meet your neighbors Broken Cedar Saanen Dairy Goat Farm 22nd Annual Missouri Bison Assoc.
Buffalo Show & Sale! March 21, 2020 • 11 a.m. Mo-Kan Livestock • Butler, MO Located 5 miles north of Butler at Passaic exit, right off I-49 (formerly Hwy. 71)
Need Not Be A Member Of Missouri Bison Association To Consign.
For more info. or to consign animals, contact: Peter Kohl: 816-585-4779 Carol Morris: 660-998-0990 Membership Meeting Buyer’s Reception, Meal & Fun Auction Friday Evening, March 20 – 6:00 PM MO-KAN Livestock Café
Located in Northwest Arkansas, our herd of high quality registered Saanen dairy goats has been in development for 10 years. We offer for sale excellent milking does, yearlings, kids, and breeding bucks.
Our bloodlines….
Introducing our new Junior Buck Sire, purchased from Rebekah Clarke of Willows, CA. STARLET LACE SIBER LEBEN. His Dam and Maternal Grandma were among the top five U.S. Saanen milkers in 2018. Will have kids from him later this spring. • Caprikorn Farms, Gapland, Maryland www.caprikornfarms.com • Caprikorn Zurich Bing • Des-Ruhigestelle Saanens, Molalla, Oregon www.ruhigestelle.com • Des-Ruhigestelle Eedrick
Contact us or come for a visit to see the herd. Eric Wailes, Owner/Manager 6355 E. Huntsville Rd. Fayetteville, AR 72701
(479) 236-6498
Email: ewailes@uark.edu www.brokencedarfarm.com
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Lifelong Learning By Terry Ropp
Former educator Jim Taylor continues to expand his knowledge When Jim Taylor was a youngster, he grew up on the Buffalo River between Marshall and St. Joe, Ark. He loved basketball but was not much interested in academics and remembers his high school graduation mostly because a flash flood that day engulfed much of the town. He then decided to go to college, because that’s what his friends were doing, and entered ag education. “My high school ag teacher, Embery Railey, who now lives in Lead Hill, Ark., was an important role model. He gave me confidence by giving me a belief in my ability to sucJim Taylor became a ceed,” Jim explained. cattleman 17 years ago. After teaching in public school, Jim was approached to become an administrator in a new disadvantaged and handicap are constant. I always come away from secondary training program in Harrison, seminars with some new knowledge,” Jim Ark., called Twin Lakes Vocational Cen- confided. “Among the most impactful inter, now part of North Arkansas Commu- novations have been in animal medicines, nity College. The late Sen. Dale Bumper combining weed control with fertilizer, and funded the 40-acre Springdale Northwest improving forage production.” Technical Institute with Jim as the head When Jim and his wife Corene puradministrator. The center is now the only chased 304 acres in Clifty 17 years ago, independent vocational training center Jim immediately saw the potential for out of 24 that were in the existence at the raising cattle. The land was cleared time, with the rest being affiliated with though weedy and had six springs in adjunior colleges. dition to well water. “Not everyone needs a college degree,” Jim credits James Roberts from Green Jim said. “However, everyone does need Forest, Ark., for his success in the cattle marketable skills and I especially loved business because of James’ more than helping reluctant students find a path- 60 years of experience. Jim approached way to success.” James about purchasing mature registered In spite of declared academic reluc- Angus cows, and purchased 32. When tance, Jim is a lifelong learnJames delivered the cows, he er. He goes to every seminar offered to help Jim sell his Clifty, Ark. he can find including one bull calves, something he still with a partial focus on condoes. trolling fescue toxicity. One of the most important “My basic knowledge comes concepts Jim learned from James from textbook learning, but was a high priority in stock selecinnovative improvements tion is the ability to retain good
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