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20 47th Annual AGA National Convention 28 Over the Fence with In Vitro Frontiers
The AGA has an exciting tour lined out during the AGA National Convention and we get to take a sneak peek inside the lab! By Megan Slater
34 The Best of The Best
The annual Dam of Merit and Dam of Distinction “honor roll” list is released.
41 Take Advantage of Limited-Time Cow Amnesty Program 42 AGA Offers NEW Incentives Program to Members GRAPHIC DESIGN: Lynn Valentine lynnv@gelbvieh.org EDITOR: Rebecca Mettler rebeccam@gelbvieh.org
On the cover: Photo taken at Cedar Top Ranch by Angela Vesco
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Green Hills Gelbvieh • Butler Creek Farm Offering Includes: coming 2-year olds • 13-16 month olds GHGF Neon Moon 25D1 ET
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GHGF Dallas D505
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AMGV 1353576 • Purebred Homo Black • Homo Polled
AMGV 1353564 • BA75 Double Black • Homo Polled
AMGV 1353554 • BA75 Black • Homo Polled
AMGV 1353577 • BA75 Homo Black • Homo Polled
Sire: FMGF Blue’s Impact 001X Dam: TFLK Whitney 251W ET Dam was 2011 NWSS Grand Champion and Ring of Gold winner
Sire: FMGF Blue’s Impact 001X Dam: VRT Lazy TV Ms Curve B027
RTRT solution ( Breeder’s Choice Futurity Champion) x DLW CTR Ms. Sandhills 4505B (2015 Jr Nationals Reserve champion Balancer Female)
GHGF Gin 98W x CCRO Carolina 4143B (High selling open heifer 2014 Cross Cattle Company Sale) MGS: JKGF Reflex R4
BCFG Johnny Reb 28D1
BCFG General Lee 908C1 ET BCFG Butlers Hillbilly 134D BCFG General Jackson 53D
AMGV 1371350 • BA38 Red • Homo Polled
AMGV 1337290 • BA75 Red • Homo Polled
AMGV 1371077 • Purebred Black • Homo Polled
AMGV 1371083 • BA50 Homo Black • Polled
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From the Corner Office by Myron Edelman
14 Ode to a Cow
Out in the Field by Tom Strahm
30 Updated DNA Pricing
Registry Tips ‘N Tricks by Kim Rounds
32 Cow-Calf Cost Breakdown: Cow Depreciation
Commercial Corner Post by Aaron Berger, Nebraska Extension Educator
40 Attending Local Shows Equates to Great Breed Promotion
Junior Connection by Jesse Henson
350 Interlocken Blvd., Ste. 200 • Broomfield, CO 80021 Main phone: 303-465-2333 • Fax: 303-465-2339 www.GELBVIEH.org • info@gelbvieh.org Facebook: American Gelbvieh Association Instagram: americangelbvieh ASSOCIATION STAFF Myron Edelman Executive Director myrone@gelbvieh.org (ex. 480) Angela Vesco Director of Breed Growth angelav@gelbvieh.org (ex. 484) Kari White Genetic Programs Coordinator kario@gelbvieh.org (ex. 483) Kim Rounds Data Services Specialist kim@gelbvieh.org (ex. 482) Taylor Evans Member & Youth Programs Coordinator taylor@gelbvieh.org (ex. 481)
Lynn Valentine Gelbvieh Media Productions Coordinator/Graphic Design lynnv@gelbvieh.org (ex. 486) Rebecca Mettler Editorial Content Coordinator rebeccam@gelbvieh.org 940-255-5471 Megan Slater Public Relations Coordinator megans@gelbvieh.org (ex. 485) Tom Strahm Commercial Marketing Director tom@gelbvieh.org 785-547-7999
46 The Maternal Edge: Using the New Stayability Model for Superior Female Selection
Data Bulletin by Kari White
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Scott Starr, President (2016) Stapleton, NE • 308-530-3900 cedartopranch@gpcom.net
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Andy LeDoux, V. President (2015) Ree Hights, SD • 785-732-6564 ledouxranch@hotmail.com
Walter Teeter, Treasurer (2017) Mt. Ulla, NC • 704-236-7980 waltert@republicrefrigeration.com
DIRECTORS John Carrel (2017) Columbus, MT • 406-322-5991 lauriecarrel@live.com
Dustin Rippe (2015) Belleville, KS • 316-323-4874 dustin.rippe@yahoo.com
Leland Clark (2017) Barnard, KS • 785-792-6244 prcc@twinvalley.net
Lowell Rogers (2015) Seminary, MS • 601-270-4152 lrdrsmiley@gmail.com
Dennis Gustin (2016) Mandan, ND • 701-663-7266 gustindd@wildblue.net
Klint Sickler (2017) Gladstone, ND • 701-483-5250 klintsickler@hotmail.com
Doug Hughes (2017) Max Meadows, VA • 276-620-4271 lwhf@wiredog.com
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Andrea Murray (2016) Kingfisher, OK • 405-368-9601 murrayfarm@pldi.net Neal Pearson (2015) Lake City, SD • 605-470-0448 njpearson@venturecomm.net
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Duane Strider, Secretary (2015) Asheboro, NC • 910-428-4568 ccrosscattle@yahoo.com
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AGA Membership,
The American Gelbvieh Association (AGA) has made large strides toward advancements in genetic evaluation, especially in recent years. In April 2017, the AGA Board of Directors approved a retraining of the genomic panels that provide molecular breeding values (MBVs) for the calculation of genomic-enhanced expected progeny differences (EPDs). The purpose of a retraining is to update equations to account for the large number of animals that have been genomic tested in recent years, and the changes in the relationships between those animals over time. There is no question that retraining was necessary to the current two-step method of genetic evaluation when we consider the AGA has added more than 8,000 animals with MBVs since the last training of those panels. Evaluating large quantities of data is an enormous project. Thanks to our friends at Geneseek and our AGA Technical Committee, the AGA has finished the retraining and fall EPDs were published on Tuesday, October 17, 2017. Of course, with the inclusion of so many more animals into the training and validation populations used to create the equations for genomic blending, there will be changes to the EPDs. Perhaps one of the most important pieces of animal breeding to remember is that the very nature of EPDs is to change. The inclusion of more information in the data pipeline migrates each animal’s EPDs toward their true genetic merit for every measurable trait. The second important objective in retraining the DNA panels is to prepare us all for the frequency of EPD runs that we will experience once using the single-step genetic evaluation, known as BOLT. Single-step essentially removes the second step of the current evaluation called “blending” that combines the MBVs with National Cattle Evaluation (NCE) EPDs in our current two-step evaluation model. The process will again make EPDs more accurate and the calculating of those EPDs more efficient. In doing so, we anticipate more frequent NCE runs in the future. One frequently asked question is when will BOLT EPDs be published? International Genetic Solutions (IGS), which is the multi-breed genetic evaluation, has already produced single-step EPDs. The AGA stayability (STAY) EPD is a BOLT produced EPD. AGA members may notice changes in the fall 2017 STAY EPD as a result of the new model that now measures an animal at each age of the productive life rather than just the ability to achieve staying in the herd until age six. The model is much more informative than former stayability models and a more accurate depiction of the productive life span of a cow. The process to get to where we are now has been a long road, however the AGA is pleased with the progress made in genetic evaluation that describes our Gelbvieh and Balancer® cattle. While we would have liked to release the current EPDs much earlier in the fall, our technical committee as well as the AGA board and staff recognized the importance of finalizing the retraining to ensure the accuracy of the published EPDs. I encourage all members to join the AGA at the 47th Annual AGA National Convention being held December 7-9, in Wichita, Kansas, to learn more about EPDs, genomics, BOLT, and what this all means for the future of our genetic evaluation. Sincerely, Myron G. Edelman Executive Director American Gelbvieh Association
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Programs in Place at AGA to Enhance Your Membership Experience and Your Bottom Line By Myron Edelman, AGA Executive Director
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he great accomplishments of man have resulted from the transmission of ideas and enthusiasm,” said Thomas J. Watson, chairman and CEO of International Business Machines (IBM) from 1914–1956. The AGA has reason for enthusiasm brought about by the ideas and accomplishments of the 2016-2017 fiscal year that ended September 30. The Meeting Modern Industry Demands strategic plan speaks to both the business model of the AGA as well as a focused improvement on EPDs and indices. Membership involvement in educational opportunities within the association helps to advance the success of all stakeholders. This is just one example of the many ways the strategic plan guides the association. The AGA Board of Directors has been very busy this year working on specific components of the strategic plan. Four new programs that have been implemented this year include: expanded membership services, new member incentive programs, a one-time cow amnesty program for inactive cows, and more economical and user-friendly DNA pricing.
Expanded Membership Services: What are Expanded Member Services? • A more intense interface between participating breeders and AGA staff with the ultimate goal of improving their seedstock operation in areas of their choosing. • The Accelerator program is designed with the larger herd in mind knowing that they have different needs than smaller herds. The focus will be on selling
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volume of herd bulls to commercial cow-calf operations and to follow through with assistance to those buyers in marketing Gelbvieh-influenced commercial cattle. • The Amplifier program is geared toward the smaller herd that would like to enhance and/or grow their current operation. This program will focus more on the needs of the smaller members and their customers. • The AGA staff and participating members will work toward expanding market share. Once the breeder has engaged in the program, information and ads about their program will be mailed to a purchased mailing list of potential customers. Why did AGA implement this program? • The purpose of the program is to enhance each participating members’ operations to assist them in becoming the best they can be and acquainting more beef producers with Gelbvieh and Balancer® cattle. More information on the expanded member services can be found on page 10-11.
Membership Incentive Programs: What is the purpose of the incentives? • The AGA recognizes that the collection of both phenotypic data and increasing the number of animals with genotypes is paramount to increasing accuracy of our data, especially as we prepare for a single-step genetic evaluation model. The AGA is rewarding those members that collect and submit specific phenotypes and contribute informative genotypes to the dataset. What data do members get monetary incentives for? • DNA testing a minimum of 30 percent of the bull calves in their calf crop • DNA testing a minimum of 30 percent of the heifer calves in their calf crop • Collecting and submitting actual carcass data that meets specific National Cattle Evaluation criteria • Collecting and submitting feed efficiency data Why are these data points so important? • AGA members do a great job of collecting and submitting phenotypes such as birth weights, weaning weights and yearling weights. However, collection of data associated with carcass traits and feed efficiency are much more expensive to collect and less likely to be submitted by the AGA membership. Therefore, the AGA would like to
from the corner office GW contribute to the collection of that information to advance the Gelbvieh and Balancer data set and to help our membership. A full description of the incentive programs can be found on page 42.
The Cow Amnesty Program: What is the Cow Amnesty program? • Each year AGA members make culling decisions in their Gelbvieh and Balancer registered herds. Sometimes, even years after a member has removed eligible registered cows from their registered herd into the commercial herds, they decide they want to have that cow in the registered inventory again. AGA rules dictate that a member pays $25 for each cow, each and every year the cow has been inactive in order to reactivate her. The AGA is offering a special, one-time, cow amnesty program for 45 days to reactivate those cows. How much does it cost to reactivate a cow in this special amnesty program? • During the 45-day period beginning November 1, 2017, any active member may reactive inactive cows for $25, regardless of how many years that cow has been inactive. Why is the AGA offering this program? • The mass of data in the Gelbvieh herdbook is important to the accuracy of the data. Regardless of how good a cow is, or how high she ranks in your herd, the inclusion of that animal’s data is beneficial to EPDs and the accuracy of those EPDs. • The AGA is a service organization, and the association wants to make recording of data, the inventory of cows, and the logistics associated with that recording as simple and economically beneficial as possible. The one-time special offer to reactivate inactive cows is an avenue to further serve our membership. A full description of the cow amnesty program can be found on page 41.
DNA Pricing and Product: What new DNA tests are available now? • DNA testing opportunities to contribute Molecular Breeding Values (MBV) to the Gelbvieh herdbook have historically existed in the form of a GGP high density (GGP-HD) test that is essentially a 180K test
or an GGP low density (GGP-LD) test that is basically a 50K test. Both tests are beneficial to each member in building accurate EPDs. The AGA is aware that DNA testing is also an expense to our members. This year AGA has added a GGP ultra-low density (uLD) panel to the repertoire of DNA tests, which is a more economical option. What other changes should you expect with DNA testing options? • The testing for genetic conditions has become a big part of supplying seedstock. Genetic conditions tests have been ordered individually for each condition, often leaving members unsure of which test were required or necessary and can be relatively expensive. This year the AGA has worked with Geneseek to offer a genetic conditions panel that encompasses all of the genetic conditions relevant to Gelbvieh and Balancer cattle at a more palatable price. The conditions panel will be available as a standalone test or at a reduced price as an additional test to an HD or LD panel. Will there be other price changes correlated to DNA testing? • In recent years tests such as the horn/polled test and coat color have been expensive additional testing. Members will discover new and reduced pricing for those tests as well as parentage, especially when ordering those tests as an add-on test to a GGP-HD, GGP-LD or GGP uLD panel. DNA tests and pricing found in the Registry Tips ‘N Tricks article on page 30-31. The needs of the AGA membership are well represented by your AGA Board of Directors. Each time the board meets they work with Gelbvieh enthusiasm toward the best interest of the AGA membership as a whole and Gelbvieh and Balancer cattle in its entirety. The AGA National Convention is the perfect opportunity for you as a member to learn more about each of the programs initiated by the AGA board this year, vote for your 2017-2018 AGA Board of Directors and catch up with what the AGA is doing to help you “Meet Modern Industry Demands”. I encourage each of you to be with us in Wichita, Kansas, at the 47th Annual AGA National Convention. While change is often unsettling, we must persist to become the most effective seedstock suppliers possible to supply the beef industry with genetics capable of meeting the world’s beef demand. D
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EXPANDED MEMBERSHIP SERVICES Members of the American Gelbvieh Association (AGA) choose the path to becoming a seedstock supplier for various reasons. Seedstock suppliers also have different expectations, goals, and ambitions for their respective operations. The AGA recognizes that the variations within the membership, due to operation size and the ambitions of each breeder, result in the potential need for varied services the AGA offers to its members. The AGA strives to accommodate the various needs of our members, and in doing so has initiated the “Accelerator” program and the “Amplifier” program. These two new programs are designed for AGA members who would like to intensify their relationship with the AGA and would like additional services on top of what they already receive from the association. The two different program levels are geared for both large and small members with the goal of enhancing their respective operations, through the tools and talent available at the AGA to assist in strategic planning, marketing, and genetic selection. The Accelerator and Amplifier programs are specifically designed for producers that would like to improve operations, their cowherd, and most importantly expand market share. The accentuated interaction with the AGA and staff is intended to increase Gelbvieh and Balancer® presence in the commercial Contact the AGA to get started: marketplace.
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Accelerator The Accelerator program is designed for the larger AGA breeder. • 150 annually assessed cows and larger • Members with less than 150 cows that aim to expand their business The services associated with the Accelerator program include: 1. The Accelerator will begin with AGA staff onsite consultation and include annual onsite visits to the operation and/or attend the producer’s production sale. 2. Quarterly organized calls with the appropriate staff personalized to fit the participants needs, such as: (2-hour time limit per call.)
a. Improvement and growth goals and strategies b. Marketing opportunity and technique c. Website, social media, electronic and traditional promotions d. Analysis of production sale e. Genetic selection 3. Assist in the organization of customer education programs or producer meetings sponsored by the breeder. 4. Market research and marketing strategy in the targeted marketing area. 5. Mailing list access: The marketing strategy will include a packet of the participating breeder’s information sent to 5,000 strategically chosen mailing addresses two times annually. The addresses will be provided by the AGA from the purchased The Profit Picture mailing list. (The parcels will be sent direct from the printer and the participating breeder will pay postage, printing and provide the information to be sent in the packet.)
The Accelerator program will cost each participating member $3,600 annually, in addition to standard AGA membership dues and other AGA fees. The Accelerator program is designed for breeders that intend to grow their market share and improve their seedstock business.
Amplifier The Amplifier program is designed for the moderate to smaller breeder • Less than 150 assessed cows annually • Members with less than 150 have the option to buy up to the Accelerator program • The Amplifier program is only for members with less than 150 registered cows The services included in the Amplifier program include: 1. Biannually organized calls with the appropriate staff personalized to fit the participants needs, such as: (1-hour time limit per call.)
b. Improvement and growth goals and strategies c. Marketing opportunity and technique d. Website, social media, electronic and traditional promotions e. Genetic selection 2. Market research and marketing strategy in the targeted marketing area. 3. Mailing list access: The marketing strategy will include a packet of the participating member’s information sent to 500 strategically chosen mailing addresses from the purchased The Profit Picture mailing list. The personalized mailing list will be made up of producers of similar size and in the same geographic location. (The parcels will be sent direct from the printer and the participating breeder will pay postage, printing and provide the information to be sent in the packet.)
The Amplifier program will cost each participating member $1,800 annually, in addition to standard AGA membership dues and other AGA fees. The Amplifier program is only for members that inventory 150 cows or less.
GW information exchange 2018 American Gelbvieh Foundation Steer Challenge and Scale and Rail Contest The American Gelbvieh Foundation (AGF) is gearing up for its third annual Steer Challenge and Scale and Rail Contest and is now accepting applications for 2018 entries. This is a great opportunity for both members and commercial customers to collect carcass data on their animals. The Scale and Rail Sire-Identified Steer Contest is aimed at increasing the flow of Gelbvieh and Balancer sire-identified carcass data reported to the American Gelbvieh Association (AGA) database. Steers will arrive at Roode Feedlot in Fairbury, Nebraska, between January 26-29, 2018. The Steer Challenge portion allows supporters of the AGF to donate a steer in their name. All funds raised through the steer challenge are designated to benefit breed improvement through research projects, updating DNA markers, and EPD and index improvements. Prizes and cash money will be awarded to the highest performing pen of steers in each contest category. Participants of each contest will be recognized at the awards banquet during the 2018 AGA National Convention. Join the AGF on December 9, 2017, in Wichita, Kansas, at the 47th Annual AGA National Convention to see which 2017 participants will win money for their steers’ performance. For rules and entry forms please visit the Projects page under the Foundation section of www.gelbvieh.org. For questions regarding the AGF Steer Challenge and
Scale and Rail Contest, please contact Angela Vesco at 303-465-2333.
DNA Testing As we prepare for another busy DNA testing season, please remember the average turnaround time for DNA testing is approximately four weeks from the time the lab recieves the sample. In order to make the DNA testing process as efficient as possible, and to ensure results are received in a timely manner, it is suggested that all DNA orders for registered animals are made using the AGA Online Registry Service. Once an order is submitted, a copy of the order form must accompany the sample(s), which are to be sent directly to GeneSeek at 4131 N. 48th St., Lincoln, NE 68504.
Blaze a Trail to Phoenix Attendee registration for the Cattle Industry Convention and NCBA Trade Show on January 31-February 2, 2018, in Phoenix, Arizona, is now open. Register with the AGA’s special promotion codes below to receive a discount on registration: $50 OFF – Full Registration PROMO CODE: AME18 $20 OFF – Trade Show Only PROMO CODE: AME18 Limit one promo code per registration. Valid for one full convention registration or one trade show only registration. Valid only for 2018 Cattle Industry Convention & NCBA Trade Show. Promo codes are non-transferrable. Promo codes cannot be combined with other offers. Promo codes are not permitted for resale. Promo codes cannot be applied to past purchases. NCBA reserves the right to add, remove or
For assistance in marketing or purchasing Gelbvieh, Balancer ® or Southern Balancer ® bulls, females and feeder cattle, contact:
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While at the convention, be sure to visit the AGA in the joint multi-breed booth located in the trade show. The AGA will once again be teaming up with the American Simmental Association, the Red Angus Association of America, and the North American Limousin Foundation to host this great booth!
Although Mary was not a Centerville native, she loved the community and her many friends and family here. The community honored her, along with her husband, as Citizens of the Year in 1999-2000. Their home on Drake Avenue and the farm were often the scene of many gatherings.
National Western Stock Show Gelbvieh Headquarters Hotel The Gelbvieh headquarters hotel during the National Western Stock Show will once again be the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Denver-Stapleton North located at 4040 Quebec Street, Denver, CO 80216. To reserve your hotel room(s), please fill out the online form available by visiting gelbvieh.org and clicking on the 2018 National Western Stock Show page under the “News and Media” tab. Hotel rooms within the American Gelbvieh Association room block are only available by filling out the online form or by contacting the AGA office; do not contact the hotel by phone. Reservations must be made by December 8, 2017, to receive group pricing, however rooms fill up very quickly so be sure to reserve yours as soon as possible.
Donation Heifer Raffle Tickets on Sale The American Gelbvieh Junior Association (AGJA) is once again selling raffle tickets to win a heifer donated by Rippe Gelbvieh. Tickets can be purchased from AGJA members for $10 each or 6 for $50. All proceeds will benefit AGJA programs and events. Raffle will once again be held at the National Western Stock Show. Winner does not have to be present to win.
Gelbvieh Departure Mary M. Milani entered into eternal rest at home on August 1, 2017 at the age of 83. Mary was the wife of James G. Milani, Centerville, Iowa. She was born in Iowa City on November 10, 1933, the daughter of Hazel (Ott) and Walter Hauer. She spent her early years in Sheldon, Iowa and graduated from The University of Iowa, with a double major in speech pathology and audiology and elementary education. She later received an M.A. from Drake University. Mary taught school in Iowa City and later in Centerville. She also spent 25 years of her life as a speech-language pathologist.
Mary is survived by her husband, Jim; her three children, Greg (Ann) Milani, Molly Revers and Dr. Jim Milani (Marty); her grandchildren, Joe Milani, Jim Milani, Sarah Revers Lind (Pete), Matthew Revers, Maggie Milani, Katie Milani and John Milani. Preceding her in death were her parents, Hazel and Walter Hauer; a brother, Walt Hauer; and a son-in-law, Mark Revers.
New Members The AGA would like to recognize these new members to the AGA and AGJA in September. Welcome to the Gelbvieh associations! AGA Scott Connot, Brookings, S.D. Hillsdown Gelbvieh, Alberta, Calif. Stoneridge Gelbvieh, Goreville, Ill. Cove Creek Farm, Wytheville, Va. Scott & Stacy Goes, Cortland, Neb. Bradley Glass, Summer Shade, Ky. Beryl (Vic) Murdy, Squires, Mo. MGD Farms, Adrian, Mo. JGM Enterprise, Concordia, Kan. James E. Trujillo Jr., Warsaw, Mo. AGJA Samantha Scott, Parachute, Colo. Dallan Thomas, Perry, Okla. Codi Martin, Sulphur Rock, Ark. Samuel Quentin Sowder, Cynthiana, Ky.
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Ode to a Cow by Tom Strahm
Ode To A Cow By Unknown Author • The Old Farmer’s Almanac 1936 When life seems one too many for you, Go and look at a cow. When the future’s black and the outlook blue, Go and look at a cow. For she does nothing but eat her food, And sleep in the meadows entirely nood, Refusing to fret or worry or brood Because she doesn’t know how. Whenever you’re feeling bothered and sore, Go and look at a cow. When everything else is a fearful bore, Go and look at a cow.
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Observe her gentle and placid air, Her nonchalance and savoir faire, Her absolute freedom from every care, Her imperturbable brow. So when you’re at the end of your wits, Go and look at a cow. Or when your nerves are frayed to bits, And wrinkles furrow your brow; She’ll merely moo in her gentle way, Switching her rudder as if to say: “Bother tomorrow! Let’s live today!” Take the advice of a cow.
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lthough I don’t believe that “the future’s black, and the outlook blue”, the “Ode To A Cow” reminds me that while very rewarding, production agriculture also can be very challenging. Extreme weather conditions, increased price volatility, and compressed profit margins are just a few of the obstacles that producers are faced with today. Many of these circumstances are beyond any of our control, and to say the least, it can be frustrating at times. Focusing on management
out in the field GW areas where good decision making can have meaningful impact is crucial to improving the profit potential. In his book, “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People” Stephen R. Covey writes “Our unique human endowments lift us above the animal world. The extent to which we exercise and develop these endowments empowers us to fulfill our uniquely human potential. Between stimulus and response is our greatest power - the freedom to choose.” Unlike the cow in the poem, who is just living for today, we can make meaningful, proactive choices today that improve our operations for tomorrow and for years to come. This summer a cattle producer told me something that went like this, “I don’t want to work for my cows. I want my cows to work for me!” This mindset is influencing his decisions for genetic and phenotypic selection with the intent of improving his efficiency and ultimately improving his bottom line, which is something all cattle producers should strive to accompish. Many of the commercial cow-calf producers that I’ve had the opportunity to visit this summer are choosing Gelbvieh
and Balancer® genetics because those cows “work for them.” “Choose Gelbvieh” is the theme of the most recently released “The American Rancher” episode that aired last month. Maternal superiority summarizes many attributes of the Gelbvieh and Balancer cows that contribute to those cows working for these commercial cattlemen. Fertility, maternal ability, efficiency, and stayability are all very important traits in a mother cow. Many producers want these traits to come in a moderate sized, structurally sound and docile package that is consistent with the visual created in the Ode above. While the cow appears placid and nonchalant, she just as well be working hard for her owner! Genetics that work for you should reduce your inputs, hopefully reduce your stress, and increase your profit potential. As seedstock suppliers, the product that you’re selling needs to work for your customers. Keep striving to produce genetics that will work better for your commercial customers, and help them reach their goals. Ultimately, you and your customers have a common goal of producing a safe, nutritional and wholesome product that culminates in the best eating experience for consumers around the world! D
Bar Arrow Cattle Company offering the same great genetics in the
2017 KGA Pick of the Herd Sale • November 25 • Salina, KS BAG 71D
Sold in 2016 KGA Pick of the Herd Sale
This year’s offering: Two Bred Heifers BAG Miss Dee 165D, sired by EGL Y147 ET bred to LAZY TV Sam Elliot 6117D ET BAG Miss Debbie 189D, sired by TAU Gunnison 48Y bred to IVERS Cinch C7 ET (3rd place Grand Drive at the Kansas State Fair)
Two Heifer Calves BAG 78D
Sold in 2016 KGA Pick of the Herd Sale
BAG Miss Evie 172E, sired by TAU Mr Grid Topper 43T 21B Balancer heifer BAG Miss Effie 164E, sired by IVERS Cinch C7 ET Purebred heifer
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Choose Gelbvieh! By Angela Vesco
Do your calves need more growth? Choose Gelbvieh! Ask any producer who raises Balancer® calves what change they notice the most when they started using Gelbvieh genetics and they will always say the same thing. Harry Haythorn of Maxwell, Nebraska, says, “The increased weaning weights, yeah that’s a big one!” Increased weaning weights as a result of hybrid vigor is one of the most noticeable traits when using Gelbvieh genetics. Theron Cullwell of St. Francis, Kansas, attributes his calves topping the market at the sale barn to the hybrid vigor in his cowherd from using Gelbvieh genetics. Theron has been using Gelbvieh genetics since the early ‘90s and runs about 1,250 head of cows. “We started using Balancer bulls in 1994. We were looking for something that has good growth in the steers and make good moms. Since then it has been a really good choice for us,” said Kurt Johnson of Stuart, Nebraska.
Are you looking for more fertility in your cowherd? Choose Gelbvieh! After Kurt Johnson has selected his top end of replacement females, he sells is remaining heifers to producers that take those heifers home to be replacements for their herds. Johnson tracks the reproductive data on his females and his herd, including the replacements, is at 98 percent conception rate. In addition to the high conception rate, the cowherd is 85 percent calved out within the first 30 days of the calving season. Johnson likes that his calf crop is very uniform when it comes to sorting and selling his calves. He says that when it comes time to select replacement heifers, it is tough to decide which heifers to sell because the quality is so good.
Do you need more maternal females? Choose Gelbvieh! If there is one thing Gelbvieh producers say about their cows, it’s maternal superiority! Stayability is a trait that producers highly value in their herd. Stayability is not only a term that describes the long-
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term production capability of the cow, but it is also a selection tool provided by the American Gelbvieh Association to help producers predict a female’s reproductive longevity. Gelbvieh cows also have an edge on efficiency. According to the US Meat Animal Research Center, Gelbvieh cows have the most moderate mature cow size and are the earliest to mature of the seven major beef breeds. In today’s cattle market, a moderate framed cow that breeds back year after year, produces a heavier calf at weaning and stays in the herd longer, means more dollars in the commercial producer’s pocket. Harry Haythorn really appreciates the maternal strengths of the Gelbvieh cow, “Things that are more subtle would be stayability, the longevity of the replacement females. That’s big for us because we are a cow-calf operation, but ultimately those cows have to produce replacement females for us but they also have to produce a calf that is going to feed well in the feedlot.” Kurt Johnson said, “It is almost hard to cull cows because they produce so good for so long.”
Do you want cows that are docile and easy to work with? Choose Gelbvieh! Docility is also a noticeable trait of the Gelbvieh breed. Many producers by Gelbvieh and Balancer cattle because they know that they can have their kids around the cows and do not have to worry. “They are docile. We always try to improve the herd and these Balancer cattle have really helped us,” Haythorn said.
Gelbvieh! The smart, reliable, and profitable choice. “Balancer cattle crossbreeding fits our program and it fits our ranch and resources.” Haythorn said. D
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The Power of Focus By Rebecca Mettler
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he American Gelbvieh Association (AGA) National Convention is next month. While it may seem that this AGA gathering is just that, a gathering of Gelbvieh and Balancer® stakeholders, we must not forget that we are a part of a bigger picture, a global picture. What the AGA does as an association has the opportunity to positively impact the beef industry on a large scale. Impact requires focus and the curiosity to ask, “Why?” This is the message that Forrest Roberts, current president and CEO of AgStrata, LLC, and former CEO of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA), presented to the AGA Board of Directors at their most recent meeting in Denver, Colorado, which took place in August. As the global population is expected to reach 9.8 billion people by 2050, Roberts believes that this is the biggest opportunity of a lifetime for the U.S. beef industry. “How on God’s green earth are we going to be a part of the equation to feed this huge global population? With that comes a lot of challenges, but more opportunities than challenges,” Roberts said. Opportunities like beef ’s access to China are what excite Roberts for the future. He’s seen firsthand through his prior NCBA dealings with trade negotiations just how big of a deal China is. If you think New York City is big, multiply New York City by 2.8, and that’s the population of Beijing, China. “What I’ve been hearing from people all over the world is that they have a respect for the U.S. beef industry. That amazing story we’ve been a part of starts at the seedstock level. We produce beef in this country in the most efficient and effective manner, better than any country in the world.” With pressure points like pushbacks from consumers related to technology, animal activist groups, and governmental regulations, focus on the goal of raising the best beef eating experience in the world is critical. Roberts said that there’s a tremendous amount of confusion centered on the beef industry from consumers’ understanding of what goes on in production agriculture. Confusion leads to lack of consumer confidence in a
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product, which leads to consumers choosing another protein that they may have more confidence in. Telling beef ’s story has never been more critical. “Consumers are confused by the production practices because of lack of knowledge and understanding, but most importantly, lack of the ability to see with their own eyes.” To tell beef ’s story we must all work together to share our information, knowledge and passion for the industry that we are a part of.
Executing a Plan “You can have the best talent, the best resources and have all the gadgets and research but if you don’t have the ability to take that strategy and incorporate that into everything you are doing, you won’t be optimally effective.” Roberts was the leader in the development of NCBA’s long range strategic plan that set them on the successful path they are on today. He shared the organization’s, as well as his own business’s, planning and execution strategies with the group. “Start with asking, ‘Why? Why are we doing this?’ This helps to have a strategy, the right focus and to have the right ability to execute.” Roberts believes that focus, prioritization and measurement of results are three of the most important operating procedures to implement within an organization. “How can we have the same mindset that everything we need to focus on is that ONE outcome?” The questions above are the points that we as an organization need to focus on as we head into the largest and most important Gelbvieh and Balancer event of the year—The AGA National Convention. Last year at convention, the AGA unveiled the Meeting Modern Industry Demands strategic plan to guide the association from 2017-2021. Events at this year’s convention will provide opportunities to evaluate the focus, and measure the success of AGA’s roadmap for future. Just as Roberts said, “Play to win instead of playing to lose. When we win, we tear the world up.” D
JANUARY 7, 2018 Beef Palace Auction Arena
On The Hill • National Western Stock Show • Denver, Colorado
ENTRY FORM Entry Deadline: November 13
Entry Deadline:
NOVEMBER 13, 2017
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he 47th Annual American Gelbvieh Association National Convention is fast approaching. Gelbvieh stakeholders will convene in Wichita, Kansas, December 7-9, 2017, for the convention themed, “Meeting Modern Industry Demands: Setting the Standard.” Before you head out to the biggest Gelbvieh event of the year, get the latest on convention information!
Registration and Registration Packets Registration for the 47th Annual AGA National Convention is still open. Registration is $105/adult and $60/junior (ages 8-21). Pricing is per person and includes all three days of convention with access to each event. Registration is available online or by calling the AGA office at 303-465-2333. Convention registration will also be open at convention. The registration desk will be located in the ballroom foyer of the hotel. Please pick up name badges and registration packets
We invite you to attend our upcoming Production Sales
upon arrival at convention at the registration desk. Name badges will be required to enter any convention event. If you plan to only attend the AGA annual meeting, which begins at 1:30 p.m. CST on Saturday, December 9, 2017, please be sure to check in at the registration desk to receive a name badge with a delegate designation in order to be considered an eligible voter at the meeting. Registration Hours at Convention: Thursday, December 7: 7:30 a.m.- 8:00 p.m. Friday, December 8: 7:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Saturday December 9: 7:30 a.m.-3:00 p.m
Hotel Information Room Booking Information A block of rooms is available at the headquarters hotel, Hyatt Regency Wichita, at the rate of $112.00/night plus tax. Rooms can be reserved online by visiting the convention page
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sacred ground to the Native American people and is also home to the Mid-America All-Indian Center.
The Hyatt Regency Wichita is located at 400 West Waterman, Wichita, Kansas. Set along the Arkansas River, Hyatt Regency Wichita is one of the premier luxury hotels in Kansas offering modern guestrooms, a revitalized meeting venue and a convenient downtown location. Connected to Century II Convention Center, Hyatt Regency Wichita is minutes from Intrust Bank Arena, Exploration Place, Historic Old Town, Orpheum Theatre and much more.
Kansas Aviation Museum 3350 George Washingon Blvd., Wichita, KS
Airport Shuttle Service and Parking Complimentary hotel van shuttle service is available from Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport (formerly Mid-Continent Airport) to the Hyatt Regency Wichita hotel. This shuttle will also be available to transport guests to Old Town and Delano District. On-site parking in the Hyatt Regency Wichita parking garage is free of charge for overnight hotel guests attending the AGA convention. For guests not staying at the hotel, the selfparking will be discounted to $5 per day for the parking garage.
Housed in the original Wichita Municipal Airport Terminal Building, this museum chronicles the growth and development of general aviation in Kansas and displays a growing collection of aircraft & aviation related artifacts.
21st Annual Heart of America Gelbvieh Association
Show-Me PluS Gelbvieh & balancer® Sale OVER 65 FEMALES SELL Saturday, November 11, 2017 • 1:00 PM Springfield Livestock Marketing Center • Springfield, M0 Selling prime lots of registered Gelbvieh & Balancer® females. • Cow/Calf Pairs • 3 in 1 Packages • Bred Cows • Bred and Open Heifers Bred Females
Old Town District Cow/Calf Pairs & 3 in 1s
All females and bulls selected on the farm by sale consultant from the top-end of each consignor’s herd.
To request a sale catalog: Visit MissouriGelbvieh.com Sale Consultant JR Adcock • Bittersweet West • 785-547-6781 10 Top-end Bulls
Keeper of the Plains Plaza and MidAmerica All-Indian Center 650 N. Seneca, Wichita, KS The Keeper of the Plains is a 44-foot tall steel sculpture standing at the point where the Big and Little Arkansas rivers join together in downtown Wichita. This land between the two rivers is
Selling an elite group of hand-picked Gelbvieh & Balancer® herdsire prospects. Last year’s sale attracted buyers from 11 states!
See these Wichita Attractions Old Town is nestled in the heart of Wichita. Among the brick-lined streets and historic lampposts are a collection of converted brick warehouses dating back to the late 1800s. With more than 100 businesses, Old Town has become a destination sought out for its restaurants, shops, clubs, theaters, galleries, museums and stores.
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This sale will be broadcast live on the Internet. Real time bidding and proxy bidding available.
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Videos on select lots available on DVAuction.com week of sale. Open Heifers
HAGA Sale Committee Co-Chairs: Austin Rash • 660-888-2536 Bob Hart • 816-225-8530 austinrashgelbvieh@gmail.com
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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8 HYATT REGENCY Free to Attend WICHITA, KANSAS
Provided Lunch 12:00 noon
Symposium 1:30 p.m.
All cattlemen and women are invited to join the American Gelbvieh Association and attend this FREE educational symposium and provided lunch. Listen to industry leading speakers provide insight on how good genetics and management pay off through the beef supply chain. Visit www.gelbvieh.org for more information.
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Industry Leading Speakers
Donnell Brown, R.A. Brown Ranch, Beef Improvement Federation President Donnell and his wife Kelli are the fifth generation to own and manage the R.A. Brown Ranch in Throckmorton, Texas, a family business since 1895. They raise registered Red Angus, Angus and SimAngus cattle and sell 600 bulls each October as well as 250 bulls each March. Their mission statement says, “We are continually striving to improve the efficiency of converting God’s forage into safe, nutritious and great tasting beef, to better feed his people.” The Brown family believes in planned crossbreeding systems and have bred and produced 17 different breeds and hybrids as well as producing their own four breed composite 28 years ago called Hotlander. They use technology such as artificial insemination, embryo transfer, ultrasound and DNA testing to produce superior genetics that fit the needs of the beef industry. Donnell was trained to use selection index models in the late 1980s and considers it a major contribution to the strong genetic merit of their herd.
Myron Edelman, American Gelbvieh Association Myron is a native of Kansas and grew up in the agriculture industry. Upon graduating from Kansas State University he continued down an agriculture path as a high school agriculture education teacher and FFA advisor. Myron’s beef industry career became full-time upon accepting the responsibility as livestock manager of Wagonhound Land & Livestock Co. in Wyoming. That commercial cow-calf and feedyard background directly led to an opportunity to serve on the marketing team at the Red Angus Association of America (RAAA) as the director of value added programs. Myron believes the experience of operating a large commercial ranch that included feedlots combined with providing marketing assistance to ranchers in a breed association setting is the foundation needed to direct the Gelbvieh association in providing accurate genetic tools and marketing service to the beef industry.
Kevin Unger, Lincoln County Feedyard, Leachman Cattle of Colorado Kevin lives in northwest Kansas near where his family homesteaded in the late 1800s. Kevin started his career in the seedstock business with Red Angus and Simmental. He then moved into the feedlot sector working for Decatur County Feedyard starting as a penrider then to public relations and serving his last 10 years as manager. Decatur County Feedyard is a state of the art facility designed to collect data from pasture to rail while using a sorting system to optimize individual cattle performance. It was the first of its kind to engage the rancher, the feedlot and the packer in an effort to identify and build a better end product through whatever means necessary. Genetics would come to play a big role in that discovery process. In 2014, Kevin went to work for Lincoln County Feedyard and Leachman Cattle of Colorado where that work continues. Lincoln County Feedyard provides a modern facility where the best management practices are implemented in detail. Leachman Cattle of Colorado provides analysis and some of the most advanced genetic selection tools available. All feedlot and carcass data endpoints are collected and assimilated back to the production level to improve end product and advance best management practices. The system keeps an eye on the industry for new and useful tools to advance these production models and keep family operations profitable!
47TH ANNUAL AMERICAN GELBVIEH ASSOCIATION NATIONAL CONVENTION Decemeber 7-9, 2017 Hyatt Regency Wichita Wichita, Kansas
Thursday, December 7 Registration Hours 7:30 a.m.-8:00 p.m.
10:00 a.m.-12:00 noon 1:00-2:00 p.m. 2:00-3:00 p.m. 3:00-3:15 p.m. 3:15-4:00 p.m. 4:00-4:45 p.m. 5:30-8:00 p.m.
AGA Board of Directors Meeting Opening General Session Breed Promotion Committee Meeting Break Break-Out Sessions: National Sale Committee Meeting, Rules & Bylaws Committee Meeting Break-Out Sessions: National Show Committee Meeting, Finance Committee Meeting Kick-off Reception
Friday, December 8 Registration Hours 7:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
8:00 a.m. 12:00 noon 1:30-4:30 p.m. 6:00-8:00 p.m.
Industry Tour at In Vitro Frontiers Lunch, provided 3rd Annual Cattlemen’s Profit Roundup Bull Pen Session
Saturday, December 8 Registration Hours 7:30 a.m.-3:00 p.m.
8:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m. 1:30 p.m. 6:30 p.m.
Breed Improvement Committee Meeting, Member Education Committee Meeting American Gelbvieh Foundation Board of Directors Meeting AGA Annual Membership Meeting Awards Banquet
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he American Gelbvieh Association (AGA) committees play a very essential part in the development and implementation of the AGA programs, services and grass-roots values of the AGA. The annual committee meetings will be held during the AGA National Convention in Wichita, Kansas. All AGA and AGJA members are invited to attend all committee meetings. These meetings will consist of presentations from staff and committee chairs as well as discussion of current topics. In addition, the breed improvement and member education committee meetings will be combined in order for a guest speaker, Megan Rolf Ph.D., assistant professor of animal breeding at Kansas State University, to visit with the membership about genomics. Committee meeting agendas will be available on the convention page on www.gelbvieh.org, as well as provided in convention registration packets, which are available for pickup at convention.
Breed Promotion Thursday, December 7, at 2 p.m. Chair: Emily Schilling Co-Chair: Jeff Swanson Staff Liaison: Megan Slater, Tom Strahm and Angela Vesco
National Sale Thursday, December 7, at 3:15 p.m. Chair: Andy LeDoux Co-Chair: Klint Sickler Staff Liaison: Tom Strahm and Angela Vesco
National Show Thursday, December 7, at 4 p.m. Chair: Andrea Murray Co-Chair: Justin Taubenheim Staff Liaison: Taylor Evans and Angela Vesco
Finance: Thursday, December 7, at 4 p.m. Chair: Walter Teeter Co-Chair: John Carrel Staff Liaison: Myron Edelman and Megan Slater
Rules and Bylaws Thursday, December 7, at 3:15 p.m. Chair: Leland Clark Co-Chair: Dough Hughes Staff Liaison: Myron Edelman and Megan Slater
Member Education Saturday, December 9, at 8 a.m. Chair: William McIntosh Co-Chair: David Slaughter Staff Liaison: Kim Rounds
Breed Improvement Saturday, December 9, at 8 a.m. Chair: Dan Warner Co-Chair: Dustin Aherin Staff Liaison: Kari White and Kim Rounds
Reward American Gelbvieh Foundation Steer Challenge and Scale & Rail Contest Donate a steer to the AGF to participate in the steer challenge. All proceeds go to the AGF and are used for breed improvement. Enter three or more steers from the same contemporary group to participate in the Scale and Rail carcass contest for a chance to win prize money. Cattle arrive at Roode Feedyard January 26-29, 2018 Cattle on feed starting January 30, 2018 Contact the American Gelbvieh Association at 303-465-2333 for more information.
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AGA Hall of Fame Inductee for 2018
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he American Gelbvieh Association (AGA) will once again recognize a dedicated member that has been a pioneer in the Gelbvieh breed and has had an influence in the direction of the association. Ken Thorstenson of Selby, South Dakota, Ken Thorstenson will be induced posthumously into the AGA Hall of Fame for 2018. The Thorstenson family will be presented with Ken’s award at the awards banquet during the 47th Annual AGA National Convention on Saturday, December 9, 2017, in Wichita, Kansas. Ken Thorstenson was the third generation to grow up on the family farm near Selby, South Dakota, and always took pride in the fact that his family was among the first to raise cattle in Walworth County. Ken was among the first cattlemen in the United States to use imported Gelbvieh semen and seedstock to expand
his herd. By 1975, Thorstenson Gelbvieh was established and selling bulls privately each spring. The first annual bull sale was held at St. Onge Livestock in 1982. Ken owned some of the breed’s most successful foundation herd sires, including Minnesota Double and Constructor 01H, as well as other notable sires such as Bennett Horizon and Otis. Throughout the years he purchased a number of elite herd sires that brought great success to the ranch, not only Gelbvieh but also for the Angus herd (established in 1993) lending to the great foundation for the ranch’s Balancer® cowherd. A progressive cattleman, Ken was quick to implement new ideas and technology as it became available throughout the years. It has often been stated that the Gelbvieh breed is where it is today because of the solid foundation it had in the commercial cattle industry. Ken was part of that foundation that always stressed functional cattle with depth of body. Lazy TV Ranch has continued to build on Ken’s legacy since he passed away in 2010. He was 72 years old and had just spent a full day doing what he loved — working on the ranch. In 2016, the two most heavily used bulls in the Gelbvieh breed were bred and raised in the herd Ken founded, including Lazy TV Sam U451 and Lazy TV Watchman. The operation hosted its 36th annual bull sale at the ranch in 2017.
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47th Annual AGA National Convention GW Convention Events Offer the Best of Education, Networking and Association Business While at the 47th Annual American Gelbvieh Association (AGA) National Convention, be sure to check out these events and sessions. The AGA has introduced a new session, reformatted another and plans to continue with other traditional convention events.
Opening General Session New to convention this year is the opening general session. This event will be the official start of the 47th Annual AGA National Convention and will take place on Thursday, December 7 at 1:00 p.m. Opening session will be a place for all members to gather to listen to AGA leadership, AGA President Scott Starr and AGA Executive Director Myron Edelman, speak about the association’s happenings throughout the past year and prepare the membership for the coming days of the convention.
Committee Meetings During this year’s 47th Annual AGA National Convention, members will see a slight change in the schedule for committee meetings. The breed improvement committee and the member education committee will be hosting a joint meeting this year. The meeting will take place on Saturday, December 9 starting at 8:00 a.m. and will have an extended meeting time to allow for in-depth discussion and question and answer session. The AGA will be joined by Megan Rolf, Ph.D., assistant professor of animal breeding at Kansas State University. Dr. Rolf will visit with the membership about genomics and how this technology plays an important role in the ever-changing environment of the beef industry. Also new to this year’s schedule are break-out sessions for a few the committee meetings. The national sale committee meeting and rules and bylaws committee meeting will both be taking place at 3:15 p.m. and the national show committee meeting and finance committee meeting will both be taking place at 4:00 p.m. Scheduling these committee meetings as break-out sessions allows for more time during the convention for question and answer sessions as well as networking with fellow AGA members.
Awards Banquet Join us on Saturday December 9, at 6:00 p.m. in Wichita, Kansas, to celebrate the accomplishments of
the membership at the awards banquet sponsored by the American Gelbvieh Foundation. The awards banquet will recognize the American Gelbvieh Association (AGA) Commercial Producer of the Year, Breeder of the Year, and the exclusive Hall of Fame. Banquet attendees will have a chance to win money by participating in the American Gelbvieh Foundation’s (AGF) Steer Challenge raffle ticket drawing and the Calcutta. The winners of the 2017 Scale and Rail Contest and Steer Challenge will also be announced and receive their prize money.
Annual Membership Meeting Members are encouraged to attend and exercise their right to vote as an American Gelbvieh Association (AGA) member at the AGA Annual Meeting taking place at the 47th Annual AGA National Convention. The annual business meeting will be held on Saturday, December 9, at 1:30 p.m. at the Hyatt Regency Wichita in Wichita, Kansas. During the AGA Annual Meeting, elections of five members to the AGA Board of Directors will take place. Be sure to check the October issue of Gelbvieh World for information on all eight of the candidates. In addition to election of officers, members will also get an update on the happenings of the Association in the State of the Association address. Members in good standing may attend the annual meeting for free.
Special Guest Speaker: Megan Rolf, Ph.D., assistant professor of animal breeding at Kansas State University Megan Rolf was raised on a cow-calf operation in east central Kansas. She earned her Ph.D. in genetics at the University of Missouri, where her research focused on the use of genomics in beef cattle. Megan was an assistant professor and state Extension beef specialist at Oklahoma State University for four years. She joined Kansas State University in 2016 as an assistant professor of animal breeding. She teaches genetics and maintains an active research program in the use of genomics for genetic improvement in livestock. GELBVIEH WORLD |
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Over the Fence with In Vitro Frontiers By Megan Slater
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he industry tour during the AGA National Convention is not only an attendee favorite but it is also a great way for members to learn more about technologies that are revolutionizing the beef industry. This year, during the 47th Annual American Gelbvieh Association National Convention, the industry tour will take place at In Vitro Frontiers. In Vitro Frontiers is a bovine IVF lab specializing in the advanced techniques of assisted bovine reproduction. I chatted with In Vitro Frontiers IVF Laboratory Director Janine Neely, M.S, to learn more about In Vitro Frontiers and provide a sneak peek of what will be discussed on the upcoming tour during convention.
When was In Vitro Frontiers first started? In Vitro Frontiers is currently located at 9300 E 29th St N., Wichita, Kansas, and is the site of the Center for Reproductive Medicine. At this location, human in vitro fertilization (IVF) has been ongoing since 2000. The Center for Reproductive Medicine includes both Dr. David Grainger and Dr. Bruce Tjaden. They continue to do human reproduction including IVF, though that laboratory has now moved to Kansas City in conjunction with the University of Kansas Medical Center. Both doctors Grainger and Tjaden have helped thousands of patients and their husbands establish pregnancies and begin to expand their families. The Center has worked with a select few PhD lab directors (all nationally renowned) over the course of 20 years. Our most recent laboratory director, Dr. Klaus Weimer, currently resides in Seattle, Washington. He has extensive background in bovine reproduction, but is currently doing human IVF. He has also lectured extensively throughout the world on IVF. Since the transition of the human IVF laboratory to our Kansas City location, we chose to convert our state of the art human laboratory located here in Wichita to accommodate the needs of the bovine commercial embryo industry. As of early summer 2017, we no longer provide human IVF at our Wichita facility, but instead cater to the bovine and commercial embryo
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industries. We have been operating commercially since July 2017 and have established pregnancies with fresh, frozen, and biopsied embryos produced from our laboratory.
What services does In Vitro Frontiers provide? Currently, In Vitro Frontiers offers commercial bovine embryo production through IVF, embryo cryopreservation, and embryo biopsy of in-vitro produced (IVP) bovine embryos. Oocytes for IVF are obtained through individual practitioner ovum pick-up (OPU) sessions or postmortem ovary aspirations. While post-mortem ovary aspirations can occur on-site, if the producer is local, these OPU sessions generally occur off-site and across state lines. Embryos produced via IVF can then be transferred fresh, frozen, biopsied, or in combination. In Vitro Frontiers offers conventional slow freeze for direct transfer, standard vitrification, and vitrification for direct transfer options to best suit the needs of each individual practitioner or producer. Biopsy is conducted on-site and in partnership with Embruon. Our biopsy suite will provide producers with the opportunity to obtain valuable insight into individual embryos including gender, recessive analysis, and full genomic profiling. Some test results can return within a couple hours of biopsy or longer depending on the assay. This means producers can transfer freshly biopsied embryos or freeze them for transfer at a later date.
What are the benefits of using IVF Due to advances in the commercial application of IVF, this technology provides many benefits to both producers and donors. One of the first notable benefits associated with the use of IVF is the reduction in hormone use and costs. Donors who are to be aspirated for IVF do not require hormone stimulation, though some practitioners or producers may continue to use follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) prior to OPU. The application of hormone use is entirely optional and dependent on the producers’ preference. Because donors can be aspirated on average every two weeks, the turn-around time for superior donors is shortened when compared to conventional flush methods. A shorter turn-around time aids in the
over the fence GW potential for greater amplification of superior genetics. While much of the success of assisted reproduction depends on the quality of the cells being used (e.g. oocytes and spermatozoa), IVF offers the ability to circumvent certain illnesses or injuries. It is possible that donors who do not flush well may do better with IVF. Likewise, some bulls may also perform similarly. Additionally, post-mortem embryo production and multi-use of expensive or rare frozen semen straws are invaluable and successful options that are now made possible through the use of IVF.
Briefly describe the process of IVF. IVF is the process of combining egg and sperm cell within a dish to achieve fertilization. The objective of IVF is to produce viable embryos that, once transferred, will generate full term pregnancies and live births. The IVF procedure takes a total of 9 days including the day of ovum pick-up (OPU). Once oocytes have been collected, they are placed in vials containing a maturation medium and transported to the laboratory for fertilization and embryo culturing. Oocytes are typically fertilized using frozen semen, but fresh semen can also be used if the collection occurs locally. Oocytes and embryos will spend about 7-8 days within the laboratory before they are shipped for fresh transfer, frozen, biopsied, or a combination.
What sets In Vitro Frontiers apart from similar businesses in the industry? In Vitro Frontiers is unique from other competing businesses, in that we only offer individual practitioners and producers the services they require to fulfill their own IVF needs. Our mission is to keep the power in the hands of the practitioners performing services for their producers. As IVF has become more successful, commercially available, and affordable, practitioners are starting to feel the pressure from producers to learn the technique of OPU. While we do not offer OPU teams that could come out and perform OPUs at a practitioners facility (often resulting in large fees), we encourage practitioners by providing the resources they need for being successful during this, what we feel, industrial revolution. This means we put practitioners in touch with other practitioners performing OPU successfully to learn all the tips and the tricks of the trade. We provide hands on teaching seminars for identifying and grading oocytes, and will even do a site visit to help trouble
shoot any concerns. We offer around the clock support to practitioners and producers interested in taking advantage of this technology and waste no resources. Lastly, we feel that our pricing model is hard to beat. We offer a flat rate embryo production fee based on a single OPU and do not charge extra based on the number of bulls used for IVF or matings split.
What type of producers utilize IVF technology? We have performed IVF for producers of many types and flavors. From small family owned and operated farms to large commercial dairies and show breeders. IVF can be used for trouble cows, and often is, but is very successful when used by commercial dairies or large beef producers. The great thing about assisted reproduction is that these techniques can be used in ways that best fit the needs of each individual producer.
If a breeder is interested in IVF, what are some things they should know or how do they get started? First, don’t be intimidated. Schedule a tour with a laboratory that offers IVF and meet face to face with the embryologists. Sometimes it’s hard to know what questions to ask, and that is why taking a tour is always a great first step. Practitioners and producers can use this time to ask questions, and visualize the process. Second, do your research. Talk with other practitioners already performing OPU or laboratories providing IVF. If you are a producer, tell them about your herd and your production goals. If you are a practitioner, ask them about what type of equipment, personnel, or lab set-up is required. The great thing about In Vitro Frontiers is that we already provide the laboratory for you! Last, develop a plan. In Vitro Frontiers is great at working with first timers; we can help get you set up and connected. If you’re a producer looking for a practitioner that performs OPU, we can provide a list of practitioners that are local to you that provide the service. Generally, if you are a producer that wants to try IVF, it’s as easy as finding a practitioner that provides OPU, showing up on the day of OPU, and going home the same day. Unless of course you plan on transferring resulting embryos fresh, then you will have to set up your recipients accordingly. Your practitioner will be able to help develop a shots schedule for IVF recipients during OPU/IVF rounds. D
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Updated DNA Pricing: By Kim Rounds
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he AGA is always at work for our members to provide the most up-to-date DNA testing options at the most economical price possible. In December 2016 at the AGA National Convention in Lincoln, Nebraska, the AGA membership voted to raise DNA prices. This vote was passed for multiple reasons; the biggest was to improve the margins on DNA prices for the benefit of the entire association and to provide the opportunity to continue to develop DNA testing options. After the most recent contract negotiation with GeneSeek and board meeting, the AGA is happy to announce the prices will not be rising across the board and in fact, many DNA test prices will be coming down. GeneSeek has also offered multiple package testing, with a significant discount for ordering multiple
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tests at one time. The AGA always strives to reward the membership for being progressive, industry leaders in the realm of data collection and DNA testing. This new GeneSeek negotiation is a step that the AGA is very proud to bring to the membership. The new DNA prices are expected to roll out during the fall of 2017 and will certainly be available for the early spring sale DNA rush.
Panel Updates: Right now, there are two panels offered through the AGA. One is the GGP-HD or high-density test. This test is specifically required of all AI sires and donor dams and will remain at $85. The other panel that is currently offered is the GGP-LD or the low-density test. This panel is required of all natural service sires for their offspring to be eligible for registration. This test is also widely used to deliver bull customers more accurate information on sale bulls by providing both genomic-enhanced EPDs (GE-EPDs) and is often coupled with the discounted coat color and polled status tests. This test is the only test that is going up in price, changing from $45 to $46. There will now be a third panel offered at GeneSeek, the GGP-uLD test or ultra-low-density. While this test does not take the place of the required LD test on herd sires, this will function as a low-cost heifer replacement panel, as well as an economical option for breeders to DNA sale bulls. The uLD provides parentage markers and GE-EPDs. Currently, this test will be offered exclusively on tissue samples, which is still the method most preferred by the laboratory because it yields the most accurate results with the least number of sample failures. There is one other option that primarily services the commercial producer. This product is the Maternal Edge Panel, which is a test designed to rank certain traits of Gelbvieh-influenced, commercial or non-registered females. These rankings can be used for female selection and breeding decisions. Test GGP-HD GGP-LD GGP-uLD Maternal Edge Panel
Old Price $85 $45 N/A $26
New Price $85 $46 $29 $25
Add-on Test and Package Updates: Currently, BVD, tenderness plus docility, and coat color prices will remain the same as an add-on. The cost
registry tips ‘n tricks GW of a horn/polled test will come down to $29 as a singular add-on. The biggest change that will be seen is the newly offered All Conditions panel. Genetic condition tests will no longer be offered individually, but instead will be in one complete test for Gelbvieh and Balancer animals (AM, NH, OS, DD and Diluter). The new packages offered to the AGA are a significant discount for ordering horn/polled with coat color and for ordering the All Conditions panel with those two as well. See the chart attached for price difference on the previously offered prices and the new package price. Test BVD Coat Color Horn/Polled All Conditions Tenderness + Docility Horn/Polled + Coat Color+ Parentage Horn/Polled + Coat Color + Conditions + Parentage
Old Price $5 $6 $35 $58 $6 $41
New Price $5 $6 $29 $18 $6 $35
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Standalone Tests: Not many changes will be seen in the standalone trait tests, with most prices remaining the same. The two biggest changes are the drop of the horn/polled test from $43 to $38 and the tenderness plus docility from $23 to $7.
Test BVD Parentage Coat Color Horn/Polled All Conditions Tenderness + Docility
Old Price $5 $15 $14 $43 $97 $23
New Price $5 $15 $14 $38 $25 $7
The biggest changes in prices will be seen in the most commonly ordered tests. For example, AI sire and donor dams will see a significant cost benefit. The existing price is $138, which includes the GGPHD test and all four genetic conditions. It drops significantly to $103 with the new price structure of the All Conditions panel. Another common group of tests is the standard bull sale test with includes the GGP-LD test, coat color, and horn/polled. Those three tests together are $86 currently. With the new pricing structure, those three tests plus the All Conditions panel is the same price. Without the All Conditions panel, this price drops to the price of $75. The AGA is proud to offer both new testing options and lower prices to the membership. As always, if there are any questions regarding DNA, pricing, or ordering sample kits, feel free to contact Kim in the office (303) 465-2333 or kim@gelbvieh.org. D
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Cow-Calf Cost Breakdown: Cow Depreciation By Aaron Berger, Nebraska Extension Educator
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ow depreciation is frequently the second or third largest expense to the cow-calf enterprise after feed. Depreciation is a non-cash expense that is often overlooked by cow-calf producers. Depreciation for a cow is calculated as the following: Purchase Price or Replacement Cost – Salvage Value/ Productive Years in the Herd To demonstrate how significant this expense can be, examine an example of current bred replacement heifer prices against today’s cull cow values. •
Bred Two-Year-Old Heifer = $1800
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Average Cull Cow Value = $800
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Depreciation without death loss = $1000/head ($1800 - $800)
The average number of productive years for most cows in a herd is somewhere from 3-5 years assuming a 10 - 20% cowherd replacement rate. Using five years, depreciation is $200 per head per year. At four years it is $250 per head per year and at three years it is $333.33. If you add in death loss at 2% on an average cow herd value of $1300 then depreciation expense jumps to $226 per head for five years, $276 for four years and $359.33 for three years. Cow depreciation is a significant expense! Aggressively identifying ways to reduce depreciation expense should be a goal for cow-calf producers. Depreciation can be reduced one of three ways. 1. Reduce replacement heifer development costs or the purchase price for bred heifers or cows. 2. Increase the salvage value of cows that are leaving the herd. 3. Increase the number of years a cow is productive in the herd.
Purchase Price or Replacement Cost Cow-calf producers purchasing bred females need
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to evaluate the cost of those females against expected productivity and revenue that will be generated from them. When most cow-calf producers think of buying bred replacements, they probably are thinking of purchasing bred heifers. However, it may be that purchasing a different age group of cows would be more profitable and provide greater management flexibility. Cow-calf producers who raise and develop their own replacement heifers should enterprise replacement heifers separately from the cowherd to identify all of the costs involved. A producer should know their costs to produce a weaned heifer calf. At weaning the producer should on paper “sell” the weaned replacement heifers to the replacement heifer development enterprise at market value. The replacement heifer enterprise “buys” the weaned heifers and then develops them into bred heifers that can be “sold” back to the cow-calf enterprise. Once the bred heifers are ready to enter the herd, the cow-calf enterprise then “buys” these bred heifers at market value. While these transactions only occur on paper, and may seem unnecessary, it brings clarity to where expenses and value are being generated in the operation and which enterprises are profitable. Tracking all expenses that go into developing a bred replacement heifer is important to be able to identify opportunities to optimize development costs.
Salvage Value In the depreciation equation, increasing the “salvage” value of cows leaving the herd often provides the greatest opportunity to reduce depreciation. Frequently cow-calf producers pregnancy test and cull non-pregnant cows in the fall of the year. Other cows are frequently culled at this time as well for reasons such as age, attitude, udders, structure, lumps, bumps, etc. This time of the year is also historically when annual cull cow values tend to be lowest for the year. Here are two examples of ways that value can be added to cows leaving the herd increasing their worth and thus reducing depreciation expense. 1. Have a long breeding season and a short calving season. The use of pregnancy diagnosis tools such as palpation and ultrasound can identify how far along a cow is in her pregnancy. Cows that will calve later than the desired time period can be sold as bred cows and
commercial corner post GW usually bring a premium to non-pregnant cows. 2. Capture additional value from non-pregnant cows by adding weight and selling into a seasonally better market than the fall. The value per pound of weight gain may surprise you. This is especially true if you can move a cow from “Lean” into a “Boner/Breaker” classification in a market where prices are increasing.
Productive Years in the Herd
often the most vulnerable. Older cows toward the end of their productive life are vulnerable as well. Tools such as hybrid vigor, genetics that fit resources, health programs, development systems and strategic feeding/ supplementation can be used to cost effectively reduce cowherd turnover. Cow depreciation is a significant expense. Cow-calf producers who aggressively manage to cost effectively reduce this expense will improve profitability. D
Evaluate ways to cost effectively reduce cowherd turnover. The first reason cows are removed from the herd is because they are not pregnant. Young cows, especially those that are two or three years of age are
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The Best of the Best
superior, long-term productivity with at least eight calves. Less than 1 percent of all active Gelbvieh and Balancer cows qualify for this elite group.
The Annual Dam of Merit and Dam of Distinction Tabulations Released
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ach year, the American Gelbvieh Association (AGA) honors females in the AGA Online Registry Service that prove to dominate in one of Gelbvieh’s top attributes: maternal superiority. Since 1991, the Dam of Distinction and Dam of Merit program has ranked outstanding females within the Gelbvieh and Balancer® breed. The program’s purpose is to recognize members who make a point to place emphasis on the all-important maternal traits that Gelbvieh cattle are known for throughout the nation. The Dam of Merit honor recognizes cows that meet strict selection criteria including early puberty and conception, regular calving intervals and above average weaning weights on at least three calves. Through data submitted to the AGA office and of the 38,521 cows assessed in 2017, only 5.8 percent qualify for Dam of Merit. The Dam of Distinction award recognizes cows that meet the same high standards, in addition to exhibiting
Top 20 Owners Name
Flip though the list to see the top 10 states ranked by the combined total of Dams of Merit and Dams of Distinction as well as the top 20 owners, top 20 breeders and a list of membership ranking by state both for the Dam of Merit and Dam of Distinction awards. Congratulations to those members listed for this prestigious accomplishment and for their commitment to producing superior maternallyfocused females! The following is the top ten ranking of states for the combined total of Dams of Merit and Dams of Distinction.
Rank
State
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Kansas South Dakota Nebraska Missouri North Dakota Iowa Colorado Minnesota Arizona Oklahoma
Number 486 315 291 279 274 145 135 91 63 56
Top 20 Breeders City, State
DOD
DOM
Total
Judd Ranch Inc. Pomona, KS 23 96 119 Lazy TV Ranch Selby, SD 16 81 97 Diamond D Gelbvieh Mandan, ND 11 59 70 Bar T Bar Ranch Inc. Winslow, AZ 13 50 63 Taubenheim Gelbvieh Amherst, NE 3 43 46 Rippe Gelbvieh Hubbell, NE 9 34 43 Chimney Butte Ranch Mandan, ND 8 31 39 Flying H Genetics Arapahoe, NE 7 31 38 B/F Cattle Company Butler, MO 3 34 37 MLM Gelbvieh Superior, NE 6 29 35 Lost River Livestock Clearbrook, MN 1 30 31 Sandy Knoll Farm Saint John, KS 3 27 30 Hojer Gelbvieh Lake Preston, SD 9 19 28 Brandywine Farm Rushford, MN 0 28 28 Golden Buckle Gelbvieh Medina, ND 1 26 27 Crooked Creek Cattle Co Waukon, IA 4 22 26 Wehri Gelbvieh Hebron, ND 3 23 26 Holle Gelbvieh Oberlin, KS 2 24 26 C.H. Morris & Sons, LLC. Appomattox, VA 4 20 24 Post Rock Cattle Co Barnard, KS 3 21 24
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Name
City, State
DOD
DOM
Total
Judd Ranch Inc. Pomona, KS 24 102 126 Diamond D Gelbvieh Mandan, ND 12 59 71 Bar T Bar Ranch Inc. Winslow, AZ 13 50 63 Vaughn Thorstenson Selby, SD 13 50 63 Taubenheim Gelbvieh Amherst, NE 3 53 56 Chimney Butte Ranch Mandan, ND 8 45 53 Flying H Genetics Arapahoe, NE 6 38 44 Rippe Gelbvieh Hubbell, NE 6 33 39 B/F Cattle Company Butler, MO 3 34 37 Post Rock Cattle Co Barnard, KS 8 28 36 Brandywine Farm Rushford, MN 2 32 34 Golden Buckle Gelbvieh Medina, ND 1 33 34 Kicking Horse Ranch Oilmont, MT 11 22 33 MLM Gelbvieh Superior, NE 7 26 33 Schroeder Inc Sioux Falls, SD 5 24 29 Sandy Knoll Farm Saint John, KS 1 27 28 Crooked Creek Cattle Co Waukon, IA 4 22 26 Wehri Gelbvieh Hebron, ND 3 23 26 Knoll Crest Farms Red House, VA 6 18 24 C.H. Morris & Sons, LLC. Appomattox, VA 4 20 24
Farm/Ranch Name
City
DOD
DOM
Total
Alabama 8 9 1 1 1 1
Arizona
Yellow Creek Ranch 4H Farms TJB Gelbvieh
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D&F Gelbvieh Burgess Cattle Rock Solid Gelbvieh
Winslow
Hodges Ranch Omaha 3 JCH Ranch Alpena 0 Haywire Cattle Co Saffell 0 Mountain Home 0 Triple D Farms OK Ranch Nashville 0 Fourwinds Gelbvieh Ranch Wesley 0 Cross Farms McNeil 0 Dennis Walling Cave City 0
13 3 2 1 1 1 1 1
16 3 2 1 1 1 1 1
Illinois
Arkansas
Colorado Pierce Olathe Rifle Model
4 3 0 0
19 11 11 10
23 14 11 10
Dove Creek Del Norte Sterling Peetz Ramah Pueblo Deer Trail Olathe Montrose Pueblo
5 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 2
4 9 6 7 6 6 6 3 1 1
9 9 7 7 6 6 6 4 3 3
Parachute 1 Fort Collins 0
2 3 3 3
Deer Trail Montrose Strasburg Brighton Fort Collins
3 0 2 1 1
0 2 0 0 0
3 2 2 1 1
Pierce 0 1 1 Salida 0 1 1
Florida Terri A Barber
DOD
DOM
Total
Gainesville 1 Calhoun 0 Chickamauga 0
2 3 1
3 3 1
Tendoy Menan Blackfoot
0 0 0
7 2 1
7 2 1
Shannon 1 Pleasant Plains 1 Ava 0 Glen Carbon 0 Toulon 0 Media 0 Media 1 Morrison 0 Media 0 Waterloo 0
9 6 2 2 2 2 0 1 1 1
10 7 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1
Kendallville 3 Palmyra 0
3 2
6 2
West Lafayette 0 Bristol 0 Palmyra 0
1 1 1
1 1 1
Idaho 13
SEGA Gelbvieh Bow K Ranch McCarty Cattle Company Wilkinson Gelbvieh Ranch Jimmy D or Sharilyn Richardson Bar Seventy Gelbvieh Brandon McEndaffer Plateau Gelbvieh Jumping Cow Gelbvieh Faris Gelbvieh Ridinger Cattle Company Greenhill Gelbvieh Covington Gelbvieh Pro-Hart Seedstock Grand Valley Gelbvieh/ Balancer Prairie Trail Cattle Co Ridinger Cattle Wakefield Gelbvieh Justin Covington Linda Shafer Integrated Beef Genetics Lakeview Farms, LLC Redland Gelbvieh/ SEGAGelbvieh Victor A Veltri
City
Georgia
Kittle Farms, LLC Geraldine 1 Mcmahan Cove Gelbvieh Stevenson 0 Segars Gelbvieh Farm Hartselle 0 Bar T Bar Ranch Inc
Farm/Ranch Name
Stewart
0
1
1
J-K Cattle Co Bomke Farms J & K Gelbvieh Farm Inc Staci Degeer Dienst Gelbvieh Bigger/Pogue Farm Sydney B Bigger Dykstra Family Cattle Ethan A Bigger TKW Gelbvieh
Indiana Emily Griffiths Four J Farm Midwest Beef Cattle Consultants Baker Cattle Company Keith Edward Jones Jr
Iowa Crooked Creek Cattle Co Waukon 4 Lone Oak Gelbvieh Mechanicsville 2 Charles & Kay Struthers Collins 2 Holste’s Triple H Farms Clarinda 1 ABCS Gelbvieh Winthrop 1 Cib’s Gelbvieh Clutier 1 Herink Gelbvieh Clutier 1 Williamson Gelbvieh Ankeny 1 CKJ Gelbvieh Colo 1 DTK Cattle Company Janesville 0 Allambee Decorah 2 TL Kopriva Gelbvieh &Sons Clutier 0 Circle V Farms Wellsburg 0 Rocker B Ranch Indianola 0 Martens Gelbvieh Walnut 1 MJBC Gelbvieh Audubon 1 Hobbs Gelbvieh Lucas 1 David & Traci Hobbs Lucas 0 Kenyon Cattle LLC Milford 0 Rolling Hills Gelbvieh Bloomfield 0
22 26 13 15 8 10 9 10 8 9 8 9 6 7 5 6 4 5 5 5 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 3 2 3 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
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Farm/Ranch Name
City
DOD
DOM
Total
Five Pine Cattle Co Ocheyedan 0 Nate Solberg Akron 1 Guenther Family Cattle Cascade 1 Little Sioux Gelbvieh Ranch Milford 0 Rafter R Gelbvieh Adel 0 Linda Reiste-Shumate Bloomfield 0 L&L Fitting Hartley 0 Boyer Ridge Century Farm Moravia 0 Minnehan Family Farms Churdan 0 Kirkwood Community College Cedar Rapids 0 Windy Hills Ranch Bloomfield 0 Jay and Mary Weaver Milford 0
2 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1
2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
1 1 1
1 1 1
Kansas Judd Ranch Inc Pomona 23 96 119 Sandy Knoll Farm Saint John 3 27 30 Holle Gelbvieh Oberlin 2 24 26 Post Rock Cattle Co Barnard 3 21 24 Bar Arrow Cattle Co Phillipsburg 3 20 23 Gilly’s Gelbvieh Jewell 3 20 23 Mulroy Farms LLC Mayetta 3 19 22 Raile Gelbvieh/Balancer Saint Francis 2 19 21 Davidson Brothers Gelbvieh McCune 2 13 15 Grund Gelbvieh Ranch Sharon Springs 1 12 13 Medicine Lodge 1 10 11 Marshall Cattle Co Overmiller Gelbvieh Smith Center 0 11 11 Albers Gelbvieh Cunningham 1 8 9 Windy Hill Gelbvieh Mc Cune 1 8 9 Circle S Ranch Canton 1 7 8 Jim & Terri Degeer Erie 0 8 8 Dry Creek Farm Osborne 0 7 7 Wheeler & Son Cattle Co Holton 0 7 7 John C Oswald & Sons Hutchinson 0 6 6 Coyote Ridge Ranch Oberlin 0 6 6 Mitzner Cattle Penokee 0 6 6 Scott Gelbvieh El Dorado 2 3 5 Black Cow Farm Bird City 0 5 5 Stucky Beef Genetics Salina 1 3 4 Spring Valley Farms Agra 0 4 4 Diamond V Gelbvieh Stockton 0 4 4 Meng Farms Cattle Company Troy 0 4 4 Crippled W Cattle Co Clayton 0 4 4 R & N Overmiller Gelbvieh Smith Center 0 3 3 Last Dollar Ranch Louisburg 0 3 3 Triple K Gelbvieh Basehor 0 3 3 KZ Cattle Company Columbus 0 3 3 Martin’s Golden Acres Ford 1 1 2 Flint Hills Gelbvieh Alma 0 2 2 Grable Cattle Company Troy 0 2 2 Cooper Gelbvieh Burdett 0 2 2
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Farm/Ranch Name
City
Nelson Ranch Soldier Tim and Lindsey Rippe Ludell Lily Grace Judd Pomona Daniel Zimmerman Harper Rachelle Anderson Jamestown Loire Creek Cattle Wamego Grace Hammer Wallace Kyle Cavalli Lincoln Jojo Genetics Colby Double Image Farms Bucklin Hammer Gelbvieh Wallace Jerry Grund Wallace Sydney Wilkinson Kim Tom & Peggy Minor Oswego Double K Cattle Fredonia T Arrow Gelbvieh Phillipsburg Callahan Grund Wallace Aherin Brothers Livestock Manhattan Tanner Aherin Phillipsburg Cleland Cattle Company Arma John and Debbie Griesel Howard Road Runner Ranch Cimarron Horizen Farms Cheney Rc Pettit Cattle Olathe Preston Dunn Saint John High Bar Cattle Company Greeley Errol Myers Americus
DOD
DOM
Total
0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
6 5 5 4 2 3 3 3 3 1 2 2 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
6 5 5 4 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Kentucky Full Circle Farm Ewing 0 Mike Moore Gentle G Farm Annville 0 J M Holder Cattle Scottsville 0 Padon Farms Salem 0 Hasty Rocky Hill Farms Lancaster 1 Arthur Slaughter Fredonia 0 Reynolds Bee Lick Gelbvieh Crab Orchard 0 Jenjoe Farms Clinton 0 Lullaby Ridge LLC Waynesburg 0 Bray Gelbvieh Bedford 1 Double Doc Ranch Parksville 0 Triple J Farm Flemingsburg 0 Larmon Mill Acres Alvaton 1 Travis D. Mullins Farm Yosemite 1 David Slaughter Fredonia 0 Horine’s Gelbvieh Bedford 0 Larry P & Sunny D Farms Greensburg 0 Kilbourne Gelbvieh East Bernstadt 0 C&D Farms Brodhead 0 Wesley Page Tompkinsville 0 Peeled Oak Gelbvieh Mount Sterling 0 Sam Singleton Waynesburg 0 Lovell Wilson Farms Gamaliel 0
Farm/Ranch Name
City
DOD
DOM
Total
Minnesota Lost River Livestock Brandywine Farm Schafer Farms Inc Roger Sabin Glen & Jeanne Pugh Ivers Family Henry Torgerson Jr Pederson Gelbvieh Dean G Swenson Summer Vogl Samuel D Vogl Corbin Vogl RR Ranch
Clearbrook Rushford Goodhue Hibbing Pierz Austin Aitkin Buffalo Little Falls Walnut Grove Walnut Grove Walnut Grove Staples
1 0 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 28 6 6 3 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1
31 28 8 8 4 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1
Seminary Monticello
0 0
2 1
2 1
34 17 14 15 13 8 10 9 10 7
37 21 16 16 15 13 11 10 10 9
8 4 4 7 4 4 4 4 5 3 4 4 4 4 2 2 2 2
8 7 7 7 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3
2
2
Mississippi Lowell & Karen Rogers GLB Farms
Missouri B/F Cattle Company Butler 3 Norwood Gelbvieh Farm Carthage 4 Ronald Rogers Mendon 2 Burbank Cattle Company Brookfield 1 Stuecken Brothers Freeburg 2 Steffensen J5 Cattle Company Gainesville 5 Wolf Creek Cattle Company Farmington 1 Richard Lincoln Linneus 1 Justamere Ranch Urbana 0 Circle K Enterprises, LLC Huntsville 2 Narrow Gate Cattle/ Wheeler & Son Camdenton 0 Neese Farms Rutledge 3 Spring Flood Ranch LLC Goodman 3 Ginger J Ertel Greentop 0 John A Busch & Sons Washington 1 Gatson Gelbvieh Vandalia 1 Rogers Gelbvieh Cattle Farm Sparta 1 Blue Horse Gelbvieh Stella 1 Diamond J-D Gelbvieh Barnett 0 Tomy & Cathy Blake Edgar Springs 1 Matthew Burbank Brookfield 0 Red Bud Ranch Buffalo 0 Meadow Brook Ranch Willow Springs 0 Harriman Santa Fe Montrose 0 JGP Gelbvieh Lathrop 1 Wannabe Stock Farm Smithville 1 Simmons Cattle Company Raymore 1 Austin D Rash Mendon 1 Jared/Caisie/ Gilbert/ Debra Nowack Owensville 0
Farm/Ranch Name
City
DOD
Ted Probert Mansfield 0 Nowack Cattle Company Owensville 0 Gary & Janice Mitchell Willard 0 Brynn Myers Oak Ridge 0 Brandt Beef Farm Hermann 0 El Dorado Springs 0 Witt Cattle Company Pleasantview Cattle Co Weston 0 Jared Wormington Purdy 0 Leland Burnett Warsaw 0 Robert Paul Washburn 1 Rockin’-U-Ranch Richmond 1 Rocking G V Gelbvieh Kirksville 0 Grand River Gelbvieh Albany 0 Sara Rogers Gelbvieh Cattle Lees Summit 0 El Dorado Springs 0 Lewis R Eslinger Yellow Dog Gelbvieh Lohman 0 Victoria Brooke Nowack Bland 0 Hilltop Farms Asbury 0 Double V Farms Warrensburg 0 Brad McWilliams/ Hilltop Farms Asbury 0 Shouse Gelbvieh Dadeville 0 Shoe String Ranch Sarcoxie 0 Ashlyn Nicole Pennington Marshfield 0 Broken B Ranch Iberia 0
DOM
Total
2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
1 1 1 1 1
1 1 1 1 1
9 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
13 14 9 7 7 6 4 5 3 2 0
22 14 13 7 7 6 5 5 3 2 1
3 9 7 6 1 3 0 1 1 1 2 0
43 34 31 29 17 11 12 9 8 8 6 7
46 43 38 35 18 14 12 10 9 9 8 7
Montana Kicking Horse Ranch Oilmont Bar Jr Gelbvieh Raynesford Kicking Horse Ranch Oilmont Danell Diamond Six Ranch Lewistown Double B Ranch Hilger Praise the Lord Gelbvieh Reserve SR Graveley Gelbvieh Avon Johnsons Bitteroot Gelbvieh Florence Joe & Cathy Servais Richey Ayers Ranch Highwood Redland Gelbvieh Hysham
Nebraska Taubenheim Gelbvieh Rippe Gelbvieh Flying H Genetics Mlm Gelbvieh The 88 Ranch Triple D Cattle Voss Farms Standing Milliron Ranch Jeff Swanson Ck Cattle Co Warner Beef Genetics Pope Farms Gelbvieh
Amherst Hubbell Arapahoe Superior Orchard Guide Rock Bruning Brady Oxford Scribner Arapahoe Ravenna
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Farm/Ranch Name
City
DOD
DOM
Total
1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 4 2 4 4 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
6 5 4 4 4 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
0
2
2
0
2
2
0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 3 3 1 1 1 1 1
5 4 3 1 1 1 1 1
Mandan 11 Mandan 8 Medina 1 Hebron 3 Walcott 1 Gladstone 0 Minot 1 Northwood 1 Noonan 5 Antler 1 Rocklake 0 Tioga 0 Turtle Lake 1 Baldwin 1 Mandan 0 Medina 0
59 31 26 23 17 14 11 11 6 8 9 7 2 2 3 3
70 39 27 26 18 14 12 12 11 9 9 7 3 3 3 3
GS Ridge Top Ranch Omaha Rod Tegtmeier Cattle Davenport Rod & Twila Brown Paxton Steinkruger Farms Upland JT2 Cattle Company Amherst McClatchey Cattle Company Lincoln Wolf Gelbvieh Gothenburg Boehler Gelbviehs Orleans Schawang Cattle Co David City Squeakin By Lk Farms Shubert Kleinschmidt Gelbvieh Grafton Gary’s Gelbvieh Trenton Lemke Cattle Lawrence V&G Gelbvieh Fairfield Sydney Taubenheim Amherst Kutsch Land and Cattle Kearney Eastman Farms Seward Danyelle M Kuker Shubert
Nevada Richard J or Jean M Williams Orovada
New York Kraszewski Family Farms Corning
North Carolina Fence Row Farms Gelbviehs Marshville R Jar Farm Robbins Green Hills Gelbvieh Mount Ulla Garrett M. Teeter Mount Ulla Justin Michael Teeter Mount Ulla Rabbit Ridge Gelbvieh Farm Morganton Ken W Chambers Stoneville C-Cross Cattle Company Asheboro
North Dakota Diamond D Gelbvieh Chimney Butte Ranch Golden Buckle Gelbvieh Wehri Gelbvieh Moe Gelbvieh Prairie Hills Gelbvieh Cranview Gelbvieh Hedrick Ranch Conrad Larson Ledoux Gelbvieh Martin Gelbvieh Mill Iron C Ranch Kraft Gelbvieh Wohl Farms Allan or Peggy Gustin Bailey Dockter
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Farm/Ranch Name Schock Ranch Auch Gelbvieh Zimmerman Ranch Bohrer Gelbvieh Ranch Cierra Dockter
City
DOD
DOM
Total
Carson Mandan Dawson Stanton Medina
1 0 0 0 0
1 2 2 1 1
2 2 2 1 1
Bradford Continental Covington New Carlisle Big Prairie
1 1 1 0 0
6 1 0 1 1
7 2 1 1 1
Ohio Charlie/Jordan/Scott Diehl Lawman Farms Burns Gelbvieh Farms John Huston Cattle Co Yoder’s Prairie Acres
Oklahoma Tolsma Land & Cattle Nowata 3 Markes Family Farms Waukomis 0 Bill New Gelbvieh Arnett 1 Diamond Mill Iron Gelbvieh Oktaha 4 Koehn Cattle Co Goltry 0 Murray Farms Kingfisher 1 Lowcatelli Ranch Cheyenne 1 Dobson Ranch Kaw City 0 Reed Ranch Vinita 1 Carl Dutton Lindsay 0 Gallaway Gelbvieh Mulhall 0 Larman Farms LLC Orlando 1 Rupp Ranch Perry 0 Castonguay Cattle Kingfisher 0 Rance Walker Ada 0
8 11 9 9 7 8 1 5 4 4 2 3 2 3 3 3 1 2 2 2 2 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Oregon Louie’s Cattle Service Delano Farms LLC McCadden Farms Sonlight Ranch Mount Joseph Cattle Co Emily Hopfer
Burns Oregon City Enterprise La Grande Joseph Albany
6 2 1 0 0 0
16 4 5 3 2 1
22 6 6 3 2 1
Ninety Six
0
2
2
Selby 16 Lake Preston 9 Lake City 0 Wessington 5 Ludlow 10 Mansfield 0 Flandreau 1 Webster 1 Carpenter 3 Nisland 1
81 19 23 15 9 15 9 8 4 6
97 28 23 20 19 15 10 9 7 7
South Carolina Brendy Hill Farm
South Dakota Lazy TV Ranch Hojer Gelbvieh Pearson Cattle Co Inc Dean Duxbury Feist Gelbvieh Eagle Pass Ranch Christensen Gelbvieh Lonnie Amundson Adkins Gelbvieh RLV Gelbvieh
Farm/Ranch Name
City
DOD
DOM
Total
1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 5 5 5 6 4 5 4 1 2 3 3 3 3 0 1 2 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
7 6 6 6 6 5 5 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Crossville Rutledge Duck River, Alexandria
1 1 0 0
9 4 4 4
10 5 4 4
Luttrell Celina Sparta Hilham Pikeville Speedwell Ardmore Milton Quebeck
2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
1 3 3 3 2 0 0 1 1
3 3 3 3 2 1 1 1 1
Amarillo 7 Warren 1 Florence 1 Goldsboro 0 Woodville 0 Sulphur Springs 0
3 4 0 1 1 1
10 5 1 1 1 1
LeDoux Ranch Ree Heights Ceroll Gelbvieh Sisseton Ceroll Ranch Sisseton Duane & Rhonda Thull Oldham North Fork Gelbvieh Wilmot Gina Marie Thorstenson Selby Elk Creek Gelbvieh Piedmont Dustin Volek Highmore Duane Hojer Oldham Crooks Red Angus & Gelbvieh Astoria Jon & Theresa Beastrom Pierre Ceroll Gelbvieh Sisseton CJ & L Livestock Hermosa Kelly & Greg Josephsen Arlington Marvin or Mae Maude Hermosa Rushmore Gelbvieh Hermosa Justin Ringkob Lake City J W Ledoux Ree Heights Wes & Brittney Spencer Pierre Ace Cattle Company Hermosa Britney Volek Highmore Munger Cattle Company Warner Bar TV Gelbvieh Hermosa Brooke Ann Thull Oldham Bohn Livestock Twin Brooks Paige Lehrkamp Hermosa Logan Josephsen Arlington
Tennessee Rocky Top Gelbvieh Kidwell Farms Duck River Gelbvieh Paschal Farm Gelbvieh Clinch Mountain Gelbvieh Farm Hampton Cattle Company Triple J Farms Eastons New Hope Farm Shirk’s Rolling Acres Farms Asbury Farms Dunnavant Farms Butler Creek Farms Do Little Farms
Farm/Ranch Name
City
DOD
DOM
Total
Utah Johnson’s Bear River Gelbvieh Tremonton 1 10 Pace Ranches Torrey 2 7 Loveless Gelbvieh Spanish Fork 1 7 Dudley Ranch Jensen 0 5 YJ Mountain Ranch Gelbviehs Redmond 1 3 Hermansen Cattle Co Fairview 0 3 Southern Utah University Cedar City 2 0 Fremont Gelbvieh Ranch Loa 1 1 Arrow H Ranch Woods Cross 0 2 Guymon Livestock Huntington 0 1 Lone Tree Family Ranch Cleveland 0 1
11 9 8 5 4 3 2 2 2 1 1
Virginia C.H. Morris & Sons, LLC. Appomattox 4 Knoll Crest Farms Red House 5 Castle Rock Farm Pulaski 0 Flowing Spring Farm Atkins 1 Little Windy Farms/ J&K Farms Max Meadows 1 Treble W Ranch Abingdon 0 Handfula Gelbviehs Bland 0
20 11 2 0
24 16 2 1
0 1 1
1 1 1
Washington NN Bar Ranch Ledgerwood Gelbvieh
Creston Clarkston
0 2
14 9
14 11
Duck
3
1
4
Brooklyn 0 Brooklyn 0 Richland Center 0
2 1 1
2 1 1
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West Virginia Hill Top Haven Farm
Wisconsin Girish C Russell Kajal Russell Bill Stoltz
Texas Montgomery Gelbvieh KG Gelbvieh Miller Gelbvieh Guffey Ranch Circle C Ranch Macek Acres Farm
GW junior connection
Attending Local Shows Equates to Great Breed Promotion By Jesse Henson
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Living in Oklahoma for the past three years, I’ve been able to attend a lot more junior livestock shows. What I’ve noticed from these shows is that whether we’re talking about kids from the same FFA or 4-H chapter, or kids that have never met, they seem to create friendships at these shows. From this, families and different breeds start mingling and people start seeing other people’s cattle. I can say it’s true for Oklahoma at least, but when this happens the quality Gelbvieh cattle that juniors bring to these shows always impress them. This leads to great promotion for the breed.
i, everyone! Hope you are having a great fall I know some more local shows fire back up in the thus far. I know it’s spring, so just some thoughts a busy time of year, but I to keep in mind. The more wanted to discuss a little we can display and exhibit bit about junior livestock he more we can display and exhibit our cattle around the local, shows. Most local and state, or national level, the our cattle around the local, state, state fairs are winding more promotion it offers or national level, the more promotion it up by this point, and our for the breed. And while juniors have represented offers for the breed.. the American Royal is now well. I have been fortunate behind us, the fall and winter enough this fall to travel will be filled with the North to a lot of fairs and American International shows, and I have to Livestock Exposition in Louisville, Kentucky, and the say, it is always refreshing to see our Gelbvieh breed National Western Stock Show in Denver, Colorado, represented at those shows. which showcases the breed at the National Gelbvieh and I think that it is very important for our American Balancer National Show. D Gelbvieh Junior Association members to attend local and state shows. While we all love our AGJA Junior Classic and other national shows, and enjoy being around our Gelbvieh family, these mixed breed shows are the best time to promote the breed.
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Taylor Evans Member & Youth Program Coordinator 303-465-2333 • taylor@gelbvieh.org Emily Schilling, Adult Advisor Kendallville, IN • 260-242-1552 ejgriffiths.eg@gmail.com Andrea Murray, Adult Advisor Kingfisher, OK • 405-368-9601 murrayfarm@pldi.net Mike & Toni Shrewsbury, Adult Advisors Lathrop, MO • 816-528-3644 mikeshrews@aol.com
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Callahan Grund, President (2017) Wallace, KS • callhan.gurnd@outook.com Kyle Vehige, Vice President (2016) Bonnots Mill, MO • kyle_vehige@hotmail.com Jesse Henson, V.P. of Leadership (2016) Canton, NC • hensonjlee@gmail.com Grace Vehige, Secretary (2017) Bonnots Mille, MO • g_vehige@hotmail.com Caitlin Griffin, Treasurer (2016) Westminster, SC • caitlingriffin22@yahoo.com
Wyatt Forbes (2017) DeSmet, SD • wyatt.forbes@lakeareatech.edu Grady Hammer (2017) Wallace, KS • gradyhammer@yahoo.com Kallie Mattison (2017) Lamberton, MN • kallieamattison@gmail.com Anna Ring (2017) Oregon, IL • amring121@gmail.com Aubree Beenken, Ex-Officio (2017) Buckingham, IA • abeenken@iastate.edu
news GW Take Advantage of Limited-Time Cow Amnesty Program
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he American Gelbvieh Association (AGA) is initiating a one-time cow amnesty program that will be available for a limited time only beginning November 1 through December 15, 2017. This program allows members who have previously inactivated cows to reinstate them as active inventory for a reduced rate during the six-week-long program. According to AGA rules, to reactivate a female who has been inactive and not current with herd assessments, the member would need to pay a fee of $25 for each year that individual cow has been inactive. Through the cow amnesty program, cows inactivated in 2016 or earlier, may be re-activated at the rate of only $25 per cow plus the 2017 assessment fee, regardless of how many years the cow has been inactive. This is a one-time offer and will not occur again next year. For example, if a cow was taken off the herd assessment in 2014, but the member wanted to register a 2017 calf out of her, they would traditionally have to pay for the 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2017 assessment,
totaling $100.00. If they take advantage of the cow amnesty program, this charge would only be $50. That’s $25 to catch her up to 2016, and $25 for the 2017 herd assessment credit. This allows this cow to be eligible for registration of calves born in 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2017. Herd assessments cover one calf registration per cow per year, with the exception of natural-born multiples, which are covered under one herd assessment credit. If a female has more than one single-born, natural calf in a year, she will need an additional herd assessment credit to register that calf. In the case of embryo transfer (ET) calves; the herd assessment credit of the donor dam may used to register one calf if the recipient dam is a commercial or unregistered female. If the donor dam or recipient dam of an ET calf does not have any available herd assessment credits, additional ET calves can be registered at the rate of $25.00. To take advantage of this cow amnesty program, contact the AGA office between November 1 and December 15, 2017, at 303-465-2333. Please have the registration numbers or tattoos available of the females to be reactivated. Inactivated females available for the cow amnesty program can be found on each member’s AGA Online Registry Service account in the Legacy section on the far right under the Herd tab on the General Profile Information screen. Members may also call the AGA to get assistance with generating a list of inactive cows. D
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NORTHEAST BREEDERS ILLINOIS J & K GELBVIEH FARM, INC. Jerry & Karen Wilson 335 Gelbvieh Lane, Ava, IL 62907 618-521-8620 • jkgf88@frontier.com
OHIO
INDIANA
3 G Ranch
Gelbvieh Cattle For Sale Carl, Rebecca & Emily Griffiths
1577 N 600 E • Kendallville, IN 46755
260/897-2160 • ggge3g@embarqmail.com
REGISTERED GELBVIEH AND BALANCER
®
Your call or visit is Always Welcome
If you’re not here, how does your customer find you? Advertise here!
We sell Breeding Stock Bulls & Females Chester Yoder
12353 Cty Rd 330 Big Prairie, OH 44611 chesyoder@yahoo.com 330-567-9232 • 330-231-0339 (cell)
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GW news
AGA Offers NEW Incentive Program to Members
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he American Gelbvieh Association (AGA) continually strives to provide the most accurate data to describe Gelbvieh and Balancer®-influenced cattle. Increasing the amount of both phenotypic data collected and number of animals with genotypes is essential in further increasing the accuracy of this data. The AGA recognizes that collection of some of this essential data is expensive to collect and therefore the AGA has designed an incentive program for those members who are dedicated to providing such data to the AGA Online Registry Service as well as the accuracy and value of that information. The AGA is offering monetary incentives for members who participate in DNA testing of both bulls and females, gathering feed intake phenotypes and sired-identified carcass data. Each of these incentive programs is described below.
DNA Testing Incentive #1: DNA testing young bulls: AGA members who complete a GGP-Low Density (GGP-LD) or GGP-High Density (GGPHD) panel on a minimum of 30 percent of each year’s entire male calf crop will receive a $2 per head rebate on their entire cowherd’s annual herd assessment in the subsequent calendar year. Only bulls who are under one year of age when tested will be eligible for the incentive program. This incentive program begins with the 2018-born male calf crop and herd assessment rebates will be given starting in 2019. Herd assessment rebates will be given once herd assessments are completed by the member and must be done so by the March 15 herd assessment deadline. Once herd assessments are completed the appropriate rebate will be placed on the member account based on the number of females assessed. Incentive #2: DNA testing replacement females: AGA members that complete a GGP-LD, GGP-HD, or GGP-Ultra Low Density (GGP-uLD) panel test on a minimum of 30 percent of each year’s entire female calf crop will receive a $2 per head
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rebate on their entire cowherd’s annual herd assessment in the subsequent calendar year. Only females who are under one year of age when tested will be eligible for the incentive program. This incentive program begins with the 2018-born female calf crop and herd assessment rebates will be given starting in 2019. Herd assessment rebates will be given once herd assessments are completed by the member and must be done so by the March 15 herd assessment deadline. Once herd assessments are completed the appropriate rebate will be placed on the member account based on the number of females assessed.
Feed Efficiency and Carcass Data Feed Intake Phenotypes: AGA members that report feed intake data that is acceptable to the National Cattle Evaluation (NCE), animals with one known Gelbvieh or Balancer registered parent and are in contemporary groups with two or more head, will receive a $10 credit to their account for each animal record. Feed efficiency data must be collected in an intake system that is acceptable to the Beef Improvement Federation and NCE. Data points that need to be turned in are: • • •
Feed intake Gain on test (start and stop weights) Residual Feed Intake (RFI)
Eligibility for this incentive credit will begin with bulls and heifers born in 2017 or later. Credits will be placed on the members account once data is submitted and has been accepted by the NCE. Carcass Data: AGA members that report actual carcass data of animals with a known pedigree will receive a $4 credit per animal record to their AGA account. Data must be acceptable to the NCE, animals with one known Gelbvieh or Balancer Registered parent and are in contemporary groups with two or more head. Data points that need to be turned in include: • • • • •
Carcass weight Dressing percent Ribeye area Calculated yield grade Marbling score
Eligibility for this incentive credit will begin with cattle born in 2017 or later. Credits will be placed on the members account once data is submitted and has been accepted by the NCE. For questions regarding the AGA member incentives program, please call the AGA office at 303-465-2333. D
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SOUTHERN BREEDERS
TEXAS
ALABAMA EXCEPTIONAL
Kittle Gelbvieh Farms Q u a l i t y B l a ck & R e d G e l b v i e h C a t t l e
Dustin Kittle
816 Co. Rd. 36 Geraldine, AL 35974 Cell (256) 996-5822 www.kittlefarms.com
BULLS & HEIFERS
TRUCKING AVAILABLE
Jim & Pat Dromgoole 4403 Winding River Dr. • Richmond, TX 77469 Home
(281) 341-5686 • Ranch (979) 561-8144
www.dromgoolesheaven.com Show Cattle Managers: James & Shannon Worrell • (325) 258-4656
ARKANSAS
H ODGES R ANCH
Neal
(870) 426-4469 or (870) 704-9450
15702 Hodges Rd., Omaha, AR 72662 Hodgesranch@live.com
Quality Gelbvieh & Balancer Genetics Available Private Treaty Sales
Duane Miller
Cell: 870-84405664 duane83@centurytel.net www.millergelbvieh.com
OKLAHOMA LeGRAND Ed & Alberta LeGrand
809 S. Redlands Rd. • Stillwater, OK 74074
405-747-6950 • alane@c21global.com
Homo. Black, Homo. Polled • Breeding Stock Available
Koehn Cattle Co. Patrick Koehn
73243 Carter Rd., Goltry, OK 580-541-2633 koehncattlecompany@gmail.com
Gelbvieh Genetics at Work
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It's time to book your Fall Sale Date!
Visit GelbviehAuction.com, BalancerAuction.com, or call Rance Long 918.510.3464 or Jeff Stansberry 615.479.1852 for details.
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SOUTHEAST BREEDERS Mick Ainsworth
KENTUCKY
1613 Derby Road P.O. Box 154 Jackson Springs, NC 27281 910-652-2233 Cell: 910-638-1142 Mick’s email: longleaf@etinternet.net
VIRGINIA REGISTERED POLLED GELBVIEH C.H. Morris & Sons, LLC
Grass Grown • Carcass Quality & Performance
Roger Morris • C.W. Moss 928 Morris Road Appomattox, VA 24522 434.574.6592 Roger Morris C.W. Moss 434.315.4294 434.391.4458
Coles Bend Cattle Company
Raising registered Gelbvieh and Balancer® cattle since 2000. Trent Jones Smith Grove, KY • 270.590.5266
TENNESSEE Quality Gelbvieh & Balancer® Cattle
ClinCh Mountain Gelbvieh
www.knollcrestfarm.com knollcrest@knollcrestfarm.com Office (434) 376-3567 Fax (434) 376-7008 James D. Bennett 434/376-7299 Paul S. Bennett 434/941-8245 Jim G. Bennett 434/664-7935 Brian R. Bennett 434/664-8309 Dalton G. Bennett 434/664-7946 PO Box 117 • Red House, VA • 23963 Total Performance Bull Sale • Dec. 01, 2017
John & Liz Loy (865) 687-1968 (865) 235-8869 (C)
NORTH CAROLINA
7611 Dyer Rd. Luttrell, TN 37779 j.b.loy@att.net
Bulls & Heifers for Sale
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DUANE & WENDY STRIDER, OWNERS
(336) 964-6277
ccrosscattle@yahoo.com • ccrosscattle.com
“Superior Gelbvieh and Balancer Cattle”
Chris & Jordan Hampton • Charles & Sue Hampton
QUALITY GELBVIEH CATTLE
LITTLE WINDY HILL
Farms Doug & Sue Hughes 6916 Peppers Ferry Road Max Meadows, VA 24360 H 276/637-3916 C 276/620-4271
839 Davistown Rd. Celina, TN 38551 931-243-3213 H 931-510-3213 C hampton@twlakes.net
Registered Bulls & Replacement Females
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ROCKY TOP GELBVIEH Gelbvieh & Balancer Cattle Sandy and Terry Gupton
4846 Potato Farm Rd • Crossville, TN 38571 865-250-1418 • rockytopgel@yahoo.com rockytopgelbviehfarm.com
Promote Your Operation Walter & Lee Teeter 1380 French Belk Rd. • Mt. Ulla, NC 28125 (704) 664-5784
2157 Black Lick • Rural Retreat, VA 24368 Home: 276.228.6347 Registered No. 48890 Cell: 401.714.6812
Judith A. Sweeten
Advertise with a State Round-up ad in the the two issues of the Profit Picture and the Herd Reference issue of Gelbvieh World
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GW data bulletin
The Maternal Edge: Using the New Stayability Model for Superior Female Selection By Kari White
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s a maternal breed, it is essential that Gelbvieh females remain productive in the herd by producing good calves year after year. To help in the identification of those females, the American Gelbvieh Association (AGA) works hard to ensure that our suite of female selection tools (heifer pregnancy, pregnant at 30, calving ease, and stayability) are always becoming more accurate. As part of this goal, the AGA has recently updated the calculation used for stayability (STAY), moving to a single-step model calculated by International Genetic Solutions (IGS). Breeders can expect to see some changes in how animals are ranked in the new model compared to the old one, so here are some quick facts to help transition into using this new selection tool. Quick Facts on STAY • Old STAY definition = Probability a cow will have a calf from age 2 to age 6 o Data included: years 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 if there is a calf recorded each year o Female will receive a 0 (or fail) if she does not record a calf • New STAY definition = Probability a cow will have a calf any given year o Data included: any year the cow is in production o Female will receive a missing value (neither a failure or a success) if she does not record a calf
*New STAY is a much more complete way to handle the data
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• New STAY is a BOLT (single-step) EPD, which means it is genomically enhanced • Old STAY was not genomically enhanced • New STAY includes information on genetic condition status, coat color and other things that practically effect how long an animal will be in a herd The updated STAY model includes much more information than the traditional one, so there will be some re-ranking. This is actually a good thing, as it means the new model accounts for things that weren’t possible to track in the traditional model. Remember: if there was no re-ranking, there wouldn’t be a need for the updated model! Breeders might also notice a drop in accuracy on some animals, because accuracy is directly calculated in single-step EPDs instead of being estimated in traditional EPDs (in other words, the accuracy is more accurate). Keep in mind both the trait and accuracy means are actually largely the same for both high and low accuracy sires, even though individual animals may have changed. D Stayability EPD Comparisons: High
Average
Low
Fall 2017 NCE (current)
25
9
-5
Spring 2017 NCE (past)
22
7
-8
WESTERN BREEDERS
UPPER MIDWEST BREEDERS
ARIZONA
Quality Cattle Black Gelbvieh and Balancer
Barry & Dena Bolton
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406.538.5280 H 406.366.0162 C 515 Knapp Lane PO Box 826 Hilger, MT 59451 doublebranchmt@gmail.com
The Prosser Family
928/289-2619 • 928/380-5149 cell Winslow, AZ
GS
www.bartbar.com • info@bartbar.com
RFI Tested Balancer®, Gelbvieh & Angus Bulls Sell Annually in April at the Ranch
Ridge Top Ranch
Gelbvieh-Angus-Balancer
Neola, Iowa
Black & Polled Private Treaty Sales
Breed-leading Performance from Quality Genetics
Kevin: 402-510-8103 Al: 402-676-5292
COLORADO Ricky Linquist Dave & Dawn Bowman
th Street inquist 1135 190 inquist
NEVADA
Fonda, IA 50540
arms (712) 288-5349 arms
55784 Holly Rd. • Olathe, CO 81425
(970) 323-6833 www.bowkranch.com
Gelbvieh & Red Angus
Email: rickylin@ncn.net www.linquistfarms.com
Dick & Jean Williams
Jim Roelle 38330 CR 49 Peetz, CO 80747
(C): 970-520-1224 jr.plateau@hotmail.com www.plateaugelbvieh.com
P.O. Box 156 Orovada, NV 89425 775•272•3442
“Pounds Make Profit in Your Pocket” Bulls & Heifers Private Treaty
LONE OAK C AT T L E
Eric Ehresman 20963 30th St. Mechanicsville, IA 52306
WASHINGTON
hornsandthorns@netins.net
(319) 489-2275 (319) 480-1564
LEDGERWOOD GELBVIEH Gelbvieh • Red Angus • Balancer® Pete & Samee Charriere
FL
2633 Hwy 12 East • Clarkston, WA 99403
509-566-8805 • LedgerwoodGelbvieh@gmail.com “Seedstock that work for the commercial cattleman
Martens Gelbvieh
Gary Martens 2126 500th St • Walnut, IA 51577 712.764.5007 (H) • 712.249.5744 (C) martensgl@yahoo.com Annual Bull and Female sale in March with the Southwest Iowa Gelbvieh Group
MONTANA
WYOMING
Quality livestock that Work for you Gelbvieh Carcass Quality Calving Ease Tenderness Docility
Quarter Horses Athletic Want to Please Strong Bone
1496 Goose Creek Rd. • Raynesford, MT 59469 Ranch Phone: 406.738.4220 • BarJRGelbvieh@3rivers.net BarJRGelbvieh.com
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Nine Bar Nine Gelbvieh Wesley Brown
3794 Rd. 215 • Cheyenne, WY 82009 307-351-6453 • ninebar9@hotmail.com Purebred Bulls, Heifers & Select Embryos Performance BRED in, Not FED in!
HH H
Triple H Farms Roy & Nancy Holste 3113 260th Street Clarinda, IA 51632
712-303-0263 • 712-303-1947
Bulls and Heifers for sale Private Treaty
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UPPER MIDWEST BREEDERS
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Dennis & Sherry Gustin Family
Richie & Sarah Heinrich 701/320-6484 (cell) email: gustindd@wildblue.net www.gustinsdiamondd.com
Al and Peggy Gustin Mandan, ND • 701/663-7266
Tom Scarponcini 30474 Brandywine Road Rushford, MN 55971
507-864-2063
Gelbvieh
SFI Schafer Farms, Inc.
Balancer®
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
SOUTH DAKOTA
SwenSon Gelbvieh
Dean Swenson
17513 Hwy 10 Little Falls, MN 56345 swen@centurylink.net (h) 320.632.5848 • (c) 320.630-5536
Polled • Purebred • Red • Black
ADKINS GELBVIEH
Gelbvieh & Balancer Performance Genetics Bulls and Heifers for sale by private treaty (605) 354-2428 Cell gerald@adkinsgelbvieh.com Gerald & Sarah Adkins www.adkinsgelbvieh.com 41606 195th St., Carpenter, SD 57322
Thorstenson Gelbvieh
Selby, South Dakota Annual Bull Sale 1st Saturday in March
Brian & Dee Dee 605-649-9927
Vaughn & Wendy 605-649-6262
www.Balancerbulls.com
NORTH DAKOTA
Beastrom Gelbvieh Ranch Registered Gelbvieh & Balancer Cattle Bulls • Heifers • Embryos • Semen
Chimney Butte RanCh
Jim & Barb Beastrom Brandy Ludemann, Brittney Spencer
Ph: 605-224-5789 • 605-280-7589 (Cell) jimbeastrom@mncomm.com • www.beastromranch.com
Julie Maude 605.381.2803 (C) Lori Maude 303.809.3789 (C)
Doug & Carol Hille
3320 51st Street, Mandan, ND 58554 701-445-7383 or 701-220-2083 Email: chimneybutteranch@westriv.com Website: chimneybutteranch.com Annual Production Sale 1st Friday in March
cj_llivestock@yahoo.com Hermosa, SD
Rob Arnold
Email: RLAGelbvieh@aol.com
Registered Gelbvieh & Balancers®
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605-852-2131
kvolek@venturecomm.net
Quality Gelbvieh & Balancer Genetics from a Trusted Source ®
Get ready for upcoming sales!
6700 County Rd. 19 S. Minot, ND 58701 (701) 624-2051 (H) (701) 720-8823 (C)
Keith, Janice, Dustin & Britney
34261 200th Street, Highmore, SD 57345 AJ Munger 605-521-4468 Commercial Sales Andy LeDoux 785-527-3188 Registered Sales 1-855-303-BULL • www.eaglepassranch.com
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sales GW Seedstock Plus Showcase Sale XII & 9th Annual Customer Appreciation Sale September 16, 2017 Kingsville Livestock Auction Kingsville, MO Auctioneer: Jeremy Anstine Reported by: John Burbank Sale Averages: 6 Bulls....................................................................$7,208 13 Spring Pairs.......................................................$4,327 26 Spring Bred Heifers..........................................$2,812 11 Older Spring Bred Cows..................................$2,086 12 Fall Pairs/Breds.................................................$3,379 42 Open Heifers.....................................................$1,713 1 ½ Interest Female.............................................$6,000 1 Pick of Bred Heifers.........................................$5,250 1 Pick of Open Heifers........................................$2,450 1 Flush...................................................................$3,600 114 Lots.....................................................................$2,865
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his year’s Seedstock Plus Showcase Sale XII and 9th Annual Customer Appreciation Sale was enhanced with the addition of a black dispersal and red purebred dispersal for Kenyon Cattle/ Little Sioux Gelbvieh and a registered herd dispersal for Four Winds Ranch. The sale also included an offering of herd bull prospects. The entire day’s offering was very well received and there were quality cattle sold across all divisions. There were 84 registered buyers of which 52 bought representing 10 states. Overall a
solid sale with many new customers purchasing along with the repeat customers of Seedstock Plus. Sale highlights include the lot 7 herd bull prospect consigned by Mulroy Farms selling for $15,000 to the “Hole In One” group comprised of Waller Gelbvieh, Oak Ridge Farm, Zimmerman Gelbvieh, Duck River Gelbvieh and Burbank Cattle Co. Hole In One is a Homo Black, Homo Polled PB Gelbvieh that sports top 1% CE/FPI, top 2% BW/TM, top 3% WW/CEM, top 10% YW/MK/ MB EPDs in a sound, quiet, eye appealing package. The top spring pair came from Four Winds Gelbvieh and the lot 117/117A Red purebred Gelbvieh brought $8,700. The 4-year-old female sold at $6,100 going to Jack Welle of Iowa and the calf sold for $2,600 to Lewis Eslinger from Missouri. The top spring bred female was the lot 1, pick of the bred heifers from Sandy Knoll Farms. The buyer was Zimmerman Gelbvieh and the purchase price was $5,250. In the fall division, lot 4 half interest female sold for $6,000 to Oak Ridge Farm, Arkansas. The consigner on this elite Balancer female was Burbank Cattle Co. Stuecken Brothers consigned a truly unique purebred Gelbvieh in lot 13 that sold for $6,000 to Roitsch Cattle Co, Texas. The top selling open heifer was a halter broke, showy March born Balancer female consigned by Nowack Cattle Co. Lot 80 was purchased by Danny Carroll, from Missouri at $4,000. The Carroll family also purchase lot 76, a halter broke purebred Gelbvieh also consigned by Nowack Cattle Co. for $3,000. We will see both of these heifers in the show ring over the next year.
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MIDWEST BREEDERS
KANSAS
Bar Arrow Cattle Company
LIZ OSWALD 620.662.0862 (h) ANDY OSWALD 620.662.5489 (o) 620.664.4692 (c)
HUTCHINSON, KS
CORY HOFFMAN Herdsman 620.960.1189 (c) oswald.j@sbcglobal.net
Stuar t Jar vis
26 E. Limestone Rd. • Phillipsburg, KS 67661
e-mail: bararrow@ruraltel.net • 785/543-5177
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bv Gel
ieh
“Where workin’ cattle and eye appeal come full circle”
Timothy Mulroy • 785-640-6401 Mayetta, KS • tim@blackgoldinc.biz
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
Committed to raising quality seedstock Registered Gelbvieh and Balancer® Cattle
Elmer, Brenda, Brad & Benny McWilliams Asbury, MO 64832 • 417-642-5871 • 417-529-0081(cell)
John & Carla Shearer 2815 Navajo Rd. • Canton, KS 67428 circle_s@hometelco.net 620.628.4621
620.654.6507 (John Cell) • 620.654.6731 (Johnny Cell)
Annual Production Sale 1st Saturday in April
Purebred A.I. Seedstock Bulls and Heifers Available. Al & Mary Knapp Cell: (913) 219-6613 18291 158th Street H: (913) 724-4105 Basehor, KS 66007 www.triplekgelbvieh.com e-mail: knappa@swbell.net
diamond v gelbvieh Randy odle
1210 G Rd. Stockton, ks 67669 785.737.3319 diamondv@live.com Building Gelbvieh Genetics since 1989
If you’re not here, how does your customer find you?
NOWACK
Cattle Company Owensville, MO
Registered Gelbvieh & Balancer Cattle
Jared, Caisie, Brooke & Cameron
Gilbert & Debra
573.280.4633 573.646.3477 Bulls marketed through Seedstock Plus Go to seedstockplus.com for sale dates, catalogs & videos
MISSOURI
B/F Cattle Company
Specializing in Forage Raised
Balancer® Bulls on K-31
Judd Ranch Inc.
Dave & Cindy Judd Nick, Ginger Judd & Family Brent & Ashley Judd 423 Hwy. K-68 • Pomona, KS 66076 785/ 566-8371
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MIDWEST BREEDERS NEBRASKA
ROCKING GV GELBVIEH
Mark & Patty Goes
Polled Fullblood Gelbvieh Cattle
39414 SW 75th Rd. Odell, NE 68415 (402) 766-3627
Dr. & Mrs. Glenn Wehner 22533 Spencer Lane Kirksville, MO 63501 660-665-7502
RogeRs Valley FaRm gelbVieh
GELBVIEHV BALANCERV ANGUS
Private Treaty Bull & Heifer Sales • Orchard, NE Val Livingston • www.88ranch.com • 402-655-2288
Breed for Tomorrow’s Cattle Today!
Jeff Swanson • 308/991-0727 10908 724 Road • Oxford, NE 68967 www.swansoncattleco.com
A Breed Leader in Tenderness & Marbling–
Annual Sale—Last Saturday in February
www.rogersvfg.com P.O. Box 51 Mendon, MO 64660 (660-375-7266 (C)
GELBVIEH
BALANCER
J. J. Boehler
Ronald RogeRs email: rogers_valley_farm_feedlot@hotmail.com
70948 L Rd. , Orleans, NE 68966 308-473-7342 • 308-999-0207
Gelbvieh SprinG Flood ranch balancer® Jim & Sherri Michaletz 1397 Spring Flood Rd Goodman, MO 64843 417-364-5297 (O) 479-366-1234 (C) Email: jmichal@netins.net www.springfloodranch.blogspot.com
Cedar Top Ranch Scott & Raberta Starr 212 Starr Drive • Stapleton, NE 69163 (H): 308-587-2293 • (C): 308-530-3900 cedartopranch@gpcom.net Eldon Starr: 1-800-535-6173 or Rich Johnson: 402-368-2209
Consistent Genetics Adding Pounds & Profit
Myron & Valerie Bahm 4375 White Oak Rd Fordland, MO 65652
417-753-3578(h) • 417-576-0687(c)
email: whiteoakfarms@live.com
Registered Gelbvieh & Balancer®
FLYING
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GENETICS
Nebraska & Missouri
Kyle Helms - NE
Cody Helms - NE/MO
308/962-6940 kyle@flyinghgenetics.com
303/842-9071 cody@flyinghgenetics.com
Aaron Ishmael - MO
Visit us on the web & Facebook! www.flyinghgenetics.com
417/309-0062 aaron@flyinghgenetics.com
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Bulls For The BeeF Business Gelbvieh F Balancer F Red Angus F Angus F Angus Hybrids Randy & Leslie Lemke 1757 Road 2500, (H) 402-756-7090 Lawrence, NE 68957 (C) 402-469-2284 rllemke@gtmc.net www.lemkecattle.com
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GW events of interest November 2017 Nov. 2 Ridinger Cattle Company Pioneers or Progress Inaugural Production Sale, Burlington, CO Nov. 4 Harriman Santa Fe Top of the Breed Bull & Female Sale, Windsor, MO Nov. 4 TJB Gelbvieh’s 6th Annual Bull Sale, Chickamauga, GA Nov. 4 B/F Cattle Co. with Cleland Cattle Maternal Integrity Gelbvieh & Balancer BULL SALE, Butler, MO Nov. 11 Eagle Pass Ranch Fall Female Sale, Highmore, SD Nov. 11 C-Cross Annual Fall Bull & Female Sale, Biscoe, NC Nov. 11 21st Annual Heart of America Gelbvieh Association Show-Me Plus Gelbvieh & Balancer Sale, Springfield, MO Nov. 11 NAILE Gelbvieh and Balancer Junior Heifer Show, Louisville, KY Nov. 15 NAILE 2017 Breeder’s Choice Gelbvieh Heifer Futurity, Louisville, KY Nov. 15 NAILE Gelbvieh and Balancer Open Show, Louisville, KY Nov. 18 Seedstock Plus Influence Commercial Female Sale, Kingsville, MO Nov. 18 Red River Bull Sale, Wichita Falls, TX Nov. 18 Southwest Cattlemen’s Classic, Wytheville, VA Nov. 18-19 Triple K Gelbvieh Open House, Basehor, KS Nov. 24 Kansas Gelbvieh Association Annual Meeting, Salina, KS Nov. 25 Kansas Gelbvieh Association Annual Pick of the Herds Sale, Salina, KS Nov. 25 Butler Creek Farm Power in the Blood II Online Elite Female and Embryo Sale, Milton, TN Nov. 28-30 Range Beef Cow Symposium XXV, Cheyenne, WY
December 2017 Dec. 1 Knoll Crest’s Total Performance Bull Sale, Red House, VA Dec. 2 SEGA Gelbvieh & Friends Fall Female Sale, Pierce, CO Dec. 3 The Gathering, Olds, AB, Canada Dec. 7-9 47th Annual AGA National Convention, Wichita, KS Dec. 16 Boys from the South Bull Sale, Lebanon, TN Dec. 16 4th Annual CJ&L Livestock Bull Sale, Hermosa, SD
January 2018 Jan. 3 Jan. 4 Jan. 6 Jan. 6 Jan. 7
NWSS Cattle arrive, Denver, CO NWSS Cattle check-in, Denver, CO NWSS Gelbvieh & Balancer Junior Show, Denver, CO NWSS Gelbvieh & Balancer Futurity, Denver, CO NWSS Gelbvieh & Balancer Pen Show, Denver, CO
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Jan. 7 Jan. 8
NWSS Gelbvieh & Balancer National Sale, Denver, CO NWSS Gelbvieh & Balancer Open Show, Denver, CO
February 2018 Feb. 5 Feb. 6 Feb. 20 Feb. 22 Feb. 23 Feb. 24 Feb. 24
Taubenheim Gelbvieh 28th Annual Production Sale, Amherst, NE Lemke Cattle Bull and Female Sale, Lawrence, NE Cedar Top Ranch Annual Bull Sale, Burwell, NE Plateau Gelbvieh Annual Bull Sale, Brush, CO 27th Annual Pot of Gold Bull Sale, Montrose, CO Swanson Cattle Company 31st Annual Production Sale, Oxford, NE Post Rock Cattle Company Cowman’s Kind Annual Bull Sale, Barnard, KS
March 2018 Mar. 3 Mar. 3 Mar. 3 Mar. 3 Mar. 3 Mar. 5 Mar. 6 Mar. 8 Mar. 10 Mar. 10 Mar. 13 Mar. 15 Mar. 16 Mar. 17 Mar. 17 Mar. 20 Mar. 24 Mar. 24
Thorstenson Gelbvieh & Angus 37th Annual Production Sale, Selby, SD SEGA Gelbvieh Annual Bull Sale, Pierce, CO Hilltop Farms Annual Gelbvieh & Balancer Bull and Female Sale, Carthage, MO Flying H Genetics Roughage ‘N Ready Bull Sale, Arapahoe, NE Judd Ranch 40th Annual Gelbvieh, Balancer & Red Angus Bull Sale, Pomona, KS Hojer Ranch 26th Annual Gelbvieh & Balancer Production Sale, Huron, SD Warner Beef Genetics, Genetic Investment Bull Sale, Arapahoe, NE Raile Gelbvieh/Balancer Bull Sale, Burlington, CO Genetic Power Bull Sale, Springfield, MO Midwest Beef Alliance Spring Bull Sale, Springfield, MO Bar Arrow Cattle Company 28th Annual Production Sale, Phillipsburg, KS Kicking Horse Ranch Annual Production Sale, Great Falls, MT 9th Annual Southwest Iowa Gelbvieh & Balancer Bull & Female Sale, Creston, IA Lone Oak Cattle Annual Bull Sale, Mechanicsville, IA Flying H Genetics Grown On Grass-Missouri Spring Sale, Butler, MO Eagle Pass Ranch Annual Bull Sale, Highmore, SD Harriman Santa Fe Top of the Breed Bull & Female Sale, Windsor, MO Arkansas Bull Sale 3rd Annual Bull and Commercial Female Sale, Heber Springs, AR
GW ad index 3 G Ranch.........................................41 ABCS Gelbvieh................................47 Adkins Gelbvieh..............................48 AGA...................10, 11, 19, 22, 23, 25 B/F Cattle Company........................50 Bar Arrow Cattle Company.....15, 50 Bar IV Livestock..............................45 Bar JR Gelbvieh..........................31, 47 Bar T Bar Ranch, Inc.......................47 Beastrom Gelbvieh Ranch..............48 Boehler Gelbvieh.............................51 Bolton Cattle Ranch........................47 Bow K Ranch...................................47 Boy’s from the South Bull Sale.........3 Brandywine Farm............................48 Bull Barn Genetics.....................38, 55 Butler Creek Farm.......................3, 56 Canadian GV Assn..........................55 Cattlemen’s Connection..................55 C-Cross Cattle Company...............45 Cedar Top Ranch.................... IFC, 51 Chimney Butte Ranch.................... 48 C.H. Morris & Sons, LLC...............45 Circle S Ranch..................................50 CJ&L Livestock................................48 Clinch Mountain Gelbvieh.............45 Coles Bend Cattle Company..........45 Cranview Gelbvieh..........................48 Cunningham, Ronn........................55 Danell Diamond Six Ranch............47 Diamond L Farms...........................43 Diamond V Gelbvieh......................50 Dromgoole’s Heaven.......................43 Eagle Pass Ranch.............................48 Flying H Genetics............................51 Gelbviehauction.com......................44 GeneSeek..........................................53 Green Hills Gelbvieh...................3, 45 GS Ridge Top Ranch.......................47 Gustin’s Diamond D Gelbvieh.......48 HAGA Sale.......................................21 Hampton Cattle Company.............45 Harriman Santa Fe..........................50 Hart Farm Gelbvieh........................50 Hilltop Farms...................................50 Hodges Ranch..................................43 Hojer Gelbvieh Ranch.....................48 J&K Farm..........................................41 J Bar M Gelbvieh.............................50 Judd Ranch, Inc...........................1, 50
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KGA Pick of the Herd Sale.............14 Kicking Horse Ranch......................47 Kittle Gelbvieh Farms.....................43 Knoll Crest Farm.........................5, 45 Koehn Cattle Co..............................43 Land of Oz/ John C Oswald...........50 Lambert, Doak.................................55 Ledgerwood Gelbvieh.....................47 Lemke Cattle....................................51 Leonhardt Cattle Company............48 Linquist Farms.................................47 Little Windy Hill Farms............33, 45 Lone Oak Cattle...............................47 Longleaf Station...............................45 M&P Gelbvieh.................................51 Maple Hill Farm...............................30 Markes Family Farms......................43 Martens Gelbvieh............................47 Martin Cattle Company..................43 Miller Gelbvieh................................43 Mitchell Marketing Service............55 MLM Gelbvieh.................................51 Mulroy Farms...................................50 Nine Bar Nine Gelbvieh..................47 Nowack Cattle Company................50 Plateau Gelbvieh..............................47 Post Rock Cattle Company........7, 50 Prairie Hills Gelbvieh......................48 Register Farms.................................45 Rocking GV Gelbvieh.....................51 Rocky Top Gelbvieh........................45 Rogers Valley Farm Gelbvieh.........51 Sawtooth Gelbvieh Cattle & Hay...47 Schafer Farms, Inc...........................48 Seedstock Plus Genetics.................55 Seedstock Plus..................................55 SEGA Gelbvieh................................20 Spring Flood Ranch........................51 Swanson Cattle Company..............51 Swenson Gelbvieh...........................48 Taubenheim Gelbvieh.....................51 The 88 Ranch....................................51 The Gathering Sale..........................17 Thorstenson Gelbvieh.....................48 Thull Gelbvieh Farm.......................48 Triple H Farms.................................47 Triple K Gelbvieh.............................50 Volek Ranch.....................................48 Warner Beef Genetics .................IBC White Oak Farms............................51
Wildwood Acres..............................41 Wilkinson Gelbvieh........................47 Wolf Gelbvieh..................................51 Wyndemere Farm LLC...................45 Yoder’s Prairie Acres.......................41
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BCFG Butlers Elvira 56E
2-3-17 • Purebred Sire: Butlers Impact 549U Dam: JRI Ms Sugar Plum 56X610
SKYC Ms. Eleanor 282E
1-23-17 • PC 75% Sire: JRI Pistol Pete 214A44 Dam: BCFG QVS Butlers Kali 282Z ET
CTFB Pattons Savannah 7D
11-13-16 • BA 38% Sire: VLK B455 ET Dam: QVS Savahhan’s Georgia 7411
RAAB Ms. Emma 20E
1-4-17 • BA 75% Sire: FMGF Blue’s Impact 001X Dam: BCFG Butlers Belinda 20B
Online Elite Female & Embryo Sale November 25, 2017 Boys from the South Bull Sale Saturday, december 16, 2017 • 1:00 Pm ct JameS e. Ward ag center, Lebanon, tn
BCFG Butlers Ms. Daisy 28D3 ET 9-26-16 • BA 38% Sire: AHL Flashback 446B Dam: BCFG QVS Butlers Kali 282Z ET
Butler Creek Farm Milton, TN
Michael, Barbi & Ethan
615.286.2799 (H) • 615.351.1071 (C)
Zach & Autumn
615.286.1017 (H) • 615.308.8628 (C)
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Red River NOV. 18 Bull Sale At The Wichita Livestock Sales Co. • Wichita Falls, TX
Dan and Kate Warner 42198 Road 721, Arapahoe, NE 68922 Dan Warner • 308-962-6511 Monte Warner • 308-268-6020 Darren Warner • 308-268-2031
47th Annual American Gelbvieh Association National Convention Wichita,Kansas December 7-9, 2017 Visit www.gelbvieh.org for more information and to register online.