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Cattle, Crops and a Few Thousand Acres OCTOBER 12, 2020 • 32 PAGES

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Even at a young age, Matt Kohler always wanted to be a farmer

Big Profits from a Small Herd Adam Michaud appreciates the hardiness and a smaller frame of Highland cattle

Marketing Production Marketing strategies can benefit all producers

Dedicated to Quality Joe and Josh Scott utilize EPD data to produce bulls that work

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Applications being accepted: The Missouri Pork Association is now accepting applications for the 2021 Youth Pork Ambassador Program. The program allows students to actively interact with leaders in Missouri’s pork industry and receive a $1,000 scholarship, payable to any technical school, community college or four-year institution. The ambassador will not only be awarded a scholarship, but will also have many opportunities to increase their knowledge of the pork industry. To qualify, applicants must be a senior in high school up to a sophomore in college as of Jan. 1 of the year they will begin the program. Applications and three letters of recommendation are due Dec. 11.

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Area youth serving on council: Youth from the Missouri Ozarks are serving as members of the State 4-H Youth Council. Members from the Ozarks are: Kalyn Eckhoff (Bates County), Bailey Richardson (Polk County), Korbin Fast (Newton County), Noah Townley (Lawrence County), Ada Tucker (Newton County) and Brett Rockers (Jasper County).

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Organic funding opportunity: The Missouri Department of Agriculture has announced funding to assist Missouri farmers and food processors in obtaining organic certification. Through the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Organic Certification Cost Share Program, producers may be reimbursed for up to $500 of their certification expenses. Missouri has received $62,950 in program funds in 2020 to reimburse up to 50 percent of producers’ and handlers’ certification costs, with a maximum of $500, according to the department. To participate in the program, businesses must obtain or renew their organic certification, complete an application and document their certification costs incurred Oct. 1, 2019, through Sept. 30, 2020.

Applications for cost share funds will be reimbursed in the order applications are received until funds are exhausted or the eligibility period ends. The department is accepting applications through Dec. 1. For more information on financial assistance opportunities available through the Missouri Department of Agriculture, visit Agriculture.Mo.Gov.

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Adam Michaud says smaller cattle are profitable

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Eye on Agribusiness features Fair Grove Feed-N-Trade

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Town & Country spotlights Keith Lawson

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There’s no better place than the farm for Matt Kohler

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t was almost dark on Labor Day evening, when my phone rang with the caller ID showing a nearby neighbor was on the other end.

“What are you doing?” revonworC yrreJ yB “I’m just laying here on the couch, watching TV. What’s going on?”

My young neighbor asked if I might come over and look Jerry Crownover farms at one of his cows that was having a problem. Assuming in Lawrence County. He that he had already hit a dead end in trying to get a vet is a former professor of Agriculture Education at out, during a three-day holiday weekend, I assured him Missouri State University, that I would be right over. and is an author and I got dressed and drove the mile over to his corral, where professional speaker. the cow was confined. He proceeded to tell me that her To contact Jerry, go to water bag had been out for some time, but the cow was not ozarksfn.com and click straining or showing any other signs of labor, even though on ‘Contact Us.’ she was due to calve.

“Well, let’s get her in the chute and see what might be going on,” I requested.

The gentle cow went right in, so I gloved up and proceeded to enter the business end, when she promptly kicked the living daylights out of my right shin. The neighbor’s wife was there, holding the tail, so I was able to catch myself in time to only mutter the words, “SONOF-A….gun.”

After composing myself, I went in, again, up to my armpit, turned to the young couple and sadly stated, “We’ve got a problem.” All I could feel was a tail and one rear leg. For the next 45 minutes, in the hot and humid air of a late summer night, my neighbor and I took turns trying to retrieve at least one leg to have something from which to pull. Eventually we did get one leg out and proceeded to free a good, black bull calf from the confines of his mother.

Unfortunately, and despite all our efforts to resuscitate the calf, it was no use. The young couple were, of course disappointed, but understood that this is a tough business on most days.

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he COVID pandemic has changed how we do many day-to-day things. We can’t go anywhere without being asked to wear a mask, and a night on the town may be a burger from a fast-food joint Julie Turner-Crawford while sitting in your vehicle in the parking lot. is a native of Dallas Many of us had a round of “telecommuting” in the spring.

County, Mo., where she I joke that I always wanted to be a stay-at-home dog mom, grew up on her family’s but after a couple of months of not seeing anyone but the farm. She is a graduate dog and the old cat all day, every day made me a little stir of Missouri State crazy. A trip to the gas station in Conway, Mo., for a large University. To contact fountain drink of Diet Coke was a great adventure. I think Julie, call 1-866-532-1960 the dog and cat even got tired of me being at home. When or by email at editor@ I got “the call” to go back to the office, my computer, phone ozarksfn.com. and other items were packed and loaded. I needed to get back on the road and back to a routine.

I’m thankful I don’t have kids living at home to worry about balancing my job with making sure they get their at-home lessons completed. I don’t know how working parents do it, so kudos to those who are making it through.

The COVID panic caused a great deal of uncertainty in our markets, and there were claims of “shortages” of meat and other food products. Food pantries across the country saw more assistance requests, and limits were placed on products like milk and eggs. Meanwhile, producers and feedyards were holding animals with nowhere to go, buyers weren’t buying more cattle, milk was dumped, and poultry and swine barns were depopulated, thanks to the shutdown of processing facilities in the wake of the pandemic.

Suddenly, consumers started to realize they may have to look elsewhere for food. Farmers and ranchers became the good guys, not the scoundrels they are often portrayed as in the mainstream media and by anti-agriculture activists.

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just a thought Across the Fence Continued from Previous Page getting on social media pages and websites looking for meat, milk and eggs, or animals to process. I have talked with several producers who offer meat and other products from their farms, and they are still working hard to keep up with consumer demand.

There has been a tremendous boom for local meat processors. Most are booked through sometime next year. There have been federal funds allocated in the region for inspected and custom processing facilities to increase processing capabilities – great news for those business owners.

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Life Is Simple Continued from Page 3 They were about to release the cow, when I told them to let me have one more look before she was released (I’ve been doing this too long to assume there’s just one). There was another calf, presenting itself in exactly the same breech position as the first. “Here we go again.”

About 15 minutes into my work on the second calf, I looked at my friend and myself, both covered in sweat, blood and afterbirth, and I turned to his wife, who was still, patiently holding the cows tail, and calmly stated, “You know, we are really blessed to be able to be in this business, and live where we do.”

His wife responded with, “Are we?”

“Yep,” I replied. “We could all have high-paying jobs that require us to live in downtown Portland…or Chicago…or Kenosha…or Afghanistan.”

Sadly, the second calf encountered the same fate as its brother, but the cow came through the ordeal in great shape and I commented, “At least that’s a win.”

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Sasha and Jimmy Rhea complement their family farm with sweet berries, pasture pigs and free-range chickens At Rhea Farm in Fair Grove, Mo, Sasha and Jimmy control, are from the Organic Materials Review Institute (OMRI) Rhea have a whole field dedicated to strawberries, lists. Growing berries organically requires a great deal of physical laalong with several other all-natural enterprises that bor, Sasha said, but it matches their lifestyle goals and fits a growing niche market in their area. feed their family and community.

Sasha and Jimmy also raise pastured pork, both for their famiJimmy grew up immersed in agriculture, and Sasha gained an interest in small scale sustainable farming in college, when she ly and to sell to customers on the hoof. They currently have two Berkshire/Gloucester Old Spot sows and a few piglets. The pigs are worked for Millsap Farm in Springfield, Mo. Their personal farming journey together started with a small straw- moved around the farm to fresh grass with the use of temporary berry patch they grew in town in a supportive next door neighbor’s electric fencing. Another meat enterprise at Rhea Farm is Freedom backyard. In 2015, they had the opportunity to grow their dream Ranger broilers – this is a project that Sasha particularly enjoys.

“Our meat chickens are second generation non-GMO and organic even bigger with a 15-acre farm in Fair Grove, Mo., where they currently reside with their two children, Warner and Annalee, a small fed,” she said. “We typically butcher around 60 a year for ourselves.”

Her Freedom Ranger flock is housed in a portable chicken tractor herd of pastured pigs, and their flocks of free-range laying hens and pastured broilers. Jimmy also works off the farm as an aircraft me- that is moved to fresh grass twice a day. She hopes to expand the broilers to sell to farm customers, along with the berries and pork. chanic to further support their farm and family.

Rhea Farm primarily markets their products through word of Rhea Farm has about an acre for garden production. This encompasses the strawberry patch, as well as a high tunnel that the Rhea mouth, roadside signage and via their farm Facebook page.

Other area farms, such as Millsap Farm and Urban Roots Farm, carfamily received a grant for through the Natural Resource Conservation Service. The tunnel is utilized to grow vegetables such as greens ry Rhea Farm strawberries in their farm stands for much of the berry and tomatoes for the family, as well as producing vegetables, plant season as well. The farm tends to draw repeat customers, thanks to starts and hanging baskets to sell to customers at the on-farm stand Sasha and Jimmy’s high standards and product quality.

Their future farm plans include adding other varieties of berries, during berry season, which typically runs May through June. The such as blackberries, to create diversity, selling broilers, finishstrawberry patch is considered the star of the farm. When ing their new farmhouse, and moving towards the goal of the production allows, customers are able to come pick, whole family farming full time. weigh and purchase their own berries, or the berries are “Above all, we want to grow slowly so we feel like we harvested by Sasha, Jimmy and their seasonal pickers to can maintain our growing practices,” Sasha said. “Clean, fill pre-orders, and orders from restaurants, breweries and organic food is what we are after and if we can’t manage other farmers who add the berries to their CSA (Commu- Fair Grove, Mo. to grow to that standard then something has to give. nity Supported Agriculture) shares and farm stands. Rhea Food, soil and water quality is our key concern when Farm uses organic methods to grow their berries. Any init comes to farming.” Sasha said. puts used for their produce, such as soil amendments or pest OCTOBER 12, 2020

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Adam Michaud appreciates the hardiness and smaller frame of Highland cattle On their 28-acre farm near Marshfield, Mo., in Webster County, Adam and Larissa Michaud are raising two daughters, Kaylee (3) and Malea (1).

They are also raising Scottish Highland cattle.

Adam said they bought the house in 2012 and the connecting property in 2014 and started raising Scottish Highland cattle in 2015. Besides utilizing their land, they also rent and “borrow” land in three other locations, all within a 15-minute drive.

frequently get sick. They’re basically unchanged since they came over from Scotland hundreds of years ago. They haven’t been bred up for specific traits. A lot of commercial cattle lose hardiness when you breed for specific traits,” Adam stated.

Adam grew up raising Holstein bottle calves. After he and Larissa married, he wanted to have cattle again.

“I did a bunch of research to select the hardiest breed I could find because the Holsteins were the opposite of that,” he said.

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The Scottish Highland’s hardiness and Thriftiness, hardiness and small size are the small size were two major factors when appeal of Scottish Highlands for Adam.

“They will browse on brush and leaves that Adam bought them.

“My original plan was to buy Scottish commercial cattle leave behind.

Highland cows and cross commercial bulls They still mainly eat grass, but onto them, but I fell in love with Scottish they’re good for cleaning up woods Highlands so much that we wound up for that reason. The smaller size switching out to mostly registered in allows me to stock more per acre and right now they bring more than Marshfield, Mo. our breeding herd,” Adam said.

“The Heartland Highland commercial cattle. So that makes Cattle Association puts on an them more profitable per acre,” he exauction every spring. It started plained. As for hardiness, “they don’t

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meet your neighbors in Norwood, Mo., and now it’s in Lebanon in April every year. They also put one on in Parsons, Kan., in December. The spring auction is where we first got our start into them and then we met other breeders and bought some more. That’s how we got our herd,” Adam said.

Adam serves on the Heartland Highland Cattle Association Board of Directors.

“We now have an open registry, so previously unregistered purebred Scottish Highland cattle can be registered into the Heartland Association, and we’re working on a DNA breed test to go along with that,” he said.

He has around 30 to 40 head of cattle in his herd, depending on what’s coming in and what’s going out. He has a registered herd of about 10 head.

Adam sells his cattle mostly through his Circle AM Cattle Company website, which promotes his grass-finished beef and breeding stock.

“We have more demand than we can supply with the amount of ground we have, so I work with some other farms, buying from them and selling online,” he explained. “Highlands are becoming more popular. This year we will likely sell around 200 head,” he added.

Within the past year, he has sold into 12 different states, from New York to Texas, Alabama to Montana, and a lot of sales in Missouri.

“Sales really picked up in March and April.

When commercial cattle were going down, my sales went through the roof. Near as I can figure, people got a shock from store shortages on things and realizing how dependent they are on the system. People who maybe didn’t farm at all realized they wanted to supply their own beef and this, being a good start-up hobby breed, maybe drew them to it.

I don’t know for sure. It has stayed consistent since early spring,” Adam said.

Many people are drawn to the Highlands

because of their unique look, including the breed’s long horns, furry coat and smaller size.

“They’re easier to handle. It doesn’t take real sturdy facilities or heavy equipment to handle them. Generally they’re very docile and friendly,” Adam said.

“Some people consider the horns a drawback. Some people love them. One somewhat unique problem to Scottish Highlands is fly strike on newborn calves. In the first few days, if they’re not cleaned off very well, flies lay eggs, eggs hatch into maggots, and the maggots will crawl in and out of their skin and irritate the calf like crazy.

It doesn’t happen every time, but if I have one born during fly season I try to get to it and treat it within the first 24 hours to prevent that from happening,” he added.

If someone is interested in raising Scottish Highlands, Adam recommends finding someone that raises them and visiting their farm.

“Get to know them. Ask questions. Maybe there’s specific things in their area they need to know.

The biggest thing is build loading facilities, because you never know if one’s going to get sick. You need to be able to load it up and get them to the vet. Even if you don’t have working facilities, you need to be able to load it. A lot of people buy them without any facilities at all, and it causes a lot of problems,” he explained.

Scottish Highlands aren’t for everyone, or for every operation. They are slower maturing and take longer to finish.

“A lot of commercial farmers steer away from them because of that,” Adam said.

“They are good for hobby farms and for people producing their own meat. They have very good meat,” he added.

Adam is very happy with his Scottish Highlands. “Right now, profit per acre, I make more than I would with Angus,” he stated with a smile.

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The Jasper County Courthouse has a unquie appearance and history Jasper County’s third courthouse in Carthage, Mo., is a source of pride to the area residents and is on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. However, the building didn’t come without problems for the budding government as it struggled through building and using two other courthouses.

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The split log house of George Hornback in the pioneer village of Jasper, Mo., on a bluff above Spring River was designated the first, temporary courthouse/ county seat on Feb. 25, 1841, after Jasper was organized as a government entity on Jan. 29, 1841.

The first meeting in the Jasper County Courthouse was the Circuit Court. Gov. Thomas Reynolds appointed Samuel M. Cooley, Jeremiah Cravens and Samuel B. Bright as the first County Court Judges, and John P. Os-

borne as sheriff. The court selected Elwood B. James as the first county clerk. The land included in Jasper County, at that time, was all of present-day Barton County, plus all but a 3-mile-deep strip along the southern boundary of the present Jasper County.

The court adopted Carthage, Mo., as the permanent county seat on March 28, 1842. When the initial town survey was completed, there was a provision for a public square with a courthouse in

the center to be on the highest plateau included in the county’s boundaries.

Jasper County’s first courthouse, a one-story building on the north side of the square in Carthage, cost $398.50 and was built by Levi H. Jenkins. He completed the Jasper County Missouri Courthouse building on June 29, 1842.

The next courthouse was built on the square, also. In July 1849, plans were presented by John R. Chenault. He was allowed

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ozarks roots $15 for the plans and specifications. It didn’t fly as Gabriel Johnson built the courthouse after the first order was rescinded. The brick building cost $4,760 with the first floor used for the circuit court room and offices, and the second story for jail and offices. The courthouse was completed on July 10, 1854. It was used as a hospital during the Civil War and destroyed by fire in October 1863.

When county government resumed in 1865, Cave Springs Academy served as a temporary courthouse. However, the country was in such turmoil that for the next 30 years, the court moved into several temporary quarters: a school, a remodeled jail, a two-story building on the west side of the square and a Baptist church converted for the court’s use Finally, in 1891, officials tried to begin the project of building two courthouses. One, a joint Carthage-Jasper County project costing $100,000, and the other, a special $20,000 one at Joplin for holding Circuit Court. This didn’t happen because Webb City residents challenged the election based on a technicality in the voting procedure. The disagreement ended in the Supreme Court, which decided the issue be resubmitted to the people. In May 1893, the tax funding for the building received an affirmative vote.

The $100,000 costs were shared equally by the city and county. The city would be granted the use of not less than four rooms. The plans for a 106-by-133-foot building constructed of native Carthage stone was accepted by the officials, and M.A. Orlopp as the architect.

A strained relationship developed between the architect and the court-appointed superintendent of construction, Nelson L. Damon. Factions and resentment spread in the community as the dispute spread.

The newspapers fanned the flame by carrying accounts of both sides of the argument.

Generally, they were sympathetic to Damon. After all the problems, the cornerstone was laid on Aug. 21, 1894.

In spite of the problems of conflicting personalities and questions of judgment, the building was dedicated Oct. 9, 1895.

The Richardsonian Romanesque tower was constructed with local Carthage marble and has medieval castle features that include turrets, towers and arches.

At the time the courthouse was approved, Annie White Baxter (pictured on page 10 on the upper left) was elected as county clerk.

She was the first woman to be elected as a county clerk in the United States. She had a significant influence in planning the building as a member of the county government.

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Location: Fair Grove, Mo. Owner: Dan Muse History: Dan Muse opened Fair Grove Feed-N-Trade in 1993 after moving to Fair Grove, Mo., from Texas in 1987.

“I retired from the railroad and I like this type of business, and I like to visit with people,” Dan said. “We also like the area and the people. I traveled a lot with the railroad and always liked it here. I’ve always been kind of a hobbyist, so this fits in with what I like to do.”

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Feed products are only available in bags, and Dan said Fair Grove Feed-N-Trade does not offer delivery.

In addition to livestock feeds, Fair Grove Feed-N-Trade also offers horse tack, animal health products, lawn and garden supplies and hay, as well as Purina and Victor dog food, and other products.

“Just about anything a small hobbyist would want, we have,” Dan said. “That’s what I’ve been all my life, so I know what people need.”

Business philosophy: “I just try to treat customers the way I want to be treated,” Dan said, adding that all customers pay the same for products at Fair Grove Feed-N-Trade, be it for one bag of feed or 100.

Future: At the age of 82, Dan has no plans to retire.

“I like the business and I like the people,” he said. “I’ll keep going until I get tired. I’ve got a son and daughter up here who would like to keep it going. I get asked all the time if I will ever sell the business, and I don’t know. I really don’t care anything about retiring. When you retire, that’s the end and between the farm and here, it keeps me busy. I don’t care much about sitting around.”

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Joe and Josh Scott utilize EPD data to produce bulls that work After two years at Southwest Baptist UniFarming is a way of life for Joe Scott.

His family had a farm where they versity, Joe went on to what is now Missouraised a few cows and a few crops. ri State University, completing his degree At around 12 years of age, Joe said he was “run- in education. At the age of 20, he signed a contract to be a biology teacher at Raytown ning up and down the road” on tractors.

“At that time, there were enough row crops High School, a position he held for 30 years.

Joe and his late wife, Virginia, whom he mararound that my dad and uncle would send me ried in 1973, spent their careers in their respecto the fields,” Joe said.

The summer after his senior year in high tive classrooms, but the goal was to return to school, most of his classmates headed off to agriculture and farming. Joe purchased a farm Kansas City, Mo., to find work. Being a year in the Wheatland area around the time of their younger than the others, Joe said he wasn’t old marriage. They called it their “weekend house,” enough to be on his own, so he started farm- but there wasn’t much time for relaxation.

“When I bought this place, there wasn’t a ing small pieces of land near his family farm in Quincy, Mo. There may have been only a few fence that would hold a cow and just weeds acres, 5 or 6 here and there, land many oth- everywhere,” Joe recalled.

The family moved to the farm full time in er people would have never considered row cropping, but for the young Hickory County, 1994. By the time they moved to Hickory County, they had made several improveMo., native, it was just right. ments, including building fences and re“I paid for my first two years of claiming pastures, and were ready to get college,” Joe said, adding there into the cattle business. may have been about 60 acres in toToday, the more than 400-acre farm is tal. “I don’t know how much money home to nearly 100 head of registered I made, but I had a good corn crop. I and commercial black Angus. made better money that summer than Wheatland, Mo. the boys who went to the city. It was just a natural thing for me do to.”

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“Angus have wonderful maternal traits, and they are good cattle to handle,” Joe said.

“There was a man named W.C. Suitter and he had, in my opinion, some of the best cattle in the state, but since 1942 he never kept papers on them. There was another man named Lawrence Wheeler. They were classmates, and both started raising black cattle, and I saw what you could do with Angus. I went to W.C. and asked if he wanted to sell any.”

Joe bought about 15 heifers, which was the beginning of his operation, and he turned to W.C. and Lawrence many times over the years for advice and guidance.

“Anything Angus cow-related, I had experts,” Joe said with a laugh and smile. “I got along so good with those cows that I decided to get some good bulls, and not those $500 bulls.”

As the operation grew, so did the Scotts’ desire to get into the registered side.

“I saw the difference in my herd and the money we were getting,” Joe said. “I started this because I wanted to do something in my retirement where I wouldn’t starve to death. I wanted to do something in the cattle business to improve cattle so the guy buying them could make money and I could make money, too.”

Today, Joe and his son Josh run a closed herd, utilizing AI, which is now performed

by Josh, for diversified genetics.

“Going with AI was the best thing we could do,” Joe said. “With AI, if I’m smart enough to look at all of the information on any registered cow, she will have exceptional traits and she will have some weak ones. I can design the mating for that cow to improve the herd, without a weakening of the good traits.”

“I can take a cow that might not have great numbers, but I can find the best semen bulls, AI her to them and, of course, it takes years, but I can eventually get a good calf with crackerjack numbers,” Josh added.

The Scotts prefer to breed during natural heat cycles, which Josh feels gives them a higher conception rate than utilizing other methods, using heatmount patches, followed by a cleanup bull. They also collect some of their bulls for future breeding.

They have spring and fall calving seasons, which gives them bulls and females of varying ages.

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10 are younger. Scott’s Angus genetics can be found in herds in Oklahoma, Arkansas, Texas and Kansas, and they have several repeat customers.

“The greatest compliment ever paid to me is when W.C. or Lawrence would come over and they would say, ‘He’ll do,” of my bulls,” Joe said. “I like selling bulls to local people because then I can come back in two years and see what they have done for a herd.”

The Scotts prefer to market their bulls at breeding age, typically 18 months, not before. Bulls are also semen and trichomoniases tested, and are fully vetted prior to sale.

In addition to genetics, the Scotts say health and nutrition are key to high-quality cattle.

Joe said all animals receive “anything I can think of when they are in the chute,” when it comes to vaccinations. Cattle are offered some grain, which aids in handling.

During bull development, Joe and Josh offer some feed but closely monitor weight and condition. Typically, bulls can have all of the grass and hay they want, but they receive about 1 percent of their weight in feed a day.

“You need a little feed. I don’t want to sell you a bull that looks like it will blow away, but I don’t want one that is so fat that he can’t breed a cow,” Joe explained.

For pastures and hay, the Scotts believe native grasses overseeded with ladino clover is the best mix.

“A retired University of Missouri Extension man said nothing else would put more pounds on per day on a cow/calf pair than ladino and grass,” Joe said. “It makes your cows look the best and your pastures the thickest. I have used some giant ladino and it sold itself.”

Joe did all of his own haying for years, but now has it custom harvested, saying it makes more economic sense than owning and maintaining hay equipment.

At the age of 78, Joe said he is starting to phase out of the operation, turning more duties and responsibilities over to Josh.

“My goal is to be able to make a living completely from the farm,” Josh said. “We are retaining all of our heifers unless they won’t work for our herd. God has blessed me being able to be here and help dad.”

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“My farm roots go back to my mother and my grandparents, the late Jim Doyle and my grandmother, Donna. I could never have done this and still be doing what I’m doing without the help of family. I feel bad for anyone wanting to get started in farming now if they don’t have the support of their family. Farming is one of the most important jobs out there but sadly, you can’t make a living at it unless you are a really big operation. I’ve always worked another job in addition to the farming.”

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pairs

(Week of 9/27/20 to 10/3/20) Buffalo Livestock Market

None Reported*

Douglas County Livestock Auction

875.00-1325.00 †

Four State Stockyards - Exeter

None Reported*

Interstate Regional Stockyards - Cuba

None Reported †

Joplin Regional

10/1/20

Receipts: 767 Compared to last sale, supply moderate. Most classes of sheep traded steady with the last sale. Goats also traded steady with the last sale. Good buyer attendance, active bidding especially on replacement classes. Supply included: 56% Slaughter Sheep/Lambs (1% Wooled & Shorn, 56% Hair Breeds, 6% Ewes, 37% Hair Ewes); 1% Replacement Sheep/Lambs (50% Hair Ewes, 50% Bucks); 13% Feeder Goats (100% Kids); 23% Slaughter Goats (77% Kids, 21% Nannies/Does, 2% Bucks/ Billies); 7% Replacement Goats (89% Nannies/Does, 11% Bucks/Billies).

Slaughter Sheep/Lambs: Wooled & Shorn - Choice and Prime 1-3: 130.00.

Hair Breeds - Choice and Prime 1-3: 180.00-255.00.

Hair Breeds - Choice 1-3: 152.50-230.00.

Hair Breeds - Good 1-2: 140.00-152.50.

Ewes - Good 2-3: 85.00-90.00.

Ewes - Utility and Good 1-3: 75.00.

Hair Ewes - Good 2-3: 112.50-125.00.

Hair Ewes - Utility and Good 1-3: 85.00-110.00.

Hair Ewes - Cull and Utility 1-2: 70.00-82.50.

Replacement Sheep/Lambs: Hair Ewes - Small and Medium 1-2: 145.00.

Bucks - Medium and Large 1-2: 185.00-230.00.

Feeder Goats: Kids - Selection 1: 295.00-315.00.

Kids - Selection 2: 225.00-290.00.

Kids - Selection 3: 215.00.

Slaughter Goats: Kids - Selection 1: 270.00-325.00.

Kids - Selection 2: 225.00-265.00.

Kids - Selection 3: 162.50-230.00.

Ozarks Regional Stockyards

None Reported † 575.00-950.00 †

South Central Regional Stockyards - Vienna

1180.00-1360.00

Springfield Livestock Marketing

300

†

775.00-1625.00 †

800

1300

replacement

1800

cows

(Week of 9/27/20 to 10/3/20) Buffalo Livestock Market

2300 Steers, Med. & Lg. 1 300-400 lbs.

400-500 lbs.

500-600 lbs.

600-700 lbs.

700-800 lbs.

Prices reported per per cwtcwt Prices reported

725.00-1100.00*

Douglas County Livestock

700.00-1250.00 †

Four State Stockyards - Exeter

860.00-1300.00*

Interstate Regional Stockyards - Cuba Joplin Regional

Bulls, Med. & Lg. 1

890.00-1320.00 † 550.00-1100.00 †

Kingsville Livestock Auction

850.00-1085.00 †

Mid Missouri Stockyards

900.00-1150.00*

MO-KAN Livestock Auction - Butler Ozarks Reg

None Reported †

Springfield Live

300

840.00-1140.00 † 350.00-1150.00 †

800

1300

300-400 lbs.

400-500 lbs.

500-600 lbs.

600-700 lbs.

700-800 lbs.

Heifers, Med. & Lg. 1

225.00-1175.00 †

South Central Regional Stockyards

9/26/20

1800

2300

300-400 lbs.

400-500 lbs.

500-600 lbs.

600-700 lbs.

700-800 lbs.

9/22/20

Receipts: 986 Compared to last month supply was moderate. A high percentage of the offering were slaughter sheep. Demand was strong, with several new buyers. Slaughter lambs sold mostly steady. Slaughter ewes sold 10.00 to 20.00 higher with several quality lots. Feeder and slaughter goats sold steady to 10.00 higher. Supply included: 74% Slaughter Sheep/Lambs (2% Wooled & Shorn, 60% Hair Breeds, 0% Ewes, 33% Hair Ewes, 1% Bucks, 3% Hair Bucks); 2% Replacement Sheep/ Lambs (64% Ewes, 36% Hair Bucks); 8% Feeder Goats (100% Kids); 15% Slaughter Goats (46% Kids, 49% Nannies/Does, 4% Bucks/Billies); 3% Replacement Goats (83% Nannies/Does, 17% Bucks/Billies).

Slaughter Sheep/Lambs: Wooled & Shorn - Choice and Prime 1-3: 132.50230.00.

Hair Breeds - Choice and Prime 1-3: 160.00-250.00.

Hair Breeds - Choice 1-3: 135.00-215.00.

Ewes - Utility and Good 1-3: 92.50.

Hair Ewes - Good 2-3: 122.50-127.50.

Hair Ewes - Utility and Good 1-3: 85.00-120.00.

Bucks 1-2: 95.00.

Hair Bucks - 1-2: 87.50-155.00.

Replacement Sheep/Lambs: Ewes - Medium and Large 1-2: 140.00.

Hair Bucks - Medium and Large 1-2: 340.00-420.00.

Feeder Goats: Kids - Selection 1: 305.00-325.00.

Kids - Selection 2: 260.00-300.00.

Kids - Selection 3: 185.00.

Slaughter Goats: Kids - Selection 1: 325.00-330.00.

Kids - Selection 2: 250.00-300.00.

Kids - Selection 3: 210.00-235.00.

Nannies/Does - Selection 1-2: 187.50-245.00.

Nannies/Does - Selection 3: 132.50-185.00.

Bucks/Billies - Selection 1-2: 185.00-225.00.

Replacement Goats: Nannies/Does - Selection 1-2: 200.00-285.00.

Bucks/Billies - Selection 1-2: 230.00-290.00.

stocker & feeder

1000.00-1350.00*

MO-KAN Livestock Auction - Butler

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goats

Buffalo, Mo. • Buffalo Livestock Market Sheep/Goat

Receipts: 1,768 Compared to last month, supply moderate with active bidding. Several new buyers. Slaughter sheep with a large offering, traded up to 20.00 higher with good demand. Feeder and slaughter goats traded steady to 10.00 higher. Very active bidding on individual lots of replacement sheep and goats. Supply included: 71% Slaughter Sheep/Lambs (3% Wooled & Shorn, 89% Hair Breeds, 7% Hair Ewes, 0% Bucks, 0% Hair Bucks); 3% Replacement Sheep/Lambs (93% Hair Ewes, 7% Bucks); 8% Feeder Goats (100% Kids); 15% Slaughter Goats (80% Kids, 18% Nannies/Does, 2% Bucks/Billies); 2% Replacement Goats (100% Nannies/Does).

Slaughter Sheep/Lambs: Wooled & Shorn - Choice 1-3: 120.00.

Wooled & Shorn - Good 1-2: 77.50.

Hair Breeds - Choice and Prime 1-3: 185.00-252.50.

Hair Breeds - Choice 1-3: 175.00-200.00.

Hair Breeds - Good 1-2: 140.00-157.50.

Hair Ewes - Good 2-3: 90.00-120.00.

Hair Ewes - Utility and Good 1-3: 75.00-82.50.

Hair Ewes - Cull and Utility 1-2: 65.00-72.50.

Bucks - 2-3: 82.50.

Hair Bucks - 1-3: 122.50-177.50.

Replacement Sheep/Lambs: Hair Ewes - Medium and Large 1-2: 175.00-285.00.

Hair Ewes - Small and Medium 1-2: 107.50-145.00.

Bucks - Medium and Large 1-2: 410.00.

Bucks - Small and Medium 1-2: 180.00-200.00.

Feeder Goats: Kids - Selection 1: 285.00-310.00.

Kids - Selection 2: 220.00-295.00.

Kids - Selection 3: 165.00-180.00.

Slaughter Goats: Kids - Selection 1: 280.00-295.00.

Kids - Selection 2: 230.00-282.50.

Kids - Selection 3: 185.00-220.00.

Nannies/Does - Selection 1-2: 165.00-200.00.

Nannies/Does - Selection 3: 110.00.

Bucks/Billies - Selection 1-2: 150.00-165.00.

Replacement Goats: Nannies/Does - Selection 1-2: 130.00-210.00.

None Reported †

Mid Missouri Stockyards - Lebanon

0

Norwood, Mo. • Producers Auction Yards Sheep/Goat

450.00-1185.00 †

Kingsville Livestock Auction

0

10/5/20

5 Area (Tx-Ok, Ks, Neb, Ia, Colo, Nm, Mn) Live Basis Sales - Over 80% Choice Steers: 104.00-109.00; wtd. avg. price 107.19.

Heifers: 106.00-109.00; wtd. avg. price 107.06.

Dressed Basis Sales - Over 80% Choice Steers: 168.00-168.00 ; wtd. avg. price 168.00.

Heifers: 168.00-168.00; wtd. avg. price 168.00.

62.50-84.00 †

Interstate Regional Stockyards - Cuba

cattle

Midwest - High Plains Direct Slaughter Cattle

Nannies/Does - Selection 1-2: 135.00-185.00.

Bucks/Billies - Selection 1-2: 175.00.

Replacement Goats: Nannies/Does - Selection 1-2: 180.00-240.00.

Bucks/Billies - Selection 1-2: 255.00-385.00.

Four State Stockyards*

prices Kingsville Livestock Auction† 9/29/20

Receipts This Wee Early weaned pigs pigs steady. Dema Receipts include 5 Volume By State O Total Composite (Formula and Ca All Early Weaned All Feeder Pigs: 5

Western Cornbelt Dail

Negotiated Purcha Barrows & Gilts ( Compared to Prior HG208): 1.89 low Price Range: Not R Wtd Avg: $63.12.

5 Day Rolling Avg

da

National Dairy Marke

Cheese: Barrels cl $2.6100 The week (+0.1735) and blo Fluid Milk/Cream Mid-Atlantic milk is slightly picking a bit. Class I sales narrative on milk weeks, but contac the upcoming wee the region. Milkfa slipped, according a continuation for perked up as more be in school soon. was quiet. Spot m which is the same week 40. A large m their production n few more plants h or more, offline, d

Ava Douglas County† 10/1/20

Buffalo Livestock Auction* 10/3/20

Butler Mo-Kan Livestock† 10/1/20

Cuba Interstate Regional† 9/29/20

1,408

1,315

840

950

1,956

6,125

2,062

1,843

1,463

St-3 Higher

Steady

Steady

St-4 Lower

St-5 Lower

St-7 Lower

Steady

Steady

St-5 Higher

164.00-172.50 152.50-167.00 150.00-163.00 137.50-139.50 132.50

155.00-179.00 146.00-169.00 135.00-160.00 133.00-149.00 120.00-139.00

169.00 161.50-170.50 155.00-165.00 140.50-150.00 125.00-157.00

170.00 158.00-169.50 144.00-159.50 135.00-146.50 127.50-134.50

157.00-170.00 143.00-154.50 136.00-148.50 135.00-151.00 130.00-142.50

170.00-205.00 151.00-163.00 136.00-155.00 135.00-149.00 140.50-152.50

----169.00-175.00 150.00-167.00 147.00-162.00 139.00-156.25

160.00-180.00 155.00-168.00 146.00-164.00 140.00-154.00 137.00-148.00

163.00-170.00 154.00-169.00 134.50-159.00 130.00-154.50 132.00-138.50

----140.00 -------------

----130.00-160.00 120.00-148.00 103.00-138.00 105.00-123.00

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125.00-137.00 125.00-143.00 123.00-135.00 ---------

----151.00 131.00-140.00 126.00-134.00 114.00

186.00 160.50 144.50-155.00 129.50 -----

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----156.00-157.00 133.00-134.00 122.00-124.00 -----

143.00-155.00 136.00-147.00 123.00-138.00 130.00-133.00 119.00-122.50

137.00-159.00 123.00-147.00 117.00-142.00 113.00-130.00 117.00-134.00

----141.00-146.00 130.00-145.75 132.00-145.00 114.00-129.50

159.00-159.50 149.00-151.00 133.50-143.50 120.00-127.00 117.50-125.50

125.00-140.00 120.00-136.50 120.00-132.50 117.00-125.00 115.00-129.50

140.00-153.00 130.00-147.00 121.00-139.00 118.00-143.00 124.00-138.00

158.00 147.00-155.00 125.00-150.00 136.25-151.00 139.25-145.00

140.00-155.00 134.00-148.00 130.00-141.00 124.00-136.00 118.00-130.00

140.00-147.00 130.00-148.50 126.50-136.50 125.00-132.50 121.00

9/29/20

Joplin Regional Stockyards† 9/28/20

National Direct Deliv

Mid Missouri Stockyards* 10/1/20

✝ USDA Reported * Independently Reported

Ozarks FarmFarm & Neighbor • www.ozarksfn.com Ozarks & Neighbor • www.ozarksfn.com

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Springfield Livestock Marketing 9/30/20

ales reports

0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0

Joplin Regional Stockyards† 9/28/20

Kingsville Livestock Auction† 9/29/20

Mid Missouri Stockyards* 10/1/20

National Dairy Market

9/11/20

Cheese: Barrels closed at $1.9550 and 40# blocks at $2.6100 The weekly average for barrels is $1.8120 (+0.1735) and blocks, $2.5775 (+0.0010).

Fluid Milk/Cream: Milk is plentiful in the Northeast.

Mid-Atlantic milk is balanced. Southeast milk production is slightly picking up. Florida milk production is climbing a bit. Class I sales are moderately steady. The Midwest narrative on milk production remains similar to previous weeks, but contacts expect some stronger upticks in the upcoming weeks with cooler weather in all parts of the region. Milkfats are up, while protein levels have slipped, according to some farmers and that has been a continuation for most of this year. In general, Class I perked up as more kids are in school or are expected to be in school soon. Spot milk trading into cheese plants was quiet. Spot milk prices ran from Class to $1.50 over, which is the same range as the last two years during week 40. A large majority of cheesemakers are getting their production needs met via contracted supplies. A few more plants have started production after a week, or more, offline, due to updates and/or maintenance.

Springfield Livestock Marketing† 9/30/20

Vienna South Central† 9/30/20

West Plains Ozarks Regional† 9/29/20

6,125

2,062

1,843

1,463

647

2,800

St-7 Lower

Steady

Steady

St-5 Higher

St-4 Lower

Uneven

170.00-205.00 151.00-163.00 136.00-155.00 135.00-149.00 140.50-152.50

----169.00-175.00 150.00-167.00 147.00-162.00 139.00-156.25

160.00-180.00 155.00-168.00 146.00-164.00 140.00-154.00 137.00-148.00

163.00-170.00 154.00-169.00 134.50-159.00 130.00-154.50 132.00-138.50

165.00 160.50-161.50 147.00-162.00 137.25-137.50 124.50

167.50-171.00 154.00-166.00 147.00-159.00 138.00-162.00 134.50-147.00

avg. grain prices

Week Ended 10/2/20 Corn Sorghum*

Soft Wheat

* Price per cwt

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----151.00 131.00-140.00 126.00-134.00 114.00 140.00-153.00 130.00-147.00 121.00-139.00 118.00-143.00 124.00-138.00

186.00 160.50 144.50-155.00 129.50 ----158.00 147.00-155.00 125.00-150.00 136.25-151.00 139.25-145.00

OCTOBER 12, 2020

--------------------140.00-155.00 134.00-148.00 130.00-141.00 124.00-136.00 118.00-130.00

----156.00-157.00 133.00-134.00 122.00-124.00 ----140.00-147.00 130.00-148.50 126.50-136.50 125.00-132.50 121.00

--------------------139.50-144.00 137.50 124.00-133.50 118.00-129.50 111.00

----140.00 130.00-138.00 ----123.00 145.00-165.00 137.00-149.00 131.00-144.00 132.50-140.00 130.00-139.50

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10.39

9.57

10.28

5.72

5.78 3.50

9.85 7.84

7.53 5.50 3.96

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heifers 550-600 LBS. Ava Kingsville

Butler Springfield

Cuba Vienna

Joplin West Plains

* **

** 155.00 *** 158.00 145.23

* *** 140.00 134.10 **

** 147.91

135.78

10/2/20

October arrived this week with some much cooler temperatures.

Nothing steady though as day and night swings are quite large.

The number of growing days before frost is becoming less each day and with that realization comes the unlikely hood of any good fall pastures in several areas. Despite some light to moderate rains many of the dryer areas in the state only seen a couple of tenths. The drought monitor showed substantial growth this week coving all of southwest and stretching though the Ozarks all the way to the St. Louis area and also the northwest corner of the state. Hay movement continues to be limited, demand is light, supplies are heavy and prices are steady to firm. The Missouri Department of Agriculture has a hay directory visit http:// mda.mo.gov/abd/haydirectory/ for listings of hay http://agebb. missouri.edu/haylst/ Alfalfa - Supreme (Ask/Per Ton) Medium Square 3x3: 200.00250.00.

Alfalfa - Supreme (Ask/Per Bale) Small Square: 7.00-9.00.

Alfalfa - Premium (Ask/Per Ton) Medium Square 3x3: 160.00200.00.

Alfalfa - Good (Ask/Per Ton) Large Round: 120.00-160.00.

Alfalfa - Good (Ask/Per Bale) Small Round: 5.00-7.00.

Alfalfa - Fair (Ask/Per Ton) Large Round: 100.00-125.00.

Alfalfa/Grass Mix - Good/Premium (Ask/Per Bale) Small Square: 6.00-8.00.

Mixed Grass - Good/Premium (Ask/Per Ton) Large Round: 80.00-120.00.

Mixed Grass - Fair/Good (Ask/Per Ton) Large Round: 60.0080.00.

Mixed Grass - Fair/Good (Ask/Per Bale) Small Square: 3.006.00.

Mixed Grass - Fair (Ask/Per Bale) Large Round: 25.00-50.00.

Wheat (Ask/Per Bale) Small Square: 4.00-6.00.

Soybeans

Cuba Vienna

166.00

hay & grain markets

Mo. Weekly Hay Summary

Butler Springfield

Week of 9/6/20

dairy & fed cattle

Ava Kingsville

3.87

3.56

136.85

144.29 156.47 155.35 156.27 160.17 151.64

139.74 Week of 9/13/20

10/5/20

Negotiated Purchase (Including Packer Sold) Barrows & Gilts (carcass basis): Not Reported.

Compared to Prior Day’s closing weighted average (LM_ HG208): 1.89 lower.

Price Range: Not Reported Wtd Avg: $63.12.

5 Day Rolling Avg: $64.77.

steers 550-600 LBS.

Week of 9/6/20

Western Cornbelt Daily Direct Hog Report

$100

Week of 9/13/20

Receipts This Week: 90,795 Early weaned pigs 2.00 per head higher. All feeder pigs steady. Demand moderate for moderate offerings.

Receipts include 56% formulated prices.

Volume By State Or Province Of Origin: Missouri 11.0% Total Composite Weighted Average Receipts and Price (Formula and Cash): All Early Weaned Pigs: 85,195 at 34.96.

All Feeder Pigs: 5,600 at 40.82.

$138

135.26 141.37 148.04 139.86

155.17

140.28 134.92

154.49

133.33

140.59 158.05 152.68 150.35 163.37 139.51

144.50 137.07

Week of 9/20/20

prices

10/2/20

$176

139.49 142.50 130.33

160.02

136.56 139.11

151.31 *

136.75 156.68 147.38 147.32 160.42 144.74

9.49

144.29 143.50

Week of 9/27/20

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hog markets

National Direct Delivered Feeder Pig Report

California milk outputs are steady to up compared to the prior week. Class I sales remain steady. Class II sales have declined.

Processing plants are being run a bit below full capacity. The market tone is steady. Arizona milk outputs are within seasonal norms. Milk supplies and sales are in good equilibrium. Milk holdovers are higher in New Mexico because a few large dairy processing plants are working on annual maintenance projects and couldn’t take as many loads of milk as they usually do.

Manufacturing facilities are being run at full capacities. Milk production has increased. Pacific Northwest milk production continues at a steady pace. Manufacturers report milk and cream supplies are adequate for most processing needs without any surprises. Strong and steady describes milk production in the mountain states of Idaho, Utah, and Colorado. Warm days and cool nights are setting up almost perfect cow comfort weather. While fires are still a concern along the West Coast, air quality in the mountain states has improved from several weeks ago. Milk volumes are plentiful, and manufacturers are running at capacity. Cream demands are growing in the East and Midwest but declining in the West. F.O.B. cream multiples are 1.3000 - 1.4000 in the East, 1.2800 - 1.3500 in the Midwest, and 1.0500 - 1.2600 in the West.

SPOT PRICES OF CLASS II CREAM: $ PER POUND BUTTERFAT, F.O.B., producing plants, Midwestern U.S. - $1.9859 - $2.0945.

Week of 9/20/20

er

550-600 lb. steers

$214

9/22/20

Receipts: 986 Compared to last month supply was moderate. A high percentage of the offering were slaughter sheep. Demand was strong, with several new buyers. Slaughter lambs sold mostly steady. Slaughter ewes sold 10.00 to 20.00 higher with several quality lots. Feeder and slaughter goats sold steady to 10.00 higher. Supply included: 74% Slaughter Sheep/Lambs (2% Wooled & Shorn, 60% Hair Breeds, 0% Ewes, 33% Hair Ewes, 1% Bucks, 3% Hair Bucks); 2% Replacement Sheep/ Lambs (64% Ewes, 36% Hair Bucks); 8% Feeder Goats (100% Kids); 15% Slaughter Goats (46% Kids, 49% Nannies/Does, 4% Bucks/Billies); 3% Replacement Goats (83% Nannies/Does, 17% Bucks/Billies).

Slaughter Sheep/Lambs: Wooled & Shorn - Choice and Prime 1-3: 132.50230.00.

Hair Breeds - Choice and Prime 1-3: 160.00-250.00.

Hair Breeds - Choice 1-3: 135.00-215.00.

Ewes - Utility and Good 1-3: 92.50.

Hair Ewes - Good 2-3: 122.50-127.50.

Hair Ewes - Utility and Good 1-3: 85.00-120.00.

Bucks 1-2: 95.00.

Hair Bucks - 1-2: 87.50-155.00.

Replacement Sheep/Lambs: Ewes - Medium and Large 1-2: 140.00.

Hair Bucks - Medium and Large 1-2: 340.00-420.00.

Feeder Goats: Kids - Selection 1: 305.00-325.00.

Kids - Selection 2: 260.00-300.00.

Kids - Selection 3: 185.00.

Slaughter Goats: Kids - Selection 1: 325.00-330.00.

Kids - Selection 2: 250.00-300.00.

Kids - Selection 3: 210.00-235.00.

Nannies/Does - Selection 1-2: 187.50-245.00.

Nannies/Does - Selection 3: 132.50-185.00.

Bucks/Billies - Selection 1-2: 185.00-225.00.

Replacement Goats: Nannies/Does - Selection 1-2: 200.00-285.00.

Bucks/Billies - Selection 1-2: 230.00-290.00.

24 Month Avg. -

$252

Week of 9/27/20

Buffalo, Mo. • Buffalo Livestock Market Sheep/Goat

✝ USDA Reported * Independently Reported

136.68 146.75 133.51

157.77

6.09 5.53

130.55 137.42

154.13

3.74

115

132 149 166 183 200 * No price reported in weight break **USDA Failed To Report *** No Sale - Holiday

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106

127

148

169

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meet your neighbors

Submitted by Photography by Crystal

Cattle, Crops and a Few Thousand Acres

By Julie Turner-Crawford

Even at a young age, Matt Kohler always wanted to be a farmer Growing up on his family’s farm near Harrisonville, Mo., Matt Kohler always planned to follow in the footsteps of his grandfather and father.

His parents, Mike and Vicki Kohler, took over the farm from his grandparents, Neil and Evelyn Kohler, who were dairy farmers until the mid-1980s. Neil, who passed away in 2015, was born on the farm that has earned a Century Farm designation.

When the opportunity arose to expand the family’s agricultural enterprise to Amsterdam, Mo., in nearby Bates County, to a farm that included cropland and a feedlot, the family took advantage of the opportunity.

“In 2001, Mom and Dad acquired this place,” Matt said. “When I got out of college in 2004, we transitioned some of the operations here and this is where I’ve been ever since.”

Matt and his family have more than 300 cow/calf pairs of primarily commercial Angus. Calves are finished in a feedyard and sold directly to specialty processors in Cen-

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tral Nebraska and Western Kansas, typical“We grow them in the yard, breed them ly at the 1,350-to 1,450-pound mark. and turn them out into the pastures to “We’re still looking for a market where calve,” Matt said. “We keep about 60 to 80 we can try to keep sell locally in Missouri replacements a year. We’re pretty selective or Kansas, so we aren’t trucking them five- about what we keep, and it also depends on plus hours.” the cow prices. If cows aren’t worth anyThey have also branched out to offer thing and we have a group of cows that will locker beef directly to customers. raise another calf, we’re going to keep them.

“We would like to grow that operation,” But, we do try to keep our herd young.” he said, adding that producers and conThe Kohlers follow a stringent vaccination sumors are now at the mercy of availability protocol. Calves are vaccinated between birth of smaller local processing facility avail- and three months, then again at weaning, folability. “We want to have that relationship lowed with booster vaccines two weeks after with the consumer, so if there’s something weaning. Bulls are castrated at that time, if wrong, we get that feedback so we can fix it. not put back into the breeding program.

When consumers buy meat at the grocery “We typically give growth hormones to store, they don’t know where the beef came our steers, but not to heifers in case they get from and how it was fed. We think we raise put back into the breeding program,” Matt great beef, but in the end, you don’t know said. “We’re still in the market for getting until you cut into a steak or bite into a ham- as many pounds as we can and the growth burger if it’s good or not; we want to have hormones aid in that. However, many conthat quality product.” sumers now want grass-fed non-growth horThe Kohlers have both spring mone cattle. It is taking time to transition and fall calving seasons. Most to this process for our local customers. of the breeding is achieved We can offer our heifers that way, but through natural cover from bulls not the steers.” raised on the farm, but some AI Cattle graze about 1,200 to 1,300 breeding is performed.

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The goal is to get about 150 to 175 bushels an acre in corn production, then about 50-plus in soybeans, but yield totals are always dependent on Mother Nature.

“I think we’re lucky to get what we get sometimes,” Matt said. “You always have to go back to the drawing board for the next year and look at different seed varieties that may have the possibility to do better.”

Typically, crops are planted from midMay to Memorial Day. They strive to start planting corn by April 1, beans before Memorial Day. Corn and beans are rotated.

High-moisture corn is harvested around September, followed by dry corn. “Our facility allows us to dry some corn if the moisture is still a little high,” Matt said.

The Kohlers produce the feed for their cattle operations. They use no more than 25 percent of their corn acres for silage and shell high-moisture corn for feed.

“We also have a modified distillers as our main protein source for our feed ration,” Matt explained. “When you have $4.50 corn, you’d rather sell it than walk it off, but when you have $2.50, $3 corn, and cattle prices come up, you can walk it off and make some money off of it and help both avenues.”

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“There are also some winter annuals that we don’t really take care of, but they are an added benefit. We still give the cows some silage in the winter, but there are some great benefits to grazing those fields,” Matt explained. Sometimes we will come back in the spring and put some spring oats on top. We’ve baled a few acres of cover crops for dry hay and a few silage bales in the spring. I want to maximize production, but not take away from the pastures. Ground is hard to find, so we want to maximize what we can do.”

Matt and Kohler Farms have several valuable employees who help get things done.

“They are the glue that keeps this place running,” Matt said. “In the spring, I do a lot more traveling between farms, so it’s great to have them around as another set of eyes.”

Matt hopes will be run by the next generation of the Kohler family, his daughter Laney (5), and sons Neil (2) and Noah (11 months).

“They are a blessing, especially when they are going out feeding bottle calves or riding in the combine with me,” Matt added. “I want to build a future for them like my parents did for me. Watching them grow up and be a part of this is why we’re doing it.

“I would like for this farm to be the next Century Farm in the family. I hope this is what my kids want to do, but if they don’t have the same passion, I don’t want to push them to that. If you don’t do what you love, you won’t do it very long.”

Being a farmer was always Matt’s goal, but he knows if it weren’t for his family’s longstanding connection to the industry, it would almost be impossible for him to have achieved that goal.

“There may be days where I don’t want to do a job, like fixing fence in the dead of winter or checking cows at 2 a.m., but the rewards out-weigh all of that. or the cows keep getting out, but I know I’m lucky,” he said. “If it weren’t for my parents and grandparents, and even their parents, we wouldn’t be anywhere close to where we are now. You can’t just get out of school and say, ‘I’m going to be a farmer.’ The opportunities I have been given have been a blessing.”

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bought the business to ensure they had a place to one of the largest in the area at 600 square-feet, process their animals the way they wanted and but it is now too small. They added a new retail to continue to provide the same great service area about two years ago and are currently in the process of building an additional 7,000 quarethat has been around for nearly 49 years. feet to the facility. This will quadruple their Golden City Meats mostly procooler space and will allow them to quacesses for producers for resale. druple production. They look for the adTheir customers bring product dition to be complete sometime next in year-round. They process beef, year. They will open their new part in pork, lamb, goat, buffalo and elk. phases and are excited to announce They also offer cured ham and bathey will have a drive thru drop off con.

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Their slicer cuts steaks to perfectly 1 inch, or whatever the customer specifies, along with cutting the bacon all a certain width.

“We hope to keep adding more automation as we go,” Robert said.

Their biggest hurdles have been keeping prices down for their customers. Recent price increases have been due to several changes in the industry.

They now have to pay to have hides hauled off, unlike a couple years ago when they were able to sell them.

Their prices for the removal of animal offal has also raised nearly 1,000 percent this year due to only one company in the area picks up animal offal.

In January/February of this year, they doubled their number of employees due to the the less of a USDA inspected plant in October 2019. A lot of plants in the area are no longer USDA inspected and Robert said it has thrown a huge gap of no place to get inspected products. Golden City Meats are USDA-inspected slaughter, which is a federal inspection that allows the meat to be shipped and sold across state lines.

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Volatility may cause investors to rethink their portfolios and feel skeptical about investing in stocks. Within the current environment, here are some options to consider as investors refine their retirement plan.

Save more while working. Be sure to take full advantage of any company-offered retirement plan. If you participate in a 401(k) plan, contribute as much as possible and at least enough to earn the entire match the company may offer.

Set up an automatic savings plan. Try to set a certain amount to be deducted from each paycheck and deposited into a separate account for retirement. Also, examine monthly household spending to see if there are ways to spend a little less. Refinancing the mortgage, increasing insurance deductibles and reducing spending on discretionary items can add up quickly.

Earn more on retirement assets. Take time to develop a well thought out asset allocation for investments, one that incorporates a time horizon and risk tolerance, in order to provide diversification and some peace of mind. Generally, the younger a person is, the more long-term investments should be in equities. Over time, high quality stocks have produced greater returns than bonds and cash investments. Keep in mind that the money invested should be working hard, too. Take advantage of higher interest rates on accounts that provide less liquidity and on longer-term CDs if the money in the accounts or CDs can be left alone for longer periods.

Work longer until retirement. Delaying retirement enables individuals to have more for retirement in several ways. While working, it’s possible to save more in a retirement plan and through regular savings, especially with a tax-deferred retirement account. If all the funds are left in the account, it enables them to grow faster. For example, if an individual delays retirement for five years and earns just 5 percent on the funds, they will have about 27 percent more just from the earnings.

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Spend less during retirement years. Most retirees want a “full and active lifestyle” during retirement. Perhaps they should consider changing exactly what that “full and active lifestyle” means. Less travel, less expensive cars or foregoing a second home (or opting for a smaller one) will make a difference.

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The final months of gestation are critical for cow health and calf development The last trimester in a cow’s gestation can be critical to the success of her calf. Additional preparation and management on the part of the producer will go a long way toward her health, and the health of her calf.

Nutrition

Cows need an increase in groceries during the last trimester to support themselves and their calf. If they went into their pregnancy well-conditioned, chances are it won’t be a drastic change.

“For many cows in the herd, meeting third-trimester nutritional requirements isn’t too difficult,” Dr. Shane Gadberry, ruminant nutrition specialist with the University of Arkansas Extension, explained. “Nutritional needs do increase during this time from about a 7-percent protein diet to a 9-percent protein diet.”

He explained the type and stage of forages play a factor in protein-improved forage varieties can often meet the 7- to 9-percent protein requirement, but overly mature grasses or true native grasses may not have sufficient protein for late gestation.

Meeting diet digestible nutrient needs may be a little more challenging than meeting protein needs.

“While protein needs only increase by a couple of percentage points, as cows approach calving, their diet digestibility needs increase to 6 to 8 percentage units from 52-to 58-percent TDN over that three-month period before calving,” Gadberry explained.

“Some cows may be on the thin side at calf weaning, and they may need special attention leading up to calving. If there are several thin cows in the herd, it may be economically feasible to separate them from fleshier cows, if they are going to need supplement in addition to forage, to get them back to a good body condition for calving. These cows need to be confirmed pregnant before spending the additional money in supplements.”

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“You can improve your genetics with your bulls to improve your weaning weights and your overall quality.”

University of Missouri Extension say that is unlikely.

“Most of the nutritional requirement increases we see are going into final trimester are fetal development; basically, we’re feeding the cow to grow the calf she’s carrying.

Although it is possible to over feed a cow in any stage of production and cause problems, I think there is more of a tendency to underfeed out of fear of causing an increase in calving difficulty rather than overfeeding,” McCorkill said. “This practice is just as apt to cause problems caused by thin heifers that don’t milk and don’t breed back. Small weak calves that lack energy to survive are another side effect of underfeeding cows in the last trimester of the pregnancy.”

Poor nutrition in the final trimester has lasting impacts.

“If the cow isn’t properly fed, the calf is more likely to be small and weak at birth, which is often coupled with a malnourished cow that won’t produce enough, or quality, colostrum or milk, making the situation worse,” McCorkill said. “The setback doesn’t stop there, it leads to carcass, growth and frequent health issues for the rest of the stunted calf’s life.”

“The best way to improve your price is to develop a direct marketing plan.”

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Whether or not the shelter requirements change during the last trimester will depend on if the producer is working with mature cows or first-calf heifers.

“With mature cows, there isn’t much need to do anything special in the way of housing; having some timber cover to get out of the elements is advisable. Preferably, calving pastures would be located near working facilities or a barn to leave the cow and new calf in if the need arises to provide any assistance,” McCorkill suggested. “With heifers, it’s more important to keep them closer to facilities as it’s their first calving experience and may need help with the calving process or pairing up with the calf.”

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Marketing is typically a necessary part of running an agricultural operation. Marketing strategies for individual farms will look a bit different, but having a marketing plan in place helps producers reach their consumers, tell their story and showcase what sets them apart, ideally improving the bottom line for the operation.

Market Genetics

No matter what type of livestock, genetics will typically show up in a marketing plan, especially if a producer sells seedstock and breeding animals. Consumers want to know what they are buying.

“Planning for marketing livestock involves conveying the message of what your animals and your program have to offer. This holds true whether you’re selling feeder calves right off the cow or premium seedstock,” Andy McCorkill, livestock field specialist with the University of Missouri Extension, said. “You’re selling yourself and your management as much as the attributes of the livestock. In this day and age, having data to help tell your story is a helpful tool. Usage of genomic testing, some performance information on herd offspring, the like will help back up the message you are trying to depict.”

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Many producers specialize in one area or another, such as grass-fed, a heritage breed, specific lines and pedigrees. While this is an excellent way to set an operation apart and create a reputation, it’s wise to make sure livestock performance in other areas are still up to par.

“I think it’s important to find and market those animals that can ‘do it all,’” McCorkill explained. “Granted, while individual animals will be better at some attributes than others, they should be good in several areas.

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Single trait selection for particular areas like low birth weight or carcass traits, for example, can leave some holes in other areas of the production. The real trick to marketing seedstock is discussing with your potential customer where they honestly evaluate their own herd’s attributes and shortcomings and then selecting the right animal to fit the bill and fill in those holes.”

Market Additional Offerings

McCorkill explained that many seedstock producers have ways of adding additional offerings to their consumers to make doing business with them more appealing.

“Whether it be a sheet to verify the genetics of the calves sold, aid in helping find a new home for heifers, or setting up a retained ownership program, one of these options might be a good move to consider,” he said.

Have Patience

Creating and benefiting from a marketing plan can take time, and producers should not be discouraged if they do not see results from their extra efforts immediately. Some producers might also consider hiring a marketing professional to help sell their operation, although this is not always necessary.

“Some folks are better at marketing and sales than others,” McCorkill said. “If you’ve got the knack for it, you may not need the help of someone else, but that doesn’t mean another doesn’t. Ultimately, your cattle and management should be able to sell themselves. Sometimes it takes time and some leg work to get to the point of people recognizing your brand, program, or whatever you choose to call it and associating it with a satisfying experience. Just remember the old saying about Rome not being built in a day and have some patience as well as the work ethic and pocketbook to make it all happen.”

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As winter approaches, mice and rats are looking for new homes As winter approaches the Ozarks, rodents everywhere will begin looking for warm places that are well stocked with food to spend the winter. Barns, livestock shelters, equipment and farmhouses fit the bill.

Mice and rats can create extensive property damage if left unchecked, and harbor several diseases transmitted to humans and other animals. Implementing a pest control and management plan now can save producers some grief come winter.

Tidy Up

While cleaning up is not the most fun chore on the farm, making an effort to reduce clutter, organize equipment, throw away trash and recycle appropriate items will reduce the number of places that rats and mice can live. Whether it be pesticide, traps or barn cats, control measures will not be effective if hoards of rodents can take shelter in barns and outbuildings. Cleaning those areas will reduce the number of rodents able to live there and make other measures far more effective.

Proof Barns and Other Buildings

Many producers will weatherproof barns, toolsheds and livestock shelters before winter anyway, but it pays to take a little more care and check for rodent sized traffic ways.

Sealing holes and gaps, and cleaning and removing trash, will make barns less attractive for mice and rats to venture into in the first place.

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problems. Cleaning up feed as soon as it is spilled, putting feed in bins or tubs instead of storing it in paper bags, and pest-proofing bulk feed bins will make it harder for rodents to find a consistent food source on the farm.

Physical Control Methods

If a producer’s rodent issues are limited to small numbers of mice and rats, traps and non-toxic baits can be enough to control the problem. Popular traps are traditional snap traps (be cautious of the location if young children, barn cats or farm dogs frequent the area), sticky traps or homemade bucket traps, where rodents fall into a bucket with a small amount of water in the bottom. Producers will want to check traps regularly and dispose of any caught rodents for cleanliness and sanitation.

Biological Control Methods

If a producer is dealing with an infestation of rodents, a biological control method such as rodenticide may be required to get the situation under control. Some rodenticides can be harmful to pets, wildlife and humans, so producers should visit their local Extension office to learn which active ingredients are safe to use for their situation.

Attract Natural Predators

By implementing land management strategies that attract predators such as owls, hawks and foxes, producers can create a long-term pest control strategy that saves money down the line.

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Andy McCorkill, livestock field specialist with the University of Missouri Extension, explained that the first steps are to measure the variables of economic relevance and compare individuals against the whole group and acceptable industry standards. These will vary from farm to farm, depending on marketing plans, whether or not heifers are retained for replacement or bred females are bought, he explained. Having data on each animal is particularly useful. Evaluating EPDs, genomic information and individual performance can be useful for making breeding choices. “Improving herd performance takes time and a lot of work, both mentally and physically, to know your cows and your farm as a whole. Sending cattle through a feedout program where you can get feeding and carcass information back on a few head can open a producer’s eyes to how their breeding decisions stack up,” McCorkill advised.

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From a breeding standpoint, reproductive performance is of utmost importance.

“A cow’s job is to have a calf every 365 days and raise that calf to be acceptable at weaning.

If she doesn’t fall relatively close to that, she isn’t doing her job, and it should be considered to put her on the cull list,” McCorkill said.

If a producer records a cow that consistently weans a calf below average weaning weight, she should be considered for culling. Feedlot and carcass performance, while more critical to those who retain ownership of some or all of their calf crop through the feeding phase, shouldn’t be entirely overlooked by producers because all calves wind up on the rail at some point; McCorkill noted that carcass performance can help with marketability as well. As far as mature cows, feed efficiency can be evaluated by how well the cow holds body condition.”

“For the most part, we shouldn’t be able to see more than a faint outline of a few ribs on the cow’s side. We want the cows to do as much for themselves on grass as they can; that’s a sign of efficiency,” McCorkill explained.

Producers should also consider cow size on their list of efficient traits. McCorkill explained that ideal cow size will vary by producer, but to keep in mind that the larger a cow is, the more she must eat to maintain condition.

At what point might an animal be considered too inefficient to keep?

Profitability is the most important trait to select for, McCorkill advised.

When a breeding animal reaches the point where they are not profitable, culling or management changes are necessary. Age, pregnancy status and phenotypic attributes should be considered when a producer makes culling decisions.

Using a checkmark or strike system to evaluate culling decisions is a potential strategy to help producers make effective decisions.

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