ONNECTION 2022 South Carolina Sale Barn Cattle Receipts ................................................................................... page 46 2023 Clemson Bull Test Call for Nominations, by Steven E. Meadows, Ph.D. .................................... page 41 5 County Beef Tour, by Martha Mobley ................................................................................................... page 50 A Message from the CEO — Beef Month, by Colin Woodall ............................................................... page 55 Amazing Grazing — Animal Selection and Management, by Johnny Rogers .................................. page 22 American Angus Association News ....................................................................................................... page 32 American Brahman Breeders Association News ................................................................................ page 24 American Gelbvieh Association News .................................................................................................. page 37 Animal Agriculture Alliance News ........................................................................................................ page 64 Ashley’s Beef Corner — Spring Rewind, by Ashley W. Herring ......................................................... page 20 Beef Cuts and Recommended Cooking Methods ............................................................................... page 26 Beef Quality Assurance Update ............................................................................................................. page 60 BioZyme News ........................................................................................................................................... page 58 Carolina Cooking — Beef French Dip with Au Jus .............................................................................. page 65 Carolina Video and Load Lot Monthly Summary ................................................................................ page 39 Cattlemen’s Beef Board Update, by Norman Voyles, Jr. ...................................................................... page 39 Director’s Report — Coming Attractions, by Bryan K. Blinson ............................................................ page 3 E.B.’s View from the Cow Pasture — An Ox Tail for a Reservation, by E.B. Harris ........................ page 24 Emma Vanhoy Earns Junior Silver Award ............................................................................................. page 31 Estrotect Breeding Indicator News ...................................................................................................... page 50 Federation of State Beef Councils Update ........................................................................................... page 42 Have You Herd, by Kat Streahle ................................................................................................................ page 41 John Deere News ....................................................................................................................................... page 37 Meet the NCCA Interns ............................................................................................................................ page 56 N.C. BCIP Bull Test 2022 Consignments ................................................................................................ page 62 N.C. Forage & Grassland Council Forage Spotlight, by Matt Poore ................................................... page 46 N.C. Weekly Livestock Report ............................................................................................................... page 27 National Cattlemen’s Beef Association News ..................................................................................... page 59 National Cattlemen’s Beef Association President’s Report — Our Similarities Are Stronger Than Our Differences, by Don Schiefelbein .................................................................... page 52 New NCCA Members for 2022 ............................................................................................................... page 48 Noise Induced Hearing Loss and Prevention for Agriculture Producers, by Marion Barnes ....... page 57 North Carolina Cattle Receipts, Trends, and Prices ........................................................................... page 45 S.C. Charolais News, by Georgeanne Webb ……..................................................................................... page 42 South Carolina Cattle Receipts, Trends, and Prices ............................................................................ page 52 Standing Together — How the Agriculture Community is Addressing Mental Health ............. page 27 The Chaplain’s Corral — Like a Cow Chewing Cud, by Skeeter Spaulding ....................................... page 25 The Simmental Trail, by Jennie Rucker ……............................................................................................. page 38 Valley Vet News ........................................................................................................................................ page 60 You Decide!, by Dr. Mike Walden ............................................................................................................. page 29 Zoetis News ................................................................................................................................................ page 62 Zoetis Quick Tips ........................................................................................................................................ page 45
N.C. Cattlemen’s Association
President BURON LANIER 2877 Piney Woods Road • Burgaw, NC 28425 Vice Presidents SCOTT WEST 489 Panacea Springs Road • Littleton, NC 27850 RYAN CLARK 5250 NC 772 Hwy. • Madison, NC 27025 BRANDON BOWMAN 2346 Ann Street • Claremont, NC 28610 Immediate Past President KARL GILLESPIE 860 Corbin Road • Franklin, NC 28734 NCBA Regional Vice President (Policy) FRED SMITH, JR. NCBA Policy Division Director - JOHN LANGDON N.C. Beef Council Director RALPH BLALOCK, JR. Beef Board Director - Brian Warren Secretary/Treasurer - EVERETT JOHNSON Directors At Large MATT POORE • NEIL BOWMAN • TODD SEE
Executive Director - BRYAN K. BLINSON 2228 N. Main Street • Fuquay-Varina, NC 27526 N.C. Cattlemen’s Beef Council Director of Consumer Information ASHLEY W. HERRING
The Carolina Cattle Connection Vol. 36, No. 6 JUNE 2022 Sales & Publication Office 2228 N. Main Street Fuquay-Varina, NC 27526
Phone: 919-552-9111 Fax: 919-552-9216 Email: mail@nccattle.com Website: www.nccattle.com
The Carolina Cattle Connection
is printed on 30 lb recycled newsprint by BN Printing in Benson, N.C.
Manager, N.C. Manager, S.C.
STAFF
BRYAN BLINSON
TRAVIS MITCHELL
Editor & Advertising Director CASEY L. HINNANT Assistant Editor & Proofreader KIM BURDGE
Administrative Assistant - KIM BURDGE N.C. Circulation
KIM BURDGE
S.C. Circulation
TRAVIS MITCHELL
S.C. Cattlemen’s Association
Executive Director - TRAVIS MITCHELL P.O. Box 207 • Saluda, SC 29138 Phone: 803-609-2828 Email: twmitch@clemson.edu
Material in The Carolina Cattle Connection is not to be reproduced in total or in part without the written permission of the Editor. All Website: www.sccattlemen.wildapricot.org submissions become property of The Carolina Executive Committee Cattle Connection, but we make every effort to President - Timmy Benton return items such as photographs and artwork as 1st Vice President - Joe Oswald IV requested. nd 2 Vice President - Gene Crim Secretary - Carol Hendrix Treasurer - Eric Seymour Past President - Roscoe Kyle
William Brigman, Latta • Joe Oswald, IV, Allendale Roscoe Kyle, Inman • Terry Kirkland, Batesburg Eddie Evans, Easley • Cecil Eaddy, Manning Thomas Legare, Johns Island • Richard Sox, Lexington Carol Hendrix, Westminister • Clay Alexander, Starr Timmy Benton, Walterboro • Michael Bailey, Lancaster Bonnie Cann, Abbeville • Ashley Mills, Blair Drake Yon, Ridge Spring • Gene Crim, St. Matthews Lee Haddon, Gaffney • Eric Seymour, Columbia
S.C. Beef Council
P.O. Box 11280 • Columbia, SC 29211 Phone: 803-917-1119 Email: scbeef@scda.sc.gov Website: www.sccattle.org
The Carolina Cattle Connection, the official publication of the N.C. Cattlemen’s Association and the S.C. Cattlemen’s Association is published monthly by the N.C. Cattlemen’s Association. A complementary subscription is included with membership to each state’s association. Nonmember subscriptions are $30 per year.
All address changes for NCCA members to: The Carolina Cattle Connection 2228 N. Main Street • Fuquay-Varina, NC 27526 All address changes for SCCA members to: The Carolina Cattle Connection P.O. Box 207 • Saluda, SC 29138
HEREFORD 54th Annual Hereford Classic Sale Dedication … page 14
54 Annual Hereford Classic Sale Results, by Mike Mericka … page 12 th
54th Annual Hereford Classic Sale — THANK YOU … page 13
Martin Branch Farms … page 9
N.C. Hereford Association’s 54th Annual Meeting & Banquet by Myron McCoy … page 10
AHA and CSU Begin Sustainable Genetics Research, by Wes Ishmael … page 17
N.C. Hereford Association Board of Directors … page 11
Focus on Efficiency … page 7
Show Down in the Foothills, by Wyatt McCoy … page 8
American Hereford Association News … page 18 Hereford Heritage … page 4
Kim Prestwood Honored with Golden Breeder Award … page 15
North Carolina Hereford Sale Honorees … page 17 Quail Ridge Farm, by Mark Brewer … page 6
Up and Coming N.C. Junior Hereford Association Royalty, by Hailee Bissett … page 14
The Carolina Cattle Connection
q JUNE 2022
PAGE 1
