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Fruendt honored: Chouteau, Okla., native Melinda Courtney Fruendt was honored recently with the 2016 Workforce Champion award from the Oklahoma Association of Workforce Development Boards and the Oklahoma Workforce Association. Fruendt is an executive-level project coordinator for the Oklahoma Department of Rehabilitation Services. She is the co-lead of the Workforce System Oversight sub-committee of the Governor’s Council for Workforce and Economic Development. Fruendt and her husband Paul operate a cattle ranch and farm with alfalfa, wheat, soybeans and canola crops in Guthrie, Okla. They previously served on Young Farmers and Ranchers boards for the Oklahoma Farm Bureau State Committee and American Farm Bureau Federation.

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Late U of A professor honored: Paul Noland, a retired agriculture professor and head of the animal sciences department at the University of Arkansas was posthumously inducted into the Arkansas Military Veterans’ Hall of Fame. Noland, who died on Dec. 31, was among the veterans chosen for their “their valorous military service to our country” and for their “combined military and civilian service to our community, state and nation.” Noland served as a light mortar crewman in the Army in World War II, participating in three campaign battles in Europe. He served in the Battle of the Bulge, just before the Allied forces got into Berlin. His troop also liberated a concentration camp in Czechoslovakia and monitored the camp in 1945-46. Noland earned three Bronze Battle Stars, the World War II Victory Medal and the Combat Infantry Man and Expert Infantryman Badges.

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Farms receive Century Farm designation: Farms from the Arkansas Ozarks were among those honored as Century Farms by the Arkansas Agriculture Department. In Boone County, Carlton’s Farm (Est. 1887) and the Davis Farm (Est. 1883) were honored, as was the Yocum Farm (Est.1902) in Conway County. The Cheely Farm (Est. 1882) from Crawford County; the Hawkins Homestead (Est. 1901), the J.T. and Carmeleda Beene Family Farm (Est. 1901) and T.C. Freeman Homeplace (Est. 1914) in Faulkner County; the Laster/Baskin Farm (Est. 1915) in Johnson County; Larry Lensing Farm (Est. 1901) in Logan County; the 4-C Farm (Est. 1859) in Washington County; and the Hilger Farms Inc. (Est. 1914) and Powder Fork Creek (Est. 1876) from White County were also among those honored.

OSU breaks ground on new ag facility: Oklahoma State University has broken ground for a new 20,000-square-foot, $4 million Oklahoma Foundation Seed Stocks facility. “This new, much larger facility will enable OSU to meet the demand for more efficient, high-yielding wheat, peanut and grass varieties throughout the Southern Plains states, which is why it has drawn widespread interest from the support of farmers, crop associations and public and private agricultural agencies,” Tom Coon, vice president, dean and director of OSU’s Division of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, said at the groundbreaking ceremony.

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Eye on Agribusiness features Sallisaw True Value

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Town & Country spotlights Mike Deason

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Using Conservation Stewardship Program helps farmers make their land more efficient

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Youth in Ag features Peyton Drackett

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t always puts a smile on my face when someone does or says something revonwthat orC makes yrreJ yB so much common sense, one wonders why no one had done or said it before. When Jerry Crownover is that someone is a youngster, my smile gets a farmer and former even bigger. professor of Agriculture Elijah is the grandson of my nearest neighbor.

Education at Missouri He loves green tractors, his grandpa and riding State University. He is a through the woods in Grandpa’s all-terrain venative of Baxter County, hicle. By all indications, the young lad is a norArkansas, and an mal first-grader, a tad quieter than most, but a bit author and professional more curious than his peers. The few times I’ve speaker. To contact Jerry, met him, it’s as if I can hear the cogs turning in go to ozarksfn.com and his little head whenever we talk, and he seems to click on ‘Contact Us.’ study my actions and mannerisms more so than the words coming out of my mouth. Smart boy.

As the first quarter of first grade came to an end, Elijah’s mother noticed something a little odd about the papers he was bringing home from school. They all had good grades and nice written compliments from his teacher, but almost every one of the papers had the word, “Bob” written on them. Assuming that he was just doodling, or one of his friends had written on them, she never mentioned anything about it.

After all, the grades and comments were very good.

When time for the first parent-teacher conference rolled around, both parents were eager to sit down with the educator and assess the progress their young son was making.

The teacher’s first comment, however, came as quite a surprise for the parents.

“You do know,” the teacher began, “that your son has started going by the name of Bob, don’t you?”

They didn’t, but now, the three-letter word on class papers began to make sense.

The boy’s parents assured the first-grade professor that they would find out what was going on in the mind of their son.

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here’s a segment on the NBC’s “The Tonight Show” called, “I’ve Got Good News and Good News.” Basically, Jimmy Fallon asks news anchors all across America to read bogus news headlines Jody Harris is a freelance and make them seem real. Viewers know the communications specialist, headlines are fake due to one mitigating factor – gardener, ranch wife and the news is positive. Too-good-to-be-true positive. mother of four. She and I’ll be honest, I don’t typically stay up late her family raise Angus beef enough to catch the show live. I do set it to record cattle and other critters on on our DVR. It entertains me while tackling the their northwest Arkansas ranch. She is a graduate mountains of laundry I fold every week. I happen of Missouri State University. to think this segment is a riot and secretly I hope To contact Jody, go to there was more REAL good news in our world. ozarksfn.com and click on Our country just survived one of the nastiest ‘Contact Us.’ election cycles I can recall in my 39 years. The news coverage was ugly on both sides of the proverbial “aisle.” From the debates, to the commercials to the general atmosphere of news coverage – it gave me head and heartache.

In my fifth grader’s social studies class, they studied the term, mudslinging. I reassured her, yes, dear daughter, there’s been a lot of “mudslinging” in this election.

When I went to the polls to cast my vote on Tuesday, Nov. 8 (early voting doesn’t feel nearly as patriotic to me), I waited in line for over an hour just to participate.

The anger and anxiety felt in line at the polls was like nothing I’ve ever experienced. I wondered why more people didn’t realize that real change begins with us. In our homes and on our farms. In our communities, churches and schools. No one can make the world a better place more quickly than us – you know, “We the People.”

Nov. 8 has come and gone. I personally, breathed a sigh of relief as it came to its end. I looked forward to days of holiday shopping commercials taking the place of all the political mumbo jumbo on TV. Even with the passing of the election, the news is still not good.

Whether or not people were happy with the choices made for their local, state or national government officials – social media and the major news networks have continued to unleash a whole lot of hostility. It’s over folks, time to stop talking and start doing. Each one of us has unique gifts to contribute to the world – I want to use mine to serve others.

As some American families prepare to celebrate the Christmas season, I love to think about the greatest news story to every hit the skies. Believe it or not, this news was first distributed to a group of farmers – a rough crowd of stinky shepherds to be exact. The gospel of Luke reveals to us –But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid! For behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people: Today in the City of David a Savior has been born to you. He is Christ the Lord! And this will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger.”

You may not walk out to feed your livestock this December and find an infant in a swaddling blanket waiting to change the world as we know it. Look carefully in the mirror and you will see a person with special qualities and an ability to make this world a greater place to live in. We have nothing to fear from our government, remember, these folks are supposed to be working for us. Use your talents and bring a little good news into your community. Merry Christmas and a blessed New Year to you and yours, neighbor.

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he Christmas season is upon us and we are celebrating by sharing recipes from readers Julie Turner-Crawford and our featured is a native of Dallas cooks in our annual Country County, Mo., where she Christmas cookbook. grew up on her family’s I come from a line of lafarm. She is a graduate dies who could cook. Granny of Missouri State (my maternal great-grandma), University. To contact Grandma Turner, Grandma Hoover Julie, call 1-866-532-1960 and Mom each had their own touches to certain or by email at editor@ dishes. I think everything my mom made was ozarksfn.com. good. I will admit that I didn’t really want to learn how to cook, but she “forced” me into it; moms have a way of doing that sometimes.

If there was a potluck at church or somewhere else, there were seldom leftovers of Mom’s dishes. I will never forget the time when the new preacher at our rural church bragged to my mother about her fried chicken. He said he’d never had anything so tasty. Mom said, “Why thank you. You know, Julie and I killed those chickens just yesterday.” He got a strange look on his face and walked off. I don’t think Mom, who was always a lady, meant it to be a shock to the preacher; she was just saying the chicken was so good because it was fresh.

She was a pro with her hot rolls. There was nothing like my mom’s rolls, trust me. At a recent Turner family reunion, I showed up with a couple of pans of rolls (the kind you thaw out and bake) and one of my cousins saw them and instantly asked if they were my mom’s recipe. She said she remembered stopping by our house years ago and my mom had just brought out two huge pans of rolls. She said she couldn’t help herself and had to grab some as she was leaving.

I remember asking Mom to write down how she made the rolls, but she said just to watch her. I did, but a pinch of this, a palm full of that and a little flour, but not too much, didn’t really work for me.

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just a thought Across the Fence Continued from Previous Page Grandma Turner can bake a mean apple pie. For many years she would spend days pealing, slicing and canning bushels of apples so that there would be pie whenever it was needed. Before she moved to town, she had an old cherry tree in her backyard at the farm. That tree had the biggest cherries and I can remember going out and picking cherries for her to make pies. There was just something about her pie crust; it was always so good.

For Grandma Hoover, there was nothing in the world like her rum cake. She didn’t like the term “fruit cake” and would correct you on it every time. The outside was almost like candy and the inside was soft, moist and filled with fruit. She took great pride in her rum cake and was very picky about what she used in it.

I only remember one thing my Granny made. It was simple, but oh so good. Granny had this big cast iron skillet and everyday she would cook a pan of cornbread on top of the stove. I don’t remember Granny not using a cane or a walker and her vision was very poor, but she would flip that heavy, cornbread filled skillet and catch the cornbread as it flipped over. We lived on the same farm as my Granny for a time when I was a kid and when Dad would go milk our old Jersey cow, we would go

see Granny. She always had a fresh pan of warm cornbread waiting and a big glass of milk. Mom would tell us not to eat at Granny’s because it would spoil our supper, but we couldn’t turn Granny down, or her cornbread and milk. She loved that rich Jersey milk with her cornbread.

Mom, Granny and Grandma Hoover are all gone now, and Grandma Turner isn’t able to cook any longer, but I still carry memories of their wonderful meals. While I’m not the cook they were, I try to whip some things up from time to time, and I don’t hear too many complaints, so maybe I have a little of each one of them with me when I am in the kitchen. I think they each had a secret ingredient in their cooking and it’s an ingredient that mothers and grandmothers pass down from generation to generation. It’s a magical ingredient that is like none other and it can’t be bought in a store. The secret? Love.

From everyone at Ozarks Farm & Neighbor, have a safe and happy holiday season and Merry Christmas!

Life Is Simple Continued from Page 3 After the parents returned home that evening, Mom sat down with young Elijah and asked him about the name change.

“Why,” the concerned mother asked, “would you start calling yourself Bob?” “Well, Mom, it makes perfect sense,” the pint-sized philosopher responded, The patient mother encouraged, “I’m listening.”

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way, frontwards and backwards, so I never get mixed up.”

When someone as young as Elijah displays that kind of logic, it makes me wonder. In the future, when science, or medicine, or technology, or business, or agriculture, or education needs answers to some of mankind’s most pressing problems, somewhere, someone will say, “Well, what about Bob?”

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Made for the Freezer

By Donna McKenzie

Leland and Nan Lloyd have developed their own market for their Romagnola cattle Leland and Nan Lloyd own a beautiful small ranch in Ozark, Ark. The driveway to their Lily Bird Ranch is lined with large oak trees and healthy cream colored cattle gathered around hay feeders.

The couple raises Romagnola cattle, which originated in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy.

How the couple came to raise the breed of cattle was more than a decade in the making. Leland was a electrical technician for a nuclear power plant and Nan had

The sale of the beef actually opened a new door for the couple and thanks to word-of-mouth advertising, their business started to grow and they now have several customers who buy processed beef directly from the couple.

Leland grains, which is a custom mix with no additives, and hays their 77head herd daily. He also puts sea salt on his pastures, which places salt and minLeland Lloyd grew up on a farm, but did not raise cattle as an adult. One day his wife, Nan, asked what his dream was and he realized that it was to raise cattle.

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asked him what his dream was. He realized eral in the grasses so there are no pestithat he wanted to return to raising cattle, cides on the grass, allowing their cattle to be raised in a pesticide-free environlike he had done as a young boy.

Leland and Nan researched for about 10 ment at all times. The cattle are also years before they bought any cattle. They raised antibiotic and hormone free.

The couple also have Red Poll cattle, decided on Romagnola. They then bought and have developed their own a young bull and heifer. As Lily Bird Roma Red Poll, a time went by, they added Ozark, Ark. cross of the Romagnola and more Romagnola cattle to the the Red Poll. herd. After about two years Nan, told the story of a they had two freezer beefs friend who seemed to be allergic ready to go. Leland and Nan to beef. No matter what she did or decided to keep one for themhow she cooked it, the friend beselves and sell the other.

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came ill when she ate beef. Nan told her friend that maybe it was the additives added to the beef that she was allergic to, not the beef itself.

Nan suggested to her friend that she try some of their home-grown beef, but her friend had such a bad reaction to beef that she was very cautious about taking Nan up on her offer. Finally, the friend took Nan up on her offer; she would try some hamburger from the cattle raised and processed by the Lloyds. She fixed tacos and tried just a little of the meat and waited. Nothing happened and she was thrilled that she could eat beef again and didn’t get sick.

“There has to be something about this way of feeding cattle that works,” Nan said.

The way the freezer beef works for the Lloyds is the customer reserves their beef about six months ahead; they can order half or a whole beef.

When it’s time, Leland takes the cattle to his butchers and has them processed and cut to the customers preference.

Then it is shrink-wrapped and placed in a freezer. The customer then has the option to either come get the beef or have it delivered.

The price of having all of this done is $3.50 a pound, regardless of the price of cattle on the market. The delivery price, however, is depend on the distance.

One of Leland’s goals is to reach a 1,000-head herd of momma cows.

He loves the ranch life and has figured out a simpler way of raising great cattle, which produces a tender and moist meat.

Nan, on the other hand, is a city girl.

She has her own blog on the ranch’s website, calling Lloyd the “Alpha Hubby,” and shares some of her experiences as a farm wife.

Leland’s advice for anyone who would want to try to ranch and raise cattle is to do a little research.

“They would also definitely need a desire to ranch or have a calling for it,” he said.

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Bodie Carter knows a thing or two about cattle and weeds Not every agricultural career is in the field, feedlot or feed store.

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Bodie, now 19 and attending the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, Ark., remembers his childhood on the 650-acre family farm in Henderson, Ark., with appreciation. One of his favorite memories is being in second grade and having to

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The success of the Cotter breeding program is showcased by a pair of Bodie’s calves. He selected a young heifer that ended up being the State 2012 Grand catch his county fair-winning black- Champion Shorthorn Female followed headed wether by shooing it into a calf two years later by her bull calf winning pen and jumping from the top of the hut State Grand Champion Shorthorn Bull.

“I will always have my cows,” Bodie exonto its back to rope and work with it.

“It was kind a wild,” Bodie said with plained, “but my career interest is really in weed resistance research.” a smile.

Bodie’s grandparents, Dale Bodie’s great-grandfather, and Carol Smith from Beebe, Ransey, started the farm, Henderson, Ark. Ark., were rice, soybeans and raising Simmental cattle. cotton farmers until his grandFifteen years ago Bodie’s parfather turned 65 when he went to ents, Leah and Lyn, decided to work for Armor Seeds in sales, test switch to a mostly registered plots and general farm assistance.

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meet your neighbors Working with his grandfather opened up as his specialty. Bodie feels that pigweed Bodie’s vision to what he saw as an excit- is currently the biggest issue in weed ing career in research. The first step was science. Recent multi-pronged pigweed embracing and absorbing crop sciences. ratification research includes deep turnDuring his senior year in high school, ing, proper timing of herbicide applicaBodie placed first in the state in the FFA tion and creating selection pressures. agronomy contest with a score of 99 per“Research is moving toward a more ecocent. The contest is highly specific and nomical solution to the problem which diverse. Competition arcould change by the time eas include grain grading, I enter the research arena Research is plant seed identification, as a career. Six years of moving toward machinery identification, education, however, will a more pest identification, clasalways provide me with economical sic crop judging, a general agronomy opportunities,” solution to the knowledge test and finally Bodie said. problem which crop disorders.

On the homestead Bodcould change by ie and his father seed with Bodie chose to attend the time I enter the University of Arwheat or turnips in the fall the research kansas in Fayetteville and then drag it in with arena as a because their wheat a harrow. They currently career. Six years program is the best in have a “a good bit” of clothe nation and has presver and have added a few of education, tige that opens better beehives to help maintain however, will networking potential. clover presence. always provide Looking just like a colBodie currently works me with lege kid, Brody smiled for Dr. Nilda Burgos agronomy widely and said, “Besides on the university farm opportunities. everyone wants to be a by doing anything that Razorback.” needs to be done, such – Bodie Carter Though Bodie entered as helping prepare harin the honors program, vest test plots to enterhe declined living in the honors dorm in ing data on the computer. favor of being part of Bumpers College Now that he’s not home as much as he and having a fellow future agriculturist as used to be, Lyn sometimes has to hire help. a roommate and learning partner. This, When Bodie’s sister left for college, he could he believed, would be of more benefit to pick up the slack, but now no one else is left his education and also offered early enroll- to help. Bodie said, “My parents understand ment, smaller class sizes and more money and support me and want me to go into for overseas studies. what I like and what will help me be sucNot surprisingly, Bodie plans on earn- cessful rather than pressuring me to return ing a master’s degree with weed science to the farm, something I deeply appreciate.”

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Just inside the door of the Siloam Springs Museum in Siloam Springs, Ark., is an Archaic period (9000 BC-500 BC) grinding stone pair, typical of those used to provide staples for Native American diets.

This museum, which has the motto is “preserving the past to enrich the present,” is eye candy for those interested in local and period history.

The area was first settled in 1893 by Simon Sager, with his cabin located on the John Brown University campus. Five of the springs flowing into Sager Creek were once considered medicinal making the town famous as a summer health resort.

The Siloam Springs Museum was started by a group of interested citizens in 1969.

“That was before ‘Antique Roadshow’ taught people to think of old things in terms as important pieces of local history rather than being taken to the burn barrel,” museum director Don Warden said.

After being incorporated, the museum gathered artifacts and renovated the Kansas City Southern Railroad Depot so that the building could house both the museum and the railroad’s freight business offices after discontinuing passenger service. Next, because the museum soon outgrew its space, the city purchased the recently vacated Church of Christ building through a voluntary tax. This has been the museum’s home since 1972, and steps are being taken to move the museum to the nearby and larger 1937 post office building. The roof has already been replaced with assistance from a state-matching grant, and the same grant will fund window repairs, essential before the museum can move to this new location. When finished, a large post office Depression-Era mural will welcome visitors to the new facility, perhaps two years from now.

Most operational funding comes from the city though supplemented by gift shop revenues and memberships. Donations, fundraisers and contributions from foundations are important sources of revenue used to maintain and expand exhibits and refurbish the post office facility.

According to public programs manager Karin Woodruff, fundraisers have included nice sit-down dinners accom-

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panied by a program and silent auction and a sponsor-supported 5K run.

One creative fundraising idea was celebrating the 1920s. These activities were a program series on prohibition and life in the 1920s, a tasting menu organized by the local 28 Springs Restaurant, and a 1920s dance held at the same restaurant which was set up as a speak easy. To enhance the appearance of authenticity, entrance was gained only by whispering a secret password at a backdoor entrance in an alley.

Besides fundraising, the museum frequently hold educational events. One such event is the annual heritage Festival held the fourth Saturday in June. People are treated to a variety of activities such as Civil War and mountain men reenactments, Native American storytelling, traditional craft demonstrations and artifact exhibits.

The museum contains permanent and rotating exhibits of Indian culture, pioneer life and heritage clothing as well as a barbershop and doctor’s office just to name a few. A unique, 1800s cornhusk broom is near the entrance and next to a rocker beater loom, an unusual type of American handloom developed after the Civil War and following westward expansion to places such as Arkansas and Oklahoma.

According to a study at the University of Ohio, only 60 of these are known to exist. The museum loom contains two harnesses and metal straps to keep the rockers from drifting as the weaver works. Other similar looms have most commonly used a peg and hole method to secure the rockers while still others used a dagger and special platform method. On the floor by the loom is a sample of a rug such as those made on the loom.

Like many museums, the Siloam Springs Museum is eager to help interested parties research topics such as important events and people, the lifestyle of early Arkansas pioneers and the development of the city.

Locating specific historical documents and photographs from the museum’s large collection is an activity that Don really enjoys. He said, “Just recently someone came in and wanted information about some of the old buildings downtown. I was able to pull highly detailed maps that had been constructed for fire insurance purposes.

They were full of information that I was happy to see used.”

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Receipts: 1,334 of c SHEEP: Supply was good and demand was very good with a near whi Feeder Lambs: Medium and Large 1 27-33 lbs 250.00standing room only crowd on hand. All markets rose buy 255.00. Medium and Large 1-2 32-39 lbs 205.00-225.00. considerably compared to last month. Supply included 9 as c Slaughter Lambs: Wool Lambs: Prime 2-3 121-135 lbs percent slaughter ewes and rams, 36 percent slaughter crea 156.00-160.00. Good and Choice 1-3 75-77 lbs 165.00. and feeder lambs, 30 percent kid goats, and 16 percent crea Hair Lambs: Choice and Prime 2-3 40-58 lbs 200.00bucks and does. All prices are per hundred weight 220.00; 60-73 lbs 180.00-197.50; 86-95 lbs 175.00-182.50. Cre (CWT) unless noted otherwise.

1.21 Good 1-3 51-55 lbs 190.00-197.50; 68-93 lbs 160.00SHEEP: SPO 170.00. Several drafts of replacement hair ewes. Medium Feeder Lambs: Medium and Large 1-2 25-39 lbs 220.00PO and Large 1-2 118-125 lbs 162.50; 131-132 lbs 132.00227.50.

Mid 140.00.

Slaughter Lambs: Wool lambs: Choice and Prime 2-3 42Slaughter Hair Ewes: Good 2-3 105-128 lbs 130.0072 222.50-225.00; 105-121 lbs 130.00-140.00.

149.00. Utility 1-2 102-120 lbs 100.00-120.00.

Hair lambs: Prime 2-3 40-68 lbs 230.00-247.50; 80-91 lbs Slaughter Hair Rams: Good and Choice 1-3 112-170 lbs 162.50-182.50; 100-110 lbs 120.00-137.50. Choice 1-3 100.00-120.00.

45-75 lbs 220.00-227.50; 80-98 lbs 140.00-152.50. Good GOATS: 1-2 41-78 lbs 200.00-217.50. Utility 1-2 41-79 lbs 167.50Feeder kids: Selection 1 23-39 lbs 220.00-240.00. Selec187.50. A few families 75.00-92.50 Per Head. tion 2 30-33 lbs 192.50-215.00. Selection 3 20-25 lbs Several replacement Hair Ewes: Medium and Large 1 170.00-180.00.

190.00-195.00 Per Head. Medium and Large 1-2 88-125 lbs Slaughter Kids: Selection 1 48-78 lbs 227.00-238.00.

137.50-172.50.

Selection 2 48-69 lbs 202.50-225.00. Selection 3 50-63 lbs Slaughter Hair Ewes: Utility and Good 1-3 68-158 lbs 180.00-195.00.

70.00-87.50.

Slaughter Does: Selection 1 95-150 lbs 150.00-185.00.

Slaughter Hair Rams: Choice 2-3 95-115 lbs 102.50Selection 2 105-148 lbs 122.50-140.00. Selection 3 70-97 112.50. Good 1-2 130-265 lbs 80.00-92.50. lbs 140.00-145.00.

Feeder kids: Selection 1 28-38 lbs 270.00-300.00. SelecSlaughter Bucks: Selection 1 170-245 lbs 160.00-162.50. tion 2 25-38 lbs 200.00-222.50. Selection 3 30-32 lbs Selection 2 140-160 lbs 137.50-162.50. Selection 3 110145.00-150.00.

120 lbs 170.00-180.00.

Slaughter Kids: Selection 1 40-70 lbs 250.00-280.00; 6090 lbs 215.00-235.00. Selection 2 40-73 lbs 210.00-240.00.

Selection 3 40-92 lbs 170.00-200.00.

sheep &

goats

stocker & feeder

120

Benton Co. - Siloam Springs 12/1/16

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11/22/16

Receipts: 550 The supply and demand was moderate. There was 09 percent springer heifers, 18 percent bred heifers, 37 percent open heifers, 11 percent fresh and milking cows, 02 percent bred and springer cows, and 04 percent baby calves. The balance was steers, bulls and slaughter cows.

Prices reported are on a per head basis and for Holsteins unless noted otherwise.

130 ***The Dec. special dairy sale will be held Tuesday Dec. 20th*** Springer Heifers bred seven to nine months: Supreme 1300.00-1600.00, crossbreds 1200.00-1510.00, Approved 1000.00-1200.00, ind Brown Swiss 1075.00, few crossbreds 1075.00-1150.00, Medium 875.00-925.00.

Heifers bred three to six months: Supreme 1285.001550.00, ind Jersey 1350.00, crossbreds 1250.00-1435.00, Approved 1000.00-1210.00, crossbreds 1060.00-1175.00, Medium 700.00-975.00, crossbreds 675.00-750.00.

Heifers bred one to three months: Supreme 1225.001285.00, ind crossbred 1225.00, Approved 1025.001160.00, Medium 725.00-985.00, few Jersey 700.00-825.00, crossbreds 600.00-675.00.

Open Heifers: Approved: 200-300 lbs 320.00-400.00, ind Jersey 285 lbs 470.00, crossbreds 200.00-280.00, 300-400 lbs few 260.00-290.00, few Jerseys 390.00-550.00, few crossbreds 320.00-380.00, 400-500 lbs 460.00-560.00, pkg 3 Jerseys 422 lbs 630.00, few crossbreds 450.00-510.00, 500600 lbs 540.00-600.00, pkg 5 at 579 lbs 700.00, ind Jersey 511 lbs 600.00, few crossbreds 570.00-740.00, 600-700 lbs 650.00-790.00, crossbreds 650.00-770.00, 700-800 lbs 750.00-940.00, crossbreds 610.00-760.00.

Medium: 400-500 lbs ind Jersey 445 lbs 470.00, few crossbreds 390.00-400.00, 500-600 lbs ind 490.00, ind Jersey 595 lbs 490.00, 600-700 lbs ind 650 lbs 540.00, ind crossbred 630 lbs 490.00.

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cattle

Replacement Cows: Fresh and Milking Cows: Supreme 1250.00-1600.00, few crossbreds 1285.00-1300.00, Approved ind 1125.00, ind crossbred 1225.00, Medium 12/4/16 800.00-1000.00, few Jerseys 800.00-860.00, crossbreds 750.00-1000.00, Common 500.00-750.00.

Springer Cows: Supreme ind 1400.00, Approved 1025.001150.00, Medium ind 900.00.

Bred Cows: Approved ind 1125.00, Medium 850.00925.00.

Baby Calves: Holstein heifers few 200.00, small 120.00180.00, Holstein bulls 100.00-115.00, small 80.00-95.00, Jersey heifers scarce, Jersey bulls ind 45.00, crossbred heifers few small 210.00, crossbred bulls few small 95.00-105.00.

County Line Sale Ratcliff -----

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145.00-172.00 135.00-152.00 128.00-141.00 118.00-125.00 112.00-122.00

12/29/16

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1481

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150.00-171.00 140.00-164.00 125.00-144.00 110.00-128.00 110.00-120.00

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150.00-165.00 128.00-153.00 119.00-133.00 112.50-122.00 101.00-102.00

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137.50-150.00 125.00-155.00 116.00-132.00 112.00-133.00 123.00-131.00

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es reports

replacement

ction 1 170-245 lbs 160.00-162.50. s 137.50-162.50. Selection 3 110-

Corn

Sorghum

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9.96

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125.22 ** ** **

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127.40

112.00

128.35

113.41

** 133.05 **

** 125.78

112.83

** 132.13 ** ** **

** 118.88 ** ** ** **

** 127.68

114.21

126.59

113.38

143.55

Not Reported †

925.00-1450.00 † 850.00-1600.00 * 700.00-1200.00 † 1300.00-1400.00 †

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950.00-1975.00 †

None Reported † None Reported †

2000

121.50

136.84

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122.14

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*** 136.06 ** ** **

*** 124.68 ** ** **

124.55

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11/28/16

Tulsa Livestock Auction 11/28/16

6,713

1337

2,773

10,264

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2,049

4,080

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155.00-180.00 140.00-172.00 130.00-158.00 119.00-139.00 120.00-139.00

140.00-177.00 140.00-164.00 123.00-145.00 118.00-134.00 115.00-131.00

159.00-179.00 142.00-168.00 125.00-151.00 114.00-135.50 114.50-123.50

188.00-222.50 160.00-188.00 139.00-166.00 122.00-141.25 129.50-139.75

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164.00-176.00 150.00-174.00 137.50-160.00 124.50-140.00 124.00-133.00

160.00-182.00 156.00-176.00 137.00-157.00 114.00-134.00 100.00-119.00

186.00-197.00 164.00-182.00 147.00-171.85 125.50-137.00 116.00-131.50

155.00-188.00 140.00-156.50 135.00-153.00 125.00-138.50 120.00-128.50

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137.00-170.00 130.00-160.00 112.00-135.00 100.00-123.00 90.00-108.00

152.00-170.00 137.00-154.00 119.00-140.00 111.00-121.50 102.00-113.50

----175.00 144.00-152.00 ----115.00-120.00

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148.00-157.00 142.50-155.00 132.00-148.00 108.00-126.00 110.00-116.50

150.00-182.50 135.00-157.00 120.00-139.50 115.00-125.00 110.00-113.00

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137.50-150.00 125.00-155.00 116.00-132.00 112.00-133.00 123.00-131.00

125.00-155.00 118.00-136.00 112.00-127.00 105.00-119.00 90.00-116.00

137.00-154.00 122.00-145.00 112.00-127.00 105.00-124.00 105.00-123.50

155.00-171.00 139.50-158.00 125.50-139.00 112.00-135.00 115.00-131.75

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133.00-146.00 125.00-135.00 118.00-132.00 118.00-125.00 119.00-125.50

130.00-150.00 121.00-141.00 120.00-140.00 101.00-121.00 94.00-114.00

150.00-165.00 134.00-147.00 125.00-142.00 113.00-130.00 116.00-126.50

135.00-150.00 125.00-140.00 115.00-129.00 110.00-128.00 110.00-115.50

113.22 ***

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123.28

166.50

11/29/16

140.12

123.95

115.00 113.13

151.86 ** 131.91 Week of 11/27/16

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108.34 102.89

140.02

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106.49

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Ozarks Regional West Plains 11/29/16

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121.46

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120.83

OKC West - El Reno, Okla.

11/30/16

Joplin Regional Stockyards 11/28/16

112.53 **

122.82

Not Reported †

1500

110.83 102.13 Week of 11/6/16

Week of 11/6/16

121.09

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1000

124.56 **

115.46

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I-40 Livestock Ozark -----

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Welch Stockyards

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133.14

1000.00-1250.00 † Barry County Regional Stockyards Not Reported* Benton County Sale Barn 900.00-1200.00 † Cattlemen’s Livestock Auction 900.00-1500.00 * Cleburne County Livestock Auction - Heber Springs None Reported † County Line Sale - Ratcliff Not Reported †

119.97

125.24 135.76 ** ** **

** **

109.82

150.47

129.02 122.46

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119.98

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115.26

127.18

75

Oct. 16 Nov. 16

heifers 550-600 LBS.

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July 16 Aug. 16 Sept. 16

Week of 11/13/16

pairs

2000

Apr. 16 May 16 June 16

steers 550-600 LBS.

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9.94

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$80

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ion 1 95-150 lbs 150.00-185.00. s 122.50-140.00. Selection 3 70-97

Soybeans

Ash Flat Livestock 725.00-1000.00 † Barry County Regional Stockyards Not Reported* Benton County Sale Barn 750.00-1350.00 † Cattlemen’s Livestock 800.00-1150.00 * Cleburne County Livestock Auction - Heber Springs 54.00-75.00 † Prices reported per cwt County Line Sale - Ratcliff Not Reported † Decatur Livestock Auction 1100.00-1525.00* Farmer’s & Ranchers - Vinita Not Reported * Farmers Livestock 700.00-1200.00 † Ft. Smith Livestock Not Reported † I-40 Livestock - Ozark Not Reported † Joplin Regional 580.00-1575.00 † Mid-State Stockyard 600.00-1250.00 * North Arkansas Livestock 850.00-1275.00 † OKC West - El Reno 700.00-1375.00 † Ouachita Livestock Auction Not Reported † Ozarks Regional 600.00-1200.00 † Stilwell Livestock Auction 1000.00-1325.00 * Tulsa Livestock Auction 1025.00-1575.00 † Welch Stockyards None Reported *

Decatur Livestock Auction Farmer’s & Ranchers

Week Ended 11/15/16

$120

570.00-1250.00 †

Arkansas Cattle

Week of 11/27/16

ion 1 48-78 lbs 227.00-238.00.

02.50-225.00. Selection 3 50-63 lbs

avg. grain prices

$160

(Week of 11/27/16 to 12/3/16) Prices reported per cwt

Week of 11/13/16

1 23-39 lbs 220.00-240.00. Selec-215.00. Selection 3 20-25 lbs

$200

Week of 11/20/16

dairy sales

oes, selection 1: 190.00-245.00 Per 0-212.50; 93-150 lbs 170.00-195.00. ion 1 108-132 lbs 130.00-160.00.

National Dairy Market at a Glance 12/2/16 127.50-150.00. Selection 3 65-142 Cheese: Barrels closed at $1.6150 and 40# blocks at $1.8100. The weekly average for barrels is $1.6400 (-.0750) ction 1 60-195 lbs 160.00-195.00.

137.50-170.00. Selection 3 65-150 and blocks, $1.7950 (-.1000).

Fluid Milk: Fluid Milk and Cream: Milk production, across most regions of the country, is steady or increasing. ock Market 11/22/16 California’s production, which took a hit last week due to inclement weather, is also back on the rise. The lone regional exception this week is the Pacific Northwest, where wet emand was good with a near weather is hindering production. However, manufacturers owd on hand. Markets rose report a sufficient amount of milk for processing. Fluid e board compared to last month. demand is also trending higher this week due to schools 58 percent slaughter and feeder es and rams, 13 percent kid goats, returning to their regular schedule. In the Midwest, production of holiday favorites, such as egg nog and flavored d bucks. All prices are per hunmilk, is scheduled through the end of the year. Availability nless noted otherwise. of condensed skim milk in the Northeast is above demand, which has led some handlers to report apprehension from m and Large 1 27-33 lbs 250.00buyers. Cream demand is increasing in the East and Midwest arge 1-2 32-39 lbs 205.00-225.00. as continued export activity is tightening supplies. Western ol Lambs: Prime 2-3 121-135 lbs cream demand is also strong as higher production of sour nd Choice 1-3 75-77 lbs 165.00. cream, cream cheese, and butter is tightening supplies there. nd Prime 2-3 40-58 lbs 200.000 0-197.50; 86-95 lbs 175.00-182.50. Cream multiples for the week are: East, 1.20-1.35; Central, 1.21 to 1.34; West, 1.05 to 1.26.

0.00-197.50; 68-93 lbs 160.00SPOT PRICES OF CLASS II CREAM, $ PER f replacement hair ewes. Medium POUND BUTTERFAT F.O.B. producing plants: Upper lbs 162.50; 131-132 lbs 132.00Midwest - $2.4633-2.7280.

Good 2-3 105-128 lbs 130.00-120 lbs 100.00-120.00.

Good and Choice 1-3 112-170 lbs

cows

550-600 lb. steers

12 Month Avg. -

$240

USDA Reported * Independently Reported

75

95 115 135 155 * No price reported in weight break **USDA Failed To Report *** No Sale

175

Prices Based on Weighted Average for Steers and Heifers 550-600 lbs.

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Farming Right

By Larry Burchfield

Using CSP helps Keith Watkins, others utilize their land more efficiently For Griffithville, Ark., farmer Keith Watkins, working with the Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) has taken his farm operation to the next level.

Working through the White County Natural Resources Conservation Service, Keith has improved several best management practices that have not only put money his pocket through payments for conservation performance under the CSP, but it has made he and his son Bradley better farmers through increased yields and bigger returns on their cattle operation.

The Watkins farm approximately 3,200 acres in the Griffithville area, including 220 acres of pasture.

“The CSP has made us more aware of what we need to be doing to be better farmers,” Keith said.

“Some of the things we were already doing, but with the record keeping and the consultation with our local NRCS office it has made us better farmers.”

White County Field Supervisor Reginald Cunningham echoes Keith’s thoughts.

“The main goal of the CSP is to strengthen the farmer’s management practices by helping him maximize his conservation

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practices,” Reginald explained. “In most cases the practices are already there we

ments for the environmental benefits they produce, the higher the conserva-

Keith Watkins (center), along with White County NRCS staff Keith Baker (left) and White County Field Supervisor Reginald Cunningham (right), check on one of Watkins’ 12 water troughs. The new water troughs are part of Keith’s CSP participation.

Photo by Larry Burchfield

just help sharpen those practices,” he said.

The CSP program is a major shift for the NRCS in implementation of farm payments.

Under the program farmers receive annual land-use pay-

tion performance the higher the payment. The CSP program is voluntary and encourGriffithville, Ark. ages the farmer to address new conservation practices while improving on those practices that already exist. The CSP program is

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accessible to all producers regardless of operation size, crops produced or geographical location.

Other than the purchase of a new sprayer and some cross electrical fencing, the expense for Watkins to be in the CSP program has been minimal. As with most conservation programs, the two main elements are air and water quality.

The new “smart” sprayer for Keith addresses both of those.

“The sprayer is a GPS targeted low drip machine,” Keith explained. “We can put the chemical right on the plant thus minimizing drift (air quality) and minimizing excess chemical for runoff (water quality).”

Keith views the cost of the sprayer as a long-term investment which is already bringing a return on his investment. The other expense Keith incurred is the cost of cross fencing his 220 acres of pasture which allows him to rotate his grazing.

“Cross fencing and installing 12 water tanks across the farm was one of the smartest things we have done,” Keith said. “That allowed us to eliminate three old ponds which in-turn eliminated soil erosion and greatly reduced nitrogen runoff. We have reduced nitrogen runoff DECEMBER 12, 2016

meet your neighbors even more by using the nitrogen stabilizer Agrotain” There is a tiered level of supervision within the NRCS that works with the farmers in each state. The local field (county) NRCS office is the point of contact and the team that works directly with the farmers. The state conservationist along with a technical committee, work with the local field offices to determine the specific conservation plan for each participant, the best plan for a specific geographic location as well as the crops involved.

The CSP covers row crops, pasture, active timber management, range, Native American Tribal Lands, and any other Private Industrial Lands.

“CSP is another tool in farmer’s tool box. We are here to help farmers work the land. It is our job to be a part of the team to help the farmers who choose to participate increase profits while protecting the environment,” Arkansas State Conservationist Mike Sullivan explained.

According to Mike, of the 70 million acres signed up nationwide, Arkansas farmers account for 3 million acres and are leading the way in CSP signup. Protecting the environment is not limited to row crop producers under the CSP program. By participating in the program cattle producers can become better grazers, improve weed control, enhance wildlife, improve soil health thus raising quality grasses and hold nutrients better.

Cattle producers are certainly more connected than in previous programs as evidenced by Keith’s example.

“The program is a win-win for everyone,” Mike explained. “It helps and encourages farmers to protect the environment while putting dollars in the farmer’s pocket.

Another major tool for farmers and NRCS personnel is the development of new software that allows for better tracking of conservation practices, overall recordkeeping requirements and more engagement with the producer.

Not all farm operations will qualify on the first application. However, with the ranking system, NRCS staff will work with the farmer, make recommendations, and provide the tools to improve conservation practices and resubmit the application.

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Photos by Terry Ropp

Spreading Christmas Cheer

By Terry Ropp

Jim and Karen Lane met while in college at Arkansas Tech. The couple began a Christmas tree farm on 10 acres purchased from Jim’s father.

Couple converts land into a Christmas tree farm

Jim and Karen Lane met in the Baptist Student Union at Arkansas Tech in Russellville, Ark., where he was one of a multi-instrument gospel group. Jim smiled just a bit smugly and declared, “The date was Sept.

27, 1985.”

On the couple’s first date, Karen waited while Jim performed at a fifth-quarter football youth fellowship meeting. Afterword they talked until 6 a.m.

Raising Christmas trees in Arkansas means being limited to those species that thrive “I asked for his wallet to find out all about him. He gave it to me and I found in a more southern climate. The Lanes raise Virginia Pines and Leyland Cypress, a money he didn’t even know he had,” Karen recalled with a smile. sterile hybrid originating in 1888. They also tried raising Scotch Pines, but the climate Jim is owner of Lane’s Carpet in their hometown of Etna, Ark., while wasn’t suitable. Their new experiment is Blue Ice Cypress, a beautiful blue/ Karen is the director of Calvary Schools in Ozark, Ark. The school ofgreen colored tree still a few years away from harvesting. In order to offer fers education for students preschool through 12th grade. customers more choices, the Lane’s bring in Frazer and Douglas firs. One of The couple has four adult children: Levi, Landon, Lincoln and Leighanthe more popular sizes is a 6 foot tree which takes five years to grow. Each Etna, Ark nah. When their oldest son was born, they started a choose and cut year 300 to 500 trees are harvested, shaken to dislodge loose needles, bound Christmas tree farm on 10 acres purchased from Jim’s father Frank. The in plastic netting if desired and tied to the roofs of vehicles. farm was to be and became a money management teaching instrument In March, 1,000 young trees are planted 10 feet apart. Mowing down the for the children who all worked at the farm growing up. middle of the rows while spraying the sides is a constant activity that limits

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meet your neighbors competition for soil nutrition and moisture, especially important since the land is never fertilized or watered.

Trimming is essential because the trees do not naturally grow in a cone shape. They are trimmed at the end of May, in August and again in October, as well as being topped just before harvest.

Spraying for bugs is crucial. Cypress is susceptible to bag worms which typically occur twice each growing season while Virginia Pines are susceptible to tip moths and aphids requiring three sprayings.

The farm started with a small 8-foot-by-10-foot outbuilding the Lanes found too confining as more and more people wanted to spend the whole day at the farm, resulting in a new two-bedroom, one loft cabin which will eventually be rented out of season. The charming and cozy front room serves as a sales area, a gathering place, a cozy corner to play checkers or put puzzles together and as the site of two escape rooms laden with hidden clues, especially popular with young couples and small groups.

The Lane farm hosts field trips with a total of 1,000 students per year from kindergarten through third grade. Children are treated to hot chocolate and sugar cookies decorated with colored sugar.

“We make our own chocolate mix, bake my cookies, and dye the decorating sugar,” Karen said.

Students are divided into groups of 25 and led through five different activities. One

group receives a guided tour about how the farm works emphasizing simple math skills such as estimating tree circumference and the total number of trees on the farm.

They also solve simple word problems involving how fast a tree grows each year and how many years it takes to mature. Another group is treated to hot chocolate and cookies inside the cabin while a third is led by Jim into the field and asked questions about traditions, what they are and their meanings.

Jim explained that questions and answers are rooted in the Gospel and include why a Christmas tree is shaped like a cone (because it points to heaven), why trees are lighted (because Jesus is the light of the world), why evergreens (because God’s love is everlasting), and what candy canes represent (the shepherd’s crook).

A fourth group goes on a hayride around the farm which passes a nativity scene where the children are told the Christmas story. The last group is on the outside of the cabin where old time toys and picture taking opportunities with a live snowman entertaining them. The toys include stilts, a huge seesaw and buddy skis. Time and weather permitting, a bonfire completes the festive atmosphere.

The Lane advertising method is unique. They take a picture of each family who comes for a tree, post the picture on Facebook that year, and mail it to the family the following November as a reminder to return again and have a wonderful time.… which they do.

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“My grandpa had a farm and always had animals so I really love animals. Now I have a farm job with Dr. Chris Ashworth, a veterinarian, and have learned more than I ever thought possible. I think what I enjoy the most is haying because I get paid to drive and I feel like I’m doing something not many 17-year-olds get to do although I also enjoy AI.”

Who is the most influential person in your life?

“My grandpa, Darwin Haudrick, is the most influential. He runs a commercial beef herd and has a ‘get it done’ attitude. That means business first with no messing around.”

What is your current involvement in agriculture, including your daily routine?

“I live in the country, but we have no livestock. However I help my grandpa whenever I can. I work for Dr. Ashworth, a large animal veterinarian specializing dairy cows. I checked cows, move them, hay, vaccinate and water and feed his Angus herd. During the school year I work 30 hours a week but up that to 50 hours during the summer.”

What are your future plans? “I plan on going to college at Southern Arkansas University in Magnolia because I love the small campus and small-town feel. I’m going to be majoring in animal science and am considering careers such as being a veterinary tech because I don’t want as much school as it takes to be a veterinarian or working as a county extension agent or for a company like Tyson. I will, however, have my own commercial farm like my grandpa’s with Hereford’s or Black Angus because that’s what I love best.”

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s we move into December, the first of the New Year is approaching. This is when the new law for feed and water antibiotics will be enforced and start.

Dr. Tim E. O’Neill, DVM, The way the law reads and is interowns Country Veterinary preted is that even if you have feed or milk replacer Service in Farmington, with antibiotics in it, you will have to have a VetArk. To contact Tim go erinary Feed Directive to even use it. This is what to ozarksfn.com and the Feds are saying and enforcing upon all of us. click on ‘Contact Us.’ This Veterinary Feed Directive (VFD) is to help and satisfy everyone with the overuse of antibiotics.

It is to make sure we are using them judiciously and when needed. You will notice that all claims of feed efficiency and growth promotion will be gone from the labels. This will now be illegal. We only need to use antibiotics for health of the animals and to prevent sickness.

We will only be able to use label dose for these products now. We also will not be able to use them in combination unless it has been previously approved by the F DA. They have imposed a lot of restrictions on these and implemented strict penalties if they are not followed.

When writing a VFD your veterinarian will only be able to put one animal on a VFD once. This means that if you are pulsing the antibiotics (one week on and one week off) it will take a separate VFD for each one of these feedings. And a VFD is only good for 3 months and then it will have to be renewed or re-written. These VFD’s that are written by your veterinarian will have to be kept for 2-3 years by you, your veterinarian and the feed mill that mixes the feed. This may be done by paper or in a digital format approved by the federal government. This is for trace back in case of a problem with the feed or residues in the meat or milk.

I know these sounds like a lot, but it is the way it is. Your veterinarians have been working on this for over 20 years and trying to keep it out of the system but we finally lost the fight. These VFD’s are a lot better than what it started out to be, which was to not allow any antibiotics to be used in animals. There has been a lot of compromising along the way.

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Participating in the Organic Initiative adds sustainability to your operation, according to the NRCS Resource Conservationist for NRCS in Whether producing crops or How is organic farming different from conventional farming?

Oklahoma. “But for an organic producer, livestock, farmers who are conOrganic farming refers to agricultural production systems that do not use gethe solutions to crop stressors are more sidering a transition to organic netically modified seed, synthetic pesticides or fertilizers. Some of the essential holistic. Building soil health and managproduction can receive technicharacteristics of organic systems include design and implementation of an oring nutrient cycles naturally takes time cal, and possibly financial, asganic system plan that describes the practices used in producing crops and liveand patience, but the result is often a sistance from the Natural Restock products; a detailed recordkeeping system that tracks all products from the more resilient cropping system as well as sources Conservation Service. field to point of sale; and maintenance of buffer zones to prevent inadvertent lower operating costs to the farmer.”

The NRCS focuses on several areas of concontamination by synthetic farm chemicals from adjacent conventional fields.

Free technical assistance is available to all servation that are eligible for this assistance.

Organic farmers use biological methods and management practices such as agricultural producers. Understanding that The first area is soil health, which studies diversified crop rotations that improve soil quality. Organic farming increases a transition to organic production can be the issues of erosion control, organic matter, soil organic matter, which enhances the soil’s ability to absorb and store carbon, expensive, the NRCS offers financial asnutrient management and crop rotations. cycle nutrients, and absorb water. Increased soil organic matter contributes to sistance through the Environment Quality The second area is biodiversity, which greater resilience under stresses such as drought and flooding.

Incentives Program’s Organic Initiative. analyzes the possibilities of constructing To qualify, producers must own or control hedgerows and buffers, habitat for wild— Source, Organic Farming Research Foundation the land (private or public), and the land life, pollinators and beneficial insects.

The third area is livestock practices, which evaluate the processes of pasture and graz- must be in compliance with other erodible land and wetland conservation requirements.

To receive technical assistance, producers need a Conservation Activity Plan ing management, diverse pasture plantings, fencing, walkways and watering facilities.

“Taking part in the Organic Initiative means building sustainability into your oper- (CAP) prepared by a NRCS-certified technical service provider (TSP). This plan ation from the ground up. So many of the issues faced by conventional farmers, such addresses the natural resource concerns of the farm operation. To inquire about assisas weed and pest pressure, can be tackled overnight with a chemical – that’s a power- tance, producers should visit their local USDA Service Center and arrange a meetful incentive when you’re watching your crop fall apart,” said Steve Glasgow, State ing with an NRCS conservationist.

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“I always carry crop insurance on my grass and as a result of the drought used programs to build a pond and cross fences as well as adding to automatic waters.”

“We are family operation and our land deeding is complicated so we have never used any government programs.”

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NRCS offers cost share program to establish rotational grazing Rotational grazing has several benefits that attract the cattle farmer’s attention, but cost is often the factor that turns them away.

Why is it important to manage pastures?

According to the Natural Resource Conservation Service, many pasture problems such as slow growth, weed invasions and bare ground, are caused by the pasture management methods being used.

Good management is the key to healthy, productive pastures that lead to healthy, productive animals.

Rotational Systems

Livestock systems that rely on continuous grazing are often over and under grazed. When livestock are allowed to graze freely, they eat the best forage first. If these plants are not allowed time to regrow, they will die and over time the pasture will decline in productivity. Rotational grazing is designed to let forages rest between grazings so that they can grow back more quickly. The more paddocks and the more frequent the rotation, the healthier the pasture.

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The cost sharing plan helped pay for the fencing and a new water pipeline to for a more strategically located water source.

Traditional water sources, such as ponds, creeks or springs, can cause overgrazing near the water source. Modifying the location of the water tanks helped improve the vegetation quality of the entire pasture.

To be eligible, the producer must have an adjusted gross income of less than $900,000 per year; must be an individual owner or have a one- to 10-year contract with permission to engage in conservation practices; must not be a government agency or municipality.

Entities or organizations must have a DUNS number and be registered in the federal system for award management.

Producers can also receive technical and financial assistance through the voluntary Environmental Quality Incentives Program.

More information on qualifications is provided on the NRCS website.

The application process will also determine a producer’s eligibility.

To apply, producers can go to “Getting Started with NRCS” on the NRCS website, which highlights each step of planning, applying, eligibility, ranking and implementing. As the first step, the NRCS recommends producers contact their local NRCS field office.

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Funding from SBIR programs for new technology for plant, animal production and other agriculture operations Modern farming and technology go hand in hand, and the USDA wants to help producers develop their innovative ideas with some financial help. The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program offers grants to small businesses “to support high quality research related to important scientific problems and opportunities in agriculture.”

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• ‘15 NH RB460, net .. $29,999 • ‘05 JD 557, 5’x5’, net/twine .. .................................. $17,500 • ‘04 NH BR750, net .. $13,500 • ‘13 NH BR7070, net.. $21,999 • ‘11 NH 7070, net..... $21,999 • ‘08 NH 7070, net..... $19,999 • ‘10 NH 7070, new belts, net.. .................................. $20,999 • NH 658, AW, 4x6 ...... $4,999 • IH 241 rd. baler......... $1,500

2011 NEW HOLLAND TD5050, Cab, H&A, 4WD, 2 Rear Hydraulic Remotes, New Holland 825TL Loader......$41,000 2012 NEW HOLLAND T4.75, Cab, A/C, Radio, Buddy Seat, 4WD, 12x12 Transmission w/Power Shuttle, New Holland 655TL Loader. Hrs: 656 ........ ................................................$39,000 2004 NEW HOLLAND TS100A, 4WD, F/R shuttle. Cab, Air, Heat, Radio, ROPS, Transmission Type: Synchro, Differential Lock, 3Pt Hitch, 3 Remotes: 3 Hrs: 2,556.................$37,500

USED HAY TOOLS

• NH 575 .................... $13,500 • Krone EC320 w/caddy ..$9,995 • Krone AM 323S ........ $6,500 • NH 260 rake w/dolly ...$1,999 • Gehl 420 10 whl. rake ...$1,500 • H&S 8 whl. rake........ $1,999 • New Fella tedders ..... $7,750 • NH H6750 mower ..... $6,999

1997 NEW HOLLAND 8260, Cab, A/C, Radio, 4WD, 18x6 Powershift Transmission w/Shuttle, New Holland 7312 Loader w/Bucket & Bale Spike Hrs: 7,674 .................................$35,500

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Mahindra MPower 85 Tractor - Cab, 4WD, 130 hours, PT warranty: $36,500

S&H NEW EQUIPMENT CLEARANCE! (2) KIOTI CK2210 - 22 hp, Dlx Mdl 4x4, Hydro, Ldr., 6 Yr Warranty, List $13,895....... S&H Price

$11,995 - Save $1,900 (4) KIOTI CK2510 - 25 hp, Dlx

Mdl 4x4, Hydro, Ldr., 6 Yr Warranty, List $15,995....... S&H Price

Mahndra 5035PST Tractor - Rops, 4WD, Loader w/bucket, power shuttle trans, 200 hours: $25,500 NH TD80D Tractor - 2008 model, cab with air, 4WD, loader, 785 hours: $34,900

$12,995 - Save $3,000 (1) KIOTI NX4510 - 45 hp, Dlx

Mdl, 4x4, Hydro Trans, Ldr., 6 Yr Warr., List $34,895...... S&H Price

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NH 6635 Tractor - Cab, 2WD, Loader w/bale spike, 2550 hours: $21,500 NH TN70 Tractor - Canopy, 4WD, Loader w/bucket, 650 hours: $26,900

$24,995 - Save $10,800 (2) KIOTI NX5510 - 55 HP, Dlx

Mdl, 12x12 Shuttle, 4x4, Ldr., 6 Yr Warr., List $35,295...... S&H Price

$25,495 - Save $9,800 (2) KIOTI NX5510 - 55 HP, Dlx

Mdl, Hydro Trans, 4x4, Ldr., 6 Yr Warr., List $37,595...... S&H Price

$26,995 - Save $10,600 (1) KIOTI NX6010 - 60 HP, Dlx,

NH TC35 Tractor - 2011 model, 4WD, loader, 1772 hrs: $14,900

Cab/AC, Hydro Trans, 4x4, Ldr., 6 Yr Warr., List $47,995.. S&H Price

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NH Boomer 24 Tractor - 4WD, Loader w/bucket, 60” belly mower, factory warranty, 15 hours: $16,900

22HP, Dsl, 4x4, Auto CVT Trans., Roof & Windshield, List $13,295...

S&H Price $10,695 - Save $2,600 (1) KIOTI UTV MECHRON 2200 Demo - 22HP, Dsl, 4x4, Auto CVT

Kubota M8200 Tractor - Cab, 2WD, 2030 hours: $19,900

trans., Roof & Windshield, 60 hours, List $13,295...... S&H Price

Kubota B2320 Tractor - 4WD, Loader w/bucket, 163 hours: $10,900

$10,495 - Save $2,800

Kubota ZD326HL-72 Zero Turn Mower - 26 HP Kubota Diesel, 72” deck, hyd deck lift, 47 hours: $11,500

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