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Missouri files suit: Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley filed a suit against the state of California’s law regarding the sale of eggs in California.

The law, which went into effect about three years ago, requires that any egg sold in the state come from hens that spend most of their day in spaces large enough that they can lie down, stand up, turn around and fully extend their limbs. Hawley contends the law has cost consumers nationwide up to $350 million annually because of higher egg prices. California produced about 5 billion eggs and imported an additional 4 billion from other states in 2012, according to the lawsuit. Of those out-of-state eggs, 30 percent came from Iowa, the nation’s top egg producer. About 13 percent came from Missouri, the second-highest percentage cited in the lawsuit. The number of eggs produced in California dropped to 3.5 billion last year despite rising nationally, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Missouri’s egg production was up 60 percent since 2012, at 3.2 billion last year. Other plaintiff states are Alabama, Arkansas, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Nebraska, Nevada, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Utah and Wisconsin.

Bates County, Mo., producer selected for national board: Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue has appointed Scott Phillips, a hog farmer from Drexel, Mo., to serve a three-year term on the National Pork Board. “Scott has been an integral part of the leadership here in Missouri,” said Francis Forst, current chairman of the Missouri Pork Association from Lamar, Mo. “I have no doubt he will be a valuable asset in helping the National Pork Board look to the future of pork production.” Scott and his brother, Martin, own Phillips Family Farms, a 2,000 sow farrow-to-finish operation. He returned to the family farm in 1990 after serving in the U.S. Air Force Reserves as an A-10 fighter pilot. Scott was chairman of the Missouri Pork Association from 2015 to 2016, and is Missouri’s representative to the U.S. Meat Export Federation.

Cattle producers honored: The Southwest Missouri Beef Cattle Improvement Association presented two cattle producers with producer of the year recognitions at its recent annual meeting. Truman Wiles of Willow Springs, Mo., an Angus breeder, received the association’s seedstock award.

Darrel Franson of Mt. Vernon, Mo., was honored as the commercial producer of 2017. Officers for the uncoming year were also selected. Officers are: Steve Greene, Springfield, Mo., president; Jerry Pyle, Seneca, Mo., vice-president; Andy McCorkill, Buffalo, Mo., secretary; Pam Naylor, Buffalo, Mo., treasurer and sale manager.

Department of Agriculture launches new site: The Missouri Department of Agriculture has unveiled its new Missouri Grown web site, www.MissouriGrownUSA.com, which connects consumers to the bounty of food grown and raised in the Show Me State. The new web site has a streamlined, improved search feature and more tailored categories.

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If your hosts offered you (and they would) a cup of coffee or glass of iced tea, the beverage would surely be served in a cup or tumbler adorned with the logo of a seed company, implement dealer, feed store or co-op. And, if you opened the door to the refrigerator to help yourself to a refill, you would probably see a bottle or two of penicillin, vaccine or other animal medicine somewhere in the door of the appliance.

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his issue of Ozarks Farm & Neighbor includes our annual cookbook and this year, as in years past, there are lots of yummy recipes from our readers.

Julie Turner-Crawford As we were putting recipes together, I is a native of Dallas recalled a box of cookbooks I got at an auction this County, Mo., where she fall. I didn’t really need them, but my mother-in-law grew up on her family’s wanted something else in the box, so I bid on it. farm. She is a graduate When I got home, I combed through the box of of Missouri State old books, mostly cookbooks printed by churches University. To contact as fundraisers, and found many of the things my Julie, call 1-866-532-1960 mother and grandmothers made when I was a kid. or by email at editor@ Nestled in almost each book were also handwritozarksfn.com. ten recipes, and recipes cut from newspapers and magazines. I don’t know how old the clippings are, but judging from the condition of the paper and typeface, I’d venture to guess they are much older than I am. Many of the cards and clippings have a rough texture and are stained by years of flour-covered hands and spills.

Like many families in the Ozarks, our family gatherings are filled with food. Each family member has his or her own specialty. Mine is deviled eggs and my young nieces love them.

If there are any left over, family is quick to offer to take what remains home.

As I’ve written before, I’m not a great cook, but I try my best and can come up with some winners. I actually won a chili cook off one time, but it’s hard to mess up meat, beans and chili seasoning. Several years ago, our Farm Bureau’s annual meeting began doing a dessert contest. The winners of first, second and third place get a few dollars and bragging rights. The first year we did the contest, I made an apple pie. I’m not the best — Continued on Next Page

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Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cake

Submitted by: Elizabeth Schwartz, Seymour, Mo. 1 3/4 C boiling water

1 stick oleo

1 C uncooked oatmeal

2 large eggs

1 C brown sugar

1 tsp soda

1 C white sugar

1 package chocolate chips (12 ounces)

1 3/4 unsifted flour

T Tbsp cocoa

3/4 C chopped nuts Pour boiling water over oatmeal and let stand for 10 minutes. Add brown sugar, white sugar and oleo. Stir until oleo is melted, add eggs and mix well.

Sift flour, soda, salt and cocoa, slowly adding it to the oatmeal mixture. Add about half of the chocolate chips. Pour batter into a greased 9-by-13 pan.

Sprinkle nuts and remaining chocolate chips on top. Bake at 350 degrees for 40 minutes.

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just a thought Across the Fence Continued from Previous Page crust maker, but I managed to put together a pretty decent looking pie and I was pretty proud of it. When the winner was announced, I was shocked and humbled to hear my name called.

Since that time, I’ve been shut out.

No matter how hard I try, I can’t break the top three, but my sister-in-law and nieces have placed well. They are great cooks, so I don’t feel too bad.

For this year’s meeting, I planned to make my pumpkin cheesecake. It’s pretty rich, but oh so good. The night before the meeting, I got my pumpkin puree, five packages of cheesecake, five room temperature eggs and the other ingredients ready to go. As I mixed it, I was sure to follow each step, adding a little extra brown sugar and nutmeg. It all blended smoothly, not a single lump. I put it in the oven and set the timer. The secret to a cheesecake that doesn’t crack on the top is to not open the oven while it bakes and allowing it to cool inside the oven for a time. It takes about four or five hours of cooking and cooling for this particular cheesecake.

It had been in the oven for about 30 minutes and I thought I smelt something burning, but assumed it was something on the bottom of the oven burning off, and because I didn’t want the cheesecake to crack, I left the oven closed.

Soon after that, smoke was bellowing from the oven, I ran and turned the light on inside the oven; my poor cheesecake was black on top – black as coal.

As I pulled the cheesecake from the oven, I noticed the top element of the oven was on. I know for a fact I did not turn that element on, but somehow it was. My heart sank a little as I looked at the charred cheesecake. I was out of the running for yet another year because I didn’t have time, or the ingredients on hand, to make another dessert. Oh well, there’s always next year, and the story of the Great Cheesecake Incident of 2017 has brought many laughs from friends and family, so not all was lost.

To all of our friends, family and neighbors, all of us here are OFN want to wish you a very Merry Christmas! May it be filled with good food, fellowship and joy.

Remember to be kind to others, including your enemies, and to check to top element of the oven before baking.

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Life Is Simple Continued from Page 3 gun, an IV needle to treat milk fever, tattoo ink (for calves ears, not me), and an odd assortment of other devices that would raise serious questions if my home was ever raided by the DEA and, even though I attempt to keep these oddities in one place and out of the view of visitors, there are times eyebrows are raised.

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It’s on the top shelf of the cabinet to the left of the refrigerator. I think it’s in the very back.” The guest began the search.

I was sitting at the kitchen table, sipping on a cup of coffee when the friend looked at me with a confounded expression. “What is this?” she asked.

I looked at what she was holding and then turned to my wife and hollered, “Hey, honey, Alli found the powdered colostrum that I hunted for all of last spring! It was right behind the powdered sugar – where it should be.”

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Fry Farms focuses on laying hens, beef cattle and custom hay services With a peak of 38,000 eggs per day from their laying hens, managing a herd of about 150 beef cattle, and cultivating and harvesting hay crops, Scott and Breanna Fry of Cassville, Mo., stay busy. Married for 14 years, the couple is also focused on raising three kids: Rebecca (11), Cole (8) and Kynlee (2).

The rural Barry County couple own and operate Fry Farms, which operates four laying houses for Tyson with 11,000 laying hens and 1,000 roosters in each barn. The farm is comprised of 600 acres of land, about 150 acres of which they own. In addition to running their own farm, they do custom hay baling for other farms in the area.

“We’re up before it gets light and out until sundown baling hay and cleaning chicken houses. It’s really busy in the sum- The following year, the Frys, along with Scott’s dad, bought a baler, cutter and mer,” Scott said of the hectic schedule.

The Frys bought their first two chicken rake, as well as their first cab tractor. houses in 2008, then added two more al- Soon, calls came in asking for hay baling help and a new venture was born. most two years ago.

“We bought the equipment from DonBoth Scott and Breanna are originally from the Wheaton, Mo., area, and nei- nie Spears – he had done some custom ther one grew up on large farms. Howev- baling in the past, and his customers er, they knew they wanted to have their called us.” Scott said. “The first year, we put up 2,500 bales and the last couple own farm early in their relationship.

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Raymond and Cindy Rasor are I’ve done a few sideline jobs off the farm, proud of their daughters, their but it was the love of this cattle business grandchildren and their farming that’s kept me in it.”

In addition to raising cattle, Raymond heritage in Howell County, Mo. Raymond’s family came to the Peace also custom cuts fescue seed and spreads Valley/West Plains, Mo., area from Ar- fertilizer. “I guess I don’t know when to kansas in the mid 1970s after their fam- quit,” he said.

Cindy grew up not far from the Rasor ily’s farm along the Buffalo National River was taken over by the National spread, and they were recently able to bring Park Service. His family had been on the farm she grew up on back into the famthe farm since his grandfather, Dewitt ily – bringing Rasor Farm full circle.

“My dad was a salesman,” Cindy reRasor, purchased it in about 1920.

“I was about 21 years old or so at the called. “We raised baby calves and he time my folks, Helen and Russell Ra- was always doing something with his sor, moved up here,” Raymond said. “I tractor and plow. He didn’t have a lot of started riding behind my Dad on a horse education about farming, but he learned when I was about 2 or 3 years old. We did as he went.”

Raymond and Cindy, who is a retired everything on horseback then. I spent summers following cows on a horse, go- teacher, own about 1,600 acres and rent an ing through rivers and such. I thought additional 500. They utilize wooded areas every kid in America grew up that way.” of their operation to harvest timber and offer a few hunting leases each year. The Raymond might not spend remainder of the property accommoas much time in the saddle dates about 320 mostly Angus momtoday, opting to utilize a ma cows and forage production.

UTV instead, but one thing “We’ve still got a few mixed hasn’t changed – he still loves cows and I really love a black being a cattleman.

“I like raising cattle; I grew Peace Valley, Mo. baldie calf,” Raymond said.

“Once in a while, we will up doing this all my life,” Raythrow in a Hereford bull mond said. “It’s just part of me.

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meet your neighbors and get some calves, but the majority are Angus.”

Raymond’s grandfather’s and father’s cattle operations were mixed cow herds, serviced by mostly horned Hereford bulls.

When Raymond was about 15 years old, the Rasor family got their first Angus bull.

“I try to use low birthweight bulls because as strung out as I am, I might not see them everyday,” Raymond said. “That gets me out of maybe having any calving issues. I like calves to be in that 60-pound or so range for the mature cows, and we AI our replacement heifers because we like for them to calve out pretty close together; usually within 30 days. I like to keep mature cows in a 90-day calving period in the spring and fall; it doesn’t always happen, but that’s what I shoot for.”

The Rasors also buy about 200 to 300 head of yearlings annually, backgrounding them along with their own calves, which are weaned at about 500 to 600 pounds.

“We go right into feeding and growing them from that point,” Raymond said, adding that calves receive a ration consisting of hominy and dried distiller’s grain, mixed with ground hay or silage, and a conditioning premix for about 90 days. “We’ll run that to about 14 to 15 percent protein, about 4 percent fat... We like for them to gain about a pound a day,” Raymond said.

The Rasors currently work with a broker to market their cattle.

Raymond is also in partnership with a nephew with another 100 cows.

Hay and pasture management are important to Raymond. The farm produces it’s own forages.

“I like for cows to make it to mid-January before we have to give them any feed, if I can,” Raymond said. “This year is a whole different deal because we are running out of grass. I don’t like to overstock my pastures so that my cows can have that grass. I also feed several lick tubs.

They might not be the most economical, but it helps keep cows in shape.”

A soil testing routine has been critical for hayfield production. Hay and silage are also tested to help Raymond and a nutritionist determine what supplements might be needed.

“Nutrition is key for cows,” Raymond said. “It doesn’t matter what color she is, or if she’s the biggest cow in the group, DECEMBER 18, 2017

she’s got to raise a calf and breed back.

We’ve made a lot of changes in the way we raise cattle and we like a bigger cow, but she’s got to raise a good calf and it has to be a bigger calf than what it used to be.”

While raising cattle has evolved over the decades for the Rasor family, there’s one thing that remains from the days of Raymond’s grandfather – a heart-shaped brand.

Raymond proudly shows the old hot branding iron brought from Arkansas by his father. Raymond was only about 2 years old when Dewitt passed, so having the branding iron is like having a piece of his grandfather with him.

“That’s been our brand for years. I really don’t know the story of the heart brand, but that was his brand. We still brand every cow with a heart. We’re working on the fifth generation now,” Raymond said as he looked at his two young grandchildren, Kooper and Kynlee. He and Cindy are also anxiously awaiting the arrival of a new granddaughter this spring.

Cindy and Raymond’s daughters, Karlee, Kelsie and Kinsey, all grew up working on the farm. Raymond admitted his girls are pretty good hands, and despite having their own careers, he’s proud they want to continue the tradition began in Arkansas nearly a century ago.

“They are all married now, and we have one son-in-law who doesn’t know beans about it, but he’s really trying,” Cindy said. “The other two (sons-in-law) have backgrounds in cattle and are really good help. Raymond is really looking down the road to help them get started.”

“The Edward Jones guy told me a while back that I needed to figure out how to disburse this land,” Raymond said.

“I told him, ‘Paul, how long have your known the Rasors? We don’t sell land, we just keep it for the next generation.’”

In addition to their farming and cattle operations, the Rasors are also the owners of Circle C Western Store in West Plains, Mo., which is managed by their daughter Kinsey. They have had the store for about five years.

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McDonld County, Mo., family have incorporated Christmas tree production into their 150-year-old farm The Ozark Valley Christmas Tree farm is nestled along the sloping hills and lush river bottoms near Elk River in southwestern McDonald County, Mo. It’s part of the Manning family farm homesteaded 150 years ago. In fact, tree farm owners, Jon and Charity Keith’s children, Tucker, Duncan and Annabella, are the seventh generation to live on the land.

The 600-acre farm has always been a cattle farm, but the family wanted to do something different… something that mattered.

Charity’s parents live across the road and own Right Choices Corn Maze and Pumpkin Patch. Her father, Galen Manning, is the author of Make Right Choices, written in hopes of helping people understand the role they play in their own success or failure.

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The vision to start a Christmas tree farm formulated in 2002, with their first trees being planted in 2004.

A story goes that Charity’s grandfather attempted to grow Christmas trees on two different occasions, but he only sold a couple trees out of 100. Today the family grows hundreds of mostly White Pine, Austrian Pine and Scotch Pine, region.

The biggest challenge is monitoring the trees, which take about six years to reach harvest age. Young trees are prone to weeds, so weed control is essential to their viability. Through trial and error, the Keiths have found planting larger seedlings cuts the grow time, allowing them to sell their trees sooner. Each tree is trimmed of straggler branches, giving it a Christmas postcard look.

Some diseases and critters, especially deer, are hard on young trees. One year, a suspected armadillo pulled up about 200 seedling plugs with root balls, leaving them lying next to the hole.

“After that we decided to stick with bare root seedlings,” Charity adds. “You cannot just plant a tree and leave it to fend for itself,” The Keith’s also bring in trees that do not grow in Missouri, such as, pre-cut White Pines, Douglas and Fraser Fir, which average in price from $57 to $87, depending on height. The home grown range from $39 to $43 for 6-to 8-foot. trees. The field trees prove to be the most popular since people also want to make memories through selecting and cutting their special tree.

Cut trees last through the season, if you keep them away from heat sources that will dry them out and you ensure it gets sufficient water.

All trees have sap and evergreens are no different. It is important to note that

if you don’t go straight home with your tree within an hour, you will need to cut a quarter-inch off the bottom, removing the hardened sap that prevents the tree from soaking up water.

According to the website, RealChristmasTrees.org, real trees have more value than just adding that wonderful pine scent to your holiday ambiance. Many wouldn’t consider growing Christmas trees as an agricultural venture, but growing trees is just another way to utilize land that is unsuitable for other crops. Tree farmers re-plant one or more trees for every tree cut down and because they are stewards of the land: the soil and water sources are also protected, all while providing natural protection for wildlife.

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Jon and Charity Keith added a Christmas tree farm to the family’s cattle operation in 2004.

Even though artificial trees are re-useable, they are not friendly to the environment since they are petroleum based.

Real trees are eco-friendly because they can be used for mulch, stop erosion, turned into a big birdfeeder or tossed in a pond to provide cover for fish.

“We have more trees than ever before and are finally through all our rotations with new trees growing in our first plot from 2004,” Charity said. “We now have the whole farm open for cut trees, which is exciting.”

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Owners: Will Carneal and Justine Lacey Location: Urbana, Mo. History: Will Carneal, 25, and fiancé Justine Lacey, 22, met seven years ago and became a couple three years ago. Will’s job as a commercial welder required extensive travel and he and Justine wanted more time together. Will had worked for Owen Meat Processing during high school, and he and Justine saw the opportunity to reopen the processing facility and to help the Urbana, Mo., community.

“We opened on Oct. 28, and currently employ two full-time and three part-time workers in addition to us,” Justine said. “Deer season has been good for business with 233 animals either processed or hanging,” according to Will.

Products and services: “We process beef, hogs, buffalo, goats, sheep and deer, and will process other animals by special arrangement,” Will said. “We also sell direct to the public using USDA inspected, fresh meat that we cut and vacuum pack ourselves. If customers ask for special cuts or packaging for their meat, we do our best to accommodate them. We can smoke meat, and during deer season we make summer sausage. We also arrange hauling for customers’ animals.”

Philosophy and future: “We want to provide even more value for our customers and create more opportunities for people to find out about other businesses in the area when they stop here,” Justine said. “I want to expand the retail side of the business to include items like spices, cheese, milk, fresh sandwiches, some fresh produce, and other items that people from the Urbana area have to travel to Buffalo, Mo., to get now.

Diversifying our retail operation will encourage more people stop in Urbana. We already have people on the way to the lake coming in for steaks and other meat.”

“There is also a real need for a kill truck to go a farm, skin and gut the animal, and then bring the carcass back to hang, process and package,” Will said. “I want to provide that service, expand the size of our processing area, and give Justine space for her retail operation.

We already have both our commercial deer processing and custom processing licenses. We plan to have both state and USDA certification in the near future so we can buy and process local livestock to expand sales to the public. We want to get more involved in helping our community and plan to sign up for Share the Harvest in time for the 2018 hunting season.”

“Will and I grew up in this area. We want to build our business together, provide top quality meat processing at a reasonable cost, and give our retail customers the best value for the products we offer,” Justine concluded.

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Going Nowhere But Up

By Cheryl Kepes

Hopkins Farms got in on the ground floor of registered Black Hereford production in 2010 As a third-generation cattle farmer, David Hopkins, continually keeps a keen eye out for strategies to improve his herd.

In 2010, David discovered a fairly new breed that captured his attention – Black Herefords.

“I have always had cattle and I have always liked black baldie cows,” David said. “I just started studying the breed and talking to people about it and de-

Thus, Gage formed the ABHA as an avenue to build Hereford/Angus cross cattle that produce black calves with white faces. Through the association, members can register their Black Hereford animals, track EPDs and network with other breeders. In order to register an animal with the ABHA, it must be black and 62 1/2 percent Hereford.

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A polled Hereford breeder named John calves on their farm in Marionville, Mo. “Anybody can have a black baldie, but Gage established the American Black Hereford Association (ABHA) in 1994. Ac- they don’t have a pedigree or know anything about the animal’s EPDs,” Dacording to the ABHA, Gage vid commented. created the Black Hereford When the Hopkins began in the breed because he wanted to Black Hereford business, David eliminate red baldie calves and Sandy owned a herd of 30 produced in Hereford/Angus cross herds. Gage felt his red Marionville, Mo. registered Angus cows. David purchased a Line One baldie calves sold for less at the sale barns than his black baldie — Continued on Next Page calves out of the same herd.

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Horned Hereford bull to use on his registered Angus cows. Those cows produced Hereford/Angus cross calves called F1s.

“It took us two seasons. I kept all the heifers out of those cows and that is kind of how we got started,” David said.

In their seven years of breeding Black Herefords, David and Sandy have been pleased with the results. Their calves do not receive any creep and are weaned at 205 days.

“Our weights have been really good.

Our bulls average 600 pounds and our heifers average 540 pounds,” David explained. “We are pretty proud of that.”

When Hopkins Farms joined the ABHA, David and Sandy were among only a handful of breeders in Missouri.

Now the ABHA states it is one of the fastest growing breeds in the United States.

“It has been amazing to go to the association meetings, because when we first went I was sitting there thinking, ‘What have we gotten into?’”

Sandy said with a chuckle. “Now when we go, it is much bigger and you can really see it growing,” Sandy – David added.

Hopkins Farms manages 50 momma cows on 160 acres.

The Hopkins calve half their herd in the spring and the other half in the fall.

David searches the country for the best registered, homozygous-Black Hereford bull he can find.

“My dad and granddad always said, ‘The easiest way to improve your herd is with a better bull than you have cows,’” David recalled. “If you are always buying better bulls than you have cows, then you are improving your herd.’’

The Black Herefords have proven themselves to be very marketable.

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Hopkins Farms sell cattle to seedstock producers throughout the country. In addition, the Hopkins sell their Black Herefords through the ABHA’s annual sale, The Cattle Range website and through word of mouth.

Cattle farmers near and far reach out to Hopkins Farms wanting Black Hereford bulls for their cattle operations.

“Of course the idea behind that is to get the black baldie calves that always top the sale market,” David said. “You get the hybrid vigor with the Black Herefords, you get extra growth, plus you get the black-white face that seems to always bring 7 to 10 cents more per pound.”

David and Sandy both balance fulltime jobs away from their farm. David is a construction superintendent for Emery Sapp & Sons, and Sandy is the director of Member and Provider Services at CoxHealth Plans.

Due to their busy life outside of the farm, they only keep high-performing, easy-doing cows.

“We don’t have time to baby them a whole lot. In the Hopkins winter-time it is dark when we leave and it is dark when we get home,” David said.

The Hopkins only retain cows that raise solid calves, are good mothers, breed-back in a timely manner, have a calf every year and fend for themselves.

“They don’t get a whole lot extra here.

They get salt, hay in the winter, pasture in the summer and that’s it. They are on their own,” David explained.

Hopkins Farms is excited to be a part of a breed that is rapidly growing in popularity.

“I think this is going to go nowhere but up,” David concluded.

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Our weights have been really good.

Our bulls average 600 pounds and our heifers average 540 pounds.

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Mike and Linda Rogers were sold on the German breed and transitioned to seedstock production Photo by Jennifer Ailor

From the black dirt of north Missouri, through a career in the Missouri Highway Patrol, Mike Rogers has been around cattle nearly all his life.

For the last 15 years, he’s been raising Gelbvieh cattle in the rolling, rocky hills of the Ozarks.

As a kid, he helped a neighbor in Summersville, Mo., milk cows and enjoyed his grandpa’s farm and cattle.

“I didn’t have my own farm until 1987 when we moved to Mt. Vernon,” he said, adding that he raised a few Holsteins on that first farm.

When introduced to Gelbviehs, he liked what he saw and transitioned to the breed. In Germany, where the breed originated, they were a multi-purpose animal.

“They were used for milk, draft and meat, and they were all yellow,” Mike said.

Today, black and red are the Mike Rogers may have had a career predominant colors, and meat is with the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the primary use, at least in the but he’s been around cattle most of United States. his life. Today his is a Gelbvieh and Mike described the breed as Ballancer seedstock producer. very maternal, gentle and bigger than Angus. When crossbred ers within a 100 miles or so. He begins with Angus, the calves also seem to have selling quality bulls at about 13 months, better-than-average disease resistance. weighing about 1,100 to 1,300 pounds.

Now retired, he runs 35 cow-calf pairs Bulls that don’t meet his standards are on a couple hundred acres of sold as feeders when young. the Rogers Gelbvieh Cattle A member of the American GelbFarm near Sparta, Mo. – vieh Association, Mike sells both just the right size for the onepurebred Gelbviehs and Balman producer with the help of ancer cattle. He explained that his wife Linda.

Balancers are a cross between Sparta, Mo. His seed stock operation sells Gelbviehs and Angus or Red about 10 bulls a year, as well — Continued on Page 20 as heifers and cows, to buy-

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(Week of 12/3/17 to 12/9/17) Douglas County Livestock

67.00-84.50

Joplin Regional Stockyards

60.00-87.00 † 74.50-77.00 †

Kingsville Livestock Auction

70.00-85.00*

Mid Missouri Stockyards

65.00-76.00 †

MO-KAN Livestock Auction Ozarks Regional Stockyard

68.00-86.00*

dairy

63.00-78.00 †

South Central Regional

60

80

slaughter

100

120

140

100

120

cows

(Week of 12/3/17 to 12/9/17) Buffalo Livestock Market

44.00-55.00*

Douglas County Live

30.00-54.00 †

Interstate Regional Stock

37.00-57.00 †

Joplin Regional

32.00-57.50 † 37.50-58.50 †

Kingsville Livestock

37.00-60.00*

Mid Missouri Stockyards

35.00-57.00 †

MO-KAN Livestock

35.00-66.00 †

Ozarks Regional South Central Regional

35.00-56.00 †

Springfield Livestock

30.00-56.00 †

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20

40

60

cow/calf

80

pairs

(Week of 12/3/17 to 12/9/17)

None Reported*

Buffalo Livestock Market

1250.00 †

Douglas County Livestock Auction

None Reported †

Interstate Regional Stockyards - Cuba Joplin Regional Stockyards

1100.00-1500.00*

MO-KAN Livestock Market - Butler

None Reported † 950.00-1375.00 †

Ozarks Regional Stockyard South Central Regional Stockyards

1775.00

Springfield Livestock

800.00-1200.00 †

650

1650

replacement

2150

Prices reported per cwt

1050.00-1300.00*

Douglas County Livestock Auction - Ava

1175.00-1300.00 †

800.00-1100.00 †

Interstate Regional Joplin Reg

1075.00-1325.00*

MO-KAN Livestock Auction - Butler

None Reported †

Ozarks Reg.

525.00-1375.00 †

South Central Regional Stockyards - Vienna

1725.00-2050.00 † 475.00-1225.00 †

Springfield

550

1050

1550

300-400 lbs.

400-500 lbs.

500-600 lbs.

600-700 lbs.

700-800 lbs.

300-400 lbs.

400-500 lbs.

500-600 lbs.

600-700 lbs.

700-800 lbs.

925.00-1160.00 †

Mid Missouri Stockyards

Steers, Med. & Lg. 1

Holsteins, Lg. 3

475.00-1500.00 †

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2650

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(Week of 12/3/17 to 12/9/17) Buffalo Livestock Market

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1150

11/28/17

Slaughter Does: Selection 2 and 3 55-98 lbs 110.00135.00.

Replacement Bucks: Selection 1 110-185 lbs 172.50210.00; 205 lbs 120.00.

Slaughter Bucks: Selection 2 80-140 lbs 147.50-162.50.

Selection 3 50-168 lbs 90.00-120.00.

National Sheep Summary

2050

2550

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

400-500 lbs.

500-600 lbs.

600-700 lbs.

700-800 lbs.

Buffalo Livestock Auction* 12/9/17

Butler Mo-Kan Livestock† 12/7/17

Cuba Interstate Regional† 12/5/17

12/8/17

Compared to last week slaughter lambs were mostly steady. Slaughter ewes were steady to 5.00 lower. Feeder lambs were steady. At San Angelo, TX 4612 head sold.

Equity Electronic Auction sold 266 slaughter lambs in Nebraska. In direct trading slaughter ewes and feeder lambs were not tested. 3700 head of negotiated sales of slaughter lambs were steady to 2.00 lower. 3,515 lamb carcasses sold with all weights no trend due to confidentiality. All sheep sold per hundred weight (CWT) unless otherwise specified.

Slaughter Lambs: Choice and Prime 2-3 90-160 lbs: San Angelo: shorn and wooled 100-160 lbs 130.00-140.00.

VA: wooled 110-125 lbs 145.00-152.00.

PA: shorn and wooled 90-110 lbs 180.00-195.00; 110-130 lbs 175.00-185.00; 130-150 lbs 150.00-170.00.

Ft.Collins, CO: wooled 110-155 lbs 145.00-150.00.

South Dakota: shorn and wooled 115-150 lbs 123.00128.50.

Kalona, IA: shorn 140-145 lbs 125.00-127.00; wooled 110120 lbs 134.50-145.00, 120-150 lbs 123.00-126.00, 150-170 lbs 121.00-122.00.

Billings, MT: no test.

Missouri: no test.

Equity Elec: wooled 115 lbs 129.25.

Slaughter Lambs: Choice and Prime 1-2: 220.00-240.00, few 254.00; 70-80 lbs 192.00-210.00, few 220.00-224.00; 80-90 lbs 180.00-200.00; 90-110 lbs 166.00-174.00, few 210.00.

Pennsylvania: 50-60 lbs 240.00-275.00; 60-70 lbs 230.00257.00; 70-80 lbs 190.00-260.00; 80-90 lbs 163.00-190.00.

Kalona, IA: 50-60 lbs 202.50-232.50; 60-70 lbs 190.00220.00; 70-80 lbs 177.50-182.50; 80-90 lbs 167.50-175.00; 90-105 lbs 145.00-172.50.

Ft. Collins: 50-60 lbs 214.00-220.00; 60-70 lbs 215.00220.00, few 230.00; 70-80 lbs 190.00-212.50; 80-90 lbs 185.00-192.50, few 205.00; 90-105 lbs 170.00-185.00.

Missouri: no test.

Virginia: 60-80 lbs 190.00-211.00; 80-110 lbs 188.00195.00.

stocker & feeder

None Reported †

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Receipts: 772 The supply and demand was moderate. There were 09 percent springer heifers, 14 percent bred heifers, 34 percent open heifers, 06 percent fresh cows, 13 percent bred and springer cows and 02 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.

Springer Heifers bred seven to nine months: Supreme 1300.00-1500.00, Approved 1000.00-1275.00, few Jerseys 925.00-1025.00, Crossbreds 925.00-1125.00, Medium 775.00-950.00, crossbreds 725.00-885.00.

Heifers bred three to six months: Supreme 1200.001400.00, Jerseys 1300.00-1350.00, crossbreds 1000.001225.00, Approved 975.00-1100.00, crossbreds 870.00975.00, Medium 760.00-950.00, crossbreds 685.00-850.00, Common 600.00-700.00.

Heifers bred one to three months: Medium few 825.00875.00, few crossbreds 550.00-675.00.

Open Heifers: Approved: 185-299 lbs 200.00-360.00, Jerseys 180.00-240.00, 315-392 lbs 400.00-410.00, Jerseys 380.00-400.00, crossbreds 285.00-385.00, 400-475 lbs 350.00-500.00, crossbreds 370.00-420.00, 500-600 lbs 460.00-660.00, Jerseys 540.00-710.00, crossbreds 430.00580.00, 620-683 lbs 540.00-670.00, Jerseys 860.00-890.00, crossbreds 525.00-600.00, 702-802 lbs 750.00-800.00, Jerseys 700.00-780.00, crossbreds 640.00-740.00.

Medium: 565-585 lbs few Jerseys 410.00-500.00, 620-685 lbs 350.00-510.00, 702-775 lbs 410.00-620.00.

Replacement Cows: Fresh Cows and Heifers: Supreme 1550.00-1750.00, Approved 1025.00-1350.00, Medium 625.00-925.00.

Bred and Springer Cows: Scarce.

goats

Receipts: 957 Supply was good and demand was good with a full house on hand at the start of the sale. Sheep markets were mostly steady to 10.00 higher compared to last month. Kids goats were steady to 20.00 higher, while the remainder of the goat markets were mostly steady compared to last month. The supply made up of 47 percent lambs, 10 percent ewes and rams, 24 percent kid goats, and 14 percent bucks and does. All prices are per hundred weight (CWT) unless noted otherwise.

SHEEP: Feeder Lambs: Medium and Large 1-2 hair 40-53 lbs 225.00-240.00.

Slaughter lambs: Wool Choice and Prime 2-3 62-75 lbs 165.00-175.00; 110-155 lbs 113.00-131.00. Hair Choice and Prime 3-4 50-65 lbs 207.50-220.00; 82-99 lbs 140.00162.50; 105-125 lbs 122.50-135.00. Good and Choice 1-3 51-77 lbs 165.00-197.50. A few families of Hair ewes with single lambs. Medium and Large 1-2 105-155 lbs 135.00185.00; 180 lbs 115.00.

Replacement Hair Ewes: Medium and Large 1-2 81-126 lbs 105.00-137.50.

Slaughter Ewes: Utility and Good 1-2 115-162 lbs 85.00-97.50.

Replacement Rams: Hair Medium and Large 1-2 110-155 lbs 137.50-150.00.

Wool: Large 1 240-260 lbs 67.00-75.00.

Slaughter Hair Rams: Good and Choice 1-3 140-185 lbs 80.00-90.00.

GOAT: Feeder Kids: Selection 1 28-39 lbs 220.00-275.00. Selection 2 30-39 lbs 180.00-205.00. Selection 3 23-38 lbs 103.00-110.00.

Slaughter Goats: Selection 1 40-65 lbs 240.00-270.00; 100-225 lbs 145.00-190.00. Selection 2 45-75 lbs 190.00220.00. Selection 3 43-65 lbs 145.00-180.00.

Replacement Does: Selection 1 83 lbs 180.00; 117-133 lbs 110.00-130.00. Selection 2 130.00-152.00 Per Head, Selection 3 62-90 lbs 115.00-122.50 Per Head.

1000.00-1375.00 †

Kingsville Livestock Auction

150

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cattle

Springfield, Mo. • Springfield Livestock Marketing Center

60.00-90.00 † 6

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40

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Baby Calves: Holstein heifers few 135.00-245.00, Holstein bulls 100.00-180.00, Jersey heifers Scarce, Jersey bulls 55.00-65.00, crossbred heifers 110.00-290.00.

12/10/17

5 Area (Tx-Ok, Ks, Neb, Ia, Colo) Live Basis Sales - Over 80% Choice Steers: 115.00-123.00; wtd. avg. price 117.70.

Heifers: 117.00-122.00; wtd. avg. price 117.64.

Dressed Basis Sales - Over 80% Choice Steers: 186.00-189.00; wtd. avg. price 187.12.

Heifers: 186.00-188.50; wtd. avg. price 187.25.

60.00-77.00 †

Interstate Regional Stockyards

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Buffalo Livestock Market

cattle

prices

Joplin Regional Stockyards† 12/4/17

Kingsville Livestock Auction† 12/5/17

Mid Missouri Stockyards* 12/7/17

1,708

1,637

873

2,149

7,830

4,856

1,820

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Steady

St-10 Lower

2-10 Lower

St-8 Lower

St-7 Lower

St-7 Lower

178.00-185.00 165.00-181.00 151.00-165.00 132.50-159.00 142.50-150.00

175.00-205.00 167.00-187.00 156.00-175.00 145.00-159.50 140.00-157.25

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180.00-182.00 165.00-198.50 156.50-172.50 148.50-163.35 145.00-161.25

195.00-220.00 168.00-202.50 151.00-186.00 144.00-169.00 141.00-156.00

188.00-210.00 173.00-208.50 151.50-188.00 147.25-173.00 141.60-167.00

170.00-205.00 162.00-184.00 153.00-176.00 145.00-163.00 142.00-152.00

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150.00 140.00-154.00 134.00-145.00 132.00-140.50 135.00-137.50

147.00-170.00 141.00-169.00 136.00-150.00 132.00-140.00 125.00-130.00

160.00 146.00-151.00 140.00-161.50 129.00-137.00 135.00

151.00-155.00 142.50-157.00 135.50-147.00 134.50-142.50 129.50-137.50

152.00-182.50 140.00-158.00 132.00-149.00 128.00-150.00 136.00-145.00

166.00-186.00 144.00-175.50 136.50-160.00 132.50-155.00 132.50-145.00

145.00-160.00 144.00-158.00 135.00-155.00 128.00-143.00 125.00-134.00

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reports

d 115 lbs 129.25.

Choice and Prime 1-2: 220.00-240.00, bs 192.00-210.00, few 220.00-224.00; 0.00; 90-110 lbs 166.00-174.00, few

0 lbs 240.00-275.00; 60-70 lbs 230.0090.00-260.00; 80-90 lbs 163.00-190.00. lbs 202.50-232.50; 60-70 lbs 190.0077.50-182.50; 80-90 lbs 167.50-175.00; 72.50. bs 214.00-220.00; 60-70 lbs 215.0070-80 lbs 190.00-212.50; 80-90 lbs 205.00; 90-105 lbs 170.00-185.00.

190.00-211.00; 80-110 lbs 188.00-

rices

Interior Missouri Direct Hogs

12/12/17

Estimated Receipts: 260 Supply and demand are light to moderate.

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

Base carcass meat price: 50.00-53.00.

Sows (cash prices): steady. 300-500 lbs. 28.00-32.00.

Over 500 lbs. 31.00-36.00.

Kingsville Livestock Auction† 12/5/17

Mid Missouri Stockyards* 12/7/17

Springfield Livestock Marketing† 12/6/17

Vienna South Central† 12/6/17

West Plains Ozarks Regional† 12/5/17

4,856

1,820

2,398

2,188

3,422

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St-7 Lower

5-12 Lower

2-8 Lower

3-6 Lower

88.00-210.00 73.00-208.50 51.50-188.00 47.25-173.00 41.60-167.00

170.00-205.00 162.00-184.00 153.00-176.00 145.00-163.00 142.00-152.00

182.50-185.00 169.00-188.50 144.00-176.50 137.50-158.00 134.00-147.50

180.00-185.00 171.00-183.00 160.00-178.00 147.00-169.00 151.00-165.00

187.50-195.00 171.00-195.00 160.00-176.00 150.00-169.00 151.00

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150.00-159.00 137.00-155.00 132.00-147.00 126.00-143.00 130.50-132.50

152.00-153.00 149.50-161.00 134.00-155.00 132.50-153.00 131.00-134.00

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162.96 168.45

12/8/17

Over all total area of the state showing on the drought monitor is about even with last week with near 75 percent of the state in some stage of drought. The severity of dryness continues to worsen each week however with the severe category now reported at near 24 percent. There was a cold front that brought some rain and even the year’s first snowflakes to some parts of the state but neither was enough to provide any helpful moisture. The front did bring below average freezing temperatures with wind chills in the single digits. Feeding is increasing each day now although several in the driest parts of the state have been feeding a while already. Hay movement is slow, supplies are moderate, demand is light and prices are steady. The Missouri Department of Agriculture has a hay directory available for both buyers and sellers. To be listed, or for a directory visit http://mda.mo.gov/abd/ haydirectory/ for listings of hay http://agebb.missouri.edu/haylst/ (All prices f.o.b. and per ton unless specified and on most recent reported sales price listed as round bales based generally on 5x6 bales with weights of approximately 1200-1500 lbs).

Supreme quality Alfalfa (RFV <185): 180.00-250.00.

Premium quality Alfalfa (RFV 170-180): 150.00-180.00.

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

Fair quality Alfalfa (RFV 130-150): 100.00-120.00. Good quality Mixed Grass hay 75.00-100.00. Small squares 3.00-4.50 per bale (some alfalfa/grass mix).

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

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

Good quality Bromegrass: 100.00-150.00.

Fair to Good quality Bromegrass: 50.00-80.00.

Wheat straw: 3.00-6.00 per small square bale.

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Week of 11/19/17

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Mo. Weekly Weaner & Feeder Pig

Receipts: 5,378 Weaner pigs sold with a lower undertone. Feeder pigs no comparison available. Supply light and demand moderate. (Prices Per Head.)

Early weaned pigs 10 lb. base weights, FOB the farm 0% negotiated, 4580 head, 10 lbs, 36.00-45.86, weighted average 42.32.

Early weaned pigs 10 lb base weights, Delivered 0% negotiated, 798 head, 10 lbs, 44.49.

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

Feeder pigs in all lot sizes, Delivered 0% negotiated, No Sales Reported. *Early weaned pigs are under 19 days old. **Most lots of feeder pigs have a sliding value from the negotiated weight basis which is calculated on the actual average weight of the load plus or minus .25-.40 per pound. Some early weaned lots have a slide of .50-1.00 per pound.

$100

12/1/17

130.00 145.47 150.25 135.09

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140.43 141.64

158.97 169.70 168.48 171.00 173.93 164.56

156.25 Week of 11/26/17

140-145 lbs 125.00-127.00; wooled 11000, 120-150 lbs 123.00-126.00, 150-170

hog markets

CHEESE: Barrels closed at $1.5350 and 40# blocks at $1.5625. The weekly average for barrels is $1.5370 (-.1263) and blocks, $1.5845 (-.0205).

FLUID MILK: Across the U.S., milk outputs are steading to trending higher. No region or states reported lower production.

Climatic weather conditions are becoming more favorable to cows’ wellbeing and milk production. Milk inventories are enough to cover production needs in the Northeast, California, New Mexico, the Pacific Northwest, and the mountain states of Idaho, Utah, and Colorado. In the Midwest, bottlers are putting in big orders, as they are stocking up for the first half of December in preparation for the school and retail final pre-holiday order surge. In the Southeast Class, I sales are down after the Thanksgiving rush. Condensed skim is available and some loads have to travel far distances due to the holiday. In areas throughout the United States, Class II and III cream intakes were heavy and are fairly balanced at this point.

Cream is overall available to limited for Class II and IV production.

This week, cream multiples for all usages are 1.20-1.34 in the East, 1.22-1.32 in the Midwest, and 1.00-1.27 in the West.

SPOT PRICES OF CLASS II CREAM: $ PER POUND BUTTERFAT, F.O.B., producing plants, Upper Midwest $2.6901-2.8445.

National Dairy Market

151.70 147.64 152.94 143.68

168.30

156.18

164.78

144.53 141.65

157.60

149.00

158.76 160.62 162.68 162.91 161.24

141.38

Week of 12/3/17

week slaughter lambs were mostly wes were steady to 5.00 lower. Feeder At San Angelo, TX 4612 head sold.

Auction sold 266 slaughter lambs in t trading slaughter ewes and feeder ted. 3700 head of negotiated sales of ere steady to 2.00 lower. 3,515 lamb all weights no trend due to confidenld per hundred weight (CWT) unless .

Choice and Prime 2-3 90-160 lbs: and wooled 100-160 lbs 130.00-140.00.

25 lbs 145.00-152.00. led 90-110 lbs 180.00-195.00; 110-130 130-150 lbs 150.00-170.00. oled 110-155 lbs 145.00-150.00. rn and wooled 115-150 lbs 123.00-

dairy & fed cattle

$190

Week of 11/12/17

12/8/17

South Dakota: no test.

Billings, MT: no test.

Direct Trading: (lambs fob with 3-4 percent shrink or equivalent) 3700: Slaughter Lambs shorn and wooled 117-177 lbs 117.00-156.20 (wtd avg 132.24).

Slaughter Ewes: San Angelo: Good 3-4 (very fleshy) no test; Good 2-3 (fleshy) no test; Utility and Good 1-3 (medium flesh) 80.00-96.00, few 98.00; Utility 1-2 (thin) 73.00-78.00; Cull and Utility 1-2 (very thin) 50.00-64.00; Cull 1(extremely thin) 40.00-50.00.

Pennsylvania: Good 3-4 (very fleshy) 60.00-70.00; Good 2-3 (fleshy) 70.00-115.00; Utility 1-2 (thin) no test; Cull 1 no test.

Ft. Collins: Good 3-5 (very fleshy) 75.00-85.00; Good 2-3 (fleshy) 70.00-77.50; Utility 1-2 (thin) 35.00-48.00; Cull 1 (extremely thin) no test.

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Week of 12/3/17

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139.10 149.60 133.31

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146.47 137.40

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“I shoot for balance in genetics. I’m not trying to sell feeder calves ready to go to the stockyard. Most of my bulls go to commercial guys who look at birth rate and calving ease,” he said, adding, “Crossbreeds of any two species should be better animals.”

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This year his calves are closer to 75 percent Gelbvieh, because he used an embryo transfer 50-50 Balancer bull.

When it comes to breeding, Mike plans for a narrow window of spring births beginning in early March. He’s back to using artificial insemination, doing all the prep and followup himself to keep costs down.

“It’s more intensive,” he said of the fixedtime method he uses, but AI allows him to build the quality of his herd faster and allows for specific cows to be matched with specific bulls to produce desired traits.

In selecting bulls for breeding to his cows, Mike looks at Genomic Enhanced DNA testing of the AI bulls that predicts progeny for several generations.

The Gelbviehs feed on fescue pastures with some orchard grass, red clover and lespedeza.

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“I want to keep improving the quality … to keep selecting for the traits that you need. One thing about the Gelbvieh breed, those heifers usually come into heat at five months. They’re very maternal, produce lots of milk and are more gentle than Angus.”

While the Gelbvieh breed isn’t a household word, Mike noted that the market he sells to knows them.

“The commercial cattleman is much more familiar with the Gelbvieh breed than five or 10 years ago, and the breed is catching on. A purebred Gelbvieh bull on a purebred Angus cow will, on average, produce a Balancer calf about 50 pounds heavier at weaning. And a commercial guy sells by the weight.”

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Retired dentist Bob Austin says his Pulaski County, Mo., cattle operation is where he wants to be On 250 acres in rural Pulaski County, Mo., Bob and Joan Austin and their son, Jess, raise 35 head of registered Red Angus.

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Bob is a retired dentist who left his practice in Linn Creek, Mo., in the hands of two of his four grown children, also dentists. Another son has his own excavating business and Jess is a Harvard graduate mathematician who, along with his father, also works in real estate.

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“We keep our bulls at my grandmother’s farm up by Montreal, Mo.,” Jess added. “We sell the bulls by private treaty.

We sold one at auction, but it works out better when the buyer can call and come out and see the bulls first. We’ve had several people come all the way down from northern Missouri.”

Bob is no stranger to farming, but growing up in Illinois, the farming was just a little different than it is in the Ozarks.

“It was farming there, too but row crops,” Bob said. “I’ve always liked farming but this, working with the animals is

“We like the Red Angus for their various carcass traits.”

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Bob Austin, right, and his son Jess, left, raise Red Angus cattle on their rural Pulaski County, Mo., farm, which has been dubbed Crown Reds.

Ozarks. “They are docile, well-marbled that skill regularly.

“Some of the colored cattle we have and warm weather tolerant.”

Almost as if to demonstrate the praise he we’ve used as embryo recipients,” Bob was lavishing upon them, the herd gath- continued. “Last spring we did some emered around the father and son owners in a bryo transfers where we sent the unfertilized embryos to Texas where they were friendly fashion like expectant pets.

“Another thing I really appreciate fertilized and then sent back here to be transplanted in the cows so that has enabout the purebred Red Anvolved into vitro fertilization as well. gus is the THR (Total Herd “We have bulls for sale that are Reporting) as used by their actually flush mates with the data base in terms of the embryo transfers, full brothers.

EPDs. The other breeds only People like that in that they’ve list the individual best animals gotten one bull that is rebut the Red Angus reports in- Richland, Mo. ally good and here is another clude the whole herd and I’m a from the same bloodline.” big fan of that.”

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better as well as the work ethic that goes along with it. That’s important when you are raising a family. All of my children grew up around that and now all of them work for themselves.”

The pride is clearly heard in this father’s voice.

“We really liked this area when we came here; the temperate climate, clean water and clean environment in general. There are so many outdoor activities available here in the Ozarks – hunting, fishing, boating and we take advantage of all of them. It’s also a great location in that we are close to the highway and from there it is not a long distance to Springfield, the airport, good restaurants and other towns.”

Jess concluded as he took a contented look around himself at the surrounding cattle grazing in a distant pasture of his Crown Reds farm, “We’ve been on this farm a long time and we’ve always had cattle here. This is home.”

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The Red Angus breed had its beginning in Europe. In the eighth-century, according to some authorities, hardy Norsemen raiding the coasts of England and Scotland brought with them a small, dun-colored hornless cattle which interbred with black native Celtic cattle of inland Scotland, which had upright horns. A naturally polled black breed was produced, which roughly corresponded to the black Aberdeen Angus of today, although it was a considerably smaller-bodied animal. The polled characteristic was very slow to spread inland, and for almost a thousand years was confined principally to the coastal areas of England and Scotland. Eric L.C. Pentecost, the noted English breeder of Red Angus cattle, offers a specific and logical explanation for the introduction of the red coloration into the Aberdeen Angus breed. In the 18th century, the black Scottish cattle were too light to provide sufficiently large draught oxen, so larger English longhorns, predominantly red in color, were brought in and crossed with the black native polled breed. The resultant offspring were all black polled animals, since black is a dominant color, and red a recessive one. However, all carried the red gene.

Subsequent interbreeding produced an average of one red calf in four, in accordance with Mendel’s law of heredity.

Total Herd Reporting

In the tradition of being the true “performance breed,” the Red Angus Association of America implemented an inventory based fee structure and reporting system in 1995. Total Herd Reporting (THR) requires the production of every registered Red Angus female to be accounted for every year, as well as the performance of every Red Angus calf raised through weaning. If a cow and her calf are not accounted for in a given year, the cow is removed from the registry.

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By Kathy Daily ith the new President in office, you may have been hearing a lot about “special advisors.”

The President of the United States and the CEOs of large companies rely on the expertise of a multitude of people who specialize in certain subjects every day.

These management officials realize it is impossible to be experienced in all of the areas that they manage on a daily basis. These managers know they must be knowledgeable in most of the areas, but they realize they are better served by Kathy Daily is the getting input and guidance from professionals in Senior Vice President each individual field. of First Financial Bank’s Your farm operation is no different than runFarm and Ranch Divining a large corporation where you’re the CEO. sion. She has been an Every day you are responsible for many things agricultural lender for and you can’t possibly be an expert in every one. over 25 years.

Who are your “special advisors?” Are you getting guidance and advice from people more knowledgeable, or are you winging it and hoping it works out?

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It is fairly common for large farm operations to have advisory boards to get input from professionals. The members offer advice, but the ultimate decision and liability is that of the producer. Wouldn’t it be nice to have the input from others before you make those big decisions that have a huge impact on your operation?

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Finding programs that will work for you and your operation As a farmer or rancher, you know how important it is to use all resources efficiently, whether it is time, feed, fertilizer or dollars.

When you utilize some of the farmer-friendly programs available through the Natural Resources Conservation Society (NRCS), you are tapping into an amazing resource that can help you maximize your operation to the fullest.

The NRCS offers a wide variety of programs and funding to qualified landowners and farmers to help the producer while also bettering the environment.

“Our conservation working lands programs allow us to provide the necessary technical and supporting financial assistance to agricultural producers to help protect and improve our natural resources for sustainability of healthy, productive environments,” NRCS State Public Affairs Specialist Reginald Jackson said.

If you think participating in an NRCS program would benefit your farm, here is how you can find out what is available to you and get started with planning, applying and implementing.

Visit the Website

Curt McDaniel, NRCS Assistant State Conservationist-Programs for the state of Missouri, suggests that anyone interested in participating in NRCS program start out by visiting the website, www.nrcs.usda.gov. Interested parties will find all kinds of different program and resource information here. Curt noted that you can easily access your state specific NRCS site by typing your state’s abbreviation into a search engine, followed by NRCS. “It will be the first result, every time,” he said. Another website tool is the Field Office Locator – this search feature will help you locate your local USDA Field Office by county. If you are already working with the NRCS on a program for your farm, you can utilize an online portal called the Conservation Client Gateway.

This tool allows you to request technical assistance, apply for financial assistance, view, sign and submit applications and other documents, and track your payments. After a visit to a local field office to set up your account, you can interact with the NRCS online in a convenient and flexible manner. While you are perusing the NRCS website, it is important to keep it mind that there is a lot of information in one place, so don’t get discouraged

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“There are good programs to help farmers get started.

We’ve use the CSP program and state cost share for Intensive grazing and water improvements.”

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if you don’t immediately find what you need. Make use of the search feature, and know that you can always get in touch with your field office if you need additional assistance.

Get Social

When it comes to researching innovative ways to make environmentally sound improvements to your farm, Curt said “another great spot is social media.” He recommends following not just your state specific NRCS on social media, but other states and the general NRCS accounts as well. That way, people can see what programs and ideas others are implementing they might be able to adapt to their own state.

Visit Your Field Office

The best way to get on track to participating in an NRCS program is to visit your local USDA field office.

“We always encourage people to stop in and visit,” said McDaniel. “We want to give people the best experience we can, and it starts with a conversation.”

He went on to explain that “programs are a by-product of what we try to do with people.”

When visiting a local field office, NRCS staff will first talk with you and help you determine your goals and problems that you need solved on your farm. After this has been determined, the NRCS will help you create a plan and find a program that meets your needs.

Apply

Once you’ve settled on a program, you can begin the application process. The first step, is going to your local field office and providing documentation that you either own or lease the land that the improvements will be made upon so that you can update your farm records. The NRCS will then determine your eligibility, after which you can sign up for the program and put your name in the hat, so to speak. There will be NRCS staff members to work with you from start to finish on the planning, the application process and the program implementation. Curt explained that the NRCS sometimes partners with other agencies to make sure all clients needs are met.

“We work hand in hand with our partners to make sure we provide the best customer service,” McDaniel said.

“We haven’t considered anything like that. We would rather not involve the government in our farm.”

“We used the NRCS a few years ago to put in a grazing system and a well. We also fenced off our creek with the program. It was EQIP. It has made a big difference on our place.”

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Clipping pastures after animals graze can promote regrowth Farmers and ranchers have many good reasons to mow the pastures their animals graze on.

Whether it be for the animals’ safety or to make it easier to cut and harvest hay, they know taking the extra step to clip the pasture is always the right thing to do.

According to the University of Missouri Extension, mowing in the fall, especially in areas that are being reclaimed for pasture or forage, mowing before seeding, reduces spring growth of weeds and other plants, thus reducing competition and aiding in the establishment of new grasses.

Some grasses, including Bermudagrass, see increased yields the following season if clipped or burned in the winter months, specifically in mid-February, to remove residual, mature grass.

Brian Pugh, an Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service area agronomy specialist, said producers must always look at the animals’ needs first. They are the main reason producers take care of their pastures and grasses the way they do.

Clipping pastures after animals have been there grazing for a while is especially beneficial. It evens out the pasture and promotes regrowth of not only the grass that was heavily grazed, but the grass that wasn’t grazed as much. Mowing the pasture to an even level also reduces uneven grazing patterns in the future.

“It really is a great way to make sure there will be vegetative growth in the future for the cattle. If we don’t get the pastures evened out in the fall, the fields in the spring won’t have the vegetation the cattle need,” Pugh said.

Another important reason to mow the pasture is to prevent unwanted plants from growing, like weeds and thistles. It is important to mow at the correct time, however. Clipping before the pasture’s

“rest period,” promotes growth and prevents the wrong species from taking over.

The rest period is simply the time where there are no animals grazing the pasture.

Pugh said he prefers a rotational grazing and mowing system, which really helps with each of his pastures’ rest periods.

Kevin Williams, a cattle farmer, also brush hogs his land to prevent those unwelcome plants, but makes sure his pastures have a good rest period.

Williams said if he’s not careful unwanted weeds can sneak up and take over his fields. With mowing, he can easily keep this from happening. Weed suppression is a huge benefit of clipping, he said.

“We mow to control the competition of the grasses the cattle eat,” Pugh said.

“These competitions can be any kind of weed or thorn, which we don’t need in the pastures.”

Pastures can also be clipped prior to opening them to grazing. This is a better option if the pasture has become too mature. Pre-mowing allows producers to stockpile hay for later in the season.

“We are able to bale hay two or three times a summer, depending on rain,” Williams said.

While harvesting hay is useful, clip-

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ping pastures has other benefits as well.

The remaining clippings after a cutting help promote soil health.

“Clipping for hay can really improve the nutrients of the soil and it builds carbon – two extremely important features needed for healthy pastures,” Pugh said.

When mowing, it is important to be mindful of the mower height. Pugh said the length of cut depends on the forage species.

“We cut fescue 4 to 6 inches, white clover, and Bermuda 2 to 4 inches, and our native grasses that we don’t cut them shorter than 12 inches. Their growing points are high and use a lot of energy in the fall,” Pugh said.

Maintaining forage quality is another important practice both Williams and Pugh advise following. They advocate watching which forages the cattle choose, and they advise others to mow to promote the growth of the most productive forages in the pasture.

Pugh said if the forage is tall, the roots will be deeper. It is better to let grasses grow tall before mowing to allow their roots to grow also.

“The roots mirror the shoots,” Pugh said. “If the stems and leaves are strong and healthy, the roots will be too.”

Mowing and clipping pastures promotes livestock nutrition. Quality forages provide livestock with their vegetative requirements without the use (and expense) of supplements, and timely mowing can easily increase the nutrition of the forage even more.

“If the pasture remains vegetative because it is taken care of correctly, producers will be able to run more cattle on the land in a shorter amount of time,” Pugh said. “Beyond the livestock, the forage is my main concern. If the forage isn’t nice and vegetative, the livestock won’t (look nice) either.”

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By Klaire Howerton

Programs offered by agencies offer benefits to producers and the environment If you’ve ever considered applying for an agriculture-related financial assistance program, chances are that you have run across some programs from the USDA’s Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS).

The NRCS offers several farmer-friendly financial assistance and incentive programs that have benefits for the farmer, the community and the environment.

“The flagship financial assistance programs of the NRCS are the Environmental Quality Incentive Program and the Conservation Stewardship Program,” said Curt McDaniel, NRCS Assistant State Conservationist – Programs for the state of Missouri.

He added that these are two of the most heavily utilized programs in the NRCS. According to the NRCS website, the Environmental Quality Incentive Program (EQIP) “provides financial and technical assistance to agricultural producers in order to address natural resource concerns and deliver environmental benefits such as improved water and air quality, conserved ground and surface water, reduced soil erosion and sedimentation or improved or created wildlife habitat.”

Some popular practices implemented by producers working with the NRCS through the EQIP program include cover crops, irrigation and prescribed grazing.

The Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) helps agricultural producers maintain and improve their existing conservation systems and adopt additional conservation activities to address priority resources concerns. Participants earn CSP payments for conservation performance – the higher the performance, the higher the payment.

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There are three main benefits to participating in a financial assistance program such as EQIP or CSP, McDaniel explained.

One benefit is that the producer gets protection of the natural resources on their farm or ranch – which is quite a large benefit indeed, considering that the natural resources we have are the only ones we have.

The second benefit is that the producer will hopefully see an increase in production from properly implemented practices through NRCS financial assistance programs.

The third benefit from participating in these programs is a little broader.

“Society gets an environmental benefit,” McDaniel said. “And these programs are also beneficial to rural communities.”

When producers utilize the financial assistance they receive from the NRCS, they are purchasing supplies from their local communities and making every dollar count, while also making production practice choices that help safeguard not just their natural resources, but their neighbors as well.

The NRCS takes applications to their financial assistance programs year-round.

“There’s never a bad time,” McDaniel said. The best way to get the application process started for one of these programs is to visit your local USDA field office.

“We always encourage people to stop in and visit,” McDaniel said.

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Migrating birds increased the chance of avian influenza to poultry producers Every year as wild birds migrate, cases of avian influenza increase in the poultry industry.

Producers must protect their poultry investment now and prevent the virus from affecting their flocks.

There are some things poultry farmers of all sizes can do to protect their birds such as keeping their free-range birds inside during high-risk times, limiting visitors and keeping their houses clean.

Keeping Domestic Birds Inside

Every year wild birds migrate to the Southern regions during the winter and then retreat to breed in the spring.

While the wild birds are migrating, they enjoy making some stops along the way.

Many homeowners have birdbaths and bird feeders provided for the migrating birds. However, wild birds can carry avian influenza and can easily pass the virus on to domestic birds.

An exceptional way to protect domestic poultry from the disease is to make sure birds are inside. This is a small task that can have a huge outcome. When domestic birds are left outside while wild birds are migrating their likelihood of catching avian influenza increases.

Poultry growers can help protect their investment by establishing a separation between the domestic birds and wild birds.

Some domestic birds are large and hard to contain inside, so there is an alternative.

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Humans are a mode of transportation for the disease. Limiting the number of people around the domestic birds can help lower the amount of avian influenza cases.

When a visitor needs to enter the barn, the producer needs to make sure the visitor is sanitized before entering.

“To keep our boots disinfected we must wash them down with a solution and use a boot scrubber then dip our feet in another powder disinfectant,” Hayden said.

Also, the poultry farmer should make sure the visitor is sanitized before leaving the operation. Having the visitor sanitize before leaving can help prevent the spread of any diseases to the next farm the visitor goes to.

University of Arkansas Extension Agent Randy Black said one thing they stress to their 4-H students is after touching wild waterfowl such as ducks, the students have to change clothes and wash their hands before touching domestic poultry.

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One of the most important practices for poultry farmers is to keep their facilities clean and bio secure.

“Cleanliness of our facilities is one of our number one priorities,” Hayden said.

One key to keeping facilities clean is ensuring a deep clean is done when a flock leaves and before the next flock comes into the houses. Once a flock leaves, producers begin to disinfect the barns, wash feeders and most of the time farmers will run a cleaner through the water lines to flush out any unwanted bacteria.

While these practices are common among contract growers, they apply to smaller operations as well, including chicken coups and small layer houses.

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By Kristyn Richner

Females that are thin at calving have a risk of decreased milk production and rebreeding issues Body Condition Scoring (BCS) is a process that considers various physical aspects of livestock to determine nutritional deficiencies, health problems and improper herd management.

A body condition score is a number that represents body energy stores in a cow, based on muscle and fat. BCS is rated on a scale of 1 to 9, 1 being emaciated and 9 being very obese. It’s important to consider body condition at calving to promote longevity of the herd.

Body condition strongly influences productivity of a herd. If a cow has a high body condition score and is considered fat and obese, she will be more susceptible to metabolic issues, difficulty at calving, and risk of infection. But the reverse is also true of cows that are too thin.

Cows that are too thin may not breed back, or struggle during calving. Under condition cows may also struggle with milk production and lactation.

According to the University of Missouri Extension, the time to collect cow body condition score data is at weaning and calving. At weaning, cow body condition score should be 4 or greater because if it gets lower than that, it will take a lot of nutrition to get that cow back to her correct condition at calving.

“If cows are at a body condition score of 4 and the calf is big enough to wean, then go ahead and wean the calf because feeding cow and calf separately is better than trying to put a condition on the cow with a suckling calf,” Extension Livestock Specialist Patrick Davis has stated.

The best time to increase condition on a cow is while she is dry because of her low nutrient requirements. It is also the best time to identify cow condition score and determine a nutritional management strategy to get that cow back to

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the optimum body condition score of 6 before the next calving season.

Some research indicates that females that have a low body condition score at the time of calving, don’t rebreed well, even if they put the weight back on. According to a study performed by the Penn State Extension, body score is typically negatively correlated with dry matter intake. Essentially, cows that are overweight prior to calving, have a greater risk for low feed intake during the crucial time of calving. Which ultimately leads to less milk production, a decreased body condition, and low energy.

It’s also important to consider additional metabolic diseases, like ketosis.

Ketosis could occur in this situation from the reduced intake of dry matter.

Failure to conceive is one of the most, if not the most, important factor contributing to net calf crop. According to a study performed by the agriculture department at Virginia State University, cows with a body condition score of 4 or less have drastically lower conception rates. There is a “sweet spot” per say in beef cattle around 6 for reproduction.

Below this, there is an increased risk of failure to cycle, failure to conceive, increased calving interval, increased days to estrus, and decreased calf vigor. If higher than a 6, around an 8 or 9, there is an increased risk of dystocia, impaired mobility, failure to cycle, and failure to conceive.

The body condition scoring system is an important addition to any livestock operation. It is fairly easy to learn and implement and will ultimately increase longevity and profitability of a cow-calf operation. Considering BCS at calving is crucial for lactation and rebreeding.

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