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Coon Assumes OSU Ag, Natural Resources VP: Thomas G. Coon, becomes the newly appointed vice president, dean and director of the Division of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources (DASNR) at Oklahoma State University. Williams Tractor Awarded Dealer Honor: Williams Tractor, Inc., in Fayetteville, Rogers and Berryville, Ark., has been named to New Holland’s exclusive President’s Club for their smart business management practices and superior dedication to customer service. Siloam Springs FFA Alumni: The Siloam Springs FFA Alumni Chapter is hosting a Consignment Auction on Saturday, September 27, 2014, at 8 a.m., until noon at the rodeo grounds in Siloam Springs, Ark. The alumni members are seeking consignment items for the auction. They will begin taking consignments on Thursday and Friday prior to the auction. Items will be sold on a 90/10 split, with 10 percent of the earnings going back to the Siloam Springs FFA Chapter members in the form of scholarships. This is the biggest fundraiser the alumni hosts during the year. (Rainout date is scheduled for October 4). For more information about the consignment auction contact Lee Reed at 479-790-0390. Other events include a back-to-school kickoff, purchasing FFA member’s show animals during the Benton County Fair Premium Sale, FFA Banquet, Advisory Council and much more.

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2014 Arkansas 4-H Hall of Fame: Washington County had three finalist for the Arkansas Hall of Fame. They were Austin Hamm, Will Pohlman and Lauren Cheevers. Lauren, the Ozark District Vice President, was selected as one of two state 4-H members to this outstanding award. Her photo will permanently be displayed on the wall at the Arkansas 4-H Center in Ferndale. Arkansas Farm Bureau Names Scholarship Recipients: The Arkansas Farm Bureau Scholarship Foundation Committee awarded 10 recipients with scholarship money for the 2014-2015 school year. Qualified recipients must be Arkansas residents, members of a Farm Bureaus family and enrolled as juniors or seniors pursuing a degree in agriculture. The following are the 2014-2015 scholarship recipients in OFN coverage area: Randy Burnett, of Greenbrier, Andrew Haggard, of Griffithville and Lyndsie McGhee, of Quitman.

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FARM HELP 22 Ethnic populations provide a steady market for goat producers

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y house is located just rural enough to have several deer Western novelist Dusty munch on some of our perenRichards and his wife nial flowers. But my wife enjoys Pat live on Beaver Lake the deer and since we don’t garin northwest Arkansas. den they really have become part of the neighTo contact Dusty, go to borhood. Mothers bring their fawns by and ozarksfn.com and click on since we no longer have a dog we are able to ‘Contact Us.’ view them on the game camera. I object to armadillos that dig up the yard and I have open season on them. There is one big one I have seen under the automatic light in the backyard. He is a monster but never around in the daylight, so he still exists and it looks like he merely travels by, which extends his life. I can recall when we first began to see them in northwest Arkansas back in the late ‘60s. I spoke to a farm group in southeast Kansas and told them they could look forward to seeing them. They laughed but I know its true because of the dead ones along the road. I used to have a ground hog present. He’d rear up in the front yard eating clover like he owned the place. It raised young for several years, which were cute to watch as they ran. My wife fed a red fox pair some dog food and we took some pictures of them over several years. They came by every evening but we never saw their kits, except a quick glance. Previously, I told you about the lynx. At one time my brother-in-law, the hunter, pointed out her paw prints in a sand pile leftover from a construction project. He swore a cougar made them when it passed through our yard. But on three occasions we saw her and that’s why we bought the game camera – so far she has not been photographed. Each time we’ve looked up to see her plod across the yard like she owned it. I think she weighs 60 pounds and has huge paws, a greyish white coat with some faint spots in it. Her ears have long black hair on the tips indicating she is not a bobcat. Definitely the times we saw her she was suckling kittens but she is very photo shy. I have several flash shots of passing bobcats with spots on their ears, which are twice the size of a house cat. I was surprised by how many times they come by. The opossums visit my yard nocturnally, both big and small. They mosey by the camera’s lens. There is a vicious looking coyote/dog cross that makes it on the small card. He really looks tough, but I have never seen him in person. He is not large and bares his teeth in all the pictures. Real ugly carnivore but he does no damage that I know about. I have several bird feeders and raccoons do tear them down despite my efforts to prevent that. So I live trap them and transport them far away, I mean 20 miles is hardly enough distance according to some folks I know who spray painted them and found they had come back. They rate high on my don’t want list since they are very destructive to the feeders. And with the price of skins so low they have really had a population explosion. Why a collie dog would tree them, there are so many. I can recall doing that with good hounds, it was sure fun but that was in my more youthful years and the idea of scrambling over barbwire fences and climbing mountains does not hold any great rewards I want to earn. My photo project this week has been four young coyote pups that have been playing in my backyard. I hope for some clear ones. They are well fed and very much clowns. ‘Till next time may the good Lord bless and keep you, Dusty Richards

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here have been some changes around our Ozarks Farm & Neighbor office, staff changes that is. After seven wonderful years with OFN our production manLynzee Glass graduated ager, Melissa Fuller, has said goodbye to from Missouri State our family and started a new journey. It is a little University with a bittersweet. Although, we will all miss Melissa degree in Agricultural there are great things in store for her. Communications in 2008. Since the last issue Melissa married the love of She grew up on a family farm in Dallas County, Mo. her life and moved to be with him in Virginia. To contact Lynzee call If any of you know Melissa, you know that she 1-866-532-1960 or email hates change so this was a big decision for Meliseditor@ozarksfn.com. sa. In the weeks prior to the wedding and her big move she was filled with both joy and anxiety. As if planning a wedding isn’t stressful enough mix in planning a move and top it off with nerves of someone who resists change. Poor Melissa had her hands full. But I know that God has a beautiful life planned for the two of them and all that change will be well worth it in the end. I would like to introduce to you Melissa’s replacement, Amanda Newell. Amanda was born and raised in Lebanon, Mo., right here in the hometown of OFN. Amanda earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Commercial Arts with a concentration in Graphic Design from Southwest Baptist University in Bolivar, Mo. Prior to joining our staff she worked in graphic design in the Osage Beach, Mo., area. She enjoys spending time with her family, attends the First Freewill Baptist Church in Lebanon and is eagerly awaiting the arrival of her first niece (due any day now). With roots in the Ozarks Amanda is going to fit in quite nicely with our little family. I’m looking forward to working with Amanda and the new ideas and fresh — Continued on Next Page

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Life is Simple Continued from Page 3 and the local general store is no exception. As a matter of fact, their policy on financing is simple – if you can get credit at the post office, they will give you credit. That isn’t to say that they won’t work with people that they know and trust. If you’re needing a feed bill carried for a few weeks until your calves are weaned and sold, the brothers have been known to work with you if they know you’re expecting a large payment soon from the sale of cattle or crops. An upcoming trip to Las Vegas, however, is not considered a bona fide reason to delay payment of your feed bill.

One of the locals came by the store a few days after delivery of a significant amount of fertilizer to his farm. “Do you reckon you guys could wait for payment on this fertilizer until I sell my calves?” he asked one of the brothers. Since the guy was a long-time customer with a great reputation in the community, the proprietor thoughtfully replied, “I don’t see why not. When are you selling your calves?” “Just give me a few minutes; I will run right home and turn the bull out with the cows.”

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With only 1 percent of the U.S. population consuming lamb Mike and Mary Jo Green find unique ways to market their product The road that brought Mike and influence is increasing Mary Jo Green to raising and in the herd. Mike said, selling locally grown sustainable “The Dorper meat to sheep was paved with a love of bone ratio is better than good food. While Mike was raised in other meat breeds, and New York and Mary Jo in Arkansas, the since we are in the busicouple met at a party in California. Want- ness of producing meat, ing to impress the young lady, Mike invit- using a Dorper ram ed her to go horseback riding on their first makes sense.” Mike’s herd is very date only to discover Mary Jo owned her own horses. The ploy worked however, healthy which he attributes to paying attenbecause the couple married. Twenty-three years ago the couple pur- tion to soil conditions chased 13 acres outside of Cave Springs, and to pasture rotation Ark. Because of their love for good food, with seven pastures they planted apple trees, blueberries and on his 13 acres. The black raspberries. In 2008, the couple drought prompted Mike decided to raise lamb for their own con- to have his soil tested which he found to sumption. Mike laughed and said, “Lamb be lacking only in nitrogen. To promote was hard to come by for us, but that little optimum growth he uses a urea nitrogen project has gotten out of hand. Now I 46-0-0 fertilizer applying two thirds in the spring and one third in the fall. In addition have as much as I can handle.” Mike retired from the Air Force and to the typical Bermuda and fescue grasses, sold real estate while Mary Jo worked for Mike also seeds with Cool Grazer Rye for Delta at the Northwest Regional Airport. fall and Red River Crabgrass for spring. While Mike readily admits that his Two years ago both retired and went into biggest challenge is lambing during the the sheep business. Mike explained that only 1 percent of winter months, lambing at that time is the population is regular lamb eaters and essential so the lambs are ready for marthat the per capita consumption of lamb is ket at the Bentonville’s Farmers Market only 1 pound per person. However, north- by the last week of April. To help comwest Arkansas is a more affluent area with bat the problem, Mike recently built a new livestock barn where the people who appreciate locally sheep can come and go as grown and sustainable agricul- Cave Springs, Ark. they please. Some ewes still tural products, including lamb. prefer to lamb outside but The Green farm has 25 to 30 can bring the newborns inside commercial ewes at any given whenever they want. time with one Dorper ram. The The Green farm not only sells Greens also raise their own remeat at the Bentonville Farmers placement ewes so the Dorpor AUGUST 4, 2014

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Siloam Springs: where the Southern Plains meet the Ozarks Mountains The city of Siloam Springs sits along the Arkansas-Oklahoma border mostly in Benton County in the northwest portion of Arkansas. West Siloam Springs is a separate municipality in neighboring Oklahoma. The city of Siloam Springs is located where the southern plains meet the Ozarks Mountains. “The mound site south of town served the Caddo as a ceremonial place prior to European contact. The Osage occupied much of both Benton and Washington counties when white settlers came to the area,” Don Warden, director of the Siloam Springs Museum, said. Simon Sager settled on a farm one mile west of where the city of Siloam Springs now sits in 1835. “Hico was the first settlement in what is now known as Siloam Springs. It was established in 1845 by Caldeen and Nancy Ward Gunter,” Don said. “Its main business was trade with the Cherokee Nation.” Hico was a prominent trading post containing two stores and a mill. “The cities of Hico and Siloam Springs stood side by side for over 20 years before Siloam Springs annexed Hico,” Don said. Sager Creek named for Simon Sager runs through Siloam Springs. The waters of Sager Creek were found to contain medicinal qualities. “The Siloam spring was the first spring to be found to have medicinal properties,” Don said. “The story I have run into says that a fellow was winding through this valley and stopped to get a drink. He had always experienced pain when he drank anything. He expected the pain to return when he drank from the spring and it didn’t,” Don continued. “He went to tell his physician about it. He was the one who named the spring after the biblical healing pool Siloam.” A summer health resort was established around the five principal springs in the area. The town was laid out by J.V. Hardgrove in the original plat named Siloam City. The year was 1880. The name was later changed to Siloam Springs for the summer resort featuring the medicinal springs of Sager Creek. Siloam Springs was incorporated in December of 1881. “Summer visitors would come here for their health which continued from the towns founding to the Great Depression,” Don said. With the Military Road running from Fort Scott, Kan., to Fort Smith, Ark., nearby; Siloam Springs grew. “As a border town; especially during the Civil War, and the

division in Cherokee Nation during the Civil War each of those divisions prayed on the citizens in one way or the other,” Don said. A great flood in 1892 took two lives and destroyed most of the downtown area. The town rebuilt. The railroad came in 1893. “The railroad ushered in a building phase,” Don added. The city of Siloam Springs served as a shipping point and trade center which it still does to this day. Another flood caused by 7 inches of rain falling in just three hours sending 7 feet of water into some downtown businesses causing over $15 million in damage happened in 1974. No injuries were reported. In 1919 John E. Brown, Sr., founded the Southwestern Collegiate Institute in the city of Siloam Springs. “John Brown programs emphasized head, hand and heart,” Don said. The college taught vocational training requiring students to work. “The college was self sufficient with their own cattle, gardens and workshops,” he added. The name was changed in 1920 to John E. Brown College and eventually became John Brown University in 1934. The Siloam Springs Museum was founded by citizens that were concerned important pieces of local history were being lost has been preserving and exhibiting the history of Siloam Springs and the surrounding vicinity since November 1969. The Siloam Springs Museum Society’s ninemember board of directors oversees operations of the museum and owns the collection. The museum’s original location was the recently closed city’s Kansas City Southern Railroad depot. The museum’s collection outgrew the depot and was moved to its present location at 112 North Maxwell. Permanent exhibits are focused on local history. Permanent exhibits include the prehistoric Caddo mounds south of town, white settlement beginning with the Simon Sager family, establishment of Siloam Springs Conference College, John Brown University and modern industries such as Allen Canning and Simmons Foods. Four or five temporary exhibits showcase stored pieces of the collection. The museum has extensive photograph and document archives which may be used for conducting local history research, assisting with historical information and genealogical research.

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Larry Hacker’s prize-winning Beefalo stock is lower in fat and cholesterol providing his health-conscious customers with the perfect option While a young man, Larry cattle was a good option for them after Hacker worked for a poultry the military. Those heifers happened to company and met a farmer’s be Beefalo which they bred to a really daughter named Nelda. Larry good Beefalo bull. The result was two said, “At the time she was still a freckle- nicely developed, even-tempered bull faced kid in the eighth grade but soon calves that sold right away as breeding turned in to the beautiful young woman stock. Larry said, “We didn’t plan on being Beefalo producers, but that first I married.” The Hackers currently have a Beefalo success made it seem so easy. Of course, breeding stock farm outside Lincoln, in the long run it wasn’t, but the BeefArk. They currently run 50 momma cows alo proved to be very gentle and easy to and one bull but are looking to expand work with.” Beefalo are a cross between to 75 mommas on recently Buffalo and regular cattle with acquired additional acreage. the only cows willing to accept Larry was career military as Lincoln, Ark. a Buffalo bull being Charolais, a finance officer in the Army Hereford and Holstein. Because when the couple purchased Buffalo are highly temperamental their first two heifers from someone they knew. They wanted to find out if raising — Continued on Page 18

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

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slaughter

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Week of 6/29/14

*** 254.57 *** ***

134.00-145.00 † 110.00-157.00 † 1 118.00-158.00* 1 132.00-138.00 † 105.00-141.00 * 1 120.00-137.00 †

County Line Sale - Ratcliff Decatur Livestock Auction

*** 228.04

130.00-146.00* 121.00-151.00 *

Farmer’s & Ranchers - Vinita

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121.00-152.00 † 131.00-142.00 † 130.00-148.00 † 119.00-152.00 † 138.50-145.00* 119.00-153.00 †

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* 269.29

254.01 233.90 242.09

233.56

253.79

100

124.00-146.00 †

slaughter

236.29

140

cows

160

180

(Week of 7/20/14 to 7/26/14)

223.50

9 90.00-126.00 †

Arkansas Cattle Auction Ash Flat Livestock Benton County Sale Cattlemen’s Livestock Auction Cleburne County Livestock Clinton Livestock Auction

231.22 233.13 220.00 229.49 237.18

79.50-133.00 † 91.00-137.00 † 9 90.00-130.00* 101.00-126.00 † 92.00-124.50* 88.00-127.50 † 8 100.00-132.00* 1

County Line Sale - Ratcliff Decatur Livestock Auction

260.28

91.00-129.00* † 9 91.00-128.00

Farmer’s & Ranchers - Vinita Farmers Livestock - Springdale Ft. Smith Livestock I-40 Livestock - Ozark Joplin Regional Stockyards Mo-Ark - Exeter North Arkansas Livestock

227.48 245.66 221.34 239.52 227.35

85.00-126.00 † 104.50-128.00 † 95.00-134.00 † 100.00-135.00* 85.00-129.00 † 91.00-129.00 † 93.00-123.00 † 93.00-127.00 †

OKC West - El Reno, Okla. Ouachita Livestock Auction - Ola Ozarks Regional Stockyard Stilwell Livestock Auction Tulsa Livestock Auction

237.15 234.47 223.48 219.27

220.03

7/27/14

5 Area (Tx-Ok, Ks, Neb, Ia, Colo) Live Basis Sales - Over 80% Choice Steers: 157.00-166.00; wtd. avg. price 162.93. Heifers: 158.00-166.00; wtd. avg. price 163.71. Dressed Basis Sales - Over 80% Choice Steers: 252.00-260.00; wtd. avg. price 256.03. Heifers: 249.00-257.00; wtd. avg. price 255.62.

Springfield, Mo. • Springfield Livestock Mktg.

121.00-154.50 † 125.00-156.00*

120

cattle

Midwest - High Plains Direct Slaughter Cattle

dairy cattle

118.00-149.00 † 119.00-132.00 †

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

Week of 7/6/14

beef

120.00-143.00 †

Arkansas Cattle Auction, LLC Ash Flat Livestock Benton County Sale Barn Cattlemen’s Livestock Auction Cleburne County Livestock Clinton Livestock Auction

Week of 7/13/14

bulls

(Week of 7/20/14 to 7/26/14)

7/22/14

Receipts: 499 Demand good, supply moderate with near 06 percent Springer heifers, 12 percent Bred heifers, 32 percent Open heifers, 02 percent Fresh heifers and cows, 04 percent Milking cows, 06 percent Springer cows, and 05 percent baby calves. The balance was steer/bull calves and weigh cows. Several Milking and bred cows sold by the pound. Holsteins unless noted otherwise. Prices reported on a per head basis. Springer heifers bred seven to nine months: Supreme – 2000.00-2275.00, Ind 2435.00, Approved – 1675.00-1960.00, Ind Jersey 1725.00, Medium – 1425.00-1625.00, Couple Jerseys 1450.00-1575.00, Common Crossbreds – 1275.00-1375.00 Heifers bred three to six months: Supreme Ind 2000.00, Approved – 1575.00-1900.00, Crossbreds 1450.00-1575.00, Ind Jersey 1675.00, Medium – 1250.00-1550.00, Couple Jerseys 1100.00-1160.00, Common 1125.00-1350.00 Heifers bred one to three months: Supreme Ind 1800.00, Approved – 1475.00-1700.00, Crossbreds 1385.00-1510.00, Medium Crossbreds 1100.001300.00, Common – 900.00-1000.00 Open Heifers: Approved pkg 180 lbs Crossbreds 430.00, 230-245 lbs Crossbreds 480.00-500.00, pkg 395 lbs 800.00, 330-390 lbs Jerseys 660.00-700.00, 400-440 lbs 880.00-970.00, pkg 403 lbs Jerseys 750.00, Couple Crossbreds 430 lbs 810.00, lot-596

* 246.00 229.64 232.62

Steers, Med. & Lg. 1

Week of 7/20/14

232.13

300-400 lbs. 400-500 lbs. 500-600 lbs. 600-700 lbs. 700-800 lbs.

259.65 234.77 232.30

Bulls, Med. & Lg. 1

225.00

300-400 lbs. 400-500 lbs. 500-600 lbs. 600-700 lbs. 700-800 lbs.

240.95 234.94 237.86 231.41

Heifers, Med. & Lg. 1

248.27 185

206 227 248 269 * No price reported in weight break **USDA Failed To Report *** No Sale

290

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

300-400 lbs. 400-500 lbs. 500-600 lbs. 600-700 lbs. 700-800 lbs.

goats 7/22/14

Receipts: 330 Supply was light demand moderate. The supply included 34 percent slaughter and feeder lambs; 6 percent slaughter ewes and bucks; 2 percent replacement ewes; 48 percent kid goats; 3 percent slaughter nannies and billies; 7 percent replacement nannies. All prices per hundred weight unless noted otherwise. Sheep: Slaughter Lambs: Choice and Prime 2-3 wooled and shorn traditional 101-113 lbs 135.00-148.00; hair 50-60 lbs 155.00-195.00; 60-70 lbs 174.00-182.50; 70-100 lbs 145.00-172.50. Feeder/Stocker Lambs: Medium and Large 1-2 hair 30-40 lbs 155.00-175.00; 40-50 lbs 165.00-215.00. Slaughter Ewes: Utility and Good 1-3 hair few 7683 lbs 80.00-85.00. Bucks: wooled few 195-290 lbs 60.00-75.00; hair few 135-175 lbs 60.00-87.50. Replacement classes: Ewes: Medium and Large 1-2 hair few 63-130 lbs 85.00-100.00. Goats: Slaughter Classes: Kids Selection: 1 70-80 lbs

Highlandville, Mo. • CR

Receipts: 309 The supply was ligh included 25 percen percent slaughter e ewes; 45 percent k nannies; 5 percent per hundred weight Sheep Slaughter Lambs: C non-traditional woo traditional 123-125 147.50-157.50. Stocker/Feeder: Me shorn 40-60 lbs 160 Ewes: Utility and G 50.00-60.00 cwt, ha Bucks: hair few 17 Replacement Ewes 95.00-115.00 per he Goats Slaughter Classes: 200.00-230.00; 50-6 230.00-235.00. Sele 60-70 lbs 190.00-22 Doe/Nannies: Sele 130.00. Selection 3 Replacement Nann 64-85 lbs 145.00-16 120.00-125.00. Feeder/stocker Kid 240.00; 40-50 lbs 16 lbs 200.00-220.00; 4

93.00-134.00 †

100

120

140

stocker & feeder

160

238.60 257.25

sheep &

Buffalo, Mo. • Buffalo Livestock Market

217.50-227.50. Sele 245.00; 50-60 lbs 20 222.50-232.50. Sele Selection 3 50-60 lb Does/Nannies: Sel 145.00; young nann Billies: Selection 1 Replacement Nann 120.00-165.00; youn Stocker/Feeder Kid 250.00. Selection 3 lbs 190.00-210.00; 4

100.00-133.50*

232.03 232.46

lbs 1160.00, pkg 521 lbs Jerseys 1060.00, 500-600 lbs Crossbreds 885.00-1030.00, lot 600 lbs Crossbreds 1080.00, 855-900 lbs two year olds, 1430.00-1480.00, pkg 831 lbs two year old Crossbreds 1130.00, pkg 853 lbs two year old Jerseys 1060.00, Medium/Approved mixed pkg 581 lbs 950.00 Replacement Cows: Fresh: Approved –1700.00-1925.00, Medium Ind 1275.00 Milking Cows: Supreme Ind 2175.00, Approved – 1650.00-1800.00, Medium – 1525.00-1625.00 Springer Cows: Supreme – 2000.00-2150.00, Approved – 1775.00-1950.00, Medium – 1500.001725.00, Common – 1050.00-1425.00 Baby Calves: Holstein heifers – 270.00-320.00, Holstein bulls – 310.00-370.00, Ind 250.00, Crossbred bulls – 290.00-300.00, Beef cross bulls – 340.00-460.00

Ark. Cattle Auction, LLC - Searcy 7/22/14

Ash Flat Livestock

Cattlemen’s Livestock*

7/25/14

Benton Co. - Siloam Springs 7/24/14

Clinton Livestock Auction* 7/24/14

County Line Sale Ratcliff 7/23/14

Decatur Livestock*

7/23/14

Cleburne Co. - Heber Springs 7/21/14

742

866

569

1097

210

348

150

10-25 Higher

St-15 Higher

St-13 Higher

St-20 Higher

5-15 Higher

Steady

285.00-362.50 260.00-300.00 235.00-269.00 216.00-240.00 221.00

295.00-325.00 275.00-290.00 229.50-246.00 215.00-227.00 -----

285.00-331.00 257.00-280.00 232.00-252.00 219.00-235.00 208.00-227.00

260.00-320.00 250.00-291.00 235.00-251.00 220.00-250.00 205.00-220.00

285.00-337.50 270.00-295.00 225.00-255.00 218.00-230.00 215.00

----250.00-265.00 220.00-247.50 200.00-225.00 185.00-197.00

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277.00-283.00 234.00-271.00 220.00-256.00 201.00-225.00 195.00-205.00

240.00-313.00 230.00-290.00 210.00-247.00 195.00-228.00 180.00-190.00

260.00-292.50 228.00-282.00 212.00-240.00 200.00-220.00 190.00-200.00

240.00-260.00 223.00-241.00 207.00-223.00 207.00-213.00 -----

247.00-255.50 238.00-250.00 211.00-240.00 199.00-214.00 191.00-211.00

235.00-272.50 220.00-251.00 210.00-237.00 195.00-218.00 190.00-201.00

7/22/14

Farmer’s & Ranchers Vinita, Okla.* 7/23/14

Farmers Livestock Springdale 7/25/14

660

302

662

Steady

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2-4 Lower

Uneven

St-

250.00-310.00 235.00-299.00 212.00-251.00 204.00-233.00 -----

270.00-310.00 260.00-312.50 225.00 216.00 195.00-205.50

295.00-370.00 278.00-294.00 250.00-275.00 230.00-258.00 215.00-230.00

285.00-317.00 260.00-285.00 234.00-260.00 214.00-234.00 -----

285.00-337.50 249.00-299.00 234.00-250.00 228.00 210.00

300 245 227 212

----257.50-275.00 210.00-238.00 195.00-219.00 -----

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210.00-275.00 240.00-245.00 198.00-227.50 200.00-207.50 180.00-184.00

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285.00-327.50 239.00-288.00 221.00-240.00 192.00-222.50 199.00-202.00

250 210 205 190

280.00 240.00-260.00 213.00-245.00 190.00-205.00 190.00-201.00

235.00-277.00 210.00-242.00 200.00-229.00 ---------

252.00 220.00-250.00 210.00-220.00 200.00-208.00 194.00

250.00-290.00 235.00-260.00 220.00-243.00 200.00-228.00 185.00-207.00

259.00-287.00 235.00-259.00 212.00-235.00 198.00-212.00 -----

250.00-284.00 220.00-246.00 207.00-229.00 193.00-218.00 184.00-199.00

265 217 215 208

USDA Reported * Independently Reported

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oats 7/22/14

. The supply feeder lambs; s; 2 percent goats; 3 es; 7 percent r hundred

e 2-3 wooled and 0-148.00; hair 174.00-182.50;

d Large 1-2 hair 165.00-215.00. 1-3 hair few 76-

0-75.00; hair few

ew 63-130 lbs

1 70-80 lbs

Highlandville, Mo. • CRS Co. Sheep and Goat Sale

feeder

Farmers Livestock Springdale 7/25/14

Ft. Smith Livestock

302

662

2-4 Lower

285.00-317.00 260.00-285.00 234.00-260.00 214.00-234.00 -----

800

12.93

4 0 Blyt

4.95

4.80

Sorghum

3.78

le na hevil Hele

Elain

4.80

5.00

3.78

3.63

eola

Osc

usta

Aug

Pine

1800

2300

pairs

2800

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luff

1000

219.68 *** *** *** 204.29 *** *** 215.18 233.77

* 232.22 215.01 216.71

3300

(Week of 7/20/14 to 7/26/14)

12 8

1300

Arkansas Cattle Auction Ash Flat Livestock Benton County Sale Barn Cattlemen’s Cleburne County Livestock Clinton Livestock Auction

12.93

12.57

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1100.00-2650.00 *

cow/calf

prices

Farmer’s & Ranchers inita, Okla.* 7/23/14

Corn

1225.00-2400.00 † 1225.00-1975.00 †

1150.00-2875.00* 149.00-165.00 † Prices reported per cwt County Line Sale - Ratcliff Decatur 1200.00-2100.00* Farmer’s & Ranchers - Vinita 1650.00-2200.00 * 1150.00-1990.00 † Farmers Ft. Smith 1225.00-1800.00 † I-40 Livestock - Ozark 1450.00-1650.00 † Joplin 1115.00-2400.00 † 1100.00-1850.00* Mo-Ark † North Arkansas 1290.00-1900.00 1200.00-2125.00 † OKC West Ouachita Livestock Auction - Ola 1725.00 † 1250.00-2200.00 † Ozarks Reg. 1500.00-2000.00 * Stilwell Livestock Tulsa Livestock 1335.00-2000.00 †

Week Ended 7/29/14

Soft Wheat

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107.50-185.00 † Prices reported per cwt

Arkansas Cattle Auction Ash Flat Benton Cty Cattlemen’s n’s Cleburne County 1375.00 † Clinton

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7/25/14

Cheese: Barrels closed at $1.9525 and 40# blocks at $1.9700. The weekly average for barrels is $2.0245 (-.0170) and blocks, $2.0110 (+.0010). Fluid Milk: Milk handlers in most areas of the country report milk loads are generally losing volumes. There are a few pockets within the Southeast and California where milk producers noticed slight upticks in production related to milder weather. Manufacturing milk supplies are finding processing room throughout the country, with some sales of milk accommodating the needs to run a few plants more efficiently. Fluid milk orders are light. Bottlers indicate discussions with educational institutions are ongoing as the start of the school year approaches. Condensed skim and cream sales declined into ice cream/mix/frozen novelties accounts as those manufacturers reassess inventories and projected sales through the balance of the year. Cream loads are more available this week compared to last week as some butter manufacturers weigh current butterfat pricing, production, and storage costs. SPOT PRICES OF CLASS II CREAM, $ PER POUND BUTTERFAT F.O.B. producing plants: Upper Midwest - $3.0212-3.4563

7/17/14

Receipts: 309 The supply was light demand moderate. The supply included 25 percent slaughter and feeder lambs; 12 percent slaughter ewes and bucks; 7 replacement ewes; 45 percent kid goats; 6 percent slaughter nannies; 5 percent replacement nannies. All prices per hundred weight unless noted otherwise. Sheep Slaughter Lambs: Choice and Prime 2-3 few non-traditional wooled 70-80 lbs 150.00-162.50, traditional 123-125 lbs 160.00, hair 70-90 lbs 147.50-157.50. Stocker/Feeder: Medium and Large 1-2 wooled and shorn 40-60 lbs 160.00, hair 40-70 lbs 150.00-170.00. Ewes: Utility and Good 1-2 wooled few 120-207 lbs 50.00-60.00 cwt, hair 90.00-110.00 per head. Bucks: hair few 175-205 lbs 62.50-65.00 cwt. Replacement Ewes: Medium and Large 1-2 hair 95.00-115.00 per head. Goats Slaughter Classes: Kids Selection: 1 40-50 lbs 200.00-230.00; 50-60 lbs 200.00-225.00; 60-70 lbs 230.00-235.00. Selection 2 50-60 lbs 175.00-200.00; 60-70 lbs 190.00-225.00. Doe/Nannies: Selection 1-2 90-135 lbs 110.00130.00. Selection 3 95-120 lbs 70.00-125.00. Replacement Nannies: Selection 1-2 young nannies 64-85 lbs 145.00-160.00. Selection 3 Dairy 55-80 lbs 120.00-125.00. Feeder/stocker Kids: Selection 2 20-40 lbs 195.00240.00; 40-50 lbs 165.00-185.00. Selection 3 20-40 lbs 200.00-220.00; 40-50 lbs 140.00-185.00.

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210.21 219.06

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217.50-227.50. Selection 1-2 40-50 lbs 220.00245.00; 50-60 lbs 200.00-230.00; 60-70 lbs 222.50-232.50. Selecton 2 70-80 lbs 190.00-205.00. Selection 3 50-60 lbs few 210.00. Does/Nannies: Selection 1-2 65-133 lbs 97.50145.00; young nannies 70-85 lbs 170.00-180.00. Billies: Selection 1-2 110-155 lbs 99.00-109.00. Replacement Nannies: Selection 1-2 100-145 lbs 120.00-165.00; young nannies 60-90 lbs 120.00-140.00. Stocker/Feeder Kids: Selection 2 30-40 lbs 220.00250.00. Selection 3 20-30 lbs 180.00-190.00; 30-40 lbs 190.00-210.00; 40-50 lbs 165.00-205.00.

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

1625.00-2075.00 † 1 1675.00-2550.00 † None Reported †

217.34 215.55 218.77 213.60 216.38

1200.00-2825.00*

201.08

None Reported † 1610.00-3200.00 * None Reported † 1750.00-2400.00 *

217.39 236.47

1800.00-2700.00 * 1465.00-2180.00 †

207.47

1325.00-2400.00 †

223.79

1750.00 † 1425.00-2200.00 † None Reported*

213.93 219.14

None Reported † 1700.00-2600.00 † 1475.00-2550.00 † 1550.00-2500.00 † 2000.00-2850.00 * 1500.00-2275.00 †

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205.15 220.47 213.83 217.23 * 208.53 213.86 211.31

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280.00-325.00 255.00-288.00 233.00-269.00 229.00-256.00 213.00-220.00

277.50-317.50 235.00-262.00 228.00-242.00 207.00-235.00 208.00-212.00

317.50 280.00-281.00 246.00 221.00-259.00 217.00-233.00

295.00-308.00 238.00-292.00 229.00-244.00 218.00-235.00 198.00-216.00

280.00-350.00 258.00-289.00 245.00-264.00 224.00-238.00 213.00-216.00

290.00-365.00 250.00-312.50 230.00-262.50 215.00-238.00 200.00-220.00

297.00-330.00 268.00-305.00 229.00-248.00 221.00-236.00 200.00-214.00

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280.00-345.00 235.00-270.00 239.50-275.00 230.00-237.50 192.00-195.00

265.00-289.00 230.00-277.00 212.00-250.00 199.00-235.00 186.00-209.00

220.00-297.50 242.00-263.00 213.00-240.00 193.00-214.00 196.00-202.50

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280.00-285.00 231.00-259.00 217.50-240.00 196.00-224.00 195.00-207.00

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282.50 250.00-260.00 232.00-246.00 212.00-235.00 206.00-214.00

239.00-293.00 213.00-254.00 219.00-227.00 207.00-215.00 214.00

242.50-288.00 233.00-246.00 218.00-235.00 211.00-224.50 199.00-207.00

260.00-305.00 230.00-267.50 210.00-235.00 200.00-218.50 180.00-205.00

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With improved land management Clear Creek Monastery is able to increase grazing capacity, improve soil health and decrease pest populations Thirteen miles off of south highway 82 in Hulbert, Okla., a visitor can easily be immersed into the surroundings of the Europeanstyle abbey founded in 1999 by NotreDame de Fontgomnault. It is a French Abbey that is nestled on 1,025 acres of the western Ozarks. Brother Joseph-Marie Owen guided the tour of the property. The Benedictine Monks of Clear Creek Abbey are restoring the traditional native landscape. The Abbey of Clear Creek is situated on the edge of the Ozark’s plateau and is divided by two branches of the creek. It contains some of the roughest and most vacuous soil in the area. But in 1999 this small community of monks took on the challenge of restoring the land into its original open savannah that the Native Americans traditionally maintained for centuries by using fire. The trees were so thick but later thinned to allow sunlight to the floor of the property. Their herd could only graze three days on 50 acres but can now stay 71 days on the same acreage. Brother Joseph said, AUGUST 4, 2014

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have attracted a variety of songbirds. The abundance of earthworms is a sign of healthy soil,” said Brother Joseph. Since their beef herd has been affected by the drought, the monks were able to locate the beef genetics that will help them adapt to the mid-western heat. They are crossing a Red Angus with a Red South Poll cattle breed which are heat tolerant and bred for the humid south. Red South Poll cattle are known for their fertility, gentleness, tenderness and they excel on a grass-based grazing system. The property has more brush than grass which prompted the monks to develop a variety of hair sheep. The Katahdin sheep were first developed in Maine. “They shed their winter coat of wool with little need for shearing. They are hardier than domestic wool sheep. The humid months of June and July are favorable to the barber pole worm that can kill a sheep in 10 days. By crossing the hair sheep with the traditional wool sheep from the humid gulf coast, immunity has been developed that eliminates most of the worm problems,” added Brother Joseph.

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Another means of cutting worm load is the invasive growth of sericea lespedeza. The biosynthesis of this plant production of tannin helps cut the worm load by 30 percent. It also has deep tap roots that allows for the plant to out-compete native plants for water during the drought. This provides alternative forage. “The main focus of the monastery farm is to always provide a framework that young monks can assume responsibility for a sector. Living off the land can be challenging and a great learning experience as well as an appreciation for the stewardship. This year it has been pasture poultry and last year they took on the responsibility of Jersey cows. Next year the plan is to work with honey bees,” stated Brother Joseph. According to Brother Joseph, “It takes six years of intensive formation and study for a monk to make his definite commitment as a brother and nine years for those called to the priesthood. This in turn forms two groups: united around Father Abbot who governs the whole and creates the balance of prayer, work and study. Each monk shares his own talents in a common task of a quiet life with God.” Living in balance with nature and God can create a reality unknown in a world of virtual reality and technology. “John Senior said ‘it takes two generations to make a university professor but takes five generations to make a farmer.’ This may explain the real wealth of the Ozarks region with its long family ties with the adventures of the land.” “The first Saturday in March the monastery has a workday where people come from all over to help the monks in the overwhelming task of taming the tangle of brush and rock into a working ranch. The monks rarely go out but they do send their prayers and it goes everywhere. Requests for prayers come every day and Father Abbot makes known the most urgent to the monks. In the early hours before dawn the monks begin their round of recitation of the Psalms before and with God. Every day and especially on Sunday at 10 o’clock, Mass is sung using the ancient melodies of the Gregorian chant. It has a therapeutic quality that restores the heart of the sons to that of the Father,” concluded Brother Joseph.

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A look at how the immigrant population impacts marketing goat meat Most of the goat meat eaten in the U.S. is by ethnic populations. But that bodes well for the industry’s future. Dr. Jodie Pennington, small ruminant specialist with Lincoln University at the Newton County Extension Center in Neosho, Mo., told Ozarks Farm & Neighbor, “The Hispanic and Muslim populations are among the fastest growing in the U.S., and both eat a lot of goat meat. This means that there will be greater demand for fresh goat meat in the future. Presently, 17 percent of the U.S. population is Hispanic. The Hispanic population in the U.S. has grown rapidly, over 5-fold since 1970. By 2050, the Hispanic population is expected to be 30 percent of the U.S. population.” Consumption spikes during these ethnic groups’ holidays. Muslim consumers will celebrate Ramadan, a month of daytime fasting that currently falls in early summer, with festival meals that can feature goat, and again during Eid al-Adha, the Festival of Sacrifice, in early fall. Hispanic groups will enjoy goat at Christmas and Easter, and those of Mexican heritage at Cinco de Mayo; it’s also sometimes the centerpiece of a feast at the Chinese New Year. Dr. David Fernandez, Cooperative Extension Program livestock specialist at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, said producers will time kidding to coincide with the holidays. “A lot of producers are selling direct to the public, where people will advertise in the local paper,” Fernandez told OFN. “If there’s a local Spanish language paper, they’ll advertise in that.” One of those direct sellers is Nancy Edgerly, whose Silver Hill Farm is south of St. Joe, Ark. “Traditionally, we have sold to a Muslim market,” she told OFN. “It is a Halal kill, which is kind of like Kosher; everything’s blessed, and the cleric is there while the line is working. The Muslim people want a carcass that’s between 40-60 pounds because they buy a whole carcass, cut it up into 2 inch pieces, bone-in, and that’s what they eat during the week… The Muslim market wants a young animal, and you can tell how young it is by the color of the meat. They’re looking more for

‘feel,’ I guess we’d call it.” She said consumers of Caribbean heritage, on the other hand, want an older animal because they want more flavor. The annual USDA inventory reports indicate meat goat numbers have been declining every year and were at 2.275 million at the start of 2014, down 12 percent from 2008, the first year in the series. Slaughter last year was down 5 percent from 2012. “But the dairy goat market is up,” Edgerly reported. “I’m getting more calls from people who have small children or babies that are lactose-intolerant, and they’re looking for goat milk.” The meat price is still high; at San Angelo, Texas, prime goat meat is over $2.00/lb, and the next grade is $1.86 and up. What kills the market for non-ethnic consumers is the slaughter cost, which is calculated per pound regardless of the size of the animal. Edgerly said, “If you’ve got a 60 pound goat, you’re going to lose 50 percent of the animal on the rail; if you pay $2.00/lb for that animal you’re up to 4 bucks, and if you pay another $1 or $2 for slaughter you’re up to $5.00-6.00 before you wrap it. So it’s difficult to sell meat to the consumer unless they’re going to slaughter it themselves, or they understand the quality of the meat.” It’s tough for her to field inquiries outside of the main demand season; meat goat producers want the kids to hit the ground in March and April, to take advantage of the forage. “As the market gets closer to December, January and February, the prices skyrocket,” she said. “So when a fellow called me early in the year, I had nothing to sell him.” The goal is to raise the animals up to 60-80 pounds so the higher weights can offset the fixed processing costs. Edgerly has customers of Mexican descent in northern Arkansas who buy live animals and perform their own slaughtering. “The farther north and east you go, the more money you get for your product, and most of it is slaughtered in that area,” she said, adding she has a place on her own farm where people can slaughter the goats they buy, “but most people would prefer to have it wrapped.”

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Co-grazing may offer a reasonable option for nutrition and parasite management Sheep and goat production, while down the last couple of years due to drought, has increased tremendously in popularity over the last 20 years. According to Dr. Jodie Pennington, small ruminant specialist with Lincoln University at the Newton County Extension Center in Neosho, Mo., sheep and goats fit in well with multi-grazing systems. “I have worked very closely with Crowder College and there, we run sheep and goats together with the cattle and the horses; many people do across the region here,” Pennington told Ozarks Farm & Neighbor. There are also a few corn and soybean farmers who will turn the small ruminants into fields after harvest to clean up the crop residues. Forages and grasses for sheep and goats are similar but not identical to those for cattle and horses. Sheep prefer more forbs or broadleaves, while goats will eat browse – brushes and other woody plants – before they’ll eat grass. Pennington said sheep, and in particular the hair sheep breeds more popular in the Mid-South, will also eat browse, but don’t need to have dedicated acreage with those plants set aside for them. And, Pennington said, “In drought situations, where grass essentially dries up, goats will go in the woods and do acceptably well on browse, while you can’t reasonably expect a cow or a horse, or even a sheep, to do that.” Because of the different tastes in forage, multispecies grazing can result in increased efficiency; Pennington said when cattle and horses are on the same pastures as sheep and goats, the rate of gain can be 10 percent or even 20 percent higher, as the sheep and goats will eat the browse and weeds that cattle and horses may not. AUGUST 4, 2014

But even though sheep and goat enterprises look attractive on paper due to recent high prices, Pennington said management can be an issue, particularly with regard to parasites. Goats are particularly susceptible, and one internal parasite – Haemonchus contortus, known as the barber pole worm – can be a significant problem. Dr. David Fernandez, Cooperative Extension Program livestock specialist at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, said H. contortus can be controlled, but not eliminated. “They’re going to have it; that’s a normal thing,” Fernandez told OFN. One management tip to defeat the pest is to avoid overgrazing. “You want to try to maintain your pasture height no lower than about 3 inches in height for your grass blades,” Fernandez said. “That’s about as far up the grass blades as the barber pole larvae can crawl.” He also recommended rotational grazing; when the eggs laid by the worm in the previous pasture hatch, the larvae will develop and climb up on the grass. If they are not consumed by their hosts, they’ll simply die off. Veterinarians recommend against routine application of dewormers. Fernandez said all worm populations are now resistant to at least one and in some cases several chemistries, and animal health professionals are hoping to preserve the efficacy of the remaining treatments. Instead, producers should only deworm animals with significant infestations, and that can be determined through what is called FAMACHA scoring. Fernandez explained, “You look at the conjunctiva of the eye – that’s the red tissue that you’ll — Continued on Page 25

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Understanding the nutritional value of browse and weeds for sheep and goats “The leaves and parts of woody and horseweed are native forbs that goats plants selected by the sheep will eat. Ironweed and goldenrod are naand goats can be highly nutri- tive forbs that sheep prefer. Many native tious,” said Jodie Pennington, small ru- and introduced weeds have seasonally high protein and energy levels (even comminant specialist at Lincoln University. “Browse is slightly different than more parable to alfalfa), and some are sources of soluble feeds in that the woody fibrous critical minerals.” Browse is better for sheep and goats than parts of the plant slows down digestion other livestock because it can contain and may take more effort to eat.” “Browse is made up of the leaves and high levels of tannins that may taste bitter twigs of woody plants, such as shrubs, to cattle. “Sheep can tolerate more tannin than cattle, and vines and trees,” goat saliva contains said Claire Whia protein that binds teside, grassland “If rotational grazing to tannins so they specialist with the management is utilized, can tolerate even Arkansas Natural and the forages are higher levels,” WhResource Consernever grazed below 3 iteside said. vation Service. Livestock can “However, it is inches, then all the livealso adjust their only considered stock should be healthidiets to the plants browse if the anier since they will not be offered to them. mals can reach likely to consume the That is, the aniand consume it. In worm larvae.” mals will eat what areas with a dense – Claire Whiteside, is there. However, deer or goat popuNRCS grassland specialist in a mixed pasture lation, a ‘browse cattle will typicalline’ is visible with ly consume about limbs trimmed up to about six feet on the trees and an open 90 percent grass and clover and 10 perunderstory. Mature woods, with few low cent browse and forbs. Sheep prefer a branches and little sunlight penetrating ratio of 70 percent grass and 30 percent the thick canopy, would not offer acces- forbs, with occasional brush. Goats will select about 60 percent browse, 20 persible browse.” Whiteside believes that the Ozarks cent forbs and 20 percent grass, Whitearea could support many more goats and side added. The following are conclusions found sheep, during the growing season, than we are currently raising. During the win- from a recent woodlands study conter, however, supplementation of hay ducted by Pennington comparing meat goats and hair sheep grazing patterns: and feed would be required. • Goats ate slightly more browse and “A weed is ‘a plant out of place’, usually describing a broadleaf forb,” Whiteside vegetation than the sheep but both speicsaid. “Several weeds are considered nox- es can be used to clean up a woodlands. • Of the vegetation categories, all of the ious since they are not eaten by most livestock, such as wooly croton, hemp dog- available vines/ivy was eaten followed by bane and horsenettle. Pokeweed, Virginia pepperweed, common ragweed, fleabane — Continued on Next Page

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farm help Do They Eat Browse or Weeds? Continued from Previous Page lesser percentages eaten of multi-flora rose, buck brush, summer grasses, winter grasses, broadleaves, trees/bushes, briers, and sericea lespedeza. Usually over 90 percent of the vegetation was eaten. • The goats ate greater percentage sericea, multif-lora rose, briers, broadleaves, and trees/bushes than the sheep. • The goats had a higher browse line than the sheep because goats browse on their hind legs. • Does had greater weight gain and improved body condition scores than ewes did which may have resulted from either the goats eating more browse or being more heat resistant than sheep as the study was in June-August or a combination of these factors. • Nursing ewes lost weight and nonlactating ewes gained weight during the 8-week trail, while both nursing and non-lactating does gained weight during

the trial. Several of the nursing ewes had larger lambs and were probably producing more milk than the does. • Lactation status may be a factor to consider in utilizing ewes in woodlands. Females that are milking may need more nutrients than they can get from browse. “If rotational grazing management is utilized, and the forages are never grazed below 3 inches, then all the livestock should be healthier since they will not be likely to consume the worm larvae,” said Whiteside. “Even though sheep and goats share parasites, they do not carry the same worms as cattle. So they can safely graze around cow manure (that is naturally avoided by cattle) and the cattle can graze around the small ruminant pellets (that are avoided by the sheep and goats). It all adds up to more meat per acre being produced, leading to higher profitability.”

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well – they were yearlings, and they required closer to 16-17 percent protein and roughly 62 percent TDN, so I had to supplement them quite a bit.” He said sheep and goats have higher protein requirements, and usually higher energy requirements, than do cattle; they’ll get that protein from broadleaves, but those species can get grazed out if the pasture is heavily used – and in some cases, that was the farmer’s intention. “They’re looking at brush or weed control, and looking to suppress the broadleaf plants in favor of the grasses,” Fernandez said. “You want to manage your goats a little bit more carefully because they do prefer those broadleaved plants, especially the brushy plants, so they can kill them very quickly and leave you nothing but grass, which is what they don’t prefer.”

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