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Woman killed in crash: The Missouri Highway Patrol is investigating a deadly crash involving an SUV and a tractor on Sept. 20, in Polk County, Mo. Troopers responded to Missouri 215 and County Road 188 in Polk County, about a mile southwest of Pleasant Hope. Investigators say two drivers were following the driver of the tractor, Patricia A. McCroskey, 77. Another driver attempted to pass while McCroskey was making a turn in the tractor. That driver hit the tractor, ejecting McCroskey. She died from her injuries. “Harvest season brings an increase of agricultural vehicles on the road and we need to allow them to do their job,” said Trooper Samuel Carpenter. MSU team part of tick tracking project: A Missouri State University research team, led by Drs. David Claborn and Kip Thompson, faculty members in the master of public health program, recently discovered the Asian longhorned tick in Missouri. The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services asked if the Missouri State research team could find this tick in Missouri. In 2021, the department awarded the team a grant of $17,000 to conduct this survey. Out of that sampling, they were able to identify five Asian longhorned ticks. Thompson asserts the best way for farmers to prevent harm from these ticks is to regularly check cattle and make sure they have repellent on. The Missouri Department of Agriculture encourages farmers to keep grass and weeds trimmed and check their livestock regularly. The team plans to continue conducting surveillance in conservation sites. Feedout entry deadline approaching: Entries will be accepted through Oct. 10 for the next Missouri Steer Feedout, with weigh-in on Nov. 2. An entry consists of five or more head of steers born after Jan. 1. At delivery they should be weaned at least 45 days, weigh over 500 pounds, be dehorned, castrated and healed, and have had two rounds of modified live vaccines. For more information, contact your local MU Extension center.

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JUST A THOUGHT 3 Jerry Crownover –

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Julie Turner-Crawford – Celebrating fall and farming

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Michele Broxton returns home to the farm Magic in the minerals Eye on Agribusiness highlights Joplin Greenhouse and Coffee House Sharon Corum has been caring for her Katahdins for 20 years The Gripes are focused on quality beef for the best price Town & Country features Dr. Katie Peterson Taking advantage of an opportunity has helped Austin Etcheson build Under the direction of John Murphy, SBU starts an ag minor Youth in Agriculture spotlights Hannah Fehring

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evonworICattendyrreJ yB t my old high school last rweekend, ed the all-school reunion. We were supposed to have a big bash last year for my Jerry Crownover farms class’ 50th year, but it was canceled due to in Lawrence County. He the pandemic. I guess the 51st anniversary is a former professor of didn’t hold as much prestige, since only six of us, out of Agriculture Education at a class of 52, showed up for the festivities. On the other Missouri State University, hand, my entire first-grade class of 1958 at the one-room and is an author and school I attended were present. Both of us were there. professional speaker. It was a fun day, but I was shocked at how many old To contact Jerry, go to people were there. My classmates and I, representing ozarksfn.com and click the class of 1970, were absolutely still young, but anyone on ‘Contact Us.’ from the class of 1969, and prior years, seemed to have the market cornered on walkers, canes and wheelchairs. A lot of nostalgic memories were stirred as I roamed the hallways and classrooms of the old building. There was the science lab where Betty Lou vomited while dissecting the frog. There’s where the principal’s office used to be and where the infamous black paddle hung on the wall. There is the old shop building, where Wayne cut off the tips of four fingers, while jointing the edge of a walnut board. Ah, memories. I broke away from the crowd to make my way to the old vo-ag classroom and shop, where I spent most of my high school days (and a lot of nights, as well). Alone, I walked around the perimeter of the room, where dozens of plaques, won by hundreds of FFA members, hung proudly on their wall of fame. Sadly, I didn’t find any that were older than the 1980s. Later that day, I ran into the current ag teacher and asked him about trophies and plaques from the 1960s and 1970. “Well, we don’t have room for all of them,” he replied. “But we never throw anything away. They’re probably in the storage closet.”

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all is here, and I’m ready for some cooler weather. I shouldn’t be getting a sunburn in late September, but I have… twice. For farmers and ranchers, fall is just as busy as spring, summer and winter. Julie Turner-Crawford There are those last bales of hay to get in (if you had is a native of Dallas good, late-summer rains), cattle to be worked/weaned, County, Mo., where crops to be harvested, and prepping or planting the she grew up on her next crop. Then there are the repair and maintenance family’s farm. She is a projects put off in the summer months that really need graduate of Missouri to get done before winter, just in time to get ready for State University. To those January/February babies to start arriving. contact Julie, call 1-866Fall means different things for different people, but the 532-1960 or by email at season is a celebration of agriculture, even if the pumpeditor@ozarksfn.com. kin-spice-loving, flannel-wearing-because-it-looks-cool general public doesn’t realize it. A significant number of the fall festivals in our small communities celebrate the harvest of crops. Many producers in the Ozarks also open their farms to the public for corn mazes and pumpkin patches, which gives many city-dwelling people their first and only visit to a real farm. How many homes do we drive by in the fall months with bales of straw, pumpkins — Continued on Next Page

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Continued from Previous Page and corn stocks? It call came from a farm somewhere. I don’t expect to see many “fake food” festivals around the Ozarks anytime soon. What do you call a celebration of a synthetic product? Kind Of Like Apple, But Not Really Days? How about a corn maze made with plastic corn stocks? Surely plastic is better for the environment than planting corn with a tractor because we all know how bad farming is for the environment, right? It takes more than 450 years for a single plastic bottle to decompose, so fake corn stocks – a field full of fake, plastic corn stocks – should take about 30,000 years to decompose, but it’s a “better” alternative than traditional agriculture. I hope that works out well for the organizers of that festival. Fall also means more of those “comfort foods” are on the grocery list. Hamburgers and hotdogs on the grill are tapering off and being replaced with slow cooker meals, casseroles, soups and stews; those “stick-toyour-ribs” kind of meats. From the lentils in soup to the lamb or beef in a shepherd’s pie, it all gets its start on a farm.

Can you call lab-created foods comfort foods? I don’t see how it can be called food, so the comfort part is out for me. I can also picture the conversation with my husband when I say we are going to have a fake-meatloaf, synthetic mashed potatoes and a gravy-like substance for supper. Since meatloaf and mashed potatoes is one of his favorite meals, it wouldn’t be pretty. Thank you for all of your hard work and dedication to your trade each and every day. We should celebrate the contributions of farmers and ranchers each and every day, not just with festivals in the fall. As the old saying goes, everyone needs a farmer three times a day. Have a happy fall, ya’ all!

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Life Is Simple Continued from Page 3 Once upon a time, the group pictures of every graduating class, hung somewhere in the hallways. Now, there is a giant screen TV that shines continuously near the entrance of the building that can (if you know how to work it) instantly pull up those group photographs, without walking all the hallways in the school. As one of my classmates and I, pulled up the class of 1970, displayed in high-tech, digitized and colorized format, I muttered, “I wonder where the original is?”

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“Probably in a storage closet, somewhere,” he replied. As the day came to a close, and everyone started saying their good-byes, my old friend from the first-grade class of 1958 said, “Well, I hope to see you, right here, for our 60th reunion, in nine years.” “I hope to be here, as well.” I replied. “If, by some chance you’re here, and I’m not around, just start looking around the building. I’ll probably be in a storage closet, somewhere.”

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Generations of the Wrinkle family has raised cattle in Laclede County, Mo. “We do a lot of mob grazing or really Aaron Wrinkle and his family, including the generation before intensive grazing with cross-fencing,” and the one coming after him, Aaron explained. The original Wrinkle homestead was stay busy on their century farm of 70 acres in eastern Laclede Coun- near Richland, starting around 1850. Tom and Aaron have always worked ty, just outside of Lebanon, Mo. They have a cow/calf operation of approx- off the farm in addition to their agriculimately 30 head, which includes both tural pursuits. Tom worked at Bill’s Farm registered Charolais and commercial and Home for nearly 20 years and has cattle. In recent years, they have also also worked with electrical suppliers for become involved with club calves. In one of the contractors at Fort Leonard addition to the acreage they own, they Wood. Aaron has worked for the Laclede County Water District No. 3 for rent another 200 plus acres. For the Wrinkle family, raising cattle many years. The Wrinkles AI all of their heifers is a long-standing family tradition. “My father Delbert Wrinkle, as well as and also do embryo transfer, using purB.T. Wrinkle, my grandfather, were also chased, frozen embryos. “We keep about 95 percent of our involved with raising beef heifers each year and sell off the cattle here,” Tom Wrinkle, older cows that no longer quite Aaron’s dad shared. “I also fit our breeding program as we milked for several years.” want to be aware and not get The Wrinkles grow and cut into problems with inbreedtheir own hay, about 250 to Lebanon, Mo. ing,” Aaron said. ”There are 300 bales a year, and maintain some folks that like to have a grazing program.

the genetic lines we have going here, too. We have some recipient cows for the frozen embryos that we buy and we use our registered Charolais bulls for our commercial cows. It’s through the AI that we got into the club calves. “We are working on building up our herd right now with the club calves, using AI with our own stock, but we only do four or five a year. We are breeding our club calves right now for our own kids to show so we are not marketing any. We only show the steers and we keep the heifers to breed back to the club calf bulls. The club calf was developed, beginning in the 1970s, Aaron explained. “Through cross-breeding, the idea was to develop the best-looking calf for the show ring that would also carry the best traits for meat,” he said. “The basic concept is to bring together the best traits of multiple breeds. Sometimes, you actually — Continued on Next Page

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Family Ties Continued from Previous Page get a better cow or steer in this way than you might with a purebred animal.” t Club calves receive a specially mix ration from a Sarcoxie, Mo. mill. “We are looking for a daily rate of gain of at least 3 1/2 pounds a day, Aaron explained. “What we really want, of course, is the most weight gain in the shortest amount of time. We grain our cow/calf pairs twice a day and keep them in good shape but it is not a specific program like what we do for the club calves. We are just getting into this whole club calf breeding thing, learning as we go.”

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meet your neighbors Coming Home to the Farm Continued from Previous Page to help him figure out how to get a handle on a variety of small businesses that had become big over 50 years. There was the cattle operation, the mobile home sales, remodeling, the mobile home park – many of those trailers were old and in disrepair. I stepped into the leadership after Dad passed away. We were having to borrow money to pay the property taxes. We were in trouble and I knew it, but the question was, what to do about it. I don’t think I slept well for a decade. “I bought one of the early editions of Quick Books and that allowed me to make spread sheets and run reports, to separate out the different businesses. Up until then, we were still doing everything using paper ledgers like Grandma and Grandpa did in the 1940s. We needed a better understanding of our business financial health. After six months, I could see what was making money and what wasn’t. One thing I learned early on: Figure out a way to turn a liability into an asset, whether it’s a building, a field, a property, knowledge — how do I move it from the expense column to the asset side?” A large metal workshop, on the edge of the property was full of 30 years of unused stuff, so she cleared it by hosting an auction, generated some capital to pay down a little of the debt, and a space she could rent out. “It had been an expense and now it carried its own weight, making money,” Michele explained. When it came to the farm and the cattle, the same principle applied, but there was another dynamic to be considered. “I grew up around the cows and the hay but it was the men in my family who worked those aspects of the operation, not me,” Michele said. “Nobody really wanted a girl in the hayfields. I brought them lemonade and cookies because that’s what Mom and I did. That was our contribution. I couldn’t be out there, bucking bales and working cattle with the boys because they didn’t want a girl out there with them. When I moved back, I had to learn everything from the ground up. “I’m so grateful to the longtime farmers and our local veterinarian for taking me

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under their wings, especially in those early years. I felt a heavy responsibility for the animals in our care and I wanted to make sure I did right by them.” Once home, Michele had some hard decisions to make, one of which was converting her father’s long-term steer operation to a cow/calf pair enterprize. “I felt guilty making big changes to our family business and to be honest, I bawled my eyes out many times,” she admitted with a little laugh. “Same as when I sold my grandmother’s farm to help settle debts when Dad passed away. There’s an old saying in business – the first generation starts it, the second generation builds it, and the third generation ruins it. I was petrified that was going to be me. I prayed and asked wise people for advice and then I tried to follow the data.” Michele credits Ken Lenox, another cattle producer and neighbor as well as Dr. Justin Berger, the local veterinarian, located just across the road from her farm, with educating her in so many areas of learning how to run a cattle operation. “I followed Mr. Lenox, worked with him and asked him about a million questions,” she recalled with a laugh. “He told me to keep a log of everything I did that first year and, chances were, on that same day I’d be doing the same thing the next year. After a year and a half of reading everything I could get my hands on and following him around, I bought my first herd of 13 first calf heifers with a calf on the ground. When they all bred back and the calves and mommas did well, Doc Berger gave us the thumbs up and I thought, ‘OK, I’m ready.’ We sold our steer calves and bought open heifers at the sale barn during that spring. I culled them down to 50 that we bred. I’ve always kept the two herds separate. After that, I bought 26 bred heifers from Ken and the next year, another 26. I now have 100 momma cows with four registered Angus bulls. The cows are not registered but I typically use registered bulls. “I’m thankful for all that I learned, all that Dr. Berger and Ken Lenox taught me. We had no vaccination program, no cross-fencing. I was forever chasing cows OCTOBER 4, 2021

meet your neighbors up and down the highway and something was sick almost all the time. We had about a 30 percent loss rate, as basically my dad was taking the scraps that were left at the end of the day at the sale barn. Dr. Berger told me that was the best education I could get, trying to nurse those steers back to health.” And as Ken Lenox and Dr. Berger both taught her, she isn’t really in the cattle business as much as she is in the grass-producing business as good grass means healthy growing cattle. She learned the importance of cross-fencing to accommodate rotational grazing and she now vaccinates twice a year. She is also grateful for the two years at home with her dad before he passed away, a time when she learned so much, from the small businessman and also from her mother, a true genteel Southern lady, who still lives on the farm. Michele has now ventured into the upand-coming field of agro-tourism as she has added two Airbnb homes to her growing agriculture empire. “In past generations, people had grandparents, aunties, neighbors who had farms they could visit but it’s harder to plug into that now. People still want that pie-cooling-on-the-window-sill feeling of a visit to the family farm and it makes me so happy to be able to give them a place to make that connection,” she said with a grin. “We’ve been baking cinnamon rolls, banana bread, chicken pot pies, and fresh bread since 2015 and we began shipping those items in 2020. People like coming to the farm, enjoying the baking, feeding the chickens, collecting the eggs, picking everything from berries to garden veggies to corn in the field and taking it back to their picnic table. There’s nothing like enjoying something fresh from the farm.” Michele Broxton’s Ozark Farms latest project is the addition of a commercial kitchen to keep all that going. And she does it all as a single mom, along with her family which includes her own children, both those born and adopted into the family — Ava (15), Rich (12), Henry (5) and Luci (3), and several foster children.

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Fair Haven Park was once the site of a mineral spring that drew crowds What did people use for medicine in 1885 when there were no antibiotics or any of what we call modern medicines? They sought natural remedies, and mineral springs became popular places for healing. On Aug. 8, 1885, a town was laid out at the site of some mineral springs along the western line of Bacon Township in Vernon County, Mo. The owner of the land, Mr. J. W. Connely named the town Connely Springs. The name was later changed to Fair Haven Springs. A hotel was constructed for people to stay in until they found their homes in the area. The water was considered to be very healthy. The people didn’t have to worry about having water to drink as there were five springs. Analysts have determined the water in each spring is of a different character. If one did not find water from one place suitable to their constitution,

they did not have to move, they could just change springs. In the early days, there were two stores, a mill, post office, blacksmith shop, a grade school, church, the hotel and the park. A tabernacle was constructed on the south side of the park, which was used for home talent plays and for the worship services before the Presbyterian Church was built. A blind man by the name of Steele was one of the early ministers. Tent meetings were often held in the park. Sunday school was held each Sunday afternoon, with an attendance of around 150. Sunday was a day for visiting in the park at Fair Haven. Large crowds came and sat round the pagoda listening to the local band and enjoying the fellowship of friends. An annual celebration brought a large number of people to Fair Haven Park around Aug. 8 for three days for more than 60 years. The picnic was

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accompanied by a carnival. It was the principal attraction of the year for the area. One of the main attractions to the children especially was the horse-drawn merry-go-round. The Kessler Tent Show was a special feature at the picnic each year with out-oftown talent presenting entertainment for the whole family and admission was 10 cents. People came in covered wagons and camped in the park. The hotel also served many guests, as there were 20 rooms to accommodate the celebrants. However, the hotel burned not many years after it was constructed. Ozarks Farm & Neighbor • www.ozarksfn.com

The Walker Herald newspaper of July 24, 1924, stated: “The Fair Haven picnic will be held Aug. 7, 8, and 9, three days of entertainment and fun.” On Aug. 15, 1929, The Walker Herald said: “The Fair Haven Picnic was a pronounced success. Although very warm, they ran up to more than five hundred and there was ample accommodations for all. There were several amusements on the grounds and a number from around Walker who attended reported a pleasant time.” With the advancement of modern medications, and the automobile in rural MissouOCTOBER 4, 2021

ozarks roots ri, small towns began dying – Fair Haven Springs became one of the causalities. However, a small, but dedicated group of neighbors have made the effort to preserve the park and keep the Fair Haven community alive. A breakfast has been held in the summer months as a fundraiser for many years, and a place for neighbors to gather. A modern building was constructed in the 1970s, which will seat upwards to a 100 in warm weather. The breakfasts are held there as it has an enclosed kitchen. The building is for rent by the community. Kids still swing in the park and there is a permanent merry-go-round which is self-propelled. Due to the Amish population in the area, there is usually a buggy or so in sight as well as the automobile. So, maybe we’ve come full circle at Fair Haven Park. People love to be with friends and have a good time no matter what the year, or even the century.

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For the Love of Katahdins By Jaynie Kinnie-Hout

A surprise from her husband has brought Sharon Corum decades of joy

Career educator and self-described animal lover, Sharon Corum, cited love of her sheep as the primary motivating factor that has kept her shepherding her Katahdin flock for almost 20 years. Larry and Sharon Corum live on a farm in rural Willard, Mo., where they also have Angus cattle. Sharon’s childhood growing up on a dairy farm in Pleasant Hope, Mo., and later a beef farm in Halfway, Mo., came in handy when years later Larry came home one day and surprised her with 11 head of Katahdin sheep.’ Larry purchased the sheep from a client who was seeking respite care and could no longer care for them. “It was a real learning experience,” Sharon said. “I thought we had more than enough to do here on the farm when we got the sheep, but it was too late, I was smitten. There’s nothing cuter that a baby lamb. I fell in love with them and I have been their primary caretaker most of the time.” Sharon currently has 30 ewe, a ram Early and taught with my daughter who and 26 ewe lambs that have already is a history teacher there,” Sharon said. been sold. The sheep are primarily grass fed, howShe sells her ram lambs when they reach ever, during a drought they get Timothy 4 to 5 months or before they are fertile. and Orchard grass. “You have to sell the boys soon,” Sha“I want them to have all they need at ron noted. “I keep my girls longer so the all times,” Sharon said. mommas can wean gradually. I think The sheep are turned out to graze on it’s better for their bags. My ewe babies 160-acres of mixed grasses. They get a dab were all sold to one individual.” of grain for control. When the ewes are in Sharon sells independently through ad- heavy gestation, Sharon supplements with vertising and word of mouth. She also has a dairy grain and during their first months people who come to the farm looking for of nursing they are grained heavily. replacements. Anything she doesn’t sell is Larry occasionally plants fall cover crops. taken to the sale barn in Lockwood, Mo. Last year he planted turnips and rye. Sharon is a retired English “I retired to work real hard,” Shateacher, so when she wasn’t ron said with a chuckle. working on the farm she was She admits retirement has slightly a teaching full-time. She taught changed the way tends her herd. at Everton, Pleasant Hope and She does some culling and selecretired from Marion C. Early in Willard, Mo. tive breeding and she’s a precise Morrisville, Mo., in 2016. record keeper. “When I was getting close to “I’ve always kept records, retiring, I went to Marion C. but after retirement I began OCTOBER 4, 2021

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keeping meticulous records,” Sharon said. “I can tell you when a ewe lambed, if she had difficulty, did I assist, did she have a boy or girl. I write everything down.” Sharon also utilizes a Bracchus shield anti-mating apron on her ram. “I’ve recommended the Bracchus apron to several people. Theoretically, ewes can lamb twice a year, and I think that’s just too hard on the mommas; they work too hard.” Katahdin ewes possess exceptional mothering abilities and lamb easily; lambs are born vigorous and alert. Sharon assisted with four births this spring. There were 29 ewes that lambed, 51 were live births with one deceased. “I always error on the side of caution,” Sharon explained. “I watch her and if she’s had one lamb and doesn’t have the next one within 30 minutes, I’m out there checking. I don’t have — Continued on Next Page

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meet your neighbors For the Love of Katahdins Continued from Previous Page any problem pulling a lamb if I need to. My girls are so gentle and they know me, I can pull a baby right out in the lot. They’ll let you know if they need help.” There have been several sets of triplets born on the farm, and Sharon utilizes lambing pens for the babies and new mommas. As soon as lambs hit the ground they are transferred to a special pen so that the mommas can get her perinatal care of extra feed and rest. She also treats the navels with iodine to combat Joint-ill. When Sharon was in the early days of keeping sheep, she had a momma that was having real problems. She called Mike Freeze at SoMo and asked him “Mike, how do you know when it’s time to intervene?” and he responded, “she’ll let you know.” “The lambs brow was hung up on her pelvis, so I pushed him back and that freed the baby to come through the birth canal,” Sharon said. Sharon planned to get out of the sheep business this year, however, she agonized so much over the decision, she knew her heart would be broken without her Katahdins. She decided to take a rest and try spring breeding this year. There are some “old girls” on the farm, that will enjoy the rest of their days there. “I could never part with them they’ve been too good,” Sharon said. Photo by Jaynie Kinnie-Hout

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meet your neighbors they soon began building up a herd of beef sible, and avoid having to use antibiotics, cattle, with animals selected to fit particu- doing so only when absolutely necessary. lar criteria. When it comes time for the animals to be “We realize there’s a difference between the processed, Brian said he has an arrangemeat you can get at the store and the prod- ment with a USDA-inspected processor uct we’re offering, and a need to sell it differ- for preparation according to the Gripes’ ently to consumers,” said Sarah. standards and to package and label the The herd was developed over a couple of beef for sale. All animals processed for years, using Polled Hereford and Angus or sale under the Gripes label were bred and Angus-crosses as the base stock. Brian said raised on the farm, and if sales growth he had particular qualities in mind when trends continue, Brain said he anticipates he purchased each animal, and he sending 50 head to process next year. knows all of the animals in the After processing, the Gripes herd, which has grown to will then often deliver the about 100 head. The catend product direct to tle breeds used for the the consumer, some“My focus has been base stock were chotimes driving as far on developing sen based on which as Kansas City quality, and on trying animals tended to (where Sarah perform the best grew up). to develop the on the Gripes’ Many sales are highest quality at acreage. made via their the best price for our “We determined website, at www. that using the gripefarms.com, customers. We try to Angus and Polled and customers keep costs low to Hereford breeds are also welcome provide better value.” would provide us to observe the farm with the best quality and view the care the — Brian Gripe and value for our operaanimals receive, even tion,” Brian said. in person. Animals are raised on grass All members of the Gripe and finished on a grain feed, making family are involved in raising their use of a proprietary ration developed by cattle, with Liam and Amelia helping working with MU animal nutritionists. The with farm duties like feeding the animals, end goal is to produce beef that has abundant mending fence, and other chores. marbling with tenderness and good flavor. The kids have taken part in youth pro“My focus has been on developing quality, grams, like 4-H, prior to the COVID-19 and on trying to develop the highest quali- pandemic, helping to care for a small ty at the best price for our customers,” said flock of chickens as a project, as well as a Brian. “We try to keep costs low to provide few cats and dogs. better value.” “The kids work on the farm, growing Also, Brian said as a practice, they do up and learning to do what I did,” said their best to keep things as natural as pos- Brian.

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slaughter

bulls

beef

80.00-96.50*

Douglas County Livestock Auction - Ava

80.00-93.00 †

Four State Stockyards

Not Reported*

Interstate Regional Stockyards

61.00-104.00

Joplin Regional Stockyards

80.00-104.00 †

Mid Missouri Stockyards

70.00-98.00*

Ozarks Regional Stockyards

69.00-99.00 †

MO-KAN Livestock Auction - Butler

78.00-86.00

Springfield Livestock Marketing Center

slaughter

100

120

140

cows

(Week of 9/19/21 to 9/25/21) Buffalo Livestock Market

37.00-74.50*

Douglas County Livestock

40.00-69.00 †

Four State Stockyards

Not Reported*

Interstate Regional Stockyards

41.00-74.50 †

Joplin Regional Stockyards

27.50-81.50 †

Kingsville Livestock Auction

50.50-87.00 †

Mid Missouri Stockyards

46.00-72.00*

MO-KAN Livestock Market - Butler

41.00-80.00 †

Ozarks Regional Stockyards

30.00-77.00 †

South Central Regional Stockyards

35.00-73.00 †

Springfield Livestock

25.00-78.50 †

cow/calf Buffalo Livestock Market

pairs None Reported* 1200.00 †

Four State Stockyards - Exeter

Not Reported*

Interstate Regional Stockyards - Cuba

1325.00-1600.00 †

Joplin Regional Stockyards

1000.00-1150.00 †

Kingsville Livestock Auction Mid Missouri Stockyards

None Reported † 450.00-1275.00 †

South Central Regional Stockyards - Vienna

None Reported

800

cows 1300

(Week of 9/19/21 to 9/25/21) Buffalo Livestock Market

1800

Douglas County Livestock Auction

Steers, Med. & Lg. 1

Prices Pricesreported reportedper percwt cwt

600.00-975.00 † Not Reported*

Interstate Regional Stockyards - Cuba Joplin Regional Stockyards

900.00-1110.00 †

Mid Missouri Stockyards

900.00-1150.00*

MO-KAN Livestock Auction - Butler

None Reported †

Ozarks Regional

Springfield Livestock Marketing Center

600

900.00-1100.00 † 885.00-1300.00 †

1100

1600

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

Heifers, Med. & Lg. 1

175.00-1275.00 †

South Central Regional Stockyards - Vienna

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

Bulls, Med. & Lg. 1

1050.00-1325.00 † 650.00-1100.00 †

Kingsville Livestock Auction

9/24/21

Weekly Trends: Compared to last week slaughter lambs sold mostly steady to 10.00 higher. Slaughter ewes were mostly steady to 10.00 higher. Feeder lambs steady to 20.00 higher. At San Angelo, TX 4,914 head sold. Equity Cooperative Auction sold 340 slaughter lambs

stocker & feeder

Ava Douglas County† 9/23/21

Buffalo Livestock Auction* 9/25/21

Butler Mo-Kan Livestock† 9/23/21

Cuba Interstate Regional† 9/21/21

745

1,295

699

1,141

Uneven

Steady

St-8 Lower

181.00-200.00 164.00-184.00 156.00-163.00 146.00-156.00 130.00-152.00

150.00-180.00 154.00-170.00 143.00-160.00 138.00-156.50 131.00-150.00

----166.50-170.00 150.00-170.00 164.50-170.75 152.00-159.50

----167.00-180.00 160.50-173.50 153.00-155.00 152.00

155.00 143.00-155.00 135.00 ---------

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135.00-150.00 134.00-151.00 127.00-140.00 125.00-135.00 120.00-131.00

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156.00 145.00-156.00 135.00-154.50 141.00-148.50 130.00

2300

850.00-1275.00*

Four State Stockyards - Exeter

22 22

†

None Reported †

replacement

100

National Sheep Summary

2100

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

in North Dakota. Northern Video sold 1,850 feeder lambs in Montana. In direct trading slaughter ewes and feeder lambs were not tested. 3,456 lamb carcasses traded with no trend due to confidentiality. All sheep sold per hundred weight (CWT) unless specified. Slaughter Lambs: Choice and Prime 2-3: San Angelo: wooled and shorn 105-140 lbs 200.00238.00. New Holland, PA: wooled and shorn 110-145 lbs 250.00-270.00, few 280.00-290.00. Ft. Collins, CO: wooled and shorn 100-130 lbs 197.50217.50. South Dakota: wooled and shorn 100-150 lbs 225.00252.00; 155-170 lbs 240.00-253.00. Kalona, IA: wooled and shorn 100-150 lbs 230.00255.00, few 257.50-265.00; 160-190 lbs 240.00-247.50. Billings, MT: wooled and shorn 100-125 lbs no test. Missouri: wooled and shorn 100-125 lbs no test. Equity Coop: wooled and shorn 145 lbs 244.00. Slaughter Lambs: Choice and Prime 1-2: San Angelo: hair 40-60 lbs 324.00-352.00; 60-70 lbs 306.00-340.00, few 340.00-342.00; 70-80 lbs 270.00302.00, few 316.00-318.00; 80-90 lbs 255.00-288.00, few 304.00; 90-100 lbs 232.00-262.00. wooled and shorn 70-80 lbs 280.00-298.00; 85 lbs 270.00; 90-100 lbs 230.00-260.00. New Holland: wooled and shorn 50-60 lbs 270.00280.00; 60-70 lbs 290.00-330.00; 70-80 lbs 267.00280.00; 80-90 lbs 272.00-300.00; 90-100 lbs 272.00292.00, few 310.00. hair 43 lbs 320.00; 50-60 lbs 275.00-310.00; 60-70 lbs 267.00-295.00; 70-80 lbs 265.00-280.00; 80-90 lbs 257.00-280.00; 90-100 lbs 250.00-275.00, few 310.00. Ft. Collins: wooled and shorn 70-80 lbs 235.00-245.00; 80-90 lbs 215.00-225.00; 90-100 lbs 245.00-255.00. hair 70-80 lbs 220.00-245.00; 103 lbs 192.00. Kalona: wooled and shorn 40-50 lbs 287.50-292.50; 50-60 lbs 282.50-307.50; 60-70 lbs 262.50-290.00; 70-80 lbs 260.00-262.50; 80-90 lbs 230.00-257.50; 90-100 lbs 230.00-241.00. hair 50-60 lbs 302.50-340.00; 60-70 lbs 272.50-283.00, few 297.50; 70-80 lbs 269.00-275.00; 84 lbs 239.00; 90-100 lbs 237.50-240.00. South Dakota: wooled and shorn 80-90 lbs 235.00242.50; 90-100 lbs 225.00-235.00, few 253.00. hair 81 lbs 225.00; 90-100 lbs 205.00-215.00; 107 lbs 210.00. Billings: no test.

Four State Stockyards*

NOT REPORTED

Springfield Livestock Marketing Center

Receipts: 1,102 Compared to the last sale slaughter lambs traded 9.00 13.00 higher. Feeder kid goats traded 8.00 - 10.00 lower while slaughter kid goats traded 5.00 - 10.00 lower. Supply was moderate with good demand. Supply included: 50% Slaughter Sheep/Lambs (79% Hair Breeds, 17% Hair Ewes, 3% Hair Bucks); 11% Replacement Sheep/ Lambs (96% Hair Ewes, 4% Families); 12% Feeder Goats (100% Kids); 24% Slaughter Goats (61% Kids, 20% Nannies/Does, 9% Bucks/Billies, 10% Wether Kids); 3% Replacement Goats (100% Nannies/Does). Slaughter Sheep/Lambs: Hair Breeds - Choice and Prime 1-3: 260.00-325.00. Hair Breeds - Choice 1-3: 235.00-255.00. Hair Breeds - Good 1-2: 180.00-200.00. Hair Ewes - Good 2-3: 160.00-240.00. Hair Ewes - Utility and Good 1-3: 105.00-150.00. Hair Bucks - 1-2: 115.00-165.00. Replacement Sheep/Lambs: Hair Ewes - Small and Medium 1-2: 185.00-320.00. Families - Small and Medium 1-2 w/<20 lbs lamb: 270.00-450.00. Feeder Goats: Kids - Selection 1: 300.00-410.00. Kids - Selection 2: 210.00-295.00. Kids - Selection 3: 200.00. Slaughter Goats: Kids - Selection 1: 280.00-330.00. Kids - Selection 2: 225.00-285.00. Nannies/Does - Selection 1-2: 160.00-250.00. Bucks/Billies - Selection 1-2: 195.00-255.00. Wether Kids - Selection 1: 340.00. Wether Kids - Selection 2: 235.00-275.00. Replacement Goats: Nannies/Does - Selection 1-2: 230.00-500.00.

9/23/21

Receipts: 1,072 Compared to the last sale slaughter lambs traded 10.00 - 22.00 higher. Slaughter ewes traded steady to 9.00 higher. Feeder and slaughter kid goats traded steady to 10.00 higher. Slaughter nannies traded steady. Internet buying was very active. Supply was moderate with good demand. Supply included: 68% Slaughter Sheep/Lambs (0% Wooled & Shorn, 68% Hair Breeds, 5% Ewes, 25% Hair Ewes, 2% Hair Bucks); 12% Feeder Goats (100% Kids); 19% Slaughter Goats (45% Kids, 36% Nannies/ Does, 11% Bucks/Billies, 2% Wethers, 7% Wether Kids); 1% Replacement Goats (100% Nannies/Does). Slaughter Sheep/Lambs: Wooled & Shorn - Good 1-2: 150.00. Hair Breeds - Choice and Prime 1-3: 250.00-335.00. Hair Breeds - Choice 1-3: 220.00-250.00. Hair Breeds - Good 1-2: 170.00-210.00. Ewes - Cull and Utility 1-2: 65.00-82.50. Hair Ewes - Utility and Good 1-3: 102.50-165.00. Hair Ewes - Cull and Utility 1-2: 65.00-95.00. Hair Bucks - 1-2: 130.00-205.00. Hair Bucks - 2-3: 105.00. Feeder Goats: Kids - Selection 1: 305.00-420.00. Kids - Selection 2: 215.00-297.50. Kids - Selection 3: 175.00-210.00. Slaughter Goats: Kids - Selection 1: 300.00-400.00. Kids - Selection 2: 210.00-295.00. Kids - Selection 3: 140.00-205.00. Nannies/Does - Selection 1-2: 145.00-260.00. Nannies/Does- Selection 2-3: 132.50. Bucks/Billies - Selection 1-2: 160.00-280.00. Wethers - Selection 1: 310.00. Wether Kids - Selection 1: 305.00. Wether Kids - Selection 2: 260.00. Replacement Goats: Nannies/Does - Selection 1-2: 280.00.

950.00-1550.00*

Ozarks Regional

300

9/25/21

Diamond, Mo. • TS White Sheep/Goat

None Reported †

MO-KAN Livestock Auction - Butler

110

(Week of 9/19/21 to 9/25/21)

Douglas County Livestock Auction - Ava

goats

Norwood, Mo. • Producers Auction Yards Sheep/Goat

†

74.00-99.00 †

9/27/21

5 Area (Tx-Ok, Ks, Neb, Ia, Colo, Nm, Mn) Live Basis Sales - Over 80% Choice Steers: 120.00-125.00 ; wtd. avg. price 123.62. Heifers: 122.00-124.00; wtd. avg. price 123.67. Dressed Basis Sales - Over 80% Choice Steers: 191.00-196.00 ; wtd. avg. price 194.90. Heifers: Not Reported; wtd. avg. price Not Reported.

sheep &

88.00-100.00 †

South Central Regional Stockyards - Vienna

†

79.00-100.00 †

Kingsville Livestock Auction

cattle

Midwest - High Plains Direct Slaughter Cattle

(Week of 9/19/21 to 9/25/21) Buffalo Livestock Market

market sales reports

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prices

Joplin Regional Stockyards† 9/20/21

Kingsville Livestock Auction† 9/21/21

Mid Missouri Stockyards* 9/23/21

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4,412

1,567

1,643

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St-4 Lower

St-6 Higher

St-6 Lower

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195.00-220.00 175.00-184.00 170.00-186.00 161.00-186.00 150.00-155.00

190.00 160.00-192.00 160.00-184.50 154.50-166.00 154.00-164.00

170.00-195.00 164.00-178.00 156.00-174.00 150.00-172.00 143.00-156.00

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15 15 13

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160.00-167.00 150.00-154.00 148.00-151.50 145.00-150.00 140.00-141.00

160.00-163.00 159.00-167.00 147.00-167.00 137.00-163.50 150.00-159.10

150.00-164.00 148.00-159.00 136.00-158.00 131.00-156.00 128.00-143.00

14 14 13 13 13

✝ USDA Reported * Independently Reported

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15 14 14

s reports

,412

4 Lower

0-220.00 0-184.00 0-186.00 0-186.00 0-155.00

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0-167.00 0-154.00 0-151.50 0-150.00 0-141.00

Kingsville Livestock Auction† 9/21/21

Mid Missouri Stockyards* 9/23/21

hay & grain markets

Mo. Weekly Hay Summary

dairy & fed cattle

National Dairy Market

9/24/21

Cheese: Cheese markets have traced a path of unavoidable inevitability since July, according to market participants. That inevitability, movement toward the convergence of block and barrel prices, is closer to being realized this week, as block prices tumble while barrel prices are mostly steady. Cheese production was less than steady this week, as a number of cheesemakers ran scheduled maintenance in both the East and Midwest regions. This added to the spot milk supplies, as reported prices in the Midwest were $.25 under to $.75 over Class III. Cheese stocks are available, particularly in the Western region, where production was somewhat steady with plentiful milk supplies. Undoubtedly, truck driver and plant employee shortages are hindering smooth transportation/ processing. Fluid Milk/Cream: Farm level milk production is mixed. Cooler fall temps have helped increase output in some areas. Class I sales vary throughout the country. Bottling demand remains high in some areas, while, in others, school pipelines have refilled and demand is leveling off. Some balancing plants are working through lighter

Springfield Livestock Marketing† 9/22/21

Vienna South Central† 9/22/21

1,567

1,643

1,019

582

2,611

St-6 Lower

St-5 Lower

Uneven

170.00-195.00 164.00-178.00 156.00-174.00 150.00-172.00 143.00-156.00

188.00-189.00 163.00 151.50-164.00 146.00-156.00 140.00-146.50

----172.00-181.00 163.00-173.50 152.00-164.00 147.00-150.25

Much cooler weather came with the official arrival of Fall this week. Although a few warm days are still likely most folks enjoyed a break in the heat and pulling out the hooded sweatshirt or jacket once again. A few areas got a little rain this week but not really enough to add any water to the ponds in the isolated areas that are actually dry. Fall grain harvest is well under way and combines are rolling along good. Corn harvest likely passed the 25% mark this week and even a few fields of beans have been cut. . The supply of hay is moderate and demand is light to moderate and prices mostly steady. The Missouri Department of Agriculture has a hay directory visit http://mda.mo.gov/abd/haydirectory/ for listings of hay http://agebb.missouri.edu/haylst/ Alfalfa - Supreme (Ask/Per Ton): Medium Square 3x3: 200.00-250.00. Alfalfa - Supreme (Ask/Per Bale): Small Square: 8.00-12.00. Alfalfa - Premium (Ask/Per Ton): Medium Square 3x3: 160.00-200.00. Alfalfa - Good (Ask/Per Ton): Large Round: 120.00-160.00. Alfalfa - Good (Ask/Per Bale): Small Square: 5.00-9.00. Alfalfa - Fair (Ask/Per Ton): Large Round: 100.00-125.00. Alfalfa/Grass Mix - Good/Premium (Ask/Per Bale): Small Square: 6.00-8.00. Mixed Grass - Good/Premium (Ask/Per Ton): Large Round: 80.00-140.00. Mixed Grass - Fair/Good (Ask/Per Ton): Large Round: 60.00-100.00. Mixed Grass - Fair/Good (Ask/Per Bale): Small Square: 4.00-6.00. Mixed Grass - Fair (Ask/Per Bale): Large Round: 25.0055.00. Straw: Wheat (Ask/Per Bale): Small Square: 4.00-6.00.

West Plains Ozarks Regional† 9/21/21

St-6 Higher 190.00 160.00-192.00 160.00-184.50 154.50-166.00 154.00-164.00

9/24/21

----172.50-174.00 156.00-169.00 141.00-165.00 145.25-157.50

160.00-163.00 159.00-167.00 147.00-167.00 137.00-163.50 150.00-159.10

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12.42

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Barrows and Gilts Purchased Swine (including Packer Sold) National Head Count: 5,980 On a National basis, compared to the previous day’s weighted average (LM_HG200): 0.52 lower. National Price Range: 72.00-81.00. Western Cornbelt Wtd Avg Price: 74.45. Western Cornbelt 5 Day Rolling Avg: 77.14.

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Daily Direct Hog Report

$100

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Receipts This Week: 82,556 Early weaned pigs steady to weak. All feeder pigs 1.00 per head lower. Demand moderate for moderate offerings. Receipts include 51% formulated prices. Volume By State Or Province Of Origin: Missouri 3.9% Total Composite Weighted Average Receipts and Price (Formula and Cash): All Early Weaned Pigs: 71,006 head, wtd. avg. 46.28. All Feeder Pigs: 11,550 head, wtd. avg. 70.30.

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milk volumes. Handlers shuffled milk loads to other facilities to work around planned downtime for maintenance at some cheese plants. Condensed skim markets have a stable undertone; volumes are available for the near term and contracts are steady. Cream demand is mixed. Availability is lighter in the East but varies throughout the week in the Midwest. Western cream-based manufacturers report generally receiving adequate cream supplies for current production needs. Widespread hauling challenges persist and have led to delivery inconsistencies, including canceled and late cream loads. F.O.B. cream multiples for all classes are 1.30-1.48 in the East, 1.24-1.42 in the Midwest, and 1.16-1.28 in the West. SPOT PRICES OF CLASS II CREAM: $ PER POUND BUTTERFAT, F.O.B., producing plants, Midwestern U.S. - $2.3859 - $2.5667.

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ta: wooled and shorn 100-150 lbs 225.00170 lbs 240.00-253.00. wooled and shorn 100-150 lbs 230.00257.50-265.00; 160-190 lbs 240.00-247.50. T: wooled and shorn 100-125 lbs no test. ooled and shorn 100-125 lbs no test. p: wooled and shorn 145 lbs 244.00. ambs: Choice and Prime 1-2: hair 40-60 lbs 324.00-352.00; 60-70 lbs 00, few 340.00-342.00; 70-80 lbs 270.00316.00-318.00; 80-90 lbs 255.00-288.00, few 00 lbs 232.00-262.00. wooled and shorn 0.00-298.00; 85 lbs 270.00; 90-100 lbs 00. nd: wooled and shorn 50-60 lbs 270.000 lbs 290.00-330.00; 70-80 lbs 267.000 lbs 272.00-300.00; 90-100 lbs 272.00310.00. hair 43 lbs 320.00; 50-60 lbs 00; 60-70 lbs 267.00-295.00; 70-80 lbs 00; 80-90 lbs 257.00-280.00; 90-100 lbs 00, few 310.00. wooled and shorn 70-80 lbs 235.00-245.00; 5.00-225.00; 90-100 lbs 245.00-255.00. hair 0.00-245.00; 103 lbs 192.00. oled and shorn 40-50 lbs 287.50-292.50; 2.50-307.50; 60-70 lbs 262.50-290.00; 70-80 62.50; 80-90 lbs 230.00-257.50; 90-100 lbs 00. hair 50-60 lbs 302.50-340.00; 60-70 lbs 00, few 297.50; 70-80 lbs 269.00-275.00; 84 90-100 lbs 237.50-240.00. ta: wooled and shorn 80-90 lbs 235.0000 lbs 225.00-235.00, few 253.00. hair 81 90-100 lbs 205.00-215.00; 107 lbs 210.00. test.

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nd, PA: wooled and shorn 110-145 lbs 00, few 280.00-290.00. CO: wooled and shorn 100-130 lbs 197.50-

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kota. Northern Video sold 1,850 feeder ontana. In direct trading slaughter ewes ambs were not tested. 3,456 lamb carcasses no trend due to confidentiality. All sheep ndred weight (CWT) unless specified. ambs: Choice and Prime 2-3: wooled and shorn 105-140 lbs 200.00-

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A Great Opportunity

College freshman Austin Etcheson began working for Steel Rain Irrigation at a young age, which has allowed him to buy is own cattle and equipment.

By Rachel Harper

Austin Etcheson says hard work has paid off for him Austin Etcheson grew up in Jasper, Mo., with his parents Joe and Penny Etcheson. Early on, he began helping his uncle Louis Etcheson with cattle chores and his dad with construction. He soon understood how to care for cattle and had a good grasp on his dad’s business, Etcheson Construction. His grandpa had once farmed but sold his ground in the 1970s and Austin said he has always wanted to get into farming. About four years ago, Austin started working for Russell Dintaman, a local farmer. His dad Joe knew Russell and it provided a great opportunity for him to get involved in farming. “I was the only one at the time working for him and I helped pick up rocks,

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I managed the other help and kept everyone on track. The pivots are sent on a semi-trailer bundled up. We put them together and make sure they run properly. We can also troubleshoot them to find out what is wrong and fix it. I still help him on the farm as well. He can now give me an idea of what we need to get done such as spraying or planting, and I can just go out and take care of it. During the summer, especially when we are building pivots and going really hard, 70 or 80 hours a week is not outrageous. “Once I worked for Russell long enough, I was able to get myself into a place where I could rent 80 acres of pasture and buy some cows,” he said.

I would advise young people to work hard. Sometimes it’s not going to be fun, but you just have to do it anyways. If you work hard, you’ll be rewarded.”

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— Austin Etcheson

Austin currently has 25 black Angus row crop, take soil samples, work ground, spray and work on tractors and cows of his own he really enjoys. He still occasionally helps his dad with dirt work, equipment,” Austin said. During the school year, Austin, worked building terraces and waterways and putfor about three hours every evening. Af- ting in drain tile for other farmers. “Some jobs are better than others, but ter about a year, he started to help plant and Russell started a pivot irrigation I enjoy all of it,” he said. Austin also bales hay for local farmers. business called Steele Rain Irrigation. He already had a mower, but recently Austin helped put together has bought his own tractor and baler. pivots and the first summer Austin was his FFA chapter’s vice they built three pivots in Lapresident, and the organization clede County, Mo., driving is a part of his family’s legacy as from Jasper every day. well. “Whenever we first started “My dad and two sisters putting pivots together, he Jasper, Mo. were in FFA and I wanted hired more people. We went to be in it. I came into FFA from just me to six other guys.

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meet your neighbors as a freshman and did horse judging the first year, making it to state. From then on, I really enjoyed it. Last year, I won a proficiency in ag service with repair and maintenance. Our agronomy team made it to state, placing fourth. I have learned a lot from FFA and being an officer has helped me on the job manage my team of guys.” Austin also received his State FFA Degree this year and won the state Star Placement Award at the State FFA Convention in Sedalia, Mo., for his work with Steele Rain Irrigation and will go through a few more interviews and represent Missouri at nationals. “I would advise young people to work hard. Sometimes it’s not going to be fun,

but you just have to do it anyways,” Russell said. “If you work hard, you’ll be rewarded. I got started working with my dad and he has always inspired me. I helped him when I was younger, and he helped me get the job with Russell. He said he didn’t care what I did as long as I was working and enjoyed it most of the time.” Austin is attending Crowder College this fall for ag business, with an emphasis in agronomy. He would then like transfer to Missouri State University to obtain a bachelor’s degree in agronomy with hopes of finding a job thereafter and continuing to expand his own farm.

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Building a New Program By Julie Turner-Crawford

Cattleman John Murphy spearheads a new agriculture minor at Southwest Baptist University

Southwest Baptist University Associate Biology Professor John Murphy has a passion for agriculture, a passion he is now bringing to the students of the private-Christian university in Bolivar, Mo. Armed with a Ph.D. in agronomy from Kansas State University, a master’s in biology from South Dakota State University, a bachelor’s in biology from the University of Central Missouri, as well as extensive professional and personal experience in agriculture, John has led the curriculum development for an agriculture minor. “About five years ago, I had an interview with our Provost (Dr. Lee Skinkle), and he brought up the idea of an ag program,” John recalled. “I had thought about it, but we didn’t have one; SBU has never had one. One conversation turned into a bunch of

conversations, and now, we’re rolling out production management will be getting an ag minor. I’m pretty excited because they all of the students involved with AI,” let me design it from the ground up.” John said. The program will start with six classes in There have also been discussions about the spring of 2022, including a basic soils the development of an agriculture educaclass, plant science classes focusing on tion program. pasture and forage development/manageOn his farm near Flemington, Mo., John ment, and crop science. is a practitioner of the lessons he offers stu“Everything we will look at in those classes dents, operating a 200-head, forage-based will be based on what we have right here in commercial cow/calf operation on 800 Southwest Missouri,” John added. “We’re acres with his family, including his wife Kagoing to look at growing corn, tie and their five children, Dan, Andrew, soybeans and wheat, then at Kate, Jill and Ellen. fescue and what you can use “We have very little forested land,” as alternative fall forages.” John explained. “We have a hill On the animal science side, that has an old cemetery on it, courses in beef production manwhich is fenced off, but in all, we agement and ruminant nutrition Flemington, Mo. have about 750 acres of grass.” will be offered. When they purchased the “One of the big things in beef property in 2007, the MurOzarks Farm & Neighbor • www.ozarksfn.com

phys began to eradicate unwanted brush and other nuisance plants and started a fertilization program. “We spread a lot of poultry litter,” he said. “We have crossed fenced all of our pastures, except one, to make about 20acre pastures. We do rotate our pastures, and it makes it easy to move cattle around. We also don’t do any haying. I trade out brush hogging for a neighbor for hay. By doing that, we can use our fields for grazing, and we don’t have the fertility inputs you have to maintain your hay.” The Murphys utilize both Angus and Red Angus sires in their breeding program. “We try to run our bulls for 90 days for spring and fall calves,” John explained. “We are split about half and half on our herd, so we have calves to market year-round.” Heifers are retained at the Murphy farm, OCTOBER 4, 2021

meet your neighbors with plans for about 34 to into the breeding program next spring. “Our Red Angus is our heifer bull because they do better in the heat, and there is a large demand for those dark red replacement heifers,” John said. “We sell our fall steers as seven-weights, then that will clear out a pasture, so we can wean our spring calves, which we will sell around March.” The Murphy herd grazes year-round unless there is heavy snow. They stockpile forages and strip grazing throughout the fall and winter months. “We feed very little,” John said. “For our stockers, we feed mainly a mix of one-third dry distillers, one-third corn gluten, and a third soy hull pellets. We supplement at about .75 percent of body weight. We aren’t getting really fleshy calves, but they grow; that’s the market we have here. We aren’t finishing them, so I don’t want to over condition, but I want to feed enough, so they keep gaining during the summer.” Calves are worked at about 90 days of age, which includes banding all bull calves, vaccinating against blackleg and the first round of BRD. At weaning, nose flaps are placed in the noses of calves, which John said he has become a “big fan of.” “It is a very quiet weaning and the easiest weaning I have ever done; the calves don’t push out, and the cows don’t push out,” John said. “We leave the nose flaps in for about 14 days and let them run with their mommas. We put some creep feeders out at that time to supplement them, and we let them wean themselves. After 14 days, we will leave the calves in the corral, and the mommas walk right back out; the weaning is done. About 28 to 30 days later, we will run them through for their second round of vaccinations. Then, they are kicked out to pasture. We do supplement them a little, but they are mostly on grass.” The current supplement program is a medicated supplement with 6 percent phosphorus. “That’s really about it,” John said. “Most of our cows don’t calve until the middle of March, so by the time they are coming into peak lactation, we are on green grass. The calves wean a little lighter and are a little younger, but for me, it pencils out.”

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Because of the Murphys’ farming operation, SBU students get hands-on experience in agriculture and unique research opportunities. John currently has 14 students, all of which are pre-med students, in his research lab who utilize the farm and cattle for their projects. “Two years ago, most of them had never touched a cow,” John said. “They come out, and they get used to being around cattle. They learn low-stress cattle handling, and they also learn how to pull blood samples.” The implementation of nose-flap weaning began as a research project for six students. “They wrote a grant and were funded by a national agency to research the stress of

without so much concentrate. With corn and soybean prices, we can’t continue to do everything the same; it helps in being able to look at alternatives. I also like having people out here. I’ve been doing this here for 15 years and having someone else come out and say, ‘We’ve been doing this. Have you ever thought about it?’ No, but let’s try it.” Excitement is building on campus for the program’s start, which may eventually lead to a four-year degree. “We have to get started; you have to prove it can be done,” John said. “Most of my students didn’t know anything about agriculture other than what they read or

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what they’ve heard, and a lot of that is negative. Then they come out and see what it’s like, how we treat our animals and the expense we go to to care for our animals, and their view completely changes. I think we can bring that change to the SBU campus and have those conversations.” John has high hopes for the SBU program and for his own farming operation, with plans to breed high-quality replacement heifers that do well on fescue and seeing future generations of the Murphy family follow his agriculture path. “I want to pass this on to my kids,” he said. “I want my kids to have a love for agriculture and for them to continue to do what I do.” OCTOBER 4, 2021

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Hannah Fehring By Rachel Harper

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H Age: 16 H Hometown: Neosho, Mo. H Parents:

David and Julia Fehring H Siblings: Austin Fehring and Alec Fehring H FFA Chapter: Neosho FFA H Chapter Advisors: Kelin Kruse, Austin Steele and Jennifer Thogmartin What is your involvement in agriculture?

“I grew up on a registered Holstein and Brown Swiss dairy farm in the little town Photo by Rachel Harper of Rocky Comfort, Mo. We later moved to Neosho where my family started a beef operation with dairy crosses, Angus and Polled Herefords. I assist with feeding, breeding, and working cattle with my family.” Hannah’s SAE includes the beef operation, as well as poultry and swine. “I raise laying hens and broilers and sell eggs and broiler carcasses once they have been processed.” She has recently started raising a crossbred gilt that she plans on showing at the local and state fairs this summer and would like to breed this fall.

What is your favorite part of being involved in agriculture?

“Getting to experience new things and learning new things about the growing industry.”

What are your future plans?

“To attend Crowder College using the A-Plus program, then I will transfer to a university to finish my degree. I plan to pursue a degree in pediatric nursing or agricultural education. Regardless of which career path I choose, I always want to be involved in agriculture by having a small farm consisting of cattle, pigs, and chickens.”

What is the best advice about agriculture you have received?

Hannah said the best advice she received from a friend and advisor was to “keep learning.” Advocate for what you are passionate about. You are a great leader and hard worker, and you will make a difference in the agriculture industry.”

What advice would you give to other young people who want to be involved in agriculture?

“You don’t have to be a farmer to make a difference in agriculture. You do not need to be directly connected to the agricultural industry to help fulfill the industries goals. Education is vital. We must stay abreast on current topics and issues that face our industry every day. Listen to advice from others who have gone before you. They have experiences and wisdom that you won’t glean from a textbook. Finally, if you work hard for agriculture, agriculture will work hard for you. You will reap the benefits in due time; you must be patient.” Ozarks Farm & Neighbor • www.ozarksfn.com

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By Dr. Tim O’Neill

ith fall coming, we normally look at the costliest side of raising cattle. In the veterinary world, we call it Bovine Respiratory Disease Complex. Dr. Tim E. O’Neill, Which it really is, and I believe most DVM, owns Country of you reading this article will agree. Veterinary Service The reason it is considered a complex is there are in Farmington, Ark. many agents causing it. From bacteria to viruses to To contact Tim go to ozarksfn.com and click fungal to heart conditions. on ‘Contact Us.’ Now granted we do not normally see the fungal or heart conditions in cattle. Our main causes are from viruses and bacteria. Occasionally I will see one from parasitism, but with our dewormers today, normally not. I was told by an old-time vet and researcher that in baby calves if you can keep the bacteria out of them, they do not get sick. And with older calves, if you can keep the viruses out of them, they do not get sick. I have most found this true in my short 34.5 years of practice. This means we must keep E. coli out of the babies and the viruses out of the rest of our calves. And how do we do this is by properly vaccinating them. Now there are just a couple of modified live vaccines that only require one dose for the viruses, but most of them require two doses anywhere from two weeks to one month apart. Generally speaking, when we just give one dose of a two-dose series, we will only get 45 days of true immunity. This is not six months or one year like we wish. We all need to read the label and follow the label directions. And it does mean handling the calves twice, but if it saves one calf, it’s worth it, which would be around $500 savings. We also have one disease we are right in the middle of the season for, which is mycoplasma pneumonia. This disease will hit even highly vaccinated animals if given the chance. Luckily, we do have a vaccine for it. Now 90 percent of the time, a regular cow/calf guy will not see this disease, but stockers and feedlots will, big time. I at least want to mention it. Now for the parasitism pneumonia, I see that where people have only been using a generic pour-on for several years. Normally we need to come in and use an old fashion drench white dewormer. This gives the worms something else to see and they haven’t developed a resistance to. I rotate and normally use a white dewormer from about mid-November until February. This is because of grubs. Grub worms will be migrating by the esophagus and spinal cord sometime during this time. The white dewormers will not kill them and thus not causing a deadly choke or spinal paralysis. Both conditions normally kill cattle. But, at the same time, I am preventing lungworms and their migration through the lungs. I will also see cattle slick off better due to no resistance and a better worm kill.

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Changing Minerals with the Seasons By Cheryl Kepes

Deficiencies in certain minerals can have adverse effects on herd health

As the season changes from summer to fall, livestock nutrition experts recommend producers consider a slight modification to their mineral program. It’s suggested producers incorporate a mineral supplement that’s high in magnesium, during certain times of the year. This is particularly important for cows that have just calved in the fall or spring and are grazing on cool season forages. These animals are more susceptible to grass tetany, a condition caused by a lack of magnesium in the blood. The magnesium deficit occurs due to several factors. First, a cow that has recently calved has a higher demand for magnesium due to her body using the magnesium in lactation. Cows have a greater need for magnesium during the early stages of lactation. Additionally, rapidly growing fall and spring pastures create an environment unconducive for magnesium absorption. “The cool season grasses with that lush growth in the spring, and under certain conditions in the fall, have low magnesium and high potassium,” Beth Kegley, Ph.D., cattle nutrition expert and professor, with the University of Arkansas, explained. The elevated levels of potassium in the grass hinder a cow’s ability to absorb magnesium. “When cows eat that grass, potassium directly interferes with magnesium absorption,” Kegley stated. If the magnesium level in a cow’s blood falls too low, then they may come down with grass tetany. “Grass tetany is an acute magnesium deficiency,” Kegley explained. The symptoms of grass tetany include muscle spasms, staggering, agitation and convulsions. Once symptoms start, there is little time for producers to save the animal. “It’s a condition that occurs very rapidly in a cow. So, producers will very commonly find a dead cow from grass tetany,” Kegley added. If producers catch the symptoms quickly, they can treat the cow following the recommendations of their veterinarian. Most commonly, the treatment consists of high doses of magnesium given orally or intravenously.

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Producers must act quickly to have a chance to save the animal. “Cows don’t linger for days with this,” Kegley said. “You have to catch it and treat it within hours, not days.” The best defense against grass tetany in a herd is providing a mineral mix that contains a high magnesium content. Cattle do not build up a store in their body of magnesium, they need to consume it every day. Not only does the high magnesium mineral mix need to be regularly available to fall and spring calvers, but producers should monitor the herd’s intake to make sure all their animals are eating the mineral. Kegley recommends producers provide a consistent supply of free choice mineral, year around, to keep cattle in optimal health. “There is more problem with sporadically giving mineral, than worrying about changing to a certain type of mineral,” Kegley explained. “Cattle need these minerals every day, so ideally these cattle would always have a free choice mineral available.” Nutrition experts recommend keeping an eye out to determine if cattle are consuming too much or too little mineral. If they are consuming more than they should, move the mineral feeder away from areas where the cattle congregate, eat and drink. If they are not eating enough mineral, then move the mineral closer to water, shade or areas where the herd tends to linger. During hot, dry conditions when forage is brown and crispy, cattle tend to consume less mineral. At these times, producers may want to consider moving the mineral feeder to areas where cattle will be more likely to ingest the supplements. Currently, most of the forage in the Ozarks contains decreased nutrient levels. “The grass right now that is dry and not growing is lower in potassium, phosphorus and magnesium,” Kegley said. “So, it is important to have mineral out at this time because the forage does have fewer of those major minerals that cows need.” Lastly, livestock specialists discourage producers from offering a separate mineral feeder containing solely white salt. Some cattle will only consume the white salt, therefore forgoing the commercial mineral. If producers plan to use white salt, experts recommend combining it with a mineral mix and feeding it all together.

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Prussic Acid Poisoning By Cheryl Kepes

Keeping herds safe from the deadly plant poison During stretches of drought or a frost the likelihood of prussic acid building up in Johnsongrass increases. If livestock graze Johnsongrass containing high concentrations of prussic acid the outcome is almost always fatal. When animals ingest the Johnsongrass containing prussic acid, the plant conversions taking place in the rumen form cyanide. “The effect of cyanide in the body is it doesn’t let the hemoglobin in the blood release oxygen,” John Jennings, Ph.D., forage extension specialist and professor, with the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture explained. “It can pick up oxygen in the lungs, but it can’t release it to the tissues.” The result is the animal internally suffocates. Typically, the time period between onset of symptoms and death is extremely short. “Most of the time, if it is prussic acid poisoning, the animals are found dead and not exhibiting symptoms because it happens so rapidly,” Jennings added. The time frame is so abbreviated, it is usually not feasible for a veterinarian to make it to the animal in time for treatment. If treatment is an option, the animal is given a combination of sodium nitrite and ¬sodium thiosulfate. This must be administered intravenously at a slow rate. An animal suffering from prussic acid poisoning shows signs of anxiety, weakness, muscle twitching, convulsions and labored breathing. One of the diagnostic symptoms of an animal that has died of prussic acid poisoning is, its blood is a bright, cherry red color because it is loaded with oxygen. The chances of prussic acid poisoning occurring increase when Johnsongrass wilts due to drought or frost. During times with little or no rain, Johnsongrass thrives while other forages thin out. “In years when we have drought conditions and all the other forage is grazed off tends to be when we see the most problems; because Johnsongrass can tolerate drought and it might still be standing and catOCTOBER 4, 2021

tle tend to get into it,” Jennings stated. In addition, problems with prussic acid poisoning become more prevalent during cold snaps producing frost. The freeze causes the Johnsongrass to wilt and the prussic acid to build up. “Some low-lying fields might get frost, and the hills might not, and maybe animals are in that entire pasture, so we get need to take precautions when it comes to that time of year,” Jennings added. Preventing Prussic Acid Poisoning in Warm and Cold Weather Conditions • Do not allow cattle to graze Johnsongrass following a hay cutting or recent grazing that leaves the Johnsongrass short (12-inch total plant height or less). • If Johnsongrass is wilted from drought, wait four to seven days after a rain until the plant starts to grow again and look fresh, then turn cattle back into the pasture. • If the Johnsongrass is 18 inches or taller it is safe to graze, as long as it is not wilted. • Johnsongrass that is wilted due to a killing frost should not be grazed until the forage appears dry and brown. • If the Johnsongrass is black from freeze damage it is dangerous and should not be grazed. • Keep cattle off pastures with Johnsongrass if frost is likely. Prussic acid dissipates as the forage dries out. When Johnsongrass is cut, dried and baled for hay the amount of prussic acid dispels over time. “It is just in that wilted condition, that it is toxic. Dry hay is safe from prussic acid,” Jennings said. Prussic acid can also be found in the leaves of wild cherry trees. Producers who have wild cherry trees on their property should keep in mind that if they are trimming the wild cherry trees or if a storm breaks off some tree limbs, the wilted wild cherry tree leaves will contain a dangerous amount of prussic acid.

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Taking steps to maximize productivity in your herd or flock It’s never too soon to start preparing for the future. This may be especially true now as producers consider what management practices to put in place this fall before the freeze of winter strikes. For farmers managing sheep or goats, this is the time to plan for breeding season. “The biggest thing about fall is preparing for breeding season,” Jennifer Lutes, agricultural business specialist with the University of Missouri Extension, said. “A lot of our producers breed to lamb or kid in March and April and so they should be gearing up for breeding.” Fall chores should include steps to get ewes or does ready to breed or flush. This could include incorporating fence lining bucks or rams in order to ramp up the ewes or does reproductive cycles. Additionally, livestock specialists recommend taking a thorough inventory of the body condition score of the animals. A solid body condition score improves reproductivity and eases the animal through harsh winter conditions. The fall is also a time to make culling decisions. “This is definitely a time to evaluate and determine who is going to be kept and bred, and who is not; using body condition score, FAMACHA and age,” Lutes added. Livestock specialists suggest the first step in determining which animals to keep and which to cull is identifying which animals are meeting basic herd or flock criteria. “Really what I like to look at is we cull the obvious first,” Lutes explained. “Anybody who is not sound, anybody who has a poor body condition score and not keeping up with the rest, anybody who has not lambed or kid, or is not getting pregnant.” Once those standards have been evaluated, it is time to identify the best and worst performers in the herd or flock. A proven method for determining which animals are at the top of the operation and which are at the bottom is to analyze production records. If producers keep production records throughout the year, then they will have

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data to help them make additional culling decisions. Production records should monitor an animal’s reproductive and maternal performance. Producers need to document information such as the number of lambs or kids the ewe or doe has had in the past and her ability to rear her offspring on her own. Additional data to record could include the dam’s lambs’ or kids’ growth rates compared to the others in the flock or herd. “Those are the kind of production records I like to see because when we have that information, then we can keep or cull productive dams that aren’t keeping up with everybody else,” Lutes stated. During the fall, producers may also want to think about when they plan to sell their animals. “From a business perspective we are in pretty much the market lows for pricing,” Lutes added. “This is a time of year that people sell their animals and so supply is generally high and demand doesn’t generally keep up this time of year.” Lutes encourages producers to keep animals at least until January, February or March. If they have the ability to keep their animals through the winter, and wait until April to sell, they will reach the market highs. According to ag business experts, the market highs for sheep and goats tend to be during the month of April. The market starts to be more positive beginning in December and then it increases until April. “So, if they have the ability to hold these animals and not sell them until December or later, they will actually be on the positive side of the average annual price,” Lutes said. Producers will want to consider feeding costs through the winter and balance those costs with getting a higher price for their animal closer to spring. The condition of fields and amount of rainfall are important factors that impact selling decisions. “If they have the ability to hold those animals now without it costing them a lot, then it is beneficial,” Lutes said. OCTOBER 4, 2021

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sideration could be that hypocalcemia typically affects older cows. Another prevention method farmers can take is to make sure animals have extra care during severe weather. “When it comes to significant weather events, like we had last February, we really need to be providing them with ad-

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Underlying symptoms that should be on a producer’s radar Traditionally, producers running dairy operations are the ones monitoring their cows for symptoms of hypocalcemia. However, livestock experts are now encouraging beef cattle producers to pay attention to the warning signs of calcium deficiency in their cattle. Hypocalcemia, also known as milk fever, occurs when the concentration of calcium in a cow’s blood falls below a critical threshold. Shortly before a cow calves, she deposits calcium into her fetus and secretes large amounts of calcium into her colostrum and milk. Therefore, it’s close to the time of calving that many cows are the most susceptible to hypocalcemia. Other contributing factors include the cow’s age, stressful events such as severe weather, and a poor diet. “In the beef cow it is a dietary issue that can occur, in particular, if they are not receiving adequate mineral supplementation and that can be highly variable from operation to operation,” Rosslyn Biggs, DVM, assistant clinical professor, director of continuing education and beef cattle extension specialist at Oklahoma State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine, stated. Clinical symptoms of hypocalcemia in beef cattle present a little bit differently than in dairy cattle. “The beef cattle tend to be more of a tetany-type, rigid-response, rather than what we might see classically in dairy cattle, which is a limp or flaccid-type of paralysis right around calving,” Biggs explained. If a cow exhibits clinical signs of hypocalcemia, immediate treatment is needed. “It can be life threatening particularly if she is severe and down,” Biggs said. “It really needs to be taken are of – it is an emergency.” Cattle are typically treated with calcium administered intravenously and OCTOBER 4, 2021

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Marketing Livestock and Farm Products By Cheryl Kepes

Tips from experts on developing a marketing strategies Consumers today are eager to know where their food comes from and how it is produced. The growing demand for local food products opens many doors for farmers looking for new markets for their goods. “Consumers want to know more about the farmer that is producing the food they eat,” Wesley Tucker, agricultural economist with the University of Missouri Extension, said. “This creates opportunities to market yourself to consumers.”

“Another big part of marketing is consumers like to feel connected to the farm that they have bought their products from,” Lutes stated. Farmers make those connections by telling the story of their operation. For some farmers this may not come naturally, marketing isn’t always a farmers’ strong suit. However, agricul-

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The first step toward an effective marketing strategy is developing a marketing plan. “I may be great at producing widgets, but if no one wants to buy my widgets I will go broke quickly,” Tucker added. “Developing a plan for how I will sell what I produce must be my first priority.”

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Before starting production, farmers need to evaluate their targeted market. “One of the first things they need to do is to study the market that they intend to enter,” Jennifer Lutes, agricultural business specialist with the University of Missouri Extension, said. For example, if farmers plan to sell their goods at a farmers market, then they should visit that venue, check out the products offered and analyze pricing. Collecting information will help producers determine if there is a significant profit margin for their product.

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for them to eat,” Tucker explained. In today’s social climate, the onus falls even more heavily on farmers to tell their own story. The average consumer is now generations away from having produced their own food. “Unfortunately, what they “think” they know is not always true,” Tucker stated. “Their world view is shaped by what they have heard on social media or from friends, and the greatest challenge for the ag community is sometimes helping consumers realize that what they “think” they know simply isn’t true.”

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Farmers can utilize different forms of social media to share their stories and connect with consumers. “Provide updates on different stages and what is going on at the farm at different times and try to find a way to connect people back to the farm through storytelling,” Lutes suggested. Other marketing strategies could be sharing through social media the ups and downs of planting or calving season, showing consumers how farm children are being raised with an appreciation for animals and land or offer sneak peeks into the farming operation. Whatever the case may be, farmers should be the ones telling their stories. “If we don’t tell our story, where will consumers get their information and how accurate will it be?” Tucker commented. Agriculture business experts encourage farmers to work at the marketing piece of their operation. A well-planned marketing strategy can open many doors. OCTOBER 4, 2021

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Winter Annuals By Cheryl Kepes

Filling the forage gap As the cooler months creep in, warm season forages may start to wane. In the Ozarks, producers have the opportunity to fill the forage gap that often occurs between the late fall and winter months, and the spring months. Farmers can bridge the lull in grass production by planting winter annuals. In Arkansas and other parts of the Ozarks, where Bermuda grass fills pastures, agronomists recommend overseeding the Bermuda grass with winter annuals. Since Bermuda grass goes dormant in the fall, there is a stretch of time from October until May that those fields are absent of forage. Planting a winter annual early in the fall will provide fall and spring grazing in those Bermuda grass pastures. Additionally, winter annuals help fill the gap on operations where producers have dedicated pastures set aside for winter grazing. “Say we are stockpiling fescue to graze in the winter, but you still have a period of time in October, November and early December, where you need something else,” John Jennings, Ph.D., forage extension specialist and professor, with the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture said. “Some of those winter annual forages, if planted early enough, can help fill that gap.”

What to Plant

Agronomists recommend considering a variety of different grasses to add forage for the fall, winter and spring months. “The cereal grains like the winter oats, spring oats and cereal rye will produce the most fall pasture,” Jennings stated. Wheat and ryegrass are other options. Ryegrass creates little fall grazing, but it is a good spring forage producer. Jennings suggests keeping in mind the following order of fall forage production from greatest to least. Spring oats and winter oats would be similar in the amount of fall forage produced, then forage brassicas, cereal rye, wheat and lastly ryegrass. Ryegrass is a good option to mix and OCTOBER 4, 2021

plant with other winter annuals. Though ryegrass does not produce much in the fall, it will come up and create good grazing in the spring. “We have had good success in mixing spring oats with ryegrass and planting that early in the fall,” Jennings explained. “Oats will give forage in the fall time and the ryegrass will start to grow in the spring and give us spring pasture and we can get two seasons of grazing with one planting.” Some plants in the brassica family can be grazed into winter. For example, forage radishes, forage turnips and rape hybrids can be grazed until mid-December.

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When to Plant

Producers wanting to add winter annuals to their fields need to prepare to plant them by late summer or early fall. Dr. Jennings suggests planting winter annuals before Sept. 15. If the winter annuals are planted by that time, the plant should come up for fall grazing. Agronomists state brassicas should be planted the last week of August or the first week in September. The forage brassicas need to be planted early in order for producers to see any significant fall production from them.

When to Fertilize

In order to get fall grazing out of the winter annuals, producers should fertilize at the time of planting. The fertilizer will ensure there is adequate nutrients in the soil to support the growth of winter annuals after it rains. During the cooler months, winter annuals need additional nutrients to grow. “Fertilizer is expensive. But if they plant seed and don’t fertilize it, then it is a waste of time in a lot of cases,” Jennings said. If producers are looking to get spring grazing out of the winter annuals, then experts recommend adding fertilizer to the fields in mid-February. A nitrogen fertilizer will spur growth and hopefully produce forage that livestock can start utilizing in March.

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15 Mental Health First Aid for Youths – Cost: Free – 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. – Online via Zoom – for more information contact Amy at 573-346-2644 or bartelsa@missouri.edu – register online at go.ozarksfn.com/8p0 15 Missouri Woodland Steward – Chainsaw Safety – Cost: $75 – 9 a.m.-3 p.m. – Southwest Center Research Station, 14548 Highway H, Mount Vernon, Mo. – for more information contact Sarah at 573-458-6260 or havenss@missouri.edu – register online at go.ozarksfn.com/aw0 20 Bull Breeding Soundness Clinic – Barry County Vet Service, Cassville, Mo. – 417-847-2677 21 Bull Breeding Soundness Clinic – Countryside Animal Clinic, Aurora, Mo. – 417-678-4011 21 Fall Beef Cattle Producer Management Workshop – 6:30 p.m. – Stockton Christian Church Activity Center, 713 West Street, Stockton, Mo. – register by Oct. 20 – for questions contact Patrick at 417-276-3313 or davismp@missouri.edu – to register 417-276-3313 or go.ozarksfn.com/kqq 21 Home Food Preservation – Jerky Making – Cost: $20 – 7-8 p.m. – Rocking W Farm & Home, 39216 Hwy 413, Crane, Mo. – register by Oct. 19 – for more information contact Jenni at 417-357-6812 or jnevatt@missouri.edu – register online at go.ozarksfn.com/9mu 22 Blood Drive – 11 a.m.-4 p.m. – MU Extension, Bloodmobile in South Courthouse Parking Lot, 700 Main, Suite 4, Cassville, Mo. – Free Chiefs Kingdom T-Shirt for all donors while supplies last – to schedule appointment call 417-227-5006 or visit www.cbco.org/donate-blood 27 Grow with Google: Digital Skills for Everyday Tasks – Cost: Free, but registration is required to receive the zoom link – 8-9 a.m., Online via Zoom – register online at go.ozarksfn.com/eg1 27-11/19 Matter of Balance – Wednesdays and Fridays, 9-11 a.m. – Cost: Free – Kimberling Area Senior Center, 63 Kimberling Blvd., Kimberling City, Mo. – for questions or to register call 417-357-6812 – register online at 28 Fall Beef Cattle Producer Management Workshop – 6:30 p.m. – Vernon County Fairgrounds, Centennial Hall, 1488 Ashland St., Nevada, Mo. – register by Oct. 27 – for questions contact Patrick at 417-276-3313 or davismp@missouri.edu – to register 417-448-2560 or go.ozarksfn.com/s95 November 2021 1-12/13 Living a Healthy Life with Chronic Pain – Cost: Free – Mondays, 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. – Online via Zoom – for more information contact Jean at 636-207-0847 ext. 127 or jsotomayor@agingahead.org – register online at go.ozarksfn.com/nt9 5-6 Pearls of Production Conference – 5803 County Road 302, Fulton, Mo. – Cost: $99 – register by Oct. 26 – for questions contact Corinne at 573-882-8181 or bromfieldc@missouri.edu – register online at go.ozarksfn.com/jnf 8-12/20 Walk with Ease – Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays 2:30-3:30 p.m. – Cost: Free – Joplin First Presbyterian Church, 509 S. Pearl Ave., Joplin, Mo. – pre-registration is required – for more information contact Lindsey at 417-682-3579 or stevensonlk@missouri.edu – register online at go.ozarksfn.com/c6y 11 Online Forage/Livestock Town Hall Meeting – Show Me Select Heifer Development Program – Online via Zoom, noon-1 p.m. – to register visit go.ozarksfn.com/lup 12 Beef Reproduction Meeting – Southwest Research Center, Mt. Vernon, Mo. – call 417-466-3102 for more information 19 Mental Health First Aid for Adults – 8:30-3:30 p.m. – Cost: Free – Online via Zoom – to register visit go.ozarksfn.com/wn0

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October 2021 8 Smith Valley Angus Annual Production Sale – Salem, Mo. – 573-729-2910 or 573-247-7165 9 Big D Ranch’s Building For Your Tomorrow Annual Production Sale – at the ranch, Center Ridge, Ark. – 501-208-6119 9 Judd Ranch 31st Annual Cow Power Gelbvieh, Balancer & Red Angus Female Sale – at the ranch, Pomona, Kan. – 1-800-743-0026 9 Leachman Fall Ozark Sale – I-40 Livestock Auction, Ozark, Ark. – 970-568-3983 15-16 Circle A Wangus Ranch Fall 2021 Wangus Bull & Heifer Sale – Iberia, Mo. – 573-793-2830 16 Angell-Thomas Charolais Sale – Paris, Mo. – 573-682-7348 16 Aschermann Charolais/Akaushi 33rd Edition Production Sale – at the ranch, Carthage, Mo. – 417-793-2855 – 417-358-7879 16 Bradley Cattle Bred Heifer & Bull Sale – Springfield Livestock Marketing Center, Springfield, Mo. – 765-376-8784 16 Fink Beef Genetics Fall Bull Sale – Fink Beef Genetics Sale Facility, Randolph, Kan. – 785-293-5106 16 Heart of the Ozarks Angus 115th Edition Consignment Sale – Ozark Regional Stockyards, West Plains, Mo. – 734-260-8635 16 Irish Dexter Show & Private Treaty Sale – Webster County Fairgrounds, Marshfield, Mo. – 417-693-0810 16 Paul Gelbvieh Production Sale – Washburn, Mo. – 417-342-1899 or 417-826-5925 22 2021 Royal Collection Charolais Sale – Wagstaff Sale Center, Kansas City, Mo. – 281-761-5952 23 Mead Farms Fall Production Sale – at the farm, Barnett, Mo. – 573-302-7011 23 Seedstock Plus Fall Bull & Female Sale – Joplin Regional Stockyards, Carthage, Mo. – 877-486-1160 23 Square B Ranch Private Treaty Sale – at the farm, Warsaw, Mo. – 660-438-2188 25 Southwest Missouri All Breed Performance Tested Bull & Foundational Female Sale – Springfield Livestock & Marketing Center, Springfield, Mo. – 417-293-8002 30 Cattlemen’s Preferred Sale – Cattlemen’s Livestock Auction, Harrison, Ark. – 205-270-0999 30 Fox Hollow Farms Fall Production Sale – at the ranch, Hulbert, Okla. – 918-409-6068 30 Nipp Charolais Annual Fall Bull Sale – at the ranch, Wilson, Okla. – 580-513-3555 30 Plyler & Son Bull Sale – Southern Arkansas University, Magnolia, Ark. – 870-703-1394 30 Wall Street Cattle Company Production Sale – at the ranch, Lebanon, Mo. – 417-288-4444 November 2021 5 Meyer Cattle Company Fall Sale – Bowling Green, Mo. – 573-808-0624 5-6 GenePlus Production Sale – Chimney Rock Cattle Company, Concord, Ark. – 1-877-436-3877 - www.geneplusbrangus.com 6 “The Andras Kind” Red Angus Female Sale – at the farm, Manchester, Ill. – 217-473-2355 or 217-473-2320 6 B/F Cattle Company Production Sale – at the farm, Butler, Mo. – 660-492-2808 6 Central States Black Hereford Select Sale – The Exchange at Wall Street Cattle Company, Lebanon, Mo. – 618-567-4339 or 573-680-1439 6 RED REWARD ‘Fall Edition’ Bull & Female Sale – Wheeler Livestock Auction, Osceola, Mo. – 877-486-1160 6 Worthington Angus Fall Bull & Commercial Female Sale – at the farm, Dadeville, Mo. – 417-844-2601 6 Wright Charolais Fall Event – at the farm, Kearney, Mo. – 816-776-3512 13 Smith Registered Angus Ranch Annual Production Sale – at the ranch, Berryville, Ark. – 870-423-3269 or 870-480-6406 15 Green Springs Fall Best of the Bull Test Sale – Nevada, Mo. – 417-448-7416 19 Show Me Select Replacement Heifer Sale – Joplin Regional Stockyards, Carthage, Mo. – 417-466-3102 19 Wienk Charolais Legends of Fall Bull Sale – Arcadia Stockyard, Arcadia, FL – 605-860-0505 – 605-203-0137 27 College of the Ozarks Production Sale – College of the Ozarks, Point Lookout, Mo. – 417-342-0871 December 2021 11 Arkansas “The Sharing The Success Sale” Angus Sale – I-40 Livestock Auction, Ozark, Ark. – 501-590-1180

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— ZONE A AUCTIONS —

10/9 Estate Auction for the late Dan & Velma Goodrum – Lamar, Mo. • Nance Auction Service 10/9 Leona Duffin Estate Auction – Wheatland, Mo. • Crawford Auction Service, 417-998-6629 • See Our Ad on Page 41 10/9 Personal Property & Real Estate Auction – Stockton, Mo. • Hamby Auctions 10/9 Public Auction – Lowry City, Mo. • Bruce Auction Co. 10/9 Wayne Powell Auction – Stockton, Mo. • Bruce & Le’AN Auction & Appraisal LLC 10/10 Real Estate & Estate for Wanda Weddin Estate – Rich Hill, Mo. • Nance Auction Service 10/11 Eric Canfield Estate Auction – Bolivar, Mo. • Crawford Auction Service, 417998-6629 • See Our Ad on Page 41 10/15-10/16 Estate of CC & Deanna McLemore Auction – South Greenfield, Mo. • Bruce & Le’AN Auction & Appraisal LLC 10/15 Marilyn Norris Estate Auction – Wheatland, Mo. • Crawford Auction Service,417-998-6629 • See Our Ad on Page 41 10/16 Fred Wood Estate Auction – Wheatland, Mo. • Crawford Auction Service, 417-998-6629 • See Our Ad on Page 41 10/21 Elvy Burrus Sr. Nevada Farm Auction – Nevada, Mo. • Curtis and Sons Auction Service 10/23 Elvy Burrus Sr. Walker Farm Auction – Walker, Mo. • Curtis and Sons Auction Service 10/23 Estate of Joe Haines Auction • Stockton, Mo. • Bruce & Le’AN Auction & Appraisal LLC 10/23 Large Private Collection Firearms Auction – Bolivar, Mo. • Diamond S Auction Real Estate Company

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10/9 Daves & Henson Family Trusts Real Estate Auction – Buffalo, Mo. • Glenworth Auction & Realty, 417767-4345 • See Our Ad on Pages 42 & 43 10/23 Business Liquidation – Lebanon, Mo. • Chadwell Auctions LLC

— ZONE C AUCTIONS —

10/8 Absolute Auction, 45 Acres M/L Vacant Land – Rogersville, Mo. • Bob Kollmeier Auctions 10/8 Fall Equipment Consignment Auction – Rocky Comfort, Mo. • Southwest Auction Service 10/9 College of the Ozarks Auction – Point Lookout, Mo. • Holders Auction Service 10/9 2021 Fall Auction – Aurora, Mo. • Clines Equipment Co. 10/9 Farm Machinery Auction – Galena, Mo. • Essick Auction & Realty 10/9 Personal Property Auction – Rogersville, Mo. • McKnight Auction Service & Realty, LLC 10/15 John Switzer Trust Auction – Willard, Mo. • Glenworth Auction & Realty, 417-767-4345 • See Our Ad on Pages 42 & 43 10/16 Fabulous Collectible Toy Auction – Branson West, Mo. • Merritt Family Auctions 10/16 Machine Shop Liquidation – Rogersville, Mo. • Bob Kollmeier Auctions 10/16 Donald Bartels Trust Personal Property Auction – Springfield, Mo. • Glenworth Auction & Realty, 417-767-4345 • See Our Ad on Pages 42 & 43 10/17 Private Gun Collection Auction – Springfield, Mo. • Bob Kollmeier Auctions 10/22 Delbert & Rita Choate Personal Property Auction – Springfield, Mo. • Glenworth Auction & Realty, 417767-4345 • See Our Ad on Pages 42 & 43 Ozarks Farm & Neighbor • www.ozarksfn.com

10/23 Estate Auction – Mt. Vernon, Mo. • McKnight Auction Company LLC 10/23 Estate Auction – Rogersville, Mo. • Essick Auction & Realty 10/23 Jerry & Trudy Hasty Auction – Nixa, Mo. • Glenworth Auction & Realty, 417-767-4345 • See Our Ad on Pages 42 & 43 10/23 Public Auction – Branson, Mo. • Coon Ridge Auction Co.

— ZONE D AUCTIONS —

10/9 Consignment Auction – Ava, Mo. • Cheyney Auction Company, LLC. 10/10 Public Auction – Fordland, Mo. • Glenworth Auction & Realty, 417767-4345 • See Our Ad on Pages 42 & 43 10/16 Farm Auction – Mountain Grove, Mo. • Chadwell Auctions LLC 10/16 Personal Property Auction of Lynn (Myers) Bennett – Seymour, Mo. • Capon Auction Service 10/17 Dorothy J Edwards Trust – Seymour, Mo. • Glenworth Auction & Realty, 417-767-4345 • See Our Ad on Pages 42 & 43 10/23 Living Estate Auction, Ava, Mo. – Cheyney Auction Company, LLC

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Christian County Veterinary Service, LLC Large & Small Animal Vet Clinic

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417-664-5954 10/4/21

Darren Loula, DVM Joe Evans, DVM Hunter Wallace, DVM Katie Loula, DVM Cherie Gregory, DVM Julie Clonts, DVM

REAL ESTATE AUCTION Saturday, October 9, 2021 • 10:00AM

Daves & Henson Family Trusts 577 Springﬁeld Rd & Hwy 38 • Buffalo, MO 65622

Directions: From Hwy 65 Take Hwy 38 East Then North On Springfield Rd To Auction. Watch For Signs.

417-743-2287

289

ACRES REAL ESTATE SELLING AT 10:30AM M/L OPEN HOUSE SUNDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2:00-4:00PM

If you eat, sleep, breathe, live and love farming then

8748 State Hwy 14 West, Clever, MO

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Storage Containers & Trailers Ground Level Containers 20’, 40’, 45’ & 48’ Available • Sale or Lease

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Farmers Mutual Insurance Company of Dade County Serving Farm Families Since 1892

Call Today 417-232-4593

810 Main St., Lockwood, MO 65682 • Email: sherri@dadecountyinsurance.com

Graber Metal Sales Roofing • Siding •Trim • Insulation Overhead Doors • Windows, Etc,… Serving the Metal Building Industry 8327 Lawrence County Ave. LaRussell, MO 64848 417-246-5335

800-246-5335

is for you! Large Home & Barns On Up To 286 Acres M/L On Live Creek: Tract 1: Spacious 5,256 M/L Sq Ft 5 Bedroom 3-1/2 Bath Brick & Stone Home Featuring Living Room w/ Vaulted Ceiling & Stone Gas Fireplace, Formal Dining w/ Hardwood Floors, Crown Molding & Tray Ceiling & A Large Kitchen w/ Corian Counters, Under Mount Sink, Tile Floors, Built In Stainless Microwave, Smooth Top Range, SxS Refrigerator, Breakfast Bar, Pantry & Dining Area. The Main Level Has 3 Bedrooms & 2-1/2 Bathrooms Including The Master Suite w/ Large Walk-In Closet & Bathroom w/ Large Vanity, Large Soaking Tub & Walk-In Shower. The Home Also Has An Attached 2 Car Garage & A Full Walkout Basement w/ An Additional Oversized Family Room, Kitchenette w/Bar, 2 Bedrooms, Full Bathroom & Mechanical/Storage Room. This Property Also Has 2 Large Barns & Pond On Over 9 Acres M/L. Tract 2: 24 Acres M/L Open w/ Creek Frontage. Tract 3: 18.5 Acres M/L Open w/ Creek Frontage. Tract 4: 16 Acres M/L Majority Open w/ Large Pond & Creek Frontage. Tract 5: 34 Acres M/L Majority Open w/ Pond, Blacktop & Creek Frontage. (Tracts 1-5 Offered Separately & As A Whole) Tract 6: 16 Acres M/L Majority Wooded. Tract 7: 16 Acres M/L Majority Wooded. Tract 8: 13.6 Acres M/L Majority Wooded w/ 2 Ponds. (Tracts 6-8 Offered Separately & As A Whole) Tract 9: 7.5 Acres M/L Majority Wooded w/ Blacktop Frontage. Tract 10: 2.5 Acres M/L Partially Wooded w/ Black Top Frontage. Tract 11: 108 Acres M/L Majority Open w/ Some Woods, Creek & Black Top Frontage. (Tracts 10 & 11 Offered Separately & As A Whole) Tract 12: 20.6 Acres M/L Majority Open w/ Creek Frontage. (Tracts 10,11 & 12 Offered Separately & As A Whole) Terms: 10% Down At Auction With Balance Due In 60 Days Or Less At Closing. Equipment & Farm: JD 4030 Tractor w/ Cab & Good Rubber - Overhauled • IH 4230 90hp Tractor w/ Great Bend 440Ldr, Bucket, Balespike, Good Rubber & 3900Hrs • IH 560 6cyl Wide Front Dsl 70hp Tractor w/ Ldr • MF 124 Square Baler • 12’ Hyd Finishing Disc • 3pt 5’ Blade • New Idea 5409 3pt 9’ Disc Mower • Amco 6’ Cutting Disc • JD 3pt 4 Bottom Plow • JD 5’ 3pt Bushog • 2 Section Harrow • Hay Master 4 Basket PTO Tedder • Portafeeder On Wheels • 3pt HD Rhino Post Hole Digger • 2ton Overhead Feed Bin • HD 1 Bottom Plow • Implement Trailer • NH 5 Bar Hay Rake • JD 1290 Haybine - For Parts • WW Palpation Cage • Grain Bin • Priefert Squeeze Chute • 3pt Bale Spike • Concrete Feed Bunks • 2- Metal Creep Feeders • 18’ Hay Elevator • Gravity Flow Wagon • Portable Creep Feeder On Wheels • 4 Wheel Buggy - For Parts • Ground Driven Manure Spreader • 3pt Spring Tooth 7’ Cultivator • 2- 300gal Fuel Tanks • 2- 8’ Water Tanks • 2 Bale Rings • 4- 8’ Panels • 2- 8” Panels • 16- 6’ WW Type Panels • Wire Panels • 50gal 12v Sprayer • Saddles • Semen Tank • Assorted Gates • Wire Cages • 2- Show Dividers • Driving Harness • Salt Feeders • 100+ 6’ Steel Posts • Assorted Pipe Posts • Vet Supplies • Scrap Iron Rake • Alum Irrigation Pipe • 500’ of 2” Pipe • Bridles • Round Bales Livestock: 4Yr Old Registered Angus Herd Bull - Will Have Test Papers Available • 3Yr Old Registered Angus Herd Bull- Will Have Test Papers Available • 4- Yearling Bulls w/ Papers • 2- Yearling Heifers • 2- 8Month Bull Calves • 20 Registered Angus Cows 3yrs9yrs Old • 5- 2yr Old Heifers Exposed Aug 1 • 8 Cows w/ Calves By Side • Balanced Exposed Aug 1 • Donkey Vehicles, Trailers, Etc: 2009 Chevy 2500 Gas 6.0 373 Auto 4x4 Crew Cab Truck • 1989 Chevy Longbed 4x4 Pickup • 1984 WW Gooseneck Trailer • 20’ Double Axle Bumper Trailer • 22’ Gooseneck Trailer - Needs Work • 2 Horse Trailer • Polaris Ranger 570 4x4 w/ 957 Miles • Arctic Cat Prowler 550 4x4- Needs TLC • Cadillac- For Parts Tools, Lawn & Garden: Lincoln Ranger 10k Watt Generator Welder w/ Electric Start & 521hrs • Acetylene Torch Kit • Honda Power Washer • Chainsaw • BBQ Grill • 2- Tool Chests • Welding Table • Bench Grinder • Hand Tools • Portable Air Compressor • Alum ATV Ramps • Tires & Wheels • Quickcrete • Drill Press • Craftsman Weedeater • 1” PVC Pipe • Landscaping Rocks • 100Lb Propane Bottle • 2- Chainhoists • Wheelbarrow • Lawn Mower Parts • Shop Vice • 8- Arena Lights • Antique Patio Set • Glider Swing • Deer Stand • Fuel Containers • 5gal Buckets Plus Furniture, Appliances, Household & More Visit www.glenworth.com Auction Conducted by:

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OCTOBER 4, 2021

OFN October 4, 2021

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Michele Broxton returns home to the farm

The Wrinkle family continues the farming tradition