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he world is a different place. I recently Western novelist Dusty attended a conference about electricity Richards and his wife and natural gas. By now the EPA has Pat live on Beaver Lake issued its regulations for coal-fired powin northwest Arkansas. ered plants. Some plants will stay some To contact Dusty, go to will go. The thing that worries many industry ozarksfn.com and click on leaders is last winter when we had every plant ‘Contact Us.’ running wide open and still barely missed have rolling blackouts in the U.S. Many of these power units are huge and to replace them will take lots of natural gas. At that same period the U.S. strained to get enough natural gas to the plants that needed it. The U.S. has plenty of natural gas but the pipelines are not big enough to become the main choice in many cases. They can build pipelines but not overnight and the pressure on the supply makes it cost much more than coal. Plus, you simply can’t store gas like coal. But the states that don’t allow drilling were the ones that ran out. I wonder how that happened? People complain on one hand and on the other demand supplies. It is almost funny. Through all this sudden discovery of new supplies of gas the U.S. becomes a supplier of the world overnight. I knew guys that worked for oil companies and they used testers on the ground, I think through sonar, which looked for oil all over the U.S. They said we had none anywhere and dwindling U.S. supplies made us pay the Sultan’s price for petroleum. They shut down all gas-fired power plants fed by natural gas. They had to reserve what was left for residential customers. We were running out of it. Oil companies had spent millions looking for it – there was no more down there, doom days of what the future would bring. Now we have wind farms all over except California, none located where they have the most wind, because they fear a condor, which must be a dumb bird, will fly into one. I bet cars kill more condors eating road kill than a fan blade. Maybe they should make everyone walk out there. The thing that concerns people in the electric business the most is what this removal of coal-fired plants will do to your electric bill. Many of the sources for rural electric went to coal-fired plants to supply their members. They have added scrubbers to make cleaner air, now the EPA is complaining about a teacup left. We all want cleaner air, but coal is not adding to that in any amount. Germany has all this business about renewables going to wind, sun, water and even a carbon tax on CO2. Their residents are paying on an average 35 percent more for electricity. I know that a third of the people on rural electric with fixed incomes don’t have $30 a month more to pay on an electric bill. Plants are coming back to the U.S. because businesses know they can have electricity at a lower rate. Let’s not fall in the German’s trap. Any politician who favors a carbon tax needs to be looked at hard in the voting booth. We need to talk to local politicians that represent us about these new EPA rules that came out since I wrote this article. The power industry expects a big push to rush off into things that make the government the boss regardless of good sense or our electric bill. Thanks for listening. May the Good Lord bless and keep you and all of America, Dusty Richards

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Keepin’ it Country By Lynzee Glass

he agriculture industry and farm organizations around the country give special recognition to dairy farmers through the month of June. Some celebrate by hosting Lynzee Glass graduated dairy farm tours, others with ice cream sofrom Missouri State cials. In joining in on that effort we are dedicating University with a our June Issue to National Dairy Month. degree in Agricultural In this issue we featured two local dairies that Communications in 2008. take a different approach to their operation. She grew up on a family Breck Woods starting milking in 1992 and with farm in Dallas County, Mo. a little encouragement and a lot of hard work To contact Lynzee call Breck’s son, Tom, is now running his own dairy 1-866-532-1960 or email herd. By keeping up with technology and thinkeditor@ozarksfn.com. ing outside the box Gary and Melissa Holland keep their family’s 80-year-old dairy thriving. Be sure to check out these great stories throughout the paper. This issue also takes a look at the role dairy plays in a healthy diet, advice on getting the most out of your pastures and tips for successful lactation. National Dairy Month was established in 1937 as National Milk Month in efforts to promote drinking milk when production was at a surplus, according to the International Dairy Foods Association. National Dairy Month has since continued as an annual tradition. Here are some facts about the dairy industry in Oklahoma and Arkansas that you can share during Dairy Month. According to the Midwest Dairy Association Oklahoma farms generate approximately $171 million in milk sales annually with 179 licensed diary herds that produced 92 million gallons in 2013. The average dairy cow in Oklahoma produces 5.6 — Continued on Next Page

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“Even after 12 years, we’re still the new people on the mountain.” One couple that was very instrumental in helping the new farmers was Destry and Shannon Burnett. The two couples lease 330 acres some of which supports the Petray’s 32 momma cow and two bull herd. Two years ago Bart “put pencil to paper” and realized he would make more money by having grass-fed cattle butch-

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When the new couple rented a house, ered rather than selling beef on the hoof they decided to put a 20-acre pasture be- to individuals. In addition, the farmers hind it to use and bought a Black Baldy market clientele was comprised of peocow and calf, the beginning of their ple who wanted a healthier option, were commercial herd. Friends and neighbors willing to pay for it and were often raised stepped in to help the beginning farmers on a farm and wanted to stay in touch with and to support the local learn everything they needed farming community. to know. Then 12 years ago In 2011, Pam’s job was they bought 8 acres in Win- Winslow, Ark. eliminated so she decided slow, Ark., because they were to devote her time to farming looking for a house on a small while still keeping a few private acreage they could afford and clients. Then in December 2013, enjoyed the beauty and peace Bart decided it was time to shift of the place. Bart commented, JUNE 23, 2014

to full-time farming and make a go of a lifestyle he and Pam love. The result is a herd in transition. Bart and Pam’s commercial herd had been mostly Black Angus but is now transitioning to a Charolais momma cow herd with a Hereford bull. Bart likes the Charolais breed for mommas because the white animals seem less prone to flies and tolerate heat better than black cattle. These traits are important because raising grass-fed, antibioticfree cattle for butchering is an 18-month process as opposed to an operation that sells weaned calves. The Hereford bull introduces a little more fat and a shorter calf which will mature earlier. Bart said, “Raising grass-fed, antibioticfree cattle is far more time consuming because they require constant attention in order to successfully prevent health problems.” The cattle are fed mineral, salts and alfalfa pellets, which not only support nutrition but also serve as a critical element in rounding up the cattle when working them. Bart has a Blue Heeler named Buddy, a big help when an animal in the pen gets riled up. The only chemical help for the herd is the administration of a Blackleg vaccination to calves. Bart maintains that his biggest challenge is funding because banks don’t like lending money to nontraditional, grass-fed cattle operations. That means the process of expanding the business is slowed because reinvestment is the only source of funding for expansion. Bart said, “I could and would like to handle another 30 mommas because the market is there, but I don’t have the means to meet that demand.” In 10 years, Pam and Bart would like to be hiring other farmers to also raise animals the way they do now as part of a nationwide distribution business. This highly skilled, professional couple appreciates their farming life. Aside from the deadlines Mother Nature sets, they set their own. Pam said, “It’s important to enjoy simplicity and nature and get back to your roots. You have the time to understand the foundation and genesis of life. Front porch sitting with lemonade is greatly underrated these days.”

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“We wanted six kids and that is exactly what we got,” Breck said. Breck and Gayla Woods have three children involved in agriculture. Their eldest child, Tiffany, teaches kin-

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dergarten in nearby Watts and runs cattle. Tyler is 26, lives on the farm and markets produce. Tyler won second prize this year and first prize last year at the Stilwell Strawberry Festival. Tom who is 19 and has only been out of high school a year runs a dairy and owns beef cattle. Two of their children are disabled and their youngest daughter is still in high school. Their farm is near Westville, Okla. “We own 80 acres. I inherited it from my great uncle,” Breck

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meet your neighbors for Franklin Electric in Siloam Springs for 20 years. “We had beef cattle first and then we started the dairy. We started milking in 1992. In 1999, I quit my job and started running the dairy full time,” Breck said. Tom has Holstein and some Jersey milk cows. Breck runs Holstein and crossbred cows. “He (Tom) is actually milking a whole lot more than I am,” Breck continued. “He is milking 110. I’m only milking 50. We thought we might build up a beef herd and then retire from the dairy. Then we can just settle down and take care of them and not have to milk twice a day.” Breck said the key to keeping his kids in the business of agriculture is to get them involved at an early age. “Raise them up around and in it. Making sure they see a profit out of it at an early age and not just work them as a hired hand too much. They will say I did,” he joked. “Always give them a little share in it or a part of it. Maybe give them a bottle calf when they are little. Let them raise it and grow it into something more.” Tom said, “I started with one cow and a baby heifer that dad gave to me when I was 12. I was able to save enough money to buy two more cows. I was able to get a loan through a young farmer program and with my earnings was able to buy more cows from a dairy in Arkansas. The biggest thing for me to get started was to save every dime I could and don’t spend anything that doesn’t need to be spent. Much of it was just luck that it all worked out right.” Tom continued, “I’ve been milking with dad since I was 12 but, I really

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David Lower brings a 5,000-year-old baking technique to the Ozarks David Lower and his wife, Chris moved to the Ozarks in 1974 from ‘back East’. Like many others, David admits they came, “because the land is cheap, the air is clean and the water is pure.” Like others, too, however, they found making a living in such a beautiful place is not always easy. Twenty-one years ago, they decided to try something old in a new place and the result is Searcy County’s Serenity Farm Bakery in downtown Leslie, Ark. Located in the former Farmer’s Bank, a brick building constructed in 1907, the bakery is a delightful blend of Old World artful baking techniques producing a variety of breads for 21st century clientele. “People have been making whole wheat sourdough bread for 5,000 years,” David explained recently while checking the day’s French sourdough loaves as they came out of the bakery’s wood-fired brick

oven. On the front counter, multiple loaves of whole wheat bread are bagged and lined up for eager travelers passing through the area who stop in for this unexpected treat they happily take back to their homes all across the country. “All of our breads are sourdough. Whether we are making whole wheat, rye, French, whole spelt or multi-grain, the different varieties include unbleached white flour, organic whole wheat flour, organic spelt, rye flour and rolled oats, flax and sesame seeds, filtered water and unrefined sea salt. We also do sourdough fruit loaves, including apple-filled loaves, and whole wheat banana nut bread. We also have several varieties of Focaccia bread, like walnut raisin sourdough and cranberry pecan. We bake a total of 250 to 300 loaves of bread a day.” In addition to the bakery, Serenity Farm also operates a pastry shop that

sits alongside Highway 65, just south of are both over 70 years old and still cutting Leslie, further attracting tourists who wood regularly.” are crossing the country. “We have a full For the uninitiated, Old World brick ovtime pastry chef, Lynwood Hage, and ens like the one Serenity uses, are heated we offer sourdough Croissants, Danish, by the baker, building a fire on the bare sticky buns, cookies and other pastries, bricks that line the oven. Once the bricks made from scratch as well as a daily lun- are heated to the proper temperature, cheon menu. the fire is quickly swept out and prepared “We employ 8 to 10 people in a town of loaves are then placed on those same 400, manufacturing a superior product in bricks, baking the bread with the heat a sustainable business. We introduce the released from the bricks. After so many sourdough culture to the flour and allow hours, the bricks have cooled to a point it to ferment for 7 to 10 hours. You have where baking stops. Bakers at Serenity to give the microbes enough time to di- Farm arrive in the wee hours of the morngest the grain. ing to build the fire, then sweep the oven “That’s why we have so many customers clean to bake their breads as quickly and who come to us and say, ‘I can’t eat bread efficiently as possible, until approximately but when I eat yours, it doesn’t bother 2 in the afternoon. Different breads are me.’ Frankly, diabetics should only eat baked on different days. Because of the sourdough bread. People who are gluten heat involved, Serenity Farm Bakery has intolerant do well on our sourdough. The no air conditioning so employees spend a complete sugars, gluten and nutrients in lot of time in the summer months, using the grain are broken down into a form fans to keep the unbaked loaves cool. that most people “We are the only can absorb. ones in the South “We ship most of doing this,” David our breads all over concluded, “and the country and obviously, it is not throughout the area, terribly profitable like Fayetteville, or everyone would Eureka Springs, to be doing it. You natural food stores can’t make a lot of like Mama Jean’s in money at this and Springfield, Mo. We it’s a gamble, but also ship our bread you end up doing it to a great many infor the love of it all. dividual customers.” I’ve met so many David sighed. “Of really neat people course, we have over the years, cusbeen hit with some tomers who stop real challenges in in, people we ship recent years. First, our bread to. The there was the carbbest part is seeing free diet and most and smelling the recently, it’s been the bread as it comes anti-gluten thing, out of the oven David Lower and his employees and even at times, a and of course, eatstart each day at 3 a.m., and shortage of firewood bake a total of 250 to 300 loaves ing it. The worst for our oven.” part is having to of bread a day. David continued be here at 3 a.m., with a laugh. “You to mix the dough. wouldn’t think that Still, I’m stubborn, would be a problem in the Ozarks with so maybe not so smart but I’m picky about much wood all around us, but sometimes my bread. If I quit doing this, where am it is. The truth is my two best sources for I going to get good bread?” wood these days, are two gentlemen who

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e supply eeder lambs; ; 2 percent oats; 10 es; 3 percent ll prices per wise.

e 1-3 wooled 50-60 lbs .50; 70-80 lbs 5.00. Hair new lbs 150.00crop 90-100 lbs 00. d Large 1-2 r 40-50 lbs

118-202 lbs 00.00. 25.00; hair 135-

rge 1-2 hair

40-50 lbs .00; 60-70 lbs bs 205.0010-115 lbs

San Angelo, Tex. • National Sheep Summary

feeder

Farmers Livestock Springdale 6/13/14

Ft. Smith Livestock

492

417

2-5 Higher

Uneven

St-5 Higher

270.00-300.00 244.00-270.00 226.00-244.00 205.00-226.00 190.00-208.00

281.00-297.00 231.00-259.00 225.00-244.00 210.00-232.00 -----

224.00-300.00 218.00-250.00 211.00-231.00 192.00-212.00 187.00-189.00

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250.00-280.00 229.00-258.00 209.00-239.00 199.00-217.00 193.00-195.00

----205.00-211.00 200.00-214.00 187.00-205.00 184.00-185.00

227.00-240.00 215.00-234.00 194.00-218.00 195.00 -----

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Soft Wheat

Corn

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5.77

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1800

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2300

1000

192.59 *** 192.23 192.71 195.00 187.97 197.26 188.90 *** *

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2000

3000

191.50 203.30 195.67 202.59 189.00

4000

5000

* 172.14 194.36 193.79 190.20 192.29 193.41

Mo-Ark Exeter, Mo.* 6/14/14

N. Ark. Livestock Green Forest 6/11/14

OKC West - El Reno, Okla. 6/11/14

Ouachita Livestock Ola, Ark. -----

Ozarks Regional West Plains 6/10/14

Stilwell Livestock Auction* 6/11/14

Tulsa Livestock Auction. 6/9/14

6/9/14 385

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1171

4158

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1000

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280.00-312.50 235.00-287.00 225.00-251.00 200.00-225.00 180.00-204.50

251.00-288.00 238.00-256.00 209.00-232.50 196.00-213.50 188.00-198.00

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263.00-280.00 226.00-251.00 217.50-224.00 189.00-193.00 -----

246.00-270.00 226.00-249.00 197.00-228.00 181.00-199.00 -----

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260.00-200.00 220.00-270.00 200.00-235.00 190.00-210.00 175.00-192.00

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195.94

2800

1525.00-1995.00 † Farmers Livestock None Reported † Ft. Smith Livestock 1500.00-2200.00 † I-40 Livestock - Ozark 1300.00-1985.00 † Joplin Regional 1350.00-1825.00 * Mo-Ark - Exeter North Arkansas Livestock 1625.00-1700.00 † 1525.00-2285.00 † OKC West - El Reno Not Reported † Ouachita Livestock Auction - Ola Ozarks Regional 1325.00-2500.00 † Stilwell Livestock Auction 1800.00-2250.00 * None Reported † Tulsa Livestock

5.67

5.40

** 194.76

1400.00-2300.00 † 1 Arkansas Cattle Ash Flat Livestock 1125.00-2550.00 † Benton County Sale Barn - Siloam Springs None Reported † Cattlemen’s 1125.00-1750.00* 1 None Reported † Cleburne County Livestock 1435.00-2185.00 * 1 Clinton Livestock None Reported† County Line Sale - Ratcliff 1400.00-2250.00 * Decatur Livestock

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800.00-1925.00 †

1300

Farmer’s & Ranchers - Vinita

198.60 **

(Week of 6/8/14 to 6/14/14)

Sorghum

14.14

800

198.49

1400.00-1800.00 *

cow/calf

Joplin Regional Stockyards 6/9/14

JUNE 23, 2014

300

1250.00-1625.00 † Not Reported †

OKC West - El Reno Ouachita Livestock Auction - Ola Ozarks Regional Stilwell Livestock Auction Tulsa Livestock

Week Ended 6/17/14

I-40 Livestock Ozark -----

220.00-253.00 204.00-243.00 196.00-206.00 182.00-193.00 173.00

1100.00-2000.00 † Arkansas Cattle Auction Ash Flat Livestock 1025.00-1500.00 † 925.00-2050.00 † 9 Benton Cty Sale Barn Cattlemen’s Livestock 1250.00-1800.00 * Cleburne County Livestock Auction - Heber Springs 115.00-125.00 † Prices reported per cwt 950.00-1900.00 * 9 Clinton Livestock 94.00-97.50 † Prices reported per cwt County Line Sale - Ratcliff Decatur Livestock Auction 1250.00-1800.00 * Farmer’s & Ranchers - Vinita 1500.00-1800.00* 1250.00-1575.00 † Farmers Livestock - Springdale Ft. Smith Livestock None Reported † 1250.00-2000.00 † I-40 Livestock - Ozark Joplin Regional 1050.00-2125.00† Mo-Ark - Exeter 1350.00-2035.00* North Arkansas Livestock 1275.00-1720.00 †

avg. grain prices

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235.00-270.00 214.00-235.00 195.00-214.00 185.00-195.00 181.00-185.00

6/13/14

Weekly Trends: Compared to last week slaughter lambs were steady to 10.00 lower. Slaughter ewes were mostly steady to 10.00 lower, except instances of fleshy ewes 2.00-5.00 higher. Feeder lambs were mostly weak to 5.00 lower. At San Angelo, Tex. 4843 head sold in a one day sale. No sales in Equity Electronic Auction. In direct trading slaughter ewes not tested and no comparison on feeder lambs. 7900 head of negotiated sales of slaughter lambs were 1.00-3.00 higher and 4300 head of formula sales of carcasses under 65 lbs were not well tested; 65-75 lbs were steady to 1.00 lower; 75-95 lbs were 3.00-8.00 higher and over 95 lbs were not tested. 5,258 lamb carcasses sold with 45 lbs and down 18.03 lower; 45-55 lbs 3.43 lower; 55-65 lbs 2.13 higher and 65 lbs and up 0.68-2.27 lower. 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 120-165 lbs 152.00168.00. VA: wooled 80-110 lbs 175.00. PA: shorn and wooled 110-120 lbs 188.00-196.00; 130-150 lbs 185.00-204.00. Ft. Collins, CO: no test. Billings, MT: no test. Kalona, IA: no test. South Dakota: shorn and wooled 110-155 lbs 152.00-157.50. Missouri: 90-110 lbs 150.00-160.00. Equity Elec: no sales.

198.00

Week of 5/25/14

6/5/14

205.47

(Week of 6/8/14 to 6/14/14)

6/13/14

Cheese: Barrels closed at $1.9675 and 40# blocks at $2.0300. The weekly average for barrels is $1.9650 (+.0155) and blocks, $2.0420 (+.0285). Fluid Milk: Milk production is trending lower along the southern tier of states across the nation as temperatures in the 90s to 100s have lowered cow comfort levels. Milk production is near peak levels along the northern tier of states across the nation with fresh cut alfalfa and supplemental feeding being utilized to maximize milk production in the Central region. Manufacturing milk supplies are pushing production facilities to capacity or near capacity levels in the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, Pacific Northwest and northern portions of the Central region. Some spot loads of condensed skim milk in these regions are being discounted and moved within and outside of the regions to locations where processing capacities are available. Cream demand is active into butter, ice cream and frozen dessert operations. Cream supplies were tight in the East and Central regions with loads crossing state lines to balance supplies in the West. SPOT PRICES OF CLASS II CREAM, $ PER POUND BUTTERFAT F.O.B. producing plants: Upper Midwest - $2.8607-3.1310

192.00

227.50-265.00 222.00-245.00 200.00-230.00 180.00-207.00 176.00-190.00

215.00-268.00 208.00-240.00 200.00-230.00 195.00-210.00 190.00

235.00-239.00 218.00-235.00 190.00-228.00 182.00-198.00 180.00

255.00-272.00 227.00-235.00 209.00-235.00 196.00-209.00 181.75-194.00

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215.00-260.00 205.00-231.00 190.00-215.00 180.00-195.00 170.00-190.00

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National Dairy Market at a Glance

Ash Flat El Reno Ft. Smith Green Forest Heber Springs Joplin Ouachita Ozark Ratcliff Searcy Siloam Springs Springdale Tulsa West Plains

cows

replacement

Not Reported

oats

175.00-210.00. Selection 2 50-60 lbs 190.00-220.00; 60-70 lbs 210.00-230.00. Selection 3 70-100 lbs 150.00-155.00. Does/Nannies: Selection 1-2 80-175 lbs 72.50115.00. Selection 3 61-150 lbs 75.00-105.50. Billies: Selection 1-2 95-175 lbs 100.00-165.00. Selection 3 75-105 lbs 80.00-145.00. Replacement Nannies: Selection 1 160.00-275.00 per head. Selection 2 75-160 lbs 85.00-107.50. Selection 3 90-150 lbs 85.00-155.00 cwt. Billies: Selection 1 200.00-210.00 per head. Selection 2 110-135 lbs 102.50-200.00 cwt. Stocker/Feeder Kids: Selection 2 30-40 lbs 190.00-215.00; 40-50 lbs 200.00-220.00. Seletion 2-3 20-30 lbs 140.00-155.00. Selection 3 30-40 lbs 150.00-212.50; 40-50 lbs 175.00-180.00; 50-60 lbs 175.00-190.00.

Not Reported

w Crossbreds 1300.00, . ndiv. 1625.00, ed 1625.00. 0-290.00, 140.00-185.00, d heifers 145.0000, small 90.000.00, Beef cross

heifers 550-600 LBS.

Week of 6/1/14

ket sales reports

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215.00 ** * 203.50 195.58 195.03 ** 188.94 *

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173 186 199 212 * No price reported in weight break **USDA Failed To Report *** No Sale

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The Holland farm has been a dairy and erations of Hollands and is currently the residence of Gary’s son and family with sold milk continuously since the 1930s. Gary living in his own home on the According to Wilbur’s diary, the Holland ranch was first supplied with electricity original plot. Gary’s father, Wilbur, kept a daily diary on August 26, 1939, at 1 p.m. Wilbur for over 40 years, which is like a sepia- explained, “It was so nice to have a light toned snapshot of farming history. Gary bulb to read by.” In the old days milking on the farm said “I didn’t have to remember anything because my dad remembered it for was done by hand at 4 a.m., and 4 p.m., milking 20 to 30 cows with the me and used to get after me milk set outside on the road for that.” One thing Gary Gentry, Ark. where a truck came by and does remember is following picked it up. Wilbur bought his father around while baltheir first milking machine in ing when he was 5. Gary saw the early ‘50s. The oldest son what he thought were flies used it while Wilbur and the midin the field and dug them up dle son still milked by hand since only to be stung over and over

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meet your neighbors Gary was too young to help. A decade later Wilbur turned an old house into an elevated, two stall milking barn and was the first in the area to have a bulk tank. He took ribbing from the neighbors who said it would never last. Obviously, they were wrong, especially after the purchase of an electric water cooler. In the 1980s, Gary bought 124 acres from his father and now leases an additional 100 acres, which supports 100 milking cows with some out to pasture to dry. Melissa and Gary married in 2003, which brought major changes to the operation. Until then Gary bought replacement heifers, but when they married, Melissa wanted to raise their calves. Their first bulls were a Jersey and Red Holstein using the Jersey with Brown Swiss heifers so birthing would be easier. However, Gary found the calves to be too small and not as hardy and Jersey bull temperamental. Melissa promptly issued an ultimatum, “It’s me or the Jersey bull.” The bull went. Water usage on the farm developed through time. In addition to ponds for cattle, one well was dug in 1971 when Gary’s father raised chickens. Then, in 1980, Gary dug another well which had water 8 feet from the top. When the airport was built, the water flow was disrupted and the well all but dried up. Then, in the 1990s, Gary decided they really needed another well so they dug 1264’ to sea level to open up a new vein. Gary said, “When you go to the Ruby Do (a colloquial term for sea level), you have plenty of water and we were fortunate we didn’t hit sulfur water. An important feature of the Holland Dairy Farm is the use of leftover vegetables from a nearby canning plant, which he grinds with straw, brewers grain and a pre-mix supplement to provide feed for the cattle. It is a delicate, time-consuming process because an unbalanced mixture can easily make the cows ill and the exact vegetables used change daily as well as seasonally. Gary said, “Three things have kept us going through this time of high payments and feed costs. One is using the vegetables for feed and the others are constant help from my boys and God. I am very grateful for all three.” The Holland blended family includes daughters Heather, Lew, and Lashelle and sons Gary, Gene, Nelson and Cody.

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Understanding the role of trace minerals in successful dairy production That’s one reason Dr. Dan Tracy, technical services veterinarian for Multimin, recMany nutritional components are essential for the rations of a ommends injectable trace minerals, which he said provide a supplementary benefit successful dairy herd – including a few that barely show up in a test. Dr. Tony Rickard, the just-retired University of Missouri Extension dairy specialist during a key period in the cow’s cycle. “During the dry period immediately before for the southwest region, described it as being like an orchestra. “Right before they do she calves and after she calves, we’re asking this cow to calve, to heal and to produce milk, which is a pretty large metabolic demand on the a concert, they each tune their instruments; they’re fine tunsystem,” Tracy told OFN. “Injectable trace minerals help ening,” he told Ozarks Farm & Neighbor. For dairy rations, “the sure that she gets what she needs, because during that time place we have to start is with the major ingredient in the ra“The place we have to start she’s not going to be consuming feed as much as she does tion, which is forage, and making sure that it is extremely high is with the major ingredient after she heals and after she gets into lactation.” quality…and then we fine tune a bit with our macrominerals, in the ration, which is forage, Tracy, who spoke at the recent Missouri Dairy Expo in Springand with our microminerals.” and making sure that it is field, Mo., and at other events in this region, said copper and Macrominerals are those which are needed in larger quanselenium work in the animal in tandem. “What you see is these tities, like calcium; the micro, or “trace” minerals, include extremely high quality...and trace minerals involved with metabolism, energy, protein proselenium, zinc and copper, and are measured in much smaller then we fine tune a bit with duction, hormone production and the immune system,” he doses. “Most of the time we’re actually going to be exceedour macrominerals, and with said. “And when we start talking about antioxidants, we’re talking the requirements,” said Rickard. “We’re talking about our microminerals.” ing about protecting these animals against oxygen stress, which requirements of 20 or 40 parts per million; we’re going to be -Dr. Tony Rickard, can be harmful… Trace minerals are included in the ration in fairly close in most rations.” former University of Missouri a very small amount, but the effects they have on animals is But they’re just as crucial as the nutrients that are needed in pretty profound.” You can get too much of a good thing, too; larger amounts. Selenium, for instance, is what is known as a Extension dairy specialist there are areas of the U.S. where the soil has excess selenium, “coenzyme,” a chemical needed for one of the body’s enzymes and the forage can be toxic to cattle. But that’s not the case in to perform its metabolic tasks. “It’s an anti-oxidant,” Rickard the Midwest or the Mid-south; Tracy said in Missouri, Arkansas explained. “We know that it’s important in the immune system, giving that cow all of the necessary tools for her to combat any type of a challenge, and Louisiana, selenium deficiency is more of an issue. He noted the importance of maintaining a good balance in having a successful lacwhether it be a bacteria or a virus, that would compromise the health of the animal.” He said rations can vary in their trace mineral contents; zinc is sometimes low and tation. “When you see a breakdown in a cow’s lactation and she loses milk producneeds to be supplemented, while copper varies. “The cow is a very resilient animal, tion, she loses an excessive amount of weight or suffers from a metabolic disease, you and until you get into major deficiencies it’s going to be difficult to pinpoint a trace link it back to poor feed intake or a disease process that prevents her from consummineral deficiency,” he said. “Unfortunately, a lot of producers don’t get the total ing the feed that she needs,” Tracy said. One of those things could be sulfur; where mineral profile when they do a forage analysis. They really do need to do that, be- there’s too much of it in the feed or water, it ties up the nutrients and prevents the cow’s body from gaining access to them. cause it’s a shot in the dark.”

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“I think it might stay levelized for the next 5 to 10 years. The Dairy Margin Insurance program is going to help stabilize the industry. There are three things in our favor; corn prizes have come down, milk prices have gone up and and now we will have the insurance program.”

“I don’t want to be negative, but with land prices and aging farmers we’ll continue to see a decline in northwest Arkansas. It’s going to be good in areas but everything moves. However, I’m positive about the industry as a whole.”

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Know your grass growth stages for successful grazing management Timing is everything when it bermudagrass, which will grow out as the comes to getting the most out of weather warms up. Dr. Rob Kallenbach, University of Mispastures. According to Dr. John Jennings, University of Arkansas Extension souri Extension forage specialist, said forage specialist, after grasses emerge from the nutritional quality of tall fescue can dormancy they pass through three growth be measured by the number of leaves on phases: early greenup in the spring or the the tillers. “You’ll find that very rarely summer, depending on the type of forage are there more than three live leaves on it is; the early, leafy vegetative growth a single tiller,” Kallenbach told OFN. “If phase; and maturity, as the grass moves we graze the field when all of the plants into the reproductive phase where stems just have one leaf on a tiller, it’s too early, and if they all have more than three and seed heads are produced. That’s also when there’s less nutritive leaves we’ve missed it. So we like to graze value to the pound, but whether produc- when there are between two and three ers should limit the cattle during different live leaves on a tiller.” For most of the year, cool-season grasses phases, Jennings told be about 8 inches tall Ozarks Farm & Neighbor, Growth Stages will when they reach this stage; depends on what they’re he recommended removtrying to do with the 1. Early greenup ing the stock when they’ve field. “For instance,” he 2. Early, leafy grazed the grass down to said, “during early greeabout 3 inches of stubble, nup in early April when vegetative leaving enough leaf matethe fescue is starting to rial so the plants can regrow fairly fast, if you growth grow rapidly. need to have good vege- 3. Maturity & At the three leaf stage, tative growth 30 days latcool-season grasses have the er you may want to put reproduction maximum carbohydrates for cattle on that pasture, graze it down fairly short by mid-April, and nutritional value. Kallenbach said the only then pull off of that pasture. That regrowth reasons for letting a field get beyond that will come back 30 days later, and be much point would be to allow a really thin stand more vegetative with fewer seed heads, to go to seed, or with the intention of harvesting a field to sell as seed. than if you had left that pasture alone.” It was a poor spring this year for early On the other hand, if the producer plans to harvest a hay crop, cattle should be left season grass; Kallenbach said producoff the pasture so the grass can accumulate. tion was down from normal by about 50 Yet another management option arises on percent. “Reproductive growth is gova field where ryegrass has been interseeded erned more by day length than it is temwith bermudagrass. “As long as that rye- perature; that is, stems are produced on grass is rapidly growing through April,” plants based on how long the days are, Jennings said, “we want to rotationally so that occurs whether it’s cool or dry graze that and not graze it all the way to or wet or hot – they come out the same the ground – leave a good stubble of 3-4 time each year,” he explained. “When inches each time we pull the cattle out to we get a spring like this, we get a lot less go to the next paddock, so it will grow back leaf growth while stems are being profaster.” When the ryegrass stops growing in duced, so the hay that’s being produced mid-to-late May, send the cattle back in to this year is a shorter crop, and the crop graze it down and take the canopy off the has more stem in it than normal.”

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Balancing Your Diet with Dairy By Amanda Erichsen

Tips for consuming milk and other dairy products in a healthy diet There are several challenges for the dairy industry when it comes to getting consumers to understand how dairy can be a healthy part of their balanced diet. “Dairy does contain some saturated fat, and this has been a concern in the past,” said Rosemary Rodibaugh, professor of nutrition for the University of Arkansas’ Division of Agriculture. “But not all saturated fats have the same effect on health. We need to continue to research the effect of dairy fat on health.” Rodibaugh said that some people are concerned about fat and calories in dairy products and may choose to consume less dairy because of that concern. Research is conflicting on the effect of dairy intake on body weight. The general recommendation is to choose fatfree or lowfat dairy foods most of the time. Fat-free and lowfat dairy products have all of the same nutrients that full fat products do, just less fat and calories. “There has been a lot of research conducted on the relationship of dairy food to health in the last 20 years or so,” Rodibaugh said. “And we know that dairy products provide a number of nutrients beneficial to our health.” Dairy foods contribute half of the calcium and vitamin D and about a fifth of the protein to our diets, all of which are important for bone health. Dairy products are also important contributors of several minerals essential for health. According to the Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2010, consuming milk and milk products is positively linked to bone health. It is also associated with lower risk for heart disease and type 2 diabetes and with lower blood pressure in adults. “There are also concerns about the hormones and antibiotics that are given JUNE 23, 2014

to cows affecting humans,” said Teresa DeFord Petefish, FNEP project manager for Greene County and the Southwest Region Extension areas for the University of Missouri. “The types of hormones used are deconstructed by stomach acid so they don’t cause a problem when you are eating or drinking dairy products. Research hasn’t confirmed that the antibiotics are dangerous. There are hormone and antibiotic-free milk products available for those who want to avoid these substances.” The recommended daily dairy intake as part of a “balanced/healthy” diet is as follows: • Children 2-3 years old need 2 cups • Children 4-8 years old need 2 ½ cups • Children age 9 and older, and adults need 3 cups The types of dairy products that can be a part of this recommended diet include low-fat and non-fat milk, cheese and yogurt. “Lactose intolerance is also an issue for many people, however it has been shown that yogurt with live active cultures can be consumed without too much discomfort,” Rodibaugh said. The live active cultures in the yogurt will help the digestive balance. There are also lactosefree dairy products.” “Moderation and balance are the keys to making healthful food choices,” DeFord Petefish said. “Low-fat and non-fat dairy foods in recommended amounts are a part of a balanced diet. Including vegetables, fruits, whole grains and lean meats along with dairy everyday provides the nutrients needed for health.”

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