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Taney County Century Farms Honored: Two families were recently presented with Missouri Century Farm certificates and signs. Joseph S. Smith, farm established in 1871, and Randy and Dwaynes Rossner, farm established in 1913, join 21 other Taney County Century Farm families.

Best of the Best 4-H’ers Recognized: Nineteen 4-H Club members from across southwest Missouri were recognized for their outstanding accomplishments as the “Best of the Best” Award winners by the Greene County 4-H Foundation. Eleven counties had members recognized for their current involvement in 4-H. Each county could nominate two members to receive this special recognition. Plaques were presented to the following 4-H members: Jasper County – Eli Meyer and Hannah Andrews; Green County – Blake Wright and Lora Wright; Christian County – Dallas Goolsby and Grant Goolsby; Lawrence County – Joel Adams and Hannah Adams; Hickory County – Sydney Bailey and Abagail Hammer; Dade County – Blake Daniel Cossins; Webster County – Jessie Terry; Polk County – ReAnna Owens and Hannah Norblitt; Newton County – Jacob Boeglin and Brianna Werner; McDonald County – Colling Thacker and Katrina Eubanks and Barry County – Joshua Rittenhouse.

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Jerry Crownover – The sweet memories of pawpaws

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Richard McConnell and Tina Williams aim at keeping their animals comfortable rather than anxious

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Terrell Creek Farm finds new avenues for marketing their goat cheese

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Jim Nichols shares his passion for Fox Trotters with his daughters

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Agriculture Education at Even before opening the package, a familiar Missouri State University, aroma permeated the air and revived deep-seatand is an author and ed memories from a half-century ago. Opening professional speaker. the crumpled, brown paper bag revealed what I To contact Jerry, go to anticipated. There, before me, was about twoozarksfn.com and click dozen pawpaws and my mind started racing on ‘Contact Us.’ backwards in time.

As a child, I would take a walk with my father most every Sunday afternoon. He would go to the barn and put a 50-pound sack of stock salt on his shoulder and together, we would head to the pasture at the upper end of our creek-bottom farm where he would deposit the salt in the covered feeder.

We would watch the cows and calves gather around the feeder while he would count cattle, observe how they were progressing and comment on the general health and quality of the herd. Those Sunday afternoon walks were the only times I can ever remember when dad wasn’t in a hurry. Eventually, we would head back to the house, taking a different route that always meandered by a small grove of pawpaw trees.

Knowing how I loved to eat pawpaws, he most likely took that route to either aggravate me or to teach me how to delay gratification because, regardless of the time of year, I would always ask, “Do you think the pawpaws will be ready to pick, today?”

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Life is Simple Continued from Page 3 plant since a word like ‘pawpaw’ had to be made up. Once she tasted it, however, she declared it to be, “the most delicious taste she had ever experienced.”

I had a few, myself, and they were indeed good. Somehow, though, they just didn’t taste quite as delicious as I had remembered them, when sitting lazily on the creek bank with my dad. I suppose it could be argued that the habitat for the Lawrence County pawpaw is just different enough from the Ozarks County habitat to create a contrast between the two fruits. Or maybe, as noted by Stephen Wright, “Right now I’m having amnesia and déjà vu at the same time. I think I may have forgotten this before.”

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We are collecting recipes for our annual Country Christmas Cookbook, which will appear in our December 22nd issue. Please send recipes to P.O. Box 1319, Lebanon, MO 65536 or email editor@ozarksfn.com.

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treats for her family Shirley Allred bakes delicious her community and as a way to support

of morning in the heartland On a cold, crisp December fields glisof Ash Grove, Mo., the the Ozarks, just outside Allred, Allred Farm. Inside, Shirley ten white surrounding the treats is just putting the finishing a well-known baker of delicious baking marathon, getting ready touches on a week-long Christmas The kitchen counters are for the family’s Christmas celebration.pecan pies, yummy cookfilled and overflowing with delicious bread, chocolate and banana bread, in ies, homemade-pumpk macadamia nut fudge, peblack walnut fudge, white chocolate mouth watering?

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would consume enough to eventually make myself sick. As we would sit there and eat pawpaws, my father would talk about cattle, and crops, and his plans for the farm while I would nod in agreement while stuffing my mouth with the rare and delicious fruit. He would gather a few more to take to mom and my sister before heading home. The evening would usually conclude with a bout of nausea, stomach cramps or worse.

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Marvin Burnett sees many benefits from his Simmental and Gelbvieh influenced herd Marvin Burnett is retired from the Missouri Department of Transportation where he worked on highway maintenance while his wife, Barbara, is a retired elementary schoolteacher. The couple met early in life when Barbara’s father was hired to move Marvin’s family from Kansas to Arkansas

Easy management through hybrid vigor is top priority for Marvin Burnett.

upcoming hip replacement surgery and can later finish a corral project. Originally the couple tried a Hereford cross but Marvin felt the calves didn’t grow as quickly as he wanted because milk production was not good enough to support that kind of growth.

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ally settled on a Simmental/Gelbvieh cross. when Marvin was a senior in high school Their current momma cows include three and Barbara was in junior high. Barbara or four purebred Simmentals while the resaid, “At the time I was a snot-nosed kid no maining cows are half Simmental and half one wanted to be around, but I grew up and Gelbvieh or three quarters Gelbvieh.

Marvin prefers the Simmental/Gelbvieh everything changed.” Marvin said, “One night we were both stood up and decided cross because breeding is easy, the mommas deliver small calves but produce abunto make the best of it.” They dant milk that promotes weight gain began dating and have now rapid enough for the calves to triple been married for 49 years. their weight in three weeks. AcThe Burnett’s own 126 acres cording to Marvin, the cross also in Rocky Comfort, Mo., but produces a friendly temperahave recently downsized their commercial herd to 15 momma Rocky Comfort, Mo. ment so working them is easy.

Marvin said, “We can walk cows so Marvin will have less the herd down the road in the work while recuperating from an OCTOBER 20, 2014

hot summer to change pastures even though some are 2,000 pounds and leave footprints in the blacktop.” Then he laughed and added, “They are all our pets except for the ones we name ‘Deep-freeze.’” The Burnett’s current bull is a registered Gelbvieh though Marvin plans to buy a registered Simmental when it is time for a change.

The couple run a mostly closed herd, sometimes keeping heifers for replacement and other times selling them depending upon their current needs. When they purchase a bull, they do so from a reputable breeder they know personally rather than from a sale barn in order to maintain the benefits of a closed herd. Marvin keeps what he calls “a clean herd,” and therefore does not vaccinate. The herd is dewormed with a pour on wormer because the couple feels the process is more humane as is tagging rather than branding and banding rather than cutting. Further, no steroids or growth implants are used. Marvin also consults the Farmer’s Almanac about when to wean. Marvin said, “Believe it or not, when I follow the almanac, the process is easier and the mommas don’t bawl very much.”

At this point in their life, one of the couples’ top priorities is easy maintenance.

One decision supporting that priority is haying only 10 acres and buying the rest of their hay. He applies 200 pounds of 3-2-1 fertilizer per acre and sprays in the spring and later for thistles as needed. Marvin said, “I can buy a lot of hay for what equipment costs.” Marvin’s brother gives Marvin first option when he sells his hay.

The Burnett land is really a family conclave. Their son and their granddaughter also have residences within short walking distance of Marvin and Barbara’s home.

The only requirement was that the children needed a path to walk to grandma’s house.

One consequence is that their granddaughter and her husband raise and sell colts on their land, some of which come from a mustang mare the granddaughter broke when she was younger. The couple also breaks horses for other people and keeps them with their small herd.

Barbara said, “Having our family all around us is wonderful and good for all of us. We are thrilled to be able to have a place for them to build their homes.”

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Artie and Robyn Cole turn a fun hobby into a profitable seasonal farm business The small, rural town of Exeter, Mo., has a population of less than 1,000 but throughout the month of October, the Exeter Corn Maze, located just southwest of town, expects to see nearly 10,000 visitors roam through the corn stalk labyrinth. “We have doubled in attendance each year, over the last three years,” said

Though a lot of local folks visit the corn maze, the Coles see visitors from all over the area. “We have lots that come up from the Bentonville area in Arkansas,” said Robyn. “Some city kids have never even seen a cow up close before.” Besides the maze, the Coles have a petting zoo with baby livestock. They also have a corn shooter, pumpkin cannon, zipline,

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Though the Cole’s corn maze amusements are only open through September and October, they spend many months working and planning for the yearly event.

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SMR1283- AVA. This picture perfect 3 bedroom/3.5 bath home has beautiful views of the 40 acres. It features 3 fireplaces, granite countertops, new appliances, new hardwood floors and a full finished walkout basement. This property also has a large 4 stall horse barn with office/tack room plus an outdoor riding arena. Working corral for cattle. 2 car detached garage/shop. All of this is located not far from the World Fox Trotting Headquarters. More land available. $359,900.

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Artie Cole, who, along with wife, Robyn, bounce pillow, jumbo size bounce house, started the seasonal amusement on their haunted barn and other amusements.

Artie said, “It is hard to impress kids family farm.

The Exeter Corn Maze can be classified these days, so we have to come up with as agritourism, and offers visitors a chance new stuff every year.” He explained, “kids to get a glimpse of farming and agriculture are hard to entertain, and we wanted in a fun, entertaining way. “We started something that wasn’t offered at the other it as a hobby, but were working on being mazes around here.” Since starting the maze in 2011, the Coles spend the rest diversified – if you farm these of the year, creating new activities, days, you have to be diverand coming up with new designs sified,” said Artie. Robyn for the next year. “My philososaw another reason to begin phy is that you have to impress the venture into agritourism, every person that comes in, “There’s just not enough to do because they are going to tell around here, I wanted to do Exeter, Mo. people about it, and if they something fun to give people a like what they hear, they will place to go on weekends.”

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The corn maze itself is a crop of about 7 acres of field corn. Robyn and Artie discuss maze design ideas, and then Robyn works out a plan with the maze cutter to finalize the design. The cutter uses a special mower, along with a GPS guided computer to precisely cut out the intricate pattern. The Coles keep the design secret until the cutting and aerial photos are done in late summer. The last two years, the Coles have chosen to go with a politically conservative design, “we have gone political the last two years, but next year we are going to change it up,” said Robyn.

They started planting pumpkins a couple of years ago and used nearly 10 acres of their farm for the pumpkins this year. “Pumpkins are hard to grow,” said Artie. In June, the Coles hand-planted several sizes and varieties of pumpkins in the ground, “to keep weeds and grass down, we had to manually spray around all of the plants,” explained Artie. They also worked with a local beekeeper that brought 10 permanent beehives to ensure they have good pollination. The summer rains gave them a bumper crop of OCTOBER 20, 2014

pumpkins. What they don’t sell through the season, they will offer to area farmers for feeding pigs and other livestock.

When they aren’t working on the corn maze business, Artie is cleaning out chicken houses. “I have three skid-steers and two guys that help,” said Artie. He works along with other contractors so that cleaning, hauling and trucking is planned together.

Artie was raised on the farm where he and Robyn live and work. “When I was 14, my dad had a stroke, and me and my little brother, Richie, had to keep it running.” Artie’s dad had been a dairyman for 40 years, and at the time had a dairy operation, large commercial beef herd and chicken houses. “Richie did most of the milking, and I took care of the feeding,” shared Artie. Since then, farming has been a full-time way of life for Artie. After he graduated from high school, he started his own dairy. Besides dairy, he has also owned broiler houses, which got him started in the cleaning business. Since selling his dairy herd after the recent drought years, he is cleaning chicken houses full time.

Artie and Robyn live on the family farm with their two kids, Artie and Ashley. Robyn is the president of the Exeter school PTO and they all keep busy with community and school events, as well as special events taking place at the maze.

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By Stephanie Beltz-Price

Ozarks Older Iron Club welcomes guests to experience our agricultural heritage

David Melton, Club President

Nestled between Highway 60 and the railroad tracks in Cabool, Mo., is a place where you can step back in time. Between the semitrucks buzzing by on the highway and the trains carrying cargo across the country, sits the club grounds for the Ozarks Older Iron Club.

“Our main goal is to preserve as much agricultural history as possible through collecting and restoring antique equipment and showing those methods,” explained Ozarks Older Iron Club President David Melton. “We are proud to be able to educate people about how things used to be done.”

David has been a member of the club for 25 years. “My parents were members in the club and I’m proud to be part of the fourth generation. I have kids and grandchildren who are involved in the club. We are a family organization with members from 27 surrounding communities and even a few in Arkansas and Oklahoma.”

The Club History

In early 1988, a meeting was held to gauge the interest in forming an Antique Engine and Tractor Club. Twenty-nine people attended the first meeting and this was the beginning of the club.

Now the club has more than 130 members paying annual dues each year. They hold monthly meetings on the first Monday of each month.

“The Ozarks Older Iron Club is Branch 28 of the Early Day Gas Engine and Tractor Association,” explained David. “They are a national organization formed in 1957 with membership only available through the local branches such as ours.

“Our club was established in 1988 and has been growing ever since then,” David added.

The Grounds and Shows

“We have two shows a year, one in May and one in October at our club grounds in Cabool,” said David. “We started the shows in West Plains at the Heart of the Ozarks

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Fair Grounds, but as our shows grew and our membership base grew, we moved them to a more central location in Cabool.

“We were hosting the shows at the Chamber of Com- Josh Friend, Club Vice President Photos by Stephanie Beltz-Price merce grounds in Cabool and like West Plains it was borrowed ground,” David explained. “In 2001 we had the opportunity to purchase 38 acres adjacent to the Chamber grounds and that’s where we’ve set-up shop ever since.”

They started construction on facilities and permanent buildings and have a “Tuesday Crew” of members who oversee this. “These groups of club members volunteer their time, machines and energy to keep the grounds mowed during the summer, keep equipment serviced and running at the grounds and build the new buildings as we have the funds,” David said.

“Currently we have a sawmill, a blacksmith and wheelwright area at the grounds, along with two large storage and display areas, a lighted pulling track and plans for continued additions and improvements,” David proudly stated.

“During our show this fall we also hosted demonstrations including old-time harvesting procedures such as baling hay at a stationary baler that is on display and we had a display to show thrashing techniques of the past as well as having the other areas up and running,” he said. “We also had a molasses making demonstrations in one of our permanent displays throughout the day that was a hit.”

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In conjunction with the shows, they host a tractor pull for antique and classic tractors. “This is a chance for tractor owners to show off their tractors and see other tractors in competition,” explained Josh Friend, club vice president, a member of the club for 20 years.

“One of the unique aspects of our tractor pulls is our Junior Pull,” explained Josh. “You officially have to be 13-yearsold to join EDGE&TA, so we’ve developed a junior member group of our club, the Ozarks Older Iron Club.”

“This is one of the ways we are getting the younger generations involved,” added David. “Many times kids come with their parents and grandparents to meetings and the shows and we want them to have ownership in the club as well, so that’s how the junior member club got started.”

“In regards to the tractor pull, they can only participate once they have passed a safety course, including a review of them on the tractor,” explained Josh. “This is something that we complete at the tractor show. The child has to be big enough to actually handle the tractor by themselves, no matter how proficient they might be regarding safety of the machinery.

“We want to include junior members but safety is top priority for our pulls and shows no matter your age,” added Josh.

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The future of the Ozarks Older Iron Club is actually rooted in the past. “We are trying to preserve agricultural history through the machinery and mechanics of the old days,” explained David. “To do that we need to continue to educate people about these things. We have FFA groups who bring students to the show to learn about the past,” he added.

“In order to continue to grow, we have to keep passing down the ways and the equipment and the best way to do that is to get younger people involved and interested,” David said. “We even have middle-age folks come out to the shows that have never seen some of the equipment and they way things were done. It’s our jobs to continue to teach and peak interest in people so they will join clubs like this and keep the agricultural heritage alive.”

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Products and Services: “We sell horse, cattle, pig, deer, chicken and fish feed as well as pet food and wild bird feed and feeders. If it’s food for a critter, we pretty much have it. And if we don’t, we’ll call around and try to get it for you. We have grass seed, lawn and garden supplies, nursery hay and straw.

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“Another great part,” store manager Qcorhznet Stringer added, “is watching a customer come in with a new puppy, so you start out selling them puppy food and then watch, as their dog grows into an adult dog. Some customers bring their animals in with them. Some just stop by to visit. We have three resident cats here as well and of course, they think they run the place.”

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On this bright October morning, Richard McConnell and his wife, Tina Williams, soak in the breeze from the shade of a giant, arching tree in the front yard of their farm near Bolivar, Mo. The sound of a cow mooing slices through the air and Richard reaches for his pocket.

His cell phone ringtone echoes the calls of a momma cow.

When Richard finishes his call he turns to Tina and said, “He said they drove them in the pen as easy as can be. He is tickled to death.” Richard and Tina are fresh off a trip to northern Florida where they spent a week teaching a livestock marketing and stockmanship school. One of the ranchers who attended the school called Richard to say how well the stockmanship skills work. The two look at each other and smile, they love it when farmers share their sucship methods he learned while hancess stories. dling cattle in Northern California and In 2005, Richard and Tina developed Canada, gathering reindeer in Alaska, Hand ‘n Hand Livestock Solutions. The and rounding up wild cattle in Mexico. couple travels all over the country con- Richard and Tina utilize Bud’s practices ducting classes, seminars and schools for on their 80-acre farm where they use farmers and ranchers interested in learn- rotational grazing for their commercial ing new ways to operate their business cattle. “After we saw the benefits and and handle their livestock. Richard has value of it. I thought, ‘We want to pass a master’s degree in Agriculit on.’ We are trying to pick up the ture Education and spent reins and continue what he (Bud more than a decade teachWilliams) tried so hard to accoming Vocational Ag in Odesplish. We think the benefits sa, Mo. Tina is the daughter to people and livestock are of of Bud Williams, a well-known paramount importance,” exlivestock wrangler, who dedi- Bolivar, Mo. plained Richard. cated the last years of his life to teaching others stockman— Continued on Page 16 OCTOBER 20, 2014

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the farm to help the 55-acre farm pay for gallon. She added, “There are some that itself. She said, “The goats could pay for will give a gallon and a half, close to two themselves. It just kind of fell into place.” gallons a day. If it’s a gallon or more, I Their goats are mostly Nubian. They think that’s a decent milk goat.”

The Millions do not sell goat milk. Lesley also have a couple of Alpines and a few explained, “The demand for our cheese crosses. Lesley chose Nubians is so high we don’t have enough milk because of their personalities. to sell. We sell everything we can “They’re very sweet. They make and haven’t even begun to like people. They like to be reach the demand.” around people. They have good Lesley said a lot of people temperament,” she said. “I like in the area are looking for their dangly ears. I like the way goat milk and are having they look. They come in all dif- Fordland, Mo. a hard time getting it. She ferent colors, and I like that, too.”

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meet your neighbors explained, “I think there is more of a de- recipe calls for goat cheese, they’re talkmand because of shows like Food Network ing about Chevre. We do several differand all the cooking shows. I think people ent flavors of it.” They also do a variety are learning more about different kinds of of other cheeses. food and getting more adventurous.”

Lesley began just making cheese for “There’s also a demand for local prod- her and Barry. She said, “I’m fascinated ucts. We’re local and sell to the Spring- by the combination of art and science field, Mo., area,” Lesley stated. that goes into cheese making.”

Their cheeses can be purchased at Farm“One thing I’ve learned through trial ers’ Market of the Ozark in Springfield, and and error about cheese making is a lot of the Webb City Market. It is also available people have kind of a rosy idea about how at all three Mama Jean’s locations, Home- easy it would be,” Lesley stated. She added, grown Food, Brown “Cheese making is Derby International about 75 to 80 perThere are a few difWine Center (all in cent dishwashing Springfield). There and cleaning. If you ferent things that will are also several resdon’t like washing determine what your taurants that purdishes and cleaning final product ends up chase their cheese: then cheese making like. That’s temperaFarmer’s Gastropub, is not for you.”

Metropolitan FarmOf course there ture, time, cultures that er, Gilardi’s, Tea is a difference beyou add, rennent and Bar and Bites (all tween cow’s milk amount of rennet, and in Springfield), and and goat’s milk. whether you press it. the Bruncheonette Lesley said, “Goat’s in Joplin, Mo. milk is a little more – Lesley Million Lesley said, “You delicate. It is a litTerrell Creek Farm can make any tle richer; a little kind of cheese out of goat’s milk that sweeter. It’s better with certain styles of you make out of cow’s milk. There are a cheese than cow’s milk, and vice versa.” few different things that will determine Lesley and Barry are still growing their what your final product ends up like. herd. She said, “We’d like to max out That’s temperature, time, cultures that our milking does at 50.” you add, rennet and amount of rennet, They are very much hands-on in their and whether you press it.” dairy goat and cheese making operation.

She explained, “You add rennet, which They have a good friend who works is a coagulate. That’s what makes your there part-time when they’re really busy. protein and calcium and everything mitt Lesley added, “We have a couple of local together to make your cheese form a curd.” high school girls that milk for us three The Millions make traditional goat times a week, so we get a little bit of a cheese called Chevre. Lesley stated, “If a break. They’re really good help.”

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During the marketing portion of their seminars, Richard and Tina present a twist to a universally accepted practice.

“We tell people to sell high and then buy low,” explained Tina. “Everybody wants a crystal ball. Everyone wants you to tell them what the market is going to be. What I have found is, nobody knows. All that matters is the price of the stock today because that is all that we know for sure,” Richard said. In their classes, they encourage farmers to make timely transactions. “We suggest people haul in to market the livestock that the market wants that day and then buy the ones that the market doesn’t really want on that day. You need to sell high and buy low in one day to a week. That way you eliminate the risk because risk is involved in time,” explained Tina. Richard and Tina conduct regular assessments on their own farm, including weighing their stockers, so they know the current value of each animal.

An equally important component of their business involves stockmanship.

“By having stockmanship skills, you will lose fewer animals and have healthier animals and are able to control them,” explained Tina. The couple stresses calm, confident and controlled interaction with livestock. One tip they pass on to ranchers is to approach animals from the side instead of from behind. Live-

stock have peripheral vision and find comfort in knowing where the pressure is coming from. “They like to be pressured from the side and they like that because they can see you and they will go straight,” said Tina. Another tool they encourage farmers to use is to work in straight lines when moving cattle.

“Curved lines represent a predator circling their prey,” explained Tina. When farmers move in straight or zig-zagged steps then the animals will feel more relaxed. “We want to do the things that make animals feel comfortable instead of the things that make them feel anxious,” added Tina.

Freshly-weaned calves can be particularly vulnerable, so Richard says from the second they get off the trailer he makes sure they know that he is the leader and will take care of them. Richard gives them feed and water in the corral and then uses his stockmanship skills to calm them. “We spend time working on their mental state. They are just like you and I, if they are not stressed then they are able to ward off diseases and illness,” Richard stated.

As Richard and Tina reflect on their work, they say their hope is they have made a positive difference in the lives of people and livestock. And from the sound of the phone call Richard took in the front lawn, the answer is, they have.

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town &

country

in the field and in the office

Rob Higginbotham In Town: “I have worked in banking since 1983 and started as a teller. I am now Vice President of Commercial Lending at First Community Bank in Neosho, Mo. My wife, Kathy, has been the kitchen manager for Seneca Elementary School for 17 years.”

In Country: “My wife and I have lived in Seneca, Mo., all our lives. We live on a small farm we purchased in 1986 where we raise show pigs. We started out with Suffix sheep but switched to show pigs 17 years ago because my youngest son, who has Downs Syndrome, was able to manage show pigs more easily. My son showed crossbred pigs throughout his school years for both 4-H and FFA. Later my eldest granddaughter became interested in Chester Whites, a heritage breed developed very early in the 1800s, so that now we have both crossbreds and Chester Whites.

For the last three years my granddaughter and I have gone to the State Fair where she has shown Chester Whites she bred and raised. In 2012, she won State Champion Chester White Guilt in both the 4-H and open divisions. In 2014, she won guilt class in both 4-H and open divisions as well as third overall guilt.

“One thing we have learned through the years is that management of both the animal and facilities is the key to success. The animals must be well taken care of which means a good health regimen that includes careful feeding and watering with clean water that promotes optimum growth. The animals also need grooming, exercise and training continually. The more animals are handled, the easier they are to handle in the ring.”

Making it Work: “Our country and town lives blend together very well.

The country life provides an opportunity to have animals in a spacious and quiet environment that brings the family closer to nature and in touch with agriculture. On the other hand, knowledge of agriculture makes me a better lender for the bank because I understand farming and farmers’ needs including the inevitable up and downs of agricultural life.”

Douglas County, MO - 350 ac m/l. Bear Ranch is a full time operator’s or gentleman’s cattle operation. The property is set up for rotational grazing with 19 pastures and all have automatic waters. Pasture can support 115 cow/calf pairs. All cattle and farm equipment are for sale with property. Call to schedule your private showing. Two bedroom home, insulated shop with concrete floor, barn, hay barn and excellent working pens. $650,000 Wright County, MO - 165 acres m/l Quality whitetail habitat located within a large tract of timber featuring rolling topography that transitions to a live water creek bottom and ridge top food plots. The creek bottom holds an abundance of wildlife, including whitetails and wild turkey. Aerial topographic maps identify distinct saddles, pinch points and transition zones revealing ideal stand and ambush sites. Diversified land characteristics of mixed hardwoods, pine thickets, impenetrable cedar thickets, and an abundance of edge and security cover. A trail system throughout the property makes travel easily accessed by foot or ATV. Plenty of deer holding cover throughout the property. Multiple access points allows for convenient access throughout the property. Call today to schedule a showing of this hunting tract.$195,000

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20 - Spring Bred Heifers 17 - Spring Calving Pairs 25 - Fall Calving Cows 30 - Spring Bulls 24 - Fall Bulls Sires Represented:

• KCF Bennett Absolute • AAR Ten X 7008 SA • Sitz Upside 547 W • Sitz Upward 307 R • VAR Reserve 1111 • Connealy Consensus 7229 • Hoover Dam • Connealy Irish 0204 For Sale Book contact:

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slaughter

market sales reports

bulls

beef

(Week of 10/5/14 to 10/11/14) Buffalo Livestock

104.00-155.00 †

Douglas County Livestock

110.00-138.00 † 1

Joplin Regional Stockyards

115.00-147.00 †

Kingsville Livestock Auction

115.00-139.00 † 130.00-142.00*

Lebanon Livestock Auction Mo-Ark - Exeter

None Reported* 112.00-148.00*

Ozarks Regional Stockyard

120.50-142.00

South Central Regional Stockyards

80

100

120

slaughter

140

160

180

cows

(Week of 10/5/14 to 10/11/14) Buffalo Livestock

88.00-127.00*

Douglas County Livestock

85.00-125.00 †

Interstate Regional Stockyards

† 8 85.00-127.50

Joplin Regional Stockyards

88.00-128.00 †

Kingsville Livestock Auction

101.00-126.00 †

Lebanon Livestock Auction

100.00-123.00*

Mo-Ark - Exeter

85.00-123.00* 98.00-124.50 †

MO-KAN Livestock Market

85.00-122.00 †

Ozarks Regional Stockyard

85.00-121.00 †

South Central Regional

85.00-128.50 †

Springfield Livestock Marketing

40

60

80

100

cow/calf

120

140

160

pairs

(Week of 10/5/14 to 10/11/14) Buffalo Livestock Market

2000.00-2400.00* None Reported

Douglas County Livestock Auction

2300.00-3100.00 †

Joplin Regional Stockyards Kingsville Livestock Auction

None Reported

Lebanon Livestock Auction

None Reported*

Ozarks Regional Stockyard

None Reported 1875.00-2400.00

Springfield Livestock Marketing

1000

2000

4000

5000

cows

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

400-500 lbs.

500-600 lbs.

600-700 lbs.

700-800 lbs.

(Week of 10/5/14 to 10/11/14) Buffalo Livestock

1275.00-1900.00* 1200.00-2135.00 †

Douglas County

1825.00-2360.00 †

Interstate Regional Stockyards

Holsteins, Lg. 3

1110.00-2500.00 †

Joplin Regional Kingsville Livestock Auction

None Reported †

Lebanon Livestock Auction

1800.00-2250.00*

300-400 lbs.

400-500 lbs.

500-600 lbs.

600-700 lbs.

700-800 lbs.

1400.00-2300.00*

Mo-Ark - Exeter

None Reported †

MO-KAN Livestock Market - Butler Ozarks Reg.

Heifers, Med. & Lg. 1

850.00-2800.00 †

South Central Regional Stockyards None Reported

18 18

Ava Douglas County† 10/9/14

†

†

3000

replacement

1000

sheep &

†

1375.00-2000.00 †

2000

3000

goats

Diamond, Mo. • TS Whites Sheep and Goat Sale

10/2/14

Receipts: 1266 Sheep: Slaughter Lambs: Choice and Prime 2-3 wooled and shorn non-traditional 80-90 lbs 185.00-

190.00; 90-100 lbs 187.50-190.00; traditional 100150 lbs 150.00-195.00; hair 70-80 lbs 205.00-220.00; 80-90 lbs 190.0-215.00; 90-100 lbs 180.00-190.00.

Feeder/Stocker Lambs: Medium and Large 1-2 hair 40-50 lbs 190.00-205.00; 50-60 lbs 205.00-220.00; 60-70 lbs 202.50-222.50.

Slaughter Ewes: Utility and Good 1-2 hair 108-115 lbs 79.00-95.00.

Bucks: hair 160-190 lbs few 65.00-115.00.

Replacement Sheep: Ewes: Medium and Large 1-2 wooled 118-150 lbs 90.00-130.00; hair 80-135 lbs 90.00-140.00.

Bucks: hair 115-135 lbs 145.00-150.00.

Goats: Slaughter Classes: Kids Selection: 1 60-70 lbs 225.00-235.00; 80-100 lbs 220.00-250.00; 100-115 lbs 225.00-230.00. Selection 1-2 40-50 lbs 205.00 -240.00; 50-60 lbs 218.00-235.00; Selection 2 60-70 lbs 205.00-220.00; 80-90 lbs 210.00-230.00.

Selection 3 70-80 lbs 230.00-245.00; 80-90 lbs 185.00-230.00.

Does/Nannies: Selection 1-2 68-145 lbs 130.00155.00. Selection 3 80-110 lbs 75.00-102.50.

Billies: Selection 1-2 110-130 lbs 170.00-190.00. Selection 2-3 aged wethers 80-192 lbs 160.00-185.00.

Selection 3 few 114-115 lbs 115.00-142.50.

Replacement Nannies: Selection 1 90-140 lbs 130.00-175.00. Selection 3 dairy 80-145 lbs 125.00175.00.

Billies: Selection 1 240.00-335.00 per head.

Stocker/Feeder Kids: Selection 2 30-40 lbs 205.00240.00. Selection 3 30-40 lbs 190.00-195.00; 40-50 lbs 145.00-190.00; 50-60 lbs 162.50-190; 60-70 lbs 160.00-180.00.

Koshkonong, Mo. • Oregon Cty Goat & Sheep Market

stocker & feeder

4000

5000

300-400 lbs.

400-500 lbs.

500-600 lbs.

600-700 lbs.

700-800 lbs.

Buffalo Livestock Auction* 10/11/14

Butler Mo-Kan Livestock† 10/9/14

Cuba Interstate Regional† 10/7/14

9/27/14

Receipts: 219 Slaughter Classes: Goats: Kids Selection 1 45-60 lbs 205.00; 61-80 lbs 185.00. Selection 2 45-60 lbs 185.00, 61-80 lbs 165.00 Selection 1-3 dairy kids 170.00.

Feeder Kid: Selection 1-2 20-44 lbs 100.00.

Slaughter Does/Nannies: Selection 1-2 100.00. Selection 3 75.00. yearling does any grade 100.00.

Slaughter Bucks: Selection 1-2 105.00.

Sheep: Slaughter Lambs: Choice and Prime 2-3 hair 80 lbs and under 130.00-170.00; over 80 lbs 150.00.

Slaughter Ewes: Scarce Slaughter Rams: aged 45.00.

†

1650.00-2550.00 †

South Central Regional Stockyards - Vienna

0

Receipts: 524 Springer heifers bred seven to nine months: Supreme 2300.00-2650.00, Approved 2050.00-2275.00, Medium 1625.00-1885.00, Common 1425.00-1500.00.

Heifers bred three to six months: Supreme 2050.002300.00, Approved 1900.00-2000.00, Crossbreds 1650.00-1975.00, Medium 1600.00-1825.00, Common 1500.00-1600.00.

Heifers bred one to three months: Approved pair 1500.00-1850.00, ind Jersey 1700.00, pair Crossbreds 1525.00, Medium pair Crossbreds 1390.00.

Open Heifers: Approved 208-255 lbs 500.00-560.00, lot of 6 at 298 lbs 820.00, Jerseys 210-288 lbs 630.00-750.00, 300-390 lbs 650.00-790.00, Jerseys 330-375 lbs 750.00830.00, Crossbreds 355-395 lbs 720.00-780.00, 404-470 lbs 850.00-940.00, couple Jerseys 445 and 500 lbs 770.00, pair Bn Swiss 455 lbs 1010.00, Crossbreds 415-478 lbs 660.00-830.00, 520-580 lbs 920.00-1030.00, lot of 8 at 534 lbs 1140.00, pair Jerseys 560-580 lbs 1060.001080.00, Crossbreds 545-600 lbs 900.00-1180.00, 635-695 lbs 1000.00-1260.00, lot 9 at 659 lbs 1290, Jerseys 620-695 lbs 1000.00-1385.00, Crossbreds 605633 lbs 850.00- 980.00, 708-772 lbs 1260.00-1425.00, Crossbreds 724-823 lbs 1250.00-1385.00, Medium 330380 lbs pair 510.00-550.00, 410-500 lbs 610.00-690.00.

Replacement Cows: Fresh: Supreme ind 2275.00, ind Crossbred 2500.00, Approved ind 1625.00, Medium pair 1075.00, ind Crossbred 1185.00.

Springer Cows: Approved ind 1485.00, ind Jersey 1500.00.

Bred Cows: Supreme ind 1950.00, Approved 1525.001625.00, ind Jerseys 1725.00, Medium pair Jerseys 1350.00-1510.00.

Baby Calves: Holstein heifers 240.00-335.00, Holstein bulls 310.00-400.00, small 80.00-230.00, Jersey bulls 90.00-170.00, Crossbred bulls -240.00-320.00.

†

None Reported

MO-KAN Livestock Market - Butler

Springfield Livestock

10/9/14

Receipts: 572 Springer heifers bred seven to nine months: Supreme 2250.00-2350.00, Ind. Crossbred 2125.00, Approved 1975.00-2200.00, Crossbreds 1775.00-1875.00, Ind. Jersey 1750.00, Medium 1850.00-1925.00.

Heifers bred four to six months: Supreme 2060.002100.00, Approved 1850.00-2025.00, Medium 1650.00-1710.00, Common 1400.00-1450.00.

Heifers bred one to three months: Approved 1700.001835.00, Crossbreds 1575.00-1675.00, Medium Ind. 1450.00, Ind. Crossbred 1150.00, Common - Ind. Crossbred 700.00, Ind. Jersey 550.00.

Open heifers: Approved 200-300 lbs Pkg 20 hd 775.00, Jerseys 720.00, 335-390 lbs Pkg 21 hd 910.00, Jerseys 900.00-930.00, 420-485 lbs 910.00-975.00, Jerseys 1110.00-1120.00, 525-594 lbs Pkg 8 hd 1110.00, Pkg 16 hd Jerseys 1410.00, Crossbreds 1025.00-1120.00, 605-670 lbs 1150.00-1175.00, Ind. Crossbred 975.00, Medium 200-300 lbs 560.00, 300-400 lbs 660.00690.00, Crossbreds 600.00, 425-458 lbs 775.00-825.00, Crossbreds 840.00, 550-560 lbs Crossbreds 850.00860.00, 600-630 lbs 775.00-875.00, 765-785 lbs Ind. 1150.00, Ind. Jersey 1000.00.

Fresh and open milking cows: Supreme 2400.002700.00, Jerseys 2100.00-2700.00. Approved 1750.002275.00, Jerseys 1525.00-1750.00, Medium 1200.001550.00, Crossbreds 1325.00-1400.00.

Bred and Springer cows: Supreme 2050.00-2450.00, Approved 1550.00-1800.00, Ind. Crossbred 1775.00, Medium Crossbreds 1400.00-1550.00, Jerseys 950.001100.00.

Baby calves: Holstein heifers Large 330.00-410.00, Small Ind 270.00, Holstein bulls Large 330.00-400.00, Small 210.00-340.00, Jersey heifers Large 300.00-

Springfield, Mo. • Springfield Livestock Marketing Center 9/23/14

1150.00-3000.00*

Mo-Ark - Exeter

0

†

2650.00-2925.00 †

Interstate Regional Stockyards - Cuba

cattle

Norwood, Mo. • Producers Auction Yards

†

111.50-143.00 †

Springfield Livestock

60

dairy

119.00-140.00 †

MO-KAN Livestock Market

10/12/14

5 Area (Tx-Ok, Ks, Neb, Ia, Colo) Live Basis Sales - Over 80% Choice Steers: 160.00-165.50; wtd. avg. price 163.49.

Heifers: 160.00-165.00; wtd. avg. price 163.79.

Dressed Basis Sales - Over 80% Choice Steers: 255.00-260.00; wtd. avg. price 257.92.

Heifers: 255.00-261.00; wtd. avg. price 257.89.

130.00-151.50*

Interstate Regional Stockyards

cattle

Midwest - High Plains Direct Slaughter Cattle

310.00, Small Ind. 220.00, Jersey bulls, Small 60.00110.00, Crossbred heifers Ind. 370.00, Crossbred bulls Large 300.00-400.00, Small 140.00-240.00.

Exeter Mo-Ark Livestock* 10/11/14

Buffalo

Recei Sheep tional Choic 180.0 Feede 190.0 Slaug Goats 242.5 50-76 Does/ Billie Repla Billie Stock Select

Nation

Chees The w $2.16 Fluid Midw and A Califo sonall Spot l North levels and im or cre SPOT BUTT $3.19

Mo. W

Recei Wean

prices

Joplin Regional Stockyards† 10/6/14

Kingsville Livestock Auction† 10/7/14

Lebanon Livestock Auction* 10/9/14

1255

901

608

1261

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3900

961

785

Uneven

St-2 Higher

6-10 Higher

St-4 Higher

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St-9 Higher

Steady

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310.00-358.00 270.00-319.00 243.00-276.00 230.00-249.00 233.00-234.00

304.00-367.50 275.00-320.00 255.00-276.00 240.00-253.00 223.00-239.00

331.00 281.00-310.00 265.00-279.50 254.00-261.00 233.50

300.00-335.00 278.00-327.50 245.50-285.50 240.00-255.00 224.00-229.00

312.00-330.00 287.00-317.00 212.00-280.00 ----226.00

305.00-370.00 280.00-317.50 260.00-285.00 242.00-270.00 227.50-244.00

345.00-354.00 276.00-322.50 265.00-289.00 242.50-276.00 255.75

300.00-354.00 270.00-324.00 245.00-289.00 235.00-265.00 229.00-243.00

214.00 214.00 --------190.00

--------197.00-199.00 ----178.00

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205.00 195.00-217.50 180.00 205.00 171.00

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232.00 230.00 --------192.00

264.00-312.00 240.00-272.50 234.00-249.00 222.50-237.00 -----

235.00-290.00 250.00-288.00 227.00-244.00 221.00-233.00 214.00-222.00

277.00 256.00-275.00 238.50-264.50 224.50-243.75 -----

275.00 246.00-290.00 236.00-254.00 220.00-238.00 -----

280.00-310.00 255.00-277.00 240.00-255.00 ----217.00-230.00

275.00-300.00 248.00-283.00 245.00-262.50 234.00-246.00 215.00-227.50

332.50 266.00-285.00 249.50-267.00 233.50-260.00 -----

277.00-305.00 248.00-287.00 230.00-260.00 219.00-235.00 -----

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300.00-354.00 270.00-324.00 245.00-289.00 235.00-265.00 229.00-243.00

Springfield Livestock Marketing† 10/8/14

300.00-315.00 269.00-317.50 257.50-280.00 230.00-269.50 220.00-239.50

Vienna South Central† 10/8/14

305.00-317.00 280.00-333.00 268.00-307.00 240.00-275.00 232.00-260.00

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320.00-365.00 292.50-350.00 262.00-283.00 243.00-268.00 230.00-243.00

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291.00-307.50 254.50-290.00 240.00-259.00 220.00-249.00 210.00-227.00

290.00-315.00 257.00-285.00 242.50-269.00 230.00-242.50 219.00-231.00

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Activity in the hay market continues to be quite limited.

After a few dry days rains are once again stopping any field work. It is still very early in the month but some areas have already recorded the rain amounts placing this month in the top ten wettest OctoberÂ’s on record since 1889! The hay supply is moderate to heavy, demand is light, and prices are steady to weak. The Missouri Department of Agriculture has a hay directory available for both buyers and sellers. To be listed, or for a directory visit http://mda.mo.gov/abd/haydirectory/ or for current listings of hay http://agebb.missouri. edu/haylst/ (All prices f.o.b. and per ton unless specified and on most recent reported sales price listed as round bales based generally on 5x6 bales with weights of approximately 1200-1500 lbs).

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

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

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

Good quality Mixed Grass hay: 75.00-95.00.

Fair to Good quality Mixed Grass hay: 40.00-65.00.

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

Fair to Good quality Bromegrass: 50.00-70.00.

Wheat straw: 3.00-5.00 per small square bale.

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Estimated Receipts: 505 Supply and demand are light to moderate.

Compared to Monday’s close: barrows and gilts are steady to firm.

Base carcass meat price: 96.00-100.00.

Sows: (cash prices) are firm to 4.00 higher. 300-500 lbs.

55.00-58.00, over 500 lbs. 58.00-62.00.

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The weekly average for barrels is $2.1140 (-.0580) and blocks, $2.1665 (-.0155).

Fluid Milk: Milk volumes are increasing in the Southeast and Midwest; steady to higher in the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, and Arizona; steady in Florida and New Mexico; uneven in California (steady in the North, mixed in the South); and seasonally declining in the Pacific Northwest, Idaho and Utah.

Spot load availability of milk is increasing in the Midwest, Northeast and Mid-Atlantic. Improved butterfat and protein levels are noted in the Midwest, attributed to mild weather and improved feed quality. Transportation issues affecting milk or cream are noted in the East and California.

SPOT PRICES OF CLASS II CREAM: $ PER POUND BUTTERFAT, F.O.B., producing plants, Upper Midwest $3.1988-3.7804.

$160

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10/10/14

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$200

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.00-335.00 per head. election 2 30-40 lbs 205.0040 lbs 190.00-195.00; 40-50 0 lbs 162.50-190; 60-70 lbs

dairy & fed cattle

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demand moderate. (Prices Per Head.)

Early weaned pigs 10 lb. base weights, FOB the farm 0% negotiated, 3399 head, 10 lbs, 36.00-58.35, weighted average 45.11.

Early weaned pigs 10 lb base weights, Delivered 100% negotiated, 1066 head, 10 lbs, 60.00.

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

Feeder pigs in all lot sizes, Delivered 100% negotiated, No Sales Reported. *Early weaned pigs are under 19 days old. **Most lots of feeder pigs have a sliding value from the negotiated weight basis which is calculated on the actual average weight of the load plus or minus .25-.40 per pound. Some early weaned lots have a slide of .50-1.00 per pound.

235.47

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on 1-2 68-145 lbs 130.00110 lbs 75.00-102.50.

10-130 lbs 170.00-190.00. Ses 80-192 lbs 160.00-185.00.

5 lbs 115.00-142.50.

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Week of 9/14/14

00-235.00; Selection 2 0; 80-90 lbs 210.00-230.00.

30.00-245.00; 80-90 lbs

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Receipts: 1005 Sheep: Slaughter Lambs: Choice and Prime 2-3 wooled traditional 65-85 lbs 180.00-200.00; 95-125 lbs 145.00-165.00; hair Choice And Prime 2-3 55-85 lbs 195.00-230.00; hair 60-80 lbs 180.00-190.00.

Feeder/Stocker Lambs: Medium and Large 1-2 hair 40-52 lbs 190.00-215.00.

Slaughter Ewes: Utility and Good 1-2 80-204 lbs 70.00-90.00.

Goats: Slaughter Classes: Kids Selection: 1 48-68 lbs 227.50242.50. Selection 1-2 50-72 lbs 217.50-222.50. Selection 2-3 50-76 lbs 193.00-215.00.

Does/Nannies: Selection 2 55-135 lbs 105.00-145.00.

Billies: Selection 1-2 85-175 lbs 125.00-170.00.

Replacement Nannies: Selection 1-2 55-120 lbs 140.00-165.00.

Billies: Selection 1 Ind. 2 yr 200 lb 495.00 by head.

Stocker/Feeder Kids: Selection 1 20-37 lbs 240.00-257.50.

Selection 2-3 20-49 lbs 185.00-215.00.

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50-190.00; traditional 100hair 70-80 lbs 205.00-220.00; 90-100 lbs 180.00-190.00.

Medium and Large 1-2 hair 0; 50-60 lbs 205.00-220.00; 0. y and Good 1-2 hair 108-115

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245.52 252.74 251.18

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254.94 245.75

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Jim Nichols shares his passion for elk hunting on horseback with his daughters Photo by Laura L. Valenti

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Jim Nichols was raised around Missouri Fox Trotters in the Mansfield, Mo., area and his father was on the original Missouri Fox Trotters Horse Breed Association Board of Directors. Likewise, he brought up his daughters, Mitzi and Monica around the breed as well and they have all spent years in the show ring at various horse shows in Ava, Mo., the Fox Trotter capital of the world.

In the past three decades, however, Jim has discovered a new passion, involving his beloved horses. “I went on my first elk hunt with the horses when a friend invited me and I’ve been going back ever since, for 25 Each fall for the past 25 years years in a row now. My daughJim Nichols has loaded up his ters, Mitzi and Monica go, too, Fox Trotters and headed to as do their husbands and we Colorado to hunt elk. have a great time,” Jim Nichols explained recently standing beside one of his horse trailers at his home in so we went to retrieve it. About a mile Laclede County, just south of Lebanon, up, the trees that had been eight feet tall Mo. “I have a few horses here, one in the day before were now bent over with training, some others at Mitzi’s and at the snow to about four feet. We found Monica’s. We just have 14 acres here for our stuff under 18-20 inches of snow. We finally got it all cleaned up, bagged up the horses.”

Jim continued “We each ride one horse the tents and so on and then on our way and lead another as a pack horse. We back, we discovered a herd of elk, some make our camp at 8,000 feet and do our 20 to 25 animals, had crossed over our hunting at 10,500 to 10,800 feet, in Col- tracks from earlier that same day.”

It seems each year in the mountains orado just outside the Steamboat Springs brings a new adventure. “We came up area. A couple of years ago, on a bear a few years ago about three we got back down to our or four miles from camp. I was riding tents after dark and it was along and suddenly Rocky’s ears raining. When we got up went up on point and I knew the next morning, above us something was up ahead. was a total whiteout, because Rocky and I stopped and of course, up that high, it was Lebanon, Mo. then the bear stopped about snowing. We still had tents 65 yards away. The bear and other equipment up there

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stood up on his hind legs and Mitzi began fumbling for her cell phone for that Kodak moment. The bear went on his way then shortly afterwards. We began to take stock at that point and realized amongst all of us, all we had for defense, was a hunting knife.

“We usually hunt one or two or even three days, but we almost always fill our tags, which are for one animal, cow or bull, per person. Most years, we’ve all filled our tags by the second day. Last year, which was so dry, was the first time we didn’t all fill our tags for the year. They have also changed how you buy and select the tags. Now you have to choose beforehand whether you plan to shoot a cow or a bull. The bull tags cost more, $610, I think, than the cow tags which are $454. The meat from the cows tastes better most of the time but of course, so many people want those antlers, that trophy. If you are after a bull, they have to have a minimum of four points on each side of the antlers to be legal. We bring back a great deal of meat each trip. As one of the fellows put it, it’s

all fun to shoot that elk and from there, it’s all work.”

Jim began his professional career as a coach and lived and worked in Ozark, Mansfield, Seymour, and the RaymorePeculiar area before returning to coach in the Lebanon system. From there, he moved on to local industry and has been working at Independent Stave ever since.

“My father, the girls’ grandfather, got them started in showing horses when they were just 6 and 7 years old. Today, I’d advise anyone who wanted to get into Missouri Fox Trotters to look first for a good trail horse because the Fox Trotter is an excellent trail horse. The showing of the horses has changed so much over the years. It really is a different world from the trail riding these days, but if that’s what a person is interested in, then I’d say get a good honest trainer to work toward showing.” And in the meantime, Jim Nichols will be heading to the mountains again this fall, for some high altitude trail riding with a little elk hunting on the side.

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Farm visits serve a multiple purpose. One, it allows your lender the chance to observe your operation in action, see what is and isn’t working and if there are additional needs he/she can help with, and educates him/her on the purpose and reasoning behind your farm or ranch. When he/she sees for themselves the how, what and why behind the loan, future conversations are much easier and less intimidating, for both the lender and the customer.

Secondly, it allows us to keep our files up-to-date so that when you come in with a request, we have the information at our fingertips and can make a decision easier and quicker than we might be able to do otherwise. By updating the file and observing the operation first hand, your lender has a better insight on what type of loan structure will work best for your operation.

Thirdly, it can help you, the customer, keep accurate records of your operation. A farm visit allows you and your lender the opportunity to update the value of your livestock, machinery, land, etc., and compare them to those of last year. Do your production records show improvement or decline? How have the markets, weather, etc., affected your operation? How did last year’s changes affect the operation? Do we need to continue with those changes or make new ones?

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Using your farm’s logo and product label to convey a message to your consumers As a farmer – especially a niche farmer with a unique or alternative product – you know the importance of really connecting with the people who are on the other end of your hard labor. The consumer is what allows farmers to keep farming, and you want to foster a relationship with them that is built on people, not just product. That is where your farm logo and/or product label comes in. A logo and a product label are your tools for telling your story to your customers; it conveys who you are, and why you do what you do. It gives the folks who buy your product a glimpse inside your world – and with today’s push for local food and knowing the farmer, it can help increase your sales as well. ogos and labels for your product should be noticeable. Typically, you have a short window of time to attract a buyer’s attention, and you want your label to be eye catching. “Create a label that will “pop” in a retail environment,” said Stacy Tamerius, Marketing Director for Miller Bison at Elkhead Ranch in Bruner, Mo. “You have a small amount of room to convey your selling points and the highlights of your business, but the most important thing is getting the customer to pick up your product and look at the rest of your information in the first place.” sk yourself what you want to portray through your label. Debra Elam-McDonald, owner of Wren Thicket Gardens, a gourmet salad growing operation in West Fork, Ark., said, “We wanted to portray our surroundings in our farm name. We have an abundance of saucy little wrens in the grown up woods around us and they love to go in and out of our hoop houses, hence the name.”

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“The first thing you need to do is produce a high-quality product that customers will want to come back for. A unique name and attractive design helps them remember where they got it. It is an important part of your marketing and well worth the thought and time put into it,” said Debra Elam-McDonald. et your label have a personal touch. “A personal flair to your logo or label helps add a personal feeling to your product. Now, more than ever, in the age of the Internet, customers want to feel connected, or at least in the know, to the companies they patronize. Particularly with food, customers want to know where their food is coming from, how it’s raised and produced,” Tamerius noted.

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Is Your Bull Ready to Work?

By Gary Digiuseppe

There is more to ensuring your bulls are ready to work than a breeding soundness exam It’s time for your bull’s annual checkup.

“Do not assume, just because a bull passed a breeding soundness exam last year, that the bull is fertile this year,” advised Dr. Tom Troxel, University of Arkansas professor of animal science. “Bull fertility does drop off with age, so bulls should be tested every single year.” Troxel told Ozarks Farm & Neighbor bulls should be subjected to fertility tests between 4 to 6 weeks prior to a breeding season; that way, if the bull fails the test, you have enough time to replace or retest him.

The fertility test needs to be performed by a certified veterinarian, who can also check other aspects of the bull’s apparatus. Eldon Cole, University of Missouri Extension area livestock specialist based in Lawrence County, said while palpating the animal the vet can assess whether there are any problems with the bull’s accessory sex glands, and can examine the prepuce and the penis for injuries. The vet can also take testicle measurements to give you an idea about his breeding capacity. “Larger testicle size usually equates to the ability to get a few more females bred,” Cole told OFN, “plus it’s an indicator to some extent of his daughters’ age at reaching puberty.”

The rest of the animal also needs to get a good once-over. Cole said when he’s conducting a bull breeding soundness clinics, he always looks at their eyes. “A lot of bulls have pinkeye scars,” he explained. “They’ve had infections in the past, and some of them may have limited visibility. Of course, we pay a lot of attention to the feet; bulls will get long, grown-out toes, and that can slow up their speed across the pasture as they’re trying to catch a bunch of cows in heat.”

Whether a bull with shortcomings of this nature should be sent to town is, as Cole noted, a judgment call; in today’s market, a replacement animal can cost $4,000-$5,000, but a spent bull can also bring a good price when sold to slaughter. If “he’s not going to get as many cows bred as you would like,” he said, “and if you’ve got a big number of cows waiting for him, maybe he needs some help. It might be you could use him on a limited basis for one more breeding season, but at the same time have a young bull coming in that can spare the bull a little bit of work this year, and then next year maybe the young bull could handle enough cows that you could go ahead and send the older bull to slaughter.”

There are a couple of other things to think about, including the bull’s age. “When a bull gets past 4-5 years of age, we see some deterioration in the quality of the semen, and we find those bulls are the ones more likely to be kicked out,” Cole said.

In addition, both Arkansas and Missouri require that bulls sold, leased, bartered or traded be tested for trichomoniasis, with exceptions for virgin bulls 24 months of age or younger, and animals are headed to slaughter.

And Dr. Troxel added, “The other thing that’s important is to monitor the body condition of your bulls during the breeding season. Oftentimes, bulls will lose weight during the breeding season; you may need to pull that bull off and feed him a little extra energy so he maintains his body condition and stays nutritionally fit during the breeding season. Sometimes that might occur, especially as we talk about pasture conditions dropping off during this dry period.”

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They sell to Little Rock, and central Arkansas restaurants, CSA customers and at farmers markets. The CSA contracts provide 40 percent of their total revenue.

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Risks include that certain crops may not grow during a season for community members. “However, they often get the bounty from my extra crops, this years’ produce included tons of blackberries,” Carney said. “So all of the customers received extra blackberries.”

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If you are a home gardener, chances are that you know the importance of using compost in your garden. Compost, according to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, is “a mixture that consists largely of decayed organic matter and is used for fertilizing and conditioning land.” Compost adds organic matter to the soil, provides nutrients needed by plants, and improves the soil’s Cation Exchange Capacity – this is the capacity of a soil to hold exchangeable cations. On top of these great benefits, compost can also aid gardeners in aerating the soil and improving water holding qualities, and provides a sustainable way to get rid of many types of waste – like kitchen scraps, lawn clippings, and newspapers. One great compost ingredient that is used readily by Mother Nature, but often overlooked by the home gardener, is fallen leaves. Leaves are plentiful in the Ozarks, easy to gather, and make a great base for a successful compost pile.

Brown to Green Ratio

When creating a successful compost pile, it is important to make sure that you have a good ‘brown to green ratio.’ Janet Carson, the Horticulture Specialist at the University of Arkansas Extension Office, said, “Leaves are the “brown” component and make up the bulk of most composting.” Green matter can include things like grass clippings, vegetative kitchen scraps, and dead plants. Paul Spangenberg, owner of P T Gardens in Republic, Mo., said “Leaves can add a great carbon source for the compost pile, and they are wonderful for keeping the moisture in the ground and adding nutrients as they decompose.” This is why the forest floor in a natural setting is always so rich in composted material – a trick of Mother Nature that can easily be replicated in your own compost pile.

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There is really no right or wrong way to add leaves to your compost pile – it can be as simple as bagging the leaves you rake

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up in the yard and tossing them in, or as complex as trekking out to the woods and filling a pickup bed with crunchy, compostable goodness. You can choose to dump your leaves onto your compost heap all at once and leave it to sit, or layer the leaves and mix them in with a pitchfork.

Or you can even take them straight to the garden bed and skip the compost pile – Spangenberg noted that he likes to use fallen leaves as natural mulch. The leaves will still break down and add nutrients to the soil just as they would in a compost heap. “Shredded leaves break down much more quickly than whole leaves,” said Carson – keep this in mind depending on how quickly you plan on using your compost. After you’ve added your leafy brown component, be sure to give your compost heap a stir and add some water every so often to ensure that the proper microbial breakdown action is taking place.

Using Your Leaf-Based Compost

Once the leaves and other brown/green matter in your compost have finished breaking down into a rich, dark, moist humus mixture, it’s time to put it to work in your garden. There are a variety of ways to apply compost – it can be spread in a thin top layer for plants like lettuce to grow up through, placed into a deeper hole to provide a growing base for tomatoes, or shovel-turned into the soil to make a prepared bed for sweet corn. Another popular way to use compost is by watering plants with steeped compost ‘tea.’

Leaves can be a gardener’s best friend when it comes to compost – so the next time you rake the yard, you’ll be contributing to the health of your garden soil

Compost This Issue

Add this issue of Ozarks Farm & Neighbor to your compost pile after you’ve finished reading it – simply tear into strips, mix into your compost and add water. You’ll be doing the Earth, and your garden, a favor.

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A Community of Support Continued from Page 28 greenhouse. Urban Roots Farms offers 90 varieties of vegetables out of 40 types of vegetables. In addition to their CSA customers, they sell to restaurants and at farmers markets.

Adam’s operational focus includes getting people back in touch with where their food comes from, education, sustainability and community building.

According to Adam there are many variations of CSA production. “For our farm, it is basically selling a subscription to the farm,” he said. “The customers pay half of the CSA fee before the crop is planted and the second half before the first pick up at harvest time.”

Adam added that some CSAs require work shares. “We don’t, however we do encourage them to come out one day during the growing season to see what really goes on,” he added.

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According to Adam, every CSA farmer feels a huge commitment to provide great products for your CSA customer. “We call this ‘CSA anxiety.’ This is not the same pressure as getting to the farmers market or retail, it is more than my loss.”

The flip side is that springtime is usually when farmers are cash poor, CSA producers are taking in payments for their pre-season investments from buyers at this time, which provides a boost in the budget, Adam added.

Adam insists that anyone considering starting a CSA researches what CSA costs are in their area. “People need to base their costs in comparison to others in their area,” he said.

Carney suggests that any farmer considering this to start small, especially if they are a new farmer. Farmers need to know that they can successfully grow the product they are trying to sell before having too many customers.

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“There are lots of avenues out there for a farmer who is trying to market his brand, whether it’s a single farm or a collaboration of a supply chain,” Whisnant told OFN. “I cannot tell you the hundreds of times my husband, Mark, and I have stood in a retail store talking to people about our beef, letting them sample our beef. There’s no magic; it’s being available to help whoever your customer is, be it a restaurant or a retailer, to sell that product. You make yourself available to get people to taste it, and talk about why you believe it’s better. That is more small relations marketing than any kind of slick advertising gains.”

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Warrensburg, Mo. – 660-747-3193 25 Master Naturalist Core Training – 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. – Rolla, Mo. – 573-458-6260 28 Southwest Missouri Beef Conference – 4:30 p.m.-9:00 p.m. – Bolivar, Mo. – 417-326-4916 28 Master Naturalist Core Training – 6:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m. – Department of

Natural Resources Land Survey Building, Rolla, Mo. – 573-458-6260 28 2014 Farm Bill Margin Protection Program Workshop – 10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. –

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Resort at Port Arrowhead, Lake Ozark, Mo. – 417-935-4044 4 4-H Family Orientation – Neosho, Mo. – 417-455-9500 4 Steer Feedout – Joplin Regional Stockyards, Joplin, Mo. – entrys due by

October 10th – 417-466-3102 4 Master Gardener Club Meeting – 6:00 p.m. – First Baptist Church, Rolla, Mo. – 573-458-6260 4,6,11,13 Annie’s Project II: Women Marketing Grain & Livestock – 6:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m.

– Barton County Extension office, Lamar, Mo. – 417-682-3579 to register 7-8 2014 Pearls of Production: Women in Agriculture program – Holiday Inn

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webbcityfarmersmarket.com or 417-483-8139 12 Quickbooks Class for Agri-business – Butler, Mo. – to register call 660-679-4167 22 Lawrence County 4-H 5K – Aurora, Mo. – 417-466-3102 December 2014 2 Master Gardener Club Meeting – 6:00 p.m. – Joyce Schaefferkoetter’s Home,

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Continued from Previous Page 25 Aschermann Charolais 19th Edition Bull Sale – at the ranch, Carthage, Mo. – 417-358-7879 25 Mead Farms Fall Bull & Female Sale – Versailles, Mo. – 573-216-0210 25 East Central Angus Assoc. Fall Sale – Cuba, Mo. – 314-393-2885 25 Gerloff Farms Bull Fest – at the farm, Bland, Mo. – 573-437-3751 25 Flying H Genetics Grown on Grass Bull Sale – Lowry City, Mo. – 417-309-0062 26 Edwards Limousin Online Sale – Higginsville, Mo. – 816-726-1919 26 Reynolds Herefords Annual Production Sale – Huntsville, Mo. – 660-277-3679 27 Southwest Missouri PT Bull Sale – Springfield Livestock Marketing Center,

Springfield, Mo. – 417-345-8330 29 Fink Beef Genetics Annual Angus & Charolais Bull Sale – Randolph, Kan. – 785-293-5106 31 36th National Charolais Sale – American Royal Wagstaff Sale Center – 785-672-3195 31 GENETRUST at Chimney Rock Cattle Company – Concord, Ark. – 870-834-1976 November 2014 1 B/F Cattle Company Balancer Bull Sale – at the farm, Butler, Mo. – 660-492-2808 1 Professional Beef Genetics Fall Bull Sale – Winsor LS Market, Winsor, Mo. – 1-888-PBG-BULLS 1 Double A Limousin Sale – Nevada, Mo. – 913-558-7966 2 Baker Angus Farm Fall Bull & Female Sale – at the farm, Butler, Mo. – 660-679-4403 4 Wies Limousin Online Fall Sale – Columbia, Mo. – www.RRMarketplace.com 8 Missouri Charolais Breeders Assn. Fall Bull & Female Sale – Springfield

Livestock Marketing Center, Springfield, Mo. – 816-776-3512 8 Oklahoma Charolais Bull Sale – Cross Livestock Auction, Checotah, Okla. – 979-693-1301 8 Brown Land & Cattle Bull & Female Sale – at the ranch, Diamond, Mo. – 417-438-2519 8 Pitts Angus Farm Annual Production Sale – at the farm, Hermitage, Mo. – 417-399-3131 8 Heart of America Gelbvieh Futurity Sale – Springfield Livestock Marketing

Center, Springfield, Mo. – 816-225-8530 8 Moser Ranch 23rd Annual Production Sale – Wheaton, Kan. – 785-396-4328 9 Complete Dispersal of the Earl Wiker Estate, Angus Herd and Equipment –

Fayette, Mo. – 660-248-3765 13 Oklahoma Angus Assn. Inaugural Commercial Angus & Angus Influence

Female Sale – Cross Livestock Auction, Checotah, Okla. – 918-541-0418 15 Four State Shorthorn Fall Sale – Whites Equine Arena, Diamond, Mo. – 816-465-0777 15 Show-Me Polled Hereford Classic Sale – Winsor Livestock, Winsor, Mo. – 417-860-3102 21 Show-Me Select Replacement Heifer Sale – Joplin Regional Stockyards,

Joplin, Mo. – 417-466-3102 22 Sounderup Charolais Ranch & Friends Female Sale – Nebraska State

Fairgrounds, Neb – 785-672-3195 22 Sydenstricker Genetics 30th Annual Production Sale – at the farm, Mexico, Mo.

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Power management gets power results.

Good management requires good data.

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