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Jerry Crownover – Can’t fool my wife

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Lynzee Glass – Defending animal 5 agriculture with education

MEET YOUR NEIGHBORS Jim and Elsie Parker utilize a unique 7 identification system on their cattle

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Jeremy Mabry passes on his hog showing expertise to his daughters

Diversification keeps Troy and Veronica 9 Terry busy on their Johnson County farm

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Eye on Agribusiness features 11 Arkansas Meats Town and Country features 13 Brenda Riggs

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used to be able to tell my wife anything about farming and she revowould nworCbelieve yrreJ yB me. After all, I’ve spent my entire life on a farm while she was raised in town. I Jerry Crownover is earned three degrees in agriculture while a farmer and former she studied nursing. But now, much to my chaprofessor of Agriculture grin, she’s beginning to question my expertise.

Education at Missouri Just last week, I explained to her that I needed State University. He is a to pick up a couple of OB straps on my next trip native of Baxter County, into town. “How come?” she asked.

Arkansas, and an I explained that calving season was starting in author and professional a couple of weeks and I needed to get everything speaker. To contact Jerry, ready, as a precaution for the inevitable emergo to ozarksfn.com and gencies that would occur. Instead of taking my click on ‘Contact Us.’ statement at face value, she questioned why I needed new ones when she knew I always carried a couple in the tool box of the truck.

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“Do you have proof?” she asked.

I didn’t have any empirical evidence, but simply made the assumption based on how I suspected a tightened OB chain would feel as compared to a softer nylon strap against my own legs. Then, to my astonishment, Judy asked me to go and retrieve my old nylon straps and the OB chains that I still keep for certain situations. I was

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ell if December set the pattern for our winter season. We may Western novelist Dusty be in for some of the toughest Richards and his wife weather we’ve had since the Pat live on Beaver Lake ‘70s. Congress held hearings in northwest Arkansas. back then and sent scientists off to find out why To contact Dusty, go to it had turned so cold. That makes me wonder ozarksfn.com and click on what happened to the CO2 heating theory. The ‘Contact Us.’ palm trees on Lake Michigan in Chicago we were promised to have frozen last week. This whole issue goes back to the effects of nature like heating and cooling of the oceans.

This is even caused by eruptions of volcanoes way under the sea.

But people keep saying heating of the earth is by CO2. They have used dubious records to prove it is happening and in truth our temperatures have been level.

Keep on your guard; these people will not go away.

Speaking about snow, years ago I was checking on some broiler houses on Christmas Eve. I found the grower in a snowstorm, dragging a disc that barely scratched the earth and a barrel seeder behind it strewing grass seed behind his old tricycle IH tractor and sowing a mixture of ryegrass and fescue. I stopped him laughing at his project and he shook his head. “Sowing grass or even clover in the snow is the best condition you can get.” Off he went, watching his scratching in the snow to mark the edge where he needed to sow it. At the moment, that looked as silly as one could get. But the next spring I was there when he was baling end-to-end square bales of hay on that same ground he had planted in the snow. He stopped his tractor and laughed that day. “I told you last Christmas it would work.”

I gave him that one. I have since known lots of farmers who sow clover in the snow to add it in the mix and get results. Many farmers get good yields by sowing fescue in the chicken litter they spread on their fields. Some broadcast it on the chicken house floor; others climb on the truck before it leaves and strew seed on the load. I always use a one part annual ryegrass in my mixture to three parts fescue. In pasture the cows will eat it first, but it makes a better sod and establishes easier.

A neat farmer I knew named Wils Smith was born and raised west of Winslow, Ark., went with me one day to the sale and the coop to get some feed. He bought cottonseed cake and salt and sent the boy waiting on us to get two pounds of Bermudagrass seed. The young man argued it was way too cold to plant that seed. He didn’t care, he wanted that seed. The youth went and filled his order.

The next summer, I was in his pasture on a once broomsedge field and Bermuda had taken it over. I could not believe it. He fed it every winter until he had Bermuda all over his farm.

Sod seeding after drought years became popular but it doesn’t have to be fancy if you get the moisture right. Many of us learned before they isolated the fungus in fescue that 2-year-old seed didn’t have the fungus, which made better forage than 1-year-old seed.

Good luck if you sow seed on the snow and we will all be looking to a spring thaw.

Thanks goodness we had a good hay season last year.

May the Good Lord bless and keep you and America, Dusty Richards

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Keepin’ it Country

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n today’s world so many people and organizations attack agriculture. They attack the very thing that feeds, clothes and shelters every person in the world. Why? How do Lynzee Glass graduated we battle against this negative aggression? from Missouri State In my opinion, for whatever it’s worth, we need University with a to start by understanding the terms thrown at us degree in Agricultural – the verbal ammo. If we don’t know what or Communications in 2008. whom we are fighting then how can we win?

She grew up on a family Common terms are animal agriculture, animal farm in Dallas County, Mo. conservation, animal welfare and animal rights.

To contact Lynzee call Here is what I have found: 1-866-532-1960 or email Animal agriculture is the branch of agriculture editor@ozarksfn.com. concerned with the care and breeding of animals. This is what most of us do each and every day. We care for our livestock and we raise them with the intent of breeding them for monetary purposes.

Animal Conservation cares about the species.

Animal welfare is defined as the process and steps taken to ensure a good quality of life for animals and to prevent animal suffering or unsatisfactory living conditions focusing on the physical, metal and natural state of animals.

A student worksheet put out by the Kentucky Farm Bureau offers a clear explanation, “Farmers are the most logical advocates of animal welfare, as their livelihood is dependent upon keeping animals safe and healthy. Farmers furnish animals with appropriate housing, food, water and veterinary care in order to produce wholesome, high-quality foods demanded by consumers. This practice is referred to as humane animal husbandry.”

Animal rights denotes the philosophical belief that animals should have rights, including the right to live their lives free of human intervention or defined as by — Continued on Next Page

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just a thought Keepin’ it Country Continued from Previous Page Merriam-Webster dictionary as the rights (as to fair and humane treatment) regarded as belonging fundamentally to all animals. According to MerriamWebster the word animal rights was first used in 1879.

There are a lot of organizations that take a personal stance against animal agriculture and I’m sure you are aware of these types of organizations. After investigating some common organizations’ websites I found many of them have a common mindset: that animals are not ours for food or clothing. But my religious views make me ask, what does the Bible say? Genesis 9: 3 says, “Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for

you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.” I turn to the Bible for many answers in my life so why should this topic be any different?

I am not trying to persuade anyone’s opinion, but as I’ve said in other columns before, I believe education is a powerful tool. It is our duty as animal agriculturalist to advocate for our industry and to educate the public. Maybe we should make it a resolution for 2014 to flood the public with educational materials whether that is through word-of-mouth, agritourism, social media or print media.

We must do our part to let consumers know that our livestock and crops are our livelihoods and we wouldn’t do anything to jeopardize that.

Best wishes,

Life is Simple Continued from Page 3 perturbed by her request… but, I went and got them.

When I returned from the barn, Judy insisted that I put the chain around one of her legs and the strap around the other and pull on them both, equally, at the same time. At that point, I preferred to put them around her neck before pulling, but I agreed to allow her to continue her experiment. I suggested that we go to the garage to perform her evaluation, since I had not yet cleaned them for this year’s activities.

My wife sat on the top step of the little stoop that leads from our house to the inside of the garage, as she carefully

placed the OB chain around her left ankle. Incredulous, I watched as she then attached the nylon strap around her right ankle. Then, just as she instructed me to, “pull,” the garage door opened as my oldest son pulled into the driveway.

I can only imagine how it must have looked to my son as the door opened wide. With a look of shock on his face, he simply shook his head and rolled down the window. “I don’t even want to know,” he shouted, as he put the car in reverse and left.

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Jim and Elsie Parker focus on genetics to keep a docile herd of Angus cattle Jim and Elsie Parker own 280 acres and lease 300 acres in Stilwell, Okla. They raise registered Black Angus using 100 momma’s including 16 heifers and four breeding bulls for cleanup. Both Jim and Elsie came from agricultural backgrounds. Jim remembers feeding cattle when he was in the

ter, Tammy Bartholomew, was one of the first girls in FFA in Stilwell and is now an Ag teacher in Missouri.” All three of their children, Tammy, Cindy and Randy were active members in the Stilwell FFA Chapter and showed cattle.

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first grade because his father was gone all week as a traveling carpenter. Elsie, on the other hand, remembers shucking corn for the family’s hogs when she was very young. The couple met through FFA in high school when Elsie was helping her brother with his FFA sheep and Jim came over. Jim and Elsie began dating and later married in 1960. Elsie said, “In those days there was no FFA for girls but our oldest daughJANUARY 27, 2014

Lake. They started with a commercial herd but Jim had always liked Simmentals and started using Simmental bulls. Then the market demand changed to black and smaller animals, so Jim started using Angus bulls with Brangus cows.

Jim said, “When I got too old to work with the Brangus, I went to registered Angus Stilwell, Okla. because Elsie always liked them.”

The current herd started in 2002 with

15 breeding age heifers and an additional 8 in 2003, which they purchased from their daughter, Cindy, and her husband, Chuck. The Parkers sell bull calves. Jim explained that they usually cull any cow that does not produce a calf for one year and any who are highly temperamental.

Jim said, “Almost all the cows we have now we have raised ourselves, and besides being more docile, they are rather like pets even though they are a business as well.” The Parker’s animals, curious and friendly, are popular. Jim said, “People like our bull calves because they’re so gentle. We sell mostly by word-of-mouth and our animals are spread all across the area.” The ranch has used AI for the last three years and the herd is split into 20 head per pasture for breeding and pasture rotational reasons.

A recent and beneficial change for Jim and Elsie occurred when their daughter, Cindy Stewart, and her husband, Chuck, sold their ranch in southern Oklahoma and moved back to Cindy’s hometown.

They are an active part of her parents’ operation. Their son, Randy, and his wife, Shannon, and sons, Shane and Steven, also help out when possible.

Part of the transition has included Cindy taking over most of Elsie’s paperwork with both Cindy and Chuck actively working with the animals and Cindy especially liking to work with newborns. As standard practice, they catch all the newborns and tag and weigh them the day they are born, which is where Cindy begins her close relationship with the animals.

Another standard practice in the Parker operation is that all animals have double ear tags as well as tattoos.

Jim explained, “Ear tags can get brittle and pulled out in any number of ways such as in a chute, at the hay ring or by a branch. If you have two and you lose one, you don’t have to check the tattoos to make a replacement.”

When asked about the future, Jim said, “Raising cattle is in your blood and a way of life. You have to love the work to want to feed them in the winter. As long as the weather and our health holds out, we plan on doing just what we are now.”

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Showing Off Healthy Hogs

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Jeremy Mabry increases profits through a carefully planned health care routine, custom mixed feed rations and quality genetics

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On the outskirts of Fayetteville, Ark., is a 5-acre show pig operation known as HogWild Showpigs owned and operated by Jeremy and Dawn Mabry.

Jeremy teaches elementary PE in Fayetteville while Dawn, a University of Arkansas employee for 15 years, currently works as a records analyst in the Office of Development.

After 10 years of marriage, the couple find themselves the parents of three very busy little girls who had their father reach back to his own childhood in Elkins, Ark. There he was raised on a chicken farm with show Pictured Back to Front: pigs and found Jeremy, Harlie, Chloe and his own children Lizzie Mabry Photo by Terry Ropp also infatuated by pigs. The three girls were sitting around a table listening at different temperatures with a higher to the interview when 6-year-old Lizzie temperature for the piglets. The floors talked about her 2-year-old sister Har- are covered with paper shavings from lie and said, “Harlie’s not even afraid of Powell Feed in Siloam Springs, Ark., beBonnie,” a pretty impressive statement cause they are easy to clean, last longer considering Bonnie is 750 pounds. Mean- and soak up more liquid, which makes while 9-year-old Chloe nodded emphati- their use cost efficient.

The small farm is a certified and valically in agreement.

Dawn’s parents own a 5-acre plot, dated herd, which means the Mabry pigs have been tested for high home to the show pig operahealth standards with quartion. The site contains two terly testing to maintain heated barns with concrete Fayetteville, Ark. certification. Jeremy uses floors. One contains pens for a health protocol for show the sows and show pigs. The pigs from birth through sows. other barn is a large enclosure for farrowing and a nurs— Continued on Page 12 ery. The two barns are kept Ozarks Farm & Neighbor • www.ozarksfn.com

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Diversified farmers Troy and Veronica Terry find the perfect blend between hobbies and business ventures In 2004 Troy and Veronica Terry of Hagarville, Ark., started cutting the trees that they would use to build their new home. The trees were dried, sawn into lumber and used for everything from the pine paneling to the oak floors. “Every bit of the wood to build our house came from the trees that we cut,” said Veronica.

“Except the trusses and the porch railing.” Troy also gathered the stone that was used to build the huge rock fireplace that sits in the center of their home.

In 2012 the couple Troy and Veronica Terry built opened their home their first hen house nearly to others by host31 years ago, an occupaing, Cecelia Cation they are able to do Photo by Amber Parham nals, an exchange together along with raising student from Italy.

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Veronica’s dining and a double shovel. We room is home to her had land rented, and row father’s masterpiece, a table made from a cropped feed corn and gathered it with a cottonwood root ball topped with a slab mule and a wagon.” of glass. “Dad was an artist,” Veronica Troy Terry built his first breeder hen said. “He could just look at a piece of house in August of 1983, one in 1986 wood and know what it should be.” and another in 1990. Last year the couVeronica’s artistic side shows in her in- ple decided to cut back down to operattricate cross-stitch and her photography. ing two houses. They get the hens when Troy farms in the same area where he they are 20 weeks old and keep them for grew up. “I went to school my first year around 10 months. Veronica said that at Fort Douglas. We rented the day before the hens go on Slate Hill for a year or out they walk through the so. And then, we moved up houses putting up the nests here to Dry Creek when I was Hagarville, Ark. and water lines. That night 9-years-old, in 1958. When the catching crew comes in we were kids, when school catching and loading the 7-8 was out in the summer, we — Continued on Page 12 plowed corn with a mule JANUARY 27, 2014

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Rogers Daisy Airgun Museum showcases over 13 decades of Daisy’s finest and most popular airguns Every year across the country, a family tradition is repeated whether for a birthday, Christmas or just because. The tradition is the giving of a much treasured gift, either new or a cherished hand-me down.

The gift is a Daisy Airgun whose name was and is synonymous with BB guns.

Daisy guns began as a free premium when farmers purchased iron windmills from the Plymouth Iron Windmill Company in Plymouth, Mich., in the 1880s. Clarence

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Hamilton, inventor and board member of the windmill company, crafted a wireframe all steel air gun and proposed manufacturing it. When General Manager Lewis Cass Hough tested the gun, he is said to have exclaimed, “Boy, that’s a Daisy,” a saying of the day, which became the name of the gun. However, farmers were often more interested in the free gun than the windmills.

By 1890 airgun manufacture had soared to 50,000 with most being distributed within 150 mile radius of Plymouth. In 1895 the

windmill company changed its name to Daisy Manufacturing and ceased producing windmills.

In 1914, the model 25, Daisy’s first pumpaction airgun, was introduced and continued in Joe Murfin the product line through 1978. By that time more than 8 million had been produced and sold and the first handmade prototype is on display in the Rogers Museum.

Daisy was a resourceful company and prospered during the depression years as a result of advertising linked to then popular figures such as cowboy circus star Buzz Barton and comic strip characters cowboy Buck Jones and space adventurer Buck Rogers. The company developed the Buck Rogers rocket pistol and the Buck Rogers Disintegrator Pistol, to go along with the promotions and set sales records year after year during one of the most financially troubled times in our country’s history. Daisy’s most successful promotion began in 1940 with the comic character based Red Ryder.

Over 1 million units sold in 1949, an astronomical number for the time period.

According to VicePresident of Public Relations, Joe Murfin, “The Daisy Red Ryder is still one of the company’s bestselling models.”

The 1950s were time of industrial innovation, and the Daisy factory in Plym-

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outh, Mich., were becoming inefficient and afflicted by spiraling taxes as well as a decreasing labor market. The company quietly began searching for a new location and in 1958 became the first major industrial investor in the highly rural area of Northwest Arkansas. One of the early innovations at the new factory was the development of a new product line called Spittin’ Image, airguns minutely and accurately patterned after other famous gun models. In the 1970s the company expanded to produce its first line of highpowered adult airguns pneumatic airgun called the model 880 pump-up airgun, another instant success. An additional new market was paint markers for the forestry and cattle industries. In 2001, Daisy received a U.S. Navy contract to manufacture nearly indestructible drill rifles able to withstand the abuse of drill team practice and performance while maintaining the appearance of a fully functioning 1903-A3 Springfield rifle.

Daisy became more diverse and in need of highly specialized components. In 1990, a decision was made to purchase some components from highly specialized manufacturers resulting in Daisy’s assembly operations moving to Missouri in 1997, only to move back to Arkansas in 2007 where it celebrated 50 years in Arkansas in 2008.

Daisy Manufacturing, however, is about more than fabricating outstanding airguns and related products. Joe said, “A Daisy BB gun is the gun almost every shooter, hunter or competitive shooter starts with. As early as the 1940s, Daisy began a grass roots shooting education program and curriculum development.” Today, working with various civic and conservation organizations, the company estimates more than one million young people are reached annually.

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Products and Services: “On Tuesdays I slaughter beef, hogs, lambs and goats as well as deer when in season and butcher the meat the rest of the week. Beef butchering makes up 90 percent of my business. While some people want their meat immediately, I advise my customers to let the meat age from two to four weeks depending upon the size and age of the animal because the aging adds flavor and tenderness. When customers arrive, I hand them a sheet to mark how they want the meat butchered. The most important service I offer is education. Most people don’t realize that clean meat from a carcass is generally only 40 percent of the animals’ original weight and a mere 10 percent of the clean meat weight is prime. In addition, we sugar cure and hickory smoke bacon and ham and make seasoned breakfast sausage.

Finally, I offer advice on cooking including letting the meat rest after cooking and before cutting so the juices will reabsorb in order to retain juiciness and flavor.”

Philosophy: “My business philosophy is simple: serve, serve, serve. The customer must come first and money second. I not only learn my customers’ names but also their preferences by keeping their order sheets for reference. Encouraging questions is critical and results in a very high volume of repeat customers.”

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Showing Off Healthy Hogs Continued from Page 8 Because of being on concrete floors instead of the ground, the piglets don’t get enough iron and dextrose and are given a shot for that deficiency. Next they get flu, circovirus and arochephalus treatments as well as deworming throughout the year. The sows follow the same pattern but also receive vaccinations for lepto and parvo. The high health standards are very important to the Mabry’s since the pigs are taken to several shows throughout the year.

Every aspect of the operation is carefully managed. Jeremy mixes his own corn and soybean-based feeds in Anderson, Mo. For the show pigs he feeds 18 percent and 16 percent protein levels depending upon what each pig needs while the sows consume 10 percent or 12 percent protein feeds depending upon if milking or not. Jeremy also uses MoorMans Showtec as a starter feed and as a supplement when needed. Castrating takes place at 4 to 5 weeks while the piglets are easier to handle but almost fully formed.

When selecting semen, Jeremy determines the weak parts of the sow and finds boars to compensate. Replacement gilts are selected by confirmation, soundness, muscling and temperament.

It is critical that sows are docile and easy to move and handle. According to Jeremy, “There is a certain set of genetics in the show pig industry that produces winning pigs, and we try to stay within those lines.”

While little Harlie is just beginning to learn to handle pigs in the ring, Lizzie and Chloe compete in the National Junior Swine Association, a junior department for the National Swine Registry which is represented by four main breeds: Yorkshire, Hampshire, Duroc and Landrace. While showing crosses is huge, one purebred must be shown for each crossbred. Jeremy said, “I usually have a purebred York for that purpose but I don’t this year so I’ll have to go buy a purebred for each girl this year.”

Taking on Livestock, Art and Dogs Continued from Page 9 pound hens and 10-12 pound roosters by hand. After that, they have eight weeks to clean out the litter and get everything repaired and ready for disinfection.

They are able to use all their litter on their own land and Troy works with his brother Roy to cut and bale the hay that they need for their cattle herds. He also helps his mother, Eva Terry, take care of her cattle.

He said that although there was plenty of rain this year they didn’t get more hay than normal. “We didn’t put up more than 2,000-2,500 round bales this year.

We like to never got started because it kept raining.”

The couple has raised AKC Black and Tan dogs since 2001. Veronica explained, “We got our first dog in 1999.

When we got married Troy kept saying that he wished he could find a good black and tan. My granddad had the number of a man from Sulphur, Okla.

He didn’t have any puppies at the time,

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but he had a waiting list. He sent me some pictures. When I saw them, I fell in love. It took a year-and-a-half and the only one he had was 12-weeks-old. The next morning me and my mom drove down to pick him up.

“For some reason he reminded me of that cartoon character, Yosemite Sam. “When the economy was good, I had people calling me; I had a waiting list.

I’ve got puppies in 36 states, British Columbia and Alberta, Canada. New Mexico is my biggest market. Some people use them for hunting, some keep them as pets and some people use them for Search and Rescue.”

“Right now, we’ve got seven. Most of them are too old for breeding stock. I’ve got two that are about six-months-old.

Between the male and the female they are the three best bloodlines that I’ve ever had. But, I’ll never get into it like I was before,” concluded Veronica.

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In the Country: “Although we own only 6 acres, we lease another 200 and run a commercial herd with 23 mommas and one bull. Our bull is a Charolais and our mommas are a Charolais mix. I was not familiar with cattle until I married and enjoy the Charolais because they are calm and gentle most of the time, so much so that they all have names.

“We supplement with sweet feed and also provide salt and mineral blocks. We have a vet vaccinate and castrate for us and usually sell the calves as soon as they are weaned at approximately 300 pounds. We are fortunate in that we have a spring on the leased land, which forms a reliable pond for the cattle.

“My husband does most of the chores because I am gone more of the time, and my brother-in-law occasionally helps. Casey loves to watch and play with the farm animals and sometimes checks the cows with Dennis. She’s grandpa’s girl and loves being outside with him. Because of her interest in animals, we think she might go into 4-H, which would be just fine with us.

“We all love living in the country because we are away from traffic and know our neighbors well. I love to fish, and one of the advantages of our leased property is that it borders the Kings River which gives me plenty of opportunity. Because of how we feel about our country life, our goal is to keep the cattle herd about the same size it is now in order to help supplement our income far into the future.”

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market sale

steers 550-600 LBS. Ash Flat Joplin Siloam Springs

El Reno Ouachita Springdale

Ft. Smith Ozark Tulsa

Green Forest Ratcliff West Plains

***

slaughter

***

*** *** *** *** ***

75.00-105.00 *

Cleburne County Livestock Auction Clinton Livestock Auction

85.00-103.00 †

County Line Sale - Ratcliff Decatur Livestock Auction

97.50-102.00† 97.00-113.00 *

80.00-104.50 †

90.00-114.00 * 90.00-110.00 † 9

Ft. Smith Livestock I-40 Livestock - Ozark Joplin Regional Stockyards

*** *** ***

83.00-115.00 † 90.00-113.00 9 85.00-105.00 †

North Arkansas Livestock - Green Forest OKC West - El Reno, Okla.

169.96

*** Week of 12/29/13

83.00-93.00 † 82.00-110.00 † 90.00-115.00 *

Stilwell Livestock Auction Tulsa Livestock Auction

***

30

***

50

80.00-108.50 † 8

70

90

slaughter

190.85 ***

Norwood, Mo. • Producers Auction Yards

84.50-109.50 †

Ouachita Livestock Auction - Ola Ozarks Regional Stockyard - West Plainss

***

*

110

cows

130

150

(Week of 1/12/14 to 1/18/14)

***

Ash Flat Livestock

***

Benton County Sale Barn

***

Cattlemen’s Livestock Auction

***

Cleburne County Livestock Auction Clinton Livestock Auction

***

53.00-94.00 † † 5 50.00-99.00 5 55.00-97.00 *

66.50-83.50 † 6 65.00-98.50 * 65.00-89.00 † 85.00-103.00 *

County Line Sale - Ratcliff Decatur Livestock Auction

185.13

61.00-95.50 †

Farmer’s Livestock - Springdale Farmers & Ranchers - Vinita, Okla.

78.00-94.00 *

Markets

60.00-94.00 † 6

Ft. Smith Livestock I-40 Livestock - Ozark Joplin Regional Stockyards

* 191.45 169.81

65.00-89.00 † † 6 68.00-100.00 70.00-98.00 *

Mo-Ark - Exeter

180.07

55.00-93.50 †

North Arkansas Livestock

75.50-96.50 †

OKC West - El Reno, Okla.

*

55.00-89.50 † 5

Ouachita Livestock Auction - Ola Ozarks Regional Stockyard

197.25 158.42

60.00-105.00 † 6 70.00-99.00 * 7

Stilwell Livestock Auction

** 187.00

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30

goats

Highlandville, Mo. • CRS Sale’s Co.

1/9/14

Receipts: 130 Demand was moderate. Supply was very light due to a major winter storm that left highways in dangerous condition and side roads nearly impassable. There were near 11 percent springer heifers, 10 percent bred heifers, 11 percent open heifers, 04 percent fresh and milking cows, 04 percent bred and springer cows and 10 percent calves. Most of the Common cows and heifers were sold by the pound. Holsteins unless noted otherwise and all prices are per head.

Springer heifers bred seven to nine months: Supreme Pair 1325.00-1425.00, Indiv Jersey 1190.00, Indiv Crossbred 1330.00, Approved 1100.00-1200.00, Indiv Crossbred 1100.00; Medium 950.00-990.00, Indiv Jersey 800.00, Pair Crossbreds 750.00-950.00.

Heifers bred four to six months: Medium Crossbreds 850.00-980.00.

Heifers bred one to three month: Scarce.

Open heifers: Approved and Medium 200-500 lbs 220.00-500.00, Indiv Jersey at 350 lbs 400.00, 500730 lbs 500.00-810.00.

Fresh and open milking cows: Approved Pair 1185.00-1200.00, Indiv Crossbred 1180.00; Medium Indiv 925.00.

Bred and Springer cows: Approved Indiv 1350.00, Medium Indiv 1000.00, Indiv Jersey 875.00.

Baby calves: Holstein heifers Scarce, Holstein bulls

1/16/14

Receipts: 197 The supply was moderate, demand good. The supply included 22 percent slaughter and feeder lambs; 7 percent slaughter ewes and bucks; 10 replacement ewes and pairs; 46 percent kid goats; 11 percent slaughter nannies and billies; 4 percent replacement nannies and pairs. All prices per hundred weight unless noted otherwise.

Sheep Slaughter Lambs: Good and Choice 2-3 hair few 70-80 lbs 185.00; 110-115 lbs 175.00-195.00.

Stocker/Feeder: Medium 2 hair few 40-50 lbs 225.00; 60-70 lbs 230.00-235.00.

Ewes: Utility and Good 2-3 hair 80-130 85.0095.00; 130-205 lbs 60.00-85.00.

Replacement Sheep: Ewes: Medium 1-2 100-150 lbs 70.00-87.50 cwt.

Goats Slaughter Classes: Kids: Selection 1 40-50 lbs 250.00-260.00; Selection 1-2 50-60 lbs 255.00 -260.00; 60-70 lbs 250.00-257.50; 70-80 lbs 220.00255.00; Selection 3 60-90 lbs 165.00-240.00.

Doe/Nannies: Selection 1-2 108-145 lbs 105.00145.00; Selection 3 95-145 lbs 100.00-120.00.

Billies: Selection 2-3 few 90-150 lbs 125.00-130.00 cwt.

Replacement Nannies Pairs: Selection 2 135.00-160.00 per pair.

Feeder/stocker Kids: Selection 2 30-40 lbs 200.00225.00; 40-50 lbs 200.00-255.00; Selection 3 40-60 lbs 210.00-222.50 cwt; bottle kids 10.00-45.00 per head.

Diamond, Mo. • TS White’s Sheep & Goat Sale

1/2/14

Receipts: 1274 Supply was moderate, demand very good. The supply included 31 percent slaughter and feeder lambs; 5 percent slaughter ewes and bucks; 45 percent kid goats; 15 percent slaughter nannies

50

70

90

110

*

Ash Flat Livestock 176.06 194.79 185.01 188.89

Steers, Med. & Lg. 1

Week of 1/12/14

187.43 197.76 190.10 186.14 195.17 183.62 185.50 187.10 198.55

130

147 164 181 198 * No price reported in weight break **USDA Failed To Report *** No Sale

215

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

14 14

300-400 lbs.

400-500 lbs.

500-600 lbs.

600-700 lbs.

700-800 lbs.

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

400-500 lbs.

500-600 lbs.

600-700 lbs.

700-800 lbs.

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

400-500 lbs.

500-600 lbs.

600-700 lbs.

700-800 lbs.

Koshkonong, Mo. • Ore

Receipts: 62 All goats and shee USDA Graders an in-weights at the b made up of 80 per Slaughter Classes: Goats: Kids: Selection 1 4 Selection 1-2 81 lb 60 lbs 205.00. Sele Feeder Kids: Selec Slaughter Does/N Selection 3 90.00.

Slaughter Bucks: Sheep: Slaughter Lambs: 110-140 lbs 140.00

stocker & feeder

130

174.42 ***

and billies; 4 perce prices per hundred Sheep Slaughter Lambs: C lbs 230.00-235.00; 245.00; 70-80 lbs 1 Feeder/Stocker Lam 40-50 lbs 200.00-23 Ewes: Utility and G 70.00-85.00; hair 7 Goats Slaughter Classes: 280.00-307.50; 60295.50-302.50; 701-2 40-50 lbs 280.0 255.00-285.00; 60200.00-220.00. Sele 60-100 lbs 215.00-2 Does/Nannies: Sel 165.00. Selection 3 Billies: Selection 1 Selection 3 60-120 Replacement Nann 155.00. Selection 3 Stocker/Feeder Kid 220.00; 30-40 lbs 2 280.00. Selection 3 lbs 150.00-200.00;

62.00-107.00 † 6

Tulsa Livestock Auction

181.39

110.00-200.00; Jersey heifers Scarce, Jersey bulls 30.00-65.00; Crossbred heifers Pair 170.00-230.00, Crossbred bulls Pair 120.00-130.00; Beef cross bulls Pair 185.00-230.00.

sheep &

dairy sales

92.00-110.00 †

Mo-Ark - Exeter

1/19/14

5 Area (Tx-Ok, Ks, Neb, Ia, Colo) Live Basis Sales - Over 80% Choice Steers: 138.00-145.00; wtd. avg. price 142.28.

Heifers: 138.00-144.00; wtd. avg. price 142.68.

Dressed Basis Sales - Over 80% Choice Steers: 225.00-230.00; wtd. avg. price 227.41.

Heifers: 220.00-230.00; wtd. avg. price 226.88.

* 8 85.00-105.50

Farmer’s Livestock - Springdale Farmers & Ranchers - Vinita, Okla.

cattle

Midwest - High Plains Direct Slaughter Cattle

80.00-106.00 † 8

Benton County Sale Barn Cattlemen’s Livestock Auction

***

Week of 1/5/14

beef

75.00-101.50 †

Ash Flat Livestock

*** Week of 12/22/13

bulls

(Week of 1/12/14 to 1/18/14)

***

Cattlemen’s Livestock*

1/17/14

Benton Co. - Siloam Springs 1/16/14

Clinton Livestock Auction* 1/13/14

County Line Sale Ratcliff 1/15/14

Decatur Livestock*

1/15/14

Cleburne Co. - Heber Springs 1/13/14

1448

1510

2524

415

463

350

St-10 Higher

2-8 Higher

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6-15 Higher

5-20 Higher

210.00-231.00 200.00-221.00 173.50-190.00 161.50-182.00 157.00-160.00

230.00-245.00 198.00-231.00 177.00-204.00 166.00-175.00 160.00-172.00

185.00-233.00 185.00-230.00 170.00-207.00 155.00-175.00 155.00-167.00

217.50-242.50 200.00-225.00 180.00-215.00 165.00-176.00 160.00-168.00

----187.00-209.00 175.00-182.50 160.00-168.50 -----

218.00-243.00 189.00-221.00 166.50-204.00 156.50-175.00 141.00-159.00

170.00-215.00 170.00-215.00 165.00-195.00 150.00-160.00 141.00-152.00

190.00-201.00 178.00-200.00 159.00-180.00 157.00-182.50 150.00

190.00-218.00 174.00-201.00 155.00-181.00 160.00-163.50 149.00

165.00-195.00 160.00-187.00 150.00-175.00 140.00-162.00 130.00-148.00

pr

1/14/14

Farmer’s & Ranchers Vinita, Okla.* 1/15/14

Farmers Livestock Springdale 1/17/14

1389

1076

875

1101

-----

-----

Steady

-----

6-10 Higher

200.00-224.00 190.00-214.00 179.00-207.00 165.00-154.00 150.00-170.00

202.00-237.50 202.00-227.00 184.00-197.00 163.00-182.50 169.00-177.00

225.00-266.00 200.00-245.00 185.00-211.00 174.00-187.50 164.00-178.00

215.00-230.00 198.00-215.00 182.00-198.00 170.00-182.00 163.00-170.00

216.00-238.00 200.00-234.00 180.00-206.00 168.00-175.00 154.00-165.00

204.00-245.00 200.00-237.00 180.00-209.00 163.00-182.00 150.00-164.00

----185.00-200.00 170.00-197.50 154.00-174.00 -----

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----190.00-196.00 172.50-186.00 158.00-171.00 157.00

220.00-247.00 190.00-230.00 165.00-193.00 158.00-165.00 -----

---------------------

210.00-225.00 193.00-225.00 163.00-205.00 151.00-168.00 141.00-154.00

----188.00-199.00 160.00-186.00 150.00-164.00 146.00-147.00

175.00-210.00 175.00-215.00 152.00-200.00 154.00-164.00 -----

180.00-200.00 171.00-182.00 157.00-173.00 151.00-166.00 140.00-154.00

175.00-190.00 177.50-197.00 160.00-190.00 164.00-180.00 173.00

197.00-217.00 188.00-210.00 163.00-193.00 155.00-165.00 153.00-157.00

194.00-205.00 177.00-194.00 167.00-177.00 156.00-167.00 140.00-156.00

193.00-201.00 174.00-196.00 158.00-180.50 158.00-172.00 137.00-142.00

180.00-217.00 175.00-210.00 160.00-173.00 151.50-162.00 139.00-153.00

USDA Reported * Independently Reported

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Ft. Smith Livestock 1/13/14

ket sales reports

e 2-3 hair few 0-195.00.

40-50 lbs

-130 85.00-

0-87.50 cwt.

1 40-50 lbs lbs 255.00 0-80 lbs 220.000-240.00.

5 lbs 105.0000-120.00.

25.00-130.00 cwt.

r pair.

-40 lbs 200.00ection 3 40-60 lbs -45.00 per head.

le

1/2/14

good. The er and feeder nd bucks; 45 hter nannies

Koshkonong, Mo. • Oregon Co. Goat & Sheep Market

feeder

.*

Ft. Smith Livestock

875

Week of 12/22/13

1000.00-1560.00 †

Farmer’s Livestock - Springdale Farmers & Ranchers - Vinita, Okla.

1200.00-1800.00 *

925.00-1750.00 † 66.00-134.00 † Prices reported per cwt.

Ouachita Livestock Auction - Ola Ozarks Regional

1050

1550

cow/calf

pairs

2050

2550

900.00-1850.00 † Ash Flat None Reported † Benton County Sale Barn - Siloam Springs Cattlemen’s 1000.00-1650.00 *

avg. grain prices Soft Wheat

Corn

Sorghum

13.84

13.78

8 4

13.84

13.87

12

Markets

8.38 5.70 4.49

4.45

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5.27

4.49

4.49

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5.59

ta ugus

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Pin

* 171.00 158.01

1000.00-1680.00 †

158.96

1475.00-2050.00 † 1225.00-1900.00 †

Ozarks Regional

1800.00-2360.00 * None Reported †

Tulsa Livestock Auction

1000

165.67

1175.00-1700.00 *

Stilwell Livestock Auction

500

***

1550.00-2100.00 †

OKC West - El Reno, Okla.

1000.00-1195.00 † Ouachita

ff e Blu

1500

2000

2500

3000

Ouachita Livestock Ola, Ark. 1/17/14

Ozarks Regional West Plains 1/14/14

Stilwell Livestock*

1/18/14

OKC West - El Reno, Okla.

1/15/14

1/15/14

Tulsa Livestock Auction.

1/13/14

1/13/14 1101

945

10975

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7979

803

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2416

3894

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216.00-238.00 200.00-234.00 180.00-206.00 168.00-175.00 154.00-165.00

204.00-245.00 200.00-237.00 180.00-209.00 163.00-182.00 150.00-164.00

200.00-247.50 200.00-230.00 183.00-210.00 160.00-176.00 145.00-158.00

147.50-250.00 208.00-242.50 184.00-211.00 163.00-193.00 143.00-176.00

195.00-252.50 190.00-242.00 180.00-210.00 165.00-188.00 162.00-174.00

228.00-251.00 200.00-229.00 179.00-215.00 165.00-193.50 163.00-175.00

237.00-249.00 213.00-246.00 186.00-226.00 161.00-189.00 163.40-175.75

201.00-246.00 200.00-230.00 184.00-205.00 160.00-186.00 151.00-162.00

220.00-242.50 207.50-237.50 190.00-221.00 171.00-188.00 161.00-170.00

200.00-260.00 185.00-235.00 180.00-207.00 170.00-185.00 155.00-170.00

233.00-247.00 210.00-232.00 185.00-204.00 172.00-183.50 165.00-170.00

210.00-225.00 193.00-225.00 163.00-205.00 151.00-168.00 141.00-154.00

----188.00-199.00 160.00-186.00 150.00-164.00 146.00-147.00

190.00-199.00 191.00 181.00 ---------

----197.50-220.00 172.50-200.00 159.00-165.00 -----

178.00-230.00 176.00-212.00 165.00-200.00 150.00-170.00 144.00-170.00

220.00-240.00 189.00-213.00 166.00-190.00 148.00-165.00 148.00-151.00

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----195.00-197.00 179.00-191.00 158.00-169.00 147.00-156.00

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190.00-245.00 175.00-230.00 170.00-195.00 150.00-178.00 130.00-155.00

222.00-230.00 200.00-228.00 177.00-206.50 169.00-185.00 166.00

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170.44 151.83 ** 162.00 163.01

N. Ark. Livestock Green Forest 1/15/14

206.00-222.00 184.00-218.00 160.00-192.00 145.00-176.00 151.00-161.00

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155.34

Mo-Ark Exeter, Mo.*

180.00-206.00 176.00-195.00 164.00-185.00 158.00-170.00 145.00-158.00

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4.36

4.25

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1650.00-2375.00 *

1500.00-1550.00 †

I-40 Livestock - Ozark

5.72 5.70

5.77

162.50 ***

1250.00-1850.00 * None Reported †

Farmer’s Livestock - Springdale Farmers & Ranchers - Vinita Ft. Smith Livestock

13.62

13.45

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None Reported †

County Line Sale - Ratcliff Decatur Livestock Auction

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Cleburne County Livestock Auction - Heber Springs None Reported † Clinton Livestock 1150.00-1710.00 *

Week Ended 1/17/14

Soybeans

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12/28/13

156.97

650.00-2025.00 † 1250.00-1750.00 * 1110.00-1500.00 †

550

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900.00-1440.00 †

North Arkansas Livestock OKC West - El Reno

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Mo-Ark - Exeter

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Joplin Regional Stockyards

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90.00-119.50 † Prices reported per cwt.

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180.00-217.00 175.00-210.00 160.00-173.00 151.50-162.00 139.00-153.00

77.00-116.00 Prices reported per cwt.

1100.00-1780.00 *

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I-40 Livestock Ozark 1/16/14

193.00-201.00 174.00-196.00 158.00-180.50 158.00-172.00 137.00-142.00

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Clinton Livestock Auction 9 900.00-1650.00 * County Line Sale - Ratcliff

Green Forest Ratcliff West Plains

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Benton County Sale Barn Cattlemen’s Livestock

Cheese: 40 lb. blocks closed at $2.3000 with a weekly average of $2.2115 (+.0595).

Fluid Milk: Milk production across the nation is trending higher along the seasonal trend. Improved weather conditions in most regions of the country have been beneficial to milk production, especially in the Upper Midwest and Northeast, where temperatures have returned towards their seasonal norms. Bottling demand has improved across most of the nation. Manufacturing plants nationwide are handling intakes without major delays. Overall cream demand has increased nationwide with improved Class II demand and with butter makers willing to handle additional supplies.

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Ash Flat Livestock

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El Reno Ouachita Springdale

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National Dairy Market at a Glance

Receipts: 62 All goats and sheep graded by MO Dept of AgUSDA Graders and bought per cwt. based on in-weights at the buying station. Offerings were made up of 80 percent goats and 20 percent sheep.

Slaughter Classes: Goats: Kids: Selection 1 45-60 lbs 220.00; 61-80 lbs 170.00.

Selection 1-2 81 lbs and over 110.00. Selection 2 4560 lbs 205.00. Selection 3 45-60 lbs 170.00.

Feeder Kids: Selection 1-2 20-44 lbs 80.00.

Slaughter Does/Nannies: Selection 1-2 110.00.

Selection 3 90.00. yearlings any grade 110.00.

Slaughter Bucks: Selection 1-2 110.00.

Sheep: Slaughter Lambs: Choice and Prime 2-3 wooled 110-140 lbs 140.00.

cows

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good. The er and feeder nd bucks; 10 rcent kid goats; billies; 4 percent l prices per wise.

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Week of 1/5/14

1/16/14

replacement

Slaughter Ewes: Scarce.

Aged Rams: Scarce.

heifers 550-600 LBS.

180.00-225.00 178.00-217.00 165.00-194.00 159.00-171.00 146.00-162.00

183.00-210.00 173.00-200.00 158.00-182.50 150.00-166.50 143.00-160.00

206.00-232.00 180.50-205.00 161.00-181.00 151.00-170.00 155.00-162.50

187.00-207.00 172.00-193.00 161.00-172.00 158.00-166.00 140.00-153.00

192.50-212.50 185.00-200.00 159.00-185.00 158.00-169.00 148.50-157.00

190.00-215.00 125.00-207.00 160.00-180.00 150.00-168.00 135.00-155.00

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162.35 171.00 166.66 166.04 Week of 1/12/14

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and billies; 4 percent replacement nannies. All prices per hundred weight unless noted otherwise.

Sheep Slaughter Lambs: Choice and Prime 2-3 hair 40-50 lbs 230.00-235.00; 60-70 lbs 212.50-235.00 few at 245.00; 70-80 lbs 180.00-230.00.

Feeder/Stocker Lambs: Medium and Large 1-2 hair 40-50 lbs 200.00-237.50.

Ewes: Utility and Good 1-3 wooled 115-180 lbs 70.00-85.00; hair 70-135 lbs 71.00-105.00.

Goats Slaughter Classes: Kids Selection: 1 50-60 lbs 280.00-307.50; 60-70 lbs 295.50-302.50; 70-80 lbs 275.00-287.50. Selection 1-2 40-50 lbs 280.00-305.00. Selection 2 50-60 lbs 255.00-285.00; 60-70 lbs 275.00-290.00; 70-90 lbs 200.00-220.00. Selection 3 50-60 lbs 245.00-255.00; 60-100 lbs 215.00-260.00.

Does/Nannies: Selection 1-2 90-170 lbs 115.00165.00. Selection 3 84-117 lbs 80.00-130.00.

Billies: Selection 1-2 90-190 lbs 142.50-175.00.

Selection 3 60-120 lbs 120.00-160.00.

Replacement Nannies: Selection 1 few 105-130 lbs 155.00. Selection 3 Dairy 150.00-250.00 a head.

Stocker/Feeder Kids: Selection 2 20-30 lbs 215.00220.00; 30-40 lbs 230.00-285.00; 40-50 lbs 255.00280.00. Selection 3 20-30 lbs 160.00-205.00; 30-40 lbs 150.00-200.00; 40-70 lbs 160.00-232.50.

Not Reported

, Jersey bulls 170.00-230.00, Beef cross bulls

USDA Reported * Independently Reported

166.70 170.59 165.76 169.07 183.36 165.06 168.06 169.33 167.46

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144 158 172 186 * No price reported in weight break **USDA Failed To Report *** No Sale

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“There are so many horses out there, that just a few bloodlines are better to work cattle,” said Dennis Sherwood, horseman of Talala, Okla. “There are different classes of horses and bloodlines that are good at a particular discipline.

You would not send a weenie dog to point quail because he is not bred to do so.” Dennis and his wife, Jody, have about 20 horses in their Talala farm and 11 broodmares with Dennis Sherwood a small herd of cattle in determines whether Avant where they breed problem horses have and raise the babies. Photo by Diana Dickinson developed vices or habits They have mostly Quarand then determines the ter Horses and a small breeding program. They best solutions. take on about five or six additional horses for training and do not breed as much as they train horses. He said, “We fix a lot of problem horses and show their owners how to keep them in line. I also train colts to get them handling well.”

Dennis has been riding horses since he was 7 and trained his first World Champion in the Palomino Horse Association when he was 15. His dad trained horses when he was young and Dennis has carried on the equine training tradition ever since.

Dennis was ready at age 9 for cutting cattle and when Dennis asked his dad if he could show, his dad told him he had to show against him. “I remember riding down the fence line and hearing my name. People wondered what my dad was doing by sending a youngster into the arena to show. At that time in the early ‘60s, young kids didn’t show cutting horses. I ended up beating my dad that day,” said Dennis. Riding cutting horses is difficult with all of the ducking and diving they do. “A cutting horse can get out from under you quicker than you can imagine. The object is to keep your eye on the cow,” warned Dennis.

When cutting horses were first introTalala, Okla. duced on cattle ranches in the American West, the idea was to separate the cattle from the herd to be vaccinated, castrated or sorted. It later became the fastest

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Cow Mumbling

By Diana Dickinson

Curt Pate explains how to apply the right amount of pressure when handling cattle When Robert Redford needed an adviser for the movie, The Horse Whisperer, he found Curt Pate – a world-renowned stockmanship expert. When Heath Kohler from Ratcliff Ranches in Vinita, Okla., needed an adviser for low stress cow handling, he and Dr. Clint Gardner, a veterinarian in Pryor, Okla., found the “cow mumbler,” as he is known.

The owner of Ratcliff Ranches, Jim Ratlciff, liked the idea and hosted the event. Heath and Dr. Gardner contacted Kara Jett of Boehringer Ingelheim Vet Medica, Inc., and Heather Buckmaster of the Oklahoma Beef Council and all together Photo by Diana Dickinson sponsored the event which discussed animal health and how to handle cattle.

Curt lives in both Montana and Texas. About 5 years ago, he decided to switch from horse training to proper cattle handling. “You want to apply pressure in a way that does not stress out the animal and gets the job done. If you pressure properly, you will use less force. If you watch how cattle work, they will seem stressed and bothered. We learn from them. They are easily distracted,” said Curt. Handling animals means having a safe and workable facility, work the animals to get them to accept what is happening by getting them into a routine and allow the necessary time to do the work that is needed without hurry.

Lots of ranchers are trying to improve the relationship with their animals. “We are into animal welfare and want to promote that. Hopefully, it will keep ranchers from using other types of force,” said Curt. Putting pressure on the animal does not mean to do a panic movement which can excite the animal. It means the approach, angle and amount of pressure. “Approach is real important. Animals can think of one thing at a time, and sometimes we humans do, also. If you try to get one person to put pressure on a cow, the cow is only thinking of one thing. When they get scared, they go into survival mode. It shuts their immune system down. Then you get a distressed cow Vinita, Okla. that cannot function,” said Curt.

The idea is to not let the cows feel like prey and ranchers as the predators. Human behavior effects the mental state of

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meet your neighbors Cow Mumbling Continued from Previous Page cattle. “If you get angry, the animals do not understand that. You are applying pressure to that animal. Going towards the animal or behind him creates unwanted pressure.” There are two terms to keep in mind while handling cattle: balance point and flight zone. “With balance point, you stand in front of the animal and find the balance point. The balance point is always changing. If you are driving a truck to round them up, you have to reposition your balance point. With flight zone, you apply enough pressure at the right time, the right angle and take the pressure off at the right time and right angle.” Curt demonstrated that walking back and forth in a straight line with the cattle off to the side, did not apply pressure. However, walking towards them creates panic. “You let them see you in both of their eyes by putting pressure on each side, then you hook them face on.”

Cattle can get in a pattern easily. One can start as a pen walker or a pen rider.

Once cattle gets used to it, they are in a routine, which can switch from several hours down to almost a half an hour of

herding. “Any interaction with cattle effects them down the line. Calves at 200300 pounds are hard to settle. When they get to be about 700-800 pounds, they get too pushy. They are very hard to work with at that point. You want to start handling them at around 400-600 pounds to get them to do what you want,” advised Curt. If cattle are to be moved quickly, he suggests to try and get all heads pointed in the same direction, and no pressure is needed. “Never turn your cattle in the back. If you get the ones in the front going one way and you turn the others in the back, you are going to stop your flow.

“You have to establish trust and a relationship. It is not how fast we can do things but how good we do them. Feedlots need to be prepared to accept animals that come in that are already conditioned to do what they want. This is where it is the job of the cattle handlers to prepare cattle for movement.”

Curt ended, “The best thing you can get out of stockmanship is the quality of life. The better you are with animals, the better it gets for you.”

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Continued from Page 16 growing animal sport. The competition meant cattle were grouped in the corner of the arena, while one rider pulled one cow out of the herd and a couple of turn back men pressured the cow from going back to the herd. Once a drop is put on a cow, the horse gets in a crouching posture after a cow has been cut and separated, then the rider drops his rein hand on the horse’s neck to release the pressure. “That tells the horse that he is on his own. The horse is judged on how he handled cattle on his own without the rider. That particular horse has to be cow bred,” added Dennis. Applying pressure is also needed when training or breaking a horse.

A training method that is called yielding can be used to pressure them. Even if a horse has been trained they can acquire problems along the way. Deciding on whether they are vices or habits con-

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veys to the horseman what is causing the problems and how to fix it.

To fix a horse requires re-training.

Even if a horse has had good training, it still can still pick up bad habits. Owners sometimes do not realize what is causing the problem. “They bring their horses to me and I will assess the problem and try to correct it and show the owner how to keep the horse on the right track. You have to let the horse know who the leader is and show him the way,” explained Dennis. He does not train horses through submission but instead shows a horse what he wants and gives him time to think it through.

“If I press on a certain side, I want him to move. Yielding to the pressure keeps the person in charge. Horses are very smart animals and can learn a lot faster just by using pressure on them,” according to Dennis.

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Ashley Ragsdale Age: 13 Parents: Jamie Aylward and Mark Ragsdale Hometown: Pryor, Okla.

School and 4-H Club: Pryor Junior High School, Pryor 4-H Club What is your 4-H project?

“Right now I show Milking Shorthorns. My first cow was a Shorthorn, and she had a baby that is now bred. I plan to show her calf. I saved all my money to buy my first cow because I wanted to show so much. Showing is fun and you learn something new every day.”

How did you get started with 4-H? “My cousins were in 4-H, and when I saw them showing, I wanted to do it too. I was about 9. When I first became involved in 4-H, I entered a fleece quilt and still do blankets every year because they’re something that you can use and keep forever, not like a plate of cookies.”

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Favorite 4-H moment and awards: “I won Reserve Grand Champion in the Mayes County Fair. I also won a showmanship trophy made out of a glass block and a gray blanket with green lettering highlighting the Holstein breed.”

What do you like about showing?

“I like the competing part of showing because I also compete in sports and this is another competitive area for me. I love both. I had to miss soccer practice for a week to show as well as some sporting events and parties, but it doesn’t matter because I’d rather show than anything.”

What do you do to help out on the farm?

“We live in town, but I love to go to the farm where we keep my cows because I like all of the work that goes along with them. I wash and brush the animals to help tame them, and I walk them around to help them get accustomed to a show halter as well as the show ring experience.”

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The Udder Side of the Story

Dr. Tim E. O’Neill, DVM, owns Country Veterinary Service in Farmington, Ark.

Dr. Tim E. O’Neill, DVM

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received information from our State Public Health Veterinarian for the state of Arkansas last week.

It is very interesting that rabies is on the rise again. Last year we had a total of 152 cases that were confirmed positive. Of the 152 cases reported we had 118 skunks, 26 bats, 3 dogs, 3 cats, 1 cow and 1 horse.

Contrary to popular belief, any mammal can get rabies. This disease is mainly transmitted by saliva or nervous tissue such as brain or cerebral spinal fluid. It mainly travels in the body by the nerves and affects the central nervous system.

We all know how curious cattle and horses can be. A common form of transmission of rabies to cattle and horses is to be bitten on the nose by an infected animal, like a skunk.

In small animals, such as dogs and cats, we normally see what is called the mad form of rabies. This is where they will get aggressive. But, here in Arkansas we normally see the dumb form of rabies.

They will also not be able to eat or drink due to a paralysis of the larynx. Large animals, such as cattle and horses normally do not show the aggressive form of rabies but get what is called the dumb

form. This is where they can act a little aggressive but only in the later stages.

One of the first clinical signs in cattle is continuous bellowing or balling all the time. They act like they are going to give birth with uncontrollable straining.

Have a progressive lameness until they go down to the ground. Normally these are bright eyed and alert downers. Now they may get aggressive and try and get you, but they can’t since they are down.

You may also see them slobbering due to the paralysis of the larynx in later stages.

This is also where you see the foaming of the mouth in small animals. But, please, remember that this is only in the later stages of the disease. They can transmit rabies to you way before this symptom appears. Dogs foaming at the mouth are almost dead from the disease.

Generally, the first clinical sign we need to watch for is uncharacteristic behavior, such as, seeing a skunk out during the day. They are generally noc-

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turnal or out at night. Our best protection from this disease is to vaccinate all of our domestic animals, cats and dogs.

And if we see any nocturnal animals out during the day, STAY AWAY. And while not necessarily politically correct, shoot them and dispose of them with rubber gloves on (bury or burn).

The only test we have for confirmation of rabies that is reliable is a fluorescent antibody test of tissue from the brain. Obliviously, this is a non-survival test and the animal must be euthanized for it to be performed. This also means you cannot use a head shot with a gun.

It needs to be a heart shot. We have to have the brain fresh and intact to run the test. So, handling is imperative. We even have a special way to ship these specimens. If you suspect an animal with rabies, please, call the authorities or your local veterinarian.

We do have a post-exposure treatment for rabies. It does work, but is very costly.

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Simple Ways to Save

By Amanda Erichsen

Consider these tips for saving time and money on the farm It is a new year and a great time to start saving money on your farm.

Steve Jones, associate professor and extension specialist for the Department of Animal Science at the University of Arkansas; and Eldon Cole, livestock specialist at the University of Missouri Extension, offer the following tips to help keep producers on track in the new year.

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Equipment Savings Tips

Reduce the number of times you crank that tractor. Saving fuel can be achieved by planning out the needs of equipment use.

Complete regular maintenance practices on all farm machinery and vehicles at the beginning and end of each season to prevent breakdowns and extra equipment repair costs.

Livestock Savings Tips

Develop a herd inventory and expense/income system annually to track number of animals to feed seasonally and track expenses/income. Year-toyear comparisons can “red flag” issues quickly.

Supplement only what you need to achieve your production goal. This will require knowledge of an animal’s nutrient level.

Since nutritional needs vary a lot among livestock types, don’t group them together. Livestock should be sorted and fed according to type and production/market goal.

Crops and Forages Savings Tips

Let the cattle harvest as much feed as possible, such as stockpiling forages or planting cool or warm season annuals and utilize temporary electric fencing to increase forage utilization.

Test your soil and forages to more accurately determine what and how much of a fertilizer or supplement you need. Yes, those tests will cost a little but when used properly they can save money.

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What is the one thing you have learned through trial and error on your farm?

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“Consistency is the key to everything because both you and the animals know what to expect, which in turn keeps everything calm and predictable.”

Gary Holland Benton County

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Record Keeping and Production Management Savings Tips

Plan nutritional needs of your herd at least one season in advance to allow time to make management decisions.

9. Buy cooperatively with neighbor(s) in hopes of securing a volume discount whether its vaccine, pesticides, feed, fencing material, ear tags, baler twine and etc.

10. When it comes to purchasing items such as gates, fencing supplies, bale feeders, and etc., avoid buying cheap, poorly constructed items. Check around for high-quality workmanship that should serve you well for many years.

11. Do your homework when making purchases by seeking advice from several sources that rely on unbiased views. Just because you saw an item on TV, in a magazine and or at a trade show doesn’t guarantee it’s been given an unbiased replication evaluation to validate it as an economical input for you.

12. Ask yourself and perhaps your lender, do I really need this item and will it make money in the long run? Try to be objective and realistic about any major purchasing decisions.

13. Beef cattle prices are at or near record highs, but still producers are frugal when it comes time to make an input purchase. Prioritize inputs that should pay such as improved beef genetics, better crop varieties, forage preservation, power fencing and many more.

14. Weigh the pros and cons of convenience items. A successful farmer once commented, “convenience will break you if you’re not careful.”

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The Road to Better Records

By Amanda Erichsen

Tips to keep better financial and production records in 2014 As we set our goals for the New Year, we are reminded by our extension specialists to remember those goals towards keeping better records for production in 2014.

Steve Jones, associate professor and extension specialist for the Department of Animal Science at the University of Arkansas, said that major record keeping categories include feed, fertilizer, seed, mineral cost, fuel, livestock purchases and sales, sale commissions, trucking, and health/veterinary expenses. “These are examples of expenses/income that are directly related to production, sounds

simple but often not recorded in a way that allows you to make management decisions in addition to tax preparation.”

“It is amazing the number of producers who keep a notebook of cow records, but never bother to divide their total farm income and expenses for the year by the number of cows on the farm or the number of calves sold,” said Joe Horner, extension economist for the Commercial Agriculture Program at the University of Missouri. “That’s really all it takes to get a rough idea of your true cash cost of production per animal.”

An example of a production related

item to track is herd inventory. Herd inventory is essential so you can track the efficiency of you herd. “I recommend comparing everything on an Animal Unit basis (1000 lbs = 1 AU),” Jones said.

Jones recommended that each producer should start with a record system that makes sense to them and one that can be replicated every year for comparison. “A simple computer spreadsheet is a good place to start,” he added.

Horner recommended that producers track all production income and expenses, capital purchases and sales, and a list of cattle sold and which cull animals sold were bought versus raised animals.

“A key reason for collecting production and financial data is to understand the not-so-obvious,” said Mark W. Jenner, Ag Business specialist in Bates County.

“We do a better job at casually tracking big ticket items: large expenses and large sales. It’s the smaller things: equipment maintenance, cell phones, time spent on maintenance and management that fall

through the cracks. These under-recorded lesser costs are the difference between great and average management.”

Every farmer should complete a balance sheet at the first of every January.

“A balance sheet lists what you own and what you owe, with the difference between the two being your net worth,” Horner said. “Having a file full of these over the years will be valuable if you ever need to prove your farming operation is building net worth over time, instead of just being a money losing hobby farm. Many farmers spend their farm into a negative taxable income every year to avoid income taxes. Unless you can prove the farm is building net worth over time, lenders, spouses and other stakeholders may not understand why you are farming.”

Most farmers find Quicken to be an inexpensive, fast, and simple farm accounting system, even though it was built for personal finance rather than business accounting, Horner said.

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Planning for everything that might prevent a successful spring calving season is a tall order, but a checklist can help you cover all the bases.

It starts with making sure the cows have good body condition scores. Dr. Patrick Davis, Regional Livestock Specialist and Cedar County Program Director for University of Missouri Extension, told Ozarks Farm & Neighbor condition scores should be evaluated about 60 days prior to calving. “Cows should calve at a body condition score of 6,” Davis said, “which will allow them the ability to lose one body condition score from calving to breeding and still be at body condition score 5, the optimum body condition score for conception.”

The feeding pattern can also influence when the cows will calve. Research in Iowa found 85 percent of cows fed once daily at dusk calved between 6:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m., because the pattern caused the cows’ intraruminal pressure to increase at night and decrease during the day. Davis recommended beginning this supplementation strategy about 1 to 2 weeks before the expected calving time of the herd.

Once the calf is born, make sure that it is healthy and active and that it nurses to get the full amount of colostrum.

Spring born calves may be born during very cold temperatures, increasing the potential for them to develop frostbite or to freeze to death. Davis said the producer should have a warming area or warming box available, and be prepared to provide extra colostrum or electrolytes to calves that have experienced cold or other stresses during birth.

It’s also important to make sure cows are in proper health and up-to-date on their vaccination status, because they pass

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those conditions along to the newborn calf through the colostrum. You should consult a veterinarian to develop a cow vaccination schedule that fits your cattle operation. In addition, Dr. Tom Troxel, associate head-animal science for the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture, told OFN, “To prevent calf scours, you can vaccinate your cow prior to calving. If you’ve had problems with calf scours in the past, that’s one thing that you might want to consider.”

Shelter can also be important; Troxel said calving areas should be clean and dry, and should be in close proximity to shelter if weather is a concern. “If they have a group of heifers that are calving for the first time, it’s very important to keep those heifers up close to the house or to the barn, so the producer can check those heifers and provide assistance if that’s important,” he said. “Places like maternity pens with a head gate, a crowding alley and nursing panels might also be very important.”

Among the supplies Troxel recommended producers have on hand for calving season were O.B. chain straps, iodine and a tube feeder. Add to that towels that might be needed to dry off a chilled calf, a good light source so you can see what you’re doing, and tags or tattoo equipment so you will be able to match up the cow and the calf later on.

And, Davis added, “Develop a plan for when the cow is calving. This should include what to do, when to do it, how to do it, who to call if there is trouble and you need help, and how to know when there is trouble and you need help. This plan should be posted throughout the barn, along with phone numbers of people to call if you need help.

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