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Farm Hand Ag Resource Directory Inside • Women in Agriculture

Educating Ag Leaders of the Future

Dr. Mary Booth began her tenure at the NEO Ag Department in 2019

A Family Business Heather Mills and Nichole Wesley spearhead the family’s beef sales

Improving Heifer Fertility Rates

Management practices to increase reproductivity in younger females

Harvesting a Legacy Alice West instilled work ethics in her family, who continue to follow her lead today

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Invasive Cogongrass confirmed in Arkansas: The Arkansas Department of Agriculture is notifying the public that a new invasive grass species, Cogongrass, has been confirmed in Arkansas for the first time.

For several years botanists and land managers have been on the lookout for Cogongrass (Imperata cylindrica) in Southern Arkansas. This aggressive species, native to Southeast Asia, has spread rapidly across the Deep South over the past few decades. Cogongrass is considered one of the worst invasive species in the world, causing both economic and ecological damages that impact forestry, agriculture, rangeland and natural ecosystems. Any sightings of Cogongrass in Arkansas should be reported to Paul Shell, the separtment’s Plant Inspection and Quarantine Program Manager, at paul.shell@agriculture.arkansas.gov or 501-225-1598. For more information about the plant, visit go.ozarksfn.com/rem Oklahoma FB donates funds to battle Colorado ballot issue: The Oklahoma Farm Bureau Legal Foundation recently donated $5,000 to the Coloradans for Animal Care campaign against Colorado Initiative 16, a citizen-led proposal that would have far-reaching implications for livestock producers across the country. Headed for the state’s ballot in November 2022, the measure would outlaw proven animal care practices including spaying and neutering, artificial insemination and pregnancy diagnosis, ban the slaughter of animals who have lived less than 25 percent of their estimated lifespan, and open the door to animal cruelty prosecution for common activities including rodeos, livestock shows and trail rides.

Miller named to position: Jeremy Miller of Huntsville, Ark., has been hired as the director for the Northwest District by Arkansas Farm Bureau’s Organization and Member Programs Department. He will serve as a liaison between the 12-county farm bureaus in his district and the state office, and will assist in the development, implementation and evaluation of programs and activities in each district. Miller is president of the Clifty Volunteer Fire Department. He earned a bachelor’s degree in agriculture business from Arkansas State University.

Plant Board members removed: The Pulaski County, Ark., Circuit Court, 6th Division, issued an order June 10 removing nine of the 18 members of the State Plant Board from their positions on the board.

The Court’s action was a result of a ruling from the Arkansas Supreme Court that those nine members had been unconstitutionally appointed. In 2017, a lawsuit was filed by six Arkansas farmers challenging the constitutionality of the statute that provides for certain members of the Plant Board to be elected by private trade associations. The circuit court upheld the constitutionality of the statute and the farmers appealed to the Arkansas Supreme Court. On May 6, the Supreme Court held that the statute was unconstitutional and remanded the case to the circuit court with instructions for the 6th Division judge to enter an order removing the unconstitutionally appointed members.

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Last week, I received a national magazine that had the rankings of counties all over the country, based on the number of cattle residing in that county. I always thought lived at the epicenter of the beef-cow business, but I have found, among the thousands of counties across this great country, my county ranks 30th in the number of beef cows.

Holt County, Neb., ranks first in the nation, with almost twice as many cows as my county. In addition, Holt County has about one-fourth as many people as the county in which I live. Anyone who knows me very well, knows I love cows a lot more than people, so this place in Northern Nebraska seems like it might be Eden for me.

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rom the infancy of America, many gutsy women have famously paved the way in the founding of our nation and the development of industry. Betsy Ross is one of my favorJody Harris is a freelance ite historical American icons. She met with communications General (at the time) George Washington when he visspecialist, gardener, ited her home. It was there they discussed the design ranch wife and mother of of the first American flag. Washington had lobbied for four. She and her family a design featuring 6-pointed stars while Ross thought raise Angus beef cattle they should have only five. Ross won that argument and other critters on and designed the first American flag. Today, the flag their northwest Arkansas features a beautiful 13 strips and 50 stars, and every ranch. She is a graduate patriot loves to see it fly high when our national anof Missouri State University. them is played. Betsy Ross was a gutsy woman and a To contact Jody, go to great patriot. ozarksfn.com and click on ‘Contact Us.’ In June, part of our family attended the annual Rodeo of the Ozarks in Springdale, Ark. One of my favorite parts of the rodeo is the grand entry and the presentation of the flag. This year, the daring cowgirls on the Rounders drill team and the rodeo queen candidates were impressive. We went to the rodeo to support our friends’ daughter, who was running for rodeo queen. At 17, she put herself out there, way outside of her comfort zone. She exhibited excellent horsemanship, grace and grit through the long interview process. She was not crowned rodeo queen but walked away with the Miss Congeniality award. We were all proud of her, and thanks to her mother’s stellar sewing skills, she was the best dressed cowgirl in the arena.

Independence Day is one of my favorite holidays. I love the food, friends and fireworks. Before the weekend started, I was having a flagpole malfunction. I tasked my 11-year-old to find whatever tools he needed to use to get my flag flying before the Fourth of July celebrations started. Always eager to use power tools, he dutifully drilled some new holes and proudly hung our flag off the front porch.

We enjoyed a long weekend visit from my brother and his family. Their children are quite a bit younger than ours. It was fun but often chaotic. Some of my favorite weekend memories included watching my 6-year-old niece go down a big water slide and off the diving board at a local water park. She is a serious child and lets herself worry about things for a little while before trying them. I was warmed by the big smile on her face after she had bravely tried something new.

It was fun watching them help with chicken chores, picking the garden and riding horses in our front yard. We also took some of them to watch a local theatre production of “Matilda” at our local library’s event center. We enjoyed Nebraska sweet corn, bratwurst and their company all weekend long.

This is our fourth summer for our business to service storage needs in Fayetteville.

Between fixing hay equipment and getting a race car ready every week, my husband faithfully works alongside of me to make this a successful venture. When we started this endeavor four years ago, I would never have imagined where we would end up. It took courage, faith, and a lot of guts for me to leap into this project but I am glad we did it.

As summer winds down, I’m trying to channel my inner gutsy-Betsy Ross all while slowing down to appreciate family, faith and a high-flying flag. I hope you will too, neighbor.

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his edition of Ozarks Farm & Neighbor is our annual Women in Ag issue, where we celebrate contributions women are making on farms and ranches right here in the Ozarks.

For generations, women have been an important part of agriculture; we are often unsung heroes.

Women have been the backbone of farms and ranches since farming and ranching began, but there as been a push to recognize women in agriculture several years, and it’s about dang time.

I recently read a little ditty about Virginia farm women in the 1800s. Unfortunately, I can’t tell if it’s fact or fiction.

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“On the farm, feeding poultry, collecting eggs, tending the garden, making and mending clothing, doing laundry and preparing meals over the open kitchen hearth were daily activities of the farmer’s wife,” the document said.

They also “sometimes” helped their husbands. Still, their main job was to tend to the house and to raise the children. I am sure they tended the house, the garden and the kids after spending a lot of time working beside their husbands. I wonder what those farm ladies in 1800s Virginia would think about today’s female farmers and ranchers. Would they be proud to see how far we’ve come? I think they would.

Back in the 1800s, it wouldn’t be unusual for men to refuse to do business with the “weaker sex.” I guess they felt men wore the pants, so they would rather deal with their fellow fellers. Strong-willed, confident women were, and still are, considered pushy and overbearing by many, even by other women. And nothing gets a lady fired up more than, “Oh, let me talk to your husband/dad/brother,” so tread lightly around farm ladies, guys. They

know what they are doing, so don’t underestimate their knowledge.

Thankfully, my late mother taught me to stand up for myself and not to allow myself to be pushed around but to do it with a bit of refinement. Well, I got the stand up for myself part down pat, but the refinement seems to escape me most of the time. I do my best, but sometimes it simply doesn’t work; I turn into one of “those women.” As far as Bill being “in charge,” that doesn’t float. As it should be, we are partners in everything, but there has been a time or two when someone has suggested he do the opposite of what he and I determined was right for us. His response, “Have you met my wife? Would you like to go talk to her?”

Good answer, Bill. Good answer.

The most recent U.S. Agriculture Census states more than 230,000 farms or ranches in the country are ran by women, with the highest concentration of female producers being beef cattle producers. Additionally, the 2017 Ag Census states more than 229,000 women are principal producers, and more than 355,000 are considered “any producer.”

The second-highest commodity group with female producers was “other crop farming,” with the majority coming from hay or row crops. This commodity group had more than 167,000 principal producers and more than 244,000 “any female” producers. Row crops account for 19.8 percent of female producers.

Women are also leaders off the farm in today’s world of ag business, education, research and development, marketing and many other fields. Like all women in ag, they are plowing through stereotypes and making a difference for all farmers and ranchers, not just female operators.

Congratulations to all of the women involved in agriculture. Your hard work, perseverance and dedication continue to inspire future generations of agriculturalists – and me.

seem to have the same moral and ethical values that I happen to have. Granted, I would have to put a big, red “N” on the back of my truck, along with a sticker that says, Go Huskers, but I could do that easily enough to fit in.

The more I read about this rural, Nebraska county, the more excited I became about the possibilities of this wonderful place, as a cowboy’s retirement

dream come true. As I learned about the history, geography, culture and economy of Holt County, Neb., I could actually begin to see me living there….until I got to the part about climate. As I reviewed the average daytime highs and lows for the month of January, I came to a very important and obvious conclusion.

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Continued from Page 3 After being made aware of these numbers, I started doing a little online research about this county I have never visited and, quite frankly, had never heard of until last week. It seems that the sparse population of this large county is of the same age demographic as me. In researching it further, it would seem that, politically, the people of Holt County vote the same way I do, and

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Educating Ag Leaders of the Future

By Kaylea M. Hutson Miller

Dr. Mary Booth began her tenure as the NEO Ag Department head in 2019 Agriculture has been part of Dr. Mary Booth’s entire life. Growing up on a farm in Minnesota, Mary worked alongside her father, John Nesvold, as the family raised cattle, hogs and crops.

Active in 4-H and FFA, Mary initially thought she would pursue a home economics degree and coach basketball at the high school level.

An opportunity to take an intro to animal science class changed her career trajectory as she found her niche in the animal science field.

The change led her to obtain a bachelor’s, master’s and doctorate degrees in animal science/swine nutrition at South Dakota State University, all while coaching livestock judging and teaching animal science classes at the school.

Through different opportunities and her marriage to Miami, Okla., native Sonny Booth, a purebred livestock and real estate auctioneer, Mary found herself migrating south.

While the pair traveled with Sonny’s job, they also began raising their daughter Rachel.

Mary’s life changed, she eventually became a loan officer with an emphasis in agricultural loans for a local community bank.

In 2019, a desire to work with students led Mary to become the department chairman for the Agricultural Department at Northeastern A&M in Miami, Okla.

“It was a great opportunity,” Mary said. “I truly missed the education world and working with students.”

Mary not only oversees the administrative side of the program, but also teaches multiple classes, including introduction to animal science, livestock business management, livestock feeding and meats.

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Dr. Mary Booth has degrees in animal science/swine nutrition from South Dakota State University. She has been the Northeastern Oklahoma A&M Agriculture Department Chair since 2019. She also teaches a variety of classes, including animal science, livestock business management and livestock feeding.

cause things are constantly evolving as livestock and crop producers look for ways to provide food, utilize technology and inform the world.

“An ag career provides good fundamentals and helps students to learn to keep educating themselves,” Mary said.

“We don’t have a lot of mom/pop diverse [operations]. We have larger farms with fewer numbers raising the same number of food products.”

As a junior college, NEO has 167 students in its ag department. Most pursue an associate’s degree in agriculture.

Other degrees, designed to transfer to a four-year school, include animal science, agronomy, ag business, ag education and equine. For those planning to

join the workforce or take over a family operation, a farm and ranch management applied science degree is also available.

NEO’s program also provides students with a chance to work on a 200-acre farm, something few junior colleges have as part of their curriculum. This allows students to dive into livestock and crop projects, as well as conduct honors research projects.

The farm’s reach includes facilities for all species including a commercial cattle operation, a small sow herd and, at times, a few sheep and goats. It also includes the liveMiami, Okla. stock and horses for the 60-plus member rodeo team.

“We have a great opportunity, coming off the pandemic, to

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reach out and recruit students,” Mary said.

“I hope to visit as many students as possible to tell our story.”

The future also includes expanding the new greenhouse, which Mary said, will also include additional crop research opportunities.

Mary said she’s very proud of the ag faculty at NEO, saying the junior college has the quality of a university-level instruction. Her daughter Rachel is a product of the school, having graduated with an associate’s degree in 2017. Rachel, now an OSU graduate, works as a regional marketing associate for Zinpro, an ag-based mineral company.

“I’m anxious to keep growing and developing the traditions we have established here,” Mary said. “We want to keep the tradition going of providing quality education for our students.”

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Harvesting a Legacy

By Sheila Stogsdill

Alice West instilled work ethics in her family, who continue to follow her lead today

Many of Alice West’s hundreds of descendants are carrying her strong work ethic into all lines of work.

“Granny (Alice West) always grew a great garden and she passed that on to my dad,” said Jeremy West, one of the hundreds of grandchildren.

Alice West’s work ethic was legendary in Delaware County, Okla. Between planting mammoth-size gardens and canning produce, she raised a brood of 13 children in the Whitewater area.

Jeremy is a fourth-generation Delaware County resident.

He is son of Kelly and Darlene West and the brother of Josh West, who is the Majority Leader of the Oklahoma House of Representatives.

Jeremy and his wife, coincidentally named Kelly, and their four children,

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Wayland (9), Alice Belle (8), Hope (6) and Hettie (2), own and run Whitewater Hollow Farms. The family-owned farm is located south of Grove.

Jeremy and Kelly begin farming and raising cattle around 2009 in the Honey Creek area. In 2017, the family sold their homestead and moved to the Whitewater area.

“We started putting together several ‘had-been farms’ in the Whitewater area into one 700-plus acre farm we run now,” Jeremy said.

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Whitewater Hollow Farms is just a stone’s throw from his granny’s homestead.

Although the farm was not inherited, Jeremy said what was inherited was “lots of love” and that is priceless.

“Our parents gave us all we needed – lots of love and expectations – and a few suggestions along the way,” Jeremy said.

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“For several years, we’ve visited farms across the country and researched strawberry farming in preparation for this endeavor,” Jeremy said. “There is so much that goes into growing a strawberry.

“Honestly, we should have taken up degrees in horticulture.”

Jeremy’s dad, Kelly, handed the couple his practical knowledge on strawberries and has been right along side-by-side from building infrastructure all the way to planting and picking, he said.

In addition to Jeremy and Kelly, the elder West and Jeremy’s son, along with cousins and number of local teenagers work part time harvesting strawberries.

Kelly, his dad, had been known to out pick the others, Jeremy said.

“Planting is a whole family ‘event,’” Jeremy added.

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madness of strawberry season is happening.”

Whitewater Hollow Farms offer several varieties that differ in taste, size, color and texture. They have a following from Wichita, Kan., Checotah, Tahlequah, Tulsa, Claremore, Northwest Arkansas, Bartlesville, Stillwell, Oklahoma City and Southeast Missouri.

“We even a couple visitors from south of the Red River,” Jeremy said. “We provided strawberries for Anderson (Missouri) Strawberry Festival.”

Now that strawberry season has ended, the family will grow Dixondale candy onions, heirloom tomatoes, bell peppers, banana peppers, cucumbers, zucchini and yellow summer squash.

“This fall we will have green beans and pumpkins,” Jeremy said.

In the spring of 2022, Whitewater Hollow Farms will also grow raspberries and boysenberry or blackberries, he said.

“It takes a tremendous amount of time and is more work than we could have ever anticipated but we see ourselves continuing farming for years to come,” Jeremy said.

“It fits our life; it’s how we want to raise our kids,” Jeremy said.

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By Kevin Thomas

Dick’s 5 & 10 has offered customers a unique experience and unique merchandise for 60 years

There are many reasons why Branson, Mo., became a favorite destination for those seeking getaways for family fun and traditionally wholesome entertainment, but for the past 60 years none is more iconic, compelling or unique than the experience at Dick’s 5 & 10.

The origins of Dick’s 5 & 10, didn’t just start in 1961, observed Steve Hartley, current co-owner and son of Dick’s 5 & 10 founder Dick Hartley, explained. Beginning with the Saad Brothers, whose store eventually became a Ben Franklin’s, there has been a 5 & 10 in the same location at 103 W. Main Street for nearly 100 years.

Steve said his father went to work for S.S. Kresge Company in downtown Chicago, after he returned from World War II. The elder Hartley eventually left Kresge and went to work as a manager for the TG&Y company. But when TG&Y changed operating hours to remain open on Sundays. “(Dick) decided that if I’m going to be open on Sunday’s I’m going to be open for myself,” Steve said.

Thusly motivated, Dick and his wife June looked at numerous Midwestern locations and finally determined to locate their new venture in Branson near their hometown of Springfield, Mo. “They landed in Branson because it was a good place to raise a family,” Steve said. They also foresaw that the growing tourism business in Branson offered additional and unique opportunities other regional communities did not.

So it was that on July 14, 1961 Dick’s 5 & 10 formally opened in a 1,500-square foot building a few block from its current location. As the only employee for several years, Dick did everything from

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sales to cabinetry, constructing many of the original display counters are still in use nearly 60 years later. Always looking for new and unique offerings to provide to his customers Dick began accumulating a series of extraordinary collections to which Dick’s 5 & 10 continues to add items as they come across appropriate pieces.

The first collection Dick acquired was the product of efforts over 40 years by long-time Branson barber Carl Taylor.

Carl was an avid collector of artifacts

Dick’s 5 & 10 is celebrating 60 years in Branson, Mo., this month. Co-owner Steve Hartley (pictured above and at left, son of the store’s founder, said the Candy Emporium is his favorite spot in the store. At left, Steve is pictured with Dick’s 5 & 10 Marketing Director Donna Knulty.

from across the White River Basin, and the senior Hartley was able to procure a collection of Native American arrowheads that remain on display and formed the basis for gathering numerous other collections that the current owners continue to develop in the footsteps of their founder.

In addition to Native American artifacts, there is a Baseball Wall of Fame

that includes an impressive array of autographed pictures and prints.

“Short of Cooperstown (NY Baseball Hall of Fame) there’s not a better collection of signed memorabilia of the pioneers of our game,” Steve confidently claimed. There are the expansive collections of model planes and trains (the Dick’s 5 & 10 Express actually runs on tracks around the store above the

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as it affirmatively states on their website (www.dicks5and10.com), “Dick was very proud of the collections on display in his store and he believed that they were a very important part of the Dick’s 5 & 10 experience. We continue to add to our collections to honor Dick’s belief in their importance.”

Those tenets and traditions remain vividly on display in the store and clearly part of what keeps Steve and his 40-plus full- and part-time employees hopping year round. The store is open every day, except Thanksgiving and Christmas.

“We’re a 10-month destination,” Steve noted, speaking of the broad customer base that comes to Branson year after year. “We feel it’s our job to be here when they’re here.”

How would Steve describe Dick’s 5 & 10 to someone who has never visited? “Well, it’s an experience first; an experience you can’t get anywhere else,” he said.

In addition to the feeling customers get from being in an historical building Steve JULY 19, 2021

added “You’ll not only find 600 different vendors on our counters,” providing fun for everyone, from ages 5 to 105. And as one peruses the aisles filled with seemingly endless selections of everything from nostalgia to novelty it is indeed not an exaggeration to say that there is something for everyone.

Steve’s favorite section? Not Steve’s Toy Box as one might expect. It’s the 75-feet of candy and “soda pop” known as the Candy Emporium. “We sell thousands of bottles of soda pop,” Steve said.

Referring to the section named Melissa’s Book Nook in a nod to his sister and co-owner, Steve side the section is a top-seller.

“Books are very popular,” he explained.

“Have been forever and still are. There’s not a better way to connect with a child than sitting down and reading a book with them.

“My mom was a big cook,” Steve continued. “We’d go home every day and she’d prepare a great lunch for us.”

The Hartley family would use those times to step back and reconnect with each other or talk business, but moreover, “She had all kinds of kitchen gadgets, and was a great cook, so June’s Kitchen is our housewares department.”

“We’ve got a great team,” Steve proudly said. And the team at Dick’s 5 & 10 manages to provide experiences for their customers from history and education to fun and frivolity. Steve gives credit for that combined ethos of nostalgia and what’s trending to his father.

“He preached that you can’t rest on your laurels. People gotta know that they’re going to come to Dick’s 5 & 10 and find the newest and the craziest and the wackiest, and you’ve got to get out and keep yourself new and fresh, and really reinventing yourself,” Steve affirmed.

Steve, and his team are dedicated to keeping Dick’s 5 & 10 visitors thinking, no matter how many times they may have been there, they will see something new and different each time.

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“We’re just making sure that Dick’s 5 & 10 is never more fun, never more enjoyable, never a better experience for our guests,” adding Steve said. “And not only that, but a safe place.”

In the end, Steve and Melissa and their team, are absolutely focused as a family business, on the idea that a family can come in and they can have a great time and know that everything’s going to be good for them and that it’s going to be a great family experience.

With clear sincerity Steve adds, “If my mother and father ever came back in the store again, and they walked in and walked around they would know that we’re carrying on like they would want us to carry on.” Steve is certain his parents are “tickled” to know “the kids” are working together to keep Dick’s 5 & 10 relevant and keep it what they would want us to be – a family business that’s fun for all ages, and an experience they can’t get anywhere else.

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McMahan Enterprises

By Julie Turner-Crawford

H Location: Damascus, Ark. H Owners: Matt and Kortney McMahan H Family: Children: Karley, Kinley and Koal History: McMahan Enterprises began in 2011 as a way to diversify the Matt and Kortney McMahan farming operation. They started they trailer dealership on their property, which has continued to grow.

“I just always liked selling livestock products,” Matt said, adding as cattle producers themselves, he and Kortney strive to provide a high-quality product to their fellow producers.

Products: McMahan Enterprises specializes in livestock trailers, offering Neckover, Wilson and Delco stock tailers, Elite show trailers and Frontier pen trailers, which are perfect for those producers who raise and/or show sheep, goats or swine. McMahan also offers flatbed and dump trailers, and Norstar truck beds.

“Our livestock trailers are our main lines,” Matt said, adding that Delco livestock trailers and Elite show trailers are their biggest sellers. “They are well-built trailers and are user friendly.”

Being cattle producers, the McMahans know what works and what doesn’t.

“We use what we sell,” Matt said. “You won’t see us pulling a trailer that we don’t sell; we won’t throw a unit out here and tell you it’s the best. Before we bring a new line on, we use it.”

Matt said McMahan Enterprises works to keep inventory on hand, ordering units a year in advance.

McMahan has also been the top livestock trailer dealer for the state of Arkansas for several years, earning Neckover Dealer of the Year accolades.

“We are always tickled to get that in the mail,” Matt said.

Financing and delivery are available for customers.

“We will deliver border to border, water to water,” Matt said. “We will even put them on a boat and ship them if that’s what we have to do.”

Future plans: Matt and Kortney want to keep McMahan Enterprises a part of the family, eventually adding additional locations.

“We are going to try and keep it a family business, and I want someone I know and trust running those other locations,” Matt said. “I’ve got a few years before that happens, but hopefully, when they (his children) get old enough, we can put them in a location.”

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(Oklahoma) Public Schools on July 1, 1996 as an ag instructor.

After four years, she was asked to teach/ direct the alternative school program.

Since then she’s served as an assistant high school principal, high school principal and now, as of July 1, she is the district’s assistant superintendent.

Renae, a Siloam Springs, Ark., native, said while it sounds cliche, she saw every career move as a way to help students and make a bigger impact in their lives.

Initially, Renae planned to go to vet school. A chance to teach older students while herself a student at Northeastern Oklahoma A&M, changed her career path towards ag education. She graduated as the outstanding ag education student in 1996, at a time being a female ag instructor was rare.

Now, 25 years later, she is watching as daughter Hannah starts classes at NEO Submitted Photo with the goal of becoming an ag instructor.

Renae said she’s glad then-superintendent Tom Steen and high school principal Rodney Dillinger took a chance and opened the door to become part of the Grove district.

She hopes Hannah’s path to ag education is a bit easier as females are more accepted in this role.

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In the Country: The Doziers run a 50-head commercial cattle operation on an 80-acre spread northeast of Grove. Cows are bred to low-birth weight bulls, allowing for calving to take place unassisted. Commercial cattle are raised on the pasture, with hay (which the family grows on leased acreage) and feed additives during the winter months.

The farm also includes “a few chickens, turkeys, goats and a miniature donkey” as well as Hannah’s purebred Shorthorn operation, which began as her 4-H and FFA show cattle string, and has grown into a small business. Hannah’s first calf, sold to become a younger student’s show calf, left the farm earlier this summer.

Dozier Farms includes a direct-to-consumer meat operation. The family feeds out steers on a yearly rotation using grain and hay, allowing for animals to be butchered

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slaughter

market sales reports Slaugther Goats: Kids - Selection 1: 310.00-385.00.

Kids - Selection 2: 260.00-315.00.

7/11/21 Kids - Selection 3: 240.00-250.00.

Nannies/Does - Selection 1-2: 185.00-275.00.

Nannies/Does - Selection 3: 160.00.

Bucks/Billies - Selection 1-2: 265.00-305.00.

Wethers - Selection 1: 320.00-380.00.

Replacement Goats: Nannies/Does - Selection 1-2: 295.00-340.00.

bulls

(Week of 7/4/21 to 7/10/21)

Arkansas Cattle Ash Flat Livestock

50.00-100.00 †

beef

Not Reported †

Benton County Sale Barn - Siloam Springs Cattlemen’s Livestock Auction Cleburne County Livestock Auction County Line Sale Barn - Ratcliff Decatur Livestock Auction

Midwest - High Plains Direct Slaughter Cattle

None Reported † Not Reported*

5 Area (Tx-Ok, Ks, Neb, Ia, Colo, Nm, Mn) Live Basis Sales - Over 80% Choice Steers: 119.00-127.00 ; wtd. avg. price 122.54.

Heifers: 119.00-126.50; wtd. avg. price 120.55.

Dressed Basis Sales - Over 80% Choice Steers: 189.00-198.00; wtd. avg. price 196.19.

Heifers: Not Reported; wtd. avg. price Not Reported.

No Sale - Holiday †

90.00 †

Not Reported* Not Reported*

Farmer’s & Ranchers - Vinita Farmers Regional Sale Barn Fort Smith Stockyards Four State Stockyards I-40 Livestock Joplin Regional Stockyards Mid-State Stockyards North Arkansas Livestock - Green Forest

80.00-101.00* No Sale - Holiday*

Norwood, Mo. • Producers Auction Yards Sheep/Goat

Not Reported* 47.00-100.50 † 75.00-113.50 † No Sale - Holiday* 91.50-98.00 † No Sale - Holiday † No Sale - Holiday †

sheep & Diamond, Mo. • TS White Sheep/Goat

goats 7/8/21

Receipts: 1,174 Compared to the last sale, slaughter lambs traded 10.00 - 15.00 higher. Slaughter ewes traded 10.00 lower. Feeder 70.00-114.00 † kid goats traded 20.00 -30.00 lower, with slaughter kid 80.00-94.50* goats trading steady. Slaughter nannies traded steady No Sale - Holiday † to 7.00 higher. Supply moderate with good demand.

No Sale - Holiday* Welch Stockyards Supply included: 60% Slaughter Sheep/Lambs (5% 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 Wooled & Shorn, 84% Hair Breeds, 9% Hair Ewes, 2% Hair Bucks); 1% Replacement Sheep/Lambs (100% Hair Ewes); 12% Feeder Goats (100% Kids); 26% Slaughter Goats (40% Kids, 51% Nannies/Does, 5% Bucks/Billies, 4% Wethers); 2% Replacement Goats (100% Nannies/ (Week of 7/4/21 to 7/10/21) Does).

Arkansas Cattle Auction - Searcy 46.00-76.00 † Slaughter Sheep/Lambs: Ash Flat Livestock Not Reported † Wooled & Shorn - Choice and Prime 1-3: 240.00-265.00.

Benton County Sale Barn - Siloam Springs None Reported † Wooled & Shorn - Choice 1-3: 180.00-232.50.

Cattlemen’s Livestock Auction Not Reported* Wooled & Shorn - Good 1-2: 140.00-155.00.

Cleburne County Livestock Auction No Sale - Holiday † Hair Breeds - Choice and Prime 1-3: 240.00-290.00.

40.00-69.00 † County Line Sale - Ratcliff Hair Breeds - Choice 1-3: 195.00-240.00.

Not Reported* Decatur Livestock Auction Hair Breeds - Good 1-2: 150.00-205.00.

Not Reported* Farmer’s & Ranchers - Vinita Hair Ewes - Good 2-3: 125.00-165.00.

Farmers Regional Sale Barn 30.00-76.00* Hair Ewes - Utility and Good 1-3: 105.00-122.50.

No Sale - Holiday* Fort Smith Stockyards Hair Bucks - 1-2: 140.00-167.50.

Not Reported* Four State Stockyards - Exeter Replacement Sheep/Lambs: I-40 Livestock - Ozark 31.00-74.50 † 3 Hair Ewes - Small and Medium 1-2: 155.00-185.00.

Joplin Regional 23.00-80.00 † Feeder Goats: Mid-State Stockyards No Sale - Holiday* Kids - Selection 1: 315.00-385.00.

North Arkansas Livestock - Green Forest 48.00-72.00 † Kids - Selection 2: 255.00-315.00.

No Sale - Holiday † OKC West - El Reno Kids - Selection 3: 150.00-230.00.

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cows

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Ash Flat Livestock✝

St-7 Higher 160.00-210.00 152.00-187.50 146.00-170.00 138.00-163.50 ----165.00-182.50 128.00-163.00 130.00-157.00 131.00-132.00 ----144.00-177.50 138.00-159.00 121.00-146.00 115.00-134.00 125.00

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131.00-143.00 125.00-135.00 125.00-136.00 128.00-144.00 121.00-136.00

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168.00-199.00 169.00-185.00 153.00-180.00 138.00-167.00 135.00-150.00

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166.00-184.00 148.00-180.00 143.00-148.00 132.00-148.00 120.00-131.00

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150.00-167.00 145.00-170.00 133.00-157.00 132.00-143.00 116.00-133.00

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120.00-151.00 137.00-152.00 129.00-143.00 118.00-126.00 106.00-124.00

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prices NO SALE - HOLIDAY

300-400 lbs.

400-500 lbs.

500-600 lbs.

600-700 lbs.

700-800 lbs.

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90

av 24

NOT REPORTED

Heifers, Med. & Lg. 1

70

NO SALE - HOLIDAY

300-400 lbs.

400-500 lbs.

500-600 lbs.

600-700 lbs.

700-800 lbs.

50

NOT REPORTED

Bulls, Med. & Lg. 1

Receipts: 886 A perfect early summer day greeted a large crowd for this June sale. Compared to last month, slaughter lambs traded 5.00 higher, while slaughter ewes traded steady.

Feeder kid goats traded 50.00 -75.00 lower. Slaughter kid goats traded 60.00 - 75.00 lower. Sheep supply moderate with very good demand. Goat supply light with good demand. Supply included: 84% Slaughter Sheep/Lambs (12% Wooled & Shorn, 75% Hair Breeds, 3% Ewes, 10% Hair Ewes); 7% Feeder Goats (100% Kids); 8% Slaughter Goats (56% Kids, 39% Nannies/Does, 5% Bucks/Billies); 1% Replacement Goats (100% Nannies/Does).

Slaughter Sheep/Lambs: Wooled & Shorn - Choice and Prime 1-3: 227.50-292.50.

Hair Breeds - Choice and Prime 1-3: 225.00-285.00.

Hair Breeds - Choice 1-3: 215.00-222.50.

Ewes - Good 2-3: 150.00-152.50.

Ewes - Cull and Utility 1-2: 104.00.

Hair Ewes - Good 2-3: 140.00-172.50.

Hair Ewes - Utility and Good 1-3: 118.00-126.00.

Hair Ewes - Cull and Utility 1-2: 91.00-109.00.

Feeder Goats: Kids - Selection 1: 325.00-335.00.

Kids - Selection 2: 250.00-316.00.

Kids - Selection 3: 245.00.

Slaughter Goats: Kids - Selection 1: 327.50-335.00.

Kids - Selection 2: 287.50-315.00.

Nannies/Does - Selection 1-2: 207.50-276.00.

Buck/Billies - Selection 1-2: 240.00.

Replacement Goats: Nannies/Does - Selection 1-2: 295.00-302.50.

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300-400 lbs.

400-500 lbs.

500-600 lbs.

600-700 lbs.

700-800 lbs.

6/26/21

Receipts: 1,556 A very large crowd was on hand for this Saturday sale.

Compared to last month, slaughter lambs traded 12.00 - 16.00 higher. Not enough other classes of sheep for a market test. Feeder kid goats traded 30.00 - 65.00 lower.

Slaughter kid goats traded 20.00 - 50.00 lower. Supply heavy with good demand. Supply included: 70% Slaughter Sheep/Lambs (1% Wooled & Shorn, 94% Hair Breeds, 5% Hair Ewes, 1% Hair Bucks); 1% Replacement Sheep/ Lambs (100% Hair Ewes); 8% Feeder Goats (100% Kids); 20% Slaughter Goats (77% Kids, 19% Nannies/Does, 4% Bucks/Billies); 1% Replacement Goats (56% Nannies/ Does, 44% Families).

Slaughter Sheep/Lambs: Wooled & Shorn - Choice and Prime 1-3: 220.00.

Hair Breeds - Choice and Prime 1-3: 225.00-311.00.

Hair Breeds - Choice 1-3: 180.00-222.50.

Hair Breeds - Good 1-2: 130.00-185.00.

Hair Ewes - Good 2-3: 156.00.

Hair Ewes - Utility and Good 1-3: 125.00-130.00.

Hair Ewes - Cull and Utility 1-2: 85.00-110.00.

Hair Bucks - 1-2: 110.00-150.00.

Replacement Sheep/Lambs: Hair Ewes - Small and Medium 1-2: 170.00-205.00.

Feeder Goats: Kids - Selection 1: 300.00-385.00.

Kids - Selection 2: 225.00-305.00.

Kids - Selection 3: 200.00.

Slaughter Goats: Kids - Selection 1: 300.00-360.00.

Kids - Selection 2: 220.00-292.50.

Kids - Selection 3: 150.00-215.00.

Nannies/Does - Selection 1-2: 175.00-263.00.

Bucks/Billies - Selection 1-2: 190.00-262.50.

6/22/21

0

NO SALE - HOLIDAY

Steers, Med. & Lg. 1

30

Buffalo, Mo. • Buffalo Livestock Market Sheep/Goat

48.00-72.00* No Sale - Holiday † No Sale - Holiday*

NOT REPORTED

10

No Sale - Holiday † 14.00-80.00 †

NOTREPORTED REPORTED NONE

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Replacement Goats: Nannies/Does - Selection 1-2: 200.00-270.00.

Families - Selection 1-2 w/<20 lbs kid: 25.00-280.00.

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$200

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100

Corn

13.64

13.60

13.50

6.36

6.36

6.31

6.11

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600

1100

1600

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157.30 *

140.57 124.88 132.85 132.97 127.60

139.89 **

** 141.35

2100

250

750

None Reported †

137.28 145.63 137.13

151.93

Not Reported * No Sale - Holiday † Not Reported * Not Reported *

172.57 ** 142.03

142.81 ** 121.56 138.94

142.58

133.13

149.42

No Sale - Holiday *

166.34

140.73

161.28

900.00-1200.00 † No Sale - Holiday † No Sale - Holiday †

139.44

150.00

132.89

152.03

500.00-1400.00 † 1060.00-1625.00 * No Sale - Holiday †

137.14

*

139.00

147.24

No Sale - Holiday †

1750

135.41

166.63

Not Reported * None Reported † 800.00-1550.00 † No Sale - Holiday *

1250

132.39

166.41

Not Reported †

825.00-1075.00 *

138.29

162.00

2250

136.88

176.44 150.25 ***

148.27 132.90 *** 130.00 133.79

155.83

OKC West - El Reno, Okla.✝ 7/7/21 2,713

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Stilwell Livestock Auction* 7/7/21 585

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St-18 Higher

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----178.00-189.00 161.00-181.00 148.00-167.00 144.00-150.00

163.00-178.00 163.00-189.00 163.00-174.00 146.00-164.00 131.00-144.00

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2-8 Higher

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175.00-183.00 153.00-180.00 153.00-173.50 142.00-157.50 138.50-144.50

----177.00-195.00 162.00-176.00 160.00-176.50 145.50-161.00

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170.00-179.00 148.00-168.00 144.00-157.00 138.00-144.00 128.00-129.00

----180.00-191.00 157.00-165.00 ---------

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145.00-162.00 140.00-153.50 138.00-149.00 123.00-138.50 118.00-128.00

170.00 158.00-165.00 144.00-156.00 141.00-148.00 135.00-142.75

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----151.00-162.00 140.00-154.00 137.00-146.00 136.00-141.50

138.00-154.00 134.00-152.00 133.00-148.00 116.00-135.00 95.00-105.00

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--------131.00-159.00 128.00-147.50 113.00-132.50

169.00

148.19

NO SALE - HOLIDAY

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144.67 136.35

155.61

600.00-1550.00 †

Welch Stockyards

NO SALE - HOLIDAY

160.00-180.00 140.00-180.00 142.50-174.00 120.00-157.00 138.00-146.00

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135.79

141.00

NO SALE - HOLIDAY

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NO SALE - HOLIDAY

1-15 Higher

132.52

150.08

pairs 1100.00 †

May 21 June 21

Ash Flat Cleburne El Reno Green Forest Joplin Ouachita Ozark Ratcliff Searcy Siloam Springs West Plains Tulsa

171.00

No Sale - Holiday *

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heifers 550-600 LBS.

146.71

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Feb. 21 Mar. 21

142.72

600.00-1560.00 * No Sale - Holiday †

Fort Smith Stockyards Four State Stockyards - Exeter I-40 Livestock - Ozark Joplin Regional Stockyards

5.54

5.57

Ash Flat Cleburne El Reno Green Forest Joplin Ouachita Ozark Ratcliff Searcy Siloam Springs West Plains Tulsa

500.00-1100.00 †

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12 6

steers 550-600 LBS.

Not Reported *

(Week of 7/4/21 to 7/10/21)

Sorghum

13.66

450.00-950.00 *

cow/calf

24 18

48.00-65.00 † Prices reported per cwt Not Reported*

Jan. 21

154.88

Daily Report 7/12/21

Soft Wheat

July 20 Aug. 20 Sept. 20 Oct. 20 Nov. 20 Dec. 20

163.89

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$80

Not Reported * No Sale - Holiday †

Week of 6/20/21

1: 327.50-335.00.

2: 287.50-315.00.

Selection 1-2: 207.50-276.00. election 1-2: 240.00. oats: Selection 1-2: 295.00-302.50.

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

None Reported †

Week of 6/27/21

1: 325.00-335.00.

2: 250.00-316.00.

3: 245.00.

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ummer day greeted a large crowd for ompared to last month, slaughter lambs her, while slaughter ewes traded steady. traded 50.00 -75.00 lower. Slaughter kid 00 - 75.00 lower. Sheep supply moderate emand. Goat supply light with good included: 84% Slaughter Sheep/Lambs Shorn, 75% Hair Breeds, 3% Ewes, 10% Feeder Goats (100% Kids); 8% Slaughter s, 39% Nannies/Does, 5% Bucks/Billies); Goats (100% Nannies/Does). /Lambs: n - Choice and Prime 1-3: 227.50-292.50. hoice and Prime 1-3: 225.00-285.00. hoice 1-3: 215.00-222.50.

150.00-152.50.

Utility 1-2: 104.00. d 2-3: 140.00-172.50. ity and Good 1-3: 118.00-126.00. l and Utility 1-2: 91.00-109.00.

National Dairy Market at a Glance

Cheese: Barrels closed at $1.5800 and 40# blocks at $1.7250. The weekly average for barrels is $1.5550 (+0.0595) and blocks, $1.6919 (+0.1484).

Fluid Milk/Cream: Milk production is seasonally declining in most areas. California and Pacific Northwest milk yields are lower than had been forecast.

Bottling orders are flat to lower across most of the West, but demands for Class II and III milk are steady to higher. Arizona dairy processors are moving milk from other states to maintain supplies for manufacturing needs. Midwest milk production each month has exceeded production for the same month in 2020. Class I orders are seasonally decreased. Cheese manufacturers are not snapping up discounted milk as eagerly as in the past weeks, even at prices $6 to $4 under class.

Northeast milk is seasonally heavy. Bottling orders are lower, and balancing plants are active. Tropical Storm Elsa has caused some eastern flooding, slowing transportation in some cases. Condensed skim supplies are meeting current demand. Cream supplies are reportedly mixed, but availability is trending tighter.

However, some contacts say demand is also slightly lower due to modified holiday production schedules this week. F.O.B. cream multiples are 1.29-1.35 in the East, 1.23-1.34 in the Midwest, and 1.05-1.30 in the West.

SPOT PRICES OF CLASS II CREAM: $ PER POUND BUTTERFAT, F.O.B., producing plants, Midwestern U.S. - $2.2757 - $2.3457.

$120

Not Reported †

Week of 6/20/21

6/22/21

675.00-1150.00 †

Ash Flat Livestock Benton County Sale Barn Cattlemen’s Livestock Auction Cleburne County Livestock Auction County Line Sale - Ratcliff Decatur Livestock Auction Farmer’s & Ranchers - Vinita Farmers Regional Sale Barn Fort Smith Stockyards Four State Stockyards - Exeter I-40 Livestock - Ozark Joplin Regional Stockyards Mid-State Stockyards North Arkansas Livestock

dairy sales

$160

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Week of 7/4/21

ffalo Livestock Market Sheep/Goat

cows

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Week of 6/27/21

oats: Selection 1-2: 200.00-270.00. ion 1-2 w/<20 lbs kid: 25.00-280.00.

Week of 6/13/21

les reports

NOT REPORTED

550-600 lb. steers

$240

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136.00

130.69

154.68

128.31

168.21

140.53 ***

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145.67

169.30 110 129 148 167 186 205 * No price reported in weight break **USDA Failed To Report *** No Sale - Weather Prices Based on Weighted Average for Steers and Heifers 550-600 lbs.

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108 126 144 162 180 * No price reported in weight break **USDA Failed To Report *** No Sale

Prices Based on Weighted Average for Steers and Heifers 550-600 lbs.

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A Family Business

By Terry Ropp

Sisters-in-law Heather Mills and Nichole Wesley spearhead the family’s beef sales

When Heather Mills was a little girl, she helped warm up and dry off Every day at the ranch is different. When they come home from work, they do very cold calves her dad brought home. Feeling the warmed calves sucking whatever needs to be done that day, which may be mowing or raking hay, helping on her fingers stole the little girl’s heart, and even at that young age she knew her life work the cattle, repairing fences and so on. One thing that made the transition to bewould always be with cattle. coming part of the Dorsey ranching family was that the family works and socializes Heather and her brother Charles Wesley Dorsey’s parents, Charles and Pam Dors- together, just as Nichole’s family does. ey, bought 155 acres and commercial cattle for a cow/calf operation in Pryor, Okla., “I always loved cattle,” Nichole said. “When I married into this family, I had a lot in 1976. The senior Charles knew he wanted some day to be his own boss. At the to learn and was eager to do so. The learning curve was pretty steep. One day a pregtime, he was working for Georgia-Pacific while Pam worked, and still works for, Elec- nant heifer hit me and tore my thumb ligament so badly it had to be reattached. I trical Services in Pryor. Pam also keeps the ranch’s records and books. The cou- wore a cast for 28 weeks and am still a bit gun shy, probably a good thing.” ple progressed by using money from heifers to buy more land and cattle. Charles One of the things the women had in common was a dedication to provide healthy, eventually quit his job to ranch full-time.

Submitted Photo ranch to table food for restaurants and The Dorsey Ranch now consists of 1,000 the general public. By the time Nichole commercial cows and 3,000 owned and arrived, Heather had the experiences her leased acres. Because they want to confather thought she needed to begin a retinuing expanding, they retain 200 heiftail business. Since Nichole was as much ers annually using money from steer and a believer in providing good and healthy culled heifers while Charles Wesley also food as Heather, the time for opening a works fulltime on the ranch. farm to table beef retail business arrived.

Females are grouped by age and divided The women opened D Bar Beef for busiamong 14 pastures with another nine secness in May 2020, just as grocery stores tions of 450 acres reserved for silage and were struggling with meat supplies due dry hay production. The land is double to the coronavirus. They sold out on the cropped with triticale, alfalfa and soyfirst weekend. They sold packaged meat beans used for silage hay with fescue and from the five steers they had butchered Bermuda used for dry hay. at a USDA-approved processing plant.

“We also feed soybean flake which is deSales have steadily increased and are now hydrated soybeans,” Heather explained. about 45 percent higher than when they “It’s’ ‘cow pudding,’ and they eat it up.” began with farmers market sales accountAnother recent addition to the ranch ing for one third of their total sales. Deis the addition of ten Akaushi bulls, a cember 2020 was their highest monthly’s Red Wagyu breed developed under a very sale well over their usual average. The closed system. The purpose of the breed increase in sales is from a steady increase is to mature faster than a regular Wagyu of new customers plus repeat business. while retaining marbling and low birth The women go to the farmers market on D Bar Beef is the dream of sisters-in-law Heather (Dorsey) Mills and weights. Akaushi beef is a natural source Saturdays and often sell out in the four Nichole Dorsey. All beef sold is sourced from the Dorsey Ranch in Pryof oleic acid, and contains higher concenhours it’s open with about two thirds of or, Okla. tration of monosaturated fat. According their total sales going to two restaurants, to the American Heart Association, this food trucks, and caterers. can lead to lower levels of cholesterol and prevent coronary heart disease. Akaushi “The truth is farm to table beef is in high demand, and we have had to turn down calves will be added to the ranch beef marketed as farm to table this winter. some larger restaurants because we are not yet prepared to handle the demand for When in her early 20s, Heather wanted to make a difference in people’s lives by fresh not frozen beef,” Heather explained. “Getting enough butcher dates on a weekproviding ranch to table food, called “womb to packaging” by ly basis to keep up with the demand is impossible.” brother Charles Wesley. While their dad liked the idea, he didn’t To solve the problem, the ranch is building a USDA-approved think the timing was right until the purchase of the Akaushi beef processing and retail site on the ranch. COVID slowed Pryor, Okla. bulls. construction due to business regulations so that the new faciliEarlier Charles Wesley married Nichole, a town girl originally New Mexico, ty is now expected to open in January 2022 instead of the sumthe first step toward Heather’s dream becoming a reality. When the two met, mer. The facility will cover 5,000 square feet with a retail shop close friendship was almost instantaneous. Nichole is a registered nurse and in front. Other sections will include a pre-chill cooler, hanging Heather a dental assistant. coolers, flash freezer, smoke room and processing room.

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meet your neighbors USDA certification requires both time and extensive paperwork. One of the first steps is the site being inspected by the state rather than federal inspectors for a period of time while paperwork carefully scrutinized. One unsuspected element is that access to the pre-chill room has to be strictly controlled in order to keep the room temperature within federal guidelines. Equally important are guidelines for humane practices.

One of the first steps is processing beef for 45 days having all the correct paperwork and the correct flow from start to finish. After the 45 days, a state inspector will come look at the facility and paperwork. Once approved and a state inspection number is assigned, beef is able to be sold to restaurants and retail.

Finally, a USDA inspector comes which allows beef to be sold out of state.

“We are excited, nervous and a bit scared because of the size of the undertaking,” Nichole said. “However, we know people want ranch to table food, and we want to help them improve their lives by purchasing beef whose source and raising practices follow the strictest guidelines.”

The ranch is undergoing an evolution that very much pleases Charles and Pam. While the family maintains an annual personal garden with the girls canning salsa, spaghetti sauce and vegetables in addition to providing fresh fruits and vegetables for themselves, the future may yet contain a ranch-to-table produce operation.

Part of the future expansion includes adding to their existing website and the ability to select the exact pieces and amounts they desire for personal pick up or mail delivery. Another goal is to offer monthly subscription boxes.

The addition of the Akaushi bulls will offer all the advantages of Wagyu F1 calves to customers throughout the area.

Heather Mills and Nichole Dorsey not only represent how women in agriculture can live ranch to table with what they provide for their families but also how they can provide the same quality of food for their communities and people far away. They live the life they promote in business.

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Hanna Kinney

H Age: 17 H Parents: Sherry Kinney and the late Floyd Kinney H Hometown: Miami, Okla.

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Involvement in Agriculture: Hanna Kinney grew up trying her hand at a variety of ag opportunities, thanks to her dad, Floyd. He would take Hanna to the fair each year to look at animals saying “Hanna you’re going to be in FFA.” Her interest grew from animals to vegetable production, following his death. During the summer between her freshman and sophomore year, Hanna put together her dad’s garden, revamping it. The garden eventually grew to a 300-square-foot plot with two additional raised beds. The project included selling and giving away produce and selling starter plants at the Ottawa County Farmers Market.

Her SAE for the 2020-21 school year, Hanna earned the first runner-up proficiency award for vegetable production entrepreneurship at the Oklahoma State FFA Convention. Using the $400 prize money from her proficiency award, Hanna decided to explore the world of rare plants.

“I’ve always been interested but never had the funds,” Hanna said with a laugh.

She purchased what she jokingly calls “the holy grail” a Monstera Deliciosa Albo — rare because of the variegated green and white coloring. She also purchased a Syngonium Albo, a arrowhead vine type of plant with a white spotted variegation. Hanna hopes to earn her State FFA Degree. “I’ve grown as a leader [through FFA],” Hanna said. “Ag encouraged me to try new things.”

Hanna sells some of her plants online using eBay and Etsy, and often travels to plant markets within a three-hour radius of Miami.

Future Goals:

Hanna hopes to pursue a MBA at Tulane in New Orleans. She would like to start out working for an operation such as the Miami, Florida-based Costa Farms, one of the largest horticultural growers in the world. Owning and running her own greenhouse may also be in her future.

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don’t know who needs to hear this but don’t forget to check that last “spring calving” cow that still hasn’t had a calf. It’s easy to forget about those gals when we get into the hayfield, on the brush hog or Dr. Charlie Robinson, on summer vacations. This is also when we tend to DVM is a partner at see the worst caving issues.

Wooderson Vet Clinic Pregnancy exams (preg checks) are the best way of dein Bolivar, Mo. termining if a cow is pregnant and figuring out who will lag behind in the calving season. These late calving cows are good candidates for the cull list as they will have smaller calves at weaning time and always will until they eventually come up open because most cows won’t have two calves less than a year apart.

Pregnancy exams are easy to have done with the help of your local vet; the hard part is having a plan to utilize the results. Unless you are using the results to make business decisions, you’re not helping yourself. The plan is different for every operation, but every operation should have a plan.

For the most part, farmers will choose to simply sell the open cows and, if they don’t have too many of those, the cows that will calve late in the season. Some will elect to roll any opens and possibly their late cows into the next calving season. Option 3 is to retain these open cows, put the bull back with them and mark them to sell when they are pregnant.

The marketing strategy used is somewhat dependent on the market Cows right now are selling for around 68 cents a pound. That means a 1,200- pound cow is worth $816, which is enough to justify the “sell your opens now” plan. The cow turned back with the bull with the intent to sell when pregnant costs you an extra $200 because it costs $600 to feed a cow for a year. Let’s say you get 70 percent of those cows pregnant. The pregnant cows sell for $1,200, and the ones that are still open have gained 50 pounds; if the slaughter market stays steady, they’re worth $850. That makes the average price for those cows $1,095 (you have $1,016 in them). Option 3 is the hardest to calculate because it involves tracking that cow’s production over the next few years to see if she pays herself off. A 500-pound calf will, on overage, sell for $750. If it costs $600 to feed a cow for a year, it will take her three years, without coming up open, to pay you back for the six months you lost. This makes keeping any cow older than 5 a money-losing decision, and any cow that comes up open or late is at high risk for doing the same thing again in less than three years.

The raw numbers on the profitability of having a vet do pregnancy exams on your cows are staggering as well. The cost to the farmer is $400, plus a farm trip fee of $60 (based on Wooderson Vet Clinic prices). The farmer finds out nine cows are open, and one is in the first period when all the others are in the second. The farmer decides to sell these 10 cows.

Had the farmer not examined his cows for pregnancy it would have been 240 days before he received this information, and it would have cost he/she $394.5 per cow (based on the example earlier). Multiplied by 10 cows, that is $3,945 that could have been saved by paying $460 to the vet, a profit of $3,485.

The beef cattle industry is a hard one to make money in. All kinds of costs, both expected and unexpected, make it necessary to take advantage of every management advantage you can get. There are a seemingly infinite amount of management practices that can be implemented to make your operation more profitable, but pregnancy exams and the resulting sale of cull animals is the first one that needs to be implemented.

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By Cheryl Kepes

Producers should keep an eye out for trouble and be proactive in prevention and treatment

The hot, humid summer days usher in a plethora of unwanted pests. For many livestock producers, ticks are at the top of the nuisance list, and for good reason. Some tick-borne illnesses can cause serious health problems, even death, in cattle.

Anaplasmosis

One of the most prevalent and problematic tick-borne diseases is Anaplasmosis.

This disease is caused by an intracellular microorganism called Anaplasma marginale, which infects the red blood cells of cattle.

Anaplasma marginale is transmitted from an infected animal to an uninfected animal through ticks, biting flies, surgical instruments or contaminated needles. “Some tick species are true biological vectors of this microorganism,” Dr. Kelly Loftin, University of Arkansas professor and entomologist, said. “In biological tick vectors, the pathogen survives and multiplies within the tick from one stage to the next (larvae to nymph to adult).” Ticks such as the American dog tick and the black-legged tick are thought to be important carriers of Anaplasmosis.

The disease is transmitted differently in mechanical insect vectors such as horse flies. In these cases, the pathogen is picked up during blood feeding on an infected

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animal, then quickly feeding on an uninfected animal.

Symptoms of Anaplasmosis

Producers can look for the following symptoms to spot cases of Anaplasmosis in their herds; diminished appetite, weakness, decreased milk production, lethargy, pale mucous membranes and elevated temperature. “In some animals, the disease may progress resulting in rapid weight loss, yellowed mucous membranes, excitation, constipation, abortion and possible death,” Loftin said. “When death occurs, it’s caused by the destruction of red blood cells, which limits the animal’s ability to provide enough oxygen to tissues.”

The age of the animal can impact the severity of the disease. Calves younger than 1 year old can experience mild symptoms.

Animals 1 year to 2 years old, can experience serious disease but rarely die. However, in cases left untreated in cattle that are more than 2 years old, those animals experience acute disease with mortality rates of up to 50 percent.

Anaplasmosis can be treated with antibiotics such as tetracycline or chlortetracycline. Producers should consult their herd veterinarian to administer and to advise them on the specific antibiotic regiment.

“I raise sheep, goats and chickens so I am more efficient using my pastures. Goats browse and sheep graze, with chickens fertilizing the soil and aerating it by scratching which also limits some insects.”

Brian Caraker Boone County, Ark.

Prevention of Anaplasmosis

Start at the source by treating cattle with effective tick and biting fly control products.

In addition, when working a cattle herd, disinfect equipment such as castration knives, dehorners and tattoo pliers between uses. It is also important to switch out hypodermic needles often. Currently, there is an Anaplasmosis vaccine developed by Louisiana State University. Producers can consult their veterinarian to determine if the vaccine is appropriate for their operation.

Other Tick-Borne Illnesses

According to Loftin, Bovine Theilerioses is an emerging tick-borne disease found in specific areas of the U.S. where the new invasive Asian longhorned tick is widespread.

Bovine Theilerioses can cause anemia, unthriftiness and death in cattle. The Asian longhorned tick has been identified in 15 states, all east of the Mississippi River. It has been found in one county in Arkansas but has not become widespread in that state.

Tick Management Control Practices

There are steps producers can take to control tick populations in their herds.

Experts recommend whole body sprays

and insecticide and acaricide dips. Another method includes self-treatment devices such as dust bags containing insecticide dusts.

Other control measures include pouron insecticides and some insecticidal ear tags. Insecticide concentrations containing permethrin, coumaphos or phosmet are mixed with water and used as whole-body sprays. Most insecticidal ear tags will control ticks attached inside the ears of cattle, but only a few insecticidal ear tags will effectively control ticks found on other parts of the animal’s body.

Ticks thrive in humid environments created by tall weeds and brush. Therefore, cutting weeds and brush will reduce the favorable environment for tick populations. Producers can also utilize acaricide applications in small areas to reduce the tick population.

Currently, Loftin and his colleague, Dr. Emily McDermott, are conducting a study assessing the prevalence of Anaplasmosis in livestock and wildlife associated with ticks in Arkansas. They hope their research will give them more information to share with producers in the Ozarks on this tick-borne illness.

“While most cow/ calf operations have only seasonal checks once or twice a year, diversity offers more sales opportunities.”

“We raise cattle and sheep. When cattle are down, the sheep are up; when sheep are down, the cattle are up. You get to enjoy a higher price when other things are down.”

Turner Armitigage Rogers County, Ark.

Thomas Teafatiller Benton County, Ark.

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Should You Wean Early?

By Cheryl Kepes

Factors to consider before pulling calves off cows Whether or not producers should wean calves early falls into a category of debate among livestock experts. While there are long-term benefits for the cow, those advantages must be weighed against the long-term performance of her calf and with future financial impacts to the operation.

First, in general terms, it’s important to define what constitutes early weaning.

“I consider early weaning a viable option when the calves are 100 to 120 days old,” Eldon Cole, University of Missouri-Extension livestock field specialist, stated.

For beef producers, experts recommend waiting until a calf is at least more than 3 months old before early weaning.

“I’d usually not early wean calves under 100 days of age,” Cole explained. “However, we know dairymen routinely do it after a few days, but most beef cow owners don’t want to raise bottle babies.”

Advantages to Early Weaning

Producers wanting to improve the conception rate for first-calf heifers may want to consider weaning her calf early, reducing the lactation demands on the cow.

“One big reason to early wean is to help the heifer conceive the next calf,” Cole stated. “We know the lack of nursing stimulus helps bring her into heat.”

Early weaning can also benefit first-calf heifers because as a 2-year-old, they are still working to grow themselves to maturity.

Early weaning gives the young cow a chance to hold on to more of the nutrients she is consuming, therefore, helping her to continue her own growth.

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Producers who choose early weaning should keep in mind the younger calves will require extra care, nutrition and attention.

“Anytime you early wean you do need almost a nursery-type setting to keep the calves healthy and happy,” Cole said.

One of the first steps is preparing the calves for a smooth transition when they are separated from their mothers “I’d recommend fence line weaning and hopefully keep the dust to a minimum,” Cole suggested. Dust can be an irritant to the calves’ eyes, creating a gateway for pinkeye or irritating the nasal cavity and airways, causing respiratory issues.

Heat stress and flies are other considerations if weaning young calves in pens during the summer. In addition, a facility created to handle bigger animals may not be conducive for younger calves. Therefore, properly prepare pens and lots for the smaller calves.

Four to five weeks prior to weaning, providing limited creep for the calves will help them with the transition away from their momma’s milk. The small amount of creep leading up to weaning helps precondition calves for the stressors involved with weaning. This is true for early weaned and traditionally weaned calves alike.

Cole added creep rations don’t have to be corn or grain by-product based, instead, producers could allow calves to forward graze a high-quality grass-legume mix pasture, or eat alfalfa hay or haylage.

Additionally, producers should weigh the costs of feeding the calf over a longer period of time. Farmers may want to consult with a veterinarian on the best practices for developing a proper health and nutrition program for early weaned calves.

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create problems getting heifers developed for high fertility. If producers suspect this is the case for their heifer herd, they should consider moving the heifers to an alternate non-toxic fescue pasture. There are also supplements available that will dilute the fescue toxin levels.

Keep an eye on the physiological makeup of the heifer as well. Heifers that are late or slow hair shedders will likely have elevated body temperatures, resulting n lost pregnancies.

Making sure the heifers have plenty of shade will help them keep their body temperatures regulated.

Management practices to increase reproductivity in younger females Though genetics play an important role in reproductive success, there are a variety of management practices producers can implement in order to improve the fertility of their heifer herd.

First and foremost, a focus on nutrition can have an impact on heifer fertility. Heifers fed for controlled weight gain will achieve reproductive puberty at the correct time.

However, heifers that fail to receive adequate nutrition are slower to reach puberty. For all females, a low body condition score inhibits their pregnancy success throughout their lifespan.

Additionally, research indicates heifers that reach proper body weight by the start of their first breeding season, have more reproductive success.

“A target weight from 55 to 65 percent of the heifer’s expected mature weight is a range that you might use to determine whether they’re on an adequate plane of nutrition,” Eldon Cole, University of Missouri Extension livestock field specialist, said.

Determining the heifer’s reproductive readiness through reproductive tract scores assists in improving conception rates.

Reproductive tract scoring systems range from a score of one (pre-pubertal, infantile tract) to five (pubertal, corpus luteum present).

Typically, four to six weeks prior to a heifer’s first breeding is the right time to assess her reproductive tract score.

“Cull heifers that have an infantile reproductive tract score of one,” Cole stated.

“Heifers with a two-score are estimated to be over 30 days from reaching puberty and may need to be culled.”

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The implementation of an estrous synchronization program can help improve fertility in some heifers. The progestins used induce peripubertal heifers to start the hormonal changes associated with achieving puberty.

“Starting heifers on an estrous synchronization program will spur some two and three scoring heifers to cycle,” Cole explained. “Ideally, we want 50 percent of the heifers to be tract scores four and five when scored before the synch program begins.”

Livestock producers who utilize a synchronization program reap an additional benefit for their operation. If the heifer herd is synched, all heifers will be inseminated early in the breeding season. Come calving season, firstcalf heifers will all be delivering their calves during a similar timeframe.

Taking a close look at the heifer’s genetics will help producers get an idea of her fertility potential. Most breeds will reflect heifer fertility in the Heifer Pregnancy EPD. The Heifer Pregnancy EPD determines the probability or chance of a sire’s daughters becoming pregnant during a typical breeding season.

Cole suggested if producers are concerned about a sire’s daughters’ differences in getting bred early in the breeding season, they should look closely at their EPDs. “The top 5 percent of Angus EPDs are at 15.8 percent, while the poorest 5 percent have an EPD of 5.6 percent or below, so you can be justified in spending some time looking at Heifer Pregnancy if your breed has that EPD available,” Cole explained.

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How to determine nutrient quality in forages The sight of a fresh-cut hayfield with tightly rolled bales dotting the pasture can bring feelings of satisfaction to the heart of a farmer. But in order to get the most out of that hay, experts suggest testing it to determine its nutrient content. “A hay test tells you what nutritional holes you have for the class of animals that you are feeding and the productivity that you want them to achieve,” Gene Schmitz, University of Missouri Extension livestock specialist, said.

The hay test gives producers information to determine what nutrients they don’t need to add to their animals’ diets and what they do need to add.

“The value of a hay test is that we don’t feed nutrients that are unnecessary and we only provide the nutrients that are missing at the appropriate amounts for the cheapest costs,” Schmitz explained.

It’s important to keep in mind, that a forage test provides the information about the nutrient content of the forage. It is then up to the producer or an expert, to analyze the results in order to determine what steps need to be taken to supplement missing nutrients. University extension livestock specialists are a resource for producers looking for assistance in interpreting the hay test results and guidance in nutrition decisions.

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or to feeding it. The smaller the window between when the hay is tested and when it is fed, the closer the analysis will be in regards to what the animals are actually consuming. This is especially true for hay that is stored outside since it loses nutritional value over time in the elements.

If producers are feeding haylage, silage or baleage, those forages should be tested six to eight weeks prior to it being fed. At the minimum, producers need to give the haylage, silage or baleage at least four to six weeks, for it to go through the fermentation process, before it is tested.

How to collect a sample. There is a variety of different tools that can be used to test hay. Most of the tools are stainless steel tubes with serrated teeth on the ends.

Many local extension offices have hay testing tools farmers can borrow.

If collecting a sample from a wrapped round bale, make a cut in the wrap or plastic on the side of the bale. Then push the coring tube into the bale about 18 inches.

If sampling a square bale, push the corer in the butt end of the bale. It is important when sampling to get a cross section of the bale. Cutting across the sections of the bale, helps to get a full representation of the forages included in the bale.

Remove the corer and use a wood dowel to plunge the sample into a clean plastic container. Experts recommend sampling 10 percent of each lot of hay. Once 10 percent of the lot of hay has been collected, mix the samples together in the plastic container.

The next step is to send off the sample to a certified lab. Some labs provide their own plastic mailers. However, a sealable gallon plastic bag will also work for sending in samples. Prices for the hay test range from lab to lab and depend on what analysis is conducted.

At the minimum a hay test should include information on moisture content, fiber levels which will provide energy value information, protein levels and in some cases the percentage of major minerals.

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