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Jerry and Barb White use ET to build their Wagyu herd.

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rumor mill Missouri Forage and Grassland Council/GLCI Annual Conference: The Missouri Forage and Grassland Council Grazing Lands Conservation Initiative will host the 2013 annual conference on November 4-5, at the Resort at Port Arrowhead in Lake Ozark, Mo. The conference will discuss various topics including: grazing economics, climate and weather patterns, building blocks of soil health in pasture, pasture finished beef, grazing management with multi-species and more. For more information contact Joetta Roberts at 573-499-0886. CAB Internship Available: Certified Angus Beef (CAB) offers paid positions for those who will be juniors or seniors during the internships from next summer into spring 2015. Students with a strong writing background majoring in ag journalism, communications or animal science may apply for the 10- to 12-week summer position or part-time school terms. Applications are due by Nov. 25, 2013, for the summer of 2014 and/or school year 2014-2015 positions. Apply online at corporate.certifiedangusbeef.com/recruiting. For more information contact Miranda Reiman 308-784-2294. Missouri CattleWomen Offer Scholarships: One lucky woman will receive a $1,000 scholarship as the winner of the Missouri Beef Queen contest. The first runner-up will receive a $500 scholarship and the second runner-up a $250 scholarship. The contest is open to single females , between the ages of 16-21 (by Dec. 31, 2013). Contestants must be a Missouri resident, have a farm background, an interest in beef and the beef industry, already have or willing to obtain a Masters in Beef Advocacy (MBA), be a collegiate or junior member of Missouri Cattlemen’s Association or her parents must be a MCA or Missouri CattleWomen member, and must be sponsored by her county cattlemen’s affiliate. For contest rules and an application visit mocattle.com/missouricattlewomen. aspx. The application postmark deadline is Nov. 1, 2013. Join 4-H in Missouri: Open enrollment for 4-H Clubs in Missouri is underway and runs until Dec. 1, 2013. As the largest out-ofschool youth organization in the world, 4-H is open to all boys and girls, ages 5 to 18. Children who are 5 to 7 years old (by Dec. 2012) are eligible for 4-H Clover Kids, an introductory program. Youth who are 8 to 18 years of age (by Dec. 31, 2010) can select from a variety of 4-H projects and activities. Residents of southwest Missouri can contact any of these 4-H youth development specialists for information: Karla Deaver in Lawrence County at 417-466-3102; Velynda Cameron in Polk County at 417-326-4916; Bob McNary in Jasper County at 417-358-2158; Amy Patillo in Howell County at 417-256-2391; or Jeremy Elliott-Engle in Newton County at 417-455-9500. Scan Me Or Visit ozarksfn.com

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JUST A THOUGHT

3 Jerry Crownover – The last mower I’ll ever own 4 Lynzee Glass – I hope you like the new design MEET YOUR NEIGHBORS

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Steve Madewell sticks to tradition when raising free-range hogs

Excellent bloodlines is the center of production for Double Horn Ranch

David Harkins shares Ozarks history from unexpected places

Eye on Agribusiness features Neosho MFA

The Reed and Wolfe families have custom baled 4,000 round bales this year

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Town and Country features Eric Bright

26 Youth in Agriculture features Tyler Kay FARM HEALTH AND SAFETY Equipment and livestock safety precautions 15 could save your child’s life

Jerry and Barb White have found that Wagyu offer additional nutritional value

Being well rested can prevent accidents on the farm

Plaque buildup in your arteries could put you at risk of PAD

Put years back on your life by putting out that cigarette for good

Four simple ways to stop the spread of infection

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little over a year revago, onwIotraded rC yrrein J yB my old lawn mower for a state-ofthe-art, new mower that I conJerry Crownover farms cluded, considering my advanced in Lawrence County. He age, would be the last one I’d ever is a former professor of have to buy. It is a zero-turn machine that has a Agriculture Education at 60-inch cut and sports a 28HP engine. When it Missouri State University, was delivered by the machinery dealer, that I’ve and is an author and dealt with for years, I reminisced that the new professional speaker. mower’s price tag was more than I paid for my To contact Jerry, go to first tractor so many years ago. ozarksfn.com and click The contraption was as good as advertised and on ‘Contact Us.’ I could finish my yard in less than 30 minutes – until my wife discovered how much fun it was to drive and, since then, I haven’t gotten to mow our yard all summer. Of course, I’m not complaining. But, a couple of months ago, when I would mow down at one of the other farms that has a huge, 3-acre yard, I started having a problem with the new mower. After about 30 minutes of mowing, I would have to disengage the blades for some reason, the blades would not re-engage unless I allowed the machine to sit and cool for 10 to 15 minutes. Since it was still under warranty, I loaded it up and hauled it back to the dealership for repair. After a couple of days at the implement dealer, the service manager called and said, “Jerry, we can’t get this mower to replicate the problem.” “Oh, you have to mow with it for longer than 30 minutes to get it to act up,” I replied. Frustrated, he asked me to come over the next day to show them what was wrong. When I arrived at the dealership and visited with the service guy for a few minutes, we headed to the shop where there were a few more mowers sitting for maintenance and repair. “Where is it?” I asked.

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About the Cover Jerry and Barb White add new genetics to their traditional Angus herd. Read more on page 24. Photo by Sherry Leverich Tucker Ozarks Farm & Neighbor accepts story suggestions from readers. Story information appears as gathered from interviewees. Ozarks Farm & Neighbor assumes no responsibility for the credibility of statements made by interviewees. © Copyright Ozarks Farm & Neighbor, Inc., 2013. All rights reserved. Printed in USA.

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o you like the new look of Ozarks Farm & Neighbor so far? We hope you like our new and improved design. You’ll notice that OFN got a Lynzee Glass graduated makeover from front to back. It’s from Missouri State been years since our paper was redesigned so we University with a hope you’ll agree it was time for a new look. We degree in Agricultural strive to bring to you an interesting, informaCommunications in 2008. tive and aesthetically pleasing publication about She grew up on a family livestock production in the Ozarks. farm in Dallas County, Mo. We felt it was time to freshen things up a litTo contact Lynzee call tle bit so we started with redesigning the front 1-866-532-1960 or email cover. We decided to give it more of a magazine editor@ozarksfn.com. appeal. One crisp clean photo on the front sets the tone for the entire paper. On page two you’ll notice we added a Table of Contents and got rid of the In this Section at the beginning of each section. The Table of Contents will guide you through the rest of the issue. We hope that it is handier having all this information right up front. Some of our changes are a little more subtle like font and color changes. But all the great content you’ve always loved about OFN is still there. One of the most read pieces in our paper is the Market Sales Report in the center of the paper. We hope the new layout is easier for you to read. We’ve always worked hard at bringing you news and information about the issues in your backyard. We will continue to do that. Our maps may look a little different — Continued on Next Page

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Keepin’ it Country Continued from Previous Page now, but the stories are still about your friends and neighbors. The new map allows for more editorial content, so a win-win for everyone. Other useful sections like AgVisor columns, Farm Calendar, Auction Block and Classifieds are still there bringing you the latest information possible. Our continued special sections and issue focuses will offer the familiarity that you’ve grown to love and promote the advertisers and companies that make your life on the farm a little easier.

Life is Simple Continued from Page 3 He laughed when he pointed to a clean, shiny, new-looking mower that I didn’t recognize. “We cleaned it up a little,” he stated. I told the manager that I would sit on the mower and run it for about 30 minutes and it should present the problem I had been encountering. He suggested that I might want to mow some grass to imitate the conditions I had been experiencing as he quickly pointed to a large machinery display area near the rear of their business. I started mowing. While mowing, I could imagine one of my neighbors driving by and surmising that, “Yep, Jerry has finally gone broke farming and is having to mow lawns for a living,” or worse yet, “I guess Jerry couldn’t make his payment on that last tractor and is having to mow their yard

As the year winds to an end we hope that each issue continues to meet your expectations. As the year comes to an end, I will once again be collecting recipes for our annual Country Christmas Cookbook. Please send recipes along with your name and hometown to: PO Box 1319, Lebanon, Mo., 65536; fax them to 417-532-4721 or email them to Lynzee@ozarksfn.com. Best wishes,

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Madewell Meats gets USDA label approval for their nitrate and MSG-free products “When we first got started in producer will focus on the meat business we could pigs per sow, and our buy a hog at 6 or 7 cents a sows will only averpound and that first year I hauled 23 age about 2 litters per head up to the stockyards. They aver- year,” explained Steve. Steve is also proud aged 256 pounds and they didn’t bring $25 a head,” explained Steve Madewell to be able to say that Madewell Meats, a of Madewell Meats. Steve explained he feeds a noncommobile business, offers that the idea behind his pork business mercial feed that over 50 different products. started when that same year he and his he grinds and mixes (L to R: Jane and Steve Photo by Ashley Wilson wife, Jane, “sold a few Christmas hams himself. He feeds a Madewell) for $30 apiece. It just made sense,” re- non GMO grain and uses no antibiotics, called Steve. When asked about the decision to close It was difficult for Steve to find the hormones or growth promotants. Another important aspect of Madewell the store Steve stated, “I got an offer that right hog since the industry had developed a more modern hog that focused Meats is their ability to offer nitrite and was too good to pass up and it was time to more on loin production rather than MSG-free products. After discovering slow down. There is much cheaper oversides. After a lot of searching, Steve that some health issues of Jane’s were re- head and more flexibility with a business was able to bring in old bloodlines such lated to nitrites and MSG, Steve began like this,” explained Steve. In regards to competition Steve said, as Viking from the late 1960s to early to push the USDA to recognize their 1970s. With these lines, Steve was able label with no nitrites, as it previously “We have never been a cutthroat busito breed a much larger and less modern would not recognize any cured meats ness. We offer 53 or 54 products and hog. Steve’s hogs today are deep-bodied without nitrites in them. After some people buy from me because it tastes like and big-framed. “A couple of years ago I struggle, the USDA finally approved the meat they had when they were kids.” Steve said the biggest challenge is the had a couple 9 and 10-year-old sows that Steve’s label. He mentioned that he is averaged near 800 pounds. Hogs don’t currently working on a new kind of ba- cost of feed. “We just got through the get that big anymore. This is a grower’s con; one that will be sold in its purest last two years with the highest corn and only market and you have to sell what form. “We are still working on getting soybean prices I have ever paid. Your an approved label on it. We’ve tested it feed is three fourths what it cost on the you grow,” Steve explained. Currently, Steve keeps Duroc, Hamp- and people have really liked it,” men- hog. We are just at the mercy of the market,” Steve explained. shire and Berkshire breeds on his 90-acre tioned Steve. Steve and Jane currently run a mobile “I enjoy talking to the people that buy farm in Mt. Vernon, Mo. He has 25 working sows and 5 boars on the farm with business, which consists of a 20-foot our products.” Yet, as much as he loves several boars residing on other farms that trailer, six freezers and a generator. On the hog business he knows farming will almost every day of the week you can become more of a struggle as he ages. he still retains half interest find Steve at one of the local farm- “With the way we do things there is in. All of his hogs are freeers’ markets. Three of those days so much physical stuff and as much as range and kept outdoors. “It he spends at the Greater Spring- I don’t like to admit it, I can’t do what takes a lot more labor to raise field Farmers’ Market of which I could when I was 30. Well, actually I hogs that way, but they are a he is president. The mobile can still do them, it just takes longer,” lot healthier,” said Steve. Mt. Vernon, Mo. business took the place of Steve laughed. “To do what we do is very Steve does not use moderntheir store they ran a few time consuming. It’s a year-round busiday practices when it comes to years ago in Mt. Vernon. ness; a lifestyle,” Steve concluded. production. “The larger pork OCTOBER 28, 2013

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Bloodlines and Charity By Cheryl Kepes

Michael and Chellney Horn use their expertise and training skills to help rescue horses Nothing provides peace to Michael Horn’s soul like the sound of his horses’ hooves rhythmically pounding the autumn soil. “I love to walk out there at 10 o’clock at night, when it is pitch black and then whistle. I can hear the thunder of their feet and they will all gather around me and nuzzle,” said Michael, as he gazed out at his horse herd. Michael’s eyes sparkle In the spirit of giving back when he talks about Michael and Chellney his horses and when Horn volunteer with the he looks at his wife. Christian County 4-H and Michael and ChellPhoto by Cheryl Kepes donate horses to programs ney Horn own Double that change lives. years old on his famHorn Ranch in Billings, ily’s farm in Rolla, Mo. The couple train Haflinger, Quarter, Arabian and Appa- Mo. As a teenager Michael worked at loosa horses on their 40-acres. Michael and a horse training facility in Rolla. He’s Chellney’s passion for horses has brought competed in many English and Western them joy in their lives, a chance to help shows through the years. Now at Double Horn Ranch, he works with people others, and the two of them together. Both Michael and Chellney were wid- of all ages to teach them how to train ows, and then eight years ago the two ran and ride their horses. Both Michael and into each other at a horse barn. Chell- Chellney volunteer with the Christian ney was climbing over a gate to check County 4-H program, giving of their out the place as a location to board her time and expertise to positively impact horse. Michael saw her across the barn local youth. “You’ve got to give back,” Michael said. and as Chellney tells it, “He When it comes to their horse has been chasing me ever herd, their focus is on excellent since.” They were married bloodlines. Their stallion, one year to the day, in that named Tuck’s Hustler, traces same barn where Chellney back to the world champion first caught Michael’s eye. Billings, Mo. horse, Reminic. Currently There is no doubt Michael’s there are 15 horses on other love is his horses. His Double Horn Ranch, which interest started when he was 4

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meet your neighbors is half the number of horses Michael death,” Michael recalled. After nursing typically owns. Michael sells most of his Bandit back to health, Michael gained Quarter Horses, half Arabian-half Quar- Bandit’s trust. “Inch by inch, day by day ter Horses and Appaloosas to breed- he got to be the best horse I have ever ers and ranchers in Texas and Arizona. had in my life,” said Michael. And one Michael trains his horses in reining and day the horse that Michael rescued reWestern pleasure. His latest adventure turned the favor. While checking fence is working with his Haflinger Horses to far from his house, Michael dislocated train them to pull wagons. Michael and his knee while climbing off Bandit into Chellney enjoy taking the tall grass. Michael their wagon-pulling said, “I looked at him I retrain horses. If I have Haflingers to parades and said, ‘I need you, a horse that was abused, around the Ozarks. I need you, please neglected, had issues or But with hearts as stand still’ and he problems, I will bring it big as Michael’s and froze.” Michael manback and retrain it and Chellney’s, top bloodaged to get back on get it ready to go back lines and top profits Bandit who gingerly out for someone to enjoy. falls short compared to carried him home, making a difference in where Michael slid the lives of people and off into the bed of his - Michael Horn, Double Horn Ranch horses. The couple truck. “And I came has already donated one of their beloved pulling in and what do I see? I see him horses to Camp Barnabas in Purdy, Mo. laying on the back of his tailgate and Camp Barnabas is a camp for children Bandit’s nose in his belly and he is just with special needs and chronic illnesses. standing there loose reigned,” recalled This year, Michael and Chellney plan to Chellney. Michael said it’s hard to exgive their laid-back and loving Appa- plain the bond you make with a horse. loosa, named Cochise, to a program that “It’s just pure enjoyment,” Michael said. assists disabled veterans. Horses aren’t the only animals on DouSome of the horses on Double Horn ble Horn Ranch. Each year, they raise Ranch are here because Michael rescued 150 chickens and turkeys and a couple them from abusive or neglectful situa- of pigs for meat. They recently sold 50 tions. “I retrain horses. If I have a horse head of Katahdin sheep. This spring that was abused, neglected, had issues they will replace their sheep herd with or problems, I will bring it back and re- another 50 Katahdin ewes. train it and get it ready to go back out for As if their farm work isn’t enough to someone to enjoy,” said Michael. One keep them busy. Michael owns and runs, such horse was a Quarter Horse named Springfield Wealth Advisors, in SpringBandit. “There was something about field, Mo. Chellney keeps the investment him that I saw in his eye, he was near advisory firm running as office manager.

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Who hasn’t spent a sultry afternoon wandering through an Ozarks cemetery, large or small, reading the tombstones and wondering, especially about those of many years past? David Harkins of Eldridge, Mo., in rural Laclede County has spent more than his fair share of time doing exactly that in recent years and has now written a book about much of what he has learned. “The research for this is really fascinating,” David explained recently. “You end up on the Internet of course, wandering through old cemeteries and talking to lots of the older folks, like an 86-year-old gravedigger whose been doing this since he was in his 20s. “There’s a lot of rural and urban legends that surround a number of graveyards, stories that have been passed down especially about folks seeing apparitions, hauntings, cars that won’t start once stopped at this or that graveyard and that sort of thing. But there is also a lot of history involved here and that is what the book is actually about.” David’s book reads like a who’s who of graveyards throughout southwest Missouri and northern Arkansas, sharing the stories of one of America’s first female serial killers, buried in Missouri, various Confederate and Union soldiers and their unique histories, as well as tales from what is believed to be one of Arkansas’ oldest cemeteries, outside of Coal Hill. The graves there are believed to be primarily convict laborers and first and second slave descendants, buried after working and dying in the local mines in the late 1800s. The saga of another multiple murderer from the early 1950s, Billy Cook is told in the chapter about Peace Cemetery, a large, old but mostly abandoned cemetery outside Joplin. Billy Cook’s crimes were so notorious he was buried under cover of darkness after being executed in prison. His body was later moved – whether in or out of Peace Cemetery remains a mystery – at the request of others with relatives in the cemetery who were disturbed by damage and attempts to exhume Cook’s body. “I got interested in all of this, years ago as a kid, growing up in Fresno, Calif.,” David continued. “I had a Cherokee grandmother who was into spirits and all that and I always liked scary movies as a kid. My mother, on the other hand, was staunch Christian and told me ‘to leave all that evil stuff alone.’ Of course, be-

ing a kid, I didn’t listen and I didn’t always see it as evil. “My friends and I opened a metaphysical book store in California and we sold a little incense and oils back then and the occasional book when we could afford to buy them,” he laughed at the memories. “Pretty soon people started telling us their ghost stories. Photos by Laura L. Valenti I guess because they had to have somebody to share them with. I came to the Ozarks in the 1980s with a friend on the Greyhound bus after being stationed at Fort Sill, Okla. He kept telling me how great Missouri was but all I wanted to know after being in Ft. Sill was, do they have trees there? And now over 25 years later, I’m still here.” David is a retired executive chef who worked for many years in the Lake Ozark community and still works there as a banquet captain, setting up banquets and bars for various celebrations. Along with some friends, he founded the Ozark Paranormal Society and serves as its director which eventually led to this book, Haunted Graveyards of the Ozarks. “We get asked to go in and investigate hauntings and sightings by people who are often scared to death,” he explained, giving a rational explanation to what might be considered a bizarre way to spend free time. “We never charge for an investigation and what we really do is set out to disprove the people’s fears. In about 9 out of 10 cases that is exactly what we do. For instance, a couple of years ago, we were called to a house where the people were frightened of strange noises, including mysterious banging and intermittent old time fiddle music. We were able to determine the banging was from their old oil furnace in the basement and some of the hangers for the pipes which would clank when the furnace was on. This was a very old house, with the original plaster walls built over chicken wire. When someone put a heavy metal nail through a wall to hang a large picture that nail connected with an electrical wire and the chicken wire that supports the plaster. It essentially turned the whole house into a giant antenna. They were picking up bits and pieces of a radio station out of the area that played old time country music. A lot of times the problem is that once somebody suggests ghosts and hauntings, people get scared and all wired up and can’t get past that.”

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Precautions for children 13 years and older: • Proper licensing and driver’s education if operating a motor vehicle • Helmets when operating ATVs • Hearing protection around loud machinery and fire arms • Eyewear protection “I feel compelled to point out that women and young girls often do not receive either formal or informal education in regards to safety issues on the farm and ranch,” Woodson said. “However, the top three injuries and fatalities for this group are run-overs (during hitching and unhitching), livestock and respiratory disease.” “By knowing farm safety rules, you can protect yourself, your friends and family on the farm,” Funkenbusch said. “The best safeguard against farm injuries is for parents to understand the development of their children and to provide a safe environment for them.”

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PAD is a life-threatening condition that can be managed or even reversed with proper care. Treatment of PAD frequently begins with risk factor modification, exercise and medications, when symptoms are mild. This includes stopping smoking, aggressive control of high blood pressure and aggressive treatment of high cholesterol levels. When severe symptoms persist, minimally invasive treatment or surgery may be needed. Procedures include angioplasty or stent, which are performed by making a small incision through which a catheter is inserted to reach the blocked artery. A tiny balloon is inflated inside the artery to open the clog. A stent may also be implanted at this time to help hold the artery open. If there’s a long portion of artery in the leg that’s completely blocked, surgery may be necessary. A vein from another part of the body can be used to “bypass” and restore circulation. Kevin Crowe, MD is an Interventional Cardiologist for Ozarks Medical Center in West Plains, Mo.

MO Sheep Producers Annual Meeting Saturday, November 23rd, 2013 Lincoln University Carver Farm 3804 Bald Hill Rd at Lincoln University Jefferson City, MO • 573-681-5540 Doors open at 9 a.m. with activities starting at 9:30 a.m.

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MSP Executive Director: Scott Kaden 573-578-9801

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bulls 79.00-104.00

Midwest - High Plains Direct Slaughter Cattle

80.00-104.50 Not Reported

Kingsville Livestock Auction

75.00-93.50

MO-KAN Livestock Market

75.00-106.50

Ozarks Regional Stockyards

87.75-95.50

South Central Regional Stockyards - Vienna Springfield Livestock Marketing Center

Not Reported

Buffalo Livestock Market

80.00-94.50

Lebanon Livestock Auction

85.00-100.00

Mo-Ark - Exeter

91.00-100.00

slaughter

110

130

cows

150

60.00-95.00

USDA Reported Independently Reported

Not Reported

Interstate Regional Stockyards - Cuba

60.00-103.00

Joplin Regional Stockyards

Not Reported

Kingsville Livestock Auction

72.00-94.50

MO-KAN Livestock Market - Butler

62.00-95.00 6

Ozarks Regional Stockyards South Central Regional

57.50-87.50 5

Springfield Livestock Marketing Center

Not Reported

Buffalo Livestock Market

60.00-92.50

Lebanon Livestock Auction

60.00-90.00

Mo-Ark - Exeter

71.00-95.00

co /calf

100

120

pairs

140

(Week of 10/13/13 to 10/19/13)

Independently Reported

USDA Reported

Douglas County Livestock Auction - Ava

None Reported Not Reported

Interstate Regional Stockyards - Cuba Joplin Regional Stockyards

Lebanon Livestock Auction Mo-Ark - Exeter

1600

2100

USDA Reported

Ava Douglas County 10/17/13

2600

cows

Steers, Med. & Lg. 1 300-400 lbs. 400-500 lbs. 500-600 lbs. 600-700 lbs. 700-800 lbs.

(Week of 10/13/13 to 10/19/13) Douglas County Livestock - Ava Interstate Regional Stockyards - Cuba

950.00-1375.00 Not Reported 885.00-1700.00

Joplin Regional Stockyards Kingsville Livestock Auction

Not Reported

MO-KAN Livestock Market - Butler

Not Reported

Holsteins, Lg. 3 300-400 lbs. 400-500 lbs. 500-600 lbs. 600-700 lbs. 700-800 lbs.

775.00-1800.00 7

Ozarks Regional South Central Regional Stockyards - Vienna Springfield Livestock Marketing Center Buffalo Livestock Market

None Reported Not Reported

Heifers, Med. & Lg. 1

1200.00-1400.00

Lebanon Livestock Auction

1100.00-1450.00

Mo-Ark - Exeter

900.00-1500.00

1000

1500

pric

USDA Verified & Reported

975.00-1600.00

1100

Due to the Governme shutdown, U market repo were not ava

stocker & feeder

1375.00-1800.00

replacement

Independently Reported

Markets

1100.00-2050.00

600

Not Reported

Buffalo Livestock Market

18 18

A SD

None Reported

Springfield Livestock Marketing Center

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7/23/13

1000.00-2100.00 1

South Central Regional Stockyards - Vienna

A SD

Receipts: 376 Last Month: 378 Springer heifers bred seven to nine months: Supreme ind 1525.00, Crossbred ind 1250.00; Approved 1100.00-1275.00, Crossbreds 925.00-1075.00; Medium 850.00-1060.00, Crossbreds 900.00-925.00. Heifers bred three to six months: Supreme 1330.00-1490.00, Approved 1050.00-1285.00, Medium 850.00-1025.00, couple Jerseys 750.00-850.00. Heifers bred one to three months: scarce. Open Heifers: Approved 175-190 lbs Crossbreds 235.00-250.00, couple 458 lbs 540.00, pkg 645 lbs 690.00, pkg 883 lbs 820.00; Medium pkg 227 lbs Crossbreds 210.00, couple 582 lbs 560.00. Replacement Cows: Fresh: Supreme ind 1375.00, Approved 1025.001250.00, Medium 800.00-960.00. Springer Cows: Supreme 1335.00-1400.00, Approved 1060.00-1110.00. Cows bred three to six months: Approved 980.001235.00, Medium 840.00-960.00. Baby Calves: Holstein heifers 150.00-190.00, Crossbred heifers 115.00-135.00, couple Jerseys 150.00-180.00; Holstein bulls 130.00-200.00, small 95.00-130.00; Crossbred bulls 145.00-160.00, small 75.00-110.00; Beef Cross bulls 240.00-275.00.

None Reported

Ozarks Regional Stockyards

500

Springfield, Mo. • Springfield Livestock Mktg.

Not Reported

MO-KAN Livestock Market - Butler

8/1/13

Receipts: 339 The supply was moderate demand light. The supply included 44 percent slaughter and feeder lambs; 6 percent slaughter ewes and bucks; 4 percent replacement ewes; 28 percent kid goats; 17 percent slaughter nannies and billies; 1 percent replacement nannies. All prices per hundred weight unless noted otherwise. Sheep Slaughter Lambs: Choice 2-3 hair 60-70 lbs 107.50130.00; 70-80 lbs 82.50-115.00;80-100 lbs 82.50102.50; 115-120 lbs 80.00-120.00. Stocker/Feeder Lambs: Small and Medium 1-2 hair 28-40 lbs 110.00-120.00; 40-50 lbs 102.50-110.00; 50-60 lbs 90.00-132.50. Ewes: Good 2-3 hair 95-180 lbs 42.50-57.50. Bucks: hair 100-215 lbs 42.50-52.50. Replacement ewes: Medium 1-2 55-175 lbs 50.0057.50. Goats Slaughter Classes: Kids: Selection 1 50-60 lbs 152.50-172.50; 60-70 lbs 157.50-165.00; Selection 1-2 40-50 lbs 150.00-160.00; 70-80 lbs 165.00177.50; Selection 2 50-60 lbs 140.00-157.50; 60-70 lbs 135.00-145.00. Doe/Nannies: Selection 1-2 108-120 lbs 85.0095.00; young nannies 68-120 lbs 72.50-100.00;

dairy sales

1100.00-1675.00 1

Kindsville Livestock Auction

100

goats

Diamond, Mo. • TS Whites Sheep & Goat Sale

(Week of 10/13/13 to 10/19/13) Douglas County Livestock

sheep &

8/4/13

Norwood, Mo. • Producers Auction Yards

Receipts: 374 Springer heifers bred seven to nin Supreme Few 1250.00-1350.00, Few 1120.00-1140.00; Approved 850.00 Crossbreds 900.00; Medium Few 72 Heifers bred four to six months: 1400.00, Crossbreds 1060.00-1160. 800.00-950.00, Few Crossbreds 725 Medium Few 700.00-735.00. Heifers bred one to three months: 1000.00-1160.00, Approved 830.00 Open heifers: Approved and Med lbs Scarce, 500-600 lbs 460.00-620 Crossbreds at 563 lbs 540.00, 600-7 525.00, Lot of 3 at 682 lbs 660.00, 785.00-830.00. Fresh and open milking cows: Su 1175.00, Indiv Crossbred 1075.00; 1050.00, Pair Jerseys 750.00-875.00 925.00-985.00, Medium 825.00-10 breds 740.00-775.00, Common 675 Springer cows: Supreme Pair 1150 Indiv Crossbred 900.00; Approved Bred Cows: Supreme Indiv 1050.0 breds 825.00-990.00. Baby calves: Holstein heifers 100. 65.00-90.00, Holstein bulls 105.00 40.00-80.00; Jersey heifers Pair 75.0 40.00-80.00; Crossbred heifers 100 45.00-95.00, Crossbred bulls 85.00 45.00-80.00, Beef cross bulls 160.00 4 at 360.00.

2000

2500

300-400 lbs. 400-500 lbs. 500-600 lbs. 600-700 lbs. 700-800 lbs.

Butler Mo-Kan Livestock 10/17/13

1490

1388

St-3 Lower

St-10 Higher

----170.00-205.00 164.00-177.00 147.00-170.00 160.50-162.50

210.00-216.00 183.00-207.00 183.00-192.25 167.75-182.25 157.00-159.50

123.00-127.00 117.00-120.00 117.50 109.00-113.00 105.00

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173.00-178.50 162.00-179.00 149.00-167.00 152.50 143.50-148.00

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USDA Not Reported

Joplin Regional Stockyards

ed t r 5 Area (Tx-Ok, Ks, Neb, Ia, Colo)o p Live Basis Sales - Over 80%eChoice Steers: 120.50-123.00; wtd. avg. price 121.78. R Heifers: 119.00-123.00; avg. price 121.43. o- tOverwtd.80% Dressed Basis Sales Choice N Steers: 192.00-197.00; wtd. avg. price 194.33. A Heifers:D 190.00-195.00; wtd. avg. price 194.28. US

Not Reported

Interstate Regional Stockyards - Cuba

Selection 3 60-112 lbs 62.50-70.00. Billies: Selection 1-2 80-190 lbs 82.50-120.00; Selection 2-3 aged weathers; 55-130 lbs 125.00-145.00; Selection 3 75-110 lbs 70.00-88.00; Pygmy 45-85 lbs 65.00-82.50. Replacement nannies: Selection 1 95-120 lbs 100.00110.00. Feeder/stocker kids: Selection 2 30-40 lbs 140.00150.00; Selection 3 30-40 lbs 90.00-105.00; 40-50 lbs 65.00-120.00.

USDA Not Reported

Independently Reported

USDA Reported

Douglas County Livestock - Ava

cattle

beef

(Week of 10/13/13 to 10/28/13)

USDA Not Reported

slaughter

market sales rep

Springfield Livestock Marketing 10/16/13

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184.00-186.00 175.00-187.00 165.00-182.00 157.00-173.80 158.00-167.50

200.00 189.00 172.00 165.00 161.50

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169.00-185.00 154.00-167.00 150.00-160.00 147.00-154.50 146.50

OCTOBER 28, 2013

178.00 160.00 158.00 155.00 150.00

USDA Reported * Independently Reported

$175

Mo. Weekly Weaner & Feeder Pig

10/18/13

Receipts: 1375 No weaner pig sales reported; feeder pigs no recent comparison. Supply light and demand moderate. (Prices Per Head.) Early weaned pigs 10 lb. base weights, FOB the farm 0% negotiated, No Sales Reported. Early weaned pigs 10 lb base weights, Delivered 50% negotiated, No Sales Reported. Feeder pigs in all lot sizes, FOB 100% negotiated, No Sales Reported.

Fall temperatures have now consistently covered the state for the last week, and yet talks continue about the surprisingly good condition of pastures. Few hay sales have occured but a few bales have been traded where prices were slightly negotiable with the neighbors. Hay supplies are heavy, demand is light and prices are steady. The Missouri Department of Agriculture has a hay directory available for both buyers and sellers. To be listed, or for a directory visit http://mda.mo.gov/abd/haydirectory/ or for current listings of hay http://agebb.missouri.edu/haylst/ (All prices f.o.b. and per ton unless specified and on most recent reported sales prices listed as round bales based generally on 5x6 bales with weights of approximately 1200-1500 lbs). Supreme quality Alfalfa (RFV >185) 225.00-300.00 Premium quality Alfalfa (RFV 170-180) 200.00-275.00 Good quality Alfalfa (RFV 150-170) 160.00-225.00 Fair quality Alfalfa (RFV 130-150) 100.00-170.00 Good quality Mixed Grass hay 90.00-160.00 Fair to Good quality Mixed Grass hay 70.00-100.00 Fair quality Mixed Grass hay 30.00-45.00 per large round bale Wheat straw 3.00-5.00 per small square bale.

Markets

Independently Reported Buffalo Livestock Auction 10/19/13

Exeter Mo-Ark Livestock 10/19/13

Lebanon Livestock Auction 10/17/13

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654

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182.00-205.00 158.00-190.00 158.00-173.00 148.00-163.00 157.00-160.00

185.00 166.00-194.00 160.00-179.00 145.00-169.00 154.00-165.00

190.00-215.00 177.00-191.00 165.00-178.00 160.00-171.00 154.00-163.00

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118.00-126.50 112.00-112.50 113.00-119.25 90.00-110.50 87.50-105.00

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120.00-131.00 120.00-128.00 110.00-122.00 110.00-120.00 110.00-113.00

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160.00-181.00 142.00-171.00 144.00-168.00 144.50-155.00 137.50-149.00

----144.00-165.00 139.00-160.00 137.00-146.00 -----

165.00-179.00 155.00-168.00 147.00-160.00 142.00-150.00 140.00-145.00

USDA Not Reported

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12.64 12.64

12.64

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12.64 12.64

12.64

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Joplin West Plains

154.04

Week of 9/22/13

179.12 166.73

149.86 167.66 155.25 154.56

161.69

159.30

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** 170.89

150.99

183.00

151.12

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178.42

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165.35

135

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12 12

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155.00

171.25

* Price per cwt

12.64

heifers 550-600 LBS. 154.14

168.87

12.64

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169.56

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Week of 9/29/13

hog markets

Missouri Weekly Hay Summary Week ending 10/18/2013

Ava Kingsville

Week of 10/6/13

hay & grain markets

steers 550-600 LBS.

Week of 10/13/13

10/22/13

Estimated Receipts: 380 Supply and demand are light to moderate. Compared to Mondayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s close barrows and gilts are steady. Base Carcass Meat Price 83.00. Sows: (cash prices) steady 300-500 lbs 56.00-58.00, over 500 lbs 60.00-62.00.

$100

Week of 9/22/13

A SD

Interior Missouri Direct Hogs

$125

Week of 9/29/13

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*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.

$150

Week of 10/6/13

Cheese: 40# blocks closed at $1.7625. The weekly average for blocks, $1.7545 (+.0565). Fluid Milk: Milk production continues to be impacted by weather conditions across the U.S. In the Southwest and Northwest, hot temperatures were causing milk declines at the farm level. Some areas of the Pacific Northwest were seeing temperatures in the triple digits at 6-19 degrees above normal. The Mountain states of Utah and Idaho were seeing daytime highs above 100 degrees, affecting milk production and conception rates. In the Central Valley of California, cooler nighttime temperatures were noted and the resulting milk flow increased. Localized, heavy rains were common in Arizona, interrupting transportation to and from plants. The Upper Midwest experienced a reprieve from hot and humid conditions, seeing milk production increases following declines of 8-10% the prior week. There is good demand for milk with prices bid $3 over class in an attempt to secure needs. Heat and humidity eased in the Northeast, but plants are still seeing lower milk receipts, up to 10% down in some areas. Florida milk output has declined and is balanced in the state with no exports out for the first time since January. Milk production is lower in other Southeastern states. SPOT PRICES OF CLASS II CREAM: $ PER POUND BUTTERFAT, F.O.B. producing plants, Upper Midwest $1.9602-2.275.

Feeder pigs in all lot sizes, Delivered 100% negotiated 1375 head, 40 lbs 61.00-65.00, weighted average price 63.47.

Week of 10/13/13

dairy & fed cattle

lb steers

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174

187

200

* No price reported in weight break **USDA Failed To Report/Holiday *** No Sale - Weather Prices Based on Weighted Average for Steers and Heifers 550-600 lbs.

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184

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nicotine and your ability to taste and smell begin to return. The benefits of not smoking continue to accumulate as time goes by, improving your ability to tolerate exercise, and reducing your risk of stroke and lung cancer. If you quit and stick with it, in 15 years your risk of heart disease will be the same as people who’ve never smoked. That’s powerful motivation. Quitting smoking can be hard. It’s an addiction, and what works best for one person may not work best for you. Sometimes, you may need to try a combination of methods to achieve success. The most important aspect of quitting is that you must be ready, both emotionally and mentally. Some of the most common, and most successful, methods to help you stop smoking are: 1. Ask your physician for help 2. Use individual or group counseling 3. Join a support group 4. Ask a friend to quit with you 5. Take medicine to help with nicotine withdrawal 6. Use nicotine replacement therapy. Don’t forget that chewing tobacco, and smoking pipes and cigars are also forms of tobacco addiction, and carry their own health risks. Stacy Fender is the Media Relations Coordinator, Executive Administration for CoxHealth.

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November 23, 2013

INCLUDING THE MISSOURI SIMMENTAL & RED ANGUS ASSOCIATIONS Sale will be held at Springfield Livestock in Springfield, MO • 12:30 CST

By Edemekong Bassey, M.D.

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Community acquired MRSA is more common than you think. Curb the infection’s spread by practicing prevention. What started off as a small not healing, see your doctor to make sure pimple has bloomed into a it’s not an infection like MRSA. major skin infection. How did it happen? The culprit could be meth- The Best Defense – icillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Good Hygiene or MRSA. “This type of staph infection In the study, 59 percent of the skin inis resistant to the antibiotics most com- fections studied turned out to be MRSA. monly used to treat skin infections,” said Most cases are mild and heal after the Edemekong Bassey, M.D., board certified infection is cleaned and treated. Some, physician with CMH Infectious Disease however, can require a stay in the hosand Internal Medicine Clinic in Bolivar, pital, and in rare cases, they may be Mo. “While most cases of MRSA aren’t deadly. Fortunately, new antibiotics that serious, some can potentially be life- are more effective against MRSA are althreatening. ready testing well. Curb the infection’s “What’s concerning spread by practicing is how these infections prevention: show up,” said Dr. Bassey. Cover Up. An open It appears now that Historically, MRSA inwound that is draining everyone is at risk, fections were most comor has pus is a haven for researchers explain. monly seen in health staph or MRSA. Keep If you think you have care settings, such as in wounds bandaged to a spider bite or other patients who had been avoid spreading the inskin lesion that is not hospitalized. However, fection to others. healing, see your a study published in the Scrub Up. Handdoctor to make sure New England Journal washing is key to fightit’s not an infection of Medicine shows the ing infection. Wash with like MRSA. growth of MRSA cases in warm water and soap (or people who have no conan alcohol-based hand nection to health care sanitizer) several times a settings. Called community-acquired day – especially before and after bandagMRSA, the infection is often passed ing or handling a wound. through direct skin-to-skin contact. Hands Off. Let others tend to their “Community-acquired MRSA is com- own cuts and scrapes. If a laceration mon among high school athletes,” said seems serious, visit the hospital to have Dr. Bassey. “They pick up the infection a professional physician treat it. by close contact with each other. It may Don’t Share. Never let your friends borstart out looking like a pimple or spider row your personal towel or razor. If they bite, but can become swollen, red, painful balk, just chalk it up to good hygiene. and have discharge.” Edemekong Bassey, M.D., board cerIt appears now that everyone is at risk, tified physician with CMH Infectious researchers explain. If you think you have Disease and Internal Medicine Clinic a spider bite or other skin lesion that is in Bolivar, Mo. OCTOBER 28, 2013

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Mixing Markets Wisely Continued from Page 13 they come on our farms. All calves are backgrounded on the farm and are sold as short fed feeders at 800 to 900 pounds. Replacement heifers are on pasture and fed very little grain because they want to see how they grow on their own in these conditions. The hardy heifers that thrive on grass make good cows and are kept for breeding stock, the remainder are sold as feeders. Bob commented, “We have virtually no calving problems.” Bob and Eric raise all the feed for their livestock which is green graze, barley, corn and rye as a winter crop. They bale alfalfa into square bales and grind with barley and corn to make a 14 percent ration which is used in their feedlot. The livestock have free choice to all the salt and mineral mix they want. The mineral mix is custom blended in Hartville, Mo., from a recipe Bob created himself. Bob and Eric cut very little of their own hay because they do custom baling in Texas, Wright and Douglas Counties. They offer all types of hay services all the way from the old fashioned square bales to the round bales wrapped in plastic film for haylage. Their hay equipment is very impressive with several tractors of all sizes for different jobs, hay bines, rakes, tetters, loaders, trucks with commercial hay haulers, bobcats, wrapping equipment and a full crew to operate all this equipment. They work fast and efficiently, keep a watch on the weather, and have enough man power to get the job done. They have baled over 4,000

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big round bales this year. If Bob and Eric cut your hay you can pay by the bale or they will do it on the shares for part of the hay. Bob said, “This works out good for us because we don’t have to use our ground for hay.” Reed & Wolfe Lumber is on the western edge of Texas County. They cut and sell about 40,000 board feet of hardwoods, Oak and Walnut, per week cut on their Woodmizer electric mill. Their biggest contracts are railroad ties and hardwood flooring. It takes 11 men to run the mill and they double as part of the hay crew when needed. The philosophy of these two men and their families is to be as self-sufficient as possible, to grow, raise or produce everything themselves not only for their livestock, but for their own consumption. Their economy is based on their own enterprising abilities. The food they eat is clean and toxin free from their garden or from beef and pork raised on their farm, eating grain produced from their soil. Their income is year round with custom farm work, bulldozing, livestock and the sawmill. All products are hauled on their own trucks and trailers. Bob summed up their lives by saying, “We are not rich and don’t expect to ever be wealthy, but we are blessed to be able to make a living for ourselves and provide jobs for several other people in the area. We are fortunate to live where we want to live, eat what we grow and get to spend every day doing what we love.”

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Fertilization technology has enabled the White’s to build a herd of rare, purebred Wagyu in an unconventional way Jerry and Barb White of Purdy, Mo., have converged the conventional with the uncommon, in both breed and technology. Though a full-time insurance business owner, Jerry has always taken time to maintain a

rice fields because of their endurance. Genetically, they are unique from any other cattle,” Jerry explained. In restaurants, Wagyu steaks are typically priced at $65 per pound because of their taste and excellent marbling. Nutritionally,

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herd of commercial Angus cattle. Three the meat is completely unique compared years ago, Jerry became intrigued with a to all other beef. It is high in Omega 3’s little known breed, Wagyu, and decided and B6 and B12 vitamins, and low in cholesterol and saturated fat. to try something new. Jerry first heard of the breed when readWagyu is a Japanese breed of cattle. By appearance, the Wagyu look scroungy ing an article in the Joplin Globe several years ago. After researching the breed compared to a massively further, and inquiring with Dr. structured Angus, or as Cupps, veterinarian in Cassville, Jerry said, “They look kind Mo., about breeding tactics, of like an old Jersey, that’s Jerry found two cows, locally, black.” The cattle are raised to begin his herd with. for their superior quality of beef. Jerry then came up with a “They are a Japanese breed that Purdy, Mo. strategy of embryo transfer is between 400-500 years old. to begin a herd of purebred They were bred to work in the Ozarks Farm & Neighbor • www.ozarksfn.com

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meet your neighbors Wagyu cattle. In this intense and timely process, the two Wagyu cows were given shots to induce the production of a flush of eggs, which are harvested and then combined with sperm of a purebred AI Wagyu bull. Six days later, live and healthy embryos are checked under the microscope, “It is very interesting to see the embryos. The whole process is incredible,” said Barb. The healthy six-day old embryos are then transferred into the uterus of cows which have had a series of shots to prepare them for accepting the pregnancy. Though the process seems fairly simple, there are a lot of variables, and the percentages of viable embryos and accepted pregnancies can be low. Jerry has done the embryo transfer twice now, and will start having his second round of purebred Wagyus from the bred Angus cows next month. “It is a very expensive process, and takes a lot of time,” Jerry said as he explained the intense process of shots and preparing the cattle. He used

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a group of heifers from his Angus herd cause of their slow growth, more time and has had no calving problems. “Wa- and money is put into the animal before gyu bulls are good for it can be sold as a fincalving ease, they throw ished beef. “I would like 40-pound calves.” to find a restaurant that Wagyu cows have From the embryo would buy the whole compact udders transfer process, Jerry carcass, not just the and not as much milk as the Angus. and Barb have built a steaks,” said Jerry. He The Angus momma’s growing herd of the rare also thinks that farmers milk production has breed. Another intermight consider buying a provided their calves esting factor of Wagyu cow, not for addition to with better growth. calves being born from their beef herd, but for Angus mothers, “Wapersonal use in growing Jerry White, gyu cows have compact out their own beef, “The Barry County Wagyu & udders and not as much quality is so good, that it Angus Breeder milk as the Angus. is worth it to have a cow The Angus momma’s milk production just to produce calves to butcher for the has provided their calves with better family.” Marketing strategies are pretty growth.” open for this breed just budding in popuWith the uniqueness of this breed, larity, as Jerry considers marketing of the also comes the need for special market- beef, heifers and bulls. ing. This slighter smaller stature, slower In restaurants, the Wagyu are usually growing cattle with high-quality meat listed as Kobe beef, “The term Kobe can cannot be sold as the typical commer- only be used for Wagyu raised in the cial, feedlot market calves would. Be- Kobe area of Japan,” explained Jerry. He

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explained that the Japanese take time to grow them out special, “They are fed beer and sake and massaged daily. Some people think that the beer fattens them, but the purpose is to increase appetite so that they will eat more.” Here in the United States, they are some cattle growers marketing, “American style Kobe beef,” which Jerry explained is an Angus/Wagyu cross, “The crossbred cattle do very well, and the meat is still good quality.” Even though the White’s have focused some special attention on the new breed, they still maintain their established Angus herd. “We’ve had Angus for 40 years,” said Jerry who believes in buying good bulls and building his herd with his own replacement stock, “I haven’t bought any heifers in 30 years.” Jerry, who grew up with cattle and has always had cattle of his own, likes what he is doing, “The farm has always been something I’ve enjoyed doing.”

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Age: 16 Family: Richard and Dana Kay and brother, Justin Kay, age 19 School: Junior at Lebanon High School FFA Advisor: Craig Evans What is your involvement in agriculture? “With me, it’s all about horses, Quarter Horses,” Tyler shared. “Our family has seven horses, two of them are mine to ride, Rowdy and Jewels. A third one is a colt which we call Pucklehead. My mom started calling her that and the name just stuck. “Last year in FFA, I was part of the horse team. We are given four horses and we judge them on their structure and their good qualities and then we give the reasons that we ordered them the way we did. We also take a test over horse diseases and other information. We went to FFA state competition but we didn’t go any further. I was also on the dairy foods team. I hope to be part of the livestock team this coming year.” He added, “I showed a red boiler chicken and entered plants at the Laclede County Fair this year and I’d like to show a steer or lamb or some other larger animal at next summer’s fair.” What are your future plans in agriculture? “I plan to go on to get a four-year degree in agriculture and I’d eventually like to work in an office like the NRCS office or something similar,” Tyler continued. “Right now I help out in the Lebanon NRCS office, with Mary Jo Tannehill, the office manager. I help with answering the phone, paperwork, just whatever needs done. I especially like the field work and would love to do that as a full-time job someday. I like being out in the field, planning out fences, just all the related field work.” Other Activities: “I’m really active in my church, Trinity Full Gospel, and I’m part of the YEP Committee at the high school, that’s the Youth Empowerment Project. We do fundraisers that benefit the community like the Marker Drive earlier this year and now the Teddy Bear Drive. We donated the markers to the children’s hospital program and of course, the teddy bears will also go to local children’s programs.”

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Wal-Mart Goes Sustainable By Gary Digiuseppe

Walmart works closely with the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association to expand BQA The world’s leading retailer, Bentonville, Ark.’s Wal-Mart Stores, Inc, plans to collaborate with the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association to assure customers beef sold at its stores was raised sustainably. At its annual Global Sustainability Milestone meeting Sept. 12, in Bentonville, Walmart head of beef sustainability Jason Simon said, “Beef historically has been, and will continue to be, a very important part of our country and our customers’ meals. There are portions of this country where land is used for cattle grazing and cattle production that, in total, are larger than the state of Texas, and we understand that we have a big responsibility to adopt sustainability practices as well as maintain and improve the land grazing practices that are utilized across the country to maintain that land.” Simon was joined by Ryan Ruppert, director of the Beef Quality Assurance program for the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association. Ruppert said BQA, which was started in the 1980s, was the first program of its type anywhere in the world. “We took on tough issues,” he said, “and we educated farmers and ranchers across the country on judicious use of antibiotics, proper vaccination protocols and continually improved cattle welfare practices.” Ruppert said the BQA Advisory Board has voted to explore implementing environmental practices into the program; in addition, NCBA has completed the most comprehensive lifecycle assessment in the livestock sector to date, and it has been certified by the National Standards Foundation. “This is the very first step in implementing science based improvement practices in sustainability,” he said. Simon said Walmart wants NCBA to deliver an expanded BQA, “that is going to have a consistent message and a standard of excellence that will touch at least 50 percent of the

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cattle industry by the close of To learn more 2016.” It will include new guidelines on land stewardship, water about BQA turn quality and reduced feed and to page 30. manure emissions. The company’s Sustainability Team is working on a pilot program that includes environmental criteria, and Walmart wants to source 15 percent of its beef supply from operations that meet those criteria by the close of 2023. Ruppert predicted they will run into resistance in getting ranchers to adopt some of the measures. However, he said through the BQA program they have proven that ranchers will adopt new ideas in sustainability when they’re shown to be of value to their operations. The Beef Quality Assurance program has slowed down since its inception. University of Missouri Extension Veterinarian Dr. Craig Payne became Missouri BQA coordinator in 2007. he told Ozarks Farm & Neighbor, “There was lots of participation in the early years and it’s kind of hit a lull, so we’re trying to currently revive it here in Missouri.” The program, said Payne, already deals with a number of different aspects of animal husbandry. “That ranges from cattle handling, or stockmanship as some people call it, to feeding management – not necessarily saying you feed ingredients A, B and C, but instead that you are meeting the nutrient demands of the animals whose feed supply you’re managing so that you avoid inadvertent contamination,” he said. “The program also deals with record management in terms of how to keep track of animals that have received treatments so that you’re aware that those animals are going to be free of any type of residue that the FDA or USDA does not allow into the food supply.”

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Don’t Let Your Fields be a Drag By Jordan Schrandt

A quick and easy way to get even growth in your pastures Dragging of a cattle field or even out the manure and compiled orpasture is a practice that’s not ganic matter in that paddock. There are a few purposes for doing this. very common among Midwest livestock producers. But the practice could According to Henderson, any effort tobe a benefit for a cattle farm if a few vari- wards spreading the manure and hay is going to be beneficial. He noted that ables are considered. First of all, dragging a field, accord- when you drag a pasture you are spreading to Darrin Henderson – Madison ing the manure out into thinner, more uniformed layer across County Arkansas Ag. a broader area. The Extension Agent – is manure then dries out merely, “hooking up 3 Reasons to Drag more quickly and is some kind of impleYour Pastures not – in turn – a breedment or tool to drag 1. Spreads manure out into ing ground for parabehind the tractor to more uniformed layers. sites (which require a help disperse manure 2. Manure dries out more quickly. wet area to thrive). across the field. These 3. It’s a natural & recycled “Particularly certain tools can range from fertilizer. larvae of flies,” added a harrow, a livestock Cole. panel, a gate, an old Another benefit of cedar tree, chained tires, etc.” Anything with a surface area dragging an area is that it’s a natural and that is wide enough to spread manure recycled fertilizer. Henderson noted that as it drags through the field. He added, this also helps with even growth of the “Just use your ingenuity to create a drag grass. When you can disperse the nutrients over an entire area you’re going to that works for your farm.” Eldon Cole, livestock specialist for eliminate areas with high levels and low the University of Missouri Extension levels of nutrients so this will help mainOffice in Lawrence County said the tain an ideal grazing situation with even practice is often done after the winter- clumps of grass throughout. Cole noted that if the farmer wants feeding season when areas have highly concentrated manure and even remnant to avoid the need for dragging the field, clumps of hay from the winter feedings. and if it’s possible, he could try to space For other times of the year, it is most ef- out the rolled hay rows (or move the hay fective when you are dragging an area rings) during the winter months instead that has had a concentration of animals of doing it all in the same area so that for a period of time… a smaller pasture the manure and hay is evenly distributed or paddock, for example, in an inten- across the field. This could possibly alsive grazing system. Anywhere there is a low for a natural means of even dispenconcentration of manure is a good area sation of the organic materials. Henderson concluded with, “More peoto drag. And you want to drag from the paddock outward into the rest of the ple should probably do it as there are a lot of benefits to the producer and his land.” field or surrounding area. If fencing prevents you from dragging out into the surrounding areas, then just drag within each area or paddock to OCTOBER 28, 2013

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Considering baleage? Do the research now. 2013 Beef Forage Tour recap: Part 1 Nearly 200 area beef producers gathered for the 2013 Beef Forage Tour. The event was a concerted effort by the University of Missouri’s Extension and its Southwest Research Center with the added support of the Southwest Missouri Cattlemen’s Association created a banquet of relevant forums. “We realized the University was not going to have a regular field day like they do in September,” noted Eldon Cole from the Lawrence County extension office, “It just so happened that we typically have a Southwest Cattlemen’s Association Tour of some farms this time of the year so it seemed like a natural fit to pull together some activity at the Southwest Research Center here with the Cattlemen’s Association.” Dr. Rob Kallenbach, a State Forage Extension Specialist for the University of Missouri, kicked off the tour with an information intensive presentation on the three-R’s for quality baleage. “I tried to come up with a simple way to say what is important with the right moisture, the right wrap and right now,” he said. When hitting the fields to cut forage it is important to have the right moisture content to start. Kallenbach explained, “Ideally it would be somewhere between 50 and 55 percent moisture. A product having between 40 and 60 percent moisture can ensile or ferment well and give equally good products, so there’s a lot of flexibility with the moisture content.” Second of the R’s is protecting the fodder with the correct wrap to ensure proper ensiling. “Typically a 4-mil thickness of plastic is ideal for farm use,” he noted, “Less plastic than that and the forage doesn’t keep as well and more plastic than that is just a waste.” The final step of Kallenbach’s threeR’s is promptly wrapping the baleage to OCTOBER 28, 2013

maintain that moisture content and the quality of the forage. “The bales need to be wrapped within a 24-hour period,” he added, “So if you get them baled at 2 p.m. you’d like to have them wrapped by 2 p.m. the next day.” After the bales are wrapped you want to keep an eye on the bales checking for holes. He encouraged the visitors to take a walk around their stacks of bales to check and if there are holes in the wrapping they will require a patch. “We demonstrated what works and what doesn’t work. There were some questions as to why is baleage better when you do this or that. Certainly the demonstration where we poked a hole in the bale to see what happens when it’s not sealed showing it begins to rot,” said Kallenbach. It was a good demonstration for folks and as noted by Cole, “Instead of show and tell, it was show and smell. It was an excellent teaching tool. There’s nothing like getting farmers on the grounds, smelling, seeing and tasting it.” Money matters concerning baleage production was a big topic with tourtakers with the restrictive economy. Kallenbach noted those costs, “The wrapping machines sell around $15,000 and the wrap costs about $5 to $6 per bale. In-line wrappers are more expensive to start with coming in around $22,000 to $30,000, but the costs come down to $3 per bale so it’s more economical in the long run. Naturally, it depends on the amount of bales you do and the size of your operation too. Either can make fine quality feeds.” Cole added, “Farming is a year-round business. Start planning now for the purchases you’ll make in 2014.” Part 2 will discuss feeding, breeding and fall weed control.

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November 2013 1-2 GENETRUST Brangus Sale – Chimney Rock Cattle Company, Concord, Ark. – 877-436-3877 2 HAGA Show-Me Select Female Sale – Springfield Livestock Marketing Center, Springfield, Mo. – 334-695-1371 2 B/F Cattle Company Fall Bull Sale – at the Farm, Butler, Mo. – 660-492-2808 2 Wies Limousin Production & Customer Appreciation Sale – Columbia, Mo. – 615-330-2735 2 Professional Beef Genetics Fall Production Sale – Winsor Livestock Market, Winsor, Mo. – 816-359-8370 2 Four State Shorthorn Production Sale – White’s Equine Center, Diamond, Mo. – 816-465-0777 2 Abele Cattle & Double A Limousin Private Treaty Sale – Nevada, Mo. – 417-684-0881 2 Heritage Livestock Fall Consignment Auction – Heritage Livestock, Mt. Vernon, Mo. – 417-316-0023 — Continued on Next Page

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Continued from Previous Page 2 Braunvieh Herdbuilder Female Sale – Marshall Junction, Mo. – 417-253-4693 2 The Fall Gatherin’ Commercial Female Sale – Joplin Regional Stockyards, Carthage, Mo. – 918-625-5689 3 Heritage in the Homeland Limousin Sale – Seminole, Okla. – 580-597-3006 3 Baker Angus Farms Fall Sale – at the Farm, Butler, Mo. – 660-679-4403 9 Missouri Charolais Breeders Association Bull Sale – Springfield Livestock Marketing Center, Springfield, Mo. – 785-672-7449 9 Oklahoma Charolais Bull & Female Sale – Cross Livestock Auction, Checotah, Okla. – 979-693-1301 9 Pitts Angus Farm Bull & Female Sale – at the farm, Hermitage, Mo. – 417-399-3131 9 The Moser Ranch Fall Bull Sale – at the Ranch, Wheaton, Kan. – 785-456-3101 9 Andras Stock Farm Red Angus Female Sale – at the Ranch, Manchester, IL. – 217-473-2355 15 Show-Me-Select Replacement Heifer Sale – Joplin Regional Stockyards, Carthage, Mo. – 417-466-3102 15 2013 OK Select Replacement Heifer Sale – Buford Ranch Sale Pavilion, Welch, Okla. – 405-464-2455 16 Northeast Arkansas Angus Assoc. Fall Sale – Charlotte, Ark – 662-837-4904 OCTOBER 28, 2013

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We Repair Barns!

• Sales • Service • Parts

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Selling Cattle? Wagoner

4 Miles SW of Conway on Y to WW, 1 1/2 miles, follow signs

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1-866-532-1960

Tulsa

Specializing In: Tractors • Round Balers • Disc Bines 2-Cylinder Plus Tractor Salvage

10/28/13

12/30/13

Okmulgee

We Carry a Full Line of Late Model Equipment!

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7/28/14

11/18/13

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

A Full Service Auction Company!

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with a classified ad for as low as $13.68 per issue!

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Nov. 2 • 9:30 a.m.

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10/28/13

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10/28/13

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10/28/13

OCTOBER 28, 2013

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MACHINERY

WANTED

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RUSCHA

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Ozark Stave, LLC

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BULLS FOR RENT Farm Raised: Angus Gelbvieh - Charolais & Others - No Sundays Please!

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1/20/14

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MACHINERY

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Jim

1/20/14

PARTS MM, Oliver & White

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MINNEAPOLIS • MOLINE

10/28/13

417-498-6571

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10/28/13

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BRANGUS BULLS For Sale

Manufacturer of Precast Concrete Products

S AUCTION

417-532-2100 18926 Historic Route 66 Lebanon, MO 65536

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417-767-4345 www.glenworth.com

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Seed Treatment Available

OPEN MONDAY-FRIDAY

10 Miles East of Carthage, MO on Hwy 96 & 2 Miles North

If you are thinking about having an auction, just give me a call and I will be happy to meet with you.

417-246-5510

10/28/13

OCTOBER 28, 2013

WEBSITES

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12/9/13

3 Miles North of Verona, Mo.

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920-397-6313

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10/28/13

AND

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30979 US 60 Pierce City, MO 65723

417-235-2233

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TRACTORS

11/18/13

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10/28/13

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