Official Publication of the American Gelbvieh Association
December 2012
2013 Annual Convention and NWSS Preview
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December 2012, Vol. 27, No. 4
Contents contents 21
Participate in the AGA Committee Meetings Take note of the committee times as well as those individuals asked to serve on the AGA committees for the upcoming AGA Annual Convention.
34 An Interview with AGA President Mark Goes AGA Director of Communications Jennifer Scharpe sits down with outgoing AGA President Mark Goes to discuss Mark’s involvement with Gelbvieh and his time on the Board of Directors. 37
2013 AGA Annual Convention and NWSS Schedule and Registration Make your travel arrangements, submit your registration and plan to attend the 2013 AGA “Impacting the Beef Business” Annual Convention.
38 Meet the AGA Board of Directors Candidates Seven members have been nominated to fill five positions on the AGA Board of Directors. Read their bios before making your voting decisions. 42 American Royal Gelbvieh & Balancer® Show Results from the 75 head show at the 2012 American Royal held October 27.
News 14 What is the Value of Customer Service and What Services Should AGJA/AGA Members Provide to Their Customers? By Sydney Bigger 14 What is the Value of Customer Service and What Services Should AGJA/AGA Members Provide to Their Customers? By Brynn Myers 17 Just Because You Have a Genetic Test Doesn’t Mean You Can Throw Away Your Tape Measure 18 Benefits of Changes to the AGA National Cattle Evaluation (NCE) 32 2013 AGJA Northern Lights Classic Hotel Information On the cover: “Impacting the Beef Business” is the title of the American Gelbvieh Association LongRange Strategic Plan and the 2013 AGA Annual Convention. Be sure to read the Strategic Plan included in this issue. You are all invited to Denver to the AGA Annual Convention and the Gelbvieh activities at National Western Stock Show. EDITOR: Jennifer Scharpe E-mail: jennifers@gelbvieh.org Graphic Design: Lynn Valentine E-mail: lynnv@gelbvieh.org
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“Gelbvieh World” (ISSN 1084-5100), is published monthly except for February, June and October for $35 for one year. The American Gelbvieh Association, 10900 Dover St., Broomfield, Colorado 80021-3993.
Periodicals postage paid at Broomfield, Colorado and at additional mailing offices. Postmaster send address changes to: Gelbvieh World, 10900 Dover Street, Broomfield, Colorado 80021
Sales 22 Judd Ranch 22nd Annual Cow Power Female Sale 22 2012 NILE Gelbvieh & Balancer® Sale 23 C-Cross Cattle Company Fall Bull and Female Sale
Shows 23 Iowa State Fair Open Show – Correction 23 Kansas State Fair Open Show 23 Clay County Fair Open Show 24 South Carolina State Fair Open Show 24 South Carolina State Fair Junior Show
Departments Contact Us News & Notes Bits & Pieces Breeder’s Corner Places to Be Ad Index
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Four National Champions have sold in the last two National Sales
2012 Reserve National Champion Gelbvieh Bull
Make Plans to attend
The National Gelbvieh
& Balancer® Sale
Sunday, January 13, 2013 • 1:00 p.m. at the Livestock Center Auction Arena, in the yards (Follows the National Pen Bull Show which starts at 8:00 a.m. in the same facility)
25 Elite Gelbvieh & Balancer® Lots Sell Pick of Breeder’s Denver Pen Bulls
2013 National Gelbvieh & Balancer® Sale Consignors:
Pick of Breeders’ 2012 Bull or Heifer Calf Crop
Bar arrow Cattle Co
hart Farm
plateau GelBvieh
Beastrom GelBvieh
hiGhtower Cattle Co.
post roCk Cattle Co.
Pick of Breeders’ 2011 Bred Heifers or 2012 Heifer Calves
Boehler GelBviehs
Judd ranCh inC
C-Cross Cattle Co.
JumpinG Cow GelBvieh
starliGht land & livestoCk
Pick of Breeder’s Show String
Cedar top ranCh
ledoux ranCh
Herdsire Prospects
dawson Creek GelBvieh
little windy hill Farm
dromGoole’s heaven
lost river livestoCk
eaGle pass ranCh
middle Creek Farms
Bred Heifers Open Heifers
To request a sale book contact
Cattlemen’s Connection at 1-800-743-0026 or go online at www.cattlemensconnection.com
Cattlemen’s Connection
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Contents contents
Inside the Editorial 6 Membership Input Drives the American Gelbvieh Association AGA President Mark Goes stresses the importance of member input during the upcoming committee and annual meetings. 8 Owning Maternal Dr. Jim Gibb, AGA part-time executive director, discusses the plans for the development of new maternal EPDs and a maternal dollar value index. 12 EPDs 2.0 – Enhancements to Calving Ease and Calving Ease Daughters EPDs Beginning with the next EPD run, the Calving Ease and Calving Ease Daughters EPDs will look differently. Susan Willmon, AGA director of breed improvement, explains those changes and how it will affect members. 18 Opportunity With the strong demand for Gelbvieh and Balancer® genetics, opportunities are available to breeders who answer the door, writes AGA Director of Breed Promotion Frank Padilla. 20 Do I Have a Water Quality Problem? NCBA Producer Education Director Dr. John Paterson discusses the water problems that can occur as a result of the recent drought and how those problems affect beef production. 24 The Marketing Plan Developing or revising your marketing plan should be a New Year’s resolution for all breeders. Use these brief steps to help begin the process. 32 How It All Started – AGJA Celebrates 20th Donation Heifer Dana Stewart, AGA director of member services, writes about the history of the AGJA Donation Heifer. Thanks to the Haglunds, Beastroms and Rippes for their support of the AGJA through this program.
Did You Know? The first American Gelbvieh Association Annual Convention was held in 1972. The convention has rotated to other locations. The first National Gelbvieh Sale was held in 1973. The first National Gelbvieh Show was held in January 1977 at the National Western Stock Show.
From the AGA Staff
Wishing you and yours a safe and happy holiday season! 4 | December 2012
These two Roscoe daughters are typical of the quailty in this offering.
Pick From 24 Open and Bred Replacement Heifers Selling the Pick from our prestige line up of 24 replacement females at the National Gelbvieh and Balancer® Sale • Sunday, January 13th at 1:00 PM • NWSS Livestock Center• Denver In our 16 years of raising Gelbvieh, this is the first time we’ve opened our herd for someone to select from our bred and open replacement heifers. The winning bidder will have the opportunity to select a heifer of their choice from all our prestige line up of 2010, 2011 and 2012 replacement heifers.
All 24 are Igenity tested with ultrasound data on the bred heifers. All but one are AI sired (Roscoe, Louie, Astro, Carolina Fortune and Extra Hot).
In 2010, we decided to increase the size of our herd. Since then, we have retained the heifers that we felt would be needed to take our program to the next level. This select group of 24 females include our picks to be our replacements and expansion females for our small herd. Nothing is held back. • All are homozygous polled (5 pending) • Ten are natural daughters from our donors • Five are daughters of Dam of Merits • Four are ETs from the famous Ms Pld Hart’s Ruby • Four are full sibs to our breed leading AI sires • Twenty-two are red
Everyone who has seen these females has been impressed. I’m sure you will be, too.
The bred heifers are AIed. The service sires are Astro, Decade, Hart 34W18, Hart 35W34, Krugerrand, Bieber Sequoya X355 and Bieber Real McCoy Y124.
For more information on this exclusive offering in the national sale, contact Bob Hart (816) 225-8530 or Roger Gatz (800) 743-0026.
Bob and Margee Hart, Owners. Kansas City, KS • (816) 225-8530 • bhart@hartfarm.net
SMALL HERD
POWERFUL GENETICS
Mark Goes
President’s Message president’s message
Membership Input Drives the American Gelbvieh Association The time is near for us to all gather for the National Western Stock Show and the American Gelbvieh Association “Impacting the Beef Business” Annual Convention. I am hopefully confident that you all have readied your animals for exhibit; you have met with all the regulations and health deadlines and have made your travel and lodging arrangements. But even if you are not exhibiting animals, you owe yourself and the AGA to be in attendance to help shape the future of Gelbvieh. The big dance at Denver is certainly filled with excitement and anxiety. But the lights don’t go out after the Stock Show and Convention. Operation of the AGA and positioning our breed for the future is a never ending and constantly ongoing process. The AGA committees, AGA Board and AGA staff deals with issues every day of the year. The management structure of the AGA begins with you as a member at AGA meetings and hopefully as a committee member. Rest assured that Board action and staff endeavors are based on decisions passed up from committee. The Board developed a strategic plan during the summer of 2012, which has been very well received to date. This plan involves specific and measurable goals to place Gelbvieh at the forefront of the industry. This plan is not gobbledeegook to print out, check a box and claim that we have done something. It is living, vibrant, dynamic and again, objective and measurable. For example, in order to take a leading role in the industry, Gelbvieh must evaluate, prove and implement their use in strategic crossbreeding programs. The documentation and use of maternal heterosis is paramount to Gelbvieh being used as a part of the cow herd that will soon be expanding. The use of a multibreed genetic evaluation is necessary to more accurately document the progress and predict the genetic merit of Gelbvieh in crossbreeding systems. With today’s environment warranting early weaning practices in many scenarios, the need for a random regression model to develop 6 | December 2012
more accurate ratios and EPDs has become more pressing. In order to accommodate these and other issues, a change for our national cattle evaluation provider was evident. Staff developed a trial run with a new provider, the Productivity committee cussed and discussed the results, made a recommendation to the Board and our next genetic evaluation will take place officially with the new provider. This all developed since the last AGA Annual Convention as a result of the membership’s direction. This is only one example of the progress we are making. Other issues involve improved online registry and data management, promotional strategy, restructuring of the AGA administration, and the list goes on. These ideas began with the membership through committees and through member survey. The Board and staff at the AGA are poised, energized and vigilant to bring closure to issues that have been haunting us and must be quickly dealt with to grow and assure the Gelbvieh breed’s presence in the beef industry. But at the expense of repetition, I must impress upon you the need for your input at the committee meetings and convention. How can you advise the Board if you only hear about issues second hand or merely read about them in the magazine or the enewsletter? As our new executive director has told us, an association is a group of people with common interests that can accomplish much more together than they are capable of independently. You, your opinion and your advice are needed more now than ever. Please make it a personal goal to attend at least some of the committee meetings and the annual meeting of the AGA. You are being asked for your input and your vote. If you do not provide it, and things don’t go your way in the future, you have no recourse. Together, we as the American Gelbvieh Association are going to get it done!!
AGA Executive Committee President Mark Goes 402-766-3627 (H) S E Community College, 39414 SW 75th Rd, Odell, NE 68415 mpgelbvieh@hotmail.com
Vice President Brian Dunn 620-549-6516 (H) 708 N Main • St. John, KS 67576 dunnfarm@hotmail.com Secretary Rob Arnold 701-624-2051 (H) 6700 Cty Rd 19 S • Minot, ND 58701 rlagelbvieh@aol.com Treasurer Dan Warner 308-962-6511 (H) 71628 Rd 425 • Beaver City, NE 68926 dan@warnerbeef.com
AGA Directors Ken Flikkema 406-586-6207 (H & O) 2 Mint Trail • Bozeman, MT 59718 mcfg@imt.net Bob Hart 816-225-8530 (C) 7065 Gibbs Rd • Kansas City, KS 66106 bhart@hartfarm.net John Huston 859-595-8680 (C) 10254 Marquart Rd • New Carlisle, OH 45344 john.e.huston@gmail.com Andy LeDoux 785-732-6564 (H) 365 Agenda Ln • Agenda, KS 66930-8969 ledouxranch@hotmail.com David Martin 501-728-4950 (H) 256 Boyce Rd • Judsonia, AR 72081 martincattleco@windstream.net Neal Pearson 605-448-5653 (H) 43523 111th St. • Lake City, SD 57247 njpearson@venturecomm.net Bob Prosser 928-289-2619 (O) PO Box 190 • Winslow, AZ 86047 info@bartbar.com Duane Strider 910-428-4568 (H) 2123 Ctr Cross Church Rd Asheboro, NC 27205 ccrosscattle@yahoo.com Grant Thayer 303-621-2058 (H) 24063 Cty. Rd 122 • Ramah, CO 80832-9705 grant@jumpingcowgelbvieh.com Gary Tilghman 270-678-5695 (H) 690 Lick Branch Rd • Glasgow, KY 42141-9409 gtilghma@uky.edu Nancy Wilkinson 719/846-7910 (H) 23115 CR 111.3 • Model, CO 81059 bnwbulls@bmi.net All approved AGA Board minutes are available for inspection in the AGA office. Board meeting highlights are available upon request.
POST ROCK CATTLE COMPANY
Performance Matters MIDDLE CREEK STAR Star will be back with another performance strong powerfully built sire group this year. Star was purchased as the high selling Gelbvieh bull in the prestigious Midland Bull Test sale after he dominated the test with a 113 gain ratio, 128 YW ratio, 120 Midland Bull Test ratio with a 40 cm scrotal and a 17 inch actual rib eye (ratio 119). His sire Bruce Almighty has continued to produce sons that have dominated the Midland bull test for Middle Creek Farms and have some of the best carcass genetics and RFI test data available. Star’s first 36 daughters in production have a 101 nursing ratio.
POST ROCK SILVER Silver will have over 20 sons selling in our 2013 sale. They are without a doubt the stoutest most impressive sire group we’ve ever had the privilege to sell. Most of these Silver sons are homozygous polled and many are homozygous black. Most are ET’s out of the following donor dams: •
POST ROCK TWILA 223M2 is the dam of Post Rock Granite 200P2 and many more.
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DARCI 401P is the dam of Futurity winner RTRT Solution and the 2010 Reserve National Champion female. All in this flush are homozygous black and homozygous polled.
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TWIN OAK STAR 148U ET a Star daughter out of 223M2 who sold last year at $7,500.
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MEADOWLARK KIT KAT 267K is a homozygous black, homozygous polled calving ease donor that has produced several high selling bulls in previous years.
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POST ROCK WILMA 272N2 is a homozygous polled red daughter of Gizmo out of Post Rock Wilma 147H2.
Silver is a young sire trait leader for WW, YW and feed lot merit. We expect his daughters to be of the same mold as his dam and grandam.
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POST ROCK CATTLE COMPANY 3041 E. Hwy. 284, Barnard, KS 67418 Bill Clark: 785.792.6244 Leland Clark: 785.792.6208 Fax: 785.792.6250 • Email: prcc@twinvalley.net “Where calving ease, performance and eye-appeal come together.”
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Owning Maternal
Executive Director Jim Gibb
The theme of the breed improvement index following in the fall. Initially, the focus point in the American Gelbvieh new EPDs and index will be in a research strategic plan is “own maternal efficiency mode, meaning they will only be available and stay between the guardrails for all other on the new AGA Members Only webpage. traits.” “Owning” is two-fold since we These initial maternal EPDs and index must maintain our reputation as the go-to will be a great start. However, ongoing breed for maternal efficiency, and take enhancement of their reliability will require full responsibility for making sure we can that Gelbvieh and Balancer breeders deliver the product now and in the future. continue submitting critical information Since first introduced in North like exposure dates, cow weights, body America, the Gelbvieh breed’s maternal condition scores and udder scores. Yes, you superiority has been well documented may have submitted that type of data in and recognized. the past and have Research at the U. been disappointed S. Meat Animal that nothing was Boldly stating the Research Center done with it. Times desire to take has demonstrated have changed. The the early puberty, AGA now has a ownership of a milking ability and mandate from the critically important more moderate “Impacting the Beef mature cow size of Business” strategic component of the the Gelbvieh breed. plan to provide the beef business must However, other than tools needed to be backed by solid milk and stayability more objectively EPDs, Balancer® and advance Balancer and information. We are Gelbvieh breeders Gelbvieh’s maternal taking those steps have had limited influence. genetic selection tools with the objective In addition, for maternal traits. AGA staff will be of providing AGA The AGA Board developing short, members with determined that educational videos “owning maternal” world-class maternal over the next several requires providing months, addressing selection tools. Gelbvieh members data collection and with EPDs for traits submission for many such as 30-month of the maternal traits. pregnancy, heifer pregnancy, temperament, If you have cow weights collected when udder quality and mature size, plus a you pregnancy checked in recent years, maternal dollar index. feel free to submit them to the AGA office or on-line so they can be entered into the To get us there, we recently database. contracted with Dr. Michael MacNeil of Delta Genomics. Before recently Boldly stating the desire to take retiring, Dr. MacNeil spent 30 years as a ownership of a critically important geneticist-biometrician with the U.S.D.A component of the beef business must be Agricultural Research Service at Miles backed by solid information. We are taking City, Mont., and is internationally know those steps with the objective of providing for his expertise. Using his vast experience, AGA members with world-class maternal Dr. MacNeil will “mine” and analyze the selection tools. Your help in making this AGA database to develop the maternal possible is essential and greatly appreciated. EPDs and index. The goal is to make the EPDs available by June, 2013 with the 8 | December 2012
jimg@gelbvieh.org Director of Administration Dianne Coffman (ex. 479) diannec@gelbvieh.org Director of Breed Improvement Susan Willmon (ex. 484) susanw@gelbvieh.org Director of Breed Promotion Frank Padilla (ex. 480) frankp@gelbvieh.org Director of Communications Jennifer Scharpe (ex. 485) jennifers@gelbvieh.org Director of Member Services Dana Stewart (ex. 488) danas@gelbvieh.org Gelbvieh Media Productions Lynn Valentine (ex. 486) lynnv@gelbvieh.org
Area Coordinator Brian Rogers brianr@gelbvieh.org 936-554-1600 Area Coordinator William McIntosh williamm@gelbvieh.org 502-867-3132 Customer Services Dolores Gravley (ex. 481) doloresg@gelbvieh.org Patti Showman (ex. 478) pattis@gelbvieh.org Mailing address: 10900 Dover St., Westminster, CO 80021 General E-mail: info@gelbvieh.org Registration: registration@gelbvieh.org Website: www.gelbvieh.org
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BW 1.6 GL -1.5 MB -0.06
WW 44 CED 103 DtF 3.2
YW 71 SC -0.2 CV 6.67
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News ‘N Notes news ‘n notes State Association Officer’s Breakfast – Back by Popular Demand The state association officer’s breakfast held at the Annual Convention last year was a resounding success. Those who attended commented on how beneficial the breakfast was not only in getting more detailed updates and explanation of programs presented by AGA staff, but also the discussion and idea sharing of those in attendance. For the 2013 AGA “Impacting the Beef Business” Annual Convention, the officer’s breakfast will be held on Friday, January 11 at 7:00 a.m. at the Red Lion Hotel. All state and regional Gelbvieh association officers are invited to attend. Please RSVP by contacting Frank Padilla, AGA director of breed promotion, at 303-465-2333 or via email at frankp@gelbvieh.org.
Reminder of NWSS Rule Changes Member of the Year and Hall of Fame Honorees The 2013 American Gelbvieh Association “Impacting the Beef Business” Annual Convention will be held January 9-14 in Denver, Colo., in conjunction with the National Western Stock Show. During the Awards Presentation and Futurity Social held Saturday night of convention, the AGA will honor two outstanding members. Mike and Toni Shrewsbury of Lathrop, Mo., are the 2013 Member of the Year award winners. The 2013 Hall of Fame inductee is Jim and Barb Beastrom of Pierre, S.D. Congratulations to these exemplary members.
Make Convention Hotel Reservations Online at Gelbvieh Website The Red Lion Hotel on Quebec Street in Denver is once again the Gelbvieh headquarters hotel for the 2013 AGA “Impacting the Beef Business” Annual Convention. All committee meetings and convention activities will be at the Red Lion. The AGA special room rate is $79 per night plus tax. This rate includes two free daily breakfast tickets. The process to reserve a room at the Red Lion Hotel is new this year. To reserve a room under the AGA special block, members must complete an online room reservation form found at www. gelbvieh.org. An AGA member number is required to complete the form. Members may have the room billed to the credit card on file associated with the provided member number, or contact the AGA office with a separate credit card. Confirmation numbers will be sent via email, provided one is given on the online reservation form. For questions or assistance in completing the online form, please contact Dianne Coffman, AGA director of administration, at 303-465-2333. Rooms must be reserved by December 6, 2012. Additional rooms are available under the Gelbvieh block at the DoubleTree Hotel Denver. The rate for these rooms is $99 per night. Rooms are available on a first come, first serve basis by calling the DoubleTree at 303-321-3333 and asking for the Gelbvieh block. The block of rooms will be held until December 6, 2012. There are no breakfast tickets at the DoubleTree.
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Firstly, 75% bulls and females can show in the Gelbvieh show. Previously, 75% and above females were allowed to show in the Gelbvieh show. The rules have now been changed to allow 75-100% bulls in the Gelbvieh show as well. In order to show in the Gelbvieh Open Show and the Gelbvieh Junior Show, all animals must have a registration paper with the classification of “Gelbvieh” or “Percentage”. Bulls or females with BA75 on their registration paper must be changed to PC75, if exhibitors want to show those animals in the Gelbvieh show. To change a BA75 paper to a PC75 paper, call the AGA office by no later than December 16. A new certificate will then be issued. All animals with a “Balancer” classification on the registration certificate will be shown in the Balancer show, regardless of how that animal was entered. This rule applies to both the Open Show and the Junior Show.
AGA Office Closed for Holidays The American Gelbvieh Association office will be closed four days during the holiday season. The dates the office will be closed are: Monday, December 24; Tuesday, December 25; Wednesday, December 26; and Tuesday, January 1. The office will be open December 27, 28, and 31; and then again on January 2. We wish you all a blessed and safe holiday season!
Reach 40,000 cattle producers with the February Profit Picture The Profit Picture publication is fast-becoming “the source” for quality information for cattle producers. With the expanded mailing list, this publication has a circulation of 40,000 commercial cowcalf producers, cattlemen who use Gelbvieh genetics, and Gelbvieh seedstock breeders. The Profit Picture gives you the most value for your advertising dollar. The advertising deadline for the February issue of The Profit Picture is December 21. To receive the breeder early deadline discount, submit all ad copy by December 14. For smaller advertising budgets, get a State Round Up ad for only $75. Contact Brian, William or Lynn today to reserve your advertising space and submit your ad copy.
Bits ‘N Pieces bits ‘n pieces Antibiotic Use, Resistance Calls for Collaborative 'One Health’ Approach
The Power of the Internet
The message emerging from the “A One Health Approach to Antimicrobial Use & Resistance: A Dialogue for a Common Purpose” symposium, Nov. 13-15, in Columbus, Ohio, was clear: Antibiotic use and antimicrobial resistance are the responsibility of all communities—human health, animal health and environmental health—and solutions will require collaboration of these health communities. At the end of the three-day symposium, which was coordinated by the National Institute for Animal Agriculture, presenters and participants agreed on numerous points: • Antibiotics dramatically improve human, animal and plant health, and increase life expectancy. • Antimicrobial resistance is not going to go away. A historical look at antimicrobial resistance shows antimicrobial resistance is not a new phenomenon but existed before mankind. • The topic of antimicrobial resistance can be subtle, complex, difficult and polarizing. It is more than science and evidence. It’s about politics, behavior, economics and conflicting opinions. • Antimicrobial resistance is not merely a consequence of use; it’s a consequence of use and misuse—and each community— animal health, human health or environmental health—is responsible for antibiotic stewardship. • The finger pointing and blame for antimicrobial resistance need to end. The time has come to work together. “Finding a solution is not about compromise; it’s about reaching agreement,” stated Dr. Lonnie King, Dean of The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine. “We (animal health, human health and environmental health communities) need to focus on interests and not positions and initiate options for mutual gain. We need to find common ground—something we all can agree to when we disagree on other issues.” Presentations by symposium speakers will be available online at www.animalagriculture.org. A white paper is being developed and will be available online at NIAA’s website as well.
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Advertisers who promote their sale in Gelbvieh World can have their sale catalog posted online for free. Advertisers should send a copy of their catalog to Dana Stewart at danas@gelbvieh.org. Also, take advantage of the AGA electronic advertising options: the AGA Enews banner ad or the Gelbvieh Media Productions GELBVIEH SALES email blast. Contact Dana for more info on the Enews banner ads and Jennifer to reserve your email blast date.
Create Your Own Promotional Items with YouDesign Gelbvieh members can create their own brochures, postcards, stall cards or greeting cards from customizable templates using Gelbvieh Media Productions (GMP) YouDesign Service. Using a web-based tool, members can select from a variety of templates of marketing and promotional materials. Each item has several customizable fields to add your own photos, logos, contact information and content. There are several designs of each item for members to choose from. Upload your own photos or select from provided stock photos. Suggestions or ideas for additional templates are welcome. Our goal is to create products that work for you. There are many benefits for using our YouDesign service. First, YouDesign offers the ability to create professional looking promotion items without special software. Next, by maximizing our relationship with the printer, you will receive optimized pricing, especially on larger quantities resulting in significant print savings. Simply select the quantity you want printed and we’ll do the rest. The printer will ship the items directly to you. They also offer mailing services; you provide the mailing list and the printer will directly mail your promotional materials to your customers.
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Gelbvieh Media Productions page under the Communications tab at www.gelbvieh.org. For questions, assistance or more information contact Lynn Valentine at lynnv@gelbvieh.org or call 303-465-2333.
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Area Coordinators “I’m happy to assist you in locating seedstock or commercial females. The Nebraska and Iowa Maternal Edge sales are approaching so get in touch for information and catalog requests.”
“Contact me for information on upcoming sales and commercial cattle for sale. I’m happy to assist you in finding cattle to meet your needs. Also, don’t miss the February issue of The Profit Picture. It’s a great opportunity to advertise your program.”
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Western region Gelbvieh members and commercial producers should contact Frank Padilla at the American Gelbvieh Association office at 303-465-2333.
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View of the Numbers view of the numbers EPDs 2.0 Enhancement to Calving Ease and Calving Ease Daughters EPDs Beginning with the January 2013 American Gelbvieh Association Sire Summary and EPD calculation, the AGA will be using a new service provider to conduct the national cattle evaluation (NCE). In an effort to continue to provide the best possible selection tools to AGA members and their commercial customers, the AGA Board of Directors and staff reviewed several NCE service providers. Based on diligent study and evaluation, a decision was made by the Board from recommendations of the Productivity committee to use the American Simmental Association as the AGA’s NCE provider. One of the benefits of this move is a change in the way Calving Ease (CE) and Calving Ease Daughters (CED) EPDs are calculated for Gelbvieh and Balancer® animals. Essentially this change means CE and CED EPDs will look differently, reported as a number of percent unassisted births. Additionally, through a multi-breed approach, it increases the availability of CE and CED EPDs on Balancer animals.
the expectation would be approximately 10 more unassisted births from the 100 heifers bred to Sire B than the 100 heifers bred to Sire A. Similar logic would apply to the expression of the CED EPD except that you are looking at 6 percent more unassisted births in first-calf daughters for Sire B than Sire A.
Multi-Breed CE and CED EPDs The second aspect of the change deals with the fact that the new NCE model uses a multi-breed approach. This will address the lack of CE and CED EPDs that was routinely seen in Balancer animals. Angus animals in Balancer pedigrees will have their external (native) Angus EPD used as part of the analysis. This external EPD acts as a proxy for the actual progeny records that generate the EPDs in their native registries. Red Angus animals in Balancer pedigrees will actually have the benefit of the complete Red Angus database for calculation of their new EPDs.
Percent Unassisted Verses a Ratio
How will EPDs Change on Current Sires?
The first change will be that the CE and CED values will be represented as a number (8) versus a ratio (106). CE and CED EPDs will be shown as units of percent unassisted births with a higher number in both cases being more favorable. Consider two sires. Sire A has EPDs of 5 for CE and 2 for CED. Sire B has EPDs or 15 for CE and 8 for CED. The numbers would predict that Sire B has 10 percent fewer unassisted births when compared to Sire A. A better way to illustrate this would be that if you bred Sire A and Sire B each to a group of 100 heifers. At calving time,
In the trial run, there was some slight reranking of sires, as expected. However, generally bulls with high numbers of calves out of first calf heifers remained in the same percentiles. Some reranking can be attributed to the fact that in the prior analysis Angus and Red Angus sires were not included in the analysis so herds that have combinations of purebred and Balancer offspring born to first calf heifers only had the purebred sires compared.
AGA Member Action The predictability of these EPDs is only
Evaluating a Bull for Calving Ease • Calving Ease is the true trait of interest. Birth weight is an indicator trait for calving ease. • Because birth weight is used in the generation of calving ease EPDs, more accurate selection and more genetic progress can be made for calving ease when the CE EPD is used solely for selection of this trait. • The correlation between birth weight and calving ease is high (>.7) but not perfect (1) so it is possible to find low birth 12 | December 2012
Calving Ease (CE) – Expressed as the percent of unassisted births. A higher value is more favorable, indicating greater probability of calving ease in first calf heifers. Calving Ease Daughters (CED) – Expressed as the percent of unassisted births in first calf daughters. A higher value is more favorable. as strong as the data contributing to their calculations. Turning in calving ease scores and birth weights on all calves is critical. Reporting calves with CE scores that are greater than 1 is especially important in terms of favorably evaluating those sires that produce calves with no calving difficulty in heifers versus those sires that might work fine in mature cows but cause issues for first calf heifers. In the commercial sector of the beef industry, calving ease and a live calf on the ground is still viewed as key to a successful bull purchase. For AGA members having CE and CED EPDs on all bulls within a sale offering whether a purebred, Balancer or hybrid Gelbvieh is key to providing that complete product to the commercial bull buyer. This EPD change for CE and CED satisfies that objective and as an added benefit provides expression of this EPD in a manner more consistent with how calving ease EPDs are reported by other breeds.
weight bulls that have increased calving difficulty and as well high birth weight bulls with minimal calving difficulty. Selecting a low birth weight EPD bull or a bull with a low actual birth weight does not always mean calving ease. • When evaluating sires to generate replacement heifers, a higher CED value will mean less calving difficulty in those daughters down the road. • When scoring calves for calving ease use the following system: 1 = Unassisted; 2 = Easy Pull; 3 = Hard Pull; 4 = Caesarean; 5 = Abnormal Presentation.
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customers want to come back and purchase “Sold!” hollers the auctioneer more cattle. Two more examples would be as the bidder holds up his buyer number. free or low cost trucking and vaccinating As the next calf is run in the ring, the animals. When people that live close to us previous owner writes down how much purchase cattle, we deliver them for free. I their calf brought. It is always good when sell most of my calves at weaning time to a producer sells cattle, but few realize that a local feedlot owner, and we often haul a they still have some responsibility with trailer load to his feedlot. We have delivered their new customers. Most customers bulls to local cattlemen. Sometimes, free have high expectations for the customer or low cost trucking can be the bonus that service provided by the previous owners, encourages the customer to buy three or and occasionally, the producers fall short. four head instead of just one. Vaccinating American Gelbvieh Association members animals before selling them can also be an should value customer service and should essential service. Giving shots not only keeps provide as many services to their customers your own herd in the best of health, but it as necessary to keep them happy. also keeps any diseases and pathogens from AGA/AGJA members should value entering your customer’s herd. Shots also customer service because it is the key to reassure your new customer that you really keeping customers happy and getting them do care about the health of your animals, to return year after year and it may save them to purchase livestock. just a few dollars. Whether the producer If a person is willing And we all know, sells their cattle privately through ads to purchase livestock every penny counts! American and word of mouth, or from you, be proud Gelbvieh publically through an and sign the back Association/ auction, they still have American Gelbvieh to provide their new of your registration Junior Association customers with some paper as soon as members should services to keep them want to make their happy. Services like possible. customers happy low cost trucking, fast so they continue transfers, and up-toto purchase livestock from them, and date vaccinations help American Gelbvieh tell other cattlemen about them. Valuing Association/American Gelbvieh Junior customer service is one big leap in the right Association members maintain and grow direction for keeping customers. Whether their customer quantity. the producer believes that free trucking is The services provided to customers the most important, or fast transfers top vary depending on the producer, but any their list, as long as they work to keep their little perk can make a difference for your customers content, they will probably come customers. One service that I find extremely back year after year. AGA/AGJA members important is fast transfers. If a person is should value customer service and what it willing to purchase livestock from you, be does for their cattle operation, so the next proud and sign the back of your registration time they hear the auctioneer holler “sold,” paper as soon as possible. When I sell hopefully they try to keep their customers livestock, I try to send out my papers within satisfied and coming back for more. the same week of selling my cattle to keep Editor’s note: Sydney Bigger is an the customer happy. It doesn’t matter if the American Gelbvieh Junior Association (AGJA) customer intends on exhibiting the animal or member from Media, Ill. This is her champion not, being prompt with sending registration entry in the 2012 AGJA Black and Gold papers is a must in quality customer service. Classic creative writing contest. This entry is There are many other services that make published as submitted for the contest. 14 | December 2012
What is the Value of Customer Service and What Services Should AGJA/AGA Members Provide to Their Customers? By Brynn Myers, Intermediate Creative Writing Reserve Champion
There are many things that are essential for a member of the American Gelbvieh or American Gelbvieh Junior Association to be successful in the cattle industry. One of the most important aspects is to provide assistance with customer service on all the genetics that are sold. The Business Dictionary defines customer service as “All interactions between a customer and a product provider at the time of sale, and thereafter.” So the question of what is the value of customer service might be asked. The worth of services provided varies greatly depending on the customer’s needs. For example, if a customer lives far away or does not have a trailer, providing free delivery would be a great customer service, but if the customer only lives a block away and has a trailer, free delivery might not be so valuable. Providing services can make customers want to be repeat buyers. No matter what or how many services are provided, they should always add value to the product that is being sold. When offering customer services to a buyer, it can be hard to decide what to provide. One of the best places to start is to offer inexpensive services that will help to increase the value of a product, in this case, the cattle that AGA/AGJA members sell. To begin, talk to the buyer and try to figure out exactly what it is they want. The more that is known about a buyer, the better they can be helped. If a buyer does purchase an animal, include a breeding guarantee. This is standard in most sales, but it is still reassuring to a buyer that the terms of the guarantee are known and it takes some of the worry off their shoulders. Offer to deliver the animal with no extra charge. Not only will this increase the customer’s loyalty, it makes it a lot easier on the customer. Also, transferring the registration
papers is a good thing to do, but make sure Gelbvieh listings, provide Maternal Edge that the transfer is done in a timely manner. sale information. A Maternal Edge sale is where commercial breeders can sell females After the customer has had the animal on that have Gelbvieh genetics. their farm for a few weeks, give them a call to make sure everything is going all right. Make sure that any buyer is told This helps the customer see how serious you about AGA/AGJA communications. One were about selling source is the AGA the animals and lets E-Newsletter. This them know that you is a newsletter that To begin, talk to really care about what is mailed out twice a is happening to the month and helps keep the buyer and try to product that was sold. readers in the know. figure out exactly Also tell them about Additional what it is they want. The Profit Picture. The helps that can be Profit Picture is a free provided to buyers The more that is subscription as long as are: Gelbvieh listings known about a buyer, you pay your annual and, for commercial AGA dues. This the better they can breeders, feeder calf magazine is written listings. Members of be helped. for commercial the AGA or AGJA breeders who are have access to these looking for genetics. listings online at Another magazine that helps breeders find www.gelbvieh.org. Another thing to tell genetics is the Gelbvieh World. An additional them about is Gelbvieh Profit Partners service that could be provided would be to (GPP). GPP helps both commercial give customers a one-year subscription to the producers and breeders who use Gelbvieh Gelbvieh World. genetics sell their animals. Along with
When raising purebred cattle, one of the hardest things to do is to market the animals produced. Sometimes a ranch provides a customer appreciation sale. This allows their customers (who have bought and used their genetics) to sell their animals at this sale. Also by providing a customer appreciation sale, breeders who aren’t as well known can sell to big time buyers and get their name out in the Gelbvieh World. Providing customer service to a buyer is both important and rewarding, not only to the seller, but to a buyer as well. Whether using existing AGA services or offering your own, always put your best foot forward and do all that is possible. Editor’s note: Brynn Myers is an American Gelbvieh Junior Association (AGJA) member from Oak Ridge, Mo. This is her reserve champion entry in the 2012 AGJA Black and Gold Classic creative writing contest. This entry is published as submitted for the contest.
American Gelbvieh Association captures the power of genomics The American Gelbvieh Association (AGA) – through its partnership with GeneSeek® – is pleased to provide a new DNA testing service to all of its members. • Convenience: Easy-to-use order forms are now available from the AGA – visit www.gelbvieh.org for details. • Simplicity: Everything you need is available from a single sample and a single source. Industry leading SNP parentage, Igenity® Profile, horned/polled, coat color (including dilutor), abnormalities and BVD-PI. • Genomic-enhanced EPDs: Gelbvieh breeders can submit samples for Gelbvieh 50K and Gelbvieh GGP tests, which will be used to generate genomic-enhanced EPDs. • Take action now: The AGA is collaborating with GeneSeek and university researchers to continue building the resources needed to move the AGA into the future. Contact the AGA for information on the important role you have in this research.
To begin using the power of this new technology, please contact the AGA at 303/465-2333.
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Just Because You Have a Genetic Test Doesn’t Mean You Can Throw Away Your Tape Measure “It’s not like we can take one DNA test and have it tell us everything and remain accurate forever,” says Dr. Alison Van Eenennaam, PhD. “We’re going to always need phenotypes to keep training [genomic] prediction equations. They’re not mutually exclusive things.” Dr. Alison Van Eenennaam Van Eenennaam is a Cooperative Extension Specialist in Animal Genomics and Biotechnology at University of California, Davis, specializing in the use of DNA-based biotechnologies in beef cattle production. She explains what it means to “retrain” genomic equations. “DNA markers are developed using a large population of animals that have genotypes and phenotypes of whatever trait we’re interested in - a population of animals that has ultrasound and possibly carcass records – their own or their progeny’s. To predict marbling, for example, that large population of phenotypes is combined with the genotype information to tell you whether or not a particular genetic marker has a positive or negative association with marbling.” Van Eenennaam continues. “Let’s say “It seems continual at one particular retraining of the marker TT is good for marbling and CC prediction equation is bad for marbling. every generation And if you do that throughout thousands is required. So, of locations on the there’s going to be genome, you can start to get what’s called a a need to continue prediction, based on phenotyping.” an animal’s genotype, as to what its likely marbling phenotype is going to be. But, it’s based on that training, or discovery, population. “And what the data seems to be showing is that yes, you can train and then you can predict an animal just based on its genotype with no phenotypic information, but every generation the accuracy of how well that prediction works tends to go down. And so, it seems continual retraining of the prediction equation every generation is required. So, there’s going to be a need to continue phenotyping. According to Van Eenennaam, the data shows the accuracy of that genomic prediction equation decreases as much as 50 percent every generation. “It’ll depend a little bit on the density of the markers, and whether you have a causative or associative marker,” she explains. “If you have a DNA marker that is actually causing the marbling, the accuracy wouldn’t change very much from generation to generation.
But what has been found is that we’ve not actually got the causative marker, but rather a marker that’s “linked to” the causative marker. It’s like a little flagpole saying, ‘it’s over here somewhere.’ As a result of recombination, there’s a possibility that it might not be associated with that particular causative marker in the next generation. And so, you tend to get a drop off in the accuracy of those equations over time, as the generations move away from the training population.” There are thousands of genes associated with a complex trait like marbling, not one single marker that can be considered causative, as is the case with most carcass traits. “To be honest, we haven’t found that many actual causative genes for complex traits,” says Van Eenennaam. “Despite all the work we’ve done there’s only really a handful where you can show that an animal that didn’t get a mutation, or genetic variant, had one particular phenotype and one that does have the variant has that phenotype. Myostatin, or double muscling is an example. Van Eenennaam explains if a mutation is caused in that particular gene and that protein is not formed, the result will be a double-muscled phenotype. But it’s more complex with traits like marbling that are not controlled by a single gene. Editor’s note: This article is Volume 29 of Carcass 101 and was submitted for publication by the CUP LabTM.
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Frank Padilla
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Opportunity Recent sale reports continue to show an increase in the price paid for Gelbvieh and Balancer® genetics. Demand from commercial producers, as well as seedstock breeders, is high in spite of the dry conditions across a major portion of the country. The October issue of The Profit Picture and the Add Pounds. Add Profit. publication insert together mailed to approximately 220,000 commercial cow-calf producers in October and early November. New banner advertising has been placed on industry websites and increased traffic to the American Gelbvieh Association website has been seen. Members share that they have had increased interest and inquiries from both repeat and new customers. Demand and interest is high for Gelbvieh and Balancer genetics both from a seedstock standpoint and commercially. As we move into the upcoming winter and spring sale seasons members and commercial producers will see enhancements to the Gelbvieh and Balancer EPDs. Members conducting sales early in the season, in January through MidFebruary, should monitor progress in the changes as they occur. Keep abreast of the developments by reading information posted on the AGA website, in the Gelbvieh E-newsletter, or by visiting with AGA staff. The enhancements being made could require supplement sheets with updated EPD information for sales held in early 2013. The Productivity committee, AGA Board of Directors and staff worked diligently to research how these changes would benefit not only members but also commercial producers using or considering using Gelbvieh and Balancer genetics. Accomplishing these enhancements were and are a focal point and was indicated as such by membership who submitted the member survey used in the development of the AGA strategic plan. With each sale season comes opportunities. Opportunities are available to seek out genetics that compliment your breeding program and improve it. Become a student and identify genetics that will 18 | December 2012
move your program forward. Once you find them own them. Ask yourself if you can afford not to. Opportunities are present to market your program in such a way that attracts new buyers. Take advantage of opportunities to attend state, regional and national meetings, and member sales to gain knowledge and to network with others. By being present you create opportunities for both your own program, and you represent the entire breed in doing so. Support your fellow breeders by attending their sales. The 2013 AGA annual convention, national show, pen show and national sale are approaching. I would like to personally invite you to attend and take part in these events held during the 2013 National Western Stock Show. This venue not only sets direction for the Association by allowing for input from membership in policy development, but is believed by many to set the trend for the coming year by showcasing some of breed’s best in the hill and pen shows, national sale and Gelbvieh and Balancer futurities. The schedule and dates of these events can be found on page 37 of this issue or on the AGA website. Mark your calendar, book your room and plan to attend. “A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty,” said Winston Churchill. We have many opportunities at this time in the cattle business and particularly with Gelbvieh and Balancer genetics. There are opportunities for progressive Gelbvieh and Balancer breeders who choose to act on them. Opportunities are knocking at the door. Carpe diem. Editor’s note: Frank Padilla is the director of breed promotion for the American Gelbvieh Association. He can be reached at frankp@ gelbvieh.org or 303-465-2333.
Benefits of Changes to the AGA National Cattle Evaluation (NCE) The move to American Simmental Association was recommended by the AGA Productivity committee and approved by the AGA Board in October, 2012. Here are the primary benefits. 1. Benefit: Higher accuracy WW EPDs A. How: The addition of historical and future weaning weight records to the NCE analysis by including early weaned calves. B. AGA member action: Submit early weaned data, past, present and future. 2. Benefit: Increased EPD accuracies for Balancer and percentage Gelbvieh animals A. How: The joint analysis with the ASA will include a larger database of Angus and Red Angus animals. B. AGA member action: None. 3. Benefit: Higher accuracy values for all traits A. How: Inclusion of genomic data to create genomic-enhanced EPDs, the primary goal of the AGA Genomic Pioneers project. B. AGA member action: DNA test (50K or GGP) all herd bulls, AI sires and donor dam prospects. 4. Benefit: Standardize our carcass EPDs with other breeds A. How: Carcass data will be age adjusted instead of fat adjusted. B. AGA member action: None. 5. Benefit: Higher accuracy marbling EPDs A. How: Bull IMF scan data will be included in the calculation of marbling EPDs. B. AGA member action: Scan all sale bulls and replacement heifers using a certified technician. For more information, go to www.gelbvieh.org.
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Do I Have a Water Quality Problem? Water high in salt content can compromise performance and health of cattle in three ways: 1) reduced water and feed intake; 2) toxic levels of sulfur ingestion; and 3) induced trace mineral deficiencies. Beef cattle may voluntarily consume less poor quality water, which in turn results in reduced consumption of forage. Factors that affect water requirements of cattle include size, dry matter intake, physical exertion, lactation, and temperature. Dr. Trey Patterson, while at South Dakota State University, conducted a series of well designed experiments evaluating the effects of “salts” in drinking water. The first consideration is to determine how these “salts” affect performance. Early work showed that cattle performance was not depressed when sodium chloride (table salt) was added to drinking water. However, when sodium sulfate was added to drinking water, water consumption was reduced by 35 percent, feed consumption by 30 percent and there was more weight loss in heifers compared to heifers drinking water without sodium sulfate. Animals consuming water with very high levels of sulfate have been shown to exhibit a condition called “star gazing” or polio or more correctly polioencephalomalacia (PEM). Symptoms of polio include lethargy, anorexia, blindness, muscle tremors, gastrointestinal stasis, incoordination, staggering, weakness, convulsions and death. The photograph
demonstrates the condition of “star gazing” How do I know the quality by a steer which has consumed excessive of my water? amounts of sulfate from drinking water. Testing your livestock water will give Dr. Patterson reported that as the you a reasonable idea as to its quality. The level of sulfate in the drinking water following tables give you guidelines for increased, daily gain, feed intake and water quality based on water sulfate level water consumption all declined. The and then secondly on water TDS (total biggest decline occurred when sulfate level dissolved solids). TDS are an estimate of increased from 2900 to 4600 ppm. This the total salts in the table shows the water and not just relationship that as sulfates. water intake goes As the drought As the drought down, forage intake continues, I suspect continues, I suspect goes down and the nutritional value animal gain also goes the nutritional value of water in stock down. of water in stock ponds declined Dr. Cathy Bandyk because sulfate salts ponds declined from QLF Company to a level published a summary because sulfate salts increased which could depress (Cattle Sense) of increased to a level performance. If studies which showed which could depress you need help in that when dietary evaluating your stock sulfur (not sulfate) performance. water please contact went from .42 to .65 me (jpateson@beef. percent of dry matter org), your county intake, intakes were agent or a feed company representative. depressed by 9 percent, gains were reduced Editor’s Note: John Paterson is the by nearly 12 percent and carcass weights executive director of producer education for were reduced by 40 pounds. Workers at the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association. the University of Nebraska showed that For more information about the Beef Quality when sulfur (not sulfate) in the diet was .46 Assurance program contact Lauren Dever at percent, the incidence of polio was just .13 ldever@beef.org or 970-310-0830, or visit percent but when the diets contained .56 www.bqa.org. percent sulfur, over 6 percent of the cattle exhibited polio.
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Participate in the AGA Committee Meetings The American Gelbvieh Association is fortunate to have an active committee structure. The AGA committees play a vital role in the development and implementation of AGA programs, services and policies. An active committee process is one of the core grass roots values of the AGA. Members are appointed to serve on these committees by AGA President Mark Goes, through expressed interest by members at the previous AGA convention, staff recommendations and Board of Directors approval.
Finance Committee Thursday, January 10 • 2:30 p.m. Grant Thayer, Co-Chair Dan Warner, Co-Chair Dianne Coffman, Staff Liaison Rob Arnold Leland Clark Bob Hart Al Knapp Neal Pearson Max Porter Dustin Rippe Ron Rogers Derek Stuecken Klint Sickler
Foundation Committee Thursday, January 10 • 4:30 p.m. Bob Hart, Co-Chair Dick Helms, Co-Chair Dana Stewart, Staff Liaison Susan Willmon, Staff Liaison Bill Clark Doug Hille John Huston Mary Knapp Skyler Martin Kathleen Rankin Dr. Glenn Wehner Nancy Wilkinson
National Sale Committee Wednesday, January 9 • 6:30 p.m. Ken Flikkema, Co-Chair Roger Gatz, Co-Chair Frank Padilla, Staff Liaison William McIntosh, Staff Liaison Chris Mitchell David Slaughter Scott Starr Duane Strider Vaughn Thorstenson
Marketing and Member Education Friday, January 11 • 1:00 p.m. David Martin, Co-Chair Gary Tilghman, Co-Chair Frank Padilla, Staff Liaison Jennifer Scharpe, Staff Liaison Rob Arnold Mark Crane Christina Dockter Gary Felger Dave Judd Neal Pearson Dustin Rippe Ron Rogers Scott Starr Butch Stucky John Wohl
National Show Committee Wednesday, January 9 • 7:30 p.m. Leland Clark, Co-Chair Andy LeDoux, Co-Chair Dana Stewart, Staff Liaison William McIntosh, Staff Liaison Bob Beying Michael Butler Carl Griffiths Ted Ladner Ricky Linquist Brad Ridinger John Shearer Brittney Spencer Gary Tilghman Sydney Wilkinson Shannon Worrell
The following is the list of AGA members who have been nominated to serve on the committees. Committee appointments are effective through April 1, 2013. All committee meetings will be held at the Red Lion Hotel, the AGA convention headquarters hotel. To add an item to the agenda for discussion during the meeting, contact a committee chair, a core committee member, or the AGA staff liaison. Participating in the committee process is vital to the success and future direction of the AGA
Productivity Committee Friday, January 11 • 3:15 p.m. Bob Prosser, Co-Chair Dan Warner, Co-Chair Susan Willmon, Staff Liaison Frank Padilla, Staff Liaison Jim Beastrom Paul Bennett John Burbank Leon Dunn Steve Fiolkoski Al Knapp Andy LeDoux Dan McCarty Steve Munger Lowell Rogers Tom Scarponcini Brian Schafer Butch Stucky Vaughn Thorstenson
Rules and Bylaws Committee Thursday, January 10 • 1:00 p.m. E. Edd Pritchett, Co-Chair Nancy Wilkinson, Co-Chair Dianne Coffman, Staff Liaison Jim Beastrom Eric Ehresman Randy Gallaway John Huston Al Knapp Rick Lammers Duane Rippe Walter Teeter
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$2,750
12 Purebred & Balancer Spring Open Heifer Calves
$3,166
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Purebred Red Angus Spring Open Heifer Calves
$2,075
30 Purebred & Balancer Fall Open Heifers
$3,020
102 Head Averaged
$3,355
Judd Ranch’s 22nd Annual Cow Power Female Sale was loaded with cow power genetics. Ninety-nine percent of the sale offering was sired by breed leading AI sires and 100 percent of the females featured Judd Ranch Dam of Merit cow families. Numerous volume purchasers were in attendance and cattle sold into 11 states and Canada. JRI Ms Extra Design 253P71 topped the sale offering at $6,000 to Murray Farms in Kingfisher, Okla. This powerful spring bred black, double polled purebred female has been recognized as a Dam of Merit female in every year of eligibility (2009 thru 2012). JRI Sweet Reality 213T771 ET tied for second high selling female at $5,500 to Murray Farms. This beautiful black, homozygous polled purebred fall bred female was recently honored as a 2012 Dam of Merit female in her first year of eligibility. Murray Farms is building one tremendous program and they purchased five females on the day. Leonhardt Cattle Co, Jacky Leonhardt added several big time producers to her super program in Lake Preston, S.D. Jacky’s first purchase was JRI Ms Topsy 253S82 at $5,500. This spacious, double polled, purebred spring bred Extra Exposure daughter raised a scalebusting 712 pound 205 day weight bull calf this year. Jacky’s second purchase was JRI Ms Scarlet 270W754 ET at $5,300. This phenomenal second calf black, double polled, purebred spring calving Top Secret daughter’s 2012 heifer calf, Lot 35A, sold for $3,700 to Riverbend Ranch in Days Creek, Ore. Bachman Cattle Farms, Chillicothe, Mo., added four sensational females to their powerful program and JRI Ms Buttercup 174T91 was their top choice at $5,200. This homozygous polled, purebred fall bred female’s 2010 son sold for $9,750 in the spring Judd Ranch bull sale. Riverbend Ranch, Days Creek, Ore., purchased several outstanding females in last year’s sale and they added four fabulous females this year. Riverbend’s top choice was a black, homozygous polled, purebred Secret Instinct January heifer calf that sold as Lot 44A for $5,200. 22 | December 2012
14 Gelbvieh/Balancer® Females
$3,215
The annual NILE Gelbvieh and Balancer® female sale was held on October 19, 2012 in Billings, Mont. The Montana Gelbvieh Association hosts the sale, which reached record attendance. This sale brought an average of $3,215 on 14 head sold, a more than $700 increase over last year’s sale. Buyers from coast to coast and three countries were active on the small, but powerful offering. The top seller of the day was Lot 2, a pick of the Danell Diamond Six Ranch’s 2011 born bred heifers. Middle Creek Farms, Bozeman, Mont., was the winning bidder at $5,500. The next top seller was Lot 4, choice of the Middle Creek Farms 2011 or 2012 born heifers. Purchasing this pick was M Heart D Gelbvieh, Stevensville, Mont., for $5,250. M Heart D Gelbvieh consigned Lot 13B, MHD Ms Passion. This February 3, 2012, red, 75 percent open heifer was one of the first daughters of BEA Passion 001X ET to sell in auction. She was purchased for $5,200 by Davidson Gelbvieh, Ponteix, SK, Canada. The pick of the 2012 heifer crop calf offered by Davidson Gelbvieh brought $5,000. Prairie Hills Gelbvieh of Gladstone, N.D., was the winning bidder. Lot 3, an open heifer consignment by Danell Diamond Six Ranch sold for $4,000 to Bar IV Ranch in Kentucky. JOB Danell Pammy 15Z is a February 14, 2012, homozygous polled, black, 75 percent daughter of MCFG The Man 113U. Starlight Land and Livestock consigned Lot 10, which sold to Blackhawk Cattle Company, Media, Ill., for $3,200. TMKG Red Ruby 252Z is a February 18, 2012, red, 75 percent Balancer heifer, sired by RID R Collateral 2R.
Additional Sale Reports Available Online Read more detailed and additional sale reports online at www.gelbvieh. org/exchange/salereports. Or scan this QR code with your smartphone. Submit your sale report to Gelbvieh World by sending report or sale information to Jennifer Scharpe at jennifers@gelbvieh.org. Sale report will appear in the next issue of the magazine and will also posted online.
Sales sales C-Cross Cattle Company Fall Bull and Female Sale November 10, 2012 Biscoe, N.C. Auctioneer: Jason Miller Sale Manager: Mitchell Marketing Service Reported by: Duane Strider 10 Gelbvieh Bulls
$3,880
32 Balancer® Bulls
$2,806
21 Elite Females
$2,795
9
$2,211
Commercial Cow-Calf Pairs
11 Commercial Bred Cows
$1,973
22 Commercial Open Heifers
$1,238
The C-Cross Cattle Company Annual Fall Bull and Female Sale was held November 10, 2012 at C-Cross Cattle Company in Biscoe, N.C. Bulls and females sold to both seedstock and commercial buyers in 11 states. The highest selling purebred Gelbvieh bull was Lot 63, CCRO Carolina Exclusive 1230Y. He is a September 26, 2011, homozygous black, homozygous polled son of DCSF Post Rock Silver 231U1. Destined to be a breed-changer, he posts
an outstanding set of EPDs with a birth to yearling spread of 1.8 to 106. His ultrasound ribeye area ratio is 113.9 and 130.1 for marbling. Jumping Cow Gelbvieh and Ridinger Cattle Company of Colorado teamed up to purchase full possession and full interest for $20,000. The top selling Balancer® bull was Lot 26, CCRO Y607. He is a 25 percent Kesslers Frontman R001 sired calf, born February 27, 2011. He is a low birth weight, high performance bull with strong carcass EPDs. Travis Pugh of North Carolina purchased the bull for $4,750. The top selling elite female was Lot 1, JBOB 5084N. From the C-Cross donor pen, she is a homozygous black, double polled, 50 percent Balancer female born October 2, 2003. She is sired by Partisover Anchor 948 out of JBOB 3509K. Plateau Gelbvieh of Colorado was the winning bidder at $3,500. Lot 5B, CCRO Ms Goldmine 1303Y
ET, was the top selling open heifer at $3,000. Lone Oak Gelbvieh of Iowa picked up this 50 percent Balancer, September 2, 2011 heifer, sired by B C C Bushwacker 41-93. Lots 8 and 9 tied for the top selling cow-calf pairs at $3,000. Lone Oak Gelbvieh purchased Lot 8, CCRO MSCCrossRighTime 8662U; a February 8, 2008, 50 percent Balancer cow out of Leachman Right Time and JBOB 3403K ET. Wallace Brown of Kentucky purchased Lot 9, CCRO Miss Caroline 1167Y, a February 13, 2011 purebred Gelbvieh cow out of DCSF Post Rock Silver 233U1 and BETZ Amorelle 22K1ET. The top selling bred heifers were Lot 15, CCRO Mountain Mama 1151Y ET to CJSD Gelbvieh of Ohio and Lot 12, CCRO Miss Caroline 1146Y to Wallace Brown for $2,800.
Reserve Champion Balancer Female: Karsyn Youngblood, Columbus, Kan. Grand Champion Balancer Bull: Kelly Overmiller, Smith Center, Kan. Reserve Champion Balancer Bull: Kelly Overmiller, Smith Center, Kan.
South Carolina State Fair Open Show
State Fair Results Iowa State Fair Open Show – Correction August 17, 2012 Des Moines, Iowa Grand Champion Gelbvieh Female: 3G Yes Please, Emily Griffiths, Kendallville, Ind.
Kansas State Fair Open Show September 13, 2012 Hutchinson, Kan. Grand Champion Gelbvieh Female: John Shearer, Canton, Kan. Reserve Champion Gelbvieh Female: Jason Hightower, LaCygne,Kan. Grand Champion Gelbvieh Bull: John Shearer, Canton, Kan. Reserve Champion Gelbvieh Bull: Jason Hightower, LaCygne, Kan. Grand Champion Balancer Female: Jason Hightower, LaCygne, KS
Clay County Fair Open Show September 15, 2012 Spencer, Iowa Grand Champion Gelbvieh Female: L & L Fitting, Hartley, Iowa Reserve Champion Gelbvieh Female: Wondering Meadows, Lamberton, Minn. Grand Champion Gelbvieh Bull: Paulsen Cattle Co., Cherokee, Iowa Reserve Champion Gelbvieh Bull: Circle V Farm, Walnut Grove, Minn. Grand Champion Balancer Bull: Five Pine Cattle Co., Ocheyedan, Iowa Reserve Champion Balancer Bull: Wandering Meadows, Lamberton, Minn.
October 18, 2012 Columbia, S.C. Grand Champion Female: Chole, Leigh Ann Sudduth, Greer, S.C. Reserve Champion Female: VER Ms Prissy 2150Y, Jared Carnes, Iva, S.C. Grand Champion Bull: JCRN Celo, Jared Carnes, Iva, S.C. Reserve Champion Bull: Black Knight, Justin Ridenhour, Salisbury, N.C.
South Carolina State Fair Junior Show October 20, 2012 Columbia, S.C. Grand Champion Heifer: LRSF Rylee, Connor Durham, Piedmont, S.C. Reserve Champion Heifer: Chole, Leigh Ann Sudduth, Greer, S.C. Gelbvieh World | 23
Seedstock Marketing
Communications communicationsView view The Marketing Plan The traditional marketing plan consists of several steps: 1. Situation Analysis a. Find out where your marketing program has been and its current status b. Project where the program is headed with existing plans 2. Goal Setting While goals come in many different packages for seedstock producers, here are a few examples. The key is setting them early on, defining what they are and how long you want to take to accomplish them. Then, you must have definite methods of monitoring your progress and measuring your results. Here are a few examples of definable and measurable goals: • I want to increase the percentage of new customers by five percent next year. • I want to increase the percentage of repeat customers from 60 percent to 75 percent. • I want to visit at least 20 of my customers this year. • I want to help sell 1,000 of my customers’ calves. • I want to gather and report 100 percent of my birth weights, 100 percent of my available weaning and yearling weights. • I want to call at least three customers a week for the duration of the year. When goal setting, producers should also look at the various market segments at their disposal. For example, you may not just be limited to selling bulls. There may be a market for your second-cut heifers, older cows or for commercial replacements. You should also look at marketing alternatives, such as possible markets in other countries like Mexico or Canada. Many times, producers in other countries need outcross genetics to make their programs more competitive, but cannot find what they need within their own borders. This can take some research to determine what your best alternatives may be, but the dividends for your homework can be great. 3. Marketing Program a. Develop the program’s marketing mix (controllable factors such as product, price, promotion) 24 | December 2012
b. Develop a promotion philosophy that differentiates your program from others c. Develop your marketing budget d. Developing a budget for sale day. Things to consider for your sale budget are: advertising (direct mail or email, print/ radio/television ads); catalog production; sale management; auctioneer; sale barn rental; trucking; panels, tent, temporary facilities; sale day meal; sale day hired help. While some of these items are options, producers should be careful not to eliminate them from consideration because of cost. Take sale management for example. While the commission a sales management firm receives may seem high, consider what it will cost you to do that work yourself instead. Undoubtedly, you will spend less time on the ranch and more time doing promotion. What will the direct costs of that be to your operation? Second, consider that sale management firms can often build demand and bring a higher price for your cattle, plus they’re professionals at marketing cattle when most producers aren’t. Just make sure you do your homework first in order to get the best sales management firm available. 4. Implementation Phase a. Execute the marketing program by enacting all of the components, such as advertising, personal telephone call, etc., that are going to get your cattle sold 5. Evaluation Phase a. Measure results and compare with your plan to identify successes and areas that need improvement.
Pick Up a Good Habit Developing an effective marketing strategy is much like setting a New Year’s resolution. It takes time, effort and discipline. Marketing plans need to be developed and updated on an annual basis. Periodic check-ups should also be conducted to re-focus your promotional efforts or realign your goals. Long-term goals also need to be evaluated on a continual basis. In return for your hard work and dedication, you will realize the potential of your cattle and receive that premium you’ve worked so hard to receive.
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9937 Warren Rd. Winslow, IL 61089
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th Street inquist 1135 190 inquist Fonda, IA 50540
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McCabe Cattle Co.
Two Step Ranch
563-543-5251
563-543-4177
Lacey McCabe
Promote for Success!
Pat and Jay McCabe
Gelbvieh Farley, Iowa Balancers Annual Spring Bull Sale 60-80 Bred Females Each Fall
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Kansas
POST ROCK CATTLE COMPANY 3041 E. Hwy. 284, Barnard, KS 67418 Bill Clark: 785.792.6244 Leland Clark: 785.792.6208 Fax: 785.792.6250 Email: prcc@twinvalley.net
Bar Arrow Cattle Company Stuar t Jar vis 26 E. Limestone Rd. • Phillipsburg, KS 67661 e-mail: bararrow@ruraltel.net • 785/543-5177
Minnesota Brandywine Farm Tom Scarponcini
30474 Brandywine Road Rushford, MN 55971
507-864-2063 Purebred A.I. Seedstock Bulls and Heifers Available. Cell: (913) 219-6613 H: (913) 724-4105 Bonner Springs, KS 66012 FAX: (913) 724-4107
Al, Mary & Nick Knapp 18291 158th Street
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37740 240th Ave., Goodhue, MN 55027 Brian Schafer Lowell Schafer 1-888-226-9210 651-923-4587 brian@schaferfarm.com www.schaferfarm.com Private Treaty Bull Sale — Last Sat. in February Annually
“Where workin’ cattle & eye appeal come full circle”
John & Carla Shearer (620) 628-4621 (620) 654-6507 (John Cell)
2815 Navajo Rd. Canton, KS 67428 circle_s@hometelco.net
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Davis Holder Family 9595 Bugtussle Road, Gamaliel, KY 42140 270-457-BEEF 270-670-2499 Cell =H =H
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Scott & Sonia Mattison Brianna, Nicole, Josh & Kallie 15995 Harvest Ave Lamberton, MN 56152 507-430-0505 • email: ssmattison@redred.com Purebred Gelbvieh and Balancer® Cattle
Missouri •
Judd Ranch Inc.
Dave & Cindy Judd Nick, Ginger Judd & Family Brent & Ashley Judd 423 Hwy. K-68 • Pomona, KS 66076 785/ 566-8371
LeDoux Ranch
Andy, Danielle JW and Jady LeDoux 365 Agenda Lane • Agenda, KS 66930 H:785-732-6564 • C: 785-527-3188 www.ledouxranch.com Offering value from Heterosis
B/F Cattle Company
Specializing in Forage Raised Balancer® Bulls on K-31
102 Merlin Dr. Georgetown, KY 40234 Steve, Ashley, Jordan & Jason McIntosh 502-868-5726 Clifford & Faye McIntosh 502-863-1135 Breeding Gelbvieh since 1989
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Bob Harriman Genetics Montrose, MO 660-492-2504 bharriman39@hotmail.com Thanks to all for investing 50 years in this program from pasture to plate.
D Bar L Land and Livestock Doug Sanford 680 Beaver Valley Rd • Chadron, NE 69337
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ROCKING GV GELBVIEH Polled Fullblood Gelbvieh Cattle Dr. & Mrs. Glenn Wehner 22533 Spencer Lane Kirksville, MO 63501 660-665-7502
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Mark & Patty Goes
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39414 SW 75th Rd. Odell, NE 68415 (402) 766-3627
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Mick Ainsworth
1613 Derby Road P.O. Box 154 Jackson Springs, NC 27281 910-652-2233 Cell: 910-638-8436 Mick’s email: longleaf@etinternet.net
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N. Carolina
6700 County Rd. 19 S. Minot, ND 58701
Rob Arnold
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Dwight and Christina Dockter Bailey, Cheyenne, Cierra and Dalton
4956 41st St. SE, Medina, ND 58467 701-486-3494 • gbgelb@daktel.com Visit www.golden-buckle-gelbvieh.com
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u Dennis, Sherry, Jessica, Katie and Sarah Al and Peggy
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43968 208th Street Lake Preston, SD 57249 605/847-4155 605/860-1326 Alan & Pam Blake, Nikki, Christian
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Junior Voice junior voice How It All Started - AGJA Celebrates 20th Donation Heifer 2012-2013 AGJA Board of Directors
If you’ve ever attended the National Western Stock Show and American Gelbvieh Association Annual Convention there’s a good probability that you’ve been asked by an American Gelbvieh Junior Association (AGJA) member to purchase a raffle ticket for the annual AGJA donation heifer. The largest fundraiser for AGJA has a rich history in driving the success of AGJA while ensuring that the mission of our organization stays focused on youth. Twenty years ago in 1993, AGA members Phil and Dolores Haglund of the Haglund Ranch in Montana began an annual heifer donation to benefit AGJA. Their vision was to support the youth program by providing new opportunities and making sure that AGJA members still had fun while working hard to compete in Gelbvieh shows and contests. In one of my conversations along with way with Phil, he reminded me how important it was that our youth still have a good time during the AGJA Junior Classic and get away for some fun. AGJA members celebrate a “Fun Day” activity during the Junior Classic each year as a part of Phil’s wishes. A trip to a water park, amusement park or even barnyard-style olympics have filled that fun day role and no doubt provided many memories along the way. Beyond the fun, the annual AGJA donation heifer also offers one lucky winner the chance to take home Gelbvieh genetics. Past donation heifers have fulfilled many
roles: Junior Classic class winner, mother to twins, commercial herd momma cow, and most recently a division winner at the 2012 North American International Livestock Exposition. The Haglunds continued their annual donation until 2010 when they retired from ranching. It was then that Rippe Gelbvieh in Hubell, Neb., donated their first heifer to AGJA. The following year Beastrom Gelbvieh in Pierre, S.D., stepped up to the challenge. And for the 2013 heifer Rippe Gelbvieh again has opened up their herd to support AGJA. Both of these programs have children who went through AGJA and see the value in making a sacrifice to support our youth. The Haglunds, Beastroms, and Rippes all deserve a huge amount of thanks for their gifts to AGJA. The heifer raffle continues to be AGJA’s most successful fundraiser and still carries the Haglund’s vision of fun while making AGJA bigger and better each year. This year, please consider purchasing a donation heifer ticket to help fulfill the Haglunds’ wishes, show your appreciation of the breeders who have given of their program, and give your support to the American Gelbvieh Junior Association. Editor’s note: Dana Stewart is the American Gelbvieh Association director of member services and staff advisor for the American Gelbvieh Junior Association. She can be reached at danas@gelbvieh.org or 303-465-2333.
Dustin Aherin, President (2013) 191 11th St., Phillipsburg, KS 67661 P: 785-302-1252 Email: daherin@ruraltel.net Grace Hammer, Vice President (2013) 220 Clark St., Wallace, KS 67761 P: 785-728-7111 Email: hammerhead_grace@hotmail.com Garrett Teeter, V.P. of Leadership (2013) 1380 French Belk Rd., Mt. Ulla, NC 28125 P: 704-267-4060 Email: gmteeter@ncsu.edu Van Tucker, Secretary (2014) 24022 250th Rd., Portis, KS 67474 P: 785-282-0544 vantucker@live.com Seth Arp, Treasurer (2013) N551 Ramsey Rd., Arlington, WI 53911 P: 608-712-1186 Email: setharp0922@hotmail.com Cole Buffo, Ex-Officio 1006 S Main St., Lansing, KS 66043 P: 913-683-0034 Email: cattle@kc.rr.com Christian Hojer (2013) 43968 208th St., Lake Preston, SD 57249 P: 605-860-8635 Email: hojer23@hotmail.com Nicole Mattison (2014) 15995 Harvest Ave, Lamberton, MN 56152 P: 507-752-7573 Michael Ring (2014) 1200 S. Blackhawk Rd., Oregon, Ill. 61061 P: 815-732-7583
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AGA President’s Interview
Feature feature An Interview with AGA President Mark Goes Mark Goes is completing his six years on the American Gelbvieh Association Board of Directors, including one year as Association president. AGA Director of Communications and Gelbvieh World Editor Jennifer Scharpe sat down with Mark discuss herd of Gelbvieh, the AGA and to reflect back on his time on the Board of Directors. With his family, Mark owns and operates M&P Gelbvieh in Odell, Neb. He also teaches beef production at Southeast Community College in Beatrice, Neb.
JS: Describe M&P Gelbvieh Mark: M&P Gelbvieh is owned and operated by Mark, Patty and Tricia Goes. The herd began in 1982 through use of AI on a meager foundation of a couple commercial cows. Since then, the program held a complete dispersion in 1999 and rebuilt a group of females based on the most prolific genetics we could obtain. Our program involves the most maternally based females we can make use of. I enjoy reproductive physiology and strive to implement current technologies to progress the genetics of the most desirable donor females we can produce or acquire. Every female in the M&P herd sees AI service or embryo transfer annually.
JS: Why did you start raising Gelbvieh cattle? Mark: During my college years in the Animal Science program at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, one of my mentors instilled in me the quest to select for “the most of the best.” A very prominent Angus breeder told me of a great Continental breed from Germany that was unique in their maternal excellence. When I decided to begin my own registered herd of cattle, I studied through the breeds available to find genetics that would match the resources I had to work with. Of course, evidenced by the U.S. MARC data, I found the Gelbvieh cattle to be perhaps not the champion of each trait but they were able to excel above the average for all the traits. I knew then that regardless of what the market presented, Gelbvieh cattle would be in demand. JS: What are the goals of M&P Gelbvieh? Mark: M&P Gelbvieh has a goal of producing elite maternal genetics that meet industry standards for production, pedigree, estimated breeding values and phenotype. Contrary to most seedstock operations, our emphasis is on the replacement heifer side with less attention to bull production for annual sales. Consequently, we hope our potential herd sires are “daughter makers.” We hope that females from our herd will work for our customers for many years as productive females with less than one year calving intervals, weaning more than 50 percent of their body weight annually, producing sought after performance for feedlot and carcass traits, and lasting beyond their eighth calf. JS: What is your greatest accomplishment, either with M&P Gelbvieh or as a Board Member? Mark: I feel that the greatest accomplishment is to have started with a college degree, a lot of college debt, a 1968 AMC Rebel car for a vehicle, and one cow that my Dad gave to me as a graduation gift. With this, M&P Gelbvieh was able to grow into a sizeable herd of seedstock females that meet with the approval of our 34 | December 2012
M&P Gelbvieh is owned and operated by the Goes family, (from l to r) Tricia, Mark and Patty. Mark was presented the AGA Member of the Year award at the 2012 Annual Convention.
fellow breeders and commercial customers. Tied to this is the privilege of providing my daughter with the environment to develop the responsibility, work ethic, and insight that one can only gain through management of livestock production. Yes, I can cite the awards that our cattle have received over the years like having our Gelbvieh Futurity entry selected by our peers as the champion or raising the Junior National Champion female, but the most satisfying is being accepted as a successful part of something much bigger than ourselves. As a Board member, being respected enough to be re-elected for a second term and then to have the respect of the Board to be elected President is a tremendous honor.
JS: What were your expectations when you first got into the breed and how has the breed met or exceeded those expectations? Mark: I expected the Gelbvieh breed to grow in acceptance and become one of the major Continental breeds of choice. We know the Gelbvieh breed is firmly rooted in the top seven of the many breeds in the U.S. and I am confident the breed will prevail into the future as a sought after contributor to the American cattle industry.
JS: What are some of the future opportunities for the American Gelbvieh Association and the Gelbvieh Breed? How can we capitalize on those opportunities? Mark: Simply put, the Gelbvieh breed of cattle “owns” the maternal side of any cattle breeding equation. With the smallest U.S. herd of cows in our recent history, and cow herd expansion on the very near horizon, crossbred cattle carrying Gelbvieh genetics will be at the top of the buyers list. To capitalize, Gelbvieh breeders need to begin
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Feature feature now to grow the herd of replacements so that when the buyers are banging down the doors for Gelbvieh cross females, we will have a supply large enough to meet the demand. The young Gelbvieh females need to stay out of the feedlot and remain in the pasture. Opportunities for the AGA are the expansion of membership, particularly regarding the younger producers. The number one factor impacting profitability of a breeding program is fertility. For those interested in seedstock production, the AGA and Gelbvieh cattle provide a more secure investment for the long term with the fertility, production and longevity of the breed. As the AGA recruits more membership, strength in numbers will prevail, healthy competition will result and the Association will be more sustainable.
JS: What is the greatest accomplishment of the AGA and/or Gelbvieh breed? Mark: Objectively speaking, given the great controversy of crossbreeding versus straight breeding being debated today, and the indisputable advantages of crossbreeding, I must say that the Balancer® program must be the greatest accomplishment. Please don’t misinterpret my passion for Gelbvieh, but when the AGA had the foresight to pioneer a hybrid registry with a blended EPD base that would help commercial customers advance their breeding programs, the true vision is beyond measure. Aside from the AGA registry, the Balancer program laid the groundwork for designed crossbreeding programs that have advanced beef production from conception to the dinner plate. Soon after the Balancer onset, other breeds followed suit. Hybrid registries now often outnumber the purebred registries of many Continental breeds. In an era where crossbreeding is a must, it is much better to see percentage Gelbvieh animals than to see no Gelbvieh at all. The demand for Gelbvieh influenced cattle will drive demand upward for more purebred Gelbvieh cattle as some Balancer cattle are placed in “breed up” programs and the need for new purebreds to make new F1 Balancers arises.
JS: What does “Impacting the Beef Business” mean to you? Mark: Impacting the Beef Business is a catch phrase resulting from the 2012 AGA strategic planning session. This phrase summarizes the ideals of the membership for the future of Gelbvieh within the cattle industry. I trust that the Gelbvieh breed and the AGA will impact the industry of today and the future with relevant cattle. Relevant cattle are those that will compliment other breeds in strategically designed crossbreeding programs. These programs will utilize maternal genetic packages that will breed earlier with higher percent conception rates, repeat again the next year and continue for many years. The product of these breeding pieces will excel in areas of disease resistance, feed efficiency, and growth. Upon harvest the terminal animals will have a profitable yield and quality to satisfy a growing world population. All of this is necessary with shrinking agriculture land base and less resource availability. In summary, we must produce more with much less. Efficient Gelbvieh cattle can leave less of a footprint on our environment and help to provide more healthy, nutritious and satisfying beef to our consumer in a dependable and predictable manner.
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Mark teaches beef production at Southeast Community College in Beatrice, Neb.
JS: What advice would you give to someone looking to get started with Gelbvieh? Mark: My first advice would be to become a member of the AGA. Through this, a member receives updates on technical information, promotion of the breed, and partnership with others that can advise and mentor. In today’s cattle industry, a commercial producer must keep and use more records and more data than the seedstock producer of yesteryear. Membership in the AGA provides an avenue for data compilation and analysis with expert tutorial on utilization of the information. So if you are required to make use of the data for survival, it may as well be through registered Gelbvieh cattle and the AGA. Secondly, I would advise aligning yourself with others that have a common approach. Inevitably, our world is revolving around the economies of size and scale. In order to prosper, breeders will need to market their product through larger offerings, providing more logistic and accurate predictability with regard to breeding values as well as marketability.
JS: What have you enjoyed most during your years on the Board? Mark: When I was starting my own herd of registered cattle, I would anxiously await the arrival of the then Gelbvieh Country magazine, and later the Gelbvieh World. I would read about all those “big” guys, the important and prominent folks that made the association run. Later, I was elected to the Board of Directors and was a little insecure about interacting with all those important people. Over time, I have come to enjoy that interaction and have personally grown so much from the mentorship, cooperation, savvy, and team growth that I have been allowed to be a part of. Also, increasing my understanding of the complexities of an organization of this magnitude from the financial aspect to the genetic evaluation to the research and promotion necessary has been most rewarding.
2013 AGA Annual Convention and National Western Stock Show Schedule Tentative Tuesday, January 8 8:00 a.m. Cattle begin arriving – NWSS Wednesday, January 9 11:00 AGA Executive Committee meeting – HOTEL Noon AGA Board of Directors meeting – HOTEL 6:30 p.m. National Sale Committee meeting – HOTEL 7:30 p.m. National Show Committee meeting – HOTEL 7:00 p.m. Cattle in place on the Hill and in the Yards – NWSS Thursday, January 10 8:00 a.m. Check-in Yard and Hill cattle – NWSS 1:00 p.m. Rules and By-laws Committee meeting – HOTEL 2:30 p.m. Finance Committee – HOTEL 4:30 p.m. American Gelbvieh Foundation Committee meeting – HOTEL Friday, January 11 7:00 a.m. State Association Officers Breakfast – HOTEL Morning Free to attend NWSS 1:00 p.m. Marketing & Member Education workshops – HOTEL 3:15 p.m. Productivity Committee meeting – HOTEL 5:15 p.m. GPP Annual Stockholders meeting – HOTEL 7:00 p.m. Breeder’s Choice Gelbvieh Bull Futurity & People’s Choice Balancer® Bull Futurity meetings – HOTEL
Saturday, January 12 7:30 a.m. Gelbvieh and Balancer® Junior Heifer Show – NWSS STADIUM ARENA 10:00 a.m. Breeder’s Choice Gelbvieh Bull Futurity & People’s Choice Balancer® Bull Futurity – NWSS STADIUM ARENA 3:00 p.m. AGA Annual Membership meeting – HOTEL 5:15 p.m. AGA Board of Directors meeting & photo – HOTEL 6:30 p.m. Awards presentation and Futurity Social – HOTEL Sunday, January 13 8:00 a.m. Gelbvieh and Balancer® Pen Bull Show – NWSS LIVESTOCK CENTER Noon Lunch – NWSS LIVESTOCK CENTER 1:00 p.m. National Gelbvieh and Balancer® Sale – NWSS LIVESTOCK CENTER 5:30 p.m. Board of Directors meeting – Hotel Monday, January 14 8:00 a.m. National Gelbvieh and Balancer® Show – NWSS STADIUM ARENA 7:00 p.m. Begin release of Hill cattle (out by 10:00 p.m.) Tuesday, January 15 7:00 a.m. Begin release of Yard cattle (out by 4:00 p.m.)
2013 AGA Annual Convention Registration Registration to the American Gelbvieh Association Annual Convention is free of charge. Membership participation and input during committee meetings and the annual membership meeting is vital to future success of the AGA. Start planning now for the 2013 “Impacting the Beef Business” Annual Convention and NWSS January 9-14.
To assist AGA staff in planning for convention, please submit the convention registration form to the AGA office. Convention registrations may also be submitted online by visiting the 2013 AGA Annual Convention page at www.gelbvieh.org. All convention attendees should pick up name tags and convention booklets at the AGA convention registration desk.
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Meet the AGA Board of Directors Candidates The American Gelbvieh Association nominating committee recommends the following seven candidates to fill the five open positions on the AGA Board of Directors. Other nominations may be accepted from the floor during the annual meeting. The election for Board of Directors will take place during the annual meeting on Saturday, January 12, 2013 at 3:00 p.m. during the AGA “Impacting the Beef Business” Annual Convention. A member who is unable to attend the annual meeting may request an absentee ballot by phone, email, mail or fax for election of directors. In order to obtain an absentee ballot, a member must submit his or her application to the American Gelbvieh Association office not more than 60 days (November 12, 2012) nor less than 10 days (January 2, 2013) prior to the annual meeting, and must be in good standing with the association at least sixty (60) days prior to the annual meeting. Ballots must be returned to the AGA office by 4:30 p.m. on Friday, January 11, 2013 to be counted at the annual meeting on Saturday, January 13, 2013.
Brian Dunn, Kansas It is an honor to be nominated for a second term to the AGA Board. My wife Carolyn and I are partners in a diversified family farming and livestock operation near St. John, Kan. This operation consists of a variety of crops, alfalfa, swine, seed sales and cattle. My start in the Gelbvieh business began in 1982 with a purchase of a 4-H Brian Dunn heifer and my father Leon’s purchase of five cows. This has grown into Sandy Knoll Farm Gelbvieh, which today has over 400 registered fullblood, purebred, and Balancer® Gelbvieh cattle. Growing up in the Gelbvieh Association gave me the chance to be involved in the AGJA Junior Classics, and serving as president. I have served on the Kansas Gelbvieh Association Board, and currently serve as vicepresident of the AGA. My interest in the Board is to continue to improve our association to adapt to the changing times in the beef industry. My grandpa, who started farming using horses, saw a tremendous amount of change during his lifetime. Today he would be amazed at our use of DNA, GPS crop mapping and GMO enhanced crops in which is the only world my sons Preston, Ian, and Garrett currently understand. As a board member, I want to make sure Gelbvieh maintains relevance in mainstream cattle production. I also think it is important to implement the technology that is available, to make even better breeding decisions than we can today. I have witnessed firsthand the advancement of genetics in the swine industry, the changes in farming by the foot with GPS technology and the rapid improvement in plant genetics and want to make sure the Gelbvieh Association does not miss out on this technology explosion. I would appreciate your vote and if you cannot make it to the annual meeting be sure to cast an absentee ballot.
Chris Mitchell, Georgia It is an honor to be nominated for election to the American Gelbvieh Association Board of Directors. My involvement with Gelbvieh cattle and Gelbvieh breeders has been very extensive for the past 22 years. I am a partner in Mitchell Marketing Services that has been managing Gelbvieh sales throughout the United States since 2000. Along with Mitchell Marketing Services, I own 38 | December 2012
and operate Chris Mitchell Livestock Photography, taking photos and shooting videos of all breeds of cattle nationwide. Mitchell Marketing Services has sponsored many programs and socials for the Annual Gelbvieh Convention, Gelbvieh Junior Nationals and Junior Regional shows through the years. I have a true dedication to the breed and to the youth of our breed. Chris Mitchell My first introduction to Gelbvieh cattle came in 1989. I became heavily involved with sale management of Gelbvieh cattle in 1990. Through my everyday communication with breeders, their breeding programs and marketing strategies, I have an understanding of the needs and wishes from the breeders to bring before the national board to help the Gelbvieh breed succeed in the future of the beef industry. The Gelbvieh breed is a passion in my life and I look forward to many more years of service and marketing to keep Gelbvieh in the forefront of the industry. With your help and support I would appreciate the opportunity to serve as a representative on the American Gelbvieh Association’s Board of Directors for the next three years. Thank you for your consideration.
Ron Rogers, Missouri It’s an honor to be nominated for the American Gelbvieh Association Board of Directors. I’ve served on several national committees and worked with the leadership of AGA through the years. I believe the very best leaders have been those who served for the good of the association without personal agendas. If elected, I will follow in their footsteps. Ron Rogers A little about my background … I have a degree in business administration. After graduation, I was employed as a salesman for privately owned agricultural supply elevators in northern Missouri. I worked my way up to management and then spent ten years as manager and stockholder in an elevator in Mendon, Mo. One of my customers thought you could make money with a large cattle operation in
northern Missouri, and asked me to help him prove it. For the next ten years, I successfully managed a herd with 2,500 head. And that’s how I became a Gelbvieh believer and breeder. To find bulls that produced the most profitable cattle, I tried many breeds. Gelbvieh proved beyond any doubt they were the best cross on my cows. Since 1991, Kathy, my wife of 51 years, and I have operated Rogers Valley Farm. We have grown to about 170 Gelbvieh cows. In addition to our seedstock operation, we also develop breeding stock for customers. We develop around 600 bulls annually for spring and fall sales. Heifer development is a fast growing part of our business at this time, as well. In addition to our involvement in AGA, we’ve been active in and supported the Heart of America Gelbvieh Association. Twice I’ve had the honor to serve as president of HAGA. Our daughters and grandchildren have been active in the junior program, with three of them showing at the Black & Gold Classic hosted in our home state of Missouri. If I am elected to the board, I will always put the betterment of the Gelbvieh breed and AGA first in my judgment. I’ve received a lot of good from this association and this breed, and I’d like to give back. I’m asking for your vote, and I thank you for your consideration.
Scott Starr, Nebraska Hello to all. I am running for the Board of Directors for the
American Gelbvieh Association. After a short break I have been convinced to run for a third term. All who know me know that when I do something I am all in and devoted to my obligations. Pressure from members made me consider running for the AGA Board again. It really just took convincing my wife that I was needed on the Board and I believe Andy caught her in a weak moment. I enjoyed the previous six years and look forward to Scott Starr the next three if elected. Cedar Top Ranch runs a large commercial cow herd and 1,100 registered cows. I know the cattle business very well from pasture to plate as we feed out and sell some of our yearlings each year. A quality eating experience for consumers has always been a point of interest for me. All while genetically building cattle that make money at every stage of the life cycle. Cedar Top Ranch was the first operation to carcass test herd sires and the first to DNA test the entire bull crop for tenderness and carcass traits. By using bulls that make money in the pasture, we have now achieved many of our goals. The last pen of cattle we fed were 308 heifers, almost all Gelbvieh-influenced. They went 96.6 percent Choice or higher, 79.8 percent Yield Grade 1 and 2’s and gained over five pounds per day. When I left the board the last time I told the new board that I would be back if I felt they were not getting it done. In some
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cases I feel this way. The perception of the breed in the feeding and packing industry in certain cases is not positive. My own cattle dispute to this opinion. The maternal component of the commercial cow-calf herd needs to be Gelbvieh not Simmental. I have run both breeds in the Cedar Top commercial herd and the Simmental cows do not breed back or stay in as good of shape or as good of health as do the Gelbvieh/Balancer® cattle. Add that to the inconsistency of the Simmental sired calf crop and you just can’t stay in business with these types of cattle. I consider Simmental a fad breed. Gelbvieh is the Continental breed of choice with intelligent and quality minded commercial cattlemen. Thank you for your consideration. I would appreciate your vote in supporting my election to the AGA Board of Directors. I will always vote for the good of the breed and not special interests.
Walter Teeter, North Carolina I appreciate the opportunity to run for the AGA Board of Directors. Together with my wife Lee and my sons Garrett, Justin, and Austin, we operate Green Hills Gelbvieh. We run about 300 head of Gelbvieh, Balancer® and commercial cattle. We have had Gelbvieh since 1986 and have been members of Walter Teeter the AGA since 1989. We were charter members of the North Carolina Gelbvieh Association and I have served as a board member and president of that organization. We have helped organize and hold an AGJA regional and national show so I understand that it takes lots of work to move a program forward. I graduated from North Carolina State University with a degree in Mechanical Engineer and Economics. I am C.E.O. of Republic Refrigeration, Inc., which is one of the largest industrial refrigeration companies in North America having completed projects in 44 states, Canada, and Mexico. I am currently on the Board of IIAR, which is a trade group that represents ammonia refrigeration users. I have been a Deacon and Elder in my church. I understand that to be successful you need to determine what you do well and do it better than the competition. To move our breed forward I feel we need to concentrate on our strengths and promote them, not try to be everything to the cattle industry. It would be an honor to serve on the board and I would appreciate your vote.
Gary Tilghman, Kentucky Fellow AGA Members: It is an honor to be considered by the AGA nominating committee to seek a second term on the AGA Board. Serving the past three years on the AGA Board has been great, working beside fellow Board members to keep the AGA moving forward. We’ve made tough Gary Tilghman decisions and bold moves to benefit our membership. I understand the importance of addressing issues and adapting modern technology to 40 | December 2012
meet AGA members’ needs, as well as pursuing breed improvement programs for Gelbvieh cattle within the beef industry. To me, these are responsibilities of a good board member. Since childhood, we’ve had beef cattle. I have a real passion to produce quality seedstock. We purchased our first Gelbvieh females and joined AGA in 1985. Then, only a couple of breeders owned Gelbvieh cattle in Kentucky. Since then, Gelbvieh has taken off and our state’s membership and registrations skyrocketed. Pleasant Meadows Farm is a charter member of the Kentucky Gelbvieh Association. I’ve served as an officer and director, chaired the AGJA Eastern Regional, and shared duties to develop the KY/ TN Maternal Edge Female Sale. My wife, Pat and daughters Lindsey and Carrie participate in Gelbvieh activities. We gave our daughters the opportunity to participate in AGJA activities because, in our opinion, it is a tremendous way to raise kids, teaching leadership and responsibility. We thank AGJA for the opportunity for Carrie to serve as an AGJA Board member. We now are blessed with a grandson that is “eat up” with it, too! I participated in 4-H and FFA, as have my wife and children. Professionally, I have been a County Extension Agent for Agriculture with University of Kentucky for 34+ years. My county (Barren) is the largest “cow” county in Kentucky and I get to work with beef producers daily. You have many high quality nominees to select from. That is the way it needs to be. Now with a term of board experience, I ask for your vote to serve for a second (final) term.
Dan Warner, Nebraska It is an honor to be nominated for a second term of the AGA Board of Directors. My wife Kate and I have three children, Gentry, Berkley, and Kallan. Together with my family we run Warner Beef Genetics in southwest Nebraska. Our families have always been rooted in agriculture and have a variety of interests from crop production to cattle feeding. Dan Warner However, not inheriting a seedstock business has kept us grounded to the whole industry and realizing the true fit for Gelbvieh cattle. The past years on the Board have been very beneficial to me. I have learned how a breed association works on a daily basis and also the importance of being visionary and forward thinking to aid in breed positioning for the future. I am very proud of the action of this Board and the direction we have moved. This breed has an opportunity to be a large part of the national cow herd expansion when Mother Nature allows it to grow. It is time for us to be proactive and take pride in our cattle. With one mating decision we can place all the cattle in this breed into industry parameters that will open market share that others currently enjoy. I believe this is the best Continental breed of cattle available but it is a fast paced industry and we must keep up or get left behind. If elected I will continue to work for each breeder and make the hard decisions that best benefit the Gelbvieh breed.
LEMKE CATTLE 7th ANNUAL PRODUCTION SALE Saturday, January 26 2013 1:00 pm CST at the Ranch
f Selling 50 Registered Balancer, Red Angus, Angus and Gelbvieh Bulls f Selling 5 Registered Black Balancer open Heifers f Selling 15 Fancy commercial Red Angus open Heifers Our cattle are our livelihood, not a sideline. With a cowherd stacking generations of AI Genetics, and multipling the most elite top end Genetics through our ET program we produce profitable genetics that balance & excel in multiple traits.
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1757 Road 2500 • Lawrence, NE 68957 Phone: 402-756-7090 • Cell: 402-469-2284
For more information Visit our new website: www.lemkecattle.com
American Royal Gelbvieh & Balancer® Show
October 27, 2012 • Kansas City, Mo. Judge: Jim Husz, Maryville, MO • Entries: 75 animals
Grand Champion Gelbvieh Female 3G Cowgirl Zesta 204Z Emily Griffiths, Kendallville, Ind. Sire: 3G Time Machine 758T ET
Grand Champion Gelbvieh Bull CIRS 2326Z Circle S Ranch, Canton, Kan. Sire: CIRS Decade 278U2
Reserve Champion Gelbvieh Female CIRS 122TY Chandler Ladner, Argonia, Kan., Sire: LFA 278RT
Reserve Champion Gelbvieh Bull CIRS 2207Z Circle S Ranch, Canton, Kan. Sire: CIRS Decade 278U2
Gelbvieh Champion Spring Heifer Calf TBKN Whitney 1Z2 Tyler Beenken, Buckingham, Iowa Sire: JCBR Lazy T Beech Jet R052T
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Gelbvieh Reserve Spring Heifer Calf HTFG Ms Zina Z532 Brad McWilliams, Asbury, Mo. Sire: JRI Enhancer 53U21
Gelbvieh Reserve Junior Heifer Calf CIRS 2102Z Circle S Ranch, Canton, Kan. Sire: CIRS Decade 278U2
Gelbvieh Champion Senior Heifer Calf KKKG Thanksgiving 335Y Triple K Gelbvieh, Bonner Springs, Kan. Sire: CIRS Gold Finger 12LWET
Grand Champion Balancer Female BABR 1015Y ET Britney Volek, Highmore, S.D. Sire: SAV Brilliance 8077
Grand Champion Balancer Bull 3G Yarborough 186Y Emily Griffiths, Kendallville, Ind. Sire: 3G Warlock 928W
Reserve Champion Balancer Female VER Miss Prissy 247Y LeDoux Ranch, Agenda, Kan., Sire: Leachman Saugahatchee 3000C
Reserve Champion Balancer Bull AHL Redemption 237 Z LeDoux Ranch, Agenda, Kan. Sire: SAV Bismarck 5682
Gelbvieh Reserve Senior Heifer Calf 3G Cowgirl Yanina 188Y Emily Griffiths, Kendallville, Ind. Sire: 3G Warlock 928W
Gelbvieh Champion Intermediate Heifer 3G Yes Pease 183Y Emily Griffiths, Kendallville, Ind. Sire: 3G Time Machine 758T ET
Gelbvieh Reserve Intermediate Heifer BLVK 120Y ET Carly Britney Volek, Highmore, S.D. Sire: GKG Harley
Gelbvieh Reserve Junior Yearling Heifer LBVF Good Morning Beautiful Logan Buffo, Lansing, Kan. Sire: RTRT Solution
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Gelbvieh Reserve Spring Bull Calf Garbanzo Bean Sydney Bigger, Media, Ill. Sire: SYDB Butter Bean
Gelbvieh Reserve Junior Bull Calf Alias DTK Cattle Company, Janesville, Iowa Sire: CRAN Buddy Boy T729
Gelbvieh Champion Senior Bull Calf RL Johnboy Ricky Linquist, Fonda, Iowa Sire: Davidson Johnboy 134U
Gelbvieh Champion Intermediate Bull CIRS 33 Circle S Ranch, Canton, Kan. Sire: CIRS Decate 278U2
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Gelbvieh Reserve Intermediate Bull HCC G Captain Jack 16Y37 Hightower Cattle Company LLC, La Cygne, Kan Sire: JRI Pop A Top
Gelbvieh Champion Junior Bull JNCC Checklist 105Y Jared Nowack, Bland, Mo. Sire: RWL 844U
Gelbvieh Reserve Junior Bull GBVF Tap This Cole Buffo, Lansing, Kan. Sire: CIRS Alternating Current
Balancer Champion Junior Heifer Calf HTFG Ms Zippy Z542 Elmer McWilliams, Asbury, Mo. Sire: JRI Enhancer 53U21
Balancer Reserve Junior Heifer Calf Queen of Spades 2673Z ET Jake Lammers, Lexington, Neb. Sire: XXB Big Nâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Rich 911P ET
Balancer Reserve Senior Heifer Calf TTTT Mytty Good Girl Karsyn Youngblood, Columbus, Kan. Sire: Mytty In Focus
Balancer Champion Intermediate Heifer PMG Yolanda 57Y M&P Gelbvieh, Odell, Neb. Sire: JHG Premonition 662S ET
Balancer Reserve Junior Yearling Heifer BNW Prairie Gal 1063Y Wilkinson Gelbvieh Ranch, Model, Colo. Sire: 60W BLK Krugers Goldman
Balancer Champion Cow-Calf Pair BNW Prairie Gal Stamp 9069W Wilkinson Gelbvieh Ranch, Model, Colo. Sire: SYD Stampede 61228ET
Balancer Reserve Junior Bull Calf HTFB Ms Zander Z213 Brad McWilliams, Asbury, Mo. Sire: RRSH Mr Mimi
Balancer Champion Junior Bull BAG Diamond Back 98Y Wilkinson Gelbvieh Ranch, Model, Co. Sire: CTR Sandman 65238
Balancer Champion Senior Bull T Bar Flintstone 10X Justin Vehige, Bonnots Mill, Mo. Sire: Gerloff Newsline 6233
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Places to Be places to be December 2012 Dec. 1 Eagle Pass Ranch Female Sale, Highmore, SD Dec. 1 SEGA Gelbvieh & Friends Female Sale, Pierce, CO Dec. 7 Knoll Crest Farms Total Performance Bull Sale, Red House, VA Dec. 8 Verner Farms Complete Dispersal, Rutledge, GA Dec. 14 Nebraska Maternal Edge Sale, Kearney, NE Dec. 15 Iowa Maternal Edge Sale, Bloomfield, IA Dec. 15 GAIN “A Dozen Diamonds” Gelbvieh Female Sale, Kearney, NE Dec. 21 February Profit Picture Advertising Deadline Dec. 24-26 AGA Office Closed
January 2013 Jan. 1 Jan. 12 Jan. 12 Jan. 12 Jan. 13 Jan. 13 Jan. 14 Jan. 25 Jan. 26 Jan. 28
AGA Office Closed NWSS Gelbvieh & Balancer Junior Show, Denver, CO People’s Choice Gelbvieh Bull Futurity, Denver, CO Breeder’s Choice Balancer Bull Futurity, Denver, CO NWSS Gelbvieh & Balancer Pen Bull Show, Denver, Co National Gelbvieh & Balancer Sale, Denver, CO NWSS National Gelbvieh & Balancer Show, Denver CO March Gelbvieh World Advertising Deadline Lemke Cattle Co. Production Sale, Lawrence, NE NDGA Golden Rule Sale, Mandan, ND
February 2013 Feb. 2 Feb. 2 Feb. 4
Lost River Livestock Production Sale, Clearbrook, MN Seedstock Plus Tennessee Bull & Female Sale, Columbia, TN Taubenheim Gelbvieh 23rd Annual Production Sale, Amherst, NE
Feb. 9 LeDoux Ranch Production Sale, Agenda, KS Feb. 12 GBOI Gelbvieh Gold Sale, Iowa Beef Expo, Des Moines, IA Feb. 16 Overmiller Annual Production Sale, Smith Center, KS Feb. 16 Prairie Hills Gelbvieh Bull & Female Production Sale, Gladstone, ND Feb. 19 Cedar Top Ranch Annual Production Sale, Burwell, NE Feb. 22 22nd Annual Pot of Gold Bull Sale, Olathe, CO Feb. 22 Nebraska Cattlemen’s Classic, Kearney, NE Feb. 23 Golden Buckle Gelbvieh Bull & Female Production Sale, Napoleon, ND Feb. 23 Swanson Cattle Company 25th Annual Production Sale, Oxford, NE Feb. 23 Schafer Farms Inc., 28th Annual Private Treaty Bull Sale, Goodhue, MN Feb. 23 Seedstock Plus north Missouri Bull Sale, Kingsville, MO Feb. 25 April Gelbvieh World Advertising Deadline Feb. 25 Beastrom Ranch Annual Bull Sale, Pierre, SD Feb. 27 Grund Beef Genetics, Sharon Springs, KS Feb. 27 Plateau Gelbvieh Bull Sale, Brush, CO
March 2013 Mar. 1 Handel Farms 20th Annual Production Sale, Platte, SD Mar. 1 Chimney Butte Ranch Annual Gelbvieh Production Sale, Mandan, ND Mar. 2 Davidson Gelbvieh & Lonesome Dove Ranch 24th Annual Bull Sale, Ponteix, SK Mar. 2 SEGA Gelbvieh Private Treaty Bull Sale Opening Day, Pierce, CO Mar. 2 Judd Ranch 35th Gelbvieh, Balancer® and Red Angus Bull Sale, Pomona, KS Mar. 2 Thorstenson Gelbvieh & Angus Bull Sale, Mobridge, SD Mar. 2 Circle M Farms 7th Annual Production Bull Sale, Woodbury, TN Mar. 2 Flying H Genetics 33rd Roughage ‘N Ready Herd Bull Sale, Arapahoe, NE Mar. 4 Hojer Gelbvieh Ranch Production Sale, Lake Preston, SD Mar. 4 MLM Gelbvieh & Great River Ranch Private Treaty Kickoff Sale, Superior, NE Mar. 5 Warner Beef Genetics Annual Production Sale, Arapahoe, NE Mar. 9 J Bar M Gelbvieh and J&K Farms Bull Sale, Springfield, MO Mar. 9 Midwest Beef Alliance Bull Sale, Tina, MO Mar. 9 Rippe Gelbvieh Bull Sale, Belleville, KS Mar. 12 Bar Arrow Cattle Company 22nd Annual Production Sale, Phillipsburg, KS Mar. 16 Pearson Cattle Company Annual Bull Sale, Lake City, SD Mar. 16 Post Rock Cattle Co. “Cowman’s Kind” Bull & Female Sale, Barnard, KS Mar. 16 Minnesota Gelbvieh Association 15th Annual Opportunity Sale, Fergus Falls, MN Mar. 16 North Carolina Maternal Edge Sale, Clinton, NC Mar. 16 Flying H Genetics 10th Grown On Grass Bull Sale, Lowry City, MO Mar. 20 Eagle Pass Ranch Bull Sale, Highmore, SD Mar. 21 8th Annual Triple Play Bull Sale, Huron, SD Mar. 21 Kicking Horse Ranch Annual Production Sale, Oilmont, MT Visit the online version of Places to Be at www.gelbvieh. org for additional dates on upcoming sales and more information on each event.
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Ad Index ad index 2R-2B Gelbvieh........................ 29 3 G Ranch................................. 26 ABCS Gelbvieh......................... 26 Adkins Gelbvieh........................ 30 AGA............................................ 4 AGJA.................................. 33, 39 Area Coordinators..................... 11 B/F Cattle Company................. 27 Bar Arrow Cattle Company....... 27 Bar IV Livestock........................ 27 Bar T Bar Ranch, Inc................ 26 Beastrom Gelbvieh Ranch......... 30 Blackhawk Cattle Company...... 26 Boehler Gelbvieh....................... 28 Bow K Ranch............................ 26 Brandywine Farm...................... 27 BV Ranch.................................. 30 Cattlemen’s Connection........ 3, 31 C-Cross Cattle Company.... 29, 35 Cedar Top Ranch.............. IFC, 28 Chimney Butte Ranch............... 29 Circle S Ranch...................... 9, 27 CJ&L Livestock........................ 30 Clinch Mountain Gelbvieh....... 30 Cranview Gelbvieh.............. 13, 29 Cunningham, Ronn.................. 31 D Bar L Land and Livestock...... 28 Danell Diamond Six Ranch....... 28
DDM Gelbvieh......................... 26 Diamond L Farms..................... 29 Double Bar H........................... 27 Dromgoole’s Heaven................. 30 Eagle Pass Ranch....................... 30 Ellison Gelbvieh & Angus Ranch.... 30 Flying H Genetics.............. 28, BC GAIN Female Sale..................... 48 Gelbvieh Bull Barn.................... 31 Gelbvieh Guide......................... 31 Gelbvieh Media Productions..... 45 Gelbvieh Profit Partners............ 25 GeneSeek.................................. 15 Goettlich Gelbvieh Ranch......... 28 Golden Buckle Gelbvieh........... 29 Green Hills Gelbvieh................. 29 GS Ridge Top Ranch................. 26 Gustin’s Diamond D Gelbvieh.... 29 Hampton Cattle Company....... 30 Harriman, Bob.......................... 28 Hart Farm Gelbvieh.............. 5, 27 Hartland Farm.......................... 27 Hill Top Haven Farm................ 31 Hodges Ranch........................... 26 Hojer Gelbvieh Ranch............... 30 J & K Farms.............................. 26 J Bar M Gelbvieh...................... 28 Judd Ranch, Inc.................... 1, 27
Jumping Cow Gelbvieh............. 16 Kicking Horse Ranch................ 28 Kittle Gelbvieh Farms............... 26 Knoll Crest Farm....................... 30 Lambert, Doak.......................... 31 Ledgerwood Gelbvieh............... 30 LeDoux Ranch.......................... 27 Lemke Cattle....................... 28, 41 Leonhardt Cattle Company....... 30 Linquist Farms.......................... 26 Little Windy Hill Farms............ 30 Lone Oak Gelbvieh................... 26 Longleaf Station........................ 29 M&P Gelbvieh......................... 28 M&W Farms............................ 30 Maple Hill Farm....................... 26 Markes Family Farms................ 29 Martin Cattle Company............ 26 Maternal Edge Sale.................... 47 Mattison Family Farm............... 27 McCabe Cattle/Two Step Ranch.... 27 McIntosh Farm......................... 27 Middle Creek Farms.................. 28 Miller Gelbvieh......................... 26 Mitchell Marketing Service. 16, 31 MLM Gelbvieh......................... 28 Mulroy Farms............................ 27 National CUP Lab.................... 31
NS Ranch................................. 30 Plateau Gelbvieh....................... 26 Pope Farms Gelbvieh................. 28 Post Rock Cattle Company... 7, 27 Prairie Hills Gelbvieh................ 19 Register Farms........................... 29 Ridinger Cattle Co.................... 16 Rocking GV Gelbvieh............... 28 Rogers Valley Farm Gelbvieh... 17, 28 Sawtooth Gelbvieh Cattle & Hay... 29 Schafer Farms, Inc..................... 27 Seedstock Plus Genetics............. 31 Seedstock Plus........................... 31 Southern Belles Sale.................... 5 Spring Flood Ranch.................. 28 Swanson Cattle Company......... 29 Taubenheim Gelbvieh............... 29 The 88 Ranch............................ 28 Thorstenson Gelbvieh................ 30 TJB Gelbvieh............................ 33 Treble W Ranch........................ 30 Triple K Gelbvieh...................... 27 Warner Beef Genetics .............IBC White Oak Farms...................... 28 Wildwood Acres........................ 29 Wilkinson Gelbvieh.................. 26 Yoder’s Prairie Acres................... 29
Maternal Edge Female Sales
Gelbvieh Influenced Females - Working Hard for your Bottom Line
Nebraska Maternal Edge Sale
Iowa Maternal Edge Sale
North Carolina Maternal Edge Sale
Sponsored by Gelbvieh Association In Nebraska Location: Kearney Livestock Market, Kearney, NE
Sponsored by Gelbvieh Breeders of Iowa
Sponsored by North Carolina Gelbvieh Association
Location: Bloomfield Livestock Market, Bloomfield, IA
Location: Upton Sale Arena, Sampson County Livestock Facility, Clinton, NC
Friday, December 14, 2012
Over 500 head sell! Selling 300-400 Gelbvieh influenced bred females Also selling 150 OCV heifer calves Contact for consignments and information; Scott Starr: 308-587-2293 Dan Warner: 308-962-5485 Brian Rogers American Gelbvieh Association 936-554-1600 • brianr@gelbvieh.org
Saturday, December 15, 2012
Contact for consignments and information; Eric Ehresman: 319-480-1564 Frank Hayek: 319-269-8633 Brian Rogers American Gelbvieh Association 936-554-1600 • brianr@gelbvieh.org
Saturday, March 16, 2013
Contact for consignments and information; Duane Strider: 336-964-6277 William McIntosh American Gelbvieh Association 502-867-3132 • williamm@gelbvieh.org
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A Dozen Diamonds Elite Gelbvieh Female Sale Saturday, December 15, 2012 Holiday Inn, Kearney, NE
A Diamond is an investment you can build your herd around
Lot 7
Lot 11
Lot 4
Lot 9
Lot 4A Sale sponsored by Gelbvieh Association in Nebraska Social & Banquet t 5:30 p.m. A Dozen Diamonds Sale t 7:30 p.m. J.J. Boehler • 308.999.0207 Nick Wells • 785.443.0223 Brittney Spencer • 605.280.0204
Offering:
10 elite females 1 choice flush opportunity 1 pick of the 2012 calf crop 1 pick of the 2012 bred heifers For photos, videos and more information on this elite opportunity, please visit: www.gelbviehassociationinnebraska.org or www.gelbvieh.org
Happy Holidays from DLW EDISON 6718X AMGV 1180218 SIRE: CTR Good Night 715T DAM: DLW Ms Kingpin 6718S
Warner Beef Genetics exhibited the 2012 People’s Choice Balancer® Bull Futurity Champion at the National Western Stock Show in Denver, CO.
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WARNER BEEF GENETICS Dan and Kate Warner 42198 Road 721, Arapahoe, NE 68922 Dan Warner: 308.962.6511 Monte Warner: 308.962.6136 Darren Warner: 308.824.2950
Dozen Diamonds Sale
Flying H Genetics’ Pick of The Pair In the
Kearney, Nebraska • December 15, 2012
Sire: SAV Iron Mountain
Sale book can be viewed from AGA & G.A.I.N. websites
FRESH BALANCER GENETICS
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... Check these guys out Spring 2013
Outcross red genetics
Sire: SAV Iron Mountain
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Dick & Bonnie Helms Kyle & Kayla Helms Nebraska Headquarters Ph: (308) 493-5411 Ph: (308) 962-6940 dick@flyinghgenetics.com kyle@flyinghgenetics.com
Jared & Jill Wareham Missouri Regional Affiliate Cell: (417) 309-0062 jared@flyinghgenetics.com
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