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A four-year-old Bar T Bar cow that is weaning her third calf with a 365 day calving interval and a near perfect udder. Her Zoetis Fertility EPD ranks her predicted lifetime calf production in the Top 1% of the industry. She epitomizes what it means to be a better cow!

It’s no wonder, that despite two of the worst drought years in Arizona history, Bar T Bar is the Number 1 breeder of Dams of Merit and Distinction in the Gelbvieh breed. Bar T Bar cows run under real world conditions. Bar T Bar bulls produce highly fertile, efficientsized cows that breed up and wean a high percentage of their own body weight. The March bull calf pictured weaned off his four-yearold dam at 639 pounds at 200 days of age.

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...CONTINUED FROM PAGE 34 jumped right in to helping with the bulls daily routine. “Getting the bulls ready for the sale is a lot of work but pays off in the end and to think of how far the bulls have come,” Taylor said. One of Taylor’s favorite parts of participating in this program was watching the process of washing and blowing the bulls, helping to make them look nice and show ready all the way from August up until the bull sale in January.

Taylor also shared how there is a stigma around the idea of a bull being scary and how many can find them to intimidating. Taylor revealed how the bulls are actually big sweethearts if worked with routinely. Out of the five bulls headed to Red Bluff, Taylor’s favorite was J111 and shared that everyone had “their bull” that they led on the nightly exercise walk.

Students do not have to be an upper classman to participate in taking the bulls to the bull sale. Students can begin helping out as soon as their college career starts. Katie Brown, an agriculture business sophomore has been helping with the bulls since the spring of her freshman year. When asked what her favorite part of participating in the process of taking the bulls to the sale, Brown shares, “I have a love and passion for show cattle in general, I love working here, it’s a cool learning experience that’s different and not offered by a lot of schools.” Being in Red Bluff with the bulls enables the students to also learn about a different side of the industry and make connections with other producers and companies in the tradeshow.

Winter break is when wheels kick into gear for the students prepping the bulls. Those who work with the bulls, take time during their break to maintain the bulls and get them ready for the final stretch of time they have together. While it may take a large amount of time, energy and commitment to seeing the bulls through, the reward of making it to Red Bluff, showcasing the bulls and a successful sale makes it all worth it for these students. The funds from the sale of the bulls in Red Bluff go directly back into the University Farm’s Beef Unit, for maintenance, improvements and overall care of the animals. Past and current outreach efforts have enabled the unit to consider offering up females in the future as well. “If you hear about something that you might be interested in, jump in and get involved because you only have so much time in college,” Taylor said.

While in Red Bluff, Taylor shared that the bulls were shown in both the calving ease and Angus classes earlier in the week. The six students helping out expressed how pleased they were with the bull’s performance and were eager to see how they’d sell in the ring.

To learn more about bulls taken to the Red Bluff Bull and Gelding Sale, the Chico State Beef Unit, or are looking for bulls to purchase and student opportunities visit, the university website at: www.csuchico.edu/ag/university-farm/beef-unit

EDITOR’S NOTE: To highlight the efforts that California universities, Young Cattlemen’s Association and producers make in the advancement of the beef industry, the Young Producer Column has been reintroduced in the California Cattleman to share with readers all that the future generations are doing to promote their organizations, events and studies that universities are conducting. Are you a student interested in writing for the young producer column? If so, reach out to Maureen LaGrande at maureen@calcattlemen.org.