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Rebels with a Cause APRIL 6, 2020 • 28 PAGES

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The Heilig family is sold on Dexter cattle and the Ozarks

Preparing the Next Generation Joe Cassatt has grown his herd over the years, with plans for additional growth down the road

Improving Pasture Efficacy

Improving forages can improve the overall efficacy of a herd and help increase profits

A Farm of Their Own

After a career in the military and medical field, Richard Jones is at home on his farm

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Missouri pork producer honored: Everett Forkner, a longtime Missouri pork producer who was instrumental in establishing the Pork Quality Assurance certification program – representing the U.S. pork industry’s production standards – was inducted into the National Pork Producers Council Hall of Fame March 5. Forkner grew up on a farm in Southwestern Missouri. Before he graduated second in his class in the College of Agriculture at the University of Missouri in 1961, he launched his own pork production enterprise, Forkner Farms in Vernon County, Mo., with 10 Duroc gilts and a Duroc boar. Forker later added multiple breeds to his enterprise, including Yorkshire females, Hampshire boars and Duroc terminal sires.

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Pat and the thirsty raccoon

OSU vet student earns scholarship: Karissa Frealy, a second-year student at Oklahoma State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine, was awarded the inaugural David A. Schoneweis scholarship. The $1,000 scholarship is awarded to a student or students from Kansas State University or OSU who participate in student oral or poster presentations, based upon a selection rubric prepared with the oversight and approval of the Schoneweis family. Frealy, who is from Ozark, Mo., presented her research poster, “Evaluating the use of processing fluids for sow herd monitoring of porcine circovirus type 2,” during the Veterinary Student Poster Session at the American Association of Swine Veterinarians annual meeting on March 8 and 9.

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Endowment established: The Missouri 4-H Foundation, in partnership with the Barton County 4-H Council, has established the Barton County 4-H Endowment Fund, thanks to contributions by the Hugh and Fran Nutt family, and Don Lucietta. The fund will be used to provide sustainable support for the Baton County 4-H program in perpetuity. Barton County, Mo., is among the first counties in Missouri to establish a permanently endowed fund with the Missouri 4-H Foundation.

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Programs canceled: In an effort to slow the spread of the COVID-19 virus, the University of Missouri Extension has canceled or postponed all programs until after May 15. Each specialist should be contacting the individuals who are enrolled in programs.

In many cases, programs will continue through online and in-print resourses, such as video lectures, 4-H projects through video conferences and mailed newsletters. As information becomes available, Ozarks Farm & Neighbor will post information regarding cancellations and/or postponements to its social media pages.

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MEET YOUR NEIGHBORS

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The Lazy J finally gives Richard Jones his own farm

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A family’s continued dedication to their history

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Eye on Agribusiness features Roberts Custom Processing

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Town & Country spotlights Chase Bradford

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Family moves cattle operation to the Ozarks from Colorado

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Youth in Agriculture highlights Laurin Dilly

FARM HELP 19 Making efficiant use of finances 20 Improving pastures improves productivity

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egardless of how long a person farms, they willreencounter vonworCexperiyrreJ yB ences that they have never seen before, sometimes with a shockJerry Crownover farms ing or scary presentation. Case in in Lawrence County. He point: my neighbor, Pat. is a former professor of Pat owns the local feed store, as well as runAgriculture Education at ning quite a number of cows and calves on Missouri State University, several different farms. He is a few years older and is an author and than me and is about as laid-back and evenprofessional speaker. keeled as anyone I’ve ever met, but what To contact Jerry, go to happened to him last week, momentarily, disozarksfn.com and click pensed his calm demeanor. on ‘Contact Us.’ My friend pulled his truck up beside an upright, bulk feed bin, to fill a few sacks of grain, that he needed to take to another farm, to feed a few weaned calves. After filling one sack, the grain began to flow really, really slow. Given the amount of wet weather we’ve been encountering, Pat was certain the feed, inside the metal bin, had drawn enough moisture, that it had either “caked up” or was stuck to the sides of the bins. This was nothing new and he retreated to the truck, to get a large, rubber mallet that he carried for just such occasions. Slowly, while wading through the deep mud, Pat circled the feed bin while beating on the sides with his trusty rubber hammer. Convinced he had broken loose the problem, he placed another sack under the spout and opened the sliding gate, ever so gently. About a halfgallon of grain slowly trickled out, before stopping completely. Frustrated, he bent over, to see if he could discover the problem and, there, at the mouth of the bin, dangled the FOOT of some yet-to-be-determined animal.

As he began to reach for the exposed extremity, in an attempt to unclog his feed source, the foot MOVED! So did Pat. Even though he’s a big man and military

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Abby Heilig, 10, and her family moved to the Ozarks from Colorado in 2019. The family operates a growing Dexter herd. Read more on page 16 .

Photo by Julie Turner-Crawford Ozarks Farm & Neighbor accepts story suggestions from readers. Story information appears as gathered from interviewees. Ozarks Farm & Neighbor assumes no responsibility for the credibility of statements made by interviewees. © Copyright Ozarks Farm & Neighbor, Inc., 2020. All rights reserved. Printed in USA.

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hings are changing in our world, and folks are facing a new “normal.” We’re also learning the meaning of the term “social distancing.”

Julie Turner-Crawford COVID-19 has shaken the lives of is a native of Dallas many and caused major impacts on our economy, County, Mo., where she not to mention sending some people in a tizzy for grew up on her family’s toilet paper. farm. She is a graduate Businesses, schools and other “gathering spots” of Missouri State are closed, but our nation’s farms and ranches are University. To contact still open for business.

Julie, call 1-866-532-1960 The federal government and the Centers for or by email at editor@ Disease Control and Prevention have deemed ozarksfn.com. agriculture a “critical industry” during this pandemic. This is a reminder that farmers and ranchers are critical every day – even when times are good.

Some producers may be thinking it’s all for not as markets take hits, and row croppers are struggling to get into their fields because of continuous rains. We have to remember consumers are counting on us.

Like many of you, I’ve gone to the grocery store in recent weeks and found some things on my list out of stock.

Bread was scarce, so I decided I would make my own. I had some flour, but not enough, and my yeast was old, so down the baking aisle I went, only to discover it empty. I bought frozen hot rolls instead.

There was plenty of milk in the cooler, which was on my list. There may only be two people in my household, but we’re milk drinkers, so I got two gallons, which is what we normally go through in a week.

Luckily didn’t need any eggs; that area was picked clean. If I run low, I have plenty of neighbors I can purchase a couple dozen from.

We have meat in the freezer, so I wasn’t looking to buy any, but I did see meat in stock. Ground beef is scarce and other cuts are expensive, making them out of the

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Across the Fence Continued from Previous Page budget for some families at this time.

That’s a little disheartening these days.

There was one thing, however, I did not expect to be in short supply – reduced-fat peanut butter. I thought I was the only one in a three-county area who buys reduced-fat peanut butter. I guess all bets are off during a pandemic.

The only peanut butter I could find was one mixed with grape jelly. Since I make enough grape jelly each summer to last us all year, I almost passed it up, but I got a jar. When I got home, Bill was ecstatic, which is very uncharacteristic for my husband.

“Get this from now on for me,” he said as he opened the jar. I guess it was a favorite when he was younger.

We won’t go hungry at the Crawford place, but I admit Bill’s nagging at me to buy certain things by the case, which I have ignored all these years, makes me think twice now.

As this wears on, I hope people learn to appreciate the agriculture industry a little more. I hope they see farmers and ranchers as their friends and neighbors, not the bad guys. I hope they see all of the hard work it takes to get food on the shelves by everyone involved in the process, from start to finish.

The sun is trying to bust through the clouds as I write this, and I’m taking that as a sign of good things yet to come. A little sunshine always makes the gloom fade away – and dries up mud.

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Continued from Page 3 veteran, he decided that he, at least, needed to retrieve a pair of leather gloves from his truck, before beginning the extraction. Gloved up, and ready for battle, he grabbed the unknown limb and quickly pulled. The ‘clog’ popped free like a champagne cork on New Year’s Eve, and Pat immediately slung the object about ten feet from the scene of the crime. Turning to see what kind of animal he had grabbed, Pat stared into the eyes of one very dazed and confused raccoon.

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According to my neighbor, the raccoon looked like it had spent a week at an all-you-can-eat buffet, where no drinks were allowed. Luckily, Pat’s slinging had landed the varmint just a few feet away from a puddle of muddy water, where the little guy sucked up water like the suction hose on a wet vac.

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Joe Cassatt was raised on an 80-acre family farm in Webb City, Mo., that his dad Larry Cassatt purchased in 1964.

Joe got his first bottle calf when he was just 7 years old. Growing up, Joe’s family had five or six Charolais and raised vegetables and fruit that they sold from a roadside stand at their home.

Joe Cassatt says good cattle facilities are essential, no matter the Over the years, Joe has purchased an size of your herd. He also said this year has been challenging to additional 350 acres to add to the family care for cattle with the extremely wet conditions. farm. They have 60 cow/calf pairs on 160 acres and rent out 190 acres for pasture and crops. The remainder of the land near increase their herd from 60 to 100. Dur- prices have severely affected farmers right their home is mostly river bottom ground. ing the winter months, they grain their now, but he hopes they will bounce back Joe works off the farm doing after sale cattle with a 12-percent ration and feed quickly. Joe believes in the near future support. He’s able to manage the cattle hay. The cows get VitaFerm mineral year- there will be more internet and live videowith the help from his wife Hilary, who round and mixed grasses and fescue during based cattle sales. is a preschool teacher, and their boys spring, summer and fall. They would also Joe has been fortunate to have several Jesse (16) and Josh (12). The boys have like to start incorporating Bermudagrass encouraging farmers nearby who have been helping their dad on the farm since for pasture and hay. For prevention mea- helped him be successful in his cattle they were 5 years old. Hilary, Jesse and sures, the Cassatts vaccinate their cattle farming. Some of his cattle knowledge Josh check and feed the cows when Joe is with Vira Shield 6+vl5, Pinkeye Shield has been self-taught, but he credits a lot traveling. The boys also fence, and rake xt4, Blackleg with Covexin 8 and Cydec- of his success to listening, watching and and haul hay in the summer. They have tin wormer. Calves are weaned at about observing the “older guys” such as Lloyd also learned how to vaccinate and preg 8 months of age. All calves are marketed Southern, Steve Elliott, Chuck Hamcheck cows, along with how to maintain through the value added sale after the first mons and Charles Honey. He recalled and operate equipment. Hilary is from of January at Joplin Regional Stockyards.

Lloyd, a family friend who passed away upstate New York, but Joe said she has Every farmer is always looking for ways last fall saying, “Always try your best, taken to the farm well. to be more efficient on the farm. The work hard, and trust in the Lord to guide The family runs registered black Angus Cassatts have implemented a rotational you.” Another nearby farmer, C.L. Farabulls, Angus/Charolais and Angus/Her- grazing program along with additional bi, told him to “Buy the best equipment eford cross cows. Joe decided to raise black water tanks located in paddocks. They possible, even if you don’t think you can Angus because he believes they are a installed a well recently to reduce wa- afford it. The additional uptime you gain proven breed with good genetics and small ter costs, and about eight years ago they by purchasing that better piece of equipcalves. The cattle are natubought a GPS system to use in the ment will pay dividends over something rally bred and calve from tractor when spraying for weeds that was cheaper and less quality.” the first of March to the end and spreading fertilizer on pasThe memories he holds on the farm is of April. In their breeding tures. This has saved costs sig- the time with his family. Both Jesse and stock, Joe looks for traits such nificantly because there’s not Josh want to continue to work and expand as mild mannered and easy calvas many skips and overlaps. the farm and he feels they have a good baing. In the next few years, they Webb City, Mo. Over the years, Joe has sis to start with. He advised his boys and hope to buy some registered learned the ups and downs other young people who want to pursue to cattle for improved genetics and of the cattle market. Cattle listen and watch other farmers.

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After a career in the military and the medical field, Richard Jones is at home on his farm Photo by Laura L. Valenti Growing up in a military family, Richard Jones always longed for the opportunity to raise his own animals.

In his career, he followed in his father’s footsteps, working in health care, serving most of that time in ERs, ICU and critical care as an Air Force nurse corps officer. At one point, he worked at Scott Air Force Base, outside St. Louis, Mo., and also spent almost three years, working at the Phelps Regional Health Center. And during that time, the Ozarks made an unforgettable impression on Richard. Nine years ago, he retired and along with his wife, April, who is originally from Mississippi and still works for a large, national pharmaceutical Katahdin sheep are a part of the operation company, he moved to ruat Lazy J Farm owned by Richard Jones ral Phelps County, Mo. and his wife April. They also have a grass“I travel for a living,” finished ground beef business.

April explained. “But what really impresses me is that Richard gets up every day and comes out “As a nurse, I have books for everyhere and works all day long, no matter the thing. In farming and ranching, I’ve weather, with the cows, the sheep, horses read so much about the cattle and and poultry.” the sheep, the markets and the other They currently have 13 cow/calf pairs related business that goes along with of crossbred Angus, black all of this. Most of my neighbors are baldies, and 25 Katahdin multi-generational cattle people ewes with approximately and have done things the same 20 lambs. way for years. I had to learn it Richard is the first to admit all from scratch and that has Rolla, Mo. he had a lot to learn and has included attending classes made mistakes, but as a result such as grazing school.” he has acquired a great deal of Richard has 30 of his 40 valuable knowledge. acres in pastureland, which

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meet your neighbors he has divided into six paddocks for rotational grazing.

“First the cattle graze, then the sheep and after that, the horses. We have two horses and a couple of small donkeys as well,” he added. “Most of my pasture is fescue with some mid-summer and fall grasses mixed in during the season.

I have some red and white clover and some of the good Lespedeza grasses. In rotating the cattle, I try to leave a paddock empty four to six weeks. The water is my main limiting factor and that is dependent on the rain and the heat in the summer. For the most part, I try to rotate the cattle on a weekly basis. It might run a little longer in the heat of the summer.

“When we first bought the place, we spent three years going back and forth between here and Florida. I paid somebody else to brush hog it but it looked like a forest as it probably sat empty a year before we bought it. I’ve spent the years reclaiming the pasture we have now, from the honey locust trees and other scrub.”

Dr. Justin Berger, a local veterinarian with the Animal Health Center in Rolla has been a tremendous help to Richard and April as they have learned the agriculture trade from the ground up.

“Dr. Berger has allowed me to work cattle with him on a number of his visits to area farms and as a retired nurse, I find much of that work to be really interesting,” Richard said. “It’s one more way I’ve learned so much, seeing how things are handled on other area farms.

It has certainly helped me to establish my own health protocols.”

Richard said his agriculture education hasn’t just been about raising animals.

“There are huge variables in this business. I was told ranchers are watchers and that is so true,” he shared. “You’ve always got to be looking for a new way to provide something different for the market and be ready to make changes.

For instance, I’m going to buy my hay this year, rather than raising our own.

That will save me several thousand dollars in fertilizer costs and provide additional ground for more pasture. I have also rented 160 acres about a mile up the road.”

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ing grass-finished ground beef directly to customers.

“Of course, all of us in the cattle business know that the market is really tough right now so we are trying a new business plan to provide something the local market doesn’t offer at the moment.

“Like so many others, we were losing money on the cattle, so we are direct marketing on our own the last couple of months,” Richard said. “We have a pretty good following on Facebook and we put out information a little while ago, asking if people would be interested. We got a good response so we started with 1,000 pounds of USDAinspected beef, using just two of our cows. In just a couple of weeks, we are already down 200 pounds.”

April added. “This is clean beef meaning we are using the whole cow, all of the cuts in our ground beef. Right now, we are just doing ground beef. If it goes well, we’d love to expand to include steaks and other cuts. It’s our own homegrown beef, grass finished so we know exactly where it comes from.”

Richard added that lambs have also been sold to individuals, but the majority are sold through Salem Livestock Auction.

“I’d given away some to good friends and other customers and I’d love to direct market more of it, like the beef. It’s just developing the market,” Richard said.

Past agricultural exploits for the Jones have included a brief venture into a small dairy and cheese-making, as well as a poultry experience that was devastated by area predators.

“The milking and cheese were just too time-consuming and labor intensive,” Richard said. “I’ve also discovered recently that the old barn we have here on the place was actually designed as a poultry barn with a built-in brooder so we are seriously looking at the poultry option again, raising chickens and turkeys for meat.”

Farm life might not be glamous, but Richard isn’t too worried about the spotlight.

“I left a beautiful home on the beach in Florida to come here and work on the farm, but I really love it. I wouldn’t want to be any place else,” he said.

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By Laura L. Valenti

The McCulloch family barn continues to be the center of the family

When Ray McCulloch and his wife, Ella established their 200-acre cattle farm alongside what is today East Highway 32 in Laclede County, just outside of Lebanon, Mo., in 1932, it probably didn’t occur to them that some of their grandchildren would one day come back to live and enjoy life on a part of that same property, even using the barn they had built there.

Kelly McCulloch Farris and her cousin, Brian McCulloch are two of those grandchildren, daughter and son of brothers, Jack and Albert McCulloch, two of Ray’s eight sons. Kelly is the owner of the unique stone barn that still stands on 10 acres of the original farm where Ray raised polled Herefords. Her cousin Brian and his wife Carmen live just to the west of the barn on the eastern most piece of the original property, three and half acres that Brian bought in 1988. When Kelly purchased the barn and the acreage around it in 2009, she had to buy it back from others who had purchased the property after Ray and Ella moved to town in 1952.

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Kelly and other family members, particularly her father, Albert McCulloch went to work on the barn, transforming it into a family venue that is used today for family celebrations.

The barn was built by Ray’s brother, Eph (pronounced Eef) who built a number of rock structures around the county, many of which have now disappeared. The two had 14 other brothers and sisters. While Ray did not run a dairy farm, the old stone barn was used for milking for the family’s own use. The back side of the barn has three doors, one down the center for the milkers and two along the outside walls for the cattle to be led into the milking stanchions.

The McCulloch barn reflects its own unique history, being a part of the first farm electrified in rural Laclede County on Sept. 14, 1943, which also means the beautiful 80-year-old barn was built in 1940 entirely with hand saws, as there was no electric available at the time. Ray McCulloch was a member of the very first board of directors of the Laclede Electric Cooperative.

“One family story says that as fast as those electric lights came on, Grandma Ella looked up and was horrified to see all kinds of cobwebs overhead that had gone unnoticed before the electric lighting. She took care of those quickly

Kelly McCulloch Farris, left, purchased the land and barn once owned by her grandparents. She and her cousin, Brian McCulloch, right, said after some renovations, the barn is still very much a part of their family and is the place where they gather for celebrations.

but was pretty upset about it, too,” Brian said with a laugh.

The restoration of the barn is a labor of love.

“After so many years, there was lots of repair work to be done on the barn,” Kelly shared as she and Brian walked through the structure they are still refurbishing in a variety of ways. “We’ve cut new cedar posts off the property to replace some of these old posts inside,” she pointed out. “We’ve put in some new doors and we have lots of plans for the future, such as adding plumbing one day so we can have bathrooms, too.

For now, we depend on porta-potties when we party here.”

“The barn’s original tin roof was removed and several of those panels have been used as wall covering to repair the interior walls,” Brian said. “A new metal roof has been added, and Albert and Kelly built new cedar shutters to cover the windows as the original ones were too rotted to repair. The upstairs, now a big room for celebrations, dances and the like, was originally the hay loft and there is still a big hay hook and chain up there.

“The McCullochs have always enjoyed their get togethers. In years past, everybody along Highway 32 knew Ray McCulloch had a good well and was willing to share water with any who were bringing in animals or herds to

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Lebanon to the sale barn or the railroad. Folks were always welcome to water and rest their livestock overnight, while their owners even camped nearby so their animals would be in good shape for the sale the next day.”

“Our family has always known how to celebrate any occasion,” Kelly added.

“When they moved Grandma Ella out of the big house on Madison Street, she was only going next door but they loaded her piano and our Aunt Mary into the back of a truck and they drove down the street with Aunt Mary playing the piano all over town. People still love to tell that story.”

Still, for many years to come, future family members will continue to celebrate their family heritage together in their grandfather’s barn, thanks to the devotion of Kelly, Brian and many other McCulloch family members.

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Becca Roberts History: Adam Roberts grew up in the livestock industry. His family ran feeder cattle, in addition to operating Roberts Brothers Livestock Auction in Bolivar, Mo. A hunter, Adam processed his deer, as well as deer for family. In high school, be was a member of his FFA meats team, and realized he liked the meat industry.

“I went to Eastern Oklahoma (State ColPhoto by Julie Turner-Crawford lege) for its two-year program,” Adam said.

“It covered everything from slaughter to fabrication of retail cuts.”

He started his processing career in McKinney, Texas, processing grass-fed Wagyu or Kobe beef, pasture-raised pork and other locally-produced meats. After a couple of years, he returned to Missouri and managed the meat department of a store in Polk County. In 2018, a processing facility in Urbana, Mo., became available, and Adam and his wife Becca took a chance.

“We both quit our jobs and jumped knee-deep in and never looked back,” Adam said. “We’ve been extremely blessed.”

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Products and services: Roberts Custom Processing offers custom processing of beef, pork, lamb and goat. They also have a small line of retail cuts, including bacon, hamburger and sausages.

“We try to have our own specialty, house-made sausages,” Adam said. “When the weather is warm, we will fire up the smoker and do chicken breasts, St. Louisstyle ribs, baby backs and then our bratwurst.”

They have several brat lines, with the most popular being mango/habanero. All meats are cryovaced, which allows for shorter thawing times.

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and Daylee (8) In Town: Chase Bradford is a busy man. His main job is providing maintenance for Tabernacle Baptist Church in Lebanon, Mo. Approximately half his time is spent doing custodial work, and the other half is split between vehicle maintenance on the churches 15-plus buses and two vans, and facility maintenance on the church building and a bowling alley also owned by the church.

In addition to working at the church, he has a lawn mowing business and does haying on half shares, which he accomplishes during his vacation time from his job at the church.

His wife, Michelle, is also on staff at Tabernacle Baptist and their children attend the Tabernacle Christian Academy, which allows them to have more family time.

In the Country: On the farm, Chase is in the cattle business. He got his first black Angus heifer from his dad in 1992. When his father passed away in 2013, he inherited half of a house, which he exchanged for 16 head of black Angus from his grandmother.

Although interested in Herefords at that time, he continued to purchase black Angus. He now has 77 head of mixed black Angus and commercial cows in a cow/ calf herd and three registered black Angus bulls.

The herd is spread over three properties, his own, plus two farms that are rented with a combined area of 373 acres. His pastures are mostly fescue with orchard grass which he also uses to make hay.

Chase sends his calves to market at 500 to 550 pounds, after they are weaned and vaccinated. He prefers to band the bull calves at a few days old.

His children help in the operation by feeding any bottle calves, and his son, Dylan, helps with haying and the lawn mowing business.

When hay season is in session, Dylan does the raking while Chase does the baling.

Dylan has been driving a 1961 3010 John Deere tractor since he was 8 and helps feed large round bales to the herd when Chase is unavailable due to other duties.

Chase plans to expand his cattle operation and eventually work into an all registered black Angus herd.

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MO-KAN Livestock Auction - Butler

Not Reported †

South Central Regional Stockyards - Vienna

Not Reported †

Ozarks Regional Stockyards

53.00-108.00 †

Springfield Livestock Marketing Center

50

70

slaughter

90

110

130

cows

Norwood, Mo. • Producers Auction Yards Sheep/Goat

(Week of 3/29/20 to 4/4/20) Buffalo Livestock Market

48.00-69.00*

Douglas County Livestock Auction

29.00-72.00 †

Four State Stockyards

42.00-83.50*

Interstate Regional Stockyards - Cuba

Not Reported †

Joplin Regional Stockyards

22.50-74.00 †

Kingsville Livestock Auction

37.00-81.00 †

Mid Missouri Stockyards

30.00-68.00*

MO-KAN Livestock Market - Butler

Not Reported †

South Central Regional Stockyards - Vienna

Not Reported †

Ozarks Regional

10.00-81.00 †

Springfield Livestock

0

19.00-76.50 †

20

40

cow/calf

60

80

100

pairs

(Week of 3/29/20 to 4/4/20) Buffalo Livestock Market

1000.00-1400.00*

Douglas County Livestock Auction - Ava

None Reported †

Four State Stockyards - Exeter

None Reported*

Interstate Regional Stockyards - Cuba

Not Reported †

Joplin Regional Stockyards

Buffalo, Mo. • Buffalo Livestock Market

3/24/20

Receipts: 626 Compared to the February sale, slaughter lambs sold mostly steady to 20.00 higher. Slaughter ewes steady to 10.00 lower. Feeder kids and slaughter goats sold steady to 10.00 higher. Slaughter nannies sold steady on a light test, while slaughter billies sold steady to 20.00 higher. Supply was moderate to good. Demand was good. Supply included: 1% Feeder Sheep/Lambs (100% Hair Lambs); 77% Slaughter Sheep/Lambs (5% Wooled & Shorn, 83% Hair Breeds, 12% Hair Ewes, 0% Hair Bucks); 0% Replacement Sheep/ Lambs (100% Families); 7% Feeder Goats (100% Kids); 14% Slaughter Goats (64% Kids, 26% Nannies/Does, 5% Bucks/Billies, 6% Wethers); 0% Replacement Goats (100% Families).

Feeder Sheep/Lambs: Hair Lambs - Medium and Large 1-2: 175.00.

Slaughter Sheep/Lambs: Wooled & Shorn - Choice 1-3: 250.00.

Hair Breeds - Choice and Prime 1-3: 241.00-250.00.

Hair Breeds - Choice 1-3: 225.00-260.00.

Hair Breeds - Good and Choice 1-2: 220.00-245.00.

Hair Breeds - Good 1-2: 200.00-202.50.

Hair Ewes - Good 2-3: 97.50-127.50.

Hair Ewes - Utility and Good 1-3: 75.00-97.50.

Hair Ewes - Utility 1-2: 80.00-87.50.

1000.00 †

Mid Missouri Stockyards

Hair Bucks 1-2: 97.50-112.50.

Replacement Sheep/Lambs: Families - Medium and Large 1-2 w/20-40 lbs lamb: 1 Feeder Goats: Kids - Selection 1: 266.00-300.00.

Kids - Selection 1-2: 217.50-220.00.

Kids - Selection 2: 175.00-200.00.

Slaughter Goats: Kids - Selection 1: 280.00-317.50.

Kids - Selection 2: 205.00-232.50.

Nannies/Does - Selection 1: 150.00-160.00.

Nannies/Does - Selection 2: 177.50.

Nannies/Does - Selection 2: 110.00.

Bucks/Billies - Selection 1: 190.00-217.50.

Wethers - Selection 2: 220.00.

Replacement Goats: Families - Selection 1-2 w/20-40 lbs kid: 260.00.

National Sheep Summary

Compared to last week slaughter lambs and slaughter sharply lower. Feeder lambs not well tested. Trading demand greatly curtailed by the COVID-19 virus. At Angelo, TX 6841 head sold. No sales in Equity Elect Auction. In direct trading slaughter ewes and feeder were not tested. 5500 head of negotiated sales of slau lambs were steady. 3,161 lamb carcasses sold with al weights no trend due to confidentiality. All sheep sold hundred weight (CWT) unless otherwise specified.

Slaughter Lambs: Choice and Prime 2-3 90-160 lbs: San Angelo: wooled and shorn 100-185 lbs no report.

PA: wooled and shorn 100-115 lbs no report.

Ft.Collins, CO: wooled and shorn 135-165 lbs 150.050 152.00.

South Dakota: wooled and shorn 100-140 lbs 136.00-1 Kalona, IA: wooled and shorn 100-145 lbs no test.

Billings, MT: no test.

Missouri: wooled and shorn 100-130 lbs no test.

Equity Elec: no sales.

Slaughter Lambs: Choice and Prime 1-2: San Angelo: no report.

Pennsylvania: no report.

Kalona, IA: no test.

Ft. Collins: wooled and shorn 47 lbs 177.50; 56 lbs 175 lbs 172.50. hair no test.

Missouri: hair 40-50 lbs 247.50-275.00; 50-60 lbs 250.0 270.00; 60-70 lbs 255.00-272.00; 70-80 lbs 241.00-265. wooled and shorn 47 lbs 250.00; 60-80 lbs 260.00-277.0

stocker & feeder

1000.00-1300.00*

MO-KAN Livestock Auction - Butler

Not Reported †

Ozarks Regional Stockyards

750.00-1500.00 †

South Central Regional Stockyards - Vienna

Not Reported

Springfield Livestock Marketing Center

0

†

875.00-1185.00 †

500

1000

replacement

1500

cows

(Week of 3/29/20 to 4/4/20) Buffalo Livestock Market

2000 Steers, Med. & Lg. 1

Prices reported per cwt

700.00-1125.00*

Douglas County Livestock Auction - Ava Four State Stockyards - Exeter

800.00-825.00 † None Reported*

Interstate Regional Stockyards - Cuba Joplin Regional Stockyards

Not Reported † 475.00-1035.00 †

Kingsville Livestock Auction

None Reported †

Mid Missouri Stockyards

850.00-1125.00*

MO-KAN Livestock Auction - Butler

Not Reported †

Ozarks Regional Stockyards

Not Reported †

Springfield Livestock Market

450.00-1100.00 †

500

1000

1500

300-400 lbs.

400-500 lbs.

500-600 lbs.

600-700 lbs.

700-800 lbs.

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

400-500 lbs.

500-600 lbs.

600-700 lbs.

700-800 lbs.

Heifers, Med. & Lg. 1

350.00-1275.00 †

South Central Regional Stockyards - Vienna

14 14

3/28/20

Receipts: 1,359 Compared to last month, slaughter goats traded 25.0050.00 higher while slaughter lambs traded 5.00-10.00 lower. There were too few other classes of livestock, at the last reported sale, for an adequate comparison however undertones were steady to firm. Demand was good on a heavy supply of sheep and an moderate supply of goats. Supply included: 6% Feeder Sheep/Lambs (100% Hair Lambs); 54% Slaughter Sheep/Lambs (1% Wooled & Shorn, 84% Hair Breeds, 4% Ewes, 11% Hair Ewes, 1% Hair Bucks); 10% Replacement Sheep/ Lambs (51% Hair Ewes, 49% Families); 12% Feeder Goats (100% Kids); 15% Slaughter Goats (83% Kids, 15% Nannies/Does, 2% Bucks/Billies); 3% Replacement Goats (88% Nannies/Does, 12% Families).

Feeder Sheep/Lambs: Hair Lambs - Small and Medium 1-2: 185.00-215.00.

Slaughter Sheep/Lambs: Wooled & Shorn - Choice and Prime 1-3: 215.00.

Wooled & Shorn - Choice 1-3: 170.00.

Hair Breeds - Choice and Prime 1-3: 180.00-230.00.

Hair Breeds - Choice 1-3: 140.00-205.00.

Hair Breeds - Good and Choice 1-2: 100.00.

Ewes - Utility and Good 1-3: 50.00-70.00.

Hair Ewes - Utility and Good 1-3: 40.00-75.00.

Hair Bucks - 1-2: 60.00-115.00.

Replacement Sheep/Lambs:

475.00-1100.00 †

Kingsville Livestock Auction

0

cattle NONE REPORTED sheep & goats dairy

2000

300-400 lbs.

400-500 lbs.

500-600 lbs.

600-700 lbs.

700-800 lbs.

Ava Douglas County† 3/26/20

Buffalo Livestock Auction* 3/28/20

Butler Mo-Kan Livestock† -----

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438

650

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170.00-189.00 156.00-170.00 140.00-157.00 127.00-145.00 -----

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----145.00-153.00 127.00-138.00 105.00-114.00 -----

140.00-142.50 136.00-142.50 137.00-139.00 124.00-132.50 -----

138.00-151.00 120.00-156.00 112.00-138.00 111.00-129.00 -----

NOT REPORTED

30

669.00-114.50 †

3/30/20

5 Area (Tx-Ok, Ks, Neb, Ia, Colo, Nm, Mn) Live Basis Sales - Over 80% Choice Steers: 112.00-121.00; wtd. avg. price 119.25.

Heifers: 112.00-122.00; wtd. avg. price 118.95.

Dressed Basis Sales - Over 80% Choice Steers: 188.00-190.00; wtd. avg. price 189.09.

Heifers: 189.00-190.00; wtd. avg. price 189.16.

NOT REPORTED

10

cattle

Hair Ewes - Small and Medium 1-2: 80.00-105.00.

Hair Ewes - Small and Medium 2: 55.00-70.00.

Families - Small and Medium 1-2 w/<20 lbs lamb: 70.00-85.00.

Families - Small and Medium 2 w/<20 lbs lamb: 50.0075.00.

Feeder Goats: Kids - Selection 1: 230.00-440.00.

Kids - Selection 2: 185.00-230.00.

Kids - Selection 3: 160.00.

Slaughter Goats: Kids - Selection 1: 290.00-330.00.

Kids - Selection 1-2: 240.00-285.00.

Kids - Selection 2: 120.00-240.00.

Nannies/Does - Selection 1: 150.00-155.00.

Nannies/Does - Selection 2: 100.00-135.00.

Bucks/Billies - Selection 1: 135.00-137.50.

Replacement Goats: Nannies/Does - Selection 1: 155.00-205.00.

Nannies/Does - Selection 2: 75.00-130.00.

Families - Selection 1 w/<20 lbs kid: 85.00.

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Four State Stockyards* 3/24/20

prices Joplin Regional Stockyards† 3/23/20

Kingsville Livestock Auction† 3/24/20

1

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1,545

1,795

1,156

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10-25 Higher

7-20 Higher

4-10

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163.00-182.50 162.00-182.50 145.00-163.00 135.00-150.00 115.00-135.75

172.00-195.00 162.00-186.00 148.00-176.00 145.00-152.00 121.00-139.00

----176.00 160.00 153.50-160.00 137.50-158.35

160.0 152.0 140.0 130.0 124.0

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120.00-155.00 120.00-146.00 121.00-137.00 115.00-134.35 108.00-124.00

160.00-162.00 143.00-162.00 131.00-149.00 122.00-136.00 113.00-121.00

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7.50; 56 lbs 175.00; 69

50-60 lbs 250.00bs 241.00-265.00. bs 260.00-277.00.

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.00 .50

3/27/20

Cheese: Barrels closed at $1.3400 and 40# blocks at $1.5900. The weekly average for barrels is $1.4125 (-.0375) and blocks, $1.7545 (-.1090).

Fluid Milk/Cream: Across the country, milk production is steady to seasonally higher. Retail gallon bottling demand is still well above normal levels, but has pulled back from the apex of consumer purchases. Some industry contacts feel the bottling pipeline has filled up and milk is starting to spill back into other processing channels. Manufacturers report plenty of milk for processing needs. Spot milk load prices are $4 under to $2 over Class III in the Central region. And although heavily discounted milk loads have been common in Idaho

Mid Missouri Stockyards* 3/26/20

Springfield Livestock Marketing† 3/25/20

Vienna South Central† -----

West Plains Ozarks Regional† 3/24/20

1109

1,073

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805

4-10 Higher

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NOT REPORTED

es

dairy & fed cattle

National Dairy Market

-----

7-15 Higher

160.00-195.00 152.00-192.00 140.00-168.00 130.00-149.00 124.00-140.00

----164.50-167.50 149.00-177.50 134.50-152.00 133.00-140.50

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163.00 153.50-162.00 -------------

140.00-160.00 134.00-150.00 122.00-140.00 115.00-128.00 110.00-120.00

----130.00-148.00 125.00-134.50 116.00-130.50 115.00-120.00

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170.00-175.00 156.00-177.50 144.00-162.00 138.00-150.00 125.00-135.75

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3.46

3.46

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heifers 550-600 LBS. Ava Kingsville

Butler Springfield

163.13 172.39 162.12

Joplin West Plains

145.50 * 141.56 150.07 134.82

167.71

149.61

160.61

135.89

*

122.50 **

** 143.53 155.88 166.00 153.47

126.31 145.30 * 129.35 **

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135.29

163.92 **

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135.63 149.65 *

124.90 128.00 119.00

140.07

122.49 *

140.06 *

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152.18 160.00 154.44

5.83 5.61

Cuba Vienna

142.99 Week of 3/1/20

157.50

* Price per cwt

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Joplin West Plains

168.44

Week Ended 3/27/20 Corn Sorghum*

Soft Wheat

Cuba Vienna

159.71

avg. grain prices Soybeans

Butler Springfield

Week of 3/8/20

-2:

Sows Negotiated Purchase (Including Packer Sold) Sows Purchased (Live and Carcass Basis): 4,341 300-399 lbs: 21.00-49.00.

400-449 lbs: 21.00-47.75.

450-499 lbs: 21.00-48.50.

500-549 lbs: 36.75-49.25.

550/up lbs: 38.25-50.00.

The transitions of seasons never fails to surprise those of us in Missouri. In the past week the state has seen everything from a short lived heavy snowfall, thunderstorms and flash flooding, and beautiful blue sky sunny days in the 70ís. Grass is enjoying the moisture and overall warmer temperatures and growing well. Many cattle farmers especially in the south are getting very near to turning out as most cattle arenít caring much for hay anymore. The continuing rains every few days has made it near impossible to fertilize pastures and hayfields and that is becoming concerning. Field work for any spring planting has been at a standstill since the first weekend of the month when there was a short window and several got some anhydrous down. The supply of hay is moderate, demand is light, and prices are steady. The Missouri Department of Agriculture has a hay directory available for both buyers and sellers. To be listed, or to view the directory visit http://mda.mo.gov/abd/haydirectory/ for listings of hay http:// agebb.missouri.edu/haylst/ (All prices f.o.b. and per ton unless specified and on most recent reported sales.

Supreme quality Alfalfa (RFV <185): 180.00-200.00. Small squares 7.00-9.00 per bale.

Premium quality Alfalfa (RFV 170-180): 160.00-180.00.

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

Fair quality Alfalfa (RFV 130-150): 100.00-125.00.

Good quality Mixed Grass hay: 80.00-120.00. Small squares 6.008.00 per bale (some alfalfa/grass mix).

Fair to Good quality Mixed Grass hay: 60.00-80.00. Small squares 3.00-6.00 per bale.

Fair quality Mixed Grass hay: 35.00-50.00 per large round bale.

25.00-40.00 per 4x5 round bale.

Good quality Bromegrass: 80.00-120.00.

Fair to Good quality Bromegrass: 50.00-80.00.

Wheat hay: 40.00-55.00 per large round bale.

Wheat straw: 3.00-6.00 per small square bale.

Ava Kingsville

Week of 3/15/20

s no test.

3/30/20

3/27/20

steers 550-600 LBS.

Week of 3/22/20

40 lbs 136.00-146.00. lbs no test.

Western Cornbelt Daily Direct Sow & Boar Report

hay & grain markets

Mo. Weekly Hay Summary

$100

Week of 3/1/20

3/27/20

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165 lbs 150.050-

3/30/20

Negotiated Purchase (Including Packer Sold) Barrows & Gilts (carcass basis): Not Reported.

Compared to Prior Day’s closing weighted average (LM_ HG208): 1.67 lower.

Price Range: Not Reported Wtd Avg: $56.15.

5 Day Rolling Avg: $58.95.

$145

Week of 3/8/20

Western Cornbelt Daily Direct Hog Report

$190

Week of 3/15/20

Receipts This Week: 110,753 Early weaned pigs steady to 1.00 per head higher. All feeder pigs 4.00 per head lower. Demand moderate for moderate offerings. Receipts include 39% formulated prices.

Volume By State Or Province Of Origin: Missouri 5.5% Total Composite Weighted Average Receipts and Price (Formula and Cash): All Early Weaned Pigs: 106,478 at 25.73.

All 40 Pound Feeder Pigs: 4,275 at 46.36.

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throughout the winter and early spring, some contacts report a few loads of milk were sold at 25 cents above Class III price to round out processing needs. Heavy Class I sales are thought to be pulling milk away from other processors, but it is also contributing to a flood of cream on the market. Cream made available from bottling, coupled with the erosion of food service butter demand, are raising cream supply levels. Some industry contacts are concerned that a few cream processors may opt out of contracts, resulting in further pressure on cheese plants and farmers. This week, there were a few heavily discounted loads of cream moving from the West to the East and the Midwest. Cream multiples for all classes are 1.10 to 1.18 in the East; 1.08 to 1.25 in the Central U.S.; and 0.80 to 1.20 in the West.

SPOT PRICES OF CLASS II CREAM: $ PER POUND BUTTERFAT, F.O.B., producing plants, Midwestern U.S. - $1.9694 - $2.1594.

Week of 3/22/20

hog markets

National Direct Delivered Feeder Pig Report

.50.

550-600 lb. steers

$235

-40 lbs lamb: 190.00.

0.00.

24 Month Avg. -

$280

137.33 135.00 128.30 **

**

135.00

150.66

3.47 125

143 161 179 197 215 * No price reported in weight break **USDA Failed To Report *** No Sale - Holiday

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126

142

158

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190

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meet your neighbors

Rebels with a Cause

By Julie Turner-Crawford

The Heilig family is sold on Dexter cattle and the Ozarks Trips to the Ozarks from Colorado kept getting a little longer for the Heilig family.

At first, it was for a day or two, then a week, then two weeks. After a couple of years, Matt and Carmine Heilig decided it was time to make the move to Southwest Missouri. They packed up their family and moved to a farm in rural Niangua, Mo., in 2019.

The family initially began a herd of miniature Herefords for beef and Nubian goats for milk in Colorado, but they realized those animals were not what they wanted. After a little research they went to the dual-purpose Dexter. The breed is a smaller-framed animal that does well on a forage-based diet and produces component-rich milk.

“We also like the Dexters because they are so gentle,” Carmine said of their 30head herd. “We have eight kids (ages 17 to 1), so we wanted something small and compact that would feed our family and something we could milk. Dexters are hands down the best family cow.”

In addition to the beef and dairy aspects of the breed, the Heiligs appreciate the reduced inputs required.

“They actually eat less than our mini Herefords and put on weight,” Carmine said. “We’re taking steers into the butcher weighing 850, 900 pounds.”

Steers and non-productive females go into the family’s beef program.

“Our steers are typically 24 months old at processing,” Carmine said. “Our rule of thumb is processing at 30 days after the grass comes in. We find the sugar in that initial green grass flavors the meat, but you’re not getting that gamey, grassy taste. We will also process in early fall, but we like the early spring.”

They also offer rose veal. Carmine explained rose veal is produced from calves that are 10 months of age at slaughter and have remained with their dam until processing.

“It’s an ethical way to have veal,” she

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Photo by Julie Turner-Crawford

Carmine Heilig, left, said having a dual-purpose cattle breed that thrives on a forage-based diet was important to her and her husband Matt. They also wanted an animal that was docile enough for their children to work with and show, so they opted for Dexters. Also pictured is Carmine’s 10-year-old daughter Abby.

said. “People hear veal and think cruelty, but they don’t understand that’s not what we do.”

Animals at Rebel Dexter Cattle Company graze, and receive baleage made up of fescue, winter wheat and rye, which was not available to them in Colorado, along with minerals. No grain is offered.

“We can feed them at a lower cost and still get a good, high-quality beef with a lot of marbling,” Carmine said. “We’re also getting plenty of milk and other dairy products for our table.”

Calves are allowed to remain with the cows until weaning, which is generally at 7 to 8 months of age, which the Heiligs feel gives calves optimal growth and a strong immune system.

At milking, the family brings both the cow and calf into a stanchion area. The calf is allowed to nurse one side of the udder, while the other half is milked by hand. Cows are milked once a day.

“We’re still getting about a half a gallon a day, per cow,” Carmine said.

“We’re milking five right now, which is enough for us to have milk and start

making some cheese. They all know their names and will come to the gate when we call them. They wait for their halter and come to get milked.”

Leaving calves with the cows also reduces labor inputs.

“If we want to take a vacation, we just leave the calves with the cows. We can pick milking back up when we come back.

We don’t have to worry about mastitis or milk fever,” Carmine explained. “These are very practical cows. The motto for the Purebred Dexter Cattle Association is ‘the ideal family cow.’ They really are because here in Southwest Missouri, you’re looking at one cow per 2 acres. If you split that up into 1-acre paddocks and rotate them, that cow will do just fine. Grain will never be a part of our operation because our cattle are fat and happy, and milk production is great.”

Because they want fresh milk yearround, the herd calves year around.

“We dry them off about two months before their next calf is due,” Carmine explained. “We try to keep between four and five in milk at all times because we can sell the milk.”

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They currently have four raw milk customers. Carmine said milk produced by Dexters is almost equivalent to a Jersey.

“It’s been described as ice cream in a cup,” she added. “The nice thing about Dexters is the fat globules in their milk are similar to goat milk, so they are smaller and more digestible. People who have problems with dairy can tolerate it and it’s real cows’ milk.”

When the family moved to their 40acre farm, there were no fences. The Heiligs are in the process of fencing more of their property, but because Dexters are a lower-input animal, their herd is grazing about 8 acres. While that may seem inadequate for a 30-head herd of cattle, Carmine said the Dexters are thriving, thanks to a rotational grazing system and forage improvements, as well as the added baleage.

“We’re back seeding with some different grasses, trying to get a little less fescue,” Matt said. “We want to have a good mix of grasses in our pasture, like some brome.”

Producing a high-quality animal that does well on forages is key for the Rebel operation.

“We don’t breed for color or A2 milk,” Carmine said. “We breed for conformation. They have to have a good udder, they have to be a good mom, and they have to be thrifty. They have to get fat on what we provide. On the cattle we sell, it’s all about conformation. If it’s not good enough to be in our herd, it goes to the butcher. We’re careful with our genetics and test every calf to make sure the dam and sire are verified to the baby to keep a good lineage track.”

The Heiligs run a closed herd and work closely with their veterinarian to maintain herd health.

“Because we are an all-natural, grassfed, non-GMO herd, we do not do any vaccinations, except for bangs. We do calfhood because we do ship some cattle out of state,” Matt said.

APRIL 6, 2020

meet your neighbors If an animal is purchased, it is quarantined for 30 to 60 days and examined by their veterinarian before being introduced into the herd.

Cattle are observed daily. If a health concern is noted, that animal is quickly quarantined. If an animal does require treatment, it is pulled from the milking rotation, and no animal is processed until the withdrawal period of medication has passed.

“We’re treating the animal to keep it alive,” Carmine said. “We had a calf we treated at 2 weeks old with penicillin and LA 300. By the time that calf is 24 months old, that is all gone.”

All cows are bred via natural cover, but instead of their herd bull running with the cows at all times, heat sensors are utilized to indicate when a female is ready to breed.

The female is then taken to the bull. They prefer to breed females for the first time at about 15 to 18 months. Smaller females or those with chondrodysplasia are not bred until 18 to 24 months.

They have utilized AI in the past and plan to again use the practice with stored semen to introduce new genetics. They hope to begin retaining more of their heifers with the reintroduction of AI. Matt is the president of the Missouri Dexter Breeders Association and Carmine is the secretary. They stump for the breed whenever possible.

“Our neighbor raises Angus, but his wife has always wanted a milk cow. She has been a little intimidated by the size and how much milk a dairy cow gives,” Carmine said. “She’s come over and milked our cows and they like the size and demeanor of our cows. If Dexters don’t work out for someone, they still have a great beef animal.”

“Our fuel right now is for the next generation to know where their food comes from and be able to buy direct from farm to table,” Matt said.

Going Dexters and moving to Missouri has allowed the Heiligs their ideal farming life, and the name of their farm helps tell their story.

“We kind of went against everything you’re supposed to do. We bought a farm instead of buying a house in town. We have eight kids. We’ve kind of rebelled against everything society has told us to do.”

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Operating Expense Ratio: Total Farm Operating Expenses divided by Gross Farm Revenues – This is used by many decision makers including bankers, brokers and investors to help identify expense efficiencies.

Depreciation Expense Ratio: Depreciation Expense divided by Gross Farm Revenues – Recognize that these can vary greatly because of different depreciation methods used and the different types of depreciable assets used in production.

Interest Expense Ratio: Total Farm Interest Expense divided by Gross Farm Revenues – Generally, if this ratio exceeds 20 percent, it is an indication the operation has an unsustainable debt load.

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Improving forages can improve the overall efficacy of a herd and help increase profits When raising cattle, the efficiency of the herd is an important component. At the end of the day, efficient cattle will help improve the bottom line.

Management strategies can aid producers in improving the efficiency of their herd. Pasture management is an excellent place to begin.

Before making any drastic changes to the pasture management plan, it helps to fully understand what efficiency in the cattle herd means.

Dr. Shane Gadberry, ruminant nutrition specialist with the University of Arkansas Extension, said in a broad definition, efficiency is the ratio of outputs to inputs.

“For cow/calf producers, we could look at the ratio of total pounds weaned and its economic value as the output(s) and grazeable acres and its costs for production as inputs,” he said.

Grazeable acres are fixed, he went on to say, but forage production per unit of land can vary by forage resources, grazing management, soil fertility and weather. Ideally, producers can improve cattle efficiency by improving their grazable acres.

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Plant Complementary Forages

One pasture improvement that can be made to help increase efficiency is planting forages that are complementary to each other.

Clover and fescue are examples of forages that may have a corresponding effect – in more ways than one.

“Clovers in fescue could contribute to more total pounds of calf weaned by dilution of fescue toxin intake,” Gadberry explained. “It may also help reduce costs of production because of nitrogen fixation.”

Patrick Davis, livestock field specialist with the University of Missouri Extension, also highlighted the benefits of adding legumes like clover to improve a producer’s pasture.

“Legumes are higher quality than grasses because of the lower stem-toleaf ratio,” he said. “This results in lower neutral detergent fiber and increased protein concentrations. This combination improves forage intake, cattle performance and profit potential.”

Extend the Grazing Season

If producers can graze their cattle longer before introducing hay and supplemental feed in the winter, they can reduce their inputs. Ensuring a mix of forages are present in the pasture can help.

“Systems that have a good balance of warm-season and cool-season forages help support a longer grazing season,” Gadberry said. “This reduces the costs associated with hay production and feeding. If you can produce the same or more total pounds weaned with fewer hay feeding days, there is an improvement in the system’s efficiency.”

Understand the Trade-offs

Like many things in agriculture, pasture and herd efficiency improvements can be a give and take.

“Grazing systems often have a trade-off in animal level efficiency. This trade-off is influenced by stocking rate and forage utilization. Individual animal performance is sometimes compromised in intensive rotational grazing systems because cattle don’t have as much freedom to selectively graze,” Gadberry explained. “However,

“The equipment has changed over the last 50 years.

They have made it to where one guy can feed a lot of cows.”

“You don’t have to have near as many people doing the farming as we used to. To be profitable in farming, the less labor you have, the better off you are in it.”

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the benefit in rotational grazing is better utilization of forages. With growing cattle, we sometimes observe continuous grazing systems producing greater individual animal average daily gain but the rotational system producing more total pounds of weight gain per acre. This is because the rotational grazing system often allows us to increase the number of cattle we are grazing and (or) graze for more total days.”

Even though a producer might be moving toward a rotational grazing system to make pasture improvements for their herd in order to achieve greater poundage per acre, it doesn’t mean they should run right out and buy more cows.

“Any producer moving from continuous to rotational grazing shouldn’t increase their herd size at the same time they implement rotational grazing.

Start with the rotational grazing first,” Gadberry cautioned. “This will allow the forages and soil to recover from over-grazing or intensive patch grazing in the continuous system before extra animals are added to a rotational grazing system in an improved pasture.”

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There’s more technology, bigger and better equipment for the crop producers.”

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Feeding for Fly Control

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Producers can reduce fly issues through feed management Flies are an almost constant nuisance in the agriculture industry.

Horn flies cause an estimated $730 million production loss in cattle annually, facilitate weight loss and can reduce milk production by 4-12 percent. Face flies can contribute to pinkeye and other eye issues, and those are just two species of flies. Wherever a producer falls on the spectrum, a pest control program of some kind is essential and feed through fly control can be an efficient option.

Feed through fly control works in one of two ways – either as insect growth regulators (IGR) or as larvicides.

“Insect Growth Regulators have a mode of action that essentially breaks the growth cycle of fly larvae, prevent-

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ing them from growing any more. S-methoprene is the most common chemical agent used as an insect growth regulator,” Andy McCorkill, livestock field specialist with the University of Missouri Extension, explained. “The biggest drawback to IGR is that the chemical action is species specific, meaning that it controls only one species of fly. Smethoprene, for example, is labeled for control of horn flies, yet does nothing to aid in the control of face flies or stable flies. Larvicides act slightly differently; they lead to some sort of structural issue within the fly larvae that leads to premature death, subsequently keeping them from reproducing. Many of the common larvicides are organophosphates, similar

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Feed through fly control must be used properly for it to be effective, and timing is critical. If a producer waits until flies are already amassed on the herd, they have waited too long. McCorkill explained that most feed through products are recommended to be fed a month before fly season really kicks in (right about now for the Ozarks) and approximately a month after fly season has ended. It is also important to make sure that animals are eating enough of the product.

“Resistance typically is caused by exposure to less than lethal dosages over time and there have been reports of resistance to feed through organophosphates, just the same as with spray or tag application, so some rotation of active ingredients from time to time could be advisable,” he said.

While properly managed feed through fly control can be a wonderful option for producers, the best pest control plan is typically an integrated system – feed through products are just one spoke on the wheel.

Rotational grazing (which can interrupt the life cycle of flies and other pests/ parasites) and manure management can also help reduce the fly count.

“The work of feed through products is really done in the manure pile,” McCorill said. “One strategy to further combat flies in combination with feed through products is to run a drag or harrow over the pastures a few days after the first feeding date of the fly control product to break up old manure without any active ingredient in it to help reduce fly propagation.”

Even if a producer is on point with their fly control, the next-door neighbors may be contributing to the problem.

“Flies don’t recognize boundary fences, just host animals. If your herd is up against a neighbor’s herd that doesn’t have a fly management plan in place, then the best management in the world can’t keep the flies away,” McCorkill said. “Fortunately, horn flies don’t travel very far from their host or manure, so a relatively short separation distance is needed for them.”

If possible, producers can utilize a rotational grazing system that breaks their pasture into smaller paddocks, so their herd is not constantly up against the neighbor’s herd.

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Increasing Gains

By Klaire Howerton

Knowing what you’re feeding is key to weight gain in calves Increased weaning weights are a production component that many producers in the Ozarks strive to achieve.

Some strategies pay off and others, not so much. Research and record keeping are keys to tracking results and making appropriate decisions.

Dr. Shane Gadberry, ruminant nutrition specialist with the University of Arkansas Extension, explained that cattle producers may want to increase weight gain of calves beyond what forage alone will support.

“Unlike systems level efficiency, individual animal efficiency is usually based on the ratio of weight gain and intake.

For practical purposes we talk about feed conversion ratio which is intake per unit of weight gain,” he said.

When looking at feed conversion, the ratio can be total conversion or partial conversion. Total conversion, Gadberry said, is based on total intake and total weight gain, whereas partial conversion is often used in supplemental feed evaluation when looking at the additional feed required for each additional pound of gain.

Both total and partial conversion can be somewhat difficult to determine with the number of operation specific grazing systems, so Gadberry highly recommended that producers dig deep and look for research that fits their individual scenario.

Feed conversion will be based upon forage quality and quantity that is available, and this will in turn determine if additional inputs to try and achieve added gain are worthwhile.

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stricted, the partial feed conversion ratio for supplements will be poor,” Gadberry said.

He shared an example from a recent study performed by the University of Arkansas Extension regarding creepfed calves in the spring that were on ryegrass pasture with their dams.

The partial conversion ratio of that creep feed was nearly 15:1 (15 pounds of feed to one additional pound of weight gain). It wouldn’t be cost effective to try to add weight gain with creep feed in that situation because both forage quality and quantity was very good.

The study also looked at scenarios where forage quality and quantity were lower.

“We also fed the same type creep feed in summer during a drought year. Our creep feed conversion was closer to 4:1 in that situation because forage quality was moderate and forage availability was poor,” Gadberry said.

Fescue, one of the primary forages grown in the Ozarks, can present challenges to feed conversion and weight gain. If creep fed calves are also grazing toxic endophyte infected fescue, their conversion ration can be 6-7:1. Warm season grasses during a time of limited forage availability, combined with grain, can offer a better feed conversion and better weight gain.

Some producers might consider growth implants for improved weight gain or combining growth implants with supplemental feed.

Gadberry said research is showing promising results in a study comparing steers grazing on toxic fescue alone to steers that have the technologies and supplements.

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information to be announced – contact your local extension center for more information 8 Spring Lawn Management Online Session – 6-9 p.m. – Free session –

Clinton, Mo. – contact Travis Harper at harpertw@missouri.edu or

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Center, Springfield, Mo. – 785-672-7449 18 The Great American Pie Limousin Sale – Laclede County Livestock Pavilion,

Lebanon, Mo. – 402-350-3447 – RESCHEDULED TO MAY 30 18 East Central Missouri Angus Association Sale – Cuba, Mo. – 314-393-2885 18 Owen Brothers Cattle Company Diamond & Spurs Sim-Genetics Spring Sale – at the Farm, Bois D’ Arc, Mo. – 417-830-6252 18 New Day Genetics Ranch Ready Bull Sale – Cunningham Livestock

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