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President • Tom Karr 740-591-9900, tom@karrcontracting.com Vice President • Bill Tom 937-694-5378, btom@uproducers.com Treasurer • Linde Sutherly 937-875-0670, linde@lindeslivestockphotos.com Past President • Aaron Arnett 614-947-9931, aaronarnett16@gmail.com

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Shane Riley Director At-Large Washington C.H. • Term expires 2023 740-572-2044, rfsc2014@yahoo.com Jim Rogers Director At-Large Logan • Term expires 2023 740-591-7311, jrogers@reedbaur.com J.L. Draganic Director At-Large Wakeman • Term expires 2022 440-821-6576, paintcreekcattle@gmail.com Jaymes Maciejewski District 1 New Bavaria • Term expires 2023 309-222-0850, jaymes.maciejewski@gmail.com Andy Lohr District 2 Bucyrus • Term expires 2024 419-569-3613, andylohr61@gmail.com John Ferguson District 3 Chardon • Term expires 2024 440-478-0782, john@fergusonshowcattle.com Mark Goecke District 4 Spencerville • Term expires 2023 419-233-3101, goeckefarms@gmail.com Jason Dagger District 5 Cable• Term expires 2024 937-604-8820, jason.dagger@rwe.com Pam Haley District 6 West Salem • Term expires 2022 419-853-4657, phaley@haley-farms.com Brad Thornburg District 7 Barnesville • Term expires 2023 740-310-9196, thornburgcattle@yahoo.com Linde Sutherly District 8 New Carlisle • Term expires 2024 937-875-0670, linde@lindeslivestockphotos.com Jim Jepsen District 9 Amanda • Term expires 2022 614-560-5919, jepsen.drfarms@gmail.com Sarah Ison District 10 Moscow • Term expires 2023 513-314-5382, sarah.ison01@gmail.com Lindsey Hall District 11 Hillsboro • Term expires 2024 937-763-8115, lindseycgrimes@gmail.com Luke Vollborn • District 12 Bidwell • Term expires 2022 740-441-5740, vollborncattle@yahoo.com

Beef by the numbers

By Tom Karr, OCA President

As we approach the middle of summer, it’s time to continuously evaluate our spring calf crop. As a seedstock producer, I’m always looking for the bull prospects and especially the replacement heifer selections that are worthy of a career being part of a cow herd. Here in Southeastern Ohio, there is no shortage of quality pastures. Hopefully that will continue through the fall. Our long term forecast is for normal precipitation. If your weatherman isn’t any better than mine, he is only accurate 50% of the time and is secure in his employment. In any other job, he would have been terminated after three months. With an accounting background, I am always intrigued with statistics especially when it relates to cattle. The 2022 U. S. Beef Statistics have been recently released and contain some interesting information. Ohio ranks 29th in the total number of beef cows at 312,000. We are 10th in the number of cow/ calf operations, which is a 6.8% increase over 2021. We are 23rd in the U.S. for cow/calf inventory, 16th for the number of cattle on feed, 30th for cattle/ calf sales, 37th for average size of operation at 59 head and 22nd in cash receipts at $646,504,000. In the five year beef cow herd expansion numbers, Ohio ranks 5th with a 24,000 head increase, just short behind the big boys - Oklahoma at 1st, California coming in 2nd, Texas at 3rd and Nevada at 4th. Despite these herd expansion numbers, at the end of the five year numbers we are still at the smallest beef and dairy cow herd numbers since 2016 - 30.1 million. If you haven’t filled your freezer with beef, now would probably be a good time. And don’t forget to tell your non-farm neighbors as well. The number missing from the report I read was the number of cattle per square mile. I’m sure Ohio would be in the top 10. U.S. cattle operations by segment are interesting. 82.6% are cow/calf/seedstock, 8.3% stocker/grower, 6.2% dairy and 2.9% feedlot. The U.S. continues to be the largest beef producer at 21.9% of world production followed by Brazil at 16.3%. China is a surprising 12% and will be our 3rd largest importer for 2022 if the current pace continues. They have a large population to feed with problems ahead as ominous food shortages are constantly in the news. On a local note, if you have not attended one of our past Gala events, you are missing out on a great dinner with beef at the center of the plate, of course, with the company of like-minded people and all for a great cause. I hope you will register and join us for an enjoyable evening at the Delaware County Fairgrounds on Aug. 27, 2022. More information on the Gala is included in this issue and you can register online or by calling the office. See you there!

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