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OCTOBER 2019 // VOLUME 67 // ISSUE 6 IBBA CONNECTION A Message from the President.........................................................................................6 IBBA CONNECTION Executive Corner.......................................................................................................10-12 Expert CONNECTION Evaluating the Most Economic Way to Improve Rangeland............................ 16-20 EXPERT CONNECTION Needle Management & Beef Quality.................................................................24-26 EXPERT CONNECTION Antimicrobial Stewardship for Cow-Calf Producers.........................................30-34 EXPERT CONNECTION Top 10 Ways to Make Cow Herds More Profitable...........................................38-40 EXPERT CONNECTION Beef Quality = Beef Value....................................................................................... 42 AFFILIATE CONNECTION: IBA News....................................................................................................... 46 SHOW CONNECTION: Brangus Futurity......................................................................................48-49 Junior Connection Why Time Management Matters............................................................................ 50 Press Releases & News..................................................................................................................... 52-53 Sale sUMMARIES..........................................................................................................................................54 NEW MEMBERS......................................................................................................................................... 56-57 Friends we will miss.............................................................................................................................. 58 SERVICE DIRECTORY.................................................................................................................................... 60 STATE DIRECTORY.................................................................................................................................... 61-66 CALENDAR....................................................................................................................................................... 68 AD INDEX......................................................................................................................................................... 70 5
IBBA CONNECTION CONNECTION IBBA // A MESSAGE FROM IBBA PRESIDENT
It’s Election Season by IBBA President Eddy Roberts It is time to begin the nomination process for IBBA Board members and officers. The IBBA by laws detail the process to be followed. You can read the by laws on the IBBA website if you’re so inclined. I will summarize the process in this article. I have served on the IBBA Board for almost 6 years. I will be completing my second consecutive 3-year term in the Spring of 2020 and, by rule, I am not eligible to continue on the Board. Our by laws are written to ensure a healthy turnover rate on the Board. That’s a good thing. It makes room for more members to be involved in the job of governing our Association. I can only speak for myself when I say that I have received more than I’ve given by serving our Association as a Board member and officer. I suspect most Board members and officers, past and present, would share that feeling. I’ve met people and made friendships that I might not have made if I hadn’t volunteered in this way. I’ve also learned a lot. IBBA will elect four (4) Board members this Fall. Nine (9) other members will continue their service for another year or two depending on when they were elected. Some of the current Board members are eligible for reelection and some are not. Again, this creates a healthy mix of new and veteran Board members. I encourage all members to consider service on the Board. You won’t regret it. Under the current structure, electoral areas 2, 3, 7 and 11 will elect Board members this Fall. Inside the front cover of this magazine is a map showing the different electoral areas and the Board seats that are up for election. According to the by laws, the President must appoint 4 current Board members to serve as chairmen of 4 separate nominating committees, each representing an electoral area. Each of those chairmen are then responsible for forming a committee comprised of state affiliate officers and other members within the area. The four nominating committees are then responsible for offering two (2) candidates for each open Board seat. The following Board members have been asked and have agreed to lead the nominating committee for the area noted: Bill Davis – Area 2. Bill’s term on the Board expires in the Spring of 2020 and he is not eligible for re-election and, therefore, will not be able to serve as an officer unless and until he takes at least one year off from Board service and is elected again at a later date. Doyle Miller - Area 3. Vern Suhn is eligible for reelection to the Board in 2020 and, therefore, cannot serve as
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chairman of the nominating committee for Area 3. Since Area 3 is overlapping with Area 8, Doyle Miller has been asked to lead the nominating committee for this area. Allen Goode – Area 7. Danny Farris currently represents Area 7 and will complete a three-year term in 2020. Danny has served two terms but they were not consecutive and, therefore, he is eligible for reelection. Allen Goode, also from Area 7, will lead the nomination process for this area. Eddy Roberts – Area 11. I will lead the nominating process for my replacement on the Board from Area 11. The four nomination committees have been tasked to provide 2 candidates for each respective Board seat by October 15, 2019. Biographies of each candidate will be printed in the November Brangus Journal. Ballots will be mailed December 2-3 and ballots will be due back by January 5, 2020 to the accounting firm retained to compile the results. The final step is the nomination of officers (President, 1st Vice President, 2nd Vice President and Secretary-Treasurer). By rule, a committee comprised of the three most recent past presidents will nominate a slate of officers. This committee is therefore comprised of Doyle Miller, Brandon Belt and Mike Vorel. The NEW Board will then elect the officers. IBBA is YOUR outfit. Collectively, we own it and control it with the goal of passing on a stronger association to our successors. If you’re interested in serving on the Board, don’t wait for your area’s nominating committee to call you. You can call them. If you don’t feel as though you can serve on the Board, but want to get more involved, I strongly encourage you to sign up for service on a committee. I can guarantee that you’ll make new friends, you’ll have an outlet for your good ideas, and you’ll learn a lot from your fellow breeders. Sincerely, Eddy IBBA President
Town Creek Farm Bull Sale & Commercial Brangus Bred Heifer Sale AT THE RANCH NEAR WEST POINT, MISSISSIPPI
Saturday, October 19, 2019 • 12 noon 150 TOWN CREEK FARM BULLS Johnes-Free, Trich, BVD Tested.
Brangus, Ultrablack and VigorMax™ Half-Blood Bulls. Large selection of stout, FULL 2-year old bulls (DOB: Fall 2017). Powerful, practical, functional bulls developed on a high roughage, forage-based ration. Bulls guaranteed. Bulls sell guaranteed Johnes-free, BDV-PI and Trich tested. Large selection of user-friendly and calving ease bulls.
225 BRANGUS AND ULTRABLACK COMMERCIAL BRED HEIFERS Multi-generation, ranch and source verified second generation Town Creek Farm heifers bred back to Town Creek bulls. Fall and spring calving heifers sell. Reputation heifer sale in its 22nd year. THESE BULLS ALL SELL.
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Select from proven Vigor Max™ (Brahman x Angus), Brangus and Ultra black bulls. Keep your cowherd black and uniform in color. Buy bulls from a program that culls EVERY open female and EVERY female that doesn’t bring a calf to the weaning pens. Fertility is our top priority because we know it’s your top priority. Genetics developed and proven for more than 30 years.
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LEFT: This first calf heifer sold in our 2018 sale as a bred heifer. Take a look at the power of genetics in this Town Creek Farm female with a Town Creek Farm calf at side.
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International Brangus BreedersAssociation
Fall Meetings
We invite you to join us at one of the upcoming IBBA fall meetings to discuss important topics such as the IBBA long term plan, REGSTR updates and demos, IBBA committee involvement, and discussions for the upcoming board of director elections. A steak dinner will be provided the evening before, as well as breakfast the following morning.
FREE to members! Please RSVP as soon as possible.
RSVPs can be made by calling the office at 210-696-8231, sending an email to ledwards@gobrangus.com, or mailing this invite back to the IBBA office. IBBA Mailing Address: PO BOX 809 Adkins, TX 78101
Lubbock, TX
September 27-28, 2019
Please Place an X by the meeting you would like to attend
Overton Hotel and Conference Center 2322 Mac Davis Lane Lubbock, TX 79401 Phone: 806-776-7000 Meeting begins at 5:30 p.m. Friday evening
West Point, MS October 18, 2019
32476 Hwy 50 E West Point, MS 39773-5207
Rooms Availble at Wingate by Wyndham Columbus Hotel Phone: 662-327-9999
Meeting and lunch will begin at Noon followed by Town Creek Farm’s Sale Recpetion
College Station, TX
October 24-25, 2019
The Stella Hotel 4100 Lake Atlas Drive Bryan, TX 78602 Phone: 979-421-4000 Meeting begins at 6:00 pm Thursday evening
Gainesville, FL
November 22-23. 2019
Hilton University of Florida Conference Center 1714 SW 34th Street Gainesville, FL 32697 Phone: 352-371-3600 Meeting begins at 6:00 pm Friday evening
All hotels have an IBBA room block but members are responsible for all hotel reservations.
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IBBA CONNECTION
A Glimpse
at the
IBBA Long Term Plan
by IBBA Executive Vice President Dr. Darrell Wilkes, Ph.D. We are in the midst of the Fall Regional Conferences. By the time you read this letter, we will have completed meetings in Branson, MO and Lubbock, TX. We will be packing our bags for meetings in West Point, MS, College Station, TX, and Gainesville, FL. I hope you can break away and join your fellow breeders in one of the upcoming meetings. Detailed times and places are on page 9 the Brangus website, www.gobrangus.com. The primary objective of the meetings is to get member input on the draft of the Long Term Plan, which is also available on the website. A few members have asked the question: why are you worried about the Long Term Plan when you should be focusing on the registration software? That’s a logical question, and I have a straightforward answer to it. Namely, the staff spending time on the Long Term Plan are not computer programmers or software engineers. We could stay in the office, keep our heads down and worry about the software, but that would not result in any progress. The regstr software WILL be fully functional and it WILL operate more efficiently and more effectively than its’ predecessor
program. We will get there. In the meantime, the future is going to happen whether we have a plan or not. There is one particular idea in the Long Term Plan draft that I feel so strongly about I believe we need to kick it off even before the final version of the plan is done. In my view, the idea I’m talking about is not really an option for us. I view it as mission critical. For lack of a better name, we call it the Brangus Value Project. In summary, the idea is this: • Get Brangus bull owners to donate 100-200 units of semen on bulls that have or are likely to have a significant footprint in our gene pool. • Buy semen on a couple highly proven Angus sires. • Secure arrangements with commercial cooperators to synchronize and breed at least 300 cows – 100 to each of two Brangus or Ultra sires, and 100 to an Angus reference sire. o This step is repeated 12-15 times each year, yielding at least 1,000 A.I.-sired steers. • Find feedlot partners who will feed the steers in a research type setting, ideally collecting feed efficiency data. o If our commercial cooperators don’t want to retain
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These sale bulls are hand-selected for phenotype, structural soundness, fertility and maternal qualities. There is no fluff in our bulls...what you see is what you get. Our bulls go into the breeding season with ample body condition to maintain libido, motility and breeding effectiveness. They know how to hustle and are built to travel. All bulls are BLV and Johnes Free and will be BSE and Trich tested 30 days prior to the sale. MANY OF THE BULLS SELLING ARE SIRED BY THE BREED’S TOP EPD TRAIT LEADERS!
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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 10 ownership, we will need a feedlot partner that is willing to buy the calves. We may have to share some of the risk. • Collect individual in-weights and keep health/ treatment records on an individual animal basis. • Harvest at a cooperating packing plant where we can obtain comprehensive carcass data and one loin steak from each animal for tenderness testing. • Perform Warner-Bratzler shear force testing on loin steak samples. • Record all the data in the IBBA database and incorporate it into genetic evaluation (i.e EPD calculation). • Use repeated DNA sampling to ensure sire identity, all way down to the individual loin steak level. We need to do this every year from now on. The goal stated in the Long Term Plan is to collect at least 10,000 records in the next 10 years, but that is just the start. This effort should never stop so long as feedlot performance and carcass quality are important factors in beef production. It’s hard to imagine that they won’t ALWAYS be important. Meanwhile, back on the ranches of the commercial cooperators, there will be groups of paternal half-sib heifers that will be bred, will calve, be bred again, etc. Some will be
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culled for various reasons while others will stay in the herd for a long time. Over time, we collect totally unbiased data in a controlled setting comparing the daughters of each sire. While the feedlot and carcass data are very important, we can never forget that maternal performance is the dog that wags the tail when it comes to producer profitability. Some will argue that the maternal part of this project is too complicated and takes too long. After all, we already collect maternal data from seedstock herds who have daughters of the very same A.I. sires. That’s all true. In theory, the data collected on the commercial cooperator operations is more powerful simply because the daughters are competing headto-head in the same environment over the same period of time. The data has fewer “adjustments” and, therefore, is more informative. Besides, what commercial producer would not want to keep the daughters of the A.I. sires selected for this project? That’s part of their incentive to participate. If you’re thinking that this is a BIG UNDERTAKING, you’re right. If you’re thinking that we really don’t need to do this because we have DNA tests that tell us everything, well, to be blunt, you’re wrong. There is one absolute TRUTH in the world of DNA testing: good DNA tests require good data on the actual traits being tested. Without the data to constantly refine the DNA tests, they are of little value. The feedlot and carcass data gathered in this project has two purposes. First, we believe our good Brangus cattle do not deserve the “eared cattle discount” that they currently receive in the marketplace. We believe they can compete with the best of the best in the feedlot and packing plant. We can use our data to prove that to feedlots and packers. Second, we will identify sires that push all the right buttons. These are bulls that will shift the genetic curve of the entire population over time. I appreciate a great cow as much as anybody, but it is a simple mathematical fact that a sire can influence more pedigrees in his lifetime than a cow can. With A.I., an impactful sire can leave thousands of progeny and tens of thousands of grand-progeny. You cannot make a great bull without a great cow, and you cannot shift a population without great bulls. The Brangus Value Project is one of the ideas in the Long Term Plan. Yes, it is ambitious. But I cannot think of a substitute that will produce the same long term value for our breed. Please attend one of the Regional Conferences if you can possibly squeeze it into your schedule. We want to hear your ideas, and we want to hear your critique of the ideas laid out in the plan.
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NOBLENEWS&VIEWS EXPERT CONNECTION // WHAT ARE THE GENETIC DRIVERS OF PROFITABIULITY?
Evaluating the Most Economic Way to Improve Rangeland Evaluating the Most Economic Way to Improve Rangeland ECONOMICS
rner for many reasons, such as shortages TABLE 1. RANGELAND MANAGEMENT COST ESTIMATES FOR 1,000 ACRES DURING time, labor or capital. However, it is best to 30-YEAR PERIOD. nsider whether there is a financial incentive The Economics bolded valuesProgram representLead the options that cost less Economics than the lost Consultant revenue value of $165,000. D. Johnson, Ph.D., Noble and Agricultural r penalty)by forMyriah waiting until there is a critical Individual Prescribed Fire Aerial Treatment Individual Grubbing ass to address this type of project. On many Management reasons, such as shortages in time, labor (or penalty) for waiting until there is Plant CREASED BRUSH REDUCESa gREVENUE r i c u l t u r a l Options or capital. However, it is best to consider a critical Treatment mass to address this type of r this article, we will focus on what would operations, whether there is a financial incentive project. ppenBy to aMyriah range pasture if mesquite was Cost $11,662 $130,000 $80,000 $700,000 D. Johnson, Ph.D., economics are always program lead and agricultural economics consultant | mdjohnson@noble.org t managed over a 30-year timethere period. projects The article “Economics of Managing Mes- to Combination Aerial TreatAerial Treatment Grubbing and Grubbing and n many agriFIGURE 1. EFFECT OF MESQUITE BRUSH ON CARRYING CAPACITY ite in North Texas: A Sensitivity Analysis,” work on. Some Management ment and and Individual Prescribed Individual Plant cultural operCarrying capacity declined with time from a completely cleared situation, due to increasing itten by W.R. Teague, R.J. Ansley,are U.P. Kreuter, Options Prescribed Fire Plant Treatment Fire Treatment pertinent ations, there mesquite brush on the Waggoner Experimental Ranch.* E. Pinchak and J.M. McGrann and published are necessary always Mesquite area cover percentage and the Journal of Range Management in 2001, Cost $44,123 $100,500 $186,623 $243,000 projects to work on. AUY/ha Ac/AUY forpertinent nds itself to this idea. Figure 1, which is from the Some are .12 21 30 eir paper, depicts the to tradeoff between car-the and necessary for operation continue functioning, .1 Carrying Capacity ng capacity and acres per animal unit (AU) operation to continue 25 25 while others are “get to it while whenothyou acres per AUY). However, in years 15 to 30, as tion per acre are sold. In addition, this creates functioning, th percent mesquite coverage. An area com.08 31 20 or “would be nice totodo” ers are “get to ittypes whenof mesquite coverage increases Mesquite a loss in revenue, leaving a producer with from approximately Cover etely clearcan” of mesquite is assumed start .06 you can” or “would be 41 of15range 15 percent to 30 percent, we observe a steady fewer dollars to pay for this type projects. Often, range management th. This clear land will support slightly less to do” types of (AUYs) projects.per Often, .04 in carrying capacity to less than 0.04 management. Further, there is an increase in an 0.12nice animal unit years hectare or improvement projects fallrange in the decline 62 10 management or improvement projects fall in AUYs per hectare (or more than 62 acres per the production cost per unit of livestock. slightly more than 21 acres per AUY). .02 nonessentialcategory category untilreach they the nonessential until they a AUY). 124 5 During these 30 years, there is a reduction For the first 15 years or so, mesquite covcritical point. Along the way, these projects 0 reach a critical point. Along the way, in grazeable acres and carrying capacity. age slowly increases to about 15 percent and CONSIDER LOSS 26 OF REVENUE WHEN may be continually pushed to the back -02 Years 02 10 18 22 30 Because fewer head 06 of livestock can be14 ly a minimal decrease in AUYs these projects mayper behectare continually *Source: EVALUATING PRACTICES Continued on next page McMullen 2000, Ansley et al. 2001 curs (or a pushed minimal to increase in the number the back burner for of many supported, fewer pounds of livestock produc- None of the aforementioned consequences
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CUTTING
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GENETICS
November 1st 2019 GENETRUST at Chimney Rock Cattle Co. Concord, AR
CB MS HOMBRE 924Z11
924Z11 is a proven donor with outstanding progeny to prove her legacy. Few females produce multiple herd sires but this cow has. The well known $50,000 CB Capital Gain 924D19 is one of her progeny along with CB Epic 924F that will sell in the TOP CUT at the GENETRUST Cavender November Bull Sale. There are others in the works plus multiple daughters in production at Cavender, Johnston and Double W ranches. She sells with an AI calving date of 11/30/2019, bred to a top Three D son, DMR Empire 795D12, who ALSO has “highlighted” progeny at the GENETRUST Chimney Rock and Cavender November sales. This calving date means an early return to embryo production for your ET program.
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EXPERT CONNECTION // EVALUATING THE MOST ECONOMIC WAY TO IMRPOVE RANGELAND CONTINUED FROM PAGE 16 TABLE 1. RANGELAND MANAGEMENT COST ESTIMATES FOR 1,000 ACRES DURING 30-YEAR PERIOD.
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the carrying capacity is decreased. For example, take the 18 calves, instead of 35, marketed at year 23. Assume a calf crop of 50 percent steers and 50 percent heifers. Using Oklahoma City market prices from 2000 to 2017 for 500- to 600-pound steers and heifers, it is estimated that approximately $165,000 in revenue would be lost.
t would te was Cost $11,662 $130,000 $80,000 $700,000 eriod. ng MesCombination Aerial TreatAerial Treatment Grubbing and Grubbing and lysis,” Management ment and and Individual Prescribed Individual Plant P. Kreuter, Options Prescribed Fire Plant Treatment Fire Treatment ublished in 2001, Cost $44,123 $100,500 $186,623 $243,000 is from CALCULATE COSTS FOR een carnit (AU) MANAGEMENT OPTIONS acres per AUY).BRUSH However, inREDUCES years 15 to 30, as livestock tion per acre are sold. In addition, this creates rea com- INCREASED production per acre are So, what options are available for mesquite coverage increases from approximately a loss in revenue, leaving a producer with o start REVENUE sold. In addition, this creates a loss 15 percent to 30 percent, we observe a steady fewer dollars to pay for this type of rangemesquite control that would be less tly less For thisinarticle, we willtofocus on0.04 in revenue, leaving a producer with management. Further, there is an increasecostly in decline carrying capacity less than hectare than losing out on $165,000 in production cost unittype of livestock. AUYs per hectare thanpasture 62 acres per fewerthe Y). what would happen(ortomore a range dollars to pay forperthis of revenue? AUY). During these 30 years, there is a reduction e covif mesquite was notand managed over a rangeCONSIDER management. Further, there isWHEN We estimated the costs of several in grazeable acres carrying capacity. cent and LOSS OF REVENUE fewer head of livestock can be an increase 30-yearBecause time period. in the production cost per ectare EVALUATING PRACTICES management methods to answer supported, fewer pounds of livestock producmber of None of the aforementioned consequences The article “Economics of Managing unit of livestock.
Mesquite in North Texas: A Sensitivity Analysis”, written by W.R. Teague, R.J. Ansley, U.P. Kreuter, W.E. Pinchak and J.M. McGrann and published by the Journal of Range Management in 2001, lends itself to this idea. Figure 1, which is from their paper, depicts the tradeoff between carrying capacity and acres per animal unit (AU) with percent mesquite coverage. An area completely clear of mesquite is assumed to start with. This clear land will support slightly less than 0.12 animal unit years (AUYs) per hectare (or slightly more than 21 acres per AUY). For the first 15 years or so, mesquite coverage slowly increases to about 15 percent and only a minimal decrease in AUYs per hectare occurs (or a minimal increase in the number of acres per AUY). However, in years 15 to 30, as mesquite coverage increases from approximately 15 percent to 30 percent, we observe a steady decline in carrying capacity to less than 0.04 AUYs per hectare (or more than 62 acres per AUY). During these 30 years, there is a reduction in grazeable acres and carrying capacity. Because fewer head of livestock can be supported, fewer pounds of
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CONSIDER LOSS OF REVENUE WHEN EVALUATING PRACTICES None of the aforementioned consequences are desired, but how does one justify implementing the management practices needed to avoid this situation? One way to look at this is to think of the potential lost revenue from not managing the rangeland. We will assume there are 1,000 acres in the operation and that 500-pound calves are weaned and sold each October. If the cows weigh 1,100 pounds, on average the 1,000 acres will support 41 cows total (24 acres per cow). With an 85 percent weaning rate, there would be 35 calves to market each fall. As discussed previously, this herd size could be supported for the first 15 years or so. At year 18, we assume the operation can support 33 cows with 28 calves to market; at year 23, 22 cows and 18 calves; at year 28, 16 cows and 13 calves; and finally, at year 30, 14 cows and 11 calves. To calculate the loss in revenue, we compare the pounds that would have been marketed if the land was clear to the pounds marketed when
this question. The methods included prescribed fire, aerial treatment, individual plant treatment (IPT) and grubbing as well as the combination of aerial treatment and prescribed fire or IPT and the combination of grubbing and prescribed fire or IPT. We assumed these management practices were started in year 13, just before destocking would begin. By implementing these practices, destocking would not be needed. The following calculations are rough estimates based on the Noble agricultural consultants’ knowledge. PRESCRIBED FIRE Initial startup cost of $10,960 for a sprayer, fire guards and other supplies. We assumed 200 acres would be burned each year with an annual cost of $39. Total cost over 30-year period: $10,960 + ($39 x 18 years) = $11,662 One consideration for prescribed fire is that mature trees at high densities could lead to less-thandesirable suppression levels and not result in an increase in carrying capacity.
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EXPERT CONNECTION // EVALUATING THE MOST ECONOMIC WAY TO IMRPOVE RANGELAND CONTINUED FROM PAGE 18 INDIVIDUAL PLANT TREATMENT (IPT) $20,000 every five years, four treatments in 18-year time frame. Total cost over 30 years: $20,000 x 4 = $80,000 IPT can be cheaper at lower canopy and density levels but may be less feasible at higher density levels and with more mature trees. Also, cut and spray may be the only IPT option when trees are larger. AERIAL TREATMENT $32,500 every five years with four treatments in an 18-year time frame. Total cost over 30 years: $32,500 x 4 = $130,000 AERIAL TREATMENT FOLLOWED BY PRESCRIBED FIRE EACH YEAR Add one-time cost for aerial treatment ($32,500), plus prescribed fire startup cost ($10,960) and annual
burn cost ($39) for 200 acres. Total cost over 30 years: $32,500 + $10,960 + ($39 x 17 years) = $44,123 AERIAL TREATMENT FOLLOWED BY IPT EACH YEAR IPT annual cost: $20 per acre x 200 acres per year = $4,000 Total cost over 30 years: $32,500 + ($4,000 x 17 years) = $100,500 GRUBBING $175,000 every five years, four treatments in an 18-year time frame. Total cost over 30 years: $175,000 x 4 = $700,000 GRUBBING FOLLOWED BY PRESCRIBED FIRE EACH YEAR Add one-time grubbing cost ($175,000), plus prescribed fire startup cost ($10,960) and annual burn cost ($39) for 200 acres. Total cost over 30 years: $175,000 + $10.960 + ($39 x 17 years) = $186,623
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GRUBBING FOLLOWED BY IPT EACH YEAR Add one-time grubbing cost ($175,000), plus IPT annual cost ($4,000) for 200 acres. Total cost over 30 years: $175, 000 + ($4,000 x 17 years) = $243,000 In total, there are eight different management options ranging in cost from about $11,662 to $700,000. In Table 1, the bolded values represent the options that cost less than the lost revenue value of $165,000. Five options meet the threshold. Prescribed fire is the cheapest at $11,662. It is followed by the combination of aerial treatment and prescribed fire, then IPT, then aerial treatment and IPT, and finally aerial treatment, with an approximate cost of $130,000. Some producers have suggested the prescribed fire cost is double what is assumed here. Even at double the cost, prescribed fire remains the most economical option. FOUR ECONOMIC CONSIDERATIONS First and foremost, you must have the cash on hand to implement the management practices discussed in this article. Just because you stand to lose revenue does not necessarily mean you have the cash on hand to implement the practices. So, you should consider setting cash aside for range management practices. You should also consider the fact that the costs to implement any of these practices may increase with deferment. As always, the pencil and paper must come together to determine the implementation costs for any of these practices on your operation. Also, check with your local Natural Resources Conservation Service office to determine whether any funding assistance is available. Last, consider whether you can afford to defer implementing management practices or suffer the loss in your future income stream.
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Needle Management & Beef Quality by Ryan Reuter, Ph.D. and Robert Wells, Ph.D., Livestock Consultant How many times do you reuse needles when doctoring Figure 2 shows a needle that was bumped against the calves? For stocker calves, Beef Quality Assurance steel squeeze chute and damaged. Any time a needle is guidelines recommend that needles be changed at least dropped, scraped, bent, etc., it should be considered every 10 animals. I’m sure most of us have used needles damaged beyond use. Change it immediately. beyond that recommendation. Have you then noticed how sharp a new needle is? How easy it is to use? Figure FIGURE 2. 1 shows a microscopic view of a new needle. FIGURE 1.
Once a needle is used, it loses its cutting edge, similar to a knife after repeated use. Even though you may not be able to see the dull edge clearly, the dull/burred needle causes several problems. Skin tissue damage creates excess inflammation and stops the wound from sealing quickly. This can allow bacteria in and let the drug seep out. Additional effort is required to administer the shot, resulting in fatigue, frustration, and the potential for misplaced injections and broken needles. It’s not worth it.
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Needles are cheap, and, more importantly, they are the physical link that delivers important and sometimes extremely expensive drugs to your valuable cattle. Make sure you are always using fresh needles. Needles should be changed often to: Reduce the potential for disease transmission. Reduce the potential for broken needles. Reduce skin tissue damage due to dull/burred needles. Eliminate contamination of a drug bottle. CONTINUE READING ON PAGE 26
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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 24 NEEDLE MANAGEMENT TIPS •
Use a new needle each day, each breeding animal and each 10 non-breeding animals.
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If a needle breaks off in an animal, immediately remove the entire needle or call your vet. Don’t ignore it.
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Properly managing needle use is a key component of ensuring that the beef we produce is safe and wholesome. It is the responsibility of all beef producers to consistently meet these consumer expectations.
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Antimicrobial Stewardship for Cow-Calf Producers by Myriah D. Johnson, Ph.D., Noble Economics Program Lead and Agricultural Economics Consultant More broadly, most define antimicrobial stewardship What is antimicrobial stewardship? Is it different from antibiotic stewardship, or judicious use of antibiotics? with elements including: • Appropriate use. All of these words seem to be popping up frequently in • Improving patient outcomes. the media, but what do they actually mean to us as cow• Reducing or slowing the spread of antimicrobialcalf producers? resistant organisms (because some level of resistance will occur). ABOUT ANTIMICROBIALS • Decreasing environmental contamination An antimicrobial is something that destroys or inhibits and exposure to antimicrobial waste in the the growth of microorganisms but causes little or no environment. damage to the host. The term “antimicrobial” is broad Decreasing environmental contamination and and encompasses microbes such as bacteria, parasites, exposure is important because resistance genes can pass viruses and fungi. Antibiotics are a subset of antimicrobials used to from one infectious organism to another. For instance, address bacterial infections. A major concern is that a resistant respiratory organism can potentially most microorganisms have the ability to adapt, making contribute to resistant salmonella or E. coli, which has a the antimicrobial designed to kill them ineffective. much greater threat to human health. Once these infectious organisms become resistant to treatments, they can cause many issues, including LOOKING FOR SCIENCE-BASED SOLUTIONS increased length or severity of sickness and potentially In June 2018, I was fortunate to attend a meeting at Hy-Plains Feedyard in Montezuma, Kansas, on sciencedeath. based solutions to reduce antibiotic resistance in food animal production. ANTIMICROBIAL STEWARDSHIP Dawn Sievert, Ph.D., with the Centers for Disease Being good stewards of, or judiciously using, antimicrobials is one way to ensure the drugs currently Control and Prevention, shared that in the U.S., 2 million people get infected with antibiotic-resistant being used remain effective. CONTINUE READING ON PAGE 32 30
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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 30 bacteria each year and 23,000 die. Antibiotic resistance is expected to grow and eclipse cancer as a cause of death. It was also noted that human and companion animal misuse is part of the problem, and they are working on that as well. Ingrid Trevino-Garrison, D.V.M., state public health veterinarian for the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, related that 60 percent of the roughly 1,400 species of organisms are zoonotic, or are able to spread between animals and humans. So, what we do as cattle producers impacts not only our animals but our fellow human beings. APPLY WASTE TO THE SOIL Tim LaPara, Ph.D., University of Minnesota BioTechnology Institute associate professor, shared that fecal material is often rich with antibiotic-resistant organisms and even fecal matter from healthy humans and animals is a concern. LaPara said we need to hunt and kill the places where antibiotic resistance exists, and an easy target is animal waste and municipal wastewater. As producers, one of the best things we can do is apply animal waste to the soil rather than let it accumulate or run off. Resistance declines over time when the waste is applied to soil. So, consider cleaning your weaning lots and rotating pastures. USE ALL TOOLS AVAILABLE TO PREVENT SICKNESS We learned from Mike Apley, D.V.M., Ph.D., Kansas State University production medicine professor, that any new antibiotic is probably a remix of an old antibiotic. The last new group was added in 1978, and it is unlikely that any new group of antibiotic (if approved) would become available for food animals. To me, this says we have to be good stewards of what we have, and we need to use all the tools possible in preventing sickness in our animals. MANAGEMENT PRACTICES MATTER Randall Spare, D.V.M., noted that only 1.5 percent of antibiotic use in beef production is
A major concern is that most microorganisms have the ability to adapt, making the antimicrobial designed to kill them ineffective. in the cow-calf sector. Based on that, it’s easy to shrug off antimicrobial resistance and say, “We’re not the issue.” But we learned from these specialists that animal waste is an issue, even from healthy animals. So, if 60 percent of organisms are zoonotic and antibiotic resistance is expected to eclipse cancer, it is an issue and begins with us as cow-calf producers.
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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 32 Spare went on to say that management practices determine the use of antibiotics later in production. Everything we do as cow-calf producers is critical and matters. We naturally reduce the use of antibiotics with defined management practices, including: • Proper vaccination (timing and product). • Biosecurity. • Nutritional management, specifically during gestation and post-weaning.
• Colostrum management. • Cow body condition score immediately before and after calving. All of these should be considered as part of good health management and antimicrobial stewardship. COLLABORATION NEEDED TO UNDERSTAND ISSUES As cattle producers, everything we do is influential in the life of each of our animals. That’s why it is critical to have a management plan in place and to follow best management practices. It’s our responsibility to do all we can to reduce our animals’ need for antibiotics on our ranches and beyond. However, even when best management practices are applied, animals still get sick, begging the question, “Why?” As producers we need to understand what we can tweak and how we can continue to improve our management. Addressing this issue will require collaboration among cow-calf producers, stocker producers, feedlots and the rest of the beef cattle industry. We will have to follow animals through the entirety of their lives in a commercial setting to begin to understand these issues better. Here at Noble, we are keen on being involved in these conversations and hope you are too. Yes, there are things that other sectors can do better, and they are working on it — but we must do our part, too. So, the next time you use an antibiotic, think about if it is the proper dose, the best antibiotic to use, or if it’s just what you have on hand. Antimicrobial stewardship matters to us all, and it’s our responsibility to tackle it.
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Top 10 Ways
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t has been well-documented in popular press and repeatedly confirmed at sale barns and coffee shops that the current calf market is about one-half of where it was just 2 ½ years ago. The shortterm projection for both the cattle market and weather are not favorable for ranchers. For ranchers to economically survive the market downturn, they need to get back to the basics, fine-tune their operations and plan for the long-term.
JOIN A CATTLE MARKETING ALLIANCE. The Integrity Beef Alliance adds a verification program for cattle producers and helps them implement best management practices, improve health status of their cattle by following established health protocols, reduce shrink by requiring the calves to be preconditioned, and sell cattle in larger lots through commingling. Historically, producers in this Alliance have achieved premiums for their cattle above the average of other programs.
The following is a top 10 list of best management practices and concepts to consider that can help keep you from paying to be in the ranching business and losing money for the next few years.
MODERATE COW SIZE. Larger cows require more forage to sustain themselves on a daily basis. This can affect pasture stocking rates. A cow that is 200 pounds, or 17 percent, larger than another increases forage intake by 11 percent. Thus, stocking rate must be accounted for when moving from a 1,200-pound to a 1,400-pound cow. If you cannot increase the forage production accordingly, you will have to decrease stocking rate by 11 percent fewer cows to still have enough forage for the number of cows in the pasture. The heavier cow should wean a heavier calf, but this increase will not be enough to offset the reduced cow numbers.
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DON’T BUY AVERAGE OR INFERIOR BULLS. Spending as little as $750 more on a known, better bull could net you an additional $1,475 more per bull, annually. This is accomplished by purchasing a bull that will excel in growth traits that allow the rancher to sell the maximum pounds of weaned calves off the ranch.
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TREAT YOUR COWS AS AN EMPLOYEE. Your cows should be expected to work daily for you. A productive cow will efficiently deliver a calf to the weaning pen each year, with little cost or problems along the way. In order to do this, you must select the right female then develop her so she will be successful in the environment you expect her to work.
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CULL COWS. First, cull what I call the three O’s: old, open and ornery cows. Then, consider additional culls as the situation warrants. Older cows have a difficult time maintaining weight while weaning an even smaller calf. Carrying an open cow through the winter is analogous to hiring an employee, paying them monthly but not expecting them to show up to work for the next year. Ornery cows damage equipment, injure people and reduce efficiency when they are difficult to work in the pen or take part of the herd to the trees when you come into the pasture.
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DEVELOP A SHORT AND DEFINED BREEDING SEASON. Increasing the number of earlier calving cows will increase the average weaning weight in the fall. Consider if a calf is born 30 days earlier in the calving season and gains 2 pounds per day while on the cow, the calf will weigh 60 pounds more at the same weaning date in the fall. That is roughly a 10 to 12 percent increase in weaning weight by simply making sure more calves are born in the first third of the calving season.
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CONTROL FEED EXPENSES. Manure scoring is a great way to monitor if a cow is getting enough proper nutrition in almost real-time. It gives the producer an estimation of the digestibility of the diet the cow has been eating for the past 36 to 72 hours. This method allows you to identify nutritional deficiencies before they manifest into lower body condition scores. If you have to feed hay, provide high-enough quality hay that additional
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feed supplementation is not necessary. At the cow’s highest nutritional requirement, it takes a free-choice diet (28.4 pounds dry matter) of either pasture or hay that is at least 9.9 percent crude protein and 57.6 percent total digestible nutrients (TDN) to meet a 1,200-pound cow’s nutritional requirements during peak lactation (three months post calving). If hay or forage quality is limiting but quantity is not, feed the right supplemental feed at the right time to meet the cow’s requirements most economically.
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UTILIZE HETEROSIS. Heterosis is an often overlooked tool to increase the commercial cattleman’s overall efficiency. Heterosis is an easy tool to implement for most cattlemen and can increase weaning weights and longevity of the cow, improve feedlot performance and produce a more desirable feeder calf.
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IF FEEDING HAY, DON’T WASTE IT. Hay feeding is probably the most expensive form of delivering forage to the cow. If you are locked into this system by the forage type available on your operation, make sure you don’t waste hay by using antiquated-style hay rings. A modified cone hay feeder can save from 8 to 15 percent more hay than the older, typical style feeders.
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KEEP RECORDS. The old saying is true: you can’t manage what you don’t measure. The more records you keep, from how much feed/mineral and hay is fed to weaning weights and percent weaned calves, the more powerful your management decisions can become. Develop key performance indicators (KPI) to benchmark how your operation compares to itself over time and to others of similar size and in the same area annually. Keep in mind the above referenced best management practices will help most producers survive market- and weather-related disruptions and will allow for more profit year-end and year-out.
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Beef Quality = Beef Value by John S. Nalivka, Sterling Marketing, Inc. I have remarked often over the last year that liquidating the U.S. cattle inventory to a 60 year low in 2014 may have been the most important event to put the U.S. beef industry on a trajectory toward quality. Simply put, the industry not only liquidated the herd to a 60 year low, but more importantly, they significantly reduced the number of low performing cattle. These were cattle that made little or no contribution in terms of quality and consistency, the key criteria for improving long term consumer demand. Carcasses Grading Choice and Higher 85%
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In 2014, the U.S. beef industry, with just over 29 million cows, stood on a solid foundation to embark on a path of performance – from every perspective. By 2019, the beef cow herd had grown to just under 32 million cows. While feeder cattle and calf prices are down significantly from the record prices of 2014-2015, the payoff from quality continues with cattle that are consistently grading 80% - 85% Choice and Prime. The average percentage of cattle grading Choice and Prime in 2019 YTD is 83.9%. This is an 18% increase over the 2009 percentage of 71% and a 10% increase over the 2014 average of 76% Choice and higher. It is also noteworthy that there was a 7% increase from 2009 to 2014. So, if prices fell sharply from the 2014-2015 record levels, one might suggest that the quality improvement did little for the industry. My response would be - where might prices be if the quality had not improved to where it is today? Quality includes all aspects of beef performance at every level in the supply chain. It starts when a cow is bred at the ranch and doesn’t end until the consumer takes that final bite of beef, whether it be at home or in a restaurant. That eating experience must be a quality experience every time in order to grow demand. Consistent quality begins at the ranch when the decision to buy bulls is made. Calving ease, carcass quality, growth Copyright 1991-2019
potential, and raising cattle that “fit the ranch” in terms of grazing environment are all considerations. That important decision is carried through the life of the calf on the ranch, into the feedlot, and finally in the cooler at the packing plant. Quality and consistency are the foundation for programs that go beyond just pounds of beef and pay premiums. For that added value, you the rancher, must now shift your goal from simply producing pounds to producing value with health, growth, and carcass quality as the focal points. You achieve this goal with a strategy defined by genetics, management, and marketing. The effort to consistently produce quality beef not only pays back the industry, but individual ranchers who focus on producing “the right cattle for the right market” can benefit. Market premiums are based on a carcass weighing 600 – 900 lbs. and grading Choice with 3.0 – 4.0 yield grade. Premiums and discounts are applied from that base. So, all natural cattle recently received an average premium of $31.20 / cwt. On an 825 lb. carcass, that equates to $257 / head. At the same time, the discount for cattle grading Select is averaging $23.69 / cwt. equating to $195 / head. Through significant herd liquidation in 2011 through 2013, the stage was set for the beef industry to realize increasing beef demand. Beef quality as indicated by the percentage of cattle grading Choice and higher increased 10% from 2014 to 2019, a significant milestone. Producers with a focus toward value are now being rewarded with market premiums for an operation incorporating quality genetics, management, and marketing.
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IBA NEWS NEWS SUBMITTED BY GINGER PRITCHARD The IBA promotes Brangus and Education through education scholarships available to all IJBBA members. Applicants and winners represent a competitive cross section of young Brangus breeders throughout the United States. The IBA has awarded scholarships since 1979. In those 40 years, we have awarded over $400,000 thanks to the generous support of our Breeders, their families and others that believe in the future of our breed through the education of our young Brangus Breeders. We are proud to announce our 2019 scholarship awards. The IBA was able to award $16,500 this year to six very deserving young Brangus Breeders. Our most prestigious award is the Suzy Graven Memorial Founder’s Scholarship. This year’s awardee is Briana Hicks of Danbury, Texas. She is a graduate of Columbia High School, West Columbia, Texas. She is majoring in Animal Science attending Texas A&M as a Freshman. Briana will continue her tenure on the IJBBA Board of Directors and will be serving as the IBBA Queen. Receiving an upperclassman scholarship is Audrey Acord of Madisonville, Texas. She is an Agriculture Communications major at Sam Houston State University. Audrey plans to graduate in the spring of 2021 with plans to influence the public through her communication skills about the positive aspects of the beef cattle industry. Stratton Walck of Lindsay, Oklahoma is the Ray Mackey scholarship award winner. A freshman at Redlands Community College, El Reno, OK, he plans to major in Agriculture Education transferring to Oklahoma State University to finish his teaching degree. Stratton Walck is currently serving on the IJBBA Board of Directors. Attending Tarleton State University majoring in Animal Science is Brayden Vancil of Kilgore, Texas. He is awarded an underclassman scholarship. Brayden has exhibited Brangus and Ultrablack cattle throughout the state of Texas and is active in making mating decisions on his family ranch. Brayden is a graduate of Kilgore High School. Micah Chantos attends the University of Tulsa as a Freshman. Majoring in Petroleum Engineering, he plans to take full advantage of internships and research opportunities afforded to him through TU in order to pay for his education. A graduate of Canyon High School, New Braunfels, TX, Micah states that he is very appreciative to the IBA for their support toward his education. Hunter Dupre of Kathleen, Florida, is a dual winner. He is receiving an IBA Alternate Education scholarship as well as the Terry Dean Memorial Scholarship. Hunter is a hard working young man that is attending Hillsborough Community College working toward an Environmental Technician certification while working at Publix Grocery. He has been active in showing cattle and has attended the NJBS and the Legacy Leadership Conferences. 46
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Audrey Accord
Brayden Vancil
Briana Hicks
Hunter Dupre
Micah Chantos
Stratton Walck
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BRANGUS FUTURITY
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Grand Champion Brangus Bull MR LAMP
Grand Champion Brangus Female KK MISS SUPERSTAR 924F
Grand Champion Brangus Pair KK MISS GYPSY801D3
Grand Champion Red Brangus Bull DOS XX’S MR BODACIOUS
Grand Champion Red Brangus Female MBJ RBF ELEGANCE 204R
Grand Champion Ultra Bull WC UB FORTRESS 322F
Grand Champion Ultra Pair CT SOMEHTHING SPECIAL 69 8E
Reserve Grand Champion Brangus Bull MR JLS DIRK 915E89
Reserve Grand Champion Brangus Female MC KALEY 244E3
Reserve Grand Champion Pair MISS BNH DAISY 334E
Reserve Grand Champion Red Brangus Bull KTS MR FOUNDATION 21F
Reserve Grand Champion Red Brangus Female CX MS DREAM FOREVER 59/F1
Maddox Hartmann - MP Brangus Douget Diamond D - Lucherk Cattle Co.
Dos XX’S Cattle Co. Sendero Red Brangus
Carlee Taylor
Briana Hicks
Diamond K Ranch
Trio Cattle & Genetics
Megan Perry
KTS Cattle
Canute Janish
Wyman Creek Cattle Co.
Traci Middleton
Cox Excalibur Brangus
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JUNIOR CONNECTION
Why Time Management Matters by Briana Hicks, IJBBA Queen One of life’s most precious things is time. With only 24 hours in a day, we have a limited amount of time to devote to tasks that need to get done. We all have animals that must be fed, a job or school to go to, and other hobbies or tasks that need to be completed. Oftentimes, I have felt overwhelmed with the sheer amount of things on my “to do” list everyday. But if there is one thing that my time showing Brangus has taught me, it’s that time management is a necessary skill for every livestock person. This past summer, I was fortunate enough to make the finals of Senior Showmanship at Nationals. In Finals, you are given 20 minutes to completely fit your heifer as though she is going in to the actual show. Most people would think that 20 minutes is a long time, and it normally is. However, when you’re fitting a heifer all by yourself, your adrenaline is flowing, and you have a rather large audience watching you, that 20 minutes can really fly by! Prioritizing what I would start with and spend the most time on was critical to make sure I was not panicking and rushing through – both of which would cause my heifer to be unsettled and act up. As juniors, we learn how to manage our time without even really consciously thinking about it. When you head out to the barn, you know that the heifers have to be rinsed, fed and watered, and their stalls have to be cleaned. You also know that you have to work with them and practice showmanship as often as you can to ensure that they act right at the show. All of this takes time. If, like me, you are also active in your school, 4-H or FFA groups, and an athlete, it sometimes feels like there just aren’t enough hours in the day to accomplish everything that you need to. Learning time management practices can take you from feeling overwhelmed and frustrated to feeling accomplished and confident. Probably the most important thing that I learned to do was to prioritize my tasks. Before I even get to the barn, I’m thinking about what my schedule is for the day. Do I have sports practice or a 4-H meeting or a service activity later?
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Do I have homework or a big test to study for? My parents always stressed that academics were extremely important for my future. Heading out to the barn with my schedule in mind, I prioritize my tasks. If there were days that I just didn’t get to practice showmanship or rinse my heifers due to other tasks, I did not stress over it. I would make sure that I allotted extra time for that on another day when my schedule wasn’t as packed. Prioritizing my schedule also made me a more confident person. I know that if I can handle these few tasks as a junior exhibitor, I will be much better prepared for my future as a student at Texas A&M and my career later in life. Time management does not have to be a complicated process, but it is a necessary tool to ensure success in life. Writing down your schedule, keeping a daily planner, or even just putting notes on a tablet or in your phone are all easy ways to start learning how to manage your time. My great grandmother had a picture on the wall of her house that said, “Lost, between sunrise and sunset, 60 golden minutes set with 60 diamond seconds. No reward is offered because it is gone forever.” I always think of that saying and remember that time is precious and valuable, so learn to make the most of your time! ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Briana Hicks is the 18 year old daughter of Rocky Hicks and Terri Adams. She is currently a freshman at Texas A&M University majoring in Animal Science. She has been involved in IJBBA and the Brangus breed for the past 10 years. Briana just completed her first year on the IJBBA Board of Directors and is currently serving as the International Brangus Queen.
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PRESS RELEASES & News
Leading Seedstock Visionary Joins GENETRUST In an effort to continually meet and exceed their customer’s needs, the GENETRUST partners are excited to announce that Steve Harrison has joined their industry leading team, effective August 19th, 2019. Steve brings an extremely valuable skill set and unique work experience to GENETRUST which will allow GENETRUST to make the leap from being one of the leaders of the seedstock industry in the United States to one of the truly elite suppliers with the ability to assist customers in genetics and marketing, having a hand in the supply chain from the pasture to the plate.
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Cody Gariss will transition from President into the role of Chief Financial Officer, over seeing the office administration, finances and printed sale materials. Vernon Suhn, partner and former President of GENETRUST will continue in a treasured advisory and consulting role within the organization. Craig Green will remain as the Marketing Director of GENETRUST, as he has for the entirety of GENETRUST, servicing customers throughout the Southeastern United States and Mexico. Emmy Todd continues as the Office Manager in the Lamar, MO headquarters, valiantly handling the day-to-day tasks of the organization.
Steve brings a high valued resume from the Angus breed, where he has held leadership positions in leading seedstock herds for over 20 years. Most recently Steve was the Director of Procurement & Sales at 44 Farms in Texas, where he was responsible for securing all of the feeder cattle inventory for their 44 Steaks program and had a large hand in the establishment of the Prime Pursuits branded beef marketing agreement launched with Wal-Mart. Prior to his time at 44, Steve was the General Manager at Riverbend Ranch in Idaho for over 10 years, where he oversaw the growth of their large bull business and expansive commercial operations. Steve and his wife, Mary, will continue to call Bryan, TX their home, along with their two children, Thomas and Elizabeth.
“We are extremely excited to bring someone with Steve’s talent level, experience and high character to the GENETRUST team. His understanding from every angle of the industry will serve us well as we enter one of the most genetically advanced and demanding times this industry has ever seen,” stated GENETRUST Chairman, Bill Davis. “In addition to his experience, Steve’s tremendous network throughout the United States, especially the western half, gives us the ability to open doors to ranches who have long used English genetics, but can benefit greatly from our Brangus and Ultrablack bulls, utilizing the many tools GENETRUST bulls bring to the table, adding dollars to their bottomline.”
With experience from every angle in the beef industry, Steve joins GENETRUST as the President of the organization, overseeing the genetic development, marketing and end product growth for GENETRUST and its customers. “I am excited to join the GENETRUST team,” stated Steve, “there is tremendous future in this program and their genetic merit may be one of the best kept secrets in the U.S. as they have quietly and consistently ranked among the nation’s leading seedstock producers.” As part of the growth of the organization, along with the hiring of Harrison,
GENETRUST was formed in 2009 and is owned by 8 like-minded partners, marketing Brangus and Ultrablack genetics throughout the United States and the world. Consistently ranking in BEEF magazine’s top 20 list of seedstock producers, their team develops and markets over 700 bulls, 250 registered females and nearly 1500 commercial females annually. For more information on GENETRUST or their power packed fall sales November 1-2nd in Concord, AR and November 15-16th in Jacksonville, TX visit www. GENETRUSTBrangus.com.
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PRESS RELEASES & NEws
Update on TJM Main Event 59C10 Statement from Dr. Darrell Wilkes, IBBA Executive Vice President, on the genetic condition status of TJM Main Event 59C10. Summary: Evidence collected and analyzed by outside experts supports a conclusion that TJM Main Event 59C10 is not a carrier of a deleterious genetic condition. Background: TJM Main Event 59C10 was purchased at Suhn’s GENETRUST sale in March 2016 by Draggin M and Double W ranches. When the bull’s first calves arrived in the spring of 2017 it became apparent at a couple of locations that a few calves sired by Main Event were arriving with abnormally small birth weights and in at least one case a calf having some curvature to his spinal column. Upon these reports, Dr. Perkins, then EVP of the IBBA, was contacted by Vern Suhn in March of 2017 and made aware of the concerns. DNA samples were collected on affected calves and their dams and information compiled and was sent to Dr. Clare Gill at Texas A&M University. A healthy but apparently affected calf was euthanized and necropsied at the Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital at Texas A&M in February 2018 by Dr. Tom Hairgrove. Aside from scoliosis, there were no other apparent diseases or disorders, and the scoliosis was not fatal. The cause of death of the calf was euthanasia. In May of 2018 the case was transferred to Dr. David Steffen and Dr. Jessica Petersen at the University of Nebraska. At approximately that same time the owners of the bull reviewed the situation and the decision was made, in the interest of genetic safety of the Brangus breed, to remove TJM Main Event 59C10 semen from the market pending the outcome of the investigation.
After extensive study and review of affected animals as well as closely related animals utilizing high density 770K genotyping arrays the scientists involved suggested that the observed condition of affected calves is not due to a single variant being carried by TJM Main Event 59C10 or animals in the herds involved. Other causes of concern could possibly be a virus-induced congenital malformation but could not be confirmed. Through an extensive two-year study there is no indication that these extremely light birth weight calves were the result of a genetic condition and IBBA has since received no reports of other progeny by Main Event exhibiting similar issues. The IBBA board has reviewed this case and has agreed to the release of this statement. ------------------------------------------------------------It is noteworthy that the breeders involved in this, as well as Dr. Perkins, the IBBA EVP at the time, followed IBBA policy precisely as written. Breeders who suspect a deleterious genetic condition are compelled to report their concerns to the IBBA Executive Vice President. The EVP is then compelled to work confidentially and independently with outside experts to investigate using all scientific means available and applicable and to report the information to the IBBA membership.
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SALE SUMMARIES
DO YOU HAVE SALE RESULTS TO REPORT? Sale managers may submit a half-page (7.5 x 4.5 inches) of content to be published in the Brangus Journal for each sale. Content should be no more than 400 words, photos, or some combination of text and photos. To purchase additional space, contact Jessie England by phone (512) 876-5441 or email (jengland@gobrangus.com) or Melanie Fuller by phone (979) 255-3343 or email (mfuller@gobrangus.com). Submit sale summary content to IBBA Director of Media Jessie England. She can be contacted at jengland@gobrangus.com.
don’t miss a minute! For a complete, up-to-date list of sale summaries, visit us online. Find the latest information at gobrangus.com/sale-summaries.
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NEW MEMBERS
RAMIRO ALEJANDRO MARTINEZ - MCALLEN, TEXAS PEYTON PITTS (4P FARM) - LAUREL, MISSISSIPPI ED & TANYA HOLT (HOLT BRANGUS) - BROOKSTON, TEXAS TIMOTHY FONTENOT - OPELOUSAS, LOUISIANA PRIEST GENETICS - LORENA, TEXAS WADE J FISHER - HEARNE, TEXAS MARK SKORUPPA (CREEKSIDE RANCH) - LAKE JACKSON, TEXAS MADELYN GLAZE - EL CAMPO, TEXAS JEFF KROPIK - SPRING, TEXAS CHLOE SCHOENEBERG - PLEDGER, TEXAS WYATT SCHOENEBERG - PLEDGER, TEXAS MADALYN BOETTCHER - LEXINGTON, TEXAS NEAL ROENSPIE - SUMMERSVILLE, MISSOURI COLTON DYLAN PLYLER - GURDON, ARKANSAS CASIE BYRD - SWEENEY, TEXAS KELTON BLAINE POE - MEEDVILLE, TEXAS NATALIE STONE - FRISCO, TEXAS LAYTON PARKS - MARTHAVILLE, LOUISIANA JENNA JENNINGS - DANBURY, DANBURY, TEXAS TREY IVEY - BROWNWOOD, TEXAS TRUMAN TAYLOR (TAYLORMADE CATTLE CO.) - LAKELAND, FLORIDA
WINSTON GRIFFITH (GRIFFITH ANGUS FARM) - TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA
JAMIE DAUGHDRILL - WIGGINS, MISSISSIPPI PAUL NICKELL - LAREDO, TEXAS BRETT GORDON - HARKER HEIGHTS, TEXAS TYKER & SHELBIE BUCKLEY - WIGGINS, MISSISSIPPI EDGAR JAVIER DE HOYOS CHAVEZ (RANCHO AGROPECUARIO & CINEGETICO 100 ANOS) - NUEVA LEON, MEXICO JASON DUGAN - MADISONVILLE, TEXAS HUGH MCCLAIN - MOUNTAIN HOME, ARKANSAS ALAN BRIDGES - LEXINGTON, GOERGIA JONATHAN & APRIL ICE - CROCKETT, TEXAS ABE ALLEN - LAFAYETTE, GEORGIA IDALBERTO BUENO & ROBERTO RUIZ-VELASCO - MIAMI, FLORIDA GARY LINDSEY - MADISONVILLE, TEXAS BAILEY HARTER (MP BRANGUS) - WACO, TEXAS ALYSSA ROCHA - ROSHARON, TEXAS ALAHNNA SCHMIDT (SCHMIDT FAMILY RANCH) - WALLER, TEXAS TY GREEN (ROLLING GREEN RANCH) - PAULS VALLEY, OKLAHOMA ELLA JOHNSON (JOHNSON FARMS) - DETROIT, TEXAS
JULIE JOHNSON - FLORESVILLE, TEXAS KADE WHIDDON - NEEDVILLE, TEXAS JESSICA HOLDER - BATSON, TEXAS JAKOBY HOLDER - BATSON, TEXAS ROBERT HUETT - DANBURY, TEXAS KIERSTEN PRIDDY - NASHVILLE, ARKANSAS GATLIN PRIDDY - NASHVILLE, ARKANSAS SARA SWEAT - MCCASKILL, ARKANSAS KARA MCKEE - TATUM, TEXAS TILDYN CLONINGER - RICHWOOD, TEXAS MACIE JOHNSON - MENA, ARKANSAS KINLEY WARD - CHRISTMAS, FLORIDA AVAH NORIEGA - SCHUENBURG, TEXAS RYAN NEILL - CUMMINGS, KANSAS EVAN SCHULTZ - SPRING, TEXAS EMILY GLAZE - EL CAMPO, TEXAS SOPHIA ICE - CROCKETT, TEXAS CAMILLE QUEBEDEAUX - MANSURA, LOUISIANA BRENNAN AUCOIN - SCOTT, LOUISIANA TAYLOR COURSEY - WALLER, TEXAS TYRONE BREEDLOVE - BAINBRIDGE, GEORGIA DONALD RAY NECAISE - KILN, MISSISSIPPI
JOE MACHEMEHL (MACHEMEHL BRANGUWS RANCH) - FORT WORTH, TEXAS
SAM JACKSON (JACKSON RANCH LIVESTOCK, LLC) - COMER, GEORGIA
ASHLYNN CASTILLO (5P CATTLE) - BRYAN, TEXAS KAYLIN RATLIFF (R4 BRANGUS) - GONZALES, TEXAS ABIGALE RAMIREZ - NOME, TEXAS DE’JOUR PAULIN (MARVEL FARMS) - HIGH SPRINGS, FLORIDA
JOSH BOWMAN (BOWMAN’S BROKEN GATE) - TEXARKANA, ARKANSAS
RANDY MALOUF - MONTGOMERY, TEXAS DANIEL DEMOSS - BULLARD, TEXAS
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GARY SMELCER - SEYMOUR, TENNESSEE SJB GENETICS - SAULSBURY, TENNESSEE
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BRANDON BORGSTEDT (BORGSTEDT CATTLE COMPANY) - TARZAN, TEXAS
BARRETT MERTEN (MM LIVESTOCK) - BRENHAM, TEXAS CLAUDIO QUIROGA (RANCHO MAGUEYES) - EAGLE PASS, TEXAS JAXON ALLEN (JA FARM) - HAWORTH, OKLAHOMA BELINDA WETHINGTON (WETHINGTON CATTLE COMPANY) - LOLA, TEXAS REGAN GREER (GREENWOOD CATTLE COMPANY) - PLANTERSVILLE, TEXAS
JERRETT COBB (J & S FARMS) - NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS AMBER JIMENEZ - GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA TONY HAZELWOOD (HAZELWOOD FARM) - SPRINGVILLE, ALABAMA
RICHARD FULLER - ALACHUA, FLORIDA LEWIS RHODEN (RHODEN RANCH) - FORT MEADE, FLORIDA MICHAEL DAVID PARKER (DP FARMS) - LUMBERTON, MISSISSIPPI JOSEPH FOERSTE - NATCHEZ, MISSISSIPPI CHRIS ROIG & GLENN GREGORY (GRIMES COUNTY CATTLE COMPANY) - IOLA, TEXAS KONE KANIGA (RANCH KANIGA, LLC) - AUSTIN, TEXAS THOMAS TRAEGER (5T BAR) - EL DORADO, KANSAS KURT & DONNA TRAMMELL (ANCHOR T RANCH) - GONZALES, TEXAS
MAC AMICK (SS CATTLE COMPANY) - TATUM, TEXAS LACEY MILTNER (SOUTHERN FARMS CATTLE) - DADE CITY, FLORIDA ALEXA MILTNER (SOUTHERN FARMS CATTLE) - DADE CITY, FLORIDA
New members
DO YOU KNOW THE BENEFITS OF AN
HALEY SCHRAMEK - SCHULENBURG, TEXAS PAVEEN ASAWASUEBSAKUL - THAILAND SILAS JOHNSON (J5 RANCH) - NORMANGEE, TEXAS TYLER KOEHN - MACON, MISSISSIPPI REAGAN MEINARDUS (MEINARDUS FARM) - VICTORIA, TEXAS JAIME SALINAS (TAYLOR RANCH - MCCOOK) - MISSION, TEXAS HARLEA SMITH (NEEL CATTLE COMPANY) - HEMPSTEAD, TEXAS
SKYE RYLAND (RYLAND FARMS) - DAYTON, TEXAS
SHAY LYNN CASON (920 CATTLE & COMPANY LLC) - STATESBORO, GEORGIA
JASON AND BECKY WOODS (FLYING W RANCH) - PINE MOUNTAIN, GEORGIA
KATHERINE ALAYNA HART (H4 RANCH) - CALDWELL, TEXAS Registration Privileges LAUREN SWAFFORD (SWAFFORD RANCH) - OMAHA, TEXAS Hybrid RegistrationFARMS) - SPARTA, MISSOURI B. NEWMAN (NEWMAN
CHRISTOPHER SUTTON BURNS (L&B CATTLE) - SEMINARY, Association Business Voting RightsMISSISSIPPI
IBBA Membership?
JAMES HOLDER (HUMPHREYS FARM AND RANCH) - CLEBURNE, TEXAS Ownership Transfers
MADDIE SMITH (MS CATTLE CO.) - ATHENS, TEXAS Online Herd Management Software MATTILINE VINSON (VINSON FARMS) - ST JOSEPH, LOUISIANA Pedigrees FARMS) - GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA AARONDocumented YOUNG (MARVEL KARLI WEST (WEST CATTLE) Monthly Genetic Evaluation- ORLANDO, FLORIDA RILEY DUET (RD FARM) - THIBODAUX, LOUISIANA Summit Animal Lists Eligibility FREDDIE SPENCER (3 BAR S RANCH) - APPLE SPRINGS, TEXAS Performance Award Eligibility CHESNEY VOGT -Leader HONDO, TEXAS JOSIE GONZALES (JRG LAND & CATTLE) - BLUE RIDGE, TEXAS DNA Parentage Verification TRACEY GONZALES (JRG LAND & CATTLE) - BLUE RIDGE, TEXAS Marketing & Advertising Opportunities PADEN PAUL SMITH - GENTRY, ARKANSAS Membership(M3 Networking CORBIN MILBERGER CATTLE) - INEZ, TEXAS Brangus Publications Subscription ROBIN BROOKS (RAFTER B RANCH) - ROCKMART, GEORGIA ROLAN PHELPS eNewsletter(PHELPS SubscriptionFARM) - BEAUMONT, TEXAS
BRYANNA MIXON (MIXON CATTLE COMPANY) - WAVERLY, FLORIDA
RHETT GENTRY - BECKVILLE, TEXAS ALEXIS EMENS - SPLENDORA, TEXAS KYLEIGH LOCK - MT. ENTERPRISE, TEXAS MELISSA KIRK (SMK RANCH) - BREMOND, TEXAS
MARTI DUCOTE (DUCOTE LAND & CATTLE CO) - JOURDANTON, TEXAS
Junior- LA Programs (JuniorTEXAS Membership) ROBERT STAUDT (STAUDT RANCH) VERNIA,
TALEN GARCIA (4G CATTLE) - LUFKIN, TEXAS Select Hotel Discounts WHITNEY WARNER - KATY, TEXAS Chute Side App for Handheld Mobile Devices KAYLEE DILLEHAY- LADONIA, TEXAS Performance Data Collection Using THR MUEGGE CATTLE CO - BRENHAM, TEXAS National Cattle Evaluation – EPDs for 11 Traits ERIC L. QUINTANILLA - PREMONT, TEXAS Genomic-Enhanced EPDs SARAH LARAVIA - OAK GROVE, LOUISIANA Performance Trait Leaders BLAKE SCHENDEL - RUNGE, TEXAS REAGAN LUX - SCHULENBURG, TEXAS Breed Averages EVAN CHAVERS - FAIRFIELD, TEXAS DNA Data Processing Analysis and Storage CODY HILLMANN - EAST BERNARD,Animal TEXAS (EPD) and Member Search Tools RANDY AND JACQUELINE BALDERAS - PLEASANTON, TEXAS Breed Improvement Research through IBBF EMILY BLOODWORTH - FRIENDSWOOD, TEXAS
Educational Webinars Brangus-Specific Commercial Heifer Selection DNA Chip (GeneSeek)
...and more !!
IBBA MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION DATE: ____________________________
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MEMBER NAME: _______________________________________________________________________________________ RANCH NAME: _________________________________________________________________________________________ PRIMARY MAILING ADDRESS: ___________________________________________________________________________ CITY, STATE, ZIP CODE: _________________________________________________________________________________ PHYSICAL RANCH ADDRESS: ____________________________________________________________________________ CITY, STATE, ZIP CODE: _________________________________________________________________________________ HOME PHONE: ____________________________________ WORK PHONE: ______________________________________ EMAIL ADDRESS: ___________________________________________ DATE OF BIRTH (JUNIORS): _____/_____/_______ PARENTS’ MEMBERSHIP NO. (JUNIORS): _______________________ Application is hereby made for membership to be issued in the name given above. I agree to be bound by and abide by the rules, regulations, constitution and by-laws of the association as amended from time to time and to keep a written memorandum of breeding and exact birth dates of my (our) Brangus cattle. Further, that I (we) will furnish promptly any information concerning same at any time requested to do so by the association. Eligible cattle owned at present are ______ (bulls over 36 months of age) and ______ (females over 24 months of age). FEES ---- Senior Membership: Jan-Dec $125, Apr-Dec $100, Jul-Dec $75, Oct-Dec $50 (Senior Renewal Dues received after Dec. 31 will be $145.)
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Friends we will miss
FRIENDS WE WILL MISS Patricia Cavender
as well as her quick wit and wry sense of humor. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, James, and siblings Milton “Jack” Whitten, Jr., Virginia Rasp, Mary Jane Brown, Billy Jean Whitten, Bobby Whitten and Dimple Sharp. She is survived by her four children, Joe Cavender and wife, Nancy, Mike Cavender, Traci Cavender and Clay Cavender and wife, Jacqueline; grandchildren, Whitney Cavender Edwards and husband, Todd, McClain Cavender, Morgan Cavender, Drew Cavender and wife, Kayla, Cooper Cavender, Colton Cavender, Conley Cavender and Cline Cavender; great-grandchildren, Knox Edwards, Kingston Edwards, Wyatt Devine and Creed Cavender; and her brother Harry “Sonny” Whitten. A memorial service celebrating her life was held August 3rd and followed by lunch and visitation at the First Baptist Church in Pittsburg, Texas. Memorial donations may be made to the American Cancer Society.
Sympathies extended to Cavender family Surrounded by family, Patricia (“Pat”) Whitten Cavender, 86, passed away peacefully at her home in Pittsburg, Texas on July 31, 2019. She was born on August 5, 1932 in Idabel, Oklahoma. Cavender was a long-time member of the First Baptist Church in Pittsburg, Texas. She was married to the late James Robert Cavender for 63 years. Together, they founded Cavender’s Boot City in 1965. With hard work and the help of family members and many loyal and dedicated associates, it became the largest western wear dealer in the United States. Today, the Texasbased company has 82 stores in 11 states. She was a loving and hard-working wife, mother and grandmother who always put others first. She continued to travel the country, decorating the Cavender’s stores, up until last year when she became ill. She, along with the family, received many accolades over the years, including an induction into the Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame. She was an award-winning and accomplished artist who donated many paintings for charity auctions. She was known for her giving nature, her art, her design and decorating ability, the delicious feasts she served,
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the POTENTIAL CMR
EROS 488B
CED: 5.1 BW: 1.8 WW: 27 YW: 48 Milk: 5 TM: 19 CEM: 3.3 SC: .31 REA: .39 IMF: -.12
Diamonds K’s
YOUNG GUN 157D17
CED: 6.1 BW: 0.5 WW: 27 YW: 46 MK: 4 TM: 18 CEM: 3.8 SC: .42 RE: .42 IMF: -.06
MR. NEW BLOOD 50H
CED: 4.3 BW: 0.9 WW: 34 YW: 69 Milk: 14 TM: 31 CEM: 3.4 SC: .86 REA: .57 IMF: .25
SJCC
TRIO’S CEO 175C5
CED: 4.6 BW: 1.5 WW: 25 YW: 39 Milk: 6 TM: 18 CEM: 3.8 SC: -.17 REA: .25 IMF: -.01
SERVICES:
DDD
AMERICAN LEGACY 103B5
CED: 5.4 BW: 3.0 WW: 32 YW: 58 Milk: 12 TM: 28 CEM: 4.1 SC: .16 REA: .55 IMF: .01
DOGUETS
HERCULES 88S3
CED: 4.3 BW: 3.3 WW: 30 YW: 47 Milk: 8 TM: 23 CEM: 3.6 SC: -.33 RE: .40 IMF: -.07
Sankeys
SPECIAL OP 108E
CED: 6.0 BW: 0.6 WW: 42 YW: 83 Milk: 9 TM: 30 CEM: 3.8 SC: .46 RE: .68 IMF: .09
OB
RED CHARLIE 204C3
CED: 5.7 BW: -0.5 WW: 18 YW: 30 Milk: 11 TM: 19 CEM: 2.5 SC: .22 RE: .35 IMF: -.02
with
DDD
BOVINE ELITE
BLACK GOLD 804S25
CED: 4.6 BW: 2.3 WW: 32 YW: 62 Milk: 3 TM: 20 CEM: 3.6 SC: .52 REA: .63 IMF: -.14
IH
RUDDER 504Y2
CED: 4.4 BW: 1.8 WW: 28 YW: 61 Milk: 7 TM: 20 CEM: 3.9 SC: .54 REA: .58 IMF: .03
EE
MR. HOMBRE OUTLAW 124/D
CED: 4.3 BW: 1.5 WW: 27 YW: 43 Milk: 8 TM: 22 CEM: 3.3 SC: .11 REA: .03 IMF: -.06
DDD
MASTERPIECE 74D19
CED: 6.7 BW: 0.9 WW: 35 YW: 54 Milk: 3 TM: 21 CEM: 4.9 SC: .14 REA: .26 IMF: -.07
MC
LOW RIDER 101D2
CED: 5.5 BW: 0.9 WW: 29 YW: 49 Milk: 9 TM: 23 CEM: 3.9 SC: .06 REA: .33 IMF: .07
MBJ
FAGAN DAKOTA 201D8
CED: 5.3 BW: 0.8 WW: 18 YW: 24 Milk: 1 TM: 10 CEM: 2.9 SC: .10 REA: .02 IMF: -.06
Visit our website for a complete listing of bulls available. WWW.BOVINE-ELITE.COM • info@bovine-elite.com [979] 693-0388 • [800] 786-4066 • FAX: [979] 693-7994 3300 LONGMIRE DRIVE • COLLEGE STATION, TX 77845
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SERVICE DIRECTORY //
Col. Luke Mobley Auctioneer Livestock Marketing 205.270.0999 | www.LukeMobley.com
JAN. 17 - FEB. 8
ENTRY DEADLINE:
NOVEMBER 15, 2019
Call or click for official entry applications, premium lists, rodeo tickets and other information.
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BEST OF THE WEST RANCH RODEO JAN. 17 & 18, 7:30 pm
A part of Ranching Heritage Weekend presented by Western Horseman ®
BEST OF MEXICO CELEBRACIÓN JAN. 19, 7:30 pm
presented by Telemundo 39 & La Grande 107.5
COWBOYS OF COLOR INVITATIONAL RODEO JAN. 20, 2 pm
presented by Telemundo 39
BULLS’ NIGHT OUT PRCA EXTREME BULL RIDING JAN. 21 & 22, 7:30 pm
presented by PlainsCapital Bank®
RODEO X EXTREME TEAM COMPETITION JAN. 23, 7:30 pm FWSSR PRORODEO TOURNAMENT JAN. 24 - FEB. 8, 2 pm & 7:30 pm 60
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BRangus SHOW
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FIND A BREEDER NEAR YOU ALABAMA
ALABAMA
ALABAMA
GALLOWAY BRANGUS BRANGUS SINCE 1978
LARRY
cell 256-603-1945 gallowaybrangus@comcast.net
LANCE
cell 256-924-5571 gallowaybrangus@gmail.com
Farm located at Gallant, AL 35972
ALABAMA
ALABAMA
NIC CORNELISON nic@lakemajestikfarms.com
ALABAMA
VINCE ROBERTS vince@lakemajestikfarms.com
22015 Alabama HWY 71 • Flat Rock, AL • 256-632-3027 • LakeMajestikFarms.com
ALABAMA
ALABAMA
ARIZONA
ARKANSAS
ARKANSAS
Michael Candler, President 386-208-3881 ARIZONA
Big D Ranch Phillip & Beth DeSalvo 173 Miller Lane Center Ridge, AR 72027 (501) 208-6119 www.BigDRanch.net
ARKANSAS
ARKANSAS
ARKANSAS
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FIND A BREEDER NEAR YOU ARKANSAS
ARKANSAS
CALIFORNIA Two-Year-Old Brangus & Ultrablack Bulls Sell fall Brangus & angus InvItatIonal Bull sale
Sat., September 28
Tulare Co. Stockyard, Dinuba, California sale Cattle Details: www.spanishranch.net Follow Us on Instagram @spanishranchcuyama
SPANISH RANCH Brangus and Ultrablack Cattle THD ©
Daniel & Pamela Doiron l 805-245-0434 Cell doiron@spanishranch.net l www.spanishranch.net
FLORIDA
FLORIDA
FLORIDA
FLORIDA
FLORIDA
FLORIDA
FLORIDA
GEORGIA
GEORGIA
For the best in Registered & Commercial Brangus
Mike Coggins (229) 232-3096 mike@bwcattle.com
Tracy Holbert (979) 255-4357 tracy@bwcattle.com
[ www.bwcattle.com ]
GEORGIA
GEORGIA
GEORGIA
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gobrangus.com/breeder-search/ GEORGIA
GEORGIA
KANSAS
LOUISIANA
LOUISIANA
LOUISIANA
MISSISSIPPI
MISSISSIPPI
MISSISSIPPI
MISSOURI
MISSOURI
NEW MEXICO
NEW MEXICO
NEW MEXICO
NORTH CAROLINA
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STATE DIRECTORY //
FIND A BREEDER NEAR YOU OKLAHOMA
OKLAHOMA
OKLAHOMA
OKLAHOMA
OKLAHOMA
TENNESSEE TRAIT LEADERS AND
MONEY MAKERS Bill Felton
Sales & Marketing
901- 494-0554 bill@millerbrangus.com
Bart Pope
Ranch Manager www.mbrangus.com
TEXAS
TEXAS
TEXAS
TEXAS
TEXAS
TEXAS
931-722-0244 bart@millerbrangus.com
REGISTERED & COMMERCIAL BRANGUS
Mike & Lisa Doguet, Owners Beaumont Ranch McCoy & Poteet Ranches (409) 866-8873 Records (210) 269-3220 Regan Elmore (210) 834-0034 Timmy Lucherk, Genetics Manager (210) 834-1247 Where Performance Meets Style!
TEXAS
TEXAS
TEXAS
Drake Land & Cattle 398 Drake Road Quanah, Texas 79252
Cell: (832) 331-2527 Ranch: (940) 663-6143 drakeranch398@gmail.com www.drakeranch.com
est. 1924 Quanah, Texas
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gobrangus.com/breeder-search/ TEXAS
TEXAS
TEXAS
TEXAS
TEXAS
TEXAS
Registered Red Brangus & Ultrareds show heifers, herd sires, and replacements available Megan (713) 492-6158 John (281) 740-0572 greenwoodcattleco@yahoo.com
TEXAS
TEXAS
TEXAS
TEXAS
TEXAS
JLS International, Inc. Where winning tradition and performance collide Brangus bulls and heifers available year-round at private treaty.
www.jlsbrangus.com Jeff Smith, Owner Myron Saathoff myronsaathoff@yahoo.com
251-947-5688 210-218-4804
TEXAS
O A K C RE E K F A RMS F O R AG E T ES T E D R EG I S TE R E D B U L L SAL E Forage Developed & Forage Tested
Sat. Oct. 26, 2019
125 Coming Two Year Old OCF Bulls Source Verified Commercial Heifer Sale to follow Bull Sale Brangus • Red Brangus • Angus • Red Angus
John & Carolyn Kopycinski 13750 FM 1371 Chappell Hill, TX 77426
979-836-6832 www.oakcreekfarms.com Oak Creek Farms - Celebrating our 52nd Anniversary
Friday Evening : Ribeye Dinner Breeding Brangus & Red Brangus Since1967
TEXAS
TEXAS
TEXAS
MIKE SHELTON C: 713.560.8333 Colita Loop, Colita, TX 77351 www.brangusprofit.com Registered Brangus and Ultrablack Cattle
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FIND A BREEDER NEAR YOU TEXAS
TEXAS
TEXAS
TEXAS
TEXAS
TEXAS
TEXAS
TEXAS
TEXAS
TEXAS
TEXAS
Rafael Ortega - Owner Scott Milligan - Manager 39606 FM 1736 West, Hempstead, TX 77445 Scott: 806.683.6435 - scottm@rioranchtx.com Raul: 832.331.6800
Home of Stonewall 222W6
TEXAS
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ZR
www.zottarelliranches.com
Zottarelli Ranches Angelo Zottarelli 2156 FM 2414 Evant, Texas 76525
REGISTERED & COMMERCIAL CATTLE Mailing Address PO Box 400 Evant, TX 76525
254-471-5675 Ranch 512-422-3123 Mobile zrbrangus@sbcglobal.net
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UPCOMING EVENTS //
CALENDAR October 2019 4 8-9 11-12 12 12 12 13 18 18-19 19 19 19 24 24-25 24-26 25 26 26
Stockmanship & Stewardship Sessions, West Monroe, LA Telpara Hills Guns & Roses Sale, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia IBBA Fall Meeting, Biloxi, MS Addison Brangus Farms Performance Sale, Cullman, AL Building Your Tomorrow at Big D Ranch, Center Ridge, AR Cox Excalibur CX Advantage Sale, Weimar, TX Tajo Ranch Open House, Waller, TX IBBA Fall Meeting, West Point, MS L.G. Herndon Jr. Farms, INC. Best of the South Open House & Private Treaty Sale, Lyons, GA Doguet’s Diamond D Ranch Annual Production Sale, Poteet, TX Oklahoma Brangus Association Sale, McAlester, OK Town Creek Farm Sale, West Point, MS Martin-Bruni Cattle 6th Annual Fall Sale, San Saba, TX IBBA Fall Meeting, College Station, TX (IBBA Office will be closed, all staff will be in attendance.) National Show of Merit, Louisiana State Fair, Shreveport, LA Pennridge Ranch & Bill Austin Brangus Private Treaty Bull Sale, Paige, TX Oak Creek Farms Forage Developed Brangus Bull Sale, Chappell Hill, TX Miller Brangus Production Sale, Waynesboro, TN
November 2019 1-2 2 4 8 8-9 9 15-16 15-16 23-24 28-29
GENETRUST @ Chimney Rock Cattle Company, Concord, AR Tanner Farms Bull Sale, Shuqualak, MS The Branch Ranch’s Rough & Ready Ranch Raised Brangus Bull Sale, Mansfield, LA 16th Annual Briggs Bull & Commercial Female Sale, Bloomington, TX Blackwater Cattle Company Genomic Extravaganza, Lake Park, GA 44th Hill Country Brangus Bull & Female Sale, San Angelo, TX GENETRUST @ Cavender Ranches, Jacksonville, TX Salacoa Valley Farms Bull & Female Sale, Fairmount, GA IBBA Fall Meeting, Gainesville, FL IBBA Office Closed for Thanksgiving
December 2019 7 7
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Skyhawk Brangus Reduction Sale, Bastrop, TX Williams Ranch Company Brangus Bull Sale, Bastrop, TX
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AD INDEX //
ADVERTISERS INDEX 5K Cowbelle Brangus ........................................................ 63 American Marketing Services ..................13,21,25,33,35,44 Amrich Ranch ................................................................... 64 Big D Ranch ..................................................................19,61 Blackwater Cattle Co. ..............................................22,23,62 Bobby and Bobbie Brangus .............................................. 63 Bovine Elite, LLC ....................................................43,59,60 Brinks Brangus @ Westall Ranches ................................. 63 Burke Brangus Farm ........................................................ 62 Bushley Creek Cattle Co. .................................................. 63 C&C Brangus...................................................................... 64 Carter Brangus ...................................................................61 Cavender Ranches .................................................. 27,39,64 Char-No Farm ................................................................... 62 Chimney Rock Cattle Co. ......................................... 14,15,61 Clark Cattle Services .........................................................60 Clover Ranch ......................................................................61 Cox Excalibur Brangus ..................................................... 64 Cross F Cattle..................................................................... 64 Cross N Farms ............................................................. 45,63 Diamond K Ranch ....................................................... 47,64 Doguet Diamond D Ranch .................................. IFC,64,BC Don Hall Brangus ..............................................................61 Don Thomas & Sons ......................................................... 63 Dotson, Wes.......................................................................60 Double Creek Brangus Ranch .......................................... 64 Double W Ranch ...........................................................17,63 Draggin M Ranch .....................................................36,37,61 Drake Land & Cattle ......................................................... 64 DVAuction..................................................................9,31,33 E3 Ranch, LLC .................................................................. 64 Elgin Breeding Services, LLC ...........................................60 Far Niente Farms ...............................................................61 Farris Ranching Company ................................................ 65 Fenco Farms............................................................35,44,62 Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo......................................60 Galloway Brangus ..............................................................61 Garry Clem Brangus ......................................................... 65 Genesis Ranch .................................................................. 65 GENETRUST .................14,15,17,27,28,29,36,37,39,45,IBC Giffin Farms....................................................................... 62 GKB Cattle ....................................................................41,65 Greenwood Cattle Co. ....................................................... 65 Greuel Family Brangus ..................................................... 62 Hardee Farms ................................................................... 62 Hi Point Sales + Marketing ..............IFC,19,26,31,34,69,BC Hill Country Brangus Breeders ........................................ 26 Indian Hills Ranch ............................................................ 65 Jacksons Double J..............................................................61 JLS International .............................................................. 65 Johnston Brangus ..............................................................61 K & L Brangus ................................................................... 65 K & R Broken Bar Ranch .................................................. 64 L.G. Herndon, Jr. Farms, Inc. .......................................... 62 L.W. Hudgins Brangus...................................................... 43 Lack-Morrison .................................................................. 63 Lake Majestik......................................................................61
Lambert, Doak...................................................................60 Lawman Ranch.................................................................. 64 Little Creek Farms............................................................. 62 Marshall Farms...................................................................61 Martin-Bruni Cattle...........................................................20 Mid South Cattle Company............................................... 63 Miller Brangus...............................................................13,64 MO Brangus....................................................................... 62 Mobley, Luke.....................................................................60 Mound Creek Ranch.......................................................... 65 MP Brangus....................................................................... 65 NCBA Beef Quality Assurance............................................12 Oak Creek Farms............................................................ 9,65 Oakley, Lakin.....................................................................60 OK Farms........................................................................... 65 Oklahoma Brangus Association.........................................51 Old Colita Ranch................................................................ 65 Parker Brangus...................................................................61 Pennridge Ranch............................................................... 65 Perry Ranch....................................................................... 64 Peterson Brangus............................................................... 63 Phillips Ranch............................................................... 54,62 Quail Valley Farms............................................................ 35 Rafter 2 Ranch................................................................... 65 Reagan, Terry....................................................................60 Red Bud Farms.................................................................. 62 Rio Ranch.......................................................................... 65 Roop Cattle Co. ................................................................. 65 Salacoa Valley Farms............................................... 21,25,63 Santa Rosa Ranch........................................................... 3,65 Scamardo Brangus............................................................. 65 Schmidt Farms.................................................................. 65 SSkyhawk Brangus............................................................ 34 Southeast Brangus Breeders..............................................61 Spanish Ranch................................................................... 62 Stalwart Ranch.................................................................. 67 Suhn Cattle Co ................................................ 28,29,63,IBC T3 Brangus......................................................................... 63 Tajo Ranch.................................................................... 65,69 Tanner Farms.................................................................... 33 The Branch Ranch.............................................................. 11 The Oaks Farms............................................................44,63 Town Creek Farms............................................................... 7 Trans Ova Genetics............................................................ 55 Trio Cattle & Genetics....................................................... 65 Triple Crown Ranch.......................................................... 65 Triple JR Cattle Co............................................................ 65 TTT Brangus Farm.............................................................61 Tuna Rosa Ranch............................................................... 65 Valley View Ranch............................................................. 63 Vineyard Cattle Co............................................................. 65 Vorel Farms....................................................................... 64 W.E.T. Farms..................................................................... 62 Williams Ranch Co.............................................................31 Wynne Ranch.................................................................... 62 Zottarelli Ranches.............................................................. 65
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