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Family moves from upstate New York in 1979 to begin a cattle ranch

The Science of Agriculture

Jacob Noblitt achieves high accolades for his research with poultry and cattle

Bison, the Other Bovine

Farm Fin Animal Hance, and Prod ealth uction Sale Issu e

Understanding Tax Changes

New regulations mean new requirements to determine if expenses are deductible

When left in a natural environment with minimal intervention, buffalo prove to be very hardy

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McDonald County soybean farmer wins honors: Jeremy Thomas of Stella, Mo., with farmland in McDonald County, Mo., was District 4 winner for no-till soybeans at 83 in the Missouri Soybean Association and Merchandising Council’s annual competition. Participants in the contest were required to enter their fields into the competition prior to harvest. At harvest, participants were required to have a designated judge verify their yield results for the competition.

Referendum of Missouri cattle producers petition: Director of Agriculture Richard Fordyce has approved the petition to conduct a referendum of Missouri cattle producers to establish a $1 per head state beef checkoff assessment. Cattle producers will now vote for or against the establishment of the state checkoff. Cattle producers will be required to register in order to vote. Producers can register online at agriculture.mo.gov or by visiting their county USDA-FSA office. Producers can also request a voter registration form by calling (573) 751-5633 or sending an e-mail to voter.registration@mda.mo.gov.

Vernon County high school senior named finalist: Cole Diggins, a senior at Bronaugh High School, was named one of 10 finalists for the 2015 KCPL Community MVP program, which recognizes youth in the KCPL’s service area who have gone above and beyond to serve their community. Cole has volunteered more than 294 hours, both independently and as a member of more than 15 organizations, in his small town community, where without volunteers, programs would be lost. He has worked with young 4-H members, Afterschool robotics students, and at a local homeless shelter. He designed, funded, and implemented a PreK through third-grade program entitled, “Where Does Your Food Come From?” travelling to a different classroom monthly, AGvocating for healthy eating and agriculture. Serving 231 people, he donated a can of vegetables to the local Center for Abused Women and Children, in the name of each student who participated, encouraging their future philanthropic behavior.

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JUST A THOUGHT

3 Jerry Crownover – Bless your heart

4 Julie Turner-Crawford – Misconceptions in agriculture

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MEET YOUR NEIGHBORS

7 Family moves from upstate New York to begin a cattle ranch

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Following the science of agriculture

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Couple has some real horse power in their business

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Town & Country highlights Kathy Garrison

The story of ‘Little House’ Eye on Agribusiness spotlights Stewart Concrete Products

When left in their natural environment, bison prove to be very hardy

26 Youth in Agriculture spotlights Paige Rolison FARM FINANCE 15 Don’t forget the trust 16 Preventing fraud: Smaller companies are more likely to fall victim

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When disaster strikes

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Understanding tax law changes that apply to agriculture

What farmers should know about estate taxes

FARM HELP 27 Why you need a relationship with your veterinarian

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The benefits of defining your breeding season

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A proper feed program can increase production, growth in poultry flocks

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Understanding grass tetany and its impact on livestock

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Life Is Simple

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By Jerry Crownover

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e’ve all heard the expressions, “Well, revbless onwohis rCheart,” yrreJ yB or “Bless her little heart,” and might have even felt a twinge of the “warm­ fuzzies” upon Jerry Crownover farms in Lawrence County. He hearing it used. Depending on which part of the is a former professor of country you hear it proclaimed, it most definitely Agriculture Education at conveys a different message than that of evoking Missouri State University, God’s blessing upon the intended recipient. and is an author and I’m most familiar with its meaning, here in the professional speaker.

Ozark Mountains, and have witnessed its use on To contact Jerry, go to three different occasions in the past month. ozarksfn.com and click For the past three years, our family has started on ‘Contact Us.’ a new Christmas tradition by meeting at a nice cabin in a very remote part of Northwest Arkansas for a weekend of carefree isolation. The rustic cabins are owned by individuals, but are managed for rent during the times the owners are away at their real homes. The manager, a very nice lady who happens to own several poultry houses and cattle in the area, is always a joy to deal with. Upon check­in this year, however, she said that she would have to follow us down to our cabin to make sure the new entrance gate was working properly and instruct us on its use.

Two miles deeper into the already isolated wilderness, she stopped her vehicle at a magnificent entryway with huge stone ­constructed pillars and a heavy metal gate that was operated by a mobile device that had to be programmed into a small computer, which then instructed a hydraulic cylinder to open and close the monstrous gate.

The petite, chicken farmer stated, “The owner, bless her heart, is from California, and she thinks this gate will cut down on the trespassing and theft that occurs here from time to time.”

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About the Cover The Hempel family moved to the Ozarks in 1979 to start a cattle operation. Today, brothers Albert and Matthew Hempel continue the farm, which includes cattle and poultry. See more on page 7.

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Across the Fence

By Julie Turner-Crawford

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am a member of an online group made up of women in agriculture who network and talk about life, both good and bad, on the farm.

The group is very diverse, reaching out to Julie Turner-Crawford farmwomen from around the world, and I is a native of Dallas have really enjoyed reading the posts, and postCounty, Mo., where she ing a few things myself. grew up on her family’s I’ve watched a video of carrots being harvestfarm. She is a graduate ed, “chatted” with women who raises sheep and of Missouri State dairy cattle in Australia, learned about the wheat University. To contact harvest, and even gave a little advice on raising Julie, call 1-866-532-1960 bottle calves to a first-timer. or by email at editor@ Recently, a young woman posted a question ozarksfn.com. about dairy cattle. She wanted to know if she bought a dairy cow if she would have to milk it each and everyday, and if it would produce milk without having a calf. The ladies, without criticism, explained the whole “a heifer has to have a calf before she’s a cow process,” and that an Angus cow wasn’t an ideal dairy animal. They also explained the lactation cycle better than an animal science Ph.D. could.

The young woman said she was a little embarrassed to ask the question, but since she had no experience with cattle, she simply didn’t know and felt “ignorant” for asking.

My response to her was that the only ignorant question was the one left unasked.

What if every single person who had a question about agriculture simply asked?

I think we would have most, if not all, of the misconceptions surrounding agriculture nipped in the bud.

I recently asked my social media buddies what they thought were some of the biggest misconceptions about agriculture and farming. Many of those who responded, which included friends who have never lived on a farm, said there continues to be a “gap” between production agriculture and consumers – and that gap continues to grow.

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just a thought Across the Fence Continued from Previous Page One friend said, in her opinion, the average American thinks farmers couldn’t “cut it” in the real world, so they turned to farming as a last resort.

“If people could see everything a farmer has to do, like doctor animals, figure out what cross will give the best yield, how to repair a piece of machinery, etc. … I’ve never farmed, or lived on a farm, however, I honestly believe farmers are unappreciated, and most of us couldn’t do a farmers job for a week,” my friend wrote.

A friend, who is an agriculture education instructor, said agriculture classes are looked at as an “easy A,” and some students don’t think the classes are “hard enough” to prepare them for college.

“The successful farmers have to possess knowledge to run a business, wisdom for proper management, and the grit to get it done,” she wrote. “Farmers from my generation have been encouraged to get a college degree to learn ways to become more productive and still provide a safe, reliable product.”

Others stated that farmers are thought of as uneducated and simple people, de-

Life Is Simple Continued from Page 3 As I looked, admiringly, at the gate and its stone pillars, I couldn’t help but notice that the structure was not attached to any fence and there was no fence that surrounded the property of the cabin.

“Is the owner going to construct a fence as her next project?” I asked the manager.

“Oh, I don’t think so,” she replied.

“She just wanted the gate to keep out unwanted visitors.”

Envisioning that anyone who wanted to enter the property would only have to drive some 20 feet off the road to easily get around the gate and its pillars, I said, “Well, bless her heart.”

After spending a wonderful and relaxing weekend at the retreat, free from cell phone calls, emails and farm chores, we loaded up the two vehicles and reluctantly headed back toward civilization, JANUARY 25, 2016

spite advances in agriculture technology that have increased production and made food safer.

The biggest concern voiced, and perhaps the biggest misconception of all, was that the public thinks farmers and ranchers simply don’t care.

There are a few bad apples in the sack that make us all look bad, and those are the ones that the anti-agriculture activists always seem to find and film abusing animals, but it is a misconception that we are all following the same practices.

I see the same videos and news stories, and they really upset me as well, but I know the people being filmed are the exception. I also know that many of these videos are faked or taken out of context, but they make the media rounds a lot more than the videos of the good guys.

In 2016, let’s all try to dispel some of the misconceptions surrounding our way of life.

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Family moves from upstate New York in 1979 to begin a cattle ranch Semper Fidelis Ranch at the apex of Laclede, Dallas and Camden counties, actually lies in rural Camden County along the southern county line.

Named by the late Thomas Hempel, a World War II Marine who saw the Marines raise the famous flag on Iwo Jima,

gua River makes it clear how easily that could happen.

Albert, who was 11 years old when he moved with his family to the remote ranch that has been his home ever since, now farms more than 3,000 acres, as they also lease and work small acreages that belong to many of their neighbors.

Albert Hempel, along with his brother, Matthew, operate their family farm in Camden County, Mo. Photo by Laura L. Valenti

“There are a lot of little farms in the area the ranch today is run by two of his sons, Matthew and Albert, with the support that will support five, 10, 15 head of cattle but people don’t want to work those anyfrom their mother, Marguerite.

“We raised our 10 kids doing dairy farm- more. It’s just not worth it so we work their ing in upstate New York for 25 years, but small acreages and move our cows every we were looking for somewhere a little few days, using intensive grazing,” Albert warmer,” Marguerite recalled. “Not sure said. “It works out well for all of us. We do the ranching and the neighbors have what we were thinking when someone caring for their land, watchwe moved here right after a ing over it. Three thousand acres huge ice storm in January sounds like a lot, but it’s really 1979, but my husband loved only about 10 percent pasture looking at farms and when he Eldridge, Mo. so that’s not a lot of grass. So saw this one, he fell in love.” much of this land is wooded A quick look at the 800 acres but we keep the fences up. of pastures and woods nestled We use a lot of electric fencalong the blue spring-fed NianJANUARY 25, 2016

es, connect them at times to barbed wire.

The cows don’t know which ones are connected and when, so they respect them all and that makes our job a lot easier.

“When we came here, we started with a cow-calf ranch and then about 20 years ago, we moved to a stocker cattle operation. As that became less profitable, we went back to commercial cow-calf, which is what we do today with about 100 pairs.”

“My husband did everything the oldfashioned way but things have changed and my sons do things differently now,” Marguerite added.

“You have to change with the markets,” Albert admitted with a smile. “Today, we raise cattle, do some grass finishing, and do it with no GMOs and no antibiotics.”

The family also has incorporated pastured poultry into their family farm.

“We raise broilers, meat chickens, not in buildings in cages but in the pasture.

We do 200 to 300 Cornish cross chickens at a time. It takes seven and a half weeks to raise them up to an average of 5 1/2 pounds, dressed weight.

“They spend three weeks in the brooder house and then are raised on a diet of 60 percent grain/40 percent pasture. We have small structures out there to protect them from the weather and predators. It’s based on Joel Salatin’s program and books. He’s considered the father of pastured poultry.”

The family has also incorporated a few other practices in their operation, which has improved their poultry production.

“Cornish crosses are known for leg problems, which doesn’t allow them to support their own weight, but we make our own feed and with exercise, we don’t have those problems,” Albert said.

Swine production is also a part of the diversified family farm.

“We buy a few feeder pigs each year at about 50 to 60 pounds, then raise them up to 260 to 280 pounds,” Albert said. “We used to do farrow to finish, but now we just raise the feeder pigs for specific customers.”

The brothers attended stockmanship school in years past, where they learned to handle cattle in a quiet way.

“No cowboy stuff,” Albert said. “The rotational grazing opens doors for us with our neighbors. Good fences and cooperative cows makes it all work.”

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This led Jacob to formulate “The group that received his first experiment when he the medicated feed started was a freshman.

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Jacob wanted to conduct another experiment. During the fall of his sophomore year, he teamed up with his friend, Jesse Toombs, to test how different brands of cattle dewormer would affect calf gain in a 12-week period.

“We decided together that we would use cattle because Jesse’s family was getting ready to wean 15 beef calves. They needed to be given dewormer because they were coming off the cows. That is when we decided to test the different brands of cattle dewormer on their growth to see if one had a bigger impact on the growth than the others,” explained Jacob.

With the help of Jesse’s mom, Dr. Franka Figari, a veterinarian at Countryside Vet Clinic in Bolivar, they decided to test four different brands of injectable dewormers. “(The wormers) all hit the same parasites, but they each have a different active ingredient,” said Jacob. “The control group got a shot of sterile saline, so those calves had the same experience of being run through the chute and getting an injection,” he added.

The experiment was conducted on 15, 500 to 600 pound crossbred calves; 10 heifers and five steers. Jacob and Jesse split the calves into five groups consisting of two heifers and one steer.

“The calves were all fed a 14 percent protein stocker calf feed and had hay, grass, and water at all times and were all in the same pasture,” explained Jacob.

To measure the gain of the calves, Jacob and Jesse weighed the calves every two weeks for 12 weeks.

“We found that the calves given the long-lasting dewormer gained the most in the 12 weeks. The ones given LongRange had the greatest gain of 126 pounds. The lowest was the control

group with 92 pounds of gain,” said Jacob. “We think that is because it gives them the full, season-long coverage so we do not have to give them a booster dose or anything; every other brand required a booster dose.”

The LongRange dewormer required fewer injections, resulting in less stress and less shrinkage.

“I enjoyed being involved and learning more about how to conduct research,” Jacob said. He did not have prior experience working cattle, and learned Beef Quality Assurance (BQA) techniques through the course of the experiment.

“We learned where to give the injectable dewormer, which is in the triangle of the neck. We also learned the difference between intramuscular and subcutaneous shots. The dewormer we gave was a subcutaneous shot that goes underneath the skin,” commented Jacob.

Both Jacob’s poultry and beef experiments have received state and national recognition. Jacob’s research has placed first in the Missouri FFA Agriscience Fair Animal Systems Division the past two years, qualifying him to compete in the National FFA Agriscience Fair, where he received eighth place with his poultry experiment and 10th place with his beef experiment.

Aside from competing in the Agriscience Fair, Jacob also won the Missouri FFA Agriscience Research – Animal Systems Proficiency Award and was selected as one of the top four finalists at National FFA Convention.

Jacob will represent Missouri this summer on the Costa Rica Proficiency and Stars Travel Seminar, a 10-day international agriculture experience.

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Once upon a time, there lived a little girl named Laura Ingalls who grew up on the northern plains of the Midwest, including Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa and South Dakota.

Laura married a local farmer, Almanzo Wilder and in 1894, the couple along with their young daughter, Rose, moved to the Ozarks. They left South Dakota on July 17, 1894 and traveled to southwest Missouri in a covered wagon, arriving on August 30. They purchased 40 acres outside the town of Mansfield, Mo., in rural Wright County, where they established a fruit, dairy and poultry farm. Naming their home Rocky Ridge Farm, they eventually expanded it to nearly 200 acres. And then at the age of 65, in her Missouri Ozarks home in 1932, Laura wrote a children’s book, the first of nine “The Little House” books and their lives were forever changed. With her three sisters, Mary, Carrie and Grace, and her parents, Charles and Caroline, their story has made a lasting impression on the last several generations growing up in America’s heartland, across the country and around the world.

The Wilders built a two-room house which they added to over the years, finally completing their 10-room farm house in 1913.

Today, visitors to the Laura Ingalls Wilder Home and Museum can take a guided tour of that same farmhouse as well as the Rock House, a home their daughter Rose Wilder Lane had built as a retirement home for her parents. It was a Sears and Roebuck house kit which sold at the time for $2,000. Rose, however, added so many extras that the total cost of the house, when complete, was

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$11,000. They lived there for seven years while Rose, who had returned to the area after living on the East Coast for years and serving as a correspondent for the San Francisco Bulletin in Europe after World War II, moved back into the original farm house. Seven years later, Rose returned to the East Coast, and Laura and Almanzo then moved back to their original home, where they spent the rest of their lives. The Rock House was sold in 1943 to a family that turned it back into a dairy farm.

Jean Coday has been the director of the Laura Ingalls Wilder Home and Museum since 1993 and is very enthusiastic about the new library and museum, currently under construction just down the road from the historic location.

“We love her books and it is a joy to be able to help others who also enjoy them. We’ve been taking care of her archives and papers since her death in 1957 and now all of that will go to new museum, where they will receive state-of-the-art care,” Coday said.

In an open letter to her many readers close to the end of her life, Laura stated that most of the farm had been rented or sold off. Jean and her organization have been busy, re-establishing much of that original acreage.

“We have now bought back 160 of those acres,” she added, “including the Rock House.”

The interior of both houses, furnished almost entirely with original items used by Laura and Almanzo. In addition to the regular daily tours, Laura Ingalls Wilder Days, a weekend festival is held each year in mid-September and “Laura’s Memories,” an outdoor musical pageant is performed multiple times annually in July and September.

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Laura Ingalls Wilder was 27 years old when she moved to the Ozarks and she remained at Rocky Ridge Farm until her death in 1957 at the age of 90. Almanzo died in 1949 at the age of 92, also at the farm. In her 60s, Laura realized how quickly the life of a pioneer child on the prairies was slipping away and that other children would never know what that life had been like as it was so different than that lived by 20th century children. It was her desire to preserve that life for others that led to the Little House on the Prairie books. It is truly a legacy that continues to grow today with the new library and museum and the help of people like Jean Coday, the library docents, workers and many others.

The nine books written by Laura Ingalls Wilder include “The Little House on the Prairie,” “The Little House in the Big Woods,” “Farmer Boy,” “On the Banks of Plum Creek,” “By the Shores of Silver Lake,” “The Long Winter,” “Little Town on the Prairie,” “These Happy Golden Years,” and “First Four Years.”

Hollywood produced a popular television series for many years based on the original premise of “The Little House on the Prairie,” using the same name. The television version added many new details and story lines that were not from Laura Ingalls Wilder. For many younger people, a discussion about the differences between the books and the television version is helpful in avoiding the confusion they often encounter upon arriving at the Mansfield site, expecting to find the television version of the stories, rather than those Laura Ingalls Wilder actually recounted in her books.

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“He felt a need existed for long life, precast concrete items farmers use daily and soon expanded to provide additional agricultural items such as waterers and feed bunks,” current manager Tony Hitchcock said. “He began with a one-man operation that has grown to 35 employees and five locations: Halfway, Neveda, Lincoln and Spokane, as well as another precast facility in Webb City, Mo. I took over management of the company in 2001.”

Products and Services: Agriculture represents about 40 percent of the Stewart Concrete Products business, with the other 60 percent being construction.

For agriculture, the company offers freeze proof waters, spring tanks, storm shelters and cattle guards as well as silage, grain and fence line bunks.

“We focus on excavation contractors which install water systems, ponds, septic systems and drainage,” Tony said. “In order to make our business a one-stop service, we also offer culverts and a variety of plumbing supplies. All of our precast concrete products are made in our batch plants out of sand, rock and cement. Our products have a 5,000 PSI, which is a higher grade of concrete than most concrete agricultural products on the market.

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Philosophy and future: One of the keys to success of Stewart Concrete is maintaining a staff with the right people in order to provide superior quality and customer service.

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Couple incorporates their love of ‘gentle giants’ into a unique business At 18 hands, hooves the size of dinner plates and weighing more than a ton each, Lightning and Titan are the size of small elephants. Capable of pulling 10,000 pounds each, these Shire horses hardly feel the light carriage behind them as Shawn and Mitzi Gordon sold their cattle and a business and began Shires For Hire. The couple’s horses are hired for holiday carriage rides, special events and even funerals.

fair with the breed. They sold their Limousin cattle and a business, and Shires for Hire was born. It has been in operation for 16 years.

Shawn was drawn to horses as a boy in Pennsylvania. During camping vacations, he was first in line every night to ride a horse and buggy for hire by the local Amish.

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His company near Brighton, Mo., is an they walk through a brightly lit Christexpensive hobby supported by Shawn’s mas display in Branson, Mo. The shiny black horses with white Teamster day job. Sponsorships and supfeathered feet and white blazes are the port come from Teamsters Local 245, Holman-Howe Funeral Homes and Kling“Gentle Giants” of the horse ner Cope Family Funeral Home. world, mild in temperaThen there are fees from weddings, ment and good with kids. funerals and holiday carriage When Mitzi Gordon rides and winnings at state fairs. bought one in 1999, she and It takes all of that to cover husband Shawn had plenty of Brighton, Mo. costs. Each horse daily eats horse experience, but knew nothing about Shires. That first horse, though, started a love af— Continued on Page 23 JANUARY 25, 2016

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Story and Photo By Julie Turner-Crawford Spouse: John Hometown: Hermitage, Mo.

In Town: Kathy Garrison has been the agent at the Hickory County Farm Bureau since 2010.

“I really like working with my customers and getting to know the community,” she said. “Growing up in Preston, Mo., I knew most everybody from that side of the county, now I get to work with the ones on this side of the county, too. It really gives you a strong sense of community when you know these people.”

She has also been president of the Hickory County Extension Council, and has been involved in various other community events and programs In The Country: Kathy grew up on her family’s Hickory County, Mo., dairy farm, which is still in operation near Preston, Mo. She and John, also a lifetime Hickory County resident, own a 60-acre farm between Wheatland and Hermitage, Mo., where they raise commercial Angus cattle.

“We’ve been doing it for a few years and are just slowly building up our herd and we’ve got room to grow. We both really love it. …We both have full time jobs, but we still want to farm. For us, it’s about being about being around the cows and taking care of them.”

They are very particular about what traits they want for their animals.

“We want them to produce,” Kathy said, adding that they currently have about 15 head of females. They hope to expand their herd in the future.

The couple are also foster parents. They like to share their farming way of life with the children in their care.

Having a farming background, Kathy said, is an advantage in a community where the majority of her clients are farmers.

“When they talk about insuring their hay or baler, most of the time I know exactly what they are talking about,” she said. “When they tell me that they paid $100,000 for a new John Deere tractor, I don’t bat an eye.”

Kathy is also expanding her own agriculture experiences by learning about honey bees.

“I just have one hive right now, but that is a little side project for me,” he said. “I attended an Extension seminar and was really impressed with how smart they are and how organized they are. They are actually smart creatures for as small as they are, and then there are the health benefits in honey.”

She has had the bees for about two years and the harvested honey has been for their own use, but Kathy said she hopes to expand her hives as well.

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JANUARY 25, 2016

FARM FINANCE Don’t Forget the Trust

By Steve Kamienski

Lifetime trusts can allow descendants to protect their inheritance With the federal estate tax deduction set at $5.45 million for 2016 and the Joint Committee on Taxation estimating only two out of every 1,000 people will die subject to federal estate tax, what should the other 998 do?

Trusts will always remain relevant for beneficiaries that are not suited to handle outright distributions, but with the focus shifted away from federal estate tax avoidance, what should we concentrate on now?

Many clients feel allowing outright distributions to mature and fiscally responsible descendants makes the most sense, but if you are willing to consider lifetime trusts, your children could enjoy creditor protection for their inheritance.

With divorce rates over 50 percent, the most financially responsible child that has never carried a credit card balance could find themselves with a creditor.

If drafted correctly, the child can serve as sole trustee of his or her own trust.

If you’re concerned about losing flexibility by “locking” up funds in trust, consider the use of a testamentary limited power of appointment that allows your child to designate remainder beneficiaries.

When Congress introduced “portability,” allowing the unused exemption from a deceased spouse to pass to the survivor, it left many wondering if it was necessary to do any trust planning at the first death. While portability addresses the federal estate tax exemption, it does not address the generation-skipping tax exemption.

Without the use of a Credit Shelter Trust or a GST Exempt QTIP Trust a married couple with $9 million (NO federal estate tax due) could have inadvertently generated GST Tax due in the amount of $1,428,120.

A very costly mistake for something that could have easily been addressed, but might be missed in the name of simplicity and convenience by relying solely on portability.

With marginal tax brackets highly compressed for trusts and estates, a trust with taxable income in excess of $12,150 has already reached the maximum marginal rate of 39.6 percent and the 20 percent rate on long-term capital gains.

Single taxpayers do not reach those maximum brackets until Adjusted Gross Income is over $406,750. When income is distributed to the beneficiary, income is taxed at his or her individual rate rather than being “trapped” in the trust at much higher rates. Simply defining capital gains as income for trust accounting purposes or giving the trustee the flexibility to characterize them as such in the trust document itself can greatly reduce total income tax paid by the trust and its beneficiaries.

With estate tax avoidance taking a back seat to other significant planning opportunities, the use of trusts in your estate plan is still an important consideration.

According to a recent CNBC survey, 38 percent of families with net investable assets over $1 million have not established an estate plan. How long has it been since you’ve reviewed your plan with an advisor?

Steve Kamienski is vice president and relationship manager of the Central Trust Company in Springfield, Mo.

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Adjusted Gross Income: AGI includes all your income minus certain deductions. You use your AGI to find out if you qualify for EITC (Earned Income Tax Credit) and for finding the amount of EITC you receive.

Capital Gain: A capital gain is a profit that results from a sale of a capital asset, such as stock, bond or real estate, where the sale price exceeds the purchase price. The gain is the difference between a higher selling price and a lower purchase price. Capital gains may refer to “investment income” that arises in relation to real assets, such as property; financial assets, such as shares/stocks or bonds; and intangible assets.

Qualified Terminal Interest Property Trusts: A QTIP trust allows the deceased spouse’s property that is over the federal estate tax exemption amount to be transferred to a separate trust that gives the surviving spouse a life estate in the property of the trust while delaying payment of the estate tax on the property until the surviving spouse dies.

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Smaller companies are more likely to fall victim What businesses can do We all know fraud can create for themselves a major drag on profitability.

According to a 2014 study published by the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, privately held companies lose, on average, 5 percent of their revenues to it annually. Companies with fewer than 100 employers fare worst, and farms and agriculture businesses are not immune. In ACFE’s research, 28.8 percent of smaller companies experienced fraud, with an average loss of $154,000. By comparison, only 23.6 percent of companies with 100plus employees were fraud victims. Their average loss was 17 percent less.

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Larger organizations tend to have more anti-fraud controls in place than smaller ones, the ACFE found. So they detect fraud sooner and lower their losses as a result. Smaller companies, on the other hand, have fewer resources to commit to fraud reduction strategies. Often they hope their banks, accountants and insurance companies will take care of fraud control for them.

And they’re half right. As a banker, I can tell you that fraud prevention is a top priority. Many banks invest regularly in helping their customers reduce and prevent fraud, including providing the means for their customers to: • Prevent paper check altering and forgery. Many banks make it possible for companies to provide them with a daily electronic file of all the checks they issue.

The bank then matches the paid checks against the file to ensure the amount or payee’s name has not been altered.

• Prevent tampering with incoming payments. Rather than assigning employees to handle and deposit incoming checks, a company can arrange to have payments collected at a secure post office box and transported directly to their bank for processing. Companies can also reduce the risk of lost or altered checks by using remote deposit services that enable them to scan and transmit digital images of checks to the bank.

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While banks can help businesses reduce risks, they are only part of a good fraud prevention solution. As the ACFE research suggests, losses are lower when companies implement their own fraud control programs. Among the many things they can do: • Establish loss prevention procedures.

Every company has “weak links” that can be exploited. It’s important to identify a business’ vulnerable areas and then set up internal controls to monitor and measure those activities.

• Conduct internal audits regularly.

An internal accounting audit can help identify the presence of fraud. Typical schemes include check tampering, “skimming” and expense reimbursement fraud.

• Automate work processes. Audits are easier to conduct if financial and banking processes are automated. Automation creates an online audit trail that identifies who has viewed, approved or altered every invoice or payment.

• Separate duties. In a small business, employees often wear many hats. But that can be risky, particularly if the same person is responsible for authorizing, processing, paying, recording and reconciling financial transactions. It’s much safer to segregate duties to create an internal system of checks and balances.

• Go paperless when possible. Every check or invoice sitting on a desk is a fraud risk. Receiving payments electronically also helps prevent against deposits into unauthorized accounts.

The bottom line: bankers, like accountants and insurance agents, genuinely want to do everything they can to help their customers prevent and reduce fraud. But we need your help. The gateways for fraud are always changing, as attackers modify their approaches to work around the latest controls. The best efforts are team efforts.

Whitney Morrow is senior vice president of Treasury Services, Commerce Bank.

JANUARY 25, 2016

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When Disaster Strikes

By Jessica Bailey

Topics to consider when hoping to preserve the family farm for the future The start of the new year in the Ozarks certainly did not lack in excitement.

Several of us are just now starting to get a good look at what near record flood water left on our farming operations. My own family’s farm sits on Shoal Creek and we started our year with lake front property, and it could be well into March before the ground is stable enough to rebuild fence lines.

We were lucky to have pasture with high ground for our livestock to retreat to as the waters rose, but some of our neighbors could only hope and pray their livestock and machinery would survive the flood waters.

When a natural disaster such as this strikes our area, three issues always cross my mind: insurance, health and future prevention.

For example, as an agricultural lending officer in the area, I know that not very many of our producers carry replacement livestock insurance, as opposed to our crop producers who carry crop insurance as a matter of course.

One reason for this is replacement livestock insurance can be costly for some, especially those of us who only have a few head of cattle.

A second reason is that disasters like this recent flood are relatively so rare that it does not seem worthwhile to pay for an insurance policy that very well might never be used.

On the flip side of those reasons, however, is if one were to lose all their livestock, does that person have the desire, let alone the ability, to replace those head out of pocket if no insurance is in place?

Another issue I always consider is health related, especially this time of year. It is cold, it is wet, and there is really no likelihood of that changing soon.

This time of year we are constantly on JANUARY 25, 2016

the lookout for pneumonia and other diseases, and especially so now.

And what about anything that can be direct result of the floods?

As the waters recede, all sorts of trash is left in our pastures, which could lead to possible case of hardware disease. And our soil was definitely disturbed; we had a 20-foot wide, 6-foot deep trench in the middle of our road due to the flood.

That soil disturbance could possibly increase our chances of blackleg and other diseases deposited in the soil as our herds move onto the pastures when spring growth comes on.

Lastly, there is the analyst in me that asks what could have been and what could be done differently to ensure a better outcome from a natural disaster like this year’s flood. Could we take the livestock to another farm, or will the neighbor allow us to move them there temporarily?

Should we put in water gaps, flood gates in our fences, or broaden those we have? Should livestock insurance even be considered? Did cleaning my section of the creek bed help or not, especially if a neighbor did not clean theirs?

And, as always, what can we do to make sure events like these do not take away the family farm from the future generation?

For every event, large or small, can have a lasting effect on our family farms and our ability to pass them on to the next generations in this great industry of agriculture.

Jessica Bailey is an agricultural lender at Hometown Bank in Neosho, MO. A resident of Newton County, she also raises cattle on her family’s farm and is an active alumni of the Crowder College Aggie Club.

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Midwest - High Plains Direct Slaughter Cattle

Not Reported*

Barry County Regional Stockyards

91.00-106.00 †

Interstate Regional Stockyards - Cuba

82.00-93.00 †

Joplin Regional Stockyards

77.00-99.00 †

Kingsville Livestock Auction

65.00-98.50 † 93.00-108.00*

Lebanon Livestock Auction MO-KAN Livestock Auction

76.00-104.75 †

Ozarks Regional Stockyard

80.00-104.50* 75.00-102.00

South Central Regional Stockyards

20

40

dairy

60

80

slaughter

100

120

140

cows

(Week of 1/10/16 to 1/16/16) Not Reported*

Barry County Regional Stockyard

60.00-78.00*

Buffalo Livestock Market

55.00-81.50 †

Douglas County Livestock Interstate Regional Stockyards

50.00-70.00 †

Joplin Regional Stockyards

48.00-77.00 † 54.00-78.00 †

Kingsville Livestock Auction

65.00-77.00*

Lebanon Livestock Auction

45.50-76.00 †

MO-KAN Livestock

50.00-80.50 †

Ozarks Regional Stockyard

51.50-73.50 †

South Central Regional

53.00-75.00 †

Springfield Livestock Marketing

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30

50

70

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90

110

130

pairs

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Not Reported*

Buffalo Livestock Market

None Reported*

Douglas County Livestock Auction - Ava

2025.00 †

Interstate Regional Stockyards - Cuba

None Reported †

Joplin Regional Stockyards

1600.00 †

Kingsville Livestock Auction

None Reported

None Reported*

MO-KAN Livestock Market - Butler

None Reported † None Reported

750

1525.00-2200.00 †

1250

1750

replacement

2250

2750

1295

cows

Steers, Med. & Lg. 1

(Week of 1/10/16 to 1/16/16) None Reported*

Douglas County Livestock Auction - Ava Interstate Regional Stockyards - Cuba

1400.00-1525.00 † None Reported †

Joplin Regional 1100.00-1525.00

Lebanon Livestock Auction

300-400 lbs.

400-500 lbs.

500-600 lbs.

600-700 lbs.

700-800 lbs.

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None Reported*

MO-KAN Livestock Market - Butler Ozarks Reg

None Reported † 750.00-2750.00 †

South Central Regional Stockyards - Vienna Springfield Live

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Holsteins, Lg. 3 815.00-2100.00 †

Kingsville Livestock Auction

250

300-400 lbs.

400-500 lbs.

500-600 lbs.

600-700 lbs.

700-800 lbs.

Not Reported*

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750

1250

Ava Douglas County† 1/14/16

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Springfield Livestock Marketing Center

250

Receipts: 226 At this month’s special dairy sale at the Producers Auction Yard, demand was good on a light supply.

The supply consisted of 10 percent Springer Heifers, 7 percent Bred Heifers, 25 percent Open Heifers, 9 percent Fresh and Milking Cows, 4 percent Bred Cows and 11 percent baby calves.

The balance was made up of weigh cows and beef animals. All quotes are on a per head basis for Holsteins unless noted otherwise.

Springer Heifers Bred Seven to Nine Months: Supreme 1870.00-2050.00, Crossbreds 1725.001750.00, Individual Jersey 1775.00, Approved 1600.00-1820.00, Crossbreds 1300.00-1650.00 Medium 1100.00-1125.00.

Heifers Bred Four to Six Months: Supreme Individual 1800.00, Crossbreds 1775.00-1800.00, Approved Individual 1600.00, Medium Crossbreds 1100.00-1200.00, Ind. Jersey 1125.00, Common 625.00, Crossbreds 425.00-550.00.

Heifers Bred One to Three Months: Approved Individual 1590.00, Medium Individual 1375.00, Common Ind. 750.00, Ind. Crossbred 550.00.

Open heifers: Approved 300-400 lbs Indivdual Jersey 750.00, 400-500 lbs Pkg 6 hd 420 lb 750.00, Crossbreds 750.00-820.00, 500-600 lbs Individual Crossbred 860.00, 700-800 lbs Pkg 3 hd 738 lb 975.00, 800-900 lbs 1125.00-1175.00, Medium 200300 lbs Crossbreds 350.00-440.00, 300-400 lbs Pkg 5 hd 550.00, Pkg 4 hd Crossbred 600.00, 500-600 lbs Ind. 870.00, Pkg 3 hd 502 lb Crossbred 790.00, 600-700 lbs Individual 640.00, 800-900 lbs Pkg 3 hd 955 lbs 1075.00.

Fresh Milking Heifers and Cows: Supreme Individual 1750.00, Approved 1450.00-

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1625.00, Medium Individual 1300.00, Individual Jersey 1075.00, Common 925.00-1100.00, Crossbred 850.00-1100.00.

Bred and Springer Cows: Approved Individual Crossbred 1700.00, Medium Individual Jersey 1150.00, Common Crossbreds 875.00-975.00, Jerseys 480.00-500.00.

Baby Calves: Holstein Bulls 220.00-255.00, Crossbred Heifers 150.00-220.00, Crossbred Bulls 145.00-220.00, Beef Cross Heifers 210.00-360.00, Beef Cross Bulls 260.00-350.00.

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400-500 lbs.

500-600 lbs.

600-700 lbs.

700-800 lbs.

St-2 Higher 212.00-225.00 192.50-205.00 176.00-200.00 154.00-176.00 148.00-160.50 --------------------187.50 158.00-175.00 150.00-167.00 140.50-154.00 -----

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Diamond, Mo. • TS Whites Sheep and Goat Sale

1/7/16

Receipts: 1640 Supply was very good and demand was good. All markets were steady to higher than last month.

Supply included 8 percent slaughter Ewes and Rams, 43 percent slaughter lambs, 33 percent slaughter kids, and 9 percent Bucks and Does. All prices per hundred weight (CWT) Unless noted otherwise.

SHEEP: Feeder Lambs: Good 1 30-38 lbs 235.00-255.00.

Utility 2-3 36-38 lbs 200.00-220.00.

Slaughter Lambs: Wooled Choice 2 48-80 lbs 247.50-255.00. Good 1 94-97 lbs 192.50-197.50.

Hair Lambs: Choice and Prime 1 44-105 lbs 260.00-270.00; Few 47-52 lbs 272.50-275.00. Choice 1 40-79 lbs 240.00-257.50; 90-110 lbs 130.00-140.00.

Good 1 45-95 lbs 210.00-230.00.

Slaughter Ewes: Wooled: Good 1-3 several 135 lbs 100.00.

Hair Ewes: Good 2-3 81-88 lbs 135.00-155.00; 106-155 lbs 102.50-120.00; 162-180 lbs 85.00-95.00.

Utility and Good 1-2 105-155 lbs 80.00-100.00. Cull 1 85-100 lbs 105.00-115.00.

Slaughter Hair Rams: Good 2-3 135-230 lbs 105.00-130.00. Utility and Good 1-2 140-180 lbs 80.00-85.00.

Feeder kids: Selection 1 25-36 lbs 300.00-330.00.

Selection 2 20-39 lbs 250.00-285.00. Selection 3 20-36 lbs 215.00-245.00.

Slaughter Kids: Selection 1 42-70 lbs 280.00310.00; 70-80 lbs 255.00-277.50. Selection 2 40-68

lbs 250.00-275.00; 157-203 lbs 150.00-160.00.

Selection 3 43-75 lbs 210.00-230.00.

Does: several drafts of Selection 2 heavy bred Boer cross does Weighing 140-200 lbs 170.00-205.00 Per Head.

Slaughter Does: Selection 1 110-145 lbs 155.00180.00; Selection 2 53-100 lbs 140.00-170.00.

Selection 3 48-72 lbs 130.00-145.00.

Slaughter Bucks: Selection 1 100-220 lbs 190.00225.00. Selection 2 115-135 lbs 160.00-180.00.

Selection 3 100-180 lbs 130.00-157.50.

National Sheep Summary

Barry Co. Regional Stockyards* -----

Buffalo Livestock Auction* 1/16/16

Butler Mo-Kan Livestock† 1/14/16

1/15/16

Weekly Trends: Compared to last week heavy slaughter lambs were 8.00-10.00 higher; light slaughter lambs were steady to 15.00 lower.

Slaughter ewes were steady to 10.00 higher, except at Ft. Collins where they were 7.00 lower.

Feeder lambs were steady to sharply higher. At San Angelo, TX 3131 head sold in a one day sale.

No sales in Equity Electronic Auction. In direct slaughter ewes and feeder lambs were not tested.

5400 head of negotiated sales of slaughter lambs were steady to 2.00 lower. 10,500 head of formula sales under 65 lbs were not well tested; 65-75 lbs were steady; 75-95 lbs were 3.00-5.00 lower and over 95 lbs were not tested. 4,637 carcasses sold with 45 lbs and down .16 lower; 45-55 lbs 5.24 higher; 55-65 lbs .65 lower and 65 lbs and up .99-1.67 higher. All sheep sold per hundred weight (CWT) unless otherwise specified.

Slaughter Lambs: Choice and Prime 2-3 90-160 lbs: San Angelo: shorn and wooled 105-155 lbs 130.00140.00, few 146.00.

VA: wooled 90-110 lbs 191.00.

PA: shorn and wooled 110-130 lbs 187.00-205.00; 130-150 lbs 170.00-202.00; 150-200 lbs 162.00185.00.

Ft. Collins, CO: no test.

South Dakota: shorn and wooled 125-145 lbs 133.50-140.00; 155-165 lbs 131.00-131.50.

Billings, MT: no test.

Kalona, IA: no test.

Missouri: 90-100 lbs 145.00-152.50; 100-140 lbs 125.00-135.00.

Equity Elec: no sales.

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Heifers: 126.00-134.00; wtd. avg. price 131.90.

Dressed Basis Sales - Over 80% Choice Steers: 208.00-214.00; wtd. avg. price 209.41.

Heifers: 206.00-214.00; wtd. avg. price 209.45.

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215.00-226.00 193.00-217.00 172.00-202.00 155.75-169.00 148.00-155.50

228.00-240.00 200.00-217.00 172.00-201.00 156.00-176.00 146.00-162.00

222.00-265.00 200.00-223.00 183.50-213.00 169.25-188.25 151.25-172.00

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186.00 163.00-180.00 150.00-173.00 120.00-159.75 131.00-136.00

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182.50-195.00 165.00-179.00 142.00-175.00 131.00-157.00 141.00-146.00

188.00-204.00 170.00-196.00 140.00-176.50 144.75-168.25 138.00-160.00

170.00-194.00 160.00-187.00 140.00-173.00 137.00-153.00 130.00-145.00

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208.00-235.00 185.00-210.00 170.00-201.00 154.00-178.00 150.00-163.00

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----204.00-218.00 181.00-207.00 161.00-180.00 150.75-153.50

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182.00-197.00 172.00-207.00 160.50-175.50 152.00-155.00 142.00

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The first real blast of cold arrived this week and with it some winter weather in parts of the state. Most of the state has at least seen some snow at some point now but nothing lasting for more than a few days. Feeding has increased some but most cattle have likely tromped as much hay in the mud as they have eaten so far this winter. The market remains mostly inactive as many producers haven’t gotten too deep into their hay plies that have grown quite large over the last two years. The supply of hay is heavy, demand is light and prices are steady. The Missouri Department of Agriculture has a hay directory available for both buyers and sellers. To be listed, or for a directory visit http://mda.mo.gov/abd/haydirectory/ for current listings of hay http://agebb.missouri.edu/haylst/ (All prices f.o.b. and per ton unless specified and on most recent reported sales price listed as round bales based generally on 5x6 bales with weights of approximately 1200-1500 lbs).

Supreme quality Alfalfa (RFV <185): 180.00-200.00.

Premium quality Alfalfa (RFV 170-180): 150.00-190.00.

Good quality Alfalfa (RFV 150-170): 120.00-160.00.

Fair quality Alfalfa (RFV 130-150): 100.00-120.00.

Good quality Mixed Grass hay: 75.00-100.00.

Fair to Good quality Mixed Grass hay: 40.00-70.00.

Fair quality Mixed Grass hay: 20.00-35.00 per large round bale.

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1/19/16

Estimated Receipts: 435 Supply and demand are light to moderate.

Compared to Friday’s close: barrows and gilts are steady to 1.00 higher.

Base carcass meat price: 44.00-48.00.

Sows (cash prices): steady to 7.00 higher, 300-500 lbs.

17.00-26.00, over 500 lbs. 23.00-34.00.

$120

Week of 12/27/15

Interior Missouri Direct Hogs

$160

Week of 1/3/16

t. nd wooled 125-145 lbs lbs 131.00-131.50.

Receipts: 4,614 Weaner pigs mostly steady. Feeder pigs not tested. Supply light and demand moderate. (Prices Per Head.)

Early weaned pigs 10 lb. base weights, FOB the farm 0% negotiated, 1400 head, 10 lbs, 36.00.

Early weaned pigs 10 lb base weights, Delivered 0% negotiated, 3214 head, 10 lbs, 40.00-42.57, weighted average 41.48.

Feeder pigs in all lot sizes, FOB 0% negotiated, No Sales Reported.

Feeder pigs in all lot sizes, Delivered 0% negotiated, No Sales Reported. *Early weaned pigs are under 19 days old. **Most lots of feeder pigs have a sliding value from the negotiated weight basis which is calculated on the actual average weight of the load plus or minus .25-.40 per pound. Some early weaned lots have a slide of .50-1.00 per pound.

1/15/16

CHEESE: Barrels closed at $1.5250 and 40# blocks at $1.4950. The weekly average for barrels is $1.5245(+.0215) and blocks, $1.4870(+.0085).

FLUID MILK: Weather impact affected milk production and processing in the center of the country. The South Central area hit by Goliath, reported mixed milk pick up volumes.

In the North Central, increased feeding occurred to keep cows producing, but some supply lines were disrupted by cold.

Midwest spot milk prices ranged from $3.00 under Class to $0.75 over. California farm level milk production is steady to higher and Pacific Northwest milk production is steady. Utah and Idaho milk production is consistent with normal seasonal patterns. Northeast and Mid-Atlantic milk production is climbing seasonally, as is milk production in Florida.

SPOT PRICES OF CLASS II CREAM: $ PER POUND BUTTERFAT, F.O.B., producing plants, Upper Midwest $2.2814-2.5666.

1/15/16

Week of 1/10/16

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Week of 12/20/15

ared to last week heavy 8.00-10.00 higher; light teady to 15.00 lower. eady to 10.00 higher, here they were 7.00 lower. ady to sharply higher. At head sold in a one day sale. ctronic Auction. In direct der lambs were not tested. d sales of slaughter lambs wer. 10,500 head of formula e not well tested; 65-75 lbs were 3.00-5.00 lower and sted. 4,637 carcasses sold .16 lower; 45-55 lbs 5.24 ower and 65 lbs and up heep sold per hundred weight se specified. ce and Prime 2-3 90-160 lbs: wooled 105-155 lbs 130.00-

San Angelo: 40-60 lbs 250.00-270.00; 60-70 lbs 236.00256.00, few 258.00-260.00; 70-80 lbs 222.00-240.00, few 246.00-254.00; 80-90 lbs 204.00-220.00; 90-105 lbs 178.00196.00.

Pennsylvania: 60-70 lbs 272.00-287.00; 70-80 lbs 250.00280.00; 80-90 lbs 238.00-260.00; 90-110 lbs 215.00-230.00.

Kalona, IA: no test.

Ft. Collins: 70-75 lbs 191.00-195.00; 80-90 lbs 182.50-190.00; 100 lbs 182.50.

Missouri: 45-60 lbs 260.00-290.00; 70-80 lbs 232.00-250.00; 80-95 lbs 195.00-232.50.

Virginia: no test.

South Dakota: 856 lbs 1950.00; 950-100 lbs 170.07.5018579.00.

Billings, MT: no test.

Direct Trading: (lambs fob with 3-4 percent shrink or equivalent) 5400: Slaughter Lambs shorn and wooled 133-170 lbs 123.07155.00 (wtd avg 133.79).

Slaughter Ewes: San Angelo: Good 2-3 (fleshy) no test; Utility and Good 1-3 (medium flesh) 90.00-99.00, high-yielding 100.00-106.00; Utility 1-2 (thin) 86.00-88.00; Cull and Utility 1-2 (very thin) 64.00; Cull 1 (extremely thin) no test.

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Death Tax?

By Randy Lyons

Federal estate tax hurdles that can impact small farmers Thanks to changes since 2001 in small farm estates nationwide owed any the federal estate tax, commonly estate tax, according to the Tax Policy called the “death tax,” some of Center. And those 20 estates owed just 4.9 the certainty can be mitigated percent of their value in taxes, on average.

Among a set of targeted provisions if small farmers will face the undesigned to reduce the tax burden pleasant task of estate planning before the prospect of death on farms and other family-owned busithrows a shadow across the barn- ness, a special provision allows farm real estate to be valued at farm-use value yard.

According to the Internal Revenue Ser- rather than fair-market value of nearby vice, the federal estate tax is a tax on your property, which reduces the potential right to transfer at your death. Property impact of estate taxes on the transfer of can be cash, real estate, stock or any other farm property to the next generation, actype of asset. Although it is an important cording to a United States Department source of federal revenue, there are quite of Agriculture article from May 6, 2015.

Avoid creating a false sense of sea few misconceptions about how that tax curity by relying on the exemptions is assessed and applied.

Until you know the truth about the and loopholes to protect your heirs when federal estate tax, it is hard to plan prop- they inherit the farm. Many farmers may erly for the inheritance of property and rely on the farm property as their savings account and do not establish any other other assets within the family.

Only about two out of every 1,000 es- savings or investment accounts that can tates are subject to the estate tax. Only readily be liquidated to pay possible fedthe estates of the wealthiest 0.2 percent of eral estate tax, if so assessed. By failing Americans owe any estate tax. In 2015, the to consider the possibility that the value of their property tax is levied only on “In this world nothing can might be higher the portion of an estate’s value above be said to be certain, except than they previously thought, and $5.43 million per death and taxes.” person, or $10.86 – Benjamin Franklin preparing for that possibility by putmillion per married couple, according to a March 2015 article ting cash aside to help their heirs cover by the Center on Budget and Policy Priori- the tax, farmers may be jeopardizing the ties, a nonpartisan research and policy insti- very property they are trying to save.

No one looks to the future with a goal of tute that analyzes federal budget priorities.

The exemption amount has grown from leaving their heirs owing more money than $650,000 per person in 2001 to the $5.43 they inherit. But most people do not want to face the unpleasant businesses of preparmillion per person level in 2015.

The taxes are assessed only on the value ing for a time when they themselves will no that exceeds the exemption amount, so longer be available to oversee the transfer of the tax rate, capped by statute at 40 percent their property to the next generation. Planor less, averaged 16.6 percent of the value of ning is key to the successful transfer of farm the estate in 2013, according to the Urban- properties from one generation to the next.

Seek out an estate planner or attorney Brookings Tax Policy Center. And there are many large and generous loopholes who is up-to-date on the tax policies and that can lower either the overall value of legal requirements for farm succession to the estate for tax purposes or reduce the tax help you prepare for the inevitable.

Randy Lyons is vice president and burden against the estate.

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Understanding Tax Changes

By Adam Wolfe

New regulations mean new requirements to determine if expenses are deductible November and December 2015 were two important months for tax laws that impact farmers and business owners, so if you fall into either category, it’s important that you understand recent changes and discuss them with your tax advisor.

Two existing regulations were altered, and as a result, things we deduct on farm and business returns, and the ways in which we deduct them, are permanently changed. Before we explain, let’s give a bit of background.

In January 2014, a set of rules called the Tangible Property Regulations (TPRs) went into effect on tax returns in all industries.

These regulations provided new requirements to determine whether a cost is immediately deductible as an expense, or is required to be deducted over a period of years, via depreciation. Under the TPRs, every single repair cost must be evaluated under a series of rules to determine its appropriate tax treatment – these rules were completely new for 2014 tax returns. However, a safe harbor exists that allows any expense under $500 to be immediately deducted without any testing requirements. This is an important safe harbor, because testing repair items places a significant burden on taxpayers and tax professionals alike, so relief from testing anything under $500 reduces the burden a bit. (Note: if your business files what is essentially an audited financial statement with a governmental agency, the threshold is $5,000 – discuss this with your tax professional if you think it impacts you.)

On Nov. 24, 2015 the IRS released Notice 2015-82, which increased the threshold present in this safe harbor, from $500 to $2,500. That means any business or farm expense under $2,500 can be deducted immediately, without JANUARY 25, 2016

being depreciated. This change goes into effect for years beginning after Jan. 1, 2016 – but the IRS has provided guidance that makes the rule available for 2015 tax returns, as well. Discuss this regulation with your tax professional and make sure its implications are considered on your tax return.

Also important to note for the coming filing season and beyond is that Congress, on Dec. 18, 2015 signed into law a bill that expands the annual Section 179 deduction limit to $500,000 – permanently! If you’ve been farming for long, you probably have a basic understanding of Section 179, but in case you don’t, it’s a tax code created to help businesses, by allowing them to deduct the full amount of the purchase price of equipment and breeding stock immediately in the year it’s purchased, rather than over a period of years through depreciation.

Section 179 has long provided farmers with a key planning tool, because taxable farm profit can be lowered through major purchases.

In the past, Section 179 rules have expired annually and been retroactively extended by Congress, which creates a bit of a year-end guessing game for farmers when it comes to how much expense they can get under Section 179. This recently passed bill makes an annual $500,000 Section 179 limit permanent (it’s also indexed for inflation), and removes some yearly uncertainty, which is great news. Discuss Section 179 with your tax professional and make sure you understand all the benefits and consequences of relying on it to save tax.

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meet your neighbors Hitching a Ride with a Shire Continued from Page 13 a square bale of hay and 10 pounds of grain, plus 35 gallons of water.

Harness are an expense as well.

“You can’t buy harness off the rack,” Shawn pointed out. He buys from Amish harness makers, “the last of the craftsmen,” going to Seymour, Mo., for working harness, and to Indiana and Pennsylvania for show harnesses. A working harness costs around $3,000, but a highend one can cost up to $15,000.

Then there are travel expenses. When traveling with a six-hitch team and one or two spare horses to compete at the Missouri, Nebraska, Iowa and Illinois state fairs, the convoy consists of an 18-wheeler, several pickups, campers and a crew of six.

Shawn’s right-hand man, trainer and caretaker is Lucas Bouldin, who started helping the Gordons at 8 years old. Lucas drove his first team at 4 and showed at 5.

“I love to show them,” Lucas said.

For the show ring, the horses need a “sensible but athletic.”

“They have to behave and be good movers,” Shawn said. “To watch us go around in a circle may not look like much, but to get eight horses to go around is hard. You’re holding reins for each horse and have about 100 pounds of pull on each arm.”

Lucas added that the show horses “need to be a little bit more high strung, a little on edge.” Judges and the crowds expect to see high-stepping, spirited horses – in contrast to calmer carriage horses.

“We’re proud every time we’re in the arena and haven’t torn anything up,” Shawn laughed. Last year, he was invited to the North America Six-Horse Hitch Classic in Oklahoma City, Okla., where top teams in each draft breed compete for national titles. They had just pulled the shoes on the team when the invitation arrived and so chose not to compete.

Shawn is most proud of performing at the Missouri State Fair.

“I take great pride in that because it’s our state fair, and it’s neat to have a following there,” he said.

Getting ready for the show circuit begins in April. From January through March, the Shires are out to pasture.

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Come April, some are moved to Conway, Mo., where Lucas and trainer Justin Vestal, start working with them, settling on the show team and driving them every day in town and along gravel roads.

Young Shires in training are teamed with experienced horses, starting as greenbroke colts tied up with older horses and gradually introduced to harness.

“The older ones teach their partners,”

Shawn said. Many of these young geldings come from a Canadian supplier and can cost $10,000 or more for a Shire of at least 18 hands. With the drafts, you give them a job, and the more they work, the better they are. They get along better when they have a purpose.”

In spite of the constant challenges, he and Shires for Hire are in it for the long haul.

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“On the competition side, we’re still striving to get better. The horses are getting better, but I’m not a multimillionaire who can go out and buy anything. It takes hard work and luck,” he said. “I love it, and though I may (complain) every day, I feel blessed that I can do what I love to do.”

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When left in a natural environment with minimal intervention, buffalo prove to be very hardy Bison, or buffalo, have become popular in recent years for their lean meat, however one advocate reveals other considerations in the overall maintenance required to generate quality stock.

“Raising bison is 90 percent planning and 10 percent work when compared to the management of other types of live-

Carol Klein checks on a young bison at her farm near Pineville, Mo. Carol is the president of the Missouri Bison Association.

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this is where the similarity departs. Bison seem to be less resistant to parasites, especially stomach worms, a result of confinement to much smaller grazing areas then their ancestors. To counteract this, Carol worms her herd of 60 animals a couple a times a year though feed.

“You can’t just doctor a bison because you would have to tranquilize them,” Carol said.

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Another problem she encounters on occasion is pink eye but to combat the virus, she feeds the animals range cubes and sprays a solution into the eyes from a stock,” explained Carol Klein, owner of safe distance behind corral panels. While Oakcreek Buffalo Ranch south of Pinev- pink eye can cause serious damage, such ille, Mo., and the president of the Mis- as a ruptured eye, if caught quickly, it souri Bison Association. She said she clears up or at minimum clouds the eye.

Few diseases pose a health threat admires the uniqueness of to bison, but the common denomithe bison and the relative nator is usually the introduction simplicity of their care. of new animals to the herd, At first blush, many believe making it critical to know the bison health strategies are health of the new animal similar to that of their bovine prior to purchase. cousins, domesticated cattle. It Pineville, Mo. One disease, Johne’s disis true that the same parasites ease, caused by the M. parathat plague cattle affect bison; Ozarks Farm & Neighbor • www.ozarksfn.com

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meet your neighbors tuberculosis organism, is transmitted their metabolism slows in the winter, rethrough feces and to calves through an quiring less food to sustain them. infected cow. An animal may seem nor“You don’t lose buffalo to weather as mal, compounding the effort to identify a producer. In the wild they may fall the disease. Blood tests in bison provide through ice or drown in floods, but in marginal success in determining infec- ranch settings it is unusual,” Carol addtion, the best method being through tis- ed. “What protects them in the winter, sue samples. keeps them cool in the summer. The Another disease is Malignant Catarrh- biggest issue in warm weather is flies. al Fever or MCF, which is always fatal Another bonus for the animal is small to bison. Sheep transmit the disease to calf weights, between 25 to 45 pounds ruminants such as deer, cattle or bison. at birth, eliminating calving issues.

All sheep carry MCF and appear to suf- Cows are ready to breed by age 2, with fer no ill affect from the virus. Coming a gestation period of nine months; they on the scene in the U.S. roughly 80 calve in the spring and wean the calves years ago and to date, there is no treat- themselves. Bison reproduce during ment. Symptoms are lethargy, bloody their rut but it also depends on the discharges, poor appetite and abortions. quality of their food source.

The animal usuThe biggest ally dies within consideration three days of is transferring displaying these bison to other symptoms. The locations since only prevention they tend to be is insuring that more sensitive to bison are nooutside threats. where near sheep Bison are exand not grazing tremely athletic on land previand convenously grazed by tional pens and sheep since MCF squeeze chutes spreads through do little to stop Calves are born in the spring at nasal discharges. agile bison, makOakcreek Buffalo Ranch.

Beyond these ing handling of concerns, bison, bison more of a like cattle, are challenge. This herd animals but unlike their cousins, is where planning eases the process. One when left in a natural environment with necessity to handling bison is a specially minimal intervention they prove to be designed squeeze chute with a crash cage very hardy, requiring little hands-on at- at the head. Unlike cattle, bison charge tention. through obstructions, resulting in injury They are especially hardy in the winter. and stress.

Their coat has eight times more hair folCareful planning in pen design, condilicles than cattle, and is shed in the sum- tioning the animals with grain and bemer. Another characteristic is their meat ing aware of signs of stress are important is not marbled; instead, the fat forms be- for animal and handler safety. tween the muscle and the hide, like iso“Grain is your control,” Carol said. lation. Additionally, bison turn into the With proper equipment, knowledge and storm, where cattle turn their tails to the foresight, treating the animals becomes storm and drift with it, bison will contin- easier, allowing the producer to reap the ue to forage, plowing forward with their benefits of bison and with calves bringmassive head and shoulders, protected ing about $4 a pound, they are an attracby their thick coat. In contrast to cattle, tive commodity.

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“I’m a part of the agriculture program here at Bakersfield High School and I learn a lot. I just started breeding horses and raising them. I have three horses now. They are my full responsibility. Four years ago I got a little mare and a year ago I bred her and she had a colt. Someone else gave me another horse that they couldn’t take care of. It was foundered, so I took the horse in and I cared for it. Its hooves were really bad so I got them trimmed up and they’re currently healing. I started barrel racing this year and I’m racing with my mare. We are learning together and are improving each time we compete.”

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Do you think this might be a career option?

I hope so. I’d like to breed and raise registered Quarter horses and train them for barrels and Western Pleasure. I would also like to be a vet. I would like to go to the University of Tennessee.

Who has had the most influence in your life?

My grandpa, Patrick Murphy, supports what I do a lot. When I moved to live with my grandpa, he had three donkeys. He told me if I could train one of his donkeys, he would give me the donkey and a horse of my own. I did it, so for my birthday he gave me the horse. He also takes me to all the barrel races and to practice, and he supports and encourages me.”

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By Dr. Mike Bloss this are multiple. First, an exam is more likely to provide information am sure you have herd phrases “veterinary feed directive,” to make an accurate diagnosis and improving treatment outcome. Sec“veterinarian-client-patient relationship,” and “judicious ondly, more accurate dosing and treatment regimens can be designed use of antibiotics.” after evaluating animals. This also means that appropriate milk and There has been much discussion about these topics in remeat withdrawal times can be determined. Thirdly, the veterinarian can gards to use of antibiotics and the new VFD rules that go into become aware of environmental conditions that may have precipitated effect in January 2017. The VFD is basically a prescription for use the disease outbreak and make recommendations for changes to benefit of an antibiotic for treatment of a group of animals using feed-grade both the owner and animals in question.

Dr. Mike Bloss, DVM, owns medications. The key to this is the prescribed use of an antibiotic There are many online pharmacies and local veterinary supply stores and operates Countryside to treat disease that has been diagnosed within a group. This rethat supply and store prescription medications. These sources can be Animal Clinic with his wife, quires evaluation by a veterinarian. Before a prescription antibiotic a convenient source of medications, but they must adhere to prescripKristen Bloss, DVM. The or other medication can be sold for use on an animal, or veterinarytion laws and abide by selling antibiotics and other prescription medimixed animal practice is client-patient relationship must be established. cations only with a valid prescription by the veterinarian of record located in Aurora, Mo. A valid veterinarian-client-patient relationship exists when your for the farm. A valid VCPR does not exist when an antibiotic is purveterinarian knows your animals well enough to diagnose and treat any medical condi- chased at a vet supply store with a veterinarian prescription signed by someone who has tion your animals develop. A VCPR is established only when a veterinarian examines not examined the animals being treated, or in many instances, has never stepped foot on the animal or animals in question and makes at least a presumptive diagnosis of disease. the farm. Only a veterinarian who has been on the farm and examined animals, and has A VCPR cannot be established via online contact, a phone conversation or email. Once a working knowledge of your individual operation, can adequately make the necessary a veterinarian has examined and diagnosed a patient, they may prescribe medication for decisions to properly treat your livestock and pets. the treatment of that disease. Specific directions, as well as proper milk and meat withWorking with your regular veterinarian has many advantages, and in our ever holding times, must be included on labeling for the medication prescribed. changing world where the use of all medications is more closely scrutinized than Current law states that in order for a veterinarian to prescribe or dispense medication ever, the need for a valid VCPR is not only wise, it is imperative.

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Keeping calves closer in age, size can help bring a higher price at sale time There are many benefits to a defined breeding season.

The calves are more uniform, which can bring a better price in the market. The producer can plan for the year and bring in help when the cows are expected to calve, and again when it’s time to work the calves, to make the process more efficient. And the producer can more easily identify and cull those cows that are slow to breed back.

Although most ranchers in this region do not have a defined breeding season and run the bulls with the cows year-round, many of them aspire to a shortened season.

“For them, usually it’s a stepwise process,” Dr. Robert Wells, livestock consultant with the Samuel R. Noble Foundation in Ardmore, Okla., told Ozarks Farm & Neighbor. “It might be starting with just a 120-day breeding season and developing two herds, a spring and a fall herd, if you can handle the logistics of keeping those animals separate.”

More aggressive producers may attempt to move to a 90-day season right away, but Wells said even 90 days is not a shortened season, based on the math. “Ninety days, plus 285-day gestation puts you over the one year interval that we want to keep our cows on,” he said.

“I define a shortened breeding season as anything less than 75 days.”

And how short can you go?

“I tell people that I probably wouldn’t want to go less than 45 days,” Wells said.

“Forty-five days allows the latest calving cow to only have two cycles to get bred in, and we know the first cycle typically is not as productive as a heat cycle as are the second and subsequent cycles.”

University of Missouri Extension Regional Livestock Specialist Eldon Cole estimates fewer than 25 percent of the producers in his area adhere to a strict breeding season.

“A lot of them may leave those bulls out a little longer, maybe upwards of 120 days, and only get them in right before they think they’ll start breeding their daughters,” Cole told OFN.

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“For me, it is a strict vaccination program that you stick to, and keeping an eye on feed intake and making sure they are on a good diet.”

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“If that bull stays out there all the time, pregnant daughters are one of the things that can get us in trouble. Feedlots do not like to get a set of feeder heifers that are bred.”

While citing the benefit from a shortened season of finding cows that are slow to breed back, Cole said it can be overdone.

“Maybe they’re calving late in the season and if you limit it too much, they won’t breed back in time,” he said. “So you have to cull them, and if you’re culling too many that can be a real loss in revenue for you.”

The exception, he said, is if you’ve got strung-out cows you’re already planning to take to town; moving right into a much shorter season will help you move those cows out of the program quickly.

A defined season also produces calves that are more uniform in size and age.

“We know that numbers improve the bid activity on your feeder calves,” Cole said.

“Buyers like to buy large numbers and when you go to go to some of the Western states where herd sizes are much larger, a potload is the minimum size. We don’t have too many of those in this area, but we do have some; it’s nice to be able to market that many, and I think it will pay off in the final go-round if you have larger numbers in your group.”

“If you identify females that are open, go ahead and put a bull back in on them. Allow them to get rebred, but you have to be disciplined enough to say, ‘“She doesn’t fit my calving season, so I’m going to sell her and not be tempted to keep her back in the herd.’ If you don’t do that, ultimately you’re going to destroy all the work you’ve done in the past,” Wells added. “Now you’re able to sell a bred cow to somebody else into whose breeding system she may fit better, and she will bring more than what she would sell for as a salvage cow being sold on a pound basis.”

“We stick to the management program of nutrition and herd health, and we adapt and make changes as needed. … If something isn’t working, then you have to change what you are doing.”

“I try to keep everything vaccinated against ongoing diseases like blackleg, in the calves.

I also try to keep things fed pretty well and try to keep their health up by having a little fat on them.”

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“A regime is set and followed, which includes regular de-wormings and vaccinations. Regular daily visual checks of all livestock are done to ensure nothing is showing signs of a sickness and in need of treatment.”

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Ensuring proper flock health, growth, for production with the right feed As a producer, you want to make sure that the animals under your charge are always receiving the proper care.

This includes adequate nutrition, which varies for different types of farm animals.

Poultry (chickens, turkeys, quail, etc.) have their own set of dietary requirements, and signs of not receiving the proper nutrition. With a little research, you can make sure that your birds are getting what they need to perform at their best.

Indicators of inadequate poultry nutrition can include poor performance in weight gain and egg production, dull feathers or cannibalism. “It’s best to not ever let it get started,” Jess Lyons from the Division of Animal Sciences at the University of Missouri said regarding cannibalism.

Producers who have experienced any of these problems in their flocks, there is a chance that their birds are not getting adequate nutrition.

Some companies offer a guaranteed analysis on their feed, so if you are feeding such a premixed formula and have problems, chances are that the nutrition is right, but the amount you are feeding might be off.

Gail Damerow, in her book “The Backyard Homestead Guide to Raising Farm Animals,” notes that one chicken will need to eat roughly 2 pounds of ration per week.

Larger poultry like turkeys will eat substantially more than a chicken, and according to “Turkey Management” by Marsden and Martin, will go from eating about 0.6 pounds of feed every two weeks at 1 to 2 weeks of age, to eating more than 8 pounds of feed every two weeks at 28 weeks of age.

The Animal Sciences Department at UC Davis recommends feeding poultry different rations at different times in their life cycle, since nutrition requirements change based on the age and development stage of the birds. Chicks, for example, need a high-protein content JANUARY 25, 2016

of 20 to 22 percent, where as full-grown laying hens only need 15 to 18 percent.

Adequate nutrition for poultry does not have to come only from a premixed formula – getting outside and foraging is an all-natural way to ensure the health of your birds and cut back on input costs as well. Raising poultry on pasture in moveable “chicken tractors” is a simple way to save money on premixed feed.

“The most notable benefit of keeping chickens in tractors is knowing what’s in the food fed to the chickens,” said Greg Samuel, owner of Portable Livestock Shelters in Seymour, Mo. “Their diet is supplemented with protein from insects and grass, cutting down on supplemental feed costs.”

Many smaller farmers raise their poultry on pasture not just to improve the health and nutrition of the birds, but also to command a higher price at niche markets for a healthy, premium product.

Jonathan Hale of Polyface Farms in Swoope, Va., a leader in the natural agriculture and local food movement, said that there is a “huge difference” in eggs and meat from chickens that have been raised in the farm’s “egg-mobiles” and portable broiler housing.

Sometimes, though, no matter how your poultry are housed, they need a little extra “pick me up” in their diets.

The Backyard Homestead Guide to Raising Farm Animals suggests adding products like calcium (often in the form of crushed oyster shell) to help combat weak eggshells, salt to avoid deficiencies that lead to cannibalism, and flaxseed to boost Omega-3 content in eggs.

As with any type of livestock, a little observation can go a long way to correcting problems. No one knows your flock better than you, and nutrition issues can be corrected quickly simply by knowing your birds and their needs.

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Understanding Grass Tetany

By Klaire Howeton

Keeping this disease at bay in your herd Grass tetany, by definition, is “a disease of livestock caused by magnesium deficiency.”

This nutritional disease is also known as winter tetany and grass staggers and can be serious or even fatal to cattle and other livestock.

When does grass tetany most often occur, and when are cattle most susceptible?

“In the Ozarks, the time that grass tetany seems to hit is from mid-January to early April,” Eldon Cole, livestock specialist with the University of Missouri Extension, told Ozarks Farm and Neighbor. “I have had a few reliable reports of a problem in the fall. The cattle most affected are older, 5 years and beyond, cows near calving or in early lactation.”

Dr. Heidi Ward, assistant professor and veterinarian with the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture, also noted that grass tetany can cause a greater problem when cows are lactating.

“Grass tetany is related to low magnesium concentration in the diet and/or factors that affect magnesium absorption in the rumen, such as high potassium or nitrogen concentrations. Magnesium is essential for proper enzyme and nervous system function and for efficient carbohydrate metabolism,” she said. “Because lactating and pregnant cows experience a lactational/gestational drain of magnesium, they are more susceptible to grass tetany. The effect is more severe if the cattle are grazed on a pasture with inadequate magnesium concentrations.”

There are certain factors that can contribute to grass tetany. Eldon Cole said that in situations where there is a high risk of grass tetany, “grass and soil usually are very low in phosphorus and the forage may be high in potassium and low in calcium and magnesium. Weather is another contributor to grass tetany.

“Although not well understood, cool cloudy conditions seem to increase the risk of grass tetany,” said Dr. David Lalman with the Oklahoma State University Extension.

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“The exact mechanism is not known, although these conditions do stimulate plant uptake of potassium and production of organic acids, both of which are known to antagonize magnesium absorption.”

Fertilization practices can also contribute to the risk of grass tetany.

“Decrease in forage magnesium can be indirectly caused by heavy fertilization of pastures forages heavily fertilized with potassium (potash) can decrease the dietary absorption of magnesium in a cow’s rumen,” Ward said, adding that “young, rapidly growing forage usually has an increased content of potassium that can also decrease dietary absorption of magnesium.”

Signs of grass tetany in cattle include uncoordinated gaits, followed by convulsions and sometimes, coma or death.

Cole said once a cow with tetany has gone down, they often become belligerent and struggle. To treat grass tetany, the cow’s magnesium imbalance needs to be restored.

Ward said this is done by “an intravenous infusion of CMPK electrolyte solution. This solution contains calcium, magnesium, phosphorus and potassium as well as dextrose.”

This solution must be administered with care; proper steps include warming the solution to body temperature, giving at an intravenous dose of 500 mL per 800 to 1,000 pounds of body weight, and administering the solution very slowly to prevent shock to the animal.

Ward strongly recommends monitoring the heart rate and breathing of the animal during the entire process.

Prevention of grass tetany can start with supplementing livestock with magnesium thirty days before calving, especially when the conditions for tetany are present. Reviewing fertilization practices, and having both soil and forages tested can also help producers understand their risk of grass tetany. Finally, timing the turnout of cattle to steer clear of young, fast growing forages can also keep tetany under control.

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Reaching Out to Small Farmers

By Paul Koenig

Lincoln University, ISFOP offers assistance to smaller-scale producers Missouri small farmers and ranchers wanting to raise production and increase their efficiency should know the man heading the Innovative Small Farmers’ Outreach Program (ISFOP) – Dr. K.B. Paul – has worked with dedicated teams providing this priceless service – all over the world.

Countless small farmers and ranchers in India, Africa and the United States have benefitted from his experience with similar programs. Paul is ISFOP’s program director.

The outreach is part of the Lincoln University Cooperative Extension, which helps Missouri small farmers and ranchers – especially those socially disadvantaged and underserved – do more with their operations. The program emphasizes sound soil and water conservation.

In addition to Lincoln University, Missouri’s program cooperates with several USDA agencies, local nongovernmental organizations as well as the University of Missouri Extension.

In Southwest Missouri, the program operates in six counties (Jasper, Newton, McDonald, Lawrence, Barry and Greene), as well as in both the St. Louis and Kansas City regions.

When Paul and his associates recruit candidates, they look for farmers and ranchers who meet the four following requirements: n Your family lives on a farm, rural or urban. n Products or income from the farm provides family sustenance. n Your family manages and does most of your farm labor. n Your total annual family income (on- and off-farm) is less than $50,000.

Requirements are necessary for recruiting, but ISFOP doesn’t turn anyone away.

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out,” Paul told Ozarks Farm & Neighbor.

“We never ask about their income. Our services are available to everyone.”

Those services regularly result in tangible benefits and grateful clients. How does the program work?

In one example, three Southwest Missouri clients – each of whom took a workshop on good agricultural practices – built new packing facilities, helping ensure a higher standard of produce safety.

Among other skills, clients learn how to lower costs, get reimbursed with emergency-assistance funding, increase yields, improve record-keeping and find niche markets.

Clients learn about new farm practices as well. After attending a workshop on irrigation, seven families began using drip-irrigation water techniques to enhance their commercial vegetable operations.

Nahshon Bishop, the program’s smallfarm specialist who coordinates Barry and McDonald counties, summed it up this way: “What makes the program special is the real world knowledge we have of farming,” he said. “Most members own their own farms. We understand what the individuals are going through, and we’ve already made the mistakes. We have relationships that we continually develop with the core clientele we’re lucky to serve.

“Using a multiagency approach, we provide research-based information so farmers can make an informed decision about their farming practices,” Bishop said.

In 2015, about 325 small-farm families have benefited from ISFOP’s expertise and guidance in all three-state regions.

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Springs, Mo. – deadline to register is Jan. 22 – 417-469-1400 or 417-256-2391

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203 Cedar Street, Hermitage, Mo. – 417-745-6767 28 Future of Pollinators: Why Agroforestry Matters – Bond Life Sciences Center,

Columbia, Mo. – 573-884-2874 or toddcs@missouri.edu 28-29 Ozark Farmers Co-op Conference “Bring Back the American Small Farm”

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Howell County Extension Center for more information 417-256-2391 28-29 Artificial Insemination Training – Joplin Regional Stockyards, Joplin, Mo.

– pre-registration is required – 417-847-3161 30 Seed Saving – Springfield, Mo. – 417-881-8909 February 2016 2 Dade County Pesticide Applicator Training – 6-8:30 p.m. – Dade County

Extension Office, Greenfield, Mo. – Cost: $15 – 417-637-2112 2 High Tunnel Production Workshop – Nevada, Mo. – 417-448-2560 2 Crane Dairy Day – 10:30 a.m.-2 p.m. – Cost: $5 – Crane Christian Church

Community Center, Crane, Mo. – 417-357-6812 2 Barry County Soil and Crops Conference – 6-9 p.m. – First Christian

Church, 905 Old Exeter Road – Cassville, Mo. – 417-847-3161 2 Sheep and Goat Production – 6-9 p.m. – Hickory County MU Extension

office, 203 Cedar Street, Hermitage, Mo. – 417-745-6767 4 Missouri Master Naturalist Program Orientation – Rolla, Mo. –

www.meramechills.org or 573-368-2225 4 Organic Dairy Symposium – Springfield, Mo. – 417-847-3161 or www.moaconference.org 4 Barton County Pesticide Applicator Training – 6-8:30 p.m. – First Baptist

Church, Lamar, Mo. – Cost: $15 – 417-682-3579 4 Building It From the Ground Up – Osceola, Mo. – register by Jan. 29 –

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register by Feb. 2 – 417-448-2560 or vernonco@missouri.edu 8 Marketing and Salesmanship – White River Valley Electric Community

Room, Forsyth, Mo. – 417-334-4544 ext. 252 or 417-546-4431 8 Seed Starting – Springfield, Mo. – 417-881-8909 8 Pesticide Applicator Training – 6:30 p.m. – Laclede County Extension

Office, Lebanon, Mo. – 417-532-7126 9 Sew Native Class: Native Pollinators Need Native Flowers – Pulaski County

Extension, 403 School Street, Suite 1, Waynesville, Mo. – 573-774-6177 9 Stockers and Backgrounders – 6-9 p.m. – Hickory County MU Extension

office, 203 Cedar Street, Hermitage, Mo. – 417-745-6767 9 Monett Dairy Conference – 10 a.m.-2:30 p.m. – National Guard Armory,

Monett, Mo. – 417-847-3161 9 Monett Beef Cattlemen’s Conference – 4-8 p.m. – National Guard Armory,

Monett, Mo. – 417-466-3102 9-3/1 Your Farm, Your Business, Your Future Workshop – Healthy Nevada

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Continued from Previous Page 10-4/27 Cedar County Master Gardener Classes – every Wednesday from 6-9 p.m.

– Cedar County Library, Stockton, Mo. – pre-registration needed by Jan.

29 – 417-276-3313 or cedarco@missouri.edu 11 Private Pesticide Applicator Training – 6-9 p.m. – Howell County

Extension Office, West Plains, Mo. – 417-256-2391 12 Stone County Private Pesticide Applicator Training – 1 p.m. – Cost: $15 –

Stone County Annex, Galena, Mo. – 417-357-6812 15 Private Pesticide Applicator Training – 10 a.m. – Sheriff’s Conference

Center, 13 W. Dakota, Butler, Mo. – call 660-679-4167 to register 15 Winter Ag Meeting – 2 p.m. – Cost: $10 – Sheriff’s Conference Center,

13 W Dakota, Butler, Mo. – call 660-679-4167 by February 11 to register 15 Get Started with Organic Gardening Class – Sheriff’s Conference Center,

13 W Dakota, Butler, Mo. – call 660-679-4167 by Feb. 11 to pre-register or 1 417-448-2560 for more information 15 Private Pesticide Applicator Training – 6:30 p.m. – Polk County

Fairgrounds, Bolivar, Mo. – 417-326-4916 16 Economics of the Livestock Business – Hickory County MU Extension

office, 203 Cedar Street, Hermitage, Mo. – 417-745-6767 16-5/17 Spring 2016 Phelps County Master Gardener Training Course – Webster

University, 1103 Kingshighway, Rolla, Mo. – Deadline is Feb. 5 –

573-458-6260 or phelpsco@missouri.edu 17 Jasper County Pesticide Applicator Training – 1-3:30 p.m. – Jasper County

Extension Office, Carthage, Mo. – Cost: $15 – 417-358-2158 18 Barton County Soil and Crops Conference – Thiebaud Auditorium,

Lamar, Mo. – Cost: $5 – RSVP by Feb. 15 – 417-682-3579 19 Taney County Private Pesticide Applicator Training – 1 p.m. – Cost: $15 –

Taneyville Municipal Building, Taneyville, Mo. – 417-546-4431 20 24th Annual IT’S A GAS! Swap Meet – Indoor Sale of Petrolania, Automobilia

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Arkansas University, Magnolia, Ark – 870-451-3624 27 Smithson Farms Annual Black Hereford Sale – at the Farm, La Plato, Mo.

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AUCTION

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PT419H 19 ft. hyd fold tedder $6,500 RHP 10 10 wheel rake $6,600

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EC320 10 ft. disc mower with safe cut hubs $11,600

PT405H 17 ft. hyd fold tedder $5,600 Dennis & Mariellen Raucher Professional Auctioneer Mt. Vernon, Mo.

21st Annual Spring Farm & Ranch Equipment Consignment Auction Saturday • March 26 • 9 a.m.

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SEE WHAT’S NEW AT THE WESTERN FARM SHOW

See the latest equipment and technology for farmers and ranchers With extensive displays of new farm equipment, the latest ag technologies, livestock demonstrations and a high-horsepower tractor pull, it’s no wonder the Western Farm Show ranks as one of the Midwest’s most popular indoor farm shows. Now in its 55th year, the 2016 Western Farm Show will kick off Feb. 26 and run until Feb. 28 at the American Royal Complex in Kansas City, Mo. MFA, a major sponsor of the Western Farm Show, will have booths featuring precision agriculture equipment and services with plenty of expert staff on hand to answer questions.

MFA will again host Ronald Gill’s livestock handling demonstrations. The Texas AgriLife Extension specialists knowledge of cattle and safe handling practices is a favorite and can help cattle operations of any size. MFA sponsors the NCBA’s Stockmanship and Stewardship Low-Stress Livestock Handling demonstrations at 10:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 27, in the Scott Pavilion adjacent to the American Royal Complex.

Admission is free to all Western Farm Show attendees.

MFA’s cattle handling systems and other MFA farm supply products will be featured at the show. MFA’s Feed Division will have a display representing its full line of feed products with staff on hand explaining how the range of feeds can fit on various farming operations.

Stop by participating MFA Agri Services locations and receive a $3 off coupon for admission.

2016 Western Farm Show Kansas City, Feb 26-28

Show hours : 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Fri. and Sat. 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sun.

• MFA experts on hand to discuss agronomic and livestock products and trends.

• Low-Stress Livestock Handling Demonstration sponsored by MFA Incorporated: 10:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 27.

Admission: $8 for adults and free for children 12 and under.

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• Championship tractor pull with Doug Roberts and the Outlaw Truck and Tractor Pulling Association: Feb. 26 and 27.

• FFA day is Feb. 26; food is being collected for the annual Food Drive “Border War.”

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Ozark Farm & Neighbor: “Western Farm Show 2016” 91⁄2" x 10" Designer: Craig J. Weiland cweiland@mfa-inc.com MFA Incorporated

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