February Line Rider by Idaho Cattle Association

Official Publication

February 2015

Cow-Calf Issue

– Lemhi Ranchers Leading by Example – Improving Fertility in Replacement Heifers – Bull Sale Calendar

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February 2015 Cow-Calf Issue

F E AT U R E S 8 Bull Sale Calendar Complete listing of ICA Purebred members private treaty offerings and production sales. 24 Lemhi Ranchers Leading by Example Steve Steubner of Life on the Range shares how Lemhi ranchers have helped bring Salmon back into the valley.

30 Assessing Fertility of Replacement Heifers UI Beef Extension Specialist John B. Hall discusses pre-breeding exams in a Part I of a series.

ABOUT THIS ISSUE In our Cow-Calf issue you’ll find out how cattle and salmon coexist in the Lemhi Valley. Get ready for breeding season with Part I of Assessing Fertility in Heifers. The annual Bull Sale Calendar makes a great resource for those purchasing new herd genetics. Staff columns on ICA’s priority issues “Under Mama’s Watchful Eyes” and how the cattle Photo by Maggie Malson, industry contributes ICA Publisher to our state’s economy round out this issue.

MONTHLY COLUMNS President’s Perspective.......................................................................................... 4 Executive Message................................................................................................. 6 Cow-Calf Council................................................................................................. 8 Natural Resources................................................................................................ 10 Feeder Focus........................................................................................................ 12 Idaho Beef Checkoff News................................................................................. 14 Through the Years................................................................................................ 16 ICA Membership............................................................................................32-33 NewsMakers......................................................................................................... 44 Breeder & Service Guide...............................................................................46-47 “Like” us on Facebook www.facebook.com/IdahoCattleAssociation

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PRESIDENT’S PERSPECTIVE 4

ICA Board of Directors President Carl Lufkin............................... (Leadore) 208-768-2480

Cattlemen Needed Now More Than Ever by Carl Lufkin, ICA President

President-Elect Laurie Lickley..........................(Jerome) 208-420-7974 Vice President Jerald Raymond.........................(Menan) 208-317-8777 Immediate Past President Jared Brackett......................... (Rogerson) 208-731-0776 Cattlewomen Council Chair Robin Lufkin............................ (Leadore) 208-768-2480

he world of commodities has been a roller coaster ride since Thanksgiving. According to analysts, we have the falling oil prices to blame for the ups and downs over the last several weeks. I always thought cheaper oil was a good thing, as long as you didn’t wear a turban! Sometimes it scares me when the fundamentals of the market don’t matter. More and more it seems to be politics that are ruling the day— which side of the market big money and funding are on—rather than the simple rules of supply and demand. This is a scary thing for a little guy like me. Take a step back and think about how production agriculture works. I have been in different parts of the world, and without question, there is no one else capable of growing quality food like we can here in Idaho. How about the high-quality beef, dairy and potato products we grow here, as well as quite a bit of malt barley for the beer drinkers. My point is, the one thing big money has never been able to capture is the production of quality food. If you are a cow-calf producer, or a stocker or feedlot owner or operator, you know it takes someone with some skin in the game to make an operation run efficiently and produce a quality product. This should bring you some comfort if you are hustling around working hard and trying to make a living. In fact, if you are hustling around, working hard, and trying to make a living, “It’s probably more important now you are probably well ahead of the rest of the than ever to have long-term goals, to world. work hard, do a good job doing what It’s probably more we do, and to not worry about the important now than ever to have long-term daily, volatile swings in the market.” goals, to work hard, do a good job doing what we do, and to not worry about the daily, volatile swings in the market. The guys with a good program and good, quality cattle are going to get paid. Those old values we grew up with are going to be the driving force behind a profitable operation and peace of mind. I recently spent some time in Las Vegas and in the Phoenix area. What I observed there was an absolutely crazy demand for beef. Diners were waiting in long lines at steak houses, and in even longer lines at upscale burger joints. Without question, the most popular restaurants I saw had beef on the menu. Seeing the demand like that reaffirmed to me that, without a doubt, you and I are still needed, and needed now more than ever.

Cow-Calf Council Chair Scott Kesl...................................(Tendoy) 208-940-0098 Feeder Council Chair Aron Bennett.................... (Grand View) 208-850-2363 Purebred Council Chair Tucker Shaw............................ (Caldwell) 208-445-1678 Treasurer Matt Duckett........................... (Caldwell) 208-230-5650 District 1 Brad Higgins......................(Cottonwood) 208-507-0989 Linda Rider.................... (Coeur d’Alene) 208-667-3373 District 2 Ramona Ridley....................... (Caldwell) 208-455-4868 Ron Ford..............................(Cambridge) 208-550-0666 District 3 Kurt Mason.............................(Kimberly) 208-731-2691 Dawn Anderson...................... (Gooding) 208-280-1505 District 4 Scott Rigby............................... (Rexburg) 208-356-6808 Jay Smith...................................(Carmen) 208-940-1020 District 5 Ken Eliason............................ (Holbrook) 208-698-3341 Tim Willie................................... (Malad) 208-766-3327 Allied Industry Representative Kelton Spain.................. (New Plymouth) 208-859-8798 CattleWomen Board Representative Megan Satterwhite................. (Rogerson) 208-420-6795 Directors at Large Marshall Jensen.............................(Boise) 208-243-0727 Marty Gill................................... (Parma) 208-890-3805

Committee Leaders

CALF–Chair: Jerald Raymond; Vice Chair: Norm Wallis; Board: Marty Gill, Ken Eliason, Ramona Ridley, Linda Rider, Dawn Anderson, Scott Rigby CATTLE PAC–Chair: Laurie Lickley; Board: Brad Higgins, Kurt Mason, Matt Duckett, Scott Rigby, Tim Willie MEMBERSHIP–Chair: Jerald Raymond; Committee: Brad Higgins, Marty Gill, Scott Rigby, Ramona Ridley, Megan Satterwhite, Dawn Anderson, Tim Willie, Marshall Jensen FEDERAL & STATE LANDS–Chair: Darcy Helmick Committee: Kurt Mason, Ken Eliason, Matt Duckett, Linda Rider, Jay Smith PRIVATE LANDS & ENVIRONMENT–Chair: Norm Wallis; Committee: Brad Higgins, Kurt Mason, Ron Ford, Jay Smith, Tim Willie WILDLIFE–Chair: Richard Savage; Committee: Aron Bennett, Marty Gill, Megan Satterwhite, Linda Rider, Tucker Shaw, Dawn Anderson, Jay Smith, Tim Willie RESOLUTIONS–Chair: Carl Lufkin; Vice Chair: Laurie Lickley MARKETING–Chair: John Nalivka CATTLE HEALTH & WELL-BEING–Chair: Scott Holt Outreach & Education Subcommittee: John Hall

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EXECUTIVE MESSAGE

Don’t Stop Believing by Wyatt Prescott Executive Vice President

erhaps if Foghorn Leghorn were a sage grouse the bird would not be staring at a listing decision this year? Rocky Barker professed to believe he did not want to see the sage grouse listed, but proclaimed with an honest caveat that “I sit on the sidelines and spear the wounded,” at a conference last November, hosted by the National Interagency Fire Center to address wildfire and its impacts on sage grouse habitat. All the big wheels from Washington, D.C., in the Department of Interior were present at the conference, and participated for the three days. The entire conversation revolved around fire being the largest threat to sage grouse, and the fact that if the bird is to survive, then we need to control wildfire. Every person there—from environmentalists to agency personnel, reporters to academic faculty—all shared a sentiment with seemingly sincere conviction that they do not want to see the bird listed. Furthermore, there was a sort of desire to immortalize the bird, as something you would see in a comic book; the Super Sage Hen. After having had some time to contemplate, the efficacy of such an event crossed on my skepticism. I thought about an elementary life ideology, or what’s really a Bible lesson; “All things are possible for those who believe.” The conference audience, heavily BLM personnel, with a multitude of other agencies peppering the crowd, seemed to be full of believers claiming conviction that listing the bird would not be beneficial. Conversations from the meeting rooms to the hallway all reflected confidence in seriously preventing catastrophic wildfire and that grazing is a tool to make that task possible. That same week I had breakfast with the national BLM director, Neil Kornzie, and even he seemed to be a believer that the bird should not be listed. Just last month, Secretary Jewell committed to fire control being the key to keep the sage grouse off the endangered species list, and that such an endeavor was possible. For some reason, even as a believer—and a believer in being a believer—I just can’t help but think that someone was handing out John Conlee’s rose colored glasses. Mine are still on; control the wildfire by using grazing and don’t list the bird. Maybe those glasses keep me from seeing what I fear all those members of the bureaucratic hierarchy will do—forget what they believe or, worse yet, what they said they believed. However, with my glasses back on, I was only at this conference because of Idaho’s new state BLM director, Tim Murphy, who is the most sensible agency director I have ever met. I am fairly sure that Tim won’t forget what he believes. In my optimism, I hope these folks remember that you must be a doer of the word, not a believer only, lest you deceive yourself.

February 2015 Cow-Calf Issue

The Line Rider is the official magazine of the Idaho Cattle Association. It is published 11 times/year, in January, February, March, April/May, June, July, August, September, October, November and December.

ICA Office

2120 Airport Way, P.O. Box 15397 Boise, ID 83715 Phone: 208-343-1615 info@idahocattle.org www.idahocattle.org www.facebook.com/IdahoCattleAssociation www.twitter.com/IdahoCattle www.instagram.com/idcattle Executive Vice President Wyatt Prescott, wyatt@idahocattle.org Communications Director & Feeder Coordinator Britany Hurst, britany@idahocattle.org Membership and Production Manager Dawn Schooley, dawn@idahocattle.org Administrative Assistant Michelle Johnson, michelle@idahocattle.org Policy Director Karen Williams, karen@idahocattle.org 208-866-6438 Publisher/Editor Maggie Malson, maggiejomalson@mac.com 3100 Elmore Road Parma, ID 83660 208-674-1283 •208-739-2265 Advertising Sales JoAnn Behrends 208-989-5022 cell joannbehrends@gmail.com Jan Ford 800-693-8048 jford17879@aol.com Member Advertising Rates 4-color: Back cover $785; IFC: $775; IBC: $759; 4-color: 1 page $455; 2/3 page $399; 1/2 page $309; 1/3 page $235; 1/4 page $175; 1/8 page $129; Insert $525 B/W: 1 page $355; 2/3 page $299; 1/2 page $235; 1/3 page $185; 1/4 page $125; 1/8 page $79; Breeders’ or Service Guide $720Color $567-BW (9 issues) Rates apply to ICA members only. Nonmembers and national rates available upon request. Ad deadline is first of the month preceding publication.

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COW-CALF COUNCIL

Ready for What’s Ahead by Scott Kesl, Cow-Calf Council Chairman

ello! I am Scott Kesl, your new Cow-Calf Council Chair on the ICA Board of Directors. I live with my wife, Kim, sons Ryan, 19 years old, Jake, 15 years old and daughter, Kaylee, 8 years old. We live just outside of downtown Tendoy, where we run commercial cattle and registered Quarter horses. I graduated from Bonneville High School in 1980, and headed to Hartnell College in Salinas, Calif. on a rodeo scholarship majoring in animal science. In 1982 I hit the rodeo trail in a worn out pickup and a straw hat, with 10 dollars in my pocket. Eleven years later I retired with a worn out pickup, a felt hat, 20 dollars in my pocket and a pilot’s

Bull Sale Calendar

e’ve included a full list of production sales and private treaty offerings for ICA members and advertisers. Sales listed in bold are designated as ICA Preferred Plus sales, where ICA members can receive a $50 discount on each bull they purchase. Sales designated with an asterisk are part of ICA’s Preferred Program, allowing ICA to promote the Ranch

positive role our association has on our state’s cattle producers by being present at the sale. We appreciate the commitment these ranches have made to help raise awareness of ICA and to help increase our membership. If you have a production sale and are

Sale Location

101 Ranch PT King Hill Pg 46 Adams Acres Angus 3-4 Blackfoot IFC Baker Angus 3-7 Vale, Ore. Pg 40 Bell Key Angus PT Nampa Pg 46 Bulls of the Big Sky 2-16 Billings, Mont. Pg 29 *Carter Cattle 3-18 Pingree Pg 17 Chandler Herefords PT Baker City, Ore. Pg 46 *Colyer Herefords 2-23 Bruneau Pg 21 Elkington Polled Herefords 2-6 Idaho Falls Pg 47 Fern Ridge Herefords PT Sandpoint Harrell Herefords 3-2 Baker City, Ore. Pg 37 Ipsen Cattle Co. 3-3 Dingle Pg 13 JR Ranch/Sackmann Cattle Co. 2-21 Othello, Wash. Pg 38 Keller Cattle Corp. 3-7 Smithfield, Utah Pg 39 Kessler Angus 2-17 Milton-Freewater, Ore. Pg 34 *Kimberley Black Cattle 3-13 Lewiston Lanting Enterprises PT Twin Falls Pg 46 Leadore Angus 3-20 Leadore Pg 9 Loosli Red Angus 3-10 Ashton Pg 48 Lorenzen Red Angus 2-26 Pendleton, Ore. IBC Maag Angus 3-19 Vale, Ore. Pg 19 Malson Angus & Herefords 3-16 Parma Pg 1 Meadow Acres 2-11 Echo, Ore.

license. After spending three years flying the Idaho back country for a local flying service, Kim and I had the chance to lease a ranch and get in the cattle business. Today we run Angus cattle, raise and train Quarter horses, and are distributors for Nutralix and Key-Ag Excell products. Record-setting cattle markets made 2014 a great year for Idaho’s cattle industry. I am hopeful that 2015 will be good as well. I’m looking forward to working with ICA’s leadership on the issues that we face today, including Owyhee 68, sage grouse and State Lands issues all deserve our undivided attention. I am looking forward to the challenge. interested in joining the ICA Preferred Program, please contact our office at 208-343-1615. Bold=ICA Preferred Plus ($50/head discount) *=ICA Preferred PT=Private Treaty BC=Back cover, IFC=Inside front cover, IBC=Inside back cover

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NATURAL RESOURCES

Our Priorities Are in Order

ICA Sets 2015 Priority Issues to Focus Efforts

by Karen Williams, Natural Resources Policy Director

n life we face varied but constant demands on our time. Typically, these demands add up to more than what a 24-hour day can accommodate. Because of this, we all—whether consciously or not—prioritize our actions so that our time and efforts are spent on those things that are most pressing and most doable. Likewise, in representing Idaho’s cattle industry, the Idaho Cattle Association (ICA) faces an overabundance of issues that affect—or have the potential to affect—our members and their way of life. Not only does it make good sense, but it is also out of necessity, that we annually undertake a process to establish our priority issues. Having a priority list provides staff and leadership with the necessary guidance to focus ICA’s resources in the areas that have the greatest potential to affect Idaho’s cattlemen, and on those issues upon which we can have the greatest effect. The priority issues process starts with our members, who have the opportunity to submit, review, discuss and set our policy in the form of resolutions at our annual meetings. From there, ICA Committee Chairmen identify the key issues and associated resolutions from their respective committees. The ICA Executive Committee assigns rankings to each issue after thorough review. In turn, the recommended priority rankings are submitted to the ICA Board of Directors for approval. These top issues are ranked in order of priority from 1 to 3, with a 1 considered a top priority of focus. The finalized priority list is below with a brief explanation of our key issues. Please feel free to contact any ICA staff member, board member, or committee leader at any time if you have questions about the work we are doing on any of these issues. Top Priorities (Ranking #1) (Presented alphabetically according to ICA Committee/Council) Owyhee 68 (Federal & State Lands) – ICA is in the middle of an unprecedented industry effort and legal battle to protect the right of ranchers to graze on BLM lands and prevent the reduction of more than half of the permitted livestock numbers in Owyhee County. This will continue to require the devotion of significant time and resources as we pursue the litigation and undertake fundraising efforts to enable those efforts. Range Monitoring (Federal & State Lands) – Given the increased attacks against livestock grazing on public lands, it is becoming even more important that ranchers are proactive in protecting their grazing rights. The Idaho State Department of Agriculture (ISDA) has made great strides in the development of a range monitoring program that will be accepted by the federal agencies. In addition to workshops conducted by the University of Idaho, ICA is working to develop easy-to-use to assist ranchers in establishing a monitoring program enabling rancher or third-party monitoring of grazing allotments and will be accepted by federal agencies.

State Lands (Federal & State Lands) – Last November, the Idaho Department of Lands (IDL) released a draft grazing business plan that outlined its intentions to significantly change the state lands grazing fee structure and increase the rate. In 2015, IDL will finalize their plan and begin the regulatory process of implementing the changes. Because of the potentially sweeping changes to IDL’s grazing program, ICA will need to focus our efforts in working with IDL and the Idaho Land Board to explain the value of grazing and the need to maintain a reasonable, predictable grazing rate. New Idaho Beef Processing Facility (Marketing) – Big news for Idaho’s cattle industry came in January when Simplot announced the planned construction of a 300,000 square foot beef processing plant near Kuna that will have the capacity to process up to 1,700 head/ day and employ up to 600 people. Pending approval of required permitting from the associated government agencies, construction is anticipated to begin this spring with an expected opening in fall 2016. Given the tremendous impact this will have on Idaho’s cattle industry, ICA will be involved in doing what we can to assist in the navigation of the permitting process. Sage Grouse (Wildlife) – Sage grouse will be a defining issue of our industry and our ability to use private and public lands. Although we received some reprieve when Congress recently delayed the listing decision—originally under a court-ordered 2015 deadline—for one more year, ICA will need to remain heavily involved in this issue. We must continue to be proactive in promoting the benefits of continued livestock grazing to healthy rangelands and viable sage grouse populations, which in 2015 will include administering University of Idaho interns for a spring grazing and sage grouse study. ICA will also need to continue to support implementation of the state plan which should be finalized by the BLM this year. Membership – Membership is the life blood of ICA. For this reason, sustaining and increasing our member base will always be a top priority for the association. Without increasing and sustaining our membership, it will be difficult to give adequate attention to these top issues facing our industry. 100th Anniversary – It’s not very often you get to celebrate a 100 Anniversary, but that is just what Idaho’s cattle industry will have the opportunity to do July 14-18, 2015, as we combine our Annual Convention and Summer Round-Up into one grand Centennial Celebration to commemorate the inception of the Idaho Cattle Association. Due to the rare and momentous nature of the occasion, this Centennial Celebration must be a top priority.

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#2 Rankings Feed Lien Law (Feeder Council) – Recent court action and potential legislation threaten to change Idaho’s commodity and/or feed lien laws. ICA’s policy opposes such changes because they would affect pricing and delivery of these products, and we will continue to defend that policy. Feeder Regulatory Issues (Feeder Council) – ICA will continue to actively monitor federal regulations, state legislation, and county rule making for all animal-feeding industries to keep guard over permitting policies and monitoring. Tuberculosis (Cattle Health) – ISDA has issued a proposed rule to exempt cattle of both beef and dairy breeds entering Idaho from Tuberculosis Modified Accredited Advanced States or Zones from requiring a negative tuberculosis test if those cattle are going into certified finishing feedlots, and if consigned for slaughter. According to new policy set at convention, ICA will assist in seeking support for the final approval of these rules. Animal Cruelty (Cattle Health) – With the presence of the Humane Society of the U.S. in the Idaho legislature, animal cruelty-related challenges to state law will remain a constant threat, and action may be needed to prevent the expansion of animal cruelty laws. Furthermore, ICA is actively engaged in litigation brought against the state in response to the 2014 Ag Security Law. Livestock Trader Lots (Cattle Health) – An additional rule change sought by ISDA will require that cattle not destined for livestock markets or slaughter shall be accompanied by a Certificate of Veterinary Inspection (CVI) prior to removal of livestock from a livestock trader lot. Our membership approved the support of this proposed rule. Monument Designations/Wilderness Proposals (Federal & State Lands) – The threat of a presidential monument designation looms over Idaho for both the Boulder White Clouds and the Yellowstone Caldera areas. In response, Congressman Simpson’s CIEDRA wilderness proposal may be re-introduced in Congress. ICA will need to continue to communicate with the locally-impacted ranchers and work with our congressional delegation and administration officials to ensure that livestock grazing is protected in these areas, and to do all that we can to prevent any unilateral land use designations. Grazing Permit Renewals (Federal & State Lands) – The same team that developed the Owyhee 68 decisions is now in the process of developing decisions in the Jarbidge Resource Area. ICA will continue to meet with BLM to ensure that instead, the local office is sufficiently driving the permit renewal process. ICA remains an intervening party in litigation in which Western Watersheds Project sued the BLM for their use of the grazing rider to renew more than 600 BLM grazing permits. In 2014, Judge Winmill denied the use of the rider in test cases within the Burley Field Office. Partially in response to this decision, Congress addressed this issue in December when a legislative fix to this and other permit renewal issues was created through the appropriations process. Due to this, 2015 will see big changes to the way grazing permits are administered and we will need to keep a close on the process.

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Beef Check-off Enhancement (Marketing) – Following the breakup in USDA-led industry discussions regarding the beef checkoff, the future management of the beef checkoff is uncertain. USDA erroneously proposed—and then backed away from—the creation of an additional checkoff program. 2015 will see a lot of discussions about the beef checkoff, its funding levels, and its managers. ICA will be asked to engage in these discussions. Landowner Conservation & Mitigation Efforts (Private Lands & Environment) – With the prevalence of the sage grouse issue, there has been much discussion about private land conservation efforts and mitigation efforts. As other entities develop mitigation measures for their impacts, ICA should be prepared to leverage these efforts to the benefit of Idaho’s cattle industry and affected ranchers. Animal Damage Control (Wildlife) – There is a new, re-focused effort by extremist groups to attack USDA’s Wildlife Services and wolf depredation control measures. ICA will need to continue to explain and defend wolf control and the newly-created state Wolf Depredation Control Board. #3 Rankings Idaho Day of the Cowboy (Cow-Calf Council) – ICA will seek for the formal adoption of an Idaho Day of the Cowboy to honor our industry and heritage. Brucellosis (Cattle Health) – ICA will need to actively monitor this issue for any proposed changes that may come about due to trading state pressure and/or positive elk and cattle. UI CALS (Cattle Health) – ICA will need to help ensure that the University of Idaho College of Agricultural and Life Sciences maintains a flat budget, if not an increase. Also, ICA will need to continue to pursue equitable return from UI CALS for our industry, including the establishment of a Beef Program of Distinction. Wildfires (Federal & State Lands) – ICA needs to be a leader in encouraging use of prescriptive grazing, in assisting ranchers whose cattle are displaced because of fire, and in supporting the Rangeland Fire Protection Associations (RFPAs) across the state. EAJA (Federal & State Lands) – With the changes in the make-up of Congress, there is now a realistic chance for federal legislation that would bring much needed transparency and accountability to the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA). Open Range (Federal & State Lands) –ICA will staunchly resist any efforts to weaken the open range law, while acknowledging the need to ensure livestock owners are appropriately managing their animals under the law. Water Issues (Private Lands & Environment) – ICA will continue to engage in EPA’s efforts to expand the “waters of the U.S.” jurisdiction. Additionally, negotiations are underway regarding state primacy, and ICA will be participating to ensure that NPDES permits are voluntary and administered through ISDA. Idaho Fish & Game Issues (Wildlife) – With growing elk populations on private land, ICA will continue working with IDFG to bring about meaningful change to elk management.

FEEDER FOCUS

Beefing Up Idaho’s Economy Since 1915 by Britany Hurst, Feeder Coordinator

he University of Idaho released the 2014 Financial Condition of Idaho Agriculture report last month, and agribusiness continues to bolster Idaho’s economy. In fact, Idaho’s net income from agribusiness is up 46 percent over 2013, thanks to recordbreaking markets. That is great news for the cattle industry, which came in as the second-largest source of cash receipts in Idaho’s agriculture production with $2.47 billion in cash receipts through 2014. Our brothers in the dairy industry elbowed us out of the top spot with $3.25 billion in cash receipts. According to the research and projections published by the University of Idaho, ours is the third-largest agricultural state in the West, after California and Washington. The $2.47 for cattle and calves welcomed a 29 percent increase compared to 2013. Nationally, beef cattle inventories for 2014 were the lowest since 1958. While it is discouraging to see the national pattern transfer to Idaho—where beef cattle inventories saw an 11 percent decline over inventories in 2013—it is further testament that we are producing a better product at an increased rate with fewer cattle and resources. With the 2012 inflation adjustments, cash receipts are 90 percent higher than the 35-year average. Even with the volatility our industry has experienced, real cash receipts have increased at an average rate of 6.4 percent annually over the past decade. Comparatively, from 1983 to 2002, real cash receipts grew at an average annual rate of just 0.41 percent. Agriculture has catapulted Idaho’s economy far beyond that of the national average. Gov. Otter proposed some significant budget allocations to agriculture in his State of the State address on Jan. 12, including $1.53 million for agricultural research and extension and an

additional $600,000 for agricultural education programs in secondary schools. The $1.53 million allocated to the University of Idaho for agricultural research and extension is the final installment of Gov. Otter’s promise to reinstate $5 million of ongoing funding to the University of Idaho’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, which was lost during the recession. The Governor’s proposed budget also includes $750,000 for sage grouse preservation and $120,000 to train and equip the five rangeland fire protection associations in the southern part of the state. On top of this, Gov. Otter asked the legislature for $151,000 to fund two full-time rangeland management positions at the Idaho State Department of Agriculture, as well as an additional $221,000 for rangeland resources management and forest research economist positions. The Governor also requested $400,000 for the wolf depredation control board that was established in 2014, when Senator Bert Bracket of Rogerson carried the bill to create the board. In the middle of Idaho Pollutant Discharge and Elimination System meetings with the Department of Environmental Quality, discouraging—even abysmal—overreach by the Environmental Protection Agency, and last month’s ruling by a district judge in Yakima that has the potential to set an expensive precedent, it is a nice reminder that our industry is not only the backbone of Idaho’s history, but continues to be the backbone of our state’s economy as well. And, as far as the numbers go, our future looks bright.

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IDAHO BEEF CHECKOFF NEWS

Building Beef Demand in High Population States

t comes as no surprise that Idaho has more cows than humans. In Conference in October. The GBB was able to make valuable high population states such as New York or Pennsylvania, people connections with key health professionals in the state as a result of far outnumber the cattle. In fact, about 66 percent of the national its participation. $1-per-head checkoff is collected in parts of the country where, in The Minnesota Beef Council (MBC) utilized part of a $5,600 general, the fewest Americans live, but where most of the cattle are grant to conduct a beef industry tour and two workshops for raised and marketed. culinary students in the state, positively influencing attitudes of In 2006, the Federation Initiative Fund was created to use future chefs about beef. Combined with a subsequent workshop reserve Federation dollars and contributions from low-population conducted in partnership with Sysco Foods, nearly four dozen state beef councils to provide grants to high-population state students and 10 future chef/instructors participated in these MBC beef councils. The Federation of State Beef Councils oversees and culinary efforts, far surpassing initial project goals. implements the Federation Initiative Fund. Since its inception, the The Florida Beef Council launched a ProStart Education fund has awarded more than $2.5 million to 22 states conducting Initiative ($12,300), directed at high school culinary education and almost 200 projects. During the past five years, the Idaho Beef was in partnership with Florida ProStart teachers and students. Council has contributed more than $300,000 to the Federation The California Beef Council developed and launched a mobile Initiative Fund. app for smartphone and tablets designed to help foodservice The funds are professionals become used on a yearly more knowledgeable basis and high about beef and population states beef production. are required to The app has been submit applications downloaded more for their projects. than 4,000 times The Federation and has had more Executive than 89,700 screen Committee selects views since analytics grant recipients tracking was after reviewing all inputted earlier this the applications. year. The app is a Eligibility criteria free download from includes a project’s the Apple App Store demand-building or Google Play Store. potential and its In addition to ability to extend a contributing to the national checkoff Federation Initiative program with an Fund, the Idaho Beef effort that also Council also funds aligns with the certain projects with Industry Long our neighboring Range Plan. Last high-population year, several state states. The IBC The Idaho Beef Council uses beef checkoff funds to help high-population states like beef councils in Washington with programs that increase beef demand for all producers. Winco stores in Idaho will be jointlyand Washington will now carry the case divders with Beef It’s What’s for Dinner slogan. high population funding a program states received with Winco Foods grants to build to place Beef Its beef demand and included Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Michigan, What’s for Dinner case dividers in their sixteen Washington stores. Minnesota, California, New York and Pennsylvania. Winco has already implemented this in their eleven Idaho stores. Past projects specifically funded by the fund have included Pictured at left are the case dividers at a Boise Winco location. influencer farm tours, school education projects, retail partnerships, For more information about IBC’s Federation funding or large consumer events and more. Specific examples include: checkoff programs, please contact the office at (208) 376-6004. The Georgia Beef Board (GBB) utilized a $15,000 Initiative Fund grant to help sponsor the Georgia Nurses Association ICA Line Rider, February 2015

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Checkoff dollars help serve beef around the world – at culinary events in Taiwan, during master chef classes in Russia or through beef value cut seminars in Mexico City. Every year the checkoff funds opportunities for hands-on beef experiences result? Growing global demand for U.S. beef and alternative beef cuts. My Beef Checkoff… extending our reach to build beef demand.

Get to know your checkoff — visit www.idbeef.org or call (208) 376-6004 Idaho Beef Council — 2118 Airport Way • Boise, ID 83705 Funded by the Beef Checkoff. FMPCAd BW.indd 1 ICAIdaho Line Rider, February 2015

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ICA Through the years...1915-2015 compiled by Maggie Malson, ICA Publisher

1915 2015

n further research of the Idaho Cattle Association’s humble roots, I was excited to find the minutes from the meeting when the organization was founded. The Idaho State Historical Archives has a ledger and collection of scrapbooks full of clippings and photographs collected through the years. Cattlemen throughout the state had begun forming local associations years prior. The beginnings of a state-wide organization, the Union (also referenced as United) Cattle and Horse Growers’ Association, had started coming together in Mackay, Idaho. That group, consisting of 370 members representing more than 40,000 head of cattle and horses, had established a set of bylaws. It was their intent to continue pushing for a statewide organization. On March 15, 1916, cattlemen from around the state representing their respective local associations came together in Pocatello. “I want to say this, that if you do not organize, you will find that the laws we have today for your protection, on our statutes, will either be repealed or amended to such

an extent that they will be ineffective,” said Sen. Ravenel Macbeth, who was a member of the Union Cattle and Horse Growers, and was invited to speak in favor of a state group. “Organization is the only means whereby you can co-operate and obtain measures to protect and which will afford protection to the men and due to the men representing the largest number of cattle in Idaho.....On the other hand, you have had no means at all to assist members of the Legislature who are working to keep these measures on the Statutes. It is impossible for the members of the Legislature, or anybody, to keep them there if you are not organized and in shape to act. You are approaching a point of paramount importance.” Also in attendance at that very first meeting, was also a Forest Service representative, Homer E. Fenn, from Ogden, Utah, who expressed the agency’s encouragement to cattlemen to form a statewide organization. “If cattlemen are to have any voice in the management of these ranges, they

Stockmen’s Bulletin (1918), first publication, sent to all livestock producers in the state. It included first resolutions adopted at the 1918 Convention, by-laws, letter from the association president and application for membership.

must organize into an association for representation,” Fenn said. The overall theme of the meeting was that the cattlemen wanted to work in cooperation with sheepmen and the Idaho Wool Grower’s Associaiton to alleviate conflicts, and strengthen the entire livestock industry. They also wanted a place at the table to work with agencies and the Legislature. Annual dues were to be $5, with $1 being the membership fee and remainder going to assessments to help with association expenses. When the Association was organized, 1,023 members joined, representing 28 counties in Idaho. The executive committee included five members and there were six districts representing the membership. The annual Convention was set for the last Tuesday of October, except when the Legislature (which only convened every other year at that time) was in Boise. Then, the Association would meet the third Wednesday of January.

References: Idaho State Historical Society, MS401

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almon River Chinook runs returned or more concerned about all of the species fish and steelhead. with a vengeance to the Lemhi River in here than anyone,” Lufkin says. “And I think “In the Lemhi, for example, we have 102014. More than 750 fish returned to the results that we’re getting here show that 15 tributaries where we are actively working their birth waters to spawn a new generation, we’re getting that done.” on reconnect for fishery benefit,” Murphy the most since 1960. Ranchers who raise cattle along the banks of the Lemhi River were excited to see the fish come back. They’ve been partners working with the Idaho Department of Fish and Game, the Governor’s Office of Species Conservation and a host of other agencies to improve fish habitat for Chinook salmon, steelhead and resident fish. It seemed like a perfect time to host a tour of recent fish-improvement projects in the Lemhi Valley. The tour was co-sponsored by the Idaho Cattle Association, the Idaho Rangeland Resource Commission and the Governor’s Office of Species Conservation, which oversees the Upper Salmon Basin Watershed Project. Lemhi ranchers have been working on a multitude of projects to improve fish habitat since Snake River salmon were protected under the Endangered Species Act in the early 1990s. Idaho Fish and Game officials are pleased with the results Ranchers in the Lemhi Valley prove that species can coexist together, as evidenced by the increasing so far. salmon numbers in the rivers. “We’ve made some really good progress in the last 20 years,” says Paddy Murphy, IDFG program coordinator. Indeed, a graph of rainbow trout and says. “Bohannon Creek is a perfect example “I think we’re leaps and bounds ahead of chinook salmon redd counts shows favorable of that.” where we thought we would be. And we conditions in 2014 that are similar to other Nikos Monoyios, the owner of the couldn’t do it without the landowners, peak years in the early 2000s. The spawning Eagle Valley Ranch with Val Brackett, has couldn’t do it without the irrigators. Almost counts mean that a higher number of conserved water on Bohannon Creek to all of the spawning habitat for chinook juvenile fish will migrate to the ocean over benefit steelhead and resident fish. They salmon and steelhead is on private property.” the next couple of years. If good spring converted an open irrigation ditch to a “This right here is Big Springs Creek,” runoff conditions exist for the juvenile buried pipeline, doubling the amount of adds Carl Lufkin, manager of the Little outmigration, that should lead to more adult water in the creek. The project also saved Eight Mile Ranch near Leadore. “Over 600 fish returning to the Lemhi in the next 3-5 water for irrigating hay crops. rainbow redds were counted in this stream. years. “There’s 11,000 feet of pipe buried in the This summer, there were over 750 chinook In the tour, Murphy explained that ground, and in the process, we eliminated salmon that migrated through here. Huge restoring water flows and improving fish two diversions on Bohannon Creek, and we number compared to years past.” passage into the side streams in the Lemhi screened two other diversions for the fish,” “The important thing that we’d like River watershed is one of the high priorities Monoyios explains. “So, the bottom line people to understand is, ranchers are equally for improving fish runs, particularly resident this was a very significant project with Idaho

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area. That having a creek disconnected from the Lemhi enhancement all of that genetic material would be lost,” project could Beyeler says. “But the very first year that we help create reconnected it, they had done some PITmore spawning tagging of fish in Big Timber Creek. And one habitat for of those fish moved out of Big Timber Creek, Chinook down the Lemhi, and pinged every PIT way salmon, station all the way to the Pacific Ocean. So which spawn I think that was a great win not only for primarily in ranching, but for our environment.” the main Steelhead also spawned in Big Timber stem Lemhi Creek for the first time in a century. “Well, River, and for that’s one of those things that kind of makes resident fish. you smile inside,” Beyeler says. “Because “We hope that’s important. That’s part of who we are in the project we agriculture. We just like to see things work are planning and function properly. And that’s part of this on the Lemhi whole landscape, you know. If we lose part of River will allow this, we lose the whole of it.” Increased numbers of salmon are a welcomed sight to ranchers and agency it to form some A 2,350-acre conservation easement side channels, purchased by the BPA and managed by The personnel overseeing recovery projects in the Lemhi Valley. allow the water Nature Conservancy also assists in bringing Fish and Game that has had a significant to slow down, Big Timber Creek and other key tributaries impact on the amount of water that stays in and create places where chinook salmon and back to life. Under terms of the easement, Bohannon Creek.” other fish can spawn or rear their young,” the fish habitat improvements must be The Bonneville Power Administration Monoyios says. maintained in perpetuity. provided cost-share funds for the pipeline At the next stop on the tour, the group Spawning areas for salmon have expanded project through the Idaho Fish Accord. visited a project that restored water to Big by at least three-fold because of the creek“In the last 2-3 years, we have seen very Timber Creek. reconnect projects such as what occurred on tangible evidence that all this effort has “This is Big Timber Creek right here,” Big Timber Creek, Beyeler says. He credits a been successful,” Monoyios says. “I believe explains Merrill Beyeler, owner of Beyeler long list of project partners for helping make this year, there were more than 35 redds, Ranches LLC. “For over 100 years, 150 it possible. “Working together, we’ve made spawning grounds for steelhead trout, on the years, there was no water in Timber Creek some really nice things happen,” he says with lower part of Bohannon Creek.” at this time of year. As ranchers, we wanted a smile. Monoyios runs a cow-calf operation to look at some ways to reconnect these Key cornerstones of the fish habitat work with Black Angus cattle. Their ranch covers tributaries to the main stem of the Lemhi along the Lemhi River are the many fish more than 6,000 acres of deeded ground. River. And we thought, what if we release screens that prevent fish from swimming into Eagle Valley Ranch also donated a 5,000this water and let it run to the main-stem irrigation diversions. Local employees at acre conservation easement to the Lemhi Lemhi River, and then we pump water from the Idaho Fish and Game office in Salmon Regional Land Trust to preserve the ranch, the main stem of the Lemhi River, back to build the fish screens. It’s a program that open space and scenic views. our field?” has been in place since the early 1990s and “It was the first easement for the land Through the Idaho Water Resources continues to this day. trust, and it was incredibly significant Board’s Water Transaction Program, the because it’s the size of a watershed,” notes ranchers moved their Kristin Troy, executive director of the Lemhi point of diversion from Regional Land Trust. “It was an incredible Big Timber Creek to gift, really, to the public.” the Lemhi River, while “We are very committed to the work as retaining their full water private landowners for preserving both the right. That allows Big cattle and other cultural nature of the valley, Timber Creek to retain which is important because it provides good its flows year-round jobs for people and keeps the economy without being diverted going, and at the same time, we do projects for irrigation. that are beneficial to wildlife and fish,” Once the flows were Monoyios says. restored to Big Timber The Monoyios family also is donating Creek, the juvenile fish an 800-acre conservation easement to the responded surprisingly Chinook Salmon are spawning in the Lemhi River and its Lemhi Regional Land Trust along 2.5 miles well. “One of the really tributaries. Lemhi Valley ranchers have played a large roll in of the Lemhi River. Idaho Fish and Game interesting things, is restoring fish habitat. plans a large fish-restoration project in that you would think that continued on page 26... ICA Line Rider, February 2015

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...continued from page 25 “It’s a big program. We have over 100 fish screens in the Lemhi Basin,” Murphy explains. “The fish come downstream, they hit these rotary drum screens, they rotate with the flow, water continuously goes through the screen itself, and there’s a submerged PVC pipe that takes them back to the river.” All told, Idaho Fish and Game has installed 270 fish screens in the entire Upper Salmon Basin. Fish and Game receives about $1 million a year from the BPA to maintain the program. During the peak of the juvenile fish outmigration, there could be about 500 salmon smolts that go through one fish screen in one night, Murphy says. IDFG employees monitor and maintain the screens during the spring high-water months around the clock to make sure the screens don’t get clogged by debris and are operating correctly. Most of the chinook salmon spawn in the mainstem Lemhi River, and that means they’re spawning next to private ranch properties along the way. Ranchers have installed riparian fencing along the river to protect spawning beds from cattle, and federal grazing permits allow ranchers to graze livestock on BLM and Forest Service lands when the fish are spawning. “On this ranch, we have seven miles of the Lemhi River and Big Springs Creek, too,” Lufkin said. “We have major spawning of rainbow redds on Big Springs Creek and chinook salmon on the main stem of the Lemhi.” Lufkin raises about 2,000 head of Angus cattle on the ranch. Grazing the cattle on federal lands in the summer and fall leaves the private land meadows free for fish and wildlife to thrive. “In these bottoms you see below us, wet meadows, we only graze partially in the winter, to keep the cattle away from this habitat right here. The cows are here in the winter, the ground is frozen, the soil is stable, the impact here on these waterways is very little. The BLM, the Forest Service and the state are critical partners in managing this resource.” Linda Price, Field Manager of the Salmon BLM office, agrees. “In order to reduce the pressure of grazing on the riparian areas, we really need to work together,” she says. “The Forest Service lands are at the higher elevations, the BLM permits are in the middle elevations and then we get down to the private land on the lower elevations. If we can keep the ICA Line Rider, February 2015

cattle moving through all of the elevations at different times of the year, we have the optimum use.” Price says she’s impressed with the level of cooperation that exists between ranchers and the public land management agencies in the Salmon area. “I’ve been around the BLM for 25 years, and I have not seen anywhere else the level of cooperation and working together that we have in this area,” Price says. “Everybody comes to the table, willing to work, willing to talk, willing to see what needs to be done to take care of the resources. It’s pretty phenomenal.” “I think it’s just people here are local family operations and they just feel like it’s the right thing to do,” Lufkin says. Another key is that the ranchers try to stay ahead of the curve, and make sure the economic side of their operations is sound, so they can afford to voluntarily tweak things to benefit fish. “We really do want to take care of it, and stay in business at the same time. But I think they go hand in hand. Agriculture is the backbone of the economy here.”

Important Milestones Since the early 1990s, the Upper Salmon Basin Watershed Project has: • Installed 265 fish screens • Built 50 miles of riparian fencing • Completed more than 30 fish habitat access projects • Facilitated more than 150 irrigation efficiency projects • Established minimum stream flows at the main Lemhi River diversion to improve fish passage.

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Doug & Betty Dunn, Dave Dunn 541-923-1705 doubleeagle@uci.net

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AAA# 17083470

AAA# 17049149

CED: +16 BW: +0.5 WW: +72 YW: +121 CEM: +13 Milk: +32

CED: +10 BW: +0.4 WW: +62 YW: +122 CEM: +11 Milk: +23

This exciting Timeless son was the high-selling bull in our 2012 production sale. He offers an exciting combination of light birthweight and tremendous performance.

Our pick from the 2012 Arntzen Angus Sale. This Ten X son offers excellent calving ease and an attactive EPD profile.

AAA# 15776681

AAA# 14843207

CED: +17 BW: -1.3 WW: +61 YW: +99 CEM: +14 Milk: +10

CED: +5 BW: +1.5 WW: +62 YW: +111 CEM: +8 Milk: +24

Exceptional calving ease with an outcross pedigree. He has been tested extensively on commercial and purebred heifers with excellent results.

Packer has earned consideration by serious breeders everywhere with his rock-solid performance and carcass data. We have Packer daughters up to nine years of age in our herd and can say they are simply fantastic females.

Ron & Kathy Van Dyke 129 Ridder Ln. Whitehall, MT 59759 406.287.9234 H 406.490.2734 C wheelermt@hotmail.com David & Erin: 406.490.5977

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Assessing Fertility of Replacement Heifers Part 1 – Prebreeding Exams by John B. Hall, Ph.D., Extension Beef Cattle Specialist, University of Idaho

ven though it is the middle of calving season, the breeding season is not far off. Heifer fertility has a major impact on lifelong cow productivity and longevity. Heifers that become pregnant in the first 21 days of the breeding season stay in the herd longer (Figure 1.) and produce more pounds of beef in their lifetime. So limiting heifers to a 30 or 45 day breeding season

and only retaining those heifers that breed in the first 21-30 days is an effective method for improving heifer fertility. While early conception identifies fertile individuals, it does so after the breeding season. In addition to a restricted breeding season and selection after the fact, there are a few tools producers can use to improve heifer fertility before the breeding season:

Figure 1.

• Pre-breeding exams • Crossbreeding • EPD’s for reproductive traits • Genomic testing For this year’s yearling heifer crop, prebreeding exams are the best tool we have to evaluate fertility in these heifers. Other tools will be discussed in future articles because they deal with tools and decision based on breeding and genetics. Genomic testing can also be used on these heifers, but we will discuss that later. Reproductive evaluations give an indication of: • Heifer fertility • Proper growth and development • Potential for calving problems • Ability to breed back Before discussing reproductive exams, a quick nutrition and management reminder. Even heifers that pass their reproductive exams with flying colors can become reproductive problems if they are not fed or managed properly. Heifers need to gain an average of 1.25 to 1.75 lbs. per day from weaning to breeding so they will grow and develop properly. In order to be big enough

Table 1. Description of Reproductive Tract Scores and Their Relationship to Fertility Adapted from Odde et al., 1994 Score

Uterine Horns

Ovaries

% Pregnant to Estrus Synchronization and AI

Total Pregnant, %

Immature, < 20 mm diameter, no tone

15 mm x 10 mm x 8 mm, no structures

2.6

26.2

20 - 25 mm diameter, no tone

18 mm x 12 mm x 10 mm, 8 mm follicles

22.6

74.2

20 - 25 mm diameter, slight tone

22 mm x 15 mm x 10 mm, 8 - 10 mm follicles

39.5

76.2

30 mm diameter, good tone

30 mm x 16 mm x 12 mm, > 10 mm follicles, possible corpus luteum

54.6

94.1

> 30 mm diameter, good tone

> 32 mm x 20 mm x 15 mm, corpus luteum present

85.0

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to calve and breed back, bred heifers must also gain 1.5 lbs. per day from breeding until 60 days before calving and 2.5 lbs. per day for the last 60 days before calving. A complete heifer reproductive exam or information should include: • Evaluation for structural correctness • Body weight & condition score (BCS) • Reproductive tract score (RTS) • Pelvic area measurement (PA)

Body weight and condition score

The most important factors affecting reproductive performance in heifers are body weight and body condition. Many other measurements such as RTS and pelvic area are related to body weight. Heifers should weigh 55% - 65% of their mature weight at breeding and 85-90% of their mature weight at calving. At all times, heifers should be BCS 6 or 7. By reaching these body weights and condition, nutrition will not limit conception, calving ease and re-breeding.

Pelvic area measurement (PA)

Pelvic area of a heifer at calving will dictate the size of calf she can deliver. Extensive research from Nebraska and Montana indicates that a maximum deliverable calf weight can be predicted from pelvic area measurements taken at either 12 to 14 months of age (prebreeding) or 18 months of age (pregnancy exam). However, pelvic areas are of little use if the birth weight of the calf can not be controlled or predicted. In addition, selecting heifers with larger pelvic areas result in retaining heifers with a larger overall frame size. Pelvic areas should be used as a culling tool not a selection tool. Research indicates

that heifers with PA smaller than 140 sq. cm. prebreeding or 180 sq. cm. at pregnancy exam have a high percentage of calving difficulty. I recommend that heifers with pelvic areas of < 150 sq. cm. (prebreeding) or < 190-200 sq. cm (preg. check) not be kept. Heifer pre-breeding evaluations can be combined with pre-breeding vaccinations or at the beginning of estrus synchronization. A skilled veterinarian or technician can evaluate 200-400 heifers a day.

Stay tuned for next month’s Part II on Heifer Fertility.

Reproductive Tract Scores

Reproductive tract scores are measured at 13-14 months of age, immediately before the start of the breeding season. Heifers are palpated and given a score from 1 to 5. A score of 1 indicates an infantile reproductive tract whereas a score of 5 indicates that the heifer is already cycling. Reproductive tract scoring will identify infertile or subfertile heifers that should be culled. It is an especially important procedure to perform on heifers of unknown origin, heifers that may have been implanted, and heifers that are to be sold as open heifers for breeding. Even though RTS is highly related to body weight and age, heifers still need an RTS because even big, fast growing heifers can be infertile. Heifers that score a 4 or 5 will have higher pregnancy rates than heifers that score lower (see Table 1). Heifers that score a 1 should not be retained for breeding, as they are infertile. Heifers that score 2 may be kept for breeding, but will probably breed late in the breeding season. Heifers with a high RTS breed back sooner as 1st calf heifers. High reproductive tract scores are no guarantee that all heifers will get pregnant. Remember pregnancy rates of 85 to 90% are the biological norm. So, about 1 in 10 or 1 in 15 heifers will be open at the end of the breeding season. If over 90% of your heifers get pregnant, then heifer fertility is considered excellent.

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Thank you to our new and renewed Idaho Cattle Association members!

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BW I-.3 WWI+51 YW I+89 Milk I+35 CW I+32 Marb I+.33 RE I+.53 Fat I+.027 $B+84.86 Sire: S A V Pioneer 7301 • MGS: Quaker Hill Objective 3J15

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BW-0.1 WW+57 YW+98 Milk+26 CW I+51 Marb I+0.83 RE I+0.48 Fat I+.037 $B+119.35 Sire: AAR Ten X 7008 SA • MGS: Sitz Alliance 6595

BW+.8 WW+67 YW+118 Milk+31 CW I+54 Marb I+.80 RE I+0.90 Fat I-.003 $B+133.71 Sire: AAR Ten X 7008 SA • MGS: Kesslers Frontman R001

AAR Ten X 7008 SA

SELLING 150 LOTS! Follow Kessler Angus on Facebook and contact us for your Free Sale Book.

The Randy Kessler Family 49838 Fruitvale Road Milton-Freewater, OR 97862 541-558-3821 • 509-520-3281 rek52@live.com

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Selling 18 Sons!

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MARCH 6, 2015 Big West Management’s Cattle Feeding Facility in Dillon, MT

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Selling 20 Sons!

REM Natural 1812 CED

+.4

105

+.48

+.93 +94.96

One of I Trend’s best sons. Clean, long, smooth, industry outcross bull with tremendous length and muscle.

Invest your seed stock dollars in an outfit that knows, the measurable difference in Angus genetics.

SAV Mustang 9134

• As always our bulls are “Developed For Longevity” • 31 years in the Registered Angus business

CED

+11

+.4

+.59

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+.72 +75.89

- Heifer development - Bull development - Feedlot performance - Carcass data

Montana’s best source for calving ease, “Cow Making” bulls with true carcass value!

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WESTERN GENETIC

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375 BULLS

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MARCH 2 & 3, 2015 BAKER CITY, OREGON

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VOLUME SELECTION Oregon’s largest Hereford and Angus Seedstock Programs INDUSTRY LEADERSHIP Reputation family owned programs PREDICTABLE GENETICS Sons of Hereford and Angus Sire Summary Leaders MATERNAL POWER Two of the Northwest’s great cowherds CUSTOMER MARKET PREMIUMS Proven grid, branded beef and verified feeder cattle & replacement female market options

Horse Preview Sunday, March 1

H5 9131 DOMINO 2185

BALDRIDGE WAYLON W34

Herefords’ Most Unique Sire...Balanced from Cowherd to Carcass! Selling his 1st progeny!

Also selling sons of breed leaders H5 Solution 064, H5 4055 Advance 1147, H5 YANKEE 9131, H5 9027 Advance 161, HH Advance 2012Z, and Harland.

Sons of this power sire sell along with sons of A A R Ten X 7008 S A, Connealy Consensus 7229, EXAR Upshot 0562B, Baldridge Waylon W34, and Connealy Earnan 076E.

The performance brand of quality Angus

Rob Thomas Lori Thomas (541) 403-0562 (541) 403-0561 Rob & Lori Thomas • (541) 523-7958 42734 Old Trail Rd. • Baker City, OR 97814 Office: (541) 524-9322 • Fax: (541) 523-4271 Email: thomasangus@thomasangusranch.com www.thomasangusranch.com

MORE BULLS, MORE GENETIC POWER, MORE HETEROSIS...AND MORE PROVEN CUSTOMER MARKET VALUE... Invest in Harrell Hereford Ranch and Thomas Angus bulls!

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Saturday, February 21, 2015

SAV Resource 1441

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Selling: 100 “4115” - Resource x Missing Link AnguS BullS

“534A” - 946U x 004

70 FAllS 30 YeArlingS “495” - Resource x Emblazon

Jeff Schmidt (509)750-8671 jrranch@cbnn.net

“444” - 946U x Final Answer

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Jerry Baker • 208.739.3449 Samuel Mahler • 208.739.0475

Genetic Excellence Sale

Saturday, March 7, 1 p.m. • Vale, Oregon SirES

Selling 135 Long-Yearling Angus Bulls

tc VAnce 011

BASin exciteMent

connealy Right Answer 746 x connealy thunder

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BW WW YW MiLK MARB Re $W $B +0 +74 +131 +21 +.37 +.68 +58.57 +106.07

• Basin Payweight 1075 • S A V Platinum 0010 • S A V Pioneer 7301 • S chisum 6175

ceD +3

BW WW +.8 +55

YW +99

MiLK MARB Re $W $B +30 +.38 +.34 +49.37 +96.26

• Wilson total Value 722 • S A V iron Mountain 8066 • S A V net Worth 4200

S A V ReSOuRce 1441

Rito 7070 of ideal 3407 7075 x S A V 8180 traveler 004 ceD BW WW YW MiLK MARB Re $W $B +2 +3.9 +75 +127 +35 +.03 +.90 +65.25 +106.18

• Baker Hoover Dam 2656 • Kessler Performance 0597 • carter Onward 104

• Black Knight War Party 162 • elkington Finale 0054 • thomas ultimate 1891

Sale Manager: Matt Macfarlane, (916) 803-3113 • Auctioneer: Rick Machado, (805) 301-3210

Guest Consignor: Mahler Cattle Co., Vale, OR

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MICRO, a long-time ICA supporter is proud to serve as Your Connection to Profit providing innovative management solutions since 1971. MICRO is increasing value throughout the supply chain with its integrated health, feed, animal and information management systems. MICRO offers the most comprehensive systems and service in the industry. Please contact your local representative,

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Noahs Angus Ranch Angus Cattle Since 1955 Private Treaty Sales

120 Yearling Bulls available spring 2015 25 Long Yearling Bulls Bred Females Randy & Kate Noah 208-257-3727 Nathan & Melissa Noah 208-257-3686 Cambridge, Idaho noahsangusranch.com

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News Makers Idaho Cattlemen Hail Proposed Processing Plant

Idaho beef cattle and dairy producers will save a significant amount of money on freight costs after a new $100 milllion beef processing plant near Kuna opens next year. The facility, which is expected to open in the fall of 2016, was announced Jan. 6 by

J.R. Simplot Co., which will partner on the venture with Texas-based Caviness Beef Packers. Idaho has been without a major slaughter facility since 2011 and dairy and beef cattle producers currently have to send most of their cows out of state to be processed. The 300,000-square-foot facility near Kuna will have the capacity to process 1,700

head a day. Thousands of cows leave the state each year to be processed in Texas, Arizona, California, Nebraska and other places, said Idaho Cattle Association President Carl Lufkin, who said his freight bill amounts to about $10 per hundredweight. “I think it will be a real boost to producers in Idaho to have this plant here,” said Carl Lufkin, ICA President “It’s supergood news for the industry, particularly in Idaho.” The plant will primarily harvest cull cows and bulls from Northwest dairy farms and cattle ranches throughout the Intermountain West, according to a news release. It will include hide and rendering processing and also be able to process niche-fed beef programs.

Brackett Appointed to Beef Board

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has announced 25 appointments to the Cattlemen’s Beef Promotion and Research Board. The 100-member board is authorized by the Beef Promotion and Research Act of 1985. All appointees will serve three-year terms. The board oversees the collection of $1 per head on all cattle sold in the United States, and $1 per head equivalent on imported cattle, beef and beef products. ICA PastPresident Jared Brackett, of Rogerson, was appointed by Vilsack to serve on the Board.

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ANGUS MEANS BUSINESS. A reliable business partner is difficult to come by. At the American Angus Association®, a team of skilled Regional Managers can guide your operation toward success. Contact Jake Troutt to locate Angus genetics, select marketing options tailored to your needs, and to access Association programs and services. Put the business breed to work for you.

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ern Ridge Herefords

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Polled Herefords that calve easily, milk, and grow in a working environment.

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Polled Herefords that calve easily, milk, and grow in a working environment.

Polled Herefords that calve easily, milk, and (208) 523-2286 grow in aKeith working environment.or

your calendar now and JackMark & Colleen Filipowski 208-263-7264 1078 S. Center Valley Rd. Sandpoint , Idaho make plans to attend the 100th

& Colleen Filipowski 208-263-7264 LayneJack (208) 523-8508 • Brent (208) 523-6461 1078 S. Center Valley Rd. Sandpoint E-mail: ephrbulls@hotmail.com , Idaho

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(208) 681-0765 cell

Sale First Friday in February

ern Ridge Herefords www.FernRidgeRanch.com Polled Herefords that calve easily, milk, and grow in a working environment. Jack & Colleen Filipowski 208-263-7264 1078 S. Center Valley Rd. Sandpoint , Idaho

Annual Production Sale • March 10, 2015 Lunch at 11:30• 1:00 MST pm • At Ranch Over 110 Quality Red Angus Yearling Bulls • 85 Red Angus Heifers

PIE RED LABEL 202 • #1575029

CED BW WW YW MILK ME HPG CEM STAY MARB YG CW REA FAT 2 -0.2 66 110 18 -7 10 3 9 0.19 -0.01 35 0.33 -0.01

5L COUNTRY ROADS 466-475Y • #1485234

CED BW WW YW MILK ME HPG CEM STAY MARB YG 6 0.2 48 83 24 -1 14 6 7 0.53 0.18

CW REA FAT 17 -0.06 0.04

Also featuring the genetics of Bieber Hughes, Bieber Roosevelt, Brown Redemption and Ludvigson Saga

5L OBJECTIVE X415-356Z • #1549914

CED BW WW YW MILK ME HPG CEM STAY MARB YG CW REA FAT 3 0.2 61 94 26 4 11 0 6 0.16 -0.12 26 0.61 -0.01

5L ON EDGE 3148-299X • #1380178

CED BW WW YW MILK ME HPG CEM STAY MARB YG CW REA FAT 5 -0.8 63 102 17 2 11 3 13 0.46 -0.03 29 0.46 0.01

Please call Brian at 208-317-7878 or email for catalog! Brian Loosli

Jonathan Meek

208-652-3303 • 208-317-7878 blloosli@gmail.com

Ranch is located 50 miles northeast of Idaho Falls on US 20

3127 E. 1100 N. • Ashton, ID 83420

208-227-3779

www.loosliredangus.com

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LORENZEN RANCHES ANNUAL BULL & FEMALE SALE February 25- 100 Females 3:30 PsT Hamley slickFork saloon

February 26- 150 bulls 12:30 PsT aT THe rancH red angus â&#x20AC;˘ red & black sim-angus

Traveler Grandson x Commitment

Redemption x Lancer A664

Joshua x Pendleton

Son of Lorenzen Expect Canyon

Son of Beef King 1/2 AN 1/2 SIM

Son of Prime Beef 1/2 SIM 1/2 RA

3/4 RA 1/4 SIM

LORENZEN RANCHES Larry Lorenzen 541.276.6108 | Sam Lorenzen 541.215.2687 www.lorenzenranches .com ICA Line Rider, February 2015

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