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Teen leads the state’s 4-H members as council president

The Fairest of the Fair 2016 Missouri State Fair Queen Lani Ogle is at home on her family farm in the Ozarks

Mastitis in Beef Cattle Treatment is not the same for beef cattle in comparison to dairy animals

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Ground broken for new facility: Vital Farms, the largest brand of pasture-raised eggs in the U.S., has broken ground on a new 82,140 square-foot facility in Springfield, Mo. The company chose to expand in the Springfield region due to its central location and built-in infrastructure, and it expects to create 50 new jobs in the first year with plans to add more in the future. “Vital Farms’ expansion underscores Missouri’s importance for food suppliers operating on a national scale,” said Mike Downing, director of the Missouri Department of Economic Development. “Agriculture is a long-standing and fundamental part of Missouri’s economy, and I look forward to seeing another sustainable food company such as Vital Farms grow and thrive in the Show-Me State.”

Youth to attend AQHA Congress: Keayra Kelso, the daughter of Trena Kelso of Buffalo, Mo., recently attended the All America Quarter Horse Congress in Columbus, Ohio, on Oct. 18. She presented her speech titled “Western Pleasure.” Kelso first presented her speech at the Laclede and Dallas counties’ 4-H Achievement Day. Kelso placed first in the senior division and went forward to the state competition at the University of Missouri in Columbia. She placed first in her division, which made her eligible for the national contest in Ohio.

FFA Team places at shooting competition: The West Plains FFA placed second in the FFA category of the Missouri Youth Sport Shooting Alliance’s held its 8th annual Fall Classic Shoot in Linn Creek, Mo. The team earned the second-place finish with a score of 470 busted targets out of 500. Senior Mason Cook received third high individual in the FFA division busting 98 of 100 targets. Other team members were junior Garrett Welty, sophomore Jake Stewart, sophomore Lane Jett and senior Landon Bunch. Cook and Stewart shoot two perfect rounds of 25/25. Welty and Bunch shot one perfect round of 25/25.

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Lani Ogle crowned the Fairest of the Fair

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Couple gives new life to a nearly 100-year-old barn

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Eye on Agribusiness spotlights Hamilton Native Outpost

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4-H member Sarah Townley leads the state organization’s council

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16-year-old Shelby Mitchell chases her dream

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Clayton Locke sees opportunities in pastures

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Town & Country features Rod and Cody Neugebauer

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Life on a dairy farm has give Kale Mabary many life lessons

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Youth in Agriculture spotlights Morgan Pinion

FARM HELP 28 Treating mastitis in beef cattle 30 Why you should consider a planned breeding season

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Mo. He is a former Now, I’m pretty sure I would be content to stay professor of Agriculture within 25 miles of home for the remainder of my Education at Missouri days on earth. But, my wife still likes to leave State University, and is an the home farm once, every couple of years, and author and professional she usually wants to take me with her. So….. speaker. To contact Jerry, We just returned from eight days traveling go to ozarksfn.com and through the desert southwest and I suppose click on ‘Contact Us.’ it was good for me. Along our way, we got to travel through the Painted Desert and Petrified Forest of Arizona, before witnessing the majesty of the Grand Canyon. We were able to explore an ancient Chacoan village in New Mexico, have our picture taken while standing in four states at one time, and were overwhelmed by the size and vastness of the Great Sand Dunes of Colorado.

After enjoying a train ride through the Rocky Mountains, we decided to find a nice, quiet, little town and spend a couple of days there before making the arduous trip home. Enter, La Junta, Colorado.

Located in the southeastern part of that state and surrounded by the high desert plains, it seemed like an ideal spot to rest and relax, until Judy (aided by the chamber of commerce brochures) decided that she would like to visit the largest collection of fossilized dinosaur tracks in the world. The directions were a little vague, but it looked like one would have to drive 26 miles on dirt roads to get there and I warned Judy that her fancy little sports car might not be acclimated to the terrain.

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Julie, call 1-866-532-1960 “Farm life just don’t seem to appeal to too many or by email at editor@ people around here anymore,” Sam said. ozarksfn.com.

“Just too rugged, I guess,” Andy replied.

Granted farm life was a lot different in the 1960s than it is today with the advancements of technology and machinery, but farmers still continue to struggle to meet the labor needs of their operations; be it someone dependable to milk a day or two a week, or someone with enough cowsense to close a gate. Producers are often left to do the chores themselves, and we know there are often times not enough hours in the day to get everything done.

Then there are those folks who think farming is an 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. job, with an hour off for lunch, and those who don’t like to get dirty. In my previous life at a daily newspaper, I actually had a young reporter flat refuse to cover a county fair because he didn’t want to step in anything in the livestock barn and he thought there would

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Across the Fence Continued from Previous Page be too much dust kicked up for him at the tractor pull.

The young reporter’s refusal didn’t go very far. If I recall correctly, he covered not only a livestock show and a tractor pull, but a few other “dirty” events that year at the fair.

Let’s face it, good help is hard to find – no matter what line of work or industry you are in.

Thankfully for many farm families in the Ozarks, there are young people who help out on their family farms, and many of those young people have plans to continue in the agriculture industry after high school and/or college.

We are honoring some of those young agriculturalists and their dedication to farming and ranching in this edition of Ozarks Farm & Neighbor. We hope their stories will inspire other young people to take an active role in the industry.

For generations, farm kids have opted to move away from rural America. Their reasons are varied, but for many moving was

the only way they felt they could make a living. Today, however, America is seeing a resurgence of young people who think the grass is a little greener on the farm than in the larger metropolitan areas.

With the average age of the American farmer getting a little older each day, America needs more of these Millennials back on the farm.

So, to all of us who are Baby Boombers and Generation X’ers, let’s share our knowledge and love of the farm with those who are following in the footsteps of their parents and grandparents, as well as with those who are carving their own path in agriculture. Let’s teach them that life on the farm isn’t always a bed of roses and the rewards may be few and far between at times, but a little dirt and manure never hurt anyone.

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Life Is Simple Continued from Page 3 Granted, I haven’t driven on many dirt roads for any length since I was a teenager, but I don’t remember them being that rough and rutty. At an average speed of 15 mph, we were able to take in the scenery offered by cactus, sagebrush and tumbleweeds.

Occasionally, we’d spy a small group of antelopes as they took advantage of the watering tanks beside windmills that were scattered every 5 miles or so, to provide water for the cattle that roamed the hundreds of thousands of acres of free range. Just seeing a cow pie in the road, every so often, made me homesick.

When we finally arrived at the entrance to the dinosaur tracks, there was only a nice restroom and a chart that showed how to get to the tracks by horseback, mountain bike or hiking. No motorized vehicles allowed and the trip from that point, to the tracks, was only 11.2 miles – round-trip. Since I don’t own a horse or a mountain bike, and I haven’t hiked

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As we headed back to civilization, I noticed three bulls and a small group of cows that had congregated around a water tank. I clicked Judy’s car into “allwheel drive” and carefully pulled off the dirt road out into the desert.

“What are you doing?” she snipped.

“Well, the sign said it’s free range out here, and I want to see what kind of cattle can survive in these conditions.

Besides, you can see 10 miles in any direction and I don’t see a soul that would mind me looking.”

I exited the car and carefully evaluated the cows, calves and bulls that surrounded the water. I decided that the cows and calves looked pretty decent, considering their forage options, but also surmised that the cattleman could benefit from a trip to the Midwest for his next bull buying adventure.

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Wyatt Graves raises and shows registered Shropshire sheep Amid the rolling hills and woods in Cedar County, Mo., Wyatt Graves, a junior at El Dorado Springs High School, is raising registered Shropshire sheep as an FFA project.

“I’ve had sheep since I was about 6 years old,” Wyatt, who is also a member of the El Dorado Spring High School football team, said. “My family raised hogs for awhile and we showed them at fairs, but I sold them to buy my sheep.”

Raising sheep has its own rewards for Wyatt.

“I love getting to see the sheep grow and being able to sell them and know that they are going (to a) good (producer),” Wyatt said.

Wyatt has had a great deal of success with his sheep in the show ring at local, regional and state shows. He has shown for about nine years.

Wyatt’s parents don’t currently own “My sheep won all the classes at our local fair this year. At the Ozark Empire Fair any sheep, but his brother and sister also in Springfield, Mo., I won champion and own sheep, which are also Shropshires. reserve champion with my registered ram. Wyatt, however, has the largest flock.

Shropshire were developed in EngAt the state fair in Sedalia, Mo., I won grand and reserve in the FFA Show with land. From 1884 to the 1930s, they my ram. In the open class of registered were the favorite flock on most farms in Shropshire, my ewe won reserve. We plan the US. By 1940, interest in the breed to take the sheep to the national show in waned until they became increasingly rare. However, by the late 1950s, ShropLouisville, Ky., in November 2016.”

“I enjoy getting to work with the lambs shire breeders began going back to the before the show and trying the different original traits that made the breed popufeeding processes to get them to grow lar again, especially in the Midwest US. Because of the sheep’s gentle nature, the the way I would like,” Wyatt said.

Wyatt currently has a flock of about 25 Shropshire is especially popular with 4-H and FFA exhibiters. This is the registered sheep. market Wyatt hopes to fill.

His ewes will lamb in JanuWyatt said he appreciates the ary and February, and Wyatt unique wool pattern on the plans to keep some for his El Dorado face and legs or Shropshires, show flock, and sell some to loSprings, Mo. and their size. cal 4-H and FFA exhibitors. He “They are also just the also is making plans to sell some right height,” Wyatt said. at the Midwest Stud Show and Wyatt’s future plans inSale in Sedalia, Mo., in June.

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2016 Missouri State Fair Queen Lani Ogle is at home on her family farm in the Ozarks The adage, ‘You can’t judge a book by its cover,’ applies to this year’s Missouri State Fair Queen, Lani Ogle.

Don’t be fooled by the slender blond haired, blue-eyed young lady sporting a jeweled tiara. Lani can just as easily be found in a deer stand with camouflage face paint, sitting on the bank of a pond fishing for catfish or practicing archery.

other being her grandparents dairy farm near Mt. Vernon, Mo. Brother, Bryce, 23, lives east of the home place on 30 acres of his own, raising cattle and doing his own thing restoring antique steam tractors.

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A senior at Sarcoxie High School, Lani a grin. “I would help put the bands on is not your typical pageant queen. Prefer- when he worked calves or rode along in ring cowboy boots to high heels, her pride the truck to spread chicken litter.”

As any proud father would do, Russell and joy is her 4-wheel drive, extended cab Dodge pickup that is decked out with scrolls through his new smart phone to pink camo floor mats, something she find pictures and videos of some of his proudest moments. Moments that are earned through hard work unique only to young ladies raised and saving her money. in the country, such as an 8-point As a fourth-generation buck last year, a string of fish or farm kid, she is no stranger to getting crowned the 2016 Misthe rigors of farm life. Her parsouri State Fair Queen. ents, Russell and Kenda Ogle, Sarcoxie , Mo. Mature for her years, she own the 160 acres and another admits that it was the be40 nearby, that has served as one hind the scene efforts of her of Lani’s ag classrooms, with the

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parents that made her focus on setting goals and working to achieve them while growing up.

“My parents taught me how to be a good kid and have good manners as a good foundation,” Lani said. “But learning to do public speaking really came from my involvement in FFA.” Since Lani has been in FFA she has held several office positions in the Sarcoxie chapter, as well as, Area 11 FFA President this year.

“She always did good giving presentations,” Kenda adds.

“Even when she was little in 4-H, wearing her piggy tails.”

Lani started her own cattle venture during her seventhgrade year, when she officially opened a checking account. Today she has a herd of red Angus cows bred to a Charolais bull, 11 cows and seven first calf heifers. She does raise bottle calves, which she sells to generate income to support her herd and pay rent on 40 acres. She also shows Guernsey cattle, which are a staple of her grandparent’s dairy operation.

“For as long as I can remember, we have had bottle calves around,” she said.

Although she has shown dairy cattle at the fair for years, this is the first year she has tried to compete in a pageant, winning both the Jasper County Fair Queen and the Missouri State Fair Queen honor.

“I was so shocked when they put us back on stage because I had only won the interview portion of the judging, so I figured I was done,” Lani recalled. “I didn’t even pack a bag because I was just there to see what it would be like.”

Only two young ladies have ever been selected as Missouri State Fair Queen from the Southwest Missouri region, the first was from Carthage in 1985 and now Lani.

“When she got in the top 10, I was thinking she might just win this,” mom, Kenda remarked. “She does good at everything she does.”

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“I watch it all the time,” Russell said with a, as only a proud father can smile. “I didn’t realize what a big deal being State Fair Queen was until she was crowned.”

Lani’s new task as Missouri State Fair Queen will take her to various functions with the number one job of promoting the importance of agriculture and more importantly encouraging the younger generation to look at agriculture as a viable career choice.

Lani has decided she wants to stay focus on veterinary pharmaceuticals as her career choice. She plans to begin her studies at Crowder College and utilize the A-Plus Program, which is available to Missouri students who meet certain criteria and attend a participating community college or vocational/technical school. As fair queen, she receives a $2,000 scholarship, which she will apply to her studies.

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Bill and Marti Evans transform their nearly century-old barn into an old-fashioned social club every weekend Chris Ledoux’ country song, “Cadillac Ranch,” describes a family in the midst of the farm crisis that manages to hold onto their home and property, by converting their barn into a dance barn that draws a crowd and saves the family farm.

Bill and Marti Evans, who live just outside of Elk Creek in rural Texas County, Mo., have created a family-friendly Dance Barn in their nearly 100-yearold barn that could have been the model for Ledoux’ imaginative song.

“We’ve been doing this for 15 years now,” Marti Evans began by way of explaining their very unique entertainment locale. “Every Sunday afternoon, we have music and serve a meal at noon and then we enjoy an afternoon of live music and dancing. I cook and some of the other ladies bring dishes as well.”

And this all takes place in what was once the hay loft of the barn built by Bill Evans’ grandfather, John Evans in 1919.

“This is where I grew up,” Bill Evans said. “We farmed the 120 acres here with

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three horses and milked 28 cows. Dad bought a tractor when I went off to the Navy.

This was the hay loft where we have the barn dance every week now. We used a lift to get the hay into the loft and then we moved it out with pitch forks.”

That lift is still in its place above the dance floor as are many other tools and memories of Bill’s family’s farm life.

“There’s the saw that we used as kids to cut firewood,” he said, pointing to an antique two-man cross cut saw, hanging high above the high-polished dance floor.

“Over here is the forge we used for the blacksmithing we did on the farm.”

He crossed the dance floor to a far corner.

“And here is a 100-year-old piano someone still plays now and then on a Sunday,” he continued, crossing the room again.

The large loft, now converted dance hall, is lined with a variety of comfy chairs, including a number of high-backed ones that were once drivers’ chairs in the cabs of semi-tractor trailer trucks. For over 40 years, Bill worked as a mechanic

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COMPLETE HERD DISPERSAL 47 Female Lots Sell 17 3-in-1 Spring Pairs 18 Fall Pairs 8 Spring Bred Heifers 4 Fall Open Heifers 4 Donors Sell with Calves 3 are Dam of Merits 5 Show Heifer Prospects will be split sale day

One wall of the barn is the Memorial Wall, which bears the names of attendees who have passed on.

and driver for a Cabool milk-hauling company and has re-purposed the chairs as well as the barn loft where they all serve a joyful new use each and every Sunday afternoon.

“We also have a Memorial Wall,” Marti said as she pointed to a number of names that grace a wall above the heads of the dancers. “Those are folks who used to dance with us each week and now have passed. One of our ladies who is 96 years old just moved to a nursing home. Her name is on one of the chairs over there. I’m afraid she won’t be able to come back and be with us anymore.”

The walls of the old loft are decorated with hundreds of home photos – historical, family and those who have enjoyed the past 15 years of music and family entertainment at the Ole Barn Dance.

“There’s a lot of history in this land,” Bill concluded, referring to his family farm, which includes the barn and the house where he and Marti still live. Both were built by his grandfather in 1919.

“This was Indian country. We used to dig up arrowheads every day. We worked in the fields each morning until we heard the first school bell ring and then we’d run like crazy to get to class in time. The Stultz School, an old country school, was just over there, Bill said pointing to a field just past the barn.

“Then we’d come home and work until dinner and dark. I’ve still got 40 of the original 120 acres, as we divided the land between me and my sister and brother.

I’ve got mine rented out to another dairyman. My mother, Pauline Evans, is 95 and still lives in Springfield (Mo.) with one of my nieces.”

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After 20 years in the Gelbvieh breed and with a very heavy heart, I’ve made the decision to disperse my herd. My doctors have advised me to cut back. Trying to decide what to sell and what to keep has proven too difficult, so I’ve decided to offer my entire herd for sale in a complete dispersal at the Heart of America Gelbvieh Association’s Show-Me Plus Gelbvieh & Balancer Sale on November 12th, Springfield Livestock Marketing Center, Springfield, MO.

It’s hard to see these special girls go – they’ve made me so proud and happy. They’ve produced offspring that I’ve sold in 25 states. In the 11 years that I showed my cattle, they brought home one Reserve National Championship, five Grand Champion ribbons at the American Royal and nine more at the Missouri and Kansas State Fairs. But the thing that makes me proudest is that I’ve bred five bulls that have become successful AI sires. It’s been a great ride.

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Products: Hamilton Native Outpost offers many unique and native seeds.

“These are the plants that were here when Columbus landed in America,” Elizabeth said of her family’s business, which employees about 15 people. “These are the ones that the Indians, the Native Americans, saw on these lands. The seeds we offer are ones we raise from production to sales, plus a few species that we work with other growers to raise for us.

“There are government-sponsored programs, like the Conservation Reserve Program, that target highly erodible lands that encourage people to plant wild native plants to save the land and prevent erosion.”

Livestock are, and always have been, an integral part of the operation.

The family’s cow/calf herd is managed in such a way so as to complement seed production; at times, the cattle are used as a tool for managing the seed production fields.

Hamilton Native Outpost also raises pastured pigs.

“Native plants also make great forage for livestock. We’ve begun to hear in recent years how detrimental fescue is on livestock. Our experience has also shown that livestock raised on warm season grasses do much better,” Hamilton Native Outpost offers various workshops, pasture walks, and other educational events at their Elk Creek location throughout the growing season.

“There are lots of ways to use native seeds and plants,” Elizabeth concluded. “Some people plant them, just because it feels right, a way to return something to the land and it gives them a really good feeling.”

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Teen leads the state’s 4-H members as council president Photo by Terry Ropp

Sarah Townley, a member of the Busy Bees 4-H Club in Dade County, Mo., is 19 years old and was elected at the end of the 71st annual state 4-H Congress the 2016 as president of the State 4-H Council.

Sarah is the product of Round Grove Christian Academy in nearby Miller, Mo., and its first high school graduate.

While the Academy didn’t offer FFA, 4-H was available and a natural extension of her home life. Her parents, Bruce and Christie Townely, run Sarah Townley joined 4-H at a young age, and a 320-acre commercial the 19-year-old is now president of the State Angus/Brangus cross 4-H Council. cattle ranch on a five generation, 140-yearold Century Farm in farmer trying to help others meet difficult Lockwood, Mo. challenges including weather disease, and “We have a video of me at 10 months market fluctuations. Christie is a full-time old riding with my dad on a tractor dur- mom, much of whose time is devoted to ing winter and wearing a pink fuzzy hat,” 10-year-old Micah, who is a special needs Sarah said. “Agriculture has always been child, and a twin to Noah who is highly a part of my life and always will be.” involved with raising show pigs. Sister Sarah grew up checking cattle and rais- Rebekah, 17, is also very active and helps ing bottle calves, which meant feeding wherever she is needed. Sarah, however, is them twice a day. She also really ap- involved with innumerable activities and preciated her grandfather Robert, who juggles numerous responsibilities. would allow her hands-on learning Sarah has always loved horses, and most declaring she was old enough and safe of her competition and 4-H projects were enough with him sometimes to the dis- equestrian in nature. She leases a Quarter may of her parents. horse named Phil from her 4-H projThe Townley household is ect leader Tanya Haubein and has a busy one. Bruce works off done so since eighth grade when the farm selling crop insurPhil served as her project. She ance but, according to Sarah, is has competed in showmanship, “not just a guy with a desk job.” horsemanship, Western pleaHe travels in and out of state sure, barrels and polls. Even helping farmers understand what Lockwood, Mo. they need, a concerned fellow — Continued on Next Page OCTOBER 24, 2016

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with her busy schedule, she still finds time to show. Last year, she placed second in senior showmanship in the pig market class with Tocino, whose name means bacon in Spanish.

Sarah is a sophomore at the University of Arkansas, majoring in animal science and agriculture communications. While she’d love to be a veterinarian, the field takes too much schooling and is too limiting for her interests.

“I like public relations and advocacy as well as communications so I need a very broad background,” Sarah said.

She selected the U of A because it accepted all 17 hours of the college credit she earned from the academy in conjunction with Crowder College and because of the strength of the department.

Sarah is in the honors program with an average just under 3.9. When she finishes her education at the bachelor’s level, she plans to work in marketing and public relations but is seriously considering a master’s in agriculture and extension education with the goal of becoming a youth specialist.

Sarah’s responsibility as 4-H State Council President includes organizing and presiding over the four annual meetings and special meetings before events. She works with advisers on agendas and is in charge of staying in contact with industry leaders, the State Fair Board and state associations, such as the Beef Industry Council.

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two days helping with set up and several additional days working during the opening ceremonies and in the buildings. She assists with registration, tradeshow workshops, auctions among other tasks. She is grateful that her U of A professors understand her weekends are jammed with responsibilities and support her efforts in meeting those responsibilities.

Sarah believes that 4-H has provided her with a network of people and an array of leadership skills combined with a strong sense of community. She especially appreciated learning life skills, public speaking and how to work cooperatively Sarah said, “Whether by election or other means, being a leader means people are trusting you to be their leader so you work for them even if you have an agenda. You have to be strong and decisive but also compassionate and understanding. Watching others do it wrong and modeling those who do it right helps you become the best leader you can be.”

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Sarah has other responsibilities as well.

She is a 4-H camp counselor and works hard on the farm feeding the pigs and heifers near the house, as well as raking, baling and hauling hay.

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16-year-old Rogersville, Mo., rider returns to her first love – the rodeo arena

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While Shelby Mitchell might appear quite and even a little shy at times, the 16-yearold has the heart of a fierce competitor when it comes to the rodeo arena.

Shelby competes in the Missouri High School Rodeo Association, as well as the All Youth Rodeo Association and the Missouri Junior Rodeo Circuit. She also competes in smaller events and jackpots throughout the area, traveling as far away as Oklahoma and Kansas.

She has also participated in the Missouri Family Rodeo Association.

Shelby, who lives in Rogersville, Mo., said being involved in rodeo Shelby Mitchell competes in a variety of has come naturally to her youth rodeo associations, including the because her father, Todd Missouri High School Rodeo Association.

Mitchell, competed team She hopes to earn a rodeo scholarship to roping “his whole life,” help further her education. and because the family has always been surrounded by horses. While “I feel more relaxed when it’s just me and competing is part of her DNA, Shelby my horse. I’m not really much of a ‘people admits it wasn’t always what she wanted person.’ When I am competing, the only to do. thing I think about is going out and mak“I first started when I was 7, but then I ing my run; I just go out there and not stopped,” the teen said at the Highway think about anything. If I think about it, I 32 Arena in Marshfield, will hit a barrel and mess up.”

Mo., where she practices Even though she stopped barrel racand competes. “I guess I just ing, Shelby said she never stopped wasn’t mature enough. I just working with her horses. started back about a year and “I just got tired of riding my a half ago and have been going horses at home,” Shelby said.

Rogersville, Mo. ever since. …My adrenaline, “I told my dad I wanted to starts pumping and I just love it. rodeo. I have found what I I just like to compete. want to do.”

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meet your neighbors While Shelby is a contender today, she didn’t start that way.

“I had a good horse to learn on. We’ve come a long way, but the first rodeo we went to, I got a no time because I broke pattern” Shelby said with giggle. “I was running to my second barrel and he turned in front of the barrel. I’ve gotten used to how he runs, but I just kept going. I was 14, so I have learned.”

At this time, Shelby doesn’t train her own horses, but she does work to find a horse that she can “gel” with.

“I’m on a horse every day,” she said.

“I work with them every day, but that doesn’t mean I am out running barrels.”

Shelby said she admires the styles of champion barrel racers Martha Josey and Sherry Cervi.

“I just like to watch them,” Shelby said. “They aren’t harsh on their horses like some of these people are out there.

When I get a horse, I like to spend a lot of time with them, getting to know them and how they are going to perform.”

In addition to poles and barrels, Shelby is adding calf roping and breakaway to her rodeo resume and hopes, eventually, to follow in Todd’s footsteps and team rope.

“So far things are going pretty good,” Shelby said. “I have a horse that knows how to do the job.”

She is currently running three horses when she competes, but she has her favorite, a Quarter horse gelding named Smoky Joe. “My horse is getting up there in age,” she said of her 17-year-old Smokey Joe. “I’m running against some barrel horses that are $75,000 horses, so it’s really tough to compete in barrels.”

She did, however, admit that she and Smokey Joe have beaten some of those “high dollar” horses. In 2015, he was the Missouri Family Rodeo Association’s Barrel Horse of the Year.

“I’ve been offered a lot of money for him, but I won’t ever sell him,” she said.

Todd said his daughter is her own worst critic, which pushes her to compete even harder.

“She’s pretty talented,” he said. “I really like to watch her, knowing that she is learning and has come a long way.”

Todd admitted that Shelby’s passion keeps he and his wife Shannon on the road. but OCTOBER 24, 2016

he said they will continue to support Shelby for as long as she wants to compete.

“We hauled the boy everywhere, so now it’s her turn,” Todd said, adding that his son, 19-year-old Tad, attends the College of the Ozarks in Point Lookout, Mo., where he is a member of the baseball team. “As long as she wants to go, we will be supportive. I guess if she wants to run until she’s 50, we’ll go.”

When Shelby decided she wanted to get back into rodeos, she had to make some sacrifices, but she said she feels the choices she made to quit playing volleyball and be homeschooled were the right ones for her because it allows her more time to go to rodeos and train.

“I miss volleyball,” she said. “I played for 9 ½ years; this is the first year I haven’t played. Because club volleyball is so expensive, I can’t do that and rodeo. I had the option to choose what I wanted to do and I chose rodeo. I think I made the right choice for me.

“I want to get done with all of my (school) work by December so it will give me more time to concentrate on what I really want to do. One of the reasons why I picked rodeo was just to get away from people and do my own thing.

Also, girls are always worried about dating boys and I’m too busy for all of that.

I’d really like to get my roping going this winter and be ready by next spring for high school season.”

Shelby’s goal is to make it to the High School National Finals Rodeo before the end of her high school career.

“I’d really like to make it there,” she said.

“I have to make it in the top four at state to move on to nationals. That’s a big goal for me. I don’t know if I could make it in barrels or poles, but I really think I can in calf roping or team roping. What I would really like to do is make it to the NFR (National Finals Rodeo). That would be really cool.”

The Mitchells are hopeful that Shelby’s dedication to rodeo will help her secure a college education.

“I want to go to school at NEO (Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College) in Miami, Okla., and rodeo there,” Shelby said. “My dad went into college rodeo and I kind of want to follow in his footsteps. I either want to be an x-ray technician or a radiologist.”

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While in high school, Clayton Locke founded a pasture restoration business While most high school students are focused on athletics or extracurricular activities, Clayton Locke, a senior at Stockton High School, is spending his time becoming a successful entrepreneur.

At 17, he founded Complete Pasture Restoration. As the name implies, the busi-

tackling an open field of trees ranging from four to six inches in diameter.

“The biggest problem around here has been hedge and locust trees because they spread like wildfire and they will grow in groups. I find them in an 80-acre bunch and the only reason they are limited to 80 acres is because of fence rows,” Clayton said.

Photo by Megan Richner

Clayton Locke, 17, began his own pasture restoration business with the assistance of his father, Jason Locke.

When the ranch’s loader caught on fire, Clayton decided to purchase a skid ness provides a pasture restoration service loader and start his own endeavor.

“I saw the potential,” he said. “I could to customers. “I have the equipment to go through a pasture and pull the sprouts, make something out of this business and I clean the pasture off, and spray it to keep it already had a starting point at Circle A.” He officially launched Complete Paslooking nice,” Clayton explained. ture Restoration in February 2015 Prior to starting his own with the guidance of his father, Jason business, Clayton did some Locke. In the beginning, Clayton pasture restoration work for owned one skid loader and conCircle A Ranch. centrated on sprout removal.

“Whenever I was working for “Once summer started, I the ranch, I pulled sprouts with rented two more skid loaders. a skid loader, eight hours a day, Stockton, Mo. every day, all summer long,” he — Continued on Page 22 said. Pulling sprouts entailed

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By Laura L. Valenti Hometown: Houston, Mo Family: Rod and wife Tressie have two children, son Cody and 9-year-old daughter, Addison. Son, Cody and his wife, Courtney, have a 6-year-old son Brody and a daughter, 4-year-old Brylee.

In Town: Rod and Cody work together at Rod’s Auto, located in the Texas County, Mo., community of Houston.

“I started Rod’s Auto in 1984,” Rod Neugebauer said of the family owned and operated business that offers used cars and trucks, as well as new and used trailers, tires and wheels.

“Cody came aboard as a partner in 2003. We carry Cooper Tires, which are one of the few tires that are still American made. We also carry accessories for pickup trucks. We are not a big box store.”

Cody Neugebauer also pastors Souls Harbor Church in Houston, Mo. “We try to be diversified,” Rod said. “For instance, anyone can take a look at the place and see we have the market on cattle panels but we also design custom corrals.

My wife, Tressie also has a Subway franchise in here so we have a little of everything from sandwiches to work boots, farm equipment to tires.”

In the Country: “We farm approximately 1,500 acres, plus about another 500 in rental acreage,” Rod explained. “We have beef cattle, a common herd. I’d say we have about 400 momma cows and 100 bred heifers. We do commercial cows, through the sale barn because of the time factor, plus we have a few purebred Charolais bulls we sell off the farm.”

Rod said he started with Charolais in 1991.

“I like them because of the poundage factor. There’s 50 pounds more on a Charolais calf than a lot of the other breeds,” Rod said.

Like their town business, it’s all in the family on the farm.

“My grandad, Irley, and his family started farming in Oklahoma in 1920,” Cody said. “With my son, Brody, our family is now up to six generations of being farmers in America. At age 79, Irley still does our haying and fertilizing.”

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slaughter

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bulls

beef

(Week of 10/9/16 to 10/15/16) Buffalo Livestock Market

73.00-86.50*

Douglas County Livestock

65.00-87.00 †

Interstate Regional Stockyards Joplin Regional Stockyards

62.50-86.50 † 65.00-80.50 † 75.00-91.00*

Mid Missouri Stockyards

71.00-84.50 †

MO-KAN Livestock Auction - Butler

68.75-76.00 †

South Central Regional Stockyards

Norwood, Mo. • Producers Auction Yards

60.00-80.00

Springfield Livestock Market

60

80

slaughter

†

100

120

140

cows

(Week of 10/9/16 to 10/15/16)

Not Reported*

Barry County Regional Stockyards

45.00-67.50*

Buffalo Livestock Market Douglas County Live

32.50-65.50 †

Interstate Regional Stockyards

42.50-64.75 † 40.00-66.50 †

Joplin Regional Stockyards

47.50-69.00 †

Kingsville Livestock Auction Mid Missouri Stockyards

50.00-65.00*

MO-KAN Livestock Auction

39.50-65.50 † 41.00-73.50 †

Ozarks Regional Stockyard

38.50-60.00 †

South Central Regional

38.00-66.00 †

Springfield Livestock

0

20

40

60

cow/calf

80

100

120

pairs

(Week of 10/9/16 to 10/15/16)

Not Reported*

Barry County Regional Stockyards Buffalo Livestock Market

None Reported*

Douglas County Livestock Auction - Ava

None Reported †

Joplin Regional Stockyards

None Reported † 1050.00-1400.00*

Mid Missouri Stockyards

None Reported †

MO-KAN Livestock Market - Butler South Central Regional Stockyards - Vienna Springfield Livestock

None Reported

†

8 875.00-1450.00 †

1150

1650

replacement

2150

cows

2650

300-400 lbs.

400-500 lbs.

500-600 lbs.

600-700 lbs.

700-800 lbs.

Not Reported*

Barry County Regional Stockyards Buffalo Livestock Market

None Reported*

Douglas County Livestock Auction - Ava

None Reported † None Reported †

Interstate Regional Stockyards - Cuba Joplin Regional

Ozarks Regional South Central Regional Stockyards

20

600.00-1350.00 †

Heifers, Med. & Lg. 1

†

1100.00-1200.00*

Mid Missouri Stockyards

550

None Reported †

300-400 lbs.

400-500 lbs.

500-600 lbs.

600-700 lbs.

700-800 lbs.

825.00-1260.00

MO-KAN Livestock Auction - Butler

50

Holsteins, Lg. 3

600.00-1550.00 †

Kingsville Livestock

1125.00-1175.00 † 600.00-1110.00 †

1050

858 Steers, Med. & Lg. 1

(Week of 10/9/16 to 10/15/16)

Springfield Live

Ava Douglas County† 10/13/16

900.00-1700.00 †

Ozarks Regional Stockyardd

1550

9/27/16

bulls 60.00-80.00, crossbred heifers 160.00-300.00, crossbred bulls 160.00-225.00, small 100.00-125.00.

sheep &

2050

2550

300-400 lbs.

400-500 lbs.

500-600 lbs.

600-700 lbs.

700-800 lbs.

8-10 Lower 125.00 115.00-125.00 114.00-119.00 110.00-119.50 107.50 ------------------------102.50-110.00 102.50-106.50 92.50 -----

Barry Co. Regional Stockyards* -----

Buffalo Livestock Auction* 10/15/16

Butler Mo-Kan Livestock† 10/13/16

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Diamond, Mo. • TS Whites Sheep and Goat Sale

10/6/16

Receipts: 1394 SHEEP: Feeder Lambs: Medium and Large 1-2 28-54 lbs 130.00-150.00.

Slaughter Lambs: Wool lambs: Prime 2-3 110-150 lbs 122.50-132.50. Choice 1-3 73-90 lbs 145.00-167.50.

Hair lambs: Prime 2-3 40-55 lbs 167.50-187.50; 60-85 lbs 150.00-167.50; 105-115 lbs 130.00-135.00. Choice 2-3 48-59 lbs 155.00-160.00; 80-190 lbs 135.00-145.00. Good 1-3 70-95 lbs 115.00-127.50.

Several replacement Hair Ewes: Medium and Large 1-2 110.00-135.00 Per Head.

Slaughter Hair Ewes: Good 2-3 80-120 lbs 102.50-120.00.

Utility 1-2 80-125 lbs 70.00-95.00. Cull 1-2 90-137 lbs 50.00-62.50. Replacement hair rams Medium and Large 1-2 200.00-375.00 Per Head.

Slaughter Hair Rams: Good 2-3 130-190 lbs 80.00-95.00; 145-225 lbs 62.50-65.00.

Feeder kids: Selection 2 30-40 lbs 170.00-190.00.

Selection 3 25-37 lbs 137.50-152.50.

Slaughter Kids: Selection 1 70-120 lbs 242.50-267.50; 90-160 lbs 200.00-225.00. Selection 2 45-72 lbs 170.00-192.50. Selection 3 45-73 lbs 140.00-160.00. Several Replacement does 100.00-225.00 Per Head.

Slaughter Does: Selection 2 65-175 lbs 160.00-185.00. Selection 3 65-125 lbs 100.00-125.00. A few replacement bucks 380.00-400.00 Per Head.

Slaughter Bucks: Selection 1 185-200 lbs 120.00-140.00; 110-115 lbs 140.00-150.00. Selection 2 95-135 lbs 120.00135.00. Selection 3 70-185 lbs 85.00-110.00.

Buffalo, Mo. • Buffalo Livestock Market

9/27/16

Receipts: 1012 SHEEP: Feeder Lambs: Medium and Large 1-2 35-48 lbs 160.00-185.00; 30-45 lbs 140.00-157.50.

Slaughter Lambs: Prime 1-2 51-74 lbs 170.00-187.50; 82-110 lbs 142.00-162.50. Choice 1-2 57-77 lbs 152.00-168.00; 84106 lbs 130.00-154.00.

Slaughter Hair Ewes: Good 3-4 85-120 lbs 125.00-152.50; 105-155 lbs 90.00-119.00. Cull 2-3 65-108 lbs 60.00-80.00.

Several nice replacement Hair Rams: Good and Choice 2-3

stocker & feeder

1075.00-1375.00 †

Kingsville Livestock Auction

650

10/13/16

Receipts: 368 Springer Heifers Bred Seven to Nine Months: Approved 1250.00-1385.00, Crossbreds 1325.00-1360.00, Medium 1000.00-1150.00, Common Individual 900.00.

Heifers Bred Four to Six Months: Approved 1150.00-1320.00, Crossbreds 1100.00-1200.00, Medium 1000.00-1075.00, Individual Crossbred 1010.00, Common 700.00- 925.00, Crossbreds 675.00-775.00.

Heifers Bred One to Three Months: Approved Pkg 10 hd 1050.00, Individual Jersey 1075.00, Pair Milking Shorthorn 900.00, Medium Pair 900.00, Individual Jersey 775.00, Individual Crossbred 775.00, Common Pkg 4 hd 825.00.

Open heifers: Approved 200-300 lbs 300.00-320.00, Crossbreds 280.00-310.00, Pair Jerseys 325.00, 300-400 lbs 325.00-450.00, Pair Crossbreds 450.00, 400-500 lbs Pkg 5 hd 685.00, 500-600 lbs Pkg 3 hd 850.00, 600-700 lbs Individual 825.00, Medium 300-400 lbs Individual Crossbred 320.00, Pkg 3 hd Jerseys 250.00, 600-700 lbs Individual 700.00, 800-900 lbs 900.00950.00.

Milking Heifers and Cows: Medium Individual 925.00, Individual Jersey 900.00, Common 725.00-800.00.

Fresh Heifers and Cows: Approved 1475.00-1500.00, Individual Crossbred 1375.00, Medium 1100.00-1300.00, Common 650.00- 825.00, Individual Crossbred 720.00.

Bred and Springer Cows: Supreme Individual 1425.00, Medium Individual 1225.00, Common Individual 875.00, Individual Crossbred 875.00.

Baby Calves: Holstein Bulls Large 85.00-135.00, Small 65.00-85.00, Holstein Heifers Large 210.00-280.00, Small 130.00-185.00, Jersey Heifers Large Individual 210.00, Small Ind. 120.00, Crossbred Heifers 165.00-170.00, Crossbred Bulls 75.00-130.00, Beef Cross Heifers Large Ind. 230.00, Small 135.00-180.00, Beef Cross Bulls - 115.00-180.00.

None Reported †

Interstate Regional Stockyards - Cuba

150

cattle

127 5(3257('

40

dairy

66.00-92.50*

Ozarks Regional Stockyard

10/16/16

5 Area (Tx-Ok, Ks, Neb, Ia, Colo) Live Basis Sales - Over 80% Choice Steers: 94.00-99.75; wtd. avg. price 97.10.

Heifers: 94.00-99.75; wtd. avg. price 97.20.

Dressed Basis Sales - Over 80% Choice Steers: 152.00-156.00; wtd. avg. price 153.89.

Heifers: 152.00-157.00; wtd. avg. price 154.22.

62.50-84.50 †

Kingsville Livestock Auction

20

Midwest - High Plains Direct Slaughter Cattle

Not Reported*

Barry County Regional Stockyards

cattle

Springfield, Mo. • Springfield Livestock Marketing Center

Receipts: 798 Springer Heifers bred seven to nine months: Supreme 1600.00-2050.00, Milking Shorthorns 1325.00-1435.00, Approved 1250.00-1550.00, few Milking Shorthorns 1175.00-1200.00, few crossbreds 1050.00-1100.00, Medium 900.00-1075.00.

Heifers bred three to six months: Supreme 1400.001590.00, ind crossbred 1400.00, Approved 1150.001390.00, crossbreds 1000.00-1310.00, Medium 940.00-1000.00, few crossbred 800.00-870.00, Common 650.00-775.00.

Heifers bred one to three months: Supreme 1275.001290.00, Approved 1025.00-1110.00, Medium few crossbreds 900.00-950.00, Common ind 860.00,few Jerseys 610.00860.00, crossbreds 675.00-735.00.

Open Heifers: Approved: 200-300 lbs 250.00- 335.00, ind Jersey 280 lbs 525.00, crossbreds 210.00-400.00, 300-400 lbs 335.00- 460.00, few Jerseys 625.00-710.00, crossbreds 475.00550.00, 400-500 lbs 600.00- 710.00, Jerseys 725.00-760.00, pkg 9 Jerseys 491 lbs 860.00, crossbreds 475.00-675.00, lot 12 crossbreds 493 lbs 710.00, 500-600 lbs 625.00-785.00, ind Jersey 520 lbs 750.00, crossbreds 585.00-785.00, lot 10 crossbreds 581 lbs 825.00, 600-700 lbs 785.00-950.00, pkg 8 crossbreds 675 lbs 950.00, 700-800 lbs 900.00-1000.00, ind Jersey 850.00, crossbreds 735.00-860.00.

Medium: 300-400 lbs few 200.00-335.00, 400-500 lbs ind crossbred 455 lbs 350.00, 500-600 lbs ind crossbred 525 lbs 460.00.

Replacement Cows: Fresh Cows: Supreme few 1775.001875.00, Approved few 1275.00-1375.00, Medium 900.001125.00,ind crossbred 800.00, Common 675.00-830.00,ind Jersey 550.00,ind crossbred 575.00.

Milking Cows: Supreme ind 1975.00, ind Jersey 1350.00, Approved 1390.00-1500.00, Milking Shorthorns 1200.001310.00, Medium 800.00-1125.00, few crossbreds 700.00900.00, few Milking Shorthorns 1025.00, ind Brown Swiss 1000.00, Common 400.00- 540.00, Jerseys 500.00-660.00, Crossbreds 410.00- 495.00.

Springer Cows: Supreme Milking Shorthorns 1225.001325.00, Approved few Milking Shorthorns 1175.00, Medium 925.00-1010.00, ind crossbred 925.00.

Bred Cows: Supreme ind 1325.00, Milking Shorthorns 1225.00-1460.00, Approved 900.00-1075.00, Milking Shorthorns 1075.00-1185.00. Medium ind 800.00- few Jerseys 700.00-785.00, ind Milking Shorthorn 925.00, few crossbreds 800.00-935.00, Common few 700.00- 775.00, few Jerseys 550.00-625.00, ind crossbred 625.00 Baby Calves: Holstein heifers 110.00-275.00, Holstein bulls 130.00-175.00, small 70.00-110.00, Jersey heifers scarce, Jersey

Cuba Interstate Regional† 10/11/16

prices Joplin Regional Stockyards† 10/10/16

Kingsville Livestock Auction† 10/11/16

Mid Missouri Stockyards* 10/13/16

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1316

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896

3,670

1210

1062

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Lower

2-6 Lower

Steady

St-20 Lower

4-8 Lower

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120.00-152.00 115.00-134.00 108.00-121.50 108.00-111.50 100.00-107.00

134.00 115.50-135.50 102.50-130.75 97.50-121.00 117.50-124.00

----135.00-150.00 119.00-131.25 117.50-128.00 121.50-125.00

152.00-172.50 125.00-145.00 121.00-136.00 108.00-137.00 118.00-131.50

----128.00-139.50 127.00-138.50 109.00-134.50 109.50-135.50

128.00-145.00 120.00-138.00 115.00-130.00 112.00-124.00 110.00-121.00

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85.00-95.00 88.00-89.00 70.00-77.50 66.00-71.50 65.00-72.00

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114.00-126.00 101.00-120.00 95.00-108.00 90.00-102.00 93.00-99.00

112.00-118.00 101.50-120.00 99.00-111.50 92.00-102.00 97.00

----104.00-118.00 103.00-118.00 93.50-109.50 106.00-107.25

122.00-134.00 107.00-133.00 103.00-117.00 113.00-126.50 106.00-115.50

125.00 106.25-121.00 99.00-125.00 95.00-129.75 115.00-125.00

115.00-126.00 104.00-121.00 100.00-112.00 95.00-105.00 95.00-102.00

USDA Reported * Independently Reported

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reports

Livestock Market

9/27/16

mbs: Medium and Large 1-2 35-48 lbs 5 lbs 140.00-157.50. rime 1-2 51-74 lbs 170.00-187.50; 82-110 hoice 1-2 57-77 lbs 152.00-168.00; 8400. s: Good 3-4 85-120 lbs 125.00-152.50; 19.00. Cull 2-3 65-108 lbs 60.00-80.00. ment Hair Rams: Good and Choice 2-3

rices

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Kingsville Livestock Auction† 10/11/16

Mid Missouri Stockyards* 10/13/16

Interior Missouri Direct Hogs

9/27/16

Estimated Receipts: 467 Supply and demand are light to moderate.

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

Base carcass meat price: 46.00-47.00.

Sows (cash prices): steady to 2.00 lower. 300-500 lbs.

26.00-31.00, over 500 lbs. 30.00-37.00.

dairy & fed cattle

National Dairy Market

10/14/16

CHEESE: Barrels closed at $1.4600 and 40# blocks at $1.5500. The weekly average for barrels is $1.4650 (-.0160) and blocks, $1.5280 (-.0080).

Springfield Livestock Marketing† 10/12/16

Vienna South Central† 10/12/16

West Plains Ozarks Regional† 10/11/16

1210

1062

1,371

296

2,550

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4-8 Lower

2-10 Lower

2-8 Lower

St-5 Higher

----128.00-139.50 127.00-138.50 109.00-134.50 109.50-135.50

128.00-145.00 120.00-138.00 115.00-130.00 112.00-124.00 110.00-121.00

----123.00-129.00 120.00-127.50 105.50-118.50 110.00-117.00

131.00-155.00 120.00-151.00 108.00-121.00 104.00-108.00 112.00-118.00

136.00-142.00 126.00-147.50 121.00-139.00 120.50-132.00 114.00-122.00

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140.83 142.56 140.44 138.99

126.36 130.01 125.50 124.69

145.81

114.98

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131.42 *

114.00 141.72 146.85 141.91 122.05

126.82 123.88 121.59 117.22 *

136.00

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Week Ended 10/14/16 Soft Wheat Corn Sorghum*

Butler Springfield

141.42

10/14/16

The first frost of the year found its way to a few areas of the state on Wednesday night, not wide spread by any means but sure enough frost in some places. Hay sales remain very light other than some high quality hay going to dairies or horse owners. As the growing season comes to an end there has been a slight uptick noted in that area of the market both in prices and movement, however other areas of the hay market remain mostly inactive.

The supply of hay is moderate, demand is light and prices are mostly steady. The Missouri Department of Agriculture has a hay directory available for both buyers and sellers. To be listed, or for a directory visit http://mda.mo.gov/abd/haydirectory/ for listings of hay http://agebb.missouri.edu/haylst/ (All prices f.o.b. and per ton unless specified and on most recent reported sales price listed as round bales based generally on 5x6 bales with weights of approximately 1200-1500 lbs).

Supreme quality Alfalfa (RFV <185): 180.00-240.00.

Premium quality Alfalfa (RFV 170-180): 160.00-200.00.

Good quality Alfalfa (RFV 150-170): 120.00-160.00. Small squares 4.50-5.00 per bale.

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

Good quality Mixed Grass hay: 75.00-100.00. Small squares 3.004.50 per bale (some alfalfa/grass mix).

Fair to Good quality Mixed Grass hay: 50.00-80.00. Small squares 2.50-3.50 per bale.

Fair quality Mixed Grass hay: 15.00-30.00 per large round bale.

Fair to Good quality Bromegrass: 50.00-80.00.

Wheat straw: 3.00-6.00 per small square bale.

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Week of 9/18/16

10/14/16

Receipts: 4,537 Weaner pigs mostly steady to weak. Feeder pigs no sales reported. Supply light and demand moderate. (Prices Per Head.)

Early weaned pigs 10 lb. base weights, FOB the farm 0% negotiated, 3814 head, 10 lbs, 31.90-38.00, weighted average 34.16.

Early weaned pigs 10 lb base weights, Delivered 0% negotiated, 723 head, 10 lbs, 28.59.

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.

$120

Week of 9/25/16

Hair Ewes: Medium and Large 1-2 ead. s: Good 2-3 80-120 lbs 102.50-120.00. s 70.00-95.00. Cull 1-2 90-137 lbs ement hair rams Medium and Large 1-2 ead. ms: Good 2-3 130-190 lbs 80.00-95.00; 5.00. on 2 30-40 lbs 170.00-190.00. s 137.50-152.50. ction 1 70-120 lbs 242.50-267.50; 90-160 election 2 45-72 lbs 170.00-192.50. Selec00-160.00. Several Replacement does ead. ection 2 65-175 lbs 160.00-185.00. Selec0.00-125.00. A few replacement bucks ead. election 1 185-200 lbs 120.00-140.00; 150.00. Selection 2 95-135 lbs 120.0070-185 lbs 85.00-110.00.

hog markets

Mo. Weekly Weaner & Feeder Pig

$160

Week of 10/2/16

Wool lambs: Prime 2-3 110-150 lbs ce 1-3 73-90 lbs 145.00-167.50.

-3 40-55 lbs 167.50-187.50; 60-85 lbs 115 lbs 130.00-135.00. Choice 2-3 48-59 0-190 lbs 135.00-145.00. Good 1-3 70-95

$200

106.99

Week of 10/9/16

mbs: Medium and Large 1-2 28-54 lbs

FLUID MILK: In the Southeast, some bottlers have cut back on orders in the aftermath of Hurricane Matthew. Milk handlers note it could take a week for milk distribution and milk sales to get back to levels seen before the storm. Industry contacts expect milk production to climb slowly in the Southeast over the next few weeks.

Milk intakes are gradually climbing across the southern tier of states from the South Central area, west into California. In the Northeast, milk production is seasonally strong, and is generally steady across the Mid-Atlantic and North Central areas. In the Pacific Northwest and the mountain states, farm milk production is near the bottom of the annual cycle, following typical seasonal trends. Industry contacts expect the slow downward trend to stabilize and start to reverse in early November. Bottling demand is generally solid and steady across most of the country; however, fall breaks in some areas have suppressed fluid milk sales somewhat. Demand for condensed skim milk is solid in the East and West as good volumes clear into Class II manufacturers, cheese makers and dryers. In the Midwest, Class II demands for condensed skim milk are at seasonally low volumes. Cream is readily available nationwide. Cream cheese and butter processors are pulling strong volumes, while ice cream makers are demanding less. Cream from the West region continues to flow into the Midwest, satisfying some of the butterfat demand there.

Cream multiples range from 1.19-1.30 in the East, 1.19-1.28 in the Midwest, and 1.05-1.22 in the West.

SPOT PRICES OF CLASS II CREAM: $ PER POUND BUTTERFAT, F.O.B., producing plants, Upper Midwest - $2.20922.3763.

Week of 9/18/16

10/6/16

85-180 lbs 125.00-150.00. Good 2-3 111-190 lbs 102.50112.50.

Feeder kids: Selection 1 29-35 lbs 165.00-192.50. Selection 2 30-35 lbs 121.00-150.00. Selection 3 25-33 lbs 100.00-110.00.

Slaughter Kids: Selection 1 50-73 lbs 183.00-210.00.

Selection 2 45-98 lbs 152.50-177.50. Selection 3 35-60 lbs 100.00-136.00.

Slaughter Does: Selection 1 80-150 lbs 100.00-120.00.

Selection 2 68-120 lbs 80.00-97.50.

Slaughter Bucks: Selection 2 75-155 lbs 128.00-140.00.

Selection 3 70-105 lbs 100.00-110.00.

Week of 9/25/16

goats

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550-600 lb. steers

$240

Week of 10/2/16

heep &

24 Month Avg. -

$280

Week of 10/9/16

ossbred heifers 160.00-300.00, crossbred small 100.00-125.00.

USDA Reported * Independently Reported

106.13 120.02 97.65 *

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I soon realized you can buy two loaders for “I have sprayed a little over 1,000 acres the price you can rent one, so I decided to in one and a half spraying seasons. I have purchase two skid loaders,” he explained. sprayed a lot of ragweed, Croatan, SeriIt was not long before Clayton was cea Lespedeza, hedge and locust trees,” researching opportunities to grow his Clayton remarked. business. He discovered an avenue to During his junior year of high school, expand his services while visiting the Clayton hired competent employees 2015 Ozark Fall Farmfest. who could work independently while he “My dad and I looked at the mulching was at school. attachments and the skid loaders and “I had a lot of help, the most I had at ended up purchasing one of each. The one time was three people and one partmulching attachment allows me to do time person. I hired people I could trust. more, such as cutting down trees and It was a relief to know the people I hired mowing grass,” he explained. knew what to do and I could trust them Clayton wanted to offer a way for his cus- to do it and do it right,” Clayton said. tomers to maintain their clean pastures, so This year, Clayton is part of the Stockton he purchased a sprayHigh School Superer and offered custom vised Occupational spraying services.

Experience Program “I had it in the back (SOEP), which alof my mind, and then lows him two addiI have gained a lot the opportunity to tional hours every day of knowledge from buy the sprayer came to work. my dad. He is my about,” he explained.

“We try not to do When Clayton retoo much on the go-to guy. He has ceives a call about weekends, usually just been my mentor and custom spraying, he maintenance or fixing has taught me a lot will visit the propequipment,” he said. about the business. erty and conduct a “I want to be the consultation with the guy people can call None of this would landowner. “I will go whenever they have have been possible out and look at the a problem. Whenwithout him. I am land and figure out ever they need trees a 17-year-old kid, I what they are trying cleaned out, pasto kill, recommend tures cleaned up or don’t know what to use, and let anything like that everything. them know how I want to be there much it will cost,” to help everybody – Clayton Locke Clayton explained. be as productive as Clayton works closely with his father they can on their farm,” Clayton exwhen it comes to making the final rec- claimed. ommendations and chemical purchases.

After graduation, Clayton plans to at“I have gained a lot of knowledge from tend college to pursue a degree in agrimy dad. He is my go-to guy. He has culture business. His goal is to continue been my mentor and has taught me a lot his pasture restoration business and use about the business. None of this would his degree to make his operation finanhave been possible without him. I am cially efficient. a 17-year-old kid, I don’t know everyClayton is the son of Jason Locke and thing,” Clayton said with a smile.

Charla Locke. He has a twin brother, So far he has only sprayed grazing Cooper, and two older brothers, Camand hay ground during his busy season, eron and Connor. which generally starts the end of April Clayton, Cameron and Jason raise Red and wraps up in September.

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Skills Made for Life

By Julie Turner-Crawford

Kale Mabary says life on his family’s dairy farm has given him a lifetime of experience, knowledge Kale isn’t waiting to start his own Kale Mabary wasn’t born in a Technical College of Missouri, previously barn, but he has spend most of known as Linn State Technical College, farming operation. He currently rents his life in his parent’s Urbana, in Linn, Mo. There he hopes to obtain 50 acres with older brother Braten near Mo., milk barn, and the high school his heavy equipment operator certifica- their parent’s Dallas County, Mo., farm, senior rates farming as one of his favorite tion following year-long course, but he where they have a small herd of pureplans to always be involved in farming bred Angus. things to do.

“When we were born, we were all given “I love to hunt, fish, farm and play and hopes to settle near his parents.

“I hope to live right around here,” he said. three Angus cows,” Kale explained. “He’s sports,” he said. “I revolve around those four things. If I’m not farming or play- “My brothers just live a mile away from the trying to build up his cows while I am trying ing football, I’m out in the woods some- farm and I want to live around here too. build up mine. I just want to build up as I Photo by Julie Turner-Crawford where. That’s kind of what I prefer to do.”

Kale’s parents, Jerald and Jan Mabary, started their dairy farm about 30 years ago, raising all three of their sons, 29-year-old Tyler; Braten, 25; and 17-year-old Kale, there.

Today, the Mabarys milk an average of 70 cows, in addition to having 200 head of Angus cattle.

While there is always something to be done on the farm, the family makes it work so that Kale can play football for the Skyline Tigers and be involved in other activities, but as soon as he’s out of practice or school, he heads straight home.

“I get home and help finish up the milking, clean the barn and whatever we have to do,” Kale said. “They let me go have a personal life, but if there is something Kale Mabary grew up on his family’s that needs to be done, we make that a dairy farm near Urbana, Mo. The priority. The farm comes first; this is how high school senior says he hopes to we make a living.” always live near his hometown, and Kale said his favorite part of farming is be involved in farming. working with equipment.

“I would rather wake up in the morning and spend the day on a tractor mow- I eventually want to have my own farm, go and not have to go and take out a loan ing, raking, hauling or baling hay, just my own cattle, but still be a heavy equip- to try and start up. I figured I could start up ment operator. I would rather have beef with my own cattle. I like Angus because anything with the equipment,” he said.

Mom Jan said there isn’t any piece of cattle when I have my own farm. I’ve been I think they are about the best cattle I’ve around the dairy all my life and it’s more seen, not that I’ve been around a lot, but equipment on their farm of a full-time job; you can’t just dairy Angus is what I have grown up with.” that Kale cannot operate part time. Dairy farming as been good Meanwhile, Kale will continue to conproficiently, be it a Bobcat to our family, but I think I want tribute to the family dairy operation, or a tractor, and he’s always to go more with a beef operation. and there are also rewards for his work fixing what needs to be fixed Farming is all I have known on the farm. around the farm. and it has grown to be a part “They pay, so that is how you make your His desire to operate equip- Urbana, Mo. of my life; it’s just something I running money,” Kale said with a smile. ment has prompted him to love to do.”

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meet your neighbors through high school, holds a great deal of respect for his parents and their determination to make a living on a family farm, even when times were tough.

“I have watched them build it up,” Kale said. “I have learned everything I know about farming from my dad (Jerald) and I trust his decisions, so if he prefers something, chances are I am going to prefer it.

He knows everything there is about farming and I love to watch the wheels turn in his head; he’s just so knowledgeable.”

Kale is proud of his small-town roots and of growing up on a family farm.

“Every life lesson my brothers and I ever had was right here and in the pit of that barn. As babies, mom never had a babysitter, so we had a crib by the milk tank. We learned how to work hard and how to deal with situations that you might not be comfortable with at a younger age than some people. Farming has taught us a lot about life and shows us a lot of skills that are made for life.”

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By Jessica Allan were involved in agriculture in the personal lives. Other businesses were ur youth are our future. While this may seem like agricultural, but not in the typical sense, such as the local lumber mill. a worn out statement, it still rings true, especially The students had the opportunity to visit with members of the in the agricultural industry. The industry is evolving agricultural community at a panel discussion during lunch at rapidly and it is today’s students who will be tomorCrowder College. The panel itself was a reflection of the dying Jessica Allan is an row’s producers. Opportunities abound both on and breed of the full-time farmer, as only one of the five panelists was agricultural lender at off the farm, in rural areas and in the big cities. This past week I had employed full time on the farm. The intent of the panel was to Hometown Bank in the chance to interact with our local youth on multiple occasions. provide the students a chance to interview successful members of Neosho, Mo. A resident The first interaction was with a freshman college student at our lothe business community who were also involved in agricultural on of Jasper County, she cal community college. As part of her preparations for the Missouri a daily basis, to see how they got where they were, and what advice also is involved in raising Postsecondary Agricultural Student Organization competition this fall, they might have for the students as they transition to college. A cattle on her family’s she had to interview someone in her field of interest, agricultural busicommon theme among the panelists was hard work, a willingness farm in Newton County ness. While answering the standard questions (what were my job duto start small, humility and a willingness to listen and learn from and is an active alumni ties, what did I like or not like, what were the requirements to get to others were what got those panelists where they are today. of the Crowder College my position, etc.), I tried to point out that she is in an enviable position Our students are our future. They have abundant opportunities Aggie Club. as a student today. She will have opportunities now to travel, intern in before them to excel in their chosen fields, whether on or off the various positions, attend state and national conferences where she can farm, or both! While it is up to past generations to do our best to meet and quiz professionals in all fields, gain service experience through her local college encourage them to take advantage of those opportunities, ultimately it is up to them, agricultural club, and through her studies, keep on top of the trends in her chosen field. the students, to seize the day and make their dreams come true.

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Treatment of the disease is not the same for beef cattle Mastitis is can be a huge problem in some cow/calf operations.

Mastitis is the inflammation of a heifer or cow’s mammary gland.

University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service Veterinarian Heidi Ward said the vast majority of cases are caused by common bacteria in the environment such as Streptococcus, Staphylococcus and E. Coli.

“The infection spreads from one teat to another via suckling of the calf,” Ward said.

The bacteria are usually spread by flies.

“Fly control is also very important,” Ward said. “The more manure, the more flies, the more likelihood of mastitis.”

Wet, muddy environments have also been a concern in spreading the bacteria.

Ward said mastitis can affect weaning weights. “[Mastitis] is a problem to cow-calf operations because mastitis causes a decreased yield in milk resulting in reduced calf weaning weights,” Ward said. “Furthermore, mastitis can disrupt the interplay of hormones that bring cows back into estrus, thus delaying breed back.”

Mastitis usually occurs in the first month of lactation or the drying off period after weaning.

Ward said signs of mastitis in beef cattle differ depending on the severity of the infection.

“In severe cases, the udder is red, swollen and painful and the cow has a fever which causes depression and a decreased appetite – if untreated these cows may die,” Ward said. “A cow with mastitis will not want to walk much and will keep her ears down.”

In milder cases, the udder may appear normal and the cow will not have a fever.

It is tough for a beef producer to spot mastitis unless the cow-calf pairs are observed very closely throughout the day Ward said.

Unlike beef producers – dairy producers can detect mastitis through the milk quality – which makes it easier to catch.

Because the beef cows are still nursing, treatment of beef cows are different from dairy cows.

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Ward said that the antibiotic and route of administration depends on the infection.

“Mild infections, if detected in the first place, usually aren’t treated in beef cows as long as the calf is not bawling and the cow is eating well,” Ward said.

An infected teat can have an off taste or not produce at all – causing the calf to not nurse.

Ward said that the reason most mild cases go untreated is because sometimes medicating beef cows is hazardous.

“The reason mild cases are not treated is that it is very difficult and dangerous to give beef cows intra-mammary antibiotics, Ward said. “They are simply not as docile as dairy cattle.”

However, if the case is more severe antibiotics could be required.

“If more severe and showing systemic signs, a systemic injectable antibiotic along with an intra-mammary antibiotic is typically used for 3-5 days along with an NSAID injection to reduce fever,” Ward said.

While the mother is being treated, it is important that the calf be bottle fed or grafted onto another lactating cow.

Ward said mastitis can cause future production problems.

“It is important to note that even with treatment, that particular teat may have scaring that prevents milk production in the future,” Ward said. “If teat conformation is leading to mastitis, then that cow/heifer should not be used for breeding. “ Prevention is always the best way to deal with mastitis.

Ward said keeping the environment clean by giving cow-calf pairs plenty of room is important – especially in indoor winter calving facilities.

Ward said she also recommends good nutrition and vaccinations.

“Along with controlling the environment, every effort should be made to maintain the cow’s immune system through nutrition and vaccination,” Ward said.

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By Klaire Howerton

Should you have a planned breeding season for your cattle?

If you spend much time around the cattle, chances are that you have heard the term “breeding season” tossed around. So what exactly is a breeding season, and should you have one for your herd?

The University of Florida IFAS Extension recommends that controlled breeding in beef cattle production is defined as developing specific predetermined strategies on when to begin and end a breeding season.

The length of a controlled breeding season varies depending on factors such as the marketing objective, size of the operation, and personal preference. Some controlled breeding seasons last only a few weeks whereas others last several months.

A controlled breeding season will help the producer time calving season to suit their regional and economical needs on their farm or ranch.

The season or time of the year that calves are born influences the calf crop percentage and should be dictated by the available forage supply, labor and market for the calves.

Cows that calve about 30 to 60 days before the most abundant grass production will usually wean more calves annually than cows that calve during other seasons.

Properly timing a breeding season will allow you to manage the health of your herd much better than if you left your bull in year round and had spotty calving dates.

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When you know the timeframe of calving, you can better monitor your herd for any birthing issues as well as keep records of what cows did not take by the end of the breeding period and make appropriate choices to keep or cull cows for next year.

Other breeding season advantages, according beef cattle production experts, fall into the monetary category.

For example, “the calf crop will be more uniform in weight and age for marketing” and “application of management and labor can be concentrated” which in turn concentrates your costs and helps you plan for and spend each dollar purposefully, and track your income from the calf crop.

Having a controlled breeding season means removing the bulls from the herd after your preferred breeding date, so some additional facilities are required if you are moving to utilizing a breeding season. Bulls require sturdy fencing to keep them from escaping and re-joining the cows; some producers also opt for purchasing or leasing acreage to keep bulls elsewhere off the farm until they are needed again the next season.

Part of preparing for a breeding season is getting heifers and cows into good shape, and utilizing a breeding season can aid you in adjusting herd nutrition to the physiological needs of all the cows and heifers at once.

Drovers Cattle Network recommends “Breed heifers for 45 days and then check them for pregnancy at 60 to 90 days. Cull open heifers. Feed heifers to gain about a pound per day until calving. Some producers underfeed pregnant heifers in an attempt to reduce calf birth weights. But, underfed, thin heifers experience more calving problems, poor milk production, weak calves and failure to breed back.”

While it does take a little more advanced planning, developing a breeding season for your herd will help streamline your operation and lead to better organization and a healthier herd, which in turn will aid in improving your bottom line on the farm each calving season.

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pecialists who recommend controlled breeding seasons note that benefits include the ability to better manage cow nutrition, cow and calf health, cow culling, weaning programs and marketing of calves and cull cows. With a continuous calving system, a herd always consists of cows in different stages of lactation and/or gestation with attendant varying nutritional requirements. Thus, with uncontrolled calving, if the herd is fed to meet the needs of the lactating cow(s), the average cow may be overfed, resulting in feed costs that are higher than is necessary or, alternatively, if nutrition is not balanced, the lactating cow is malnourished leading eventually to lesser beef production.

Similarly, the potential of seasonal income averaging and cash flow benefits of a continuous calving system may be more than offset by failure to capture price premiums for consistent, larger batches of calves that may be sold if the calving season is controlled and calves are sold once per year.

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Which side of the business should you be in?

For a new producer wanting bull and turn in with the cows –which is to start a herd there are many something he has discussed with his wife many times. questions.

“But we then think about our daughFinding the right land? Bale or buy ters – especially for their children to hay? Supplementing grains?

Not to mention the pharmaceutical have (cattle to) show,” Moyer said.

Moyer said tradition is important and and animal health side.

Many think about the bred they prefer is obligated by that tradition to say in – however do they think about whether the registered business.

“I can remember when in Washington to raise a registered or commercial herd?

Producer Jerry Moyer has raised regis- County (Ark.), there were 10 registered tered Herefords for many years. Moyer Hereford herds – now there are probsaid raising registered cattle is quite dif- ably three,” Moyer said, adding that the ferent from raising commercial, and reg- breed became unpopular in the 1980s.

He said for many it was too costly to istered is more for someone interested in keep going or the producer retired and the pedigrees and genetics. got out of the business “If someone is interpermanently. ested in seedstock – “Selling registered catregistered is the way to

The biggest tle] is a little harder in go,” Moyer said. thing is this area – but it has gotHowever, the regis- ten better in the last six tered cattle business is expense – to stay up to seven years,” Moyer not easy on the pock- with the trends and said. etbook. Moyer said it genetics – like AI Moyer said in the does not come cheap.

Ozarks it was hard to “The biggest thing and flushing cows. bulls at a premium. is expense – to stay up – Jerry Moyer sell Many producers did with the trends and not care about genetgenetics – like AI and ics when it came to their herd. flushing cows,” Moyer said.

“That has changed a bunch in the last The American Hereford Association, for example, requires a producer activa- six or seven years,” Moyer said. “Markettion fee every year, requires annual EPDs ing has become easier.”

Moyer said if the producer’s main goal per animal and herd inventory.

“Hereford’s require full DNA on all is to go to the sale barn, a registered herd the calves,” Moyer said. “It adds lot of isn’t a good idea.

“A registered Hereford isn’t going to expense to raising calves.”

The requirements also call for extra make as much as a black baldly at the time and labor that commercial produc- sale barn,” Moyer said.

The decision between a commercial or tion doesn’t necessarily require.

Moyer said three quarters of producers in registered herd is up to how much time the cattle industry are part-time producers. and money someone prefers to spend.

Moyer said the registered business can be “For part-time livestock producers or ranchers, it is hard to maintain a regis- a successful one with the right mind set.

“It takes a person willing to realize it’s tered herd because it’s so time consumnot simple as buying a bull and putting ing,” he said.

Moyer said it is easier just to buy a black it in a herd,” Moyer said.

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farm help

Feeding a Little Less?

By Klaire Howerton

The pros and cons of cutting back on feed and feed costs If you are a producer who gives supplemental feed other than grass to your livestock, you know that the cost of feed can be a high one.

It’s part of business to find ways to cut costs, but you certainly don’t want to cut corners (especially on feed), since that can lead to more expenses and less income down the road. If feed is on your list of costs to cut, be sure you consider all the advantages and disadvantages before making the decision.

>>Advantages Obviously, the

biggest advantage to cutting back on feed is that you won’t need to spend as much money on supplemental groceries. You’ll also save on fuel and delivery fees if you do not have to pick up as many pallets of grain, range cubes, etc. from the feed store, or have as much bulk feed delivered. Another advantage to cutting back on feed is that you won’t require nearly as much space to store feed products and keep them from spoiling. Cutting back on supplemental feed, or removing it from your program entirely if you have the pasture, can also lead to a different type of marketing, such as grass finished beef or grass fed beef, and can lead to increased finished product prices and value for the producer.

>>Disadvantages If you rely

heavily on supplemental feed within your operation, the largest disadvantage to cutting back on feed costs would be that your cattle might not finish as fast, or that they might have lower hanging weights at the end of the process. While you might be saving money instantaneously by cutting back on feed, you could actually lose money in the long run by cutting corners. Another disadvantage to cutting back on feed is the potential for health problems to develop OCTOBER 24, 2016

within your herd due to improper nutrition, which leads to greater expenses in vet bills and medicine, and lost profits from trying to sustain lower performing animals.

>>Solutions Realistically, produc-

ers do need to cut costs, but it can be done without cutting corners. The University of Georgia Extension offers an effective method for determining how much you’re spending and where; these numbers can then be used to evaluate what costs might require some rethinking.

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step process for “Understanding and Controlling Basic Input Costs in the Cow Herd”

1. Determine the amount of money available to spend 2. Calculate total cow calf costs 3. Divide cow costs into different categories such as pasture, feed, hay production, veterinary care and minerals, labor, etc.

4. Rank these categories in order from highest to lowest 5. Begin by focusing on the larger numbers first. Once you have completed all five steps, you can begin to make adjustments.

If you want to reduce costs on supplemental feed, “forages are the cheapest source of nutrients available for cattle producers. Therefore, maximizing the nutrients harvested from forages can tremendously reduce the need for supplements,” according the University of Georgia Extension.

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Producers should consider age, body condition before breeding heifers for the first time First calf heifers always require a little extra TLC for their first breeding season. One thing producers must consider before breeding is the age and size of their heifers.

While age is certainly an important factor, most research indicates that it is the size and weight of the heifer that is the biggest indicator of breeding readiness.

Experts agree that the traditional approach for heifer development has been to shoot for 65 percent of mature body weight at breeding time in order to maximize pregnancy rate.

Many areas of the country have abundant feed resources, so it’s easily possible to have heifers weighing 900 pounds, or more, at 14 to 15 months of age. If a heifer weighs 500 pounds at 200 days of age and the target is 800 pounds, we only need a gain of 300 pounds in 235 days, or 1.3 pounds per day.

In her book “Storey’s Guide to Raising Beef Cattle,” Heather Smith Thomas says it takes nine months of gestation to develop the calf after the heifer becomes pregnant, so “feed her properly so she can breed and conceive at 15 months of age. Then she’ll calve at about 24 months of age.”

It is not recommended for heifers to calve at under the age of 2 years, so producers must take age into consideration when choosing their breeding season for first calf heifers.

Once you have determined that your heifers are at the appropriate age and size for breeding, you’ll want to make sure you select the appropriate bull for their needs.

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“Selecting bulls with low birth weight EPDs is most important when they are to be used on small cows or first-calf heifers. Since weights at all points in the lives of cattle are positively correlated, some sacrifices in growth may have to be made to stay within a workable range of calving ease or birth weight for a particular herd,” said Ronnie Silcox and Roger McGraw from the University of Georgia and North Carolina University in their article “Bull Selection Is Foundation For Profitable Herd.”

The age and size at which heifers reach puberty vary by breed, as well as sire selection within the breed.

Age and weight at puberty are moderately to highly heritable traits.

This means that producers can use selection to improve these traits within a given herd. An easy method of selection for age at puberty in replaceUSDA photo ment heifers is to select daughters of bulls with large scrotal circumference.

An interesting correlation, in general, bulls with larger scrotal circumferences have daughters that reach puberty earlier.

Virginia Cooperative Extension noted in an article that “crossbred heifers are younger at puberty than purebred heifers.”

Putting a little extra effort into your heifers for their first breeding season and ensuring they have reached the proper weight and age at puberty will benefit you and your herd down the road.

Be sure to consult your veterinarian to come up with a proper nutritional program to get your heifers in the best shape and size possible.

OCTOBER 24, 2016

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Time to Evaluate Pastures for Fall

By Meghan Anderson

U of A professor recommends that cattle be pulled from fescue to save it for winter grazing As producers begin to stack their barns full of hay, they reflect about the summer season, and think about what is ahead for the winter.

Livestock producers were pleased this summer with the mild, wet weather, until the rain progressively slowed and then stopped.

Evaluating pastures this fall grazing will be crucial and will affect the forage producers will have stored for the winter.

Warm season grasses such as Bermudagrass, are drying out and beginning to go dormant early because the lack of rain.

In fear of a severe winter – producers are preparing forage for their herds.

University of Arkansas Animal Science Professor Dr. Ken Coffey, said it is a good time to move herds off of fescue.

“As soon as we get rain, new green fescue will grow. To conserve as much as we can, it is a good time to get herds off fescue pastures to save the pastures for winter,” Coffey said.

Moving herds off of fescue would give them time to grow into a better forage

for the winter months.

“Low production cows that have weaned off their calves, can be left on dormant summer grasses, letting the cool grasses grow for a while and hold the cattle for higher quality forage,” Coffey said.

Most producers think about feeding hay during the winter months, however Coffey suggests supplementing the summer grasses by feeding hay as well.

“If a producer has plenty of hay, it is a good idea to feed hay now and strip graze hay later,” he said.

Many producers depend on one last good rain – however they did not receive that this year.

“Usually we get a good rain around Labor Day, but we didn’t this year,” Coffey said.

Annual forages haven’t had enough moisture and are limited quality Coffey said.

“Moving the cattle off fescue and feeding hay are the most important things right now,” Coffey said.

Coffey said he is putting his recommendations into practice with his own herd.

“That is what I am doing at home,” Coffey said. “Holding off until we get a good rain and limit into the winter.”

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As soon as we get rain, new green fescue will grow. To conserve as much as we can, it is a good time to get herds off fescue pastures to save the pastures for winter.

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October 2016 24-26 Regional Management-Intensive Grazing School – Centerville, Mo. –

573-648-1035 or 573-663-2676 24 Partners in Pastures Pasture Walk Forage Meeting/Workshop – 5 p.m., hay

ride across the pastures, 6 p.m., weed control discussion – Bring your

favorite dish and lawn chair – Morris/Bergman Farm, Urich, Mo. –

417-448-2560 or millerpd@missouri.edu 28 Chronic Disease Self Management Class – six weeks, Fridays 1:30-3:30 p.m.,

No Class the Day after Thanksgiving – Bates County Memorial Hospital,

Butler, Mo. – 660-679-4167 November 2016 1 Master Gardener Classes Begin – Lamar, Mo. – Call the Barton County

Extension Center for more information – 417-682-3579 1-18 NAILE – North American International Livestock Exhibition – Louisville,

Kentucky – www.livestockexpo.org 1 Veterinary Feed Directive with Dr. Craig Payne – Free Seminar – MU

Extension Center, Lebanon, Mo. – 417-532-7126 1 Feedout Calf Evaluation – 6 p.m., Joplin Regional Stockyards, Joplin, Mo.

– Call by Oct. 28 – 417-466-3102 2 Community Garden Workshop – 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. – Central United Methodist

Church, 5 S. Pennsylvania St., Webb City, Mo. – $10 fee – Please register by

Oct. 26 – 417-358-2158 or jasperco@missouri.edu 2-12/21 Small Steps to Health and Wealth – Wednesdays, 1-2 p.m. – Cedar County

Health Department, 807 Owens Mill Road, Stockton, Mo. – pre-register

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October 2016 24 SW Missouri Performance Tested Bull Sale – Springfield Livestock Marketing,

Springfield, Mo. – 417-345-8330 27 Kirkes Black Angus Ranch – Talihina, Okla. – 918-465-7830 28 10 Grand Charolais Sale – American Royal, Kansas City, Mo. – 785-672-7449 29 Lacy’s Red Angus 1st Annual Production Sale – Drexel, Mo. – 806-983-7226 30 P Bar S Annual Production Sale – Sand Springs, Okla. – 402-350-3447 30 Baker Angus Fall Production Sale – at the Farm, Butler, Mo. – 660-679-4403 November 2016 4-5 GENETRUST @ Chimney Rock Cattle Company – Concord, Ark. – 620-583-3706 5 Double A Land & Cattle Limousin Sale – El Dorado Springs, Mo. –

417-684-0881, 913-558-7966 5 New Day Genetics Production Sale – Osceola, Mo. – 660-492-2777 5 Pitts Angus Farm Annual Bull Sale – Hermitage, Mo. – 417-399-3131 5 CSBBA Performance Tested Bull Sale – Joplin Regional Stockyard, Joplin, Mo.

– 417-616-9000 5 Missouri Charolais Breeders Association Bull & Female Sale – Springfield

Livestock Marketing Center, Springfield, Mo. – 785-672-7449 5 B/F Cattle Company Fall Bull Sale – at the Farm, Butler, Mo. – 660-492-2808 5 “The Andras Kind” Red Angus Female Sale – Andras Stock Farm,

Manchester, IL – 217-473-2355 12 HAGA Show-Me Gelbvieh & Balancer Sale – Springfield Livestock Marketing

Center, Springfield, Mo. – 816-225-8530 12 Moser Ranch Angus Production Sale – at the Ranch, Wheaton, Kan. – 785-456-5561

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2 Veterinary Feed Directive – Douglas County Livestock Auction, Squires, Mo.

– 417-679-3525 7 Learning to Control Weeds in Your Lawn and Garden – 6 p.m. – Vernon

County Fairgrounds Diner, Nevada, Mo. – Cost: $20, includes handouts

and booklet – Register by Oct. 31 – 417-448-2560 8 Sew Native Class: Those Sun-loving Asters – 10:30 a.m.-noon – Pulaski

County Extension, 403 School Street, Suite 1, Waynesville, Mo. – 573-774-6177 9 Windows 10 training Workshop – 7 p.m. – Cost: $10, limit of 20

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County Library, 717 East Street, Stockton, Mo. – register by Nov. 8 –

417-276-3313 or cedarco@missouri.edu 10 Learning to Control Weeds in Your Lawn and Garden – 6 p.m. – First Baptist

Church, 555 Walnut, Osceola, Mo. – Cost: $20, includes handouts and

booklet – Register by Nov. 2 – 417-646-2419 10 Veterinary Feed Directive – 6 p.m. – Free Seminar – Howell County

Extension Center, 1376 Bill Virdon Blvd., West Plains, Mo. – 417-256-2391 10 Southwest Missouri Beef Conference – 4:30 p.m. – McKennan Hall, Bolivar,

Mo. – 417-326-4916 – pre-register by Nov. 5 17 Free Day Camp for Adults with Special Needs and their Caregivers – This

will be the annual Thanksgiving Dinner. The day will include music

therapy, lunch and holiday crafts – Living Waters Ranch, Osceola, Mo. –

Please RSVP by November 11 – 660-924-6890

12 Oklahoma Charolais Association Bull Sale – Cross Livestock Auction, Checotah,

Okla. – 979-229-4472 12 Brown Land & Cattle Fall Production Sale – at the Ranch, Diamond, Mo. – 417-439-2519 12 Four State Shorthorn Sale – Diamond, Mo. – 816-465-0777 13 Arkansas Angus Sharing the Success Sale – Cattlemen’s Livestock Auction,

Harrison, Ark. – 816-532-0811 13 Linhart Limousine Annual “Fall Harvest Female Sale” – Leon, IA – 402-350-3447 18 Show-Me Select Replacement Heifer Sale – Joplin Regional Stockyards,

Carthage, Mo. – 417-466-3102 19 Missouri Simmental Association Fall Harvest Sale – Springfield Livestock

Marketing Center, Springfield, Mo. – 417-310-2267 19 NE Arkansas Angus Association Fall Sale – Charlotte, Ark. – 870-236-3187 19 Sydenstricker Genetics Angus Sale – Mexico, Mo. – 573-581-5555 19 Show-Me Polled Hereford Classic – Windsor Livestock Market, Windsor, Mo.

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Marketing Center, Springfield, Mo. – 417-310-2267 26 Turline Maines Annual Private Treaty Sale – at the Farm, Richards, Mo. – 417-484-3306 28 Bachman Cattle Farms Gelbvieh Dispersal Sale – at the Farm, Chillicothe,

Mo. – 660-247-1113

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REAL ESTATE AUCTION Directions: From Marshfield Take Hwy 38 Towards Elkland Approx 13 Miles To Property On Left. (1Mile North Of Elkland.)

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Fall Angus Sale November 19, 2016 • Noon Batesville Stockyard

Charlotte, AR

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5/1/17

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573-864-6475

10/24/16

Will 417-350-9810 Ron 417-214-0279

Hefley

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Harrison, Arkansas

11/14/16

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Vestlane Farms 417-253-2271 417-399-1430

10/24/16

800-246-5335

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515-771-6036

Double J Ranch

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8327 Lawrence County Ave. LaRussell, MO 64848 417-246-5335

25 Registered Horned and Polled Hereford Bulls 12-24 Months Of Age Columbia, Mo.

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Livestock Equipment

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11/14/16

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Farmers Mutual Insurance Company of Dade County

11/14/16

Machinery

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Cross Timbers, Mo. • 417-998-6629

Sam 417-328-9137 Chase 417-399-1904 • Chance 417-298-1751

Lot 1 – RHF 3510 Maggie 2117Z, a great daughter of AB JWR Demolition 6008 3510. Sells with a herd bull prospect by MSU TCF Revolution 4R.

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Dark red, goggle eyed.

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Glengrove Farms will be dispersing all of their 4-5-6 years old cows.

A great set of cows. The first time anyone has had the opportunity to purchase these cows.

For information

MIDWEST CATTLE SERVICE Jim Reed 660-527-3507 or Ed Roth 660-351-4127

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