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JANUARY 2, 2017 • 24 PAGES

VOLUME 10, NUMBER 16 • WWW.OZARKSFN.COM

James and Jane Maginot have a diversified operation at their Beyond Organic Farm

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Blessings Through Sacrifice The Smiths say hard work has its rewards on the farm

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Arkansas teen wins top honors at national contest: Mitchell Baker of Siloam Springs, Ark., placed first in the National 4-H Poultry Barbecue contest, held during the 2016 National 4-H Poultry and Egg conference on Nov.17 in Louisville Ky. Mitchell is a member of the Logan 4-H Club has been in 4-H for 14 years. He won the state competition in June to quality for the national contest. Mitchell is the son of James and Sondra Baker.

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OSU agriculture leader honored: Edmond Bonjour, director of the Oklahoma Agricultural Leadership Program at Oklahoma State University, was named the recipient of the 2016 Outstanding International Leadership Program Director Award during the annual International Association of Programs for Agricultural Leaders meeting in Pittsburgh, Penn.

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Jerry Crownover – Holiday weight

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Jody Harris – A new year Julie Turner-Crawford – Here we go again

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7 Chris and Nesha Smith say hard work, sacrifices helped to establish Jay H Farms

Team places at farm show: A team from the Locust Grove FFA Chapter recently placed second at the 2016 Tulsa Farm Show’s Livestock Handling Skill Contest. Team members are Colt Cunningham, Rhett Piersley and Sky Hoot.

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JUST A THOUGHT

Johnson County, Ark., named Farm Family of the Year: Mark and Shay Morgan of Clarksville, Ark., recently were named the 2016 Arkansas Farm Family of the Year by the Arkansas Farm Bureau. As Arkansas’ Farm Family of the Year, the Morgans will be included in the 2017 Swisher Sweets/Sunbelt Expo Southeastern Farmer of the Year program. A winner will be named from among 10 southeastern state winners next October in Moultrie, Ga. The Morgans have a diverse farm, but are best known for their Peach Pickin’ Paradise that makes up about 60 percent of the operation. They have 3,500 peach and nectarine trees on 17 acres, and 600 acres for hay production and grazing for their more than 300 head of beef cattle. The Morgans serve on the Arkansas Farm Bureau Young Farmer and Rancher Committee, the Johnson County Fair Board and the Arkansas Cattleman’s Association. They are also active members of the Clarksville First United Methodist Church and have a 2-year-old daughter, Kate.

College dedicates Agriculture Hall of Fame: Connors State College in Wagoner, Okla., recently held a dedication ceremony for the newly completed Agriculture Hall of Fame. The college named the facility for Rep. Jerry McPeak. Before becoming a member of the state’s House of Representatives, McPeak taught courses in agriculture and psychology, and began his work as coach of the livestock judging team. He led teams to countless accomplishments and unparalleled success: of 118 contests entered throughout the 1990s, Connors State ranked in the top 10 in 112 contests, top five in 92 contests, and won first place in 22 competitions.

Teams won both the American Royal and the North American International Livestock Exposition in 1997.

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Town & Country spotlights Justin Bramall

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James and Jane Maginot manage a diversified operation at Winslow, Ark.

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Quarter horse breeder is racing to win

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Youth in Ag features Madison Looper

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y heart skipped a beat as I read the headline,revo “Reindeer nworC yrrbeeJ yB coming smaller due to global warming.” Oh, no, poor Dasher, Jerry Crownover is Dancer, Prancer, Comet, Vixen, a farmer and former Cupid, Donner and Blitzen, not to mention the professor of Agriculture most famous reindeer of all – Rudolph.

Education at Missouri If they are getting so small, how will they ever State University. He is a be able to pull the sleigh for the jolly old man, native of Baxter County, and get all those presents delivered?

Arkansas, and an It seems that a 16-year scientific study on a Norweauthor and professional gian Island in the Arctic Circle had concluded that speaker. To contact Jerry, the reindeer at that location had declined in weight go to ozarksfn.com and by an alarming 12 percent over that time period. click on ‘Contact Us.’ The researchers had determined that the average temperature on the island had increased 1.5 degrees Celsius over the past 100 years. Because the island is typically covered with snow for eight months of each year, the warmer temperatures have resulted in more rain, compared to the amount of snow, during those eight months, causing the normally loose snow to be harder and icier. This harder snow prevents the deer from pawing through the winter cover, as easily, to reach the nutrients in the grass below.

Are you following all this?

When the study started, in 1994, the average weight of a reindeer was 121 pounds and when the study ended in 2010, the average weight had fallen to 106 pounds. By my estimation, Santa is going to need at least one more animal to pick up the slack in order to get deliveries made on time and on budget. I suggest they name him (or her, since female reindeer have antlers, too) Skinny.

In the very last paragraph of the article, the scientists did concede that the warmer temperatures had led to more vegetative growth in their summer months which,

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About the Cover After a few years in the Peace Corps, James Maginot and his wife, Jane, moved to Northwest Arkansas and started a diversified organic livestock operation. Read more on page 14.

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don’t know about you, but 2016 ended with a bang for our family.

A bang followed by an explosion of confetti.

November and December were a flurry of activities. Wrestling tournaments, school and Jody Harris is a freelance birthday parties, breakfast with Santa, middle school communications specialist, play, grandparents at school day. Shopping, eatgardener, ranch wife and ing, office party, guitar lessons. The list of things we mother of four. She and thought we had to do seemed to go on-and-on. On her family raise Angus beef top of all the usual hustle and bustle of the Christmas cattle and other critters on holiday, we were also planning to open a new busitheir northwest Arkansas ness next year. To put it simply, we have been busy! ranch. She is a graduate We arrived home after dark from our kids’ most of Missouri State University. recent wrestling tournament. The temperature had To contact Jody, go to dropped considerably. As many of you know, even ozarksfn.com and click on though a farmer and his or her family have been ‘Contact Us.’ gone all day, there are still hungry livestock waiting.

We unloaded the car and hustled kids into the showers. We bundled up in warm clothes and headed out to feed hay. We found ourselves snuggled up in the tractor doing chores in the dark. A year ago, I was really mad at my husband for buying a new tractor on New Year’s Eve. On this particular night I was thankful for his new toy’s heater, cab and buddy seat. I was able to help him get gates and peel netting off the hay. We collected eggs, broke ice and helped the kids load up the wood box. Our cattle dog was bedded down in the warm garage for the night. It was getting miserably cold. I went to sleep feeling grateful we were in this together.

After a night of freezing rain, the roads were iced over. Sunday school was canceled. I was delighted to have a full day at home. As I enjoyed my coffee by a warm fire, I considered how nice it was having nowhere to be. I wondered how we could have more days like this. This caused me to contemplate New Year’s resolutions.

Why do we make New Year’s resolutions? I consulted Wikipedia. By tradition in the Western hemisphere, we start out a new year making all kinds of lofty promises to ourselves. In the past, I have personally resolved to exercise more, read certain books of the Bible, lose 10 pounds or just “do better” at mothering, gardening and being my Nathan’s helpmate.

The Babylonians would start their new year out returning things they’d borrowed and paying off debts. I know my husband would appreciate it if his buddies returned borrowed tools to his shop on New Year’s Eve. The Romans made promises to the god Janus (January’s namesake). During Medieval times, knights would renew their commitment to chivalry by taking the “peacock vow.” Early Christians would prepare for the year ahead by praying and making resolutions. This is likely true today as well. During Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashanah, it is a time to reflect upon one’s wrongs over the year and offer and seek forgiveness. That seemed nice to me.

After the Great Depression, about 25 percent of adult Americans began forming New Year’s resolutions. The tradition continues today. How long they are kept is debatable. At least in our home it is.

I will strive to resolve these things in 2017 – more get-togethers, fewer activities.

More books, less TV. More game nights, fewer to do lists. More cows, fewer horses – wait a minute, maybe that’s reversed? I’m probably still resolving to resolve by the time you read this. Happy New Year, neighbor – best wishes from our farm to yours.

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Across the Fence

By Julie Turner-Crawford

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must admit, I tend to enjoy stirring the pot from time to time.

Yes, I must confess that I do like to cause a little drama; but, in my own defense, the pots Julie Turner-Crawford I like to stir are those being brewed by others. is a native of Dallas I have a habit of cruising the Internet for antiCounty, Mo., where she agriculture blogs and social media to see what the grew up on her family’s latest accusations against farmers are. I think I farm. She is a graduate have been blocked from commenting on four or of Missouri State five pages now because the spoon I used to stir University. To contact the pot was truth and a little education. My husJulie, call 1-866-532-1960 band says I need to get a new hobby, but I’m havor by email at editor@ ing too much fun. ozarksfn.com.

One of my recent crusades led me to the website of the animal rights group PETA. According to its website, PETA recently sent American Airlines a letter urging the airline to replace all uniforms with “vegan wool” versions because its new wool uniforms are making some employees ill. The letter says “countless people” have told the organization that wool makes them sick and claims wool carries “a lot of environmental baggage.” Nothing is presented to back the statements, nor does it consider the manufacturing process of the uniforms may be the reason for the rash of illness complaints; it’s all the sheep’s fault.

The remainder of the page-long letter goes on to tell of the cruelly PETA has found in the sheep industry, specifically when shearing, during a two-year investigation. PETA encourages the readers of the letter review its video depicting shearers injuring animals, even breaking the neck of one ewe.

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I watched the video and there were some rough scenes, but it is not the norm for the industry. The organization’s videos are typically far from the norm, but those are the ones that keep getting shared around the world. While I have never owned sheep, I have been around sheep and none of those actions would be tolerated in my barn, and the culprits would be sent packing pretty dang quick.

I guess we are supposed to stop shearing sheep so the animals can go wool blind (wool covers the sheep’s eyes) and allow their unshorn fleeces to lead to heat stress, mobility issues or even death.

Some anti-animal agriculture groups and organizations claim sheep do not need to be sheared because they will naturally shed their wool. They obviously haven’t been around many sheep.

About a year ago, a ewe in Tasmania named Sheila was found on the side of a dirt road, unable to get up because of the nearly 50 pounds of wool she carried. Her finders thought she was dead. It had been about six years since she had been shorn. Sheila isn’t the only case of a wayward sheep.

In 2014, Shaun, which was also located in Tasmania, was sheared for the first time in his life, producing a more than 50-pound fleece. Then there was the New Zealand Merino wether named Shrek. Shrek was located in 2004 after evading his farmer

for six years. When he was finally caught, Shrek’s fleece was about 60 pounds.

Perhaps the “granddaddy” of all escape-artist sheep is one known as Chris, who was found in Australia in 2015.

His massive fleece tipped the scales at 88 pounds. It was estimated that it had been more than five years since the sheep was sheared. He was barely able to walk when found and weighed about 97 pounds after he was sheared.

Opponents of the sheep industry want shearing to stop and they want all sheep to live long, happy lives frolicking around in pastures and meadows. While it paints a pretty picture, it’s kind of hard to frolic anywhere if you are wearing a coat year round that weighs nearly as much as you do, a coat that just keeps getting heavier and heavier and heavier with each passing week, month and year.

Leaving sheep to wander around because it is more “humane” is a farce. The real cruelty is leaving sheep, or any animal, to its own demise.

So PETA, isn’t your plan kind of like the pot calling the kettle black?

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in turn, had led to a dramatic increase in the total number of reindeer on the island and that also might contribute to the lower average weight of the deer population. Hmmm.

Every cattleman worth his salt, would know that if their pasture supports 100 cows and their calves during a normal year and they decide to put 200 cows and their calves on the same land one year, the calves are going to be quite a bit smaller, and their mothers are going to Ozarks Farm & Neighbor • www.ozarksfn.com

lose a little weight as well. If only these scientists from the British Ecological Society had bothered to ask a rancher, we could have saved them millions of dollars of research money, not to mention 16 years of living out in the frigid tundra.

So, rest easy, kids. The reindeer population is safe and thriving, albeit on a trimmer, more physically fit scale. Santa will continue to bring you presents, and don’t forget to leave an extra flake of hay on the roof ...for Skinny.

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Blessings Through Sacrifice

By Larry Burchfield

The Smiths say hard work has its rewards on the farm Chris and Nesha Smith, owners of Jay H Farms LLC, in Rose Bud, Ark., have never been afraid of hard work.

As a young man working in construction, Chris took the first step in realizing his boyhood dream of raising cattle.

In 1999, Chris and Nesha married and began their common goal of building their farm operation, one block at a time.

Chris continued in the construction business to make their living with Nesha by

Chris and Nesha Smith, pictured with their daughter Jalyn, operate Jay H Farms in Rose Bud, Ark. The couple prefers Braunvieh cattle for their structure, milk production and temperament.

operation on Joy Mountain, in western White County, Ark. The operation covers 2,200 acres, half of which the Smith’s own, and the other half is leased. Braunvieh is the breed of choice for the Smiths.

“We really like the Braunviehs,” Chris said. “They are the meat version of the Brown Swiss. They have more bone structure, good milk and they are docile.

We have had good luck with them.”

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Smiths. Starting from scratch there has been lean times and tough sacrifices along the way.

Over the years, they have lived in campers and small mobile homes until they could afford to build a home.

“We were living in a camper when I his side helping every step of the way.

“You can’t buy land today and pay for became pregnant with Jayln,” Nesha it and live off the cattle operation too,” said. “We moved up to a small mobile home at that time. We have Chris said “There’s just not made sacrifices, but we have enough income. Our conalso been very blessed.” struction business has allowed Rose Bud, Ark. Having the construction us to put everything back into company has also been an adthe farm. We have been fortuvantage when it comes to cleannate in that respect.” ing up after storms. In recent years The Smiths currently optwo major storms have crossed erate a 500-head cow/calf JANUARY 2, 2017

the Smith’s homestead property on Joy Mountain, causing damage to trees and buildings. In addition to cleaning up their own property, the Smiths provided their construction equipment and labor to cleanup neighboring property. Both storms were continuations of the violent storms that struck Vilonia, Ark., in 2011 and 2014.

The Smith’s 10-year old daughter Jalyn has rapidly worked her way into being an integral part of the operation. This summer Jayln stepped up to help with the hay cutting by raking hay while Chris and Nesha baled.

Jalyn enjoys working cows, tagging the baby calves and is actively involved in the Rosebud Mavericks 4-H Club. Jalyn spends a lot of time with her show animals and even has her own cattle. She has built her herd to 17 momma cows.

While mom and dad provide guidance, Jalyn runs her own operation from the land lease to the finances.

When asked about the challenges of running a cattle operation, Jalyn was quick to point out the drought of 2012 presented a major challenge for their farm operation.

“Because of the drought, we didn’t have enough hay,” Jalyn explained. “We had to sell some of our momma cows (about 100). We didn’t want to do it, but we didn’t have any choice.”

The operation works with two calving seasons, fall and winter. Calves are preconditioned and usually held 60 to 120 days before they are marketed, usually through a pre-vac sale and are working on building a bred-heifer market.

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Wade Roetzel (pronounced Ritzell) has been around farming and farm equipment all of his life.

As a teenager in Judsonia, Ark., Wade baled and sold hay to customers during the holiday seasons. Wade always had livestock and he was fascinated by antique farm equipment. That fascination for antique equipment still remains today.

In one form or another, Wade has always been involved in farming and real estate.

Very early in his business career, Wade started his farm equipment business operating out of a renovated “lean to” building on his parent’s property in Judsonia, Ark. Even while running his new equipment business, Wade was always on the lookout for antique equipment, running or not. His equipment business took him through five states so he was always able to find antique machinery to “pick,” some of it ran, some used for parts to restore equipment in inventory. lot of the hay baling, and farm work myFor Wade, just owning antique equip- self. It’s just nice to get out of the office ment was not enough, he wanted to and climb on a tractor.” share the experience of antique tractors Wade farms several hay farms scattered so he helped establish the Central Ar- throughout White County and most of kansas 2 Cylinder Club and served as its it is done with his older equipment. president for several years.

“I’m one of the few people around that Wade’s extensive traveling with his still use a square baler,” Wade said. “But equipment dealership and his background there is still a market for it in the landscape in farming led him to diversify his business business and it is good hay. I’m tempted to career and enter the oil and gas industry in buy newer equipment, but it is so expen2007. In conjunction with knowledge in sive, and I love seeing the old stuff run. the oil and gas industry, Wade expanded When I’m using it, people stop all the time his new found career and became a licensed just to watch the antique stuff run.” realtor, He is a member of the National AsA recent acquisition for the antique sociation of Realtors, the Searcy Board of collection was a John Deere 45R comRealtors, and the Arkansas Realtors Associ- bine Wade purchased in Joplin, Mo., ation. But when it’s all said and done, Wade At the time, he did not have access is most happy on his farm diskto a 3/4-ton truck to pull the ing with a John Deere M traccombine back to Searcy. So, Searcy Ark. tor, planting with a two-row he loaded the combine on planter, or harvesting with his a trailer and pulled it home John Deere 45 combine. with his Chevy Suburban.

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Wade Roetzel has a love for antique tractors. He actually does most of his field work and haying with the older equipment.

corn he planted on 20 acres along the Little Red River. He also planted sweet potatoes on the land with a two-row planter which had been modified from an old mule-drawn planter owned by his grandfather. Expectations were high for the sweet potatoes but the local deer population had other plans.

“I have to rethink how to handle the deer,” said Wade. “I have plans to expand into organic vegetables, but I’ve got to keep the deer out. Guess I’ll be building a fence.”

Being located near the Little Red River, this farm, along with a couple more farms he rents, offer ideal spots for Wade’s organic vegetable plans. In conjunction with the vegetable production, plans are on the table to expand the operation to include some raw milk products, a fall corn maze and other agritourism attractions including a hiking/ biking trail along the Little Red River.

One thing is for certain, the wheels are always turning in Wade Roetzel’s mind.

No moss grows under this farm boy’s feet.

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The Thomas Gilcrease Institute of American History and Art (Gilcrease Museum) brings art, history and people together to research, discover, enjoy, and understand the diverse heritage of the Americas. Collector and oilman Thomas Gilcrease (1890-1962) created the private museum which opened to the public on May 3, 1949. Gilcrease had amassed the nation’s most comprehensive collection of art of the American West and major collections of historical documents and artifacts. The vast collection was deeded to the City of Tulsa in 1955. The museum is five minutes from downtown Tulsa, Okla. The grounds include 23 acres of historic theme gardens and 136-acre Stuart Park located in the foothills of the Osage Hills.

The more than 350,000-piece collection relates to the discovery, expansion and settlement of North America, with special emphasis on the Western Frontier and Native American material.

Approximately 6 percent of the museum’s collection is on view at any one time. Gilcrease Museum’s anthropology collection includes more than 250,000 archaeological and ethnographical objects. The collection includes historic and contemporary beadwork, ribbon work, clothing, southwest textiles and baskets from throughout the U.S. Plains, Arctic and Northwestern cultures.

Among the Western artists are: Albert Bierstadt, William M. Cary, George Catlin, Woody Crumbo, William R. Leigh, Thomas Moran, Alfred Jacob Miller, Charles M. Russell, Olaf Seltzer, Joseph Henry Sharp, Willard Stone, Frederic Remington and Charles Banks Wilson. Gilcrease Museum is home to 18 of the 22 bronzes created by Frederic Remington. The art collection

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includes more than 12,000 paintings, drawings, prints, and sculptures by 400 artists from colonial times to the present.

Important, non-Western artists featured in the Gilcrease collection include Thomas Eakins, Robert Feke, Charles Willson Peale, John Singleton Copley, James McNeill Whistler, John Singer Sargent, Winslow Homer, John James Audubon, William Merritt Chase, and N.C. Wyeth.

The Gilcrease Museum’s galleries and vaults display and store over a quarter mil-

and the Articles of Confederation signed

by Benjamin Franklin and Silas Deane; a Thomas Jefferson letter dated July 1, 1776; and the Codex Canadensis, dated between 1675 and 1680. The archives contains one of the country’s most extensive collections of rare books, documents, maps, and unpublished material related to the history of the North American continent.

The museum’s facilities include The Restaurant at Gilcrease and a Museum Store.

The Museum Store specializes in Ameri-

lion artifacts related to the aboriginal people of the Americas. The museum’s archival collection contains more than 100,000 books, manuscripts, documents, and maps ranging from 1494 to the present. The collection includes important works such as a letter dictated and signed by Diego Columbus in 1512; The Cortez Decree of 1521; the only known surviving handwritten copy of the Declaration of Independence

can jewelry and pottery, Navajo rugs, reproductions from the Gilcrease collection and books featuring history and art. The museum also offers art education programs for adult and children at the Henry Zarrow Center for Art and Education located in the downtown Brady Arts District.

Thomas Gilcrease was the oldest of 14 children born in Robiline, La., in 1890 to William and Elizabeth Gilcrease. The

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couple was of Scots-Irish, French and Muscogee (Creek) Indian ancestry. The young family moved to the Creek Nation in Oklahoma Territory soon after Tom was born. Tom developed a love affair with history, especially that related to Native Americans. Entered in the Creek tribal rolls, Gilcrease was eligible for a 160 acre allotment of land fortuitously located within the famed Glenn Pool oilfield. Proceeds from the oilfield enabled him to further his education and develop his collections.

The museum makes education a top priority by offering a variety of educational programs and fun events for children and adults.

Programs and events are designed to complement exhibitions on display and include exhibition lectures, films, live performances, art classes, camps, demonstrations, lectures, programs for toddlers, and musical performances.

Twenty-three themed gardens surround the museum and some contain bronze sculpture. Thomas Gilcrease encouraged the growth of native plants, and introduced numerous specimens including the Southern magnolia. Free guided tours of the gardens are offered each fall and spring, and are led by Garden Guides. Garden tour attractions include Pre-Columbian, Pioneer, Victorian, Colonial and Rock Gardens which reflect gardening styles and techniques from the American West.

The Vision Tulsa package approved by voters in April 2016 includes a $65 million capital expansion (100,000 square feet) project for the museum. The University of Tulsa, the museum’s managing partner, has committed to raise private funds for the long term sustainability of museum operations.

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䘀䄀刀䴀 ☀ 䄀䜀 䰀䔀一䐀䔀刀 䤀一 圀䔀匀吀䔀刀一 䄀刀䬀䄀一匀䄀匀 ☀ 䔀䄀匀吀䔀刀一 伀䬀䰀䄀䠀伀䴀䄀⸀

In the Country: “I really love working with cattle and am beginning my own

commercial herd with five mommas using my grandparents’ and father’s bull. I also help my dad at his place in West Fork (Ark.) and my grandparents at their place in Huntsville (Ark.). They have 32 full-blooded Angus mommas, but you don’t get more money at the sale barn by having papers so we don’t do that. My dad or I castrate the bull calves, and we wean the calves at 5 to 6 months, depending upon their size with a target weight of 400 to 500 pounds, usually selling at weaning. The calves have one round of shots and possibly two depending upon the season and need. Our animals are grass and hay fed except for a few cubes which helps keep them tame. We hay 80 acres of Bermuda and white clover, which is what grows best for us here. We spring fertilize with chicken litter and sometimes apply lime or phosphorus as determined by soil testing every two years through the Extension Service. We broadcast spray in the spring for weeds and spot spray for thistles as needed. When I was a kid, one of our punishments was cutting the heads off thistles and putting them in a feed bag.”

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Future: “I plan on staying in agriculture education, but want to work on growing up my own herd and eventually having a purebred Angus one because that’s what’s popular right now. However, I really like the looks of Angus/Santa Getrudis or Charolais crosses because of a larger body frame and more muscle.”

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market sales reports

bulls

(Week of 12/18/16 to 12/24/16)

beef

Not Reported †

Ash Flat Livestock Not Reported † Barry County Regional Stockyards Not Reported* Benton County Sale Barn - Siloam Springs No Sale - Holiday† Cattlemen’s Livestock Auction Not Reported* Cleburne County Livestock Auction 69.00-83.00 † County Line Sale - Ratcliff Not Reported † Decatur Livestock Auction Not Reported* Not Reported* Farmer’s & Ranchers - Vinita Farmers Livestock - Springdale No Sale - Holiday † Ft. Smith Livestock Not Reported † I-40 Livestock - Ozark Not Reported † Joplin Regional Stockyards 61.00-89.50 † Mid-State Stockyards 60.00-84.00* North Arkansas Livestock - Green Forest No Sale - Holiday †

(Week of 12/18/16 to 12/24/16) Arkansas Cattle Auction - Searcy

Not Reported †

Ash Flat Livestock

Not Reported †

Barry County Regional Stockyards Not Reported* Benton County Sale Barn - Siloam Springs No Sale - Holiday † Cattlemen’s Livestock Auction Not Reported* Cleburne County Livestock 47.00-57.00 † County Line Sale - Ratcliff Not Reported † Decatur Livestock Auction Not Reported* Farmer’s & Ranchers - Vinita Not Reported* Farmers Livestock - Springdale No Sale - Reported † Ft. Smith Livestock Not Reported † I-40 Livestock - Ozark Not Reported † Joplin Regional Stockyards 40.50-66.00 † 4 Mid-State Stockyards 30.00-58.00* North Arkansas Livestock - Green Forest No Sale - Holiday † No Sale - Holiday † Not Reported † 35.00-70.00 † 45.00-60.00*

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400-500 lbs.

500-600 lbs.

600-700 lbs.

700-800 lbs.

Bulls, Med. & Lg. 1 300-400 lbs.

400-500 lbs.

500-600 lbs.

600-700 lbs.

700-800 lbs.

Heifers, Med. & Lg. 1 300-400 lbs.

400-500 lbs.

500-600 lbs.

600-700 lbs.

700-800 lbs.

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140.00 129.00-147.00 123.00-136.00 116.00-124.00 119.00-130.00

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Crossbreds 460.00-775.00.

Baby Calves: Holstein Bulls 65.00-110.00, Crossbred Heifers 110.00-140.00, Crossbred Bulls 90.00-160.00, Beef Cross Heifers Pair 155.00, Beef Cross Bulls 100.00-155.00.

Compared to last week slaughter lambs were mostly steady to 15.00 lower. Slaughter ewes were mostly steady. Feeder lambs were steady. At San Angelo, TX 3127 head sold. No sales in Equity Electronic Auction.

In direct trading slaughter ewes and feeder lambs were not tested. 3800 head of negotiated sales of slaughter 12/8/16 Springfield, Mo. • Springfield Livestock Marketing Center 12/20/16 Norwood, Mo. • Producers Auction Yards lambs were steady. 12,900 head of formula sales had no Receipts: 593 Receipts: 428 trend due to confidentiality. N/A lamb carcasses sold. All The supply and demand was moderate. There was 12 At this month’s special dairy sale at the Producers sheep sold per hundred weight (CWT) unless otherwise percent springer heifers, 11 percent bred heifers, 36 Auction Yard, demand was good on a heavy supply of specified. ****Due to the holiday this report will not be percent open heifers, 08 percent fresh and milking cows, milking and bred cows and a light supply of open heifers issued next week. The next report will be January 6, 01 percent bred and springer cows, and 03 percent baby and calves. The supply consisted of 3 percent Springer 2017.**** calves. The balance was steers, bulls and slaughter cows. Heifers, 12 percent Bred Heifers, 10 percent Open Heif- Slaughter Lambs: Choice and Prime 2-3 90-160 lbs: Prices reported are on a per head basis and for Holsteins ers, 19 percent Fresh and Milking Cows, 7 percent Bred San Angelo: shorn and wooled 140-150 lbs 130.00-140.00. unless noted otherwise.

Cows and 5 percent baby calves. The balance was made VA: wooled 90-110 lbs 95.00-155.00. up of weigh cows and beef animals. All quotes are on a 130 Springer Heifers bred seven to nine months: Supreme PA: shorn and wooled 110-130 lbs 170.00-193.00; 150-200 1350.00-1600.00, crossbreds 1335.00-1485.00, Approved per head basis for Holsteins unless noted otherwise. lbs 135.00-137.00.

1050.00-1270.00, crossbreds 1000.00-1250.00, Medium Springer Heifers Bred Seven to Nine Months: Supreme Ft.Collins, CO: wooled 130-150 lbs 125.00-135.00.

775.00-1000.00, ind Jersey 875.00, few crossbreds 925.00- 1300.00-1575.00, Individual Crossbred 1300.00, Approved South Dakota: shorn and wooled 120-130 lbs 130.00950.00, Common 280.00- 680.00, ind crossbred 460.00.

Individual 1025.00, Crossbreds 1050.00-1100.00, Medium 137.50; 130-175 lbs 132.00-134.50.

Heifers bred three to six months: Supreme 1300.00Individual 875.00, Common Individual 675.00.

Billings, MT: no test.

1540.00, ind crossbred 1410.00, Approved 1000.00Heifers Bred Four to Six Months: Supreme 1300.00Kalona, IA: wooled 130-150 lbs 128.00-128.50.

1285.00, crossbreds 1010.00-1250.00, Medium 635.001490.00, Individual Crossbred 1300.00, Approved 1000.00- Missouri: no test.

885.00, ind Jersey 800.00, crossbreds 850.00-985.00, 1285.00, Medium 725.00-985.00, Individual Crossbred Equity Elec: no sales.

Common 360.00-570.00.

750.00, Common Jerseys 570.00-635.00, Individual Slaughter Lambs: Choice and Prime 1: Heifers bred one to three months: Supreme 1200.00Crossbred 640.00.

San Angelo: 40-60 lbs 248.00-268.00; 60-70 lbs 232.001385.00, ind crossbred 1250.00, Approved ind 1000.00, Heifers Bred One to Three Months: Supreme Pair 244.00; 70-80 lbs 200.00-224.00; 80-90 lbs 180.00-194.00; Medium ind Jersey 825.00, Common 625.00-640.00, ind 1260.00, Approved 1035.00-1185.00, Medium 775.0090-110 lbs 160.00-170.00, few 180.00. crossbred 585.00.

810.00, Common Individual 420.00.

Pennsylvania: 40-60 lbs 210.00-245.00; 60-80 lbs 177.00Open Heifers: Approved: 145-300 lbs 230.00-420.00, Open heifers: Approved 400-500 lbs Individual Crossbred 250.00; 80-90 lbs 170.00-195.00; 90-110 lbs 182.00Jerseys 290-310.00, crossbreds 300.00-400.00, 300-400 lbs 590.00, Pkg 11 hd 850 lbs 910.00, Pkg 13 hd 913 lbs 205.00. ind 330 lbs 570.00, ind Jersey 315 lbs 400.00, crossbreds 950.00, Medium Pkg 4 hd 794 lbs 700.00.

Kalona, IA: 45-60 lbs 230.00-265.00; 60-70 lbs 215.00410.00-490.00, 400-500 lbs 560.00-650.00, Jerseys 780.00- Fresh/Milking Heifers and Cows: Supreme 1375.00220.00.

860.00, 500-600 lbs 530.00-580.00, Jerseys 810.00-1050.00, 1450.00, Approved 1175.00-1300.00, Crossbreds Ft. Collins: 65-75 lbs 205.00-210.00; 90-105 lbs 175.00crossbreds 510.00-690.00, 600-700 lbs 860.00-880.00, 1225.00-1285.00, Medium 775.00-1100.00, Crossbreds 180.00. pkg 2 Jerseys 683 lbs 1130.00, pkg 3 Brown Swiss 628 800.00-1100.00, Common 500.00-775.00, Crossbreds Missouri: 40-75 lbs 215.00-242.50; 80-110 lbs 135.00lbs 840.00, pkg 4 crossbreds 628 lbs 940.00, 700-800 lbs 535.00-675.00.

170.00.

740.00-970.00.

Bred and Springer Cows: Approved 1075.00-1175.00, Virginia: 30-60 lbs 212.50; 60-90 lbs 183.00-195.00.

Medium: 400-500 lbs ind Jersey 450 lbs 360.00, pkg 3 Individual Crossbred 1200.00, Medium 850.00-1025.00, crossbreds 415 lbs 480.00, 500-600 lbs pkg 3 at 671 lbs Individual Crossbred 920.00, Common 630.00-725.00, 480.00, 600-700 lbs ind 670 lbs 550.00, 700-800 lbs 570.00-610.00.

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Replacement Cows: Fresh Cows and Heifers: Supreme 1250.00-1675.00, Approved 1020.00-1200.00, Medium 775.00-800.00, Common ind 475.00,ind Jersey 600.00.

12/25/16 Springer Cows: Approved few 1025.00, ind Crossbred 1200.00, Medium few 800.00-860.00.

Bred Cows: Approved few 1000.00-1020.00.00, ind Jersey 1100.00, ind crossbred 1000.00, Medium ind 800.00, ind Jersey 900.00, ind crossbred 725.00, Common few crossbreds 400.00-635.00.

Baby Calves: Holstein heifers 150.00-280.00, Holstein bulls 90.00-130.00, Jersey heifers scarce, Jersey bulls 70.00120.00, crossbred heifers few 130.00-210.00, crossbred bulls few 100.00-160.00, beef cross heifers 210.00-230.00, beef cross bulls 85.00-200.00.

dairy cattle

65.00-92.00 † 65.00-81.00* None Reported †

Welch Stockyards

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5 Area (Tx-Ok, Ks, Neb, Ia, Colo) Live Basis Sales - Over 80% Choice Steers: 111.00-116.00; wtd. avg. price 114.52.

Heifers: 111.00-116.00; wtd. avg. price 114.26.

Dressed Basis Sales - Over 80% Choice Steers: 174.00-180.00; wtd. avg. price 179.73.

Heifers: 174.00-180.00; wtd. avg. price 179.66.

No Sale - Holiday † Not Reported †

OKC West - El Reno Ouachita Livestock Auction Ozarks Regional Stockyard Stilwell Livestock Auction Tulsa Livestock Auction

cattle

Midwest - High Plains Direct Slaughter Cattle

12 6$/( +2/,'$<

Arkansas Cattle Auction - Searcy

127 5(3257('

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es reports

Soybeans

230.00-265.00; 60-70 lbs 215.00-

05.00-210.00; 90-105 lbs 175.00-

5.00-242.50; 80-110 lbs 135.00-

2.50; 60-90 lbs 183.00-195.00.

Corn

Sorghum

16 12

9.94

9.96

9.90

4.41

5.03

5.12

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2000

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usta

Aug

0

500

2500

950.00-1675.00 † 850.00-1975.00 * No Sale - Holiday †

2000

2500

-----

St-3 Higher

Steady

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Uneven

2-5 Higher

-----

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162.50-180.00 156.00-170.00 141.00-154.00 126.00-133.00 124.00-129.50

140.00-175.00 135.00-160.00 126.00-143.00 114.00-133.00 110.00-124.00

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157.50-164.00 145.00-153.00 129.00-145.00 126.50-137.00 -----

160.00-180.00 150.00-170.00 134.00-154.00 108.00-128.00 100.00-120.00

168.00-175.00 158.00-169.50 142.50-153.50 115.00-129.50 124.00

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----160.00 135.00 103.00-116.00 112.00

140.00-162.00 131.00-154.00 119.00-137.00 100.00-118.00 85.00-105.00

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158.00 140.00-145.00 125.00-137.50 124.00-125.00 -----

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155.00 ----130.00-139.00 110.00-120.00 105.00-108.50

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125.00-133.00 122.50-133.00 121.00-126.50 110.00-118.00 108.00

Week of 11/27/16

117.13 120.46

* 129.58

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132.25

115.75

134.09

115.84

** ** **

123.87 ** ** **

129.55

118.86

138.68

119.09 112.18

131.67

118.63

162.95

125.85

134.03

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138.04

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133.00-153.00 115.00-135.00 111.00-131.00 105.00-125.00 100.00-120.00

107.00

**

Not Reported †

133.00-146.00 122.00-140.00 115.00-127.00 ----120.00-129.25

119.18

136.47

1,352

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*

1,530

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133.63

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**

121.24 **

136.86

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128.00-150.00 119.00-137.00 108.00-123.00 105.00-118.00 -----

**

111.76

130.91

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140.00 129.00-147.00 123.00-136.00 116.00-124.00 119.00-130.00

**

Not Reported †

783

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115.22

123.05 134.19

134.59

3,534

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130.30 **

132.31

12/12/16

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127.99

Welch Stockyards*

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129.02 122.46

**

Tulsa Livestock Auction 12/19/16

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119.98 109.82

143.36

Stilwell Livestock Auction* 12/14/16

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** 115.26

*

Ozarks Regional West Plains 12/20/16

-----

**

150.47

Not Reported †

1500

122.49 **

141.85

Ouachita Livestock Ola, Ark. -----

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** **

114.97

130.81

OKC West - El Reno, Okla.

-----

Mid-State Stockyards*

135.76 **

Not Reported * No Sale - Holiday †

1000

119.97

125.24

136.89

N. Ark. Livestock Green Forest -----

Joplin Regional Stockyards 12/19/16

**

127.18

Not Reported*

Welch Stockyards

I-40 Livestock Ozark -----

115.00 113.13

131.91

Not Reported † Barry County Regional Stockyards Not Reported* Benton County Sale Barn - Siloam Springs No Sale - Holiday † Cattlemen’s Livestock Auction Not Reported * Cleburne County Livestock Auction - Heber Springs None Reported † County Line Sale - Ratcliff Not Reported †

Decatur Livestock Auction Farmer’s & Ranchers

Ash Flat El Reno Ft. Smith Green Forest Heber Springs Joplin Ouachita Ozark Ratcliff Searcy Siloam Springs Springdale Tulsa West Plains

**

Not Reported †

**

**

***

***

**

**

***

*** 134.65 142.20

** ** ** **

* 123.00 ** ** ** **

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*** 143.10

122.11 *

135.39 75

Oct. 16 Nov. 16

heifers 550-600 LBS.

151.86

(Week of 12/18/16 to 12/24/16) Arkansas Cattle Auction - Searcy Ash Flat Livestock

July 16 Aug. 16 Sept. 16

*

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9.94

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127 5(3257('

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Soft Wheat

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Apr. 16 May 16 June 16

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avg. grain prices

500

Dec. 15 Jan. 16 Feb. 16 Mar. 16

Week of 12/11/16

12/16/16

Cheese: Barrels closed at $1.7000 and 40# blocks at $1.8000. The weekly average for barrels is $1.6865 (+.1000) and blocks, $1.7660 (+.0350).

Fluid Milk: Milk production is varied among regions of the United States. Minimal gains are found in the Northeast.

Production is described as marginally higher/higher/robust in Florida, the Midwest, California, Arizona, and the mountain states of Idaho, Colorado, and Utah. Milk production is steady or balanced in the mid-Atlantic and Southeast states, as well as New Mexico. Sales into educational institutions ice and Prime 2-3 90-160 lbs: are slowing as Christmas and other yearend holidays draw wooled 140-150 lbs 130.00-140.00. nearer. In the Midwest, spot milk is offered from flat market 95.00-155.00. to $1.00 over class. Milk is noted as being readily available for 0 110-130 lbs 170.00-193.00; 150-200 making cheese in the Midwest and mountain states. While manufacturing milk supplies are minimal to none in the d 130-150 lbs 125.00-135.00.

Southeast, in New Mexico and the Pacific Northwest milk is nd wooled 120-130 lbs 130.00available for processing and manufacturing needs. Multiples in 2.00-134.50. the East are 1.30-1.35; in the Midwest 1.17-1.26; and in the West 1.04-1.24.

0-150 lbs 128.00-128.50.

SPOT PRICES OF CLASS II CREAM, $ PER POUND BUTTERFAT F.O.B. producing plants: Upper Midwest - $2.3809-2.5705. ice and Prime 1: 248.00-268.00; 60-70 lbs 232.000-224.00; 80-90 lbs 180.00-194.00; 00, few 180.00. s 210.00-245.00; 60-80 lbs 177.00Week Ended 11/15/16 0-195.00; 90-110 lbs 182.00-

$80

Week of 12/18/16

National Dairy Market at a Glance

Ash Flat Livestock Not Reported † Barry County Regional Stockyards Not Reported* Benton County Sale Barn - Siloam Springs No Sale - Holiday † Cattlemen’s Livestock Auction Not Reported * Cleburne County Livestock 880.00-1090.00 † County Line Sale - Ratcliff Not Reported † Decatur Livestock Auction Not Reported* Farmer’s & Ranchers - Vinita Not Reported * Farmers Livestock - Springdale No Sale - Holiday † Ft. Smith Livestock Not Reported † I-40 Livestock - Ozark Not Reported † Joplin Regional 585.00-1475.00 † Mid-State Stockyard 700.00-1600.00 * North Arkansas Livestock - Green Forest No Sale - Holiday † OKC West - El Reno No Sale - Holiday † Ouachita Livestock Auction Not Reported † Ozarks Reg 450.00-1500.00 † 4 Stilwell Livestock Auction 1100.00-1500.00 * Tulsa Livestock Auction 960.00-1235.00 † Welch Stockyards Not Reported *

Week of 11/27/16

slaughter lambs were mostly Slaughter ewes were mostly were steady. At San Angelo, TX les in Equity Electronic Auction. hter ewes and feeder lambs were of negotiated sales of slaughter ,900 head of formula sales had no ality. N/A lamb carcasses sold. All d weight (CWT) unless otherwise the holiday this report will not be next report will be January 6,

$120

Not Reported †

Arkansas Cattle Auction - Searcy

dairy sales

12/23/16

$160

cwt per cwt (Week of 12/18/16 to 12/24/16) Prices reported Pricesper reported

Week of 12/4/16

goats

cows

550-600 lb. steers

$200

Week of 12/11/16

eep &

replacement

South Dakota: no test.

Billings, MT: no test.

Direct Trading: (lambs fob with 3-4 percent shrink or equivalent) 3800: Slaughter Lambs shorn and wooled 127-165 lbs 127.00-165.00 (wtd avg 141.12).

12 Month Avg. -

$240

Week of 12/18/16

00.

Bulls 65.00-110.00, Crossbred Crossbred Bulls 90.00-160.00, Beef 00, Beef Cross Bulls 100.00-155.00.

USDA Reported * Independently Reported

100 125 150 175 * No price reported in weight break **USDA Failed To Report *** No Sale

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A Farmer and a Student

By Terry Ropp

James and Jane Maginot have a diversified operation at their Beyond Organic Farm James and Jane Maginot are definitely not your typical Arkansas couple.

They met in rural Tanzania 10 years ago as Peace Corps volunteers. Jane was working in the environmental sector in one village while James was working in sustainable agriculture in another. They discovered a common agricultural belief system and a desire to farm together.

They moved to Northwest Arkansas in 2009 after considering three locations: Carbondale, Ill.; Columbia, Mo., and Northwest Arkansas. The four factors they considered were land price, access to population centers, a growing consumer interest in organics/sustainable/local agriculture and an economy separate from the university. Northwest Arkansas matched all four criteria.

Jane is an urban water quality educator as a University of Arkansas Extension agent, while James is the director of Waiver Programs for Bost Incorporated out of Fort Smith, Ark., which provides services for people with disabilities. The couple has two children, 3-year-old Séamus and 1-year-old Patrick.

The couple owns 80 acres in Winslow, Ark., where their Beyond Organics Farm seeks to approach agriculture holistically and through systems that exceed government labeling requirements. While many livestock farmers see themselves as grass growers first, James and Jane believe they are soil farmers first. Their biggest concern is how to grow the highest quality forage to produce manure that attracts the highest concentration of dung beetles. They use this as a slow farming technique for fertilization. This system enriches the soil which encourages a healthy livestock production environment that requires minimal human intervention in terms of fertilizing, spraying for weeds, and worming. Their livestock production includes cattle, goats, and chickens with three Pyrenees guard dogs and 50 guineas to help control ticks and mosquitoes.

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Another unusual aspect of this farm is the production of South Poll cattle. They started with small-framed, dual-purpose Dexter cattle, but wanted larger meat production and switched to South Polls, a recently developed and official composite breed developed in Alabama in the 1990s. The breed is known for birthing ease, heat tolerance, proven tender meat when fed only grass, strong maternal traits and minimal inputs.

It is a combination of Red Angus, Hereford, Barzona (another composite breed with

removed to maintain/improve the condition of the cow before her next calf. Meat is processed when the animal is generally 21 to 24 months old, though consideration is made for forage availability, rain, hay prices and hunting season when processor availability becomes more difficult.

“Another advantage to living here is the number and availability of various meat processing facilities, including a USDA inspected facility nearby in Winslow (Ark.),” James said.

Photo by Terry Ropp

James Maginot, along with his wife Jane, operate Beyond Organics Farm in Winslow, Ark. In addition to chickens and goats, the farm also has South Poll cattle, which are a recently developed composite breed comprised of Red Angus, Hereford, Senepol and Barzona.

excellent heat tolerance) and Senepol (a Once a Dexter bull got pneumonia. polled breed with good milk ability).

The couple was torn between remaining The Maginots have seven mommas completely antibiotic free and treating and one bull that stays with the herd year the $3,000 bull. In the end they decided round. They have never had to assist in a $12 shot was both more humane and birthing and oftentimes come financially advisable. home to a new, healthy calf.

Another aspect of the opThey wean heifers at 9 months Winslow Ark. eration is the family’s goats. so they will not be bred and “Goats are pasture improveusually retain them for herd ment tools first and foremost, development. Steers are kept but who doesn’t love playing on the cow as long as possible with baby goats?” Jane said. to increase calf health and only The goat herd is comprised of 20 Ozarks Farm & Neighbor • www.ozarksfn.com

Kiko nannies and a Savanna billy. The Kiko breed provides essential parasite resistance while the Savannah provides a heftier structure. Though some goats are processed for sale at market, others are reserved for ethnic populations and are butchered at the farm.

The Maginot chicken operation is twofold. The first is a 75-bird Rhode Island Red and Ameraucana egg laying operation. The second is a meat operation comprised of three batches of 100 meat chickens raised between April and November when pastures are optimal. All of the chickens are pasture-raised and unconfined which is a major reason for the presence of the three Pyrenees dogs.

All livestock are rotated amongst paddocks within permanent pastures every 48 hours or according to current weather conditions. In the spring goats and cattle share the same pasture so that the goats can eat the faster growing browse and the cattle can get to the lower growing grasses they prefer.

The Maginots market through the West Fork Garden market and through a Fayetteville online farmers market called Green Fork Farmers Market. The Green Fork Market week begins on Saturday when farmers enter into the website the products they have available for sale. On Tuesday, farmers receive email notification from the market about which/quantity products have been sold. Jane delivers orders to the market Wednesday morning, which then is packaged for customer pickup that afternoon. The advantage to this online system is that farmers don’t need to predict what they sell so they can harvest/ prepare only what is ordered.

“You have to adapt to your land, which means nothing is absolute and no one practice works everywhere,” James said.

“A farmer has to be a marketer, educator, and most importantly a student. I have found listening to locals and learning the social history of the land often provides the most useful information.”

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Arkansas horse breeder has raised racing horses since 1978 For some saddling up and riding on a trail best expresses their love for horses. For others gentling and training them is best.

Still others prefer owning and managing a career for a racing. This is the case with Jackie Earl Brown from Greenwood, Ark., who raises, races and occasionally sells registered Quarter horses in Oklahoma.

Jackie Earl has been racing horses since 1978. He married Diana several years earlier while he was rodeoing.

“My dad, Billy, was a rodeo judge and I really loved rodeoing,” explained Jackie Earl. “But I needed something safer, especially after we started having children.”

Jackie Earl immediately ran into problems. The first horse he bought, a 2-yearold filly, had a knee problem and therefore became his first broodmare, though she never threw a horse that would race.

After several years, Jackie Earl decided to start over and sold all his horses. He and a partner bought both Quarter horses and Thoroughbreds at the Heritage Sale in Oklahoma, then trained and raced them.

Thoroughbreds are more expensive to keep and Jackie Earl eventually branched out on his own with just Quarter horses.

Jackie Earl’s horses are in Arkansas for only a short period of time. A broodmare follows a specific cycle. She is taken to a veterinary ranch Sunlight Farms in Salli-

saw, Okla., where she undergoes AI with semen from the Lazy E Ranch in Guthrie.

Currently Jackie Earl likes semen from the sons of First Down Dash, who died years ago and whose semen is still preserved and sells for $35,000 a straw.

One of the secrets to a successful AI proAfter a stint in the rodeo arena, Jackie Earl cess is semen that is as fresh as possible.

Brown now gives his attention to raising Quarter Jackie Earl drives to the ranch and picks up horses. He has farms in both Oklahoma and the straws in a one-day turnaround so the Arkansas. vet has the freshest semen possible. Having the straws delivered not only costs more but takes longer so Jackie Earl believes the there were not enough hours in the day they are, and these two look just fine.” long, hard day is worth the effort. Fifteen for him to do that and run his construcThe racehorses are fed twice a day with days after being bred, the vet checks for tion business. Jackie Earl has had only sweet feed, although significantly less in a heartbeat and then sends the pregnant four trainers in the 40-plus years he’s summer and with Bermuda and alfalfa hay. mare back to Jackie Earl’s Oklahoma land. been racing, and his current trainer is Alfalfa is particularly good for horses but When the mare is ready to deliver, she is 78-year-old J.D. Anderson they have to be trained to eat it so they In 2008, 2-year-old Fly on Lake out of don’t eat too much and founder. returned to the breeding farm. After giving birth, she is bred back within two weeks. Granite Lake won the Black Gold ChamAs far as training goes, the young horsLater, the growing youngster is sent to his pionship, which earned an immediate es are usually halter broke before they place in Greenwood until it reaches train- $140,00 and a total of $200,00. Though come to Arkansas, where they are gentle ing age. The Arkansas ranch is also used Fly on Lake is a gelding, his mother, Pig but not tamed. for horses that are injured or laid off until on Fly, is still part of Jackie Earl’s stable “The problem with racehorses is you and has given birth to full siblings, now don’t want to tame them; just gentle them returning to racing. residing on the Arkansas farm enough to be safe because it’s the fire that “I have always loved foals before undergoing training makes them racehorses and winners rather and yearlings so I keep them and racing. here and then ship them out Greenwood, Ark. than trail horses,” Jackie Earl said.

“You can tell a lot about when it’s time to train and Jackie Earl admitted to slowing down horses when they run when some. “At this point, I’m much more inrace them,” Jackie Earl said. young,” he said. “The longer volved with my three grandchildren and In the 1970s and 1980s, they leap starting out and the fur- watching my grandson Jase play footJackie Earle tried to train ther the reach and stride the better ball,” he said. horses himself but found

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It is truly wonderful to make it another year and a pleasure to be writDr. Tim E. O’Neill, DVM, ing for you. I just want to pass on a owns Country Veterinary word of caution to everyone, if you have left over Service in Farmington, feed with medically important antibiotics in it; Ark. To contact Tim go you now need a Veterinary Feed Directive from to ozarksfn.com and your veterinarian in order to feed it up. click on ‘Contact Us.’ If you do not, you will not be compliant with the new federal law about medically important antibiotics and there juris prudent use.

This all came about over 20 years ago, when we had big lobbyists want to not let any antibiotics be used for animals in any faucet.

The veterinarians have been working on this compromise for the last 20 years.

The original thought was that antibiotics are causing super infections in people and therefore, we should not use any in animals. In other words, those of us in agriculture were causing the super infections in people.

The whole medical industry has had to look at itself and rethink how to use antibiotics. And I must say the way we use antibiotics has changed since I have been out of veterinary school.

Plus, I have never been in favor of mass dosing antibiotics to any group of cattle or animals. But, in some instances it is the only way to stop an outbreak. With the removal of certain label claims; i.e. growth promotion, feed efficiency and others it gives us a true way to only use these drugs for the prevention and treatment of disease. These drugs should only be used for the prevention and treatment of disease.

They have found antibiotics in the air, down the road from feed yards. And by putting these antibiotics under the supervision of veterinarians, I believe we can help reduce resistance.

We do want to minimize our contribution to resistance in bacteria. No one wants to hear or see a person die just because they have an infection that is resistant to all antibiotics. And I do have a friend that has lost a leg due to a resistant Staph infection.

We all need to work together and help this situation out. The least amount of resistant bacteria we find the better.

What drugs are not affected by the VFD?

Drugs that are not medically important (medically important antimicrobials are those that are of therapeutic importance in human medicine and there is a risk of microbial resistance development if they are used in an injudicious manner).

Ionophores (monensin, lasalocid, etc.) • Bacitracin (BMD, bacitracin zinc) • Bambermycins • Carbadox

Drugs that are not antimicrobials, for example:

Anthelmentics: Fenbendazole, Ivermectin Beta agonists: Ractopamine, Zilpaterol Coccidiostats: Clopidol, Decoquinate, Diclazuril

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Small ruminants like sheep and goats need special attention when the temperatures drop As it gets colder and the fields frost, livestock producers prepare for the dead of winter.

As many focus on cattle – goats and sheep also require changes during the winter.

Depending on purpose of the livestock, is how the producer prepares them for the weather changes.

Producers who primarily pasture raise their goats and sheep, should substitute grass hay during winter months.

“We often have Bermuda in what we bale for our sheep to have in the winter,” Northwest Arkansas show lamb producer Sarah Wright said.

Show stock has a different ration because they require more while producing.

“Since we are a show lamb operation, we spoil our girls a little more than most,” Wright said. “They are fed both grain and hay, especially during the winter as that’s when they are heavy bred and lambing.”

Wright said they want to make sure their lambs are well fed to produce strong healthy babies and plentiful, good quality milk.

“As they are moved in the barn for lambing, we also supplement with alfalfa hay to have something a little richer, help keep their gut in check and give that extra quality to their milk production,” Wright said.

Lambs have thicker coats and don’t necessarily spend winter indoors; it is up to the producer’s preference and resources.

Goats’ coats thicken in the winter, but are less hardy than sheep when it comes to bone chilling winds, snow or sleet.

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A shelter, such a shed or barn, for the goats to freely come and go can keep them protected during winter weather.

Goat producers need to be aware of the ventilation in their shelters, especially in the winter.

Extra bedding in the winter is necessary, especially if there are young kids, however keeping the barn floor clean and checking their herd daily is important when preventing ammonia buildup from urine.

Ammonia buildup – even with orphans in places such as dog crates – can cause vision issues, even blindness in goats.

Keeping the air clean can keep the goats healthy.

Water is also important the in the colder months.

Breaking ice in the winter is the biggest chore for any livestock producer and it is no different for lamb and goat producers.

Electric heaters in troughs are an option for producers who farm part time or want to spend less time breaking frozen ice.

Buckets are also an option for water, however producers need to refresh the water multiple times a day during freezing temperatures.

It is also important for producers to be aware of lamb and goat water consumption during the winter months.

Supplementing a small amount of Gatorade powder in the water can cause the livestock to drink more and provide extra electrolytes to assist during the colder weather.

“We hope that cattle prices go back up, I hope that we all stay healthy, that it rains a lot and that the grass grows green.”

Kelly Hatfield Benton County, Ark.

“I hope there is a profit in it. These are pretty rough times in the farming industry, especially in the cattle industry. Prices are down, feed prices remain steady to high and we’re in either a drought or semi-drought condition and it’s just tough to make a go of it on the farm.”

Bobby Doyle Payne County, Okla.

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“I just hope that things stay consistent; we like consistency.

I also hope that I can raise some nice heifers this year.

We aren’t looking to expand or anything like that.”

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Understanding the meanings behind the terms grass fed and organic If you’ve spent any amount of time raising livestock for meat in the agriculture industry, whether it be chicken, beef, pork, lamb or a little bit of everything, there is a good chance you have run across the terms “grass fed” and “organic.”

Both of these styles of livestock practices have grown in popularity as consumers become more and more interested in sustainably raised food. It can be confusing to determine the differences in these terms, especially if they are used improperly in product marketing, but luckily, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has a clearly defined standard for each.

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While “grass fed” seems like an honest, self-explanatory term, it is often used improperly during marketing to seduce under educated, but well-meaning consumers who are trying to purchase healthier food.

Too often, people label meat as “grass fed” just because the animal received some kind of pasture at some point in its lifetime, even if it was fed other feedstuffs.

In order for an animal to be marketed as truly grass fed, there must be no supplemented grains or grain by-products.

“Grass fed or 100 percent grass fed claims may only be applied to meat and meat product labels derived from livestock that were 100 percent grass (forage) fed after being weaned from their mother’s milk. The diet must be derived solely from forage, and animals cannot be fed grain or grain by-products and must have continuous access to pasture during the growing season until slaughter,” explained Sam Jones-Ellard, public affairs specialist for the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS).

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He went on to say that “forage consists of grass (annual and perennial), forbs (e.g., legumes, Brassica), browse or cereal grain crops in the vegetative (pre-grain) state. Hay, haylage, baleage, silage, crop residue without grain, and other roughage sources may also be included as acceptable feed sources. Routine mineral and vitamin supplementation may also be included in the feeding regimen.”

Organic

If a product is marketed as being “organic,” the producer must have obtained certification from the USDA. If the producer has not obtained certification and markets a product as “organic,” they can be subject to a hefty fine.

“Organic certification verifies that livestock are raised according to the USDA organic regulations throughout their lives. Like other organic products, organic livestock must be produced without genetic engineering, ionizing radiation, or sewage sludge, and managed in a manner that conserves natural resources and biodiversity,” Jones-Ellard said.

Animal health and natural behavior must also be accommodated for on a certified organic operation. Organic livestock must be: • Allowed year-round access to the outdoors except under specific conditions (e.g., inclement weather).

• Raised on certified organic land meeting all organic crop production standards.

• Raised per animal health and welfare standards.

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Organic livestock must also have shade, clean water, shelter, direct sunlight, fresh air and space for exercise provided at all times.

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Grass-fed: Consumers typically don’t know that all cattle spend the majority of their lives eating grass in pastures.

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Certified Organic: Certified organic beef must meet USDA’s National Organic Program standards. Organicallyraised cattle must be fed 100 percent organic feed, and they may not be given hormones to promote growth or antibiotics for any reason. Certified organic beef can be corn-fed or grass-finished. USDA states organically produced food is no safer or more nutritious than conventionally produced foods. Organic food differs only in the way it is grown, not how it’s handled and processed.

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