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Working With What You Have

Julie Gahn works to promote diversity on her 130-acre Spring Forest Farm

Raven Hill Homestead optimizes available land and resources

Home-Grown Birds

The Snow family has dedicated a portion for the family farm to a poultry operation

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Russellville, Ark., veterinarian named to board: Kayla Christine Blake of Russellville, Ark., has been named to the 2022 National Pork Producers Delegate Body by the USDA. Blake is a live pork veterinarian with JBS and oversees the health of 40,000 sows, which includes contract sow farms, multiplier units and two boar studs.

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Cartwright honored: Retired Cooperative Extension Service Director Rick Cartwright of Fayetteville, Ark., was recently inducted into the Arkansas Agriculture Hall of Fame. He was among the six new members inducted. Cartwright, an internationally-known rice pathologist, joined the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture in 1992 and served in numerous roles for both extension and the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station. He was appointed extension director in 2017 and retired in 20021.

Parsons earns scholarship: Arkansas Women in Agriculture (AWIA) has named Shae Parsons as a 2022 scholarship recipient. She received $500 for educational tuition expenses. Shae Parsons credits her career goals to her involvement with FFA. Originally from Branch, Ark., Parsons held numerous leadership roles within the organization and was named a Borlaug Scholar through her involvement with the World Food Prize Arkansas Youth Institute. Her passion for agriculture led her to Arkansas Tech University (ATU) to study agricultural education. Parsons plans to teach agriculture and later obtain a master’s in educational leadership while teaching. She is a member of ATU Agri Club, ATU Agriculture Ambassadors, ATU FFA Alumni & Supporters Chapter, and Zeta Tau Alpha.

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Jerry Crownover is Lots of kids are going to learn many valuable lesa farmer and former sons over the next few months, but I hope they reprofessor of Agriculture member, that livestock judges don’t know everything.

Education at Missouri I’ve been very fortunate in my lifetime to be able to State University. He is a judge cattle, sheep and hog shows all over the country. native of Baxter County, I’ve judged beef cattle at the American Royal, NationArkansas, and an al Western Stock Show, two different state fairs and at author and professional least a couple hundred county fairs and jackpot shows. speaker. To contact Jerry, While I’ve pretty much retired from judging hogs and go to ozarksfn.com and sheep, I still judge the occasional cattle show, but this click on ‘Contact Us.’ column is about the one and only time I judged a goat show…and I can only hope that the people involved have forgotten the event.

Some 20 years ago, I was invited to officiate a district fair in another state. I had judged that event three years prior, providing my opinion on both beef and sheep, and had enjoyed working with everyone involved. The fair officials wanted to know if I would judge their market goat show so they wouldn’t have to pay for a goat judge.

I, very tactfully, informed them that I had never judged goats before, and probably shouldn’t start at that point in my life. However, they were very persuasive, and reassured me there would only be a couple of goats, and it would save the fair a lot of money. “It’s for the kids,” they added.

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As my day progressed, I had to run over to our loTo contact Jody, go to cal club store to pick up some bulk items that I canozarksfn.com and click on not purchase at our local grocery store. On my way ‘Contact Us.’ over, I passed the University of Arkansas teaching farm. There was a sea of blue and gold FFA jackets covering that part of campus. I knew immediately, these students were in town for contest season (now known as career and/or leadership development events).

As I made my way through the club store, I stopped by the café for a snack and drink before I went to my car. I was seated behind a group of young ladies donning their official dress. I asked them which contests (old habits die hard) they were participating in that day. They had just completed the Food Science CDE. They were not sure how they had done but told me they would be participating in LDEs later in the month.

One of the students was an FFA Creed Speaking competitor. I was so encouraged by their enthusiasm and shared with them that I had been a Missouri State FFA officer in 1995-96. By this point in the conversation, their FFA advisor stepped in to relay how competitions were split between career and leadership development.

The leadership development events would be held later in the month at the Arkansas State FFA convention in Hot Springs. I told them to keep up the good work and continue to pursue opportunities provided by the FFA. It was one of the best leadership and agriculture organizations I have ever had the privilege of being a member of.

There are opportunities to learn, appreciate and grow around every corner in life.

Whether we are at work, with our families or out in our local community. Recently a friend’s business sponsored a dunk tank for his hometown’s local high school fundraiser. Not considering the schizophrenic Arkansas spring weather we are having, I agreed to be one of the dunk tank victims. Tomorrow I will head down to Alma and hope for sunshine. The dunk tank will help raise money for a great cause – Alma High School Project Graduation. I cannot believe the things I let myself get talked into.

It may be cold, but I am always thankful for an opportunity to help young people and lend a hand when a friend asks for help. My schedule is more hectic than it has ever been, but there should always be time to stop and enjoy conversations with young people – and of course, time for smelling the tulips, neighbor.

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Environmentalists blame farmers and ranchers for everything wrong on the Earth, and farmers and ranchers push back because they feel attacked for doing what they think is best for their land. The two sides should come together and see they have many of the same goals.

Environmentalists want clean water. So do farmers. Farmers want to improve soil quality. So do environmentalists. Environmentalists want to improve the Earth for future generations. So do farmers.

Environmentalists and farmers do differ on some issues, such as “rewilding” some areas.

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A few days before the show, I got on the internet and searched high and low before finding a little blurb (and video) on judging meat goats from Texas A&M University. I watched it, and picked up some terminology, that was used in the world of goats. The video showed how the judge handled the animals and it wasn’t that different from how I had handled market lambs hundreds of times before. I felt I was ready to make my way through a couple of meat goats.

On the day of the show, I had just finished sorting through about 150 head of beef cattle when the show director asked me if I was ready to judge the goat show.

When I answered in the affirmative, she informed me that there were 28 market goats divided into four classes by weight.

Since there were kids all around, I could only think the curse words.

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An hour and a half later, I had congratulated the champion, and was quickly headed to my truck to make a fast getaway back to Missouri, when I saw a man approaching me much too quickly.

“Sir,” he yelled. “Could I have a minute of your time?”

Expecting to be reamed out by someone who had discovered my ruse, I was shocked when the gentleman started complimenting me on the job I had done.

“You seem to know so much about meat goats, I wonder if you could give me some good sources of information, since I work with 4-Hers in the next county over.”

“I’m happy to,” I responded with a sigh of relief. “Texas A&M has some wonderful material on judging meat goats and I would recommend them highly.”

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The Snow Family Farm and Hatchery dedicates 2 acres of their farm to raising standard and bantam chicken breeds, as well as other species of birds.

“My dad got me started on chickens For six years the Snow family has scratched out a living provided when I was a little kid,” Dillon said. “As quality poultry in rural Seminole I got older, I wanted to continue raising chickens but switched my focus to egg County in central Oklahoma.

The Snow Family Farm and Hatch- production and show birds.”

The Snow Family Farm and Hatchery ery has a selection of 11 standard breed utilizes a natural breeding program. chickens and six bantam breeds.

“We try to run one rooster per six to “We also raise ducks, geese and tureight hens in all of our breeding pens,” keys,” said Dillon Snow.

Dillon runs the farm with his son, Jor- Dillon said. “Our breeding season runs don Strafford, his brother Zach Snow from Feb. 1 until Oct. 1, and we hatch chicks all during that time. We try to and the family matriarch Fran Snow.

“All family owned and operated,” said avoid having chicks during the coldest months,” Dillon Dillon. said. “We try to only The Snow Family raise chicks when Farm and Hatchery we don’t have to use is a hobby farm. Dil- lon is a as much electricity teacher and coach but loves aniKonawa, Okla. for heat lamps.” mals, so it is a secondary income The 80-acre famduring the summer months, he ily farms have two said.

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acres dedicated to poultry, he said.

“We roughly have about 200 breeders and then we hatch out and sell roughly 2,000 chicks a season,” Dillon said.

The farm’s feed bill runs around $350 a month, he said.

“All our breeding pens are on feeder systems, so they have to be filled every three days,” said Dillon. “Water containers are emptied and refilled every day.”

To protect the farm’s poultry health, the Snow Family Farm and Hatchery does not bring into their flock other adult birds, he said.

“If we decide to raise a new breed, we raise them from chicks to cut down the chance of bringing a disease in to the farm,” Dillon said. “All our chickens are wormed during the off season so as it doesn’t effect egg production.”

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Julie Gahn works to promote diversity on her 130-acre Spring Forest Farm Julie Gahn didn’t grow up wanting to be a farmer. In fact, for most of her adult life, as a member of the United States Coast Guard, she dealt mostly with an area considered the exact opposite of farmland.

Yet, Julie is now the owner and operator of Spring Forest Farm in Hulbert, Okla.

But she said it was her years in the Coast Guard that made her see the necessity for a major overhaul in how food is obtained.

“I got a close-up view of what our whole petrochemical industrial complex is like, and I responded to several oil and chemical spills,” Julie said. “I commuted through the communities that are beside those refineries.

I tutored in an elementary school that was near the Houston Ship channel. I just think we can create a better environment for everybody that’s touched by the system if we

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transition to a more natural approach.”

Julie said for the environmental issues in the world to be solved, farms and ranches must take on a more natural approach.

“Change the World by Changing what you eat” is the tagline Julie chose for Spring Forest Farm.

“I don’t think it’s pie-in-the-sky thinking.

I think it’s doable,” Julie said. “I think we can minimize our reliance on the whole fossil fuel system. I think we’re transitioning from a petro-chemical age to an ecological age, and I think the air and water will be cleaner, and the soil will be healthier for it if we do it right.”

While in the Coast Guard, Julie’s specialty was environmental health with a focus on industrial hygiene.

“I got to take biochemistry courses when I earned my Master’s degree,” Julie said. “In the Coast Guard, I applied that to worker health and safety.”

But then Julie’s family moved to Oklahoma. Her days in the Coast Guard were over, and she didn’t know what she wanted to do next.

“I kind of made an assessment of my knowledge, gifts and talents, if you will, and tried to figure out what to do with my adult brain while raising young kids,” Julie said. “I ended up starting a community Hulbert, Okla. garden first because all that science education combined with raising kids led to an increased interest in nutrition.”

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Julie said she was inspired by an email from Bob Waldrop, who had started the Oklahoma Food Co-op to connect producers with customers. The email concerned permaculture, which led Julie to take a permaculture design certificate course.

It was in that course she learned of Mark Shepard, a farmer in Wisconsin, who had the best example of farm-scale permaculture in the country.

After a while, Julie found she wanted more than just a community garden. She wanted her own land to create the type of farm she believed was best suited for what she was trying to accomplish.

“We ended up buying 130 acres with the hope of buying enough land to test and demonstrate methods I had learned in the permaculture design course,” Julie said.

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meet your neighbors Spring Creek between Tahlequah and Hulbert, Okla.”

Julie and her husband purchased the farm in the summer of 2010. After renovating a cabin on the property, the family moved onto the land in the spring of 2011.

To “wrap her brain around farm-scale permaculture,” Julie and her two daughters traveled to Wisconsin that summer to visit Shepard. In return, Julie agreed to host him at her farm for educational events.

One of the ideas Julie has taken from Shepard is increasing diversity and protecting the soil by growing tree crops like pecan and chestnuts.

Julie has picked up other lessons she has adopted for her farm including the USDA-NRCS Five Soil Health Principles: 1) Soil armor; 2) minimizing soil disturbance; 3) plant diversity; 4) continual live plant/ root; and 5) livestock integration.

an end and I wouldn’t be able to sustain that level. As a beginner, and as one who doesn’t use sale barns or feedlots, I didn’t have a good system for culling heifers that weren’t going to be good mommas. I finally figured out how to do that working with the processors.”

Her herd is made of mixed breeds, such as Red Angus and Gelbvieh, which are two strains Morrow had been experimenting with.

“There was some black Angus in there, and then the South Pole breed started getting noticed,” Julie said. “That’s a breed that was developed in Alabama to finish well on grass in the heat. I custom-grazed some heifers for Ann Wells, and she purchased a South Poll bull that she bred with those heifers and allowed me to breed with my herd. Recently, I met a South Poll bull breeder that’s accessible

enough land to make it yourself is hard.”

At some point, Spring Forest Farm will transform into the ecosystem Julie has imagined. She wants to add more ruminant species and tree crops from which to earn income. She wants to show this approach can be successful and financially stable. “It’s overwhelmingly humbling, but

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Julie doesn’t envision growing her herd much bigger than it is now.

“I’m leaning towards the philosophy of drought stocking. I don’t want the herd to get too big. I think I’m going to keep it around 30 for a couple of years and see if I can really stockpile grass and not need to buy hay,” Julie said. “Hay is the biggest thorn in my side. I don’t enjoy trying to find good hay, and I don’t enjoy getting it delivered and offloading it, and I don’t particularly enjoy feeding it. It’s a lot more fun to just go move a couple of fences and watch the herd enjoy their next paddock.

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“What I’m trying to do is promote as much diversity on the farm as we can to develop a whole functioning ecosystem.

We don’t use chemicals on our pastures.

The goal is for the whole ecosystem to take care of itself. It’s just been an adventure in learning how to integrate everything and keep it all working together. I think of it as ‘the dance’ .”

While Julie wants to create her own ecosystem, the centerpiece enterprise of Spring Forest Farm is the raising and selling of beef. She got her starter herd from her first grazing mentors, Ann Wells and Ron Morrow, who own Ozark Pasture Beef in Arkansas.

“I currently have 29 head of cattle. I had a lot more when we had those wet years,” Julie said. “But I culled a lot in 2020 because I worried those wet years were coming to

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ozarks

roots

the people, places and traditions that make the ozarks home Photo by Sheila Stogsdill

The Stone Church on the Hill

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By Sheila Stogsdill

Cayuga Splitlog Mission Church was constructed the Seneca Tribe Chief Mathis Splitlog Nestled near the Elk River and Grand Lake in Grove, Okla., amid acres of lush foliage, tourists to the area are often surprised to find a century-old stone church among the lake cabins and boats sitting on top of a hill.

The gray limestone church’s steeple is tall enough to be seen almost a mile away.

Cayuga Splitlog Mission Church and its picturesque cemetery is a hidden gem.

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Visitors walking among the cemetery’s mid-1880 grave markers may see a doe and her fawn grazing nearby or a mischievous raccoon stealing a flower off a grave.

Mathias and Eliza Splitlog built Cayuga Splitlog Mission Church. It is considered the only church in Oklahoma, and perhaps in the United States, which was built solely by a Native American with his own funds for the religious use of all people.

Mathias Splitlog, also known as the “Millionaire Indian,” built the church out of love for his wife. But the church became a symbol of love between Mathias and his Creator, as well.

Chief Splitlog was the Principal Chief of the Wyandotte (Huron) tribe before their removal from Canada to Ohio.

One son, Mathias Thomas Splitlog, was born in 1821 on the Wyandotte Reservation, now known as Anderdon, On-

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tario, Canada. He married Eliza Charloe Barnett in 1847, the great-niece of Chief Henry Jacques of the Wyandotte Tribe in Ohio, according to family historical documents.

Mathias Splitlog was ceremonially adopted into the Seneca Tribe in 1870 and later became their Chief.

Gifted with a bright mind, Splitlog would often watch and study the steam engine and soon mastered its principles.

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ozarks roots By studying the machinery, he could soon build a replica that powered a boat he and his brother built as they engaged in trade in the Great Lakes area, according to historical documents.

Always the entrepreneur, Splitlog built a sawmill, gristmill and another steamboat that journeyed on the Missouri River, eventually making Splitlog a wealthy man.

The family moved to Indian Territory, now known as Delaware County, and built a sawmill, a buggy factory, and a general store. The area became known as Cayuga Springs, according to Splitlog family documents.

Not known as a religious man, Splitlog would often allow his general store to serve as a church Sunday morning. Father Ketchum, a Roman Catholic priest, converted the Splitlogs to Catholicism, and in 1886, Splitlog began plans for a church to be built south of the buggy factory.

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Ketchum helped design the church and used limestone that was plentiful in the area.

The church was decorated inside with hand-carved, imported wood. At the front of the church is an elaborately carved piano, which sits silently due to years of abandonment.

Outside, the name “Splitlog” is spelled out, one letter over each arched, stained-glass window. The arch forming the doorway to the church is constructed with 15 stones, each carved with an Indian symbol.

Eliza Splitlog died in 1894, and her funeral was held in the unfinished church, with her final resting place on the grounds near the church. The church was completed and dedicated Nov. 25, 1896, as St. Mathias Catholic Church.

Included in the dedication ceremony was a tribute to Eliza Splitlog that included the ringing of a bronze bell.

On Dec. 22, 1896, Splitlog began what would be his final journey to Washington, D.C., on behalf of the Seneca Tribe. While en route, he fell ill, and soon after his arrival in Washington, he developed pneumonia and died on Jan. 1, 1897. His body was returned to Cayuga, where Mass was celebrated Jan. 14, 1897, in the same stone church he and Eliza had built. He was buried in the cemetery that adjoins the church.

For many years, the church was unused. Later, the church served as a school, then was abandoned and fell prey to vandalism. The bronze bell that had been cast in Belgium and once summoned its congregation to the old stone church was transferred to St. Catherine’s parish in Nowata.

The Catholic diocese sold the building to the Cayuga Methodist Episcopal Church Methodist Church in the early 1930s. It was later sold to R.A. Sellers

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Sr., whose family owns a lake home near the church.

The Sellers family has repaired the church throughout the years and has made provisions for care of the church and adjoining cemetery, including returning the bell to Cayuga Splitlog Mission Church with the help of Grover Splitlog, a grandson.

The old, tarnished bell now is in the front yard of the church’s groundskeeper.

On Oct. 16, 1972, the church was placed on the National Register of Historic Places.

For many years, bells rang out over Grand Lake as a group forming the Grand Lake Ministries began to hold services from May until September for tourists. In 1998, the group disbanded; however, several residents from the area met with the Sellers family, and with the family’s blessing, Cayuga Mission church was opened year-round.

Services are 8:30 a.m. on Sunday.

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History: 5Q Land Services started n Location: nearly two years ago when Kevin Sbanotto and his father-in-law, Chad Harbison, Fayetteville, Ark. began to clear brush, dead trees, and other n Owner/Operator: undesirable vegetation on Chad’s farm.

Kevin Sbanotto “We started with a skid steer with a little dirt work and decided people needed more land clearing, forestry mulching, and things like that,” Kevin explained. “We bought equipment, and word started spreading.

People liked the services we are providing, and today we are busy as ever.”

Services: 5Q Land Services does not clear large stands of hardwoods or bulldoze.

“What we do is eco-friendly land clearing,” Kevin said. “We do selective land clearing with a forestry mulcher, and what that does is leave the good and takes away the bad. This clears up land so you can regain pasture, get rid of thorns and thistles and take back the pasture that has been lost without spending years trying to clear it with livestock or chemicals. I come in, clean it up, and the owners have usable pastures again, with the hardwoods left for shade.”

5Q Land Services can clear heavy brush and trees up to 8-inches in diameter. What is cleared from the property is ground into a beneficial mulch.

Kevin said using his smaller equipment allows 5Q Land Services to get to places larger tractors and equipment might not be able to reach.

“It just saves a lot of time,” he said. “We can get in there and clear out fence rows, get the vines out that kill trees and saplings that take over. It’s not dozer work; it’s selective land clearing. We aren’t going in and pushing out stumps and creating wide-open pastures; it’s more of a clean-up.”

In addition to pastures, 5Q also offered services to residential and commercial customers and path clearing for trails.

“We haven’t had a job that was too big for us,” Kevin said.

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Future Plans: Kevin said he is not ruling out possible expansion down the road, but he likes where the company is now.

“I can be selective with the jobs I take,” he explained. “At the end of the day, I want a happy customer, not more jobs. Being a small business, I like getting to know my customers and making connections with them so I can be more effective in what I do.”

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Now I am one of two general foremen in field operations and manage different crews on different projects.”

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ily farm shared between me and my dad Oren, who was born on this land. He continued to buy more land until we now have 600-plus acres. He was instrumental in me choosing farming. When I was very young and in grade school, I boldly claimed all the red heifers, and he allowed me to have them. Those heifers were the beginning of my cattle herd today. Our farm contains 50 mostly black mommas divided into two herds, with one being bred by SimAngus and the other by a new Hereford bull. We n Hometown: shoot for spring calves with calving beWinslow, Ark. ginning mid-February. We retain up to 10 heifers as replacements. The whole herd is n Family: Wife Janet; vaccinated in November when the calves daughters are weaned with calves receiving their secKendal Grace and ond round five weeks later. The land also Kaylea; and son Eber needs care. We apply a granule commercial fertilizer in the spring but only spot spray for thistles since the pastures are well-established. Another annual routine is brush hogging the rough areas in July, and we have plenty of rough areas due to the topography. We use some rotational grazing and move the cattle from their winter pasture to their summer pasture so that the winter pasture can grow and supply hay. We bale 500 bales in a typical year, usually enough to meet our needs. We are really happy our children were raised on the farm because that lifestyle taught them a sense of responsibility since they had to feed their show animals in the morning before going to school. They also learned a respect for agriculture and where their food comes from, so much so that Kendall Grace is now a junior in college and earning her degree in agribusiness. Kaylea is studying to be a nurse, while our son Eber works in Fayetteville in fiberglass repair.”

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market sales reports Norwood, Mo. • Producers Auction Yards Sheep/Goat

bulls

(Week of 4/3/22 to 4/9/22)

3/26/22

Receipts: 1,136 86.00-109.00 † Arkansas Cattle Auction A huge crowd was on hand for this Saturday sale.

Ash Flat Livestock Auction 80.00-114.00 † Midwest - High Plains Direct Slaughter Cattle 4/11/22 Compared to the sale last month slaughter lambs traded † Benton County Sale Barn - Siloam Springs None Reported 5.00-15.00 lower. Slaughter ewes and replacement sheep 5 Area (Tx-Ok, Ks, Neb, Ia, Colo, Nm, Mn) Cattlemen’s Livestock Auction 89.00-127.00* traded steady. In the goat portion of the sale, feeder and Live Basis Sales - Over 80% Choice † Cleburne County Livestock Auction - Heber Springs 102.00-109.00 slaughter kid goats traded steady. Slaughter nannies also Steers: 137.00-143.00; wtd. avg. price 139.27. † County Line Sale Barn - Ratcliff 75.00-90.00 traded steady. Replacement goats traded 35.00-65.00 Heifers: 136.00-141.00; wtd. avg. price 138.87.

Decatur Livestock Auction 90.00-127.00* per head higher. Supply was heavy with good demand.

Dressed Basis Sales - Over 80% Choice Vinita Stockyards Supply included: 65% Slaughter Sheep/Lambs (86% Not Reported* Steers: 219.00-223.50; wtd. avg. price 222.79.

Hair Breeds, 14% Hair Ewes); 7% Replacement Sheep/ Not Reported* Farmers Regional Sale Barn - Springdale Heifers: 222.00-222.00; wtd. avg. price 222.00.

Fort Smith Stockyards Lambs (64% Hair Ewes, 31% Families, 4% Hair Bucks); 84.00-122.00* Four State Stockyards 7% Feeder Goats (100% Kids); 17% Slaughter Goats (32% 70.00-126.00* Kids, 66% Nannies/Does, 3% Bucks/Billies); 4% ReplaceI-40 Livestock 56.00-119.50 † Joplin Regional Stockyards ment Goats (47% Nannies/Does, 53% Families).

86.00-121.00 † Slaughter Sheep/Lambs: Mid-State Stockyards 120.00* Diamond, Mo. • TS White Sheep/Goat 4/7/22 Hair Breeds - Choice and Prime 1-3 (per cwt): 330.00North Arkansas Livestock - Green Forest 88.00-123.00 † Receipts: 789 505.00.

95.00-120.00 † OKC West - El Reno Compared to the sale last month slaughter lambs Hair Breeds - Choice 1-3 (per cwt): 300.00-360.00.

Ouachita Livestock Auction - Ola 78.50-112.50 † traded 10.00-18.00 lower. Slaughter ewes traded steady.

Hair Ewes - Good 2-3 (per cwt): 150.00-188.00.

Ozarks Regional Stockyards 67.00-126.00 † In the goat portion of the sale, feeder kid goats traded Hair Ewes - Utility and Good 1-3: 130.00.

Not Reported* Stilwell Livestock Auction 15.00-50.00 higher.

Slaughter kid goats traded 30.00Hair Ewes - Cull and Utility 1-2 (per cwt): 94.00-115.00.

Tulsa Livestock Auction 104.00-122.00 † 40.00 higher.

Slaughter nannies traded steady.

Internet Replacement Sheep/Lambs: Welch Stockyards 90.00-130.00* purchasing was very active. Supply was moderate with Hair Ewes - Small and Medium 1-2 (per head): 250.00very good demand.

Supply included: 56% Slaughter 285.00.

30 50 70 90 110 130 150 Sheep/Lambs (11% Wooled & Shorn, 70% Hair Breeds, Families - Small and Medium 1-2 w/<20 lbs lamb (per 9% Ewes, 10% Hair Ewes); 18% Feeder Goats (100% Kids); family): 240.00-480.00.

27% Slaughter Goats (27% Kids, 54% Nannies/Does, 16% Families - Small and Medium 1-2 w/20-40 lbs lamb (per Bucks/Billies, 2% Wethers, 2% Wether Kids). family): 540.00-780.00.

(Week of 4/3/22 to 4/9/22) Slaughter Sheep/Lambs: Hair Bucks - Small and Medium 1-2 (per head): 375.00.

Arkansas Cattle Auction 45.00-92.00 † Wooled & Shorn - Choice and Prime 1-3 (per cwt): Feeder Goats: Ash Flat Livestock 37.00-89.00 † 275.00-330.00.

Kids - Selection 1 (per cwt): 365.00-465.00.

Benton County Sale Bar - Siloam Springs None Reported † Hair Breeds - Choice and Prime 1-3 (per cwt): 285.00Kids - Selection 2 (per cwt): 282.50-385.00.

Cattlemen’s Livestock Auction 60.00-92.00* 357.50.

Kids - Selection 3 (per cwt): 200.00.

Cleburne County Livestock Auction 54.00-83.00 † Hair Breeds - Choice 1-3 (per cwt): 255.00-265.00.

Slaughter Goats: 31.00-80.00 † County Line Sale Ewes - Good 2-3 (per cwt): 185.00.

Kids - Selection 1 (per cwt): 350.00-415.00.

70.00-99.00* Decatur Livestock Auction Ewes - Utility and Good 1-3 (per cwt): 87.50-125.00.

Kids - Selection 2 (per cwt): 265.00-350.00.

Not Reported* Vinita Stockyards Hair Ewes - Good 2-3 (per cwt): 140.00-225.00.

Nannies/Does - Selection 1-2 (per cwt): 130.00-375.00.

Not Reported* Farmers Regional Sale Barn - Springdale Hair Ewes - Utility and Good 1-3 (per cwt): 85.00-155.00. Bucks/Billies - Selection 1-2 (per cwt): 210.00-250.00.

20.00-86.50* Fort Smith Feeder Goats: Replacement Goats: 36.00-100.00* 3 Four State Stockyards Kids - Selection 1 (per cwt): 360.00-520.00.

Nannies/Does - Selection 1-2 (per head): 285.00-335.00.

I-40 Livestock - Ozark 45.00-88.00 † Kids - Selection 2 (per cwt): 260.00-365.00.

Families - Selection 1-2 W/<20 lbs kid (per family): Joplin Regional Stockyards 37.50-94.50 † Kids - Selection 3 (per cwt): 245.00.

340.00-690.00.

Mid-State Stockyards 98.00* Slaughter Goats: † North Arkk 16.00-93.50 Kids - Selection 1 (per cwt): 340.00-440.00.

67.00-99.00 † OKC West - El Reno Kids - Selection 2 (per cwt): 240.00-335.00. † Ouachita Livestock 31.00-91.00 Kids - Selection 3 (per cwt): 205.00-230.00. † Ozarks Regional Nannies/Does - Selection 1-2 (per cwt): 145.00-360.00.

30.00-100.00 Stilwell Livestock Auction Bucks/Billies - Selection 1-2 (per cwt): 165.00-275.00.

Not Reported* † Tulsa Livestock Auction Wethers - Selection 3 (per cwt): 220.00.

52.00-94.00 Wether Kids - Selection 2 (per cwt): 305.00.

Welch Stockyards 60.00-96.00*

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195.00-220.00 165.00-205.00 156.00-196.00 134.00-173.00 167.00

180.00-230.00 163.00-210.00 163.00-202.00 154.00-189.50 163.00-168.00

170.00-229.00 165.00-213.00 160.00-187.00 150.00-177.00 142.00-164.00

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179.00-181.00 167.00-188.00 159.00-167.00 ---------

198.00-229.00 180.00-226.00 170.00-215.00 160.00-190.00 150.00-165.00

160.00-200.00 156.00-175.00 132.50-166.00 148.00 125.00-145.00

191.00-197.50 164.00-207.50 150.00-167.00 132.00-159.00 129.00

183.00-209.00 150.00-205.00 145.00-185.00 148.00-156.00 126.00-140.00

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160.00-190.00 150.00-176.00 144.00-162.00 140.00-158.00 -----

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180.00-220.00 170.00-215.00 160.00-200.00 140.00-166.00 130.00-155.00

125.00-176.00 120.00-182.50 118.00-163.00 130.00-142.00 115.00

158.00-169.00 150.00-177.00 134.00-168.00 120.00-139.00 131.00

160.00-189.00 149.00-175.00 139.00-170.00 126.00-156.00 130.00-132.00

145.00-178.00 140.00-173.00 135.00-165.00 130.00-152.00 120.00-145.00

120.00-165.00 135.00-170.00 136.00-157.00 140.00-146.00 144.00

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150.00-188.00 145.00-179.00 140.00-174.00 138.00-158.00 130.00-149.00

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185.00-231.00 182.00-226.00 180.00-210.00 166.00-178.00 151.00-167.00

190.00-217.00 161.00-207.50 180.00-205.00 181.00 138.00-144.00

220.00-237.50 217.00-230.00 192.00-217.00 171.00-189.00 158.00-168.00

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169.00-220.00 150.00-214.00 148.00-185.00 134.00-162.00 125.00-143.50

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145.00-200.00 136.00-185.00 122.00-172.00 115.00-162.00 -----

161.00-189.00 150.00-179.00 145.00-166.50 143.00-164.00 135.00-146.00

160.00-187.50 157.50-205.00 142.50-200.00 133.00-209.00 142.00

175.00-197.50 170.00-185.00 163.00-174.00 153.00-165.00 143.00-154.75

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Receipts: 696 A large crowd was on hand for this March Buffalo Livestock Sheep and Goat sale. Compared to last month slaughter lambs traded 20.00-25.00 lower. Slaughter ewes traded steady. Replacement ewes traded 25.0035.00 lower. In the goat portion of the sale feeder kid goats traded steady to 5.00 higher with slaughter kid goats trading steady. Slaughter nannies also traded steady. Supply moderate with very good demand. Supply included: 73% Slaughter Sheep/Lambs (67% Hair Breeds, 4% Ewes, 27% Hair Ewes, 2% Hair Bucks); 9% Replacement Sheep/Lambs (93% Hair Ewes, 7% Families); 7% Feeder Goats (100% Kids); 11% Slaughter Goats (61% Kids, 24% Nannies/Does, 15% Bucks/Billies).

Slaughter Sheep/Lambs: Hair Breeds - Choice and Prime 1-3 (per cwt): 327.50368.00.

Hair Breeds - Choice 1-3 (per cwt): 265.00-327.50.

Hair Breeds - Good 1-2 (per cwt): 185.00.

Ewes - Good 2-3 (per cwt): 200.00.

Ewes - Utility and Good 1-3 (per cwt): 101.00-125.00.

Ewes - Cull and Utility 1-2 (per cwt): 97.00.

Hair Ewes - Good 2-3 (per cwt): 166.00-270.00.

Hair Ewes - Utility and Good 1-3 (per cwt): 122.50155.00.

Hair Bucks - 1-2 (per cwt): 125.00-170.00.

Replacement Sheep/Lambs: Hair Ewes - Small and Medium 1-2 (per cwt): 202.50215.00.

Families - Small and Medium 1-2 w/<20 lbs lamb (per family): 250.00-310.00.

Feeder Goats: Kids - Selection 1 (per cwt): 360.00-420.00.

Kids - Selection 3 (per cwt): 185.00.

Slaughter Goats: Kids - Selection 1 (per cwt): 350.00-404.00.

Kids - Selection 2 (per cwt): 260.00-325.00.

Nannies/Does - Selection 1-2 (per cwt): 157.50-272.50.

Bucks/Billies - Selection 1-2 (per cwt): 110.00-235.00.

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OKC West - El Reno Ouachita Livestock Auction - Ola Ozarks Regional Stockyards Stilwell Livestock Auction Tulsa Livestock Auction Welch Stockyards

$80

Apr. 21

0

100

169.83

Sorghum

600

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10.39

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10.39

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10.35

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7.90

7.75

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Mid-State Stockyards North Arkansas Livestock - Green Forest

10.69

10.29

7.85

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16.90

16.65

16.85

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1100

1600

600

1100

pairs

Ouachita Livestock Ola✝ 4/5/22 782

Ozarks Regional West Plains✝ 4/5/22 2,531

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Uneven

2-8 Lower

Uneven

Uneven

-231.00 -226.00 -210.00 -178.00 -167.00

190.00-217.00 161.00-207.50 180.00-205.00 181.00 138.00-144.00

220.00-237.50 217.00-230.00 192.00-217.00 171.00-189.00 158.00-168.00

150.00-230.00 110.00-205.00 115.00-190.00 100.00-169.00 100.00-155.00

200.00-217.00 178.00-219.00 173.00-205.00 140.00-162.00 -----

227.50-235.00 192.00-222.50 180.00-207.50 167.50-189.00 152.00-164.50

201.00-225.00 181.00-218.00 171.00-199.00 160.00-183.00 150.00-158.00

213.00-237.00 200.00-222.00 183.00-206.00 172.00-188.00 167.00-174.00

-220.00 -214.00 -185.00 -162.00 -143.50

--------157.00-178.00 127.00-167.00 115.00-143.00

--------166.00-182.00 162.00-165.00 -----

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160.00-213.00 169.00-199.00 145.00-186.00 147.00-168.00 139.00

220.00 -----------------

190.00-199.00 171.00-200.00 159.00-182.00 141.00-146.00 135.00-141.00

----176.00-182.50 169.00-175.00 154.00 -----

159.00-182.00 157.00-178.00 145.00-166.00 137.00-150.00 126.00-162.00

192.50-200.00 170.00-182.50 162.00-169.00 145.00-163.00 136.50-148.00

139.18 147.17 157.73 154.31

168.92

163.00-181.00 157.00-179.00 145.00-167.00 135.00-157.00 135.00-139.00

133.42 141.31

159.00

900.00-1525.00 †

825.00-1410.00 †

187.38

160.76

183.48

Not Reported * Not Reported *

152.19

199.22 153.93 174.67

Week of 3/20/22

1750.00 *

None Reported †

750.00-1575.00 † None Reported † 1000.00-1650.00 *

2100

170.00-179.00 165.00-175.00 155.00-170.00 149.00-159.00 139.50-142.50

132.02

175.39

146.99 162.37

201.24

152.50

188.04

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** 142.06

192.42

167.81

195.22

2600

200.67 * 185.49 *

156.22

155.00

143.15

155.94

Tulsa Livestock Auction✝ 4/4/22 2,059

Welch Stockyards* 4/5/22 752

163.45

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165.00

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212.00-229.00 203.00-220.00 190.00-204.00 170.00-190.00 150.00-160.00

188.00-214.00 182.00-204.00 170.00-216.00 160.00-182.00 140.00-152.00

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180.00-225.00 190.00-200.00 177.00-187.00 ---------

170.00-205.00 160.00-184.00 140.00-160.00 130.00-154.00 100.00-141.00

191.09

154.15 161.05

196.38

159.38

185.81

138.00 136.00

191.16

164.09

179.00

152.70

208.80 171.00 185.72

160.00-173.00 160.00-176.00 150.00-169.00 140.00-155.00 130.00-143.00

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166.27 156.06 151.20 138.00

160.00

138.70

159.49 188.31

151.17

193.99

165.99 158.37

188.32

178.00-191.00 176.00-192.00 160.00-179.00 135.50-169.00 -----

171.59 150.27

154.00

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152.10 143.97

150.00

None Reported * 1400.00-1525.00 † † 1350.00-1575.00

1600

168.11 147.65

169.50

1800.00 * 1025.00-1420.00 * 900.00-1575.00 † 925.00-1800.00 †

NOT REPORTED

OKC West - El Reno, Okla.✝ 4/5/22 7,412

St-3 Lower

100.00-185.00 100.00-172.00 100.00-160.00 95.00-153.00 90.00-135.00

147.95 140.81

2100

None Reported †

Uneven

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171.00 167.85

160.42 *

181.96

950.00-1900.00 † Not Reported * 825.00-1635.00 †

Lower

175.00-197.50 170.00-185.00 163.00-174.00 153.00-165.00 143.00-154.75

196.47 *

170.00

Welch Stockyards

100

160.00-187.50 157.50-205.00 142.50-200.00 133.00-209.00 142.00

165.17 146.23

157.64

prices

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142.62

190.86

840.00-1250.00*

Arkansas Cattle Auction Ash Flat Livestock Benton County Sale Barn - Siloam Springs Cattlemen’s Livestock Auction Cleburne County Live County Line Sale - Ratcliff Decatur Livestock Auction Vinita Stockyards Farmers Regional Sale Barn - Springdale

Daily Report 4/11/22

17.00

141.01

185.77

525.00-1300.00 †

Feb. 22 Mar. 22

Ash Flat Cleburne El Reno Green Forest Joplin Ouachita Ozark Ratcliff Searcy Siloam Springs West Plains Tulsa

Week of 3/27/22

17.00

Jan. 22

heifers 550-600 LBS.

159.25

525.00-700.00 †

cow/calf

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Nov. 21 Dec. 21

190.36

avg. grain prices Corn

Oct. 21

194.01

1 (per cwt): 360.00-420.00.

3 (per cwt): 185.00.

Soft Wheat

Aug. 21 Sept. 21

Ash Flat Cleburne El Reno Green Forest Joplin Ouachita Ozark Ratcliff Searcy Siloam Springs West Plains Tulsa

(Week of 4/3/22 to 4/9/22)

Soybeans

July 21

steers 550-600 LBS.

725.00-1175.00 †

935.00-960.00 †

May 21 June 21

Week of 3/13/22

4/8/22

and Medium 1-2 w/<20 lbs lamb (per 310.00.

1 (per cwt): 350.00-404.00.

2 (per cwt): 260.00-325.00.

Selection 1-2 (per cwt): 157.50-272.50.

Selection 1-2 (per cwt): 110.00-235.00.

$120

Week of 4/3/22

(per cwt): 125.00-170.00. heep/Lambs: all and Medium 1-2 (per cwt): 202.50-

National Dairy Market at a Glance

Cheese: Barrels closed at $2.3675 and 40# blocks at $2.3200. The weekly average for barrels is $2.3015 (+0.0905) and blocks, $2.2930 (+0.0620).

Fluid Milk/Cream: Farm level milk production continues along an upward trajectory. In Texas, spring flush-like output is reported. Upper Midwestern flows are demonstrating a slighter increase as some wintery weather lingers. Bottling sales are fairly firm.

In the East and Midwest, healthy volumes of milk are clearing to Class III to maintain active cheese production. Staffing shortages persist. Some dairy processing facilities are running under capacity or using downtime due to labor constraints. Contracted condensed skim is steady in the West. In other regions, hauling shortages continue to hamper the ability to move condensed skim. Cream access is tighter for some Eastern producers, but availability is reportedly looser in the Central and West. Demand is seasonally strong across regions. F.O.B. cream multiples for all classes are 1.32-1.40 in the East, 1.25-1.34 in the Midwest, and 1.10-1.30 in the West.

SPOT PRICES OF CLASS II CREAM: $ PER POUND BUTTERFAT, F.O.B., producing plants, Midwestern U.S. - $3.4758 - $3.6388.

780.00 †

Ash Flat Livestock 600.00-725.00 † Benton County Sale Barn - Siloam Springs None Reported † Cattlemen’s Livestock Auction 1300.00 * Cleburne County Livestock Auction - Heber Springs 1060.00 † County Line Sale - Ratcliff 70.00-80.00 † Prices reported per cwt Decatur Livestock Auction 750.00-1425.00* Vinita Stockyards Not Reported * Farmers Regional Sale Barn - Springdale Not Reported * Fort Smith Stockyards None Reported * Four State Stockyards - Exeter 1050.00-1225.00 * I-40 Livestock - Ozark 600.00-1400.00 † Joplin Regional Stockyards 925.00-1525.00 † Mid-State Stockyards 650.00-1350.00 * North Arkansas Livestock - Green Forest 1200.00 †

dairy sales

Week of 3/20/22

hoice 1-3 (per cwt): 265.00-327.50. ood 1-2 (per cwt): 185.00. (per cwt): 200.00. nd Good 1-3 (per cwt): 101.00-125.00.

Utility 1-2 (per cwt): 97.00. od 2-3 (per cwt): 166.00-270.00. ity and Good 1-3 (per cwt): 122.50-

Arkansas Cattle Auction - Searcy

$160

Prices reported Prices reported perper cwtcwt

Week of 3/27/22

was on hand for this March Buffalo and Goat sale. Compared to last month traded 20.00-25.00 lower. Slaughter ady. Replacement ewes traded 25.00he goat portion of the sale feeder kid ady to 5.00 higher with slaughter kid eady. Slaughter nannies also traded moderate with very good demand. Supply aughter Sheep/Lambs (67% Hair Breeds, air Ewes, 2% Hair Bucks); 9% Replacembs (93% Hair Ewes, 7% Families); 7% 00% Kids); 11% Slaughter Goats (61% ies/Does, 15% Bucks/Billies). /Lambs: hoice and Prime 1-3 (per cwt): 327.50-

cows

(Week of 4/3/22 to 4/9/22)

Week of 4/3/22

ffalo Livestock Market Sheep/Goat

Week of 3/13/22

les reports

-189.00 -179.00 -166.50 -164.00 -146.00

550-600 lb. steers

12 Month Avg. -

✝ USDA Reported * Independently Reported

120 143 166 189 212 235 * No price reported in weight break **USDA Failed To Report *** No Sale - Weather Prices Based on Weighted Average for Steers and Heifers 550-600 lbs.

100

120 140 160 180 200 * No price reported in weight break **USDA Failed To Report *** No Sale

Prices Based on Weighted Average for Steers and Heifers 550-600 lbs.

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Working With What You Have

By Julie Turner-Crawford

Raven Hill Homestead optimizes available land and resources

Producers have to make the most of their land, even if it’s only a few acres. That’s precisely what John Rambo did when he and his family started Raven Hill Homestead near Guthrie, Okla.

John Rambo said he has been around agriculture and farming since he was a child growing up on his family’s farm.

“I don’t remember when we didn’t have animals,” he explained. “We would rotate between chickens, goats and cattle; we always had stuff we could eat.”

John, his wife Kristen, and children Jack (8), Abigail (6) and Michelle (3), moved to their small farm in 2018 and began their agriculture venture.

“We wanted something low maintenance, and that would fit into our area,” he explained. “We have a lot of Bermuda around here and some other things that grow here. My wife did a ton of research on cattle and settled on Dexters. We had another cow that we thought was a Dexter, and she just kept losing weight, and we couldn’t figure out why. It turns out she couldn’t survive on what was in the pasture. We started with some sheep and goats, but they don’t do well on Bermuda. Goats can’t live on Bermuda; they need other things. We didn’t start with cattle because we thought it would be too expensive. We were wrong, very wrong.”

Today, the family has a small Dexter herd, which produces both meat and milk for the family and a few customers, with two cows currently being milked.

“About three months after their calves were born, we were getting almost four gallons of milk a day,” John said. “We started making cheese, yogurt, and everything else because we didn’t have much of a clientele, but it has grown.

The cows aren’t milking as heavy now, but anyone who wants milk gets it, and we still have milk; none of it goes to waste. Once you get one customer, they tell their friends, and that’s all you have

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A small Dexter herd is part of the operation at Raven Hill Homestead.

to do. You have to have a good product John said he also assists with chores too.” on the nearby farm, such as working on The Rambos are adding two Belted fences.

Galloways to their milking herd. Belted John has found the Dexters to be a Galloways are similar in size and temper- sturdy breed that thrives on forages. ament to Dexters and produce rich milk “They can do well on just about anyand flavorful beef. thing,” he said. “They are also smaller “I’m working on that,” John said with a and don’t need as much as other breeds. laugh. “I really like the Belted Galloways. I also think they convert their forages They have been doing really well on the better than some breeds.” same forage and grass and the Dexters.”

Most of the herd’s diet is forage-based, While the homestead only has 2.5 but RangeMax cubes, which are 28 peracres, the Rambos have sectioned their cent protein and 8 percent fat, are offered land into three paddocks to support the free choice, and cows receive additional animals housed there. cubes while being milked.

“We rotate everything,” John said.

“I have been surprised at how well they “When we rotate depends on the season, do on that,” John said. “I really thought the rain and everything else. There is an- we would go into the hole trying to keep other place where a them fed, but it has lady has a horse worked really well.”

Guthrie, Okla. operation and 11 Bartering labor for acres. She allows us to keep our hay has also allowed cows up there, which helps keep the Rambos to keep the grass down. Cows about to their input costs calve or are milking are at the lower. house, and the others are there.”

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unteer fire department, and another guy there does a lot of big square bales,” John explained. “I help get them out of the field, and because I help him in the summer, I trade it for hay.”

In addition to milk, Raven Hill now offers beef from their herd and outside calves.

“We try to only use calves born from our breeding program, but we haven’t been able to keep up with it. We have been going to the sale when we start running low and do the best we can to get those calves raised on grass. We feed them out for at least a month and get a processing date. After we get them back, the freezer is full, and we start again.

“We didn’t want to do the beef; we just wanted to do the milk and have the beef for our own needs. We thought we would see what would happen and even set the price a little high, and we are now making a little bit of money. A lot of the people who buy our beef say it is the best they have ever had. Part of it is because it’s fresh beef, but it is also Dexter beef.”

John said when they have to buy calves, they try to purchase Dexter or Dexter-influenced cattle if they have to seek animals from outside their herd.

John would like to expand the beef program, but the homestead has some limitations.

“I need more land,” he said. “The price of land has gone up, so I’m trying to find people like the lady with the horse farm that needs grass kept down.

I don’t have a lot of spare cash to spend on land.”

Additionally, because the carcass is smaller, John said the processing is typically less, which helps keep prices down for customers for their USDA-inspected beef.

The Rambos have also incorporated pastured poultry into the Raven Hill Homestead. Using items found around the farm, John constructed a shelter for the birds.

APRIL 18, 2022

meet your neighbors “My wife found Justin Rhodes on the internet, and he’s a permaculturalist. He published plans for a ChickShaw that holds 39 chickens, that’s like a mobile chicken house; it’s about 6-feet-by-6-feet and about 2-foot tall. You aren’t making it big enough for a person to get in there because that is wasted materials.”

The poultry operation is focused on egg production at this time.

“We want to produce food for ourselves, and if we have the time and the energy to make extra to sell, we will, but we aren’t chasing that,” John said.

Another venture area is purchasing newly-hatched chicks, which Kristen cares for until they are a little older, then sells as they mature.

“We’ve found a lot of people want chickens, but they’re afraid to buy new chicks,” John said. “Once you get them past that first couple of weeks, you can sell them for more.

“Kristen has a good reputation for developing healthy chicks and puts a lot into them.”

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Because their farming operation leaves little room for profits, John said they focus on the bottom line and being self-sufficient and efficient in all they do.

“I think I am using every square inch of my land now,” John said. “Back in 2018 and 2019, we had to clear some dead trees off, and this year is probably the first year we’ve been able to use it all.

I also haven’t mowed our yard in a few years; I just let the cows out.”

Raven Hill Homestead uses no commercial fertilizers, depending instead on the rotational grazing and the movement of the laying hens around the farm to naturally improve the quality of the soil.

Raising and caring for their animals in a natural, reduced stress manner, the Rambos feel their livestock is healthier, reducing the need for intervention.

“They just look happy,” John said of his animals.

John added that his children are pretty happy too.

“They know it’s something pretty special,” he said.

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Economic Impacts

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With an emphasis on commercial, agricultural, crop and poultry lending, Mark has provided innovative financial solutions for customers across the region.

Items to focus on to maximize profit while minimizing expenses and reducing risk.

1: Budgeting - Understanding your operations break-even factor, booking inputs and commodities, will help you when weighing the options of repairing current equipment versus purchasing new. In many cases, fixed costs are controllable. Extension offices, universities and co-ops have budgeting software and/or available budgets for most every crop that can be used as a starting point.

2: Reducing Risk - Add crop insurance to your coverage. A variety of plans are available and customizable to meet your needs and your budget. Include your local extension service agent, banker and co-op contact, these are little to no cost resources which can provide advice for planning purposes. In some cases, it may be a good option to bring on a crop consultant. Most seed, chemical and co-ops also have staff on hand to help the producer navigate the effect weather conditions have on deciding what and when to plant.

3: Booking Crop and Inputs - Marketing is an integral part of your operation. If it is purchasing fuel, fertilizer or other inputs, minimizing these costs and maximizing your yields and delivery price are a very important step for success that doesn’t need to be taken lightly.

4: Global Influence - Control what you can by budgeting, stay focused when it comes to marketing your commodities and locking in prices as you can for inputs.

Global influence, inflation and COVID all present a challenging set of hurdles to overcome. Break even and budgeting are a must do.

With the current market prices of cotton and grain crops, producer must remain focused on budgeting to maximize profit. The price of fertilizer, the cost of fuel and other inputs continue to bounce back and forth, hinging on the conflict in Europe and the supply chain. It will take a very managed approach to navigate through the ever-changing global influence.

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Composting animal mortalities

Livestock mortalities are an inevitable aspect of any operation. To make matters even more difficult, the number of options available for carcass disposal has dwindled. In recent years, fewer and fewer rendering plants are accepting single animals from producers.

In some areas, burying the carcass may not be an option due to the geology of the land and its proximity to springs, streams and other water sources.

Agricultural experts state carcasses left to decay above ground can also create problems. This process attracts predators and can spread disease.

However, there are steps producers can take to protect their operation. “Mortality management is a critical part of a livestock operation, and if done properly will help minimize the transfer of disease from within their herd or to a neighboring herd,” Troy Chockley, Environmental Engineer with Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), said.

waste. “If it is an organic substance, it can be composted,” Chockley stated. “The size of the organic particle or nitrogen source of the compost, in this case it’s the carcass, has a direct impact on how rapid the composting process proceeds.”

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“Mortality management is a critical part of a livestock operation, and if done properly will help minimize the transfer of disease from within their herd or to a neighboring herd.”

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A static pile composter is the most frequently used method of mortality composting throughout the Ozarks. A static pile composting system is used on many poultry operations.

Producers build concrete bins, add sawdust or other carbon material, put in a layer of poultry carcasses and then add another layer of sawdust.

These steps continue until the bin is full. Producers will maintain numerous bins, all at different stages – Troy Chockley, of composting.

Environmental Engineer When producers add compost that has come out with Natural Resources of a compost mortality bin to start a new bin, the Conservation Service (NRCS) process is accelerated.

The active fungus and bacteria in the later stage compost jumpstarts the composting process in the Many livestock producers are turning to compostnew bin. ing as an avenue for mortality management. Poultry If producers follow the protocol, monitor the temperature of the compost and reand swine producers are the operators most commonly utilizing mortality composting. Although, large animal producers will implement the process from time to time. aerate the material when needed, then the process should be successful. “The carbon The composting process used for animal mortalities is similar to composting food material and the nitrogen material have to be well mixed and well aerated at the

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“We recently put in a hydraulic squeeze chute so three people can work cattle just as quick as four. We also put a roof over our receiving pen that will cut down on illness on fresh cattle.”

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proper moisture content and if all that occurs composting proceeds very efficiently,” Chockley added.

The temperature in an efficient static pile will fluctuate between 100 to 140 degrees.

The composting process for poultry takes 30 to 45 days.

A similar system can be set up for larger animals. However, since the need is far less frequent in cattle operations, a temporary mortality composting site can be created. In these situations, large round bales are lined up to create a bin like structure.

Producers create a thick base layer of carbon material like sawdust, then place the carcass on the base layer, and add more carbon material.

A static pile composter that is properly managed should have minimal issues with odor. “If you do everything correctly it will not attract predators or other types of critters that want to eat that carcass,” Chockley explained. “That is the case because part of the carbon material will form what is a called a biofilter over the top of the carcass. So, as the process proceeds it is helping to minimize the odor transmission from that pile.”

The finished compost from static pile composting can be applied to fields as fertilizer. Typically, it contains a low numeric value of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium. In addition, there is carbon material remaining in the compost that can be beneficial to pastures.

Producers implement other forms of mortality composting as well. Some operations use incinerators that operate at a high temperature and reduce the carcass volume by 97 percent. Incinerators are an expense to purchase, operate and maintain.

Another mortality composter utilized by some operations is an in-vessel composter.

These are typically large-diameter drums that rotate. The compost is kept at constant ideal composting conditions in order to speed up the process. The in-vessel system requires a secondary composting stage, that is usually done through static piles.

Engineers and experts with NRCS, along with specialists at state university extension offices, help producers create and execute mortality management plans. Local specialists can also guide producers looking for funding assistance with morality management expenses.

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“The NSPCP was started a few years ago to give Arkansas Ranchers an opportunity to participate in a verifiable calf program,” said McClintock, county extension agent, in Boone County, Arkansas.

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with cattle from other ranches.”

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“Sale barns will benefit by offering a product that, many times, buyers are willing to pay premium prices for. For producers, preconditioned cattle will almost always bring a premium price per pound,” stated McClintock.

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“Preconditioning is the process of weaning calves on the farm and getting them over the highly stressful event of weaning instead of just removing them from their mother and taking them straight to the sale barn,” said McClintock. “Preconditioned calves assure the buyers that they can buy with confidence knowing the cattle will not get sick or die when they are comingled

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“Buyers will always be attracted to preconditioned calves, especially in the fall.

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“In a feedlot, production efficiency may be expressed as conversion ratios such as cost per pound of weight gain or feed consumption per pound of gain,” said Gadberry.

Gadberry approaches efficiency from a ranching perspective and stated that farm efficiency is closely related to management. Gadberry describes the process of efficiency with a common saying- you cannot manage what you do not measure.

Along with management, efficiency and waste go hand in hand. To cut down farm waste, one must identify the areas of waste. Agricultural wastes include, but are not limited to, crop residues, weeds, leaf litter and livestock waste.

“To improve efficiency, we are often trying to utilize resources that help improve efficiency and eliminate or reduce resources that reduce efficiency,” stated Gadberry.”

A financial measure in a cow/calf system may be the cost per 100 pounds of calf weaned. Lowering the cost per 100 pounds calf weaned means we’ve either cut some wasteful spending or improved herd reproduction and genetics.”

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Shane Gadberry, a professor and extension specialist with the University of Arkansas, has spoken out about his thoughts regarding ways farming efficiency can be improved.

Gadberry has been involved in the agricultural industry professionally since 1997 when he began his career as an extension specialist who coordinated activities for the Arkansas Beef Improvement Program, which focused primarily on demonstrating methods to improve ranching efficiency.

“I grew up on a cattle and poultry operation and gain new farming experience every day as I interact with cattle producers and county extension agents across Arkansas,” said Gadberry.

According to Gadberry, improving efficiency begins with keeping records so there is both a benchmark and goal to obtain. Efficiency commonly examines the ratio of inputs and outputs.

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On a regular basis farmers hear terms like “sustainable” and “greener” in relation to their management strategies. Regardless of the terms attached to the practices, there are plans producers can put in place to save them money and help the environment at the same time.

Targeted Weed Control

One “greener” practice involves targeting weed control early. Instead of waiting until weeds are knee or waist high, forage extension specialists recommend spraying weeds when they are small. This practice reduces the amount of herbicide needed and prevents the weeds from choking out desirable forage.

Throughout the Ozarks, buttercups can be quite the nuisance in spring pastures. “The best time to spray for buttercups actually starts around Thanksgiving, but nobody thinks about spraying then because the weeds are small and they are not obvious,” John Jennings, Ph.D., extension forage specialist at the University of Arkansas, said.

Jennings recommends producers implement what he calls holiday spraying. This management practice entails spreading herbicide on problem pastures

around one of the holiday’s such as Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years, Presidents’ Day or Valentine’s Day. Select the areas covered in buttercups or thistles the previous year and apply herbicide before the weeds have a chance to take root. “A pint of 2, 4-D in November can clean a field up, but if you wait until they are blooming in the spring, you can put a lot of herbicide on there and not have much of an effect,” Jennings explained.

Seeding Bare Hay Spots

Applying seed to the bare spots created by cattle gathering around hay bales or hay rings throughout the winter can be a benefit to producers. Forage extension specialists recommend smoothing out the trampled soil near hay rings, dragging a harrow to create pockets for seed and then sewing seed with a handcranked seeder. “It’s just like planting in a garden, you have real high fertility, it’s all trampled up, the next rain will settle it in and instead of having pigweed come up in the summertime you are going to have a higher percentage of the forages you planted there,” Jennings stated.

Using a hand-cranked seed spreader saves on fuel emissions. Additionally,

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Focused Forage Management

One way a producer can save on labor and machine time is to focus on forage management. Reducing the number of days producers need to feed hay can make a big difference. “If a producer were to stockpile forages in the fall and save them for the winter, then it could possibly save them many days (30 or more) of having to provide hay,” Earl Ward, NE Area Livestock Specialist with Oklahoma State University Extension, said.

Extension specialists suggest producers create a system in which they have forage for livestock to graze every season of the year. Implementing any type of rotational grazing practice will help producers get more out of their forages.

Experts suggest starting with one new practice and then slowly integrating additional strategies. This allows producers to determine what they are comfortable with, and which plans work best for their operation.

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4/23 Complete Barn Clean Out Auction – Harrison, Ark. • Graham and Olsen Auctions 4/23 In Person Mixed Consignment Auction – Siloam Springs, Ark. • Gateway Auctions 4/25 Gilbert, Swanson Living Estate Auction – Springdale, Ark. • Auctions

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4/27 Home and 10 Acres Auction – Clarksville, Ark. • Reading Auction Service 4/30 Billy D. Hudson Estate Auction – Harrison, Ark. • Bailey Auction Service 5/1 Living Estate of Harold Amos Auction – Rogers, Ark. • Dwayne Craig Auction Service 5/2 Mary Garrison Living Estate Auction – Springdale, Ark. • Auctions by Larry R. Williams 5/7 Personal Property Auction ( Johnny & Lynn Strain) – Omaha, Ark. • Thomas Auction Service 5/9 Mary Garrison Living Estate Auction – Springdale, Ark. • Auctions by Larry R. Williams

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4/22 Well Cared for Line of Equipment Auction – Fairview, Okla. • Wiggins Auctioneers 4/23 Downsizing Estate Auction – Jonesboro, Ark. • Auctions and More 4/23 Equipment Auction – Lawton, Okla. • Stallings Auction Service 4/23 Large Very Nice Downsizing Auction – Mt. Ida, Ark. • McGrew Auction Service 4/23 Public Auction – Soper, Okla. • Norwood Auction Company 4/24 Real Estate & Personal Property Auction – Glenwood, Ark. • Fowler Auctioneers, Inc. 4/29-4/30 Two Day Farm & Ranch Equipment Auction – Elgin, Okla. • Bridges Auction & Sales Company 5/7 Hoyt Shoe and Saddle Repair Retirement Auction – DeQueen, Ark. • Todd Morris Auction Company 5/8 LJC Tool Auction Liquidation – Jacksonville, Ark. • LJC Auction Service

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Ozarks Farm & Neighbor • www.ozarksfn.com

824 N Main Street • Harrison • AR 72601

870-741-9500

woodpowersports.com APRIL 18, 2022