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Suits filed: Vegetarian food-maker Tofurky filed a lawsuit in Missouri to defend its right to describe its products with meat terminology such as “sausage” and “hot dogs,” as long as the packaging makes clear what the ingredients are. The Hood River, Oregon-based company and The Good Food Institute, an advocacy and lobbying group for meat alternatives, say a Missouri law that went into effect in late August that bars companies from “misrepresenting” products as meat if they’re not from “harvested livestock or poultry” is too vague and could be used to go after a range of vegetarian products that use such terminology. The Missouri Department of Agriculture says it will give companies until Jan. 1, 2019 to comply with the new labeling law. The Tofurky suit is not the only legal action facing the new law. The Missouri Department of Conservation Commission and Conservation Director Sara Pauley sued Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley and Missouri Department of Agriculture Director Chris Chinn to stop the law from taking effect due to concern regarding which state agency has the authority over the inspection of captive deer herds. Cole County Judge Jon Beetem blocked a portion of the law dealing with captive deer. The order runs through Sept. 15. Youth wins contest: FFA and 4-H members recently participated in the 2018 Youth Swine Skillathon at the Missouri State Fair in Sedalia. Participants competed in three age brackets during the contest, which is sponsored by the Missouri Pork Association and the University of Missouri Extension. In the age 12 and under division, first place went to Mason Forkner from Richards, Mo. In the age 13 to 15 division, Jenna Perry from Liberal, Mo., was third. State Dairy Judging Contest results: The Missouri State 4-H Dairy Judging Contest was held at the Missouri State Fair in Sedalia. Bailey Groves of Billings was high individual. Second high individual in the senior division was Grant Groves. Third high individual was Blake Wright of Verona. Rounding out the top five were Kelsie Grimm of Aurora and Nicolas Dotson of Marionville. In the intermediate division, Lila Wantland of Niangua was the high individual and Whitney Yerina of Conway was second high individual. The two tied for overall score, but the tie breaker gave Wantland the edge. Rounding out the top five were Molly Archer of Falcon, Kylie Scrivner of Ava, and Logan Archer of Falcon. Teagan Hardy of Steelville was high individual in the junior division, followed by Tyson Droste of Lancaster in second, Molly Melzer of Harrisonville in third, Monique Turner of Springfield in fourth and Ada Bluel of Monett in fifth.

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JUST A THOUGHT 3 Jerry Crownover – Sharing the truth about agriculture

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Julie Turner-Crawford – From the mouths of babes

MEET YOUR NEIGHBORS 7 The Brassfields have been farming in Howell County, Mo., for generations

Robert and Susan Salmon are first-generation farmers

Remembering the days of the Bushwhackers

Eric Nissen likes his calves to have a little buck in them

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Eye on Agribusiness spotlights B’s Meats

Spartan Valley Shorthorns breeds show calves for every budget

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Town & Country features Lindsey Penn

Youth in Agriculture highlights Ashely Freiburger

Three generations join together to produce high-quality Red Angus

A pecan picker begins his own line of Missouri-grown products

FARM HELP 29 Opportunities and risks 32 Preg checking females is a valuable management tool

Recent rains will help forages as fall arrives

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Black vultures can be dangerous to young livestock

The importance of health protocols in swine operations

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aving been involved in the livestock industry for revmy onwentire orC ylife, rreJI yB know that the vast majority of producers go above and beyond what’s expected, to provide their animals Jerry Crownover farms with the best care that is absolutely possible. in Lawrence County, Mo. For a cattleman to purposefully mistreat or He is a former professor of abuse the source of their livelihood makes Agriculture Education at Missouri State University, about as much sense as a new-car dealer going and is an author and around with a small hammer and deliberately professional speaker. putting dents in their automobile inventory, To contact Jerry, go to or for a clothing store owner to take a knife to ozarksfn.com and click their new line of mens’ suits. But, there’s always on ‘Contact Us.’ the chance that one bad apple could rot the entire barrel, so when I see a headline that reads, “Hidden camera shows widespread abuse at local dairy,” I cringe. When I clicked on the heading: WARNING – GRAPHIC CONTENT! THESE VIDEOS SHOW COWS BEING THROWN TO THE GROUND, DRAGGED, AND SHACKLED, the first thing I noticed was that the video was provided by one of our favorite animal rights groups. The second thing I discovered is that it was not recorded by some kook with a hidden camera, but rather a hack into the dairy’s video recording system that was always on, so that the manager could monitor the cows and his employees 24-hours a day. As the video began, the camera showed a caretaker assisting a cow with a difficult birth, by attaching OB straps to the calf’s legs and pulling it out of the cow. When the calf did come out, it fell on, what looked like to me, about a foot deep of fluffy, clean straw. Once the calf was on the straw, the worker dragged the calf (again, through clean straw) about 10 feet from the rear of the cow to begin drying the newborn with a clean towel. The next clip showed the worker putting a tube down — Continued on Page 5

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arm kids see the world in ways most their age don’t. We recently had a birthday party for my now 1-year-old great-niece Emmy, comJulie Turner-Crawford plete with Minnie Mouse ears for all who is a native of Dallas attended. County, Mo., where she Kids in my family are farm kids, so when I see grew up on her family’s cute farm-themed toys or clothes, I buy them farm. She is a graduate and Emmy’s birthday was no exception. I found of Missouri State a stuffed animal that’s a 2-in-1 stuffed animal, a University. To contact flip-a-something or another. It’s a pig and when Julie, call 1-866-532-1960 flipped, it’s a cow. Since her parents have pigs and or by email at editor@ cows, I thought it was be perfect for Miss Emmy. ozarksfn.com. Emmy received another pig for her birthday, so I wasn’t alone in my thinking. As the wrapping paper flew and boxes were opened, Emmy was more interested in the bows than the toys, but the other kids were pretty excited to see what wonders those colorful packages held. Emmy’s older sister, 4-year-old Eloise, was helpful and tried out most of the toys for her sister. It didn’t take long for Eloise to zoom in on the pigs. “What do you want to bet she’ll have the little pig nursing the big pig before long,” I said as a nudged my oldest niece. Sure enough, Eloise put the bigger pig on its side and nuzzled the smaller pig up to it. Jennifer didn’t take the bet because she knew it was coming. — Continued on Next Page

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just a thought Across the Fence Continued from Previous Page Earlier that evening, 4-year-old Molly told me her Poppy (my dad and her great-grandpa) came to her house to help her dad, and that one of her calves was a bull, but now it’s a steer. She then laughed and ran to play with the other kids. Molly has also witnessed the whole AI process more than once and she remains unphased by it all. I envision many awkward conversations in the future for some of my greatnieces’ classmates and teachers. People may feel the need to shield their kids from things in the “real world,” but farm kids see and understand more at a young age than many adults do. Farm kids learn where their food comes from, the importance of taking responsibility, hard work and the circle of life. Experts contend that farm kids are more creative, do better in school, have fewer health problems and become self-reliant adults. I don’t need an expert to tell me that.

Being a farm kid isn’t a bad life. There are days when it’s hard, but there’s no better life. Farm kids have acres, not city blocks, to play on, and they usually have pets around, be it a dog, a cat or a bottle calf. Farm kids play in dirt and mud, and they have special boots and clothes for such occasions. I can’t wait to see what the future holds for my farm kids. I love seeing the older ones take the younger ones by the hand and help them along the path to the barn and down the path of life. Thanks to their farming roots running deep, I think they will all be just fine.

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Life Is Simple Continued from Page 3 the mouth of a newborn to “force feed” the calf, and the last one was only a still photo of a cow “with her legs shackled.” If the news site, or the animal rights group, knew anything about cattle or had done even the least bit of research, they would know that calving difficulty is fairly common and without assistance from a veterinarian or other caretaker, the calf…or cow…or both could die. If they had ever helped deliver a calf, they would also know that the reason the newborn was dragged a few feet away from its mother to clean it, is that within a few moments after calving, the area directly behind her is going to be splashed with substances that my reading audience doesn’t need to have described. The esophageal feeder (the plastic tube placed down the mouth of the newborn) is sometimes required for difficult births because the calf’s tongue may have swollen during the process and can’t SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

(or won’t) suck for few hours. If the calf doesn’t get nourishment within the first few, critical hours, its chance of survival is greatly reduced. So, I ask you, are these examples of animal abuse or are they illustrations of the work and care involved to assure the animals live and thrive? We need to educate non-farmers. As for the hobbles on the cow – they are sometimes necessary (on a small percentage of cows) for first-timers being acclimated to the milking parlor. They are only on the cow for the 10 minutes it takes to milk her and usually needed only for the first few milkings. While viewing that picture, I couldn’t help but think that this farmer could have offered the photographer a real learning experience by allowing him to take an extreme close-up, from directly behind a cow’s first visit to the milking parlor – without the hobbles.

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The Brassfield family has been farming in Howell County, Mo., for decades Jim Brassfield grew up on the family farm in rural Howell County, Mo., on a dairy operation owned and operated by his parents, Leon and Freda Brassfield. Like his brother Mark, who lives just down the road, Jim never moved far from home. Today, he farms with his father Leon on adjacent farms, raising commercial beef cattle, pigs and hay. “I milked for 30 years but we got out of the dairy business in 2008,” Jim said as he

We keep about 100 acres in hay, alfalfa, some of which we sell and some we use for our own livestock. We try to sell 40 steers a year to individuals for butchering. “We’ve had up to 200 head but have dropped back for now. Just have too much to do, keeping up with it all. We have steers now ready for the meat locker, ready for sale this fall.” The Brassfields have recently added participation in one of the local farmers market to their regular activities. “They needed someone at the Sav-

Jim Brassfield, left, and his father Leon Brassfield, right, both operated dairy farms in the past, but today they focus on Angus cattle. Photo by Laura L. Valenti

ers’ Parking Lot location so we sell beef outlined their operation and its history. When asked if he missed the dairy and pork there. There are three differbusiness, he simply grinned. “I miss ent farmers markets here in West Plains. The Go Farm market, the one where the check every two weeks, we sell, meets twice a week and like that’s all,” Jim said. everything else in this business, it’s The dairy cattle have pretty time-consuming.” been replaced with a beef Leon, Jim’s father, shared his herd and a few pigs. views on life on the farm “We have about 150 head of from a senior vantage point. commercial Angus and 10 to West Plains, Mo. “It’s a good lifestyle if you 12 mixed breed sows on 1,000 are willing to work hard. I’ve acres, both owned and rented. SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

done it all my life. Years ago, hogs were a big business for us,” Leon said. “We had 150 sows, which is not big by today’s standards but back then, it was big for that type of business in this area. It’s a good way to raise kids. We raised five kids here and now have 20 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.” The current area drought has added yet another challenge to Jim and Leon’s regular farming operation as it has for so many other smaller Ozark producers. “We aren’t feeding hay yet like some farmers, but so far this year, we’ve only gotten about half the hay crop we usually get so that’s going to make for problems down the road,” Jim continued. “We won’t have enough to sell or to feed our own if nothing changes.” “It’s pretty depressing with everything being so dry right now,” Leon added. “We sure hope it starts raining soon but we’ll just have to see what the fall brings.” Jim and his wife, Lisa, an office manager at a local doctor’s office, have three grown children, including daughter Jamie, who comes home to help drive the truck during haying season. “They all help out,” Jim continued. “My son is the manager of a tire store in West Plains. I think he likes the farm life but he makes better money where he works now. When we were getting out of the dairy business, I asked him if he wanted to take it over because I would have left it to him and helped him. But he was only 18 and he wasn’t interested in continuing with milking at that time.” Jim and Lisa also have two grandchildren and one of them is very interested in the family legacy. “ “Jack is only 3 1/2, but he loves the cows,” Jim concluded. “So who knows? There may be Brassfields continuing to farm here in the future.”

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The Nissen family began a bucking bull breeding program after an unlikely meeting N-Bar 5 Ranch, owned by Eric and Cory, one of the McCoy brothers from April Nissen, is located near Marsh- Oklahoma, who had been on television show “The Amazing Race” was at PFI field, Mo., in Webster County. They have lived there for 15 years, and for signing autographs. It was Cord McCoy. “There was a line and we weren’t going the past four or five years Eric has been raising ABBI (American Bucking Bull Inc.) to wait in the line,” Eric said. “We were getting boots, and Cord said, ‘Hey, come bulls. Eric said he eased into over here.’ We hit it off and have been the bucking bull business. friends ever since. He raises bucking “I just bought 12 cows to bulls, so that’s how we got in it. start and one breed bull,” he We went up to Tupelo, Okla., and said. “We just kept all our heifkind of looked it all over.” ers. This year I’ve sold probably Eric laughed and added, 10 or 12 bucking bulls.” “I didn’t even watch ‘The Eric got his start with ABBI Marshfield, Mo. Amazing Race.”’ in an unusual way. Cord Mc-

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As a guarantee, Eric had Cord agree to money in it, but you better be willing stay in on half of the first calves. to head out Friday night and travel. I’d ABBI is a registered breed and comes in rather sell mine for whatever.” all different colors. He also raises comEric sells some of his bulls online. mercial cattle and keeps the commercial The goal of raising bucking bulls was to cows and bucking cows separated. give his boys something to do. They’ve “We’re shooting for Jan. 1 babies on already bought a couple of their own. the bucking bulls because that’s the new Eric and April have two budding cowyear,” Eric explained. “If you get a Janu- boys, Lane (12) and Layton (11). This is ary baby, they’ll grow. If you get a June their first year of rodeo competition. baby, he’s six months behind in growth Lane loves steer riding and roping. and still counted the same.” Layton loves mini bronc riding. Young bulls are trained for customers. “Of course we have our pens here to They are trained with a dummy (mechan- train our bucking bulls, so they get on ical box) on their back. The box is ran by some little stuff here,” Eric said. “In remote control and boxes vary in weight. Lane’s third rodeo, he won first in the “There are all kinds of events through- steer riding.” out the year that will pay $100,000 to win, Their daughters don’t compete and and $50,000 to win (if the bull wins),” Eric Jaysa (15) isn’t interested in rodeo, but explained. “They have judges. The bull Aria (5) would like to barrel race. doesn’t even have a rider. They’re scored. Rodeo competition is not new to Eric. That’s where the money is, but they can He competed when he was younger. only compete till they’re four years old. “I did the steer riding and then I rupAfter that they tured my spleen, so can’t compete for my parents made money.” me quit. So then As calves, Eric I started roping,” The bulls get is looking for that Eric siad. one that’s light- massages and baths. Two years ago, footed, and kind of Eric quit his job to They even go to the stand-offish. devote his time to chiropractor. “He stays kind N-5 Ranch Farm/ of away from you Fencing. Up until – Eric Nissen and is light on his then he had people front end. Then on a mature bull, you hired for his business while still holding want a lot of air in the front end. You down a job. want them to kick out in the back and “That’s what we do for a living; build spin,” Eric said. “They have the best life fence.” Eric said. “Farm fencing; pipe of any cow. They get fed better. They corrals, pipe cable, solid pipe, barbed really are so babied. They’re bred to act wire. Mainly I mostly do welding.” like that. These baby calves out here, It is harder to drive posts right now, but tonight when it cools off they will just he has a gas-powered post driver, and he start bucking in the field. They’re just drives the corner posts with a hydraulic bred that way.” driver on the tractor. There is a big misconception, Eric said, He has always liked fencing. He said he that bulls are mistreated to make them likes anything farm-related. Eric’s dad is buck. a welder by trade. “The bulls get massages and baths. “We take a lot of pride in our work,” They even go to the chiropractor,” he Eric said. He quoted Colossians 3:23 explained. which says, “And whatsoever ye do, do His bulls are now 3 and 4 years old. So it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto he hasn’t had one in the PBR. men.” That is a principle he applies to “I changed my outlook,” Eric said. farming, fencing, and rodeo. “Wanting to have the big one in the “As a family, it’s God first, then rodeo,” PBR is not so much my deal. We don’t he added. “We don’t go to rodeo events have time to haul them. There’s a lot of on Sunday.”

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What started as a family garden in the 1970s now is a 650-acre livestock operation Robert and Susan Salmon began their farming journey with a family garden. The couple, who married in 1974, explained it was a matter of quality over quantity at the time. By the early 1980s, their garden expanded past the point of what their land could handle so the couple moved their family of six to a 55-acre farm near Appleton City, Mo.

be attributed to the power of reading, a positive mindset and good ole trial and error. “When we first started out, as we grew into it, we did a lot of diversified stuff,” Robert explained. “We did some row crop, we did sows and pigs and cattle. We developed over the years into a grazing operation.” As they started to better manage their grass, Robert studied Jim Gerrish’s work Robert Salmon and his wife Susan were able to expand their farming operation by adding land parcels over time.

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meet your neighbors paddocks with high tensile fencing for their cattle and sheep to graze. They put permanent fences into place with a small amount of temporary fence which are used on a seasonal basis. The Salmons then installed piped water sources for the livestock in each paddock. Robert rotates the cattle and sheep before the grass becomes too short. This could be a rotation of every day or every other day, depending on the grass’s condition. As he explained, grass cannot grow back quickly if there isn’t an adequate amount of leaf area left to capture sunlight and protect the soil. Thus proper monitoring is a vital step in the managed grazing process. When looking at the health of the environment and soil, Robert closely moni-

to the soil and the environment in different conditions throughout each season. Additionally, Robert has also had opportunities to see how well the ground will heal itself when adding onto his operation. “We had areas that we bought that had been extensively grazed and were gullied and rutted and everything,” Robert said. “And after a few years of managementintensive grazing the gullies are gone. The grasses are better. … You see results pretty quick.” After farming for more than 30 years, Robert understands the struggles one can endure when first starting out as well as the environmental challenges along the way. However, he explained that individuals who want to break into the farming business or management-intensive graz-

tors the area for dry conditions. In the past, the Salmons have had to sell their cattle due to a drought. His sheep are the last thing he will sell due to their resilience to a dry environment he explained. Thankfully, so far this year his paddocks have seen enough moisture to keep them going this summer. “We’ve been affected by three or four droughts over the years,” Robert said. “It’s just a cyclical thing. We’re dry right now. We’re not in trouble or anything, but we are dry right now.” How the grass is cared for and the condition it is in will affect his operation year to year. Therefore Robert takes great interest in seeing how the grass responds

ing should not lose hope of doing so. “You don’t have to have a huge amount of inputs,” Robert said. “You don’t have to have a huge amount of machinery. It’s not demanding. It’s very profitable. So it’s not something you have to quit because you physically can’t do it. It’s something you can carry on with in your older years.” When looking toward his future, Robert said he hopes to keep managing his farm under the same grass grazing techniques. And he’s also excited to see both of his sons continue to manage their own successful farming operations under the management-intensive grazing he has become so passionate about.

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An old jail and a family collection are the focal points of two museums in Vernon County, Mo. Nevada, Mo., was the Bushwhacker Capital before and during the Civil War with many battles fought on the Missouri-Kansas border. These battles spawned a special breed – Missouri Bushwhackers and Kansas Jayhawkers. Bushwhackers were Confederate and Jayhawkers were Union, but lawlessness prevailed on both sides. In May 1863, Confederate Bushwhackers ambushed a Federal militia party on the Nevada square. Afterwards, the Federals burned some 75 houses and all public buildings, except the schoolhouse and jail, in Nevada to the ground. Three months later, by the terms of the infamous “Order No. 11,” the rest of western Missouri shared the same fateall farm homes and barns in the border counties between Nevada and Kansas City were burned and the people driven away to Federal garrison towns for the rest of the war. In 1964, the Vernon County Historical Society purchased the old county jail building, the oldest building in Nevada to survive Order No. 11. It was renovated to be a museum to showcase the colorful history of Vernon County and the area.

The name Bushwhacker Museum was selected and formally opened on June 1, 1965. The jail was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1977. The jail was built in the 1860s and the attached sheriff’s home, added in the 1870s. While it was still used as a jail, the sheriff said it ‘resembles the notorious Black Hole of Calcutta.” The front of the stone jail, the sheriff’s home, boasts original Federal architecture, unique west of the Mississippi, and rare anywhere. It has some of the same lines as most of the colonial mansions built in North America from the 1700s to about the time of the Civil War. Whether town houses or farm houses, the Federal style was the same: The roof was gabled and it sloped toward the street throughout the building’s width. The matching chimneys were usually at the end of the gables and flush with the side walls. This enabled each room to house a fireplace. Some of the stones in the cell room weigh up to 2,000 pounds. A visit to the museum provides many visitors a spinetingling experience once they step into the dark and dank cell room.

Rusty food tins, metal spring cots, heavy metal cages can be found inside the stone jail. Few, if any visitors want the door locked behind them. The jail had such a bad reputation for its discomforts that more than one convict, on being sentenced to a year, would ask if he could serve two years in the state penitentiary instead. Heat was furnished, in theory, by a potbellied stove placed between the cellblocks. Light was even scarcer than heat. Only a single drop cord bulb disturbed the cell room gloom as late as 1964. The woman’s jail was separated from the back cells entirely. It was much roomier and rarely used. The jailer used the front rooms of the jail as a residence. The rooms are like being in another world compared to the jail. They are spacious with a walnut staircase leading to two large rooms upstairs. The furnishings compare to an upper-class home of the period. Some notable decorations include a rare Crown of Thorns Hobo and Tramp Art photograph frame, and a human hair wreath. In addition to the jail, the Historical Society has a more modern way to display the area’s past.

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In 1996, the Finis M. Moss Charitable Trust provided a new home for the Nevada Library and offered the Historical Society the building’s lower level as new museum space with the trust underwriting the renovations, including an elevator for full handicap accessibility. The Bushwhacker Museum is now a unique regional historical study center to capitalize on the tumultuous history of the Missouri-Kansas border wars. An eminent physician, Dr. J. T. Hornback, began practicing medicine in Vernon County in 1896. After his death in 1936, his home containing his office remained untouched. His wife, daughter and son-in-law continued to live in the house until forced out by death or ill health. The house and entire contents were donated to the Vernon County Historical Society in 1996. The Hornback family kept practically everything they bought in nearly a century they lived in the large house. They left the community a time capsule of family life in a Midwestern town in the first half of the 20th century. Those artifacts are housed in the Bushwhacker Museum. Dr. Hornback acquired the community’s first magnetic machine. The machine SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

ozarks roots was manufactured in 1905, by R. V. Wagner and Co., of Chicago and is a handcranked device, big as an old upright piano, and is nearly as dust proof as possible, encased within a solid oak cabinet. The Wagner Mica-Plate Electrostatic Machine was used to cure (so the accompanying brochure claimed) everything from abscesses to writer’s cramp. For the “shock treatment,” the patient sat on a chair on the lead platform next to the machine and held electrodes in his/her hands, or wore a head piece. The handle was then turned and the moving mica plates created static electricity. The high voltage, along with a very low ampere current, was transferred to the patient’s body, and the resulting static electric charge through the body was supposed to cure ailments. The current was very small, but definitely enough to get a “charge” out of a visit to the doctor’s office. There are six books in the doctor’s office library about healing with magnetism and electro therapeutics. “This was ‘hot stuff’ literally,” said former museum coordinator Terry Ramsey. “It was the newest thing on the market. The doctor was not a quack; he was always looking for the next best treatment.” A jar of human teeth, along with the dentist’s chair and tooth care equipment, are also on display. Hundreds of jars of drugs had to be evaluated by a presentday pharmacist who discovered everything from salves to liquid opium, to small pre-measured doses of strychnine used to treat syphilis. A vast cupboard still holds some of the doctor’s medications (with the dangerous ones discarded). Surrealistic objects atop the case are cathode tubes from various x-ray machines once in the office. In the corner blinks the sign indicating that another of the doctor’s responsibilities was care of the eyes. There is something of interest for all ages in the museum and worthy of a few hours of your time. Admission is $5 for adults and $2 for children from 12 to 17 years old. Children under 12 are admitted for $1. These prices cover admission to both the Museum and the Jail. The main Museum is located at 212 West Walnut and the historic Bushwhacker Jail is located a block away at 231 North Main. One admission price gives access to both locations. SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

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B’s Meats History: While at College of the Ozarks, Brandy had a class project during her senior year. “It was to do a business plan. The only thing that I had ever been around was the processing plant and raising cattle,” she recalled. “So I did something that would be easy to me and went with the processing plant, because I could always refer to the one at school for the project. Then it was more and more a good idea. This place was available and it was here in Fordland. I needed something to do whenever I graduated, so I just went with it.” Brandy opened B’s Meats on the opening day of deer season in 2016. “I didn’t know if I was going to be up and running,” she said. “We were working on the cooler. I went and bought it on a Wednesday and deer season was on Saturday. So I didn’t do any advertising; nothing. We had a couple of hundred deer. The next year it doubled. This year we’re expecting kind of the same thing. More and more people know about it.” Products and Services: B’s Meats offers custom processing. They have re-sale meats and do processed beef, pigs and deer. Brandy buys meat from a wholesale distributor. “We buy it in chunks, so we cut it up when it comes in. I make the seasoning for it. We don’t buy hardly anything store bought that I don’t make, cut down and do something with.” It is hard to say what she processes the most because it varies. She explained, “It just depends on the season. We do a lot of deer. Right now we do a lot of pigs. In the wintertime, there will be a lot of beef.” Custom butchering is by appointment. Brandy has a couple of part-time employees and adds a couple of additional employees during the deer season. Future plans: Brandy said, “We started out really well. There are some days in the winter when we’re packed. So expanding in business is kind of already there.” Philosophy: “Get done what needs to be done, and be clean and honest,” she stated.

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they have good carcass-quality traits as here on the farm, a buyer gets a chance a general rule. As a family we believe in to see an animal’s mother,” Steven said. crossbreeding. If someone wants to use They have had their production sales our bulls on their cows or use our re- for four years now. placement heifers with a different breed They do offer some purebred females; bull, they’re going to reap the benefits of whether that’s cow/calf pairs or replacecrossbreeding and hybrid vigor.” ment heifers. Their Red Angus are registered, as are “We also offer about 30 replacement their crossbreed cows. heifers,” Steven said. “That allows us The family has worked hard to “make to meet the demand that’s out there. sure our cattle work in fescue country,” This year we had high demand for our Steven said. replacement heifers.” “They’re adapted to the fescue and They also sell through private treaty. But can handle the toxicity,” he explained. no bulls are sold from December to March. “The neat thing about the drought that “Everything goes to the sale,” Steven we’re going through now, it’s helping us said. “I like for them to be at least 12 to see how well we’ve done at selecting months old when I put them in the for that trait of being adapted to fescue. sale. So if they’re a little younger, we’ll We’re real pleased with where our cattle save them back and a lot of times we’ll are in terms of how they’re handling the save them for Farmfest. So then we’ll summer heat and drought.” have some 18-month-old bulls at FarmEach March, Rogfest. We’ve done ers Cattle and Lile Farmfest at least six Farms hold their years.” own production sale Their calving seaIf someone wants at the farm. son is from Feb. 1 to use our bulls on “We have a lot of to April 15 and they their cows or use our fun the day of the also have a short fall replacement heifers sale,” Steven said. calving season. with a different breed “Getting ready for “We have about bull, they’re going to the sale is a lot of 15 fall cows,” Steven reap the benefits of work. We do it here said. in our own hay barn Jim’s wife, Jan, crossbreeding and and we’ll market keeps a close eye on hybrid vigor. about 40 bulls at aucthe heifers during – Steven Rogers tion. That’s evolved. calving season and It used to be just a cowboy style auction calls if help is needed. where we had the bulls priced. Now we They are utilizing embryo transfer in actually have an auctioneer and this year their breeding program. we incorporated video auction and the “Right now we have six embryo calves Internet, and sold some cattle over the on the ground from this spring,” Steven Internet.” said. “We had one cow that had four “People used to come by and ask if we calves in one day. She had three embryo had any animals for sale,” Jim added. babies (from recip) and then she calved “They were picking and choosing. Peo- herself. That was a fun day.” ple said, ‘Why don’t you wait and let us There is a lot of work and fun on and all bid on the things.’ So that’s when we off the farm. Jim Lile and daughter, Jamie, quit selling to individuals and added one operate Lile Quarry in Northview, Mo., day. It was the public that asked us to do Steven is Southwest District Supervisor this. We didn’t just up and say, “‘We’re for Agricultural Education and FFA. Eli going to have a sale barn.’” The people (8) and Ethan (7) are learning a lot about who had seen our animals wanted a the farm. Eli has shown cattle for two chance to bid on a specific bull. That’s years, but Ethan is just getting started. how it started.” “What we do as a family right now, “Everybody gets a fair chance at an ani- everyday, is shaping these boys for their mal by doing it at an auction. By doing it future,” Steven said.

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Darin and Katie Hodges never planned to raise cattle, but they are now living on the farm that has been in Katie’s family for generations and run about 110 cow/calf pairs. Pictured, from left, are Darin, daughter Harleigh, Katie and daughter Caseigh.

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The Hodges find ways to balance their jobs, kids and cattle If someone would have asked Darin and Katie Hodges 30 years ago about their future plans, the phrase “cow/calf producer” was not on the radar. Darin was a young basketball star and had dreams of going pro. Katie, on the other hand, was bucking square bales and thinking all she wanted to do was get away from the farm. “I was going to live in a town where I was going to have a pizza delivered to my house,” Katie recalled with a laugh. The couple have been married for more than 20 years and are living on the farm that has been a part of Katie’s family for more 120 years. They’re in the cattle business, and there’s no place they would rather be. Their farm near Taneyville, Mo., has been in Katie’s family for five generations, making daughters Harleigh and

Caseigh, the sixth generation of the “About a year later, I bought six ShowLouis (Hirer) Hires family to call the Me-Select heifers, and now 20 years later, original 1893 farm home. Her parents, I have more than 100.” Roy and Debbie Combs, and grandparBoth have off-the-farm jobs. Darin is ents, Exie M. and Jessie Case, also live the service manager at Tri-Lakes Motors on the original farm. in Branson, Mo., and Katie is a commer“When we got married, we just decided to cial and ag lender at Branson Bank in stay here. My grandparents decided to start Branson, Mo. Their daughters are very phasing out, and now my parents are retired active in sports and other activities, and don’t have cattle anymore. Darin said leaving little extra time in the day, but he thought he might like to get a few head they gave raising cattle a whirl. of cattle and I asked him, ‘Are you sure?’” Darin and Katie came to the family farm Katie’s grandpa actually caused Darin to in 1998 and own and rent a total of 430 get bit by the cattle bug when acres where they run 110 commercial he gave Darin his first cow. cow/calf pairs serviced by four to five “It all started when we got herd sires. The cattle are primarily married and I’d help (Katie’s) Angus, black Limousin, SimAngrandpa on the weekends. One gus and black Gelbvieh. day he asked me if I wanted my Cattle are split into three own cow and I said I would. Taneyville, Mo. herds, divided by age and He just gave me one (cow) and calving season. then it had a calf,” Darin said. “When I started, I wanted Ozarks Farm & Neighbor • www.ozarksfn.com

to have registered cattle,” Darin said. “The more I got into it, the more realized it wasn’t worth it. (Katie’s grandfather) said, ‘just sell the calves.’ It got so complicated with the registered side we went to just commercial.” Calves are weaned at 500 to 600 pounds. “If I can, I try to pre-condition for 30 days before I sell, but if it’s hot, I’ll go ahead and sell them,” Darin explained. “I would rather get that extra 30 day on the calves because the buyers like them at market. After 30 days, their mouths are dried up and the buyers can tell that, and they’re not bawling in the ring.” Maintaining herd health is a priority for the Hodges family. Cattle are vaccinated and wormed twice a year, and cattle receive one round of Mutimin annually. “Because we both have jobs, he does a lot of preventative care to keep everything healthy because he can’t be there SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

meet your neighbors all the time to watch every cow and calf,” Katie said. “Prevention is a replacement for the time because he doesn’t have to sit and watch them all day.” Females that are not productive or are higher maintenance are culled “If they don’t calve out every year, or if they have bad feet or udders, they’re out,” Darin said. “If they want to stick around here, they have to be productive and get the job done. I’ve got some that maybe have two bad (quarters) and two good ones but raise a good calf, I can look past that, but if it takes 14 months for her next calf, she’s gone.” Darin retains very few heifers for his herd. By not having many, if any, firstcalf heifers, he doesn’t have to worry about birthing issues. “I prefer to buy new genetics,” he said. “If I keep a heifer, it’s pretty few and far between. In this market right now, you can buy a young pair for $1,200, $1,300 and a weaned heifer is bringing $700; it’s a better financial decision to have an animal that’s ready to go and have a calf at her side. I’d rather buy something that’s already doing the job than to waste a couple of years to keep a heifer and get a calf just to find out she’s not going to do the job. That’s a long time to wait on a $700, $800 calf.” “We can also come home and there will be three new calves on the ground without any issues,” Katie added. “We don’t have that worry about pulling calves.” Darin buys his hay, which also saves him time. While some producers are worried about having enough hay his year, Darin said he always buys his hay from his providers very early in the year, so his barn is full for the upcoming winter. Buying hay also allows him to optimize his grazing program. “We can actually run a few more cows,” Darin said. “If you have ground blocked off for hay, you can’t run as many cows. I will buy the hay and run the extra cows. Her dad and grandpa hayed for years and I would help on the weekends, but when we took over, we haven’t done our own hay. Hay doesn’t wait until Saturday or Sunday and that’s the only time I have to do it.” Grazing pastures opposed to haying them means Darin spends a great deal of time making improvements to pastures. SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

“There had never been any herbicides used here,” Darin said. “I use herbicides every spring and spray. It’s pretty amazing what GrazonNext can do. Up until about seven or eight years ago, I would just brush hog and that was my weed control. I talked with some other guys who were using (GrazonNext) and their pastures were nothing but grass; I couldn’t believe it.” Darin is cautious with the use of the weed killer, making sure no water sources come in contact with the product. Pastures are what Darin called “typical rocky Ozarks pastures.” “We don’t have the soil to grow things like alfalfa,” he said. “We have mixed grass and land we have dozed off gets put back into warm-season grasses, usually Bermuda. The areas I have in Bermuda are green and growing. It’s kind of a lifesaver in years like this. I love it because it’s a one and done plant and it spreads. I want something that’s going to grow every year.” In addition to forages, cattle are offered lick tubes, Hi Mag and trace mineral, as well as a salt and trace mineral mix from Vit-A-Zine. With the recent dry conditions, cattle have also been offered 20 percent cubes. Darin said the cubes are also a useful tool when moving or working cows. Darin and Katie feel they represent a new generation of cattle producers, producers who can have jobs in town and have success raising cattle. “If my kids want to take this over one day, they are going to have to have a job because they can’t do it full time,” Darin said. “I’d love nothing more than to just raise cattle, and maybe I’m doing it all wrong, but it’s not going to happen. I love raising cattle, and there’s years it’s good and years it’s bad.” Despite there still being no pizza delivery to their farm, Katie is happy to see the farming way of life continue in her family, and her girls have learned about hard work and responsibility, as well as a few other life lessons. “It’s not always fun and it’s not always easy,” she said. “If your marriage can survive working cattle, it can survive anything. Darin really enjoys it and we make it work.”

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Spartan Valley Shorthorns works to breed show-quality animals for young exhibitors Young Calin Smith of Spartan Valley Shorthorns has an admirable end goal: to get highquality show stock in the hands of kids to be able to compete at a higher level. Those kids, typically in 4-H and FFA, also gain the foundation for a quality herd. “I want them to have a show heifer to compete,” he said. “But most important of all is that heifer can raise calves,” he said. “To me, that’s the future of our farm.” It’s a tactic that just might keep more kids on the farm once they’ve grown up. Calin said he doesn’t know of any stu-

Calin Smith grew up showing cattle, and today he breeds his Shorthorn cattle for youth exhibitors.

dents at Logan-Rogersville High School showing animals. And that’s a concern, because taking care of animals, let alone showing them, teaches life lessons of discipline, responsibility and patience. “It really instills a good work ethic at a sume 3 to 5 pounds a day of liquid feed. Calves are weaned by 6 months. The young age,” Calin said. only calves that go to the stockyards He has about 30 Shortare those that don’t make the cut for horns on the nearly centuryeither Calin’s replacement heifers old, 100-acre family farm beor to be a show heifer, show steer tween Sparta and Rogersville. or herd bull for someone else. He leases another 100 acres for “Our main goal is to sell in brome, fescue and grass hay, Rogersville, Mo. our own production sale or which he supplements with a privately at the farm,” he said. little alfalfa. The cattle also con-

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(Week of 9/2/18 to 9/8/18) Buffalo Livestock Market Douglas County Livestock Auctionn

83.50-90.00 † 70.00-86.00*

Mid Missouri Stockyards

65.00-95.00 †

MO-KAN Livestock Auction

60.00-92.00*

Ozarks Regional Stockyard

dairy

Not Reported †

South Central Regional Stockyards - Vienna

slaughter

100

120

140

cows

(Week of 9/2/18 to 9/8/18) 48.00-59.50*

Buffalo Livestock Market Douglas County Livestock

42.00-56.50 †

Interstate Regional

35.00-62.50 †

Joplin Regional Stock

33.00-62.00 †

Kingsville Livestock Auction

42.50-66.00 † 40.00-58.00*

Mid Missouri Stockyards

37.00-68.00 †

MO-KAN Livestock Auction

38.00-62.50 †

Ozarks Regional

South Central Regional Stockyards - Vienna Not Reported † Springfield Livestock Marketing Center

No Sale - Holiday †

cow/calf

100

120

pairs

(Week of 9/2/18 to 9/8/18) Buffalo Livestock Market

None Reported* 1000.00-1275.00 †

Douglas County Livestock

None Reported †

Interstate Regional Stockyards - Cuba Joplin Regional Stockyards

900.00-1050.00 †

Kingsville Livestock Auction

None Reported †

Mid Missouri Stockyards

950.00-1350.00 † Not Reported

South Central Regional Stockyards - Vienna

1650

replacement

2150

cows

(Week of 9/2/18 to 9/8/18) Buffalo Livestock Market

950.00-1055.00*

Douglas County Livestock

925.00-1050.00 †

Interstate Regional Stockyards

Prices reported per cwt

935.00-1300.00 †

Joplin Regional

530.00-1200.00 †

975.00-1260.00 † 600.00-1700.00 †

Ozarks Regional South Central Regional Stockyards - vienna

Not Reported †

Springfield Livestock Marketing Center

No Sale - Holiday †

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1550

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Steers, Med. & Lg. 1

Holsteins, Lg. 3

985.00-1135.00 †

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550

2650

Heifers, Med. & Lg. 1

2050

2550

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

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Receipts: 788 Supply was good and demand was moderate with a near full house on hand at the beginning of the sale. Lamb markets were steady to 30.00 higher, ewes were mostly steady, kids held mostly steady to 20.00 higher. The remainder of the markets held mostly steady compared to last month. Supply was made up of about 31 percent kid goats, 17 percent Does and Bucks, 27 percent lambs, and 6 percent ewes and rams. All prices are per hundred weight (CWT) unless noted otherwise. SHEEP: Feeder Hair Lambs: Medium and large 1-2 30-55 lbs 160.00-195.00. Medium and large 2-3 35-57 lbs 150.00155.00. Slaughter wool lambs: Prime 2-4 62-70 lbs 135.00140.00; 100-175 lbs 105.00-120.00; 225 lbs 35.00. Good 1-2 96 lbs 85.00. Slaughter Hair Lambs: Prime 2-4 58-62 lbs 200.00205.00. Choice 2-3 60-95 lbs 125.00-145.00. Good 1-2 85-95 lbs 110.00-115.00. Replacement Hair Ewes: Medium and Large 1-2 85-130 lbs 55.00-75.00. Medium and Large 2-3 65-78 lbs 80.00110.00. Replacement Wool Ewes: Medium and large 2-3 145-172 lbs 45.00-80.00. Replacement Wool Rams: Large 1-2 305-315 lbs 55.0080.00.

GOATS: Feeder kids: Selection 2 55.00-65.00 Per Head. Feeder kids: Selection 1 28-41 lbs 230.00-260.00. Selection 2 30-40 lbs 210.00-225.00. Selection 3 28-45 lbs 130.00-160.00. Slaughter Kids: Selection 1 40-78 lbs 220.00-245.00; 68-125 lbs 185.00-200.00. Selection 2 40-87 lbs 190.00225.00. Selection 3 40-80 lbs 112.00-165.00. Replacement does: Selection 1 105-135 lbs 170.00195.00; 210 Per Head. Selection 2 60-155 lbs 117.50145.00. Few Families, Does with twin kids: Selection 2 40.0090.00 Per Head. Slaughter Does: Selection 2 65-110 lbs 100.00-115.00. Selection 3 55-120 lbs 65.00-95.00. Replacement Bucks: Selection 1 80-120 lbs 205.00240.00; 70-215 lbs 130.00-177.50. Slaughter Bucks: Selection 2 and 3 60-235 lbs 100.00145.00. Buffalo, Mo. • Buffalo Livestock Market

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Buffalo Livestock Auction* 9/8/18

Butler Mo-Kan Livestock† 9/6/18

Cuba Interstate Regional† 9/4/18

1,444

707

856

587

St-4 Higher

Steady

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183.00-197.00 170.00-184.00 162.00-176.00 153.50-165.25 147.00-152.50

181.00-217.00 165.00-182.00 158.00-178.00 148.00-159.50 145.00-146.50

189.00 170.00-185.00 162.00-175.00 152.00-163.50 147.00

175.00-200.00 160.00-183.00 152.00-163.50 150.00-151.50 -----

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156.00-160.00 145.00-156.00 142.50-154.50 141.00-149.00 -----

145.00-166.00 138.00-160.00 138.00-154.00 135.00-148.00 126.00-132.00

161.00 159.00-163.00 ----141.00-143.00 133.25

152.00-165.00 143.00-159.50 135.00-147.50 130.00-133.00 136.00

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Joplin Regional Stockyards† -----

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Mid Missouri Stockyards* 9/6/18

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530

1,301

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Steady

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178.50 185.00-190.00 178.00-179.50 162.50-174.00 161.25

175.00-200.00 164.00-187.00 155.00-174.00 148.00-166.00 142.00-152.00

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85.00-90.00 85.00-90.00 82.00-88.00 80.00-85.00 80.00-85.00

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150.00-165.00 150.00-165.00 142.00-152.00 135.00-150.00 130.00-141.00

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Receipts: 1,143 Supply moderate. Demand moderate to good. All prices are per hundred weight (CWT) unless noted otherwise. SHEEP: Feeder Lambs: hair lambs: Medium and Large 1-2 30-50 lbs 170.00-183.00, Pkg 36 lbs 227.50. Medium and Large 2-3 38-59 lbs 150.00-167.50. Small 2-3 Couple Pkgs 120.00-130.00. Slaughter wool lambs: Choice and Prime 2-3 Few 75-98 lbs 130.00-139.00. Choice 1-2 couple Pkgs 105-120 lbs 125.00-126.00. Slaughter Hair Lambs: Choice and Prime 2-4 60-74 lbs 150.00-161.00. Choice 2-3 60-90 lbs 130.00-149.00. Replacement Hair Ewes: Medium and Large 1-2 48-120 lbs 97.50-117.50, Pkg 123 lbs 82.50. Hair Sheep Families: Medium and Large 1-2 Pkg 120 lbs 140.00. Slaughter Ewes: Good and Choice 2-3 81-133 lbs 60.0066.00. Utility and Good 1-2 Few 102-138 lbs 40.00. Replacement Hair Rams: Medium and Large 1-2 75-120 lbs 107.50-142.50, Pkg 115 lbs 217.50. Slaughter Rams: 105-230 lbs 40.00-51.50. GOATS: Feeder Kids: Selection 1 31-44 lbs 200.00-225.00, Few 30-50 lbs 240.00-260.00. Selection 2 38-50 lbs 172.50-192.50. Selection 3 29-57 lbs 120.00-157.50, Few 95.00-102.50.

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Springfield Livestock Marketing Center

sheep &

Diamond, Mo. • TS Whites Sheep and Goat Sale

1275.00-1535.00 †

Ozarks Regional Stockyards

650

8/28/18

Receipts: 797 The supply was heavy and included four small herd dispersals. The demand was moderate to light with 09 percent springer heifers, 11 percent bred heifers, 21 percent open heifers, 11 percent fresh and milking cows, 10 percent bred and springer cows and 05 percent baby calves. The balance was steers, bulls and slaughter cows. Prices reported are on a per head basis and for Holsteins unless noted otherwise. Springer Heifers bred seven to nine months: Supreme 1000.00-1350.00, Approved 750.00- 950.00, crossbreds 700.00-850.00, Medium 675.00-725.00, Crossbreds 575.00-680.00, Common 250.00-450.00, crossbreds 150.00-525.00. Heifers bred three to six months: Supreme 950.001175.00, few crossbreds 885.00-900.00, Approved 725.00-900.00, crossbreds 800.00-835.00, Medium 510.00- 700.00, few crossbreds 550.00-600.00, Common few 150.00-290.00. Heifers bred one to three months: Scarce Open Heifers: Approved: 165-285 lbs 220.00-250.00, Jerseys 160.00-350.00, crossbreds 140.00-320.00, 319-400 lbs 280.00-350.00, ind Jerseys 300 lbs 330.00, Ind crossbred 330 lbs 270.00, 420-498 lbs 400.00-450.00. ind Jersey 499 lbs 640.00, crossbreds 360.00-410.00, 503-595 lbs 430.00-500.00, crossbreds 455.00-590.00, 612-696 lbs 570.00-580.00, ind Jersey 635 lbs 580.00, few crossbreds 500.00-560.00, ind 705 lbs 620.00, ind Jersey 715 lbs 520.00. Medium: 305-360 lbs 210.00-250.00, ind Jersey 325 lbs 230.00, 448-460 lbs 240.0 -300.00, ind 595 lbs 260.00, ind crossbred 510 lbs 370.00, 612-690 lbs 450.00-500.00. Replacement Cows: Fresh and Milking Cows: Supreme 1000.00-1325.00, few crossbreds 1200.00-1375.00.

Approved 725.00-850.00, ind Jersey 950.00, crossbreds 775.00-850.00, Medium 625.00-725.00, few crossbreds 625.00, Common 385.00-550.00. Springer Cows: Supreme 825.00-950.00, crossbreds 775.00-925.00, Approved 725.00-775.00, Jerseys 650.00700.00, Medium 600.00-660.00, few jerseys 525.00550.00, crossbreds 520.00-675.00. Bred Cows: Supreme few crossbreds 900.00-925.00, Approved ind Jersey 775.00, Medium 510.00-675.00, ind Jersey 625.00, crossbreds 525.00-650.00, Common 500.00-525.00, ind Jersey 500.00. Baby Calves: Holstein heifers- 100.00-130.00, Holstein bulls - 70.00-80.00, ind small 20.00, Jersey heifers - ind 75.00, Jersey bulls - 10.00-65.00, crossbred heifers- 75.0080.00, crossbred bulls - 75.00-105.00, beef cross heifers 120.00-220.00, beef cross bulls 70.00-135.00.

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9/9/18

5 Area (Tx-Ok, Ks, Neb, Ia, Colo) Live Basis Sales - Over 80% Choice Steers: 106.00-109.00; wtd. avg. price 107.49. Heifers: 106.00-108.00; wtd. avg. price 107.67. Dressed Basis Sales - Over 80% Choice Steers: 168.00-173.00; wtd. avg. price 170.25. Heifers: 169.00-173.00; wtd. avg. price 170.01.

65.00-88.00 † 70.50-86.00

Joplin Regional Stockyards

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reports

mbs: Choice and Prime 2-3 Few 75-98 Choice 1-2 couple Pkgs 105-120 lbs

mbs: Choice and Prime 2-4 60-74 lbs oice 2-3 60-90 lbs 130.00-149.00. Ewes: Medium and Large 1-2 48-120 kg 123 lbs 82.50. es: Medium and Large 1-2 Pkg 120 lbs

ood and Choice 2-3 81-133 lbs 60.00Good 1-2 Few 102-138 lbs 40.00. Rams: Medium and Large 1-2 75-120 Pkg 115 lbs 217.50. 05-230 lbs 40.00-51.50.

tion 1 31-44 lbs 200.00-225.00, 00-260.00. Selection 2 38-50 lbs ection 3 29-57 lbs 120.00-157.50, Few

Western Cornbelt Daily Direct Hog Report

9/10/18

Negotiated Purchase (Including Packer Sold) Barrows & Gilts (carcass basis): 4,500 Compared to Prior Day’s closing weighted average (LM_ HG208): no comparison Price Range: $30.00 - $35.10. Wtd Avg: $31.61. 5 Day Rolling Avg: $29.47. Western Cornbelt Daily Direct Sow & Boar Report

9/10/18

Sows Negotiated Purchase (Including Packer Sold) Sows Purchased (Live and Carcass Basis): 2,563 300-399 lbs: 13.00-32.00. 400-449 lbs: 13.00-33.00. 450-499 lbs: 15.00-34.00. 500-549 lbs: 20.00-34.50. 550/up lbs: 29.32-35.00.

rices Mid Missouri Stockyards* 9/6/18

Springfield Livestock Marketing† 9/5/18

530

1,301

860

Steady

178.50 85.00-190.00 78.00-179.50 62.50-174.00 161.25

175.00-200.00 164.00-187.00 155.00-174.00 148.00-166.00 142.00-152.00

174.00-198.00 160.00-174.00 150.00-172.00 150.00-167.50 141.00-155.25

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163.00 144.50-160.00 145.00-150.50 139.00-149.00 129.00-142.00

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Ava Kingsville

Mo. Weekly Hay Summary

avg. grain prices

Week Ended 9/7/18 Corn Sorghum*

Soft Wheat

* Price per cwt

heifers 550-600 LBS. Ava Kingsville

7.94

6.22 4.92 4.95 4.97 3.43 3.33 3.22

7.68

7.82

7.96

176.44 165.53

5.65 5.08 3.39

5.82 4.70 3.51

Joplin West Plains

153.16

150.68 154.60 150.44

167.03

154.25

164.14

143.56

162.97

144.69 152.67

155.00 164.07 162.84 179.47 163.85

146.89 153.23 154.36 141.71 142.70

171.97 164.62

147.13

162.53

143.00 *

154.50 163.75 170.58 176.01 157.24

146.65 153.33 155.70 150.00 *

* 156.14

145.55

162.45

145.51 *

169.09 162.01 *** 179.50 164.15

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165.52

7.61

Cuba Vienna

149.25

Butler Springfield

145.99

162.94

Joplin West Plains

162.00

Cuba Vienna

168.99

9/7/18

As expected drought conditions once again showed some slight improvement this week. There is still 60 percent of the state officially in drought status with nearly 20 more still considered abnormally dry as it just takes a lot of precipitation to replenish following such an extended period of little to no moisture. Weather conditions however have made a major U-turn as heavy rains and runoff have caused flash flooding in areas now and many are expecting several inches of rain over the next days as remnants of Tropical Storm Gordon pass over the state. Another twist in what was unexpected just a few short weeks ago is several producers mostly those in non-grain production areas have pulled hay equipment back out and trying to add to their meager hay plies. Farmers should take note there have been multiple reports of army worms now in southwest and south central parts of the state in some cases infestation has reached thresholds for spraying. Hay demand is good, supply is light and hay prices are steady. The Missouri Department of Agriculture has a hay directory available for both buyers and sellers. To be listed, or for a directory visit http://mda.mo.gov/abd/haydirectory/ for listings of hay http://agebb.missouri.edu/haylst/ (All prices f.o.b. and per ton unless specified and on most recent reported sales price listed as round bales based generally on 5x6 bales with weights of approximately 1200-1500 lbs). Supreme quality Alfalfa (RFV <185): 180.00-250.00. Small squares 7.00-9.00 per bale. Premium quality Alfalfa (RFV 170-180): 160.00-200.00. Good quality Alfalfa (RFV 150-170): 120.00-160.00. Small squares 5.00-7.00 per bale. Fair quality Alfalfa (RFV 130-150): 100.00-120.00. Good quality Mixed Grass hay: 100.00-200.00. Small squares 5.007.00 per bale (some alfalfa/grass mix). Fair to Good quality Mixed Grass hay: 80.00-150.00. Small squares 4.00-5.50 per bale. Fair quality Mixed Grass hay: 40.00-75.00 per large round bale. Good quality Bromegrass: 120.00-150.00. Fair to Good quality Bromegrass: 60.00-100.00. Wheat straw: 2.00-6.00 per small square bale.

Butler Springfield

161.39

hay & grain markets

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steers 550-600 LBS.

Week of 8/12/18

r lambs: Medium and Large 1-2 30-50 Pkg 36 lbs 227.50. Medium and Large 0-167.50. Small 2-3 Couple Pkgs

Cheese: Barrels closed at $1.5000 and 40# blocks at $1.6625. The weekly $100 average for barrels is $1.5844 (-.0346) and blocks, $1.6794 (+.0074). Fluid Milk: Heat and humidity, in the Central and Eastern regions, continue to hinder milk output. Between seasonal milk downturns and school related bottling upticks, processing plants are receiving noticeably lower milk volumes. Midwestern cheese producers reported spot milk loads from $1 to $2 over Class III. Western milk volumes vary by location, but most reports are steady to lower. Bottlers have ramped up across much of the nation as nearly all K-12 schools have opened on or by this week. Flooding in Wisconsin caused multiple plants to temporarily shut down, creating further difficulties for milk and cream handlers in the area. Hauling/trucking problems continue to be regularly reported across the dairy markets. However, Gulf Coast contacts report milk haulers have had few issues during Tropical Storm Gordon late last week. Cream, unlike fluid milk, has become more available in recent weeks. As ice cream manufacturing has slowed, and milkfat is being spun off of school milk, cream prices have held steady or slipped slightly from last week. F.O.B. cream multiples are 1.22-1.35 in the East, 1.22-1.33 in the Midwest, and 1.10-1.27 in the West. SPOT PRICES OF CLASS II CREAM: $ PER POUND BUTTERFAT, F.O.B., producing plants, Midwestern U.S. - $2.8615 - $3.0204.

Week of 8/19/18

Demand moderate to good. All prices eight (CWT) unless noted otherwise.

Receipts This Week: 105,244 Trends Compared To Last Week: Early weaned pigs 3.00 per head higher. All feeder pigs steady on light receipts. Demand good to moderate for moderate offerings. Receipts include 43% formulated prices. Volume By State Or Province Of Origin: Missouri 11.1% Total Composite Weighted Average Receipts and Price (Formula and Cash): All Early Weaned Pigs: 96793 at 30.96 All 40 Pound Feeder Pigs: 8451 at 21.87

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Week of 9/2/18

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dairy & fed cattle

National Dairy Market

$190

Week of 8/12/18

election 2 65-110 lbs 100.00-115.00. lbs 65.00-95.00. ks: Selection 1 80-120 lbs 205.00130.00-177.50. Selection 2 and 3 60-235 lbs 100.00-

Slaughter Goats: Selection 1 42-66 lbs 200.00-235.00. Selection 2 53-93 lbs 170.00-197.50. Selection 3 50-103 lbs 145.00-168.00. Replacement Does: Selection 1-2 Few 80-110 lbs 145.00-175.00, Pkg 65 lbs 240.00. Selection 2 75-138 lbs 117.50-127.50. Slaughter Does: Selection 2 55-118 lbs 125.00-137.50. Selection 3 65-130 lbs 85.00-117.50. Replacement Bucks: Selection 1 Few 130-145 lbs 152.50-160.00. Ind 110 lbs 300.00 per head. Slaughter Bucks: Selection 2 Few 80-155 lbs 146.00161.00. Selection 3 Couple 68-100 lbs 107.50-120.00.

Week of 8/19/18

s with twin kids: Selection 2 40.00-

550-600 lb. steers

$235

Week of 8/26/18

lection 1 40-78 lbs 220.00-245.00; 200.00. Selection 2 40-87 lbs 190.0040-80 lbs 112.00-165.00. Selection 1 105-135 lbs 170.00ad. Selection 2 60-155 lbs 117.50-

24 Month Avg. -

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Week of 9/2/18

tion 2 55.00-65.00 Per Head. tion 1 28-41 lbs 230.00-260.00. Selec0.00-225.00. Selection 3 28-45 lbs

USDA Reported * Independently Reported

140

155 170 185 200 215 * No price reported in weight break **USDA Failed To Report *** No Sale - Holiday

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

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except for the recips, which he will clean up with his Shorthorn bull. “One reason we clean up with a purebred Shorthorn bull is that calf can be registered as Shorthorn Plus, meaning its 50 percent Shorthorn,” he pointed out. “We sell Shorthorn Plus heifers and invite any commercial producers to come out to look at the calves. They will speak for themselves.” Calin and his brothers, Colt and Cody, grew up showing with their dad all over the country, but Calin is the only one of the trio where showing stuck. His year is anchored by shows and an annual production sale. For example, in early December at Wellington, Mo., which is located near Kansas City, he and a few other producers will have show heifers, bred heifers and cow/calf pairs for sale. Calin has calves priced for anyone’s budget, all with good genetics. “That will help kids get started. I can make a little money and have some fun. Any kid who buys a heifer from us, any questions they have we’ll answer. We’ll try to help them at a show and get ready for one,” Calin said. SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

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Kris Sisseck, left, and Heather Vestal show some of the products created from pecans at True Missouri Pecans in Nevada, Mo.

Golden, flavorful and loaded facility since it opened in January. Their nut product line includes halves, with health benefits. The native Missouri pecan is a popular ingredient large and medium pieces packaged in bakers love to add to their homemade 30-pound boxes or 1-pound vacuum cookies and candies during the holiday sealed bags. They recently added a new season. Their robust flavor coupled with product, an all-natural, cold-pressed penutritional benefits make it a delicious can oil. Ozarks Farm & Neighbor spoke with and healthy food option. True Missouri Pecans, LLC., located Kris Sisseck, plant manager, production in Nevada, Mo., officially opened their and sales oversight; and Heather Vestal, doors in January 2018. The business is office manager and sales representative. “To my knowledge, this is the healthiowned by Brantley True Johnson who also owns Farmers Ag & Grain Supply est oil on the market. I can’t stress enough that it is cold pressed. No steam and no in Deerfield and Nevada, Mo. Brantley has been picking pecans from additives. It is not shelf-stable so it must be Missouri farmers and selling them to refrigerated at all times, ” Kris explained. “It’s a liquid pecan,” Heather added. large, wholesale companies in Texas for Ninety-eight percent of their pecans are more than 15 years. He transitioned into the retail side harvested from native, 100-year-old trees, not commercial groves. Although the when he started True Misnuts from the native trees are smaller, souri Pecans. The company Kris has found them to be more flatakes pride in the fact they vorful and have a higher oil cononly harvest, process and sell tent. The more oil that can be pecans grown in Missouri. extracted from a nut, the more In 2017, they picked more health benefits it will provide. than one million pounds of Nevada, Mo. “K-State has my oil right pecans. They have processed now and I am waiting for a around 400,000 pounds in their Ozarks Farm & Neighbor • www.ozarksfn.com

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meet your neighbors full analysis to come back. A lot of the vitamins are literally off the charts, including Vitamin E and D,” Kris said. Pecans are a seasonal product, with 90 percent of sales occurring August through December. Their eight pickers start harvesting around Oct. 1 through May 1. The employees drive climate-controlled tractors with picking and shaking attachments. First, the pecans are shaken out of the tree with the Savage Tree Shaker. Once the pecans are on the ground, another tractor picks them up with a Savage Picker and dumps them into a bulk wagon or semi. From there, the pecans are transported to the processing facility. “We can process 5,000 pounds per day. We do not work weekends, so on 240 working day schedule, we can process 1.2 million pounds of pecans per year,” Kris said. The whole pecans are sorted by size and cleaned upon their arrival. They are submerged in 180 degree water for sani-

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tation. They do not use bleach or chemicals. This removes salmonella, E Coli, animal feces, and dirt from the nut. After the pecans are sanitized, they go directly into the shelling machines . These machines will crack, shell, shake, dry, and sort the pecan meat by size.

The packaged pecan meats are stored in refrigeration at 35 degrees or below. The in-shell pecans must be stored at 45 degrees or below or the meats will turn brown and lose flavor. “People not from pecan country think pecans are dark brown because that is

Of all tree nuts grown in Missouri,

pecans had the highest acreage in 2012. Total Missouri pecan acreage – aggregate bearing and non-bearing acreage – exceeded 11,000 acres during 2012.

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In the final phase of production, the pecan meats travel across a conveyer belt and any small shell pieces are picked out by hand. After this, they are inspected, boxed and ready to be sold. “The pecans are dried to 4.5 percent moisture. I like them a touch drier so they don’t mold,” Kris said.

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“It is not necessarily weight, but there is a lot of by-product. The shell can be used for mulch and sandblasting. We are burning the shell to heat our water. We are extremely efficient here. We are eventually going to burn the shell to heat our dryers too,” Kris explained. Keeping the facility sanitized is the most important aspect of the job, Kris noted. The facility, including equipment, floors and buckets are cleaned daily. Visitors are kept at a minimum to prevent contaminants and keep the product safe. True Missouri Pecans is not certified organic only because they apply nitrate to their trees to increase yields. Kris said the operation does not have plans to go organic in the future. Since they are a new retail company, they have been using Facebook page to promote their nuts and oil to the public. They hope to soon see their products on the shelves at local stores and plan to expand into the Northeast, Northwest and foreign markets.

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in cash. However, there are many other sceOne of the most useful tools in the narios that point out the risks associated with finance world is the line of credit the LOC. (LOC). This is a commitment to loan up The LOC can make it difficult to tell if to a specified amount of money to an indithe producer is operating at a loss. As notvidual or entity. ed above, the cash cycle for a corn and/or The debt can be borrowed, then paid soybean crop can be pretty long. When a down, then borrowed again – many times producer overlaps that with the cash cycle at the borrower’s discretion. Additionally, for a wheat crop, which starts during a difan LOC is generally secured by short-term ferent time of the year, it’s virtually imposassets like accounts receivable and inventosible to use the checkbook to determine ries. However, it can also use other forms of whether they’re profitable or not. Operating collateral like equipment and real estate. Joel Maneval is the losses could be happening, which won’t be Generally speaking, the LOC is used to fiAgricultural/Commerdiscovered until after they’ve occurred. The nance operating expenses – making it a very cial Lender at Arvest evidence will be a higher residual balance in helpful instrument in the “cash cycle” of a Bank in Joplin, Mo. the LOC. This makes it imperative that the farm operation. For the crop producer, the He and his wife, Tami, producer knows their true operating costs cash cycle starts when funds are used to pay have a small farm with and the prices at which they need to sell in for the next round of crop inputs like seed, their two sons near Jasorder to lock in profits. fertilizer, chemicals, etc. For corn and soyper, Mo., where they Also, the LOC can be used for making beans, this could start with prepaid expenses have beef cows and equipment or real estate purchases, rather right before the calendar year-end. Boer goats. than operating expenses. The cycle then extends through the plantOne might say, “I paid cash for that planter ing season as additional inputs are purchased. It moves on into the growing season, when additional fertilizer (or tractor, or farm, etc.).” And, there may have been cash in the applications and weed control measures occur. Then comes the checking account at the time of the purchase. But, if there was an harvest – when the inputs are officially converted into inventory. outstanding balance on the LOC at the same time, should that Depending on the borrower’s marketing plan, that crop may cash be used to purchase a longer-term asset rather than pay back get sold at harvest – or it could be held for an extended period the LOC? We’ve already noted that it’s hard to tell if one is netafter harvest to take advantage of higher prices. Even if the ting a profit by just looking at the checkbook. Unfortunately, many producers can easily justify “cash” purcrop is sold at harvest, some producers may defer their income until after the first of the year. The important thing to note chases, only to find their LOC has a higher balance at the end is that the cash cycle ends when the last of the crop has been of the cash cycle. Most of the time, that wasn’t excess “cash” as a result of operating profits. That cash should have been paid sold and the payment has been received. So, from beginning to end, a crop producer’s cash cycle can down on the LOC. If the producer really needed the equipment or farm that was last six to 18 months or more. The longer the cycle, the greater the demand for cash along the way. And, funding gaps can cer- purchased, then longer-term financing should have been utitainly arise depending on how much cash or marketable assets lized instead. In summary, the LOC is a powerful and useful tool to help a given producer has during this cycle. Here is where the LOC becomes a very useful tool for today’s today’s ag producer fill in the funding gaps of long cash cycles. ag producer. In one scenario, inventories from the previous While there are many opportunities associated with this incrop year may already be sold for a later delivery date. How- strument, many risks are found as well. If each producer will work to manage this tool properly, they ever, cash is needed now to buy fertilizer. An advance from the LOC can be used to pay for the fertilizer and allow the will reduce their chances of falling into pitfalls like those menproducer to follow through with the marketing plan. Once the tioned above. And, they will be positioned to benefit from the previous crop is sold and payment is received, the producer opportunities as well. Joel Maneval is the agricultural/commercial Lender at Arvest can take those proceeds and pay down the LOC. There are many scenarios like this that demonstrate how the Bank in Joplin. He and his wife, Tami, have a small farm with their LOC can be an effective apparatus for funding short-term gaps two sons near Jasper, Mo., where they have beef cattle.

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n the last few years there has been a lot of discussion and articles about women farmers being on the increase. Every time I read one of these articles, I laugh to myself and think “women have been there the whole time” Why haven’t all of the people talking about this “new trend” ever noticed the active role that farm wives have always played? I’ve been an agricultural lender for 25-plus years, and in almost every farm meeting I have ever had, both husband and wife were present. Kathy Daily is the Wives have been operating the farm right alongSenior Vice President side their husband for hundreds of years. Maybe of First Financial Bank’s their roles are different than their husbands, but Farm and Ranch Divithat doesn’t make them any less of a farmer. sion. She has been an Some may have the role of bookkeeper, crew agricultural lender for caterer, herdswoman, nursery operator, parts more than 25 years. delivery, hay baler, grain truck driver, marketer, lawns keeper, counselor, nurse, or a multitude of other jobs, but you can bet that their names can usually be found on the farm’s debts alongside their husband’s. So why don’t people see them as farmers? There are some wives who have taken off-farm jobs, but that isn’t usually by choice. When women take off-farm jobs, it is most likely to get affordable insurance for their family. Those wives can usually be found working on the farm in the evenings and weekends. Yes, there are some women who own their own farms, whether through the death of a spouse, inheritance, or just a desire to grow vegetables for their community. Statistics show that most women owned farms have annual sales of less than $10,000. According to the 2012 Census, 30 percent of U.S. farmers are women, but they only control 7 percent of U.S. farmland. The term “women farmers” is generally only given to the women who are the principal operators. But folks, can you name a woman that hasn’t let her husband think he is in charge? The next time you are on a farm, see if you can spot the invisible women operators. They can usually be found working hard right alongside the “principal operator” and stressed about the lack of rain, abundance of rain, low commodity prices, or the late payment on the tractor just like their male counterparts.

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The basic management tool can mean the difference between profit and loss Most cattle producers understand the importance of having productive cows as members of their herd. To ensure they are keeping only productive cows that are worthy of investment, producers should make pregnancy checks part of their management plan. “Preg checking cows is a pretty basic management tool that most farmers should adopt. It costs essentially the same to run an open cow as it does a bred cow for a year and the open cow isn’t going to produce a calf for you to sell and create income,” Andy McCorkill, livestock specialist with the University of Missouri Extension, said. “This year, more than most, it is going to be an important tool in planning for fall and winter forage availability; grass is short, and hay is expensive because we had a poor spring for raising hay and no rain all summer, so there just isn’t much hay out there to purchase worth the money. If we can determine what females in the herd aren’t working for us and just aren’t productive, we can cull them and focus our inputs on those animals that will perform, saving on winter feeding expenses. Saving on the winter feed bill is going to be a major key to staying profitable this year.”

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Preg checking will also help with not just profitability, but also will ensure a smooth start to calving season. “Diagnosing pregnancy is an important practice in cattle production. First, it gives the producer a time frame for when to expect calving,” explained Dr. Heidi Ward, assistant professor and veterinarian with the University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service. “Knowing the estimated calving date will allow the producer to observe the cows for potential problems such as calving difficulty or not producing milk.” There are some different techniques for preg checking cows, including rectal palpitation, which is the most commonly used method, ultrasound and blood tests. “Pregnancy and stage of gestation can be determined using ultrasound or rectal palpation,” explained Ward. “Although a blood test can confirm conception, it doesn’t necessarily mean the animal is pregnant, especially for first-calf heifers that are at a higher risk of early pregnancy loss. Ultrasound is more accurate and can detect pregnancy as early as 13 days after breeding.” While just one pregnancy check for the whole herd is usually adequate, some situations might require additional checks. “In some instances, there might be the need or desire for multiple preg checks

“We check the body condition on our cattle and try to get that up. We’ll also give them their yearly round of vaccinations in the fall, usually about November.” Brad Eden Webster County, Mo.

at different stages; that’s the case with the Show-Me Select Heifer Program,” McCorkill said. “We require the heifers be preg checked early, by 90 days from the start of the breeding season, and then again shortly before they are sold. The early preg check helps us to narrow down the calving date much closer, to a matter of days in many instances with the use of ultrasound, and the later one just before the sale helps to confirm the heifer is still bred and by that time she should be far enough along to feel pretty certain she will have a calf. Using ultrasound in the appropriate window early in the pregnancy also provided the ability to sex the calf with a high degree of certainty.” Smaller producers might wonder if pregnancy checking is a cost-effective practice. “It is cost effective for small producers and quite possibly more important to them than others,” McCorkill said. “Most estimates put the feeding costs of carrying a beef cow somewhere above $300/year. That figure doesn’t include other costs associated with keeping her for the year so the number climbs rapidly from there. That expense is there whether she raises a calf every year or not. Compared to that, spending less than $10 to get them preg checked is a

pretty nominal expense. Hopefully you will find that 90 percent or better of your cows are bred to calve within your defined calving season.” Once producers have made the decision to invest in pregnancy checks, there is some amount of preparation to ensure that the process goes smoothly. “Have adequate working facilities,” McCorkill advised. The working area should be clean and free of obstructions. Record keeping is also important for preg checking success. “Producers should know the approximate date of breeding to know the best time to have the cows preg checked. Working cattle through the chute is stressful, so getting it right the first time is best,” Ward said. “When it comes down to it, there are a number of reasons to preg check the cow herd, all revolving around simplifying management, targeting feeding to the appropriate nutritional level, and timely marketing of culls, all important to cutting expenses, increasing income or both,” McCorkill said. Producers should consult their veterinarian to schedule their herd’s preg check appointment, and to make sure their herd is up to date on vaccinations to present disease related abortion risks.

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“Rotational grazing will nearly double utilization,” Schnakenberg said. “Strip grazing or multiple paddocks work exceptionally well for rationing out stockpiled fescue. If you have Bermuda fields, don’t forget that you can also stockpile them using nitrogen and closing gates.” Producers should consider planting additional forages for fall and winter to help with the lack of forage now. “Consider seeding poor stands of fescue with winter annuals. Do not seed annuals into strong stands of fescue. If it rains, the fescue will out-compete emerging seedlings, if it doesn’t rain, those seeds won’t germinate well,” Schnakenberg said. “Unless producers can find enough hay, their only option (before selling livestock) is to try to grow more forage for fall and winter,” said Jennings. “Our research has shown good fall forage production from brassicas, rye, wheat, and spring or winter oats planted in September. These should be planted on lightly disked soil and fertilized at planting. No-till planting works as well, but fields should be sprayed first with glyphosate to make sure weeds and sod don’t outcompete the winter annual forages. Oat and brassica have the highest and earliest fall growth potential followed by rye then by wheat. Ryegrass produces less fall growth but seed cost per acre is lower. Early planted oat may grow large enough to winterkill but can offer much more fall forage to graze. Planting some acres early to brassica or oat and other acreage later to rye, wheat, or ryegrass spreads out production and risk. Specific planting information can be obtained through the county Extension office.”

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Bulls make up half the genetic material in a cattle operation, so off-season bull health and management is important to protect an investment. However, not all producers need to consider the same off-season management techniques. There are many factors to consider which they will vary across operations. For instance, young bulls will require additional attention in the off-season compared to mature bulls. With that in mind, there are a few factors that all producers should consider post-breeding season.

Sorting

Generally, at the close of breeding season, bulls should be pulled from the rest of the herd. Separating bulls from the rest of the herd ensures they are kept in moderate body condition and minimizes the chance of injury. The first thing to do post breeding season is determine the body condition score (BCS) and begin sorting bulls, typically, into three different categories. Bulls should be categorized based on maturity and maintenance, age and special requirements (additional quality feed, young bulls, etc.), and cull stock. The cull stock should consist of old or crippled bulls that have completed their reproductive years and need to be removed from the breeding stock. After culling, it’s important to determine the number of bulls an operation will require for the next season and determine a strategy early for replacement.

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Some animal nutritionists recommend a bull be fed 2 percent of its body weight in feedstuffs daily. All bulls should have access to quality mineral mix. Phosphorus is a mineral that is often not found in adequate amounts in dry or harvested forage. Another important vitamin for reproduction is Vitamin A; which is typically found

in growing forage or high-quality hay. According to the Noble Research Institute, it is not uncommon for a bull to lose one to one-and-a-half body condition points during a tightly controlled breeding season. For most healthy bulls, this isn’t an issue and they should be able to recover fairly quickly without a lot of supplemental nutrition. However, if it is the first or second breeding season for a young bull then additional supplemental nutrition would likely be required to fully recover. Consider additional supplemental nutrition prior to the first frost of the year. Research indicates that it is far easier to increase BCS in the growing season vs. the winter months. It is recommended to achieve a BCS of 6.5 prior to turnout time in the spring.

Health Management Bulls should receive immunizations in the off-season. All bulls should receive a viral respiratory complex vaccine booster and they should also receive vaccinations to prevent against Leptospirosis and Vibriosis. It’s also important to ensure that bulls have cover in harsh winter conditions. Frostbite can have extreme effects on bull fertility. Every effort should be made to ensure bulls have protection from extreme temperature situation, including wind chill, to avoid the development of fertility problems. Tissue damage from frostbite is clinically indicated if you notice tissue discoloration, scabs, or sloughing of the lower portion of the scrotum. Contact your vet if you suspect frostbite in your bull herd throughout the severe winter months.

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shoulders, front legs and feet. Let’s first take a look at the importance of head size. Considering the size of a bulls head and ensuring it is proportionate to their body structure is important to prevent issues with calving. Pay attention to eye placement as well. The eyes should have enough structure above them that the animal has protection from direct sunlight. Eye cancer is an inheritable trait and most commonly related to sunlight exposure and eye placement. Pay attention to muzzle length too. Verify the muzzle is wide enough for grazing and the lower jaw doesn’t protrude too much. When evaluating the brisket, consider fat deposition. Choose a bull that is trim in the brisket, this helps ensure that the progeny have high-yielding carcass weights. Choose a bull that has naturally sloping shoulders, around 45 degrees is ideal. Bulls that are too straight or too angled in the front legs may be prone to problems down the road, such as arthritis or wearing of the hooves. When viewed from the front, the legs should be straight from the point of the shoulder, through the knee, to the middle of the claw. It’s also important to pay attention to their gait, hind legs and feet, and sheath.

Fertility

Bulls should be breeding about one cow per every month of age, between ages 2 and 4, equating to roughly 25 and 40 cows bred per bull during a breeding season. A semen analysis should be performed on bulls about 30 to 60 days prior to breeding season. Not all producers utilize the breeding soundness exam (BSE), especially those with smaller herds; however, it is one of the most effective ways to determine subfertile or infertile bulls and should be utilized, especially for larger operations.

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Producers in the market for hay should take precautions before taking delivery With the summer drought in the Ozarks, buying hay for the winter could be a slippery slope to navigate. Prices are high, and yields are low, and there are concerns that there’s not enough to go around. Ozarks Farm and Neighbor has compiled some tips to make savvy hay purchases this year. Ask Questions: In order to make sure producers are getting at least adequate quality for their money, they should ask questions of their hay supplier. “Producers have very limited options for buying hay locally due to the low availability. Some questions to ask are the typical ones such as bale size, hay type (fescue, Bermuda, mixed, etc.), forage maturity when harvested, weed content, storage conditions, and when it was baled,” advised John Jennings, professor of forages at the University of Arkansas. If producers are making their purchases from out of state, some additional research might be required. “If buying from Southern states, be aware of the possible importation of fire ants. Check the USDA, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) to determine if the hay is coming from a quarantined county. Ask the supplier to ensure the hay is free of fire ants or that it is certified for movement by the state from which it is shipped,” Jill Scheidt, agronomy specialist with the University of Missouri Extension, said. Get a Hay Test: “Producers should always ask or take a hay test to see what nutritional value that hay will provide and if supplementation is needed,” Scheidt said. Some hay suppliers may offer a hay test along with the purchase, but generally the buyer will have to do the test. “Most hay sellers seldom offer a hay test and those that sell hay only occasionally very likely won’t offer a hay test. Due to the high demand for hay, buyers probably SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

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won’t have the luxury of choosing among those with vs without hay tests. Buyers should plan on testing any hay they buy because the quality of hay will vary widely this year,” Jennings explained. Things to Avoid: “This is a year in which anything will be baled that can hold hay twine. Some will be full of weeds, briars and other foreign material. Certainly avoid hay that has been stored outside uncovered if it is severely rotted,” Jennings cautioned. “Hay quality degrades little when stored in a barn so hay 3 or 4 years old can still be good quality if it was good quality when first stored.” “I tell producers to try and avoid buying low quality feed that will have extensive waste, which could be 30 percent or more,” advised Eldon Cole, livestock specialist with MU Extension. “And I’d avoid hay that looks like it’s been setting in the fence row or under trees for a year or more. Avoid hay that may have weed seeds you do not want spread on your farm, such as Johnsongrass.” Consider the Price: Prices for hay have certainly skyrocketed compared to favorable seasons, so producers should do their best to find a fair price if possible. “When buying older hay, consider the amount of waste and increase in supplementation for cattle in order to determine the price you are willing to pay,” Scheidt said. “And consider the nutritional value of the hay and what type of livestock you intend to feed it to.” “Most commercial hay producers produce a good quality product. Their business depends on word of mouth and repeat customers, so it helps to deal with a hay producer they trust or have done business with in the past,” suggested Jennings. “If possible, buyers should actually look at the hay before buying to see if it acceptable. Hay price is high this year, but hauling costs add up quickly. Sometimes hauling can be negotiated into the purchase price.”

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Black vulture populations are growing, as are the risks to young livestock A vicious bird is being seen more and more in the Ozarks region, and there have been reports of groups attacking young livestock, making it a threat to the agriculture industry. The black vulture, according to Missouri Department of Conservation State Ornithologist Sarah Kendrick, is native to Missouri, but their occurrence in the state is increasing due to expansion of their range since the early 2000s. Prior to 2004, black vultures were only known to breed in the extreme southeast or southern tier of counties in south-central and southwest Missouri. Since that time, their range has crept up into the Ozarks and a fairly large wintering population occurs below Table Rock Lake. Farmers and ranches are feeling the impact of the increased population ‑ and it’s appetite. Producers have reported losses of newborn calves, some hours old or less, and older calves. Black vultures have also attacked cows while calving. Because cows often leave the safety of a herd to calve, they are quickly outnumbered while trying to protect their new calf from the predators. Birds typically attack the eyes of an animal to disorient it before going for the kill. Over the course of two years, Dylan Massa of Liberal, Mo., said his family lost 15 calves to black vultures. “A momma might lay her calf down in the shade and as the day went on, she would move, but the calf would stay,” he told OFN. “She might not get 10 feet away from that calf and they were on it… I saw it happen, my dad saw it happen

and so did my grandpa, but we couldn’t always get to them quick enough to get them away from the calves.” The biggest death-loss years for Massa were in the late summer and early fall of 2011 and 2012. Despite being a threat to livestock, producers like Massa are not allowed to kill the offending birds. The black vulture is protected by federal law under the Migratory Bird Treaty. “The MBTA makes it illegal for anyone to take, possess, import, export, transport, sell, purchase, barter or offer for sale, purchase, or barter, any migratory bird, or the parts, nests or eggs of such a bird without valid federal permits,” Kendrick told Ozarks Farm & Neighbor. “The MBTA was signed 100 years ago this year and protected birds at a time when many species were being killed for their feathers or body parts. The Migratory Bird Treaty was signed in 1916 between the U.S. and Canada (technically Great Britain for Canada) and the MBTA was the law that followed in 1918. Additional treaties were later signed with Mexico, Japan, and Russia to protect our nation’s shared bird species that migrate across borders.” There are an estimated 20 million black vultures worldwide, Kendrick said, and data from annual Breeding Bird Surveys and Christmas Bird Counts show

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an increase in the bird’s population in Missouri in the last 50 years. Missouri Department of Conservation Wildlife Damage Biologist Joshua Wisdom said attacks appear to be more frequent in the early fall and in the spring months, following the migration pattern of the vultures. Calves are not the only targets, according to Wisdom. Goat kids and lambs are much smaller than calves, making them easy targets for vultures.

Deterring birds Both Wisdom and Kendrick said there is no “silver bullet” to end the issue between livestock producers and the black vulture, but there are options. Every case is different, Wisdom said, when trying to keep vultures away from pastures and livestock, but what seems to be the most effective is an effigy. “It works better if you can take an animal from that group or flock and hang it in a tree, but you’ll need a permit for that,” Wisdom said. “Hanging the dead bird in a prominent location as an effigy where the other vultures will see may keep them from returning,” Kendrick added. Effigies can also be Canada goose decoys or wings attached to bowling pins that are painted black. SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

farm help “I’ve also seen silhouettes made out of plywood or rubber matting,” Wisdom said. “There are also Halloween decorations that look like vultures, and people have had some success with those.” The harassment of birds is also legal, as long as birds are not being injured or killed. “You can shoot pyrotechnics in the air, shoot guns in the air, bang pots and pans together, shoot a cannon or whatever,” Wisdom said. “If birds are roosting on top of your barn or hanging out in tree tops, you can use a green or a red laser.” Kendrick said green or red 200mW laser can spook the birds, and are not hard to find. However, lasers have to be used in low-light conditions to work well. The removal of dead tress from along fence lines dramatically reduced the number of birds spotted on the Messa farm, and they have had few losses that can be attributed to black vultures since the removal. It’s also recommended that producers move livestock that are close to giving birth or with young off spring to a location that can be closely monitored at all times. “You have a smaller space to monitor,” Wisdom said. “Some of these guys loosing calves aren’t able to check on them multiple times day.” “Flocks of 20 to 50 birds can do some damage, but black vultures’ distribution across the landscape is very sporadic. If you can pen or watch your vulnerable or

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Getting a permit Producers may apply for a depredation permit through the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Producers must obtain a Form 37 from the USDA Wildlife Service to accompany their permit. State conservation departments do not issue permits. “You’re not going to be able to shoot your way out of this,” Wisdom said. “You’re not going to get 200 birds, and you’re not going to get a permit to do that, but all that information will come from Fish and Wildlife, and they might put restrictions on that permit.” If a producer obtains a permit, they are reminded not to destroy the birds, but use them as an effigy. The permit application-processing fee is typically $100, according to the Fish and Wildlife Service. Kendrick said despite the threat to livestock, the black vulture has its place. “They play an irreplaceable ecological role of reducing disease by removing animal carcasses from the landscape and are amazing creatures,” she said.

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Payments for Livestock Loss The Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP), which is part of the 2014 Farm Bill, provides benefits to livestock producers for deaths in excess of normal mortality caused by adverse weather, attacks by animals reintroduced into the wild by the federal government or protected by federal law, including avian predators. Information from the Farm Service Agency states that livestock owners or contracted growers must provide evidence acceptable to the FSA providing the loss occurred directly caused death. LIP payments for owners are based on national payment rates that are 75 percent of the market value. For more information, contact your local Farm Service Agency.

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Pneumonia

Pneumonia typically presents with clinical indications of coughing or wheezing. This respiratory disease is caused by a bacteria and usually doesn’t result in death. Some strains of pneumonia can be vaccinated against, however, most commonly best practice and herd management is the best way to alleviate any concerns of pneumonia. It’s important to practice good sanitation and isolate infected animals. Providing cover from dusty conditions and dampening soil during periods of drought or extreme temperatures can help protect pigs from pneumonia.

disease; however, if obtained this virus cannot be treated and has high death rates in young pigs. Clinical indications include paralysis, fever, spontaneous abortion or stillborn births in sows. Veterinarians recommend a “zero tolerance policy” when it comes to Pseudorabies because the virus can spread quickly through a herd.

Rhinitis

Vaccination should occur in piglets and in sows. Rhinitis is caused by a bacteria that reduces facial bone structure, particularly the snout, of hogs. Producers should pay attention to consistent sneezing in hogs; however, significance of this disease has declined substantially through the years.

TGE

Transmissible Gastro Enteritis (TGE) is a highly infection diseased caused by the coronavirus. Vaccines are available but the results are variable. It’s important to maintain quality colostrum in sows for transmission to piglets so intramuscular vaccinations tends to have a poor response. The disease causes severe diarrhea and most commonly affects young pigs. Many diseases in swine are based on environment and condition. It’s best to ensure hogs are in clean, sanitary environments with a regular vaccination schedule and proper care.

PRRS

Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS) is a virus that creates a twofold problem. One problem is failure to breed or reproductive problems. The second problem is respiratory disease in pigs. PRRS can occur in hogs at any age and is a worldwide problem. Clinical indications include abortions, mummified pigs, stillbirths, and respiratory issues. Vaccination can occur at any age.

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’79 - 4440 JD - New Air, 9200 hours. asking $22,500.

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