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Missouri lawmakers from the Ozarks address “fake meat” issue: Missouri is on its way to being the first state to address laboratory-grown products being called “meat.” Missouri Rep. Jeff Knight (R-129) and Sen., Sandy Crawford (R-28) have introduced identical bills in the their respective legislative branches that, if passed, would prohibit the misrepresentation of a product as meat that is not derived from harvested production livestock.

Andy McCorkill, a Dallas County, Mo., cattleman, recently testified before the House Agriculture Policy Committee on behalf of the Missouri Cattleman’s Association regarding the “fake meat” issue.

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Routine tests finds low-path H7N1 at Missouri farm: Veterinary officials have reported a presumptive low-pathogenic H7N1 avian influenza outbreak at a commercial turkey farm in Jasper County, Mo. The virus was detected during routine preslaughter tests on Feb 26 for H5 and H7 viruses, and no signs of clinical illness or an increase in turkey deaths were reported at the farm, which was quarantined. Two nearby farms tested negative for influenza. According to the USDA, the low-pathogenic flu is different from the high-pathogenic virus that resulted in the loss of nearly 50 million birds in the Midwest in 2015. The low-pathogenic virus poses no risk to the food chain.

The outbreak marked the first detection of low-pathogenic H7 in the United States this year.

Applications being accepted for Century Farms: Producers in Missouri have until May 1 to apply for a Missouri Century Farm designation.

Farmers whose land have been in the same family since Dec. 31, 1918, can apply. The line of ownership from the original settler or buyer may be through children, grandchildren, siblings, and nephews or nieces, including through marriage or adoption. The farm must be at least 40 acres of the original land acquisition and make a financial contribution to the overall farm income.

Contact a local University of Missouri-Extension center for more information.

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Berry elected to national board: Clint Berry of Gainsville, Mo., was elected the Region 3 Vice President of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association at the recent Cattle Industry Convention in Phoenix, Ariz. Berry will represent the Illinois Beef Association; Iowa Cattlemen’s Association; Minnesota Cattlemen’s Association; Missouri Cattlemen’s Association; and Wisconsin Cattlemen’s Association on NCBA’s executive committee. Clint and his wife, Jama, own and operate a commercial cow/calf operation. He is a fifth generation cattleman and currently serves on the MCA Policy and Legislative Affairs Committee and the MCA Membership Committee.

Couple honored at annual meeting: Darren and Renee Ice of Houston, Mo., were recently presented with the Excellence in Agriculture award during the annual banquet of Houston (Mo.) Area Chamber of Commerce.

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Jeff Hancock’s life has come full circle

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Eye on Agribusiness features Prime Pet Care

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The Santa Fe Ranch was a diamond in the rough for Mike Thibault

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Mercy Lane Farm looks to the future

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Nathan and Tracy Witt have found the system that works well for them

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Julie Turner-Crawford – Making a smaller foot print

Youth in Agriculture spotlights Mikalyn Anthony

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e’ve all witnessed it at one revonw–orprobably C yrreJ yB time or another way too often.

You’re at a meeting, conferJerry Crownover farms ence, or other type of gatherin Lawrence County, ing where the person in charge asks if anyone Mo. He is a former has any comments or questions. Then, one professor of Agriculture person (usually the same one every time) gets Education at Missouri up and begins to drone on for several minutes State University, and is an about something that probably only interests author and professional the person doing the droning. speaker. To contact Jerry, Sound familiar? go to ozarksfn.com and After observing one of the aforementioned click on ‘Contact Us.’ speeches at a meeting I attended last fall, I leaned over to a good friend, who was sitting beside me, and sarcastically asked, “What is this guy even talking about?”

“It doesn’t matter,” he whispered back. “He’s a post-turtle.”

Since I was raised to be polite, I didn’t pursue an explanation at that point, but as soon as the meeting adjourned, I pulled my friend aside and asked him, “Just what the heck is a post-turtle?”

With a wry smile, my friend began…

“Many years ago, my grandpa and I were walking down an old dirt road early one morning. We had noticed that there were more than the usual number of turtles making their way across the road and along the side of the road, as well. All of a sudden, something caught my eye just a few feet from the pathway. I stopped Grandpa and pointed to something moving on the top of a wooden fence post, so we strolled over to the commotion. There, sitting on top of the post, was a turtle. He was just floundering around with his legs that were hanging down, around the outer edge of the post, without making contact with anything, and sticking his head in and out of his shell.”

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n his 1977 novel “The Unsettling of America: Culture and Agriculture,” Wendell Barry wrote: “The soil is the great connector of lives, the source, and destination of all. It is Julie Turner-Crawford the healer and restorer and resurrector, by is a native of Dallas which disease passes into health, age into youth, County, Mo., where she death into life. Without proper care for it, we can grew up on her family’s have no community because without proper care farm. She is a graduate for it we can have no life.” of Missouri State For those who are unfamiliar with Barry, he’s not University. To contact only an author, poet, advocate and educator but Julie, call 1-866-532-1960 the son of a farmer and a farmer himself. While not or by email at editor@ everyone agrees with some of Barry’s opinions and ozarksfn.com. his approach to today’s agriculture, his writings are very poignant because he advocates for a reduced ecological impact on the Earth.

He also says many of the old ways are the best ways to farm. While many tend to share his feelings, some of the old timers might not agree with his assertion.

The Dust Bowl in the 1930s showed there was a need for improved farming practices. With the promise of free land, people flocked westward. Having little or no farming experience, high prices for crops prompted the settlers to plow up millions

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Across the Fence Continued from Previous Page of acres of prairie land. A severe drought in the Midwest and the Southern Great Plains in 1931, which was right on the heels of the stock market crash in 1929 that signaled the start of the Great Depression, cause crops to fail, so the bare ground sat idle. Massive dust storms followed the next year and it was an environmental disaster. With nothing to hold the soil, it simply blew away. By 1934, an estimated 35 million acres of formerly cultivated land had been rendered useless for farming, while another 125 million acres was rapidly losing its topsoil. Dust was blown as far as New York and Washington, D.C., and ships in the Atlantic Ocean were said to be coated with dust from the Midwest.

It wasn’t until late 1939 that the Dust Bowl years came to an end, but it was at least another decade before the land was suitable once again for agriculture use.

The Dust Bowl prompted the need for improved agricultural practices and we’ve come a long way. We’ve learned how to reduce soil erosion with no-till planting, the planting of cover crops and other techniques. We’ve helped improve the quality of water sources by limiting the access of livestock to creeks and rivers that flow through the Ozarks.

We’ve reduced the number of chemicals used by developing crops that are resistant to insects, and by rotating livestock in a way that reduces weeds and breaks the lifecycle of many insects.

Many farmers and ranchers are also seeing positive results by utilizing wind and solar power. Some are even able to “go off the grid” by using the renewable energy sources to help power their homes and barns, and pump water to their livestock.

While the Dust Bowl days are just a memory, the industry continues to come under fire. Farmers and ranchers are continually blamed for soil contamination, the pollution of streams and lakes, and livestock bears the brunt of animal agriculture opponents for global warming and methane gas. With all of the advancements in agriculture and the efforts being made in the industry to protect the soil, water and air, farmers and ranchers are still the bad guys.

Opponents of today’s agricultural practices might need to do a little research on how farmers and ranchers are more efficient than ever and are leaving a smaller footprint on the environment.

Barry’s writing states that without proper care of the soil, there is no life. I would like to add that without farmers, there is no food and with no food, there is no life.

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By Megan Richner

New Eden Farms owner Ian Diamond says South Poll cattle require few inputs When you hear a neighbor say “South Poll” an image of icy Antarctica, not a red bovine, comes to mind.

Ian Diamond introduced the South Poll breed to Stockton, Mo., four years ago to meet the needs of his existing operation.

Ian started his cattle operation in 2012 with a group of Red Angus cows.

“They didn’t fit. They fell apart when I grazed them through the winter in year-

developed this Bos Taurus cross on his ranch in Alabama. He wanted a productive cow that would handle the heat and humidity of the South.

The South Polls are short haired, slick, heat tolerant and docile. Their small to moderate frame allows producers to run more head per acre. Ian’s cows average 1,000 pounds, bulls 1,500 pounds and his weaned calves average 500 pounds.

“I find them to be well-adapted to our

Ian Diamond directly markets grass-finished Red Poll beef to local customers, as well as some in Colorado.

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round forage based system. They were area. I believe the South Poll is the only fescue-adapted breed. Since fescue is our not parasite resistant,” Ian explained.

In 2014, Ian found the missing puzzle primary grass here, they fit our environpiece, a breed known as the “Southern ment,” Ian said.

Ian manages his cattle from an organic Momma Cow.” The dynamics of his herd started standpoint.

He does not vaccinate or de-worm, nor changing with the purchase of one bull and five yearling heifers. Now, he man- does he have to. His cattle have proved to maintain their health and condiages 63 cows and 25 heifers tion without either. through a partnership and “My goal in running cattle is to contract grazing. He perbe as natural as possible and not sonally owns 20 head. use a lot of feed and inputs,” The South Poll breed is a Ian explained. four-way composite between a Ian starts calving in late Red Angus/Senepol and a Bar- Stockton, Mo. April and prefers a 60-day zona/Hereford. Teddy Gentry, a calving season. His natural member of the band Alabama, APRIL 2, 2018

approach extends to synchronizing the reproductive cycle of his cows with nature.

“I like my cows to calve with the largest wild ruminant animal in the area,” he said.

Ian rotationally grazes his cattle at a rate of one cow per 3 acres. He does not overseed or replant grasses or legumes.

“That is what I love about the South Poll breed, they are adapted to what we have so we don’t have to replant,” he said.

He has seen an increase of desirable plant varieties and more grass per acre since he has implemented rotational grazing.

“I have seen an increase in Big Bluestem and Eastern GammaGrass. Those are sweet grasses, if you leave cattle on those pastures year-round that’s the first thing they will kill out,” he explained Ian retains his heifers to build his herd.

Most of his steers are sold as freezer beef locally in Missouri and in Denver, Colo.

“I direct market to customers, grassfed, all-natural beef. I am not certified organic because I operate on rented ground. I am working toward certification,” he said.

He promotes his business though his Facebook page, New Eden Farms, but many of his customers are from word-ofmouth recommendations.

“We are on grass so it takes a little longer, but I generally finish a steer at 2 years of age. My average hanging weight is 550 pounds,” he explained.

In the future, Ian plans to sell registered South Poll breeding stock.

“Our focus isn’t on growing the biggest and the best calf. It’s more about doing it with what we have,” he remarked.

Ian and his wife Hayley have two kids, Israel (3) and Esther (1). They also own 40 head of Kiko meat goats.

In addition to farming, Ian owns his own construction company, Double Diamond Builders, where he specializes in framing houses.

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By Julie Turner-Crawford

Jeff Hancock has returned to his agriculture roots and the land that has been a part of his family since the 1800s Jeff Hancock’s life has come full circle.

His first job in municipal government was in 1976 when he became the city administrator of Camdenton, Mo. More than 40 years and a half dozen municipalities later, he’s once again the city administrator for the Camden County community, taking the reins in 2014 from Brenda Colter, whom Jeff hired in 1978 as a parttime employee for the city of Camdenton.

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“My granddad, Bill Smith, was a cattleman here and was a trader. In the original Missouri Fox Trotter breed, there was a horse called Old Ted and my granddad had interest in him and he had Smith’s Mare, and my great-great granddad supposedly had a fox trotting mule. When I was 23, I met this man who asked me if I knew Festus’ mule from ‘Gunsmoke.’

He said my granddad raised that mule. I couldn’t back it up, and grandma didn’t

Jeff and Sheila Hancock began their Angus operation about four years ago.

In addition to the cattle operation, Jeff is active in restoring quail to the Ozarks.

Thanks to cost-share programs, he has been able to add warm season grasses into his rotational grazing program, which benefit his cattle and the quail.

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His life away from city government has pay any attention… I found out later it also brought him back to his roots and to was true.”

Jeff and his wife, Sheila, currently live the Eldridge, Mo., farm that has been a part of his mother’s family since the 1800s. in the Camdenton, Mo., area, but they While Jeff has been away from the make daily trips to the farm, where his mother and step-father Charlie and farm life for decades, he has Irene Waller reside, to care for their many fond memories of small black Angus herd, consisting spending time on the land of both registered and commerwhere he now operates his cial animals. herd, and proudly identifies Eldridge, Mo. “I started this about four himself as a sixth-generation years ago,” Jeff said. “I startcattleman, and is very proud of ed out with three registered the impact his family’s roots in cows from my stepdad, then the industry.

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I bought one at the Angus futurity, then I bought another one, then I got five commercial cows.”

Jeff currently has about 20 head in total. While he has been impressed with his straight line Angus, Jeff has experimented with one cow, utilizing semen from a Wagyu sire.

“I may do another one,” he said. “I’m going to sell (beef) to my friends. I really can’t tell the difference in the calf than the others, but I’m looking forward to the beef.”

The Hancock herd is bred through AI. Jeff said he likes the practice because he is able to select an appropriate sire for each female, with the top priority being calving easy. He and Sheila are also learning more and more about EPDs and their importance in producing a quality calf and quality beef.

“It’s interesting to pick out (semen) and match it up, even with the commercial animals,” Jeff said.

Half of the herd calves in the spring, and the other half in the fall. Jeff usually waits to breed heifers until they are about 16 to 18 months old.

“I think it gives them a little more time to develop,” Jeff said. “I don’t jump at getting them bred; I like to give them another six months.”

Jeff has sold a few bulls to fellow cattlemen, but his main focus at this time is to build and maintain his herd.

“I’ve been selling some bulls locally that have been from great stock, and I’m selling some commercial cattle,” Jeff said, adding that he plans on cycling out some of his older registered cattle in the near future.

Jeff operates his cattle herd on 200 acres, 100 of which are pastureland and 17 acres are set aside for hay production.

The grazing land is split into a rotational grazing system, made of 10 paddocks.

In the months when grass is a little short, Jeff offers a locally-purchased sweet feed to his herd to help them maintain their condition.

Jeff also regularly soil tests and uses fertilizers to bring the soil to recommended levels and works on weed control, specifically buck brush, when his busy schedule allows.

Jeff is an avid quail hunter and said many cattle producers are missing out on conservation opportunities that can benefit more than just wildlife.

“I worked with the Missouri Department of Conservation and Quail Forever to implement warm season grasses for the quail, then I will also graze it. If you have 20 percent warm season grasses, the MDC and Quail Forever will help pay for it.

“Farmers who are part time, like me, don’t want to spend a lot of time on it or the intensive grazing for that matter, but it’s worth it. You have that mix of forage that’s good for your cattle operation because you’re using that warm season grass and, hopefully, increasing your quail population; you can do both.”

Jeff added that quail, and turkey, also help spread manure piles in feeding areas and pastures, which helps the soil.

Jeff admits retirement from municipal government isn’t too many years away, but he’s still contemplating his goals for his herd.

“I don’t know if I just want to sell quality beef to people, but I’m thinking about backing off a little on the registered side and getting more into the Quality Angus Beef program,” Jeff said. “I’ve moved around so much over the years, that I’m really just having the time of my life now.

I’m still feeling things out right now, and I would like to sell a few bulls and be known for that. I’m not going to make a lot of money, but I really haven’t decided.”

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For more than a century, the current Vernon County, Mo., courthouse has been a focal point for the community

“The courthouse – the emblem and personification of a free and independent government and people. The Temple of Justice where doors are always open to the most humble and obscure citizen for the protection of his rights and the redress of his wrongs, whether to his person, character or estate. Without courthouses in which equal and impartial law is administered free government cannot exist and civil and political liberty would be only a highsounding phrase signifying nothing.”

This statement begins the 1911 History of Vernon County Courthouse history book, which was written shortly after the present Vernon County (Mo,) Courthouse was built.

Residents in Vernon County take great pride in their courthouse. The imposing building is a three-story, Carthage limestone, Romanesque Revival style building which measures 80 feet by 100 feet and rises to 126 feet at the top of the dome. The large, high-ceiling rooms house departments for the county recorder of deeds, county clerk, county treasurer, assessor and the University of Missouri Extension Service.

The courtroom, which seats 310, is on the second floor.

Vernon County, Missouri was organized on Feb. 27, 1855 and is named

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for Miles Vernon, a three-time Missouri Senator from Laclede County. In the same year, commissioners bought 50 acres for $250 as the site of the county seat. The county seat was first called Fairview, then it later became Nevada City. Now known as just Nevada, it’s geographically located in the center of the county.

The first courthouse was completed in 1857. The upper story was used for county offices and the lower floor held the courtroom and was also available for religious services of all denominations. This building was burned with the rest of the town by Federal troops on May 26, 1863.

For lack of a suitable building in Nevada, the first post-war sessions of the County Court were held at Little Osage.

The second courthouse was built in the center of the Nevada City square in 1868. In time, it deteriorated and was sold and razed in 1906.

And then came the third, and hopefully last, courthouse. People of the area felt the present courthouse was too small and did not serve the needs of the county. A petition for a new courthouse was presented in 1902. However, it took two more petitions and the third election before the majority vote carried. The old courthouse was advertised for sale and a

special levy for the courthouse purpose was made (the vote being to pay by direct tax) on June 6, 1906 was approved.

A building committee composed of 20 men selected from different parts of the county was appointed to secure the best building for the money. Theodore Lacalf, a contractor and builder, was hired as superintendent for $5 a day.

The original call for bids stated: “… that the said building be of a size to meet the wants and needs of Vernon County for 50 years. The size must not be so large as to sacrifice quality to size, that it should be proportionate to the perspective of the square, that said building complete shall not exceed the cost of $75,000.”

Ten architects presented plans to Vernon County court officials in March 1906, and by an overwhelming vote, officials selected Robert G. Kirsch.

Dye and Beagles Construction firm of Nevada received the bid for $71,186.

Cornerstone ceremonies took place Oct. 30, 1906 with Masonic ceremonies.

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A great crowd was present, the public school closed for the occasion. The court accepted the completed building in 1908 with the first term of the circuit court being held on Feb. 10.

During the spring of 1911, a jury, library and a judges’ room was built in the north end of the courthouse. These were provided for in the original plan, but were left for economic reasons. This was done at a cost of $695.65 and at the same time, electric light fixtures were installed all over the building at a cost of $325.90. Treasurer’s books show that the total cost for the building, furniture and landscaping was $95, 215.38.

From the time the courthouse was completed until the early 1950s, it was the center of the social and business area.

Especially farm families gathered on the square each Saturday. They bought groceries in nearby stores and whatever was needed could be purchased in stores around the square. The courthouse was left open for use of the rest rooms. Large windows were on the west and south APRIL 2, 2018

ozarks roots and were left open in those pre-air-conditioner days. They provided fresh air and usually breezes which kept the tall ceilinged rooms cool on even hot days.

Most maintenance on the building has respected the original design. There have been improvements, including landscaping. The L. F. Richardson has been a huge benefactor in maintaining the building by donating around $50,000 for renovation and replacement of the old tower clock. The building has a new roof, the beauty of the oak stairs has been renewed, interior painted, the stone exterior has been sandblasted and an elevator installed. The building is entirely handicapped accessible.

The Courthouse was placed on the National Registry of Historic Places on June 27, 1997. The dedication ceremony was held on Oct. 12, 1997 in Nevada.

Many trees provide shade for Bushwhacker Days and music programs which are on the courthouse steps in the summer.

More than a hundred years later, Vernon County, Mo., residents continue to look with pride at the magnificent structure their forefathers were brave enough to build and maintain for our heritage.

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Thanks to changes in operations, the future of the Santa Fe Ranch is secure When Florida jeweler and businessman, Mike Thibault, arrived at Santa Fe Ranch in Miller, Mo., he had no intentions of becoming a Mike Thibault, left, with the help of manager Koty Dowell, center, and cattle producer. crops and forage director Scott Wilson, right, has transformed the “I didn’t know anything about farming,” Mike Thibault recalled.

Santa Fe Ranch into a cow/calf operation.

In 2012, Mike’s father-in-law and owner of the ranch, Charley Blount, passed away, leaving the future of the 2,600-acre Santa Fe Ranch uncertain. Mike planned managers were raising as many as 2,000 steers a year and running a dozen turkey houses. And things were not going well. to help his mother-in-law, Patsy Blount, prepare the ranch for auction.

After consulting experts and evaluating the ranch, Mike decided to make But the longer Mike and his wife, Cynthia, spent on the ranch, the some drastic changes. more determined they became to keep the ranch going.

In the fall of 2015, Mike and his new ranch manager, Koty Dowell, con“Within a couple of months I fell in love with it,” Mike reflected. verted the ranch to a replacement heifer operation. They sold all the steers Mike researched the history of the property and learned the land’s farmand started fresh with 600 Angus-based heifers. ing roots dated back to the 1850s. Charley, who owned businesses in FlorMiller, Mo. The large heifer group was put together with the help of cattle buyer, ida and Missouri, had purchased the ranch in 1997, becoming only the fourth owner of the large parcel of land.

At the time Mike stepped into the operation at Santa Fe Ranch, farm — Continued on Next Page

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A Diamond in the Rough Continued from Previous Page Scott Kirby. Santa Fe Ranch was able to is sold as feeder cattle. Most of the calves purchase large sister groups from a few are sold shortly after weaning. Santa Fe farms. This was preferable to piecing to- backgrounds some of its steers and then gether a group of 600 heifers from a mul- sells them as yearlings. Santa Fe markets titude of sale barns and farms. its calf crop through Superior Livestock’s Koty took on the task of AI’ing all the nationwide video sales. heifers to registered Angus bulls. Santa Santa Fe implemented MFA’s Health Fe then used registered cleanup bulls, but Track and ABS Alliance Advantage only exposed their heifers for 60 days. programs into its cattle operation. These Koty and Mike wanted to keep the programs place emphasis on proven qualcalving window to a 75-day period. ity in the areas of health and genetics.

“It really helped because instead of startSanta Fe breeds its cattle to ABS ing with a huge calving window and trying Global Profit Proven bulls. When selectto build it down and keep cattle bred – we ing sires for the herd, Santa Fe considers were able to start from scratch right where calving ease and efficiency numbers. we wanted to,” Koty “A lot of profitDowell explained. ability has to do with Santa Fe Ranch’s your inputs. ABS “In order to next step was to preGlobal has a profitcreate the pare a strategic cullability index for a ing program. large number of sires, “In order to create so I try to shoot for the best reproducthose better profittive product that ability input bulls,” we could with these Koty explained. that we could with heifers we adopted When the calves are specific culling prac3 months old, Santa these heifers tices,” Koty said.

Fe Ranch hosts an we adopted Through Santa Fe’s event reminiscent of culling practices, a a scene from the Wild cow is put on the cullWest. Cowboy and ing list if she doesn’t cowgirl friends from raise a calf, breed back all over the country .” or raise a calf that is bring their horses to 50 percent of her body help in a full day of – Koty Dowell weight at weaning. roping, working, vacIn addition, Santa cinating, branding Fe only keeps reand castrating calves. placement heifers if they are born in the At Santa Fe’s last “Head and Heel” event, first 30 days of calving season. the group worked 380 calves in one day.

“It promotes better reproductive abiliSanta Fe utilizes part of its large acreties. Those earlier bred cattle should age to grow and harvest all its own hay. breed back earlier as well because their The ranch also plants 300 acres of crops mother put better reproductive traits each year. into the calf,” Koty said.

“Everything has fallen into place. I Santa Fe Ranch purchased another 600 think with good planning and good heifers in the spring of 2016 and continued strategy and getting the right people and with its plan to build a replacement heifer the right input - it has really helped us a operation. Santa Fe keeps 10 to 15 percent lot,” Mike commented. of its total cow number for replacements.

And this jeweler just may have found The ranch sells a few bred heifers to his diamond in the rough – in a ranch other farms and the rest of the calf crop in Missouri.

best reproductive product specific culling practices

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A Focus on Family and Farm

By Heather Caldwell

Mercy Lane Farm is building a herd for the future Brad Tucker of Mercy Lane Farm didn’t grow up on a farm, but has utilized resources to build and grow a registered Angus operation from the ground up.

A focus on farm and family led Brad and his wife, Mandy, along with his sister-in-law and brother-in-law, Jeff and Shannon Britton, to find the right piece of land where both families could build homes. In 2012, they found the right

Brad’s first cattle purchase was a small herd of Herefords, but he moved solely to Angus in 2015. The Hunter family operates an Angus operation and it was a natural fit for Mercy Lane to start a foundation herd for the future.

They currently have total herd of 30 that includes cows, calves, heifers and three bulls. Two bulls will be in the upcoming Four States Angus Sale. The goal is to purchase 10 recipient cows and have herd

Brad Tucker, pictured with his daughter Tess, hopes to grow his Angus operation and build relationships with long-time producers.

Photo by Heather Caldwell

piece of land in Rogersville, Mo., and of 30 to 40 solid cows. Mercy Lane breeds were later able to purchase additional solely by AI, as Brad feels that this is the best way to get the potential genetics he acreage for a total of 100 acres.

Both families have four children and built wants. He plans to begin an embryo transneighboring homes so their kids could grow fer program later this year. A donor cow was up together. However, Brad manages all of purchased from the Hunters with plans to the cattle operations. Brad is self-taught and flush in December.

Mercy Lane has only calved in the fall said building the operation has involved trisince the cows that were purchased al and error. He did not grow when the program began calved in the up on a farm, but spent time fall and Brad has continued with this on best friend Jordan Hunter’s program. Brad said they will probfamily farm. He said the Huntably move to calving in the spring ers have been an invaluable reand fall as they grow their herd source to helping him start and Rogersville, Mo. and they implement the emdevelop his program with their bryo transfer program. There extensive knowledge on genetics, are plans to purchase more lineage, auctions and sales.

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commercial Angus for embryos to have more numbers for fall and spring calving.

The cattle are currently on pasture, grass hay and some rye baleage. They purchase most of their hay. The bulls and young heifers receive grain purchased from Main Street feeds. Brad creep feeds calves because he feels it is a power pack for them to bring them to their potential sooner.

Brad feels that a good, basic feeding program allows for the genetics to come through. They deworm and vaccinate twice a year, in the spring and fall. Like any business, they want to manage costs effectively as possible, but feel it is important to be proactive on preventative medicine, like vaccinations and deworming. When calves are born, the goal is to weigh and tag them as soon as possible.

Brad has a focus on solid confirmation and building his cattle from the ground up. He says it’s important for them to have good feet and doesn’t want to breed for any extremes. He wants his cattle to look good, but feels it is important for them to stay balanced and functional. Now that the operation has been going for a while, he is starting to see the breeding program come full circle. He said it takes time to know if breeding decisions were right and the satisfaction of seeing cattle with the desired looks and confirmation. His philosophy for the program changes as he sees who are the stronger females and where he wants more out of a specific pairing.

One of the goals for Mercy Lane Angus is to grow the cattle operation for their children’s future and for them to eventually show cattle, if they have an interest in it.

Brad feels helping with the farm and showing will help to show their kids hard work, responsibility and showmanship. The main short-term goal is growing and developing a successful embryo transfer program and implanting 100 percent by embryo transfer.

One long-term goal is to continue developing an online presence, and eventually host an online production sale at their property.

One of the challenges Brad says he faces, is that since he didn’t grow up on a farm or in the industry, he doesn’t have the long-term relationships that some producers have. He feels that by growing Mercy Lane’s online presence, that it will help them overcome that and get knowledge of their program out in the market.

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Witt Ranch works to increase efficiency through a highly-managed grazing operation About 15 years ago, Nathan and Tracy Witt purchased a 310acre dairy farm that joins property that has been in the Witt family for more than a century.

The couple knew the farm was in rough shape, but with a little hard work and some upgrades, they knew they could make it work.

Today the Witts, along with their children – 13-year-old Trinity, 10-yearold Logan and 9-year-old Carter – have converted the former dairy farm into a

The Witt Ranch herd is comprised of mostly Angus cattle, as well as Gelbvieh and Hereford influence.

“We’ve got some F1 baldies and a lot of Balancers,” Nathan said. “They do really well in this part of the country, and with the Gelbvieh component, they milk really well and everyone really likes baldie calves. They make good mommas and do well in fescue country and in hot weather.”

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managed grazing operation that supports done AI breeding in the past and loved a cow/calf operation, as well as a grass- the results, but Nathan said the cost of AI can be prohibitive, so they are curfinished beef enterprise.

“I would never have dreamt we’d be rently utilizing natural cover.

“You still have to have your cleanup back here,” Nathan said. “Somehow it worked out that this property became bulls with AI, you just don’t have to have as many of them,” Nathan said. “The last available; it was a no-brainer.”

The couple also rent and own other time we used AI was in 2015 and all of those heifers are now on their second properties in the region, calves. We’ve retained those heifers and run about 150 momand its fun to see the product of AI. ma cows, with 30 replaceIt can certainly propel you forment heifers waiting in the ward in your program. When wings. All steers are marketed you think about your genetic through pre-vac sales, and improvement, the cost isn’t heifers not retained as replacePurdy, Mo. ments are placed into the grassfinished program.

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Their family farm consists of commercial beef cattle, Quarter Horses and a miniature donkey named Herbie.

Their older children are members of the Union Hall 4-H Club. They show horses and cattle at the Cedar County Youth Fair and the Land O’ Lakes Youth Fair during the summer.

They hope to increase their children’s involvement in agriculture as they grow and to teach them the financial side of production agriculture.

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slaughter

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bulls

beef

(Week of 3/18/18 to 3/24/18) Douglas County Livestock Auction

71.50-85.00

Joplin Regional Stockyards

66.00-89.00 † 70.00-99.00*

Mid Missouri Stockyards

81.00-95.50 †

MO-KAN Livestock Auction - Butler Ozarks Regional Stockyard

64.00-95.00* 6

dairy

71.00-84.00 †

South Central Regional Stockyards Springfield Livestock Market

40

†

69.00-88.00 †

Kingsville Livestock Auction

Norwood, Mo. • Producers Auction Yards

60.00-95.50 † 6

60

80

slaughter

100

120

140

Buffalo, Mo. • Buffalo Livestock Market

(Week of 3/18/18 to 3/24/18)

47.00-66.50*

Douglas County Live

32.50-66.00 † 40.00-62.50 †

Interstate Regional Stockyards

39.00-64.00 † 3

Joplin Regional Stockyards Kingsville Livestock Auction

40.00-66.50 † 45.00-68.00*

Mid Missouri Stockyards

35.00-69.50 †

MO-KAN Livestock

35.00-71.50 †

Ozarks Regional South Central Regional

37.00-57.00 † 37.00-62.00 †

Springfield Livestock

0

20

40

60

cow/calf

80

100

120

pairs

(Week of 3/18/18 to 3/24/18) 1360.00*

Buffalo Livestock Market Douglas County Livestock Auction - Ava

None Reported †

Interstate Regional Stockyards - Cuba

None Reported †

Joplin Reg

550.00-1500.00 † 5

Kingsville Livestock Auction Mid Missouri Stockyards

1250.00-1500.00* None Reported † 1500.00-1650.00

South Central Regional Stockyards - Vienna Springfield Livestock

1150

1650

2650

Prices reported per cwt

900.00-1275.00*

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

None Reported † None Reported †

1000.00-1350.00*

MO-KAN Livestock Auction - Butler Ozarks Reg

None Reported † 450.00-1550.00 †

South Central Regional Stockyards Springfield

1000.00-1200.00 †

Heifers, Med. & Lg. 1

450.00-1350.00 †

1050

1550

300-400 lbs.

400-500 lbs.

500-600 lbs.

600-700 lbs.

700-800 lbs.

300-400 lbs.

400-500 lbs.

500-600 lbs.

600-700 lbs.

700-800 lbs.

800.00-1475.00 †

Mid Missouri Stockyards

Steers, Med. & Lg. 1

Holsteins, Lg. 3

450.00-1400.00 †

Kingsville Livestock

18 18

2150

cows

(Week of 2/25/18 to 3/3/18)

550

3/28/18

Ava Douglas County† 3/22/18

†

800.00-1400.00 † 8

replacement

50

goats

Receipts: 723 Compared to last month, Feeder lambs were up 20.00 to 30.00 lower, slaughter hair lambs were steady to 15.00 lower. Replacement ewes were 5.00 to 15.00 higher while slaughter ewes 15.00 to 20.00 lower and rams were steady to 10.00 higher. Feeder kids were 20.00 to 30.00 lower. Slaughter goats 5.00 to 10.00 lower. Replacement does 20.00 to 30.00 higher.

Slaughter does and rams 5.00 to 8.00 higher. Supply moderate. Demand moderate to good. All prices are per hundred weight (CWT) unless noted otherwise.

SHEEP: Feeder Lambs: hair lambs: Medium and Large 1-2 15-39 lbs 235.00-250.00, Pkg 22 lbs 260.00. Medium and Large 2-3 25-56 lbs 220.00-232.50.

Slaughter wool lambs: Choice 2-3 Pkg 43 lbs 250.00.

Slaughter Hair Lambs: Choice 1-2 43-63 lbs 237.50250.00. Choice 2-3 65-90 lbs 217.50-230.00; Few 77-88 lbs 200.00-205.00.

Replacement Hair Ewes: Medium and Large 1-2 95-110 lbs 130.00-147.50, Pkg 110 lbs 165.00; 100-130 lbs 112.50-125.00.

Hair Sheep Families: Medium and Large 1-2 Few 129225 lbs 225.00-265.00, Pkg 170 lbs 275.00. Medium and Large 2 Few 165-240 lbs 185.00-215.00.

Slaughter Ewes: Utility and Good 1-2 170-265 lbs 55.00-70.00.

925.00-1150.00 †

Ozarks Regional

650

3/8/18

Replacement Hair Rams: Medium and Large 1-2 84-95 lbs 117.50-135.00, Pkg 96 lbs 165.00.

Slaughter Rams: 125-160 lbs 75.00-90.00.

GOATS: Feeder Kids: Selection 1 21-38 lbs 220.00-245.00, Pkg 38 lbs 262.50. Selection 2 23-35 lbs 200.00-215.00.

Slaughter Goats: Selection 1 42-70 lbs 247.50-277.50.

Selection 2 40-75 lbs 200.00-217.50. Selection 3 Pkg 81 lbs 195.00.

Replacement Does: Selection 1 and 2 92-150 lbs 175.00-200.00; Pkg 144 lbs 205.00. Selection 2 63-120 lbs 120.00-150.00, Pkg 137 lbs 117.50.

Slaughter Does: Selection 2 and 3 100-145 lbs 95.00112.50.

Replacement Bucks: Selection 1 85-114 lbs 148.00172.50.

Slaughter Bucks: Selection 2 and 3 95-230 lbs 120.00142.00.

National Sheep Summary

2050

2550

300-400 lbs.

400-500 lbs.

500-600 lbs.

600-700 lbs.

700-800 lbs.

3/23/18

Weekly Trends: Compared to last week slaughter lambs steady to 10.00 lower, mostly 10.00-20.00 lower. Slaughter ewes steady to 10.00 lower. Feeder lambs steady. At San Angelo, TX 5252 head sold. Equity Electronic Auction sold 330 slaughter lambs in North Dakota. In direct trading slaughter ewes not tested and no comparison on feeder lambs. 4100 head of negotiated sales of slaughter lambs were mixed. 3,399 lamb carcasses sold with all weights no trend due to confidentiality. All sheep sold per hundred weight (CWT) unless otherwise specified.

Slaughter Lambs: Choice and Prime 2-3 90-160 lbs: San Angelo: shorn and wooled 110-175 lbs 128.00-150.00, few 120.00.

VA: wooled 90-110 lbs 187.50; 110-130 lbs 147.50-177.50; 130-160 lbs 140.00-172.50.

PA: shorn and wooled 90-110 lbs 225.00-247.00; 110-130 lbs 190.00-230.00; 130-150 lbs 175.00-192.00; 150-200 lbs 165.00-182.00.

Ft.Collins, CO: wooled 110-125 lbs 160.00-165.00.

South Dakota: shorn and wooled 115-120 lbs 158.00-161.00; 140-150 lbs 149.00-152.00; 150-160 lbs 143.00-148.00.

Kalona, IA: wooled 125 lbs 147.00; 130-150 lbs 135.00144.00.

Billings, MT: no test.

Missouri: no test.

Equity Elec: shorn 135-145 lbs 149.75.

Slaughter Lambs: Choice and Prime 1-2:

None Reported †

MO-KAN Livestock Market - Butler

150

cattle

NOT REPORTED

sheep &

cows

Buffalo Livestock Market

3/25/18

5 Area (Tx-Ok, Ks, Neb, Ia, Colo) Live Basis Sales - Over 80% Choice Steers: 124.00-130.00; wtd. avg. price 126.30.

Heifers: 120.50-127.50; wtd. avg. price 125.75.

Dressed Basis Sales - Over 80% Choice Steers: 200.00-205.00; wtd. avg. price 201.99.

Heifers: 196.00-205.00; wtd. avg. price 202.36.

70.00-91.00 †

Interstate Regional Stockyards - Cuba

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Midwest - High Plains Direct Slaughter Cattle

73.00-82.00*

Buffalo Livestock Market

cattle

San Angelo: 40-60 lbs 204.00-219.00; 60-70 lbs 200.00212.00, few 214.00-218.00; 70-80 lbs 197.00-210.00; 80-90 lbs 190.00-208.00; 90-110 lbs 180.00-194.00.

Pennsylvania: 40-50 lbs 240.00-275.00, few 280.00-305.00; 50-60 lbs 235.00-270.00, few 275.00-300.00; 60-70 lbs 225.00255.00, few 275.00-280.00; 70-80 lbs 220.00-255.00, few 270.00-272.00; 80-90 lbs 210.00-245.00, few 275.00-280.00; 90-110 lbs 210.00-235.00.

Kalona, IA: 30-50 lbs 190.00-270.00; 50-60 lbs 200.00240.00; 60-70 lbs 200.00-225.00.

Ft. Collins: 55-65 lbs 225.00-227.50.

Missouri: 40-70 lbs 240.00-267.50.

Virginia: 30-60 lbs 260.00; 60-90 lbs 240.00-242.50.

South Dakota: 80-100 lbs 159.00-160.00.

Billings, MT: no test.

Direct Trading: (lambs fob with 3-4 percent shrink or equivalent) 4100: Slaughter Lambs shorn and wooled 110-214 lbs 125.00162.00 (wtd avg 142.74).

TX: 2300: Feeder Lambs 90 lbs 220.00.

Slaughter Ewes: San Angelo: Good 3-4 (very fleshy) no test; Good 2-3 (fleshy) 64.00-72.00; Utility and Good 1-3 (medium flesh) 76.00-88.00; Utility 1-2 (thin) 68.00-78.00; Cull and Utility 1-2 (very thin) 55.00-66.00; Cull 1 (extremely thin) 40.00-55.00.

Pennsylvania: Good 3-4 (very fleshy) no test; Good 2-3 (fleshy) 70.00-135.00; Utility 1-2 (thin) 75.00-110.00; Cull 1 no test.

Ft. Collins: Good 3-5 (very fleshy) 70.00-79.00; Good 2-3 (fleshy) 70.00-79.00; Utility 1-2 (thin) 47.00-51.00; Cull 1 (extremely thin) no test.

Billings, MT: Good 3-4 (very fleshy) no test; Good 2-3 (fleshy) no test; Utility 1-2 (thin) no test; Cull and Utility 1-2 (very thin) no test; Cull 1 no test.

So Dakota: Good 3-4 (very fleshy) 46.00-66.00; Good 2-3 (fleshy) 50.00-68.00; Utility 1-2 (thin) 52.00-64.00; Cull 1 41.00-46.00.

Missouri: Utility and Good 1-3 (medium flesh) 100.00117.50.

Virginia: Good 2-4 75.00-85.00.

Kalona: Good 3-4 (very fleshy) no test; Good 2-3 (fleshy) 60.00-80.00; Utility and Good 1-2 (medium flesh) 57.5072.50; Utility 1-2 (thin) 43.00-67.50; Cull 1 13.00-36.00.

Feeder Lambs: Medium and Large 1-2: San Angelo: new crop 40-60 lbs 200.00-213.00, 60-90 lbs 192.00-218.00, 80-100 lbs 12.00-218.00; old crop 60-90 lbs 182.00-196.00, 100-105 lbs 166.00-172.00.

stocker & feeder

Buffalo Livestock Auction* 3/24/18

Butler Mo-Kan Livestock† 3/22/18

Cuba Interstate Regional† 3/20/18

prices

Joplin Regional Stockyards† 3/19/18

Kingsville Livestock Auction† 3/20/18

Mid Missouri Stockyards* 3/22/18

1,210

1,232

1,039

967

6,712

1,211

1,602

St-5 Lower

5-10 Lower

Uneven

St-8 Lower

3-10 Lower

Uneven

St-5 Lower

185.00-205.00 175.00-189.00 164.50-183.00 155.00-160.00 141.50

180.00-200.00 165.00-180.00 152.00-175.00 144.00-153.00 131.00-142.50

----171.00-179.50 161.50-178.00 147.00-165.00 137.00

183.00-217.00 165.00-193.50 154.50-178.00 135.00-162.00 130.50-133.00

200.00 172.50-206.00 152.00-193.00 144.00-169.00 136.00-158.85

223.00-225.50 183.50-205.00 173.00-203.00 153.00-176.50 151.00-160.00

180.00-215.00 168.00-198.00 152.00-191.00 141.00-164.00 130.00-148.00

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90.00-100.00 90.00-100.00 85.00-95.00 84.00-90.00 80.00-85.00

162.50-175.00 150.00-165.00 135.00-150.00 125.00-135.00 120.00-125.00

151.00-163.00 144.00-170.00 137.00-156.00 127.00-132.50 115.00-130.00

160.00-168.00 150.00-181.50 135.00-148.00 141.00 125.00

152.50-165.00 150.00-166.00 142.50-150.00 ----124.50

170.00-191.00 147.50-175.00 131.00-165.00 134.00-152.00 117.50-134.50

----165.50-176.50 138.00-181.00 127.50-159.00 122.00-133.00

162.00-185.00 142.00-168.00 134.00-158.00 125.00-142.00 120.00-132.00

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rices

Kingsville Livestock Auction† 3/20/18

Mid Missouri Stockyards* 3/22/18

dairy & fed cattle

National Dairy Market

3/23/18

CHEESE: Barrels closed at $1.5100 and 40# blocks at $1.5450. The weekly average for barrels is $1.5225 (-.0035) and blocks, $1.5600 (-.0070).

FLUID MILK: Reports from all areas of the country suggest higher milk outputs, as spring flush is ongoing and/or coming depending upon region. Midwestern contacts continue to show concern about increasing milk inventories as the supply and demand balance is already leaning heavily on the supply side of the scale. Snowstorms in the Northeast are continuing to hinder trucking. Spring break, either upcoming or already

Springfield Livestock Marketing† 3/21/18

Vienna South Central† 3/21/18

1,211

1,602

1,636

472

2,790

St-5 Lower

3-10 Lower

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186.00-187.00 169.00-195.50 160.50-187.50 140.00-164.00 131.75-142.00

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162.00-185.00 142.00-168.00 134.00-158.00 125.00-142.00 120.00-132.00

160.00-178.00 149.00-170.00 142.00-153.00 136.50-142.00 125.00-127.00

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The official arrival of spring came this week but warmer temperatures to really get plants and grasses growing quickly has yet to arrive. Fertilizer buggies are finding use although many farmers are having to watch and avoid wet spots now or risk getting stuck. The latest drought monitor shows only 9 percent of the state officially in drought status with a touch over 44 percent is still abnormally dry. Hay business currently seems to be a story of two extremes with very little middle ground both on supplies and demand. This isn’t entirely unusual as the feeding season draws to a close but the differences in each situation is very drastic this year. Hay supplies are light to moderate, demand is moderate and prices are steady. The Missouri Department of Agriculture has a hay directory available for both buyers and sellers. To be listed, or for a directory visit http://mda.mo.gov/abd/haydirectory/ for listings of hay http://agebb.missouri.edu/haylst/ (All prices f.o.b. and per ton unless specified and on most recent reported sales price listed as round bales based generally on 5x6 bales with weights of approximately 1200-1500 lbs).

Supreme quality Alfalfa (RFV <185): 180.00-250.00. Small squares 6.50-8.00 per bale.

Premium quality Alfalfa (RFV 170-180): 160.00-200.00.

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

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

Good quality Mixed Grass hay: 100.00-150.00. Small squares 4.006.00 per bale (some alfalfa/grass mix).

Fair to Good quality Mixed Grass hay: 50.00-100.00. Small squares 3.00-5.00 per bale.

Fair quality Mixed Grass hay: 25.00-50.00 per large round bale.

Good quality Bromegrass: 100.00-150.00.

Fair to Good quality Bromegrass: 50.00-80.00.

Wheat straw: 3.00-6.00 per small square bale.

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3/27/18

Estimated Receipts: 290 Supply and demand are light to moderate.

Compared to Monday’s close: barrows and gilts steady to 3.00 lower.

Base carcass meat price: 47.00-49.00.

Sows (cash prices): 2.00 lower to 2.00 higher. 300-500 lbs. 23.00-36.00, Over 500 lbs. 27.00-40.00.

steers 550-600 LBS. Week of 2/25/18

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75.00-85.00. very fleshy) no test; Good 2-3 (fleshy) and Good 1-2 (medium flesh) 57.50hin) 43.00-67.50; Cull 1 13.00-36.00. ium and Large 1-2: op 40-60 lbs 200.00-213.00, 60-90 lbs 00 lbs 12.00-218.00; old crop 60-90 lbs 105 lbs 166.00-172.00.

Receipts: 5,125 Weaner pigs sold steady to 1.00 lower. 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, 2425 head, 10 lbs, 36.51-38.00, weighted average 37.23.

Early weaned pigs 10 lb base weights, Delivered 100% negotiated, 2700 head, 10 lbs, 44.50.

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.

$145

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3/23/18

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5 (very fleshy) 70.00-79.00; Good 2-3 Utility 1-2 (thin) 47.00-51.00; Cull 1 test.

3-4 (very fleshy) no test; Good 2-3 ity 1-2 (thin) no test; Cull and Utility 1-2 Cull 1 no test.

4 (very fleshy) 46.00-66.00; Good 2-3 Utility 1-2 (thin) 52.00-64.00; Cull 1

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in progress, is also creating rerouting issues around the country. All reported spot milk loads headed into cheese manufacturing were discounted this week. Spot milk loads as low as $4 under Class were reported. Cream price shifts vary by region, and some contacts are anxious as to what will happen ahead of the spring holiday next week. Undoubtedly, cream is most abundant in the West and some cream end users, in regions elsewhere, are finding it more cost effective to buy western cream loads and pay the extra freight costs.

F.O.B. cream multiples are 1.20-1.30 in the East, 1.20-1.26 in the Midwest, and 1.00-1.22 in the West.

SPOT PRICES OF CLASS II CREAM: $ PER POUND BUTTERFAT, F.O.B., producing plants, Midwestern U.S. $2.6556-$2.7884.

Week of 3/4/18

d 3-4 (very fleshy) no test; Good 2-3 0; Utility 1-2 (thin) 75.00-110.00; Cull

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mbs shorn and wooled 110-214 lbs 125.00.74). ambs 90 lbs 220.00. n Angelo: Good 3-4 (very fleshy) no test; 4.00-72.00; Utility and Good 1-3 (me.00; Utility 1-2 (thin) 68.00-78.00; Cull thin) 55.00-66.00; Cull 1 (extremely

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bs 204.00-219.00; 60-70 lbs 200.00218.00; 70-80 lbs 197.00-210.00; 80-90 lbs 10 lbs 180.00-194.00.

0 lbs 240.00-275.00, few 280.00-305.00; 0.00, few 275.00-300.00; 60-70 lbs 225.00280.00; 70-80 lbs 220.00-255.00, few 0 lbs 210.00-245.00, few 275.00-280.00; 35.00. bs 190.00-270.00; 50-60 lbs 200.000.00-225.00. s 225.00-227.50.

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meet your neighbors Doing What Works Continued from Page 16 bad. The difficult part is that you’re still just getting a 60 percent conception rate; that’s just a loss.”

The Witts sell their USDA-inspected grass-finished beef through the St. Louis Food Hub. “We’ve been doing it the last couple years, but this last year it’s really taken off well for us,” Nathan said.

Because of their move into the grassfinished market, the Witts utilize herd sires that will produce a calf with higher carcass merits.

“If we can grass finish with a better marbling animal and increase our ribeye area, the better we are,” Nathan said. “The consumers are willing to pay a premium price.

“Getting into that market is the hard part. There’s not a tremendous amount of restaurants that are buyers, but they usually have their own connections.

The challenge is using all of the animal.

You can finish out a heifer, but she’s only got one brisket and a few ribeyes.”

Nathan is a resource conservationist with the NRCS and Tracy, who grew up on her family’s dairy farm about 5 miles away, is an accountant with 3D Corporate Solutions, so the farm and three active kids make for a busy life, which is why their managed grazing system is useful.

“Everything for me has to be systematic; that’s how you make it work and still work in town,” Nathan said.

Nathan explained that the grazing system at Witt Ranch allows them to move cattle through lanes to new pasture every few days, and to treat an animal or render assistance if there is a calving issue, with less stress.

“I try to have about 30 percent of my acres in warm season grass,” Nathan explained.

“We’ve got Caucasian Bluestem, Bermuda and crabgrass for our summer annual; it works pretty well. If you want to drill in some winter annuals into that crabgrass field, you have near year-round grazing. We

really don’t start feeding much until February. We stockpile as much fescue as we can and focus on our fertility in the fall because I don’t like cutting hay. I don’t want extra grass, I want grass when I need it.”

They also have about 60 acres of alfalfa. Nathan said he’s been allowing his cows to graze the fields, opposed to cutting it multiple times a season for hay.

“We’ve all but quit cutting hay,” he said. “It’s really worked out well for us because you get an early jump on the season, and alfalfa is a powerhouse crop.”

Utilizing available forages without the need of haying is more efficient for the Witts.

“In 2015, we bought the farm across the road and there were 40 acres of alfalfa on it,” Nathan recalled. “I found myself cutting hay late at night and it was way too much.

With alfalfa, your window of opportunity to put up quality hay is very narrow; it’s either too wet, just perfect or way to dry. We were just running ourselves ragged.

“I just sat on the tractor and crunched numbers, thinking about what all this costs

and thought there just had to be a better way. I just decided we would start grazing it.

I found grazing is a good way to control the weevil without spraying. It also gives you decent early spring weight gains.”

While grazing alfalfa has its benefits, the Witts don’t think they will add more acreage for the crop, nor will they reseed the existing fields.

“Some are fading out, but they make a nice complement to crabgrass or anything else you want to put into it,” Nathan said. “I drilled some Sudangrass into about 20 acres of alfalfa last year, and I had people tell me I was crazy, but I didn’t have to fertilize any Sudangrass. Just from the nitrogen fixation from the alfalfa, that Sudan was tall, green and lush, and I didn’t do anything to it…

Was it good for the alfalfa? Not so much, but I’m not raising dairy-quality alfalfa, I’m raising pasture. It was a fun experiment to try, so I’m going keep playing with that.”

The Witts say their farming operation is far from a “showplace,” but it is efficient.

“It does what it needs to do,” Nathan said.

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ecently, I had the privilege to judge high school agricultural students in the prepared speech contest at Crowder College’s Aggie Day. Jessica Allan is an These students are passionate about agricultural lender at their industries and are agriculture’s future. But, Hometown Bank in there was one matter that I, as an agriculture Neosho, MO. A resident lender, noticed. That was the lack of information of Jasper County, she these students had in how they could put their also is involved in raising ideas to use in today’s financial environment. As cattle on her family’s I have advanced in my lending career, I have refarm in Newton County alized through listening to my various clients of and is an active alumni all ages and backgrounds that there is a generaof the Crowder College tional gap in how the lending process is viewed.

Aggie Club.

Thirty years ago, Joe Smith could let Mr. Banker know that he was purchasing a pot load of steers over the weekend, and Mr. Banker would tell him to write the check and they would sign loan documents on Monday. Today, this is a very rare scenario. The lender needs tax returns, financial statements, collateral evaluations, etc. in order to make a decision (a good reason to keep updated records with your lender). To those of my generation and younger, that is normal practice. Those lending policies and governmental regulations were put in place before most of us even started thinking of borrowing money.

However, that is not the biggest difference I have seen between generations lately.

On Dec. 15, 2015, the Federal Reserve decided that after seven years, it was time to start adjusting prime rates again. The prime rate has crept up from 3.25 percent to 4.50 percent in the two years since that decision. The younger generation sees the changes and cannot seem to grasp why they cannot get the same low rates they were able to get three or four years ago. More experienced borrowers just shrug their shoulders with the knowledge that this was inevitable as the economy began to grow again.

Prior to Dec. 16, 2008, when the Federal Reserve set prime at 3.25 percent, it was not unusual for the prime rate to change multiple times a year. In 2008, before prime became stagnant at year end, prime rate changed seven times (we started out 2008 with a prime rate of 7.25 percent). During the farm crisis in 1980, prime rate changed 38 times, fluctuating from 15.25 percent in January to 11 percent in July to the record high of 21.50 percent in December. There were 110 changes to prime in the 1980s, 26 changes in the 1990s and 43 changes in the 2000s. A changing rate environment is nothing new; rather the stagnant rate environment we have been under since 2008 is what is abnormal.

As the economy continues to grow, the Federal Reserve appears to be getting us back to a more normal rate environment in which prime rate changes with our economic growth rate. It’s times like these in which we need to work with our lenders to evaluate which rate scenario works best with our farms’ goals: a fixed rate which won’t change without redoing the loan if rates go down or a variable rate which runs the risk of your rate increasing but also provides the chance your rate can decrease if rates go down. An honest discussion with your lender can help you in that decision.

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he new tax law signed by President Trump, called the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), has several provisions beneficial to owners and breeders in the horse and livestock industries. I will discuss some of the highlights.

New Deduction for Pass-Through Businesses: The new law changes how “pass-through” entities, such as sole proprietorships, partnerships, S corporations and LLCs, are taxed. This includes 85 percent of owners in the horse and livestock industries. Now, for the first time ever, the owner’s qualified business income (QBI) from John Alan Cohan is a pass-throughs is allowed a 20 percent deduction, lawyer who has served subject to restrictions that can apply at higher the farming, ranching income levels. This constitutes a 20 percent tax and horse industries since cut for pass-through filers.

1981. To contact John Alan QBI is generally defined as the net amount of Cohan, go to ozarksfn.com qualified items of income, gain, deduction and and click on ‘Contact Us.’ loss from any qualified business of the noncorporate owner. (QBI does not include certain investment items, reasonable compensation paid to an owner for services rendered to the business or any guaranteed payments to a partner.)

Also, the new law provides the top rate on income earned by owners of passthrough business at 37 percent – which is a slight reduction from the former 39.6 percent rate.

The pass-through provisions are an incentive for employees to become independent contractors. Many personnel working in the horse and livestock industries are already independent contractors, such as trainers, laborers, farriers, veterinarians, vendors, etc.

Immediate Expensing and Bonus Depreciation: For property placed into service in tax years beginning after December 31, 2017, the new law increases the maximum amount a taxpayer may deduct (or “expense”) to $1 million, and increases the phaseout threshold to $2.5 million.

The “bonus depreciation” deduction for breeding stock, race horses, farm machinery and equipment will now be 100 percent, an increase from the former 50 percent rate, for property placed in service after Sept. 27, 2017. This applies to new or used property purchased by the taxpayer. (Starting in 2023, bonus depreciation will go down to 80 percent.)

Estate Tax

The long-disputed estate tax has been modified so that the exemption for married couples will be $10.98 million, compared to the former exemption of $5.49 million.

This will greatly reduce the number of family businesses susceptible to the estate tax.

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For operations conducted as C corporations, the new law reduces the corporate income tax rate from 35 to 21 percent. Many large breeders and ranchers, as well as racetracks, conduct business as C corporations.

Limitation on Losses

There are stricter rules for deducting losses. The maximum amount of taxable income that can be offset with net operating loss (NOL) deductions is generally reduced from 100 to 80 percent. NOLs can be carried forward indefinitely.

However, NOLs can no longer be carried back to an earlier year, except for certain farming losses, which can be carried back for two years.

The “hobby-loss” rules remain the same in terms of the taxpayer’s need to prove that the activity is engaged in for profit if there is a history of losses. This means that, as before, it is important not only to keep records to prepare accurate income tax returns, but to also keep records that measure your activity’s financial performance.

The IRS is already grappling with a prolonged funding cut, a staff reduced by 23 percent since 2010, and outdated computers. The IRS will need to write countless guidelines and regulations to clarify key terms and concepts in the new law, as well as design new forms.

Thus, enforcement and auditing capabilities are likely to drop significantly.

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The use of solar and wind power to pump water to livestock can save money in the long run Old windmills still dot the landscape of the Ozarks, but few have the functionally they once did. Electronic pumps have replaced the manual pumps they once powered to bring water to the surface, but the use of wind power is once again finding its place in agriculture, and it’s often being found working along side solar power.

Josh Morris, owner of Morris Renewable Energy LLC, works with farmers and ranchers to help design and install windmills and solar power. One of the main uses in agriculture is supplying water to livestock.

Why convert or add water and/or solar power on the farm?

It’s all about economics.

“People who have larger, spread out farms, might have multiple wells with electric, and you have a minimum monthly charge on a well you are hardly using,” Morris said. “That might be $30 a month, per well… It’s economically driven. A lot of people might look at it as a fad or a ‘feel-good’ thing, but the truth is, if you have an free energy source, it’s going to make sense, economically, especially since most of the technology is there; we just have to install it.”

Which is best?

“For water, really solar and wind work best in some sort of combination,” Morris said. “Often when you don’t have wind, you have a lot of sun, and when you don’t have sun, you have wind.”

He added that one of his customers relies solely on wind energy, which works well most of the time, but there are times when a solar backup would be beneficial.

“If they would add solar, they would never have to worry about it, but there are times when they have to haul water in because they can’t pump any. If you have both, you’re going to have water all the time, so that combination works well.”

What’s the cost?

The biggest question many people have is, how much does it cost.

“If you have a shallow well, and you do the work yourself, you should be able to get something going for about $1,000; you get someone else to install it, $2,500 to $3,000.

Solar pumps can be really expensive, if it’s a deep well. If you have a well that’s 400-, 500-foot deep, there’s pumps that will do it, but they get to be closer to $10,000 or something like that. The key, I think, if it you’re under 200 feet, those can be pretty cost effective. Once you get past 200-foot, the pump design has to be different.

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“I recently bought more land and am clearing that off for more pastureland and hay production.”

Del Downs Howell County, Mo.

“For wind, that tends to be a little more expensive. That kind of starts where solar leaves off; you’re looking at $10,000, plus, for most wind setups. That gets to be where people like the esthetics of it; they like the look of that windmill, so they are willing to have that extra cost to have that windmill that works for them.”

While the initial costs can be staggering for some, it may be cheaper than running thousands of feet of waterlines from pasture to pasture.

“We had a nice field we wanted to get water to, but there was no electricity or water lines,” Morris said. “Since it was a shallow and down by the creek, we were able to do an alluvial-style well for under $1,000. We now have plenty of water for that field, and the hotter it is, the more sunshine we’re getting and the more water the animals are drinking, the more water is being pumped.”

Where does it work?

When considering solar and wind power, Morris said the lay of the land is important.

“It’s 100 percent based on the terrain and water table in your area,” he explained.

“For a home, or structure, it’s important to be totally south-facing, and that helps with your heating if your windows are facing south. We were doing an installation, a total solar installation, for someone and it was so windy the whole time that I told him, ‘You know, you’re in the perfect spot for wind on this high ground,’ so we did that too. If you’re down in lower ground where your water table is really shallow, it’s ideal for a solar pump. Every situation has the perfect mix of renewables you might choose. It really depends on what you want and what you need.”

Does it work year round?

Water turns into ice during the bitter winters in the Ozarks, but with proper planning and instillation, solar and wind powered watering systems can function with few problems.

“I will bury storage tanks so that they are freeze proof in the winter,” Morris said.

“If someone is doing at do-it-yourself, you really want to talk with someone who has some experience, or just get someone to install it.”

Does it work?

Morris utilizes what he promotes. The majority of his farming operation is completely “off the grid,” including his home.

“We have a solar pump for some of our livestock and a windmill for other water,” he said. “At our homestead, I’ve found solar works a lot easier than I thought it would be.”

“I’ve gotten some soil samples done and am working now to improve the condition of the land.”

“We eliminated our chickens.

I realized ducks and chickens have different needs, and we made the decision to focus on the ducks.”

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“Because we both work, we induce all of our does so that we can be there when they kid. We have less problems that way.”

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By Eric Neher

As spring pastures emerge, producers should monitor the body condition of their cattle With new spring grass on the horizon, there are producers who may have questions and concerns about what that means for the grazing habits of their cattle.

Is the grass containing enough nutritional value in the early spring to sustain a healthy herd, or should they continue feeding hay?

According to both Dr. Shane Gadberry, associate professor and ruminant nutrition specialist with the Unveristy of Arkanas Cooperate Extension Serivce, and Dr. Bruss Horn of the Verden Animal Clinic in Verden, Okla., it is essential to continue supplementing cattle for a little while longer.

The carryover winter grass will not be high enough in protein to maintain the desired healthy herd, and even though a pasture might be full of green grass, cattle start to loose weight.

One thing that will help with the incoming spring grass is placing the cattle in a cordoned off hay feeding area to allow for a good spring pasture to grow before being turned out for grazing.

Some good advice would be to partition off a section of the pasture using a portable fence charger and polywire system, as it is both inexpensive and most effective and will allow the necessary time that the pasture grass will need to grow.

Another factor, according to Horn, is the pasture itself. If the pasture is failing to yield the appropriate nutritional needs for the cattle even after it has had time to green, it may be necessary to continue with a hay regiment and include supplements in their diet. Protein and salt supplements are often needed if APRIL 2, 2018

hay is in limited supply. It is important to keep track of the herd by monitoring their body condition. Examine how fleshy or thin cows appear. Cows are likely to lose body condition this time of year due to the lack of nutrients they are able to ingest from the previous winter. A good goal for weight is somewhere around the middle ground; a score of 5 1/2 to a 6 on the BCS chart.

It is important to note that his scale may differ from some producers, but the key is that the cattle should maintain a healthy look, neither too fat or too thin, and that the diet might have to be adjusted as the monitoring continues.

Fertility issues can also arise from improper nutrition. One problem is that thin females will take longer to breed back than females in moderate to good condition.

Gadberry recommends that thin cows be supplemented with feed when approaching the breeding season.

Cows that are in good body condition and grazing the pasture while going into the breeding season should not require any additional feed supplements. Gadberry added that regardless of supplementation and condition, all cows should be checked for pregnancy 45 days after the normal breeding season to the normal calf weaning time and all the cows that are not breed be culled.

The nutritional needs of livestock and how they are monitored will play a huge part in the future profitability for producers.

Careful attention to weight and eating habits of the cattle and by just making the proper adjustments when needed are a crucial way to make sure that you are enjoying the benefits of having a healthy and productive herd.

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Managing Environmental Risks

By Klaire Howerton

Producers are encouraged to assess how they can reduce their operation’s foot print on the environment Agricultural producers and the environment can benefit enormously from each other when producers take proper care of the resources they’ve been given.

When these resources are carefully managed with regard to the potential environmental risks and how the management impacts everything involved, the environment gives back generously.

That’s why producers should assess the environmental risk of their operation.

An environmental risk assessment helps to organize and execute sustainable management practices. Farmers and ranchers may have good intentions and an idea of how to reduce their farm’s footprint, but making a full assessment can help keep everything straight, find innovative ideas and manage risk.

“Managing business environmental risk in agriculture consists of making the production process more efficient in such a way as to limit its environmental consequences while increasing profitability,” Ray Massey, University of Missouri Extension professor, Commercial Agriculture Program, said. “No productive activity is 100 percent efficient. Among the inputs used, some are transformed into the desired product while others are discarded as waste or by-products, or escape into the environment. Unused inputs in a productive process constitute a pollutant if they have a negative impact on the environment.”

Potential pollutants pose the largest environmental risk on an agriculture operation.

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ability to absorb and process, these discharges, environmental risks develop,” Massey said.

Common pollutants include sediment, fertilizers, chemical pesticides, manure and gases. When making an assessment, all possible pollutants should be included.

Assessment can help determine what’s known as business environmental risk.

“Business environmental risk arises from the probability that adverse environmental effects of business decisions will affect business performance and viability,” explained Massey. Issues like loss of topsoil, fertilizer runoff and improper disposal of manure can all add to a producer’s business environmental risk.

Once you’ve completed your assessment, you can implement management practices to lower environmental and business environmental risk.

“The purpose of risk management may be to reduce the magnitude of an adverse event,” Massey said. As an example, a breach of a full 13-month lagoon would clearly be a much more adverse event than a breach of a smaller lagoon. As a risk management measure, a secondary containment system between the lagoon and a stream would catch a spill from the lagoon and reduce the magnitude of the environmental problem.”

Other risk management strategies include no-till practices to reduce soil erosion, composting manure, using biological pest control as opposed to chemicals, and participation in government assistance programs such as the NRCS Environmental Quality Incentives Program or the Missouri Department of Conservation Private Land Assistance Program.

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Producers have several options for controlling flies that do not require chemicals Flies can be a costly problem on a farm or ranch – not only are they annoying, they can stress animals to the point of weight loss, which in turn means lost revenue.

“Normally, growing cattle gain an extra 1.5 pounds per week when horn flies are controlled below the 200 flies per animal threshold,” Dr. Justin Talley, Extension Livestock Entomologist at Oklahoma State University, said.

Producers, want to keep the fly population under control, but how can they do it without the use of chemicals? Luckily, there are some natural solutions.

Fly Predators: One way to holistically manage the fly population on your farm is through the use of fly predators – tiny parasitic wasps that are harmless to humans, plants and livestock, but that wreak havoc on flies. Planet Natural Research Center, a resource for agriculturalists seeking natural and organic solutions, said the female predator seeks out a host pupa, drills through its cocoon and lays several eggs inside it. The resulting parasitoids kill the pupa by consuming it.

These handy little bugs can be ordered online; they arrive in pupal form, and producers simply sprinkle them around manure piles, feeding areas, barns, compost bins, etc. Once the wasps hatch, they immediately begin to seek out fly pupa to lay their eggs in.

The Planet Natural Research Center suggested the predators be introduced in early season, before pesky flies have had a chance to flourish.

It is also recommended to make several releases throughout the season to make the Fly Predators a sustainable pest control solution.

Fly Traps: Fly traps can be a useful way to manage the already established adult fly population. While there are multiple brands and styles of fly traps, the basic principle is the same – each trap has an APRIL 2, 2018

attractant, and flies are drawn to the trap, fall in or get stuck and die. While it might seem like this doesn’t make an impact in the fly population at first, this method does make a difference. According to the Planet Natural Research Center, the female housefly lives about two and a half months, and lays between 600 and 1,000 eggs during its lifetime. On the average, 12 generations of houseflies are produced in one year. Therefore, one female could be responsible for many thousands of flies.

Every female traped prevents hundreds to thousands of flies from hatching. Some popular types of fly traps include milk jug fly traps and sticky fly tape.

Poultry Pest Management: By utilizing some rotational management, chickens will eat fly larvae before it has a chance to hatch. The majority of flies and other pests and parasites are on a three-week hatching cycle, so most producers plan the movements of their flock accordingly. Some types of moveable enclosures for poultry include: chicken tractors, electric netting, cattle panel pens and rolling coops. If raising chickens for meat or for egg production, producers get the added benefit of cutting down on feed costs by using poultry as fly control.

“The most notable benefit of keeping chickens in tractors is knowing what’s in the food fed to the chickens,” Greg Samuel, owner of Portable Livestock Shelters in Seymour, Mo., said. “Their diet is supplemented with protein from insects and grass, cutting down on supplemental feed costs.”

Sanitation Practices: Part of managing flies naturally is not giving them an adequate habitat in the first place. Being proactive with disposal of manure, not letting water sources stagnate, and not overcrowding areas with livestock will greatly reduce fly population and make natural fly control practices more effective.

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Spring is in the air, which brings concerns for parasite control and vaccinations in cattle, including spring-born calves.

What are the deworming options?

Producers have options for options for dewormers; injectables, orals and pour on, the latter being the easiest to apply.

But since its application is completely external and is susceptible to outside elements, is it a good investment? According to Dr. Heidi Ward at the University of Arkansas the answer is yes.

More importantly is knowing that each herd will be unique, depending on genetics and actual exposure. But according to Dr. Buss Horn from Verden Animal Clinic in Verden, Okla., pour on dewormers simply do not work.

He claims that either an injectable or oral will yield a result of 99 percent, a kill rate that the pour on can never hope to reach. It will obviously come down to time and money.

One problem that Horn pointed out was the fact that he had witnessed the cattle cleaning each other after the pour on treatment had been administered. That would seem like something that should be watched out for.

Pour on dewormer does have some advantages over injectables though, as they will neutralize both body and sucking lice where the injectable will not affect the lice on the body.

When should you worm?

According to Ward, it’s best to administer the dewormer once in the early spring to prepare the cattle for the summer and

then once in the early fall to prepare them for the winter. The effectiveness of whatever dewormer you chose should be tested by conducting fecal egg counts on select members of the herd over time as it is the only way to predict the level of dewormer resistance in the herd.

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Vaccinations

With the wide range of infectious diseases to which cattle are susceptible, Ward said it is important to keep on top of vaccinations.

Respiratory diseases, such as IBR, BRSV, P13 and BVD, can be avoided with a simple vaccination, as well the many other diseases that can affect reproduction.

Vaccinations are done once annually and for young cattle a booster shot is recommended.

The goal, of course, is to have a healthy herd. Many of these infectious diseases can storm through an entire herd, affecting both adults as well as calves, lowering the birth rate percentages.

Many of these diseases can affect the goat and sheep population as well, one such disease, commonly referred to as Blackleg, is caused by a bacteria which goes by the name of clostridium, and can lay dormant for years in a pastures soil and become infectious only to be spread by the grazing livestock.

Early signs include the swelling of the thigh and elevated leg. A seven-way clostridial vaccination is the best way for prevention.

Horn recommends staying on a schedule and monitoring your livestocks condition throughout the year in order to maintain a healthy herd. No one needs the added expense of unhealthy animals to go along with everything else that is in need of constant upkeep.

These diseases and parasites are preventable if done correctly and will help you reap in the rewards of your very healthy herd.

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Mite and lice infestations can pose a risk to flocks, but they can be easily controlled A constant problem for small sized free-range chicken flocks is that they are at risk of encountering lice and mites. The solutions are relatively simple, though.

According to Merck’s online Veterinary Manual, lice are transferred from one bird to another when they are in close contact to each other. Large populations of lice can lead to decreased reproductive potential in males and decreased egg production in females.

Lice infestations can be fatal to young chicks, but in most cases lice won’t kill a mature bird. Lice and their eggs are usually spotted under the wing or around the vent.

Mites are nocturnal and hide under manure, on roosts, and in cracks and crevices. They reproduce more quickly in the warmer months.

While all wild birds are carriers of lice and mites and pose a constant risk to flocks, these two parasitic insects are transferred most commonly by equipment and personnel.

Egg crates and egg flats that have been on other farms or in other poultry houses are common culprits. Some lice are transported from host to host by louse flies, as well.

Retired University of Arkansas Poultry Extension Specialist Jerry Wooley said lice and mite infestations are relatively easy to identify and control.

“Watch for birds picking at themselves and a loss of feathers,” Wooley said.

“You can spot the lice and mites moving around on the eggs and feathers.”

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With free-range flocks, controlling what wild birds come in to contact with free-range chickens is difficult. Wooley said such flocks are at a higher risk for lice and mite infestations spread by wild birds. This makes identification and treatment even more important.

Good sanitation practices can help prevent a buildup of mite populations. It is recommended to use a high-pressure sprayer on hiding spots for mites, including on roosts, behind the nest boxes, and in cracks and crevices. Dust applications are also effective on the ground near the roosts.

Applying diatomaceous earth dust on the ground may also be effective, but Wooley advises apply at a high rate when humidity is high.

“Spreading agricultural lime will help keep the smell down, and that will help keep the flies to a minimum, and it will help raise the ph level just a little bit too.

Mites harbor in the wood, so I’d recommend using a residual like Permethrin on the rails, walls and anything wooden on the premises,” Wooley said.

Additionally, Wooley said insecticide treatments won’t kill the eggs, so it is advised to repeat treatment after 10 days to ensure proper control of mites and lice.

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April 2018 2 Master Gardener’s Tried and True Plants of the Ozarks – 6-7 p.m. – Botanical

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Spur Drive, Marshfield, Mo. – 417-473-6910 after 6 p.m. or

marshfield.farmers.market@gmail.com or 417-859-2044 7,14,21 Master Gardner Super Sessions – 8 a.m.-4 p.m. – call Howell County Extension

Office for more information 417-256-2391 9 Master Gardener’s Plants for a Japanese Garden in the Ozarks – 6-7 p.m. –

Botanical Center, Springfield, Mo. – 417-881-8909 or http://mggreene.org 11 Fruit Tree Grafting Workshop – 6-9 p.m. – Misouri State University’s Darr

Agriculture Center, 2401 S. Kansas Expressway, Springfield, Mo. – Cost:

$10 – register at 417-547-7500 14 4-H Scholorship banquet for Barry County – Crowder Building, Cassville,

Mo. – 417-847-3161 16 Apple Grafting Workshop – 6:30 p.m. – Cost: $10 per person, pre-registration

is required – Annex, Carthage, Mo. – 417-358-2158 16 Master Gardener’s Indoor Gardening: Our Favorite Houseplants and More –

6-7 p.m. – Botanical Center, Springfield, Mo. – 417-881-8909 or http://mggreene.org 17 Brown Bag Lunch Garden Series Companion Planting – noon – Master

Gardeners Demonstration Garden, 122 Felkins Street, Forsyth, Mo. –

417-546-4431 or taneyco@missouri.edu 18 Spring Gardening Class – composting and soils, including soil requirements

for various plants and benefits of mulching and cover crops – 6:30-8:30 p.m. –

Webster County Extension Center, Marshfield, Mo. – $10 per person, $15 per

couple – pre-registration and payment required one week in advance of class –

417-859-2044 or websterco@missouri.edu 19 Sheep and Goat FAMACHA Workshop – 10 a.m.-4 p.m. – First Baptist

Church, Osceola, Mo. – 417-646-2419 19 Learn the Basics – Topics include Overview of Local Food Opportunities,

Producer Panel Q&A and Creating a One Page Business and Marketing

Plan – 5:30-8 p.m. – Meramec Regional Planning Commission, 4 Industrial

Drive, St. James, Mo. – 573-775-2135 or hethcotel@missouri.edu 23 Spring Gardening Class – Raised Beds and Other Garden Structures to

Make Gardening Successful and Easier on Your Body – 6:30-8:30 p.m.

– Webster County Extension Center, Marshfield, Mo. – $10 per person,

$15 per couple – pre-registration and payment required one week in

advance of class – 417-859-2044 or websterco@missouri.edu 24 Managing Forest Resources: Timber Stand Improvement, Forest Farming

and Mushroom Cultivation – 10 a.m.-4 p.m. – Wurdack Research Center,

164 Bales Rd, Cook Station, Mo. – Cost: $15 per person or $25 for couples

sharing materials – pre-registration required – 573-775-2135 or hethcotel@missouri.edu 25 Spring Gardening Class – vegetable gardening, including soil preparation, crop

timing, plant water needs and pest control – 6:30-8:30 p.m. – Webster County

Extension Center, Marshfield, Mo. – $10 per person, $15 per couple –

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Seed Saving for the Self-Sufficient – 6-8 p.m. – Learn how to save seeds from tomatoes, lettuce, beans, peas and more from Master Gardener Gina Marie Walden – Santa Fe Room, Springfield-Greene County Library Station, Springfield, Mo. – registration starts April 12 – 417-616-0683 Springtime in the Ozarks – 9 a.m.-3 p.m. – University of Missouri Extension Center, 122 Felkins Ave., Forsyth, Mo. – 417-546-4431 or taneyco@missouri.edu Spring Gardening Class – growing flowers and ornamentals, including what annuals and perennials grow best in the Ozarks and how to care for them – 6:30-8:30 p.m. – Webster County Extension Center, Marshfield, Mo. – $10 per person, $15 per couple – pre-registration and payment required one week in advance of class – 417-859-2044 or websterco@missouri.edu

May 2018 2 Spring Gardening Class – insects and diseases, including tips on diagnosis

and least-toxic methods of pest control – 6:30-8:30 p.m. – Webster County

Extension Center, Marshfield, Mo. – $10 per person, $15 per couple –

pre-registration and payment required one week in advance of class –

417-859-2044 or websterco@missouri.edu 4 Spring Gardening Class – tree and shrubs, including selection, fertilizing,

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417-859-2044 or websterco@missouri.edu 8-10 2018 Regional Grazing School – Cost: $140 per person or $225 for couples,

fee covers handout material, three lunches and refreshments – University of

Missouri’s Southwest Research Center, Mt. Vernon, Mo. – applications

accepted until May 1 – 417-466-3102 or http://extension.missouri.edu/lawrence 15 Brown Bag Lunch Garden Series Up-Cycle for Home and Garden – noon

– Master Gardeners Demonstration Garden, 122 Felkins Street, Forsyth,

Mo. – 417-546-4431 or taneyco@missouri.edu 19 Best Practices for Creating Content with Your Phone Workshop – learn how

to use free apps and a smartphone and social media to create and share

engaging news or marketing video content using new tools and techniques –

10 a.m.-2 p.m., hands-on workshop, includes lunch and is free – The Library

Station, 2535 N. Kansas Expressway, Springfield, Mo. – 417-881-8909 or burtond@missouri.edu June 2018 19 Brown Bag Lunch Garden Series Garden Plants for Hot Weather – noon

– Master Gardeners Demonstration Garden, 122 Felkins Street, Forsyth,

Mo. – 417-546-4431 or taneyco@missouri.edu July 2018 17 Brown Bag Lunch Garden Series All About Herbs – noon – Master Gardeners

Demonstration Garden, 122 Felkins Street, Forsyth, Mo. – 417-546-4431 or taneyco@missouri.edu August 2018 21 Brown Bag Lunch Garden Series Edible Flowers – noon – Master Gardeners

Demonstration Garden, 122 Felkins Street, Forsyth, Mo. – 417-546-4431 or taneyco@missouri.edu September 2018 17 Brown Bag Lunch Garden Series Tried and True Plants for the Ozarks –

noon – Master Gardeners Demonstration Garden, 122 Felkins Street,

Forsyth, Mo. – 417-546-4431 or taneyco@missouri.edu

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ozarks’

auction block

April 2018 2 Brockmere Farms Annual PT Bull Sale – New Cambria Livestock Auction,

New Cambria, Mo. – 660-358-3011 5 Hunter Angus Farm Annual Production Sale – at the farm, Fair Grove,

Mo. – 417-860-1624 7 Circle S Gelbvieh Ranch “Going to Grass Production Sale” – at the Ranch,

Canton, Kan. – 620-628-4621 7 Four State Angus Association Production Sale – Springfield Livestock

Marketing Center, Springfield, Mo. – 734-260-8635 7 Shoal Creek Land & Livestock “The Gathering” Simmental Sale – at the

farm, Excelsior Springs, Mo. – 816-336-4200 7 The Andras Kind “Red Angus Bull Sale” – at the Farm, Manchester, IL. – 214-473-2355 7 B/F Cattle Company & Cleland Cattle Maternal Integrity Gelbvieh & Balancer

Bull Sale – B/F Cattle, Butler, Mo. – 660-492-2808 10 Sydenstricker Genetics Influence Sale – at the Farm, Mexico, Mo. – 573-473-9202 10 Oak Water Ranch 35th Annual Bull Sale – Valentine Livestock, Valentine, NE

– 402-376-3611 13 Spur Ranch Female Sale – at the Ranch, Vinita, Okla. – 918-633-2580 or 918-244-2118 14 New Day Genetics Ranch-Ready Bull & Female Sale – Wheeler & Sons

Livestock Auction, Osceola, Mo. – 660-492-2777 14 Renaissance XXVI Charolais Sale – Chappell’s Sale Arena, Strafford, Mo.

– 405-246-6324 14 Ozark & Heart of America Beefmaster Sale – Springfield Livestock Marketing

Center, Springfield, Mo. – 417-827-9391 15 The Great America Pie Limousin Sale – Laclede County Fairgrounds, Lebanon,

Mo. – 402-350-3447 20 Missouri Red Angus Association “Show Me Reds” Sale – Springfield Livestock

Marketing Center, Springfield, Mo. – 417-327-7870 21 East Central Missouri Angus Association Spring Sale – Cuba, Mo. – 314-393-2885 21 Owen Brothers Cattle Company “Diamonds & Spurs Sim/Angus Sale” –

Owen Brothers Arena, Bois D’ Arc, Mo. – 417-830-8150 21 The Real Deal McBee Cattle Company Bull & Female Selection Day – at

the Farm, Fayette, Mo. Pinegar Limousin Road to the Rockies Sale – Springfield, Mo. – 1-877-PINEGAR 25 27 Gerloff Farms Enhanced Female Sale – Interstate Regional Stockyards,

Cuba, Mo. – 573-680-9117 28 Select Breeders Sale at Pinegar Limousin – Springfield, Mo. – 1-877 VINEGAR 28 7th Annual Highland Cattle Auction – Mid Missouri Stockyards, Lebanon, Mo

– 417-733-3201 28 Ogden Angus Ranch Semi-Annual Production Sale – at the Ranch, Lockwood,

Mo. – 417-466-8176 May 2018 12 Thomas Farms Limousin Sale – at the Farm, Leslie, Ark. – 501-745-8728 12 Heart of Central States Beefmaster Sale – Locust Grove, Okla. – 918-456-1199 12 Mead Farms Female Production Sale – Mead Sale Headquarters, Versailles, Mo.

– 573-216-0210 12 Midwest Regional Spring Braunvieh Sale – Springfield Livestock Marketing

Center, Springfield, Mo. – 417-327-4643 18 Show-Me Select Replacement Heifer Sale – Joplin Regional Stockyards,

Carthage, Mo. – 417-466-3102

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Cattlemen’s Seedstock Directory Angus Matthews Coach’s Corral - Fair Grove, MO - 417-838-4088 - www. matthewscoachscorral.com matthewscoachscorral@gmail.com Mead Farms - Barnett, MO 573-216-0210 - 573-280-6855 Pitts Angus Farms - Hermitage, MO 417-399-3131 www.pittsangusfarms.com Balancers B/F Cattle Company - Butler, MO 660-492-2808 Bob Harriman Genetics Montrose, MO - 660-492-2504 Hilltop Farms - Asbury, MO 417-642-5871 - 417-529-0081 Brangus Valley View Brangus - Rock Port, MO - 816-387-7322 www.valleyviewranchvvr.com Charolais Beiswinger Charolais Ranch Halfway, MO - 417-253-4304 Mead Farms - Barnett, MO 573-216-0210 - 573-280-6855 S&J Charolais - LaRussell, MO 417-246-1116 Gelbvieh 4AR Simmental/Gelbvieh Conway, MO - 417-689-2164 Hilltop Farms - Asbury, MO 417-842-3225 - 417-529-0081 Herefords Jim D. Bellis - Aurora, MO 417-678-5467 - 417-466-8679 Journagan Ranch - Mtn. Grove, MO - 417-948-2669 Mead Farms - Barnett, MO 573-216-0210 - 573-280-6855 R&L Polled Herefords -Halfway, MO 417-445-2461 - 417-777-0579 Limousin Pinegar Limousin - Springfield, MO - 1-877-PINEGAR Red Angus Dunseth Farm - Halfway, MO 417-445-2256 Salers Dunseth Farm - Halfway, MO 417-445-2256 Sim/Angus Bob Harriman Genetics Montrose, MO - 660-492-2504 Matthews Coach’s Corral - Fair Grove, MO - 417-838-4088 - www. matthewscoachscorral.com matthewscoachscorral@gmail.com Simmental 4AR Simmental/Gelbvieh Conway, MO - 417-689-2164 Matthews Coach’s Corral - Fair Grove, MO - 417-838-4088 - www. matthewscoachscorral.com matthewscoachscorral@gmail.com

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