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Nathan Jackson, Myrtle Creek..... (541) 591-2758 PRESIDENT-ELECT

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Todd Nash, Joseph.......................(541) 263-0426 AT LARGE VICE PRESIDENT

Jacob Bingham, North Powder..........(541)403-1735 DISTRICT VICE PRESIDENTS DISTRICT 4 DISTRICT 1

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COUNTIES RECRUITING

SENDING BEEF OVERSEAS IN 2018

INDUSTRY ADVOCACY

OCA PRESIDENT INSPIRES GOALS FOR 2019 OCA THANKS ITS SUPPORTERS AT ANNUAL CONVENTION AGENDA SETTING IN SALEM INVESTING IN YOUR HERD

OCA PUBLIC LANDS GETTING RESULTS FOR PERMITTEES OCW WELCOMES JENNY COELHO AS NEW PRESIDENT 2018 A HOT YEAR FOR BEEF EXPORTS

PRODUCER INTEREST

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LEADERSHIP LEDGER UNIFYING TO REACH GOALS IN 2019

by OCA President Nathan Jackson As I round the corner on the first year of my term as your association president, I think back over the past year, and the many serious and sometimes difficult topics facing the Oregon Cattlemen’s Association and the cattle industry as a whole.

We had a spectacular convention at the end of November, and the OCA Business Meeting - one of our largest ever - was the stage for several serious discussions amongst members from across the state. I’m proud of our ability to have these tough discussions, and I’m comforted by knowing that even when we don’t agree on all the topics, we can still unify to reach our goals.

Together, as members, we’ll steer into 2019, renewing our focus on changes to structure and policies that will lead to improvement and efficiency in this Association.

Together, we’ll continue to tackle the big issues facing cattle producers in this nation and together, we’ll support our fellow ranchers, members, and neighbors through prosperity and misfortune.

On March 28, OCA will host the Spring Quarterly Board Meeting in Salem. We’ll join the CattleWomen for a tri-tip lunch on the steps of the capitol and then convene inside the capitol building to hear presentations from legislators that have the power to profoundly influence how we do business. Afterwards, I would like

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to invite everyone to join us for dinner at the Oregon Cattlemen’s office. The OCA Business Meeting will take place the following morning, March 29. Discussion for the Spring Quarterly Business meeting will focus on amendments to by-laws and policies.

I would like to take an opportunity to thank OCA’s staff in Salem that work throughout the year to facilitate our events and legislative needs. Thank you, Jerome, Robyn, Anne and Rocky for the work you do for this association and for the members.

A reminder: at convention, OCA members requested county membership lists be sent at the beginning of the calendar year and at the beginning of the fiscal year. If you are a county president, you should be receiving a list of county memberships from the past three years.

This list will be sent twice a year to aide your efforts in locating past members and improve communications with current members. Contact your region’s Vice President if you need assistance with county membership renewal or retention.

2019 will be a year of reaching goals for OCA. I look forward to serving you in my second year as OCA President and I look forward to seeing many of you at our statewide events and also at your local events throughout the year.

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EPA, CORPS PROPOSE WOTUS REVISION On Dec. 11, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) proposed to amend the definition of “Waters of the United States” (WOTUS) to interpret the term “navigable waters” under the Clean Water Act. But as explained by Pacific Legal Foundation (PLF) the new regulatory proposal may not provide the relief agricultural organizations had sought from the 2015 Rule. According to a PLF press release, “In February 2017, President Trump issued an executive order instructing the [EPA and Corps] to revise the overly broad definition of ‘navigable waters’ under the Waters of the United States rule.

“The goal of Trump’s order was to protect ordinary Americans engaged in routine activities on their property from being treated like industrial polluters under the Clean Water Act. But today’s proposal fails to deliver on that promise.

“The proposal takes the obvious step to clarify that roadside ditches are not federal commercial waterways. But it still regulates small, intermittent or seasonal drainages on private property, even when that property is far removed from navigable waters. It also regulates wetlands no matter how small or distant from actually navigable rivers and lakes. “‘While this is an improvement from EPA’s unreasonable and illegal 2015 definition of navigable waters, it still falls well outside the Supreme Court’s plurality opinion defining the limits of Clean Water Act jurisdiction,’ PLF’s Tony Francois said. ‘Despite assurances that the new definition would clarify what is regulated, landowners will still face uncertainty, high consulting costs and aggressive assertions of jurisdiction from agency enforcers. [Corps] and EPA bureaucrats still have far too much power to regulate private property, and they will continue to abuse that power without meaningful reforms.’”

As of press time, the proposed regulation has not been officially noticed in the Federal Register. Once the proposed rule is formally published, it will kick off a 60-day public comment period for producers to participate in.

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COUNTY PRESIDENTS

Baker County Drew Martin, North Powder.............. (541) 889-5368 Benton County Rick Wells, Philomath....................... (541) 929-4361 Clackamas County Michael Bruck, Milwaukie................. (503) 659-8195 Clatsop County Tim Meier, Birkenfield....................... (503) 791-8258 Coos County Mark Isenhart, Broadbent................. (541) 290-5517 Crook County Tyler McCormack, Prineville............. (541) 576-2826 Deschutes County Ambers Thornburgh, Redmond........ (541) 548-0213 Douglas County Kristina Haug, Glide.......................... (360) 747-0172 Gilliam County Tanner McIntosh, Condon................ (541) 910-8682 Grant County Alec Oliver, Seneca........................... (541) 620-4098 Harney County Jeff Maupin, Burns.............. jeffmaupin@icloud.com Jackson County Glenn Eary, Central Point................. (541) 821-5890 Jefferson County Mark Wunsch, Madras...................... (541) 419-9944 Klamath County Terri Bloomfield, Klamath Falls......... (541) 883-3874 Lake County Bret Vickerman..................................(541) 943-3119 Lane County Ron Weiss, Dexter............................ (541) 726-8826 Lincoln County Don Kessi, Blodgett...........................(541) 438-4113 Malheur County Matt Rockwell, Vale...........................(541) 473-4183 Marion County Gary Hafner, Silverton....................... (503) 585-5449 Morrow County Erin Heideman, Heppner..................(541) 676-9442 North Central Livestock Association Amy McNamee, Grass Valley........... (541) 806-3209 Polk County Sven Olsson, Monmouth.................. (503) 831-0437 Umatilla County Todd Hamby, Pilot Rock....................(541) 969-9861 Union County Rodger Huffman, Union.................... (541) 805-1617 Wallowa County Jill McClaren......................................(541) 263-1253 Washington County Troy Van Roekel................................ (503) 647-2744 Wheeler County Gordon Tolton, Mitchell..................... (541) 462-3036 Yamhill County Carol Dauenhauer, Dayton............... (503) 868-7689

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by Executive Director Jerome Rosa

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The annual meeting was held November 29-Dec 1 at the Riverhouse Convention Center in Bend OR. With over thirty speakers at the convention and several meeting rooms going at the same time, we try to provide something for all levels of interest, be it small or large rancher, east or west side rancher or private or public lands interest.

Leading speakers included Tim Williams the Deputy Director of External Affairs at the Department of the Interior in Washington D.C., Colin Woodall Vice President of Government Affairs with the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association in Washington D.C. and Oregon Director of Agriculture Alexis Taylor from here in Salem.

This year our vendor numbers were up over 25% from last year’s convention and this helps to subsidize the cost of the convention keeping our registration costs as low as possible so more students and interested folks can attend the convention. Our registration was also up this year, so over all a very good event. With cattle prices down like they currently are, sometimes optimism can be hard to find. Difficult conversations and presentations were had throughout the convention on a wide variety of subjects from fake cell cultured protein products disguising itself as meat to board member qualification criteria.

Annually OCA contracts with a CPA firm to have an annual review of our book keeping procedures and records. This review is done shortly before the annual meeting to provide an updated and unbiased report to the membership. This year several improvements were suggested, and the board of directors has tasked the OCA staff with providing information to fulfill these suggested processes.

Open, hard, honest conversation with respect to differing opinions is the strength of any good association.

Intelligent and considerate people can and do have the ability to agree to disagree on a subject and yet remain friends.

On another note OCA had the pleasure to present a couple of awards to very deserving people. First of all, OCA acknowledged Will Wise of the Oregon Beef Council for his hard work on behalf of the Beef Industry and for being an excellent partner with OCA. Also, OCA presented an award to Mark and Anne Malott for their generous contribution to the PAC event this year held at the ranch in Powell Butte. The PAC event generated more than double the profit that was raised at last year’s event in Sunriver.

Again, thank you Mark and Anne for all your efforts.

OCA honored Oregon Beef Council Executive Director Will Wise during the Beef Council Luncheon. Pictured L to R are: Doug Maag, Nathan Jackson, Will Wise and Jerome Rosa.

Ashley and Michaelina Malott are recognized on behalf of their family and Central Oregon Ranch Supply for their significant contributions to OCA this year. PAC Chair Keith Nantz presented their award.

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Friday February 22nd, 2019 1 pm Green Spot Arena, Madras Oregon RANCH BRONC to follow 6 PM Offering 130 Charolais Bulls: 100-15 month old Fall Yearling Bulls 10 of Which are Charolais, Red Angus Composite “Range Fire Bulls” 30 Spring Coming 2 Year Old Charolais Bulls

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NCBA HAILS FARM BILL PASSAGE WHILE PLC EXPRESSES FIRE CONCERNS On Dec. 12, National Cattlemen’s Beef Association President Kevin Kester today issued the following statement regarding U.S. House and Senate passage of the 2018 Farm Bill conference report: “America’s cattlemen and women want common sense and certainty from Congress this holiday season and throughout the year - today they received that through the passage of the Farm Bill. Certainty that a Foot-and-Mouth Disease vaccine bank will be authorized and funded. Certainty that important conservation programs will be reauthorized and funded. And certainty that trade promotion and access to foreign markets will remain a priority in the years to come.

“On behalf of all of our producers, I want to sincerely thank every Member of Congress who supported the Farm Bill - especially U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Pat Roberts, Ranking Member Debbie Stabenow, U.S. House Agriculture Committee Chairman Mike Conaway, and Ranking Member Collin Peterson, who all worked together across party lines for the past two-plus years. It wasn’t always easy, but we truly appreciate all your hard work.”

Ethan Lane, Executive Director of the Public Lands Council, issued the following statement in response to the release of the 2018 Farm Bill conference report: “The 2018 Farm Bill negotiators elected to advance a bill that abandoned Western communities by stripping away all provisions for responsible forest management. The agriculture committees’ decision to abdicate its oversight of our nation’s forest resources speaks volumes about the need for the U.S. Forest Service to be moved out of agriculture and toward the natural resources community where it might have a fighting chance. It is unacceptable for conferees to simply take a pass on forestry and abandon Americans impacted by catastrophic wildfire.”

PAST OCA PRESIDENTS

John O’Keeffe, Ray Sessler, Curtis Martin, Bill Hoyt, Bill Moore, Sharon Livingston, Coy Cowart, Bob M. Skinner, John Hays, Sharon Beck, Fred Otley, Mack Birkmeyer, Lynn Lundquist, Don Gomes, Bill Wolfe, Robert H. Skinner, Louis Randall, Sam Dement, Ray French, William Ross, Bert Hawkins, Ernie Davis, Charlie Otley, Fred Phillips, Denny Jones, Larry Williams, Bill Marshall, Walt Schrock, Don Hotchkiss, Irvin Mann, Jr., Kent Magruder, George Russell, Garland Meador, J.C. Cecil, William Kittridge, Harry Stearns, O.J. Hotchkiss, Sherman Guttridge, Herbert Chandler, Wayne Stewart, Warren Snider, Herman Oliver, William Steward, Fred Phillips, W.A. Pollman 14

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OCA COMMITTEE LEADERSHIP ANIMAL HEALTH & BRAND COMMITTEE

John Flynn, Lakeview.......................(541) 947-4534 ASSOCIATE COUNCIL

Greg Roush, La Pine........................(541) 954-6397 BEEF CATTLE IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE

Jon Elliott, Medford...........................(541) 601-5622 ENDANGERED SPECIES COMMITTEE

Tom Sharp, Burns.............................(541) 589-3317 LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE

Nathan Jackson, Myrtle Creek.........(541) 591-2758 MARKETING COMMITTEE

Zach Wilson, North Powder..............(541) 898-2288 MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE

Co-Chair Rusty Inglis, Princeton...................... (541) 493-2117 Co-Chair Myron Miles, North Powder..............(541) 898-2140 OREGON CATTLE-PAC

Keith Nantz, Maupin.........................(541) 910-5179 OCA YOUNG CATTLEMEN’S COMMITTEE

Alec Oliver, Seneca..........................(541) 620-4098 PRIVATE LANDS COMMITTEE

Craig Herman, Bandon.....................(503) 347-0699 PUBLIC LANDS COMMITTEE

Matt McElligott, North Powder..........(541) 805-8210 RESOLUTIONS COMMITTEE

Mary Woodworth, Adel.....................(541) 219-0245 WATER RESOURCES COMMITTEE

Curtis Martin, North Powder.............(541) 962-9269 WILDLIFE COMMITTEE

Dennis Sheehy, Wallowaa...............(541) 398-0224 WOLF TASK COMMITTEE

Western Region, Veril Nelson...........(541) 643-9759 Eastern Region, Rodger Huffman..... (541) 8051617

GET INVOLVED!

For more information on OCA, its leadership or how you can get involved, contact any of OCA’s officers, committee chairs or the staff in the OCA office at (503) 361-8941 or visit us online at WWW.ORCATTLE.COM

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LEGISLATIVE LIAISON PLANNING FOR OPPORTUNITIES IN THE NEW YEAR

by Rocky Dallum

Joining the Oregon Cattlemen’s Association at the Annual Convention is one of many holiday traditions. We get the chance to see people from around the state faceto-face and catch up on specific issues facing ranchers in all corners of our state (ours is one of the only industries that literally operates in every corner of Oregon!). At the Annual Convention, we spent our time talking about the 2018 election, hearing from several legislators, and looking forward to the 2019 legislative session, which kicks off this month.

First, we thank Sen. Cliff Bentz and Representative Lynn Finley for making the trip to Bend to share their perspectives on the legislative process, particularly the impending cap and trade proposal. Senator Bentz encouraged ranchers to consider how to shape any carbon proposal instead of simply opposing the concept. Several members suggested seeking proceeds from the carbon offset market to specifically aid the natural resources sector and offset some of the resulting indirect costs from a program. I am confident that Senator Bentz is right and he will be an advocate for us and a critical component of policy negotiations on our behalf, as will a wide range of legislators, both Democrat and Republican that have supported our agendas in the past.

Members are also concerned about a wide range of issues that affect working lands. First, is succession planning and current state (and federal) tax structures that create challenges for succession planning for operations. In addition, we expect another effort in 2019 behind the Oregon Ag Heritage Program, which Nellie McAdams from Farm Preservation talked about. Many of you have worked over the years with Oregon Department of Agriculture on Ag Water Quality (or SB 1010) plans, and seem to be facing continued pressure from the Department of Environmental Quality on several fronts, which is generating concern with ranchers and farmers.

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of our state with the Department of State Lands (DSL) and the removal-fill process, which a bipartisan group of House members have taken up in 2018, and will be introducing several bills. Special Thanks to Mary Anne Cooper from Oregon Farm Bureau for her presentation on DSL at the convention.

These are all issues we hope to facilitate deeper conversations with policy makers on in 2019. In addition, OCA has its own robust agenda. We hope to get tide gate owners on the coast better assistance with navigating the regulatory patchwork when repairing and replacing tide gates. Predator management is always a sensitive topic, and OCA will be working to both ensure adequate resources for deterrence and loss compensation, as well as pushing discussion on the composition of the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission. We expect the Fish & Wildlife Commission to adopt an updated Wolf Plan in 2019.

Finally, we will stand with our agriculture and natural resource partners, and the Oregon business community at-large as the Governor and legislature look to raise revenue. It will be critical that our members communicate the regulatory and financial challenges falling on Oregonians competing in a global commodity market.

We hope to find ways to limit or offset disproportionate burdens placed on small, family owned businesses.

2019 is sure to present many challenges on the policy front for OCA. We think there will be opportunities as well, but those opportunities will be bourn from member engagement, building positive relationships with a diverse group of legislators, and telling your personal stories of compliance, conservation and economic contribution to our state. We wish all of you and your families a safe and happy new year, and we look forward to working together on behalf of Oregon’s farming and ranching families this year.

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EFFORTS PAY OFF AS COUNTY GROUPS TAKE HOME SADDLES For many years, Ag Insurance’s Ken Tew has generously donated a recruitment incentive - a handcrafted saddle - to the Oregon Cattlemen’s Association county affiliate group who recruited the most new members in a year’s time. For many county groups, the contest brought fun-filled rivalries between counterpart organizations around the state. As the 2018 contest kicked off, Union County Cattleman Bill White set a goal to beat well-known OCA recruiter Myron Miles, a longtime friend.

With his recruitment efforts for the year in full swing, White and his famiily received devastating news of thyroid cancer this past summer that claimed White’s life only a month later.

Rodger Huffman, Union County Cattlemen’s President and friend of White’s, said those who knew of White’s goal for Union County to win the recruitment saddle were determined to help him complete that goal.

“Bill was a great guy with a big heart and we were all caught off guard by his loss,” Huffman said. “Seeing Union County finish what he started and bring the saddle home for him is something we are very proud of. We know he’d be proud too.”

At the Annual Union County Cattlemen’s Dinner on Dec. 8, 2018, the Union County Cattlemen presented the saddle to White’s wife, Beverly, who in turn donated the saddle back to the group in White’s honor.

Continuing his generosity, Tew donated a second saddle in 2018, this one to the one to the Oregon CattleWomen to help spur their membership numbers as well.

The inaugural cattlewomen’s saddle went to the Klamath County CattleWomen. Congratulations to both of these groups. OCA extends a special thank you to all those who worked to grow OCA’s membership numbers in 2018 and especially to Ken Tew and Ag Insurance for their gracious longtime sponsorship of this contest.

To learn more about the contest and how your group can claim the saddle in 2019, contact the OCA office.

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Steering into theFuture

Annual convention reaps rewards for attendees, association and industry

by OCA Communications Director Robyn Smith

At the end of November, the association “Steered into the Future” with another successful Annual Convention and Tradeshow! The convention was held at the Riverhouse on the Deschutes in Bend – a central location for holiday shopping and a winter getaway from the ranch.

The convention doubled in numbers and performance this year. There was over 300 people that walked through the convention doors, 44 industry tradeshow vendors, and 30 incredible and insightful presenters that brought new research and information directly to the attendees over the course of three days.

Cattlemen’s Education Series:

OCA is proud to offer the Cattlemen’s Education Series every year as an opportunity for attendees to continue ranch management education. This year, presenters from Oregon State Extension and Eastern Oregon Research brought information on topics such as sire selection and ration evaluation, private and public land management tools, and how to use Google Earth Pro as a land management tool. This year the series was sponsored by NCBA and the National Corn Growers Association.

Water Research and Resources:

OCA brought many speakers to convention this year that focused on water rights and resources. John Beyers from the Oregon Department of Agriculture presented on Water Quality Management; Racquel Rancier from the Water Resources Department presented on 2019 water legislation and revision; Mary Anne Cooper from the Oregon Farm Bureau presented on Fill and Removal Laws, and the Water Resources Committee brought Sandra Wyman and Nicole Sullivan to convention for a riparian grazing workshop that covered topics such as how cows and fish can coexist and grazing management strategies.

Oregon Beef Council:

Every year the Oregon Beef council is a title

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sponsor in convention. The Beef council continues to support the positive producer image of OCA. This year OCA honored William Wise, CEO of the Beef Council with an Award of Excellence for his dedication to the Oregon beef industry.

Oregon Agriculture Heritage Panel:

Nellie McAdams from Rogue Farm Corps and Meta Loftsgaarden, Executive Director for the Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board joined with OCA President, Nathan Jackson to sit on the Oregon Agriculture Heritage Program Panel. OAHP is designed to address issues of succession planning, preservation of agriculture land, and the enhancement of land’s agriculture and natural resource values.

OAHP includes voluntary grant programs for landowners and their service providers. OCA is dedicated to the progression of this program and will continue educating members on the opportunities the program offers.

Herd Management:

Several presentations this year were focused on herd maintenance. Dr Che Trejo from Zoetis presented on maximizing profitability of the cow herd; Dr. Elizabeth Backes from Purina presented on the Nutritional needs of a brood cow in the last trimester; and Michael Williams a scientist from MIT’s Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research presented on Novel Vaccine Delivery Systems.

Policy and Legislation Updates:

This association is dedicated to being at the forefront of policy and legislation that will benefit the Oregon rancher. OCA is thankful for the relationships with these influential people and honored that they would bring their message directly to the cattlemen’s convention: Loren Unruh, Natural Resources Conservation Services; Alexis Taylor, Director of the Oregon Department of Agriculture; Tim Williams,

DOI and Senator Cliff Bentz.

NCBA & USCA Panel:

A new discussion was added to the agenda this year. Colin Woodall, NCBA; Jennifer Houston, NCBA President Elect; Chuck Kiker, United States Cattlemen’s Association and Curtis Martin, USCA Board member sat together on a panel for questions from the audience. Questions were focused on the issues of “cell cultured protein” also known as “fake meat” and information regarding the beef check-off. This was an exciting panel that offered information directly from two national associations. You can watch the panel discussion live on the Oregon Cattlemen’s Facebook page.

Resolutions:

The association had 29 resolutions for review this year. Each year at convention, the committees review resolutions and advise on how to proceed with them to the resolutions chair. The chair compiles the resolutions and recommendations and presents them for approval to the OCA business meeting which takes place on the last day of convention. Some resolutions for review this year included Country of Origin Labeling, Labeling of Meat, Feral Horses, Water Rights Ownership, and Fire. Any active OCA member can be present and can vote at the OCA business meeting.

OCA President Nathan Jackson welcomes attendees to the Firday night dinner.

Committees:

Perhaps one of the most convincing reasons to take part in OCA’s annual convention is the opportunity to be involved in the committees. Every OCA committee meets and discusses current issues and the meetings are open to anyone interested in being involved. OCA has a committee for public lands, private lands, wildlife, animal health/brand inspection, membership, water, PAC, legislation, marketing, endangered species and a wolf task force. If you are interested in being a part of these committees, convention is a great way to get your foot in the door and learn what this association is working on throughout the year. You can also contact oca@orcattle.com and we can connect you with the committee chair.

Facebook Live:

NCBA President-elect Jennifer Houston, a Tennessee beef producer addresses the issue of fake meat.

This year several of the presentations were recorded on Facebook live and can be found on the Oregon Cattlemen’s Facebook page. A milestone for this association is that each video reached over 900 people and the Wolf Committee Meeting reached over 6,000 people in the span of a week. This is just one example of how OCA can use social media as a tool to spread advocacy to a larger audience. Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/oregoncattlemensassoc/ Thank you Wilco and Purina for being the title sponsors of the 2018 OCA Convention & Tradeshow.

Let’s all hope for a successful and prosperous 2019 and I hope to see you all at the end of the year. Mark your calendars now: 2019 Convention & Tradeshow | Dec. 5-7 | Riverhouse on the Deschutes.

OCA Political Advocate Rocky Dallum with Public Lands Council President and a past OCA President Bob Skinner.

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Scenes from Bend

Representatives of Northwest Farm Credit Services at the pre-dinner cocktail hour sponsored by NWFCS.

OSU Agriculture Dean Alan Sams, Ph.D., addressed convention attendees.

NCBA’s Colin Woodall gave an election recap Saturday morning.

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Pacific Intermountain Mortgage’s Cassi Johnson taught a quickbooks class.

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Boehringer Ingelheim’s Don Blakemore, Bayer’s Marcia Perry and Washington Cattlemen’s President Sam Ledgerwood.

Ryan Raymond, Becky and Mike Umbarger caught up at the Friday night banquet.

Chad Bushnell entertained CCA & CCW Banquet attendees.

College of Eastern Oregon boasted a large contingent of beef enthusiasts who were eager to learn about issues facing beef producers.

Thank you Sponsors

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BEEF CATTLE IMPROVEMENT REVISITING WEANING PROTOCOLS

by Beef Cattle Improvement Committee Chair Jon Elliott At the annual convention Che Trejo, DVM, Zoetis Technical Services Veterinarian, talked about calving heifers. He ended up talking about weaning calves, and he speaks from experience. Dr. Trejo, for 12 years, managed an order buyer company that bought calves at auction barns throughout the South and shipped them to various locations.

For years we have been advised to vaccinate calves for Bovine Respiratory Disease complex (BRD) about three weeks prior to weaning and then to give a booster at or very near weaning. Some producers have modified this advice and administered the first shot at weaning, with some following up with a booster about three weeks later.

For several reasons, including reduced immune response when under stress and the delay between receiving the vaccine and producing any meaningful resistance, Dr. Trejo cautioned against giving either the first BRD shot or the booster at weaning. He advocates giving a single BRD complex shot about three weeks before weaning and then, at weaning, to do nothing stressful to the calves for at least 30 days post weaning: don’t sort them, don’t sex them, don’t vaccinate them, don’t move them around, don’t add any other animals to the bunch, don’t ride or walk through them unnecessarily, do nothing but provide good feed or forage, a TM package, adequate water, and leave them alone. Of course, if a sickness appears you will need to respond to it. The next BRD vaccine for these calves will be a booster in the fall as replacement heifers or as yearlings or as feedlot cattle.

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vaccines if you’ve been using the same thing for a long time. Nearly everybody used to use Killed Virus (KV) vaccines with a few using Modified-Live Virus (MLV) vaccines. They are both still in use and Killed/ Modified-Live (K/MLV) combinations, Bacterial Culture Superatants & Surface Extract (BCSSE) vaccines, and Bacterins have been added. Most KV vaccines specify two doses, MLV’s specify one or two doses, almost all K/MLV vaccines specify two doses, BCSSE’s specify one or two doses, and Bacterins specify two doses. There are also other vaccines that purport to protect against BRD that are combinations that also contain other disease protection.

It makes sense to vaccinate only once, especially if the booster needs to be given just at the time of greatest stress when immune responses are at their lowest. You might want to switch to a one shot vaccine or consult with your vet about the efficacy of using what you use but just once.

It might also pay for those who wean on diesel smoke to work towards a one shot BRD vaccination about three weeks before you ship.

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PUBLIC LANDS MESSAGE PROGRESS FOR PUBLIC LANDS LOCALLY AND NATIONALLY

by Matt McElligott

Happy New Year! I hope the holiday season was a good one for you and your family. It is always good to take the time to spend with your family during the holidays. It’s also a good time to reflect on the year that just passed and plan for the year ahead.

December seemed to fly by here in North Powder.

Old man winter hit here with cold temperatures, wind and snow. But that’s normal for this time of year in this part of the state.

For those of you who ventured to Bend for the OCA annual meeting and the Public Lands Council annual committee meeting, thanks, it was good to see you. Like spending time with family, this was a time to reflect on all the things that have happened over the past year and to look forward and plan for the upcoming year.

That’s what we did at the PLC round table and business meeting.

2018 was a busy year for PLC members, as there always seems to be something affecting public lands grazers. We wrote letters of support for the gathering and spaying of feral horses. The Bureau of Land Management had put together a meticulous plan to gather and spay mares in the Warm Springs Herd Management area, but once the gather had taken place an environmental group sued and got a judge in a U.S. District court to order an injunction and stop the project. Another set back for range and horse management! This is one of our top priorities for 2019 and beyond. We must keep advancing on this issue. We are making headway, four years ago I brought this topic up in D.C. and no one wanted to talk about it. So getting a gather is a step in the right direction Other things that have been forefront in 2018 has been, of course, Sage Grouse. We are close to a management plan within the state and with guidance from the PLC. By the time you receive this there will still be time within the 30 day comment period on the Record of Decision. So please, after you read this, look up the ROD on Sage Grouse and make your thoughts 26

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about the plan known.

In November the House approved a bill to remand management of wolves over to the states, we are working on the senate side of things right now to push this through and to delist from ESA. I’ll keep you posted on this.

For those of you who were at the OCA Annual convention and had noticed that I was not there much, it was because the Blue Mountain Plan objection meetings were being held at the same time in towns across Eastern Oregon. I only got to spend Friday, our PLC day at the convention. I attended Blue Mountain meetings in John Day and La Grande.

These meetings were for those persons or organizations who had stayed involved in the whole process from the very beginning to the very end. It was a chance to voice concern and resolution to those concerns to the U.S. Forest Service management team from Washington, D.C., office. My hope is that these meetings will affect some change in the plan as it pertains to grazing. Only time will tell.

By now all of you should have received a letter and an invoice for PLC dues, please support the Oregon PLC team and the national team as we work to retain and defend the right to graze our national and state public lands.

In closing, I would like to thank all of those who participated in our annual PLC meeting on Nov. 30.

From the Forest Service, BLM and NRCS employees who attended to the Senate and Congressional representatives who participated. I appreciate the time and travel that each of you took to attend the meeting.

A special thanks to Rep. Greg Walden and Sen. Diane Merkley who put together short video clips from their respected offices in Washington, D.C., highlighting the issues that we are working on together. If you missed them these clips can be viewed on the OCA website, www.orcattle.com.

Until next time, the feeding season has begun.

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UNDERSTANDING THE ECOSYSTEM

BEEF COUNCIL FUNDS RANGELAND RESEARCH

by Nicole Durfee, doctorate student, and Carlos Ochoa, Ph.D. Sound management decisions are based on sound science. The application of scientific principles ensures that we protect our natural resources and the interests of stakeholders for generations to come. I have always been fascinated by the intersection between scientific research and land use management. The two are indivisible, in my opinion.

As a doctorate student in the Water Resource Science program at Oregon State University (OSU), my research has focused on land use interactions with ecologic and hydrologic processes in rangeland ecosystems. Prior to joining OSU, I served in the United States Marine Corps for nearly ten years on active duty. While I had always planned to continue my education, I was thankful for the opportunity to serve my country.

My interest in studying land use and water resource management increased during my time in the military and I am thankful for the opportunity to pursue these research interests further. The Oregon Beef Council fellowship has allowed me to continue to work as part of Dr. Carlos Ochoa’s Ecohydrology lab in the Department of Animal and Rangeland Sciences at OSU. The Ecohydrology lab seeks to improve understanding between ecohydrological process and land use in rangeland ecosystems, and working with stakeholders is a key aspect of this.

The funding from OBC provides support for research at two research sites where we have strong collaboration

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with multiple producers, agency staff, and OSU faculty.

The first study site is the Camp Creek Paired Watershed Study (CCPWS) in central Oregon. This site has been the location of ongoing research into the hydrologic effects of western juniper since 1993. The study site allows us to assess the effects of juniper removal by comparing two watersheds, one dominated by juniper and a watershed where the majority of juniper has been removed.

In recent years, we have incorporated a systems, holistic, approach to look at the multiple ecological and hydrological connections occurring throughout the landscape, from the upper watersheds to the riparian area where both watersheds drain.

Our research at the CCPWS evaluates multiple hydrologic variables such as springflow, soil moisture, streamflow, and shallow groundwater levels as well as vegetation characteristics such as forage production, canopy cover, species diversity, etc. Our results show there are greater streamflow, springflow, and forage production at the treated watershed. Additionally, we found a significant increase in sagebrush cover after juniper was removed twelve years ago; while sagebrush cover has declined at the untreated watershed. The ongoing research at this site will allow us to evaluate both the impacts of western juniper encroachment as well as the rate of juniper reestablishment following removal.

Using this information, we will be able to evaluate the effectiveness of juniper removal in improving vegetation

and hydrologic response. This information can be used to inform future land management decisions.

In addition to ground-based measurements, we have incorporated the use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) in field data collection. We have used UAVs to successfully evaluate juniper sapling density and vegetation cover. Our results show that canopy cover estimates from UAV-imagery are as reliable as groundbased measurements. However, UAV-imagery can help evaluating vegetative features at larger scale areas in shorter periods; this can be useful for evaluating the extent of juniper encroachment. In the future, we will expand our use of UAVs to evaluate soil temperature characteristics, stream morphology, vegetation species diversity, and forage production. This will improve the understanding of important aspects of the landscape and management practices, and also will allow for more efficient data collection while maintaining accuracy.

Our newest study site is located on the Wilks Ranch in eastern Oregon. This long-term (10+ years) research

project will allow us to study land use and environment relationships across different areas within the landscape, from mixed conifer, through lodgepole pine and ponderosa, to juniper, sagebrush, and riparian areas, all present at the study site. This research will help us better understand the relationship between riparian vegetation, shallow groundwater, and stream temperature in the semiarid landscapes of eastern Oregon.

Through the generous support of the Oregon Been Council, and producers in Oregon, we will be able to continue and expand this research. I am grateful for the opportunity to be part of these important and unique research projects, which I believe will contribute to our understanding of rangeland ecosystems to improve land management. The continued collaboration of producers, agency staff, and researchers ensures not only an improved understanding of rangeland ecosystems but also the development of better-informed land management policies.

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Pride in PromotingOur Product

OREGON CATTLEWOMEN REPRESENT THE BEST IN BEEF PRODUCTION

by Oregon CattleWomen President Jenny Coelho The Oregon CattleWomen had a successful convention No. 29-Dec. 1 at the Riverhouse in Bend.

First, a big “Thank You� to all the OCW convention speakers, sponsors and donors. Your support is greatly appreciated!

Congratulations to Diana Wirth who is the 2018 Oregon CattleWoman. Thank you to Melodi Molt for her time in tooling the beautiful saddle blanket that Diana was honored with at the convention!

Congratulations to Klamath County CattleWomen for winning the saddle donated by Ag Insurance for the highest increase in new 2018 OCW membership!

Our new officers were installed by American National CattleWomen President Gwen Geis of Wyoming, to serve through 2020. Thank you, Gwen for traveling a whirlwind schedule just to make our meeting! Wendy Bingham has been phenomenal in serving as our OCW President these past two years.

I am pleased to have the opportunity to work with these wonderful successful women who work hard throughout the state and nation to share our message to the general public about the cattle industry.

Promoting beef products, educating about cattle production, encouraging youth development through the Collegiate CattleWomen and Jr. CattleWomen programs and getting the message to those who legislate within agriculture are extremely important things that we do as CattleWomen!

I would like to introduce our new officers to you. Diana Wirth, Klamath County, President Elect; Cheryl Buchanan, Baker County, Secretary; Heidi Gorden, Klamath County, Treasurer; Nancy Bailey, Baker County, Budget Officer; Katharine Jackson, Klamath County, West Area Vice President; Elisha Miller, Harney County, Southeast Area Vice President and Leslie Pierson, Umatilla County, Northeast Area Vice President.

We also have some terrific committee chairs that have stepped up and are willing to put their time into the different existing and new projects the Oregon CattleWomen participate in throughout the state.

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Junior CattleWomen; Tillie Flynn and Diana Wirth, Fundraising; Sarah Liljefelt, Legislative; Melodi Molt, Beef Gift Certificates; Susan Otley, Membership and our area vice presidents overseeing OCW events in each of their areas. A shout out to our members-atlarge who contribute their time to our programs!

MY STORY

A little background about how I came to be serving as your current OCW President. I have been involved in the cattle industry since the day I was born. One grandfather was a Jersey dairy farmer on the California coast in Manchester, Calif., and the other grandfather raised commercial beef cattle out of Elk, Grove Calif.

In 1966 the grandfather from Elk Grove moved his entire family to the Swan Lake Ranch out of Klamath Falls, bought from the famous actor Burt Lancaster.

The ranch needed a lot of development and my father, Bill Biaggi, and uncles Tom Venable and Pete Nevin, were all part of the ranching operation. However, we cannot forget about the women who contributed their hard work and time and have all served the Oregon CattleWomen as committee chairs, officers and as an Oregon CattleWomen president.

Pat Venable, Malinda Nevin and Peggy Biaggi.

Each of these ladies had a hand in shaping me for future leadership for the OCW. Pat recruited me right out of college and signed me up as a member.

Malinda drove me to my first state cOCA & OCW Convention in Portland and recruited me as membership chairman for Klamath County. Peggy, my mother, got me involved with the Region V American National CattleWomen meetings for the past eight years representing the state of Oregon.

Through their tutelage I have come to love what we as CattleWomen do at our county, state and national

levels.

As luck would have it, I married a former Fort Klamath rancher and team roper, Tony Coelho. Tony takes care of 2,500 yearlings each summer in Fort Klamath and golf has taken the place of team roping.

Together we raised three children.

We’re extremely blessed as my step daughter Lacey and son-in-law Nate Mello, and daughter, Candra and sonin-law Devon Etheridge, have given us six grandchildren.

Our son Cash Coelho, for the last three years has been working for Three Creek Construction Company out of Fort Klamath, doing NRCS construction projects for different ranchers as well as other construction projects for business entities. Cash also does a lot of weekend work for a few cattle ranchers and often he and Tony get to work cattle together!

OCW County Presidents: I would like to ask a favor from each of our Oregon CattleWomen County Presidents? A goal during my tenure as your OCW President is to make OCW a household name throughout the state.

If each County President can select an Oregon CattleWomen from your county and submit a short article and picture to me (cowsrus17@outlook.com) to feature them in the Oregon Cattlemen’s magazine to tell their CattleWomen’s story. We all have something to share that makes our lives interesting to others and encourages others to participate in sharing our message. Stay warm out there feeding those cows!

Outgoing OCW President Wendy Bingham with 2018 OCW Member of the Year and 2019 OCW Presidentelect Diana Wirth.

Wendy and Jacob Bingham at the final awards banquet as Wendy bid farewell to her year as OCW President.

John Flynn, displays the OCW fundraiser chinks adorned with Oregon cattle brands. The drawing for the chinks was held at the awards banquet and outgoing OCW President Wendy Bingham was thrilled to be the winner.

Ken Tew presents the OCW membership recruitment award saddle to Diana Wirth and Jenny Coelho, representing Klamath County CattleeWomen.

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2018 OCA & OCW Photo Contest Winners

“MOUNTAIN COWS & FLOWERS” IVA LOU JOHNSON, JOSEPH

“BRINGING ‘EM IN” BETH MACKENZIE, BAKER CITY

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“A COWBOY AND HIS COMPANIONS” IVA LOU JOHNSON, JOSEPH

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“MEET HENDERSON” KELSEY YAWN, WHITE CITY

“READY FOR DINNER” KELSEY YAWN, WHITE CITY

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“SUNSET” RODGER HUFFMAN, UNION

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“DIFFICULT ROADS LEAD TO BEAUTIFUL DESTINATIONS” HEATHER LINDER NAMPA, IDAHO

“SLIM” SHELBY SNOW, EAGLE POINT

“COWBOSS AND HER RANCH HAND” KASSIE DAVIS, ONTARIO

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RANCH LIFE

JUDGES NATALIE MCFARLANE, MCFARLAND PRODUCTIONS Natalie McFarland, Founder & Creator of McFarland Productions, first picked up a camera as a kid in 4H. Her life on the ranch, showing horses and training working dogs consumed most snaps of her shutter. That passion grew into purchasing her first professional camera just after high school and to a full blown business after college. Now, her skills as a photographer, videographer, & digital marketing consultant focus on the agriculture industry and western way of life shooting both commercial shoots as well as ranch weddings. She works with ag-related companies from registered and commercial cattle ranches, to western fashion brands, events, makers and large commercial brands. Based in Southwestern Oregon, Natalie & her team travel all over the U.S. and internationally promoting this great way of life. Natalie and her husband Kevin live in Southwestern Oregon with their horses and dogs.

JO’LENE FLINT, FLINT & CO. Raised in a ranching community in rural northern Utah, Jo’lene Flint grew to appreciate the raw and rugged nature of the American cowboy in her formative teenage years. Since then, she has grown her fondness for the western way of life an seeks every opportunity to capture it with her lens at cowboy gatherings, ranch rodeos and brandings across the Intermountain West.

She operates a small photography business, Flint & Co., while staying at home with her daughters Sunni and Rocki. She also assists JUDGES’ HONORABLE her husband Jake in their horse training business.

MENTION The Flint family currently resides in Marsing, “COWDOG” Idaho.

BETH MACKENZIE, BAKER CITY

Preliminary winners in the photo contest of the Oregon Cattlemen’s Association and Oregon CattleWomen’s Association were selected by judges and the “People’s Choice” Award was voted on from those winners by attendees at the Annual Convention in Bend. An honorable mention was also selected by judges.

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Science, Breed Associations and the Cow/Calf Producer

by OCA Beef Cattle Improvement Committee Chair Jon Elliott Recently, the American Hereford Association announced that it will henceforth be using a new system for EPD (Expected Progeny Difference) analysis. At the same time it got in a few digs against the system used by another, industry leading but unnamed, breed association.

I guess competitiveness is the American way, but the breed associations have left the cow/calf people in the dust as they try to beat up on the leader. Likewise academia. Along with EPD’s and genomic indicators, academics are still telling us we need to crossbreed to realize the benefits of heterosis (hybrid vigor).

Yesterday, so I could tell myself that I was being busy rather than being lazy, I was trying to figure out how the average person differentiates between heterosis and complementarity. If you Google them you get 800,000+ returns in 0.18 seconds, but really, you get about two that address the question. Along the way though, I did learn something new.

Years ago at Texas A&M, T.C. Cartwright published a paper (Expression of Heterosis in Beef Cattle 77843-2741) that reached the conclusion that heterosis might be simple magic, and speculated that heterosis between Bos taurus breeds or between Bos indicus breeds is only about half as great as it is between a Bos taurus animal and a Bos indicus animal. But more importantly, he says, “... heterosis is more important under stressing, harsh conditions than under less stressing production conditions for reproduction.” (my emphasis) We’ll get back to both of these speculations in a minute.

Lim-Flex cattle (37.5-75% Limousin and 25-62.5% Angus or Red Angus) are the result of complementarity.

Limousin cattle have some good traits, but at least two bad ones; they won’t grade and they are grumpy. The Limousin folks crossed them with Angus and Red Angus bulls and came up with what they call Lim-Flex cattle that grade better, have more milk, and are more docile. Why they didn’t just send the Limousins to town and replace them with Angus or Red Angus without going to all of that trouble is a question left unanswered.

Likewise, Santa Gratrudis, Brangus, Braford, Beefmaster, Balancer, and others are crosses of two or more breeds of cattle that use complementarity to produce an animal that has good traits of each breed and, it is hoped, fewer bad traits Now that AI has pretty much taken over from natural breeding for purebred beef cattle, breeders try to use within breed complementarity to produce “better” bulls by selecting specific semen for specific cows.

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into eastern Oregon to try to breed, through both complementarity and heterosis, range cattle that would thrive in the harsh eastern Oregon, Great Basin, environment. The results were mostly Brahman X Hereford, but also Brahman X Angus and Brahman X composite calves and cows that might have thrived if they had moved to the Texas panhandle.

Later, in the late 1960s and early 1970s, Brangus cattle (5/8 Angus and 3/8 Brahman) came into the state, with a few seedstock operations and limited success. (It’s interesting to note that, in the South and southwest, smooth and curly coat Brangus are recognized. Conventional wisdom is that smooth coat Brangus shouldn’t be used north of about Dallas and curly coat Brangus shouldn’t be used north of about the Texas/Oklahoma line.) I think there are now no Brahman (Bos indicus) influenced cattle in any numbers in Oregon. So, Cartwright’s speculation that heterosis displayed by Bos indicus X Bos taurus matings (either way) is about double that of within matings (Bos indicus X Bos indicus or Bos taurus X Bos taurus) is no longer practiced here, probably mainly because our eastern Oregon climate is too cold for Bos indicus cattle and our western Oregon climate is too wet for them.

Cartwright’s second speculation, and one that I haven’t been able to find any corroborating citations for, was that heterosis is probably more valuable in harsh, stressful environmental conditions. His basis for that statement stems from his idea that heterosis seems to “position” the animal to graze more efficiently and/or have the ability for greater intake of forage. He states flatly, “ ... the hybrid does not utilize its nutrient intake intrinsically more efficiently” than the non-hybrid. Cartwright didn’t explain how magic might be involved.

There are about 30 beef cattle associations in the U. S., including a few that represent composites of other breeds (Beefmaster, etc.). Not one of these associations tells us to use its cows and another breed of bulls. Several suggest their own bulls and another breed of cows, but almost never by name, only British, Continental, etc. and usually they specify, “no Brahman influence.”

The Beef Improvement Federation (BIF) is an organization of academics, universities, breed associations, and interested purebred operations that does marvelous research and reporting, especially in the EPD and genomic areas for beef cattle. (state cattlemen’s associations such as OCA are encouraged to be members of the BIF and to support their own chapters of the organization.) By its very nature, BIF doesn’t deal with cross breeding, hybrids, or heterosis. ...CONTINUED ON PAGE 38

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...CONTINUED FROM PAGE 36 Back again to Cartwright. He limited his speculation about heterosis being greater in harsh and stressful conditions to reproduction. When we hear about heterosis from those who know we are told that it will improve just about everything. Improved reproduction in range cows under harsh conditions is nothing to sneeze at. And certainly, if a cow is a better rustler, as Cartwright suggests and as many black baldy owners will attest, there are good reasons to be interested in crossbreeding our cows.

The problem is that no one is helping us figure out how to do it. I have great respect for most academics, but they’ve dropped the ball here. Few ,if any, commercial cow/calf operations have the time, the facilities, or the interest in running two separate herds of cattle, one a terminal cross herd and one a replacement heifer producing herd. And the suggestion that buying replacement heifers or replacement cows is a viable alternative, isn’t. Aside from the problem of finding a sufficient number of suitable replacement heifers each year, quality is a problem.

Who is producing F1 black baldies? And if they are, where are they getting replacements?

Most black baldies were from Hereford cows and Angus bulls because Hereford cattle were predominant and Angus bulls were brought in to try to get more milk from the Herefords.

But you only get an F1 black baldy from the straight breeding of an Angus and a Hereford (either way). So the guy who is selling F1 black baldy heifers is keeping a straight Hereford herd and using Angus bulls and he is getting his replacements from somewhere else.

Does anybody know of such an operation?

Also, the producer who might sell us straight bred replacement heifers needs replacements of his own. He’s not going to sell us his best heifers and keep his culls. The operation that grows replacement heifers that it buys from various sources likewise isn’t getting the best heifers because those producers keep them for themselves. Granted, the less good heifers in some herds are better than the best heifers in other herds, but those producers who have the lower quality best heifers are not going to be the buyers of the resulting, for sale, replacement heifers.

Consequently, we are not buying replacement heifers or replacement cows and most commercial herds now are single breed herds.

Most of us use Angus bulls (or another breed of bulls exclusively) and even if we see what look like black baldies or other cows with some color we have an Angus herd.

In a separate article I have suggested what I call the 3&30 herd. It is a legitimate breeding scheme that provides considerably more opportunity for heterosis to have an influence on

your herd than most of us have now. The basis of the 3&30 herd is that you transition, every ten years, to a different breed of bulls, use those bulls exclusively, and then transition to a third breed of bulls, and then on the 21st year transition back to the first breed or go on to a fourth breed of bulls.

The beginning of each transition will have no cows of the same breed as the new breed of bulls. The nuts and bolts and some cowboy genetics are included in the article.

What we have now is academics spending time and resources, and telling us to be sure to take advantage of something (heterosis) that isn’t practical or even doable in most of our operations. If there are real, viable ideas or if the 3&30 herd idea has merit to take advantage of heterosis, the scheme needs to be refined and published as a management practice that has a chance of success. Otherwise those who know should stop pushing heterosis.

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LIVESTOCK PRODUCERS PRAISE MODIFICATION TO SAGE GROUSE LAND USE PLANS On Dec. 6, Ethan Lane, Executive Director of the Public Lands Council and National Cattlemen’s Beef Association Federal Lands released the following statement in response to the Trump Administration’s modified stateby-state Resource Management Plan Amendments and Final Environmental Impact Statements contributing to the ongoing effort to overhaul the Obama-era sage grouse plans: “The 2015 Sage Grouse plan amendments failed to incorporate critical input from local stakeholders and risked causing serious damage to sage grouse conservation efforts. We are pleased to see the administration continue its efforts to bring the 2015 amendments in-line with state plans that better account for the diverse ecosystems across the West. Secretary Zinke and his team deserve our thanks for walking the walk and listening to those closest to the ground. We cannot afford to take important management tools like livestock grazing out of the toolbox.”

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TRADE NEGOTIATIONS CONTINUE TO OFFER OPPORTUNITIES TO U.S. BEEF With the signing of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), U.S. beef producers are one step closer to knowing that unrestricted, science-based trade will continue in North America. The agreement brings the trading relationship with our neighbors into the 21st century – and clearly rejects the failed beef and cattle trade policies of the past, said NCBA President Kevin Kester on Nov. 30 following the signing of the agreement.

“Open markets have helped U.S. producers flourish and created billion dollar markets for U.S. beef. We look forward to working with Congress to get USMCA passed into law as quickly as possible,” Kester said.

Background on USMCA Today the leaders of the United States, Mexico, and Canada signed the USMCA on the sidelines of the G-20 meeting in Argentina. The USMCA maintains unrestricted, duty-free trade for beef and cattle in North America. It also maintains science-based trade standards.

All three countries must complete their own domestic processes before the USMCA comes into force. In the U.S., Congress will need to pass legislation to implement the deal. The U.S. International Trade Commission is currently conducting an investigation into the likely impacts of USMCA. Texas rancher and NCBA member Kelley

Sullivan participated in the public hearing to explain how the agreement will benefit U.S. producers.

Moroccan Market Dec. 6 also marked the opening of a new market for U.S. beef, this time in Morocco. Kester issued the following statement in response to the announcement that U.S. beef gained new market access in Morocco: “Open markets are the lifeblood of the U.S. cattle and beef industry. New access to Morocco is welcome news for producers and we are excited that Moroccan consumers can now enjoy high-quality U.S. beef. NCBA is grateful for the leadership President Trump, Ambassador Lighthizer, and Ambassador Doud have shown on this issue. We look forward to working with them to continue tearing down trade barriers for U.S. beef in markets around the world.”

Morocco Background U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced today that the government of Morocco has agreed to allow imports of U.S. beef and beef products into Morocco.

2018 is the first year that U.S. beef exporters have access to Morocco’s market under the terms of the U.S.-Morocco Free Trade Agreement (FTA).

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Wet weather increases risk of foot rot from Sweetlix Sometimes, despite our best efforts, cattle have to stand in this water resulting in more cases of foot rot.

Why should you care you ask? Lame cows won’t eat enough and thus won’t make enough milk for calves and lame calves won’t graze either, resulting in further reduced weight gains. Lame bulls will not travel to seek out females in heat, meaning more open cows at the end of breeding season.

Why Does Wet Weather Cause More Foot Rot? Foot rot is caused by anaerobic bacteria that cannot penetrate intact healthy hoof tissue. However, when cattle continually stand in water and mud, their hooves soften, just like your fingernails after a long bath.

Softened hooves are less impervious to punctures and abrasions, thus giving the foot rot bacterium a route into the hoof. Therefore, we see more foot rot in herds exposed to long periods of wet weather.

Signs of Foot Rot Foot rot is first characterized by swelling between the toes. Eventually the skin splits open to reveal necrotic, foul-smelling tissue. The affected foot will be warm to the touch. Cattle often run a temperature and appear lethargic. The initial reddening of the skin is sometimes known as foot scald. If left untreated, the infection may progress up the foot into the joints, tendons and bone. If this occurs, the animal rarely recovers.

Other conditions causing lameness are often misdiagnosed as foot rot. These include: sole ulcers and abscesses, sole abrasions, cuts, punctures and laminitis. Cattle grazing endophyte-infected fescue pastures that have developed fescue toxicity experience a loss of blood circulation to the feet causing lameness, and are sometimes misdiagnosed as having foot rot. For these reasons, it is important to examine the affected animal(s) closely to confirm that the problem is in fact foot rot.

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animals. These bacteria can survive in the soil from 1 to 10 months and even longer within the hoof tissues.

Problems are usually introduced into a “clean” herd by purchase of an infected animal, mixing “clean” animals with infected animals or by using a facility (such as sale barn) after infected animals. Humans can also spread the disease on their boots or vehicles.

Prevention Do not purchase animals from herds that show signs of lameness. Always quarantine new animals (from any source) before introducing them into your herd. If you observe signs of lameness, clean and examine the foot to establish that you are dealing with foot rot. In mild cases topical application of zinc sulfate solutions or other acceptable treatments may be all that is necessary.

In severe cases antibiotics may be in order. Consult your local veterinarian for more information about diagnosis and treatment. Cattle that display chronic foot rot symptoms should be culled, as they will act as a reservoir for the foot rot organisms for the entire herd.

Management practices that help reduce hoof damage can help to reduce the incidence of foot rot in your herd. Maintain good drainage in and around watering and feeding areas. You may also think about placing concrete pads in these areas to reduce the amount of mud. Do not utilize sharp gravel in travel lanes. Proper ...CONTINUED ON PAGE 48

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...CONTINUED FROM PAGE 46 mineral nutrition, especially zinc and copper, can also help to improve hoof integrity and strength and reduce the incidences of foot rot.

Role of Zinc and Copper in Hoof Integrity Zinc is a critical nutrient involved maintaining hoof tissues, including, but not limited to, stimulating growth, production of keratin (the part that makes the hoof hard), improved wound healing and improved cellular integrity. Zinc-deficient cattle exhibit increased claw and hoof disorders as well as skin disorders and poor wound healing. Improved zinc nutrition has been proven to improve hoof health in deficient animals.

Copper is required for healthy claw horn tissue as well as antioxidant activity. Copper deficiency decreases the structural strength of hoof tissue. Copper deficiency also results in decreased immunity, infertility and decreased growth.

Supplementation Natural deficiencies in soils as well as high levels of antagonists make proper supplementation of zinc and copper extremely important for all cattle. Cattle producers who have observed lameness in their cattle should consider using a mineral supplement with enhanced levels of copper, as well as balanced levels of

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In summary, foot rot increases during prolonged wet weather. There are many management practices that you can employ to reduce the incidences of foot rot on your farm. Included among these is proper supplementation of zinc and copper. Many cattle show deficiency symptoms including: discolored hair coats, slow to shed out of winter coats, depressed immunity, decreased conception rates, increased days open and hoof problems.

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PHASE-OUT OF SELECT GRADE BEEF Select grade beef has an important past in the cattle and beef business. However, its tonnage is shrinking and will continue to trend lower in the coming decade, based on collaborative research conducted across all beef industry segments.

Anipro/Xtraformance Feeds, Top Dollar Angus and the Red Angus Association of America have joined forces to analyze the current and future role of Select grade beef in the U.S. beef supply chain through the release of an industry-focused white paper, “Phasing Out Select Grade Beef.”

A product that was once a major portion of domestic beef production, accounting for 40 percent of all graded product a mere 10 years ago, Select grade beef is now fading into the background as producers and feeders respond appropriately to market signals encouraging increased levels of marbling. Genetic improvements, grid marketing, changes in feeding practices and the growth of quality-based branded beef programs have drastically reduced the need for this once staple beef product in grocery stores and restaurants.

“The trend is well established with Select beef output being more than cut in half from 2007 to 2017,” said Tom Brink, CEO of the RAAA. “And there is no reason

to expect anything but continued shrinkage going forward. Through the Choice-Select price spread, the market continues to communicate that it wants more highly marbled beef. Producers in all segments are paying close attention to this economic signal and are on a path toward the practical elimination of Select beef in the coming decade.”

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ODA TO SEND EXPERTS TO CALIFORNIA TO CARE FOR HUNDREDS CAMP FIRE ANIMALS The Oregon Department of Agriculture (ODA) will or disaster. lead a team of 22 Oregon volunteers to Butte County, During their 9-day deployment Oregon’s volunteers California to take over the operations of the Small will help organize shelter operations, and assist in developing a long-term operations structure. The Animal Full Care Shelter. The shelter is one of 3 shelters veterinarians and technicians will oversee the ongoing established by the county to house companion animals care of the animals as well as develop and improve and livestock that cannot return home. ODA organized infectious disease management protocols. The shelter 5 veterinarians, 6 veterinary technicians and 11 shelter management experts will oversee approximately 30 management experts from all over the state to serve in a National Guard troops and other volunteers who are clinical and management role caring for more than 500 handling daily care tasks. animals. While roughly 100 of the animals have been matched with their owners, the remainder have yet to be claimed. The crew will leave Friday, December 14.

“When California asked for help, without hesitation we responded with a yes,” said ODA Director Alexis Taylor. “This is the first time as a member of the Emergency Management Assistance Compact (EMAC) OFFERING INCLUDES 23 YEARLINGS & we have been asked to organize 6 TWO-YEAR-OLD ANGUS BULLS a deployment. Being a good neighbor is a big part of what we Available Mid-February 2019 do at ODA. I really want to thank Introducing progeny of Kessler’s Generation 6559, with bulls all the volunteers who are taking time out of their busy lives to help also sired by RAA Top Shelf and Kessler’s Dependabull 0570. us make this happen so quickly.”

RAA GENERAL RAA GENESIS The state of California made the request through the EMAC, a national state-to-state mutual aid system. The EMAC request was sent directly to the Oregon Office Actual Actual of Emergency Management (OEM) Weaning Weaning who coordinated with ODA to Weight Weight 800 lbs 761 lbs fulfill the request.

Tag # J3 • Reg # 19225194 • DOB: 2/7/18 Tag # J4 • Reg # 19225192 • DOB: 2/11/18 ODA Veterinarian, Ryan Sire: Kessler’s Generation 6559 Sire: Kessler’s Generation 6559 Scholz, is organizing the MGS: TC Aberdeen 759 MGS:Holiday Improver 3033 deployment and sees this mission BW WW YW MK DOC BW WW YW MK DOC +2.5 +76 +130 +29 +22 +1.2 +60 +104 +33 +17 as preparation for our state. “This $W $F $G $B $W $F $G $B is a great opportunity for us to put +65.23 +102.88 +41.04 +159.46 +60.33 +64.68 +26.99 +148.55 our years of preparations to the test,” says Scholz. “I’m sure we will As in former years, the bulls will be gain tested, ultra sounded, learn a lot and we plan to bring semen tested, and priced according to pedigree and performance. that knowledge back to help ensure Volume discounts, free delivery, and will carry until April 1, 2019. that we can respond in the event of a natural disaster in Oregon. We Contact us for more details! need to be ready.”

Scholz also represents ODA ROLFE’S ANGUS ACRES as lead for the Oregon State Emergency Support Function Fred & Nancy, Thomas & Lauren Rolfe 17, Agriculture and Animal 63329 Hwy 97 • Grass Valley, OR 97029 Protection, that coordinates the 1(800) 238-2934 or (541) 993-1160 • raacows@hotmail.com state’s response for animal and agriculture issues in an emergency

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U.S. BEEF EXPORTS STAY RED HOT THOUGH 2018 from the U.S. Meat Export Federation

U.S. beef exports remained on a record-shattering value pace in October 2018, according to data released by USDA and compiled by the U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF).

October beef exports totaled 117,838 metric tons (mt), up 6 percent from a year ago, valued at $727.4 million – up 10 percent and the second-highest monthly total on record.

For January through October 2018, beef exports totaled 1.13 million mt, up 9 percent year-over-year, while value was up 17 percent to $6.92 billion. For beef muscle cuts only, exports increased 12 percent in volume (867,714 mt) and 19 percent in value ($6.19 billion).

Exports accounted for 13 percent of total beef production in October, which was steady with last year, and 11.6 percent for muscle cuts only (down slightly).

For January through October, exports accounted for 13.5 percent of total production and 11.1 percent for muscle cuts – up from 12.8 percent and 10.2 percent, respectively, last year. Beef export value equated to $317.53 per head of fed slaughter in October, up 5 percent from a year ago. For January through October, the per-head average was up 15 percent to $320.50.

“Demand for U.S. beef continues to climb in nearly every region of the world, with annual records already falling in some markets,” said Dan Halstrom, USMEF president and CEO. “Per-head export value will also easily set a new record in 2018, which illustrates the strong returns exports are delivering for cattle producers and for the entire supply chain.”

Halstrom added that upcoming trade negotiations with Japan are critical for the U.S. pork and beef industries, as all major competitors in the Japanese market will soon benefit from significant tariff reductions. USMEF, along with producers, exporters and other industry organizations submitted comments to the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) underscoring the importance and urgency of these negotiations and conveyed these points again in USTR’s Dec. 10 public hearing.

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New value records for U.S. beef in Korea, Taiwan, the Philippines Beef exports to South Korea, which had already set a new annual value record through September, remained on a torrid pace as October exports reached 20,171 mt (up 17 percent from a year ago) valued at $153.1 million (up 25 percent). January-October exports were up 35 percent in volume (200,666 mt) and 47 percent in value ($1.44 billion).

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have also edged higher in 2018, U.S. beef ’s market share has increased sharply, jumping from 49 to 53 percent.

October beef exports to leading market Japan were up 12 percent from a year ago in volume (26,954 mt) and 13 percent higher in value ($166.8 million). For January through October, exports to Japan were up 7 percent from a year ago in volume (279,825 mt) while value increased 10 percent to $1.76 billion. Chilled beef exports to Japan were down 1 percent to 123,712 mt, but value increased 8 percent to $990 million.

For January through October, other highlights for U.S. beef exports include: • Beef exports to Taiwan were up 34 percent from a year ago in volume (49,135 mt), while value reached $455.3 million – up 36 percent and already easily surpassing last year’s annual record of $409.7 million. Chilled exports to Taiwan were up 30 percent in volume (19,878 mt) and 35 percent in value ($249 million), as the United States captured more than 75 percent of Taiwan’s chilled beef market – the highest market share of any Asian destination.

• Exports to the Philippines soared 29 percent in volume to 14,751 mt and reached $72.4 million in value – up 35 percent and setting a new annual record. Solid growth in Vietnam also helped push beef exports to the ASEAN region 14 percent ahead of last year’s pace in volume (39,719 mt) and 26 percent higher in value ($218.1 million).

• Exports to Mexico were up 1 percent from a year ago in volume (199,003 mt) and 8 percent higher in value ($879.2 million). Beef muscle cut exports to Mexico have shown particularly strong momentum in 2018, increasing 8 percent in volume (118,177 mt) and 11 percent in value ($691.6 million).

• Although October volume trended lower, JanuaryOctober exports to China/Hong Kong were still 4 percent ahead of last year’s pace in volume (102,545 mt) and 24 percent higher in value ($823.5 million). This included exports to China of 5,677 mt valued at $48.6 million.

• Growth in the Dominican Republic, Jamaica and the Bahamas contributed to a 9 percent increase in the Caribbean region as exports reached 21,455 mt. Value was up 4 percent to $135.4 million.

• Led by strong growth in Costa Rica, Guatemala, Panama, El Salvador and Nicaragua, beef exports to Central America increased 18 percent year-over-year in volume (11,923 mt) and 14 percent in value ($64.6 million).

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Kessler Angus Over 55 Years in the Business

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DEPARTURES TERRY FRANCIS

Terry

Lee Francis of Stanfield was born April 10, 1954 in St. Helens, Oregon the son of Gus and Bertha (Dinges) Francis.

He passed away in Stanfield on Thursday December 6, 2018 at the age of 64.

Terry grew up and attended grade school on Sauvies Island and high school in Scappoose, Oregon.

He moved to the Hermiston area in 1976 where he has resided since.

He worked for C&B Livestock and Pioneer Implement for many years.

But his favorite job, that he took so much pride in was working as a livestock brand inspector for the State of Oregon for the last twenty years. He did it his way, while doing what he loved and gaining a whole new family.... his cattle family.

Terry enjoyed raising, showing and traveling the country to showcase his corriente cattle, that he took so much pride in. He loved to team rope, help his grandkids with their show cattle, wild cow milking at the Pendleton RoundUp and admiring his herd he and Anna worked so hard for.

Terry married Anna Banzhof on June 21, 1996. He was so very loved and we will miss him every

ANGUS MEANS BUSINESS. day.

Jake Troutt,

Regional Manager

He is survived by his wife, Anna; son, RJ (Sandy) Francis;

Idaho Oregon Washington Hawaii

daughters, Jenny (Justin) Estes and Jill (Bryce) McCallie; seven

6344 Beacon Light Road Eagle, ID 83616 208.921.6774 jtroutt@angus.org

grandchildren, Hannah, Hallie, Logan, Cidney, Cameron, Royce and Reagan; sister, Betty Hanson; and several nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents.

A Graveside service was held

A reliable business partner is difficult to come by. 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.

To subscribe to the Angus Journal, call 816.383.5200.

Watch The Angus Report on RFD-TV Monday mornings at 7:30 CST.

Sunday Dec. 16, 2018 at Pleasant View Cemetery near Stanfield. A Celebration followed at Double M Ranch Sale Barn in Stanfield.

To leave an online condolence for the family please go to www.

3201 Frederick Ave. | St. Joseph, MO 64506 816.383.5100 | www.ANGUS.org

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5J Angus......................................................................................................................59 Ag Insurance..............................................................................................................40 Allflex USA.................................................................................................................60 Allison Hay & Herefords..........................................................................................59 American Angus Association..................................................................................61 American Hereford Association..............................................................................60 Angus Alliance Bull Sale...........................................................................................35 Baker Angus Ranch...................................................................................................29 Bar 6 Charolais...........................................................................................................13 Bar CK Cattle.............................................................................................................58 Bar KD Ranch............................................................................................................19 Buchanan Angus........................................................................................................58 Burgess Angus Ranchy.............................................................................................17 Byrd Cattle Co............................................................................................................59 Chandler Herefords...................................................................................................43 Corsair Angus Ranch..........................................................................................38, 58 Crouthamel Cattle Co...............................................................................................37 Crystalyx.....................................................................................................................61 Double Eagle Ranch..................................................................................................58 Flying Y Angus..........................................................................................................11 Freeman Angus Ranch.............................................................................................58 Hang’n A Cattle Company.......................................................................................59 Harrell Hereford Ranch........................................................................................5, 59 Highview Angus........................................................................................................59 Hinton Ranch Simmentals.......................................................................................59 Hoffman Ranch.........................................................................................................39 Huffords’s Herefords.................................................................................................59 Kessler Angus.......................................................................................................27, 58 Klamath Bull Sale......................................................................................................18 Lambert Ranch..........................................................................................................19 Lautenschlager & Sons..............................................................................................58 Lorenzen Red Angus................................................................................................... 5 M3 Marketing............................................................................................................60 Maag Oft Vallad Bull Sale.........................................................................................25 Meadow Acres Angus...............................................................................................31 Mitchell Red Anbus...................................................................................................58 NCBA Convention and Trade Show.......................................................................63 Nelson Red Angus.....................................................................................................58 Northwest Farm Credit Services............................................................................... 9 Northwest Livestock Supply.....................................................................................42 O’Doherty Cattle Company.....................................................................................59 Oregon Trail Livestock Supply................................................................................40 PABCO Bull Sale.......................................................................................................47 Peterson CAT.............................................................................................................28 Price Cattle Co.....................................................................................................28, 58 Quail Valley Ranch....................................................................................................59 Rancher’s Choice Bull Sale.......................................................................................44 Robbins Farm Equipment........................................................................................50 Rock’N D Ranch........................................................................................................48 Rolfe’s Angus Acres.............................................................................................52, 58 Rollin Rock Genetic Partners.................................................................................... 2 Romans Ranch Charolais...................................................................................49, 59 Scales Northwest.......................................................................................................64 Schuster Herefords....................................................................................................59 South Mountain Ranch.............................................................................................48 Sunny Okanogan Angus...........................................................................................45 Superior Livestock.....................................................................................................28 Sweetlix.......................................................................................................................10 Teixeira Cattle Co..................................................................................................3, 59 Thomas Angus Ranch...............................................................................................59 Thompson Cattle Co.................................................................................................58 Totalis Design & Print..............................................................................................60 Tranham Ranches......................................................................................................59 Trinity Farms..............................................................................................................53 Udy Cattle Co.............................................................................................................55 V-A-L Charolais...................................................................................................15, 58 VF Angus Ranch........................................................................................................58 VF Red Angus............................................................................................................41 Western Stockman’s Simplot....................................................................................59 Western Video Market................................................................................................ 7 Wilco............................................................................................................................. 6 Windermere Real Estate...........................................................................................60 Wood V Bar X Ranch...............................................................................................58 Woodburn Livestock Exchange...............................................................................59 Wortman Ranch.......................................................................................................58

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CALENDAR

Jan. 30-Feb 1

Cattle Industry Convention & NCBA Trade Show New Orleans, LA

Feb. 8

Burgess Angus Ranch Bull Sale Homedale, Idaho

Feb. 9

PABCO Angus Bull Sale Madras

Feb. 9

PABCO Angus Bull Sale Madras

Feb. 12

South Mountain Ranch Bull Sale Marsing, Idaho

Feb. 15

Meadow Acres Angus Bull Sale Echo

Feb. 15

Lambert Ranch & Bar KD Ranch Modoc Bull Sale Alturas, Calif.

Feb. 15

Hoffman Hereford Ranch Thedford, Neb.

Feb. 15

Angus Alliance Bull Sale Lewiston, Idaho

Feb. 19

Teixeira Cattle Co. Bull Sale Terrebonne

Feb. 19

Kessler Angus Bull Sale Umapine

Feb. 19

V-A-L Charolais Bull Sale Nyssa

Feb. 22

Cowman’s Kind Charolais Bull Sale Madras

Feb. 22

Price Cattle Co. Bull Sale Echo

Feb. 23

Baker Angus Ranch Bull Sale Vale

Feb. 23

Rancher’s Choice Bull Sale Eltopia, Wash.

Feb. 27

Crouthamel Cattle Bull Sale Stanfield

Feb. 28

Lorenzen Ranches Bull Sale Madras

March 2

VF Red Angus Bull Sale Terrebonne

March 2

Trinity Farms Bull Sale Ellensburg, Wash.

Eltopia, Wash.

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