chemical can be very harmful to animals, especially

cattle, if they eat corn plants or other vegetation containing too much nitrate. Eating plants with too much nitrate can cause damage to red blood cells, resulting in lethargy, miscarriage, and even sudden death.” Evans says that in normal conditions, corn crops typically absorb nitrate into only the lower 12-18 inches of the stalk, which does not have to be fed to animals. However, during severe drought conditions, high concentrations of nitrate can accumulate in the upper portions of the stalk, which cattle and other livestock often eat. Evans also says that many naturally growing plants and weeds in grazing pastures can accumulate nitrate during drought conditions, as well. These plants include many types of grasses and some weeds, which animals might be forced to eat because of limited pasture or hay available as forage for livestock. Evans encourages farmers to test the nitrate levels of their crops and pastures before allowing their

animals to eat any of the plants. In addition, Evans suggests that corn plants being harvested early for making silage, which generally contain lower concentrations of nitrate, should be tested for nitrate prior to and after fermentation to determine the concentrations of nitrate being fed to cattle. “…farmers should definitely contact their local Extension offices for help in the preliminary stages of testing the nitrate concentrations in their crops,” Evans said. “…Extension workers have their boots on the ground all across the state and are truly a valuable resource for farmers who are worried about their crops and livestock.” Evans says that high nitrate levels in plants are generally not a danger to humans but only to ruminant animals such as cattle, which eat very large amounts of plant material daily. — University of Missouri

Preconditioning strategies for drought-stricken areas The U.S. Drought Monitor continues to show the spread of severe and extreme drought into larger areas of cow-calf country. Producers are seeing the effects of more heat, reduced forage quality and dwindling water supplies in cows and calves. Three Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica Inc. (BIVI) professional services veterinarians share regional insights and recommendations to help producers work through the fall preconditioning challenges.

Northern High Plains Dr. Travis Van Anne, BIVI senior professional services veterinarian based in western Nebraska, says at this point calves have experienced severe heat stress, and in many cases, producers will wean earlier than usual. “With the lack of feed resources, it may not be possible to do a 45-day wean on calves before they are sold,” says Dr. Van Anne. “However, we can help that calf handle the stress of weaning and immediate transport by making sure the calf is vaccinated and ready for disease challenges.” Assuming that calves received a clostridial vaccine, like Alpha-7®, at birth and a modified-live virus vaccine, such as Pyramid® 5 + Presponse® SQ, at pasture turn-out, Dr. Van Anne recommends the following preconditioning program this fall: Mineral: Three to four weeks before calves leave the ranch, make sure to offer a chelated or amino acid complex mineral free choice. Poor forage quality leads to lack of micronutrients; the mineral mix helps boost calves’ immune systems. Vaccination: Two to three weeks before calves are sold, give them another round of modified-live virus Hereford.org

respiratory vaccine that protects against viral and bacterial causes of bovine respiratory disease. He also recommends a booster to the clostridial vaccine. Parasite control: While calves are in the chute for vaccinations, don’t forget to use a pour-on deworming product to control internal and external parasites. Dr. Van Anne explains that if the parasite load is reduced, calves can have a better immune response to vaccinations. Dr. Van Anne says while it is tempting to skip vaccinations this fall due to high input costs, he cautions against that management practice. “Cattle buyers have good memories,” says Dr. Van Anne. “Northern High Plains producers have a reputation of producing high quality, healthy calves that go on to perform in the feedlot. Preconditioning calves with the right animal health products is good for the producer’s image, as well as the industry’s image. We don’t want to risk our reputation for a small cost savings.”

Southern High Plains Producers in the Southern High Plains are feeling the long-term effects of an extended drought. “We are experiencing an atypical year,” says Dr. Mac Devin, BIVI senior professional services veterinarian. “We are seeing a lot of immune function issues with calves this year.” Dr. Devin, based in central Texas, points out that if one counts back seven or eight months ago and looks at the stress those dams were under, that stress is showing up in the calves. The reduced forage quality and other drought stress affected the amount and quality of colostrum that

the cow produced in the last trimester. Past research has shown that calves not receiving an adequate amount of high quality colostrum were more prone to disease challenges, shares Dr. Devin. At the ranch level, Dr. Devin suggests that producers make sure to have a mineral mix in front of calves prior to vaccination to help the calves’ immune systems respond. “We want to make sure we don’t do anything that could impede the response to vaccination,” says Dr. Devin. Dr. Devin gives the following recommendations for calves arriving from stressed environments: Nutrients: Ensure that calves have access to fresh water and have adequate intake of feed and energy upon arrival. Handling: Don’t add to the stress; make sure to handle cattle quietly and efficiently. Vaccinations: Vaccinate calves with a modified-live virus vaccine, like PYRAMID 5 + PRESPONSE SQ, that protects against respiratory disease caused by BVD, BRSV, IBR and PI3 as well as Mannheimia haemolytica. “We do many of these things already, but this year it is really important that we follow through,” concludes Dr. Devin. “We need to recognize that we may have a subset of calves that won’t respond due to stress. We need to watch the calves closely, and follow up with a second dose of modified-live virus vaccine if needed.”

Southeastern states “We are really dry in the Southeast this year and our grass is really thin,” says Dr. Jody Wade, BIVI senior professional services veterinarian. “In many places, producers are already feeding hay.”

Dr. Wade, who is based in eastern Tennessee, says cattle, both cows and calves, may be nutritionally behind unless producers are supplementing due to short pastures. “We had some folks take advantage of higher calf prices when they pulled fall-born calves this spring and they skipped preconditioning,” explains Dr. Wade. “Unfortunately, those calves are now really struggling through the production cycle, whether at a stocker level or in a feedyard. “If it is at all possible, producers need to precondition their calves this fall,” stresses Dr. Wade. “Preconditioning sets calves up for success.” Dr. Wade makes the following recommendations for Southeastern producers preconditioning spring-born calves this fall: Minerals: The poor forage quality really puts emphasis back on providing the right mineral pack for the herd to provide key micronutrients. Use the right vaccines: Vaccinate to cover the big five viruses — BVD Types 1 & 2, BRSV, PI3 and IBR. It is also crucial to protect against clostridial disease and pasteurella. Wean at 45 days: If you have the ability to wean calves at 45 days, it really does provide the healthiest calf for the buyer. “Sickness and disease challenges in the next steps of the production cycle can be prevented with preconditioning,” says Dr. Wade. “If sickness rates are high for buyers it is bad for everyone, including the cowcalf producer. Reputation is everything in this business and preconditioning helps make a reputation calf.” For more information, please visit: bi-vetmedica.com — Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica Inc.

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Drought impacts on the cattle industry The beef industry has already experienced a number of difficult years characterized by declining cow numbers and per capita beef supplies. There was hope in the first half of this year that this downward production phase was coming to an end, but the drought of 2012 has erased those hopes, according to Purdue University Extension economist Chris Hurt. So, where is the cattle industry today, and what do we know about the impacts of this year’s drought? The midyear cattle inventory report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) indicated that beef cow numbers had dropped by an additional 3% over the past year. Since 2006, beef cow

numbers have dropped by 8% due to much higher feed prices and the long drought in the Southern Plains. The 2012 calf crop is expected to be down about 2% and also down 8% from 2006. Hurt said this year’s drought likely means further decreases in cow numbers over the next 12 to 14 months. “The impacts of the drought are just beginning to show up in some of the national data,” Hurt said. “We do know the direction, but not the final magnitude of those impacts. The cattle industry is negatively affected by feed costs and lack of availability of forages. Higher corn and soybean meal price have dropped the value of calves and

feeder cattle that will eventually go to the feedlots. Lack of pasture is also causing some early movement of cattle,” he said. Since feed prices started rising in mid-June, corn prices have increased around 60% and soybean meal prices are up 25%, Hurt reported. “Forage conditions have been horrible across the Midwest,” Hurt said. “At the end of July, pastures that were in ‘very-poor’ and ‘poor’ condition totaled from 82% to 98% for the states of Indiana, Illinois, Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska and Colorado. “There have been many reports of producers forced to feed hay that was intended for this winter’s forage supply.

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Those producers are hoping for latesummer rain that may restore some pasture this fall. If that does not come, a deeper liquidation of cows can be expected,” he said. Hurt reported that in the wake of high feed prices and uncertainty regarding forage availability, calf and feeder cattle prices plummeted. Oklahoma steer calf prices were $173 per hundredweight (cwt.) in mid-June and collapsed to $138 by late July. How much loss of value is that? A $35 per cwt. decline on a 550-lb. calf is nearly $200 per head reduction in value. Multiplying that across a national calf crop of 34.5 million head totals a potential decline in value of over $6 billion. Hurt said that it is still too early to count the actual damages, but this illustration shows it is likely large. Reduced value of calves and feed uncertainty will most likely result in further declines in cow numbers this fall and winter. National slaughter data so far during this drought indicate only modest increases in cow slaughter. However, most Midwest producers have had hay to feed, helping them to avoid panic liquidation. How the drought unfolds in coming months will influence how much cow liquidation occurs. More rain and, thus, grass will reduce liquidation. Continued drought will increase fall and winter cow culling. “The largest negative financial impacts of the drought will be felt by cow-calf producers and by feedlot managers who did not have feed prices locked in at the lower spring levels,” Hurt said. “Assuming most large feedlots are primarily hedged on feed and feeding margins, this means that moderate- and small-sized family feedlots are the primary category that suffered large losses. Some of those family farms may also have large losses from crops, especially if they did not have crop insurance, and thus could be in financial difficulty,” he said. Hurt said the message for cow-calf producers is to hold on to the cows, if possible. “The short-term losses of the next 12 to 14 months will be replaced by large profits in late 2013, 2014 and 2015. These anticipated ‘golden’ days are based on continued reductions in per capita beef supplies which will mean higher and higher retail beef prices; on an expected return to more normal crops in 2013 and beyond; and record-high calf prices and profits in late 2013 and beyond. The problem for some producers in a weakened financial condition is that they have to survive the pain in the short run to secure the prize in the long run,” Hurt said. Hurt said the message for family feedlot managers is “risk management.” Any thoughts of industry-wide expansion are pushed off for another year to late 2013, when pastures are restored and feed prices drop, Hurt said. The exception is for producers in areas of the country that have abundant forages. For them buying cows sold this fall by distressed owners appears to be a strategic move. — University of Illinois Hereford.org

Drought-damaged pastures require special care next spring Agricultural experts with The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation have words of wisdom for farmers and ranchers following the recent historic drought — be careful with your pastures. The record-setting drought rivaled the long maligned dry spells of the mid1950s and even the Dust Bowl period. Agricultural producers across the southern portion of the U.S. — 14 states in all — experienced varying degrees of drought conditions with Oklahoma and Texas receiving the brunt of the heat and lack of precipitation in 2011. Despite fall rainfall, ramifications of the drought were still being felt throughout the Southern Great Plains as farmers and ranchers prepared for the 2012 forage production season. (Forages are plants such as grasses and legumes that ruminant animals consume.) The hot, dry summer of 2011 left many pastures severely damaged and thin from overgrazing, meaning producers should take extra precautions this spring. “Livestock producers should be aware that the roots of forage plants have weakened, making them even more susceptible to any additional drought damage,” said James Rogers, assistant professor. “Even if favorable growing conditions return in 2012, producers should keep stocking rates reduced to give forages a chance to generate leaf growth and regenerate lost root mass.” Last fall, growing conditions improved somewhat in the region. Combined with overgrazed lands, these improved conditions resulted in a strong presence of cool-season annual grasses, such as ryegrass, in pastures typically dominated by warm-season grasses. “Cool-season grasses provide excellent early spring grazing or hay production, but can present a downside,” Rogers said. “However, if not removed by mid-May, these annuals will compete with and delay warm-season grass production, further hindering the drought recovery process.” Additionally, weakened pastures provide opportunity for weeds to come sooner and in greater numbers this spring. To prevent infestation, Rogers recommends producers begin scouting for weeds early and apply the appropriate herbicide for the target species, if necessary. “Failure to control weeds will result in reduced forage production and further stand thinning,” Rogers said. “Weed control is a serious topic that requires additional education. We encourage producers to get as much information on weed control as possible. They can call agricultural consultants at the Noble Foundation or a local county extension office.” Despite some positive indications this winter, the seasonal U.S. drought outlook (available at droughtmonitor.unl.edu) is predicting that drought conditions will Hereford.org

persist. “Even though many perennial grass stands in the Southern Great Plains have been weakened or damaged, pastures can recover with proper management,” Rogers said. “Producers must evaluate the current conditions of their pastures and assemble a plan, being mindful of the potential for drought, decrease in stocking rates and proper control of weeds and other annuals.” — The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation

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East Tennessee Polled Hereford Assn.

White Pine, Tenn.—Aug. 18 Auctioneer: Dale Stith Reported by: Tommy Coley 3.75 bulls - - - - - - - - - - - $5,725; average - - - - - - - - $1,527 46 females - - - - - - - - - $97,225; average - - - - - - - - - $2,114 49.75 lots - - - - - - - - - $102,950; average - - - - - - - - $2,069 FEMALES Chimney Top 4111 Ms Timely U21, 3/5/08, by DR World Class 517 10H, consigned by Chimney Top Herefords, Johnson City, to Double J Farm LLC, Fayetteville, N.C., and a September heifer calf by Harvie Dan T-Bone 196T to Lone Oak Farms, Madisonville - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - $4,350 THM TL’s Athena 1099 ET, 10/24/10, by THM Easy Choice 5052, consigned by Mead Cattle Enterprises, Midville, Ga., to Glenview Farms, Shinglehouse, Pa.- - - - - - - - - - - - $3,750 Walker Miss 427R 29P 7102, 10/11/07, by Mohican Royal Class 427R ET, and a February heifer calf by KCF Bennett M326 S342, consigned by Walker Polled Herefords, Morrison, to Riley Farm, Saluda, S.D. - - - - - - - - - - - - $3,150 Walker Miss 634L 6014 864, 4/20/08, by CMF 584T Frontier 634L, consigned by Walker Polled Herefords, to

Doug and Darrelyn Underwood, Campbellsville, Ky., and a November bull calf by SHF Wyatt P20 W193 to Tim Anderson, Chilhowie, Va.- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - $3,075 JWR L834 Demo Lady 111T, 9/4/07, by AB JWR Demolition 6008 3510, consigned by Notchey Creek Farms, Madisonville, to Cedar Creek Farms, Donalds, S.C., and an October heifer calf by MCF 128J Hi-Definition 908 ET to Parker Bros., Bradyville - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - $3,050

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Mays Lick, Ky.—Sept. 1 Auctioneer: Dale Stith Reported by: John Meents and Joe Rickabaugh .5 bull- - - - - - - - - - - - - $55,000; average - - - - - - - $110,000 57 females - - - - - - - - $214,875; average - - - - - - - - $3,770 57.5 lots - - - - - - - - - - $269,875; average - - - - - - - - $4,693 Additional lots 25 embryos- - - - - - - - - $12,875; average - - - - - - - - - - $515 BULL Boyd Masterpiece 0220, 3/3/10, by SHF Rib Eye M326 R117, to Genex Cooperative Inc., Shawano, Wis.; Berg Polled Herefords, Dalton, Ohio; Glenview Farms,

SALE SUMMARY (U.S. sales reported in this summary occurred during the 2011-12 fiscal year.) No. Bulls Females Total Sale Sales No. Avg. No. Avg. No. Gross Avg. Consignment 1 3.75 $1,527 46.00 $2,114 49.75 $102,950 $2,069 Production 3 8.75 $10,274 153.00 $4,187 161.75 $730,500 $4,516 Month Total 4 12.50 $7,650 199.00 $3,708 211.50 $833,450 $3,941 11/12 YTD 182 5,583.58 $4,671 5,607.00 $3,329 11,190.58 $44,746,555 $3,999 12/13 YTD 3 8.75 $10,2748 153.00 $4,187 161.75 $730,500 $4,516

Shinglehouse, Pa.; C.V. Ledbetter & Sons, Okmulgee, Okla.; Whaley Polled Herefords, Dalton, Ga.; River Valley Polled Herefords, Newburgh, Ontario; KPY Polled Herefords, Harvard, Ill.; Wells Bekins, Buffalo, Wyo.; Tom Perjack, Nashville, Ill., Slones’s River Bend, Nicholasville; and Oakwood Farm, Gallipolis, Ohio (½ interest)- - - - - - - - $55,000 FEMALES MSU TCF Rachael 22S ET, 2/18/06, by Feltons Legend 242, to Locust Grove Farm, Flemingsburg; Craig Ogle,

Shumway, Ill.; and Tegtmeier Polled Herefords, Burchard, Neb., and a November heifer calf by 552 Achievement 6138 ET to Wells Bekins- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - $17,500 CT Miss Mary Ellen 65W, 3/10/09, by SHF Rib Eye M326 R117, to C.V. Ledbetter & Sons, and a March heifer calf by TH 71U 719T Mr Hereford 11X, to Dvorak Herefords, Lake Andes, S.D. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - $10,300 Glenview 75R Belle 8739 ET, 12/6/07, by NJW 57G 80L Cash Advance 75R ET, consigned by Glenview Farms LLC, Shinglehouse, Pa., to Sunny Side Farm, Dresden, Ohio, and a May heifer calf by Glenview Beyond 7470 ET to Jared Aden, St. Joseph, Ill.- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - $8,700 SSF 5205 Future Lady 049, 2/3/10, by STAR Bright Future 533P ET, to Dvorak Herefords, and a January heifer calf by Boyd Worldwide 9050 ET, to Meadow Ridge Farm Inc., Broadway, Va. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - $8,100 WOLF Classy 606 R7 T7, 2/10/07, by DR World Class 517 10H, consigned by Wolf Farm, Alexandria, to Bremer Polled Herefords, Zumbro Falls, Minn., and an April heifer calf by TH 122 71I Victor 719T to One More Day Farm, Florence - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - $7,900

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Mooreland, Ind.—Sept. 2 Auctioneer: Cody Lowderman Reported by: John Meents and Dustin Layton .5 bulls- - - - - - - - - - - - $10,000; average - - - - - - - $20,000 31 females - - - - - - - - $209,150; average - - - - - - - - $6,747 31.5 lots - - - - - - - - - - - $219,150; average - - - - - - - - $6,957 Additional lots 7 steers- - - - - - - - - - - - $15,000; average - - - - - - - - - $2,143 BULL Showtime Exceed 230 ET, 4/21/12, by H Excel 8051 ET, to Garrett Kelly, Thorntown (½ interest)- - - - - - - - - - - $10,000 FEMALES Showtime Lex 218 ET, 3/24/12, by H Excel 8051 ET, to Gene Iager, Fulton, Md.- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - $30,000 Showtime Breathless 228 ET, 5/17/12, by H Excel 8051 ET, to Becca Chamberlin, Winchester - - - - - - - - - - $25,000 Showtime Ramsey ACC Clementine, 4/16/12, by H Excel 8051 ET, consigned by Showtime Cattle Co. and Ramsey’s Herefords, Greenfield, to Lindsey Pugh, Louisville, Ohio- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - $17,000 Showtime Sugar Momma 227, 5/11/12, by H Excel 8051 ET, to Dalton Davis, Thorntown- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - $15,000 Showtime Heartbreaker 212, 2/25/12, by H Excel 8051 ET, to Lindsey Pugh- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - $13,000 AA Ramsey Allison 0134, 5/21/10, by CRR About Time 743, consigned by Ramsey’s Herefords, to T-Bone Ranch, Antonito, Colo., and a May heifer calf by AA Powerload, to Kimberly Holmes, Markleville- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - $9,700 Showtime Lucky Me 213, 3/7/12, by H Excel 8051 ET, to Walker Theuret, Kenedy, Texas- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - $9,000

Parker Bros. Polled Herefords

Bradyville, Tenn.—Sept. 3 Auctioneer: Eddie Burks Reported by: Tommy Coley 7.75 bulls- - - - - - - - - - - $24,900; average - - - - - - - - $3,213 65 females - - - - - - - - $216,575; average - - - - - - - - $3,332 72.75 lots - - - - - - - - - $241,475; average - - - - - - - - $3,319 FEMALES DKM Ms 606 Lady Boomer 1030 ET, 2/18/10, by PW Victor Boomer P606, to Roy Barnes, Marietta, Ga.- - $8,000 DKM 817 Miss Gwen 1043, 3/19/10, by DKM Mr Legendary Man 817, to Albin Farms, Newman, Ill., and a February heifer calf by MSU TCF Revolution 4R to White Columns Farm, N. Augusta, S.C. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - $5,250 WPH 71I 6035 8017, 3/3/08, by DRF JWR Prince Victor 71I, to Wagon Wheel Ranch, Rutherfordton, N.C., and a January heifer calf by TH 65R 45P Tank 48W to D.J. Moore, Bradyville- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - $5,000 Destin Meeka 67J F171 ET, 2/1/07, by Mohican Eureka 67J, to Fred Adams, Readyville, and a December heifer calf by TH 65R 45P Tank 48W, to Mud Creek Farms, Wartburg - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -$4,900 DKM 743 Miss Nicole 1032, 2/22/10, by CRR About Time 743, to Gordon Farms, Danville, Ky., and a January heifer calf by MSU TCF Revolution 4R, to Shope Farms, Cleveland - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -$4,850 HW

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Jackson Hereford Farms 64 Indian Ave., Mechanicsville, IA 52306 LeRoy 563-432-6969 Buell 563-432-6962 cdj@netins.net FOR SALE - BULLS, FEMALES, SHOW STEERS AND HEIFERS (HORNED AND POLLED) Registered Herefords Since 1890

Selling a half-brother to this popular champion that is slick fronted, thick and hairy.

HEREFORDS Rod, Sue, Lisa and Sarah Stream 51590 State Hwy. 14 Chariton, IA 50049 641-774-8124 641-203-2648 Cell streamcattle@hotmail.com www.streamcattle.com

The Tom and Jo Heidt Family 3388 240th St. Lockridge, IA 52635 Cell 608-574-2309

WIDE ANGLE

ST. CLAIR HAY AND CATTLE

Dick and Rosalee St. Clair Jefferson, Iowa 515-386-2795 Home 515-370-1261 Cell www.stclairhayandcattle.com

Ray, Jerry and Mike Sorensen Box 221, Greenfield, IA 50849 Mike 641-745-7949 Jerry 712-579-1511 Ray 641-745-2231 515-386-2795 lpi@mchsi.com www.mikesorensenfamily.com

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From the Past… NPH 512 The Stocker 10H NPH 20X Spartan 20N

To the Present…

NPH New Horizon 719T x Online 122L

Watch for New Horizon in Louisville along with our consignment to the Bluegrass Stakes Sale. Jeff and Becky Neal 269-209-2038 7250 Wolf Rd. Bellevue, MI 49021 nealsherefords@yahoo.com

cattlealley@gmail.com

cbehnke@tycoint.com

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Phil and Chris Rottman 2148 S. Croswell • Fremont, MI 49412 231-924-5776 • pcr@ncats.net www.pcrherefords.com

greatlakesherefordbeef@gmail.com

Hereford.org

NOW IS THE TIME… DON’T WAIT T his

country is going socialistic as fast as the current administration can take us :

• $7 billion in wasted funds • Welfare benefits with no requirements to work • Socialized health care

• Loss of prayer in schools • Restrictions on the 10 Commandments

and much more if we rest on our fat laurels .

Let’s get America back on the right track to keep what our forefathers worked so hard to obtain.

Fauquier Farm

Bob and Lucy Kube 6470 Beverleys Mill Rd., Broad Run, VA 20137 540-347-4343 • 540-905-2667 Cell rfkube@verizon.net

Heritage Hill Farm Dustin, Emma and Addison Heeter 2142 Auen Rd. Saltsburg, PA 15681 724-639-9159 Cell 724-433-2730

heritagehillherefords@gmail.com

Dan Snyder, cell 240-447-4600 Seth Snyder, cell 240-405-6049 654 Cold Spring Rd. Gettysburg, PA 17325-7335 717-642-9199 herefordcattle@stoneridgemanor.com

Douglas and Melissa Harrison 2184 Hillyard Dr. Broadway, VA 22815 540-896-5004 harrisonmeadow@aol.com

SIDSROLLINGHILLS@hughes.net

www.stoneridgemanor.com

HAUSNER CATTLE CO.

Meadow Ridge Farms Inc.

Sid Rogers 420 N. Hayfield Rd. Winchester, VA 22603-3426 540-888-3134 Cell 540-539-3352

J.P., Tina, Zane and Tara

The Baldwins 2 Church View Rd. Millersville, MD 21108 443-871-0573

5807 W. Canal Rd. Thomasville, PA 17364 717-259-9992 Cell 717-465-1584 tjhausner@cs.com www.hausnercattlecompany.com

Check us out on facebook.com

All Seasons Farm

Red Oak Point Farm

28589 Brick Row Dr. Oxford, MD 21654 Wes Schuman 443-496-0946

Harry and Karen Taylor 10402 Stewart Neck Rd. Princess Anne, MD 21853 410-651-4486 allseasonsfarm@gmail.com

BEARDANCE Slaytons’ Hereford and Angus Performance Seedstock J. Paul and Bette Slayton 2272 Dibert Rd. Bedford, PA 15522 814-723-0772 717-805-1376 Cell pslayton@meyersfood.com slayton@bcda.org

KNOLL CREST FARM

“Serving the beef industry since 1944” 17659 Red House Rd. Red House, VA 23963 Office 434-376-3567 Fax 434-376-7008 James D. Bennett 434-376-7299 Paul S. Bennett 434-376-5675 Jim G. Bennett 434-376-5760 Brian R Bennett 434-376-5309 knollcrest@hughes.net

Hereford.org

October 2012 /

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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1 Wooden Shoe Farms Dispersion, Blackfoot, Idaho 2 Whispering Pine Farm BuyHereford.com Internet Auction, Kimball, Minn. 3 Fryeburg Fair Hereford Show, Fryeburg, Maine 4 Tulsa State Fair Jr. Hereford Steer Show, Tulsa, Okla. 5 Dixie Classic Fair Hereford Show, Winston-Salem, N.C. 5 Keystone Nat’l Hereford Show, Harrisburg, Pa. 6 Breeders Classic Sale at Stone Ridge Manor, Gettysburg, Pa. 6 Colyer Herefords Internet Heifer Sale and Mature Cow Herd Dispersion, Bruneau, Idaho 6 Georgia National Fair Jr. Heifer Show, Perry 6 Journagan Ranch/Missouri State Un., Springfield, Mo. 6-7 Ohio Hereford Futurity Show, Wooster 6 Tulsa State Fair Jr. Hereford Show, Tulsa, Okla. 7 Badger Southern Select Sale, Burlington, Wis. 7 Georgia National Fair Jr. Steer Show, Perry 7 Keystone Int’l Livestock Expo Jr. Hereford Show, Harrisburg, Pa. 8 Baldy Maker Bull Sale, McArthur, Calif. 8 WLB Livestock Internet Heifer Sale, Douglas, Manitoba 9 Powell Herefords, Ft. McKavett, Texas 10 Lambert Ranch/Sonoma Mountain Herefords, Kenwood, Calif. 11 Dudley Bros. Bull Sale, Comanche, Texas 12 State Fair of Texas Hereford Shows, Dallas 13 Alabama Nat’l Fair Open and Jr. Hereford Shows, Montgomery 13 Maryland Hereford Assn., Frederick 13 North Carolina State Fair Jr. Hereford Show, Raleigh 13 Remitall West, Olds, Alberta 13 State Fair of Texas Jr. Hereford Show, Dallas 14 Arkansas State Fair Hereford Show, Little Rock 14 C&M Herefords Show Heifer Internet Sale, Nara Visa, N.M. 14 Purple Reign Internet Sale, Toulon, Ill. 14 Ridgeview Farms, Alto, Mich. 15 The Berry’s, Cheyenne, Wyo. 15 Michigan State Un. Complete Dispersal, E. Lansing, Mich. 16 Harvie Ranching Internet Sale, Olds, Alberta 16 Nelson Land & Cattle Semen and Embryo BuyHereford.com Internet Auction, Marietta, Okla. 16 Switzerland of Ohio Polled Hereford Assn. Annual Banquet, Belle Valley 17 North Carolina State Fair Hereford Show, Raleigh

17 Northern Int’l Livestock Expo Hereford Show, Billings, Mont. 18 South Carolina State Fair Hereford Show, Columbia 19 Grand Nat’l Stock Show Hereford Show, Daly City, Calif. 19-20 Star Lake Cattle Ranch Complete Dispersal, Skiatook, Okla. 19 W4 Ranch, Morgan, Texas 19-20 West River Livestock Show Hereford Show, Dickinson, N.D. 20 ANL & Guests, Steelman, Saskatchewan 20 Buck Cattle Co., Madill, Okla. 20 C&T Cattle Co., Kisbey, Saskatchewan 20 A. Goff & Sons, Harrisville, W.Va. 20 Grand Nat’l Stock Show Jr. Hereford Show, Daly City, Calif. 20 Heartland Genetic Blend Sale, Perryville, Mo. 20 South Carolina State Fair Jr. Hereford Show, Columbia 21 Blair Athol, Haroldsons and Friends, Arcola, Saskatchewan 21 Deppe Bros. Online Hereford Sale, Maquoketa, Iowa 21 Langford/Copeland Female Sale, Okmulgee, Okla. 22 Square D Herefords, Langbank, Saskatchewan 23 JR Beef, Rodney Drake, BuyHereford.com Internet Auction, Apache, Okla. 23 Kentucky Hereford Assn., Stanford 23 Kentucky Hereford-Influenced Feeder Calf Sale, Stanford 23 Strang Herefords, Meeker, Colo. 24 Micheli Herefords, Ft. Bridger, Wyo. 24 Texas Hereford Assn., Buffalo 26 State Fair of Louisiana Open and Jr. Hereford Shows, Shreveport 27 Crittendon Bros. Polled Herefords, Imperial, Saskatchewan 27 Debter Hereford Farm Sale, Horton, Ala. 27 Mohican Polled Herefords & Guests, Glenmont, Ohio 27 Oregon’s Cascade Spectacular, Redmond 27 South Texas Hereford Assn., Beeville 28 Hausner Cattle Co., Thomasville, Pa. 28 Red Carpet Sale, Wilton, Calif. 28 Reynolds Herefords, Huntsville, Mo.

1 Bar JB Ranch, Olds, Alberta 2-3 American Hereford Assn. Annual Meeting, Kansas City, Mo. 2 Innisfail Farm Bull Sale, Madison, Ga. 3 Burns Farms Bull and Commercial Female Sale, Pikeville, Tenn. 3 Ladies of the Royal Sale, Kansas City, Mo. 3 Michigan Hereford Assn. Show, E. Lansing 4 American Royal Nat’l Hereford Show, Kansas City, Mo. 7 Falling Timber Farm BuyHereford.com Internet Auction, Marthasville, Mo. 9 South Dakota Hereford Assn. Annual Meeting, Brookings 9 Virginia Hereford Assn. Annual Meeting, Harrisonburg 10 Grandview/CMR, Como, Miss. 10 Pride of the Pasture Sale, Freeport, Ill. 10 South Dakota Hereford Assn., Brookings 10 Virginia Hereford Assn., Harrisonburg 10 Mid-Atlantic Jr. Round-Up Show, Harrisonburg, Va. 11 North American Int’l Livestock Exposition Nat’l Jr. Hereford Show, Louisville 13 McMullin-Spearhead BuyHereford.com Internet Auction, Copperas Cove, Texas 14 Barber Ranch Bull Sale, San Saba, Texas 14 Bluegrass Stakes Heifer Sale, Louisville 14 Montana Hereford Assn. Hereford-Influenced Feeder Calf Sale, Three Forks 15 Genoa Livestock BuyHereford.com Internet Auction, Minden, Nev. 15-21 Justamere Ranch/Leveldale Polled Herefords Online Sale, Manitoba 15 Largent and Sons, Kaycee, Wyo. 15 North American Int’l Livestock Exposition Nat’l Hereford Show, Louisville 16 Fenton Hereford Ranch, Irma, Alberta 17 California/Nevada Polled Hereford Assn., Plymouth, Calif.

Proven Results

Proven and Experienced

Dunlap, Iowa 800-475-5902

C&L Advantage M326 22S ET

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

www.sullivansupply.com

2300 N. Cameron St., Harrisburg, PA 17110 717-787-2905, keystoneinternational.state.pa.us Show date: Oct. 5 Entry deadline: Aug. 31 Judge: Kyle and Drew Perez, Nara Visa, N.M.

1701 American Royal Court, Kansas City, MO 64102 816-221-9800, americanroyal.com Show date: Nov. 4 Entry deadline: Sept. 10 Judge: Murray Andrews, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan

Ladies of the Royal Sale — Nov. 3

Semen: $20/Straw

C&L DOUBLE TIME 452M 9B

Sire: BT Butler 452M • Dam: WBF Lady Dom F243 6T PREDICTABLE, PROVEN CALVING EASE

HEREFORD RANCH

920-474-7403 • 262-617-6346 Cell www.cnlfarm.com • cnlfarm@execpc.com

Keystone International Livestock Exposition

American Royal National Hereford Show

BW 1.1 WW 45 76 YW MM 26 M&G 48

HEREFORD RANCH

Livestock Grooming Supplies

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BW 3.3 67 WW YW 96 21 MM M&G 55 FAT 0.018 REA 0.67 MARB 0.28

SULLIVAN SUPPLY Hillsboro, Texas 800-588-7096

28 Tri-State Elite Sale, Canfield, Ohio 29 Hill-Vue Farm, Blairsville, Ga. 30 BuyHereford.com Internet Auction 30 Great Plains Hereford Sale, Russell, Kan.

920-474-7403 • 262-617-6346 Cell www.cnlfarm.com • cnlfarm@execpc.com

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December _________________________________ 1-2 Badger Classic Show, Milwaukee, Wis. 1 California/Nevada Hereford Assn. General Membership Meeting, Reno, Nev. 1 Hoosier Beef Congress, Indianapolis, Ind. 1 Missouri Hereford Assn. Annual Meeting, Sedalia 1 North Dakota Hereford Assn., Valley City 2 Missouri Hereford Assn. Opportunity Sale, Sedalia 5 Brillhart Ranch Co., Bull Sale, Musselshell, Mont. 6-8 Western Nugget Nat’l Hereford Show, Reno, Nev. 7 Knoll Crest Bull Sale, Red House, Va. 7 Minnesota Hereford Breeders Annual Meeting and Banquet, Hutchinson 8 Buckeye Holiday Hereford Sale, Hillsboro, Ohio 8 Minnesota Hereford Breeders, Hutchinson 8 Myers Hereford Farm, Statesville, N.C. 8 Western Nugget Nat’l Hereford Sale, Reno, Nev. 27 Arizona National Hereford Show, Phoenix 27 BuyHereford.com Internet Auction HW

Jones

Hereford Ranch

P.O. Box 242, Paris, MO 65275 660-327-4500 For Sale: 60 Herd Bull Editions

NORTHFORK COWS WORK

NORTHFORK RANCH Galen Krieg

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

North American International Livestock National Western Stock Show 4655 Humboldt St., Denver, CO 80216 Exposition National Hereford Show P.O. Box 36367, Louisville, KY 40233 502-595-3166, livestockexpo.org Show date: Nov. 15 Entry deadline: Oct. 1 Judge: Kyle Colyer, Bruneau, Idaho

Bluegrass Stakes Sale — Nov. 14

Western Nugget National Hereford Show

1405 Crown Dr., Reno, NV 89503, 775-747-8917, 775-722-6116, nuggethereford.com Show dates: Dec. 6-8 Entry deadline: Early, Oct. 15; Final, Oct. 30 Judge: Lee Haygood, Canadian, Texas

Western Nugget Hereford Sale — Dec. 8

17 Nebraska Hereford Assn. Annual Meeting, Grand Island 17 Show-Me Polled Hereford Classic, Windsor, Mo. 17 Spencer Herefords Bull and Commercial Heifer Sale, Brewster, Neb. 18 California/Nevada Polled Hereford Assn. Jr. Jackpot Show, Plymouth, Calif. 18 Nebraska Hereford Assn. Show Steer and Heifer Sale, Grand Island 24 Able Acres, Wingate, Ind. 25 Hereford Holiday Sale, Clinton, Ill. 27 Anderson Family Herefords, Aetna, Alberta 27 BuyHereford.com Internet Auction 30 North Dakota Hereford Assn. Annual Meeting, Valley City

800-336-6977, nationalwestern.com Show dates: Jan. 17-19 Jan. 17 - Juniors, Bulls and Sale; Jan. 18 - Carloads/ Pens and Sale; Jan. 19 - Females Entry deadline: Nov. 21 Judge: Hampton Cornelius, LaSalle, Colo. Carloads/Pens judges: Blake Oschner, Torrington, Wyo.; Brooke Bieber, Onida, S.D.; and Bill Goehring, Libertyville, Iowa

Mile High Night Hereford Sale — Jan. 17-18

Southwestern Exposition National Hereford Show

P.O. Box 150, Ft. Worth, TX 76101 817-877-2400, fwstockshowrodeo.com Show date: Feb. 4 Entry deadline: Nov. 15 Judges: Randy and Jamie Mullinix, Toulon, Ill. HW Hereford.org

Breeding for Consistent Quality

HUTH 17Y PROSPECTOR JO13 • BW -0.3; WW 52; YW 84; MM 12; M&G 38 A true “curve bender“ • Powerful RRH Mr Felt 3008 son, a perfect bull for heifers • Top 1% for SC, BMI$, BII$, CHB$ Index BW and CEZ$ Index • Semen Available — Contact the farm or contact Reed Enterprises 660-527-3507

Our Goals: • Calving ease • Excellent growth • Plentiful milk • Muscle • Quiet dispositions

BBC FARMS

Bruce and Bonnie Clemence S104 W15379 Loomis Dr. Muskego, WI 53150 414-425-8134 bbcfarms@gmail.com www.bbcfarms.com Visitors are always welcome!

WISCONSIN HEREFORD BREEDERS

Wiswell Family Registered Polled Herefords

Kegley Farms

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W891 Honey Creek Rd. Burlington, WI 53105 Farm 262-642-5283

Grant, Judy, Sid Jena, and Morgan Wiswell N5920 Connaughton Ln. Kurt and Jenni Kegley Elkhorn, WI 53121 414-254-2379 262-723-4861 Terry and Dianne Kegley 262-215-6499 cell 262-470-7931 wizsph@elknet.net kjkegley@yahoo.com www.kegleyfarms.com

BOETTCHER'S BROOKVIEW ACRES Butch and Maryellen W16163 U.S. Hwy. 10 Fairchild, WI 54741 715-597-2036 Brandon 715-533-2470 Garritt 715-586-0033 Michael 414-339-2516 Ryan, Tiff and Andrew Timm 507-433-1183 cmboettcher@centurytel.net www.brookviewacres.com

HUTH

Polled Herefords Jerry, Maryann, Michael and Karl Huth W9096 County Trunk AS Oakfield, WI 53065 920-583-3223 Fax 920-583-2068 Cattle always for sale at the farm huth@wildblue.net www.huthcattle.com

Ken and Sandy 608-356-2578 Travis 608-434-2843 Jim E10645 Hatchery Rd. Baraboo, WI 53913 U.S. Hwy. 12 S., 1/2 mile from McDonald’s, west on Hatchery Rd., 1 mile to farm sign. ken254@centurytel.net www.piercesherefords.com

MGM East

Lininger Farms Chester and Kathy Lininger W1018 Spring Prairie Rd. Burlington, WI 53105 262-763-8846 clininger@wi.rr.com

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Joe and Amy Starr and Family

E5198 N. Water Dr. Manawa, WI 54949 920-596-2580 Fax 920-596-2380 starr@wolfnet.net

Harold and Connie Lietzau 7477 Iband Ave. Sparta, WI 54656 608-269-3627 Tammy and Dan Kiara and Austin Troy and Michelle Jaydon, Devon and Jocelyn Taylor, Emily and Ty

STOCK FARM The Marv Espenscheid Family 12044 Hwy. 78 Argyle, WI 53504 608-543-3778 Fax 608-543-3824 wlbaosf@mhtc.net

Steve Merry 1840 Hwy. CC Hartford, WI 53027 262-628-3649 262-628-4946 Fax

MGM West Gordon Merry 6488 Hwy. C Sun Prairie, WI 53590 608-837-4919

Improving Polled Herefords Since 1932 Hereford.org

ALABAMA Debter Hereford Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12, 94 Campbell Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 ARIZONA Las Vegas Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Mountain View Hereford Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 ARKANSAS Crooked Creek Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 James Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Winningham Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 CALIFORNIA Alto Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 California-Nevada Polled Hereford Assn. . . . . . . . . 27 Five-H Farms/J-B Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Jess Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Lambert Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 McDougald Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Morrell Ranches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Mrnak Herefords West . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Parham Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Pedretti Ranches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Perrin Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 R&R Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Sonoma Mountain Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Tripp Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Valentine Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Weimer Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Wilbourn Cattle Co., Aaron & W6 Herefords . . . . . 75 COLORADO Campbell, James T. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Clark Anvil Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Coleman Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Coyote Ridge Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Ernst Family, Marshall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Hall Herefords, Doug . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Hanging W Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Kubin Hereford Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Leroux Land & Cattle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Robb & Sons, Tom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Sidwell Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Slusher Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Strang Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7, 75 FLORIDA Crooked Lake Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BC GEORGIA CES Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Crawford Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Greenview Farms Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hill-Vue Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HME Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Leonard Polled Hereford Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mead Cattle Enterprises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nunnally Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Predestined Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sunset Ridge Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Thompson Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . White Hawk Ranch Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

94 42 75 75 94 94 BC 94 94 75 75 94

IDAHO Canyon Gem Livestock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Colyer Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Eagle Canyon Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Elkington Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fern Ridge Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Harrison & Sons, Hawley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JBB/AL Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Moonlight Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OJJ Cattle Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shaw Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Split Butte Livestock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wooden Shoe Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

75 75 75 75 75 75 75 75 75 76 76 76

ILLINOIS Apple Ridge Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Bafford Farms Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Baker Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Behrends Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Benedict Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Bickelhaupt Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Bixler Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Bob-O-Lou Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Burns Polled Hereford Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Crane Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50, 93 DeLHawk Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Double B Herefords LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Ellis Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30, 76 Eubank Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Fleisher Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Happ Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Harbison and Sons, Ray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Hereford Holiday Classic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Knott Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Lamb Bros. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65, 67 Loehr Hereford Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Lorenzen Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Lowderman Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 McCaskill Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Miller Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Milligan Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Newbold Farms Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Northfork Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 Oak Hill Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Perks Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Plainview Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Prairie Meadow Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Purple Reign Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63, 93 River Ridge Ranch & Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Rustic Oaks Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Sayre Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50, 76 Stephens and Loehr Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Stephens Hereford Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Sweatman Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Young Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

/ October 2012

INDIANA Able Acres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13, 46 Beck-Powell Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 CDF Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Clinkenbeard Farms & Sons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 DAD’s Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 DaVee Enterprises, R.W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Everhart Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Ferguson Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Green Meadow Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Greives Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Hayhurst Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Hunt Bros. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 J&K Cattle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Kesling Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Kottkamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Miller Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Stuckey Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 IOWA Amos Hereford Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 Beef Resources Partnership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 GAR-NANC Cattle/Rau Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Jackson Hereford Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 K7 Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 Landt Herefords, Steve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 Ohnemus Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 Rosenberg, James N. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 Sladek Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 Sorensen Family, Mike . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 St. Clair Hay & Cattle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 Stream Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76, 85 Wiese & Sons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Woodland View Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 KANSAS 4V Douthit Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alexander Farms Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Davis Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Douthit Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Great Plains Hereford Sale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Herbel Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jamison Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jensen Bros. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . M-M Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Malone Hereford Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Meitler, Gene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oleen Brothers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oleen Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sandhill Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Schu-Lar Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Springhill Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Towner Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Umberger Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VJS Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

76 76 76 76 28 76 76 76 76 89 76 76 76 76 77 77 77 77 77

KENTUCKY BBL Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Botkin Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Boyd Beef Cattle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chambliss Hereford Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dogwood Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JMS Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kentucky Hereford Assn. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Peyton Well Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Popplewell Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

77 77 77 77 42 42 70 42 77

LOUISIANA 5C’s Hereford Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 MARYLAND All Seasons Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Church View Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . East Side Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Foggy Bottom Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . R&T Acres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Red Oak Point Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SCH Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tamsey Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

87 87 77 77 77 87 77 77

MICHIGAN Behnke’s Hereford Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Cottonwood Springs Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Grand Meadows Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Hanson’s Double G Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 McDonald Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Neal’s Hereford Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Parks Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 RLB Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Rottman, Phil and Chris . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Sugar Sweet Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Veeser’s Triple E Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

McMillens Toothacre Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Reed Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47, 89 Reynolds Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Rohlfing Farms Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Roth Hereford Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47, 77, 89 Schneider Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Show-Me Polled Hereford Classic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Steinbeck Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Woessner Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 MONTANA Brillhart Ranch Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58, 77 Broken Pick Land & Cattle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Churchill Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IFC Cooper Hereford Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Curlew Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Dutton Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Ehlke Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Feddes & Sons, Marvin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20, 77 Holden Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 J Bar E Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 McMurry Cattle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Mohican West . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Thomas Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 NEBRASKA 7 Mill Iron Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Blueberry Hill Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Fisher, Lowell and Carol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57, 78 Frenzen Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Gibson Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Hoffman Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 JB Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Linton Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Monahan Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Niedermeyer Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Ridder Hereford Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Schutte & Sons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Spencer Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15, 78 Tucker Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Upstream Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Van Newkirk Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 NEVADA Bell Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brumley Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Genoa Livestock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hutchens Herefords, Lee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

78 78 78 78

NEW JERSEY Grass Pond Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 NEW MEXICO C&M Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49, 78 Copeland & Sons LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39, 78 Cornerstone Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 King Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74, 78 West Star Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 NEW YORK SK Herefords LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 NORTH CAROLINA Brent Creech Taylor’s Mill Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Claxton Farm LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Double J Farm LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Myers Hereford Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42, 78 Prestwood Beef Cattle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Terrace Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Triplett Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 W&A Hereford Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Will-Via Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 NORTH DAKOTA Baumgarten Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Boehnke Hereford Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Carter’s Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Friedt Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Friesz Livestock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Mrnak Hereford Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78, 91 North Dakota Hereford Assn. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Olson Hereford Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Pelton Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Rockeman Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

MISSISSIPPI Broadlawn Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 Caldwell Hereford Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Grandview CMR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18, 19, 77

OHIO Banks Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Berg Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Brad Lamoreaux Agency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Buckeye Hereford Assn. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Fark Family Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Grandview Hereford Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Helsinger Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Herman Family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Hively’s Hereford Lane Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11, 78 Hot Iron Enterprises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 J&L Cattle Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43, 83 Mohican Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43, 78, 83 Morrison Stock Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 NS Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Oakridge Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Pennell, Scott and Andy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Sunny Side Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43, 83 TLR Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Tri-State Elite Sale VI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Ullman & Son, Ralph E. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

MISSOURI Abra Kadabra Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Bellis Family, Jim D. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Bonebrake Hereford Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Doss Hereford Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Edwards Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Falling Timber Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14, 77 Findley Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Glengrove Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47, 89 Harding Bros. Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Jones Hereford Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 Journagan Ranch/Missouri State University . . 77, 89 Kaczmarek 4K Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Ladies of the Royal Sale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22, 23

OKLAHOMA Beacon Hill Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Buck Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 CNB Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Dennis Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Double Seven Ranch LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Dufur Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Durham Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Express Ranches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Flying G Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Fullerton Hereford Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Graft-Britton Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Gray Land & Cattle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Langford Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39, 79

MINNESOTA DaKitch Hereford Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Delaney Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Lawrence Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Oxley Hereford Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Schafer Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Springwater Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Whispering Pine Farms LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5, 77

LeForce Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Loewen Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 McGaha Hereford Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Moss Herefords, Allen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Nelson Land & Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 P&R Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Star Lake Cattle Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 OREGON Bar One Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Bird Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Chandler Herefords Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 England Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Harrell Hereford Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 High Desert Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Oregon Hereford Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Quick Mill Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Stallings Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Vollstedt Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Y Cross Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 PENNSYLVANIA Bar-H Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11, 79 Creekside Hollow Acres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Dana Livestock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Deana Jak Farms Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Flat Stone Lick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BC Frazier Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Glenview Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43, BC Hausner Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Heritage Hill Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Slayton’s BearDance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79, 87 Stone Ridge Manor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Vogel Valley Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11, 79 SOUTH CAROLINA Forrest Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fowken Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Keese Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . White Column Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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SOUTH DAKOTA Bar JZ Ranches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Bischoff’s Ravine Creek Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Blume Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Bushy Park Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Courtney Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Cranston Herefords, Roy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Eggers Southview Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Fawcett’s Elm Creek Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Frederickson Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Hoffman Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 JBN Livestock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 K&B Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 LaGrand Angus and Hereford Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Rausch Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Stenberg Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Thorstenson Hereford Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 TENNESSEE Burns Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35, 94 Coley Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 DLL Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Four L Hereford Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Jackson Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Mud Creek Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80, 94 Parker Bros. Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 River Circle Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Rogan Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80, 94 Triple L Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Woodard Hereford Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Woolfolk Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 TEXAS Alpha Equine Breeding Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Atlas Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 B&C Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Barber Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8, 80 Case Ranch Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Doyle Hereford Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Dudley Bros. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Fuston Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 G3 Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 GKB Cattle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Glaze Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 H2 Ranch and Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Indian Mound Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Kinnear Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80, 84 Larsons’ Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Marti Charolais . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Massey Hereford Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 McInnis Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 McMullin Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 Metch Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 ML Cattle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Neel Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Noack Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Nolan Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Powell, James L. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Rockin 4H Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IBC Rockin’ W Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Rocking Chair Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Sanders Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Skrivanek Ranches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Spearhead Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80, 84 Still River Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 Sunny Hill Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Texas Hereford Assn. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 W4 Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Williams/Ferguson Ranch L.P. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Willis Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 UTAH Allen & Son, Phil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Cache Cattle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Circle BJ Polled Hereford Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Ekker Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Johansen Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Pallesen Hereford Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Rell Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 VIRGINIA Edwards Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Fauquier Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Knabe Jr., Harry A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Knoll Crest Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Meadow Ridge Farms Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Mid-Atlantic Round Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Rolling Hills Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80, 87 Thistle Tree Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 WASHINGTON CX Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diamond M Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ottley Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Yoricka Farm Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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WEST VIRGINIA Cottage Hill Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Goff & Sons, A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Grandview Hereford Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Grassy Run Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Grazing Meadow Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Haught Bros. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hickory Springs Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Law & Sons, David . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . McDonald Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Westfall Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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WISCONSIN BBC Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Boettcher’s Brookview Acres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 C&L Hereford Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81, 88 DeLHawk Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Friedrich’s Windy Hill Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Huth Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81, 90 Kegley Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Koens Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Lamb Bros. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31, 65, 67 Larson Hereford Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Lietzau Hereford Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Lininger Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 MGM East . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 MGM West . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Owego Stock Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Pierce’s Hereford Haven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Plum River Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Sandrock Ranch Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Starr Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Whiskey Run Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Wiswell Family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 WYOMING Berry’s, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Holmes Herefords/Drake Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Largent & Sons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41, 81 Lockhart Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 McClun’s Lazy JM Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Micheli Hereford Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55, 81 Middleswarth Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Ochsner Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Perkes Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Ward, Ned and Jan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Wyoming Hereford Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 CANADA Anderson Family Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ANL Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bar JB Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Blair-Athol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C&T Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Elm Lodge Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fenton Hereford Ranch Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Haroldsons Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Justamere Ranches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Leveldale Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . McCoy Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Medonte Highlands Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . Phantom Creek Livestock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

56 59 36 61 60 81 48 61 40 40 60 81 60

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THANK YOU to EVERYONE who joined us for the Illinois Hereford Tour and our Fall Friday Celebration Sale.

Stop by our stalls in Louisville and Denver. We would love to visit!

12526 N. Weldon Rd., Rockford, IL 61102 www.perksranch.com Tom and Tammy Boatman, managers 404-372-6754 or 770-354-4195 Office 815-335-2824 Doug Perks 815-505-1289 Wade Perks 817-269-9263

Bulls for Sale at the Ranch

Private Treaty

David and Marcia DeLong, Owners 608-756-3109 delcoph@aol.com Tom and Mandy Hawk, Managers 815-739-3171 Cell Andrew Spinazola, Herdsman 309-313-2191 www.delhawkcattle.com thawk@delhawkcattle.com September 15, 2012 DelHawk Cattle Company Steak and Egg Sale

Plainview Farms Dave, Marcia, Mike and Elise Hackett 1170 E. U.S. Hwy. 36 Tuscola, IL 61953 217-253-4900

Location: Rte. 72 west of Byron 3 mi., south 3/4 mi.

815-739-8806 Hereford.org

35073 E. C.R. 1550 N.

Floyd, Annette and Brittany 815-223-4484 Chad, Erin and J.W. 815-712-5739 LaSalle, IL 61301 C_herfs1@yahoo.com

Jack and Sherry Lowderman

Monte, Carrie and Rhett Mason City, IL 62664 Brent, Kris, Blake, and Morgan bhrnds@speednet.com Cody and Abby P.O. Box 488 Brent, Cell Macomb, IL 61455 Office 309-833-5543 217-971-5897

www.lowderman.com

Dave.Hackett@cell1net.net

CRANE HEREFORDS Gene, Vicki, Matt, Bryan and Amy 7318 Stone School Rd. Leaf River, IL 61047 gvmiller5@signalblast.com www.millerfarmscattle.com

Benedict Herefords

LORENZEN FARMS Steve Lorenzen 17696 E. 1825th Rd. Chrisman, IL 61924 217-269-2803 www.lorenzenfarms.com

Randy and Jamie Mullinix 997 Twp. Rd. 150 E. Toulon, IL 61483 309-995-3013 Cell 309-853-6565 purplereign76@gmail.com www.purplereigncattle.com

Larry and Julie 34227 E. C.R.â&#x20AC;&#x2C6;1000 N. Mason City, IL 62264 benherf@yahoo.com 217-482-5606 Chad, Becky, Noah, Caleb and Faith chad@benedictherefords.com 217-246-5099 www.benedictherefords.com

3127 Bannister Rd. Salem, IL 62881

Rick and Kim Morgan appleridge@ruralcomm.net 618-267-4316 Kevin and Lisa Babbs kevinbabbs@sbcglobal.net 618-322-5880

October 2012 /

Woolfolk Farms

Registered Polled Herefords Est. 2001 1475 Canton Rd., Ste. 100 Marietta, GA 30066 Gary R. Hedrick 770-425-5200 â&#x20AC;˘ 770-425-4191 fax 678-858-0914 cell g.hedrick@whitehawkinc.com www.whitehawkbeefmakers.com Sale: Friday, Feb. 15, 2013

Mike Rogan 1662 McKinney Chapel Rd. Rogersville, TN 37857 423-272-5018 Cell 423-754-1213 Clifford Green, Herdsman Cell 423-231-1791 roganfarm@yahoo.com

/ October 2012

Johnny and Tanuja Jonathan and Meghan Justin and Meghan 314 Letory Rd. Wartburg, TN 37887 423-346-7304 Jonathan, Cell: 865- 803-9947

Roy Roberts 54 Nunnally Farm Rd. Monroe, GA 30655 770-267-2706 770-267-7762 Fax

4134 County Hwy. 30 Horton, AL 35980 Glynn Debter 205-429-2040 Perry Debter 205-429-4415 Fax 205-429-3553

Jim Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Mara 3600 Ludlow Rd. Good Hope Community Lena, MS 39094 601-654-3584 omaraj@phelps.com

Scott Woolfolk 131 Hallie Anderson Rd. Jackson, TN 38305 731-423-2583 731-571-7399 woolfolkfarms@yahoo.com

P. O. Box 280 Chat swor t h, GA 30705 Sherman and Peg g y Le onard Home 706-695-2008 Sherman cell 706-280-9490

Seth Ridley 706-463-5331 Mat t McCurdy 706-280-9002

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It’s a “Sonny” Fall in Texas! THM 163M Marcel 7540 (Enyeto x Kelly)

EBS Navigator 426 (Online x 262D)

Grandview Garrett 7073 (Garrett x Supreme)

R4HR KE Vintage P606 8062 ET (P606 x BTF 5025 9146)

THM R4HR TL’S SONNY 0758

R4HR Legacy F962 027P B738 (F3 x Victor)

R4HR THF Logic 023R J838 (Logic x Victoria J630)

R4HR THM Ideal Solution 0607

R4HR GV CMR 110K Max Y496 ET (Maxium x Marvel)

(Solution x Maggie 5018)

THM R4HR TL’S SONNY 0758

Rockin 4H Ranch Inc.

4800 VZCR 2120, Canton, TX 75103 Dale and Donna Hester 903-848-9250 • 903-340-5006 Cell

P43106350 — Calved: Jan. 4, 2010 — Tattoo: LE 0758/RE THM STAR 8006 ENYETO 163M ET {CHB} H 8E EMBRACER 8006 {CHB} THM 163M MARCEL 7540 {DLF,HYF,IEF} STAR ROCKIN ERICA 38F {DLF,HYF,IEF} P42819971 THM KELLY 29F 3043 CS BOOMER 29F {SOD,CHB}{DLF,HYF,IEF} THM 5048 VICTRA 8037 {DOD} THM DURANGO 4037 {CHB}{DLF,HYF,IEF} THM TL’S SUNKIST 6120 P42661992 THM 163M VICKY BELLE 4106

CS BOOMER 29F {SOD,CHB}{DLF,HYF,IEF} THM 7085 VICTRA 9036 {DLF,HYF,IEF} STAR 8006 ENYETO 163M ET {CHB} THM 8027 VICKY 1026

CE 0.9 (.08); BW 2.4 (.37); WW 60 (.25); YW 89 (.23); MM 20 (.10); M&G 50; MCE 2.2 (.07); MCW 98 (.16); SC 0.6 (.07); FAT 0.000 (.09); REA 0.49 (.11); MARB 0.06 (.08); BMI$ 17; CEZ$ 14; BII$ 13; CHB$ 28

Sonny’s “All Star” Genetics and Our Linebred Foundation Cattle… Cor rect, Consistent Calves on the Ground This Fall

Pro Performance Breeders

FSL

Flat Stone Lick

Cattle Enterprises Tommy, Robin and Tommie Lynne 1230 Reeves Rd. • Midville, GA 30441 706-554-6107 • Cell 706-339-0201 www.meadcattle.com tommy@meadcattle.com

Les and Nancy Midla & Family

P.O. Box 3398, Lake Wales, FL 33859 Pat Wilson Inc., Owner 863-679-6700 Office crookedlakeranch@verizon.net David McCullers, Manager 863-635-3821 Home

W. Massey Booth Jr. and Curtis H. Booth 711 Kings Run Rd. Shinglehouse, PA 16748 814-697-6339 masseyb@frontier.com

34 Cranberry Marsh Marianna, PA 15345 724-267-3325 nmidla@pulsenet.com Don Riggin, herdsman Documented cattle that are right for today’s industry.