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Michelle Eilenstine’s desire to return to the family farm prompted her to learn more about the dairy industry

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Missouri ag companies awarded grants: Twelve Missouri agricultural groups received grants through the Missouri Value-Added Agriculture grant program totaling $822,868 to assist them in adding value to Missouri agricultural products. Those from the Ozarks receiving grants include: Walnut Ridge Pastures, LLC (Edgar Springs, Mo.) - $20,900 to fund a marketing plan, business plan, and legal formation services to assess the financial viability of starting a poultry business; Gardener’s Orchard & Bakery, LLC (Brighton, Mo.) - $24,651 to fund a feasibility study targeting the technical, marketing and financial aspects of the further processing of orchard fruits; and Peterson Processing, Inc. (Mountain Grove, Mo.) - $44,550 to fund a feasibility study, marketing plan, business plan and legal formation services to establish the viability of expanding the existing product line to include a line of identity-preserved livestock and poultry feed. Farm to Table ValueAdded Agriculture grants were awarded to Green Gate Family Farm, LLC (Wheatland, Mo.) - $44,889 to fund equipment, materials, and supplies for a produce handling and washing facility, and The Salad Garden (Bolivar, Mo.) - $43,968.10 to fund excavation, construction and processing equipment for a produce handling and washing facility.

Darr committee to be honored: The Missouri State University Alumni Association has named the Darr College of Agriculture Alumni Committee the Volunteer of the Year. The committee raised more than $71,000 over the past three years. Funds raised have supported student labor in the college and purchased a passenger van for student activities. This year, funds will be put into an endowed scholarship to be awarded annually.

Scholarships announced: The Missouri Agricultural and Small Business Development Authority (MASBDA) and the Missouri Department of Agriculture are pleased to announce that 14 college students pursuing a career in agriculture are recipients of a $5,000 Missouri Dairy Scholars scholarship. The scholarships were awarded in two different application rounds, one in December 2016 and one in March 2017.

The 2016 scholarship recipients from the Ozarks are Terri Atteberry, Conway; Madelaine Giebler, Neosho; and Iris Wormington, Monett.

The 2017 scholarship recipients are Julie Choate, Pleasant Hope; Zachary Gregory, Houston; and Kathleen Wantland, Niangua.

Ozarks represented at Pork Institute: Savannah Johnson of Kimberling City recently attended the 2017 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 12 through June 14 in Columbia. The Institute is a three-day educational event for high school students interested in the pork industry. Missouri Pork Youth Ambassadors Sara Gammons of Drexel and Makayla Vandiver of Cabool also attended.

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Marilyn Calvin is a pioneer for women involved in agriculture

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Town & Country features Paul Phillips

Dairywoman Michelle Eilenstine always wanted to be a farmer

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Jennifer Wilson manages a fulltime job and a cattle operation

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Youth in Ag spotlights Emma Pritchard

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e all know that the farming community reisvoanw small, orC ycloserreJ yB knit group of individuals. For as long as I can remember, most every farmer in a given county Jerry Crownover farms in Lawrence County. He will know (or know of) every other farmer in is a former professor of that county, because they see each other at the Agriculture Education at sale barn, feed store, farm supply store and cattleMissouri State University, men’s meetings on a regular basis. Because of reand is an author and cent events, I’ve concluded that the agricultural professional speaker. community is getting wider, but staying small.

To contact Jerry, go to About three years ago, I picked up my state ozarksfn.com and click cattleman’s magazine to thumb through the ison ‘Contact Us.’ sue, and was struck by the pictures of 30-some young people who had received a college scholarship sponsored by the organization. There was a short profile that accompanied each photograph, highlighting their hometowns, involvement in the beef industry, and names of their proud parents.

The entire state was well represented and I was impressed with the accomplishments as I read the short biography of each youngster. As I put down the magazine, it dawned on me that I knew almost every one of the kids — or their parents. What a small world.

The small-world explanation can also be used to explain how a normal 30-minute trip to the local feed store can often take two hours or more because the three farmers I run into during my outing are not the same three that were there last week. We have to catch up on the news and happenings.

But, the kicker to the extent of our small community came last week.

As I continue to downsize my farming operation while easing into old age, I decided to put all my haying equipment up for sale on a popular computer app. I received lots of calls and have been pretty successful at selling most of the pieces of machinery, but — Continued on Page 5

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The most recent information from Julie Turner-Crawford the U.S. Census of Agriculture, is a native of Dallas 288,264 women were principal operators of farms County, Mo., where she or ranches. In all, there are about 1 million fegrew up on her family’s male farmers and ranchers in the U.S. farm. She is a graduate Those numbers might not seem like much in of Missouri State whole scope of agriculture, but women sold $12.9 University. To contact billion in agricultural products in 2012.

Julie, call 1-866-532-1960 In this edition of Ozarks Farm & Neighbor, we or by email at editor@ are honoring some of the women in the Ozarks ozarksfn.com. who are making a living for themselves and their families through agriculture. From an ag teacher to an agronomists, and dairy farmers to a wife who is the primary operator of her farm while holding down a full-time job off the farm, these ladies are among those who are making strides in agriculture.

Despite what many may think, farm and ranch women don’t just tend to the children and the house, and cook for the menfolk after a hard day’s work. They milk cows and/or goats, shear sheep, rope calves, work livestock, plant and harvest fields, buck hay bales and break horses; you name it, they do it.

I’m lucky to have had so many women who have influenced me in my lifetime, and it’s no surprise many of them come from agriculture and/or small town backgrounds.

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just a thought Across the Fence Continued from Previous Page As I look at my nieces, I can’t help but feel a great sense of pride when they embrace agriculture.

My niece Madison plans on following the career path of her great-grandmother, mom and oldest sister by becoming a teacher. She, however, is opting out of being in elementary education and wants to be an ag teacher. Madison, who will be a senior in high school this fall, found her niche with FFA, and is the president of her chapter and an area officer. Her goal is to become a state officer.

She’s also been pretty busy in the show ring in the summer since she was about 7 or 8 with her Boer goats.

Madison’s sisters, Jennifer (the teacher) and Kelsey (a banker), married farmers. They are all very busy with everyone working full-time off-the-farm jobs, but they – like many other young couples who choose to continue the farm life – make it work. Their husbands are very active in our agricultural community.

Lance, Kelsey’s husband, is a member of our local fair board and Andy, Jennifer’s husband, is a livestock specialist with the University of Missouri-Extension.

Then there is Morgan. She’s one of the sweetest kids you’ll ever meet, but don’t let that exterior fool you; she’s tough as nails. I’ve got a great picture of her pulling a stubborn goat into the ring when she was about 3. She helped us work Dad’s

Life Is Simple Continued from Page 3 one evening I got a call that was identified by an area code with which I was unfamiliar. The caller asked if I still had my mower and I answered that I did. After a few questions about the age and condition of the mower, he asked, “Just where are you located?”

“I am in the southwestern corner of Missouri,” I answered. “From where are you calling?”

“I’m from outside the little town of Centerville, Iowa,” he proudly answered.

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Finally, there are my great nieces, Miss Eloise and Miss Molly. While they are only 3 (they were born only a couple of weeks apart), they have been out with their moms and dads on the farm since they were babies. In the next few years I expect to see Molly pulling a little Hereford calf at county fairs, and maybe Eloise will be driving a couple of pigs; Aunt Julie can only hope. We will also have another farmer’s daughter joining the family in September.

When I’m gone, which I don’t plan to happen anytime soon – I hope my nieces and great nieces, as well as our only boy in the family, Brylie – will look back at me as being a positive influence in their lives. I hope they smile when they think of their crazy old aunt who bought them a horse costume, carried them in the show ring, took them to the fair and let them ride all the rides they wanted after checking out the livestock barns, wiped the mud off their face, cheered them on and let them dance in the car.

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Everton FFA Advisor Cheryl Ficken wants to give students the tools to be successful in life Everton High School is located in southeast Dade County, Mo’s., bucolic countryside along the twists-and-turns of Highway 160.

On the last day of the 2016-2017 school year, agriculture education teacher Cheryl Ficken was found in the school’s greenhouse tending to the beautiful flowers and plants grown by

Cheryl is deeply rooted in Missouri farm life.

She grew up on a highly-diversified family farm near Green Ridge, Mo., where they raised cattle, hay and various row crops.

She started caring for her first bottle calf at just 4-years-of age.

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Cheryl Ficken has been an agriculture instructor and FFA advisor at Everton High School for seven years, and wears many hats during the school year. Pictured, from left, are student Abby Hargis, advisor Cheryl Ficken, and students Kevin Smith and Samantha Schumer.

her students, as-well-as simultaneously called with a smile. “He finally gave in giving instruction to her shop students after some pleading. I was the youngest of four kids and had a little stubborn who were busy finishing projects. streak, wanting to do what my older Cheryl wears many hats siblings did.” at the school; teaching six Caring for animals during her forsubjects per day, includmative years proved to be a very ing conservation, ag business valuable life lesson for Cheryl. management, greenhouse, ag She learned to be responconstruction and ag science I and Everton, Mo. sible – a trait that would II, along with her FFA advisor reserve her well throughout sponsibilities. Cheryl is indeed a her young life, college years “multi-tasker extraordinaire.”

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at the University of Missouri as- well-as her seven-year teaching career, which she sees herself doing long-term.

“A funny story; I never thought I was going to be a teacher,” Cheryl recalled.

“My plan was to go into ag business.

My early experiences in FFA led me to success in the farm management career development events, but as I continued to college, I fell in love with promoting people instead of products. Halfway through my freshman year, I decided I needed to go back into ag education.”

Under Cheryl’s guidance, the Everton Agricultural Education Program has achieved success.

“There had been a significant gap in student achievement within the program,” Cheryl reflected. “We’ve come a long way in the past five years.”

From qualifying teams to State Career Development Events, securing more than $8,500 in outside grants and starting a school composting and garden program, to building community service efforts, you can’t help noticing the plagues lining the wall.

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“I want students to understand and respect the ag industry,” Cheryl said.

“However, cultivating skills in them to be successful in life is my ultimate goal in teaching. The moments where I have guided students to find their passion within the ag industry, that’s the icing on the cake.”

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Michelle Eilenstine’s desire to return to the family farm prompted her to learn more about the dairy industry Dairy farming is in Michelle Eilenstine’s blood. Her parents had done it since the 1970s and she grew up learning all the ins and outs of farm life, including showing calves when she was just 10-yearsold in 4-H and for Michelle, it has never stopped. Farming was part of her, so it just made sense for her to take over the family dairy farm, Ram-Elle Holsteins and Jerseys, and make it part of her family’s future.

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new knowledge and the knowledge of understanding the science behind the way they did things on the farm. This was the whole reason why Michelle had gone to college. She knew that in order to have a future in the dairy industry, she knew she would have to evolve the time honored techniques used for decades to meet the demands of a changing, more technologically advanced world.

Michelle Eilenstine uses Holsteins (red and black) along with Jerseys at her dairy farm. The Jersey heifers tend to have a higher butter fat content while the Holsteins produce more milk.

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“It opened up my mind to new and Located on 240 acres in Mountain Grove, Mo., Michelle was a tomboy, innovative ways to do things. Being a the only girl of four siblings. She grew small farm, we needed to use technolup milking cows, it was just part of life, ogy,” she explained.

In a management role, she took on one that she didn’t resent, but wanted to more duties where she oversaw and colearn more about.

After graduating high school, she pur- ordinated herd nutrition, cow reproducsued her bachelor’s degree in agriculture tion, milk quality, cow comfort, herd health, crop management and manat the University of Misaging labor, which included hiring a souri in Columbia. While part-time high school student inin school she worked in reterested in farming to help with search and dairy nutrition. daily chores.

“After I graduated I wanted Mountain Technology is the key to to come back to the family Grove, Mo. running a productive dairy farm,” Michelle affirmed. farm, according to Michelle.

She returned to her parents’ She has brought some new farm, but this time armed with

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meet your neighbors is also used to produce their own corn silage fed to the herd.

In a male dominated industry, Michelle doesn’t feel alone. She explains that in certain areas of the United States, such as Wisconsin.

“There are large amounts of women working on dairies in more leadership roles,” Michelle said.

She attributes the smaller number of Missouri dairies to a lesser number of women in management roles such as herself. Still, that doesn’t mean it doesn’t come with its share of obstacles.

“It’s always a challenge wearing so many hats. It’s hard to combine those roles, but it all works out and finds a way,” said Michelle.

She knows firsthand when she gave birth to her son and a week later was back in the barn milking cows and doing chores.

Michelle is also an online health coach who helps clients with tips on healthy eating, nutrition and fitness.

Michelle’s parents still live on the farm and have key roles. Her father, James Ramaeker, manages crops and mixes feed, while her mother, Carolyn, manages the house. Michelle’s husband, Loren, is also an equal partner and encouraged her to expand the herd to include Jerseys. Their 4-year-old son Chase is also a future farmer and has two sheep he plans to show at the local fair this summer, so similar to his mother years ago.

What words of advice would Michelle give anyone interested in the farming industry, male or female?

“You have to have a progressive outlook. Don’t be afraid to embrace technology,” she advised.

“It’s always a challenge wearing so many hats.

It’s hard to combine those roles, but it all works out and finds a way.”

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Michelle also employs the use of a milk pasteurizer for all milk they feed their bottle calves. By heating the milk, all traces of E.Coli, other bacteria and even bugs are killed. This germfree milk is fed to their calves and Michelle reports that it has made their calves more aggressive eaters and has decreased scours by 90 percent.

The Ram-Elle Farm runs approximately 29 Holsteins and six Jerseys. Michelle has found the Jerseys’ milk tends to run a higher butter fat content, while the Holsteins produce more milk.

The cows produce approximately 60 pounds of milk a day, which is sold through a co-op they are a member of to a dairy plant in Sen– Michelle eca, Mo. Currently, their milk runs a 4 Eilenstine percent butter fat and 3.2 percent protein content, which is marginally higher than the 3.5 butter content on whole milk sold a grocery store that has a 3.2 percent protein.

To ensure high milk quality, the cows are fed a TMR, of corn silage, alfalfa and grain mix, consisting mostly of corn. Michelle changed feed rations, focusing more on homegrown feed versus purchase feed.

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Railroad surveyor built what has become known as the Oakland Mansion in the 1800s For more than a century, the great house in central rural Laclede County, Mo., has been known by several names including Jacob’s Folly, coined by a few of the Ozark neighbors while it was under construction and the White Elephant, according to more than one real estate agent over the years.

For most, it has simply been the Oakland Mansion since the end of the 19th century. It took Jacob Blickensderfer about two years to construct the home, which was completed in 1887 and eventually sold by his heirs in 1909, it has been the home of Ronald and Shirley Tuley for the past 20 years.

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“We came from California and were looking for a place to retire. Ron is originally from Wyoming and I was from Ohio and we traveled around the country, looking for a new place after 35 years in southern California,” Shirley said. “We’ve been here since September 1997. Ron was really interested in woodworking and still has a woodworking shop out back so he was able to do a lot of that here.”

Ron and Shirley bought themselves quite a challenge with the house and 80 acres.

Jacob Blickensderfer, a surveyor for the railroad, was appointed by President Abraham Lincoln and surveyed much of the Rocky Mountain area for the Union Pacific Railroad, in its completion of the Transcontinental Railroad in the 1860s.

According to local historians, Jacob’s son, Robert was a Civil War veteran and was given a grant to purchase land in Missouri. He and Jacob visited the Oakland area for the first time in 1869.

As Jacob approached retirement, he purchased a total of 900 acres, 12 miles east of Lebanon, Mo., to build his dream house for his beloved wife, Maria Louisa. Together,

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There were various challenges encountered during the construction of the house, including workmen who did not follow Jacob’s instructions to the letter.

On more than one occasion, he was said to have arrived on site and torn out their work and insisted it be re-done according to his directions.

Sadly, Maria Louisa died the night before they were to move in so she never lived in the completed house. Jacob brought her body to the Red Room, the bedroom he had built just for her that included red carpet and redwood that he had shipped in from California. An entry from his journal on what was to have been their moving day, stated “placed mother in her own red room in the new house, with Herman’s picture over the mantel, and there let her remain until tomorrow.” Herman was one of their young sons. He died in a shooting accident.

Jacob’s house design included a slate roof and a furnace in the basement, which many of his Ozarks neighbors labeled a disaster in the making, believing that such a thing would surely burn down the new house. He also incorporated a unique system that vented cool air from the basement throughout the house. A spring house was also included in the basement. Four red brick fireplace chimneys still adorn the mansion’s roof, but Jacob’s furnace and his cooling system have long since ceased to function.

Another family who owned the house in the 1980s reported that they nearly froze the first winter they were there and installed four wood-burning stoves, using the original chimneys as flues, before the next winter. They also reported that on more than one occasion, the observatory fell victim to the winds of the relatively flat farmland of the area and eventually had to be nailed down since it was lifted off of its base and found in a nearby field.

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trimmed in redwood, cherry or walnut, with 12-foot ceilings and hardwood floors.

Ornate ceiling light fixtures, brass hinges, and coordinated doorknobs were also an original part of the decor but sadly, most have been lost over the years, during times when the house sat empty and was vandalized. At one time, in the early 1990s, local and state law enforcement agencies even busted a methamphetamine lab located in a milk barn on the property.

Jacob spent his last years in his Oakland Mansion, a residence that was of no interest to his grown children who had settled in other parts of the country and considered his retirement home to be too far from civilization.

A strong but stern Christian, Jacob helped form a local Moravian Association and donated 160 acres to help build and establish the Oakland Moravian Church. In addition to the church building, the property had a parsonage and church library.

Jacob’s son Andrew was killed in hunting accident in 1886 and his body was shipped to Lebanon, carried by hearse to Oakland, and placed in the church with his brothers watching throughout the night. He was buried next day at the side of the church.

The church was later used for many years by the United Methodist Church and now belongs to the Oakland Heritage Church of God. Jacob and Maria Blickensderfer are both buried in the cemetery adjacent to the church.

Shirley said she was told that Jacob believed the railroad that eventually routed near the town of Lebanon, was to come through Oakland, which explains why he constructed his house where he did.

Upon their arrival, Ron and Shirley had five geo-thermal units installed which keep the house warm in the winter and cool in the summer. They have also replaced most of the windows over the years.

In 2009, she decorated the interior with numerous Christmas trees and other holiday decorations for her Red Hat ladies club. Later that same season, they decided to hold an open the house for a Christmas tour to benefit the local Humane Society.

There have been no other public viewing of the house since that time.

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Chet and Bill’s Meat Processing Location: Marshfield, Mo. Owners: Bill Kenyon (left) and Chet Bailey (right) History: College friends Chet Bailey and Bill Kenyon purchased the former Stephens Meat Processing business about five years ago.

“We both went to College of the Ozarks and worked in the butcher shop down there,” Bill explained.

“Once we graduated, we thought, ‘Hey, let’s try it out,’” Chet added.

The business partners are also brothers-in-law.

In addition to Chet and Bill, there are three to four other employees, mostly family.

Products and services: Chet and Bill’s Meat Processing offers custom butchering of beef, hogs, lamb and goats.

“We have a cutting sheet that is pretty much standard for what we do, but if the customer wants something else, they just tell us,” Chet said. “If we can’t do it, we try really hard to find out how to do it.”

One of the unique cuts offered is Arkansas bacon.

“We will debone the shoulder, roll it, smoke it and then slice it,” Chet explained.

“It’s pretty good. We got the idea from another plant, so we aren’t the only ones who do it.”

Bill said they also hang their beefs for 16 to 19 days, which is a little longer than most processors.

They also offer some retail sales, but since they are not a federally inspected facility, the meat offered for retail is from Packers.

Philosophy: Chet and Bill said they want to do the best job possible and threat their customers right.

“Just put on a good attitude and do your best to stick with it,” Bill said. “We want customers to walk in and feel like family; we want to know our customers by name as they walk in the door.”

“Every time a customer walks in, the are going to get Bill, me or one of our family members,” Chet added.

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“We started with one cow and 10 acres,” she said while seated at her kitchen table in rural Lawrence County, outside of Mount Vernon, Mo. “When we moved here in 1972, we bought the house, 80 acres and increased our herd to five cows.”

the intensive grazing with 10 paddocks and 10 waterers and right now, we are busy putting in seven more paddocks. We also use TMRs, Total Mixed Rations, to supplement. People sometimes get the impression that if you graze, then you have to do that and only that, but you can do a hybrid system of both, grazing and feed.”

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With the help of her son and grandson, Marilyn Calvin continues with the dairy operation she and her late husband, Kenneth, began with one cow and 10 acres.

Today, she and her son, Kenlee Cal- the Midwest dairy industry. In 1994, she vin, and her grandson, Bryce Ogle, run was first elected to the Southern Division their dairy operation with 203 Holsteins Board of the Mid-America Dairyman durand registered Guernseys, as well as 160 ing their merger to become Dairy Farmers of America and she is still the only replacement heifers on 500 woman serving on DFA’s Southeast acres. Through drought, Area Council. floods and high feed prices, She is also the only woman Marilyn has weathered the ever elected to the Lawrence storms of agricultural in southCounty Farm Service Agency west Missouri through the years. Mount Committee, serving three, “We do corn silage and hay- Vernon, Mo. three-year terms. She is also lage, as well as intensive grazthe first woman inducted ing. Five years ago, we started JULY 3, 2017

into the Missouri Institute of Cooperatives Hall of Fame.

“I’ve always been fortunate to have the support of the dairy farming families in my home district because they know I am here working every day, just like they are.

Sometimes, when you are out here, milking and feeding on the farm every day, dairy farmers can get to feeling pretty isolated. Many don’t realize there are people out here working hard to represent them.

“When I introduce myself, I describe myself as a dairy farmer, but the truth is we need more women who can and will participate in dairy farming and in the leadership of this industry. It’s true, you have to be tough but that is true of anybody in any type of farming these days,” she added with a laugh.

“A lot of people seem to think when your husband passes away, the widow’s only choice is to sell the farm and move to town, but there are other factors to consider. The truth is I wasn’t ready to give up all that we’d worked for together. I am fortunate that my son and grandson and I work together, as well as one farm worker, Luis Salas, who has been with us for many years. How many people can say they go to work every day with their family? That’s a real blessing. On the days, when things are hard, I just remember that.”

Marilyn’s work in agriculture has taken her to China in 1987 through Missouri’s Agricultural Leadership of Tomorrow program and to Cuba with the People to People program in 2001.

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ava - 365 Ac., CR538, just off Hwy. Y, 20 pastures, corral, barn, exc. improved grass, mostly open.............................$766,500 aurora - 107 Ac., Law. 2180, fabulous brick home w/basement, corrals, numerous barns, pipe fence, exc. setup for crops, intensive grazing, Honey Creek.....$780,000 mtn. grove - 200 Ac., Prock Dr., several barns, house, bottom land, Beaver creek ...........................................$800,000 mt vernon - 300 ac., Law. 2170, just East of Freistatt, several ponds, pastures, 4 wells, automatic waterers, 1 mile paved road frontage, some tillable.........$825,000 grovespring - 445 Ac., Hwy. H, nice frontage, cattleguard entrance, 7 ponds, 75% open, 2 bed home... Reduced $845,500 mtn grove - 217 Ac., Hwy 60 frontage, beautiful cattle farm, between Hwy. 60 & Hwy. MM, pipe entrance, barn, ponds, creek, 3 BR home w/bsmnt...........$928,900 lebanon - 297 Ac., Knoll Rd. just off Hwy 5, beautiful cattle farm w/btm land, creek, ponds, 2 wells, 40x60 shop, walkout basement home, exc. fencing, improved pastures & alfalfa field....................... $1,015,000 ava - 323 Ac., Hwy. 14, lots of water & grass, shop, barns, corrals, ponds, spring, beautiful w/o basement home, convenient to town.................................. $1,100,000 Houston - 468 acres, Frame Dr., 4BR walkout basement, guest house, 5 bay garage, 3 bay garage w/kitchen & living quarters, excellent hunting retreat............ $1,170,000 republic - 218 Ac., FR 188, all open, exc. pasture & fencing, pipe corrals, scales, updated barns, waterers, ponds, 3 bed brick walkout home, well maintained.. $1,300,000 Buffalo - 375 Ac., Hwy. 215 & 65, fenced, cross fenced, creek, good grass farm w/hwy. 65 visibility................. $1,312,500 MTN Grove - 692 Ac., Hwy MM, Highly productive cattle farm, exc. pastures & hay grounds, numerous springs & ponds, beautiful 5 BR, 3 1/2 BA home, shop & several barns..... $2,196,000 Elk Creek - 683 acres, Elk Creek Dr., Certified organic, 22 pastures for intensive grazing, 6 barns, pipe corrals, incredible cattle operation with beautiful basement home...... $2,800,000 mtn grove - 592 AC., Hwy 60, fantastic cattle farm, exc. pastures w/multiple cross fences, hayfields, barns, corrals, exc. water, beautiful 4 bed custom walkout basement home........................... $3,256,000 AVA - 1,553 Ac., off Hwy 14, 30 ponds, creek, barns, 4 corrals, exc. fencing, 70 pastures, turn-key operation.................... $3,261,300 falcon - 2660 Ac., 2 homes, commodity barn, 120 ac. creek btm., 5 ac. lake, numerous springs & ponds, lots of grass...... $4,829,000 LEBANON - 2,750 m/l Ac., Hwy. NN, state of the art horse facility, 47 indoor stalls, 25,000 sq. ft. indoor arena w/apartments, lodge on Niangua River, huge spring.........$7,300,000

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“There are important lessons here for future generations, both in and out of agriculture. My daughter, Kenda Ogle, is an elementary school teacher, but she and her husband also have a beef cattle operation and then her son works with me. Her daughter, my granddaughter, Lani Ogle, just completed a year as the FFA Area 11 president and is the 2016 Missouri State Fair Queen. She is starting at Crowder College this fall, majoring in animal science. I like to think some of what I’ve done has been an example to both my granddaughters, Lani and Faith Calvin (age 8) that they can do whatever they set out to do in life.”

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Hometown: Springfield, Mo. Family: Wife, Joanne; sons Allen (22) and Cole (18) In Town: Paul opened Scenic Dry Cleaning in 1989 with locations in Springfield and Buffalo, Mo. “I was just tried of going to school,” Paul said with a laugh. “Dry cleaning was really a lucrative business at that time.”

As the need for dry cleaning began to fade, Paul added men’s formal wear and suit rentals, thus creating Paul Phillips Formal Ware.

“We saw that as an opportunity because overhead was low,” he said. “I was in the rental property business and had some duplexes, so I sold those and bought a bunch of suits to rent out.”

A limousine service is also available for up to 20 people.

Paul’s wife of 25 years, Joanne, is a music teacher at Hickory Hills Middle School in Springfield, Mo. In the Country: Paul grew up around Missouri Fox Trotters and began showing horses at the age of 8. His parents, Frankie and Paula Phillips, of Buffalo, have been showing and breeding Missouri Fox Trotters for decades.

“Once you are in it, you just can’t get away from it,” Paul said with a grin. “I’m currently showing a fourth-generation mare. My folks had her great-great-grandma and she was raised right there on the farm.”

Paul said they typically participate in about six shows a year.

Recently, Paul branched out a little from the family tradition and got into the cattle business.

“We’ve just always had animals around and I really love the cattle business,” he said.

About four years ago, Paul purchased a group of older, bred Brangus cows and began building his cattle herd.

“I calved them out and I’m keeping all of the heifers back,” he explained. “I just really like how the Brangus take the heat better, have small calves that really grow well, put on weight faster and hold their weight.”

He currently has about 28 momma cows and 14 calves in his commercial herd, and utilizes natural cover for his breeding program.

Paul runs his cattle on his parents’ farm in Dallas County, Mo., and he owns an additional 30 acres that is used for hay. He would like to keep building his cowherd over the next few years.

“I’ll like to get my boys out of college, maybe buy some more land and just have more cows,” Paul.

While his business keeps him busy, Paul is always anxious to get back to the farm.

“The cows are always happy to see you and come running when they see that feed bucket. It’s just very peaceful and quite,” he said.

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market sales reports

bulls

slaughter

beef

(Week of 6/18/17 to 6/24/17)

Midwest - High Plains Direct Slaughter Cattle

88.00-99.00*

Buffalo Livestock Market Douglas County Livestock Auctionn

91.00-98.00 †

Joplin Regional Stockyards

74.00-112.50 † 76.00-101.00 † 7

Kingsville Livestock Auction Mid Missouri Stockyards

80.00-103.00*

MO-KAN Livestock Auction

81.00-103.00 † 76.50-105.00*

Ozarks Regional Stockyard

40

Norwood, Mo. • Producers Auction Yards

74.00-107.00 †

Springfield Livestock Marketing Center

20

dairy

85.00 †

South Central Regional Stockyards - Vienna

60

80

slaughter

100

120

140

cows

(Week of 6/18/17 to 6/24/17)

57.00-75.00*

Buffalo Livestock Market Douglas County Livestock Auction

53.00-79.00 †

Interstate Regional Stockyards - Cuba

52.00-80.00 † 52.50-83.50 †

Joplin Regional Stockyards

53.00-80.00 †

Kingsville Livestock Auction

52.00-78.00*

Mid Missouri Stockyards

50.00-83.50 †

MO-KAN Livestock Auction

46.00-85.00 †

Ozarks Regional Stockyard

47.00-68.00 †

South Central Regional Stockyards

50.00-82.50 †

Springfield Livestock Marketing

0

20

40

60

cow/calf

80

100

120

pairs

(Week of 6/18/17 to 6/24/17)

1275.00-1450.00*

Buffalo Livestock Market Douglas County Livestockk

900.00-1350.00 † None Reported †

Interstate Regional Stockyards - Cuba Joplin Regional Stockyards Mid Missouri Stockyards

950.00-1450.00 † None Reported

South Central Regional Stockyards - Vienna Springfield Livestock

1150

1650

replacement

2150

2650

cows

(Week of 6/18/17 to 6/24/17)

Prices reported per cwt

1000.00-1250.00*

Buffalo Livestock Market Douglas County Livestock

825.00-1325.00 †

Interstate Regional Stockyards - Cuba

1100.00-1310.00 †

Joplin Regional

1200.00-1350.00* 1

MO-KAN Livestock Auction - Butler Ozarks Regional

1360.00-1375.00 † 750.00-1500.00 † 900.00-1160.00 †

South Central Regional

Heifers, Med. & Lg. 1

690.00-1375.00 †

Springfield Livestock

1050

1550

300-400 lbs.

400-500 lbs.

500-600 lbs.

600-700 lbs.

700-800 lbs.

300-400 lbs.

400-500 lbs.

500-600 lbs.

600-700 lbs.

700-800 lbs.

1050.00 †

Mid Missouri Stockyards

Steers, Med. & Lg. 1

Holsteins, Lg. 3

600.00-1425.00 †

Kingsville Livestock Auction

16 16

Ava Douglas County† 6/22/17

†

925.00-1400.00 †

650

2050

6/23/17

2400: Slaughter Lambs shorn and wooled 116-191 lbs 160.00-207.50 (wtd avg 186.98).

TX: 1100: Feeder Lambs 75 lbs 220.00.

Slaughter Ewes: San Angelo: Good 3-4 (very fleshy) 49.00-50.00; Good 2-3 (fleshy) 52.50-64.00; Utility and Good 1-3 (medium flesh) 63.00-78.00; Utility 1-2 (thin) 53.00-64.00; Cull and Utility 1-2 (very thin) 46.00-53.00; Cull 1 (extremely thin) 20.00-45.00.

Pennsylvania: Good 3-4 (very fleshy) 105.00; Good 2-3 (fleshy) 70.00-125.00; Utility 1-2 (thin) 60.00-100.00; Cull 1 40.00-70.00.

Ft. Collins: Good 3-5 (very fleshy) 53.00-60.00; Good 2-3 (fleshy) 54.00-59.00; Utility 1-2 (thin) 40.00-49.00; Cull 1 (extremely thin) no test.

Billings, MT: Good 3-4 (very fleshy) no test; Good 2-3 (fleshy) no test; Utility 1-2 (thin) no test; Cull and Utility 1-2 (very thin) no test; Cull 1 no test.

So Dakota: Good 3-4 (very fleshy) 65.00-70.00; Good 2-3 (fleshy) 61.00-71.00; Utility 1-2 (thin) 53.00-63.00; Cull 1 42.00-46.00.

Missouri: Utility and Good 1-3 75.00-85.00.

Virginia: Good 2-4 55.00-76.00; Utility 1-2 51.00; Cull 1 51.00.

Kalona: Good 2-3 (fleshy) 60.00-77.50; Utility and Good 1-3 (medium flesh) 55.00-73.00; Utility 1-2 (thin) 57.5065.00; Cull 1 35.00-40.00.

Feeder Lambs: Medium and Large 1-2: San Angelo: 60-90 lbs 210.00-218.00; 90-100 lbs 205.00210.00.

Virginia: no test.

Ft. Collins: 76 lbs 175.00.

Billings: no test.

Kalona: 35-40 lbs 200.00-230.00; 40-50 lbs 190.00230.00; 50-60 lbs 210.00-227.50; 60-70 lbs 170.50215.00; 70-80 lbs 170.00-175.00; 84 lbs 160.00.

So Dakota: 33 lbs 265.00; 56 lbs 267.50; 60-70 lbs 222.50-240.00; 70-80 lbs 210.00-235.00; 84 lbs 205.00; 90-95 lbs 198.00-210.00.

Missouri: 20-35 lbs 165.00-197.50.

Replacement Ewes: Medium and Large 1-2: San Angelo: yearling wool ewes 99 lbs 156.00 cwt, 105110 lbs 112.00-114.00 cwt; baby tooth wool ewes 105-120 lbs 80.00-100.00 cwt; hair ewe lambs 60-85 lbs 208.00234.00 cwt; baby tooth hair ewes 150.00-190.00 per head; solid mouth hair ewes 130.00-150.00 per head; mixed age hair ewes 80-140 lbs 80.00-130.00 cwt.

Ft. Collins: no test.

stocker & feeder

1450.00-1625.00* None Reported †

Ozarks Regional Stockyard

550

6/8/17

Receipts: 129 At this month’s special dairy sale at the Producers Auction Yard, demand was good on a light supply. The supply consisted of 2 percent Springer Heifers, 8 percent Bred Heifers, 15 percent Open Heifers, 5 percent Fresh and Milking Cows, 2 percent Bred Cows and 24 percent baby calves. The balance was made up of weigh cows and beef animals. All quotes are on a per head basis for Holsteins unless noted otherwise.

Springer Heifers Bred Seven to Nine Months: Approved Individual 1100.00.

Heifers Bred Four to Six Months: Supreme Individual 1280.00, Approved Pair 1085.00, Medium Individual 860.00, Common 520.00-675.00.

Heifers Bred One to Three Months: Supreme Pair 1090.00, Common Individual Shorthorn 510.00, Individual Crossbred 450.00.

Open heifers: Approved 250 lbs Individual 380.00, 395 lbs Individual 500.00, 505 lbs Individual Jersey 680.00, Medium 210 lbs Individual 270.00, 380 lbs Individual 360.00, 730-785 lbs 610.00-635.00, 790 lbs Individual 775.00.

Fresh Milking Heifers and Cows: Approved Individual 1300.00, Medium Pair 975.00, Individual Crossbred 810.00, Common Individual Jersey 575.00.

Bred and Springer Cows: Common Individual 720.00, Individual Crossbred 675.00.

Baby Calves: Holstein Bulls Large 135.00-150.00, Small 80.00-105.00, Jersey Heifers Individual 140.00, Jersey Bulls 40.00-50.00, Crossbred Heifers Individual 100.00, Crossbred Bulls Large 120.00-155.00, Small 70.00-85.00, Beef Cross Heifers 200.00-210.00, Beef Cross Bulls 160.00-220.00.

goats

Compared to last week all classes were steady to sharply lower. At San Angelo, TX 6488 head sold. No sales in Equity Electronic Auction. In direct trading slaughter ewes were not tested and no recent comparison on feeder lambs. 2400 head of negotiated sales of slaughter lambs were firm. 2,809 lamb carcasses sold with all weights no trend due to confidentiality. All sheep sold per hundred weight (CWT) unless otherwise specified.

Slaughter Lambs: Choice and Prime 2-3 90-160 lbs: San Angelo: shorn and wooled 100-170 lbs 158.00164.00.

VA: wooled 80-110 lbs 140.00-179.00; 110-125 lbs 140.00.

PA: shorn and wooled 110-130 lbs 210.00-235.00.

Ft.Collins, CO: wooled 137 lbs 172.50; 154 lbs 157.50.

South Dakota: shorn 125 lbs 201.00; shorn and wooled 115-155 lbs 194.00-196.00.

Kalona, IA: wooled 110-140 lbs 180.00-192.50; 161 lbs 154.00.

Billings, MT: no test.

Missouri: no test.

Equity Elec: no sales.

Slaughter Lambs: Choice and Prime 1-2: San Angelo: 40-60 lbs 190.00-214.00; 60-70 lbs 190.00214.00; 70-80 lbs 180.00-198.00, few 202.00; 80-90 lbs 178.00-191.00; 90-110 lbs 165.00-190.00.

Pennsylvania: 40-60 lbs 200.00-245.00; 60-80 lbs 200.00230.00; 80-100 lbs 200.00-235.00, few 235.00-249.00.

Kalona, IA: 49 lbs 217.50; 60-70 lbs 185.00-197.50; 70-80 lbs 170.00-180.00; 80-90 lbs 165.00-175.00; 90-110 lbs 172.50-189.00.

Ft. Collins: 40-50 lbs 182.50-190.00, few 200.00; 50-60 lbs 180.00-190.00; 60-70 lbs 175.00-187.50; 70-80 lbs 185.00-190.00; 80-90 lbs 175.00-185.00; 90-110 lbs 167.50-187.50.

Missouri: 45-70 lbs 185.00-222.50; 70-90 lbs 170.00200.00.

Virginia: 30-60 lbs 141.00-200.00; 60-80 lbs 160.00180.00.

South Dakota: no test.

Billings, MT: no test.

Direct Trading: (lambs fob with 3-4 percent shrink or equivalent)

None Reported †

MO-KAN Livestock Market - Butler

50

cattle

sheep & National Sheep Summary

1025.00-1800.00 †

Kingsville Livestock Auction

150

6/25/17

5 Area (Tx-Ok, Ks, Neb, Ia, Colo) Live Basis Sales - Over 80% Choice Steers: 118.00-124.00; wtd. avg. price 121.51.

Heifers: 119.00-124.00; wtd. avg. price 121.76.

Dressed Basis Sales - Over 80% Choice Steers: 190.00-199.00; wtd. avg. price 194.59.

Heifers: 193.00-196.00; wtd. avg. price 194.70.

66.00-108.50 †

Interstate Regional Stockyards - Cuba

cattle

2550

300-400 lbs.

400-500 lbs.

500-600 lbs.

600-700 lbs.

700-800 lbs.

Buffalo Livestock Auction* 6/24/17

Butler Mo-Kan Livestock† 6/22/17

Cuba Interstate Regional† 6/20/17

prices

Joplin Regional Stockyards† 6/19/17

Kingsville Livestock Auction† 6/20/17

Mid Missouri Stockyards* 6/22/17

1,013

1,192

611

1,032

4,654

1,476

1,290

St-8 Lower

St-7 Lower

5-10 Lower

2-8 Lower

5-10 Lower

St-10 Lower

St-4 Lower

162.50-165.00 160.00-167.00 150.00-160.00 141.00-146.00 140.00-148.00

165.00-188.00 165.00-174.00 157.00-171.00 150.00-156.50 141.00-149.00

----170.00-175.00 151.00-166.00 144.50-154.75 149.75

188.00 ----153.75-175.50 145.00-154.75 140.00-145.50

----170.00-175.00 153.00-165.00 145.00-161.00 144.00-149.00

----166.75-180.00 163.00-171.00 147.75-165.00 144.50-159.85

170.00-192.00 163.00-181.00 155.00-175.00 145.00-162.00 140.00-149.00

------------90.00 80.00

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90.00-100.00 85.00-95.00 85.00-92.00 82.00-87.00 82.00-85.00

150.00-161.00 145.00-150.00 135.00-147.00 132.50-140.00 122.50-130.00

140.00-168.00 145.00-159.00 140.00-153.00 130.00-143.00 122.00-132.00

----152.00-153.50 141.00-154.00 141.00-142.00 -----

----147.50-150.00 144.75-153.00 142.00-145.50 -----

----149.50-165.00 138.00-148.00 136.00-146.00 134.00-145.50

----145.00-160.00 140.00-155.00 129.50-151.60 128.75-150.25

152.00-165.00 145.00-162.00 140.00-158.00 132.00-146.00 130.00-137.00

USDA Reported * Independently Reported

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reports

USDA Reported * Independently Reported

550-600 lb. steers

$235

Estimated Receipts: 405 Supply and demand are light to moderate.

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

Base carcass meat price: 78.00-81.00 Sows (cash prices): Steady. 300-500 lbs. 42.00-44.00.

Over 500 lbs. 45.00-50.00.

175.00.

200.00-230.00; 40-50 lbs 190.0010.00-227.50; 60-70 lbs 170.5070.00-175.00; 84 lbs 160.00.

265.00; 56 lbs 267.50; 60-70 lbs 80 lbs 210.00-235.00; 84 lbs 205.00; 10.00. s 165.00-197.50. : Medium and Large 1-2: ng wool ewes 99 lbs 156.00 cwt, 105.00 cwt; baby tooth wool ewes 105-120 wt; hair ewe lambs 60-85 lbs 208.00ooth hair ewes 150.00-190.00 per head; wes 130.00-150.00 per head; mixed age bs 80.00-130.00 cwt. .

dairy & fed cattle

National Dairy Market

6/23/17

CHEESE: Barrels closed at $1.3700 and 40# blocks at $1.5400. The weekly average for barrels is $1.3510 (-.0520) and blocks, $1.5680 (-.0590).

FLUID MILK: Having reached the Summer Solstice this week, milk production trends are developing in expected ways. New England and Mid-Atlantic milk production volumes are steady to lower. Balancing operations are receiving more milk following schools closing, but volumes

rices

Kingsville Livestock Auction† 6/20/17

Mid Missouri Stockyards* 6/22/17

Springfield Livestock Marketing† 6/21/17

Vienna South Central† 6/21/17

West Plains Ozarks Regional† 6/20/17

1,476

1,290

1,427

2,408

4,081

t-10 Lower

St-4 Lower

St-5 Lower

4-10 Lower

Uneven

170.00-192.00 163.00-181.00 155.00-175.00 145.00-162.00 140.00-149.00

----175.50 150.00-165.00 140.00-157.00 143.50-148.50

191.00-199.50 181.00-199.50 162.00-182.75 155.00-172.00 147.00-162.50

----158.00-175.00 157.00-166.00 141.00-164.00 143.00-149.00

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90.00-100.00 85.00-95.00 85.00-92.00 82.00-87.00 82.00-85.00

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----45.00-160.00 40.00-155.00 29.50-151.60 28.75-150.25

152.00-165.00 145.00-162.00 140.00-158.00 132.00-146.00 130.00-137.00

--------135.00-146.50 130.00-141.00 133.00-139.00

159.00-169.00 149.00-165.00 144.50-161.00 139.00-166.00 137.50

158.00 145.00-157.50 135.00-151.00 132.50-144.00 137.00-145.75

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Joplin West Plains

heifers 550-600 LBS. Ava Kingsville

Soybeans

* Price per cwt

18 15 12 9 6

0

9.17

8.74

9.16

9.08

5.51 4.81 4.40

5.65 4.76 4.54

3.70

3.64

3.41

3.49

8.58

Cuba Vienna

*** 168.00 168.78

161.50 148.00 *** * 151.69 **

**

157.39

171.60 171.72

149.65

169.72 175.86 173.83 180.46 169.55

158.70 161.20 155.50 152.69 149.16 161.23

182.45 173.58

150.27

157.57

139.42

**

** 167.28 164.95 175.44 154.26

155.45 150.31 148.36 144.44 *

166.08

144.93

153.00

139.89

162.08 156.08 166.93 168.06 155.58

144.27 144.75 151.87 144.74 139.43

171.86

5.03

154.94

159.70

4.09 3.46

Joplin West Plains

150.08

177.05 168.44

avg. grain prices

Week Ended 6/23/17 Soft Wheat Corn Sorghum*

Butler Springfield

169.16

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Week of 5/28/17

Farmers continue to progress well with hay harvest. Over 30 percent of the second cutting of alfalfa is complete and over 70 percent of other hay has been harvested. There is about 10 percent of the state showing in the latest drought monitor, with several counties in north central MO in D1 status. Hay movement is light, supplies are moderate, demand is light and prices are steady to weak. The Missouri Department of Agriculture has a hay directory available for both buyers and sellers. To be listed, or for a directory visit http://mda.mo.gov/abd/haydirectory/ for listings of hay http:// agebb.missouri.edu/haylst/ (All prices f.o.b. and per ton unless specified and on most recent reported sales price listed as round bales based generally on 5x6 bales with weights of approximately 1200-1500 lbs).

Supreme quality Alfalfa (RFV <185): 170.00-220.00.

Premium quality Alfalfa (RFV 170-180): 150.00-180.00.

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

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

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

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

Fair quality Mixed Grass hay: 20.00-30.00 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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steers 550-600 LBS.

Week of 6/18/17

(fleshy) 60.00-77.50; Utility and Good 55.00-73.00; Utility 1-2 (thin) 57.50-40.00. dium and Large 1-2: lbs 210.00-218.00; 90-100 lbs 205.00-

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Receipts: 9,084 Weaner pigs steady to weak. Feeder pigs no sales reported. Supply moderate and demand moderate. (Prices Per Head.)

Early weaned pigs 10 lb. base weights, FOB the farm 0% negotiated, 3842 head, 10 lbs, 34.00-36.00, weighted average 35.03.

Early weaned pigs 10 lb base weights, Delivered 100% negotiated, 5242 head, 10 lbs, 20.00-31.93, weighted average 27.26.

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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3-4 (very fleshy) 49.00-50.00; Good 64.00; Utility and Good 1-3 (medium Utility 1-2 (thin) 53.00-64.00; Cull ry thin) 46.00-53.00; Cull 1 (ex0-45.00. od 3-4 (very fleshy) 105.00; Good 2-3 00; Utility 1-2 (thin) 60.00-100.00; .

3-5 (very fleshy) 53.00-60.00; Good 59.00; Utility 1-2 (thin) 40.00-49.00; hin) no test. d 3-4 (very fleshy) no test; Good 2-3 ility 1-2 (thin) no test; Cull and Utilno test; Cull 1 no test.

3-4 (very fleshy) 65.00-70.00; Good 71.00; Utility 1-2 (thin) 53.00-63.00; . nd Good 1-3 75.00-85.00.

55.00-76.00; Utility 1-2 51.00; Cull

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are not burdensome. Southeast milk production has moved lower, particularly following a recent heatwave. Florida milk production is steadily declining. Milk output has eased a bit in the Midwest to less-than-flush volumes. There are concerns that cheese manufacturers will reduce milk intakes. Currently, spot milk is flowing into cheese vats at $1.00 to $4.00 under Class. California milk production flattened compared to last week. **However, cheese plants have been taking in more milk to clear milk not needed by bottling plants. Extremely hot weather has contributed to lower milk production in Arizona.

Milk production in New Mexico is dropping off. In the Pacific Northwest, milk production is down year over year. While warm weather has moved into Colorado, Idaho and Utah, the heat has not yet impacted milk output. Cream multiples are 1.30-1.40 in the East, 1.23-1.32 in the Midwest, and 1.14-1.32 in the West.

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Jennifer Wilson, with some help from her father, cares for a mixed herd of commercial cattle she and her husband, Jake, own. With an agriculture background, Jennifer said she recalls many of the lessons she learned from her father. “You don’t realize what you absorb when you are young” she said.

conversation. That conversation led Jake and Jennifer became engaged, they first to dinner and a movie, then engage- started clearing the overgrown land and developing a communal herd. Last ment and finally marriage summer a government program was five years ago. used to help them with cross fencJake was a welder, and the ing which meant they didn’t couple had settled comforthay especially since they had ably on 180 acres originally enough stored up. owned by his grandfather DalGrandfather Dallas is happy las, which was put into a trust Anderson, Mo. because someone is showing for Dallas’ grandchildren. The a sincere, dedicated interest Wilson’s 35 commercial cows

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meet your neighbors in continuing the farm he started. He set up process Jennifer much prefers because the trust so that none of his grandchildren she didn’t like the emasculator. “Those could sell their share of the land until they momma cows are crazy, and I will not were 40. Even then, they had to offer the gather them up or work them by myself others first right of refusal at a fair market because I don’t want to get hurt,” Jenprice, with Dallas hoping that restriction nifer said. also allowed whoever was interested in With Jake gone, Larry advises Jennifer farming time to build up enough equity to when it’s time to wean the calves and purchase the unwanted acres. Jake and Jen- which ones to sell. The calves are sold nifer have that passion. in Exeter or Joplin, depending upon the “Dad always worked on a farm, but I never day they are gathered. thought I would be doing what I am now.

When possible, Jennifer tries to keep the Having farming roots really helps,” Jennifer heifers for replacement and herd building. said. “If I’d been raised as a city kid, I could This year Jennifer plans on raising Johnnever do this. However, I was raised with son, fescue and mixed grass hay again, forsome farming knowledge but, even more going fertilizing this spring because of time importantly, with the constraints but sprayhard work ethic farming for weeds. ing requires.”

“My husband Jake and Jennifer would kill me if had two bulls, an AnI didn’t do that,” gus and a Charolais.

Jennifer said with a The Charolais has laugh. “Haying will since been replaced be a challenge for with a Santa Getrudis because running If I’d been raised me bull from Jennifer’s the new tractor is a father. For simplictricky subject.” as a city kid, I ity’s sake, the bulls Like most young could never do are with the herd year couples, the Wilson’s round and, fortunate- this. However, I was have goals. One is ly, the couple hasn’t expand pasture by raised with some to had any birthing isclearing land using sues. Salt blocks and farming knowledge her father’s dozer to loose mineral are self get rid of more trees but, even more choice with a 9 perand then adding cent protein feed used importantly, with more electric cross to supplement winter fences in order to rograzing. The farm has the hard work ethic tate more efficiently. a wet weather creek farming requires. Jake wants to eventuand two live springs, ally increase the herd as well as one pond to 200 momma cows – Jennifer Wilson that keep the cattle and to add chickens well watered. like Jennifer’s grand“To be truthful, I couldn’t do this with- father Joe and her father. Jake’s long term out my dad who helps whenever I need goal is to become a full-time farmer while help,” Jennifer said. keeping welding part of his life.

Some of the things Jennifer needs help “God helps us take care of what we with are rounding up the cattle, working need to do, and Jake and I try to do what them, learning more about cattle health Jesus would do every step of the way,” and knowing what to do and when to do Jennifer said. “More women need to reit. The cattle are typically worked every alize we have much to offer in agriculthree months, with the oldest calves be- ture because God made us the way we ing sold at that time. are for a reason. We need to do whatever Working consists of administering it takes to get in there and help, someblack leg vaccine, dehorning, worm- times even if it is just hanging out with ing and banding bull calves, which is a the guys.”

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Making A Career in Agriculture

By Julie Turner-Crawford

Jill Scheidt spends her days helping producers and scouting for issues in crop and pasture lands If you’ve ever read a field-scouting report for the Southwest Missouri region from the University of Missouri-Extension, chances are Jill Scheidt, agronomy specialist for Barton, Dade, Jasper, Newton and McDonald counties, was the specialist scouring the landscape in search of potential problems from insects or disease that impact crops and pastures.

Growing up on her family’s beef cattle, corn and soybean operation in the Dade/ Cedar County area, Jill always knew she wanted a career in agriculture.

“I knew I wanted to live on a farm and be in the country when I got older, so that’s why I wanted an agriculture degree,” she said. “I really didn’t know what I would do if I got a degree in animal science, so I went with agronomy.

I also did an internship in Kansas for Servi Tech as a crop consultant, where I found that I really liked the row crop side of things.”

Jill, who has been with the University of Missouri-Extension for about five years, received both her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in agronomy from Missouri State University in Springfield, Mo. While serving an internship, Jill said she realized she was on the right career path.

“I did an internship with University of Missouri-Extension here in Baton County and that’s how I decided I wanted to be an Extension specialist,” she recalled. “Before I came to University of Missouri-Extension, I worked for NECO Seed Company as a crop consultant in the Dade/Barton County area. I did that for a year and when University of Missouri-Extension had a full-time opening, I was able to get the job as a full-time agronomy specialist.”

In addition to offering assistance to producers, Jill’s job with Extension varies like the seasons.

“In the summer months, I have a crop scouting program,” she said. “I check crops

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every week, typically checking wheat, corn and soybeans. I’m probably going to check milo this summer too, not because we have a lot of milo producers, but that sugar cane aphid is going to be a huge pest and I think that is something we will need to alert farmers to. In May and June, we were worried about armyworms, so I checked fescue for that for my report. Basically, from March through October, I scout every week.

When I’m not doing that, I teach several different types of programs to farmers, kind of like adult education farming.”

a challenge keeping with the changes.

“Weather conditions aren’t even the same from year to year or from season to season,” she said. “You have to try and keep up with what the next problem or what the next concern of the farmer is.

“Since the farmers call with so many different questions on different types of crops or pasture questions, it’s actually an opportunity to learn something from every question or concern I get.”

While many people like or enjoy their careers, Jill said she gets a feeling of satisfaction Photo courtesy of Jill Scheidt

Jill Scheidt is among the growing number of women who are choosing to pursue careers in agriculture.

She also has also recorded several how- with her position with University of Misto videos, which can be found on the souri-Extension, especially when she is able MUExtension417’s YouTube page, on to help a farmer solve an issue or problem. scouting fields for pests.

“When you go out and talk to a farmer, “I was on a site visit and told a farmer they try to get to know you and you try how to look for a pest and to get to know them, and you gain a realized that he interpreted personal relationship with them,” Jill my instructions differently explained. “Then when you go out than I meant,” Jill told OFN. to help them with a problem, or “I wanted to make sure farmgo to help someone you don’t see Arcola, Mo. ers had a visual, as well as a too often, you can really tell written description.” that they really appreciate it Since agriculture is constantly and how much they apprecievolving, Jill said it is sometimes ate your help.”

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Jill and her husband, Jack, also have a small farm in Cedar County, Mo., near the community of Arcola, Mo., just about two miles from where she grew up, where they raise milo and soybeans. They also raise bottle calves and occasional a few hogs.

The couple has a 1-year-old son, Jackson, and will have their second child in October.

“I was lucky in that I never had to move far from home,” Jill said. “Hopefully, one day, we can enlarge our farm, and we will have kids who want to stay on the farm too.”

Jill and Jack help her parents, Keith and Marilyn Hankins, with their farming operation. Jill credits her parents for her love of agriculture.

“I can remember getting in the truck and going to the farms every weekend, and we’d go check all of the cows,” she said.

“During planting and harvesting, I can remember taking meals out to whomever is in what tractor in whatever field. When I got old enough to drive the tractor and things, that’s what I did in the summers.”

A generation ago, agriculture was a predominately male-dominated industry, but times have changed.

“I think as long as you prove yourself in that you know what you’re doing, you aren’t going to have a problem,” Jill said. “Everyone has been very warm and receptive to me… What’s nice about the University of Missouri-Extension job, when it’s nice outside, you can usually find someone who will let you go out on their farm and look around. I really like being able to work with farmers and help them. You can always tell when they appreciate your help.”

Jill sees more and more opportunities for women who choose agriculture.

“When I was in college, there really didn’t seem like there were that many girls, but now there are a lot of girls getting ag degrees,” Jill said. “If they want to do it and work hard, then I don’t think they are going to have any problems getting a career in agriculture.”

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Emma Pritchard Story and Photo By Neoma Foreman

Age: 16 Hometown: Walker, Mo. Parents: Scotty and Brandy Pritchett FFA Chapter: Northeast Vernon County (NEVC) Advisor: Ashley Winfrey What is your involvement in agriculture?

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“I live on a farm where we raise pigs. I catch them a lot. When they are born we cut their teeth and tails, and give them shots. They have to be fed every day. After they are weaned, we moved them to bigger pens, and finally the feedlot. We also have chickens, ducks, guineas and horses.”

What is your favorite part of living on a farm?

“I love being in the country. Towns are noisy.

It is just peaceful and I love the animals.”

What are your future plans?

Do they involve agriculture in some way?

“I want to be a teacher, but I plan to live on a farm and have animals. I’m still deciding which college I will attend, but I want to learn all I can.”

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Who has been your biggest influence and why?

“My grandma, Patty Pritchett. She is a kind Christian woman who has always been there for me. She and grandpa used to have lots of animals and I learned to take care of them at their house. Now we have our own.”

What are your FFA projects?

“I’m vice president of our FFA. I was on the entomology team that went to contest. I’ve learned to identify a lot of bugs and now whenever our advisor sees a bug she calls on me to tell them what it is and how it could affect an animal or plant. I plan to do speech and interviews this year.”

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very five years, the USDA conducts their Census of Agriculture, the last one completed in 2012 and the next to be sent out this coming December. The Jessica Allan is an data the USDA receives from this suragricultural lender at vey is used to evaluate the growth and direction Hometown Bank in of the agricultural industry as well as highlight Neosho, MO. A resident areas that might need more attention than othof Jasper County, she ers, both on the state and national level. also is involved in raising As of the last Census, there were 11,127 principal cattle on her family’s women farmers in the state of Missouri. These are farm in Newton County the farms in which all decisions are made by the and is an active alumni woman operator. When compared to the overall of the Crowder College national women operators, Missouri women made Aggie Club. up 4 percent of the total farms ran by women, working 3 percent of the total acreage owned by women, and contributing 3 percent of the total economic impact of women operators.

The numbers appear small when shown in percentages, but we must keep in mind that Missouri is only one of 50 states. When compared to a national average (total national numbers divided by 50), Missouri has 93 percent more women operators, working 38 percent more acreage and contributing 34 percent more to the economy.

Why are those numbers important? The USDA has records of an agricultural census dating back as far as 1840, but it wasn’t until the 1970s that the census begin to record the number of women operators and not just farmers as a whole. Since then, although nationally the total acreage farmed has dropped by 11 percent and the total number of operators by 15 percent, the number of women operators has increased by 78 percent and the total acreage farmed by women has increased by 71 percent.The last century has seen much change in how women are viewed in the workplace. For the agricultural industry, the farm makes up both the home and the workplace. The numbers above do not take into account women whose partner or family owns and operates a farm; quite often these women are required to take on the leadership role for a time due to unforeseen circumstances. Then there are the women who have joined the agricultural workforce in education, research, sales, marketing, finance and media, to name just a few of the agriculturally linked jobs that women hold today.

Great strides have been taken by our culture and our government to ensure that women in ag continue to grow. Programs such as Annie’s Project provide women learning opportunities in finance and estate planning. The Farm Service Agency has loan programs specifically in place for women farmers, from farm ownership to microloans geared towards niche farming.

Truck farms, farmers markets and agritourism farms are considered some of these niche markets and allow smaller operators, of which women are the majority, to connect to the public and show how farming works. Social media has become a platform that many women farmers use to promote our industry to a curious public (i.e. Modern Day Farm Chick, the Pioneer Woman).

As society changes and advances in ag continue, it is up to us, women and men both, to see that our heritage continues. Let us strive, as women, to make this industry as open, welcoming, challenging and supportive as any other.

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Is it more cost effective to grow your own hay or purchase it from another source?

Most farmers have experienced the haying side of the agriculture industry, whether they have grown and harvested it themselves, or purchased it from someone who has done so.

But which option is better?

Growing Hay: Many large farms with expansive acreage will grow and harvest their own hay. But for a smaller producer with more limited acreage and income, that may not always be an option. “The two largest costs in hay production are fertilizer and the cost of owning the equipment used in hay production. These costs can certainly be prohibitive for smaller producers,” said Myriah Johnson, Ph.D., with Noble Research Institute Agricultural Economics. “Producers must calculate their own cost of production. If they cannot produce it cheaper than they can buy it, it is cost prohibitive.”

“Even in cases where some aspects of the farm may support growing your own hay, the opportunity cost is too high and buying hay can allow better use of time and equipment to focus on more profitable portions of the farming operation,” said Travis Meteer, Extension Educator, Commercial Agriculture with the University of Illinois Extension Center.

There are, however, a few pros to growing your own hay – if you have the excess land and the production costs are right. Not only can you feed your own cows, but if there is a demand for hay, you can diversify your farming operation and potentially increase your operation’s revenue stream by selling it. There is also the potential to share the haying equipment cost with other enterprises on the farm. Again, producers should calculate their production costs to determine whether growing their own hay is feasible.

Buying Hay: Buying hay seems to be the avenue many farmers are taking. While it requires the capital to purchase the hay up front, there is no continued cost to maintain haying equipment or to purchase inputs for the entire hay season. Buying hay also requires less time invested by the farmer, and generally removes the cost of labor from the equation.

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If the farmer has been growing hay, it is advantageous to restructure the operation so the hay can be bought elsewhere. “Diverting hay ground to managed pastures can be beneficial to a farm,” said Meteer. “Managed pastures allow longer grazing seasons, can allow increased herd size or stocking rates, and can result in lower fertilizer and fuel needs to support the cattle operation.”

If the producer does choose to purchase hay, there is the consideration of where to buy from – should one buy hay locally, or have it shipped? The quality of the hay will be the determining factor. “the quality of hay is of the utmost importance. All hay should be tested before purchase,” said Johnson. “To start, hay should be compared on a dry matter basis. Hay value is based on crude protein (CP) and total digestible nutrients (TDN). Adjusting hay price based on nutrient values allows a producer to make an apples to apples comparison. So, once hay price has been adjusted taking nutrient value into account, a producer can then evaluate whether it is still more cost effective to have hay shipped in or purchase it locally.”

Bottom Line: Regardless of whether hay is grown or bought, producers should determine the hay market for their area. The USDA Agricultural Marketing Service publishes hay reports weekly, and producers can find reports for their area. Familiarizing themselves with these reports can help producers get an idea of hay prices.

Making the decision to grow or buy hay should be based upon each individual farmer’s production costs.

“To determine whether it is more cost efficient to produce or buy hay, producers must first know their own cost of production. Second, not all hay is equal. Hay that is produced or purchased should be tested and compared on a dry matter basis. Using the results from a hay test, producers can adjust hay prices so they can be compared to their own adjusted cost of production. Then, a producer can determine whether it is more cost effective for them to grow their own hay or purchase it,” stated Johnson.

“Absolutely.

Women are 50 percent of the population and most women I have met want to grow their families. They care about the future and where there food comes from.”

“The industry is changing to be more women friendly.

In the classes I teach, I’m seeing more and more women who are interested in agriculture fields. Over the last 10 years, I’ve seen a growing number of women in charge of large operations.

Women are being seen as having more value other than being a mom and a cook.”

“I feel women will continue to have a growing role in as more men are having to take a full time job off the farm in order to help support their family and their farm. Women are the ones taking on more responsibility on the farm. There are also numerous jobs in the agriculture industry that are becoming more acceptable of women.”

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What’s the Difference?

By Klaire Howerton

Stocking rates and stocking density are not the same As a livestock producer, you’ve probably heard the terms “stocking rates” and “stocking densities” tossed around. But what you may not know is that each term means something entirely different.

Stocking Rates “Stocking rate is defined as the number of animals on a given amount of land over a certain period of time. Stocking rate is generally expressed as animal units per unit of land area,” Daren D. Redfearn, State Extension Forage Specialist, and Terrence G. Bidwell, professor and State Extension Specialist Rangeland Ecology and Management with Oklahoma State University Extension said.

The following is an example on how to calculate stocking rate using animal units: A livestock producer has 50 head of 1,000-pound cows on 200 acres for 12 months.

The stocking rate of this operation would be calculated as follows: Calculation of

stocking rate: Total Land Area ÷ [(#AUs) x (Grazing Season)] 200 acres ÷ [(50AUs) x (12 months)] = 0.33 acres per AU month (AUM) or 4 acres per AU year (AUY).

Stocking Densities Stocking density is a term that essentially refers to animal concentration, or the number of animals on a specific area of the pasture for a specific period of time. Management is key to stocking densities.

According to the University of Missouri Extension, a reasonable stocking density that provides ample forage intake will improve animal performance.

An example of the difference between stocking rate and stocking density is as follows: stocking rate would be if you had 100 acres and 100 yearling steers that weighed 700 pounds, so your stocking rate would be one steer per acre, or 700 pounds liveweight per acre.

For producers who continually grazed their pasture, the stocking rate and the stocking density would be the same (700 pounds liveweight per acre).

But, if producers implement management intensive grazing (MiG), they can greatly increase their stocking density. If your 100 acres is divided into 10 pastures that each amount to 10 acres, when all your steers were in one pasture, you’ve increased the stocking density times 10, and it now equals 7,000 pounds per acre. While your stocking rate may not have changed, you now have a better program to maximize your herd’s use of your pasture.

Once you understand the difference between stocking rates and stocking densities, you can use both as useful management tools to maximize your profits.

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By Klaire Howerton

Testing hay’s nutrient value can help you see what your livestock may be missing Most livestock producers want to insure they are getting the best feedstuff possible to their livestock. When feeding hay, a producer can achieve their high-quality standards by forage testing.

Forage testing will determine the nutritional value of your hay, and from there, you can decide if you need an additional supplement for your herd.

“Testing also will give you an idea whether your hay meets the nutritional needs of a certain class of cattle,” said Eldon Cole, livestock specialist for the University of Missouri-Extension, “Lactating cows or growing stocker steers usually require the highest quality feed, so by testing you can sort your cattle into groups based on the energy and protein amounts in different hays and haylages.”

To test your hay, you must first determine a “lot.”

The National Forage Testing Associations stays a hay lot should be identified which is a single cutting, a single field and variety, and generally be less than 200 tons. Combinations of different lots of hay cannot be represented adequately by a forage sampling method; different lots should be sampled separately.

Hay tested should not be a mix of cutting, fields of hay types.

Once a lot has been identified, use hay coring device to take 20 or more cores at random from the hay lot.

“Most Extension Centers have a hay probe which helps obtain an appropriate sample,” Cole said.

After obtaining the samples, they should be stored in a sealed plastic bag out of the heat and sun until they are sent off for testing. Samples can be refrigerated if needed.

One of the questions that producers often have is when to test their hay.

“I suggest testing the hay soon after harvest or when you purchase it,” Cole said. “If it’s stored inside, or is haylage, there should not be much difference.

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Outside hay probably needs to be tested nearer the time of feeding as it could deteriorate setting out in the weather. A test at that time could reveal unavailable protein which might require added protein supplement.”

There are certain things to look for after receiving test results. “Energy (total digestible nutrients) TDN, protein and moisture are the primary nutrients to look for in a test,” Cole said.

He went on to note that, “other options that may also help make feeding and supplement decisions are: neutral detergent fiber which helps estimate intake of the hay; the minerals, calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, potassium, iron, copper, zinc, manganese, sulfur and sodium; nitrates, which may be a toxicity issue with some forages under certain weather and fertility conditions.”

Tests may also come back with additional results.

“The lab may run a Relative Feed Value (RFV) or the Relative Forage Quality (RFQ). These are a sort of index that combines the fiber portions of the forage into one value,” Cole said. “The RFQ is becoming more used and both may be helpful in establishing a price per ton on the hay.”

He noted that the University of Missouri Extension is going to use the RFQ this year as the sole criteria for the Ozark Empire Fair Hay Show.

As a rule, producers should always have their hay tested. “The bottom line is, test don’t guess and make or save money with the results.

A $20 to $30 investment in a laboratory analysis can save you many times that in feed cost,” Cole said. For more information, contact your local Extension to start sampling your hay, and get on the road to nutritional and financial savings.

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The parasite is common in the livestock environment, but it can be deadly if an abundance is ingested According to the Oklahoma State University Extension Service, coccidia is a parasite that is specific to the host.

Cattle have their own coccidia specific to their species, which is different than what may be found in sheep or goats.

Like staphylococcus in humans, it is common in the livestock’s environment, but dangerous when the animal ingested an abundance of the parasite.

Coccidiosis is transmitted from animal to animal by the fecal–oral route, according to OSU Extension. Infected fecal material can contaminate feed, water or soil; therefore, cattle can contract the disease by eating and drinking from contaminated sources, or by licking itself or other animals.

The severity of disease depends on several factors, including the number of eggs eaten, the species of coccidia present, and the age and condition of the animal. The symptoms usually include diarrhea varying in severity from watery manure to containing blood. Dehydration, weight loss, depression, loss of appetite and occasionally death may also occur. Even less severe infection, where there are no signs of the disease, may affect the growth and health of an animal.

Additionally, nervous coccidiosis can develop in some calves with acute intestinal coccidiosis.

Dehydration is also another setback that the disease can cause.

Per NDSU Extension Service, symptoms in young (3 to 6 weeks of age), suckling calves, clinical signs of coccidiosis may develop following stressful events such as weather changes, or if the calves are in unsanitary conditions.

The disease can be costly, including vet bills, medication, hindrance in livestock growth and productivity, and in some cases livestock loss.

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“It can be a costly disease for producers,” Benton County (Ark.) Extension Agent Johnny Gunsaulis said.

Consulting a trusted veterinarian is always key when treating a sick animal.

Coccidiostats are the drugs given to treat coccidia, however it doesn’t kill the coccidia, it just slows it down, per Michigan State University Extension.

“If there’s any positive take on it, there are still several options for controlling it that don’t fall under the VFD since they aren’t considered medically important to humans,” Gunsaulis said.

Medicated feed is an efficient way to help prevent coccidiosis, by constantly slowing the coccidia. Calves are more at risk to coccidiosis, so treating them with a Coccidiostat additionally to medicated feed is also an option.

Other preventable measures include sanitary conditions.

Coccidia is passed through feces, it is important to keep the feed and water areas clean.

It is also important to not let the livestock eat off the ground, to prevent the ingesting of coccidia from contaminated feces.

For pasture-raised livestock, medicated water is an alternative to feed.

Mixing the Coccidiostats into the drinking water or stock tanks can help prevent coccidiosis.

When a sick animal is noticed, quarantine is the best preventive measure to protect the rest of the herd.

Coccidostats are lethal to horses, so ranches and farms with both livestock need to be careful when storing and feeding.

Always consulting a trusted veterinarian prior to treatment is the best way to help prevent and treat diseases in livestock based on the herd’s specific needs.

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