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St. Clair County, Mo., native tapped for MDA post: Garrett Hawkins has been named the new deputy director of the Missouri Department of Agriculture. Prior to joining the department, Garrett served as the national legislative programs director for Missouri Farm Bureau for 14 years. Garrett was raised on a diversified family farm near Appleton City, Mo. Garrett, his wife, Jennifer, and their children, Adelyn, Colton and Tate, moved to the farm last summer to be more involved in their family’s operation.

Teens selected for academy: Several teens from the Ozarks have been selected to participate in the 29th annual Missouri Agribusiness Academy. Students from the Ozarks selected to attend the academy include: Brody Brown, Rolla; Alexandra Gast, Nevada; Callie Keaton, Anderson; Brenden Kleiboeker, Stotts City; Matthew Morgan, Lamar; and Paige Wait, Moundville. Only 30 students from around the state are selected for the academy annually.

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Auction benefits students: The Fourth Annual Crowder College Calf Auction, which was held at the Joplin Regional Stockyards on April 5 raised more than $13,000 for scholarships and activities of Crowder agriculture and veterinary technology students.

FFA members from the Ozarks named to state officer team: During the 89th Missouri FFA Convention, FFA members from the Ozarks were named to the 2017-2018 state officer team. Chad Laxton of Miller was named a State FFA Vice President, as was Chance Wallace of Seneca. In other convention news, Jacob Noblitt of Bolivar was State Star in Agriscience; Ellie Wantland of Niangua was the State Star in Placement; Cole Diggins of Moundville won the Beef Production – Entrepreneurship Proficiency Award; Ashton Atteberry of Conway won the Dairy Production – Entrepreneurship Proficiency; Audrey McClellan of Willow Springs won the Dairy ProductionPlacement Proficiency; Cheyenne Detherow of Ozark won the Equine Management-Entrepreneurship Proficiency; Miranda K Lightfoot of Bolivar won the Food Science and Technology Proficiency; Kasen Pitts of Sheldon won the Production-Placement Proficiency; Grace Mckenzie Box of Neosho won the Nursery Operations Proficiency; Jacob David Blank of Richland, won the Outdoor Recreation Entrepreneurship and Placement Combined Proficiency; and Tate Henderson of Pierce City won the Wildlife Management Proficiency.

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Town & Country features Steve Bolain

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Chis and Brittany Shouse began fulfilling a dream with 10 cows

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After some renovations, the Schnake family is back in the poultry business

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FARM HELP 23 The art of construction 25 Providing shelter can improve animal health

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rom time to time, I like to look back and reflect on the manyrechanges vonwothat rC yhave rreJ yB taken place in the cattle industry over the past 50 years. At times, it seems almost unrecognizable to me, as we’re now Jerry Crownover farms confronted with embryo transfer, sexed semen, gein Lawrence County. He nomic testing, DNA analysis, and EPDs for every is a former professor of trait imaginable, just to mention a few. Most of the Agriculture Education at Missouri State University, advancements have benefited cattlemen immenseand is an author and ly, but….. when I was a youngster, there was not a professional speaker. veterinarian on duty at the livestock auction barn.

To contact Jerry, go to When a cow came in the auction ring and ozarksfn.com and click a bidder wanted to know if she was pregnant, on ‘Contact Us.’ the seller might holler out that she either was or wasn’t. If the seller wasn’t in attendance or mute (or of questionable character) the ringman would simply coax the cow up into a V, created by the sorting gate and sales ring, and perform the “bumping technique.”

For those unfamiliar with the term, the ringman would press against the lower side of the animal, directly behind the ribs, with the backs of his fingers and an extended thumb, in an effort to feel for the presence of an unborn calf. At our little auction, the ringman and salebarn owner, T.D. Crawford, would proclaim either, “Yep, there’s a calf in there,” (meaning she was in the second trimester) or, “Yep, she’s close,” (meaning she could calve anytime from that night, to three months from then). If he simply shook his head, it meant he couldn’t feel a calf. I never knew him to be wrong.

Many years after that, auction barns were required to have a veterinarian or their assistant available to palpate the cows to determine their stage of pregnancy. After gloving up and entering the cow from the business end, the good doctor would then apply a glued-on sticker to identify such pregnancy. A blue tag meant she was in the first trimester; a red tag proclaimed her in the second stage; a green tag placed her in the last three-month period — Continued on Page 5

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elcome to May! May is one of my favorite months of the year because it’s is National Beef Month, which Julie Turner-Crawford gives me an excellent excuse to is a native of Dallas tell my husband to get the grill ready to go beCounty, Mo., where she cause we are throwing steaks or burgers on and grew up on her family’s soaking up some warmer weather. Coincidently, farm. She is a graduate May is also National Barbecue Month, so I hope of Missouri State to celebrate all month long.

University. To contact Some say eating beef isn’t healthy, I, and many Julie, call 1-866-532-1960 other folks, beg to differ. or by email at editor@ Organizations like the National Cattlemen’s ozarksfn.com.

Beef Association advocate for beef by stumping on its health attributes, but cattlemen aren’t the only ones who sing the praises of beef. Multiple studies have shown beef provides 10 essential nutrients, including B12, zinc, niacin and riboflavin; all of which are needed to give a body fuel.

I recently came across a great article published on the website authoritynutriton. com that addresses why meat is actually good for you. The site’s contributors are licensed nutritionists, and some have PhDs in nutrition. In his article entitled, 7 Reasons Not to Avoid Meat, the CEO and founder of the site, Kris Gunnars, who is a nutrition researcher and holds a degree in medicine, dispelled many of the misconceptions about meat and beef.

One of my favorite arguments he presented for meat consumption is that the human digestive system is well equipped to make full use of the fats, proteins and nutrients found in meat.

“The truth is that humans are omnivores,” Gunnars wrote. “We function best eating both animals and plants.”

Gunnars also said humans have a much shorter digestive system than herbivores and don’t have the specialized organs to digest cellulose, the main fiber in plants. In fact, he wrote, humans have been eating meat for 1.5 millions years. I guess we can say meat consumption is part of our DNA. — Continued on Next Page

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just a thought Across the Fence Continued from Previous Page My maternal great-grand mother was in her mid 90s when she passed, and she cooked with lard, drank milk, loved ice cream, beef and pork, and ate cornbread just about everyday of her life. I’m sure she had been told her diet wasn’t good for her, but it served her well for nearly a century, and who am I to argue with my Granny?

Anti-agriculture groups claim the beef industry is bad for the environment, screaming that cattle production is responsible for the destruction of rain forests and consumes a massive amount of resources. There was even a documentary made about the “destructive cattle industry” staring a major Hollywood actor. I haven’t seen it, and I am making no plans to do so, but I hear it is quite scathing; claiming cow burps, manure and flatulence are killing the planet. Critics of the movie have said it was purely and effort to promote veganism.

One of the weapons anti-agriculture organizations bring to the fight against farmers is a 2006 study, Livestock’s Long Shadow. It claimed meat production was responsible for 18 percent of greenhouse gas emissions – more than transportation. However, a U.S. scientist found a couple of flaws in the research.

Dr. Frank Mitloehner, from the University of California at Davis said meat and milk production generates less greenhouse gas than most environmentalists claim and the emissions figures were calculated differently to the transportion figures, resulting in an “apples-and-oranges

Life Is Simple Continued from Page 3 before calving. The system is good, but only to the degree of skill possessed by the technician. Several years ago, I bought forty, red-tag cows during the month of June. The first one calved two weeks after I unloaded them and the last one calved in February, and their calving was pretty evenly spaced for seven months.

Having recently related that story to a neighbor, he declared that the place where he purchased replacement cows had instituted ultrasound technology to determine MAY 1, 2017

analogy that truly confused the issue.”

The meat figure had been reached by adding all greenhouse-gas emissions associated with meat production, including fertilizer production, land clearance, methane emissions and vehicle use on farms, whereas the transportation figure had only included the burning of fossil fuels. I’m pretty sure the producers of the documentary left out Dr. Mitloehner’s findings.

Another point left out of the debate is that Americans love their beef.

In 2015, U.S. beef production (commercial carcass weight) was 23.69 billion pounds, and the total U.S. beef consumed was 24.807 billion pounds, and consumers were willing to pay as much as $6.29 a pound for it, according to the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association. Not only do Americans love beef, there’s a demand for it around the world. The top export markets for 2015 for U.S. beef were Japan, Mexico, Canada, South Korea, Hong Kong and the Middle East.

So beef producers, in the month of May, give yourself a pat on the back; you’re helping to feed beef lovers around the world.

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Ronald Schlientz’s father found Beefmasters when searching for Brahman-cross females Ronald Schlientz was born into farming. He has lived on the Circle Y Ranch in Webster County, near Seymour, Mo., since 1962.

The ranch consists of 123 acres.

Ronald’s father, Harry, moved to Missouri from North Platte, Neb. Harry passed away in December 2016.

Beefmaster cattle are the breed of choice on the Circle Y Ranch.

“Years ago, so I’m told, we had Charolais,” Ronald said. “Dad was looking for a Brahman-cross cow. An old friend of his

with just one breed and he decided to go with the Beefmaster.”

Although Ronald thinks many people in the area are “prejudiced” against the breed, he said, “Most of the people we’ve sold to always come back. So I’d like to think a few minds have changed about it.”

He believes the prejudice stems from a time when Brahman had a bad reputation, and Beefmaster is part Brahman.

Ronald likes the disposition of Beefmaster. He said, “I would rather have a little worse number on the underline and Photo by Brenda Brinkley

Ronald Schlientz loves the disposition of the Beefmaster breed, as well as its calving ease.

said he knew somebody in Colorado who a good disposition, than a beautiful cow had Brahman cattle. So Dad said, ‘Go get with a bad disposition. Dad said when he me some.’ This is when he lived in North was young, he was too mad to have an anPlatte. The guy showed up with Beefmas- gry animal. Then he got too old to have ters.” Neither Harry or his friend knew an angry animal.”

The best thing Ronald believes what a Beefmaster was, but they’ve done to improve their herd his friend knew they were a was to improve and pay close attenBrahman-cross, and said “this tion to the underline. old boy’s culls are probably bet“The further south you go, for ter than most people’s keepers.” some reason, it seems they At one point, they had Her- Seymour, Mo. don’t care about the uneford, Brahman and Beefmasderline as much,” he said. ter cattle. Ronald said, “Dad “That surprises me because made the decision to stick MAY 1, 2017

you have more burrs and issues with insecticides and herbicides. With any breed, the lower the underline, the more problems you can have. The longer the sheath, the easier it is to get pesticide or herbicide poisoning.”

He also wants a “good, straight topline.”

“If you get anything with a swoop back, you’re going to have back issues,” Ronald explained. “If it’s straight, they will have a better stance.”

Ronald has 23 cows and four bulls. He would love to expand.

“I wouldn’t mind having another 200 to 300 acres, or more. But I don’t think I’d ever want to get over 50 head of cattle,” he said. “I wouldn’t mind expanding and raising my own hay.”

Now he buys hay from two different people. One is a fescue-mix hay and the other is a fescue-mix brome, with a little clover and a little Johnson grass.

Besides disposition, Ronald said the Beefmaster breed has low birth weights.

“We usually get real small calves, but they grow fast,” he added. “They have real good vigor underneath them. Some people put a Beefmaster bull on their Angus cattle and then they’ll buy Beefmaster cattle and put an Angus bull with them.

They can run two herds that way. They usually get a little bit bigger calves when it comes time for sale. They say that’s because there’s three different breeds of cattle in the Beefmaster and it gives them a little bit more vigor. If you have something that’s one breed continually, sometimes it loses that. If you put a crossbreed in, you can pick it back up again.”

Shorthorn, Brahman and Hereford combine to make the Beefmaster breed.

Looking to the future, Ronald would like to increase his herd. He would also like to have some Angus cows and put a Beefmaster bull with them, just to put a cross out there.

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A new market for eggs prompts Schnake Farms to go back into the poultry business After more than two decades in family organization. We came across Vithe broiler chicken business, the tal (Farms) and they seemed to fit the Schnake family sold their flock criteria,” Andrew said.

The Schnakes criteria included humane and closed its poultry barns.

“We got out of it completely. We animal treatment, a good product for conneeded a little bit of a break,” Andrew sumers, and a healthy flock. In August, the Schnake explained. Andrew, along with Schnakes joined Vital Farms and jumped his brother, Nathan Schnake and their back into the poultry business. Vital Farms father, Roger Schnake, work together to is the leading producer of pasture-raised operate Schnake Family Farms in Stotts eggs and partners with more than 100 farms across the country.

City, Mo. The family leaned on the expertise of There was still plenty to keep the Schnake family busy on their 550-acre Vital Farms to transform their barns and farm. Beef cattle, row crops and jobs off land into a farm prepared for laying hens.

“They (Vital Farms) came out and the farm provided more than enough work for the Schnakes. Still, the Schnakes looked at the farm, helped us set up the felt they wanted to venture back into the pasture paddocks, and guided us about the laying equipment. Because we had poultry business – somehow, someway.

Three years passed and a conversation been in the broiler chickens we had no clue about the laying chicken, what with a neighbor provided needed to be done, and how to go the Schnakes with the soabout it,” Andrew said. lution they had been lookThe renovation included doors ing for. Their neighbor told installed on the sides of the them how he produced pasbarns and fences built to creture-raised eggs for a company Stotts City, Mo. ate numerous pastures where called Vital Farms. the chickens roam. The “We wanted something that Schnakes also purchased and fit our farm and to keep it a

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meet your neighbors installed laying equipment for their remodeled barns. Though it was a significant financial investment to get started, the Schnakes are sold on this type of poultry farming. “It is a lot more enjoyable than what we were doing before with the broiler chickens,” Andrew said.

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Generations of the Strutton family have been serving up unique treats since 1967 When Lonnie Strutton’s father, Harry bought into the Mr. Swiss franchise restaurant on Jefferson Street in 1967, he never imagined he and his wife, Judy, would still be operating one of Lebanon, Mo.,’s original fast food restaurants 50 years later.

“I was a teenager when he purchased the Mr. Swiss, which has been Swiss Inn since the mid-1980s. Dad had a Standard Oil station on Route 66 across from Detroit Tool years ago when I was really young.

We lived in Orchard Hills and I went to Maplecrest School one of the first years it was opened,” he remembered recently while seated in one of the booths at his restaurant. “After that, my father bought

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Lonnie and Judy Strutton as teens at Mr. Swiss in 1967. Also pictured is Lonnie’s mother, Bernice.

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came upon the opportunity with the Mr. Swiss restaurant.”

Mr. Swiss was a national franchise at the time with 400 to 500 restaurants across the country.

“In 1976, they folded but we continued here locally,” Lonnie explained. “Then a few years later, we got a letter saying we could no longer use the Mr. Swiss name or we’d be sued, so we changed the name to Swiss Inn. We got a local sign maker to help us out with a few changes to our sign and we’ve now been in business for 50 years.”

Like all industries, Lonnie and Judy have seen a lot of changes over the last half century.

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ozarks roots chains moving into the area,” Lonnie said. “McDonald’s came here sometime over 30 years ago and the rest of the fast food chains followed within the next few years. Other local independent places, like The Big Wig and The Yellowjacket Inn closed within a few months after that as did others. Today, there are only two of the old independent places left and all the rest are franchised chains.”

Lonnie said the Swiss Inn offers customers something other than a burger and fries.

“Our food is different, like our Big Swiss Steak sandwich, something you can’t get anywhere else,” he said. “It’s a breaded hamburger steak that’s deep fried and comes on a Hoagie bun with our special sauce. This is the only place in the United States you can get it. We like to keep our food the same and people seem to like that they know what they are getting when they come in the door. The main thing is to keep serving good quality food with good service at reasonable prices in a clean restaurant.

Our food and quality has remained the same and people know that. I think that is what keeps them coming back.”

While they keep their menu a little different, Lonnie has some of the same issues other fast foods have.

“Probably the hardest part is the training of the employees. In this business, we have a lot of teens working for us because fast food really can’t afford to hire anybody but teenagers,” he said. “We are often their first job, so that makes for a lot of training, helping them to develop everything from their work ethic to learning the simple things like counting back change. There are lot of people who still live here in Lebanon who started here.”

Past workers include Lonnie and Judy’s grown daughters, Cheri Strutton-Wilson and Lisa Strutton-Fox, both of whom are now local elementary school teachers, as well as their grandchildren, Collin Wilson, Jodie and Erica Fox, making them the fourth generation in the family to work at Swiss Inn. “I plan to keep working as long as my health is good,” Lonnie concluded. “I mean, if I retired, what would I do? You have to have something to keep you going and keep you busy and this place can certainly keep me busy.”

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Woods Trading Company Story and Photo By Laura L. Valenti

Location: Mountain Grove, Mo. Owners: Buzz and Sharon (pictured) Woods Products and Services: Growing describes Woods Trading Company well, which features a variety of all things with a western, ranch-style flavor, including western and lodge leather and cowhide furniture, custom-designed hats, clothing, belts, boots, home and wall décor, signage, jewelry, homemade candles and custom framing.

“We have framed art by some of the most sought-after western artists,” Sharon continued. “We pride ourselves on our products as well as our prices. We have people drive from other states to come shop at our store.”

Sharon’s own artistic creations from clear candles to customdesigned cowboy hats are some of what makes her business beautifully unique. Her custom-designed hats are one of Sharon’s biggest creative draws but she admitted that making them can be quite a challenge at times.

She enhances them with drawings of all sorts including from flowers to musical notes. “One lady wanted a six-hitch running stagecoach team on her hat and they had to look like they were moving. It was difficult but she was delighted with the outcome and that’s really what it’s all about.”

Future Plans: As they have every year, Buzz and Sharon have been busy preparing inventory to host a booth at December’s National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas. While they have done so for the past six years, this year they are hosting two booths in two different locations at this national event. “It’s pretty exciting,” Sharon added, “as several people didn’t think we would get this opportunity but it came through for us so now we have plenty of work to do, getting ready for such a major event. This is certainly one of the best ways for us to let people outside of our immediate area, know about what we do and what we can offer.”

Sharon is also looking into custom engraving as the next major addition to her artistic expressions. “I saw an engraved casket recently, so that was different,” she added with a laugh. “We are looking to engrave everything from headboards to the concrete on your floor. The imagination is the only limit to what we will be able to do for our customers. The manufacturers already add images like steer heads, deer and crosses to a number of items now, so this would be another way to further personalize any item.”

She concluded, “We are both lifetime residents of the area. Buzz grew up in Mountain Grove and myself in Ava. We have 11 grandchildren and this business keeps us busy and we love it that way.”

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A Customer-Driven Breeding Program

By Katrina Hine

Diamante Red Angus owners Glenn F. and Randy Brown set the bar high for their registered operation It is often said that actions speak louder than words. Or as the Texans put it, “You’re all hat and no cattle.” While some focus on the big picture, others focus on the details, setting a higher standard.

At the Diamante Red Angus Ranch, west of Diamond, Mo., it is the attention to detail that speaks volumes as you turn onto the paved driveway just off Highway V and weave your way through a stone gate revealing a high caliber ranch. With more than 750 acres of rolling hills, one may think they have entered a well-groomed state park. The pastures are as tidy as the yard surrounding the home owned by, Glenn F. and Randy Brown. The Browns have also set the bar high for their registered Red Angus operation.

Glenn credits his mother with his overall philosophy on the appearance of the facilities and surrounding pastures.

“My mother taught me that soap was cheap. And I have learned that it doesn’t take a lot effort to keep stuff picked up and in order,” Glenn states. “My wife and I take pride in our ranch and we just like it that way.”

Both Glenn and Randy come from rural backgrounds, but 40 years in the trucking industry has afforded them the opportunity to live out the dream of owning a cattle ranch. Customer service is something that Glenn brought from the corporate world and imparted into the ranch business.

Along with their ranch team, Jeff Cooper general manager; Burley Sparlin, ranch foreman; and herdsman Jarrod Todd, the Brown’s breed their cattle with the goal of producing in the top 10 percent of their breed. A benchmark set

by Glenn revealing his standard for herd success. Coupled with the belief that investment in quality equipment, quality feed, supplements and a strict animal health protocol will help them reach that 10 percent mark.

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“Nobody comes to see a wormy bull,” Jarrod said.

In an age of pushing the standard towards near flawless cattle, production and efficiency, such as feed efficiency and intake, matter.

“If we don’t get it right, then we’re just raising feeder steers instead of bulls,” Jarrod said. “And we are in the business of bulls.”

There are more than 400 head of cattle dispersed throughout 11 paddocks, av-

of that breed. It seemed to me that while the blacks were in the water holes and the shade, the reds were out grazing.

“I believe that reds tolerate heat better than the blacks do. “And I have owned a black car in the summer time before.

(Plus), I think the reds are prettier on green pasture than the blacks.”

All the cattle, from bulls, cows to calves, are handled routinely insuring their disposition remains calm, a big selling point.

Photo by Katrina Hine

Randy and Glenn Brown have more than 400 head of Red Angus cattle at their Diamond, Mo., operation.

eraging 25 to 30 acres each with shade, The cows are either AI bred with some of shelter and water. Some water is pumped the best bulls in the breed or by natural from the roughly 13-acre fully service. If they show any sign of genetic stocked lake, while others flaw or calves do not reach 50 to 60 pull from various wells scatpercent of their mature weight at tered throughout the property. weaning, they are removed from When asked why Red Angus, breeding stock.

Glenn replied, “I wanted to have “My focus is that they are a small herd so I decided to try phenotypically correct,” JarDiamond, Mo. to produce a registered herd that rod added. “Fertility is critiwould be in the top percentage cal and it starts early.”

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The target range for breeding is 14 months or 750 pounds, however, they will not breed a heifer that is born after Oct 20. Jarrod’s theory is that heifers born before Oct 20 tend to cycle more consistently, whereas, after that date, the cycles tend to be more sporadic making them slower to breed. Any heifer that fails a preg check is sent to the stockyards.

Asking the right genetic questions upfront heads off issues for the customer.

For instance, some bulls you should not put on 1,600-pound cow because certain bloodlines will cause problems. Culling any genetic imperfection that impacts the quality of the herd is paramount.

To get someone to pay a good price for an animal, it must be virtually flawless and that starts with the cow. Glenn and Jarrod share the same belief that behind every good bull is a good cow.

“You can change a lot by changing a bull but you cannot change a cow by changing a bull,” Jarrod explained. “No matter what bull I breed to a cow, she’s going to be the same cow.”

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MEAD FARMS

ANGUS FEMALE SALE

meet your neighbors A Customer Driven Breeding Program Continued from Previous Page

Noon • Saturday

May 20, 2017

Held at the Mead Sale Headquarters, West of Versailles, MO

190 HEAD SELL!

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Fall Bred Heifers • Fall Bred Cows Spring Bred Heifers Spring Cow-Calf Pairs Breeding Age Bulls

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The Diamante cows run between 1,200 to 1,600 pounds.

“I’m not so worried about the frame score, necessarily, as the correct shape, size and the spring in the rib, is what I want in an ideal cow,” Jarrod said.

One of his favorite donor cows is a 12-year-old, JRA James 4214, from James Red Angus. She can produce 22 embryos in one flushing and be bred natural service in less than 30 days. Her calves average $3,700 in the sale ring.

Consistency in birth and weaning weights is the name of the game and the first thing that customers see. Average birth weights are between 65 to 75 pounds, with a few in the 80-pound range.

Being customer driven in their breeding processes means focusing on every pairing through extensive research and knowledge of each animal in the herd.

They use a small group of spring cows and good herd bulls selected from different places to test their breeding.

“Lately we have been getting our genetics from R.A. Brown Ranch, Neosho Stock Farms, Ludvigson Stock Farms and James Red Angus, some of the best breeders,” Jarrod noted. “We also use semen companies like Genex.”

Using this process with the spring herd and their natural bulls, allows them to see what “that bull” is going to do with “that cow.”

The young bulls average about 1,300 pounds and are vaccinated every six months from weaning time. The young bulls are on silage, a bale of Bermuda, a bale of straw ground up to equal 20 pounds per animal a day during the winter. As silage stores decrease and spring comes on the bulls are grazed on Kentucky 31 fescue, rather than MaxQ. “We never feed MaxQ simply because

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it gives us the opportunity to see how the bulls handle fescue and why graze something that most buyers won’t have in their own pastures,” Jarrod explains.

The bulls are on the same mineral program as the cows, Hi-Mag Now and Purina Texas Wind & Rain. The Texas Wind & Rain seems to work better with the fescue, helps with fly control and was developed to keep cattle cooler in Texas.

“If I can feed a bull and get a five to one ratio that is satisfactory,” he added. “I’d like a four to two but that is nearly impossible.”

Of their herd sires, R.A. Brown Momentous, weighing 2,200 pounds, is often used with heifers and has made contributions to the herd in areas of growth and tonnage carcass. His heifer offspring are feminine and are effective breeders.

R.A. Brown’s High Choice has demonstrated calving ease and high growth. His first group of daughters will be calving in September with much anticipation.

“We want bulls with good longevity that produce more females who will stay fertile and last longer,” Jarrod explains. “We don’t expect our bulls to take care of a large herd.

They just won’t last long doing that.”

There are currently 24 young bulls on the ranch who are 18 months of age and average about 1,400 pounds, they are all for sale.

“I’d love to sell them all in one shot,” Jarrod quiped.

Glenn wants to keep the cattle business at the personal handshake level. It makes for better relations and repeat customers.

“We do not have production sales at Diamante Ranch...We prefer to stay small producing around 100 bulls for sale each year,” Glenn notes. “We also believe that we are able to give better personal service to each of our customers by dealing with them one on one.”

“You can change a lot by changing a bull but you cannot change a cow by changing a bull.”

– Jarrod Todd

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I have always appreciated bottomland with water because that kind of land has good soil. I found the perfect piece here in Anderson with two springs that flow all the time as well as a Creek that grows watercress in the spring, something my grandmother loves for salads. My mother and grandmother love to come, sit on the porch and just look at the beautiful land. Since I arrived, I have spent most of my time building fence and clearing brush. This land was logged several years ago and had never been cleaned up properly. However, it had an old milk barn, a new hay barn and an old house I have completely refurbished. Very close by is a cement pad where the original home stood and the location of an excellent storm cellar. I have 60 Sim/Angus black baldie cows with two registered Sim/Angus bulls. I like the Sim/Angus because they have good muscle and grow into a good market carcasses with enough fat and marbling for steaks. I have both fall and spring calves in order to hit the markets more than once a year. I generally wean at six months and background until they are yearlings at 700 to 800 pounds. To promote health I use a vaccine program and an injectable wormer supported by a pour-on twice a year when I work the whole herd. Salt and mineral are free choice supported by protein tubs in the winter. I feed first calf heifers 14 percent protein feed once a day and creep feed the calves so weaning transition is easier and they go straight on feed. My herd includes 31 first time heifers, and I am now at the maximum my current land can support.”

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market sales reports

bulls

beef

(Week of 4/16/17 to 4/22/17) Douglas County Livestock Auction

74.00-97.00 †

Joplin Regional Stockyards

71.00-106.50 † 7 81.00-101.00 †

Kingsville Livestock Auction

75.00-100.00*

Mid Missouri Stockyards

75.00-98.50 †

MO-KAN Livestock Auction

72.50-108.00*

Ozarks Regional Stockyard 81.00-86.00

South Central Regional Stockyards

40

dairy

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Norwood, Mo. • Producers Auction Yards

75.00-105.00 †

Springfield Livestock Marketing Center

60

80

slaughter

100

120

140

cows

(Week of 4/16/17 to 4/22/17)

50.00-68.00*

Buffalo Livestock Market

47.50-81.00 †

Douglas County Livestock Auction

49.00-70.00 †

Interstate Regional Stockyards

44.00-73.50 †

Joplin Regional Stockyards

57.00-74.50 †

Kingsville Livestock Auction

48.00-75.00*

Mid Missouri Stockyards

42.00-71.00 †

MO-KAN Livestock Auction

45.00-75.00 †

Ozarks Regional Stockyard

45.00-67.00 †

South Central Regional Stockyardss

45.00-75.00 †

Springfield Livestock Market

0

20

40

60

cow/calf

80

100

120

pairs

(Week of 4/16/17 to 4/22/17) Buffalo Livestock Market

None Reported*

Douglas County Livestock Auction - Ava

None Reported † 1325.00-1575.00 †

Interstate Regional Stockyards - Cuba Joplin Regional

850.00-1575.00 † 8

Kingsville Livestock Auction Mid Missouri Stockyards

7775.00-1550.00 † 1300.00-1850.00 1

Springfield Livestock Marketing Center

650

1150

1650

replacement

2150

Prices reported per cwt

910.00-1330.00*

Douglas County Livestock Auction - Ava Interstate Regional Stockyards

None Reported † 910.00-1285.00 †

Joplin Regional

1100.00-1400.00* 875.00-1275.00 †

MO-KAN Livestock Auction Ozarks Regional

550.00-1450.00 †

South Central Regional Stockyards

1025.00-1300.00 †

Heifers, Med. & Lg. 1

530.00-1450.00 †

Springfield Live

1050

1550

300-400 lbs.

400-500 lbs.

500-600 lbs.

600-700 lbs.

700-800 lbs.

300-400 lbs.

400-500 lbs.

500-600 lbs.

600-700 lbs.

700-800 lbs.

800.00-1160.00 † 8

Mid Missouri Stockyards

Steers, Med. & Lg. 1

Holsteins, Lg. 3

585.00-1550.00 †

Kingsville Livestock

16 16

2650

cows

(Week of 4/16/17 to 4/22/17) Buffalo Livestock Market

Ava Douglas County† 4/20/17

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975.00-1400.00 †

2050

2550

300-400 lbs.

400-500 lbs.

500-600 lbs.

600-700 lbs.

700-800 lbs.

goats 4/6/17

Receipts: 2,012 Supply was great and demand was good. Lamb markets were down 25-50 cents on average while Ewe and Ram markets remained mostly steady compared to last month. The goat markets remained mostly steady across the board compared to last month. Supply included 15 percent slaughter ewes and rams, 38 percent slaughter and feeder lambs, 20 percent kid goats, and 11 percent bucks and does. All prices are per hundred weight (CWT) unless noted otherwise.

SHEEP: Feeder Lambs: Medium and Large 1 25-55 lbs 220.00227.50. Medium and Large 1-2 27-38 lbs 200.00-217.50.

Medium and Large 2-3 24-38 lbs 185.00-197.50.

Slaughter Wool Lambs: Choice and Prime 1-2 42-55 lbs 215.00-225.00; 73-77 lbs 210.00-217.50.

Hair lambs: Prime 1-2 40-75 lbs 210.00-227.50; 83-90 lbs 195.00-200.00. Choice 2-3 60-64 lbs 205.00-207.50; 90-130 lbs 120.00-252.50.

Several families of Hair Ewes with single or twin lambs: Ewes Good and Choice 85.00-100.00 Per Head. Utility and Good 55.00-75.00 Per Head.

Replacement Hair Ewes: Medium and Large 2-3 86-138 lbs 150.00-175.00. Medium and Large 3-4 85-145 115.00130.00.

Slaughter Wool Ewes: Utility and Good 2-3 105-207 lbs 70.00-85.00.

Slaughter Hair Ewes: Good 2-3 73-152 lbs 65.00-85.00.

Utility 2-3 70-78 lbs 125.00-155.00. Cull 2-3 68-78 lbs 60.00-87.50.

Replacement Hair rams: Medium and Large 1-2 Shooters 230.00-235.00 Per Head. Medium and Large 1-2 Dorper and Dorper cross 155.00-250.00 Per Head.

Slaughter Rams: Utility and Good 2-3 130-220 lbs 70.00-90.00.

GOATS: Feeder kids: Selection 1 28-36 lbs 250.00-270.00. Selection 2 25-38 lbs 225.00-245.00; 25-35 lbs 200.00-210.00.

Selection 3 29-38 lbs 150.00-175.00.

Slaughter Kids: Selection 1 45-68 lbs 280.00-300.00; 75-105 lbs 200.00-230.00. Selection 2 43-73 lbs 250.00277.50; 68-90 lbs 130.00-175.00. Selection 3 40-83 lbs 220.00-245.00. Several Families with single and twin kids Selection 3 65.00-105.00 Per Head.

Replacement Does: Selection 1-2 95-175 lbs 160.00185.00.

Slaughter Does: Selection 1 87-200 lbs 130.00-157.50.

Selection 2 75-110 lbs 117.50-125.00. Selection 3 65-95 lbs 110.00-122.50.

Slaughter Bucks: Selection 1-2 95-175 lbs 130.00157.50. Selection 3 62-160 lbs 110.00-125.00.

National Sheep Summary

Buffalo Livestock Auction* 4/22/17

Butler Mo-Kan Livestock† 3/20/17

Cuba Interstate Regional† 4/18/17

4/21/17

Compared to last week slaughter lambs were steady to 20.00 higher, except lambs under 60 lbs at New Holland, PA 10.00-20.00 lower. Slaughter ewes were steady to 15.00 higher, except at New Holland 10.0015.00 lower. Feeder lambs were weak to 10.00 lower.

At San Angelo,TX 3182 head sold. No sales in Equity Electronic Auction. In direct trading slaughter ewes and feeder lambs were not tested. 3900 head of negotiated sales of slaughter lambs were 1.00-3.00 higher.

2,386 lamb carcasses sold with all weights no trend due to confidentiality. All sheep sold per hundred weight (CWT) unless otherwise specified.

Slaughter Lambs: Choice and Prime 2-3 90-160 lbs: San Angelo: shorn and wooled 125-160 lbs 140.00160.00.

VA: no test.

PA: shorn and wooled 90-110 lbs 282.00-285.00; 110130 lbs 280.00; 130-150 lbs 230.00-245.00; 150-200 lbs 185.00-240.00.

Ft.Collins, CO: wooled 110-120 lbs 185.00-192.50; 130145 lbs 160.00-175; 150-165 lbs 159.00-180.00.

South Dakota: shorn and wooled 125-150 lbs 182.00188.00.

Billings, MT: no test.

Kalona, IA: wooled 120-125 lbs 177.50-183.00; 132 lbs 172.50.

Missouri: no test.

Equity Elec: no sales.

stocker & feeder

1200.00-1550.00*

South Central Regional Stockyards

550

4/13/17

Receipts: 382 At this month’s special dairy sale at the Producers Auction Yard, demand was good on a moderate supply.

The supply consisted of 5 percent Springer Heifers, 14 percent Bred Heifers, 32 percent Open Heifers, 7 percent Fresh and Milking Cows, 3 percent Bred Cows and 13 percent baby calves. The balance was made up of weigh cows and beef animals. All quotes are on a per head basis for Holsteins unless noted otherwise.

Springer Heifers Bred Seven to Nine Months: Supreme 1200.00-1310.00, Approved 980.00-1050.00, Medium 775.00-925.00, Individual Crossbred 925.00, Common 685.00-700.00, Jerseys 600.00-675.00.

Heifers Bred Four to Six Months: Supreme Individual 1290.00, Approved 940.00-1050.00, Crossbreds 1025.00, Medium 775.00-875.00, Common 670.00-710.00, Crossbreds 520.00-710.00.

Heifers Bred One to Three Months: Approved 870.001025.00, Medium 810.00-850.00, Common Individual Jersey 575.00.

Open heifers: Approved 200-300 lbs 400.00-460.00, Crossbreds 380.00, 400-500 lbs 510.00-550.00, Individual Jersey 550.00, 500-600 lbs Jerseys 640.00, 700-800 lbs Pair 740.00, Medium 200-300 lbs 270.00-325.00, 300400 lbs Individual 425.00, Individual Crossbred 350.00, 400-500 lbs 400.00-435.00, Crossbreds 360.00, Individual Jersey 380.00, 500-600 lbs 500.00-550.00, Crossbreds 430.00-500.00, Individual Shorthorn 450.00, 600-700 lbs 450.00-470.00.

Fresh Milking Heifers and Cows: Supreme Individual Jersey 1400.00, Approved 1150.00-1175.00, Individual Jersey 1125.00, Medium 875.00-1085.00, Individual Crossbred 900.00, Individual Jersey 875.00, Common 560.00-750.00. Individual 775.00.

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Bred and Springer Cows: Approved Individual Jersey 1075.00, Medium 770.00-900.00, Individual Jersey 850.00, Common Individual 700.00.

Baby Calves: Holstein Heifers Individual 280.00, Holstein Bulls 70.00-120.00, Jersey Heifers 185.00-225.00, Jersey Bulls 50.00-90.00, Crossbred Heifers Individual 160.00, Crossbred Bulls 60.00-140.00, Beef Cross HeifersIndividual 160.00, Beef Cross Bulls 130.00-250.00.

1300.00-1510.00 †

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150

4/23/17

5 Area (Tx-Ok, Ks, Neb, Ia, Colo) Live Basis Sales - Over 80% Choice Steers: 126.00-135.00; wtd. avg. price 132.05.

Heifers: 129.25-134.00; wtd. avg. price 131.87.

Dressed Basis Sales - Over 80% Choice Steers: 206.00-212.00; wtd. avg. price 210.71.

Heifers: 208.00-212.00; wtd. avg. price 210.87.

73.50-96.00 †

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Midwest - High Plains Direct Slaughter Cattle

87.00-101.50*

Buffalo Livestock Market

cattle

prices

Joplin Regional Stockyards† 4/17/17

Kingsville Livestock Auction† 4/18/17

Mid Missouri Stockyards* 4/20/17

1,035

716

1,113

1,873

3,543

2,055

2,279

Steady

St-5 Higher

St-10 Higher

St-6 Higher

2-10 Higher

St-5 Higher

St-5 Higher

----175.50-185.00 154.50-172.00 139.00-160.00 132.50

180.00-197.00 168.00-178.00 158.00-170.00 141.00-159.00 133.00-145.00

176.00-196.00 164.00-191.00 160.50-175.50 142.50-159.50 132.00

186.50-199.00 169.00-192.00 153.00-176.00 135.00-155.00 130.00-139.75

185.00-195.00 170.00-189.00 155.00-184.00 146.00-163.00 135.00-147.00

190.00 170.00-195.00 154.50-185.50 152.25-163.00 142.25-149.50

177.00-195.00 168.00-188.00 150.00-175.00 143.00-165.00 140.00-146.00

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145.00-165.00 148.00-157.00 144.00-152.50 130.00-137.50 120.00-125.00

171.00-175.00 146.00-167.50 150.00-158.00 141.00-144.00 131.00

168.00-185.00 135.00-165.00 140.00-154.50 133.50-141.00 118.75

160.00-175.00 147.00-167.00 135.00-157.00 126.00-142.50 134.50

150.50-154.50 143.50-153.50 124.50-151.75 121.50-136.50 128.10-135.25

150.00-174.00 147.00-168.00 138.00-156.00 130.00-142.00 124.00-133.00

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oled 90-110 lbs 282.00-285.00; 1100-150 lbs 230.00-245.00; 150-200 lbs

ooled 110-120 lbs 185.00-192.50; 130; 150-165 lbs 159.00-180.00. rn and wooled 125-150 lbs 182.00-

Interior Missouri Direct Hogs

4/25/17

Estimated Receipts: 510 Supply and demand are light to moderate.

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

Base carcass meat price: 47.00-49.00.

Sows (cash prices): steady to 1.00 higher. 300-500 lbs.

27.00-38.00, over 500 lbs. 32.00-42.00.

est. d 120-125 lbs 177.50-183.00; 132 lbs

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rices Mid Missouri Stockyards* 4/20/17

Springfield Livestock Marketing† 4/19/17

Vienna South Central† 4/19/17

West Plains Ozarks Regional† 4/18/17

2,055

2,279

1,990

907

3,178

St-5 Higher

St-5 Higher

St-8 Higher

St-3 Higher

St-10 Higher

190.00 70.00-195.00 54.50-185.50 52.25-163.00 42.25-149.50

177.00-195.00 168.00-188.00 150.00-175.00 143.00-165.00 140.00-146.00

177.00-196.50 164.50-191.00 147.00-176.00 134.00-160.50 137.00-140.00

192.00-201.00 176.00-196.00 154.00-178.00 145.00-155.75 131.00-133.00

185.00-197.00 179.00-192.00 161.00-185.00 144.50-156.50 137.00-142.00

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150.00-174.00 147.00-168.00 138.00-156.00 130.00-142.00 124.00-133.00

150.00-170.00 145.00-164.00 125.50-155.00 126.50-137.00 123.50-125.50

160.00-182.00 141.00-162.50 126.00-146.00 134.50 121.25

161.00-176.00 149.00-163.00 139.00-160.00 127.00-150.00 126.50-128.50

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9.42

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Cuba Vienna

157.72 155.94 165.43 152.44

Joplin West Plains

133.51 142.70

155.71

140.20 132.72 126.69 133.82

161.46

134.38 131.32

155.19

130.08

147.74 **

** 160.14 162.86 162.09 146.66

134.85 137.50 132.73 128.96 *

162.61 155.15

141.20 132.44

154.95

139.75

158.86 162.12 162.80 165.62 158.08

143.43 136.51 136.89 137.58 136.35

160.29

137.80

156.38

avg. grain prices

Week Ended 4/21/17 Soft Wheat Corn Sorghum*

Joplin West Plains

157.50

4/21/17

Hay movement is very light as most producers looking at decent piles of hay that will be carried over for the winter feeding season. Still some hay donations heading to states affected by fires as they wait for grass growth to reoccur nearly everyone has fertilizer done for now. Some field work has been done in areas although there are still reports of areas to wet to work with more rain in the forecast for the next few days. Planting is much behind last year but only slightly less than the 5 year average. The supply of hay is moderate, demand is light and prices are steady to weak. The Missouri Department of Agriculture has a hay directory available for both buyers and sellers. To be listed, or for a directory visit http://mda.mo.gov/abd/haydirectory/ for listings of hay http:// agebb.missouri.edu/haylst/ (All prices f.o.b. and per ton unless specified and on most recent reported sales price listed as round bales based generally on 5x6 bales with weights of approximately 1200-1500 lbs).

Supreme quality Alfalfa (RFV <185): 180.00-225.00.

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

Good quality Alfalfa (RFV 150-170): 120.00-160.00. Small squares 4.50-5.00 per bale.

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

Good quality Mixed Grass hay: 75.00-100.00. Small squares 3.00-4.50 per bale (some alfalfa/grass mix).

Fair to Good quality Mixed Grass hay: 50.00-80.00. Small squares 2.50-3.50 per bale.

Fair quality Mixed Grass hay: 15.00-25.00 per large round bale.

Fair to Good quality Bromegrass: 50.00-80.00.

Wheat straw: 3.00-6.00 per small square bale.

Cuba Vienna

Week of 3/26/17

hay & grain markets

Mo. Weekly Hay Summary

Butler Springfield

Week of 4/2/17

Receipts: 7,502 Weaner pigs steady to 2.00 lower. Feeder pigs no sales reported. Supply light and demand moderate. (Prices Per Head.)

Early weaned pigs 10 lb. base weights, FOB the farm 0% negotiated, 4050 head, 10 lbs, 35.00-36.00, weighted average 35.70.

Early weaned pigs 10 lb base weights, Delivered 36% negotiated, 3452 head, 10 lbs, 32.00-33.93, weighted average 32.67.

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.

Ava Kingsville

Week of 4/9/17

4/21/17

steers 550-600 LBS.

156.83

132.50 154.37

163.66 164.72 165.79 165.69 167.61

143.60

Week of 4/16/17

Mo. Weekly Weaner & Feeder Pig

$100

Week of 3/26/17

week slaughter lambs were steady xcept lambs under 60 lbs at New 0-20.00 lower. Slaughter ewes were gher, except at New Holland 10.00er lambs were weak to 10.00 lower.

3182 head sold. No sales in Equity n. In direct trading slaughter ewes were not tested. 3900 head of negotihter lambs were 1.00-3.00 higher. ses sold with all weights no trend due All sheep sold per hundred weight erwise specified.

Choice and Prime 2-3 90-160 lbs: and wooled 125-160 lbs 140.00-

CHEESE: Barrels closed at $1.4275 and 40# blocks at $1.5450. The weekly average for barrels is $1.4115 (-.0160) and blocks, $1.4890 (+.0215).

FLUID MILK: Overall U.S. milk production is increasing. Northeast milk production is higher than one year ago.

Southeast milk production is heavy. Milk output is adding to Mid-Atlantic manufacturers’ milk supplies. Production in Florida is steady. Midwest milk production shows no signs of a near term slowdown. Spot milk is moving to cheese plants at prices between $1.50 to $5.00 below Class. California milk output is climbing, approaching the spring flush. Arizona and New Mexico milk production is steady. Production is stronger in the Pacific Northwest, Idaho, Utah and Colorado. Cream multiples range from 1.03 to 1.20 in the East and 1.12 to 1.13 in the West. In the Central region, Class II cream multiples range from 1.14 to 1.21.

SPOT PRICES OF CLASS II CREAM: $ PER POUND BUTTERFAT, F.O.B., producing plants, Upper Midwest $2.3784-2.5244.

$145

Week of 4/2/17

hog markets

4/21/17

4/21/17

Week of 4/9/17

Selection 1-2 95-175 lbs 130.0062-160 lbs 110.00-125.00.

dairy & fed cattle

National Dairy Market

$190

Week of 4/16/17

Slaughter Lambs: Choice and Prime 1-2: San Angelo: 40-60 lbs 230.00-249.00, few 254.00-256.00; 60-70 lbs 220.00-240.00; few 241.00-246.00; 70-80 lbs 220.00-230.00, few 242.00; 80-90 lbs 212.00-228.00, few 232.00; 90-110 lbs 200.00-208.00.

Pennsylvania: 40-50 lbs 265.00-280.00; 50-60 lbs 250.00280.00; 60-70 lbs 245.00-280.00; 70-80 lbs 245.00-275.00; 80-90 lbs 260.00-270.00, few 280.00-290.00; 90-110 lbs 270.00-285.00.

Kalona, IA: 60-70 lbs 207.50-217.50; 70-80 lbs 215.50230.00; 80-90 lbs 222.50-235.00.

Ft. Collins: 47 lbs 220.00; 50-60 lbs 210.00-225.00; 60-70 lbs 220.00-230.00; 70-80 lbs 215.00-225.00; 80-90 lbs 230.00-235.00; 90-100 lbs 225.00-232.50.

Missouri: no test.

election 1 87-200 lbs 130.00-157.50. lbs 117.50-125.00. Selection 3 65-95

Kingsville Livestock Auction† 4/18/17

550-600 lb. steers

$235

tion 1 28-36 lbs 250.00-270.00. Selec5.00-245.00; 25-35 lbs 200.00-210.00. bs 150.00-175.00. lection 1 45-68 lbs 280.00-300.00; 230.00. Selection 2 43-73 lbs 250.0030.00-175.00. Selection 3 40-83 lbs eral Families with single and twin kids 105.00 Per Head. : Selection 1-2 95-175 lbs 160.00-

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143.91 143.30 141.87 144.46

165.82 164.37 100

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Chris and Brittany Shouse, pictured with their children, Daylyn, Camryn and Maisy, started their family farm from scratch. They raise registered Gelbvieh near Dadeville, Mo.

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“I had to go in and bush hog and build fence. We started from nothing and gradually worked our way up. It’s a slow process, but we are getting there,” Chris said.

“We borrowed machinery from the neighbors. I bought a tractor, a 1963 Fordson Super Major. Just this year, I bought a newer tractor,” Chris said.

“It has been hard. We are improving things with time,” Brittany added.

Throughout their journey, Chris and Brittany have gained valuable knowledge and offer advice to other beginning producers.

“Be prepared to work really hard. It is sunup to sundown. Sometimes even past sun down and weekends. That’s just want it takes. It’s not fast. You have to be patient,” Chris said.

Chris credits much of his knowledge to Johnny Melton, who he considers to be a great friend and mentor. Whether they are working cows or improving the land, Melton’s simple piece of advice to him was to be patient.

“He has been there from day one,” Chris said.

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“I try not to feed a lot of grain. I try to grow everything on fescue grass without pushing them hard. I want to see how they develop just on fescue grass. I want to see how they perform on the bare necessities,” Chris explained.

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Garland and Alice Pierce wanted a unique breed for their retirement hobby Growing up on farms in the Northwest Missouri community of Standberry, Garland and Alice Pierce knew they wanted to have “a few” cows once they retired.

However, properties in California and Arizona, where their forklift and material handling businesses are located, didn’t offer what they were looking for.

The couple set their sights on returning to Missouri and purchased 350 acres in the Bradleyville, Mo., area and an additional 860 acres in the Bruner, Mo., area.

After investigating various breeds of cattle, the Pierces settled on Devons, and Garland and Alice Pierce recently sold one of their about six years ago, Cross Creek Red Devherd sires to a fellow Red Devon breeder in Canada. ons was born. The Cross Creek bull batPhoto by Julie Turner-Crawford tery is housed at the Bradleyville farm, while the cowherd roams the Bruner farm. the state, and Cross Creek is perhaps Garland explained. “When I come back Garland travels to the two farms almost one of the largest breeders in the nation. this time, I’ve got six or seven bulls I The Pierces appreciated the attributes can use. There was this famous bull from daily from his home in Branson West.

“I really started this just to have a of the breed, including its hardiness, Australia named 688, so we are going to few cows, maybe 25, as a hobby,” Gar- calving ease and the low inputs required use some of his semen, and we also have land said. “I really wanted to play golf to maintain the moderate- to large- some Tapuwae 635 (a New Zealand bull) and just have a few cows. Most people framed breed on grass alone, as well as semen. There’s not much Red Devon available; there’s not many people in the here in Southwest Missouri don’t even its longevity.

“They have a really thick hide and Missouri, Kansas or anywhere around know what Devons are, but I wanted to do something different to be different. they are pretty much disease resistant,” who are looking for a Devon.”

In addition to the implementation of I don’t play much golf now, but I really Garland said. “They really don’t seem to enjoy being outside, working with the get sick. They also tolerate fescue really AI, Garland plans to do a limited amount cattle. We do all of our own AI work, we well, as well as the weather in Missouri.” of embryo transplanting this year.

“It’s pretty expensive,” he said. “You The breed is also very docile and heavy do 95 percent of our vet work and we do milking. Alice added that cows are also have to have two really good parents to all of our own haying.”

According to information from Okla- very good mothers, not only to their start with and I think we are going to homa State University, Devon cattle own calves but to all calves the herd, use the 688 semen I bought this year and are one of the oldest beef breeds in ex- often acting like babysitters for calves try to pick a really, really nice, special cow. My intention is to try it, but I am istence. The Devon breed is from south- while other mothers graze.

Because of the rarity of Devons in the probably only going to do it with three western England, primarily in the counties of Devon, Somerset, Cornwall and region and because the Pierces’ unwill- cows initially and see how it goes. We Dorset. Devons are the largest of the ing to line breed their herd, finding new, might only get six or eight eggs, and it’s British breeds and was one of the earli- unrelated genetics can be difficult. In recommended that you use three straws, 2016 they expanded their breeding so that can get kind of pricey.” est breeds exported to North The breeding program includes both program to include AI, followed by American colonies. spring and fall calving schedules, with a clean up bull.

Garland explained most “I had two or three really nice about 60 percent of their cows calving Devon breeders only have bulls, and now I have ended in the spring. The Pierces are adamant a few registered animals, but up with a lot of their heif- about not breeding heifers until they Cross Creek Red Devons is Bruner, Mo. ers, so this year we had to are at least 2 years old, wanting to give home to about 160 head. The go outside of the herd and the animal as much as time possible to Pierce herd is only one of two used 10 different bulls,” grow and mature before she calves for registered Red Devon herds in Ozarks Farm & Neighbor • www.ozarksfn.com

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meet your neighbors the first time. While they have had few calving issues, Garland said special care is given to selecting the right bull for all first-calf heifers.

“If you want a cow to have a long, productive life, I think it’s better to wait to breed them,” he said. “This is my hobby; we’re not in for big production. Most people will breed their heifers when they are just over a year old, but we don’t. Depending on their pelvic measurement, we try to pair up with a bull that will throw smaller calves. We almost never have to pull and calf. I think waiting and paying attention to what bull you use helps with that. Once they get past that first calf, it’s a little easier.”

While the color of a Devon can range from deep red to a light orange, Garland retains only the deepest red animals for his herd.

“I want that ruby red, so if they are light orange, brown or anything other than that ruby red, I cull them. Also, by the time they are a year old, they need to have that white ball on their tail (white in the switch of the tail). We are very specific about the breed characteristics of the animals we register,” he said.

Originally a horned breed, American cattle producers have developed a polled strain of Devons. The original polled bull, was born in 1915 in Concordia, Mo. The Pierces prefer polled cattle, but there have been cases of horned calves being born to their herd. Those calves are debudded as young calves and sold after weaning.

“I just don’t want to deal with horns,” he said, adding that he has implemented homozygous polled bulls into the breeding program to eliminate horns.

Cattle at Cross Creek are never offered grain, but they do receive vaccinations and long-range wormers, and ill animals are treated with antibiotics when necessary.

“We don’t claim to be organic or anything like that because if an animal gets sick, we’re going to treat it,” Garland said. “In everything in life, there should be a medium; not so far left or right, or one way or the other. “ Cattle are offered a specially mixed supplement from Vit A Zine in Butler, Mo. The grass-finished beef market has continued to grow over the years, but MAY 1, 2017

Garland said he isn’t in the business of offering beef.

“For us, we want to focus on selling replacement heifers and bulls,” he said. “We have a guy who really likes our steers and we sell them, pretty much all of them, to him. We don’t even market our beef.”

Garland and a full-time employee handle most of the management of the cattle operation, and a part-time employee also helps out.

“We have tried to set everything up so that one or two people can do everything,” Garland said. “We have set up alleyways so that they can be moved pretty easy, and these grass-fed Devons pretty much tell you when they are done in a pasture and are ready to move; they will just go stand by the gate.”

In the winter months, cattle are provided with alfalfa, which is raised in a 25-acre field at the Bruner farm. Garland said he prefers to offer the cattle the additional forage in the winter because grasses are dormant, offering very little nutation.

The first cutting of the alfalfa is put up in square bales, with the following cuttings generally being put into large round bales.

Garland said he wasn’t sure how many bales the field produced last season, saying it was more than enough to feed his cowherd, allowing him to sell some of the excess.

Garland and Alice are in the process of improving their pastures at the Bruner property, replacing fescue, with a mixture of hulled orchard grass, fungus free Kentucky 31 fescue, perennial rye grass and Timothy.

Other improvements they have made to their farm include the installation of freeze-proof waters and fencing off all ponds, which Garland says helps reduce internal parasites because cattle can not defecate in the ponds and are not allowed to drink the water that could harbor parasites. External parasites and flies are battled through rubs and face strips located at the waters.

In September, Cross Creek Red Devon will host the National Red Devon USA Convention and Sale, which will be held at the Springfield Livestock Marketing Center in Springfield, Mo. It will be the first time the sale and convention are held in Missouri.

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ost think of barns, homes and grain bins when the word “construction” is used. I would argue, however, that the same term, when broken down to its basic definition, can be used in regards to our cattle herds. Merriam Webster defines construction as “the process or art of construction something.”

To construct is defined as “to make or form by combining or arranging parts or elements.” Further definition of the word “build” is “to develop according to a systematic plan, by a definite process, or on a particular base or foundation.”

Jessica Allan is an One often hears the term “building the herd” agricultural lender at used when ranchers are discussing buying and Hometown Bank in selling cattle. For some, that means they are inNeosho, MO. A resident creasing herd size. For others, though, it means of Jasper County, she more than just physical numbers. They are lookalso is involved in raising ing to develop the herd, improve their genetic cattle on her family’s pool, achieve higher gains, better their efficienfarm in Newton County cies and decrease their veterinary emergencies. and is an active alumni To construct is to form by combination. We of the Crowder College Aggie Club. cattlemen and cattlewomen “construct” our herds through genetics. We combine the better qualities of a cow with those of a bull in the hopes of achieving a better product, in the form of a calf, than we previously had. To that end, we need to have a strong foundation. Just as a building is only as strong as its foundation, the same principle applies to our herds. This means that we have a select few that we use to build our herd from. These are the cows that stand out year after year, the ones we tend to keep back heifers from. Not every cow in our herd has to be top quality, but there should be some that you look to in order to increase the herd quality.

With today’s technological advances, we are no longer constrained to purchasing a herd bull. While by all means it just makes common sense to keep a “clean up” bull around, through artificial insemination and even embryo transfer techniques, we can access some of the industry’s best genetics for a fraction of the price of purchasing the actual animals themselves. To build is to have a system, a process to reach an end goal. If we know what that goal is – calving ease, docility, frame size, high weaning weight – these technologies can help us in achieving those goals faster and more efficiently than perhaps our predecessors were able to.

Building our herds is not a fast process, though. It is a long term investment, one that does not have an immediate return, but one that can have a high rate of return if we are willing and able to wait out the process. The cattle industry has at its fingertips the means to create, to our own minds, the perfect cow or bull. Notice the term “art” is used in the definition for construction. We use genetics as our paintbrush and our operations as our palette in our quest to build the perfect animal.

In today’s cattle environment, the more value we can add to our livestock, the higher potential value we can receive back at the sale barn. Even at today’s prices, it may not make financial sense to purchase several head of genetically superior cattle.

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Cattle and other livestock are more prone to infestations of parasites in the spring As spring ramps up, so do parasites in livestock. Parasites, however, don’t have to have to take over your operation.

“Spring is typically the most active time of year for internal parasites,” Andy McCorkill, a University of Missouri livestock specialist said. “They often use the animal’s intestinal tract as a host through the winter months and then start shedding eggs through feces in the spring as the temperatures start to rise. In the heat of the summer, they really slow down as they can’t take the excessive heat very well.”

According to McCorkill, taking a few steps to prevent an infestation will save time, labor and money down the road.

“Like with many ailments in life, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure,” he said. “Taking efforts to reduce contact with internal parasites will help reduce the likelihood of having parasite problems in the first place.”

McCorkill said one best preventative measures is improved management, specifically grazing management. Because most internal parasites tend to be more concentrated on the bottom 3 to 4 inches of the plant, close to the ground; keeping animals from grazing tight will decrease the number of parasite larvae ingested by the herd.

“Additionally, the lifecycle of most economically devastating internal parasites is relatively short, generally less than 30 days,” McCorkill said. “Setting up a rotational grazing system that allows for extended rest periods for pastures can potentially reduce the incidence of larvae consumption and help break the parasite cycle.”

To treat external parasites, McCorkill said there is not a “one-size fits all” answer, but he did offer three common methods of treatment: 1) Feed through additives such as Altosid: “Altosid works well if started early because they break the life cycle of horn flies in particular,” he explained. “Unfortunately, it doesn’t work with all types of flies and other external parasites so it is limited in its usefulness. Furthermore, flies don’t respect boundary fences; if you have cattle against a neighbor who doesn’t feed Altosid, his flies could find their way to your cattle.

2) Fly tags. McCorkill said fly tags are a good choice to control flies and other

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external parasites that congregate around the head of the animal, but their range of effectiveness doesn’t generally provide control for the whole body, leaving room for udder or underline infestation. “Flies have the ability to adapt resistance to chemical treatments relatively quickly so steps must be taken to reduce the likelihood of developing resistance to a particular chemical compound,” he said.

3) Pour-on, spray, back rubber and dust bags. “They share many of the same active ingredients as the fly tags so they carry the same caution about resistance issues,” McCorkill said. “With adequate coverage, they do provide fly control for the entire body, which is a nice feature. Perhaps the biggest drawback is the duration of efficacy; it is quite variable based on precipitation, but in general is much shorter lived than the fly tags and diligent use of feed through methods.”

McCorkill recommended least two of the methods outlined, but there are times when all three are needed.

“Just remember to rotate active ingreagainst internal parasites, if labeled for such use and if used correctly. The problem we often run into with pour-ons for internal use is getting it applied in a manner that allows the product to soak into the skin,” McCorkill explained.

“In order to get it to work, the use of an applicator placed as close to the animal’s skin as possible is imperative. The hair coat sometimes gets in the way. Pour-on products also require some ‘dry’ time to soak in. It isn’t advisable to treat livestock when weather is in the forecast. Products labeled for both internal and external parasites available in a pour-on formula include doramectin, eprinomectin, ivermectin and moxidectin, to name a few.”

He added that he generally advises livestock producers to use the method that is closest to the major parasite threat. If external parasites such as lice, ticks, flies and the like are the major problem, a pour-on application is probably going to work better, whereas if internal parasites are more serious, an injectable product will be more advisable.

“Sometimes, it makes sense to use an injectable dewormer and still utilize some sort of more targeted pour-on product to control external parasites. It really depends on the situation,” McCorkill said.

“I would take them to a vegetarian community and look at all of the people who are starving to death because they aren’t getting the right nutrition.”

“We have weekly newsletters, social media, host a website and host two events a year with the purpose of educating consumers. Unfortunately, producers, for the most part, don’t have a connection with consumers.

Unless you are a member of a co-op like ours, you really don’t have that connection.”

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Providing livestock with some type of shelter can protect them in all types of weather With the wild weather that can often occur here in the Ozarks, it’s imperative that livestock have some form of shelter or protection from the elements.

Not only is it good animal husbandry to give your stock some shelter from the weather, it can also be critical to their survival, especially in a geographical area that can incur ice and temperatures well below freezing and periods of drought that come with triple digit thermometer readings.

“If you have toxic tall fescue, then shade is essentially mandatory, because even low levels of toxicity will elevate the cattle’s temperature and make them seek shade or other means of cooling,” Dirk Philipp, associate Professor of Animal Science for the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture said. “If you have non-toxic fescue, you will get away without providing shade in fall, winter and spring. But during summer, shade should be provided in some form. The temperatures in the Ozarks are just too high to rough it.”

Even during a season of mild weather, livestock will appreciate having shade, warmth and windbreaks. Here are a few things to consider when you construct your shelters.

Size and Detail: When you’re planning the construction of your livestock shelters, the classic picture of a big red barn with white trim and a weather vane will probably come to mind. Realistically, farm animals don’t often need anything quite so large and detailed – not to mention costly. A simpler, cheaper, run in shed style shelter will generally suffice. The size of the shelter will depend on the size of your animals; one to two horses can comfortably fit in a three sided 14-foot-by-14-foot shed, where as a herd of cows will need one big open floor plan barn or several small shelters out in the field. Hogs and sheep can bed down in a short shelter, with a ground MAY 1, 2017

to ceiling height of 4 to 5 feet. Shelters should be built with a sloped or pitched roof to facilitate rain and snow runoff.

Livestock are more likely to utilize the shelter out in the field if it has a large doorway, or if one side is fully open, so as not to make them feel trapped.

Material and Construction: As far as materials for your livestock shelters go, you are limited only by your imagination.

Some of the most commonly used materials are 2-by-4s and barn tin; other more creative options are pallets, PVC pipe and tarps, shipping containers and even straw bales. Whatever materials you choose, make sure that they are safe for your livestock and that you minimize strings, protruding hardware and sharp edges. The overall construction of your shelter will ultimately determine how long it will last; Greg Samuel, owner of Portable Livestock Shelters in Seymour, Mo., said “We screw everything together, this way after years of dragging (shelters) around, the screws will still be holding tight.”

Shelters don’t have to be fancy to provide a respite from the weather, especially when they are just seeking shade in the summer. “Our solution was to use moveable shade structures with simple cloth on top,” Phillips said. “These structures can be moved around to prevent complete loss of forage from hoof traffic.

Cleaning the Shelter: While it’s nobody’s favorite job, cleaning out livestock shelters of old bedding and manure is a highly-recommended practice – it helps stop the spread of disease, keeps pests to a minimum, and makes the farm look and smell better.

One of the easiest ways to design your shelter to be cleaned efficiently is to make sure it is portable.

“That way you can move the building and leave the manure there and clean it up once the shed has been moved,” Samuel advised.

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By Klaire Howerton

Well-constructed livestock working facilities makes animal health care much easier When it comes time to work cattle on the farm, whether for sorting, tagging, vaccinating and so on, most producers admit it is can often be a stressful time for both humans and bovines.

There’s typically the concern of what could go wrong, the potential of a frightened animal hurting themselves or even breaking loose from the working facility.

One of the best ways to ease the stress of working cattle is to begin with a properly constructed facility – one that makes working cattle safer and easier, for both the livestock and the producer.

A working facility for cattle should be sturdy. Cattle are large animals and at some point the strength of gates, fences and tubs are going to be tested.

There are two commonly used designs that one sees in working facilities – curved and straight. Both have caused controversy in the cattle industry, so Ozarks Farm & Neighbor looked at the pros and cons of both.

Curved Working Facilities

Curved working facilities with solid sides were made popular by Dr. Temple Grandin, and many working facilities today are built using her designs. Her reasoning is that chutes and alleys built with 180-degree turns take advantage of the cattle’s natural tendency to want to return to where it came from, therefore keeping the cattle much calmer as they move through the facility.

Another benefit to the curves is that “a curved chute works more efficiently than a straight one because it prevents cattle from seeing people and other activities at the end of the chute,”she wrote.

Constructing a curved working facility with solid sides can become costly, since more materials are needed to build it.

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Another con to curved facilities is that some research has shown that the cows may see the solid sided curves as ‘stop signs’ instead of escape routes.

Straight Working Facilities

Straight working facilities often cost less to build, especially if producers opt out of solid sides.

Whit Hibbard, a lifelong Montana cattle rancher and Dr. Lynn Locatelli, a low stress livestock handling consultant in the U.S. and Canada, have suggested that straight chutes are indeed the way to go when working cattle.

The reasoning behind their theory is that “if for some reason animals are uncomfortable with where we are trying to take them (e.g., into a tub) and they really do want to return to where they came from, that literally means that they will retrace their steps to do so. Going around a corner, in the animal’s mind, is not going back where they came from; it’s going around a corner into uncharted territory…It’s so different, in fact, that cattle are often unwilling to go around the curve and will stall.” Hibbard and Locatelli went on to say consequently, cattle frequently have to be driven with significant force around these turns. Grandin’s systems are designed as “driving” systems; that is, the cattle must constantly go forward through various curves.

The problem, however, is that they resist going forward toward solid walls – which is precisely what happens with solid-sided curves – so the handlers often need to drive them with increasing force through the system. As a result of all these problems, solid-sided, curved.

Editor’s note: Dr. Temple Grandin is considered a top expert on livestock handling equipment. Her theories have been tested and proven.

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A great many farmers in the Ozarks use natural cover for their cow herds, so producers are reminded that the boys in the herd need a little TLC. Once bulls are pulled from the herd, his vacation time is a good time to evaluate their overall condition, and decide whether or not they need some extra groceries to get him back up to an acceptable weight.

The first step to determining the condition of the bull is to determine his overall Body Condition Score (BCS).

According to an article by the University of Missouri Extension, Body Condition Scores (BCS) are numbers on a scale used to describe the relative fatness or body composition of the cow. The scoring system in Missouri has a range of 1 to 9, with 1 representing very thin cows and 9 representing very fat cows. A cow with a BCS of 5 is said to be in average condition; however, descriptions of an “average” conditioned cow vary.

For BCS to be most helpful, producers need to calibrate the 1 to 9 system under their own conditions.” Charts to assist with this can be found on the extension website. If the bull scores less than 5, producers should take action to get him back in shape.

There are several other telltale indicators of the condition. How is his at-

titude? Is he bright eyed and alert, or does he seem lethargic? How is his coat and hoof health, is his coat shiny and his hooves crack free? Or does his coat look dull and patchy? Does he look fit, or are his muscles atrophied?

If the producer determines that the bull needs a bigger ration to condition him properly, care should be taken to not overfeed – a bull that is overweight has a low sperm count.

Mature bulls need on the order of 24 to 30 pounds of mediocre grass hay or dormant grass and, in most instances, 1 to 1 1/2 pounds of a 38 to 45 percent crude protein supplement, along with about 15 to 18 grams of phosphorous and 25,000-28,000 IUs of vitamin A daily. Trace mineral requirements will depend on the area and soil type, Producers should also remember that younger bulls have different dietary

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Producers will succeed at keeping their bulls in good condition through observation and knowing their animal, coupled with feeding an appropriate amount of a good quality ration.

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By Julie Turner-Crawford

Following a vaccination protocol, dehorning and castrating can increase prices received at market

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Cattle producers hope to get the highest price possible when selling their calf crop, but they are taking the steps needed to get that price?

According to the University of Missouri Extension, the implementation of a vaccination program (unless cattle are marketed as organic or all-natural) can help keep calves healthy, thus allowing calves to grow and thrive, and bring more at sale time.

According to MU, the timing of vaccination is also important for a achieving an adequate immune response. Many cow/calf producers will vaccinate with 7-way Clostridial (Blackleg) vaccine between 1 to 3 months of age.

Although the calves are too young to mount a good immune response, this dose of vaccine will initiate the immune process.

Administering vaccines during stressful periods, such as during weaning, reduces the ability of the animal’s immune system to properly respond to the vaccine, resulting in poor protection. Vaccination programs often recommend administering the respiratory disease vaccines two to four weeks prior to weaning, then again at weaning. Administering the vaccine prior to weaning gives calves time to respond to the vaccine, and the calves are under less stress because they are still with the cows.

According to information from the University of Arkansas Extension, producers should delay working and giving booster vaccination calves until the stress of weaning is over, and calves are eating and drinking well.

Cattle should also be treated for any internal and external parasites. Some producers also choose to implant their calves at this time.

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tential for an animal to weigh more; thus, typically increasing the total value of the animal,” Dan Childs, senior agricultural economist of the Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation in Ardmore, Okla., told OFN. If not done prior to weaning, calves should be dehorned and castrated at this time. Failure to do so, could result in calves being docked at the sale barn.

“All these practices have the potential to improve the price of the animal. The practices must be completed far enough in advance to ensure the animal is healed from the procedure(s),” Childs said.

While following basic animal health protocols can help producers get a higher price on sale day, they can take the practice a step further by participating in special pre-vaccination programs.

While such program have the potential to bring a higher price, there are specific practices that must be adhered to prior to the sale.

“Generally, for animals to qualify for the special offerings, they must be certified by a third party to have certain attributes, such as but not limited to being weaned for a minimum number of days; males neutered and completely healed; no horns and completely healed if dehorned; received application for internal and external parasites; being immunized for certain diseases with an approved protocol; and trained to eat and drink from a trough,” Childs said. “Animals sold through the special offerings typically bring a higher price per pound than similar weight animals with no known or certifiable attributes.”

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Museum, 1617 Oak Street, Carthage, Mo. – 417-358-2158 6 Christian County 4-H Pie and Dessert Auction with Soup and Chili Dinner –

6-8 p.m. – First Baptist Church, Ozark, Mo. – 417-581-3558 6 4-H and FFA Sheep, Goat and Swine Weigh-in – 8 a.m.-noon – Heart of the

Ozarks Fairgrounds, West Plains, Mo. – 417-256-2391 or tatekr@missouri.edu 9 Third Annual Give Ozarks Day – a 24-hour online day of giving for Webster

County Extension educational programs and services – Webster County

Extension Center, 800 S. Marshall St., Marshfield, MO 65706 – 417-859-2044 9-11 Southwest Missouri Management-Intensive Grazing School – 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

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quality – $10 per person – Mountain Grove, Mo. – call 417-847-3161 to register 13 Webster County Master Gardener Plant Sale – 8 a.m.-noon (or until plants sell

out) – The sale will be held rain or shine – Webster County Extension Center,

Marshfield, Mo. – 417-859-2044 or websterco@missouri.edu 16 Brown Bag Lunch Garden Series: Frugal Gardening-Dirt to Soil – noon –

free class – Demonstration Garden, Taney County Extension Office,

Forsyth, Mo. – 417-546-4431 22 Wheat Tour – Lamar, Mo. – call 417-682-3579 for more information 24-26 4-H Dairy Cow Camp – ages 8-18 – Springfield, Mo. – The registration

brochure and health form are at http://extension.missouri.edu/lawrence – call

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