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Missouri Dairy Hall of Honors recognizes industry leaders from the Ozarks: The Missouri Dairy Hall of Honors Foundation recently honored four Missouri dairy industry leaders at the 2016 Annual Meeting and Award Presentation. Keith Dixon of Phillipsburg, Mo., was presented with the Distinguished Dairy Cattle Breeder Award. Dixon has been involved with dairying since a young age. He helped his father with a small dairy farm in rural Cecilton, Md. He eventually made his way to Missouri, where he and his family have excelled in the production of top-quality Guernsey females and bulls.

Ted Probert, was presented with the Meritorious Service Award. Probert has been a dairy specialist with the University of Missouri Extension Service since 1985 and is based in Hartville, Mo. He grew up on a dairy farm near Jasper and Carthage in Missouri. Jerry King of Butler, Mo., and W.H. Hood of Pleasant Hope, Mo., were honored with Pioneer Dairy Leadership awards. Both were honored posthumously. King began milking with his brother-in-law in 1957, milking 270 Holstrains. Steele & King Farms, Inc., was formed in 1972, with the motto: “We milk our show cows and show our milk cows.” He passed away in 2013. Hood was the vocational agriculture instructor at Pleasant Hope High School for many years, serving as a mentor to countless students. “Papa” Hood coached many award-winning Pleasant Hope FFA Dairy teams. He passed away in 2000. For more information about the awards and those from the Ozarks who were honored, visit ext.ozarksfn.com.

Former feed mill silos to get new life: The Missouri State University Board of Governors approved a proposal on Feb. 17 that will allow a company to turn the 21 grain silos of the former MFA milling site in downtown Springfield, Mo., into giant vertical urban gardens with the use of hydroponics technology. The lease with Vertical Innovations, according to MSU, began this month. Vertical innovations has said it plans to grow lettuce, mushrooms and other green vegetables.

Missouri Fox Trotting Association taps Ozarks-bred horse as the breed’s founding sire: The Missouri Fox Trotting Horse Breed Association board of directors recently selected the stallion Ted to be the foundation sire of the Missouri Fox Trotting Horse breed. Ted was bred and owned by the late Knial Kissee of Sparta, Mo., and stood at stud in the Sparta area during the early 1930s to the mid 1940s, which was several years before the Missouri Fox Trotting Horse Breed Association was chartered. In later years, Ted was sold to Bill Smith, who resided just north of Lebanon, Mo. Missouri producers named as finalists: Terry and Tonya Varner of Cassville, Mo., were recently recognized as a Midwest Region finalists for the Family Farm Environmental Excellence Award at the International Poultry Expo, part of the 2016 International Products and Processing Expo. The award is given in acknowledgement of exemplary environmental stewardship by family farmers engaged in poultry and egg production.

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Crowder Aggie Day continues to invest in the future of agriculture

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Eye on Ag Business spotlights Goodman Meat Processing

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A toast to Missouri’s grape industry

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Seymour Mo., woman raises chickens the old-fashioned way

Texas County operation continues to be part of the family

28 Youth in Ag features Trinity Witt FARM HELP 30 Do you have a syndication?

31 Developing a contingency plan 32 Do bulls gain better than steers?

33 When is it time to call the vet?

36 There’s no bad time to test soil 38 Proper management of newborns can improve your bottom line

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aving traded farm trucks last week, I was tasked revowith nwothe rC ychore rreJ yB of cleaning out my old truck before taking it back to the dealer to swap for the new one. I know Jerry Crownover farms that it doesn’t sound like much of a job…unless in Lawrence County. He is a former professor of you’ve seen the inside of my truck.

Agriculture Education at I have always taken my truck to the carwash in Missouri State University, town, once each year, whether it needs it or not. and is an author and It’s not unusual to see the more experienced carprofessional speaker. wash attendants run in the opposite direction To contact Jerry, go to when they see me pull in, or at the very least, ozarksfn.com and click beg their supervisor for a bathroom break. on ‘Contact Us.’ A year’s worth of grime, mud and manure will do that to the best. Keep in mind, however, they just clean the exterior. I don’t want anyone messing with the interior; I have a “system” and I don’t want anyone upsetting the apple cart.

Inventorying my “system,” I found nine gloves. Not four and a half pairs, mind you, but NINE different gloves. I don’t know how that happens.

I also found a dozen, used, disposable syringes, most of which were not capped, and two old darts that I had recovered from using the medical dart-gun…ouch, again.

By this time, I put on two of the unmatched gloves to continue the cleaning.

I also found: my lariat that I knew was behind the seat, but also three different lengths of rope and/or twine that I have no idea of why they were there; an extra lug wrench that did not come with the truck; half a roll of baling wire; a nylon tow rope and three other nylon tie-down straps, complete with hand winches; a come-along, log chain, and five OB straps (four of which were tied in knots, making them pretty much unusable this year); half a box of welding rods; fencing pliers; two regular pliers; two screwdrivers (one standard and one Phillip’s); a feed-store cap that had never been — Continued on Page 5

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Julie Turner-Crawford During one of our recent warm eveis a native of Dallas nings, I found myself just looking at the cattle.

County, Mo., where she As I watched, the cows quietly grazed on the remgrew up on her family’s nants of fall grass and one of the bulls bawled in farm. She is a graduate his deepest baritone voice to let everyone know of Missouri State he was there. It’s a feeling of peace and serenity University. To contact only farmers know.

Julie, call 1-866-532-1960 Suddenly, a young black calf raced across the or by email at editor@ pasture, bawling and bucking as he darted here ozarksfn.com. and there. Within a few seconds, he was joined by several of his pasture buddies. With their tails up in the air, about a dozen of the baby bovine began making laps around their mothers and the vocal bull, stopping only to paw at the ground and head-butt one another. Some of the calves found themselves atop a mounded area, which meant a good old-fashioned game of King of the Mountain. After a few minutes, they were off again, searching for other new adventures.

9:26 AM Meanwhile, their mothers continued to chomp away, raising their heads only occasionally to see where their offspring had ventured to. Some of the younger mommas bounced along with their calves, but soon returned to their foraging.

After watching the herd for few minutes, I felt an involuntary smile come across my face.

I’m sure there are some of you who have also watched your young calves, lambs or goat kids recently, and I’m pretty sure that same smile came across your face as they bounced about.

As the calves played, I couldn’t help but think that it was a strong sign that spring is drawing ever closer, and that our drab brown landscape would soon be filled with green, as well as hints of pink, red, yellow and blue, which also made me smile. I actually felt myself take a little deeper breath that evening, as if I were inhaling a new season and exhaling the last of the winter air.

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Across the Fence Continued from Previous Page Farmers and ranchers are outside year round, no matter what the weather, so I think everyone begins to feel a little better in the springtime, and there is a little more spring in everyone’s step. Maybe because we aren’t so weighted down with layers of clothes because coveralls can be replaced with jackets, and you only need one pair of socks to keep your feet warm. More reasons to smile.

With the spring also comes a renewed sense of optimism for what the future holds for our family farms. We’re always hopeful production costs will go down and that the prices we receive for our products will go up. We’re optimistic that we will have plenty of rain, but not too much, and the list can go on and on.

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On to the glove box and console.

In those compartments, I found enough old receipts from the feed store to make IRS auditors pull out their hair, 10 proofof- insurance cards, a bottle of aspirin with an expiration date of 1993, about 20 scraps of paper with illegible phone numbers for hay haulers, cattle haulers, log haulers and the after-hours number for the vet.

I also found rolls of electricians’ tape, duct tape, and scotch tape, plus a bottle of Super Glue. An obsolete phone charger was also found, which fit the flipphone I last owned 10 years ago, and enough trash to mostly fill a 13-gallon trash bag.

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Will James of the Double J Ranch breeds for bulls that perform Will James owns and operates Double J Ranch, located in Mindenmines, Mo. “We have been selling bulls for three generations,” explained Will, who is following in the footsteps of his grandfather, Merl, and father, Ronald.

portant traits are scrotal circumference and attitude.

“We want them dog tame. They have a docility EPD for it now,” he said. “They get a bad rap for having terrible docility. It depends on the genetic line. A lot of guys come in and say, ‘I can’t believe

The James family operates Double J Ranch, where they raise Limousin cattle. Pictured are Will and Denise James, along with their children Elise, Veronica, Clarise and Cora.

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Will’s grandfather raised and sold how tame these are,’ well it’s more to horned Hereford bulls and his father do with the guys raising them than anyjoined the business in the 1950s. He also thing else.”

Will also sells bred and open heifers, raised and sold polled Hereford bulls.

When Will joined the family opera- and docility is one trait he looks for tion, he tried several breeds before he when choosing those heifers.

“I know their mothers. Good mothdiscovered Limousin cattle in 1988. He decided to cross them with Herefords ers and good fathers make good cattle.

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Will is a firm believer in the im“We calve out right at 50 portance of the scrotal number heifers every year and we generally have 20 spring heifers and 20 Mindenmines, Mo. in the bulls he raises.

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sidered high and a score of .06 is considered average. “It is important because big scrotal circumference means good cows; they will breed faster and generally have better udders.”

Will is also impressed by the amount of muscling and the ability the cattle have to convert feed.

“They gain like there’s no tomorrow,” remarked Will. “They are the greatest feed converters, and it’s a proven fact, they do it every year when they feed out steers in Denver.”

“We have had a lot of guys that are repeat buyers come back and say ‘I can’t believe how much weight my calves gained by having the Limousine bull, how much more muscle, and how much better they eat the feed and convert,’” Will’s wife Denise added.

Although he sells registered bulls, Will’s primary customers are commercial producers who have 1,000-pound cows.

“They want them to have live calves and not have any trouble,” explained Will. “Most guys have 20 to 40 cows, have a job and they do not have time to sit out there with them all day.”

Will said his customers know what they are looking for when it comes to bulls.

“They want low birth weight and as high weaning and yearling weight as you can get your hands on,” he said.

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The Ice family continues to raise cattle on farm in Texas County

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The Ice family of Texas County, Mo., approached a turning point by the mid-1990s.

Patriarch Paul Ice had begun losing the use of his legs because of hereditary spastic paraplegia, and his ability to work and guide the family farm was diminishing. He had stopped dairying, but there was still a beef cattle operation to run.

Someone had to step up.

But the award presented to the Ice family represents not just Darren’s efforts, he is quick to note.

“It takes everybody (in the family),” he says. “All of us are involved.”

That includes Darren’s wife Renee, daughter Racheal Pursifull and her husband Austin (who works for Intercounty Electric), daughter Abby Ice, mother Reta (Paul passed away in 2012) and

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The Ice family’s Samoa Farms operaAt the age of 19, Paul’s son, Darren, tion consists of two farms totaling about 1,000 acres. The farm has a beef cattle did just that.

“He kept the family going,” said Reta herd of 190 head, most with SimmenIce, Darren’s mother. “Financially and tal blood lines, and grows fescue, mainly Kentucky 31, to feed the cattle rotated emotionally.” among several pastures.

The operation has prosThe Ices plan to sell some of their pered and the family was grass-fed beef and pork at the recognized at the Missouri farmers market in Houston, State Fair in 2015 as the Texas Mo., and maybe beyond.

County Farm Family of the Year.

Darren recently added a Families honored each year are Houston, Mo. covered calf feeding floor to chosen by Missouri Farm Bureau the family operation. The boards and University of Missouri system contains manure county Extension councils.

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The farm bears the name of the defunct Samoa Post Office that once served the Piney Township area east of Houston. The owner of the original building that housed a store and post office was an admirer of the writings of 19th century adventure novelist Robert Louis Stevenson, who once lived on Samoa in the South Pacific.

Ice family ancestors, McKinneys and Ices, homesteaded in that part of Texas County in the 1870s and 1880s.

Life for the Ice family is pretty busy off the farm.

Darren does custom combining and baling for other farms in the area. One year during combining season he harvested a half-million pounds of fescue.

His brother, Travis Ice, who lives in Ozark, helps with the combining each summer. Darren also is a member of the Texas County Soil and Water Board, as well as a bus driver for the Raymondville (Mo.) School District.

Renee also teaches at Raymondville, and raises a small show pig herd.

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“The fair is a good way for all our area youth to be involved in agriculture,” even kids who don’t live on a farm, he said.

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“There are so many lessons that can be learned on the farm,” Renee says.

The Ice daughters, Racheal and Abby, grew up working on the farm. Racheal is going to college to become a teacher and Abby is a junior at Houston High School, where she is secretary of the school’s FFA chapter.

Darren maintains and repairs his own equipment and occasionally works on other people’s machinery. He earned certification in agricultural diesel technology at Crowder College in Neosho, Mo., and once worked for an area ag machinery dealer.

Longtime neighbor Marty Martinez, who raises beef cattle breeding stock on his farm across the highway from the Ices, says Darren works on his equipment “and no money changes hands.

That’s the kind of neighbor he is.”

“Darren keeps this neighborhood going and helps anybody and everybody,” Marty said. “The whole family is really outstanding.”

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College freshman Joshua Sumler began building an egg operation while in high school Nothing gives one more hope for the fuJoshua Sumler ture then sitting down began his own to visit with a young egg business person who displays a while still in wealth of common sense, high school. work ethic and a vision Today he sells for the future, important his free-range qualities for owning an eggs to stores egg business. in Jane and Then again, not surprisAnderson, Mo. ing when you consider the young person in question has grown up on a farm.

Joshua Sumler of rural Anderson, Mo., has always had a fondness for chickens since childhood.

In middle school, he decided to buy 25 chickens, selling the eggs to family and friends. He admits it was more a hobby than a business at that point.

However, during his senior year at McDonald County (Mo.) High School, he realized if he wanted to make Photos by Katrian Hine a profit, he would have to allows him to sell at Farmer’s Markets or become a business.

Now a freshman at Missouri Southern roadside stands. The egg dealer license in Joplin, Mo., studying criminal justice, allows him to sell to other businesses. the industrious young man is reaping the He started selling his free-range eggs benefits of his labor and wise planning at The Jane Store in Jane, Mo., and recently to Town and Country Grocery in for his egg business.

“I knew if I wanted to break even or Anderson, Mo. “I did a lot of research before decidmake a profit, I would have ing to start my own business and I to get licensed,” Josh states. rely on the advice of other chicken Unafraid to ask questions, farmers. But mostly, I learn as I he first contacted the Misgo,” he says, grinning. souri Department of Revenue He estimates that he gets to get a regular business liroughly 100 eggs a day from cense, then a limited retailer Anderson, Mo. the nearly 200 free-range egg license and an egg dealer hens located in the fenced license. The limited egg license

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Joshua Sumler is studying criminal justice in college, but continues his free-range egg operation.

and even delivers the eggs to his customers. He has begun to remodel a room in the old barn for his office, which holds the refrigerator to store the eggs. He also built a feed bin that holds about 1,600 pounds of feed, which lasts about a month and makes feeding the chickens much easier.

Even if business takes off, he looks forward to a career in law enforcement, setting his sights on becoming a Missouri State Highway Patrolman or a detective. If this seems ambitious for a young business owner, consider too that Josh also works two other jobs besides his egg business.

He helps a neighbor work cattle and assists a local real estate appraiser in measuring homes, among other things.

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area near the old family barn behind the house. His flock consists of a mix of Black Australop, Golden Comet, Buff Orpingtons and mix breed chickens. He uses a sodium lamp on a timer that simulates sunlight to encourage the hens to lay more eggs.

The criterion for an independent egg dealer is fairly simple and required no on-site inspection but Josh operates as if an inspection could happen any day.

He is committed to taking care of his chickens in the most natural way possible, avoiding lots of chemicals or additives. Of course, chickens naturally will dust themselves in the dirt to keep the lice and mites off themselves but Josh also uses diatomaceous earth spread on the floor of the hen houses and mixes it into the feed to worm them.

“Fortunately, I don’t have many get sick,” he adds. “Once in a while I lose one to a hawk or a raccoon but not often.”

In order for eggs to be considered Grade A-Large, a dozen must weigh between 24 to 26.9 ounces. He must candle every egg to ensure that there are no blood spots, that the yolk moves freely and that the air cell takes up at least an eighth-inch area in the big end of the egg. One thing Josh admits has made his job much easier is his new egg washer, which consists of a 5-gallon bucket, a special hose and air compressor that gently washes a basket of eggs.

No doubt, he is a one-man show when it comes to his growing egg business, even stamping his own egg cartons.

Joshua started his operation without any outside funding, and is quick to point out that he has taken out no bank loans.

“I am free and clear, I don’t owe anybody anything,” Joshua adds. “I do not want to go into debt doing this. If I can’t do it with my own money, then I won’t go any further with it.”

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Crowder College continues Aggie Day tradition According to Investopedia. com, “investment” is defined as “an asset that is purchased with hope that it will generate… or appreciate in the future… (with a focus on) creation of wealth.”

For nearly a half century, the Crowder College Agriculture Department has been doing just that through its annual Crowder Aggie Days event, held on the campus outside of Neosho, Mo. Aggie Days promotes and encourages high school age students through various contests geared at sharpening and building confidence in their skills prior to formal regional, state or national judging contests.

The events focus on agriculturallybased themes such as; floriculture, dairy foods, entomology, farm management, dairy cattle, ag sales, soils, FFA knowl-

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edge, poultry, livestock, horses, forestry, meats, agronomy, nursery/landscaping and ag mechanics.

However, the contests also go beyond those skills to cultivate leadership and career skills through creed speaking, prepared public speaking, extemporaneous speaking and job interview skills.

The investment comes from the nearly 200 plus local volunteers, Crowder students and instructors who join in planting a vision and purpose in the minds of the more than 2,000 high school age students who hope to one day be the face of agriculture.

And this is no small feat. Planning and coordination for the event takes weeks of preparation beforehand in securing various livestock for judging stations, meals for the couple thousand students and an orderly system which

moves the students from judging to testing throughout the day-long event. The judging events themselves give students actual hands on experience, or in some cases, taste and smelling skills. For instance, the dairy judging may require the students to identify unusual odors or flavors in the milk. For others, having real livestock gives a more accurate scenario than say, textbook photos, especially in carcass judging.

According to Jay Wilkins, Crowder farm supervisor/instructor and Agriculture Division Chair, the volunteers come from various occupational backgrounds and age groups.

“Our students do a lot of the work, both past and present, the faculty and staff here at Crowder College pitch in also,” Wilkens said. “But we also get a lot of support from the community; such as

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poultry companies, banks, local farmers and ranchers, welding companies, flower shops, butchers, Natural Resources Conservation Service, our Newton County Fair Board and the Newton/McDonald County Cattlemen members all help.”

One of the events committed supporters is the Newton and McDonald County Cattlemen group, which has volunteered in some capacity over the last 18 years.

“We have watched it grow from 500 participants to 3,000,” Lawrence Haflich, president for the group, said. “Crowder Aggie Day gives these students a chance to test their knowledge in the many fields of agriculture science and trade skills.

We have been amazed at the skills of the young people and their knowledge.”

From an educator’s perspective, the opportunity is invaluable. Wheaten High

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“Crowder Aggie Days is an event that gives students the opportunity to utilize knowledge and skills they have learned in the classroom, and put it into a real life setting where they must analyze, evaluate and predict outcomes. This in return prepares students for future careers and opportunities,” he said.

For Wilkins, the long-term dividends give him the desire to continue to promote the event.

“This is my 25th year doing the Aggie Day event,” he said. “The best part comes years later when I hear people who participated as students, tell me how much they appreciated all the effort it takes to put on an event and how much it helped them in deciding what to do with their life.”

This event will be held March 31 on the Crowder College grounds, marking 47 years of continuous cultivation into the rich soil of students bound for agriculture careers, whether it is Ag business, ranching, veterinary science or Ag education.

While the majority of students come from the Southwest Missouri region, Wilkens said they have seen schools participate from Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas, and as far away as Texas. Just a few weeks ago, he received a call from an instructor in Arizona inquiring about the event.

The ultimate outcome is to build on a foundation of knowledge, irrigated by the small acts of committed volunteers to reach a bountiful harvest of young minds and hearts committed to one of the oldest occupations in history, agriculture.

“I tell them that they are our future, not just for agriculture but our future community and us old-timers aren’t always going to be around to help ‘em out,” longtime supporter and former veterinarian Ronnie Rogers said.

From the planting of the seed, through the long hours of preparation to the final fruition several years later, the committed staff and volunteers of the annual Aggie Days strive to imprint on not just students of today but adults of tomorrow.

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History: Mark and Cory Knight own and operate Goodman Meat Processing located on Highway 59 in Goodman, Mo. “I grew up in the country and I had always kept a locker here when it was owned

by Larry and Patsy Hart,” Mark said.

The business dates back to 1947 when Toad Holloway first started the meat locker.

The Harts owned the locker for 33 years when Larry decided he wanted to retire.

“I, myself, was semi-retired as the operations director for a jet engine overall company, Premier Turbines. I knew Larry wanted to retire,” Mark recalled. “I asked him what he was going to do with the business and he told me he was going to sell it. I asked him to who and he replied, ‘To you, because you’d like it.’ That was in 2011, in January 2012 I started helping out to get a feel for the business and in April, we bought it.”

How’s business?: On average, Goodman Meat Processing process about 500 cows and 300 hogs a year. To date they have processed 498 deer and are hoping to hit 500 before the season ends.

“We not only do custom processing for area farmers but we also do bratwurst, smoked bacon, jerky and sausage,” Cory added.

The Knight’s participate in the Share the Harvest program through the Department of Conservation, which allows deer hunters to donate their meat to local food pantries. The Knight’s provide the processing and the meat is given to Crosslines Food Pantry in Anderson, Mo. At home: “I have always lived in the country and in fact, I bought the 80 acres that my folks purchased in 1938, I now own 270 acres,” Mark said.

He currently runs about 150 head of commercial grade cattle.

“I bought my first cow for $240 in seventh grade with money I borrowed from Dad,” Mark recalled. “Much of what I learned came from the old-timers who lived near us. They were a wealth of knowledge and were eager to help me out in any way so I didn’t make the same mistakes.”

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Horsewoman Judi Carlson once said, “When riding a horse, we leave our fear, troubles and sadness behind on the ground.”

Thanks to the work of the H.A.Y. Foundation, that is exactly what horses are doing for some children in Southwest Missouri.

At H.A.Y. (Horses Assisting Youth), children between the ages of 4 and 17 who suffer from low self-esteem, anxiety, bullying and other social and/ or emotional issues are given the opportunity to learn to ride a horse, but they take away much more. Through the riding lessons, children build confidence and self-esteem, as well as self-discipline and improved communications skills.

Loryn Barclay, assistant coordiLoryn Barclay, the foundanator and a senior arena instruction’s assistant coordinator and a senior tor at H.A.Y., said most of the horses at the foundation are arena instructor, said the foundation retired rodeo horses. started in an unlikely way.

Laurel Koenigsfeld, daughter of the organization’s founders, Dave and Amy Koenigsfeld, wanted to learn to ride hors- risk” because of their emotional or social es. Laurel got her wish, but her parents issues.

H.A.Y., which is near Nixa, Mo., does felt there was more in store for them.

The Koenigsfelds, who had never not provide services to adults, or to owned horses prior to their daughter’s de- persons with severe developmental desire for a trusty steed, started the not-for- lays. Children who participate are also not simply lead around an arena on profit H.A.Y. Foundation in a horse. When they graduate the 2011, with the first children eight-week program, they will being served in 2012. have the skills needed to ride “They just wanted to do on their own. something for the community, “Most of the kids who come to give back,” Loryn said.

Nixa, Mo. in here have no self-esteem, Loryn explained that the children who come to H.A.Y. for lessons are considered “at — Continued on Next Page MARCH 7, 2016

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low self-confidence and don’t think they child to demonstrate direction given by can do anything by themselves,” Loryn the instructor. explained.

“Everyone here have big smiles on their “A big part of it is teaching them that faces all the time,” Loryn said. “I think they have control of their surroundings the kids look forward to coming someand over this horse. It gives them a huge where where everyone smiles, and having boost in self-confidence. A lot of our kids a positive environment and positive role really find themselves here, and then models to look to; they need them.” they go back to school and tell other kids While Loryn has been riding horses about what they are doing. They might since she can remember, she said working not have had friends before and now with H.A.Y. has been her first experience they are making friends. We have several working with children. With that, she teachers who give us reports that these had some of her own fears to conquer. kids may have never raised their hand in “I had no idea how to work with kids class before, but now they are. It really when I came,” she said. “I’m great with changes things for a lot of these kids.”

1,200-pound animals, but there are no Loryn added that changes are almost younger kids in my family and I was honestimmediate with some children. ly scared of them. I had no idea how to work “The transition from week one to week and talk with them, but they have changed eight, you just can’t believe it,” she said. my life. I am so much more confident now “Some kids come in terrified or so ner- in that I can speak up for myself, and I can vous that they can’t speak to the kids and speak. After a few direct them. I was weeks, they have a kind of a recluse, but “The smile and they just now the kids at the can’t wait to come.” is there and we have H.A.Y. Foundation Children are reno problem getting have really brought ferred to H.A.Y. me out of my shell. through schools, priThey have helped .” vate counselors and me as much as I have – Loryn Barclay state agencies. Some helped them.” parents and grandH.A.Y. is the only parents also seek assistance from H.A.Y. program of its type in the region, and In addition to riding lessons, children Loryn said the demand for the services do equine-related classroom activities, continues to grow. which include puzzles, games and books, “People are learning how awesome horsas well as hands-on work with H.A.Y.’s es are and what they can do for kids, both two miniature horses, all of which help socially and emotionally,” she said. “The to expand their communication skills demand is there and we have no problem and knowledge about horses. getting referrals. We actually have a wait“They learn this new ‘vocabulary,’ like ing list. I really hope that people will start certain parts of the horse, saddle and bri- learning more about these types of prodle,” Loryn said. “That way when they grams because they are changing lives.” need to listen to me or other instructors, In 2015, H.A.Y. provided services to they know what we are talking about. In about 100 children, which is nearly doudoing this, by week two, they are able to ble from 2014. get on the horse and start riding.”

“We’re trying to keep up with demand, All of the senior instructors at H.A.Y. but we provide services solely on donahave extensive horse sense and younger tions, and donations only go towards the equine practitioners are hired, some of kids,” Loryn said. “Amy and Dave take whom are graduates of the program, to care of the facility and the needs of the assist by serving as peer role models and horses, but the donations we receive reyouth demonstrators who ride beside the flects how many kids we can help.”

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louisburg - 508 Ac., Rice School Rd., 3 bedroom home, hay barn, shop, creek, good pasture & hay ground............................................$949,000 everton - 369 Ac., Hwy. M, 3 ponds, waterers, well, mostly open in grass, fenced & cross fenced....................... NEW PRICE $963,700 ava - 323 Ac., Hwy. 14, close in, 3 bedroom basement home, shop, barn, corrals, creek, springs, ponds, exc. fencing, good pasture & hay ground...............................$1,139,000 HALLTOWN - 356 Ac., Just off I-44, excellent improved pastures & fencing, 4 barns, 4 ponds, house, shop, good hwy frontage.....$1,174,800 aurora - 194 Ac., Honey Creek Bottom, 4 bedroom walkout brick home, nice hay barn, commodity barn, machine shed, exc. pasture, 24 paddocks with waterers...........$1,200,000 Mtn. grove - 244 Ac., Hwy. 95, outstanding farm, all brick home, shop, barns, pipe corrals, exc. fencing, waterers, ponds, 3 wells, one of Wright County’s finest!................$1,339,000 Buffalo - 425 ac. - Hwy. 65, 400 ac. in grass, corrals, barns, fenced, x fenced, Rd. frontage on 3 sides. Brick home, 2 creeks, waterers, great loc. ................................$1,500,000 aldrich - 540 Ac., Hwy. T, one of Polk County’s best! Excellent improved pastures & fencing, pipe corrals, hwy. frontage............$1,701,000 drury - 1287 Ac., Just Off Hwy. 14, East of Ava & South of Mtn. Grove, 3 bed, walkout brick home, shop, barns, corral, creeks, ponds, springs, good btm ground pasture, half open, beautiful mature pine trees & marketable timber....................................$2,400,000 AVA - 1,961 m/l Ac., off Hwy 14, exc. cattle ranch, mostly open, 90 pastures, exc. fencing, 40 ponds, springs & creeks, barns........ $4,412,250 LEBANON - 2,750 m/l Ac., Hwy. NN, state of the art horse facility, 47 indoor stalls, 25,000 sq. ft. indoor arena w/apartments, lodge on Niangua River, huge spring....... $7,300,000

Not Your Typical Farm

By Cheryl Kepes

The Ozark FFA Chapter’s farm allows all students to get a taste of the farm life At this farm, embedded on the top of rolling hills in Southwest Missouri, carefully welded fencing carves out pastures and a pristine building with tan-siding and green-trim anchors the crisp farmland.

A quick glance signals this is a typical farm. But a closer look reveals far more, something unique and special. A road sign tacked to the front building reads “FFA

Jeremy Sisco, Ozark FFA advisor.

The school farm gives students the opportunity to raise, care for and manage a variety of livestock. This district provided the Ozark FFA program with money to buy livestock for the farm. Students receive hands-on training with cattle, horses, goats and, in some years, pigs. On this farm, “city kids” and farm kids alike are learning to raise, manage and care for livestock. “They Photos by Cheryl Kepes

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Members of the Ozark (Mo.) FFA Chapter’s Leadership Team, pictured, are among the FFA members who gain hands-on agriculture experience at the chapter’s farm. The farm also provides an opportunity for students who may live in town to own livestock.

Way” and a sign attached to the front gate get to see everything. Some students see states “You are now entering Ozark R-6 more than they ever dreamed of,” chuckled Jeremy.

School District Property.”

The true-to-life farm experience appeals Five years ago, the Ozark School District in Ozark, Mo., allocated money for the to a majority of students. “Because we have a school farm it gives (non-farm stuOzark High School FFA prodents) an experience they wouldn’t gram to start a school farm. normally have,” said Tanner RobThe 20-acre farm allows ertson, a senior and Ozark FFA the booming FFA program to Chapter president. transform course work in to realIn the last decade, the Ozark life lessons.

Ozark, Mo. FFA Chapter’s numbers have “We have great support all the skyrocketed. way to the top. Our entire adWhen Jeremy graduated ministration is supportive,” said

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Owned & Operated By Farmers Working to Help the American Farmer Tanner Robertson is one of the Ozark FFA Chapter members who spends time at the school-owned farm.

from the Ozark program in 2006, there were 40 to 50 FFA members. Now, as one of the program’s three advisors, he works with more than 300 FFA members. In fact, the Ozark agriculture program has grown so large that it is consistently one of the top five largest FFA chapters in Missouri.

So how does an FFA chapter grow by such leaps and bounds in the midst of a community that’s almost completely urban?

Jeremy credits the success to Ozark FFA advisor, Heath Wright, who began guiding the chapter in 2005.

“He came in and did some non-traditional things,” explained Jeremy.

Wright, Jeremy and a third advisor, Travis Phipps, work together to offer courses and experiences that will appeal to all students.

“The first thing we did was we changed the curriculum and the classes that we offered,” Heath explained.

Heath scaled back the number of “oldschool” courses, like animal genetics and production, and the program now offers classes in leadership, landscaping, welding, fish and wildlife, equine science, construction and sales.

“I didn’t realize there was so much to do in FFA,” said Hannah Jenkins, a junior and FFA officer. She does not live on a farm, but now that she’s in FFA, she’s hooked.

“All sorts of opportunities have opened up since I have started FFA. It has been the most beneficial thing I have been a part of,” Hannah said.

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speaking and leadership opportunities also draw some non-traditional FFA students. No matter which classes students take, all FFA members must learn public speaking skills.

“In regards to communication skills, I think you see a big difference in ag kids compared to other students. Our FFA students really shine,” said Heath.

For students who want to take public speaking to the next level, they attend the Missouri FFA Public Speaking Academy.

The Public Speaking Academy helps students hone organizational, writing and delivery skills.

“I was so scared to talk in front of people and now it is a breeze. No matter what I end up doing, the public speaking and leadership will help me, even if I change my mind tomorrow,” said Madison Teague, a sophomore and FFA officer.

In a world that seems, at times, to be losing a connection to agriculture, the Ozark FFA program is producing a generation of fierce agricultural ambassadors.

“I will talk for hours about the benefits of ag and how important it is to every day life,” commented Madison, who does not live on a farm.

Ozark FFA advisors hope that they are helping shape their students’ future, and in turn, those students will make a positive impact on their communities.

“They are all going to buy food and vote one day. It’s important that the people who make decisions on our state’s and country’s laws truly understand and appreciate agriculture,” Jeremy said.

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Complimentary walking tours of the grounds and Photos by Laura L. Valenti wine tastings for visitors are a daily part of life at St. James Winery, souri,” she said recently. “I just returned located along Interstate 44 in the town from a wine judging event in San Francisof St. James, Mo., in Phelps County. co in which St. James Winery won three • Powerful 3-cylinder 24.8 HP Kubota diesel engine • Available in Kubota orange or Realtree AP camouflage Ann, who also serves as a wine judge in gold medals. We have a wine for every • VHT-X transmission boosts performance and durability • Standard hydraulic bed lift various competitions across taste, including sweet, semi-dry and • Heavy-duty front suspension and Extra Duty • Well-placed controls and obstacle-free Independent Rear Suspension leg room provides operator comfort America, said many peodry wines, as well as delicious grape We are Kubota. ple, even wine judges from juice made from Concord grapes.” areas like California, are surSt. James Winery, which boasts prised at the award-winning the largest vineyard acreage St. James, Mo. 1660 E. Chestnut Expwy. quality of wines that come from in Missouri, harvests their Springfield, MO 65802 the Ozarks. grapes from approximately www.kubota.com “They are not familiar with the grapes grown here in Mis— Continued on Page 22 ®

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meet your neighbors A Toast to Missouri Continued from Page 20 180 acres, located in Phelps and Crawford counties and produced more than 200,000 cases, which contains 12 bottles per case, of wine last year. The Norton grape, one of the varieties grown by St. James Winery, was named the official state grape by the Missouri legislature in 2003. In addition to their signature varieties, St. James Winery also produces several different seasonal wines.

“Our cranberry wine offered over the holidays is our best-selling seasonal variety,” Ann continued. “Right now we have our cherry chocolate wine made especially for Valentine’s Day. Ann proceeded to explain the basics of wine-making.

“When our grapes come in at harvest, the process begins on the crush pad,” she said. “The juice of the red grape is white. Red wine gets its red color from being fermented along with the red grape skins.”

No longer limited strictly to wine, St. James has added a line of foods made with or from wine, including everything from jelly to barbecue sauce.

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“Our winery is so much more than just a production facility. Wine-making at St. James Winery supports other industries in the state, like barrels that come from Independent Stave in Lebanon, (Mo.) and tanks manufactured by the Paul Mueller Company in Springfield, (Mo.),” Ann said as she pointed out items essential to the wine-making process while walking through the winery. “We also opened a brewery this past year and that expansion added a new facility next door to the winery. We built a garden in between the winery and the brewery so that in the spring, summer and fall, folks can relax outside in The Gardens with their glass of wine or beer.

“Our winemaker has been here for 14 years and comes from New Zealand.

As a result of his work, our quality just continues to grow. As a large winery, we are also very fortunate to have our own enologist, a wine scientist, on the premises. She keeps track of the science behind the wine, with the end result being a beautiful, clear tasty beverage. The making of wine involves a lot of hear, as well as science. It’s truly part art and part science,” Ann concluded.

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Hometown: Phillipsburg, Mo. Family: Wife, Penny; and sons, Robert, Chris and Zach In Town: “I’ve worked as a resource technician in fisheries for the Missouri Department of Conservation for the past 23 years,” Joe Burns shared recently while sitting in his office at the MDC Forestry office in Lebanon, Mo. “We target fish populations on rivers, streams, and lakes in 13 counties in southwest Missouri. We monitor those populations by sampling through electro-shocking and netting.

“My favorite part of the job is being outdoors and not being tied to a desk. Every day is a new day. I’m constantly doing something different and of course, I enjoy working with individual landowners with their farm ponds, although sometimes working with the public can be interesting. Dispelling rumors and straightening out people’s ideas that come from old wives’ tales can be something else but really, there is no down side to this job. I started working for the Conservation Department at the Bennett Spring Trout Hatchery and 23 years later, here I am.”

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In the Country: “I grew up on a farm in the Phillipsburg area and I haven’t moved too far,” Joe said.

Today, he owns a farm outside Phillipsburg where he keeps 30 head of momma cows on 100 acres.

“I just have commercial cows with a diversity of colors. I find crossbred cows do about as well as anything else so I don’t follow any registered breed.”

Joe markets his cattle through local livestock markets.

In past years, he also raised horses on his farm.

“I kept two stud horses and five to 10 mares,” he explained. “I also did some custom-breeding, all paint Quarter horses. Nowadays, it’s just the cows.”

Joe admitted that he still misses his horses but that when the bottom fell out of the horse market, there simply was no other choice.

In addition to supporting his cattle herd, Joe is also able to harvest hay from his property.

“I raise my own hay, some round bales and some square and of course, I feed some and sell some. Just an Ozarks boy trying to make an honest living,” he concluded with a shy, quiet smile.

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Midwest - High Plains Direct Slaughter Cattle

Not Reported*

Barry County Regional Stockyards

88.00-106.00 †

Interstate Regional Stockyards - Cuba

92.00-102.50 †

Joplin Regional Stockyards

83.00-108.00 † 68.00-110.00 †

Kingsville Livestock Auction

Not Reported*

Lebanon Livestock Auction

80.00-105.00*

Ozarks Regional Stockyard 83.50-89.50

South Central Regional Stockyards - Vienna

85.00-106.50 †

60

80

slaughter

100

120

140

cows

(Week of 2/21/16 to 2/27/16) Not Reported*

Barry County Regional Stockyard

66.00-90.00*

Buffalo Livestock Market

55.00-84.00 †

Douglas County Livestock

57.50-82.50 †

Interstate Regional Stockyards Joplin Regional Stockyards

54.00-85.00 † 51.50-90.50 †

Kingsville Livestock Auction

Not Reported*

Lebanon Livestock Auction

40.00-82.00 †

MO-KAN Livestock

59.00-90.00 †

Ozarks Regional Stockyard South Central Regional Stockyard

55.00-82.75 †

Springfield Livestock Market

51.00-82.50 †

10

30

50

70

cow/calf

90

110

130

pairs

(Week of 2/21/16 to 2/27/16) Barry County Regional

Not Reported*

Buffalo Livestock Market

None Reported*

Douglas County Livestock Auction Interstate Regional Stockyards - Cuba

1525.00 † None Reported †

Joplin Regional

1125.00-2000.00 †

Lebanon Livestock Auction

Not Reported*

MO-KAN Livestock Market - Butler

None Reported † 800.00-1800.00 †

Ozarks Reg South Central Regional Stockyards - Vienna

None Reported

Springfield Livestock Marketing

850

1350

1850

2350

2850

1017

cows

Steers, Med. & Lg. 1

(Week of 2/21/16 to 2/27/16) Barry County Regional Stockyards Buffalo Livestock Market

None Reported* 950.00-1920.00 †

Interstate Regional Stockyards - Cuba Joplin Regional

1275.00-1650.00 †

Holsteins, Lg. 3 300-400 lbs.

400-500 lbs.

500-600 lbs.

600-700 lbs.

700-800 lbs.

840.00-1800.00 †

Kingsville Livestock

1025.00-1710.00

Lebanon Livestock Auction

†

Not Reported*

MO-KAN Livestock Market - Butler Ozarks Regional

None Reported † 850.00-1750.00 †

South Central Regional Stockyards - Vienna Springfield Live

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300-400 lbs.

400-500 lbs.

500-600 lbs.

600-700 lbs.

700-800 lbs.

Not Reported*

Douglas County Live

750

Ava Douglas County† 2/25/16

†

1300.00-1775.00 †

replacement

250

Norwood, Mo. • Producers Auction Yards

1250

Heifers, Med. & Lg. 1

None Reported † 775.00-1900.00 †

1750

2250

2750

300-400 lbs.

400-500 lbs.

500-600 lbs.

600-700 lbs.

700-800 lbs.

Steady 216.00-222.50 200.00-220.00 172.50-200.00 166.00-177.50 138.00-145.00 135.00 125.00 112.50 --------175.00-188.00 172.00-179.00 154.00-175.00 152.00-161.00 132.50-150.00

2/11/16

Receipts: 278 Springer Heifers Bred Seven to Nine Months: Supreme 1875.00-2150.00, Approved 1575.00-1825.00, Crossbreds 1475.00-1575.00, Medium 1325.00, Crossbreds 1075.00-1375.00, Jerseys 1125.00-1275.00, Common 900.00-1100.00.

Heifers Bred Four to Six Months: Supreme Individual 1775.00, Jerseys 1750.00-1825.00, Approved Individual Crossbred 1600.00, Medium 1100.001275.00, Crossbreds 1050.00-1100.00, Individual Jersey 1050.00, Common Jerseys 700.00-825.00 Heifers Bred One to Three Months: Supreme Crossbreds Pair 1560.00, Approved Crossbreds 1250.001450.00.

Open heifers: Approved 300-400 lbs pkg 6 hd 380 lbs 800.00, 400-500 lbs pkg 10 hd 450 lbs 860.00, 600-700 lbs 950.00-1100.00, Ind. Crossbred 1010.00, 700-800 lbs Individual Crossbred 1200.00, Medium Scarce.

Fresh Milking Heifers and Cows: Supreme Individual 2050.00, Approved 1775.00-1875.00, Crossbreds 1600.00-1775.00, Jerseys 1300.00-1475.00, Medium Individual 1275.00, Crossbreds 1000.00-1150.00.

Bred and Springer Cows: Supreme Ind. Crossbred 1775.00, Pair Jerseys 1700.00, Approved 1400.001500.00, Crossbred 1475.00-1525.00, Jerseys 1400.001675.00, Medium Pair Crossbreds 1125.00, Jerseys 900.00-920.00, Common Crossbreds 400.00-650.00.

Baby Calves: Holstein Heifers Individual 320.00, Holstein Bulls Large 210.00-250.00, Small 150.00185.00, Jersey Bulls 75.00-90.00, Crossbred Bulls 125.00-165.00, Beef Cross Heifers 210.00-380.00, Beef Cross Bulls 320.00-430.00.

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2/23/16

Receipts: 291 Supply was low due to forecasted inclement weather but demand was very good with a standing room only crowd. All markets were mostly Steady to lower compared to last month. The supply made up of 45 percent Slaughter and feeder Lambs, 17 percent ewes and rams, 23 percent kid Goats, and 8 percent Does and bucks. All prices are per hundred weight (CWT) unless noted otherwise.

SHEEP: Feeder Lambs: Choice 2-3 25-39 lbs 220.00-237.50.

Slaughter Hair Lambs: Choice and Prime 1-2 38-45 lbs 240.00-245.00; 51-78 lbs 220.00-237.50. Good 1-2 50-83 lbs 180.00-200.00.

Wooled Replacement Ewes: Choice 2-3 115-150 lbs 70.00-80.00; 195-240 lbs 100-107.50.

Slaughter Hair Ewes: Good and Choice 2-3 75-145 lbs 75.00-95.00; 116-135 lbs 85.00-92.50.

Slaughter Hair Rams: Good 1-2 138-225 lbs 72.5095.00.

Feeder kids: Selection 1 30-38 lbs 220.00-237.50.

Selection 2 23-38 lbs 195.00-215.00.

Slaughter Kids: Selection 2 40-61 lbs 226.00-240.00.

Selection 3 40-55 lbs 175.00-185.00.

Slaughter Does: Selection 1 80-150 lbs 140.00-165.00.

Selection 3 94-150 lbs 120.00-130.00.

Slaughter Bucks: Selection 1 85 lbs 185.00.

Koshkonong, Mo. • Oregon County Goat & Sheep

2/6/16

Receipts: 112 All goats and sheep graded by MO Dept of Ag-USDA Graders and bought per cwt. based on in-weights at the buying station. Offerings were made up of 70 percent goats and 30 percent sheep. Next scheduled market date will be Saturday, Mar 5th. The station will be open to accept by appointment only. All prices per cwt.

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223.00-235.00 195.00-215.00 174.00-208.50 158.50-188.00 148.00-162.25

204.00-228.00 205.00-222.00 171.00-210.00 154.00-186.00 153.00-157.50

220.00-235.00 190.00-220.00 176.00-201.00 158.00-182.00 150.00-163.50

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177.00-195.50 167.00-187.00 150.00-181.00 144.75-154.50 145.25

175.00-215.00 155.00-185.00 150.00-179.00 140.00-162.00 132.00-147.00

181.00-208.00 185.00-201.00 155.50-195.00 142.50-164.75 141.00-150.50

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Receipts: 907 Springer Heifers bred seven to nine months: Supreme 1660.00-2050.00, ind Jersey 1650.00, crossbreds 1600.00-1775.00, Approved 1200.00-1575.00, ind crossbred-1560.00, Medium 925.00-1175.00, few crossbreds 950.00-975.00, Common 750.00-875.00.

Heifers bred three to six months: Supreme 1600.001875.00, Jerseys 1450.00-1775.00, crossbreds 1625.001825.00, Approved 1200.00-1575.00, ind Jersey 1100.00, crossbreds 1200.00-1570.00, Medium 800.00-1150.00, crossbreds 1030.00-1125.00, Common few 725.00775.00, crossbreds 540.00-850.00.

Heifers bred one to three months: Supreme 1475.001775.00, Jerseys 1550.00-1570.00, Approved 1050.001360.00, crossbreds 1425.00-1575.00, Medium few 825.00-850.00.

Open Heifers: Approved 230-300 lbs 360.00- 560.00, ind crossbred 255 lbs 380.00, 380-395 lbs few 590.00, lot of 11 Jerseys 358 lbs 1000.00, lot of 6 crossbreds 371 lbs 760.00, 481-498 lbs 750.00-800.00, few crossbreds 710.00-730.00, 530-590 lbs 830.00-890.00, few crossbreds 810.00, 614-663 lbs 870.00-990.00, ind crossbred 1140.00, Lot of 4 Bn Swiss 688 lbs 1040.00, 728-782 lbs 1160.00-1200.00.

Medium: ind 395 lb Jersey 600.00, ind 585 lb 680.00, 610-670 lbs 630.00-730.00, crossbreds 740.00-900.00, 745-800 lbs 720.00-840.00.

Replacement Cows: Fresh Cows: Supreme 1675.002000.00, Approved ind 1475.00, ind crossbred 1475.00, Medium 1000.00-1275.00, crossbreds 1100.00-1190.00, Common 720.00-985.00, ind Jersey 830.00.

Milking Cows: Supreme 1525.00-1700.00, few Jerseys 1500.00-1750.00, crossbreds 1600.00-1875.00, Approved 1325.00-1425.00, crossbreds 1375.00-1675.00, Medium 1000.00-1225.00, Jerseys 925.00-1225.00, crossbreds

950.00-1275.00, Common 625.00- 975.00, few Jerseys 720.00-785.00, crossbreds 600.00-900.00.

Springer Cows: Supreme ind 1575.00, crossbreds 1600.00-1800.00, Approved 1300.00-1475.00, few crossbreds 1410.00-1425.00, Medium 1000.00-1250.00, Jerseys 835.00-1000.00, crossbreds 1000.00-1335.00, Common 850.00-975.00, ind Jersey 900.00, few crossbreds 875.00-960.00.

Bred Cows: Supreme 1550.00-2175.00, crossbreds 1510.00-1675.00, Approved 1200.00-1400.00, few Jerseys 1300.00-1550.00, crossbreds 1275.00-1550.00, Medium 1000.00-1150.00, Jerseys 900.00-1000.00, crossbreds 870.00-1200.00, Common 680.00- 950.00, few Jerseys 680.00-760.00, crossbreds 680.00-975.00.

Baby Calves: Holstein heifers 240.00-340.00, Holstein bulls 220.00-290.00, Jersey heifers ind 260.00, Jersey bulls 120.00-370.00, crossbred heifers 260.00-370.00, crossbred bulls 240.00-350.00, small 170.00-230.00, beef cross heifers-ind 350.00, beef cross bulls 295.00-430.00.

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Heifers: 132.00-137.00; wtd. avg. price 135.45.

Dressed Basis Sales - Over 80% Choice Steers: 208.00-216.00; wtd. avg. price 212.90.

Heifers: 210.00-216.00; wtd. avg. price 213.00.

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2/26/16

Receipts: 14,847 Weaner pigs steady to weak on formula prices. Negotiated sales mostly steady. Feeder pigs no sales reported. Supply light and demand moderate. (Prices Per Head.)

Early weaned pigs 10 lb. base weights, FOB the farm 0% negotiated, 2580 head, 10 lbs, 36.00-43.60, weighted average 39.98.

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The state went from record highs to more seasonable February weather with some snow in the southeast part of the state this week. The warm up did result in a small amount of field work being done in preparation for planting grain crops soon.

Some cool season grasses also got some fertilizer spread on top of them. Somewhat of a surprise but a slight uptick to the very light amount of hay movement was noted this week. The supply of hay is moderate, demand is light and prices are steady. The Missouri Department of Agriculture has a hay directory available for both buyers and sellers. To be listed, or for a directory visit http://mda.mo.gov/abd/haydirectory/ for current listings of hay http://agebb.missouri.edu/haylst/ (All prices f.o.b. and per ton unless specified and on most recent reported sales price listed as round bales based generally on 5x6 bales with weights of approximately 1200-1500 lbs).

Supreme quality Alfalfa (RFV <185): 180.00-200.00.

Premium quality Alfalfa (RFV 170-180): 150.00-190.00.

Good quality Alfalfa (RFV 150-170): 120.00-160.00.

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

Good quality Mixed Grass hay: 75.00-100.00.

Fair to Good quality Mixed Grass hay: 40.00-70.00.

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

Fair to Good quality Bromegrass: 50.00-80.00.

Wheat straw: 3.00-6.00 per small square bale.

Soybeans

Cuba Vienna

3/1/16

Estimated Receipts: 400 Supply and demand are light to moderate.

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

Base carcass meat price: 55.00-57.00.

Sows (cash prices): steady, 300-500 lbs. 23.00-28.00, over 500 lbs. 28.00-33.00.

Week of 1/31/16

-3 25-39 lbs 220.00-237.50.

Choice and Prime 1-2 38-45 lbs 220.00-237.50. Good 1-2 50-83

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2/26/16

CHEESE: Barrels closed at $1.4300 and 40# blocks at $1.4800. The weekly average for barrels is $1.4345 (-.0361) and blocks, $1.4620 (-.0274).

FLUID MILK: Farm milk intakes are higher in all regions of the country. Manufacturing milk supplies are adequate for meeting production needs. Condensed skim processing is active. In the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic, Class I demand is lighter as some schools are closed. In Florida, Arizona and the Central region, Class I sales are steady. Bottled milk sales into food service and retail sectors are up in California. In New Mexico, sales into Class I and Class II are steady to lower as K-12 school and retail pipelines are full. Cream volumes are readably available in all regions.

SPOT PRICES OF CLASS II CREAM: $ PER POUND BUTTERFAT, F.O.B., producing plants, Upper Midwest $2.4197-2.4812.

steers 550-600 LBS.

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

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

Week of 2/7/16

GOATS: Slaughter Kids: Selection 1 45-60 lbs 275.00; 61-80 lbs 235.00.

Selection 2 45-60 lbs 260.00; 61-80 lbs 210.00. Selection 3 45-60 lbs 130.00; 61-80 lbs 115.00.

Feeder Kids: Selection 1-2 20-44 lbs 210.00.

Slaughter Does/Nannies: Selection 1-2 125.00. Selection 3 85.00. any grade yearling 175.00.

Slaughter Bucks: Selection 1-2 145.00. Selection 3 85.00. any grade pygmy 80.00.

SHEEP: Slaughter Lambs: Choice and Prime 2-3 hair under 80 lbs 230.00260.00; over 80 lbs 135.00.

Slaughter Ewes: Scarce.

Slaughter Rams: aged 80.00.

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Producing Eggs the Old-Fashioned Way

By Julie Turner-Crawford

Seymour, Mo., woman says the demand for farm-fresh eggs continues to grow Growing up on her family’s farm, one of Rachel Harris’ daily chores was to take care of the chickens. It was also her responsibility to get the eggs ready for sale to customers.

Those childhood chores have now become part of Rachel’s adult life with her own laying hen and free-range egg operation.

“I started getting my own chickens and selling eggs to people, and the demand got bigger than the supply, so I started adding chickens,” she said.

Based in rural Seymour, Mo., in Webster County, Rachel focuses her operation on brown egg-producRachel Harris has plans to expand her ing breeds, such as Black egg laying operation to include as many Australorp, Rhode Island as 600 laying hens this year.

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Photo by Julie Turner-Crawford She also has a few Americauna chickens, which lay As the daylight hours increase, so will the green eggs, as a novelty for some customers. brood’s overall production.

“My customers like brown eggs,” she said.

“Spring and the fall are the best times,” Rachel was selling to Shetler’s Grocery in Rachel said. “When it’s hot or cold, they Seymour, Mo., but a drop in production slow down because their bodies are trying caused her to suspend the sales. She is to adapt to the environment rather than lay currently at about 30 percent production, eggs. I try to help with that in the winter which is enough to supply her by adding fat their diet. I feed them all regular customers. of the food scraps from the house and “That’s why we have more when there is bacon or hamburger chickens,” she said. “My goal is grease, it can be mixed in their to get back to supplying (Shetfeed. Really, anything that we ler’s) and I would like to supply Seymour, Mo. eat, they will eat it too.” other stores and restaurants. I She recently took delivery have my egg licenses, but I know of about 500 chicks that I have a little more to do.” will be integrated into the

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meet your neighbors main brood. She hopes to have 500 to 600 laying hens in production this year.

Rachel is quick to point out that she just raises her chickens the way she has since her childhood – the old-fashioned way.

“There is a big movement of people wanting to get back to the land,” Rachel said. “One of my pet peeves is the term ‘organic.’ It is a government-owned word and people don’t realize that. It’s not what people think it is. Also, cage-free does not always mean chickens are running around outside. They are just running around in a barn, piled up on each other. Cages are almost better in that situation.”

Rachel’s chickens are allowed complete access to her 17-acre farm.

“People want something that is real,” she said. “Something that they can picture in their mind of chickens roaming the farm and on the green grass, and that’s really what these girls are doing.”

While the birds are free to roam, she also provides them with soaked wheat, sunflower seeds and pressed layer pellets.

A neighbor allows Rachel’s chickens to have access to their pasture, where the birds scatter cow manure while searching for undigested gain.

Thanks to her guard dog Rocky, Rachel has no issues with predators, with the exception of an occasional owl.

Rachel monitors for disease in her flock, but feels because her chickens are free to roam, they are naturally equipped to fight off most diseases.

“I am careful about who I let come in the barns, because I don’t know where your shoes have been,” she said. “I also think letting nature be a part of you is your best defense against diseases because you can built up a immunity to the diseases that are in your micro environment.”

In addition to eggs, Rachel also sells laying hens.

“The cycle is that I will raise them up, keep them until they are laying, maybe a year, then sell them to others,” she said.

“People will contact me because they want layers and I know mine are in the laying process, so I can guarantee that they will produce.”

Rachel said she sold “several hundred” laying hens in 2015.

Chickens aren’t the only animals Rachel has incorporated into her operation.

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“I had meat rabbits for a while, and it got to be too much for one person to handle, so I sold all of the rabbits and began focusing on goats,” she said. “I had more than 100 goats here at one time, then I started focusing more on the chickens because the demand for the eggs was much bigger than the supply.”

She currently has Boer and Boer-cross goats, incorporating some dairy breeds and a Savanna-cross buck, into her operation. She hopes increase her goat herd as well in the near future.

In addition to her farming operation, she works at an automotive shop.

“I say that (the farm) is my full-time job

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Trinity Witt Story and Photo By Terry Ropp

Age: 10 Parents: Nathan and Tracy Witt Hometown: Purdy, Mo. 4-H Club: Screeching Eagles 4-H 4-H Advisor: Nathan Witt What is your 4-H project and what do you like about it?

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“I have three rabbits: one Holland lop ear buck named Marlowe, one dwarf Hotot buck named Gilmore and a Holland lop ear doe named Daisy. I record when I put Marlowe and Daisy together and when Daisy has babies. They have produced about 20 babies that I sold for pets and meat. I am responsible for feeding the rabbits once a day in the evening and checking for water at least twice a day.”

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How did you get started with 4-H?

“The local club closed a while back and my dad started it back up again so all of us could learn about animals. I already had my rabbits and have learned a lot.”

What are your favorite rabbit memories?

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What awards have you won?

“I did a prepared speech on rabbits and will go on to Ozark Empire and perhaps the State Fair with that speech. I also won the County Achievement Day Award. I won grand champion at our local fair with two of Daisy’s babies, Fudge and Stripe, and got grand champion for cake decorating with a basket weave bottom on a white fondant base and the top was green fondant with lots of different kinds of flowers and techniques that I learned from my grandmother.”

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“My favorite part is teaching and practicing getting my rabbits in their starting show position even though playing with the rabbits and setting up a birthing box is also fun.

You can tell when Daisy’s going to have babies because she keeps pulling out her hair and mixing it with a straw just before giving birth so the new babies will be warm.”

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he Tax Court has recognized that horse racing or breeding is a highly speculative venture, but that “an opportunity to earn a substantial ultimate profit in a highly speculative venture is ordinarily sufficient to indicate that the activity is engaged in for profit even though losses or only occasionJohn Alan Cohan is a al small profits are actually generated.” lawyer who has served Sometimes a syndicate is formed to pool rethe farming, ranching sources and minimize the risks. and horse industries since Syndication is a way of getting involved in rac1981. To contact John Alan ing, breeding or competing on a much higher Cohan, go to ozarksfn.com level than individual ownership. For the ownerand click on ‘Contact Us.’ manager, it provides funds with which to purchase a horse that otherwise might be unaffordable.

For many years, fractional ownership has been a means of buying into horse racing and breeding opportunities.

There are several kinds of syndicates, but in principle the people who buy into the deal become co-owners of fractional interests in the racehorse, show horse or stallion, as the case may be.

A racing syndicate may take one of several forms. Typically, a specific racehorse is involved, and the manager is usually the owner of the horse. The syndicate members have decision-making powers, such as deciding when the horse will commence its racing career, be gelded, retire for breeding or stud duties, or whether to change the trainer or to sell the horse.

Purses are distributed to members pro-rata on a monthly basis. In addition to the price of shares, members may be required to pay a monthly maintenance fee. Upon termination of the syndicate, the manager is to divide the proceeds among the members proportionately.

If a horse is not a successful performer or is injured, each member’s loss is limited to a fraction of the purchase price.

On the breeding side, stallion syndications are a viable means of buying into a super-stallion and spreading the costs of ownership among a group of investors. With a breeding syndicate, a stallion may be transferred into a syndicate, and syndicate members (co-owners) are entitled to one free nomination per season.

Members may choose to sell their annual nominations, and eventually a share in profits should the horse be sold. The entrepreneur who establishes the venture manages these syndicates. Each party is entitled to separately report tax deductions for costs and depreciation.

A syndicate agreement will state whether the horse is or is not insured. Members may obtain mortality insurance, however, on their individual fractional interests. The legal structure of the syndicate is usually a partnership, tenancy in common, or LLC entity.

Some syndicates have a set time frame, such as a year in which the horse will be raced, purse money distributed, and the horse sold at the end of the period. This enables investors to minimize risks, get earnings sooner rather than later, and often may involve a relatively modest investment, depending on the fair market value of the horse.

It is always important to know the qualifications of the syndicate manager, and to check out the pedigree and record of the individual horse or horses involved.

Syndicate agreements are usually fairly straightforward documents, but an attorney should always review them.

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By Jessica Bailey

emperatures are almost spring like as I write this article. On my family’s farm, we’ve started keeping a closer eye on the herd as the momma cows prepare for calving season. The horses are looking shaggy as their winter coats start to shed, and each night I hear the geese coming to their rest stop at the creek on their way back north.

A couple years ago, I loved watching the geese Jessica Bailey is an come in. We had a pair that would come back agricultural lender at Hometown Bank in every year to raise their goslings. Watching them Neosho, Mo. A resident grow and change was always fun, especially when of Newton County, she they tried flying lessons around the calves. That all also raises cattle on changed almost exactly a year ago when avian inher family’s farm and fluenza arrive in our area. Although I still enjoyed is an active alumni of their beauty, all of a sudden, I saw these birds as carthe Crowder College rier of a disease that could wipe out an entire operaAggie Club. tion in one fell swoop.

Last year, I wrote an article on contingency planning, mostly related to estate planning and medical emergencies. In remembering last year’s events at this time, I’d like to suggest a couple of contingency planning ideas that can apply to any operation in regards to biosecurity events.

One is an idea that I have seen going into effect more and more in our area, especially on poultry operations, and that is biosecurity prevention measures. For those in the poultry world, the majority of these are a result of last year’s scare and the integrators’ response. Although the poultry industry has worked to remain on the forefront of prevention measures, the new policies going into effect are hoped to even further that lead.

Whether it’s moving to “shower in – shower out” facilities or requiring full decontamination of transportation vehicles between farms, the poultry industry is working to do all it possibly can to prevent another disease outbreak. And that mindset has spread even to lenders such as myself, making sure we have all the permissions needed should we need to visit the farm and following all requirements stringently.

Even cattle operations have started the same measures in order to be pro-active against the current diseases we fight such as BVD, brucellosis, trich, etc., and also against the possibility of a biological threat such as foot and mouth disease being reintroduced to our industry here in the United States. Following protocols ourselves and asking visitors to our operations to do the same can only ensure that our food supply chain remains the safest in the world.

Another suggestion is to make sure that all the principals involved in your operation can openly communicate with one another now, not during or after an incident. I’m talking about making sure you have an open line of communication with your insurance agent, your integrator and your lender, and making sure they can communicate with each other as well. This does not mean that they all need to know every single detail of your operation, but they should be able at the very least to discuss the situation at hand, which will make the recovery process a lot less painful for all involved.

I always tell my customers that my motto is to help you bring your operation to its fullest potential, and that I am here to help, not hinder, your goals. In the end, that is a benefit to the both of us and to the industry as a whole. I know I say this all the time, but we in the agricultural industry do truly work and live in the greatest industry around.

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Research shows that castrating bulls early in life is actually the best practice to follow When is the right time to castrate a calf?

“The old comment cowboys would make is, ‘When the knife is sharp,’” Eldon Cole, University of Missouri Extension livestock specialist, told Ozarks Farm & Neighbor.

“And many add to it, ‘And you’re in the mood.’ We generally feel like early castration has a lot of advantages over a late castration, after the calf is 3 months of age.

I would like to see these calves either castrated at birth, or the first time you work them, up at around 2 to 3 months of age.”

Anything later than that, he said, is problematic from a couple of standpoints.

“Bull calves, left out in the pasture with the cows and their sisters, spend a lot of time chasing cows that are coming in heat; they may run the risk of being injured by older bulls, especially if the older bulls think that they’re infringing on their territory. And, the longer a calf is left as a bull – especially if you get up over that 500-600 pound range – the beef quality grade ultimately could be compromised, as well as tenderness.”

Nevertheless, a lot of ranchers leave their male calves intact. Cole said the ranchers believe a bull calf will weigh 50 more pounds than a steer calf at weaning, but they are ignoring the potential losses.

“Ultimately, that calf will be castrated, and at some point he is going to suffer some stress and some loss in weight gains,” he said. “The research that I generally find in the literature, over years and years of data, is when you leave them intact until they’re six-weights or heavier and then castrate them, there is more morbidity, more sickness when they hit the feedlot, and at some point some of that weight gain that they had as a calf will be lost,” in effect passing the losses along to the backgrounder or feedlot operator But the premise of improved gain by bulls is a myth, according to Bryan Nichols, livestock consultant with the Samuel R. Noble Foundation in Ardmore, Okla.

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“There’s actually some data from Oklahoma State that say that’s not true,” Nichols told OFN. “At weaning time there was no difference in weight between bulls, bulls that were banded at birth, and bulls that were banded at birth and then implanted.

So their data would suggest that, as we typically suggest, castration early on in that calf’s life is the best way to go.”

Why do producers believe otherwise?

“It would just be the fact that if the calf has testicles then he has the ability to produce testosterone, which would then increase weight,” Nichols said. But removing the stress with early castration is more important, and he pointed out, “If they have any worries about taking the testosterone away from that calf, we can give them a growth-promoting implant and definitely offset that, and reduce aggressive behavior.” Within the Noble Foundation’s herd, calves are castrated as soon as the staff sees them; however, Nichols acknowledges, “That’s a lot of work for a lot of producers,” so 2-3 months of age is more common.

Cole said last fall at a program at Joplin, people representing Market News, livestock markets and feedlots were asked. “When do you want your male calves castrated?”

According to Cole, the answer was, “We just want it done right the first time; we don’t want accidents,” like a testicle withdrawn up into the belly where it has to be surgically removed.

“Some of them remarked about half the cattle they’d been getting in over the previous few weeks had all been left as bulls,” he added. “I don’t know that it would run that high, but certainly would feel that 30 to 40 percent of them might still be left as bulls.”

“We will spot spray thistles and Sericea. Last year, we mob grazed a field with ragweed and next year we will hay that field to help control. We try mechanical and biological control before using spray.”

“We are going to have spray buggies come out, weather permitting, and spray the whole place. We have never done that before, but we had a lot of weeds come up last year, so we are going to give it a try.”

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“I spray thistles and some of the noxious weeds. I have a sprayer on my 4-wheeler and I can spray things in a pretty short time.

I make a circle about every seven to 10 days.”

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Jerry Delcore Stone County, Mo.

“We had Grazon applied by local exchange for the past two years over at the family farm.

It really brought the old grass stand back to life.”

Dexter McIntyer Polk County, Mo. MARCH 7, 2016

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When is it Time to Call the Vet?

By Gary Digiuseppe

Knowing the signs of trouble during calving can save your calf, and cow If a cow is taking too long to deliver her calf, or it appears the calf may be coming out the wrong way, don’t wait. Call your vet.

“We don’t want to have a dead calf,” Dr. Robert Wells, livestock consultant with the Samuel R. Noble Foundation in Ardmore, Okla., told Ozarks Farm & Neighbor. “We don’t want to lose a cow, and we just don’t make any money when we have calves that don’t come out unassisted in a timely fashion.”

Normally as the cow is giving birth you’ll see the calf’s nose and front two feet; the soles of the feet should be pointed down. If any of those elements is missing, there is a much greater chance of a “malpresentation,” and that can spell trouble with the delivery.

It could be a “breach” delivery, in which the calf is presenting its hind rump first, with the legs folded underneath it. Wells said other typical calving problems include a head, or one of the legs, turned back.

“Even if the calf is presenting normally, we can have what we call a ‘hiplocking,’ where the calf has a big enough hip that it gets caught in the birth canal,” he said.

That can also happen with shoulders.

Wells said in many of these conditions, especially with a breach delivery, the cow will exhibit abdominal pressing.

“She’s really contracting, using those muscles in her abdomen trying to push

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that calf out, but we’re not seeing any progress,” he said. “She’s going to lay down and get up repeatedly; she may even kick at her side, turn her head and look at her belly, especially on a heifer that doesn’t have experience calving. If we don’t see anything while she’s been in Stage 1 labor for six hours or more, and she’s exhibiting the abdominal press, then it’s time to go in and see what’s going on, and also get a veterinarian to assist us if we’re not comfortable helping that female to pass that calf.”

A University of Missouri Extension publication, Assisting the Beef Cow at Calving Time, describes the three stages of calving, also called parturition. Stage 1 is preparatory, Stage 2 is fetal expulsion, and Stage 3 is expulsion of the placenta or afterbirth. Stage 1 typically takes two to six hours as the calf rotates to an upright position, rhythmic contractions of the uterus USDA photo begin and gradually become more frequent, and the cervix expands to allow the uterus and vagina to become a continuous canal.

The delivery period, Stage 2, usually takes one to two hours, but can be longer in a heifer. The cow is usually lying down, and her uterine contractions are accompanied by voluntary contractions of her abdomen and diaphragm. In a normal birth, as the calf’s nose emerges, the cow pushes her hardest to get the MARCH 7, 2016

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“Once the shoulders have passed, the abdominal muscles of the calf relax and its hips and hind legs extend back to permit easier passage of the hip region,” the document reads.

Finally, the calf is on the ground, and the cow ejects the placenta in Stage 3, taking anywhere form two to eight hours.

Wells said a cow will normally calve unassisted within four hours. If they don’t go through the stages in a timely fashion – if they’re in Stage 1 for more than six hours and the abdominal press hasn’t begun, for instance – there may be issues.

Similarly, if the cow is in Stage 2 for two hours but no part of the calf has emerged, “then she should be examined, and possibly helped.”

Once you call the vet, get the female up to your working facilities.

“The worst thing you can do is ask the veterinarian to deliver the calf out in the middle of a pasture,” Wells said.

“If you’re calling at night, do everything you possibly can to have plenty of light, so the veterinarian can see what he needs to do.”

You should also have clean equipment available; the vet will bring his own equipment, but it doesn’t hurt to have a backup.

And, to reduce the likelihood of problems like this, you should improve your herd’s genetics.

“We need to do everything we can to make sure that we’re buying females from somebody who has actually got a known calving ease bull, that is documentable by a set of registration papers or DNA data,” Wells said.

In addition, keep your cow in good body condition; while some producers believe restricted nutrition in the final trimester reduces calving problems, Wells said research at Texas A & M University shows the opposite is true, and “we would actually have higher rates of dystocia and lower rates of rebreeding in a timely fashion, and reduced viability of the calf through weaning, in females that were underconditioned prior to calving.

Some must-haves for a successful calving season: o Ear tags o Markers o Tagger (and a spare) o Calving book for

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Don’t Forget to Test

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Producers are reminded there is no bad time to test their soil

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There is no bad time to take samples for a soil test.

“You can do it about any time the soil is in good enough shape to pull a sample,” Tim Schnakenberg, regional agronomist for University of Missouri Extension told Ozarks Farm & Neighbor. “I think it’s better to let the soil dry a bit because if it comes in wet, we’re going to have to dry it before we ship it, so that slows the process down.”

The crucial thing is to get the information in time to be able to amend the soil for the upcoming season.

But there are some times, he said, that are better than others.

“If you take your sample in the fall, usually the soil labs are not quite as busy during that time and you can get your results back.

If you need to address a serious soil fertility issue such as low pH or low phosphorus or potassium levels, you have time to be prepared for the next growing season, especially with lime,” he said. “Limestone takes six months to a year to get an adequate change made in the pH, so the earlier you start for the next growing season, the better.”

The producer can request test information on a number of soil components. Dr. John Jennings, University of Arkansas forage agronomist, said the most important data are the soil pH, and major and minor minerals like phosphorus and potassium.

“Below that, we start looking at sulfur, magnesium and zinc,” he told OFN. “Also, soil salinity and organic matter can be requested on soil tests, and that’s useful to know, too, for pasture situations. If we can build organic matter,

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productivity and moisture holding capacity of the soil seems to improve.”

Jennings said good samples should be taken 4 to 6 inches deep, in a zigzag pattern across the pasture, with 20 to 25 cores over 20 acres. If a larger area is to be sampled, it should be split into sections that will be managed in a like manner. He cautioned not to attempt to take samples during hot, dry conditions, especially on rocky soils.

“What happens often is producers take a sample that’s too shallow; it might be only 2 inches deep, and biases the fertility of what a normal, deeper sample would be,” Jennings said.

He recommended forage producers take soil samples every two to three years, with some exceptions.

“If you’re in a really high management situation and trying to make improvements quickly you can sample yearly,” he said. “If they take off a much larger hay crop than normal they may want to sample the following year, just to make sure they haven’t pulled the fertility down too much. But generally, it doesn’t change really quickly; if they stay on that two-year track, they’re going to catch that anyway.”

Regardless of when samples are taken, it should be at the same time of year each time, because fertility varies during the year. Schnakenberg said, “The University of Illinois conducted a trial many years ago where they sampled a field in the same place every month for three years in a row, looking at fertility levels at different times of the year. They found that potassium levels were highest between March and June and lowest between MARCH 7, 2016

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Producers should also look at how the field has been managed over several years.

“Whether or not the field is cropped, pastured or hayed has a huge difference in fertility levels and you’ve got to factor that in,” he said. Many Ozarks hay fields have been used for that purpose for many years, and as a result are drastically depleted of nutrients; pastures tend to be in better shape due to the recycled nutrients through the manure.

And landscape position plays a role in nutrient needs.

“Is the field representative of the practices in the past; is it toe-sloped, the crest of a hill?” Schnakenberg asked. “Is it the side-slope, or the bottom? Generally, the subsamples need to be similar in past cropping and landscape position to one another because those factors change it a lot, and they affect the nutrient content...Soil testing is not a perfect science; it’s the best we have and a wonderful tool, but there are too many variables out there. We’re better off testing the same time of year each time we soil test.”

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The soil testing laboratories do a good job of determining the salt pH and nutrient content of the soil sample you submitted.

To ensure accuracy, check samples are continually run with samples submitted by you. Also, the University lab exchanges samples with several private labs to assure accurate results from all labs involved. Even though the tests are accurate, the results are only as good as the sample you submit. Well taken soil samples yield good results while poorly taken samples yield poor results.

I took two soil samples from the same field in the same area and the results were completely different.

What is wrong?

Soils can have wide variations in fertility levels in the same field. The distribution of nutrients through the soil surface is not exactly uniform over every square inch. A good example is a box full of colored marbles, the same number of each color. If you grab a handful of marbles from the box, you are likely to get a different number of each color. But after several handfuls, the number of each color will average nearly the same.

Soils are somewhat similar to this example. You should take enough soil cores for an adequate representation of the field’s soil content.

I have four fields that have been managed the same way for many years and are of similar soil type. Can I take one composite sample for all four fields?

No. A specific example concerns a producer who took a composite sample from three small fields of similar soil type and history. The test results showed high soil salt pH and phosphorus levels he didn’t believe. He re-sampled each field separately and the results showed very low phosphorus on two fields and high in another. The salt pH was high in two fields and low in the other. As a result, the fertilizer and limestone recommendations changed drastically.

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Reducing Death Loss in Calves

By Gary Digiuseppe

Proper management of your newborns can improve your bottom line The world can be fraught with danger for a newborn calf, and that’s also a threat to your bottom line. There are a number of steps you can take in hopes of reducing death loss.

Number one, University of Missouri regional Livestock Specialist Eldon Cole told Ozarks Farm & Neighbor, is to get colostrum into the calf as soon as he’ll stand up and start nursing – usually, within 30 to 45 minutes after birth.

“That’s probably their first line of defense for reducing death losses in baby calves,” Cole said. “This involves sanitation on the part of keeping the cow’s udder clean, and not having cows that have udder problems. Some of them may only have threequarters, and may not produce enough milk for the baby calf.”

Peril also awaits the young calf around bale rings that are not well managed.

“Some of those bale rings get to be a muddy, messy hole,” Cole said, adding that the calves see the hay pulled out, and think that’s a good place to lie down.

“Once in a while they get in the wrong place, and the cow will step on them.”

He urged producers to keep their hay spread, and to move bales or rings periodically so the surrounding ground does not become a muddy danger to the calves.

Scours, of course, is a major threat to young calves. There are vaccination programs for the cow that will give her more immunity to pass on to her calf as it develops. That’s another good way to reduce death loss, especially if you’ve had a calf diarrhea problem in the past.

“We had a bad outbreak of calf scours this past calving season in September and October,” Cole said. “We have to work with a veterinarian to find out what organism is the culprit in your neighborhood in any given year, or even month.”

There’s been some debate over when the best time is to follow up with vaccinations so they won’t interfere with the antibodies the calf has received from the colostrum.

Cole said they used to think the antibodies would last until 3 or 4 months of age.

“We’re not quite as concerned about the colostrum interfering with natural immunity through the vaccine,” he said. “I think that it is something to be a little bit concerned about, but 3 months of age is probably a satisfactory time to vaccinate.”

When you’re looking at protecting the calf, don’t neglect the cow.

“Cows need to be in a body condition score of 5 to 6, and heifers need to be in a BCS of 6, at calving,” Dr. Deke Alkire, planned consultation manager for the Samuel R. Noble Foundation in Ardmore,

Okla., told OFN. “That’s really going to affect the quality of their colostrum; we want to make sure they’re getting adequate protein, energy and minerals.”

While hesitant to put a number on when producers should be concerned, Alkire said 10 percent death loss is “a pretty big red flag” and could be the result of a number of factors. “It’s going to come down to proper nutrition of the dam, proper vaccination of the dam, environmental conditions, and how you manage around those to prevent that calf from getting sick. It could be an environmental factor like mud or temperature, but then it’s also going to be things like disease.”

Mud is a particularly big contributor to death loss or sickness in young calves, so mud should be decreased where cows are going to be calving as much as possible.

You can’t sterilize an outdoor facility, but if you’ve had sick animals in the pen you should remove old bedding, and make sure the pen drains well so there isn’t mud in those areas.

Also, don’t calve cows in a confined pen – it concentrates the disease.

“I think it’s a great idea to calve cows and heifers on fresh pasture that’s got some forage residual so it’s got a good ground cover,” Alkire said. “As they calve out, move the pairs to a clean pasture.

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“There is no single best way to raise calves, as all sorts of combinations of feeding, housing and management can be successful in the right hands and on the right farm. A system that works well on one farm may fail on another. A calf-raising management plan must include all factors, which are interrelated, such as nutrition, health care, growth, labor efficiency, capital and operation and maintenance costs. However, thrifty calves cannot be raised efficiently in poor facilities with inadequate animal husbandry. By understanding the scientific principles of calf growth, nutrition, health and behavior, producers can develop a management system that is successful on their own farm. Therefore, the only solution to address calf-raising problems is for producers to review the “fundamentals” of calf management.

If followed, a calf management plan will greatly decrease the exposure of the calves to disease organisms and improve their health, survivability and growth rates. A calf-raising management can be applied to every calf-raising situation on every farm, whatever size operation.”

– Neil Broadwater, Extension Educator-Dairy, the University of Minnesota

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Avian Flu:

Should You be Concerned?

By Klaire Howerton

Biosecurity, cleanliness is the best line of defence for poultry producers If you have spent any time in the poultry industry, you know that there are a number of diseases that you have to watch out for within your flock – no matter how large or how small your poultry operation is.

One of these diseases is avian influenza, or avian flu.

What is Avian Flu?

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, avian influenza refers to infection of birds with avian influenza Type A viruses. These viruses occur naturally among wild aquatic birds worldwide and can infect domestic poultry and other bird and animal species. Wild aquatic birds can be infected with avian influenza A viruses in their intestines and respiratory tract, but usually do not get sick.

However, avian influenza A viruses are very contagious among birds and some of these viruses can sicken and even kill certain domesticated bird species including chickens, ducks, and turkeys.” Infected birds can pass avian flu to susceptible birds through saliva, nasal mucus and feces. Avian flu is classified into two different types of viruses: low pathogenic avian influenza (LPAI) A viruses, and highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) A viruses.

Symptoms of Avian Flu If poultry is infected with LPAI, in many cases there are no symptoms, or only slight symptoms such as a decline in egg production or ruffled feathers. HPAI symptoms are much more serious, and can include respiratory distress, purple swellings on eyelids, wattles, legs and comb, and loose, watery stool. Both forms of avian flu spread rapidly, and according to an article by Oklahoma State University, LPAI viruses have the potential to mutate into HPAI, which is why they are monitored closely by the USDA.

Know the Warning Signs of Infectious Bird Diseases:

Many bird diseases can be difficult to diagnose. The list below includes some of the things to look for that signal something might be wrong with your birds.

Early detection of signs is very important to prevent the spread of disease.

• Sudden increase in bird deaths in your flock • Sneezing, gasping for air, coughing, and nasal discharge • Watery and green diarrhea • Lack of energy and poor appetite • Drop in egg production or soft- or thin-shelled, misshapen eggs • Swelling around the eyes, neck, and head • Purple discoloration of the wattles, combs, and legs (avian influenza) • Tremors, drooping wings, circling, twisting of the head and neck, or lack of movement (exotic Newcastle disease)

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Preventing Avian Flu

Biosecurity is the best way to prevent avian flu in your flock.

“With proper biosecurity a farmer reduces chances of disease or parasite infestation to their livestock. Diseases can be brought in on contaminated footwear and clothing, perhaps even on our hands,” said Ann Horsman, of Meadowlands Farm in Niangua, Mo. Quarantine is a very effective biosecurity measure, one that Horsman uses regularly in her poultry operation.

“I follow strict quarantine programs for incoming stock,” she said.

Only after they pass a quarantine period does she release them to the designated flock and pasture area on her farm.

Another solid prevention method for avian flu is making a simple disinfectant spray solution of household bleach and water for shoes, clothing and other supplies that have or could have come into contact with contaminated poultry.

Finally, be sure you report any avian flu cases to your local veterinarian or USDA office.

Is Avian Flu a Threat to Your Operation?

Since avian flu was first identified in 1997, there have been sporadic outbreaks of this disease in the U.S. Unfortunately, there is not an effective treatment for poultry with HPAI. While avian flu can be spread easily from bird to bird, it is extremely rare for humans to contract the disease. The most recent case of avian flu was found in Indiana on Jan. 15, the first confirmed case since June of the previous year.

James Boosey of Blue Heron Farm in Marshfield, Mo., raises several hundred chickens, ducks and geese annually for his egg business and encourages poultry producers of any size to have a general understanding of avian flu, but not to panic about it. He stresses cleanliness as a preventative measure.

“Chickens are curious and you will have problems if you aren’t clean,” he said, adding that free range birds have a “much more evolved immune system” than poultry that are kept indoors, and are therefore less susceptible to diseases like avian flu.

When Ozarks Farm & Neighbor asked Boosey if local producers should be worried about the threat of avian flu, he said, “It’s not a concern – it’s an awareness.”

Report Sick Birds

Do not wait to report unusual signs of disease or unexpected deaths among your birds. Call your agricultural extension agent, local veterinarian, the State veterinarian, or U.S. Department of Agriculture Veterinary Services office.

USDA operates a toll-free hotline (1-866-536-7593) with veterinarians to help you.

USDA wants to test sick birds to make sure they do not have a serious poultry disease.

There is no charge for USDA veterinarians to work with you to conduct a disease investigation. Early reporting is important to protect the health of your birds.

— Source, the United States Department of Agriculture

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Improving Soil Health with Forages

By Klaire Howerton

The right forages can help improve nitrogen, improve soil aeration As a farmer or a rancher, you know the importance of having healthy soil.

Taking care of your soil is critical to the success of your agricultural endeavors, and one of the best tools producers have for improving soil health is their forage.

“Forages that are on the ground give your soil the right mix of nutrients to grow more,” said Daniel Boenkamp of Hillside Bison in Mountain Grove, Mo. Understanding and properly structuring your forage program can help you achieve this on your farm.

compacted, consider planting a cruciferous root crop like forage radishes.

“Radishes and turnips can break up the soil so it’s not as hard,” said Hickory Ridge Hunting Ranch Marketing Director Joshua Jones from Lamar, Okla., “Plus they add nutrients.”

You’ll also want to consider the goals of your forage and soil health program based on the results of your soil tests – this will help you determine whether you need to select annual or perennial forages.

To understand what needs your soil has, it’s imperative that you conduct a soil test.

“Obtaining a quality soil sample is vital for receiving accurate nutrient recommendations for your field,” said Jill Scheidt, agronomy Specialist for MU Extension.

The Extension recommends that farmers and ranchers test their soil every three to five years to see what their soil test levels are.

“Farmers should have at least one sample per field or pasture,” Jill explained. “Ten to 20 cores of soil that are uniformly 6 to 8 inches deep, taken in a zigzag pattern across the field is recommended.”

You want to send as much soil as possible because soil labs do not test the nutrient levels of rock, grass or sticks. To gather soil samples, you’ll need a soil probe, a bucket, plastic bags and a permanent marker to label the bagged soil samples.

The composition of your soil and what nutrients it needs, you can decide which forages you want to plant.

For example, if your soil is in need of nitrogen (this is common), pick some legumes such as clover or forage soybeans to add to your forage program; legumes have nitrogen-fixing bacteria that grow in nodules on their roots. If your soil is heavily

While you might not notice a change in your soil from above ground right away when you implement a solid forage program, you can be sure that there is plenty of action going on below.

Alan Scarrow of Ozarks Natural Foods in Rogersville, Mo., said he allows the forage his cattle graze to stay as tall as possible – the taller the grass, the deeper the root system, and the deeper the root system is, the more nutrients and minerals are drawn back up into the top soil where they are needed.

The root mass and the manure on top of the soil from grazing livestock also adds organic matter back to the soil, according to an article by Farm and Dairy, organic matter has the potential to hold up to 20 percent of its weight in water and nutrients.

Soils with 1 percent organic matter hold 4,000 pounds of water and nutrients (such as nitrogen and sulphur), soils with 2 percent organic matter holds 8,000 pounds, and soils with 3 percent organic matter holds 30,000 pounds.

By making your soil health a priority, you can ensure lasting benefits on your farm, and know that your end product will be the best it can be.

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By Klaire Howerton

How participation in farm programs can benefit producers As farmers and ranchers, you want to always find ways to improve your operation.

Improvements can come in the form of funds for projects, new learning, or marketing opportunities. If you are always seeking to improve your farm, consider participating in a farm program. The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resource Conservation Service, state departments of agriculture and more offer a wide variety of farm programs that can benefit you as a producer.

Benefits of Farm Programs

There are a wide variety of benefits to producers who participate in farm programs.

Many of these benefits are not just geared towards individual farmers, but can offer assistance to other agricultural based organizations as well.

Through farm programs offered by the NRCS, the USDA and more, farmers can be assured that they are helping to maintain America’s farmland, and ensure its continued existence for the next generation of farmers.

“Missouri is fortunate to have a strong USDA program with a large amount of funds for various farm ventures,” Lane McConnell, executive director of Farmers Market of the Ozarks said. “Through farm programs, farmers can make energy improvements on their farm, obtain marketing assistance and valuable research, business and consulting on ways to make the farm more profitable, and even develop new market shares with farm programs.”

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Proper record keeping is imperative for participating and being successful in a farm program.

McConnell stressed that “producers will have to be ready for record-keeping of funds spent, and accurate accounting and reporting on the progress of the program.”

Planning into the future in also a key component to receiving all the potential benefits of a farm program.

“Farmers must consider how a farm program fits into the farm’s long-term planning stages,” said McConnell. “Obtaining funds is important, but it’s how the farmer will use them to grow a sustainable farm operation that is more important.”

Types of Farm Programs

There are many different types of farm programs available for producers to participate in – such as USDA Value-Added Producer Grants and USDA Rural Development Programs. The National Resource Conservation Service also offers numerous funding and education opportunities, like the Environmental Quality Incentives Program.

Curt McDaniel, assistant state conservationist for the Missouri NRCS, said programs and initiatives are “aimed at producers who have environmental needs with livestock, landscape and headquarters.”

Some of the initiatives EQIP encompasses are the On-Farm Energy Initiative, the Organic Initiative, and the Seasonal High Tunnel Initiative.

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Cassville, Mo. – 417-466-3102 or 417-847-2677 7 All About Tomatoes – Springfield, Mo. – 417-881-8909 7 Vegetable and Raised Bed Gardening – Springfield, Mo. – 417-881-8909 7-8 Focus on Bovine Reproduction and AI – 6:30-8:30 p.m. – Cost: $25 per farm –

Douglas County Livestock Auction, Ava, Mo. – pre-register at 417-683-4409 8 Cooking Matters – six-week course on Tuesdays – United Methodist Church,

Appleton City, Mo. – 417-646-2419 8 Pond Clinic – 1-2 p.m. – Orschelns, Marshfield, Mo. – 417-859-2044 8 Sew Native Class: Spring Ephemerals – Waynesville, Mo. – 573-774-6177 8 Hobbies that Pay – MU Extension office, Hermitage, Mo. – 417-745-6767 8 Programs available in my county to assist me in improving my operation –

– Hickory County MU Extension office, Hermitage, Mo. – 417-745-6767 8 Farm to School OPAA! Food Management – 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. – Howell

County Extension Center, 1376 Bill Virdon Blvd., West Plains, Mo. –

pre-registration is required – 417-256-2391 10 Soils, Soil Nutrition, Soil Health – 6-9 p.m. – Cost: $15, due March 8 –

First Baptist Church, 505 Walnut Street, Osceola, Mo. – 417-646-2419 10 Soil and Crops Conference – 5 p.m. – O’Banon Community Center, Buffalo,

Mo. – 417-345-7551 10 Webinar for Missouri Fence Laws – 6 p.m. – Cassville Public Library, Cassville,

Mo. – 417-847-3161 10 Webinar for Missouri Fence Laws – Cost: $10 – Webster County Extension

Center, Marshfield, Mo. – 417-859-2044 to register 10 Program to Discuss Missouri’s Complicated Fence Law – FCS Financial

Office, Nevada, Mo. – pre-registration recommended – 417-448-2560 or millerpd@missouri.edu 10 Dallas County Soils and Crops Conference – Buffalo, Mo. – 417-345-7551 11 Lawrence County Private Pesticide Applicator Training – 1 p.m. – Cost:

$15 – MU Southwest Research Center, Mt. Vernon, Mo. – 417-466-3102 14 Private Pesticide Applicator Training – 2 p.m. – Bates County Health Dept.,

501 N. Orange, Butler, Mo. – 660-679-4167 14 Barry County Private Pesticide Applicator Training – 1:30 p.m., Cassville

Public Library, Cassville, Mo., or 5:30 p.m., Cassville High School Vo-Ag

Department, Cassville, Mo. – pre-registration is required – 417-847-3161 14 Managing Tomato Pests – Springfield, Mo. – call Greene County Extension

Center for more information 417-881-8909 15-16 Bull Breeding Soundness Clinic – Dake Veterinary Clinic, Miller, Mo. –

417-466-3102 or 417-452-3301 15,17 Focus on Bovine Reproduction and AI – 6:30-8:30 p.m. – Cost: $25 per

farm – MSU Fruit Experiment Station, Mountain Grove, Mo. –

pre-register at 417-256-2391 16 Private Pesticide Applicator Training – 1-3:30 p.m. – Webster County

Extension Center, Marshfield, Mo. – 417-859-2044 16 Greene County Private Pesticide Applicator Training – 1 p.m. – Cost: $18

– Springfield-Greene County Botanical Center, Springfield, Mo. –

417-881-8909 ext. 311 17 Bull Breeding Soundness Clinic – Countryside Animal Clinic, Aurora, Mo.

– 417-466-3102 or 417-678-4011 17 Private Pesticide Applicator Training – 6 p.m. – Cedar County Library, 717

East St., Stockton, Mo. – 417-276-3313 18-20 Ozark Spring Roundup – Free Admission and Free Parking – Ozark Empire

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Mo. – 660-924-6890 or 417-646-2694 – livingwatersranch@gmail.com – www.livingwatersfoundation.org 19 Taney County Hay School – registration is $20 and lunch is included –

registration deadline is March 15 – Community Presbyterian Church, 271

Main Street, Forsyth, Mo. – 417-546-4431 21,28 Focus on Bovine Reproduction and AI – 6:30-8:30 p.m. – Cost: $25 per

farm – Howell County Extension Center, West Plains, Mo. – 417-256-2391 22 Introduction to Local Fruit Production – 5-7 p.m. – Cost: $5 – White River

Valley Electric Community Room, Forsyth, Mo. – 417-334-4544 ext. 252

or 417-546-4431 22 Your Farm, Your Business, Your Future – Butler Public Library, Butler, Mo.

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17 – 417-859-2044 23 Bull Breeding Soundness Clinic – Christian County Veterinary Service,

Clever, Mo. – 417-743-2287 23 Queen Rearing Beginning Beekeeping Class – 6-7:30 p.m. – Cost: $10 –

Hirsch Farm and Feed, West Plains, Mo. – 417-256-2391 24 Annual Nixa/Ozark Area Farmer’s Market vendor meeting – 6:30 p.m. –

Ozark Community Center, Ozark, Mo. – 417-581-6774 24 Equipment Needed on the Farm workshop – 6-9 p.m. – Cost: $15, due March 22

– First Baptist Church, 505 Walnut Street, Osceola, Mo. – 417-646-2419 24 Bull Breeding Soundness Clinic – Animal Clinic of Diamond, Diamond, Mo. –

417-466-3102 or 417-325-4136 24 Annie’s Project – 6-week course on Thursday evenings – Bates County

Extension Center, Butler, Mo. – 660-679-4167 26 Sheep Shearing Workshop – 10 a.m. – $6 per sheep, lunch available – west

of Anderson, Mo. – 417-455-9500 28-10/24 Grow Your Farm – Hollister, Mo. – call Taney County Extension Center for

more information – 417-546-4431 28 Regional Performance Tested Bull Sale – Springfield, Mo. – 417-466-3102 29 Private Pesticide Applicator Training – 6 p.m. – Fairgrounds Diner,

Centennial Blvd., Nevada, Mo. – call 417-448-2560 to register 29 Greene County Agriculuture Production Conference – Springfield Livestock

Auction, Springfield, Mo. – 417-357-6812 29 Fescue Toxicity & Renovation School – 9 a.m.-5 p.m. – University of Missouri

Southwest Research Center, 14158 State Road H., Mt. Vernon, Mo. – register by

March 22 – 417-466-3102 30 Small Hive Beetle Management Beginning Beekeeping Class – 6-7:30 p.m.

– Cost: $10 – Hirsch Farm and Feed, West Plains, Mo. – 417-256-2391 31 Informational Meeting for Master Gardners Courses – 9:30 a.m. – Cassville

Public Library, Cassville, Mo. – 417-847-3161 31 Laying Out and Developing the Farmstead / Facilities Needed on a Small

farm workshop – 6-9 p.m. – Cost: $15, due March 29 – First Baptist Church,

505 Walnut Street, Osceola, Mo. – 417-646-2419 April 2016 1 Spring Turn-Out Tune-Up – 2 p.m. – Benton County Fairgrounds, 7640

SW Regional Airport Blvd, Bentonville, Ark. – 479-271-1060 2 Getting the Most From Your Garden Plot – Springfield, Mo. – call Greene

County Extension Center for more information – 417-881-8909 2 Growing Green – 9 a.m.-noon, Cost: $10 – 1-4 p.m., Cost: $10 – Havener

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March 2016 8 Bar Arrow Cattle Company 26th Annual Production Sale – at the Ranch,

Phillipsburg, Kan. – 785-543-5177 12 Central Missouri Polled Herefords Breeders Association 107th Sale – 222

Co. Rd. 402, Fayette, Mo. – 660-537-4809 12 2016 Genetic Power Bull Sale – Springfield Livestock Marketing Center,

Springfield, Mo. – 334-695-1371 12 Midwest Beef Alliance Bull Sale – Marshall Junction, Mo. – 660-895-5008 12 Bachman Redstock Red Angus, Gelbvieh and Balancer Sale – Litton Ag

Center, Chillicothe Mo. – 660-247-1112 12 Hall-Coyote Hills Ranch Annual Bull Sale – Chattanooga, Okla. – 580-597-3006 12 Jac’s Ranch Annual Bull Sale – at the Ranch, Bentonville, Ark. – 479-366-1759 12 Heart of the Ozarks Angus Association Sale – West Plains, Mo. – 417-842-5570 12 Valley Oaks Angus Open House & Private Treaty Sale – Oak Grove, Mo.

– 816-229-8115 12 Cattleman’s Kind Saler Production Sale – at the Farm, Billings, Mo. – 417-744-2025 12 Red Alliance Performance Tested Red Angus Genetics Genetics Sale –

Heart of Oklahoma Expo Center, Shawnee, Okla. – 641-919-1077 12 Wright Charolais 9th Annual Herd Sire Spotlight Sale – Kearney, Mo. – 816-776-3512 18 THM Land & Cattle Angus Bull Sale – South Central Regional Stockyards,

Vienna, Mo. – 573-489-3311 19 Circle A Ranch Secret to Success Sale – at the Ranch, Iberia, MO – 573-280-5308 19 Texoma Beefmaster Sale – McAlester, Okla. – 254-541-4643 19 Pinegar Limousin Herdbuilder XVll Sale – Springfield, Mo. – 417-833-2688 19 Flying H Genetics 17th Annual Growing on Grass Bull Sale – at the Farm,

Butler, Mo. – 303-842-9071 19 Aschermann Charolais 22nd Edition Charolais Bull Sale – at the Ranch,

Carthage, Mo. – 417-358-7879 19 The Cattlemen’s Choice Black & Red Simmental & SimAngus Bull Sale

– Fredonia Livestock Market, Fredonia, Kan. – 620-437-2211 19 Missouri Bison Association Spring Show & Sale – Mo-Kan Livestock, Passaic,

Mo. – 417-839-3241 19 Molitor Angus Spring Production Sale – Zenda, Kan. – 620-243-6335 19 Falling Timer Farm Bull & Female Sale – at the Farm, Marthasville, Mo. – 636-358-4164 19 Four State Shorthorn Assn. Spring Sale – Springfield Livestock Marketing

Center, Springfield, Mo. - 417-718-3579 19 Rogers Cattle Company/Lile Farms Reg Angus Bull & Female Sale – at the

Farm, Strafford, Mo. – 417-241-1302 19 NE Arkansas Angus Assn. Spring Sale – Charlotte, Ark. – 662-837-4904 20 Magness Land & Cattle Annual Bull Sale – at the Ranch, Miami, Okla. – 402-350-3447 20 April Valley Farms 19th Annual Production Sale – Saint Joseph, Mo. – 913-682-4376 20 Briarwood Angus Farm Bull & Female Sale – at the Farm, Butler, Mo. – 660-679-3459 21 B&D Hereford & Beran Brothers Angus Annual Bull Sale – at the Ranch,

Claflin, Kan., – 620-587-3709 26 Arkansas Bull Sale Spring Multi-Breed Bull Sale – Heber Springs, Ark. – 205-270-0999 26 Maplewood Acres Farm & Lamine Valley Farms 29th Annual Bull & Female

Sale – at the Farm, Sedalia, Mo. – 660-826-1880 – 660-620-9052 – 660-834-3445

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26 Seedstock Plus South Missouri Bull Sale – Joplin Regional Stockyards,

Carthage, Mo. – 877-486-1160 26 Worthington Angus 1st Annual Production Sale – at the Farm, Dadeville,

Mo. – 417-844-2601 26 Oklahoma Gelbvieh Assn. Sooner Select Sale – McAlester Union Stockyards,

McAlester, Okla. – 405-742-0774 26 Professional Beef Genetics Bull Sale – Windsor Livestock Auction, Windsor,

Mo. – 1-888-PBG-BULL 28 Hager Cattle Company Annual Bull Sale – Mandan, ND – 402-350-3447 28 Southwest Missouri Performance Tested Bull Sale – Springfield Livestock

Marketing Center, Springfield, Mo. – 417-345-8330 29 KW Cattle Company 2nd Annual Angus Bull Sale – Fort Scott, Kan. – 620-224-7459 April 2016 2 Circle S Ranch 9th Annual Going to Grass Production Sale – at the

Ranch, 1371 27th Avenue, Canton, KS – 620-628-4621 2 The Gathering at Shoal Creek Simmental – at the Farm, Excelsior Springs,

Mo. – 816-336-4200 2 Four State Angus Association Spring Production Sale – Springfield Livestock

Marketing Center, Springfield, Mo. – 417-214-0117 2 Satterfield Charolais/Angus Bull & Female Sale – at the Farm, Evening

Shade, Ark. – 870-499-5379 2 Show-Me Classic Bull & Replacement Heifer Sale – Roth Farms, Windsor,

Mo. – 660-527-3507 2 Andras Stock Farm Red Angus Bull Sale – at the Farm, Manchester, IL. – 217-473-2355 3 C/S Cattle Company Spring Production Sale – at the Farm, Pomona, Mo.

– 417-257-7926 3 4-States Limousine Assn. Spring Sale – H2 Ranch & Cattle Co., Perkins,

Okla. – 615-330-2735 3 Missouri Spring Invitational Boer Goat Sale – Swine Pavillion, Missouri

State Fairgrounds, Sedalia, Mo. – 816-519-1668 4 Brockmere Farms Spring Production Sale – at the Farm, Brookfield, Mo. – 660-258-2901 5 Hubert Charolais Ranch 37th Annual Bull Sale – at the Ranch, Monument,

Kan. – 785-672-3195 5 Brown Land & Cattle Online Production Sale – Diamond, Mo. – 417-358-5064 9 Pharo Cattle Company Angus/Reg. Angus Spring Bull Sale – Springfield

Livestock Marketing Center, Springfield, Mo. – 800-311-0995 9 Ozark & Heart of America Beefmaster Sale – Springfield Livestock Marketing

Center, Springfield, Mo. – 918-456-1199 9 Renaissance Charolais Sale – Chappell’s Sale Arena, Strafford, Mo. – 405-246-6324 9 Lucas Cattle Company Spring Open House & Bull Sale – Cross Timbers, Mo.

– 417-399-1241 12 Sydenstricker Genetics Influence Sale – New Cambria, Mo. – 573-581-5555 16 McBee Cattle Round-up Sale – at the Farm, Fayette, Mo. – 573-696-2517 16 Owen Brothers Cattle Company Diamond & Spurs Sale – at the Farm,

Bois D’ Arc, Mo. – 417-830-8180 16 Missouri Red Angus Association Ozark Round Up Sale – Springfield Livestock

Marketing Center, Springfield, Mo. – 417-962-0881 23 5th Annual Highland Cattle Auction – Lebanon Livestock, Lebanon, Mo.

– 417-369-0505 30 Pinegar Limousine Road to Lexington Heifer Sale – Springfield, Mo. – 417-833-2688

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