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Woman’s desire to be a farmer brings her home to the Missouri Ozarks

JULY 11, 2016

Clydesdales to Cattle Barbara Becker gave up her ‘dream job’ for her true love and a farm in the Ozarks

Celebrating for 65 years

Women i n Agricultu re Issue & Farm Ha Ag Resound Directory rce Inside

Passing Down the Love of Farming

Alexandra Stigall’s ancestors purchased her family’s land in 1876

The Crane Broiler Festival began as a gathering for the area’s poultry producers

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Nixon signs beef legislation: Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon signed into law several proposed changes to the state’s agriculture policies last month including, expanding a locally-grown food program and beefing up tax credits for meat producers. The action on the legislation, which will grow the Farm-to-School program to also connect farmers with prisons, hospitals, nursing homes, military bases and other institutions, is now called the Farm-to-Table program. Other provisions in the law, which takes effect Aug. 28, 2016, will extend a beef producer tax credit of 10 cents per pound until 2021. The legislation increases the tax credit to 25 cents per pound for sale weights more than 600 pounds. It also calls for a tax credit for new, modernized or expanded meat processing facilities worth 25 percent of the costs, capped at $75,000. That credit goes into effect next tax year. In a press release Nixon said the goal is to increase processing in the state, rather than shipping meat elsewhere.

The Missouri Cattlemen’s Association, however, expressed disappointment that Nixon did not sign three bills backed by the MCA, including SB 844, which stops the process of holding livestock producers responsible in all circumstances when livestock escape their confines; SB 64, which would stop the government from considering disaster assistance a taxable event; and HB 1414 that protects producer privacy.

Students from the Ozarks attend Pork Institute: The 2016 University of Missouri Pork Institute, sponsored by the University of Missouri College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources and the Missouri Pork Association, was held June 13-15 in Columbia, Mo. The Institute was a three-day educational event for high school students interested in the pork industry. On June 15, Logan Fullerton of Bolivar, Mo., was awarded a $500 scholarship to attend the University of Missouri-Columbia upon completion of high school. Fullerton earned the scholarship with a top score on a written exam covering all of the information learned during the program. Anna Brightwell of Carthage, Mo., also attended the event as a 2106 Missouri Pork Youth Ambassador.

Missouri dairy producer honored: Keith Dixon of Phillipsburg, Mo., was presented with the 2016 American Guernsey Association’s Master Breeder Award at the National Guernsey Convention in Bloomington, Minn., in June. He owns and operates Dix-Lee Farm with his daughter Katie Dixon and granddaughter Whitney Yerina.

Ag Business Specialist named: Jim Spencer Jr. has been named the new ag business specialist for Christian County, Mo., as well as for adjoining counties. Spencer was an agriculture education instructor/FFA advisor for more than 26 years, and owns registered Gelbvieh and Balancer cattle.

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4 Julie Turner-Crawford – A salute to the ladies

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MEET YOUR NEIGHBORS

7 Barbara Becker went from a Clydesdale handler to cattlewoman

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Festival began as a gathering of poultry producers 65 years ago

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Eye on Agribusiness spotlights Cedar Lane Farm & Lawn

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Family continues to pass down the farming tradition

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Ozarks woman welcomes would-be farmers from around the world

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Town & Country features Harold Fugate

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Woman follows her lifelong dream to farm

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Cattle & plants fill the days of the Testermens

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Youth in Ag spotlights Matria Hartley

Purdy, Mo., woman is a seasoned horsewoman at the age of 23

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Jerry Crownover farms The upper division class was usually in Lawrence County. He populated with idealistic juniors and seniors who is a former professor of had hopes of being employed by the USDA’s Soil Agriculture Education at Conservation Service. That was their dream job beMissouri State University, cause, in addition to being a government job with and is an author and great benefits, it would allow them a career that afprofessional speaker. forded them the opportunity, to a great extent, to To contact Jerry, go to be outdoors, as they helped farmers and landowners ozarksfn.com and click implement soil and water conservation techniques. on ‘Contact Us.’ Every year, on the first day of class, I’d have a little fun at their expense when I would ask, “How many of you hope to land a job with the SCS after graduation?”

After watching almost every hand go up, I’d follow up by stating, “OK, then you need to know two essential facts to realize your goal.”

As I watched these eager young students grab their notebooks and pencils to start writing down my profound statement, I would recite, “Water runs downhill…and payday is Friday.”

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n this edition of Ozarks Farm & Neighbor, we are saluting some of the hardest working people I know – the women in agriculture.

Many folks who aren’t involved in our inJulie Turner-Crawford dustry, in my opinion, think women who live is a native of Dallas on farms are kind of like the dress-clad, hair and County, Mo., where she makeup always perfect June Cleaver, spending their grew up on her family’s days making sure the house is nice and clean, baking farm. She is a graduate pies, keeping Beaver, Wally, Larry and Lumpy out of of Missouri State trouble, and having Ward’s dinner ready when he University. To contact comes home from a hard day of work. Farm ladies Julie, call 1-866-532-1960 don’t have a “real job” after all, so they have plenty or by email at editor@ of time in their day. ozarksfn.com.

I thought all of you ladies reading would get a good laugh out of that. Not only do farm ladies have to tackle many, if not all, of the tasks above, there is also livestock to tend to, field work to do, fences to fix and everything else many in our society tend to think of as “man’s work.”

According to the 2012 Census in Agriculture, there are nearly 1 million women farmers in the U.S., and more than 288,000 of those women were the primary operator of their farming operation.

The report goes on to say that female principal operators sold $12.9 billion in agricultural products in 2012, including $6 billion in crop sales and $6.9 billion in livestock sales. They operated 62.7 million acres of farmland. Sales by women represented 3.3 — Continued on Next Page

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just a thought Across the Fence Continued from Previous Page percent of total U.S. agriculture sales, and women operate 6.9 percent of U.S. farmland. Not too shabby, ladies.

Let’s face it, most women – be it farm women, stay-at-home moms, women who work off the farm or outside the home – work hard, no matter what they do, in order to keep their homes and families happy and harmonious. I tell my four-legged kid just about every day that I would love to be a stay-at-home dog mom, but if I don’t go to work, no one gets fed, including her.

Some historians say women really came into their own as farmers and/or ranchers during the World War II era. Men were being called up to serve our country, leaving their wives and other female family members to carry on alone. I think, however, that women helped carve our farms out from the wilderness. Women, and children, worked long, physically demanding days along side of their husbands, fathers and brothers; it was a matter of survival.

After college, I took a job as a sports reporter in the Missouri River town of Lexington, Mo. In that small community stands one of only 12 Madonna of the Trail statues in the nation. The statues honor the pioneer mothers who traveled via covered wagon along the Santa Fe

Trail. Dressed in a sun bonnet and long dress, the woman depicted in the 5-ton statues is holding a baby in her arm and a small boy is hanging onto her skirt; in her other hand is a rifle. If you look at the face of the woman, she isn’t scared. It is the face of a woman who is strong and knows that she has to do everything she can to protect her family.

If commissioned today to depict America’s women farmers and farm wives, that same look of determination and confidence would be seen.

Women such as the prominent 19th century cattlewoman Susan McSween and Margaret Borland, the first woman known to have ever lead a cattle drive, have helped to blaze a trail for women in farming and ranching. I see many more bright, shiny stars on the horizon in our industry being groomed on our family farms and in our agriculture education programs.

To the women in agriculture across the Ozarks, thank you for your dedication to your way of life. Thank you for not only helping to feed your family, but families around the world. Thank you for being a farmer.

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For five years, Barbara Becker worked in Oregon as a Clydesdale handler for Budweiser.

By Laura L. Valenti

Barbara Becker gave up her ‘dream job’ for her true love and a farm in the Ozarks “It was my dream job,” is the Clydesdale handler in events such as the way Barbara Becker of rural Pu- Rose Festival in Portland and the Tournalaski County, Mo., described her ment of Roses Parade in Pasadena, Calif., five years as a Clydesdale han- and all the many other appearances the dler with the Budweiser dynasty, world famous Clydesdales made in the working throughout the western United western United States in the ensuing years.

“I worked in grooming, feeding and exerStates. Originally from the Dixon-St. Robert, Mo., area, Barbara said she put cising the horses, as well as crowd control together her resume in 1988 and took it and public relations. We also drove the to St. Louis, where she interviewed for trucks for hauling the horses from one apthe job. She was basically told, “Yes, well, pearance to the next,” Barbara explained. everyone wants to work with the Clydes- “It was wonderful and great exercise, keeping up with the horses. Walking the Rose dales.”

Bowl Parade route each year was over “I figured that was pretty 5 miles. The last year I worked it, I much it and then a year actually got to ride on one of the later, they called and asked if floats, so that was a nice change.

I was still interested,” Barbara “We did a number of other recalled. She was soon off on the Crocker, Mo. things with the horses too, adventure of a lifetime. like riding them into a loBy mid-1989, Barbara was cation for a photo shoot in in Portland, Ore., working as a Photo by Laura L. Valenti

Barbara Becker of rural Pulaski County, Mo., has continued to manage a small commercial cattle herd after the death of her husband in 2012.

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the snow where there was no road access.

That was fun!”

When asked the most important attributes she felt helped her to get such a dream job, she thought general horsemanship was important, and that was certainly part of her background, but that an outgoing personality and the ability to be able to simply pick up and go were also essential.

“It was great in so many ways. You lived in hotels and I loved that. You were on the road 10 months of the year, but you were never home except when you were on vacation,” she added with a smile. “I finally left to marry someone I’d loved for a long time.”

Today, Barbara operates a 160-acre farm on the Pulaski-Miller County line, raising Angus/Charolais cross commercial cattle, as well as hay for herself and others. Her husband of 18 years, Gary Becker, died in 2012 following a stroke.

“Gary had grown up on a farm, but he knew how much I wanted to have cattle,” Barbara said. “I have about 15 head right now and I’ve had to learn a lot in the last four years, but I know Gary would be proud of me. There’s always something more to be done, something else to worry about, like if there will be enough rain. Will the grass be good enough this year? Will there be enough hay? Were all the cows bred this season?

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“The hooking and unhooking of the equipment to the tractor is hard and takes a lot of strength. Sometimes, when something breaks, I may know how to fix it but I might not have the strength to do it by myself. I’d have been lost if it wasn’t for the help of neighbors. The man I’m dating now is on the road a great deal with his job so he helps me too, when he’s here.”

For the time being, Barbara feels she is maxed out, in terms of growth, with the number of cows and the fenced pasture she has available. She hopes to fence another hayfield in the near future, which would give her more grazing space. She is also interested in looking at intensive grazing in the coming seasons.

Barbara has been a bus driver for the Crocker School District for many years.

She takes great pride in being able to continue life on the farm and jokes that she has to drive a school bus so she can afford to farm.

“Last year, in spring calving season, I caught all the calves by myself and I thought, I am a real cowgirl,” she said.

“There are days when I think I can’t do this anymore. I should just give it up.

But then I come home at the end of the day and it feels so good to relax here and I realize, I’m not done yet.”

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For the Love of Horses

By Julie Turner-Crawford

At the age of 23, Loryn Barclay is a seasoned veteran in the horse world

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For Loryn Barclay, there was a natural gravitation to horses. She has been riding since before she can remember and she got her first barrel-racing pony on her 4th birthday.

“I don’t know what I would do without horses,” she said. “I have had them my whole life and I want to share them with people, help people learn about them and let them share the same experiences.”

Her family, including older sister, Sammie (Barclay) McCracken, showed Missouri Foxtrotters and barrel raced, so Loryn followed in her footsteps. She also competed in English events, such as dressage and show jumping.

“It’s not because I liked riding English as much as I knew it would make me a better rider,” Loryn explained.

By the age of 12, Loryn was concentrating her skills Loryn Barclay trains horses for clients and herself, on barrel racing. in addition to working at the H.A.Y. Foundation.

Loryn, who lives in Purdy, Mo., barrel raced during her high school years, it didn’t keep her out of the saddle. reaching the Missouri High School “I sold my good horse and bought a Rodeo Finals, the National couple of colts I could ride at home,” High School Rodeo Finals she said. “I had some success in and International Finals training and then selling them to Youth Rodeo four times. other people, who are now winAfter high school, Loryn put ning and doing well on them. I her barrel racing on hold in orlike seeing other people win der to pursue her English and on my horses, and I like seePurdy, Mo. writing degrees at Drury Uniing the reward of working versity in Springfield, Mo., but with colts.”

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The 23-year-old seasoned horsewoman spends most of her days surrounded by horses and children at the Horses Assisting Youth (H.A.Y) Foundation in Nixa, Mo., where she is the assistant coordinator and a senior arena instructor. She is also training horses for clients.

Training horses requires more than just riding full speed around an arena.

There’s work to be done daily to get a horse ready for optimum performance.

“There’s a lot of exercise involved,” Loryn explained. “I log (horses), which is pulling a log behind them so that it will build their hind end up so that they will have some explosive movement forward out of their barrels. We long trot and exercise a lot, then about three times a week I will work them on the barrels, going slowly so that they will listen to me.

“Barrel horses can get some high anxiety, especially when they are young, so you have to take the time to do the slow foundation work with them. We spend a lot of time going slow, just to keep their minds right.”

She also advocates for proper nutrition for the equine athletes.

“The most important thing is making sure your horse feels good,” she said.

“If you take care of them and they feel good, then they are going to perform better. We spend a lot of time pampering them.”

Despite her busy routine, Loryn has found time to reignite her own barrel racing career.

Along with her boyfriend, tie-down calf roper Glen Scott, she hopes to compete in a couple rodeos per week this season.

“Our goals, and we have talked about them a lot, are to go to some (American Cowboys Rodeo Association) rodeos and some bigger amateur rodeos to get our horses solid,” Loryn said. “They’re young and we need to get them seeing bigger performances, the sights, the sounds.

Next year, we are both hoping to buy our (Professional Rodeo Cowboy Association) cards. We are very excited.”

When it comes to selecting her own horses for competition, Loryn prefers the American Quarter horse. She said the breed has a “better mind” and is more JULY 11, 2016

athletic than many breeds. The Quarter horse is also bred for high speed at short distances, making them the perfect fit for the rodeo arena.

“I didn’t like going in the show ring and just going in circles for 20 minutes,” Loryn said. “I like the adrenaline of running and the uncertainty of it. I don’t think I’m an adrenaline junkie, but I like it.”

In addition to athletic ability, Loryn is selective when it comes to the bloodlines of her horses.

Loryn’s mare, Last American Perks, is an own daughter of Dash For Perks, a top-rated Quarter horse stallion that has been called a “corner stone” in the barrel industry. The Dash For Cash son died in 2011 the age of 23 in Brazil.

“Dash For Perks was sold to a ranch in Brazil for $2.5 million and only lived there for 10 months,” Loryn said. “There are a few other colts born to him in Brazil, but my horse was the last one born on American soil, so she is really special to me and it is just a huge blessing that I was even able to get her.

“A lot of Dash For Perks babies go to the Quarter horse track, but a lot of them have great success as barrel horses. My horse is young, but she is competitive and doing well, so I am really excited.”

When asked what the draw was to the rodeo arena, Loryn said she didn’t know if it was the competition factor or what the horses do for her.

“Horses just offer me something that nothing else ever has,” she said. “I would have never learned self-discipline, a sense of responsibility or pride in building something from the ground up. They teach me to be selfless, and keep me humble and in check. I have always said my horses eat before I do in the mornings. They are my priority, and they have to be because they can’t feed themselves. Horses have been my foundation, my whole life; I’ve grown up with them and they have taught me everything.

“I am a competitive person and they always give me something to work for every year, a new goal to set and something to work for.”

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By Julie Turner-Crawford

The Crane Broiler Festival began as a gathering for the area’s poultry producers What started as a gathering of broiler producers in the small Stone County, Mo., community of Crane has now become a popular summertime destination for thousands of visitors.

The 65th annual Crane Broiler Festival is set for Aug. 19-20 at the Crane City Park.

As in years past, organizers of the annual event promise two days filled with music, arts and crafts, games, carnival rides, a parade – and of course, freshly barbecued-to-perfection chicken.

“We light the fires for the grill at 8 a.m., start cooking chicken by 9 a.m., then start serving lunch at 11 a.m.,” Nathan Quick, Crane Broiler Festival Association Board chairman.

It takes 5,500 halved chickens and 3.5 tons of charcoal to keep the fire pit, which is 50 feet long and 6 feet wide, fired up and filled up. The pit cooks about 1,150 chicken halves at a time. It takes about 50 people, all of whom are volunteers, to man the cooking operation and serve during the event. In all, more than 250 volunteers of all ages donate their time and energy to the festival.

“I can’t say enough about our volunteers,” Nathan said. “It takes an incredible amount of people to serve that amount of food. Our volunteers may have started off picking up trash as a teenager, but now they are working a shift as a cook… It is really a community commitment and it is our big community get-together.”

The two-day festival attracts between 10,000 and 15,000 people, which is about 10 times more than the population of Crane.

“We have family reunions, class reunions scheduled around this event, and we have a few people who have been to every one of these,” Nathan said.

No Crane Broiler Festival would be complete without festival royalty. Each year girls and young women are invited to participate in the “Slick Chick” pageant.

“We have different age groups, from Tiny Miss and Little Chickadee for the younger girls, up through the Slick Chick high-school aged girls,” Nathan said.

While not a native of Crane, Mo., Nathan said his wife, Tracey, grew up in the community. He fondly remembers his first festival more than 20 years ago.

“They lit the pit off and I thought ‘Holy smokes, here we go,’” he said, adding that he quickly became engulfed in the festival.

The first Broiler Festival was held on Oct. 9, 1952, as a oneday event and was sponsored by the Southwest Missouri Broiler Growers Association, which was composed of approximately 60 broiler producers from the North Stone County area. Nathan

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said the early years of the festival was a community picnic, with the broiler association furnishing the broilers and the rest of the community kicking in with other food, kind of like a big pot luck dinner.

“It really morphed into much more,” Nathan said. “I was looking at some early pictures and it was really about speakers, like Congressmen. The ladies all had on long dresses and the men had on suits, so it has really changed, but we really try to keep that wholesome attitude.”

According to the organization’s website, a 1956 program of the festival stated that by 1952 there were more than 2 million broilers produced annually by the local farmers. Broiler production was started in 1948 with approximately 50,000 broilers produced and by 1955 that number grew to more than 4.5 million, making Crane the “Broiler Capital of Missouri.”

While the number of broiler houses has declined in the area, the Broiler Festival continues a vital part of the Crane community.

“This really helps out a lot of groups because it is their big fundraiser,” Nathan said, adding that many non-profit groups and organizations have booths at the event.

Proceeds from the festival go to the not-for-profit Crane Broiler Festival Association, which funds scholarships for area high school students, as well as aiding with other needs in local schools.

“The better year we have at the festival, the more we can help out other organizations,” Nathan said. “The other really fun part of the job is handing out help to our communities.”

The land where the Crane City Park is located is actually owned by the association, but the park “belongs” to the city.

The association also owns the Crane Business Park, and for a mere donation, it will lease property to would-be business developers.

“You give us a $1 and you have a 99-year lease on a piece of property,” Nathan explained. “That is all made possible through the Broiler Festival. We really try to promote Crane and the surrounding area.”

Nathan said the event has a little something for everyone, no matter his or her age or interest.

“Admission and parking is completely free, so what you spend at the Broiler Festival is what you want to spend; we don’t charge you to take your money,” Nathan added. “We’re just an oldfashioned, Mayberry kind of event, but we do try to cover a lot of bases. We try to do what we do well and hopefully everyone comes and enjoys what we do offer. We hope to get another 65 years out of it.”

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Location: Seneca, Mo. Owners: Don and Brenda Burleson History: Don Burleson grew up in the Wyandotte, Okla., area and went on to manage farm stores in Neosho, Mo., and Grove, Okla.

He grew up around cattle and horses and competed in team roping for years, but can still be found competing in cutting horse competitions when he is not at the store.

Don and his wife, Brenda, opened Cedar Lane Farm & Lawn 20 years ago, building off of Don’s experience in the farm stores and the Grove Co-op.

“You’d be surprised how different the clientele is in each community,” Don said.

“What sells in Grove, Okla., doesn’t sell here and what folks want in Neosho, Mo., there is no demand for here.”

Products and Services: The store focuses on the needs of the Seneca area which includes several ranches and horse enthusiasts.

Cedar Lane Farm & Lawn carry saddles, tack, large and small animal feed, dog food, bird feed, various tools, various lawn care supplies, veterinary supplies, chicken feeders, plus hay and straw. Just about anything someone might need on the farm or at home.

Cedar Lane also carries some gift items such as jellies, pickles, relishes, handmade soy candles, fancy spurs and country-themed cards for all occasions.

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Passing Down the Love of Farming

By Jaynie Kinnie-Hout

Alexandra Stigall’s ancestors purchased her family’s land in 1876 Rock’N C Farms, operated by the Stigall family, is located deep in the Ozark Mountains in Stone County near Galena, Mo. The James River cradles the farm on three sides, creating a beautiful peninsula. The land has a rich history – part of the farm was originally purchased by Joseph Curbow in 1876. The farm remains in the Curbow family today. In 1949, Charlie Curbow purchased the farm’s first John Deere M, which enabled them to retire their team of horses and mules.

These days, Matt and Alexandra Stigall and their daughters Elizabeth, 8, and

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Kinzey, 3, live and work on the farm. daughters Elizabeth and Kinzey, operate Rock’N Both Matt and Alexandra work jobs off C Farms. The farm has been a part of Alexandra’s the farm as well. Matt works in the mainfamily for generations. tenance department at the Springfield School District and Alexandra is a supervisor in the operations center at Great Southern Bank. the Pentagon, but he was a country his retirement and subsequent move back The family farm and where boy at heart and longed to go home to the family farm, Elmer shifted gears it is today is almost like a to the farm and his wife, Connie, and devoted his full attention to the love story. who waited for him there. farm. He purchased additional acreage Alexandra’s grandfather, Lt. Elmer bid farewell to the U.S. that was part of the land that the family Colonel Elmer Curbow, comArmy at Fort Eustis, Va., in had owned in 1876. He mentored Alexpleted two tours in Vietnam, fly- Galena, Mo. 1986, retiring after 45 years andra, teaching her everything he knew ing missions in war torn Southof service.

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meet your neighbors Passing Down the Love of Farming Continued from Previous Page of the land and his commercial cattle operation. Elmer and Alexandra worked side-by-side together under the Missouri sun, but to her it wasn’t “work,” the land was deep in her soul.

“I was his little farm hand and son he never had,” Alexandra recalled. “He was my dad and my grandfather.”

Alexandra became rooted in agriculture at an early age. She was highly involved in FFA and employed at Ozark MFA during high school. She also showed cattle.

She graduated from Ozark High School in 2006 and went on to earn her State FFA Degree, and continued her education at Ozarks Technical College. She kept her eye on the goal, increasing her knowledge of farming for the future. She learned EPDs, something Elmer knew little about. She took this new found

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knowledge to Farmfest and bought a bull every year.

Elmer became ill and was no longer able to carry out the day-to-day operations on the farm. Matt and Alexandra were married the year before and she was expecting their first child. Elmer kept his illness a secret from the family until after the birth of baby Elizabeth, not wanting to diminish the new family’s joy.

“He lasted about a year,” she recalled.

“One day he called me to his bedside at the hospital and asked me if I could quit my job and run the farm.” Alexandra went straight to the phone and quit her job at MFA. “We didn’t live on the farm then, it was winter and I had baby Elizabeth with me.

Many times it would be dark before we got the hay put out. Matt was traveling for his job and he couldn’t be home all the time,” Alexandra said.

It was during this time that Elmer’s widow, Connie Curbow, Alexandra’s grandmother, stepped in. She did chores,

babysat and helped the young family anyway she could.

“We wouldn’t be where we are today without the incredible support from my Mimi Connie,” Alexandra said.

Matt, a hard-working pastor’s son from Ava, Mo., had no previous farm experience, but to him it was just an awesome adventure.

“It was one of those situations,” Matt explained. “After her grandfather passed away – it just kind of flowed.

One day we were doing hay when I first met Alexandra, and we were taking a break under a big tree. Her grandpa said, ‘If my dad and grandpa could see how we’re farming, they wouldn’t believe it.’ His mother literally flipped the hay over with a pitch fork. They hauled it all up on wagons back then.”

Today, Rock’N C Farm runs smoothly under the Stigall’s watchful eye. Elmer’s tractors and farm implements can still be heard chugging through the fields daily.

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Their motto is: “If we won’t keep it on our farm, we won’t sell it to a buyer looking for replacement heifers or a herd bull.”

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Ozarks woman welcomes would-be farmers from around the world through WWOOF “I’ve been a teacher ever since I can remember,” is the way Ozarks farmer and disabled veteran Wendy Lombardi defined herself recently, sitting on the front porch of her home that sits on 40 acres in the far southeastern corner of rural Laclede County, Mo. A single mother to P.K., a student at Missouri Western University in St. Jo-

try and even the world. As a WWOOF (World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms) host since 2010, Wendy and her farm have welcomed close to 30 volunteers from France, England, Germany, Wales, as well as various parts of the United States, as they come to learn the realities of farm life in America. Most recently, Katie Hill, a data analyst from Washington D.C., in her mid-20s, spent

Ozarks farmer Wendy Lombardi, left, and agriculture volunteer Katie Hill from Washington D.C., at Wendy’s Laclede County, Mo., farm with some of Wendy’s dairy goats. Wendy is a WWOOF (World

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seph, Mo.; Natalie, who attends Mis- a week with Wendy learning the nittysouri State University in West Plains, gritty of everything from the demands of Mo.; and Nicholas, who just graduated daily milking, cleaning the hind ends of from Plato High School and will also be dairy goats and chickens, to just the fact at MSU at West Plains, Mo., in the fall, that on the farm, there is always more work to do.

Wendy originally moved to “I’ve learned so much this week the Ozarks to feed her chilabout the hard work of taking care dren better and teach them of animals,” Katie said. “I got to about raising their own food. see a baby goat being born, rode a Today, in addition to milking horse other than just on a trail dairy goats, raising chickens and Falcon, Mo. ride, and tried to learn how tending a few horses, Wendy is teaching basic farming skills to — Continued on Next Page folks from all over the counJULY 11, 2016

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to milk a goat,” she added. “Just the daily they can mulch the garden, while I’m chores can involve dirty jobs, like examin- running a brush hog. ing the poop samples of the goats to control “In other countries, cooperative grassthe parasites. Still, if you work hard, you roots programs have helped small farmcan create a harmonious system where as ers and they once did here. We still see you milk the goats, you share a little of that that spirit in our Mennonite communiwith the cats, who eat the mice. The horses ties, for instance, as they come together eat the grass so you have to care for that, too for big projects, like a barn raising. For but then you utilize the manure from all of small farms in this country and so many them to fertilize the garden and grow better others, it is about raising the food and vegetables and fruits. that is something that has always been “I’ve traveled abroad, essentially the woman’s but I realized I didn’t role. Food is important know much about my to our families. Feed own country beyond your family first, then the [East] coast. I welyour neighbors and comed the opportunity then your community.

The volunteers to come west and learn If the small farm is gomore about this life.” ing to survive, that is have been a WWOOF offers that something we need to great help and opportunity to people get back to, helping one at the same from all over the world. another.”

Wendy moved to the Katy admitted that time, I’m Ozarks in 2009 to finish while she is returnhelping them to raising her three children. ing to a life far from understand so “I started in fitness the farm back in a big classes 25 years ago and I city, she still hopes to many facets of knew the value of organlife and work on incorporate some of ic foods,” Wendy said. what she has learned the small farm.

“While buying organic into her daily life. “I’ve foods is more expensive, learned different ways – Wendy Lombardi experts estimate you can that human beings can save up to $20,000 a year work with the earth, for a family of six by raising your own not against it. I’ll be going out of my food. We’ve been raising 90 percent of way to learn more about agriculture in our own for the last several years between my home area and better ways to use my the farm and the garden. money to buy good food.”

Wendy said the main reason why small “Sharing this kind of agriculture educafarms fail is a lack of understanding of tion and information with young people how much work is involved. She herself is so important. We don’t know where is facing a lack of manpower, which is it will take them, how it will influence why WWOOF has been an asset to her. their world but it is certain to make a “For years, my kids helped but now two difference somewhere down the road,” are grown and gone, and the youngest Wendy added. has just graduated from high school.

Wendy has accepted a position at a They are all off to college or soon will university in Iowa, where she will conbe,” Wendy said. “The volunteers have tinue to share agriculture education been a great help and at the same time, with the next generation, but in a less I’m helping them to understand so many physically demanding capacity. facets of life and work on the small farm.

She is looking for a buyer for her farm as They may come here, not knowing a lot she moves closer to her aging parents and a of the specifics of how to do things, but new adventure in Midwestern agriculture.

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In the Country: “I grew up on a farm in Greene County, Mo., in the Walnut Grove area,” Harold said. “I bought my first farm in 1969 and I traded for it on a car deal. That first farm was 240 acres and I traded a pickup for it. I’ve traded for several farms since. I’m just an old trader and will still trade for ‘most anything.’”

Harold currently raises 120 head of Angus cows with their calves on a combined 800 acres on two different farms in Cedar and St. Clair counties. He recently sold off an additional 500 acres. “I like black cows so I just do a basic cow-calf operation, raising Angus cows but I don’t do registered cattle. I just don’t have time for it,” he said. “I was really born into farming and got in to it a little too soon to be able to take advantage of all the modern advantages and equipment that farmers enjoy today. I had an old scoop shovel instead of an auger, for instance, but I didn’t have access to the big equipment that farmers have now.

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Barry County Regional Stockyards

No Sale - Holiday †

Interstate Regional Stockyards - Cuba

87.50-104.50 †

Joplin Regional Stockyards

82.50-109.00 † 8 88.00-110.50 †

Kingsville Livestock Auction

95.00-112.00*

Mid Missouri Stockyards

No Sale - Holiday †

MO-KAN Livestock Auction - Butler

98.00-109.25 †

South Central Regional Stockyards - Vienna

60

80

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100

120

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140

cows

(Week of 6/26/16 to 7/2/16)

Not Reported*

Barry County Regional Stockyard

Not Reported*

Buffalo Livestock Market

No Sale - Holiday †

Douglas County Livestock Auction

57.50-85.50 †

Interstate Regional Stockyards Joplin Regional Stockyards

55.00-90.00 †

Kingsville Livestock Auction

61.00-90.00 † 65.00-91.00*

Mid Missouri Stockyards

No Sale - Holiday †

MO-KAN Livestock Auction

54.00-95.50 †

Ozarks Regional Stockyard

60.00-80.50 †

South Central Regional Stockyards

54.00-90.00 †

Springfield Livestock Market

50

70

cow/calf

90

110

130

pairs

(Week of 6/26/16 to 7/2/16) Barry County Regional Stockyards

Not Reported*

Buffalo Livestock Market

Not Reported*

Douglas County Livestock Auction - Ava

stocker & feeder

1950.00-2025.00 † 1250.00-1700.00*

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No Sale - Holiday †

MO-KAN Livestock Market - Butler South Central Regional Stockyards - Vienna Springfield Livestock

850

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1075.00-1500.00 †

1350

1850

replacement

2350

cows

2850

Not Reported*

Buffalo Livestock Market

Not Reported*

Douglas County Livestock Auction - Ava

No Sale - Holiday †

Interstate Regional Stockyards - Cuba

None Reported †

Joplin Regional

825.00-1600.00 †

Kingsville Livestock Auction

None Reported

Mid Missouri Stockyards Ozarks Regional

300-400 lbs.

400-500 lbs.

500-600 lbs.

600-700 lbs.

700-800 lbs.

No Sale - Holiday †

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980.00-1360.00 † 770.00-1400.00 †

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700.00-1525.00 †

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650

300-400 lbs.

400-500 lbs.

500-600 lbs.

600-700 lbs.

700-800 lbs.

None Reported*

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1150

1650

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150

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2650

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400-500 lbs.

500-600 lbs.

600-700 lbs.

700-800 lbs.

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Kingsville Livestock Auction

350

6/28/16

No Sale - Holiday †

Interstate Regional Stockyards - Cuba Joplin Regional Stockyards

goats

Receipts: 1088 Supply was good and demand was very good with a near standing room only crowd on hand. All markets steady to lower than Last month. The supply made up of 46 percent slaughter and feeder lambs, 8 percent ewes and rams, 30 percent kid goats, and 13 percent does and bucks. All prices per hundred weight unless noted otherwise.

Feeder Lambs: Medium and Large 1 36-54 lbs 180.00192.50. Medium and Large 1-2 25-55 lbs 160.00-178.00.

Medium 2 28-53 lbs 140.00-157.50.

Slaughter Lambs: Shorn Wool show lambs, Choice 1 100-118 lbs 158.00.

Hair lambs: Prime 2-3 100-110 lbs 168.00-182.50.

Choice 1-2 60-95 lbs 170.00-187.50. Good 1-2 65-93 lbs 155.00-168.00.

Replacement Hair Ewes: Medium and Large 1-2 68-100 lbs 132.50-155.00.

Slaughter Ewes: Good 1-2 82-112 lbs 100.00-120.00; 110-118 lbs 95.00-97.00. Utility 1-2 50-70 lbs 105.00118.00; 80-95 lbs 77.50-97.50. Cull 3-4 53 lbs 85.00117.50.

Few Replacement Hair Rams: Medium and Large 1-2 98 lbs 175.00; 120-140 lbs 113.00-132.00.

Slaughter Hair Rams: Good 1-2 90-160 lbs 95.00107.50.

Feeder Kids: Selection 1 35-37 lbs 217.50-235.00. Selection 2 25-35 lbs 210.00-215.00. Selection 3 28-38 lbs 140.00-185.00.

Slaughter Kids: Selection 1 45-62 lbs 235.00-240.00; 50-78 lbs 230.00-232.50. Selection 2 40-66 lbs 220.00234.00. Selection 3 48-57 lbs 202.50-215.00; 61-80 lbs 162.50-192.50.

Replacement Does: Selection 1 59-83 lbs 170.00-192.50.

Slaughter Does: Selection 2 59-65 lbs 137.50-155.00; 75-150 lbs 102.00-122.00.

Slaughter Bucks: Selection 1 135-195 lbs 120.00-140.00.

Selection 2 88-120 lbs 175.00-192.50; 95-120 lbs 149.00162.50.

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Receipts: 440 Demand and supply moderate to light with near 15 percent Springer and bred heifers, 16 percent Open heifers, 03 percent Fresh heifers and cows, 14 percent Springer and bred cows, and 16 percent baby calves.

The balance was steer/bull calves and slaughter cows.

Several bred cows weighed-up to Slaughter Cow Buyers.

Holsteins unless noted otherwise. Prices reported on a per head basis.

Springer heifers bred seven to nine months: Supreme 1350.00-1475.00, Approved few 1025.00-1075.00, Common 800.00-950.00.

Heifers bred three to six months: Supreme 1300.001575.00, couple registered 1610.00 & 1760.00, Approved 1100.00-1300.00, Medium 800.00-1000.00.

Heifers bred one to three months: scarce Open Heifers: Approved pkg 275 lbs Crossbreds 440.00, pkg 496 lbs 750.00, 450-500 lbs Crossbreds 570.00640.00, pkg-535 lbs Jerseys 750.00, pkg 580 lbs 760.00, pkg 583 lbs Crossbreds 680.00, pkg 623 lbs 830.00.

Replacement Cows: Fresh: Supreme ind 1350.00, Approved 1150.00-1250.00, Medium ind 1100.00, Crossbreds couple 875.00-910.00, Common 700.00-900.00.

Milking Cows: not well tested.

Springer and Second Stage Cows: Approved 1000.001225.00, Crossbreds 975.00-1200.00, Jerseys 975.001025.00, Medium 810.00-950.00 Jerseys 675.00-900.00.

Baby Calves: Holstein heifers pkg small 255.00, Holstein bulls 160.00-190.00, small 130.00-160.00, Crossbred heifers 160.00-250.00, Jersey heifers couple 140.00, Crossbred bulls 130.00-200.00, Jersey bulls 80.00-165.00.

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85.00-119.00

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20

dairy

90.00-115.00*

Ozarks Regional Stockyard

7/3/16

5 Area (Tx-Ok, Ks, Neb, Ia, Colo) Live Basis Sales - Over 80% Choice Steers: 120.00-125.00; wtd. avg. price 122.54.

Heifers: 117.00-125.00; wtd. avg. price 121.32.

Dressed Basis Sales - Over 80% Choice Steers: 193.00-200.00; wtd. avg. price 195.05.

Heifers: 192.00-196.00; wtd. avg. price 194.77.

Not Reported*

Buffalo Livestock Market Douglas County Livestock Auction - Ava

cattle

Midwest - High Plains Direct Slaughter Cattle

National Sheep Summary

7/1/16

Compared to last week slaughter lambs were very uneven.

Lambs at San Angelo, TX and heavy lambs at Sioux Falls, SD and New Holland, PA were 5.00-10.00 higher. Light lambs at New Holland, PA and Ft. Collins, CO were steady to 10.00 lower. Slaughter ewes were mostly steady to 10.00 higher. Feeder lambs were weak to sharply lower, except at Sioux Falls 8.00-10.00 higher. At San Angelo, TX 5165 head sold. No sales in Equity Electronic Auction. In direct trading slaughter ewes were not tested and feeder lambs were firm. 3500 head of negotiated sales of slaughter lambs were steady to 3.00 higher. 6700 head of formula sales had no trend due to confidentiality. 4,402 lamb carcasses sold with 65 lbs and down no trend due to confidentiality; 65-85 lbs 5.50-7.54 higher and 85 lbs and up no trend due to confidentiality. All sheep sold per hundred weight (CWT) unless otherwise specified. ***This report will not be issued next week due to the July 4th holiday. The next time this report will be issued is July 15, 2016. **** Slaughter Lambs: Choice and Prime 2-3 90-160 lbs: San Angelo: shorn and wooled 110-155 lbs 132.00-144.00.

VA: wooled 110-125 lbs 165.00-170.00; 130-160 lbs 152.50.

PA: shorn and wooled 110-130 lbs 202.00-227.00; 130-150 lbs 215.00-225.00; 150-200 lbs 200.00-227.00.

Ft.Collins, CO: wooled 130-150 lbs 145.00-156.00.

South Dakota: shorn and wooled 115-150 lbs 170.00-178.00.

Billings, MT: no test.

Kalona, IA: shorn 123 lbs 164.00; wooled 110-140 lbs 165.50-170.00.

Missouri: 100-120 lbs 158.00-182.50.

Equity Elec: no sales.

Slaughter Lambs: Choice and Prime 1: San Angelo: 40-60 lbs 210.00-236.00; 60-70 lbs 175.00200.00, few 202.00-214.00; 70-80 lbs 160.00-182.00, few 186.00-200.00; 80-90 lbs 150.00-172.00, few 178.00-180.00; 90-110 lbs 150.00-160.00.

Pennsylvania: 40-50 lbs 230.00-250.00; 50-60 lbs 227.00230.00; 60-70 lbs 210.00-237.00; 80-90 lbs 217.00-242.00; 90-110 lbs 227.00-242.00.

Kalona, IA: 55-60 lbs 180.00-210.00; 60-65 lbs 175.00182.50; 70-75 lbs 179.00-187.00; 80-90 lbs 162.50-166.50; 90-110 lbs 162.00-168.50.

Ft. Collins: 58 lbs 240.00; 60-80 lbs 200.00-215.00; 80-90 lbs 185.00-195.00; 90-110 lbs 189.00-200.00.

Missouri: 60-95 lbs 170.00-187.50.

Virginia: 60-80 lbs 170.00-186.00; 80-110 lbs 170.00187.00.

Cuba Interstate Regional† 6/28/16

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Kingsville Livestock Auction† 6/28/16

Mid Missouri Stockyards* 6/30/16

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195.00 150.00-166.00 140.00-157.00 133.50-152.50 136.00-144.00

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165.00-180.00 155.00-170.00 150.00-162.00 147.00-157.00 140.00-148.00

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110.00-125.00 105.00-112.00 100.00-108.00 95.00-100.00 95.00-100.00

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143.00-147.00 136.00-149.00 129.00-144.00 128.00-142.50 123.00-141.50

155.00 148.50-156.50 133.25-155.00 125.50-139.75 120.25-132.00

150.00-165.00 145.00-152.00 140.00-146.00 128.00-141.00 125.00-133.00

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Interior Missouri Direct Hogs

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Estimated Receipts: 440 Supply and demand are light to moderate.

Compared to Friday’s close: barrows and gilts are steady to 1.00 higher.

Base carcass meat price: 69.00-74.00.

Sows (cash prices): steady to 3.00 lower. 300-500 lbs.

30.00-37.00, over 500 lbs. 36.00-42.00.

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Many producers are on the down side of the hay season now.

Other than those producing alfalfa and working on the second cutting, several farmers of grass types of hay have now put equipment up for the spring. Excluding alfalfa 84 percent of haying is done which is much ahead of the five year average.

The biggest concern now is just some wide spread soaking rains to help pastures and regrowth. The supply of hay is moderate to heavy, demand is light and prices are steady. The Missouri Department of Agriculture has a hay directory available for both buyers and sellers. To be listed, or for a directory visit http://mda.mo.gov/abd/haydirectory/ for current listings of hay http://agebb.missouri.edu/haylst/ (All prices f.o.b. and per ton unless specified and on most recent reported sales price listed as round bales based generally on 5x6 bales with weights of approximately 1200-1500 lbs).

Supreme quality Alfalfa (RFV <185): 180.00-200.00.

Premium quality Alfalfa (RFV 170-180): 150.00-190.00.

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

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

Good quality Mixed Grass hay: 75.00-125.00. 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: 15.00-40.00 per large round bale.

Fair to Good quality Bromegrass: 50.00-80.00.

Wheat straw: 3.00-6.00 per small square bale.

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CHEESE: Barrels closed at $1.6700 and 40# blocks at $1.6250. The weekly average for barrels is $1.6285(+.0885) and blocks, $1.5830(+.0700).

FLUID MILK: Milk production varies throughout the U.S. Southern areas of the U.S. faced with high temperatures are experiencing decreases in milk production. Industry contacts in cooler areas across the nation report a steady week of high milk intakes. Southeast area processors report some load rejections due to temperature issues. With the upcoming holiday, milk marketers report shuffling of additional loads to maintain processing throughout the long weekend. A few butter plant shut downs in the Midwest accompanied by the holiday weekend have made cream more readily available in the region. Cream multiples in the Midwest are 1.16 to 1.30. Western cream is reportedly tightening this week; however, cream multiples are general steady, 1.05-1.30. Cream multiples in the East for all classes range from 1.20 to 1.35. Market participants speculate that ice cream manufacturers will absorb any excess cream.

SPOT PRICES OF CLASS II CREAM: $ PER POUND BUTTERFAT, F.O.B., producing plants, Upper Midwest $2.7353-3.0654.

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Mo. Weekly Weaner & Feeder Pig

Receipts: 6688 Weaner pigs steady to weak. 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, 3474 head, 10 lbs, 35.35-38.00, weighted average 36.44.

Early weaned pigs 10 lb base weights, Delivered 0% negotiated, 3214 head, 10 lbs, 30.76-36.00, weighted average 33.14.

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 .501.00 per pound.

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South Dakota: no test.

Billings, MT: no test.

Direct Trading: (lambs fob with 3-4 percent shrink or equivalent) 3500: Slaughter Lambs shorn and wooled 80-168 lbs 135.00172.01 (wtd avg 158.51).

ID: 9000: Feeder Lambs 130-140 lbs 175.00.

Slaughter Ewes: San Angelo: Good 2-3 (fleshy) 55.00-59.50; Utility and Good 1-3 (medium flesh) 63.00-70.00; Utility 1-2 (thin) 55.00-65.00; Cull and Utility 1-2 (very thin) 40.0050.00; Cull 1 (extremely thin) 30.00-40.00.

Pennsylvania: Good 2-3 (fleshy) 75.00-111.00; Utility 1-2 (thin) 55.00-77.00; Cull 1 45.00-55.00.

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A Farming Dream

By Julie Turner-Crawford

Woman’s desire to be a farmer brings her home to the Missouri Ozarks Lesley Smith has traveled the world throughout her life, but deep down she always knew she wanted to have a quiet place in the country; she wanted a farm.

After her father retired from the Navy, the family settled in the Missouri Ozarks.

Lesley graduated from Nixa High School, then went to college at Southwest Baptist University in Bolivar, Mo., which was followed by a stint as a missionary, spending three years in China.

She returned to the U.S. and attended seminary school in San Francisco, Calif.,

in Petaluma, Calif., which raises Babydoll Southdown sheep and produce.

“The owner asked me to go into partnership with her,” Lesley said. “I thought about it for a while, but I knew I wanted to own my own property, but I was never going to be able to do that in California.”

Lesley returned to the Ozarks and shared her dream with her family, which included the whole family running the farm together.

About four years ago, the family purchased 92 acres in rural Lawrence County, Mo., near Everton. Lesley owns 35

Lesley Smith, pictured with her daughter Cedar, is working to begin her own line of Kinder goats at her rural Dade County, Mo., farm.

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then went on to manage a large outdoor acres of the property and moved there equipment store, but the longing of after converting a pole barn into a home for herself and her daughter, Cedar, who owning her own farm never faded.

“I have always known that I want to is now 5 years old.

Today, Lesley’s Turn Back Farm genbe outside,” she recalled. “I erates its own electricity through went into that field because solar panels, and four generations of that, but I was under floof her family are living on the rescent lights all day. I defarm. The family is working tocided I was done with it and gether to be self-sufficient. decided I needed to learn how Everton, Mo. As she developed her farm, to farm.” a friend offered to give LesLesley found her way to the ley a mixed group of goats, Canvas Ranch, an organic farm Ozarks Farm & Neighbor • www.ozarksfn.com

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In addition to her goats, Lesley also has a small flock of registered Babydoll Southdown sheep, which she added about two years ago.

“There was a church I went to in Ash Grove, and there was a small group of Babydoll Southdowns in a pasture across the road,” Lesley said. “On Sundays, I would go admire this little group and finally one Sunday, I told my family I was going to go and visit with the family about their Babydoll Southdowns.”

The owners, Tommy and Leanna Clair, befriended Lesley and helped her get her start.

“I had a Jersey-cross heifer calf, and she was getting to the age to be bred, so we traded three ewes and a ram for my heifer; I had my start,” Lesley said.

Leanna also taught Lesley how to spin raw wool, and Lesley helped the couple straighten out their registration papers.

For her work, Leanna gave Lesley her spinning wheel.

Leanna passed away last year, but prior to her death, she and Tommy decided that Lesley should have their flock at a very “modest price.”

“That’s how I got my little flock going,” Lesley said, adding that she likes the hardiness of the breed and their low input factors. “I’m working on expanding the registered side of my flock. I believe in bringing this great breed back from obscurity by keeping the Babydoll bloodlines pure. I just love them.”

Lesley rotates pastures regularly in an effort to reduce parasites, but monitors both her goats and sheep closely. She also is very proactive in hoof care.

Lesley hopes to continue to expand her farming operation until her acreage has reached its capacity.

“This has always been my dream,” Lesley said. “When I was little, people would ask me what I wanted to be when I grew up, I said I wanted to be a pilgrim. I read ‘Little House on the Prairie’ and admired how they did everything for themselves...

I didn’t like towns and cities; this is what I wanted. Growing up, we never had a farm, but we always tried to live outside of town and I was always outside; that’s what I wanted for my child. To be able to have this is extremely important for me and a dream come true to have (Cedar) out here.”

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mostly Kinder and Kinder crosses. She admitted she wasn’t ready for livestock, but she took them anyway.

“They were wild as March hares,” she recalled. “By that spring, they had babies under every bush. I read up on them and found out that they had good milk, so I drug them out of the brush, far and near, by their horns, and onto a milk stand, twice a day. They were still wild, but they knew there was grain on the stand, so they would jump up to be milked, then disappear into the fog.

“Their milk was the most delicious milk I had ever had. When I first moved back here, I started milking Jersey cows because I had heard their milk was the best, but this Kinder milk blew it out of the water. The goats were fat, slick and shiny and did it all on what they could find. I decided I wanted to pursue Kinder goats, and raise my own line; get in on the ground level and establish myself for providing family milkers for folks with small acreage or homesteaders who want a hardy animal that can provide milk and meat.”

To begin her line, Lesley sold her original goats and bought registered Nubian does and registered Pygmy bucks, the foundation breeds for Kinders.

“I started buying the best registered stock I could afford,” she said. “I started breeding my Kinders last year for the first time. It will take five generations before they will be truly registerable.”

Lesley added that until that time, her Kinder line will receive certificates of merit from the Kinder breed association.

While she enjoys the Nubian goats, the financial and physical inputs required of the large breed are much higher than that of the Kinders.

“I milk by hand, so I know I have a limit to the number of does I can physically handle,” she said. “I’m looking for something that can raise their own babies, and be gentle to raise and milk.”

Lesley has also began showing her Nubian dairy goats. At first her show, a buck she owns garnered grand champion honors at an American Dairy Association sanctioned show.

“It’s really nice to get the feedback that you are doing something right,” she said.

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Cattle and Plants

By Katrina Hine

The Testermens split their days between the cattle pastures and the greenhouse No one has ever accused farmers and ranchers of having too much time on their hands.

In fact, the latter will likely admit they do not have enough of either time or hands. Yet these workers of the soil and watchers of the herds weather the seasons not merely out of duty but out of a love for what they do. Ron and Sue Testerman, of rural Noel, Mo., are no exception.

The Testerman name has been in the Ozark hills close to 200 years. Ron re-

a dairy along with several acres of strawberries in Dog Hollow where they had clear cut timber because strawberries prefer virgin soil,” Ron said.

Today, the Testermans raise Red Angus and Brangus cattle, settling on the breed combination for the smaller calves and rate of growth. They have approximately 25 Red Angus and 75 Brangus, which Ron admits are a little bucket spoiled.

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Even though Ron and his father raise the cattle together, Ron’s heart is in the soil.

“I started out wanting to raise a tomato in the winter that actually tasted like a real tomato,” Ron explained. “Everybody said calls reading a letter from the mid 1800s it couldn’t be done, but I proved it could.”

About 100 plants produce approxisent by ancestors here in mately 1,600 pounds of tomatoes in Southwest Missouri to famhis 150-foot greenhouse. ily back in Tennessee.

Hoping to carve out a niche for Ron’s father, Donald, grew up himself, he admits it is hard work near Bunker Hill and took part based on trial and error. in the strawberry boom that made “I read everything I can Anderson, Mo., the “Strawberry Anderson, Mo. get my hands on,” Ron said.

Capital of the World.”

Like most who love working “Grandpa Bill Testerman had

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meet your neighbors the land, he loves the little things like the smell of fresh cut hay “cook’n” and dirt between his fingers.

He started using grow bags for his tomatoes and organic manure. He works hard to keep his process as natural as possible, organic manure gives the produce more nutrients and flavor. He always adds enough pot ash to the bottom so the plants grow to it, raising the pH to around 6.5.

“Rabbit and cow manure make the best taste’n tomatoes I have ever had,” Ron remarked.

For the last 20 years, Ron and Sue have learned how the weather dictates the success of their business.

“You always have Mother Nature to contend with,” Ron said. Last year’s floods hurt a lot of folks who grew vegetables for the local farmers market, which has now disbanded.

“The river bottom folks could do nothing but watch their watermelons and other produce wash down the river to Oklahoma,” Ron said.

Running a greenhouse isn’t for the faint of heart. Both Ron and Sue are retired from Walmart and while the greenhouse is hard work, they prefer being their own boss and working out in God’s creation.

Producers must constantly monitor the temperature, moisture and fertilizer.

“If you don’t like working hard, you better not even start,” Ron added. “You’ve got to feed and water your plants carefully because a flowering plant is a working plant.”

Each year brings new challenges and lessons. Everything from the weather, weeds and pests have progressed and changed over the last two decades.

“For instance, when I first started we didn’t have the Japanese Beetle to worry about,” Ron said.

Sadly, he fears that some of the older plant varieties may even be gone forever.

The biggest challenge is competing with the chain operations, but one thing they cannot offer is down home “Mom and Pop service.” The Testerman’s strive to give their plants the best start possible.

“We care here – I don’t just want to sell you a plant. I want your plants to succeed,” Ron said.

It is not unusual for them to sell more than 30,000 vegetable plants and to date they have sold more than 300 hanging plants.

Ron is eager to lend an ear and give advice to anyone starting their first garden or an experienced gardener facing new problems. Ron will even test your soil PH for free and offer suggestions to improve the soil composition for stronger plants.

They moved their PRF Greenhouse and Nursery from Highway DD to South Highway 59 in Anderson, sharing a building with Basement Bargains Flea Market.

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Age: 16 Parents: Miles and Montina Hartley Hometown: Fair Grove, Mo. FFA Chapter: Fair Grove FFA FFA Advisor: Matt Crutcher and Mike Stockton Involvement in Agriculture: Matia Hartley fell in love with farming early in her childhood.

“My great-grandpa bought the farm and passed it down to my dad. Whenever I was really young he gave me my first cow. I kept the heifers that she had and still have some of her offspring,” Matia said.

The Fair Grove, Mo., teenager, takes care of her Angus-based commercial cows on her family’s 200-acre farm.

“I have 10 cows myself mixed in with my brothers’ and my dad’s. I love working on the farm and helping my brothers and dad. I love spending time with my family and it allows me to spend time with them,” Matia explained.

Involvement in FFA: Matia also devotes her time to the FFA Chapter at Fair Grove High School. Her freshman year she made it to state in the FFA Entomology contest and her sophomore year she competed at state in the Grasslands division. As a junior, Matia and her team won first place in state in the agronomy contest. In October, Matia and her teammates went on to the national competition in Louisville, Ky.. Her team placed eighth and Matia was a gold individual.

Matia currently serves as vice president of the Fair Grove FFA Chapter.

Extracurricular Activities: Matia stays involved in many activities at Fair Grove High School. She is a member of the volleyball team, basketball team, Pep Club and SADD (Students Against Destructive Decisions).

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Finding a Balance: Matia says finding a way to balance farm, school, FFA and extracurricular activities can be a challenge.

“I am a very busy person so it is hard for me to find time. When I can, I help with fixing fence and working cattle or anything my brother or dad need help with,” Matia said.

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n a remarkable decision, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a Tax Court opinion dealing with a Thoroughbred racehorse owner’s activities. This case is important to the livestock industry because IRS hobby loss regulations, the subject of the opinion, apply to livestock as well as horse activities.

John Alan Cohan is a The case, Roberts v. Commissioner, concluded lawyer who has served that the taxpayer’s horse racing activities were enthe farming, ranching tered into for profit. The Court characterized the and horse industries since Tax Court decision as untenable, in that it in effect 1981. To contact John Alan concluded that a business’s start-up costs were not Cohan, go to ozarksfn.com deductible business expenses and that every busiand click on ‘Contact Us.’ ness starts as a hobby and becomes a business only when it achieves a certain level of profitability.

The taxpayer, Merrill Roberts, was a successful owner and operator of restaurants, bars and nightclubs in Indianapolis. In the 1990s, he began withdrawing from the business, becoming a consultant instead, and learned about the financial aspects of the horse-racing business. In 1999, he bought two horses for $1,000 each, and in the first year netted $18,000 in purses. He built a horse track on a farm and increased his stock of race horses to 10, plus a breeding stallion. In addition, Mr. Roberts passed the state’s licensed-trainer test and obtained his horse-training license.

In 2005, Mr. Roberts acquired a larger property and invested in improvements for the training of racehorses. He trained the horses himself. He lobbied the Indiana legislature on behalf of horse racing, pushing for legislation to permit slot machines at racetracks, which ended up being enacted. He took on leadership roles in two professional horse-racing associations.

Roberts spent upwards of 12 hours per day working with the horses on race days and about eight hours a day on other days.

During the years at issue, Roberts’ expenses significantly exceeded his earnings.

The Tax Court held that Roberts’ activity was a hobby in 2005 and 2006, but that it became a bona fide business in 2007. Accordingly, the Tax Court held that Roberts’ business expense deductions for 2005 and 2006 were denied.

The Tax Court, which was reversed by the 7th Circuit, held that Mr. Roberts’ activity in 2005 and 2006 was a hobby, and became a business in 2007. The 7th Circuit said that the activity evolved from his decision in 2005 to build a larger training facility, and to make substantial improvements to the property: “The Tax Court’s finding that his land purchase and improvements were irrelevant to the issue or profit motive until he began using the new facilities is unsupported and an offense to common sense.”

The 7th Circuit added, “The judge seems not to have understood that the decision to build the facility, and its construction, are also indications of a profit motive.”

The 7th Circuit found the Tax Court’s opinion confusing and contradictory. The 7th Circuit characterized the IRS regulations on the horse industry as “goofy,” and commented that the Tax Court would be better off if, rather than “wading through” the factors in the IRS Regulations, that before deciding, “the court must listen to the owner’s protestations of business motive.”

It is extremely rare for a hobby loss case to be appealed to the Circuit Court of Appeals, which rarely reverses the Tax Court. It is not only an expensive undertaking, but also takes a long time. The Tax Court handed down the Roberts decision in April, 2014, and the 7th Circuit issued its ruling in April 2016, two years later.

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Potentially poisonous plants should be identified, eradicated Dangers could be lurking in pastures across the Ozarks, dangers that can be fatal to livestock.

There are many plants commonly be found in pastures, both native and improved, along fence rows and other areas that are potentially toxic to livestock, such as water and poison hemlock, black nightshade, wild cherry and milkweed.

Luckily, many of these plants taste bad, so livestock doesn’t typically graze upon them.

“If you haven’t mowed your hay and knocked them down, now is the time to start looking for poisonous plants,” University of Missouri Extension Agronomy Specialist Terry Halleran, who is based in Hickory County, Mo., said. “Most of them, the cows won’t eat unless they are forced to eat them; things like hemlock, nightshade and such. They really don’t go looking for them.”

Most plants are only dangerous during certain periods in their life cycle, and may be perfectly fine after being cut in hay. For example, the leaves and stems of buttercups contain toxins, but those toxins volatilize upon drying; therefore, buttercups contained in dried hay do not pose toxicity problems.

Mature Johnson grass in well-dried hay also poses no danger to cattle.

Halleran added that there are several resources available for producers to help identify dangerous plants, and what control measures work best to eliminate those plants from pastures.

“Most of them are broadleaves and can be controlled with a broadleaf spray,” he said.

“You don’t have to get the high-dollar stuff, 2-4-D will usually take care of them.”

Halleran added that spraying at the right time during the plant’s growth cycle is also important for eliminating the threat.

“You want to make sure there is enough leaf surface for the chemical to get on it and be absorbed,” he said. “If you are spraying before (the plant) gets to be about 4 inches or so, you may not get as good a kill as you might like, but you need to get them sprayed before they get to be 12 inches or so. Timing also has a lot to do with it, depending on if it is a cool or warm season plant, a C3 or a C4 plant, or the time of year when you spray.”

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The most important tool in fighting poisonous weeds. Halleran suggested is education.

He went on to say that university Extensions and chemical companies offer a wide range of literature, many times at no cost, to producers to help identify poisonous plants and invasive weeds, as well as tips for control measures for a particular species.

Halleran also said produces should educate themselves on the products they use in fields and pastures.

“There are some restrictions on when you can turn cattle out on the area, how soon you can hay it, and they are different for beef and dairy cattle,” he cautioned.

“Also, there are restrictions on how soon you can reintroduce any type of new seed for legumes. If you put Grazon in a field, you can’t put in red cover for 15 to 18 months because it will kill it. Read the entire label, not just the part with how to put it on and what it kills. Don’t skip things.”

Some producers, he added, have been able to utilize their rotational grazing systems to control toxic plants.

“I hear people say they are able to control it because they flash graze and the cattle tromp it down, so they don’t have to worry about it,” Halleran said. “The cattle will go for the grass first.”

Producers should also be aware of any shrubs, non-native or ornamental plants that may be in pastures. Boxwood shurbs, for example, are highly lethal to livestock.

When pruning shrubs or trees, it is important that livestock has no access to clippings. Wilted leaves cut from a bush or tree can actually be more toxic the live plant.

If the ingestion of a poisonous plant is suspected in a dead or ill animal, Halleran recommended that producers scout their pastures for any suspect plants. If they are unsure which plants might be the culprit, he advised that the producer contact their local Extension center for assistance.

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“I think in some ways there are. It has been my experience that women are better at animal husbandry than men. My husband handles all of the selling of sheep. Most of the customers are men and it seems to go a little smoother that way.”

“I do believe there are gender roles in ag to some extent. Men do the heavy lifting and women do the feeding. However, there are also a lot of women who run farms by themselves so I think it mainly depends on the individual farm.”

“There are gender roles only if you allow them.

Growing up as a farmer’s daughter, my dad never cut me any slack because I was a girl, and I don’t expect anyone else to… I have earned my place in this profession.”

“Absolutely.

Not quite so much so in the younger generation (my generation), but definitely in the older generations.

My grandpa never allowed a woman to make a decision on anything in relation to the cattle. He knew I was more than capable, but I always had to have a male opinion prior to doing what needed to be done.”

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How to recognize heat stress in your livestock Every season brings new and different challenges to farming operations in the Ozarks, and summertime is no different.

With summer comes heat, humidity and sometimes drought – all things that can cause heat stress in livestock.

Heat stress can cause many issues for a stockman, and it pays to be able to recognize signs of heat stress in your animals so that you can take immediate action if it occurs.

Failure to recognize heat stress can be costly.

“One of the largest costs of heat stress is reduced fertility,” said Reagan Bluel, University of Missouri Extension Regional Dairy specialist for Southwest Missouri. “Fertility is primarily compromised through early embryonic loss and can be a direct result of heat stress. In extreme cases, this condition can even cause death.”

Heat stress occurs when the body cannot cool itself enough to maintain a healthy temperature.

Over exposure to hot, humid conditions, or being in cramped quarters on a hot day with poor ventilation can cause heat stress in livestock.

“Heat stress shows itself in several ways. High respiration rates, drooling and openmouth breathing are classic visible signs,” Eldon Cole, University of Missouri Extension Livestock specialist said. “Of course, checking body temperatures is another way. The normal cattle temperature is 101.5 degrees. Under heat stress conditions the temperature may rise to 105 or more.”

Bluel noted that cows suffering from heat stress “often will stand more, which could have long term effects on hoof health that you might not see until early fall.”

If possible, cattle and other livestock will try to alleviate heat stress on their own.

“Stressed cattle seek shade, mud holes, ponds, creeks and good air movement,” Cole said.

Livestock suffering from heat stress will often go off feed as well.

To combat heat stress, producers should make sure they are providing livestock with plenty of fresh water and plenty of shade.

“Fortunately, in grazing situations like we have in Southwest Missouri, we have shade trees in most pastures so we may not have heat stress symptoms like a feedlot experiences. But you still need to observe cattle on a regular basis especially when temperatures exceed 80 degrees. High humidity readings add to the stress level,” Cole said.

“Cattle that are not shed off completely and are on fescue pastures that contain toxic alkaloids also are prone to heat stress. These cattle need to be given special attention and have plenty of water and shade. Some even clip or shear them, much as you would a sheep,” he added.

Finally, be aware of the situations you place your livestock in during the hot summer months.

“Stress levels may get serious when working cattle or hauling them. Pay especially close attention at these times and work them in cooler parts of the day,” Cole cautioned.

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Stage 3 • Elevated breathing rate • Excessive drooling or foaming Stage 4 • Elevated breathing rate • Open mouth breathing • Possible drooling Stage 5 • Elevated breathing rate with pushing from flanks • Open mouth breathing with tongue protruding

• Possible drooling Stage 6 • Open mouth breathing with tongue protruding • Breathing is labored, and respiration rate may decrease • Cattle push from flanks while breathing • Head down • Not necessarily drooling • Individual animals may be isolated from herd * Note: This symptom may be seen in multiple stages.

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By Klaire Howerton

Managing forages, offering grain will help keep spring calves on track As most stockmen know, spring can be a happy time on the farm.

Forages are greening up, water systems no longer freeze over, and on most farms, calves are hitting the ground. But as summer rolls in, are your spring calves gaining like they ought to be this year?

Ozarks Farm and Neighbor checked in with University of Missouri Extension Livestock Specialist Eldon Cole about 2016 spring calf weight gain.

In the cattle industry, weight gain equals money. Luckily for most producers in the Ozarks, this year’s spring calf crop is performing well, thanks in part to cooperative weather.

“Calves born since Jan. 1, apparently are doing quite nicely when you look all across the board.

The mild winter and relatively dry spring helped keep them growing very well,” Cole said.

While spring calves are often at risk of weight loss, compromised immune systems or death in extreme cases from scours, Cole, noted that this year “there were a few baby calf scours I heard about, but not anything out of the ordinary.”

The biggest issue on the table that affected cattle herds in general actually stemmed from clover.

“The biggest problem in the spring was the unusual amount of white and ladino clover that did give some significant bloat issues. This resulted in an unusual death loss of yearlings as well as cows,” said Eldon.

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Weight gain on spring calves can sometimes be hard for the farmer to monitor accurately, since calves are primarily observed in the field.

“Most herd owners really don’t have an idea how their calves are gaining since they’ve not been over the scale. A scale is the only true way to evaluate growth performance,” Cole said. “As a rule, farmers do take note of the weights of their calves when they sell them. However, those weights need to be adjusted for age at the sale date. Some years they may sell calves when they’re 6 months old while the next year they could be sold at 7 or 8 months, or even older.”

Managing your forages for the best possible quality really comes into play for good spring calf weight gain.

Experts suggests that feeder calves need to gain 1.7 to 2 pounds per day on grass to achieve 1,300 pound steers by 2 years of age.

Well-managed forage can easily help your calves meet that goal.

As 2016 begins to move into a seemingly dry summer, farmers might need to take extra measures to ensure that their spring calves continue to gain successfully.

“If the dry spell we’re having now continues, some cattleman may turn to supplementing their calves,” Cole said.

Overall, producers in the Ozarks are pleased with the performance of their spring calves, and hope that the positive trend continues through the summer season.

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In today’s day and age, there are more and more technological advancements in the field of agriculture.

One such advancement that is beginning to gain popularity is genomics – an area within genetics that concerns the sequencing and analysis of an organism’s genome.

In an article published by Dr. Ananya Mandal, she explains that “The genome is the entire DNA content that is present within one cell of an organism. Experts in genomics strive to determine complete DNA sequences and perform genetic mapping.”

Could this mapping be an avenue to make your cattle herd more profitable?

“Genomics help improve accuracy of expected progeny differences (EPD), thus combining genomics and EPDs should help make your cattle more appealing to buyers, whether seedstock or feeder cattle buyers,” Eldon Cole, University of Missouri Extension Livestock specialist explained. “At our Show-Me-Select Bred Heifer sale recenlty, the top group of heifers, based on their average price, were genomic tested. The heifers had other features that led to active bidding for them.

They were all AI bred and out of AI sires that met strict standards. They had been on novel endophyte fescue and had gained well. The gain made their weights and body condition attractive to the bidders.”

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mance traits. Some experts have also noted that some producers use genomics more for herd management, and not just a culling tool for underperforming cattle.

Producers may test all the replacements they’re certain they are keeping and then use gain and grade information to make strategic matings.

“Remember, genomic results should allow you to compare your traits against other animals. You may discover after testing them that your calves are even below average,” Cole advised.

In the past few years, genomic testing has become more accurate, and the price has become more affordable at $17 to $20 per head.

Genomic testing is a commitment, and can be used as a marketing tool.

“Using genomics is a fairly long-term investment in breeding stock selection.

If you’re a devoted record keeper and know what your cattle have in their genetic background you’ll probably make quicker progress towards profit from genomics,” Cole explained. “The bottom line is genomic testing and added profits depend on how you utilize it in your marketing. If you just invest in the testing but don’t sell those calves or heifers through a market that allows you to promote them then you may be disappointed in the effort. We’re still in the early stages of using genomics and things are moving fast and their use in breeding, selection and marketing will change as we all become more familiar with it.”

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July 2016 11 Lawrence County Twilight Horticulture Tour – starts at 6 p.m. – Southwest

Research Center, Mt. Vernon, Mo. – 417-466-3102 11 Missouri Farm Financial Stress Meeting – Springfield Livestock Marketing

Center, Springfield, Mo. – 417-326-4916 or polkco@missouri.edu 11 Ozark Empire Fair Hay Show Entry Deadline – Entry Fee: $21. Make

checks payable to Ozark Empire Fair – 3001 N. Grant Ave, Springfield,

MO 65803 – 417-833-2660 11 Women In Dairy Meeting 10 a.m.-1 p.m. – MU Research Center, 14548 Hwy H,

Mt. Vernon, Mo. – 417-847-3161 11 Pressure Canning–Green Beans Class – 3-5 p.m. – Cost: $15 per person

– Waynesville-St. Robert Senior Center, Waynesville, Mo. – register at

least one day prior to class – 573-774-6177 or pulaskico@missouri.edu 11-16 Vernon County Youth Fair – Nevada, Mo. – 417-448-2560 11-8/15 Cronic Disease Management Class – Pineview Heights, Cabool, Mo. – 417-967-4545 12 Missouri Farm Financial Stress Meeting – 9 a.m.-noon – Miner Convention

Center, Sikeston, Mo. – 573-545-3516 12 Fescue Management Clinic: What is Fescue Toxicosis? – 6-9 p.m., Cost:

$10 per person – University of Missouri Extension, 1376 Bill Virdon Blvd.,

West Plains, Mo. – register by July 11 – 417-256-2391 12 Sew Native Class: Milkweeds and Monarchs – 10:30 a.m.-noon – Pulaski

County Extension, 403 School Street, Suite 1, Waynesville, Mo. – 573-774-6177 12,19,26 Food Preservation Classes – 6-8 p.m. – Central United Methodist Church,

5 Pennsylvania Ave., Webb City, Mo. – pre-register the day before the class

– 417-682-3579 or stevensonlk@missouri.edu 12-16 Bates County Fair – Bates County Fairgrounds, Butler, Mo. – 660-679-4167 13 Missouri Farm Financial Stress Meeting – 6:30-9 p.m. – MU Extension Center in

St. Charles County, St. Peters, Mo. – 573-438-2671 or 636-583-5141 14 Missouri Farm Financial Stress Meeting – 9:30 a.m.-noon – Missouri

Department of Conservation Northeast Regional Office, Kirksville, Mo. –

660-457-3469 or 660-947-2705 16 Master Beekeeping Meeting – Botanical Center, Springfield, Mo. – 417-881-8909 16 Sacred Heart Catholic Church Ice Cream Social – 5:30-9 p.m. – Hamburgers,

hotdogs, cake, homemade ice cream, Bingo, raffle, games and prizes. Full

for all ages! – 308 S. Spruce, Conway, Mo. 16 Car, Truck, Motorcycle & Tractor Show – 9 a.m.-2:30 p.m. – Municipal Park,

Carthage, Mo. – 417-358-2158 17-23 Howell County Fair – Howell County Fairgrounds, West Plains, Mo. – 417-256-2391 18 Pasture Weeds Workshop – 6:30-8:30 p.m. – Cost: $10 per person or $15

per couple – MU Extension Center, Lebanon, Mo. – 417-532-7126 19 Feral Swine Workshop – 6 p.m. – Southwest Research Center, Mt. Vernon, Mo.

– 417-466-3102 18-23 Heart of the Ozarks Fair – July 18 is the 4-H/FFA Show Day, July 19 is the

Youth Sale – Fairgrounds, West Plains, Mo. – 417-256-2391 19 Rock Gardening with Succulents & Sedums – Noon-1 p.m., pack your

lunch – Taney County MU Extension Center, 122 Felkins Ave., Forsyth,

Mo. – 417-546-4431 20-23 Webster County Fair – Webster County Fairgrounds, Marshfield, Mo. – 417-241-0058 21-23 McDonald County Fair – McDonald County Fairgrounds, Pineville, Mo. – 417-223-4775 — Continued on Next Page

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Continued from Previous Page 22-24 Four State Farm Show – Pittsburg, Kan. – 620-421-9473 22-24 Missouri State Fair Summer Sizzler Shows – Missouri State Fairgrounds,

Sedalia, Mo. – 816-810-3277 or moQHA1@gmail.com 25 Water Bath Canning-Fruit and Salsa – 3-5 p.m. – Cost: $15 per person –

Waynesville-St. Robert Senior Center, Waynesville, Mo. – register at least

one day prior to class – 573-774-6177 or pulaskico@missouri.edu 26 Home Winemaking Workshop – 9-3 p.m. – Must be 21 years old or older to

attend – Workshop is limited to 25 participants – Missouri State

University, Faurot Hall, State Fruit Experiment Station, 9740 Red Spring

Road, Mountain Grove, Mo. – 417-547-7500 30 Outlaw Nationals Monster Truck Show & Figure 8 Racing – Ozark Empire

Fairgrounds, Springfield, Mo. – 417-833-2660 or ozarkempirefair.com 30 Back To School Fair – Cassville, Mo. – 417-847-2140 August 2016 1,8,15,22 Making Money Count – 6-8:30 p.m. – $45 per person or couple –

Nevada, Mo. – register before July 28 – 417-448-2560 3-4 Greenhouse and High Tunnel Workshop – 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. – Missouri

State University, Faurot Hall, State Fruit Experiment Station, 9740 Red

Spring Road, Mountain Grove, Mo. – 417-547-7500 4 An Evening in the Garden – 5-8 p.m. – Taney County MU Extension

Center, 122 Felkins Ave., Forsyth, Mo. – 417-546-4431 4 Ozark Thunder Outlaw Truck & Tractor Pull – Ozark Empire Fairgrounds,

Springfield, Mo. – 417-833-2660 or ozarkempirefair.com 5-6 Ozark Empire Fair Junior & Open Red Angus Shows – Springfield, Mo. –

Entry deadline: June 15 – 417-766-2380 5-6 Hardee’s Extreme Invitational Rodeo – Ozark Empire Fairgrounds, Springfield,

Mo. – 417-833-2660 or ozarkempirefair.com 6 Wild West Days – 9 a.m.-6 p.m. – Fordland Park, Fordland, Mo. – 417-767-2233 8 Women in Dairy – Mountain Grove, Mo. – 417-847-3161 417-772-4231 8 Steam Canning-Jams and Jellies – 3-5 p.m. – Cost: $15 per person –

Waynesville-St. Robert Senior Center, Waynesville, Mo. – 573-774-6177

or pulaskico@missouri.edu 8 Basic Estate Planning – 6-9 p.m. – Laclede County Extension Office, Lebanon,

Mo. – 417-532-7126 9 Sew Native Class: Glade Restoration, the Flowers Return – 10:30 a.m.-noon

– Pulaski County Extension, 403 School Street, Suite 1, Waynesville, Mo. – 573-774-6177 11-21 Missouri State Fair – Missouri State Fairgrounds, Sedalia, Mo. – www.mostatefair.com 16 Brown Bag Lunch Garden Series – First Aid Kit from the Garden – Noon-1 p.m.,

pack your lunch – Taney County MU Extension Center, 122 Felkins Ave.,

Forsyth, Mo. – 417-546-4431 17 Take Control of Your Finances Workshop – 2-4 p.m. – You must be enrolled

with jobs.mo.gov prior to enrolling in the class – Missouri Career Center, 621

East Highland Avenue, Suite 3, Nevada, Mo. – 417-448-1177 or 417-448-2560 19-20 Missouri State Fair Limousin Shows – Missouri State Fairgrounds, Sedalia, Mo.

– 660-441-0811 – 417-588-6121 – 417-839-5849 27 Farm Tour – Grow the Grower Program – call Taney County Extension

Center for more information 417-546-4431 29-31 22nd Annnual Missouri Women In Agriculture Conference – Springfield,

Mo. – 417-637-2112 or dadeco@missouri.edu 30-9/1 Regional Management-Intensive Grazing School – West Plains, Mo. –

contact Howell County SWCD for more information 417-256-7117 ext. 3

Cattlemen’s Seedstock Directory

Angus Clearwater Farm - Springfield, MO 417-732-8552 - 417-732-2707 Le Jeune Farms - Halfway, MO 417-445-2214 - 417-777-0894 - lejeune@windstream.net Matthews Coach’s Corral - Fair Grove, MO - 417-838-4088 - www. matthewscoachscorral.com matthewscoachscorral@gmail.com Mead Farms - Barnett, MO 573-216-0210 - 573-280-6855 Pitts Angus Farms - Hermitage, MO 417-399-3131 www.pittsangusfarms.com Balancers B/F Cattle Company - Butler, MO 660-492-2808 Bob Harriman Genetics Montrose, MO - 660-492-2504 Hilltop Farms - Asbury, MO 417-642-5871 - 417-529-0081 Charolais Beiswinger Charolais Ranch Halfway, MO - 417-253-4304 Mead Farms - Barnett, MO 573-216-0210 - 573-280-6855 S&J Charolais - LaRussell, MO 417-246-1116 Gelbvieh 4AR Simmental/Gelbvieh Conway, MO - 417-689-2164 Hilltop Farms - Asbury, MO 417-642-5871 - 417-529-0081 Herefords Jim D. Bellis - Aurora, MO 417-678-5467 - 417-466-8679 Journagan Ranch - Mtn. Grove, MO - 417-948-2669 Mead Farms - Barnett, MO 573-216-0210 - 573-280-6855 R&L Polled Herefords -Halfway, MO 417-445-2461 - 417-777-0579 Lim-Flex Le Jeune Farms - Halfway, MO 417-445-2214 - 417-777-0894 - lejeune@windstream.net Limousin Le Jeune Farms - Halfway, MO 417-445-2214 - 417-777-0894 - lejeune@windstream.net Locust Grove Limousin - Miller, MO - 417-452-2227 Pinegar Limousin - Springfield, MO - 1-877-PINEGAR Red Angus Dunseth Farm - Halfway, MO 417-445-2256 Salers Dunseth Farm - Halfway, MO 417-445-2256 Sim/Angus Bob Harriman Genetics Montrose, MO - 660-492-2504 Matthews Coach’s Corral - Fair Grove, MO - 417-838-4088 - www. matthewscoachscorral.com matthewscoachscorral@gmail.com Simmental 4AR Simmental/Gelbvieh Conway, MO - 417-689-2164 Matthews Coach’s Corral - Fair Grove, MO - 417-838-4088 - www. matthewscoachscorral.com matthewscoachscorral@gmail.com

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Directions: From I-44 take exit 61 and head south on PP Hwy (Hood’s truck stop exit). Go 2 miles to TT and turn west. Go 1 3/4 miles to Farm Rd. 15 and turn South. Go 1 1/4 miles on FR 15 to sale on left. Look for Essick Auction Signs!

Very Nice 235 +/- acres selling ABSOLUTE! Located in western Greene County near Republic. Has good perimeter fences, currently being used as cattle/corn farm. Slightly rolling hills with county road frontage on 3 sides.

This farm will be sold in a combination of tracts or in its entirety. Tract sizes are approximations & are subject to change w/final survey.

• Tract 1 – 80 acres – mostly open, currently being used for pasture & corn, includes pond • Tract 2 – 40 acres – mixture of open pasture & timber with pond • Tract 3 – 15 acres – all open & includes 2 barns and county road frontage on 2 sides • Tract 4-8 – All are 20 acre tracts with a combination of open pasture & timber; would be great building sites Auctioneer’s Note: We can’t say enough about this beautiful farm. This is a very nice piece of land in Republic, MO approximately a 15-minute drive west of Springfield. Includes rolling hills with pasture and timber perfect for smaller tracts of land or one large farm with county road frontage on 3 sides. Whether you are looking to develop land or looking for a cattle farm you don’t want to miss this auction. Current corn crop harvest will be kept by current owner. This farm will sell ABSOLUTE to the highest bidder!!

Real Estate Terms: 10% down day of sale cash or check only, balance in cash on or before 30 days.

Bank Letter of Credit required Day of Sale addressed to Essick Auction Service for July 23, 2016 only. Announcements made on sale day will take precedence over any other printed materials. Not responsible for accidents, lost or stolen articles on or near sale site.

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★ REAL ESTATE ★ TRACTOR ★ TRUCK ★ TRAILERS ★ MACHINERY ★ TOOLS ★ CATTLE GUNS SELL AT 9:30: Winchester 1400 20 ga. pump • Marlin .22 bolt, scope • 50 Cal. black powder rifle TOOLS, OTHER: Miller Bobcat 25 portable welder, 10KW generator • Atlas air tire machine • Craftsman 2-tier tool box • Task Force 2-tier tool box • Misc. wrenches, sockets • Set DeWalt 36V cordless tools • Other cordless tools • Batteries and chargers • Assorted electric power tools • Stihl pole saw • Stihl 390 and 066 chain saws • 5.5 H.P. Wood splitter, pull type • Other miscellaneous TRUCK ,TRACTOR, TRAILERS, MACHINERY SELL BEFORE NOON: ‘07 Ford 3/4 ton gas, auto, 4x4, reg. cab, 150K, runs good • ‘04 Buick Rendezvous SUV, 7-passenger, 80K on motor, all wheel drive, runs good • Neck over G.N. 24’ stock trailer, 2 cut gates, butterfly rear gates, tarp top • PJ 16’ G.N. hyd. dump trailer, tandem duals • Case 930 dsl.

(Wheatland) w/f, open cab • IH 706 dsl. w/f, 3-pt. good rubber • IH 435 sq. baler, shedded, good • J.D. 410 round baler • IH 550 5-bottom plow, semi mount • Ogden 8-wheel V rake, pull type, 1 year old • Vicon 9’ 3-pt. disc mower • 3-Pt. 8’ blade • 21’ Square bale elevator, electric motor • Gleaner “K” combine, gas, 13’ head • Bush Hog 14’ rigid cutter, pull type 40-ACRE FARM & IMPROVEMENTS SELLS AT 12 NOON: 4-Bedroom, 2½ bath, 2,200+ sq,. ft. All electric, central heating and air. Large rooms. Major appliances stay. Vinyl siding, newer roof. 24x30 2-car garage/shop. 40 acre stock farm, approx. 30-35 open, hay and pasture land, fenced and cross fenced. Rock barn with loft and side sheds. Pipe corral, auto waterers. 150x300 pipe roping arena. Mobile home hook up. 1/4 mile frontage on blacktop. Buffalo schools. $681 taxes. Nice farm with a great location - serious seller.

Shown by appointment with auctioneer or realtor. Sold in cooperation with United Country VIP Realty, Lebanon, MO 532-2031. Corky Stober, 417-733-4224.

HAY: (50) 5x5 Big bales ‘15 Teff grass, twine, shedded • (200) ‘16 square bales mixed hay FARM MISC.: (25) 12’ Portable panels • 8-10 Galvanized panel gates • 3-4 Poly feeders • 2 Creep feeders • 2 Wood mineral feeders • 1 Concrete and 2 galvanized water tanks • Pile treated poles and corner posts HOUSEHOLD: Oak dining table and 6 chairs • Glider rocker and ottoman • Recliner; 2 Beds; Large couch CATTLE: 23 Fall calving Black Angus and BWF cows • (3) 3 yr. old •(15) 6 yr. old • (2) 5 yr. old • (3) 7 yr. old • (1) 3½ yr. Purebred Black Angus bull • Trich. and semen checked • Cows will sell in groups. Preg checked and aged by local vet. Papers furnished day of sale. Good set healthy country cattle.

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