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Roger Kathka produces registered Gelbvieh and Balancer seedstock

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The Royal Treatment Stark City, Mo., couple has the largest herd of Royal White sheep in the state

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FFA members place: FFA members from the Missouri Ozarks recently participated in the FFA Pork Speaking Contest state finals at the Missouri Pork Expo. Abigail Miller of Eldon, Mo., took home first-place honors, and Payden Nolting from the Lamar FFA finished third. Jaima DeVries of the Gainesville FFA also participated. In other news from the Expo, Matthew Morgan, a senior at Lamar High School was selected as one of the 2019 Missouri Pork Association Youth Pork Ambassadors, and Mikalah Schafer, a senior at Willard High School, was selected as a recipient of a $250 Missouri Pork Industry Scholarship from the Missouri Pork Association.

Richner wins contest: Megan Richner of El Dorado Springs, Mo., recently took first place at the Missouri Farm Bureau Young Farmers & Ranchers Discussion Meet. She will represent Missouri in January 2020 in at the American Farm Bureau Federation Annual Meeting in Austin, Texas.

Fake meat suit settled: Attorneys for the state have settled a lawsuit with vegetarian meat producers over a 2018 law aimed at cracking down on how the companies label their fake burgers, mock hot dogs and soybean-based crumbles. Details of the settlement are still being worked out between lawyers for both sides and had not yet been made public as of press time.

The lawsuit, filed by the ACLU and the makers of plant-based meats, alleged Missouri officials would be violating the free speech rights of companies like Oregon-based Tofurky by enforcing the law. The law states that if a product isn’t derived from an actual cow, chicken, turkey or some other animal with two or four feet, it can’t be marketed as meat. Supporters said the measure will protect ranchers, pork producers and the state’s chicken and turkey farmers. But, it has meant confusion for companies such as Hungry Planet, a St. Louis-based producer of “premium plant-based meats” sold in local grocery stores and to restaurants and colleges across the U.S. and abroad.

Douglas County, Mo., Farm Bureau contest winners announced: In honor of “Thank A Farmer” Week, the Douglas County Farm Bureau teamed up with seven local agribusinesses, who helped sponsor a $25 gift certificate drawing give-a-way for customers. Douglas County Farm Bureau boxes were placed at each participating location for those interested in registering for the opportunity to win a gift certificate. Winners were Genia Rowe, Mickey Sallee, Steven Sellers, John Craig, Doug Miller, Royce Ward and Laura Fenoff.

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Double V Ranch is working to breed better heifers

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Mural shows the unique history of Appleton City, Mo.

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Eye on Agribusiness highlights Sims Tractor Sales

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Roger Kathka likes proven performance

Hickory County, Mo., farm develops its own line from two unique breeds

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Horses come naturally to one Fair Grove, Mo., family

Town & Country features Kevin and Beth Srigley

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Two generations strive for success at Two County Ranch

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Youth in Agriculture spotlights Kristin Penn

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Getting them rebred

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Agriculture Education at The first seven arrived without incident and Missouri State University, even included one set of twins, but it all went and is an author and downhill after that with my wife and I having to professional speaker. assist each one of the next four.

To contact Jerry, go to The first two that required assistance came in ozarksfn.com and click relatively mild weather, where it really wasn’t on ‘Contact Us.’ uncomfortable to shed my coat, before putting on the shoulder-length OB gloves and getting right to work. The third one came in a cold rain which had left the corral resembling a pit that would have been perfect for a mud-wrestling event, but by that time, my vet assistant (Judy) knew the routine so perfectly, she was handing me the instruments before I even had to ask.

On the morning of the fourth event, it was 15 degrees, spitting a mixture of snow and freezing rain, with the wind blowing about 30 mph. Over breakfast, Judy commented, “I sure hope we don’t have to pull one today.” I nodded in agreement.

As I fed hay and checked everything that morning, everybody looked safe, although there was one heifer that was acting a little “cowy.” I only hoped that she would head to the wooded area and have it on her own. I checked on her again, about noon, and she still showed no signs of labor, so I breathed a sigh of relief, because the weather had gotten progressively worse as the day went on.

Judy rode with me in the UTV late that afternoon as I checked all the cows at three locations before sundown. Heifers were the first stop and, sure enough, the heifer that had — Continued on Page 5

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From Ayrshires to Milking Shorthorns, Julie Turner-Crawford from Angus to Watusis, from Berkshires to is a native of Dallas Red Waddles, Dorpers to Shrops, Boers to ToggenCounty, Mo., where she burgs, I want them all. grew up on her family’s I always picture in my mind what I would do with farm. She is a graduate similar operations. Most of my ideas are merely dreams, of Missouri State but they could all come true one day – if I win the University. To contact lottery. More livestock, more land and bigger tractors Julie, call 1-866-532-1960 would be in my future if I were to ever win a jackpot. or by email at editor@ As a child, I had many dreams about what I ozarksfn.com. wanted to do when I grew up.

Like many kids who grew up around animals, there were thoughts of becoming a veterinarian. I wanted to help all animals and a little part of me wanted to be a vet even as I reached my young adulthood, then I got a job as a tech in a small animal practice. I liked my job and found it very rewarding, however, it only took

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just a thought Across the Fence Continued from Previous Page a couple of reptile patients and being bitten a few times by small dogs named Fluffy or Cujo with bad attitudes to help me change my mind. I still have limited feeling in the tip of one finger because of an overly aggressive Chihuahua that not only bit me, but chewed mercilessly on my finger.

My big pipe dream was to become an archeologist. I dreamed of traveling the world to dig in ancient ruins and discover the past. In elementary school, my classmates and I learned about the tomb of Tutankhamun, more commonly known as King Tut. It was fascinating and I was ready to pack my bags for my own adventures. Unfortunately, there wasn’t much of a call for budding archeologists in my hometown, and Mom wasn’t a fan of “archeological digs” in the yard. Today I settle for what others are digging up on the History Channel, and what treasures I can find at auctions, thrift stores and flea markets, and one day I will make it to Arkansas’ Crater of Diamonds State Park.

No matter what I wanted to be as a kid, I always wanted to be involved in agriculture in some way, especially working with livestock, so being a veterinarian

made sense, but I don’t think a farmer archeologist would have worked too well in the Egyptian desert.

I discovered a new dream later in life after being laid off from my night factory job for the second time. With the factor permanently closing, I returned to college in my mid 20s as a “non-traditional student” in the agriculture department at what was then Southwest Missouri State University in Springfield, Mo. There I found a new path, a path that would eventfully lead me to various newspapers, and finally to OFN, where I have proudly been for four years.

I may not have fulfilled my childhood dreams, but I found new ones and I only look back fondly at the “what might have beens” along the way. I don’t have the show string of heifers or picturesque farm I always wanted, but I do get to share the stories of those who are working toward their goals.

I’m not giving up on all of my dreams just yet, because if you give up a dream, you give up part of yourself. I just have to get those six numbers right!

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Life Is Simple Continued from Page 3 acted suspicious earlier in the day, was in the edge of the woods, straining like crazy, with two feet and a nose protruding. I told Judy that we’d give her some more time while we checked the cows at the other two locations. An hour later, she hadn’t made any progress, so I decided to try to drive her the quarter-mile to the corral.

With Judy following in the UTV, I did my best to coax her out of the woods and into the open pasture towards the pen.

The freezing rain was stinging my face and all of us went directly into the frigid north wind. The windy trip took about 20 minutes and I was fairly certain that Judy was appreciating the heater in the UTV. Luckily, the young heifer was easy to get up and Judy parked right beside the squeeze chute with all my tools already loaded.

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The first problem occurred when I went to raise the tailgate on the chute – it was frozen solid to the bottom of the chute. I finally kicked and hammered enough until it broke loose. Next, as I tried to open the head gate, it, too, was frozen tight. After more kicking, hammering and strong language, it opened.

We got the heifer in and secured, and for the first time in my life, I had to break off frozen remnants of the water bag to get to the business at hand, when I had one of those great ideas. Judy has been hounding me for three years, to let her go up in the cow and attach the OB straps to the legs of the calf.

“Here’s your opportunity, dear. I’m going to let you do the honors today.”

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Stark City, Mo., couple has the largest herd of Royal White sheep in the state Photo by Sheila Harris

Carie Trammell of rural Stark City, Mo., does nothing by halfmeasures when it comes to raising cattle, children, chickens and, most recently, sheep.

Every spring, from mid-March through mid-April, she spends nights on a cot in the barn with her Royal White ewes when they’re ready to lamb, a practice she attributes to the success of her herd.

“Lambs are fragile,” Carie explained.

“Being with them during birth is really the only way to guarantee a low mortality rate.

“I also need to be there so I’ll know which babies go with which mothers, and to tag them with the names of their daddies. When I get a chance, I log all of the data into one large book.”

Carie and her husband, Shannon, are relative newcomers to sheep-rearing, but have already laid claim to being the largest producer of Royal White sheep in Missouri, although the project is primarily Carie’s. Last year’s breeding stock consisted of three rams and 34 ewes, but spring brought the newborns which, Carie Trammell hopes to build with 58 live births, nearly tripled the her herd of Royal White Sheep size of her herd. Only one lamb was lost. to 50 ewes.

Once a self-confessed “city girl,” Carie was working in a beauty salon in Neosho, Mo., when she met and married his desire to take over the care of the cattle rancher and traveling consultant, broiler houses.

Shannon Trammell. From that point, “I had just turned 50. I guess he thought her life changed dramatically. She styled I was getting old,” Carie laughed. “To tell hair by day, but her remaining hours the truth, that number did sort of weigh were spent learning the cattle business. on me. I thought, ‘maybe it is time to “When we added three children to the slow down,’ so I said OK.” mix, life got pretty hectic,” Carie explained.

“It was nice at first,” Carie continued.

Some 20 years later, she traded in salon “I had lots more time, so I started makwork for raising chickens. ing goat’s milk soaps and lotions, and “We contracted with marketing them in feed stores when George’s and built six broilI made trips into town. It was fun er houses, in hopes that the for a while, but I got restless. I chickens would some day alwanted some other type of livelow Shannon to retire from his stock to take care of – not traveling job,” Carie stated. more cattle, though; the Stark City, Mo. Four years ago, the Trammells’ calves were starting to feel adult son approached them with heavier to me.

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“As Shannon and I were thinking about options, it suddenly clicked. We had just purchased a 40-acre tract, sewn in Bermuda grass, and it occurred to us that it would be perfect for sheep. I knew that’s what I wanted. I’d never raised sheep before, but the challenge was appealing.

Plus, lambs would be easier to handle than calves.

“We began researching different breeds – something for meat and breeding stock – nothing that needed to be sheared,” she added.

The Trammells’ search led them to Royal Whites, a domestic, disease-resistant hybrid, bred for increased muscle and less fat.

With a mix of Dorper and St. Croix traits, Royal Whites are naturally polled and have a downy hair undercoat, resulting in the shedding of their wool every season.

The Trammells purchased 35 ewes from a seller in Prague, Okla., 20 of which were bred. They were informed that they weren’t due to lamb for a couple more weeks.

“I’m not sure if his dates were off, or if stress caused it, but, either way, those ewes started going into labor within three days of us getting them home,” Carie recalled. “I’d never raised sheep before, let alone lambed any, so things got exciting in a hurry. I was determined to succeed, though. I put the ewes in the barn, set up a cot and spent the next 28 nights there.

My live birth rate was 100 percent.

“That first year, it took some time to find markets for my sheep. But, now, most of them are spoken for before they’re born.”

Most of the Trammells’ lambs are sold for breeding stock, although Carie does raise a few wethers to sell directly to butchers.

“Lamb is one of the sweetest, most tender meats there is, especially when the sheep are grass-fed, as ours are,” she said.

The Trammells’ goal is to build their herd up to 50 ewes, a number Carie’s confident she’ll be able to manage by herself. Given her determination, she’s probably right.

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Cedar Creek Farm in Hickory County, Mo., is working to develop its own distinct herd Tracee Riley of rural Hickory County, is raising Scottish Highland and Pinzgauer cattle at Cedar Creek Farm on 64 acres outside of Preston, Mo. Along with her husband, Roger, a lab technician for Timkens, working in product development, they currently have 20 head and are crossing the two European breeds.

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“Neither breed is that popular in this area,” Tracee said. “Both are docile breeds and adaptable to our Ozarks climate extremes, able to tolerate the heat.

Of course, the Highlands with their thick hides and longer hair are more economical to feed in the winter, requiring less feed to maintain body temp.

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According to the American Pinzgauer terms of good taste and quality.”

The cross, Tracee said, is a new venture Association, the Austrian breed is one of the oldest in the world. When crossed with for the couple at their Cedar Creek Farm.

“We’re just getting started,” she added. breeds like Highlands, they are known for increased milk production, weaning and “The Highlands mature at a slower rate so we’re looking for a faster growth yearling weights. Highland rate with the cross-breeding. We cattle are also considered a calve in the spring and the fall.

Heritage Breed, dating from Our first cross calves were born the sixth century. The harsh last spring, weighing 90 pounds conditions of its original home Preston, Mo. versus the usual 60-plus country, the Scottish Highlands, pounds for Highland calves. created a natural selection proOur cattle are primarily cess which continues to show grass-fed but we supplement through in the 21st century

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“The suckling calves have free access to calf creep. We also ensure they have plenty of loose minerals and salt licks. We prefer our steers to be grain-finished so we finish them out the last 90 to 120 days on a custom blend of rolled corn, oats, soy hull pellets, molasses and BP balancer.”

Tracee, who is retired military, grew up on a farm in northwest Missouri, near Tarkio, where her family had commercial cattle and row crops.

“I was an Aircrew Survival Equipmentman (Parachute Rigger) in the military and made one jump in school. A lot of people enjoy sky diving but I landed safely once and that was enough for me,” she added with a laugh.

After the military, she returned to her agricultural roots.

She works with FFA and 4-H youth who show cattle at various regional fairs and shows.

The students come from Missouri schools in Cross Timbers, Wheatland, Linn and even Lebanon.

“I love working with the youth who don’t have an opportunity to show because they don’t live where they can keep animals or their parents are not actively involved in agriculture. One of my kids, upon graduation, took her graduation money and bought three of my heifers to start her own herd,” Tracee said.

The Highland cattle seem to be growing in popularity, and there are many questions asked of Tracee at shows and other events.

“The Highlands are a smaller breed and therefore, easier to handle and less intimidating than many of the larger breeds,” she explained “They draw the crowds at shows and festivals with their furry coats and impressive horns.

Most people don’t even realize they are a multi-purpose breed, raised over the years for beef and dairy and even used as draft animals. In this country, they are primarily a beef breed. We like the fact that the Highlands draw people in and then we can talk about and continue to promote both breeds.

We show at county fairs, the Ozark Empire Fair, the Missouri State Fair, shows and displays like Farm Fest, Living History Days, and Heritage Days.”

Her Pinagauer’s also turn a few heads.

“The American Pinagauer Association has their national show at the Missouri State Fair,” Tracee said.

“Last year my crossbred bull took grand champion and my crossbred heifer took reserve. It was such a rewarding finish to the show season for the kids.”

The Riley’s operation may be small right now but with champion stock, they have plans for the future, and are building their seedstock operation.

“We sell bulls, heifers and steers by private treaty as well as at the upcoming Heartland Highland Auction at the Mid-Missouri Stockyard in April,” Trace said. “And then we’ll see where we go from there.”

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Double V Ranch turns to Red Angus to produce high-quality heifers and cows Victor Miller likes good cows. 30. If it’s a good heifer, I’ll keep it, black He likes cows that hold their or not.”

Victor utilizes an AI program for his 300condition well, raise a good head cowherd, followed by Red Angus calf, and that “look like cows.”

Thanks to the influence of Red Angus, clean up bulls. About 80 percent of his Victor feels he has the cows, and heifers, herd is bred through AI, with half calving in the fall and the other half in the spring. he was looking for.

“It really helps us group our calving time,” As Victor began to build his herd, he used a variety of bulls, but it was the Red he explained. “We had 75 percent of our Angus that proved to work best in his calves this season come in 30 days. We’re tightening that up and it helps in marketoperation and for his goals.

“We got our first (Red Angus) bulls ing our cattle. The bulls I use, even my about 20 years ago and then went with clean up bulls, are in the top 25 percent of some Charolais and some Gelbvieh, but the Red Angus breed. I’m trying to use bulls I wanted to retain my own heifers, so I that have the same EPDs that my AI bulls went back to Red Angus,” he said. “For do, so I’m seeing pretty good results.”

Top heifers from each calving season, the last five years, we’ve been exclusiveabout 80 annually, are retained and ly using Red Angus bulls. placed into the breeding program at “I really like the mothers.

14 months of age.

About half of my herd used “Thirty days before breeding, to be black cows, and the we’ll get the vet out to score and black cows were in the ponds measure everything,” Victor and in the shade when the red explained. “They will qualify cows were out eating, so I went Halfway, Mo. for Show-Me-Select heifers. back to Red Angus. We still We don’t worry about calvhave some black cows, maybe

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meet your neighbors ing heifers because they are able to calve on their own. We have our cowherd pretty much where we want it, so we’re going to start selling some heifers. We have consigned for the Show Me Reds (sale) in Springfield and I’m excited to see how they go. We use the Red Navigator test. It’s not an actual EPD but ranks them where they are in the breed. We’re a little above average in the ranking with our heifers.”

Focusing on the production of high-quality heifers is Victor’s priority at this time.

“I want to keep in the heifer market,” he said. “I’m not saying I won’t go to bulls, but right now we’re going to concentrate on quality heifers. I like females that look like cows. She has to be deep bodied, have some length and I want something that looks like a mother. I like to keep heifers I think are going to have good udders. It’s amazing how these little teacup udders can wean such big calves. I have heifers that are AI sired, having AI calves and you can see it; the performance is there.”

Cows are not offered grain, but do receive mineral supplements and hay when needed. Because the diet of his herd is forage based, Victor broadcasts clover and has no-till drilled some lowerquality pastures with Cold Grazer Rye. “We also use poultry litter and soil test to try and keep everything balanced. We bale baleage and I think that’s something that’s important and helps us out,” Victor said.

Pasture is stockpiled for calving and Victor has fed little hay thus far this winter, while his cows have maintained good condition.

“The calves are growing like weeds,” Victor said. “The bulls we use are Herd Builders and GridMaster and are in the top 5 percent; the weaning weights and everything is right there… I want to maintain my cow weight around 1,200 pounds, so I’m not using a terminal bull to get all the pounds I can get; I try to keep a balance. Watching my bulls’ EPDs, I want that maintenance to be at zero or minus. I want to have a cow that can maintain herself, raise a good calf and not get too big.”

Since making the switch to Red Angus, Victor said he has seen tremendous growth in his calf crops. Calves are offered a 14 percent creep feed a few weeks prior to weaning, then are switched to a ration starter a couple of weeks later.

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“We want them to know where the feed is at and when we wean, they just take off,” Victor said. “Last fall, we weaned calves in the upper 500s. Twenty-one days later, we weighed them again and they had gained over 4 pounds a day. I feel we’re on the right track with our calves.”

In addition to genetics, Victor credits low-stress cattle handling methods of Bud Williams for higher AI rates, greater gains in calves and overall health.

“Working cows, we don’t have any hotshots, no paddles, no sticks, no hollering; it’s all very quiet,” Victor said.

“When we bring in the cows to AI, they are just like dairy cows and turn the corner. We don’t dread working cows anymore. It’s a family deal and everyone helps, and it’s not a stressful time.”

Accurate and detailed records are critical for Victor. Knowing the history of an animal at a glance allows him to be a better herd manager.

When a cow calves, the date, how much the calf weighed, the sex, calving ease and the BCS of the cow are recorded. At weaning, the calf’s weight is again recorded. Ear tags are also a quick reference for the Millers, thanks to a series of letters and numbers.

The Double V Ranch, named for Victor and his wife Veronica, is putting its genetics to a new test. The Millers recently sent a group of about 66 calves to a Kansas feedlot, and have retained ownership in those animals.

“I’m looking forward to seeing the data on those calves,” Victor said. “We sent them about 90 days after weaning with an average weight of about 820 pounds.”

Victor’s herd is housed on five farms, requiring a 50-mile round trip to visit each location. Victor also raises contract turkeys for Cargill, so it’s impossible for him to check cattle multiple times a day, which is why a stringent health program is critical for overall herd health.

“Vaccinations are very important; as long as you are fence-to-fence with a neighbor, you can get anything,” Victor said.

Victor is pleased with his current herd numbers, which will allow him to maintain his focus on his genetics and heifer development.

“I really don’t think I want to get much bigger.”

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By Malia Mount

The history of Appleton City, Mo., Something has happened at the grocery store in Appleton City, Mo., that has the whole town buzzing – and it’s not the price of milk.

It all started, when Appleton City Food Fair co-owner Will Wetter glanced across the parking lot to the white wall on the narrow block building next door (where he is also co-owner) and said to himself, “That wall needs something.”

He then discussed the possibilities with co-owner Kathy Fischer. The two agreed to reach out to local artists to see if anyone was interested in painting a mural of some kind on the wall.

When Shelly Mullani-Bales learned of the possibility, she was definitely interested and excited. Shelly has done around 10 other murals throughout her career.

However, determining what to include in the 8-foot-high by 95-foot-long space, she admits, was a little overwhelming.

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Wetter and Fischer say they had a few ideas for the project, but mostly wanted Shelly to be free to create the wall without a lot of parameters on how it should look. She said their encouragement in

telling her to “do you” was what most excited her about the project.

While searching for a starting point, Will did a Facebook survey to see what the community would like included.

Shelly made it her personal goal to include each item mentioned in the mural in some way.

Though not intended to be a literal portrayal of Appleton City history, Shelly said she wanted to capture the spirit of the town’s past as well as the future possibilities. The wall begins with the depiction of Native Americans; moves through the growth of the agricultural based community, centered around railway access and the coal mine; highlights town monuments and milestones; celebrates memories of Appleton City alumni with a burst of Bulldog spirit; honors the veteran heroes, the fallen, the country and God; and, finally, plants the seeds for a future strongly rooted in the past.

Shelly said one of the most challenging concepts she struggled with developing was “grocery store evolution,” mentioned in the Facebook survey. She

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mastered the idea beautifully by including vintage, grocer advertisements throughout the mural. Each includes one of the previous grocers in Appleton City (Will B. Stouts, L.E. Bailey, and Yoss Brothers) along with the ad copy of the time period, such as: “Eagle Stamps,” “Sanitary Meat Department” and “Old Glory and Boonville Flour.”

Another new project in St. Clair County has been a push to develop a barn quilt path. Barn quilts are popping up on barns and local businesses throughout the county. So, Shelly included a painted quilt block in each sections of the mural.

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Each quilt block was chosen to reflect the main subject of that section. Visitors up to a challenge could find it interesting to identify the name of each quilt block based on the section it is in.

Another challenge to visitors is to find the wolf hidden within the painting.

Shelly said she simply wanted to bring joy to the community. As she pondered that idea, she remembered an old Native American proverb about two wolves. The story goes that we have two wolves, one positive and one negative. The one that grows is the one we feed. So, the wolf reminds us to feed the positive.

Though not a native of Appleton City, Shelly has been the elementary art teacher there for the past 13 years.

No one has enjoyed watching the mural come to life more than Shelly’s current and former art students. As her students passed by, she would take the time to talk to them about the project, even letting some participate in painting of the wall. Shelly’s love and encouragement for her students is very apparent, especially when she discussed the significance of the murals ending quote. “Sometimes you find yourself in the middle of nowhere, and sometimes

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in the middle of nowhere, you find yourself.” Shelly said at one point in her career she debated leaving Appleton City to move on to “bigger and better things.” However, as she watched her students creating such wonderful things, she made up her mind that where a person lives does not determine their ability to accomplish big things.

It is often noted that the vitality of a community can be seen in whether the community can support a grocery store, and vice versa. With that being the test, let it be known that Appleton City is alive and well.

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calves,” Roger recalled. “That’s when I began looking at Gelbvieh.”

Roger purchased a Gelbvieh bull to service his commercial herd, but at that time the breed was still a little hard to come by.

“That was in the mid-1980s,” Roger recalled. “I finally found one. He was just off the cow, a little scrawny and had scurs. He

late 1960s, early 1970s, my dad went to was a little stunted, but his calves really AI school and while he was at the school, grew out and I was impressed with that. I they talked about how Simmentals were got five registered Gelbvieh heifers from being imported. The school told him Seedstock Plus back in 2001 and that’s my they would furnish the semen if he bred registered herd’s foundation.”

Roger now has a registered Gelbvieh some of his cows to Simmentals, and they would buy his heifers, so that’s what he and Balancer herd of 27 cows at his Red did. That’s what really got me started at Bud Ranch outside of Buffalo, Mo. “I’ve had pretty good luck with these looking at bigger cows.” cows,” he said. “I’ve always had good Roger continued to raise luck with Angus, too, but if you Simmentals for several years look at the Gelbvieh breed, it’s and eventually went with a basically grassroots commercial strictly commercial herd, but guys who switched over. This a trip to a cousin’s farm back in breed was built for producKansas changed that.

Buffalo, Mo. tion and that’s what I have “He had Gelbvieh bulls and always liked about them…

I was really impressed with his

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meet your neighbors When you’re trying to be a seedstock producer you pay more attention to details, keep better records and get more data.

When I first started, I didn’t think about carcass data until we started doing carcass ultrasounds on my stock, then I started thinking that these were some of the attributes I needed to work on.”

Roger utilizes a timed AI program and is selective about the matings for each female.

“There’s no perfect animal out there and I don’t want to get too one-sided on anything,” he said. “I don’t want to lose my maternal side because I want carcass.”

During his last breeding cycle, Roger selected about a dozen different sires for his females.

“Having that data in my AI program is a marketing tool for me because you have that calf’s background… If farming and raising cattle was easy, then everyone would do it.”

As a smaller producer, Roger wants animals that are proven to perform, so he doesn’t invest in the “next big thing.”

“I don’t like to use something new,” he said. “I can’t go out and invest a bunch of money in something I don’t know about, that doesn’t have any calves on the ground if I only have 27 cows. I want to see how an animal actually performs before I invest. I want consistency. I want to get bulls that a commercial guy can use instead of taking a chance on getting one that might not work.”

Roger markets his cattle through private treaty and is very selective about the animals he offers to other producers.

“If I don’t think they are going to do well, I will cut the bulls and market any heifers as feeder calves,” he said. “An animal has to have strong feet and legs and made right.

They might have great EPDs, but EPDs are just data generated by a computer.”

About 60 percent of the calves he produces and markets are Balancers, which are produced through Roger’s AI program.

“I really like the Balancers,” he said. “I think the heterozygous influences you get with Balancers is really great. I have kept some Balancer cows and I will breed them back to a Gelbvieh because I like that 50/50 mix, then that 75 percent Gelbvieh and 25 percent Angus. I don’t want to go the other way with less Gelbvieh influence. At times I think we are losing that MARCH 4, 2019

foundation Gelbvieh. My biggest challenge is finding something that will add to my herd. It gets kind of risky because you can slip backward easily. I can find more Angus sires to match up with I want to do.

If I’m not moving forward with my herd, then I might be moving backward.”

Bulls not sold as calves go to a grower in Mendon, Mo., in mid-April, early May, so calves are weaned between 5 1/2 and 6 months of age. Calves are offered a 14 percent protein creep feed prior to weaning to help reduce the stress.

Bull calves are switched to a 12 percent grower about two weeks after weaning.

“I like to have them weaned, bunk broke and going to feed,” he explained. “If I can find a little silage, I like to get that in front of them so they know what it is.”

Because he retains his own females, Roger does not keep his bulls for his own breeding program.

In addition to his registered herd, Rogers has a small commercial herd with a partner, allowing him to move some females from the registered side of his operation.

Roger may spend a great deal of time developing his genetics, but his cattle are far from pampered.

“I run all of my cows on what everyone else has: endophyte-infected fescue,” he said. “I try to interseed clover as much as I can to combat it, but I can’t figure out how to wipe it out and put in an endophyte-free fescue.”

Roger offers mineral supplements and tubs to his herd, as well as hay when needed. He also follows a vaccination, deworming and delousing protocol.

The recent drought caused him to cut his herd by about a third last year, which were his spring-calving females.

“I needed to thin down a little anyway…

I just have better luck with fall calves and getting females rebred in the fall than I do in the summer,” Roger explained. “I was kind of hesitate, but in the spring it’s hard for me to do things as it is, so when you add calves hitting the ground… I feel like I have to be around when they calve.

I don’t have any calving issues, but as a seedstock producer, you still have to be around to weigh that calf and that kind of stuff. I want to be more semi-retired one day and have a little more free time, so the fall calves make more sense for me.”

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Northwest of Fair Grove span- find Thoroughbreds, Fox Trotters, Morning the Pomme de Terre River gans, Arabians, Quarter Horses, mules, lies BC Stables & Training Cen- Mammoth donkeys, former jumpers, you ter, a magnet for trail riders and name it. Some riders bring in their big travel rigs and camp for days. Others are their equines.

You’ll likely be welcomed by resident day and weekend riders.

Horseman Tim Brock and his wife, hound Jake, a passel of cats and a flock of chickens who scratch for morsels of Karen O’Very and her daughters, Laugrain in the sawdust of the indoor arena. ren and Meghan, are the human faces of You’ll have your choice of about 20 miles BC Stables. Their lifestyle is defined by of trails on some 500 acres, as well as a their love of horses and desire to create a challenging obstacle course, two arenas bond between animal and rider through and plenty of stalls and pastures to ac- the practice of natural horsemanship.

It’s a relatively simple concept that’s commodate resident animals. complex to put together, Tim exThroughout the year, 60 plained. Because horses and people to 100 equines may be pasdon’t speak the same language, tured, stabled, in training or you begin by asking the horse to brought in for trail rides at any do something in a way it underone time. stands and can respond to corInside the barn and outdoor Fair Grove, Mo. rectly. Then you add another stalls, in the mare and gelding request and build on that. pastures and on the trails, you’ll

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meet your neighbors “The horse gains confidence and starts looking for ways to please you,” he said.

“To build trust, you give the rider tools and ideas to help the horse understand what you want it to do. You end up with a mutual relationship that’s a 52/48 partnership. You have to help the horse do something correctly, to give it that win and then praise it and let it know it did it right. That’s a blast!” he said.

Karen shared her own experience with natural horsemanship. “I didn’t know about the whole natural horsemanship thing until Tim. My horse was striking out at me and was aggressive, and I had this feeling that I had to be the dominant one, the one who called the shots. I went to Tim’s clinic with that mentality. I found out very quickly – in 10 or 15 minutes – I was wrong. I began sobbing when I realized that my horse was actually afraid of me and was not dominant aggressive. The minute my mindset changed, she began giving everything to me. Now, she would go through fire for me.

We have a bond like no other,” she said.

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To build trust, you give the rider tools and ideas to help the horse understand what you want it to do. You end up with a mutual relationship that’s a 52/48 partnership. You have to help the horse do something correctly, to give it that win and then praise it and let it know it did it right. That’s a blast!”

– Tim Brock “This whole natural horsemanship thing … it will consume you.”

That, in fact, is what it did for Tim. His journey to BC Stables began in Indiana farm country where he didn’t have a horse until after college. “He wasn’t a good horse. I would ride him and come off him four or five times in a ride.” he admitted. People advised him to sell or get a different or bigger bit or “here’s what my grandpa would have done” advice.

From there, Tim searched for better answers, including attending an equine show where John Lyons and Monty Roberts, two big names in natural horsemanship, were both present. “It opened my eyes to see them start a horse in just an hour. Why couldn’t I do that?” he recalled. He rented videos and bought books and began to understand it wasn’t about “breaking” a horse to ride.

Then came an opportunity to take a Pat

Parelli natural horsemanship class and to begin applying what he learned to his own wayward horse and others. Next, he spent a month at the Minnesota Horse Training Academy where he watched untouched, untrained horses change in a month to where they would do anything for their riders. He began training more horses himself and after a horse camping vacation at Brushy Creek Lodge & Resort in Missouri, he became the campground manager. Next door was a training center for show Fox Trotters. There, he observed and learned the difference between being a horseman and a trainer.

“A horseman has the interest of the horse and rider and their relationship.

A trainer has a timeline to get prepared for a show. I’m not knocking show trainers at all. It’s just that they have a time schedule,” he said.

Through fortuitous circumstances Tim learned of a former stable near Fair — Continued on Page 24

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Hometown: Conway and Bennett Spring, Mo. In Town: Kevin and Beth Srigley own A-Lane Tire & Feed in Conway, Mo. They have been in the auto business for over 25 years. Kevin runs the shop and is there whenever they are open while Beth does all of the bookkeeping except for the daily transactions.

“The primary business is selling tires in all sizes for any and all vehicles, which includes tires for bicycles, personal automobiles, fleets, agriculture, buses, tractors, and just about anything you can think of,” Kevin said.

Their shop also provides flat repairs and oil changes, and sells new and reconditioned batteries for everything from ATVs and motorcycles on up to tractors. In addition to the tire business, the Srigleys sell Grow-Smart livestock feed in bag and bulk, Montgomery Livestock Equipment, Tri-State Carports and Clear Span Barns and they provide hay bale trailer rentals. Kevin is also dealer for Rack ‘em, Stack ‘em Deer Feed.

Beth has owned her own cleaning business for 10 years now. At Busy Brooms she primarily cleans residential homes.

“I stay pretty busy,” Beth said. “What started as cleaning one house for a recently widowed gentleman from church, turned into another, and then another. By word of mouth, I ended up with a cleaning business.”

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In the Country: Kevin and Beth have a small commercial cow/calf herd made up of mostly black Gelbviehs.

Beth said they chose Gelbviehs for their good disposition and because they are popular with the feedlots. They do rotational grazing using electric fencing at three locations in both Dallas and Webster counties. If needed, Kevin said they will supplement with purchased hay. He uses his own bull for breeding and often holds back heifers for replacement cows. The rest are sold at the Buffalo Livestock Market when they reach optimum weight.

He will also sometimes background feed his own steers. Kevin’s town job is closed on Sundays and Wednesdays so Wednesdays are when he catches up on all the farm work required for their cow/calf operation.

Although very busy, Kevin and Beth enjoy their businesses and farm lives but would someday like to focus entirely on the cattle operation.

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slaughter

market sales reports

bulls

beef

(Week of 2/17/19 to 2/23/19) Buffalo Livestock Market

Midwest - High Plains Direct Slaughter Cattle

70.00-85.50

Douglas County Livestock Auction - Ava

†

75.00-91.50

Interstate Regional Stockyards - Cuba

73.00-78.50

Joplin Regional Stockyards

†

†

58.00-89.00 †

Mid Missouri Stockyards

55.00-86.00*

MO-KAN Livestock Auction - Butler

76.00-93.50*

Ozarks Regional Stockyards

68.00-92.50*

Springfield Livestock Marketing

10

30

dairy

Not Reported †

South Central Regional Stockyards - Vienna

52.50-91.50 † 5

50

70

90

110

130

30.00-65.50 †

Buffalo Livestock Market

10.00-63.00 † 38.00-61.00 †

Interstate Regional Stockyards - Cuba

17.00-72.50 †

Joplin Regional Stockyards

45.00-68.50 †

Kingsville Livestock Auction

30.00-67.00 †

Mid Missouri Stockyards

33.50-70.00 †

MO-KAN Livestock Auction - Butler

20.00-68.00 †

Ozarks Regional Stockyards South Central Regional Stockyards - Vienna

Not Reported † 15.00-65.00 †

Springfield Livestock

0

20

40

cow/calf

60

80

100

pairs

(Week of 2/17/19 to 2/23/19) None Reported †

Buffalo Livestock Market

None Reported †

Douglas County Livestock Auction - Ava Interstate Regional Stockyards - Cuba Joplin Regional Stockyards

None Reported †

Mid Missouri Stockyards

550.00-1425.00 † Not Reported

Springfield Livestock

Ava Douglas County† 2/21/19

†

690.00-1400.00 †

500

1000

1500

replacement

2000

2500

cows

(Week of 2/17/19 to 2/23/19)

Steers, Med. & Lg. 1

Prices reported per cwt

750.00-1325.00 †

Buffalo Livestock Market Douglas County Livestock Auction - Ava Interstate Regional Stockyards - Cuba

None Reported † 850.00-1085.00 †

Joplin Regional Stockyards

550.00-1450.00 † 900.00-1250.00 †

Mid Missouri Stockyards MO-KAN Livestock Auction - Butler

None Reported †

Ozarks Regional

200.00-1250.00 †

South Central Regional Stockyards - Vienna

500

Heifers, Med. & Lg. 1

Not Reported † 500.00-1250.00 †

Springfield Livestock Marketing Center

1000

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

400-500 lbs.

500-600 lbs.

600-700 lbs.

700-800 lbs.

None Reported †

Kingsville Livestock Auction

300-400 lbs.

400-500 lbs.

500-600 lbs.

600-700 lbs.

700-800 lbs.

1500

2000

300-400 lbs.

400-500 lbs.

500-600 lbs.

600-700 lbs.

700-800 lbs.

Buffalo Livestock Auction* 2/23/19

Butler Mo-Kan Livestock† 2/21/19

Cuba Interstate Regional† 2/19/19

2/22/19

Compared to last week slaughter lambs were firm to 5.00 higher. Slaughter ewes were uneven, fleshier ewes 5.00-10.00 higher and thin ewes weak to 5.00 lower.

Feeder lambs were not well tested. At San Angelo, TX 3523 head sold. No sales in Equity Electronic Auction.

In direct trading slaughter ewes and feeder lambs were not tested. 5100 head of negotiated sales of slaughter lambs were 1.00 higher. 2,327 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 135-160 lbs 126.00130.00.

VA: wooled 110-125 lbs 125.00-155.00.

PA: shorn and wooled no report.

Ft.Collins, CO: wooled 150-190 lbs 127.50-140.00.

South Dakota: shorn and wooled 110-130 lbs 143.00164.00; 130-145 lbs 144.00-146.00.

Kalona, IA: no test.

Billings, MT: no test.

Missouri: no test.

Equity Elec: no sales.

Slaughter Lambs: Choice and Prime 1-2: San Angelo: 40-60 lbs 246.00-260.00, few 264.00; 60-70 lbs 230.00-249.00; 70-80 lbs 230.00-239.50; 80-90 lbs 206.00-230.00, few 233.00; 90-110 lbs 190.00-218.00.

Pennsylvania: no report.

Kalona, IA: no test.

Ft. Collins: 50-60 lbs 230.00-235.00; 60-70 lbs 227.50242.50; 70-80 lbs 207.50-215.00; 80-85 lbs 200.00-207.50; 90 lbs 215.00.

Missouri: 40-70 lbs 265.00-287.50.

Virginia: 60-80 lbs 197.50-270.00; 80-110 lbs 200.00.

South Dakota: 60-70 lbs 220.00-249.00; 70-80 lbs 218.00-235.00; 100-110 lbs 172.50-185.00.

Billings, MT: no test.

stocker & feeder

1100.00-1350.00 †

South Central Regional Stockyards - Vienna

2/14/19

None Reported †

Ozarks Regional

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Norwood, Mo. • Producers Auction Yards

National Sheep Summary

Receipts: 511 Sheep and Goat Sale 2nd Thursday 6:00 PM and 4th Saturday 1:00 PM. Compared to last month, feeder and slaughter lambs traded steady to 10.00 higher while slaughter ewes and rams traded steady to weak. Feeder and slaughter goats traded mostly steady with, slaughter does and bucks steady to weak. Demand was good on a light supply. The supply consisted of 39 percent lambs, 28 percent ewes and rams, 29 percent kid goats, and 4 percent bucks and does. All prices are per hundred weight (CWT) unless noted otherwise.

SHEEP: 341 head mostly hair breeds.

Feeder Lambs: Medium and Large 1 35-47 lbs 270.00295.00. Medium and Large 1-2 30-44 lbs 245.00-260.00.

Slaughter Lambs: Choice and Prime 2-3 50-53 lbs 267.50-280.00, 70-84 lbs 215.00-230.00. Good and Choice 1-3 55-67 lbs 230.00-250.00, 76-90 lbs 195.00205.00.

Slaughter Ewes: Good 1-2 88-125 lbs 95.00-100.00. Utility and Good 1-3 90-179 lbs 57.50-75.00.

Slaughter Rams: Good 1-2 135-155 lbs 100.00-110.00.

Utility and Good 1-3 145-210 lbs 75.00-80.00.

Replacement Ewes: Medium and Large 1-2 85-144 lbs 95.00-105.00 per head.

Replacement Rams: Medium and Large 1-2 125-130 lbs 225.00-250.00 per head.

Families: Medium and Large 1 100.00-117.50 per head.

Medium and Large 2 65.00-90.00 per head.

GOATS: 170 head Feeder Kids: Selection 2 Few 38 lbs 265.00. Selection 3 33-45 lbs 200.00-225.00.

None Reported †

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2/21/19

Receipts: 640 Supply good, several lots of feeder kids. Demand moderate to good. All prices are per hundred weight (CWT) unless noted otherwise. **Scheduling note: Next sale will be March 7.

SHEEP: Feeder Lambs, hair: Medium and Large 1 42 lbs 265.00, Medium and Large 1-2 27-38 lbs 238.00-255.00.

Slaughter Hair Lambs: Prime 2-3 50-60 lbs. 265.00275.00. Choice 2-3 45-60 lbs. 242.50-255.00. Good 1-2 70 lbs. 215.00.

Replacement Ewes: mostly hair, some wooled, Medium and Large 1-2 85-96 lbs 100.00-132.00; 90-105 lbs. 75.0090.00. Medium and Large 2 125-150 lbs 67.50.

Slaughter Wooled Ewes: Good 1-2 134-165 lbs. 47.5058.00. Utility 1-2 few 95-105 lbs. 30.00-45.00.

Slaughter Hair Ewes: Utility and Good 1-3 95-120 lbs.

65.00-87.50.

Rams, hair: 145-170 lbs. 85.00-93.00.

Families: Medium and Large 1-2 mostly one baby at side, some twins 85.00-95.00 per head. Medium and Large 2 several ewes with twins 42.50-67.50 per head.

GOATS: Feeder kids: Selection 1 30-47 lbs. 305.00-340.00. Selection 1-2 30-45 lbs 270.00-300.00. Selection 2 30-40 lbs.

230.00-252.50. Pygmys 30.00-60.00 per head.

Slaughter Kids: Selection 1 50-63 lbs 305.00-360.00.

Selection 1-2 51-60 lbs 270.00-295.00, 70-93 lbs 190.00230.00. Selection 2 55-68 lb 210.00-250.00, 90-110 lbs 140.00-150.00. Selection 3 55-61 lbs 130.00-185.00.

Slaughter Does: Selection 1-2 75-160 lbs 100.00-130.00.

Slaughter Bucks: Selection 1-2 80-130 lbs 140.00170.00.

Replacement Does, Rams and Families: Scarce

Slaughter Kids: Selection 1 52-65 lbs 310.00-338.00.

Selection 1-2 50-72 lbs. 270.00-305.00; 80-95 lbs 190.00220.00. Selection 2 50-80 lbs. 180.00-235.00. Selection 3 65-80 lbs. 150.00.

Replacement does: Selection 1-2 65-105 lbs. 142.50175.00. Selection 2-3 94-170 lbs. 120.00-131.00.

Slaughter Does: Selection 2 134-170 lbs. 125.00-127.50.

Selection 2-3 61-128 lbs 90.00-122.50. Selection 3 75105 lbs. 50.00-80.00.

Slaughter Bucks: Selection 1-2 few 105-190 lbs. 155.00170.00. Selection 2-3 70-161 lbs. 120.00-130.00. Selection 3 few 110-150 lbs 112.50-115.00.

Families: Selection 1-2 mostly twins at side 65.00-72.50 per head.

1150.00-1300.00 †

Kingsville Livestock Auction

0

goats

Diamond, Mo. • TS Whites Sheep and Goat Sale

(Week of 2/17/19 to 2/23/19) Douglas County Live

cattle

127 5(3257(' sheep &

cows

slaughter

2/24/19

5 Area (Tx-Ok, Ks, Neb, Ia, Colo) Live Basis Sales - Over 80% Choice Steers: 124.50-129.00; wtd. avg. price 126.43.

Heifers: 124.50-129.00; wtd. avg. price 125.93.

Dressed Basis Sales - Over 80% Choice Steers: 200.00-204.00; wtd. avg. price 201.99.

Heifers: 202.00-204.00; wtd. avg. price 202.28.

60.00-90.50 †

Kingsville Livestock Auction

cattle

prices

Joplin Regional Stockyards† 2/18/19

Kingsville Livestock Auction† 2/19/19

Mid Missouri Stockyards* 2/21/19

441

1,102

1,505

557

4,509

3,490

1,100

Steady

Steady

St-6 Higher

St-3 Lower

2-6 Higher

St-5 Higher

St-8 Higher

175.00-190.00 175.00-182.50 154.00-172.00 135.00-148.00 130.00-136.50

175.00-191.00 167.00-183.25 157.00-178.00 145.00-160.50 132.00-137.00

----176.00-195.00 163.00-181.50 140.50-167.00 135.50-148.00

195.00 171.00 160.00-165.50 140.00-148.85 132.25

187.00-200.00 162.50-200.00 161.00-184.00 136.00-159.00 131.00-147.00

----177.50-188.00 159.50-190.00 149.25-162.00 135.25-154.75

170.00-195.00 165.00-190.00 155.00-190.00 142.00-167.00 136.00-145.00

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----139.00-169.00 143.00-157.00 120.00-140.00 125.00-127.00

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147.50-157.00 140.00-152.50 132.00-142.50 122.50-132.50 122.50-125.00

147.00-163.00 140.00-156.00 130.00-152.00 127.00-135.00 121.00-126.00

----145.00-170.00 148.00-161.25 129.00-145.50 131.00-136.50

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151.00-173.00 150.00-165.00 130.00-157.00 121.00-144.00 126.00-135.50

----150.00-165.00 128.75-161.25 126.25-148.00 127.75-135.00

150.00-165.00 142.00-158.00 134.00-154.00 122.00-140.00 118.00-126.00

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s 265.00-287.50.

197.50-270.00; 80-110 lbs 200.00.

70 lbs 220.00-249.00; 70-80 lbs -110 lbs 172.50-185.00. est.

rices

Kingsville Livestock Auction† 2/19/19

Negotiated Purchase (Including Packer Sold) Barrows & Gilts (carcass basis): 1,610 Compared to Prior Day’s closing weighted average (LM_ HG208): 0.53 lower Price Range: $43.00 - $46.50.

Wtd Avg: $45.67.

5 Day Rolling Avg: $47.03.

Western Cornbelt Daily Direct Sow & Boar Report

2/25/19

Sows Negotiated Purchase (Including Packer Sold) Sows Purchased (Live and Carcass Basis): 2,140 300-399 lbs: 22.00-43.50.

400-449 lbs: 23.00-45.00.

450-499 lbs: 27.00-46.50.

500-549 lbs: 40.00-48.00.

550/up lbs: 43.00-49.50.

Springfield Livestock Marketing† 2/20/19

3,490

1,100

627

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170.00-195.00 165.00-190.00 155.00-190.00 142.00-167.00 136.00-145.00

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----50.00-165.00 28.75-161.25 26.25-148.00 27.75-135.00

150.00-165.00 142.00-158.00 134.00-154.00 122.00-140.00 118.00-126.00

146.00 135.00 132.50-155.75 125.00-138.75 128.00

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169.52

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Hay inquires took a step up this week. Demand has been good for quite some time as supplies are generally light. Although the feeding season is on the downhill slide as far as number of days left goes many are feeling they may need a few more bales before the arrival of grass. By far the overwhelming majority of calls is from smaller hobby type farmers or horse owners who maybe not have the ability or need for semi loads at a time. Many of these individuals are not used to the struggles which have resulted from last year’s drought and having to ship hay in as opposed to getting a bale or two at a time from a neighbor. Hay prices are steady.

The Missouri Department of Agriculture has a hay directory available for both buyers and sellers. To be listed, or to view the 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): 200.00-250.00. Small squares 7.00-10.00 per bale.

Premium quality Alfalfa (RFV 170-180): 175.00-200.00.

Good quality Alfalfa (RFV 150-170): 120.00-160.00. Small squares 5.00-7.00 per bale.

Fair quality Alfalfa (RFV 130-150): 100.00-120.00.

Good quality Mixed Grass hay: 100.00-150.00. Small squares 5.00-8.00 per bale (some alfalfa/grass mix).

Fair to Good quality Mixed Grass hay: 75.00-125.00. Small squares 4.00-6.00 per bale.

Fair quality Mixed Grass hay: 40.00-75.00 per large round bale.

Good quality Bromegrass: 120.00-150.00.

Fair to Good quality Bromegrass: 60.00-100.00.

Wheat straw: 3.00-6.00 per small square bale.

Corn Stalks: 50.00-70.00 per large round bale.

Butler Springfield

Week of 1/27/19

hay & grain markets

Mo. Weekly Hay Summary

Ava Kingsville

Week of 2/3/19

Western Cornbelt Daily Direct Hog Report

Mid Missouri Stockyards* 2/21/19

----77.50-188.00 59.50-190.00 49.25-162.00 35.25-154.75

2/22/19

steers 550-600 LBS.

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Choice and Prime 1-2: lbs 246.00-260.00, few 264.00; 60-70 70-80 lbs 230.00-239.50; 80-90 lbs 233.00; 90-110 lbs 190.00-218.00. eport. t. lbs 230.00-235.00; 60-70 lbs 227.5007.50-215.00; 80-85 lbs 200.00-207.50;

National Direct Delivered Feeder Pig Report

Receipts This Week: 87,084 Trends Compared To Last Week:Early weaned pigs 2.00 per head lower. Feeder pigs to few receipts for market test.

Demand light to moderate for moderate offerings. Receipts include 60% formulated prices.

Volume By State Or Province Of Origin: Missouri 3.5% Total Composite Weighted Average Receipts and Price (Formula and Cash): All Early Weaned Pigs: 81959 at 48.91 All 40 Pound Feeder Pigs: 5125 at 67.32

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Week of 2/17/19

25 lbs 125.00-155.00. oled no report. ooled 150-190 lbs 127.50-140.00. rn and wooled 110-130 lbs 143.00s 144.00-146.00. t. est.

550-600 lb. steers

2/22/19

Week of 1/27/19

Choice and Prime 2-3 90-160 lbs: and wooled 135-160 lbs 126.00-

hog markets

Cheese: Barrels closed at $1.4050 and 40# blocks at $1.5950. The weekly average for barrels is $1.4150 (-.0090) and blocks, $1.5950 (+.0205).

Fluid Milk: Bottled milk intakes are steady to declining in the East due to the closing of some schools for the spring break and the preparation of other schools to close soon. In the Midwest, and most of the West, Class I demand is stable. Bottling milk sales are back to pre-storms’ levels in the Pacific Northwest. Farm milk output is stable to increasing across the nation. Weather outcomes are not great in the Northeast, but right now, they are not affecting milk production volumes, whereas in the Pacific Northwest, the dairy industry is slowly recovering from last week storms.

Currently, milk volumes are adequate to meet processing needs in all the regions of the U.S. However, in the Pacific Northwest, inconsistency in milk deliveries are affecting the functioning of some plants. Cream is plentiful in the country, and all requests can be satisfied without any issue.

Churning is ongoing. Cream multiples for all Classes are 1.07-1.20 in the East, 1.10-1.21 in the Midwest, and 1.00-1.15 in the West.

SPOT PRICES OF CLASS II CREAM: $ PER POUND BUTTERFAT, F.O.B., producing plants, Midwestern U.S. - $2.5904 - $2.7255.

National Dairy Market

Week of 2/3/19

2/22/19

dairy & fed cattle

$190

Week of 2/10/19

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week slaughter lambs were firm to hter ewes were uneven, fleshier ewes and thin ewes weak to 5.00 lower. not well tested. At San Angelo, TX o sales in Equity Electronic Auction. aughter ewes and feeder lambs were ead of negotiated sales of slaughter igher. 2,327 lamb carcasses sold o trend due to confidentiality. All dred weight (CWT) unless otherwise

Direct Trading: (lambs fob with 3-4 percent shrink or equivalent) 5100: Slaughter Lambs shorn and wooled 143-185 lbs 126.00-153.03 (wtd avg 134.24).

Slaughter Ewes: San Angelo: Good 3-4 (very fleshy) no test; Good 2-3 (fleshy) 70.00-76.00; Utility and Good 1-3 (medium flesh) 80.00-88.00, high-yielding 90.00-94.00; Utility 1-2 (thin) 65.00-68.00; Cull and Utility 1-2 (very thin) 55.00-62.00; Cull 1 (extremely thin) 30.00-50.00.

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

Ft. Collins: Good 3-5 (very fleshy) 72.50-80.00; Good 2-3 (fleshy) 70.00-82.50; Utility 1-2 (thin) 40.00-50.00; Cull 1 (extremely thin) no test.

Week of 2/17/19

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lection 1 50-63 lbs 305.00-360.00.

0 lbs 270.00-295.00, 70-93 lbs 190.0055-68 lb 210.00-250.00, 90-110 lbs ection 3 55-61 lbs 130.00-185.00. election 1-2 75-160 lbs 100.00-130.00.

Selection 1-2 80-130 lbs 140.00-

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142

158

174

190

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meet your neighbors The Making of Natural Horsemen Continued from Page 19 Grove. In 2010, he and Bob Cameron, the former wrangler at Brushy Creek – the B and the C of the new stable – began to build a business.

Now, Tim usually has a waiting list of horses to start, as well as clinics and private lessons, organized trail rides and special events. “I think we’re really good at matching people with the right horse.

The horses we train for people end up well rounded. They’re not a one-trick pony,” he said. “Being a horsemanship place af-

fords us that opportunity. I think that’s what makes our place a little bit different.”

Whether he’s teaching a class of 15 in the arena or solo on a trail with a horse in training, Tim just enjoys being on a horse. “I like to see that horse change as it figures something out. But I also like to watch the rider figure something out with the horse. That changes their dynamic forever,” he said.

BC Stables has plenty of weekend riders, and Tim has no problem with that.

“But to become a horseman, you have

to be more engaged,” which takes time and practice. “There’s a statistic that of people who get into horses as adults, 90 percent will not own a horse in five years. I believe the reason is they don’t get the right help to get the right horse.

“I’m pretty blessed to be able to do this. I knew when I started the Parelli classes and began practicing what I learned that this was what I wanted to do,” he said. “People ask me what I do for vacation,” Tim said.

“What do you think, I take my horse!”

A Family Affair:

Mustangs and Thoroughbred Makeovers For seven years, Tim, Lauren and Meghan have participated in the Extreme Mustang Makeover, national competition in which you pick up a wild mustang from a U.S. Bureau of Land Management holding pen, bring it home and in 100 days have it ready to show in handling, trail and patterned classes. The top 10 from those classes go on to compete in two more classes. The horses are then auctioned off.

Lauren, 20, has competed with six mustangs and in the youth category has placed as high as second and in the adult sixth. Drawn initially by the competitive newness, now she’s passionate about giving these horses a chance for quality lives outside the crowded holding pens. Of more than 46,000 captured mustangs, only about 3,800 have been adopted through the Makeover.

“The holding pens are so overpopulated. Most of the horses could not be adopted so they stay in the pens. The competition gives the animal a purpose and a life with a family. You develop such a bond with the horse, unlike one with a domesticated horse. It’s a feeling you never forget. You have such pride in and respect for the animal,” she said. Some of her mustangs have been sold to families with young children where the horses fit right in. “The horses learned respect for me and learned to have that same respect for everyone,” she added.

The mustang competition is not like typical horse shows,

she pointed out. “Everyone there wants to help each other. We get along well. It’s not about beating each other for first. It’s about wanting each of us and our mustang to succeed.” She encourages young riders to start in the youth division and not wait until 18.

“It’s truly changed my life, how I train and how I look at domesticated horses. It’s helped with human bonds as well. I’ve learned respect for others, how to read body language, how to listen and relate to people.”

She encourages riders and nonriders alike to spread the word about opportunities to adopt wild mustangs or be an advocate. “You can be an advocate for them and help raise awareness of the opportunities to give these horses a good home and to become productive,” Lauren said.

Sister Meghan, 15, also trains horses, including three years in the Makeover but in December will begin retraining a retired racing Thoroughbred in the Thoroughbred Makeover national competition. Come October 2019, she’ll compete in a class of her choice, among them trail, ranch work, dressage, show jumping, freestyle, barrel racing and roping.

She’s already bought her horse from a local Thoroughbred track trainer and looks forward to the new challenge.

At Fair Grove High School, she and other young riders are pushing to form a horse judging team.

“Horses will be part of my life forever.” she said.

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Paul Patton, left, and his son Richard work side-by-side on their Two County Ranch near Conway, Mo.

Two Generations Working Together

By Patricia Kilson

Two generations of the Patton family join to form Two County Ranch Paul and Anna Patten of Con- this spring; and a miniature Sicilian way, Mo., married in 1992, hav- donkey named Pokey, whose main job is ing a shared love for horses, being a grandkid magnet.

They also keep a small herd of Missouri and created a blended family that included children from pre- Fox Trotters that belong to their daughvious marriages. They enjoy spend- ter-in-law Leslie.

Paul and Anna have ridden their ing time with their combined 20 grandhorses across the country. They are children and two great-grandchildren.

They have now been married 27 years, members of two horse organizations; which shows that sometimes “you just the Southwest Trail Riders and Back Country Horsemen of Missouri and the know” as Anna said with a smile.

Paul was born in 1938 and remembers national organization. Back Country how different his childhood was at that Horsemen of America is a volunteer time. He mowed hay with a team of mules. trail advocacy group that maintains, “Everything we ate was either raised or protects, and preserves trails for future trail riders to enjoy. grown on the farm,” Paul said.

At Two County Ranch, Paul and He has always had liveAnna and their son, Richard and stock and especially loves his wife Leslie, have partnered handling horses. They curto run a cow/calf herd with rently have three riding mostly black cows that are horses, two Missouri Fox TrotConway, Mo. a quarter horned Hereford ters and a Tennessee Walking and three-quarters black Horse; Friesian mares they Angus. Paul likes this mix drive that are expecting foals

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meet your neighbors because the horned Hereford is a good quality bull to use with polled cows.

“I like them better than polled Herefords,” he said.

When they originally started running cows in 1992, they knew they wanted a black cow because they seem to do well at the sale barns. Richard explained that the black Angus has been heavily advertised as a quality meat.

“Angus cattle typically mature faster and therefore are ready for market sooner,” he said.

They started with black stock cows and eventually invested in black Angus bulls.

Together they run more than 100 head of cattle, not counting the calves. Paul has 50 head and Richard has 40 and they have another combined herd, but Richard provides management for all.

They own 170 acres at the Two County Ranch main property where Paul and Anna’s home is located, 40 acres that are owned by both Paul and Richard, and another 65 acres where Richard runs his cows. They rent additional pasture east of Conway, Mo. “One thing we do is vaccinate yearly and supplement as needed.” Paul said.

“We prefer to have our cattle calve in the fall and sell the calves off in April or May.” They use rotational grazing to improve pasture quality, either through their already fenced pastures or with electric fence.

Their pastures are primarily made up of fescue, clover and Orchardgrass. They fertilize as needed, but very seldom plant seeds, although last year they no-tilled wheat and turnip to have a fuller pasture, according to Paul.

“We also bale hay for horses and cattle; small square bales and large round bales,” Anna said.

Some pastures are set aside for grazing, some for hay and some for both depending on weather conditions. The haying and baling decisions are made depending on the needs for each particular year, drought conditions and how many cattle and/or horses they have. They do purchase hay if needed, but try to plan ahead for their own needs.

Richard and his wife Leslie also raise Boer meat goats and Katahdin/Dorper cross sheep on their property, which is MARCH 4, 2019

adjacent to Paul and Anna’s. He likes this mix because he thinks white sheep usually sell better at auction. Their goats have just started kidding. They’ve only had the sheep for about two and a half years, but so far they like this cross.

Richard says he likes running sheep because when it’s time to load them up, he can load them with a bucket of feed and they’ll walk right into the trailer.

“For cattle, you have to have more equipment like corral panels and chutes.

Sheep are just easier,” he said.

Paul isn’t too sure about the sheep and goat business.

“I just like the cows,” he said shaking his head.

Anna confided that she thinks of Paul as a great husbandman.

“It’s an old-fashioned biblical word that means someone skilled in husbandry who tills the land and takes good care of his animals. I’ve never seen anyone care for his animals the way Paul does.

He knows each one as an individual and notices if something is wrong before it causes greater harm to their health.”

Paul and Richard keep the family operation going strong. In addition to the cattle operation, the family owns and operates ProGas, a propane business servicing the rural community within a 30 mile radius.

At Two County Ranch they also offer overnight stabling accommodations for people traveling with their horses.

They have a large barn with box stalls and outdoor runs for the horses and RV hook-ups for the larger horse trailers with self-contained living quarters.

The barn is made entirely of solid oak that was harvested on Two County Ranch and built by Paul and Richard.

Richard and Leslie were wed there in 2013 under the covered entryway between the massive beams supporting the old fashioned style barn. Paul and Anna also celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary with a big barn party.

The couple hope these will be just the beginning of many happy family reunions and weddings to be celebrated at Two County Ranch.

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Age: 15 Parents: Rick and Lindsey Penn Siblings: Derrick, Kylon, Grant and Adrian Hometown: Southwest City, Mo. FFA Chapter: McDonald County FFA FFA Advisors: Rob Hall, Emily Hutton and Shawn McAllister What is your involvement in agriculture?

“This was my second year showing Shorthorn cattle at the Missouri State Fair. I’ve participated in FFA at my high school and my SAE project was the raising and showing of my cattle. This was also my second year to show them at the Junior Nationals.

“I live with my parents on a 60-acre farm where they also raise commercial beef cattle.”

When asked how many cattle she had, she began to count. “Well, there’s Lady, Dolly, Susie…there’s a total of eight. When I finish with the showing, I plan to turn them into a herd, to breed more show cattle. I really like this, working with the cattle. I like their color and that they are so gentle. Each one has its own personality.

They really are characters once you get to know them.”

Kristin admits there is a lot of work involved in raising show cattle, especially for a busy teen who also enjoys playing basketball for her school, but that doesn’t seem to slow her down at all. She gets up early to feed them twice a day, walks them and then of course, there is grooming, baths and general care.

What are your future plans?

“I want to go to college at the University of Missouri-Columbia, to their veterinary school. It’s a really good program. Showing has helped me to meet a lot of new people and make new friends and some of them live 300 miles from my home in Southwest Missouri. It’s a good group of people, show people, and I really like it. There really isn’t a downside or a bad side to this whole cattle showing business for me.”

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he Farm Service Agency (FSA) makes direct and guaranteed farm ownership and operating loans to family-size farmers and ranchers who cannot obtain commercial credit through conventional bank loans, or another lender. FSA loans can be used to purchase land, livestock, equipment, feed, seed and supplies.

Loans can also be used to construct buildings or make farm improvements.

You apply for the FSA guaranteed farm loan through your lender of choice. The lender must be an approved FSA lender. There are different levels of FSA lenders, the level a lender is approved for can affect the speed with which your loan gets approved. You want a Preferred FSA lender as they have the most pull with the FSA and have the most experience with their loans.

“In our experience, dealing with an FSA Preferred Lender can expedite the process by weeks or even months,” John House, president of the Stone Bank Agri Lending Division in Mountain View, Ark., said.

You can secure financing of up to $1,399,000 for your farm. You apply for the loan with the lender, just like you would for any other loan. After you complete your application and send in your income documentation, the lender underwrites the loan.

Once the bank is satisfied with your documentation and approves the loan, they send it on to the USDA for final approval. This is where the preferred lender comes in handy as their loans are the first to be processed by the USDA/FSA. The requirements to qualify for the FSA guaranteed loan program are fairly simple: • You must be a United States citizen • You must prove that you have viable credit history with a decent score • If you don’t have a credit history, you must have at least 3 non-traditional trade lines • You must prove that you cannot secure financing from any other program • You must not have defaulted on any FSA loans in the past • You must own and operate the farm Your farm will also have to meet a few qualifications in order to secure the loan: • You must provide a majority of the farm’s operations • You must make a majority of the operational decisions for the farm If you’re planning to get any loan from a bank, you’ll likely need to put up assets as collateral, make a down payment, or do a combination of both. When applying for an FSA Guaranteed loan, FSA requires that all loans are at least 100% collateralized. Collateral can be cash in banks, marketable securities, real estate or even equity in your home or other commercial property.

Before you go into any bank to apply for a loan, assess your current debts to know how much you owe to whom.

“The process can be a bit intimidating, so we always urge our customers to do their homework,” House said. “A good place to start would be to visit the USDA website.

They have a lot of helpful information available. Of course, we certainly recommend having an experienced lender guide you through the process.”

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First-Calf Heifer Challenges

By Julie Turner-Crawford

Providing younger mothers with the right nutrition is key to rebreeding success Getting first-calf heifers rebred can be a challenge, but it’s not impossible.

University of Missouri Extension Livestock Field Specialist Randall Weidmier said first-calf heifers are still maturing when they have their first calf, so their nutritional needs differ than that of mature cows.

A first-calf heifer is expected to breed, carry a calf and produce enough milk to support that calf by the time she is about 2 years old, yet she will not reach full maturity until about the age of 4, Weidmier said. He added that a first-calf heifer at peak lactation requires about 60 percent TDN (Total Digestible Nutrition), when a mature cow requires about 3 percent less.

“It’s what we call the partitioning of energy,” Weidmier said. “In a mature cow, they really don’t have that partitioning to body weight gain. The energy used for body tissue synthesis is used fairly inefficiently; it takes a lot of energy to put on a pound of gain on an animal.

Usually the rule of thumb is that it takes 4 pounds of TDN per pound of gain.

The heifer has a given amount of energy coming into her diet and she’s going to partition that for the most important things. Unfortunately, Mother Nature

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says reproduction is not the most important of those functions, and Mother Nature just kind of sets them up so they won’t self destruct and says, ‘you won’t be reproducing this year.’”

First-calf heifers are at the lower end of the pecking order in a herd, so older cows may push them away from hay and feed sources. Mature cows can also eat more feed compared to younger females.

Research conducted at the University of Nebraska reported in the 2004 Nebraska Beef Report indicates that a first-calfheifer within three weeks of calving experiences a 17 percent decrease in daily feed intake. Intake is re-established to more “normal” levels by about one week after calving.

“That’s why we recommend separating those animals out, so that they can be fed separately, and not have the competition and have a diet that more closely matches their requirements,” Weidmier said. “It does pay dividends if you can separate those first-calf heifers out and they can be fed separately. If you have that better lot of hay, it would be more efficiently used with those first-calf heifers than to go to the mature cows.”

He added that many producers do not have the facilities or time to separate herds.

“I look at age and size percentage of body weight, based on maturity.”

Jim Sherrill Camden County, Mo.

“We just run those cows and heifers together and then we find out that only 60 percent of those first-calf heifers rebred,” Weidmier said. “A lot of times, if you are trying to make genetic improvements in your herd, those first-calf heifers are actually your best genetics. It’s a shame not to put the resources into them so that they can express their genetic potential.”

Since it is nearly impossible to monitor the intake of each animal, producers can evaluate how their first-calf heifers are holding up by evaluating body conditions.

“A lot of times we can’t weigh them, so we just have to use the Body Condition Scoring system. The BCS system says we can have a mature cow calve at a score of 5, then her chances of rebreeding in an 80-day window are fairly high,” Weidmier said. “For the producers I work with, I recommend to have heifers have their BCS at 6 when they calve. That gives them a little bank account, about an 80-pound bank account, to work with in case they aren’t getting adequate nutation from the diet, which is kind of common. If producers just get into the practice of doing that when they go out as a few heifers or cows go by, think ‘What would I score that cow? What

would I score that heifer?’ and be mindful of that. You might say, ‘I need to put a few more resources into them.’”

First-calf heifers will often need more time to recover after calving, so it’s beneficial for the initial breeding to be earlier than the mature herd.

“The Beef Herd Improvement Federation recommends that,” Weidmier explained. “If we can start breeding those heifers 21 days, a full cycle, before the mature cowherd, they can catch up on that postpartum interval. That means you have to have a lot of your heifers in puberty by 13, 14 months of age and that is quite a challenge at times.”

Heifers born earlier in the calving season are a little more likely to breed and are offspring of the most fertile cows. This makes them a little more mature for earlier breeding.

While many producers want those heifers to become mothers at the age of 2, waiting a little longer to breed firsttime heifers may be a better option.

“There has been some studies where it does help improve the overall productivity of the herd if we can give those heifers an extra six months,” Weidmier said.

“That kind of works in our part of the country because so many of our produc-

“First off, I like for them to be the appropriate age.

I like a heifer that weaned well and showed a lot of growth after weaning.”

“Body condition and development. I also look at her mother and her bloodlines to see if she’s a heifer I want to keep as a cow.”

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“Age is a big factor, but health is much more important. I’d rather breed a 12-13 monthold heifer that is very healthy than to breed an 18-monthold heifer that is poor as dirt.”

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farm help ers have a spring and a fall herd. Moving those spring-born heifers to the fall herd would give them an extra half a year to develop and they wouldn’t have the nutritional stress a 2-year-old would have.”

Weather conditions should also be considered a factor during the rebreeding process, and recent bitter cold weather could result in slow conception.

“The wet hair coat of an animal can affect how much energy they have to have to maintain their body temperature,” Weidmier said.

“With a good winter coat, which most of our cattle have this time of year, our lower critical temperature is about 32 degrees. What that means is (the temperature) can get down to 32 degrees and (a cow) not have to burn any extra energy. Once that coat is wet and loses its insulation factor, that jumps all the way up to 59 degrees. In cold, wet conditions like we have had this winter, it takes 7 more pounds of hay to deal with the weather. Then when you have cows wading through the mud, it’s been shown that their dry matter intake can drop and start losing condition pretty quickly. That will just be extenuated with those heifers.”

To keep condition up in heifers, Weidmier said adding a little feed will go a long way.

“Although hay prices are just astronomically high, we had a good corn crop,” he said. “Eric Bailey, the state Extension beef specialist, was down a while back and he showed the producers that it was costing 16 to 18 cents per pound of TDN with hay. With a lot of the corn byproducts, like distillers dried grain and corn gluten meal and those types of things, the cost per pound of TDN was only 12 cents; considerably less than TDN coming from hay. That’s helped a lot of producers this year by substituting the hay with these high-energy corn byproducts because it has been a real blessing.”

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Maintaining Condition

By Zane Blubaugh

Producers should evaluate their production plans in winter Cattle ranchers work to maintain the body condition of their cattle herds as winter continues, increasing the need to analyze the quality of available forage and adjust production plans accordingly.

Every operation is different and as such, operators need to optimize their forage resources and specialize them to meet their marketing structure. Calving season, breed of cattle and sale time can all impact nutritional requirements.

Dirk Philipp, a professor specializing in forage utilization and grazing management at the University of Arkansas, said cattle ranchers should take all of this into account when creating a forage plan.

“Normally, when you look at the nutritive value of stockpiled fescue, that usually meets the requirements,” said Philipp. “But not of a lactating cow at that point anymore.”

Many factors will affect lower nutritive content in forage.

Soil type and quality, geographic location and weather during the growing season may all be causes for a lower quality feed source. For instance, protein is the most common macronutrient in need of supplementation for the Ozarks area.

Some cattle producers may be able to adequately fulfill their herd’s nutritional needs with quality pasture ground alone.

But in order to determine if additional supplementation is necessary, ranchers are encouraged to contact their county extension office for information about hay and forage testing.

Producers should be conscientious of over supplementation. Excessive supple-

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mentation may not drastically hurt herd health, but it could negatively impact ranchers’ bottom line.

Cows with a higher than average body condition score can have issues breeding back, damaging reproductive efficiency and diminishing endpoint revenue.

Though, none of this should keep producers from supplying their herd with the supplements they need.

Before any issues arise, cattle ranchers can take measures to reduce harm from early supplementation early on. By developing a concrete, effective operating outline, producers will be able to more confidently balance the feeding goals of their cattle.

One of the ways producers can plan is by determining calving seasons ahead of time.

Beth Kegley, a professor of animal science at the University of Arkansas, said having a defined calving season can significantly impact forage needs in the cow herd.

“If producers will have a defined calving season, which means they have a defined breeding season,” said Kegley.

“When they wean, they have a bigger group of more uniform calves to market that is more optimal.”

While this may limit income to a specific time of year, it can also be a more efficient way to lower forage and feed costs by keeping their herd’s nutritional needs easier to manage.

Kegley said a cow’s nutritional requirements are greatest right after calving, meaning ranchers should more readily monitor body condition scores and ultimately keep feeding consistent among the cow base.

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Connecting With Customers

By Katie Gardner

Producers can benefit from implementing a plan to promote the story of their products Madelaine Giebler, a University of Arkansas agricultural communications student, has turned her passion for sharing the importance of agriculture into her job on her family’s dairy farm as their Marketing and Media Director.

Whether it be website updates, social media updates, or overall creative visions, Giebler has used the skills she’s learned in the classroom to maximize her position.

The modern-day consumer is quick to ask questions about where their food comes from and producers have the responsibility to properly educate and provide answers. As more articles and videos with inaccuracies about agriculture spread across newsfeeds, the role of American agriculturalists expands again to share the true stories of agriculture.

Creamy Hills Diary, located in Neosho, Mo,, proudly produces a range of dairy, beef, poultry, pork, and merchandise items. Giebler said they initially did not have a marketing or communications plan in place, but as their business continued to grow, she stepped into the role of Marketing and Media Director.

“We’re moving towards direct marketing,” said Giebler. “One way we have been able to innovate and increase profit has been to take out the middle man.”

The Gieblers provide every family member a responsibility on the family farm, including titles for her younger siblings, such as Agricultural Improvements Director and Calf and Pony Director. With Giebler’s talents and training in graphic design, media writing, and addressing agricultural issues, she has been able to put her classroom knowledge into action with her position.

Whether it be an explanation of practices, understanding of seasons for certain items, or information about products, Giebler strives to present their messaging in terms that anyone, with or MARCH 4, 2019

without an agricultural background, can connect to. This has been beneficial for the consumer and Creamy Hills Dairy.

“People were interested in local products and wanted to know where their food was coming from and what practices were going into that,” said Giebler.

“A lot of people are less than three generations removed from a family farm, yet in that generational gap, they’ve lost so much of what has happened in agricultural history.”

Giebler said her goal is to reconnect consumers with the farm. Pulling from their childhood memories, gardening hobbies, visits to local orchids, or other experiences, she wants people to step back and say, ‘Hey, I am a part of agriculture’.

The most successful strategies for the Gieblers have been presenting information with an emotional or family appeal, and visuals, whether it be pictures or an eye-catching graphic. Giebler said she has seen interest in thorough explanations of why Creamy Hills does practices a certain way and anecdotal stories from the farm.

Their website displays a collage of photos, ranging from jars of milk, to brochures and t-shirts, to family pictures in their field.

Also used in social media promotion, these photos are one of many ways Giebler said Creamy Hills connects with its audience.

Giebler said Facebook has proven to be their best social media outlet for reaching consumers, as it tends to appeal to family audiences. Using this to her advantage, Giebler uses this outlet to quickly and efficiently share information, as well direct followers to the Creamy Hills website for more details about their products and practices.

Giebler’s observation reflects the effectiveness of word-of-mouth marketing. Even in an era of interacting via computer and cell phone screens, people will always feel more connected to a face than to words alone.

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Cold, wet and muddy conditions can lead to health problems in livestock of all ages Pastures and fields are turning into muddy messes for many livestock producers this winter, making it difficult to negotiate trucks and tractors, but what kind of impact is it having on livestock?

According to the University of Missouri Extension, wet and soggy conditions can have an impact on overall livestock health, especially young animals.

Wet ground and mud can harbor bacteria, which can cause scours if young animals nurse mud caked udders. Persistent cold and wet conditions compound the problems, causing a loss of condition and performance in all ages of livestock as mud can negate the insulation value of the hair coat.

Mud also creates suction on hooves and makes it more difficult for cattle to move around in a muddy area, forcing them to use more energy.

Another concern for livestock producers during muddy conditions is foot rot.

Information from the Oklahoma Cooperative Extension states that normal healthy skin will not allow the bacteria involved in foot rot to enter the deeper tissues. Mechanical injury or softening and thinning of the interdigital (between the toes) skin by puncture wounds or continuous exposure to wet conditions are necessary to provide entrance points for infectious agents. Injury can be caused when animals walk on abrasive or rough surfaces, sharp gravel, hardened mud or by standing in a wet and muddy environment for prolonged periods of time.

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Confining livestock isn’t an option for many producers, so what can they do to manage mud? The following are a few tips from livestock experts: • Avoid keeping livestock in the same early pastures for extended periods of time. Implement more frequent move-

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ments of livestock under rotational grazing programs. Lower stocking rates where possible. Move mineral and salt feeders on occasion.

• Reduce vehicle traffic through pastures as much as possible. This can help protect vegetation destruction, soil compaction and rut development. When possible, check cattle on foot or use the smallest possible vehicle.

• Improve livestock comfort. Extra bedding should be used in birthing and lounging drylot areas. Unrolling hay, rather than placing it in rings, will provide a dry place for calves. If using hay rings, move the rings frequently.

• Hay feeding is a potential source of pasture damage and mud development.

If one or only a few hay feeding locations are used throughout the entire winter feeding period, mud tends to become a problem more quickly in those areas.

• If livestock are in barns or other shelters, clean out often and slope dirt and manure away from the structure, which will aid in drainage.

•Provide and maintain watering sources that reduce water splashing/loss.

• Be aware how mud problems might develop and plan to minimize them. If you start to feed hay at the front of the pasture near the gate, you might multiply mud problems as vehicle travel and hoof impact increases. It might be better to start feeding at a further end and work toward the gate.

• Identify high-traffic areas. These are places that cattle or vehicles move across on a frequent basis, e.g. gates, cattle handling areas, and feeding/watering areas. Ground-level protection from mud development in these areas usually are high-traffic ground coverings: concrete feeding pads, geotextiles, rock base. If the covered area is too small it might become surrounded by deep mud that the cattle fight through for every feeding bout.

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The colostrum contains proteins that help build up the calf’s immunity against disease, according to Jeremy Powell, an animal science professor at the University of Arkansas.

“Colostrum is the first milk that is produced following calving,” Powell said. “It contains components that help build the calf’s early immunity against disease.”

Ideally, the calf needs to get around two quarts within the first two hours of life, and then two more quarts by six hours of life.

It is recommend to have a backup supply of colostrum that can be easily accessed for use when calves can’t get enough.

“I suggest keeping some available to be prepared for the calving season,” Powell said.

The colostrum can either be stored fresh or frozen. Colostrum can be frozen for up to one year with minimal loss of antibodies.

“There are commercial preparations of colostrum that can be purchased and kept on hand for use during the calving season,” Powell said.

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tein, or IgG, need to be considered. Replacements will have a full dose of the proteins and antibodies, while a supplement will only have about a half dose of the antibodies and proteins.

Some calves need human help in order to get colostrum. They can be fed either via a bottle or a stomach tube, which is preferred with colostrum as it’s only able to be absorbed for a short period of time, Powell said.

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Small ruminants nurse every two hours, as they can only absorb important nutrients for about 12 hours, according to Elizabeth Walker, an animal science professor at Missouri State University.

“We call it gut block. This is when the gut no longer is able to absorb the large proteins that colostrum is made up of,” Walker said.

It is recommended to have a backup supply of colostrum if the animal has multiple offspring or is unable to care for its young. One method is to collect colostrum from early-birthing mothers in the herd to save in case others have problems later in the season. Like cow colostrum, goat and sheep colostrum can be frozen beforehand, if needed.

“We had dairy goats, and some would kid beforehand and then we would freeze it,” Walker said. “My mom would use ice cube trays, if we needed some we could just pop some out.”

It’s best to keep to the same species for colostrum. Aim to use colostrum from the same farm, if possible.

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Is Agritourism Right for Your Farm?

By Bailey Corwine

Farmers are opening their gates to the public Agritourism is a booming industry in the Ozarks, with more than 500 operations listed in the Missouri Farm Bureau agritourism directory alone. Agriculturists may be able to increase revenue by opening their doors to visitors.

Kelly Smith, director of marketing and commodities at Missouri Farm Bureau, said that many agritourism operations decide to open the farm doors to the public because of the need to bring in extra income to support another generation on the farm.

“There are a lot of operations out here where a son or daughter or nephew would like to come back to the farm,” Smith said.

“But, that requires additional farm income.”

Agritourism allows existing farms to create new revenue streams without adding acreage to their operation, which is one of the draws for prospective agritourism operators.

“You might not be able to purchase additional acres to support the family, but if you can find new ways to use the acreage you already have, agritourism might be the way to do it,” Smith said.

Dwain Parsons, owner of Farmland Adventures, a corn maze and pumpkin patch in Springdale, Ark., said potential agritourism operators have to start with a love of people.

“If you don’t like people, it’s not for you,” Parsons said.

Farmland Adventures opened in 2011 and has entertained guests of all ages every fall since.

Smith said from there, the next step should be to network with others in the agritourism industry. Agriculturists can start networking by visiting existing agritourism operations, or by attending agritourism conferences, like the one hosted by Missouri Farm Bureau.

“Operators are usually very willing to help each other out,” Smith said.

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operators is the North American Farmers Direct Marketing Association, which Farmland Adventures is a member of.

There are also agritourism consulting companies available to help operations get started, especially in the corn maze industry. Farmland Adventures works with a company called MazeQuest, based out of Pennsylvania.

“They’re the ones that really got us started,” Parsons said. “[They] put us maybe six or eight years down the road.”

After an operation decides to move forward with agritourism and determines what kind of venue they want to run, there are some regulations that must be considered. While each state has different regulations, Missouri and Arkansas are fairly similar. In fact, both states only lightly regulate the agritourism industry.

Missouri has made a conscientious effort to protect agritourism operators from liability lawsuits with the Missouri Agritourism Promotion Act. “It’s mainly county regulations that you have to worry about, but also the state health departments,” Smith said. “They can make life difficult for agritourism.”

Smith said some of these county regulations may include planning and zoning regulations, which could limit the types of activities agritourism operations pursue. The health department will also get involved in food is sold onsite.

Farmland Adventures avoids the intricacies of food vendor regulations by limiting the hot food products they sell and inviting local food trucks to sell on their land instead.

“We don’t cook anything, and there’s not any hot stuff in the concession stand,” said LuDonna Parsons, Dwain’s wife. “We don’t have raw food issues or contamination issues.”

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“It’s better (for the substitute colostrum) to come from the same farm, as the animal has been exposed to the same pathogens that the newborn is, this allows that passive immunity to work more efficiently.”

When the animal has multiples, both twins should be allowed to nurse at the same time. The smaller twin’s side should then be milked out to supplement feeding and to prevent the mother from developing mastitis.

“Twenty to 30 milliliters every couple of hours if you are supplementing,” Walker said. “Twenty to 30 is better than nothing.”

In Swine

The pigs need to nurse within 15 to 20 minutes of birth. After six to eight hours, the quality of colostrum begins to

drop, according to Mark Crenshaw, an animal science professor at Mississippi State University.

“Pigs have a low energy level at birth, so colostrum provides not only nutrients but also body heat,” he said.

As with other species, it is recommended to have a supply of colostrum available in case the sow will not allow the pigs to nurse.

“Sow’s colostrum is always preferred, but if needed, cow colostrum can be substituted,” Crenshaw said. “It should be administered via a syringe or a stomach tube.”

Smaller pigs often need “a helping hand to ensure survival,” Crenshaw said.

“One thing you can do is pull the bigger pigs who are over two and a half pounds at birth,” Crenshaw said, “and allow the smaller pigs to nurse without competition, while the larger pigs stay under a heat lamp.”

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“It’s hard work being an agritourism operator, because people want to come to a place that looks good and is safe,” Smith said. “But there are a lot of opportunities.”

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Office, Rolla, Mo. – 573-458-6260 or fahertyl@missouri.edu 14 Bull Breeding Soundness Clinic – Diamond, Mo. – 417-325-4136 or 417-466-3102 Pesticide Applicator Training – First Baptist Church, Osceola, Mo. – 14 417-646-2419 14 Spring Beef and Forage Conference – 5:30-8:30 p.m. – Gainesville High

School, Gainesville, Mo. – Cost: $20 – 417-679-3525 18 Noval Tall Fescue Renovation Workshop – 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. – Southwest

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Farmer – 8 a.m.-5 p.m. – West Plains Civic Center, West Plains, Mo. – 417-293-0590 21 Texas County Forage and Beef Conference – 6-8 p.m. – Texax County

Extension Office, Houston, Mo. – pre-register by March 12 – 417-967-4545 Bull and Heifer Development Seminar – Laclede County MU Extension 23

Center, Lebanon, Mo. – 417-532-7126 23 Living Waters Ranch Annual Fundraising Dinner and Auction – 5 p.m. –

Living Waters Ranch, Osceola, Mo. – 660-924-6890 or livingwatersranch@gmail.com 30 Bates County Extension Office Trivia Night – call 660-679-4167 MARCH 4, 2019

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March 2019 9 Valley Oaks Angus Spring Classic Bull & Female Sale – Lone Jack, Mo. – 816-807-5690 9 Wright Charolais 12th Annual Bull Sale – Kearney, Mo. – 816-776-3512 9 Red Reward Bull & Female Sale – Wheeler & Sons Livestock, Osceola, Mo. – 877-258-3508 9 Heart of the Ozarks Angus Assn. Spring Production Sale – West Plains, Mo. – 734-260-8635 9 Nipp Charolais & Guest 10th Spring Bull Sale – at the Ranch, Wilson, Okla.

– 580-513-3555 9 Jac’s Ranch 30th Annual Bull Sale – at the Ranch, Bentonville, Ark. – 479-366-1759 9 Genetic Power Gelbvieh & Balancer Sale – Springfield Livestock Marketing

Center, Springfield, Mo. – 334-695-1371 9 REDStock Classic Sale – Litton Ag Center, Chillicothe, Mo. – 660-247-1112 10 Stockman Classic Sale – Laclede Country Fairgrounds, Lebanon, Mo. – 402-350-3447 10 Lilac Hill Polled Hereford Dispersion – Missouri Valley Commission Company,

Booneville, Mo. – 660-728-1006 14 Henke Farms – Salsbury, Mo. – 816-244-4462 15 THM Land & Cattle Angus Bull Sale – Bay, Mo. – 816-244-4462 16 Texoma Beefmaster Bull Sale – McAlester, Okla. – 254-541-4643 16 Cattlemen’s Choice Simmental & SimAngus Bull Sale – Fredonia Livestock

Market, Fredonia, Kan. – 620-437-2211 16 Circle A Angus Spring Production Sale – at the Ranch, Iberia, Mo. – 1-800-CIRCLE-A 16 Aschermann Charolais 27th Edition Charolais Bull Sale – at the Ranch,

Carthage, Mo. – 417-793-2855 16 Falling Timber Farm Annual Bull & Female Sale – Marthasville, Mo. – 636-358-4161 16 Pinegar Land & Cattle Annual Herdbuilder Sale – Springfield, Mo. – 1-877-PINEGAR 16 Brinkley Angus Ranch Annual Production Sale – Green City Livestock,

Green City, Mo. – 660- 265-3877 16 NE Ark. Angus Association Spring Sale – Charlotte, Ark – 662- 837-4904 16 Flying H Genetics Spring Bull Sale – at the Farm, Butler, Mo. – 303-842-9071 16 Missouri Bison Association Spring Sale – Mo-Kan Livestock Market, Butler,

Mo. – 417-491-4825 17 April Valley Angus Production Sale – St. Joseph Stockyards, St. Joseph, Mo. – 913-682-4376 18 Hinkle Prime Cut Angus Sale – Nevada, Mo. – 816-244-4462 18 B&D Angus Bull & Female Sale – Claflin, Kan. – 620-786-9703 19 KW Cattle Co. – Fort Scott, Kan. – 816-244-4462 23 Magness Land & Cattle Annual Bull Sale – Miami, Okla. – 402-350-3447 23 Maplewood Acres & Friends Annual Production Sale – Sedalia, Mo. –

660-826-1880 23 South Missouri Bull Sale – Joplin Region Stock Yard, Carthage, Mo. – 877-486-1160 23 Arkansas Bull Sale & Commercial Female Sale – Heber Springs, Ark. – 205-270-0999 Worthington Angus Spring Production Sale – at the Farm, Dadeville, Mo. 23

– 417-844-2601 23 Rogers Cattle Company Bull & Female Sale – at the Farm, Rogersville, Mo. – 417-241-1302 C/S Cattle Company Annual Production Sale – at the Farm, Pomona, Mo. 24

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Rogersville, Mo. – 417-241-1302 25 SW Missouri Performance Tested Bull Sale – Springfield Livestock Marketing

Center, Springfield, Mo. – 417-345-8330 25 Green Springs Performance & Feed Efficiency Bull Sale – Nevada, Mo. – 417-448-7416 26 Superior Beef Genetics Open House Bull Sale – Lamar, Mo. – 816-244-4462 April 2019 1 Brockmere Farms Annual Bull & Commercial Female Sale – New Cambia

Livestock Auction, New Cambria, Mo. – 660-258-3011 6 Reds In The Heartland Red Angus Sale – OKC West Livestock Market,

El Reno, Okla. – 918-691-2702 6 Four State Angus Association Sale – Springfield Livestock Marketing Center,

Springfield, Mo. – 734-260-8635 6 B/F Cattle Company Annual Bull Sale – at the Farm, Butler, Mo. – 660-492-2808 6 Shoal Creek Land & Livestock “The Gathering” Simmental Sale – Shoal

Creek Sale Facility, Excelsior Springs, Mo. – 816-336-4200 6 Andras Stock Farm Red Angus Bull Sale – at the farm, Manchester, IL – 217-473-2355 6 Circle S Gelbvieh Ranch 12th Annual “Going to Grass Production

Sale” – Canton, Kan. 620-628-4621 9 Sydenstricker Influence Sale – Mexico, Mo. – 573-473-9202 10 Smith Valley Angus Fall Production Sale – Salem, Mo. – 816-244-4462 11 Connor’s State College Bull Test Sale – Connors State College, Warner,

Okla. – 918-869-7573 13 Lucas Cattle Company Open House Bull Sale – Cross Timbers, Mo. – 417-399-7125 13 New Day Beef Genetics Production Sale – Mo-Kan Livestock, Butler, Mo.

– 573-453-0058 13 Renaissance Sale XXVll – Chappell’s Sale Arena, Strafford, Mo. – 405-246-6324 13 The Great American Pie Sale – Laclede Country Fairgrounds, Lebanon, Mo.

– 402-350-3447 13 Ozark & Heart of American Beefmaster Production Sale – Springfield

Livestock Marketing Center, Springfield, Mo. – 417-876-7285 19 Missouri Red Angus Association Round Up Sale – Springfield

Livestock Marketing Center, Springfield, Mo. – 417-327-7870 20 Bradley Charolais Production Sale – Springfield Livestock Marketing Center,

Springfield, Mo. – 785-672-3195 20 Diamond & Spurs Simmental Sale – Bois D’ Arc, Mo. – 417-830-8150 20 East Central Angus Association Spring Sale – Cuba, Mo. – 314-393-2885 27 Windy Hill Charolais Farms 22nd Annual Gateway – Getaway Sale – Arrow

Head Sale Facility, Cedar Hill, Mo. – 341-550-2554 27 Pinegar Land & Cattle Select Breeders Sale – Springfield, Mo. – 1-877-PINEGAR 27 Hightower Cattle Company Dispersal Sale – LaCygne, Kan. – 913-221-6820 27 8th Annual Highland Cattle Sale – Mid Missouri Stockyard, Lebanon, Mo. – 417-733-3201

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