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Montana Stockgrowers Elect New Leadership at Annual Convention

The members of the Montana Stockgrowers Association elected new leadership at their 134thAnnual Convention held in Billings this week. Each year the Association holds elections to tap new leaders in the cattle industry.

Fred Wacker of Miles City, Mont. was announced as President of the Association during the final night of the Convention. Fred and his wife, Gwen, own and operate Continued on page 8...

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CONTENTS: NEWS: Montana Stockgrowers Elect New Leadership at Annual Convention............ 1 Elk Shoulder Season to Begin Soon....... 6 Missouri River Country Has Cooperative Marketing Funds Available.................... 10

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Ranching For Profit Blog - Dave Pratt Healthy Land, Happy Families and Profitable Businesses www.ranchingforprofit.com

Rotational Overgrazing

Nearly 15 years ago I surveyed over 300 commercial cattle producers asking them questions about their grazing practices and their attitudes about change. One hundred twenty of them (40%) identified “rotational grazing” as their primary method of managing cattle on pasture. Over 80% of the rotational grazers reported having fewer than 8 paddocks per herd.

They weren’t rotational grazing, they were rotational overgrazing.

Overgrazing is grazing a plant before it has recovered from a previous grazing. There are two ways to overgraze a plant; stay in a paddock too long or come back to the paddock too soon. It takes a minimum of 8 to 10 paddocks per herd to give plants an adequate recovery period and keep the graze period short enough so that the animals are gone by the time the pasture is recovering. With fewer than 8 paddocks per herd you are rotational overgrazing.

Eight to ten paddocks still may not cut it. The relatively long graze periods that are required during slow growth often support mediocre animal performance. Shorter graze periods mean animals are moving to fresh feed more often and it generally results in better performance. But that takes more paddocks. How many more? Usually at least 14-16 paddocks per herd.

That may seem like a lot, but you probably need more than that.

While you can stop at least some range degradation by eliminating overgrazing, many clients use even more. By using more paddocks they are able to dramatically increase the carrying capacity and promote rapid range improvement. It typically takes at least 25 paddocks per herd to get that kind of result.

If 25 paddocks seems like a lot, just wait. I had the pleasure of spending an afternoon with Emry Birdwell and Deborah Clark on their ranch near Henrietta, Texas. They run stocker cattle in pretty big herds.

Last year they started with 3 herds of 1,500 head using 50 paddocks per herd…that’s right, five zero. As the severity of the drought increased they realized that to give the grass more rest and keep graze periods short, they’d be better off combining the herds. They wound up with 4,500 cattle in one herd moving through 150 paddocks. When I was there they were moving the herd twice a day. By lengthening the rest, keeping graze periods short and increasing stock density, Emry said they were able to get an extra month of grazing from the ranch before they destocked. It also decreased their workload. (It takes less time to move one herd of 4,500 animals than it does 3 herds of 1,500.)

Spring has seen plenty of rain come to the ranch this year but the benefits of running one large herd were so big that, drought or no drought, Emry and Deborah are continuing to run all the steers in one mob through their 150 paddocks. When I visited they had 3,500 in the herd with plans to expand in the coming weeks to 4,500.

To some people having 25 paddocks per herd, let alone 150 paddocks per herd, seems impossibly complicated. Our experience is exactly opposite.

It simplifies management by offering graziers more control and more options over when and where to graze. Having more paddocks doesn’t constraint management. It makes management possible.

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AG INTEREST SERIES: MARKETS

Louise Gartner, Spectrum Commodities 800-888-9843

December 12, 2018 Kansas City Wheat Minneapolis Wheat Chicago Wheat Corn Soybeans Live Cattle Feeder Cattle Boxed Beef - Choice Dressed Beef Crude Oil Heating Oil Unleaded Gas Natural Gas Silver Gold US $ Canadian $ Bitcoin Dow Jones

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Wheat markets were higher on strong export sales two weeks in a row in addition to rising world prices. Quality markets of Kansas City and Minneapolis led the way, as rains threaten the quality of the last half of the Argentine harvest. Soybeans found some strength on Chinese demand finally coming to the US, but the complex was disappointed on the volume of the purchase, amounting to only about one-fifth of expectations.

The cattle complex was higher, led by stronger cash trade and robust domestic demand. Packers appeared to be short bought heading into the important holidays of Christmas and New Year’s, while current feedlots managed to push cash higher over the last few weeks. Feeders led the way higher as feedlots look to replace cattle while supplies are relatively tight into year-end.

The Dow was weaker again, slipping on concerns of more interest rate hikes while the economy is showing signs markets were higher onwere strong mostly export sales two weeks in a row in addition toafter rising aworld WheatEnergy of slowing. markets quiet, trying to stabilize huge slide over the last couple of prices. Quality markets of Kansason Citynews and Minneapolis led the way, as producers rains threaten the qualityact of the last months, finding support that major foreign would together to reduce world crude oil half of the Argentine harvest. Soybeans found some strength on Chinese demand finally coming to the US, supplies. but the complex was disappointed on the volume of the purchase, amounting to only about one-fifth of expectations.

THIS IS AThe SOLICITATION. Reproduction anyand portion this information is strictly prohibited without written permission. cattle complex was higher, led or by rebroadcast stronger cashof trade robustofdomestic demand. Packers The information reflected herein is derived sources believed to be reliable; however, information is not guaranteed as to its accuracy appeared to be short bought heading into the from important holidays of Christmas and New Year’s,this while orcurrent completeness.

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The Dow was weaker again, slipping on concerns of more interest rate hikes while the economy is showing signs of slowing. Energy markets were mostly quiet, trying to stabilize after a huge slide over the last couple of months, finding support on news that major foreign producers would act together to reduce world crude oil supplies.

THIS IS A SOLICITATION. Reproduction or rebroadcast of any portion of this information is strictly prohibited without written permission. The information reflected herein is derived from sources believed to be reliable; however, this information is not guaranteed as to its accuracy or completeness. Opinions expressed are subject to change without notice. Futures trading involves risk.

Louise Gartner Spectrum Commodities 800-888-9843 Daily Podcast: www.spectrumcommodities.podbean.com

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Elk Shoulder Season to Begin Soon

For the third year, Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks (FWP) Region 6 has a shoulder season that allows antlerless elk hunting with a specific B-license. The past two years, the shoulder season was two weeks long, but this year the season has been extended 15 days and will run from December 15-January 15, 2019.

Elk licenses (general elk or B-licenses) valid during the archery and general seasons are not valid for the shoulder season in Region 6. Hunters must have previously applied for this opportunity during the June 1 license drawing and received their elk B-license that is only valid during the R6 shoulder season, either a: • 699-00 Elk B-license-valid in HDs 620, 621, 622, 630,

631, 632-on all public and private lands, not including

CMR National Wildlife Refuge

• 696-00 Elk B-license-valid in HDs 680 & 690 on all

public and private lands

A shoulder season is a firearms season that occurs outside the general season and is focused on antlerless elk harvest. Shoulder seasons are not intended to replace harvest during the archery or general seasons but aim to provide additional antlerless elk harvest to bring elk populations closer to objectives.

Shoulder seasons have specific objectives, and the Fish and Wildlife commission and department will monitor the success of shoulder seasons in each hunting district to ensure they are meeting the fundamental objectives.

Even though a shoulder season occurs outside the general season, all hunting regulations apply, including (but not limited to): obtaining landowner permission to hunt on private lands, properly validating your tag, wearing 400 square inches of orange above the waist, following legal shooting times, not shooting across a public road or rightof-way, leaving evidence of sex/species of the animal, and not shooting from a vehicle.

FWP suggests that hunters contact private landowners as early as possible and to please be respectful during the holiday season. Shoulder season licenses are also valid on legally accessible public lands (except CMR Wildlife Refuge) and in participating Block Management lands.

Block Management cooperators were given the opportunity to opt out of the shoulder season, and four Block Management Areas (BMAs) in the shoulder season districts are not participating in the shoulder season for elk: #1 Springer, #21 Thorstad, #191 Wortman, and #48 Burke Ranch. These BMAs are, however, still open for upland bird hunting through January 1. Permission for the participating shoulder season BMA’s are the same as they were for the general season, which can be found in FWP’s Hunting Access Guide.

Biologists would like to remind license holders that this is not a “damage hunt,” with elk stacked up in concentrated areas. Hunters should prepare to hunt hard for elk, no differently than during any other hunting season.

They should also expect variable weather conditions to possibly include deep snow, cold, and/or muddy conditions.

Hunters should have means to retrieve elk over potentially long distances.

Region 6 will not have any shoulder season hunt information coordinators. If there are any general questions concerning the shoulder season in Region 6, the FWP website contains a wealth of information at fwp.mt.gov/hunting/ seasons/elkShoulder/. For additional information, people are encouraged to contact the following: • Questions about the 699-00 license can be directed

to the FWP Region 6 headquarters in Glasgow at 406 228-3700.

Questions about the 696-00 license can be directed •

to the FWP Region 6 field office in Havre at 406-265 6177.

DAVE SAYS:

Who Is Dave Ramsey?

Dave Ramsey is a personal money management expert, popular national radio personality and the author of three New York Times bestsellers – The Total Money Makeover, Financial Peace Revisited and More Than Enough. In them, Ramsey exemplifies his life’s work of teaching others how to be financially responsible, so they can acquire enough wealth to take care of loved ones, live prosperously into old age, and give generously to others.

DEAR DAVE,

I’m on Baby Step 4 of your plan. I’m debt-free, and I’m currently putting lots of money toward retirement. Now, I want to go back to school and get an MBA. I could pay for school with cash, but that would delay buying a home. My parents have offered to help out financially, so do you think I should accept their offer?

- Isaac DEAR ISAAC,

I don’t have a problem with this, if they’re doing well enough financially to afford it, and the help comes in the form of a gift. If they’re borrowing the money to make it happen, then the answer is “no.” If they want to loan you the money, the answer is “no.” A loan between family members, or even friends, isn’t help—it’s a trap for both parties.

But hey, if they’re in good enough shape to gift you some money to help with the MBA or a home, that would be an incredibly generous thing to do. I think it’s so cool when people work hard, make smart decisions, and manage their money well to the point they can do things like this for others.

It sounds like you’re in a really good place, Isaac. Pay cash for school, and if you can’t buy a home outright when the time comes, make a down payment of at least 20 percent. That way, you’ll avoid having to pay private mortgage insurance!

- Dave

* Dave Ramsey is CEO of Ramsey Solutions. He has authored seven best-selling books, including The Total Money Makeover. The Dave Ramsey Show is heard by more than 13 million listeners each week on 585 radio stations and multiple digital platforms. Follow Dave on the web at daveramsey.com and on Twitter at @DaveRamsey.

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SUDOKU! The rules to the Japanese game of Sudoku are straightforward.

Simply fill in the blanks so that each row, each column, and each of the nine 3x3 grids contain one instance of each of the numbers 1 through 9.

Musical Puns

Q: How did the tuba player kill himself?

A: He walked off a clef.

SOLUTION:

Q: How do musicians pay their debts?

A: With quarter notes.

Q: Why did the percussionist leave?

A: He was drummed out of the orchestra.

Q: Why did the opera house fire their male singer?

A: He was always singing tenor eleven notes off.

The next issue publishes Wed., Jan. 3rd, 2019.

Ad DEADLINE Wed., Dec. 21st at 9am.

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Cross Four Ranch in Custer and Rosebud Counties as a cow/calf, yearling, and a finished cattle operation. The entire Wacker family is involved in the operation.

“I am very excited about taking the reins and assuming the exciting challenges that the Montana Stockgrowers will be faced with during my term as President,” noted Fred Wacker after the announcement.

The Association also elected Jim Steinbeisser of Sidney, Mont. as First Vice President, John Grande of Martinsdale, Mont. as Second Vice President, and Rick Sandru of Twin Bridges, Mont. as Western District Director.

The membership voted to retain Shane Eaton of Lindsay, Mont.; Ed Fryer of Melstone, Mont.; and Dan Moore of Miles City, Mont. for a second term on the Board of Directors.

The elections top off a full week of policy development, educational workshops and a trade show at MSGA’s Annual Convention. For more information on the Convention and the Montana Stockgrowers, please visit mtbeef.org.

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NOTICE: The opinions and ideas expressed in articles and advertisements in ‘Tricia’s Trader’ are those of the author or advertiser and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the publisher, Kimmel Kreations, LLC. Material in articles or advertisements should be considered general reading and should not be construed as professional advice. All information should be carefully researched by the reader, and the reader assumes all responsibilty and risks associated with any action taken based upon information in an advertisement or article.

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Ramblings of a Conservative Cow Doctor

by Krayton Kerns, DVM, former State Rep. HD 58

When Cowboy Shorthand Goes Awry

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Shipping and branding are labor intensive events where ranchers rely

on a neighbor’s help. Haying season is equally taxing but since it requires weeks rather than days of hard labor it rarely utilizes neighbor reciprocity. This fall, my friend Steve thumbed through his neighbor list soliciting cowboys to help ship his calves. John manages a nearby ranch, if 40 miles can be considered nearby, and as Steve had previously helped John, he obliged Steve’s request for assistance.

It was a cowboy conversation lacking fluff, color and seasoning and Steve gave the date and time followed by the specific request for John to oversee sexing the calves once they were corralled. For readers thinking your food comes from a forklift at Costco, sexing calves involves separating the steers from the heifers. Contrary to today’s trendy transgender tomfoolery, there is an inherent difference between the sexes and steers feed differently than heifers. John is a reliable, go-to kind of cowboy so on his day-book he scribbled a reminder regarding the scheduled event. All was well at this point, but things changed.

Several days later, John’s daughter glanced at her dad’s day book and spotted his barely legible and disjointed, October 12th, note for “Sex at Kukowskis.” Being electronically focused, she laughed, snapped a photo and posted it on social media. John received some good-natured ribbing and the story would have ended here had he not shared the event across the Kukowski dinner table on the shipping day in question. We all roared at John’s confession; one I am sure he regrets revealing because now it is in print from coast to coast.

Funny stories are such because they either discretely poke fun at a subtle truth or are blatantly absurd. Two cowboys scheduling shipping-day sex on Pryor Creek fits squarely in the second category and this brings me to my point.

True progressives pride themselves on being perpetually offended so would find nothing humorous about John’s shorthand scribbles. To laugh would belittle the leftist’s fictitious heroes of Brokeback Mountain. Consistent with their rejection of normal lightheartedness and in keeping with the Christmas season, the ruling class recently deemed the song “Baby Its Cold Outside” as advocating sexually predation and the Charlie Brown Christmas special as racist.

It surprises me any rational human being gives any credence to the opinions of the whiny politically correct crowd. It is perfectly fine to chuckle at human missteps and idiosyncrasies.

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Missouri River Country Has Cooperative Marketing Funds Available

Missouri River Country has Cooperative Marketing funds available for communities in Northeast Montana.

These funds are designed to promote an area or event on a cooperative basis with a nonprofit tourism-related organization. The intent of this program is to encourage the development of new or expanded marketing projects that attract visitors outside the local community, thereby increasing the tourism travel to the region and extending the traveler’s stay in Missouri River Country.

The cooperative marketing funds are a 50/50 split between Missouri River Country and nonprofit tourism organizations. The funds are made possible by bed tax dollars generated in the Missouri River Country tourism region and are offered annually by Missouri River Country through an application process.

Projects that have been funded in the past are brochures for different communities and museums, billboards, signage, and advertising events.

For an application and guidelines, interested individuals are encouraged to visit the Missouri River Country’s website at www.missouririver.visitmt.com or to contact the Missouri River Country tourism office either by phone (1-800-653-1319), by emailing Carla Hunsley, Executive Director, at 2mtmrc.nemont.net; or by writing to P.O. Box 118; Fort Peck, MT 59223.

Missouri River Country is Montana’s northeastern tourism region. It covers Garfield, McCone, Phillips, Valley, Sheridan, Daniels, Richland and Roosevelt Counties, along with the Fort Peck Reservation. A Board of Directors appointed by their respective County Commissioners manages the organization.

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Enjoying Everyday Life Joyce Meyer

The Beauty of Brokenness

There’s a story about a little boy who was very poor and needed shoes. He was standing in front of a shoe store, barefoot and shivering with cold. A woman approached him and asked him why he was standing there, looking through the window. He told her, “Well, ma’am, I was asking God to give me a pair of shoes.”

The woman took the boy into the store, washed his dirty, bare feet and put new socks and shoes on them. The boy was so touched by her compassion that he asked her, “Ma’am, are you God’s wife?” He assumed if she showed him that kind of love, she must be related to God.

This story is one of the best examples of what it means to walk in love. And our goal as Christians is to show God’s love so people see Jesus shining through us.

It Starts with Communion

Matthew 26:26 (ESV) says, “Jesus took bread, and after blessing it broke it and gave it to the disciples, and said, ‘Take, eat; this is my body.’” It’s interesting to see here that Jesus blessed the bread, broke it, and then gave it to the disciples.

We usually refer to this scripture when we have communion to remind us of the sacrifice He made for us. And just as He gave His life and was broken for us, we must be broken so we can live for Him. We don’t like to think about God breaking us, but it’s really a wonderful thing. See, when we’re born again, the seed of God’s nature—all that He is—is planted in our spirits.

First Peter 1:23 says, “You have been born again, not or perishable seed but of imperishable, through the living and abiding word of God.” And 1 John 3:9 tells us that as believers, “God’s seed [His principle of life, the essence of His righteous character] remains [permanently]” in us (AMP).

This means we have what it takes to be like Jesus and love others the way He loves us. But we all need God to do a work in our souls for us to be able to walk in love. We have to grow spiritually for our soul—mind, will and emotions—to be molded into the image of Christ.

We don’t need to pray for God to give us love, because we already have His love in us. We need to pray for Him to show us how to walk in love…for God to do whatever He needs to do in our lives so His love can flow through us to others. When we do, He will deal with whatever is in us that is standing in the way: pride, unforgiveness, selfishness, insecurity, fear or any other ungodly attitude or behavior.

How Brokenness Works

Isaiah 64:8 says, “O Lord, You are our Father; we are the clay, and You our Potter, and we all are the work of Your hand” (AMP). I know what it’s like to be broken and molded by God. I used to have so many problems; I was hard to get along with and harsh. There were a lot of things I didn’t understand because I had been mistreated, and I thought it was good to be hard and not let anyone push me around. I believed everyone else had a problem, not me.

I remember praying so diligently for God to change my husband, Dave, because if he would just be the way I wanted him to be, then I would be happy. But one day God spoke to my heart so strongly and said, “Dave is not the problem.” My response was, “Well, who is? It’s just me and him.

What do you mean Dave is not the problem?”

It was devastating to realize I was really the problem, but it was also the beginning of a beautiful work God wanted to do in me.

Even though I was hurting and hard to get along with, I really loved God and wanted to live for Him, but I had to give Him control so He could mold me into His image. I began to pray things like, “God, do whatever You need to do in my life to change me. I’m the clay and You are the Potter.

Romans 8:29 says you foreordained me to be molded into the image of Jesus, and I want to be everything You created me to be.”

The journey hasn’t been easy, but I can honestly say that the hardest times in my life became blessings because God used them to bring me close to Him so I could really know Him and grow spiritually. That’s His plan for all of His children.

I want to encourage you today to spend time with God and search out the promises He has for you in His Word. Trust His wisdom and do what He shows you to do. As you put your faith in God to break you, mold you and make you what He’s created you to be, the Potter will make you an amazing work of His hand!

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Joyce Meyer is a New York Times bestselling author and founder of Joyce Meyer Ministries, Inc. She has authored more than 100 books, including Battlefield of the Mind and Unshakeable Trust: Find the Joy of Trusting God at All Times, in All Things (Hachette). She hosts the Enjoying Everyday Life radio and TV programs, which air on hundreds of stations worldwide. For more information, visit www.joycemeyer. orgPlease note: The views and opinions expressed throughout this publication and/or website are those of the respective authors and do not necessarily reflect those of Joyce Meyer Minis

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