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Sheep and Goat Workshop: University of Missouri Extension and Lincoln University Cooperative Extension are working together to conduct a sheep and goat workshop starting at 10 a.m., April 18 at the Land O’ Lakes Youth Fairgrounds in El Dorado Springs. This six-hour workshop will include lecture, discussion and hands on activity related to Body Condition Scoring. FAMACHA Scoring and Fecal Egg Counts. Participants will become certified in the use of the FAMACHA eye anemia system. The instructor will be Dr. Charlotte Clifford-Rathert, DVM and state small ruminant extension specialist with Lincoln University Extension. Paid pre-registration is required by April 15. For more information on the class or to register contact the Cedar County MU Extension Center at 417-276-3313. Farmers Market Changing Locations: The Marshfield Farmers Market is changing locations. The market will be moving to the Young Shopping Center parking lot starting on April 17. The market will be held from 3 to 7 p.m. each Friday through October. For more information, call 417-473-6910. New Website from Missouri Department of Agriculture: The Missouri Department of Agriculture has launched a new website for the department’s Missouri Market News Program, featuring the most up-to-date market information for Missouri agriculture. The site, AgMarketNews.mo.gov, is updated daily and provides producers with price information for Missouri’s agriculture commodities, including cattle, sheep, goats, swine, grain, hay and forages. Daily and weekly updates are available in both audio and video formats, and weekly reports remain available in traditional text format. In addition, the site houses more than 10 years of historical data. Missouri Sheep Producers Scholarships: The Missouri Sheep Producers organization is offering four $750 scholarships to current and former 4-H and FFA members involved in the sheep industry. The application deadline is May 15. Scholarships will be presented at the Missouri State Fair. For more information go to ext.ozarksfn.com or call Ray Jones at 573-729-6324. Missouri 4-H Horse Judging Contest: Teams from Greene and Jasper counties recently placed at the Missouri 4-H Horse Judging Contest. Second place in the junior team category went to the team from Jasper County: Laura Thorn, Tannah Cassatt, Shalyl Busker, Mikayla East, Mackenzie Bell and Emilee Block. Third place in the junior team category went to the team from Greene County: Ella O’Connor, Carlee Clair, Nicole Berger and Rory O’Connor. Scan Me Or Visit ozarksfn.com OzarksFarm

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MEET YOUR NEIGHBORS 7 Todd and Brenda Murray move to the Ozarks for a better way of life

Kay family continues to serve up unforgettable pizza in Buffalo

Heinz and Vroni Buff utilize solar panels at their Ava dairy farm

Michele Broxton trades in the corporate world for her family farm

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Youth in Agriculture spotlights Claire Silvers

Bolivar family invests extra care into fields, cattle

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n my younger days, when I was setting goals for what I wantedretovodo nwand orCaccomyrreJ yB plish in life, I never identified landlord as one of my ambitions. Unfortunately, some Jerry Crownover farms of the farms I have acquired through the in Lawrence County. He years happen to have decent homes on them, is a former professor of so I started renting them in order to generate Agriculture Education at a little more cash flow while, at the same time, Missouri State University, keeping them from becoming in disrepair. and is an author and I realize that I’ve been very fortunate in findprofessional speaker. ing good, hard-working people to reside in these To contact Jerry, go to homes and most of them usually stay for several ozarksfn.com and click years. But, last month, one of the renters decidon ‘Contact Us.’ ed to move on and it left me with a small, clean, little house to rent, once more. I advertised it in all the usual places and received many calls and emails concerning my requirements. I emphasized to all that were interested, that my needs were few, but very strict; pay the rent on time, keep the lawn mowed neatly, absolutely no inside pets and any outside pets would not be allowed if they chase my cows. One morning, last week, I received a call from a very nice lady. She informed me that she and her husband, along with a 1-year-old baby, were relocating to this area from California. The woman had seen my ad, thought it was just what they were looking for, and the price range was right. “Would it be possible to come and look through the house today?” Even though I am still feeding hay and calving out cows I have already begun spreading fertilizer on the pastures and hay fields, so my time is at a premium right now. But, I wanted to get that house rented as soon as possible, too, so I told her I would find a few minutes right after noon, if she wanted to meet me there. She said 1:00 would work for her and if I could just give her the address, she could find it with her GPS.

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Across the Fence By Julie Turner-Crawford

n my first “official” day as managing editor here at Ozarks Farm & Neighbor, I got a little mud on my boots and a little cow slobber on Julie Turner-Crawford my hands. is a native of Dallas It was good to be back on the farm. County, Mo., where she As most of you know by now, I’m the new kid grew up on her family’s on the block at Ozarks Farm & Neighbor. Being farm. She is a graduate the new “kid” is a little scary, but everyone here of Missouri State has welcomed me. It has been a great transition University. To contact for me to OFN. Julie, call 1-866-532-1960 As Lynzee Glass wrote in her farewell column, or by email at editor@ I might be new at OFN, but I’m no stranger to ozarksfn.com. agriculture. I grew up in Dallas County, Mo., just outside of Buffalo. Our family operated a commercial cow/calf operation, which my father, Larry Turner, continues today. We also raised hogs for a number of years, and I worked for several years for a Dorset sheep producer. Some of my favorite memories are going to county fairs with my heifers and market hogs. I continued my love of fairs for many years, working as the Dairy Cattle chairperson for many, many years at the Dallas County Fair, and by working with the Missouri FFA Association while I was in college as a show chairman at the Missouri State Fair for various species. Today, I am more of a spectator at the shows as I watch my nieces and nephew. I hold a degree in agriculture communications from Missouri State University, and landed my first newspaper job in 1997 in Lexington, Mo., as a general assignment and sports reporter. After a few years there, I missed the hills of the Ozarks, and my family, and ventured back home to Dallas County. My husband, Bill, and I make our home just about 12 miles from where I grew up. Since leaving Lexington, I have continued my journalism career with weekly and daily newspapers, but I could never find enough time to write many stories relating to farming and agriculture. Each time I was able to write an ag story, I remembered how much I just wanted to talk to people about farming and what they were doing

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Across the Fence Continued from Previous Page at their place. Farm-related stories were always so much more fun, and interesting, to me than writing stories about city council debates. I’d much rather spend two hours in a pasture than inside s city hall any day. Coming to Ozarks Farm & Neighbor has given me the opportunity to write stories about agriculture and those involved in the agriculture industry each issue. For me, that’s pretty exciting stuff. There are more than 500 million family farms in the world and those familyowned operations produce about 56 percent of the world’s agricultural products. I feel privileged to have the opportunity

to share with the world just how we do things here in the Ozarks. I look forward to what is ahead for me here at Ozarks Farm & Neighbor, and am thankful for the opportunity given to me to join the team here. I would like to encourage readers to contact me if they have any story suggestions, other questions or just to say “Howdy” to the new kid.

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Continued from Page 3 “Do you have a road map?” I asked. “No,” she answered, “my GPS is the best, and it can find anything.” I gave her the physical address of the house, but warned her that here in this part of the country, even the best GPS devices sometimes have trouble locating things. I then proceeded to give her perfect instructions on where to turn north, east, west and south. “Whatever you do,” I instructed, “don’t let your GPS take you to Everton. That’s the long way around from where you’re coming. You HAVE to come through Halltown.” She assured me that she could find it and she would see me at 1:00. At 1:30, figuring that she was either a no-show or lost, I called her phone. “Where are you?” I asked. Sheepishly, she answered, “In Everton.” “OK,” I replied while trying my best to not come across as completely annoyed.

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Todd and Brenda Murray moved to the Ozarks for a better way of life for their daughters Horses, goats and show dogs. That’s how Brenda Murray of rural Dallas County outside Urbana, Mo., characterizes life on her family’s 84 acres. Brenda operates her own dog grooming business in nearby Buffalo, Mo., Dog Gone Pretty, and Todd works for John Deere Reman, as it is known locally, remanufacturing John Deere engines in

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Fox Trotter, but he is all about the goats and the hay that help to keep it all going. “I traded a round bale of hay for a baby goat a few years ago and they took in a little Pygmy goat. Now, there are 10, along with Nubian-Boer crosses,” he laughed. “I keep trying to get some of those goats to market but you know once you name them. “Actually the goats do the job on the brush and that old wives’ tale about goats

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keeping horses healthier really is true. Springfield, but it is their life at home Don’t know exactly why but from what with a variety of four-footed friends that we’ve experienced, it does work and they are easier to maintain than cattle.” is the heart of their life in Life and work on the farm is a the Ozarks. family affair for the Murray family, Daughters, Kourtney and including Todd’s custom hay Kayla, show dogs and horses bailing business. respectively. Todd has remod“I do custom square baleled what was an open barn to Urbana, Mo. ing and my daughters help one with nine stalls over the me,” Todd said. “It is hard years to accommodate Quarter to get help to buck bales horses, Appaloosas and a lone APRIL 6, 2015

these days and my oldest daughter can buck more bales faster than a lot of young men. Maybe they are afraid she will show them up. “I do a lot of my hay on 50-50 shares. If I supply the fertilizer and lime, then I work it on a 70-30 percentage. I do small pieces, 10 acres and under and the guys with the big equipment, they can’t get in there a lot of times. I also help folks out, fixing their equipment while I’m there. Lots of things going on here – goats, hay, horses.” Brenda’s passion is her 15 show dogs, which includes Whippets, Dalmatians, Ibizan Hounds and Chinese Crested breeds. She and Kourtney have shown dogs in Oklahoma, Kansas, Florida and several other states. Kourtney has also been invited to the Westminster Dog Show. “She is gone a lot right now, working for professional dog handlers and frankly, good dog help is hard to find,” Brenda said. Todd and Brenda moved to the Ozarks from New Jersey after 911. “We were looking for a safe place to raise our kids,” Todd explained. “I’d worked in corrections in New Jersey and then hurt my back. There is just a limit and we decided we had reached ours. Life is very different out here but better for us in so many ways. We came out here several years ago to buy a horse from some friends and took it back to New Jersey. A few months later, we moved out here and brought that same horse back with us. … For me, working on the farm is my relaxation.” Brenda agreed. “I love going out to watch the dogs run on the property.” “I had my own construction company for many years so it’s one more way to be playing in the dirt,” Todd shared. “Whatever I do, I’ve always done hands-on work. Raising our girls, working with and caring for the animals has taught them respect for hard work and responsibility. It is really sad to see fewer and fewer in the next generation wanting to be a part of life on the farm. Kids need to be involved in that kind of hands on work. That is truly why we moved to the Ozarks.”

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Hancock Farms invests extra care into fields, cattle On a picture perfect Sunday afternoon, the Hancock Farm in Bolivar, Mo., buzzes with excitement. Maybe it is the warmth of the bright spring sun, or the news that the Hancock children will be picking up their show hogs in a few hours. Whatever the case, this place bubbles with happiness and cheer. The Hancock’s home sits on top of a tall hill overlooking a 30-acre tract of farm fields. Long before Shannon

my dad’s side of the family, they all farmed,” said Janieca. Shannon’s parents still own land that’s been in the family for more than a century. Shannon and Janieca say they feel fortunate to farm the land their ancestors loved. “We are lucky we have the opportunity because that is not always how it works,” said Janieca. Though, on this day, the Hancock’s children, ages 9 and 6, anxiously await

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and Janieca Hancock were born, this 30-acres, and many more, belonged to buying show pigs the central focus of Shannon’s family. “Originally, this was all one,” reflect- Hancock Farms is commercial cattle. The Hancocks have spent years builded Shannon Hancock, as he motioned to his farm and the land across nearby ing their herd. Currently they own 160 Highway 13. But when Highway 13 cut cows and 10 to 12 bulls. They rent close to 1,000 acres within a 5-mile radius through Polk County, the of their home in order to sustain farm was divided. Shannon their growing herd. and Janieca purchased the “We started with a base of Red farm in 2004, bringing the Angus cows and used Horned 30-acre tract back into the Hereford bulls to get the red Bolivar, Mo. original family farm. baldy calves,” said Shannon. Shannon and Janieca’s famiThe Hancocks rarely buy lies hold a rich tradition of replacement cattle; instead farming in Polk County. “On

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meet your neighbors they keep a group of their heifers each the cattle can munch on hay, predomiyear. “That is something I really enjoy, nately consisting of fescue, which the raising heifers to keep as cows,” Shan- Hancocks also produce. non explained. “The main thing about doing it your“With the heifers you keep back self is you get it put up the way you want you know what the genetics are,” said it to be put up,” explained Shannon. Janieca. Hancock Farms now uses Red Another benefit to doing it yourself, Angus, Horned Hereford and Gelbvieh Shannon says, is you know exactly what bulls on their commercial cattle. They you are getting. appreciate the hybrid-vigor of the crossHancock Farms also follows the rule bred cattle. of “sowing what you reap.” For years, “I don’t care what the Hancocks have cross it is, it is going worked to build the to gain you pounds. phosphorus in their It is a proven fact,” hay fields. Shannon explained. “If you put back Though a majority what you are taking of their cows calve off, it sure makes a in the fall, this year difference. We got Hancock Farms held eight to nine bales over 35 heifers for an acre last year,” spring calving. Typisaid Shannon. cally, their heifers One of the toughcalve at 24 months, est obstacles to farmbut this time around, ing for the Hancocks the heifers will calve is finding land to at 30 months. rent. “The land is “The heifer is gothe problem. We ing to be a lot more can’t buy it. We mature. She is going can’t give $2,500 to to be a bigger, stout$3,000 for an acre er cow. We hope and make a cow pay it will help in the for it,” Shannon heifer’s longevity,” said. The Hancocks Janieca Hancock explained Shannon. say so far they have Hancock Farms been fortunate to witnessed the stress find rental property their first-calf heifers went through dur- and good landlords. ing the drought of 2012. The Hancock’s Farm life is consuming for this busy say they can still see the impact the family. But their lives are also demanding drought and calving at 24 months had off the farm. Shannon currently serves on those heifers. They are hoping that as the Polk County Presiding Commisgiving this crop of heifers more time to sioner and Janieca works as a senior vice grow will pay off in the long run. president at Mid-Missouri Bank in BoliAnother practice Hancock Farms hopes var. No matter how crazy their days may will pay dividends is consistently feeding be, when the Hancocks cast their eyes their cattle through the winter. The Han- on the rolling hills of their farm, they cocks feed an average of 3 pounds of grain know they are right where they are supa day, per cow. They give their cattle a posed to be. mixture of half rolled corn, corn gluten pellets and soy hull pellets. In addition,

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Hip Pocket: A tradition in Buffalo, Mo., since 1976 The small town of Buffalo, Mo., isn’t famous for much but one thing the town can be considered famous for is serving unforgettable pizza at a familyowned pizzeria. It all started in 1976 when Steve Schriver opened Hip Pocket Pizza Parlor, serving sandwiches and one-of-a-kind pizzas. “We are still using Steve’s recipe,” said Hip Pocket co-owner Cindy Hardin. Steve owned Hip Pocket until 1981 when he sold the restaurant to the Kay family. “My parents, Daniel and Peggy Kay, purchased Hip Pocket with the intentions of it becoming a family business for their seven children,” explained Cindy. Daniel and Peggy would operate the business together for four years. Daniel passed away in 1985 leaving Peggy to run the business. So Cindy, who had worked for Steve during college, returned home to help her mother continue the business. Returning as a future owner instead of an employee gave Cindy the opportunity to become more involved in the business. She said, “I was able to look at costs to determine product prices and develop the menu. I had so much more control. I just loved it. I loved the responsibility and was hooked on the business-side of things.” Developing the menu has been an ongoing process over the past 39 years. “We’ve added more sizes of pizzas and more toppings. We’ve added salads, potatoes, more subs and Mexican dishes,” stated Cindy. “My brother, Rodney, helped create the Mexican

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Legacy Farm and Lawn Owner: Jack A. Purinton Locations: Lamar, Lockwood, Joplin and Nevada, Mo. History: “My father started out with Barton County Implement in Lamar in 1956 when he bought the business. We are still associated with Deere.” Family members still play a big role with son-in-law Jim Banks serving as corporate CEO, wife Betty as office manager in Lamar, son Mark managing the Lockwood store and daughter Lisa Banks as head of human resources/buyer for John Deere clothing and collectibles. Size Matters: “We’ve got 140 employees in four stores. All of them are called Legacy. John Deere told me you can’t have Barton County Implement in Lamar, Purinton in Lockwood and Joplin Farm and Lawn. When we went to Legacy Farm and Lawn, people thought we changed hands, got new owners. The tractor line and combines are our mainstays. Compact tractors have been a very good market the last few years. A lot of competition on that, but our market share is very good.”

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Family from Switzerland utilizes solar panels to help power their Douglas County dairy farm On their 320-acre farm in Douglas County Mo., Heinz and Vroni Buff give new meaning to “soaking up the sun.” Utilizing solar energy, the Buffs operate a dairy farm near Ava, Mo., where they milk around 100 Holstein and Brown Swiss cows. The Buffs moved to the United States from Switzerland to farm.

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meet your neighbors Soaking up the Sun Continued from Previous Page “We can’t mine the planet Earth all the time,” he said. Solar energy was not new to the Buffs. They said it is very popular in Switzerland. “I would recommend it,” Heinz said. “I think it’s the future to have wind or solar.” Although they are producing solar energy, they have no way to store the electricity. “That’s the problem with the solar energy,” Vroni said. “You can not store it unless you have a battery. With 100 panels, we would need a whole trailer full of batteries. So everything that is produced right now goes to the White River Valley Electric Cooperative for everybody.” She explained that when the solar panels are soaking up the most rays and producing the most energy, in the middle of the day, they aren’t using much electricity because they aren’t milking. They have a two-way electric meter that counts how much energy they’re sending to the co-op and how much they are using. Being solar has not eliminated paying an electric bill. “You always pay a minimum fee because you have the meter cost anyway,” Heinz said. “We have two security lights which we have to pay.” Vroni said, “In the summertime, August, September, October, November, we were really ahead producing. Then in December we had only four sunny days. It was really cloudy, so we paid quite a bit. For us it would be better if they credited us all the kilowatts we produced in advance, then in a month that we don’t produce as much as we need, we would have those. But they don’t do that.” Vroni said that one can’t really say their farm is completely solar.

“We should produce more than enough energy to support ourselves, but it goes in and out,” Heinz explained. “When we need it at nighttime, The solar power inverters at the Buff farm, we don’t produce which changes the current from DC to AC. anything. We don’t store anything here on the farm.” The family had hoped to start their solar grid with a few panels, then expand over time, but Vroni said that wasn’t the case. “You have to install the whole system at once,’ Heinz explained. “It’s possible to install them a few at a time, but I don’t recommend it. And that’s what makes it more difficult. It’s a whole bunch of money at once.” In addition to the panels, an inverter is needed to change the DC current to AC current. They have three inverters. For the best results, the panels need to be on the south side and at a 90 degree angle, facing the sun. “It’s a really big investment at one time. That’s a negative,” Vroni said. But Heinz added, “That’s to start with, but I think it’s an investment, just like a house.”

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Michele Broxton of Rolla, Mo., operates Broxton Cattle Company in Phelps County, Mo. and her mantra is “Never underestimate the power of a woman with a prayer and a plan.” Michele would know. As a former human resources executive in Nashville, Tenn., with an MBA and a flourishing career, she left it all behind to come Michele Broxton traded home and operate the her job as a human refamily farm when her sources executive for her father, Floyd Huffman, family’s farm. became ill in 2009. “I loved the job I had and this was a big change,” she admitted recently, flashing to be in the cattle business,” Michele rea bright smile, but I really love this, too.” called. ”I learned a lot in those first couple When Michele returned to Missouri, of years back on the farm. I was the girl, she found her father and mother, Joyce, so I went to college and the boys always were buying steers at about 450 pounds, shooed me out of the field. I’m so thankful putting them on pasture and selling them for good folks like Ken Lennox who always at about 750 pounds. Michele grew that picked up the phone and answered a miloperation from 50 steers to more than lion questions.” Her first days in the cattle business 200 annually, then switched the family farm over to a Black Angus cow-calf op- were rough, but she didn’t let the miseration, officially formed her own herd in haps deter her. “We had no cross fencing, barely a perim2010. She bred and calved out 160 heifers and then culled that down to 86 cows, eter fence,” Michele recalled with a laugh. “I can tell you I chased a lot of steers up and their calves and two bulls, on 550 acres. down Highway 72 outside Rolla.” “Just as I made that change, Returning to the farm also presented the big drought of the last a new set of challenges for Michele, couple of years hit (bebut her previous career actually ginning in 2010) and then prepared her for what was ahead. shortly afterwards, cattle prices “Before moving back home, started to take off. I think we all Rolla, Mo. I was a human resources came home from the sale barn, shaking our heads, wondering — Continued on Next Page how on earth we got so lucky APRIL 6, 2015

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meet your neighbors The Power of Prayer and a Plan Continued from Previous Page investigator with a big company with corporate responsibility for 900 to 1,300 employees, depending on the project. I looked into situations where teammates (employees) were unhappy and tried to figure out what was up,” she explained. “People got to know I wasn’t on the side of the company or the teammates, I was on the side of doing the right thing. Knowing how to dig in and solve problems came in handy when I walked flat-footed into farming. I talked to area farmers, the guys who had been in this business for years. I read everything I could lay my hands on. A local veterinarian, Dr. Berger, was a tremendous support for me then and still is now. He is an educator, not just an answer man. He’s worth his weight in gold.” “I got a lot of experience, working with those steers in the beginning. I had one really sickly calf that I actually thought was dead. We even got the backhoe ready to pick him up to bury him, and he moved. I named him Lazarus. He didn’t make it but I loved him and learned a lot, maybe most of all, the courage to just get in there and do everything you can to save an animal that’s sick or hurt.” As the drought continued, Michele set back one field to hold as a reserve, which she allowed her neighbors to use to keep some of them from having to sell off their cattle when their pastures were short. She is also careful to sell off any cattle quickly that are not docile and easy to work with. She has studied the practices advocated by Dr. Temple Grandin, a well-known animal behaviorist whose studies show a

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calmer, gentler approach to livestock, reduces stress for both the animals and the producer, and is cost effective. “It is so much easier for cattle to just come to you versus chasing them through a field on a four-wheeler with a dart gun,” Michele continued. “We do things at a walking pace and in the long run, it all takes less time. Your animals are happy to see you and two people can sort them out. I raise my cows without hormones and without antibiotics, unless there is a specific injury or illness that needs to be treated with antibiotics. I’m a single mom, so I know what it is to want the best for my kids. I have families who come to me to buy beef from me because they know what they are going to get and I like making high quality beef available to families. Most like a corn finish, but some of our customers are cancer survivors or others who are very sensitive about the whole (Genetically modified foods) debate. They know I will use other methods to provide a good tasking, noncorn finish beef for them.” Michele said she knows of several other women who are finding themselves back on the family farm, wondering what to do next. My message is: you can do it,” she said. Make sure you fasten your brain and backbone on tight every morning and go for it. Educate yourself. Ask lots of dumb questions. Understand why, not just the answer. It’s one thing to put dinner on the table. It’s a whole other thing to know you grew dinner before you cooked it.”

“We had no cross fencing, barely a perimeter fence. I can tell you that I chased a lot of steers up and down Highway 72 outside Rolla.”

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Family: Mark has three grown daughters, Meghan, Katie and Kristen. His son, Ryan was killed in an auto accident several years ago. In Town: Mark is a Shelter Insurance agent in Rolla, Mo., where he was born and has lived most of his life. “I do property and casualty insurance,” he explained. “That means I write policies to help protect people’s farms, homes, and automobiles. I don’t do health insurance, for example. I started out working for MFA Insurance years ago. Many people think MFA Insurance and MFA Feed and Farm Supply were originally connected when in fact, they never were.” Mark shared that the best part of the insurance business is working with people. “I really enjoy meeting so many different people. It’s very rewarding. I’ve been in the insurance business for 35 years and today, it is so much more competitive than when I first began. Not a lot of insurance agents are very familiar with farms but having grown up that way, I understand and appreciate the risks involved and just exactly what a farmer needs and wants to protect.” In the Country: “Part of the farm I operate today, 120 acres, was my grandfather’s and it will be a Century Farm in 2021. I have 525 acres, about 50 of that in hay and 100 in pasture. The rest is timber. I have 62 cow-calf pairs and two bulls. I raise mixed breed, commercial cattle. I also have three horses, a mule, a couple of goats and some chickens. I bought part of the acreage from my siblings and the rest is adjacent to the original farm, just portions I have been able to buy a little at a time,” Mark continued. “I spend eight hours a day in an office so my time back home on the farm is very medicinal. Except when it is so cold, then it is not quite as enjoyable. Balancing the time is always the challenge and the shorter days in the winter make it a little tougher for feeding and that sort of thing. I’ve gotten pretty good at doing justice to both though as I’ve been doing insurance and the farm together for 35 years now.” Of his three daughters, Mark says the youngest, Kristen is the one who might one day come back to the farm. “Meghan is a speech therapist in Columbia, Mo. and Katie is a special education teacher in Washington, D.C., so maybe Kristen,” he concluded with a smile. Story and Photo By Laura L. Valenti APRIL 6, 2015

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(Week of 3/22/15 to 3/28/15)

Midwest - High Plains Direct Slaughter Cattle 120.00-154.00* 1

Buffalo Livestock Market Interstate Regional Stockyards

120.00-140.00 †

Joplin Regional Stockyards

118.00-152.00 † 123.00-145.00 †

Kingsville Livestock Auction

130.00-144.00*

Lebanon Livestock Auction Mo-Ark - Exeter

125.00-141.00* 115.00-158.00*

Ozarks Regional Stockyard 114.00-126.00

South Central Regional Stockyards

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119.00-147.00 †

Springfield Livestock Marketing

100

120

slaughter

140

160

180

cows

(Week of 3/22/15 to 3/28/15)

95.00-126.00*

Buffalo Livestock Market Douglas County Livestock

87.50-124.00 † 81.00-114.00 †

Interstate Regional Stockyards Joplin Regional Stockyards

85.00-131.00 † 97.00-130.00 †

Kingsville Livestock Auction

100.00-124.00*

Lebanon Livestock Auction

97.00-133.00*

Mo-Ark - Exeter

95.00-117.00 †

MO-KAN Livestock Market

87.00-133.50 †

Ozarks Regional Stockyard 80.00-108.00 †

South Central Regional

80.00-129.50 †

Springfield Livestock Market

100

cow/calf

120

140

160

pairs

(Week of 3/22/15 to 3/28/15) Buffalo Livestock Market

1850.00-2800.00* 1

Douglas County Livestock Auction - Ava

None Reported †

Interstate Regional Stockyards

1600.00-2600.00 †

Joplin Regional Stockyards Kingsville Livestock Auction

None Reported

Lebanon Livestock Auction

None Reported*

†

None Reported

MO-KAN Livestock Market - Butler

None Reported

South Central Regional Springfield Livestock

2000

4000

†

5000

cows

Steers, Med. & Lg. 1 300-400 lbs. 400-500 lbs. 500-600 lbs. 600-700 lbs. 700-800 lbs.

(Week of 3/22/15 to 3/28/15) Buffalo Livestock

1850.00-2350.00* 1350.00-2125.00 †

Douglas County

None Reported †

Interstate Regional Stockyards

300-400 lbs. 400-500 lbs. 500-600 lbs. 600-700 lbs. 700-800 lbs.

None Reported † 1900.00-2450.00*

Lebanon Livestock Auction

1385.00-2300.00*

Mo-Ark - Exeter

None Reported †

MO-KAN Livestock Market - Butler Ozarks Regional

18 18

Holsteins, Lg. 3

1450.00-2675.00 †

Joplin Regional Kingsville Livestock Auction

1000

Ava Douglas County† 3/26/15

†

3000

replacement

Norwood, Mo. • Producers Auction Yards

Heifers, Med. & Lg. 1

1100.00-2450.00 † 1625.00-2460.00 1200.00-2150.00 †

2000

3000

3/12/2015

Receipts: 488 Springer Heifers Bred Seven to Nine Months: Supreme 1950.00-2075.00, Approved 1675.00-1900.00, Individual Crossbred 1675.00, Medium 1400.001525.00, Crossbreeds 1375.00-1500.00, Common 975.00-1225.00. Heifers Bred Four to Six Months: Medium Individual 1325.00, Common Individual 1125.00. Heifers Bred One to Three Months: Approved Pair Crossbreeds 1435.00. Open heifers: Approved 200-300 lbs pkg 20 hd 700.00, Pkg 26 hd 307 lbs 835.00, 400-500 lbs Jerseys 750.00775.00, Brown Swiss 850.00, 500-600 lbs Crossbreeds 1020.00, Brown Swiss 1025.00, 700-800 lbs Ind. Crossbred 1175.00, Medium 500-600 Individual Jersey 700.00, 600-700 Individual 835.00, 700-800 Individual Crossbred 750.00. Fresh Milking Heifers and Cows: Supreme Individual 2100.00, Approved 1700.00-1850.00, Crossbreeds 1575.00-1875.00, Medium 1200.001575.00, Crossbreeds 1350.00-1400.00, Common 750.00-1150.00, Crossbreeds 930.00-1200.00, Jerseys 725.00-1050.00. Bred and Springer Cows: Approved Individual 1575.00, Medium 1400.00-1425.00, Ind. Crossbred 1430.00, Jerseys 1110.00-1375.00, Common 900.00970.00, Ind. Crossbred 975.00, Jerseys 800.00-1000.00. Baby Calves: Holstein Heifers 300.00-435.00, Holstein Bulls 400.00-540.00, Jersey Heifers Individual 425.00, Jersey Bulls Large 260.00-350.00, Small 150.00-210.00, Crossbred Heifers 250.00-350.00, Crossbred Bulls Large 310.00-480.00, Small 170.00-200.00.

sheep &

goats

Buffalo, Mo. • Buffalo Livestock Market

3/24/2015

Receipts: 693 Sheep: Slaughter Lambs: Choice and Prime 2-3 30-45 lbs hair 230.00-245.00; 40-60 lbs hair 200.00220.00; 60-70 lbs hair 190.00-207.50; few small pkgs 80-95 lbs 172.00-185.00. Good and Choice 1-3 hair 30-40 200.00-215.00, ind 220.00; pkg 57 lbs 175.00. 75-95 lbs 165.00-172.00; 100-110 lbs 147.50-165.00; 125-150 lbs wooled 100.00-110.00.

Slaughter Ewes: Utility and Good 2-3 hair 87-95 lbs 120.00-135.00; 90-120 lbs 90.00-105.00; 150-175 lbs hair 60.00-78.00; 170-210 lbs wooled 70.00-80.00. Cull and Utility 1-2 65-95 lbs hair 80.00-96.00; 100120 lbs hair 65.00-76.00; 125-150 lbs 50.00-65.00. 190-265 lbs wooled few 50.00-65.00. Cull 1 70-80 lbs hair 40.00-65.00; 110-120 lbs hair 51.00-55.00. Slaughter Bucks: few 125-225 lbs few 60.00-75.00 ind 82.50. Replacement Sheep: Ewes: Medium and Large 1-2 pkg 149 lbs hair 145.00 per cwt. few young shorn ewes 185-225 lbs 75.00-80.00 per head. Families: Medium and Large 1-2 younger ewes 125-150 lbs hair with single babies 205.00-210.00 per family; thin ewes 70-130 lbs with babies 140.00165.00 per family. Goats: Kids Selection 1: few 45-60 lbs 275.00315.00; 70-75 lbs 207.50. Selection 2 few 40-70 lbs 260.00-270.00. Selection 2-3 40-60 lbs 242.50265.00. Selection 3 45-50 lbs 235.00-250.00; 60-75 lbs 210.00-215.00. Does/Nannies: Selection 1-2 few 35 lbs 85.00-90.00 per head pkg fancy 122.50 per head. Selection 2-3 50-65 lbs 140.00-165.00; 80-100 lbs 120.00-145.00; 100-150 lbs 110.00-115.00. Selection 3 80-90 lbs 90.00-110.00; 110-170 lbs 90.00-100.00. Billies: Selection 1-2 80-100 lbs 130.00-150.00; Selection 2-3 80-100 lbs 115.00-135.00. Wethers: Selection 2 few 75-80 lbs 170.00. Families: Selection 1-2 Several young nannies with nanny babies 205.00-260.00. Selection 2-3 several with twins 185.00-215.00; with individual kids 120.0-175.00 all priced per family. Stocker/Feeder Kids: Selection 1-2 20-40 lbs 240.00-275.00. Selection 2-3 20-40 lbs 180.00237.50. Selection 3 20-40 lbs few 150.00-180.00. Few bottle babies 20.00 per head. Koshkonong, Mo. • Oregon Cty Goat & Sheep Market

stocker & feeder

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4000

5000

300-400 lbs. 400-500 lbs. 500-600 lbs. 600-700 lbs. 700-800 lbs.

Buffalo Livestock Auction* 3/28/15

Butler Mo-Kan Livestock† 3/26/15

Cuba Interstate Regional† 3/24/15

3/28/15

Receipts: 71 Goats: Slaughter Kids: Selection 1 45-60 lbs 260.00; 61-80 lbs 230.00. Selection 1-2 81 lbs and over 135.00. Selection 2-3 dairy influence 165.00. Feeder Kids: Selection 1-2 20-40 lbs 100.00. Slaughter Does/Nannies: Selection 1-2 100.00-115.00. Selection 3 85.00. Slaughter Bucks: Selection 1-2 115.00. aged wethers over 100 lbs 115.00. yearling bucks any grade 135.00.

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1510.00-3500.00

1000

Springfield Live

3/24/15

Receipts: 753 Springer Heifers bred seven to nine months: Supreme 1775.00-2200.00, Approved 1575.00-1700.00, crossbreds 1440.00-1475.00, Medium 1225.00-1450.00, crossbreds 1025.00-1325.00, Common 900.00-1000.00. Heifers bred three to six months: Supreme 1750.002135.00, Approved 1400.00-1735.00, crossbreds 1425.00-1575.00, Medium 1250.00-1390.00, few Jerseys 1000.00-1010.00, Few crossbreds 1000.00-1225.00. Heifers bred one to three months: Supreme 1675.001710.00, Approved 1450.00-1475.00, Medium few 1025.00-1085.00, few Jerseys 1100.00, few crossbreds 1000.00-1100.00. Open Heifers: Approved 185-285 lbs 550.00- 630.00, crossbreds 460.00-530.00, 308-385 lbs 630.00- 750.00, ind Jersey 680.00, crossbreds 560.00-810.00, 400-497 lbs 730.00- 950.00, few Jerseys 630.00, crossbreds 710.00-890.00, 503-600 lbs 800.00- 950.00, lot of 3 at 578 lbs 1050.00, Jerseys 890.00-1000.00, crossbreds 840.00-910.00, 610-690 lbs 835.00-1020.00, lot of 2 at 640 lbs 1260.00, crossbreds 960.00-1090.00, Medium and Common Open Heifers were scarce. Replacement Cows: Fresh and Milking Cows: Supreme 2175.00-2375.00, Approved 1425.00-1750.00, crossbreds 1475.00-1675.00, Medium 1050.00-1375.00, few Jerseys 1025.00-1175.00, Crossbreds 1060.00-1225.00, Common 625.00-1075.00, crossbreds 900.00-1000.00. Springer Cows: Approved few 1250.00-1300.00, Medium few crossbreds 1000.00. Bred Cows: Approved few 1325.00, Medium few crossbreds 975.00-1170.00, Common ind 1070.00, few Jerseys 850.00-875.00. Baby Calves: Holstein heifers 170.00-350.00, Holstein bulls 110.00-430.00, Jersey heifers ind 260.00, Jersey bulls

1650.00-3000.00 †

Ozarks Regional Stockyard

South Central Regional

cattle

Springfield, Mo. • Springfield Livestock Marketing

160.00-180.00, Crossbred heifers 270.00-380.00, small 110.00-170.00, Crossbred bulls 150.00-390.00, Beef cross heifers 490.00-570.00, Beef cross bulls 280.00-540.00.

1800.00-2800.00*

Mo-Ark - Exeter

dairy

132.00-143.00 †

MO-KAN Livestock Market

3/29/15

5 Area (Tx-Ok, Ks, Neb, Ia, Colo) Live Basis Sales - Over 80% Choice Steers: 163.50-167.00; wtd. avg. price 165.53. Heifers: 163.00-167.00; wtd. avg. price 165.59. Dressed Basis Sales - Over 80% Choice Steers: 260.00-263.00; wtd. avg. price 261.97. Heifers: 260.00-263.00; wtd. avg. price 262.22.

120.00-142.00 †

Douglas County Livestock

cattle

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1060

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305.00-340.00 290.00-316.00 269.00-297.00 240.00-255.00 205.00-228.00

312.50-333.00 298.00-320.50 258.00-289.00 238.00-248.00 212.50-225.50

324.00-359.00 271.00-320.00 243.00-300.00 210.00-259.00 204.75-213.00

283.00-348.00 291.00-329.00 266.00-302.00 238.00-251.00 209.00-221.00

300.00-335.00 282.00-327.50 246.00-300.00 222.50-260.00 212.00-227.00

333.00-359.00 279.50-350.00 266.00-319.00 220.50-269.00 224.50-233.50

310.00-350.00 290.00-335.00 250.00-301.00 210.00-259.00 200.00-231.00

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263.00-320.00 240.00-280.00 220.00-255.00 200.00-225.00 190.00-201.00

277.00-312.50 252.00-284.00 243.00-262.00 205.00-225.00 188.00-199.00

279.00-318.00 241.00-275.00 217.00-257.50 198.00-226.00 177.00-199.00

285.00-318.00 262.00-293.00 229.00-254.00 218.00-230.00 264.00

267.50-287.00 240.00-286.00 222.00-264.00 195.00-231.00 198.00-214.00

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260.00-315.00 245.00-289.00 213.00-257.00 200.00-223.00 187.00-205.00

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Receipts: 7427 Weaner pigs mostly steady with a lower undertone. Feeder pigs not tested. Supply light and demand moderate. (Prices Per Head.) Early weaned pigs 10 lb. base weights, FOB the farm 0% negotiated, 3977 head, 10 lbs, 36.00-41.13, weighted average 37.89. Early weaned pigs 10 lb base weights, Delivered 34% negotiated, 3450 head, 10 lbs, 28.00-47.00, weighted average 40.07. Feeder pigs in all lot sizes, FOB 0% negotiated, No Sales Reported. Feeder pigs in all lot sizes, Delivered 100% 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.

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Green is the color of Spring and green up is well underway around the state. Feeding requirements will decrease quickly as cattle chase early sprigs of grass and other less desirable plants that just look like they may be tasty. Although there has been several warm days the last couple weeks, temperatures dropped this week and the threat of frost or a touch of winter weather is present for the next few days. Early spring is known to be unstable and the first severe storms of the year came alive this week. The focus of many farmers has now shifted to this year’s crop. Fields and pastures are wet but many are preparing to apply fertilizer and also keeping eyes on Alfalfa fields to begin spraying once the need arises. The supply of hay is moderate and demand is light. 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/ or for current listings of hay http:// agebb.missouri.edu/haylst/ (All prices f.o.b. and per ton unless specified and on most recent reported sales price listed as round bales based generally on 5x6 bales with weights of approximately 1200-1500 lbs). Supreme quality Alfalfa (RFV <185): 180.00-200.00. Premium quality Alfalfa (RFV 170-180): 150.00-190.00. Good quality Alfalfa (RFV 150-170): 120.00-160.00. Fair quality Alfalfa (RFV 130-150): 100.00-120.00. Good quality Mixed Grass hay: 75.00-95.00. Fair to Good quality Mixed Grass hay: 40.00-65.00. Fair quality Mixed Grass hay: 20.00-35.00 per large round bale. Fair to Good quality Bromegrass: 50.00-70.00. Wheat straw: 3.00-6.00 per small square bale.

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313.00-351.00 275.00-326.00 245.00-299.00 233.00-244.50 214.50-227.50

315.00-345.00 290.00-311.00 230.00-297.00 218.50-259.50 239.00-250.00

335.00-395.00 294.00-338.00 263.00-305.00 238.00-264.00 217.50-247.00

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224.28

269.15 272.57 263.94 288.25 278.58

246.66 237.22 233.82 246.94 238.43 239.13

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280.00-290.00 246.00-285.00 224.50-255.00 216.00 200.00

277.50-305.00 252.00-277.50 240.00-252.00 216.00-233.00 200.50-212.25

292.50-320.00 250.00-288.00 229.00-264.00 208.00-252.00 204.00-220.00

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Cheese: Barrels closed at $1.5450 and 40# blocks at $1.5400. The weekly average for barrels is $1.5150 (-.0260) and blocks, $1.5325 (-.0275). Fluid Milk: Farm milk production is seasonally active. With the peak of the spring flush just a few weeks away, in some areas, output rates are steady to higher across most of the country. Mild seasonal temperatures are favorable for cow comfort in the Midwest, Utah, and Idaho. Cooler weather persists in the Northeast. Spring break school closings continue to hamper Class I sale volumes throughout the East, while demand saw an upsurge in Arizona with renewed school orders. Cream markets are seeing an increase in loads clearing to ice cream manufacturing, as interest grows across the country. SPOT PRICES OF CLASS II CREAM: $ PER POUND BUTTERFAT, F.O.B., producing plants, Upper Midwest $1.9488-2.0496.

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National Dairy Market

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Estimated Receipts: 495 Supply and demand are light to moderate. Compared to Monday’s close: barrows and gilts are steady to 1.00 lower. Base carcass meat price: 50.00-53.00. Sows (cash prices): steady to 1.00 lower. 300-500 lbs. 30.0038.00, over 500 lbs. 34.00-42.00.

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259.81 268.86 266.35 272.08 254.35

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on 1-2 few 35 lbs 85.00-90.00 50 per head. Selection 2-3 0; 80-100 lbs 120.00-145.00; .00. Selection 3 80-90 lbs lbs 90.00-100.00. 0-100 lbs 130.00-150.00; s 115.00-135.00. ew 75-80 lbs 170.00. Several young nannies with 0.00. Selection 2-3 several 00; with individual kids per family. election 1-2 20-40 lbs n 2-3 20-40 lbs 180.0040 lbs few 150.00-180.00. Few head.

Sheep: Slaughter Lambs: Good and Choice 2-3 80 lbs and under hair 175.00-205.00. Slaughter Ewes: Utility and Good 1-2 60.00.

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1: few 45-60 lbs 275.000. Selection 2 few 40-70 lbs n 2-3 40-60 lbs 242.5050 lbs 235.00-250.00; 60-75

550-600 lb. steers

$240

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Billy Bolch is a self-proclaimed beef eater. “I think beef should be served three times a day,” he said with a laugh. Despite having a heart attack a few years ago, he continues to eat beef five to seven times a week, and a recent doctor’s appointment showed he is right on track. How can that be? He says he eats only grass-fed Highland beef raised on his Laclede County, Mo., farm.

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Highland cattle are known for their Ranch, which now consists of more than long horns and hair, but the breed also 40 head of Highland cattle, including a has a reputation for producing beef that herd bull affectionately known as Larry, is higher in Omega-3 and protein, and as well as four Angus females used in their crossbreeding program. lower in cholesterol and fat. The crosses produce slightly larger According to the American Highland Cattle Association, Highland cattle have framed calves that are typically polled. lived for centuries in the remote Scottish The crossbred calves carry the thick hair Highlands. Their thick hair coat hide pro- of the Highlander, as well as the leaner, healthy meat traits. tects them from the extreme “We see a lot faster growth too,” cold, thus they need to proKathy said. “They get bigger than duce less fat. The breed can the Highlanders, but you lose now be found around the world nothing in the flavor or in the and across the United States. benefits of the Highland beef.” Billy and his wife, Kathy, Stoutland, Mo. Because the Highlandmoved to Stoutland, Mo., from ers are slow maturing, the the New England area in hopes crossbreeding program allows to start their own farm. They Ozarks Farm & Neighbor • www.ozarksfn.com

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Kyloes were even brought into homes in the winter in their native Scotland. “They all really have desirable bloodlines,” Kathy added. “With our registered herd, we only want the top of the line because we are going to take those calves to the Highland auction each year,” Billy said. “We are only going to send animals to the auction that are high quality animals… Confirmation is very im-

portant to Highland breeders and they are very specific about what they want.” The couple will be sending some of their calves to the upcoming Heartland Highland Sale in late April in Norwood, Mo. “We keep the best of the best for ourselves with our heifers,” Kathy said, adding that they are also looking at producing herd bulls. “We are getting calls. Our intention is to sell a little of everything.”

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Billy and Kathy’s herd is “young” in that the oldest female is 8 years old, and with an average lifespan of a Highlander reaching 18 years plus as a producing cow, the couple is confident their animals will remain productive for many years. “I just love them,” Kathy said. “I just like to come here and sit and watch them. They are just such beautiful animals.”

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ventually the snow will melt and spring will bring rain. Warmer weather and excessive ground water brings the perfect conditions for mosquito proliferation. There are approximately 50 species of mosquitoes native to Missouri according to the Department of Conservation. Even-though warm weather is usually associated with those pesky inDr. Jesse Blades sects there are species active during every season of graduated from University the year. The only reprieve is during freezing temof Missouri College of peratures but warmer environments such as in the Veterinary Medicine house or barn may allow mosquitoes to overwinter. in 2010. He joined Ash Mosquito’s can serve as vectors to transmit disGrove Veterinary Clinic in eases to birds, animals, and humans. Most com2014, practicing general monly we think of St. Louis encephalitis, Eastern medicine and surgery on both companion animals and Western Equine encephalitis, and West Nile and livestock. virus. However, I want to focus on a parasite that utilizes the mosquito for its life cycle. The filarial worm (Dirofilaria immitis) causes Heartworm disease in both our canine and feline pets. This parasite has a complex life cycle requiring the mosquito for development and propagation. Lets start with a mosquito that takes a blood meal from an infected animal (dog, cat, coyote, etc). Microfilaria (L1 larvae) are ingested by the mosquito and develop through three stages of molting. At this point the larva migrate and erupt from the mosquito’s labium as it finds a new host to feed on. The larvae molt two more times within the tissues of the new mammal host. They migrate to the heart as immature worms hitching a ride within the bloodstream. Blood pressure then pushes the young adult worms into the small arteries within the lungs. As they mature and grow lengths of 10 inches can be reached. Eventually they fill up the right side of the heart and start producing new microfilaria (L1 larvae). This completes the life cycle of the heartworm. Every patient is different in regards to severity of the disease process occurring at the time of diagnosis. Often, smaller patient size relates to more severe disease. The adult worms cause irritation and inflammation of the blood vessels within the lungs leading to longterm damage. Due to the “clogging effect” within the blood vessels and heart, excessive pressure is created which can lead to right sided congestive heart failure. Other common symptoms include vomiting, coughing, lethargy, weight loss, and damage to other organs due to restricted blood flow. Treatment of this condition can be as complex as its development. There is only one product approved for the destruction of adult canine heartworms currently available. This product is given in a painful series of injections followed by confinement to reduce the chances of a thromboembolism occurring. Other medications may be added to the regime including blood thinners, vasodilators, diuretics, and anti-inflammatory drugs. Some medications might need to be continued for the remainder of the pet’s life to compensate for the damages done. Now, larvae infections can be treated and prevented by macrolide therapy given once a month. However, once L4-L5 larval stages exist then the prior discussed treatment will be required to clear the infection. Regardless of the options available every doctor has preferences, and treatment should be tailored to each patient. Why treat when we can prevent? Both having a heartworm infection and treatment of that infection has life threatening potential. Plus, it’s expensive! There are several different products for administering prophylactic care for your pets. The three basic forms are monthly topical products, oral tablets, and subcutaneous injections that provide 6 months

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On Call Continued from Previous Page coverage. Many of these products contain multiple drugs that also protect against intestinal parasites, mites, and fleas. Make sure you use the appropriate medication for your pet’s species, and make sure you give the correct dosage every month. This is easy if you have established a relationship with a veterinarian, as it is their job to inform you of safe options. For those that have managed to slip through the cracks and purchase these products from sources other than veterinarians, you are the only quality control for the pet! From atop my soapbox I ask you to: never discontinue these products over winter, never stretch 6 plus weeks between administration, never split these products between pets, and stop ordering medications from online pet pharmacies! Veterinarians are not making their sole living dispensing these products; there is no sham to gouge the public. We are following the recommendations of the American Heartworm

Society, and our medical training. Splitting medications has the potential to under-dose one pet while overdosing another. Furthermore we want to build a relationship with you and your pet to provide better care and service. No matter how professional online pharmacies may seem, they will not be able to assist you when Lucky gets sick. Get to know a medical professional prior to that possible emergency! New puppies and kittens should receive several rounds of vaccines starting as young as 6 weeks of age. Some heartworm preventatives can also be started as early as 6 weeks of age without heartworm testing. By giving preventative products not only are you protecting that pet, but stopping the spread of the disease to any other animal by disrupting the life cycle. I encourage you to visit the American Heartworm Society’s webpage at www.heartwormsociety.org for more information.

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Farm Finance Continued from Page 23 How can you take action? Start by educating those who aren’t involved in production agriculture in your community. Invite your local school to bring children to your farm so they can see how you take care of your animals, land and family. Speak to the local civic club about your farm, your family and how farming has and is changing in your area. Get to know your local, state and federal elected officials. Become someone recognized as a credible source they can go to when faced with a decision to make about agriculture. Why is all of this important? First of all, if you want to farm or ranch, you’d better be your own best advocate and willing to join with other farmers in educating our non-farming friends. Secondly, consider our world population growth. In 1800, less than 1 billion people inhabited our planet. By 1900 about 1.6 billion people lived here and we jumped to a little more than 2.4 billion in 1950. Fifty years APRIL 6, 2015

later, at the Millenium (2000 AD), we shared our world with 6.1 billion other folks, and in the next 35 years, our population is estimated to be 9.1 billion. My math teachers called that exponential growth. What do all these folks have in common? They want to eat, be clothed, have shelter and will utilize energy to accomplish it. As a red-blooded American, I enjoy the prospect of increasing demand yielding the potential for increasing profitability in the industry I love. However, as a farmer, with the skills and assets to produce food, fuel and fiber, I feel the moral responsibility to do all I can to produce what others need, but don’t have the ability to produce for themselves. I hope you do too. Editor’s note: These statistics refer to the 2012 U.S. Ag Census. According to the 2015 Missouri Cattle Inventory report released January Missouri is third in beef cow production.

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Advice for farmers entering the world of sustainable agriculture The word “sustainable” is cropping up more and more in agricultural conversations these days, and many folks are beginning to turn their farm practices in a “sustainable” direction. The word sustainable, according to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, is defined as “capable of being sustained” or “relating to, or being a method of harvesting or using a resource so that the resource is not depleted or permanently damaged.” The idea of sustainable agriculture is not new – but in an industry heavily dominated by corporate, unsustainable monoculture for decades, the notion of giving back more resources than you take was deemed as irrational and unprofitable. In recent years, more and more research is showing that in order for humans to keep feeding future generations, farming practices must become more sustainable. A study by Stony Brook University states that in a comparison of sustainable and conventional agriculture, organic farming methods are shown to perform much better for a number of indicators. Sustainable agriculture, the study continues, consumes less water and energy, enhances soil composition and forgoes synthetic chemical input. Conventional agriculture cannot meet the needs of the current population without compromising the integrity of the environment. After many years, being sustainable is finally coming back into fashion. So what can farmers who wish to manage their lands sustainably do to get started? Do Your Research: As with anything, sustainable farming is easier to get a grasp on if you’ve done your research. There are a number of books published on this subject, such as “Salad Bar Beef” by Joel Salatin, “Management Intensive Grazing” by Jim Gerrish and “Ranching Full Time on Three Hours a Day” by Cody Holmes. The Internet is another great tool for finding information on sustainable practices – websites, social media pages and blogs provide an almost endless array of concepts and ideas about sustainability. One of the best ways, though, to learn about sustainable farming methods, is to visit other people’s farms; then you can get a first-hand look at how using techniques like multi-species grazing and natural pest management can reduce your inputs and help you get more grass to the acre. Apply for a Grant: If you are working your way into ecologically aware farming and have an idea or a concept you want to explore in detail to help further sustain-

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“We are considered allnatural because we raise our pigs on dirt with no growth hormones and on grass. My boys have a dairy and pile all their manure from the milk cows and haul and spread it onto the wheat fields. They also pump their lagoon twice a year and spread it back onto their fields. Faith Evans Webster County, Mo.

able agriculture, you might consider applying for a grant. The Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) Grant Program is an excellent resource for this. The SARE mission is “to advance – to the whole of American agriculture – innovations that improve profitability, stewardship and quality of life by investing in groundbreaking research and education.” SARE accepts proposals from farmers like Wes Hunter, from Seymour, Mo., to carry out their mission – Wes received a grant for a project comparing the growth rates, feed efficiency, and overall profitability of a variety of heritage breed chickens. “It went a long way toward funding the research that we felt was needed for gaining information about raising heritage breed chickens for meat, since there is very little current information available elsewhere,” said Wes. The research from SARE grant recipients like Wes is then posted online, so that other farmers have access to the study findings. SARE promotes outreach as well as cooperation through their grants – “SARE likes partnerships and collaborations, so identify who or what partnerships can make your project more successful,” said Heather Friedrich, University of Arkansas Southern SARE PDP Program Assistant. Get Involved: As with any other occupation, sustainable farming is often best enjoyed in the company of like-minded people. If you want to farm environmentally friendly, stay in touch with other farmers, and begin making a profit off of your farm too, consider joining a food hub. A food hub is a group of growers and producers combining their resources and their products under one label to sell enough goods to meet public demands – like the Real Farm Foods Hub in Norwood, Mo. Cody Holmes, the Food Hub director, is working with many small-scale sustainable farmers to grow enough products to supply local stores, hospitals and schools with healthy, nutrient dense food. The fruits and vegetables produced by the farmers are purchased by the hub, and are then resold under the Real Farm Foods label. “Food hubs remove the disassociation between the consumer and the grower,” said Cody. His inspiration for continuing to grow the hub stems from a desire to rebuild rural economies, create local jobs, and put the sustainable small farmers where they belong. “My objective is to put farmers back on their farm. That’s what it’s all about,” Cody said.

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The Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) has always had a clear mission: “We’re here to help people help their land,” Curt McDaniel, assistant state conservationist for the Missouri NRCS, said. The NRCS can help organic farmers with their land through the Environmental Quality Incentives Program, which is an umbrella program that encompasses several environmental initiatives. The goal of the NRCS with the Organic Initiative is to assist producers who are transitioning to organic certification, or to assist previously organic growers with improving their certification. The NRCS looks for opportunities to help producers to improve upon organic practices such as mulching for weed control, providing pollinator habitats and planting beneficial crops that can aid in pest control and nutrient distribution. If you are interested in applying for an Organic Initiative grant for your farm, the best way to get started is by visiting your local USDA Service Center or field office, said McDaniel. APRIL 6, 2015

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than residue that’s cut or tilled into the soil, so more of it is retained. Clark said the roller-crimper method was pioneered by Pennsylvania’s Rodale Institute. On the other hand, the Missouri researchers are finding the weeds do eventually come through the cover crop. “You have to have so much biomass out there in the cover crop that if you don’t have a good growing winter it won’t hold the weeds back,” she said, “The other thing is that as it starts to break down over the season, you’ll also get some later weed germination and growth.” Researchers have begun looking at a number of different approaches to weed control in organic crops. In one, once the cover crop is crimped, a hot water spray is applied. In another, they mow between rows and in a third, they mow and till in the cover crop, and then control weeds through flaming, which is directing a flame below the crop’s leaves toward the weeds, and cultivation. Clark is working with organic no-till corn, soybeans and wheat and said wheat works the best. The cover crop is grown in the summer instead of double crop beans, and since the soil is left untilled it rapidly increases the organic matter. “You can’t do organic no-till in front of double crop beans – you wouldn’t have a cover crop to crimp,” she explained. The summer cover crop also provides up to 90 percent weed control. Soybeans get a little more early weed growth than corn because they don’t canopy as quickly, but once they do canopy the weed control is better. However, Clark said she is seeing problems with organic no-till corn. “Because the corn population planting rate is lower than soybeans, it’s hard to get good seed-to-soil contact in organic no-till.” That’s led to reduced stands, but in soybeans and wheat they’ve gotten higher yields in organic no-till than with conventional tillage and no cover crops.

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Prior to sowing forage soybeans, all fields to be planted should have a soil test. “Plants are nutrient transfer agents,” said Dr. Grant Woods, wildlife biologist and avid soybean plot researcher from Reed Springs, Mo. “Do a quality soil test annually.” This will determine what is needed for the soybeans to grow successfully, and transmit their benefits to your livestock. The soil pH should be neutral, and greater than 6.0. Soybeans also require large amounts of phosphorous and potassium to reach optimum nutritional quality. Nitrogen is not typically needed to produce forage soybeans, since they are legumes and produce their own through a nitrogen fixing bacteria called Bradyrhizobium. Forage soybeans should be sown onto a well-prepared planting surface; the soil should be smooth and free of large clods. Adding organic matter back to the soil which the soybeans are to be planted can aid in a well aerated seed bed. If a producer wishes to incorporate a no-till planting system into their soybeans program, there are other methods of breaking up the soil for planting. Joshua Jones, marketing director for the Hickory Ridge Hunting Ranch in Lamar, Okla., recommends planting cruciferous vegetables to aid in this process. “Radishes and turnips can break up the soil so it’s not as hard and they add nutrients back,” Jones said. The beans can be planted from mid-April through

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June, to ensure that any danger of frost has passed, and so that the legumes can be ready for mid-summer grazing. Forage soybeans should be allowed to reach their second reproductive stage (R2) before turning livestock out to graze them.

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Growing forage soybeans gives the livestock producer flexibility for feeding options. Soybeans are hardy enough to withstand multiple periods of grazing, or being grazed and then cut for hay or silage. Rebecca Atkinson, beef forage specialist at the Southern Illinois University stated in an article for Hay and Forage magazine that silage made from the legume is “very comparable to alfalfa silage” and goes on to state that “three or four grazings are possible in an intensive rotational grazing system if rainfall is sufficient and they’re grazed no shorter than 10 inches.” The protein content of forage soybeans makes for ideal weight gains in livestock. With a crude protein level of 15 to 20 percent, soybeans provide excellent finishing forage. As with any forage, soybeans regenerate best when they are grazed rotationally; two or three grazings in a season can be expected from one field of forage soybeans with proper management. Post grazing, the protein-packed legume can be harvested for hay or silage. The process of making soybean silage is similar to alfalfa haylage – 60 to 65 percent moisture is the ideal range for soybeans. Forage soybeans can also be harvested for hay. Since forage soybeans is a high-protein and lowfiber feed source, it is ideal for the winter months. Legumes should be allowed to dry in the field, and should be harvested just before the seventh reproductive (R7) stage. As with any hay, dried and baled forage soybeans should be stored out of the elements. APRIL 6, 2015

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