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In This Issue Rumors - Everyone’s Talking About It Just A Thought - Columnists & Editorials Jerry Crownover, Dusty Richards, Lynzee Glass 7-20 Meet Your Neighbors How They’re Doing Things Down the Road Eye on Agribusiness, Ozarks Roots, Town & Country, Agriculture’s Youth 14-15 Markets 21 Ag-Visors - Advice from the Professionals The Udder Side of the Story with Dr. Tim E. O’Neill, DVM 22-26 Farm Help - Making Farming a Little Easier What Do You Say, Farm Calendar and Auction Block 27 Classifieds 2
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’m a logger,’ is a line from an old comedy song that allowed the main character to get out of several predicaments by revealing how tough of an occupation he had. The Department of Labor evidently agrees because the logging category of forestry is always at, or near, the top of their annual survey of the most dangerous professions. Other than farming, I have had more relatives engaged in logging than any other job. One of my uncles logged his entire life, while several of my distant cousins continue to be successful in that industry in other states. One of my father’s cousins even lost his life to a chainsaw accident, which further emphasizes the inherent danger of that industry. My first participation in the logging business was pretty short-lived. I was 12 at the time, and the farm income was less than meager that year. Dad decided that we could supplement our cash flow by logging out the cedar on a remote and steep hillside that we didn’t even have fenced for cattle. Fifty years ago, dad’s chainsaw was a behemoth piece of machinery that was much too heavy
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east or famine sums up things – like the abundance of rain we have had this month. For three summers, we would have given a pretty penny for any part of these rains, but none fell. The year after a cool July followed by a mild August, we are green. Where is this heating they have been preaching to us about? Weather patterns took a new twist just like it has for centuries. Last week, I read the polar bear fuss claiming that endangered bears are part of the dumb heating the earth projection. There are over 30,000 polar bears. That is up sizeable from even 20 years ago. But based on the global warming theory the “experts” counting them say that by 2050 polar bears will be endangered from melting ice. This heating theory is not an absolute deal. No one knows if it is true and many of the calculations they have used were false in proving their point. Every week we hear new discoveries like eating “goat weed” will extend your life. I agree that many things we eat are not good for our health. Just like smoking for example. I smoked but gave it up 25 years ago, but how much better off would I be if I hadn’t smoked at all? I have taken vitamins for years. A while back they came out with a study that said taking vitamins does little for your health. It’s a billion dollar business. I asked my family physician if he read that. He said, “Oh yeah, well take them anyway they won’t kill you and they are cheap to take.” Meaning to me he must of thought they helped keep me ticking and I appreciate that too. So I keep taking them. I expect any day to read they are killing you. My answer to that is something will anyway.
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About four years ago, I was waking up stiff and complained to my doctor. My doctor sent me to another doctor who specializes in arthritis. He took x-rays, said I had it and put me on sulfa. I got much better and was in much less pain. I even stopped taking anything to ease the pain that’s how good I felt. Things went on and he cut the sulfa down. No signs of it. And finally I quit taking anything. I was fine for six weeks, but boy it came back and I was stove up bad. So I am back to taking it – no pain, no swelling and I’ll stay on it. We can all look back and wish we did a better job of taking care of ourselves. Years ago about the only place we got any health advice was in Reader’s Digest. They found out quite fast it sold subscriptions. My wife was an RN and she said every time the magazine came out with a new disease, the doctor she worked for heard, “I must have this Monkey Fever I read about.” Today even the TV news has a health session. TV doctor shows are popular and boy do these pharmaceutical companies have disclaimers on their new drugs. It may scare you from taking them – it does me. So we are protecting polar bears, eating strange food and fruits. We need to be on alert as to which new discovery may be the answer – wait for the next medical alert at 5 and 10 on the news. God bless you and America, Dusty Richards Western novelist Dusty Richards and his wife Pat live on Beaver Lake in northwest Arkansas. For more information about his books you can email Dusty by visiting ozarksfn.com and clicking on ‘Contact Us’ or call 1-866-532-1960.
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ecently I’ve noticed a lot of negative feedback from Chevorlet’s Silverado commercial that was aimed at targeting farmers. The commercial tells the story of a hardworking farmer who is checking his herd of Longhorn cattle in the middle of a rainstorm. The farmer notices a broken fence and a missing calf. He climbs into his 2014 Chevy Silverado and searches as long as it takes until he finds the missing calf. The flaw in the commercial being the farmer finds a Holstein calf. If you log onto YouTube you can read the comments from farmers and ranchers across the country, many people are upset that Chevy doesn’t understand their targeted audience or know the difference between cattle breeds. Yes, any good company should know and understand their target audience and do a little research but isn’t there at least some positive from this commercial? At least farmers and ranchers are
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Maybe running this ad was strictly strategic for Chevy. Perhaps Chevy is trying to step up to the plate the way Dodge did with their 2013 Super Bowl commercial. Are other manufacturers trying to do the same? Even Toyota and Ford have commercials geared toward farmers. Maybe everyone is trying to join the “Year of the Farmer” movement. Farmers and ranchers buy trucks and it only makes sense for truck manufacturers to target farmers and ranchers. So should we expect these manufactures to understand our lifestyle and know how to produce accurate commercials?
We would assume that they understand what it is we are looking for in a farm vehicle as they design and build working trucks that are expected to pull their weight on our farms. But it’s probably a safe bet that the people designing and building these trucks are not the same people designing the ads. And who knows maybe with all the negative feedback Chevy will do a little more research before airing their next ad about farmers resulting in a few more people who understand our industry. There is always a positive light in every situation; we just have to choose to see it that way. Best wishes,
Life is Simple Continued from Page 3 roofing shingles and trim on my house, I also had major damage to four barns and dozens of trees down. Nine of the trees were in the yard and barn area. I had one on top of a barn, another on top of the corral, three on the yard fence and even a tree smack dab in the middle of my wife’s swimming pool. After calling the insurance company, I called a local tree service to make a bid on removal of the trees here at the house and barn. The bid was over $5,600 and my insurance policy capped tree removal at $500. “What are we going to do?” My wife implored. “I’m going to go sharpen the chain on the chainsaw and get started,” I answered matter-of-factly.
“You’re too old to cut all these trees up,” she quickly shot back. “Yes, but I’m too poor to spend $5,000 for something I can do, myself.” In the last 14 days, I have spent $25 on gas and oil, $7 on a new chain file and close to $10 on ibuprofen. The yard and barn area are clear of trees and I realize that my original thought, at age 12, was correct: I am not a logger. Jerry Crownover is a farmer and former professor of Agriculture Education at Missouri State University. He is a native of Baxter County, Arkansas, and an author and professional speaker. To contact Jerry about his books, or to arrange speaking engagements, you may contact him by calling 1-866-5321960 or visiting ozarksfn.com and clicking on ‘Contact Us.’
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Raising for the Rail Yancey Simmental Ranch raises cattle that perform in the plant By Lynlee Franks d Yancey had no idea when he attended graduate school at Kansas State University that he would be gaining more than just an education. Ed met his now wife, Janeal, and later they began Yancey Simmental Ranch in Huntsville, Ark. They have owned 22 acres in Madison County for seven years and keep about six to eight head there. Ed’s parents have 700 plus acres in Searcy County and they keep the rest of their
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herd on that ranch. All together they own about 35 head of Simmental, Red Angus, and Simmental/Angus cross cattle including six bulls. Ed grew up with the breed and always liked them. Janeal grew up in West Texas and was raised on a farm with sheep. Both showed livestock in their youth. Ed now has a PhD., and works for Tyson Foods in Research and Development. His wife, Janeal, also has a PhD., and works at the University of Arkansas. She performs a lot of research in meat science. Both Ed and Janeal contribute education for most of their breed decisions. “We are very pleased with Simmental. They perform as well on the rail as anything. Because of our education and experiences, Janeal and I know what is going on in the plant and we want our cattle to perform in that area,” shared Ed. The other characteristics that Ed and Janeal appreciate in Simmental cattle are their great disposition and high fertility. The weaning weights achieved out of the purebred Simmentals have been notable as well. “We had an Upgrade son that weaned
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ever because of Trichomoniasis in the area,” stated Ed. Ed and Janeal sell their cattle through private treaty. The herd runs on a fescue pasture with some bermuda mixed in. Ed mentioned, “We are moving toward using a program called ‘300 Days of Grazing’ that was created by the Cooperative Extension Service. It combines a fall calving season, rotational grazing and Continued on Page 9
In This Section – Ed and Janeal Yancey strive to produce efficient cattle..........................Above – Billy White is focused on perfecting line breeding on his farm...................p. 8 – Eye on Agribusiness features Berryville Equipment...................................p. 10 – Mammoth Spring State Park hosts many events annually........................p. 11
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– Town and Country features Dustin and Denise Smith..............................p. 13 – Kenny and Lora Crawford show their genetics across the country............p. 16 – The Shockleys’ breed for calving ease, growth and soundness..................p. 18 – Youth in Agriculture spotlights Jessica Crawley........................................p. 20
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pretty cow. When he was 18, he and his dad bought three-quarters of the Limousin bull for their commercial herd. When he got married to Linda, he really wanted a Limousin cow but Linda explained they simply couldn’t afford it. That’s when he decided to save money in a coffee can. In a year and a half he had saved $1,000 and then found a Limousin heifer for $950. She gave birth to a bull calf that he sold for $1,000, which he then used to buy another cow, starting a pattern to help him build his herd.
By Terry Ropp alking to Billy White of Fort Gibson, Okla., can be deceiving. With charm and a gift for language, he can spin great but true tales while lounging in his family antique and memorabilia-filled man cave.
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NEIGHBORS Limousin Legacy Continued from Previous Page Soon thereafter Billy wanted to go to AI school but couldn’t afford it. Eventually his dad offered to pay half, and Rockin’ W Limousin was on its way. Billy began improving his herd but had to use dry ice for the semen which kept it viable for only a day or two because the technology hadn’t been perfected yet. Sensing an opportunity to make more money, he began performing AI for other ranchers. Billy laughed. “I always wear shorts and people look at me with a blank look on their faces when I come to AI, but not for long once they watch me work.” Billy AI’s for FFA and 4-H kids for free. Billy said his location in Fort Gibson, which he described as an unknown spot on the map, caused serious marketability and promotional problems. To help solve the problem, he began a partnership with a man in Lindsay, Okla., a more centralized location. They bought a bull for $3,500, and Billy was sure divorce papers would soon be in the mail. However, within 30 minutes they had a $12,000 verbal contract for semen, and Billy figured his marriage was safe. Then he had to haul the bull to Iowa to get semen collected. Now he sells 20,000 straws a year with demand increasing in spite of the downturn when dairy cattle
flooded the market as many dairies closed. Now Fort Gibson is definitely on the Limousin breeders’ map. Currently Billy is studying line breeding. He explained that when it works, people use the term line breeding but use inbreeding when it doesn’t. The idea is to retain the desirable characteristics of a specific bloodline while maintaining vigor by going back to the bull of choice. The difficult part is determining the best number of steps away from the first breeding to optimize those characteristics. Billy said, “The drought about devastated us.” Not including his partnership he has about 200 acres including leased acreage around Fort Gibson with 150 momma cows. That means all his land is for pasture. Billy is all about family. His man cave contains mule harnesses his grandfather used when driving to settle his new place in Fort Gibson, Granny’s old kitchen tools, and cast iron pieces made by his dad. His grandfather died in 1948 with his grandma running the place by herself until 1971 when she was in her 70s. She sold it to her son who Billy eventually bought the place from. Billy concluded, “My sole purpose in life is to leave the world with a legacy to my kids and to the cattle world.”
Raising for the Rail Continued from Page 7 stockpiling fescue. We are excited to see how it will work in the future.” The Yanceys have strong ties to the agriculture community and like to help educate the public about where their food comes from. Janeal created a blog called Mom at the Meat Counter. “My goal with the blog was to give common sense answers, especially for moms, about food from another mom that has a science background. There is a lot of misinformation out there about antibiotics, family farming and animal welfare just to name a few,” stated Janeal. She is also involved in a program called
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Moms on the Farm Tour through the University of Arkansas. It gives women a chance to see up-close where their food comes from. Their 5-year-old daughter, Vallie, will be showing at the Madison County fair. They are proud of the fact that they can provide life skills for their daughters. “She is learning responsibility, showmanship and respect. We are expecting another daughter soon and she already has show heifers just like Vallie did before she was born,” stated Ed. The couple stated their biggest achievement is continuing the farm lifestyle.
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Philosophy: “Our philosophy is to sell for the lowest cost because a large part of our clientele are retirees who are real price checkers. As a result of our prices we sell nationwide. The owners always want to be the nation’s largest seller, and the lower price makes us that way. The other part of our philosophy is to make sure that we treat everyone fairly and well. Consequently our low prices and fairness help us maintain a large part of the market share year after year.” Story and Photo by Terry Ropp
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Secrets of Mammoth Spring The 10th largest natural spring in the world offers something for everyone By Jack and Pam Fortner ometimes the best treasures are right in our own backyards. Mammoth Spring State Park, located just on the ArkansasMissouri line is one of those places. Located on Highway 63 between Hardy, Ark., and Thayer, Mo., the park hosts many annual events. Each August, the Old Soldier’s Reunion is held at the park and is hosted by local VFW Post #7831. The park itself is a 62.5-acre Arkansas state park and offers fishing, boating and hiking. Mammoth Spring is a National Natural Landmark and is Arkansas’ largest spring and the third largest spring in the Ozark Plateau, behind Big Spring and Greer Spring. It is also the 10th largest natural spring in the world. The spring averages a flow rate of over 9 million gallons per hour of 58-degree water. The outlet pool of Mammoth Spring is located just east of Highway 63 and is roughly 500 feet south of the Missouri border. The spring flows into a 10-acre lake, which then flows south as the Spring River. Beginning in 1836, early settlers used the spring to power a grist mill. The Mammoth Spring Milling Company constructed a dam and the water-powered grist mill in 1888. In 1925 the dam was purchased by the Arkansas-Missouri Power Company, which constructed a hydroelectric plant at the dam. This plant supplied power to the surrounding area until 1972. A cattle sale barn was also located roughly on the site where the tourist information center now stands. Dave Jackson, current superintendent of Mammoth Spring State Park, has been a part of the Old Soldier’s Ellen and Reunion since Mike Lewis 1992. He carries on a fine tra dition that began in 1890, when Union and Confederate soldiers would camp where the state park is now located. The main idea of the reunion was to heal old Civil War wounds. Dave said, “The Photos by Jack and Pam Fortner
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reunion was started by a northerner, Capt. A.L. Cooper. He had a partner that organized the Confederate side of it, too. They each needed to organize their own side, so you can tell they still weren’t united.” The reunion was sorely needed. Families would travel by horse and buggy and camp for a week in August. Veterans and their families would eat, drink, A photo of Shrine Lodge members hold races and taken at the parade of 1914 shooting con tests and share war stories. Later, carnival rides were built for the children, hot air balloon rides were offered, and afternoon baseball games and evening concerts were added for the enjoyment of all. Nightly, a huge bonfire would be built. As the years went by, prominent speakers would attend and a fife and drum corps would play. After the invention of motion pictures, a large black tent was erected and movies were shown every day. A parade was always held on Wednesday of reunion week. From the 1950s to the 1970s, the reunion’s parade was the largest area event. An old cannon still stands proudly at Mammoth Spring State Park. In 1893, the War Department provided the former soldiers of the Blue and the Gray with a Civil War cannon from Fort Pitt, Penn. The cannon was an 1861 4.5-inch ordnance rifle. Weighing 3,569 pounds, it took eight men to unload it and place it on its carriage. After many years the cannon fell through the carriage and was placed on concrete. It remained there until 2008 when the cannon was completely restored and relocated to its new home at the Civil War Cannon Plaza. Three interpretive signs near the cannon now give the history of the cannon and the reunion. There’s much to see and do at Mammoth Spring State Park. Spring Lake Trail is an easy walk and begins just behind the Welcome Center. A Trail Guide brochure is available in the Welcome Center/Gift Shop and will direct the walker to each “station” on the walk. The 1886 Frisco
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OZARKS ROOTS Secrets of Mammoth Spring Continued from Previous Page Depot Museum and Caboose have free daily tours. Burlington Northern purchased the line in 1980 and merged with the Santa Fe in 1996. The line is still active. The Mammoth Lake National Fish Hatchery has exhibits available for view. The 1888 dam and hydroelectric plant are amazing sites. All the water that bubbles up from the spring flows over this dam. Assistant Superintendent Glenda Pryor said there are lots of activities every year at the park. She said, “We start our activities in March with a bluebird house building workshop where people come and build bluebird boxes. We usually have about 40 to 45 people. The local sportsmen’s club comes up and they host the activity.” This activity is followed by many more, including such varied activities as the Easter Egg Scramble, hosted by the Spring River Lions Club, the “Now We’re Cookin’” Dutch oven bakeoff, “Pickin’ in the Park” in May, and “Kayaking 101” in June. Glenda added that in the future, “we’re going to be doing a picnic in the park event starting in October of 2014.” “Doggie Daze” is an activity that is held just for fun. Dogs
Dave Jackson, Park Superintendent compete for who has the best costume, who’s the largest, smallest, and most agile, and of course, the most obedient. A full list of events is available online. All these activities and the Old Soldier’s Reunion give the area a welcome economic boost each year. Mammoth Spring mayor Jean Pace fully supports all the events held at Mammoth Spring State Park annually. Last year over 420,000 guests visited the park. She said, “The park employs many people and it brings thousands of tourists up here. They visit our restaurants and shop in our shops – that’s sales tax. If this park were to close, it would greatly impact the economy of this area.”
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Slaughter Cows 59.00-85.50 † 65.00-94.50 † 6 73.50-91.00 † 58.00-86.00 † 5 67.00-91.50 † 6 55.00-93.50 † 5 64.00-92.00 † 6 † 6 62.50-98.00 68.50-91.50 † 6 65.00-93.00 † 65.00-89.00 † 6 65.00-101.00 † 64.00-90.50 † 6 65.00-92.00* 6 70.00-89.00 * 7 Not Reported * 77.00-92.00 * 7 63.00-92.00 * Not Reported * 77.00-93.00 * 7
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Slaughter Bulls 75.00-111.00 † 775.50-113.00† 95.00-110.50 † 102.00 † 91.00-112.00 † † 9 90.00-114.50 995.50-109.50 † † 8 82.50-112.00 95.00-107.00† 84.00-112.00 † 96.50-104.50 † 885.00-118.00 † 94.50-108.00 † 990.00-108.00* 990.00-108.00 * Not Reported * 992.00-113.00* 90.00-105.00* Not Reported* 990.00-118.50*
Farmer’s Livestock - Springdale Ft. Smith Livestock Auction I-40 Livestock Auction - Ozark Joplin Regional Stockyards North Arkansas Livestock - Green Forest OKC West - El Reno, Okla. Ouachita Livestock Auction - Ola Ozarks Regional Stockyard - West Plains Tulsa Stockyards, Inc. Cattlemen’s Livestock Auction Clinton Livestock Auction Decatur Livestock Auction Farmers & Ranchers - Vinita, Okla. Mo-Ark - Exeter Poor Boy Livestock Auction Stilwell Livestock Auction
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San Angelo, Tex. • National Sheep Summary • 8/23/13
Slaughter Lambs: Choice and Prime 2-3 90-160 lbs: San Angelo: shorn and wooled 90-160 lbs 82.00-90.00, few 92.00-96.00. VA: wooled 90-110 lbs 95.00-115.00; 110-130 lbs 113.00-117.00; 130-160 lbs 100.00-112.50. PA: shorn and wooled 110-130 lbs 114.00-136.00; 130-150 lbs 115.00128.00; 150-160 lbs 118.00-122.00. Ft. Collins, CO: Joplin
Ouachita
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Markets 154.98 165.67 156.78 158.73 150.22 159.85
Ash Flat Livestock Benton County Sale Barn Cleburne County Livestock Auction County Line Sale Barn - Ratcliff
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Receipts: 462 The supply and demand were moderate. The supply included 30 percent slaughter and feeder lambs; 3 percent slaughter ewes; 7 percent replacement ewes and bucks; 39 percent kid goats; 8 percent slaughter nannies and billies; 13 percent replacement nannies and billies. All prices per hundred weight unless noted otherwise. SheepSlaughter Lambs: 60-100 lbs 82.50-92.50, hair 60-70 lbs 100.00-135.00; hair 70-80 lbs 85.00-130.00; hair 80-90 lbs 87.50-100.00; 106-139 lbs 90.00-100.00. Stocker/Feeder Lambs: Medium 1-2 hair 30-40 lbs
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Stilwell Livestock Auction
5 Area (Tx-Ok, Ks, Neb, Ia, Colo) Live Basis Sales - Over 80% Choice Steers: 122.00-127.00; wtd. avg. price 124.68. Heifers: 122.00-125.10; wtd. avg. price 124.70. Dressed Basis Sales - Over 80% Choice Steers: 196.50-198.00; wtd. avg. price 197.35. Heifers: 196.50-198.00; wtd. avg. price 197.13.
138.25 138.71 145.95 146.45
Mo-Ark - Exeter Poor Boy Livestock Auction
Midwest - High Plains Direct Slaughter Cattle • 8/26/13
115.00-125.00; 40-50 lbs 110.00-115.00; 50-60 lbs 90.00127.50. Ewes: Medium and Large 1-2 hair 88-115 lbs 50.00-75.00. Replacement Ewes: Good 2-3 hair 65-115 lbs 65.00115.00. Bucks: hair 125-140 lbs 85.00-100.00. Goats Slaughter Classes: Kids: Selection 1 40-60 lbs 150.00-170.00; Selection 1-2 60-70 lbs 140.00-150.00; 70-80 lbs 110.00-140.00; Selection 2 50-60 lbs 130.00-135.00; 80-90 lbs 100.00-120.00. Does/Nannies: Selection 2 80-135 lbs 85.00-115.00; Selection 3 60-85 lbs 60.00-85.00. Billies: Selection 1-2 85-105 lbs 80.00-82.50; Selection 3 80-165 lbs 50.00-70.00. Replacement Nannies: Selection 1-2 70-125 lbs 95.00145.00. Replacement Bilies: Selection 1 80-135 lbs 95.00-130.00. Feeder/stocker kids: Selection 2 20-30 lbs 155.00-185.00; 30-40 lbs 160.00-180.00; 40-50 lbs 140.00-155.00; Selection 3 20-30 lbs 105.00-135.00; 30-40 lbs 85.00-130.00; 40-60 lbs 110.00-120.00.
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Decatur Livestock Auction Farmers & Ranchers - Vinita, Okla.
Beef Cattle
143.49 153.11 140.88 142.85 137.24 142.87
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USDA Verified & Reported
(Week of 8/18/13 to 8/24/13) Ash Flat Livestock Benton County Sale Barn - Siloam Springss Cleburne County Livestock Auction County Line Sale Barn - Ratcliff
Week of 7/28/13
HEIFERS
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189.00-205.00 170.00-191.00 159.00-179.00 145.00-164.00 139.00-147.00
190.00 180.00-195.00 166.00-185.00 152.00-177.00 150.00-162.50
201.00-225.00 172.00-194.00 160.00-184.00 157.00-168.00 148.00-152.00
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165.00 150.00-156.00 154.00-158.00 147.00-150.00 –––––
196.00-227.50 173.00-193.00 139.00-166.00 148.00-153.00 139.00-141.00
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168.00-170.00 153.00-167.00 140.00-149.00 143.00-145.00 –––––
180.00-187.50 161.00-184.00 155.00-174.00 147.00 135.00-145.00
209.00 169.00-191.00 150.00-164.00 137.50-156.00 132.00-135.00
166.00-175.00 154.00-172.50 143.00-160.00 139.00-152.00 130.00-134.00
155.00-182.50 135.00-167.50 133.00-155.00 133.00-141.00 –––––
153.00-160.00 150.00-160.00 145.00-159.00 133.00-145.00 134.00
164.00-179.50 153.00-170.50 151.00-154.50 140.00-144.50 –––––
164.00-175.00 151.00-171.00 148.00-154.00 132.00-146.00 136.00-138.00
166.00-179.00 150.00-167.00 147.00-160.00 135.00-148.00 136.00
163.00-180.00 158.00-178.00 149.00-164.00 137.00-159.50 135.00-148.00
175.00-193.00 153.00-182.00 144.00-155.00 141.00-150.00 –––––
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8/19/13
8/21/13
602
696
327
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175.00-192.00 168.00-188.00 152.50-177.00 150.00-153.00 140.00-142.50
190.00-221.00 173.00-200.00 159.00-176.00 150.00-165.00 152.00-155.50
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Avg. Grain Prices
Cheese: 40 lb. blocks closed at $1.6700 with a weekly average of $1.6900 (-.0815). Fluid Milk: California milk production is trending lower, resulting from a spell of hot weather. Some processors saw a quick 2-4% drop in receipts from a week earlier. Arizona milk production is lower. Hot weather advisories were being issued for man and beast. Milk production in the Pacific Northwest continues to decline along expected seasonal lines. Utah and Idaho milk supplies are being restricted by continued hot weather. Wildfires in the region have caused a few transportation issues as trucks were rerouted. The number of milk loads leaving the Central region heading to the Southeast to fill Class I demand is increasing from week to week. Handlers expect weekly milk load increases will continue until all schools are back in session and the pipeline is completely filled. Manufacturing milk spot loads are scarce within the
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168.11 158.40 154.54 154.31 165.19 168.33 160.24 175.68
145.98 157.82 144.00 148.45 142.56 156.52 143.59 145.74 147.00 147.74 151.96 150.73 154.24
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Farmer’s Livestock - Springdale Ft. Smith Livestock I-40 Livestock - Ozark Joplin Regional Stockyards North Arkansas Livestock OKC West - El Reno Ouachita Livestock Auction - Ola Ozarks Regional Stockyard Tulsa Stockyards, Inc. Cattlemen’s Clinton
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None Reported † Ash Flat Livestock Benton County Sale Barn - Siloam Springs None Reported † Cleburne County Livestockk 1310.00-1350.00 † None Reported † County Line Sale Barn - Ratcliff
Ash Flat Livestock 775.00-1135.00† None Reported † Benton County Sale Barn - Siloam Springs Cleburne County Livestock Auction - Heber Springs 75.00-110.00 †Prices reported per cwt. † None Reported County Line Sale Barn - Ratcliff Farmer’s Livestock - Springdale Ft. Smith Livestock Auction I-40 Livestock Auction - Ozark Joplin Regional Stockyards North Arkansas Livestock North Arkansas Livestock OKC West - El Reno, Okla. Ouachita Livestock Auction - Ola Ouachita Livestock Auction - Ola Ozarks Regional Stockyard Ozarks Regional Stockyard Tulsa Stockyards, Inc. Cattlemen’s Livestock Clinton Livestock Auction Decatur Livestock Auction Farmers&&Ranchers Ranchers--Vinita Vinita Farmers Mo-Ark Mo-Ark--Exeter Exeter, Mo. Poor PoorBoy BoyLivestock LivestockAuction Auction Stilwell StilwellLivestock LivestockAuction Auction
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TULSA STOCKYARDS TULSA, OK
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205.00-230.00 184.00-199.00 163.00-189.00 153.00-173.00 151.00-164.50
199.00-219.00 170.00-195.00 157.00-174.00 142.00-156.00 141.50-150.00
190.00-200.00 179.00-204.50 164.00-187.00 151.00-178.00 151.00-157.00
180.00-229.00 176.00-202.00 145.00-169.00 145.00-164.50 145.00-155.50
180.00-229.00 160.00-200.00 150.00-176.00 150.00-164.00 140.00-152.00
177.00-210.00 164.00-185.00 152.00-173.00 140.00-159.00 135.00-151.00
181.00 188.00 ––––– 139.00 –––––
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209.00-217.00 140.00-197.00 143.00-174.50 136.50-155.00 134.00-140.00
160.00-215.00 150.00-195.00 140.00-169.00 135.00-156.00 120.00-140.00
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171.00-183.00 157.00-174.00 140.00-149.50 133.50-144.00 126.00-133.00
165.00-168.00 154.00-167.50 150.00-165.00 138.00-165.00 127.00-139.00
173.50-189.00 152.00-176.00 142.00-163.00 135.00-153.00 132.00
150.00-181.00 140.00-173.00 135.00-161.00 130.00-154.00 130.00-135.00
CLINTON LIVESTOCK * AUCTION 8/19/13
Not Reported
CATTLEMEN’S * LIVESTOCK
283
5-10 Higher
150.00-185.00 139.00-168.50 133.00-155.00 130.00-143.00 124.00-133.00
September 2013 Ozarks Farm & Neighbor Reports to2, Northwest Arkansas and Eastern Oklahoma
11010.00-1240.00 † 1275.00-1375.00† 900.00-1020.00† † † 970.00-1500.00 9900.00-1775.00 † 975.00-1410.00† 73.00-111.00 †Prices reported per cwt. 1100.00-1875.00† 11 † 900.00-1150.00 1185.00 1185 00 † 740.00-1250.00 8860.00-1800.00 * 8800.00-1485.00* Not Reported * 1000.00-1375.00 * 875.00-1400.00 840.00-1510.00 * * Not Reported * 1200.00-1675.00 * 12
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202.00-221.00 185.00-202.00 167.00-185.00 155.00-167.00 146.00-155.00
180.00-212.00 158.00-195.00 150.00-184.00 140.00-165.00 152.00
190.00-230.00 180.00-213.00 170.00-189.00 150.00-162.50 140.00-151.00
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156.00-182.00 160.00-178.00 157.00-164.00 135.00-152.00 130.00-142.00
185.00-225.00 170.00-200.00 150.00-180.00 140.00-156.00 125.00-142.00
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177.00-193.00 165.00-177.00 152.00-165.00 136.00-152.00 125.00-136.00
150.00-185.00 145.00-170.00 ––––– 142.00-148.00 –––––
175.00-185.00 160.00-177.00 144.00-160.00 140.00-150.00 125.00-138.00
Not Reported
Dairy Sales
Central region as a result of increasing Class I demand and seasonally decreasing farm milk intakes. Milk production remains above seasonal levels and adding to manufacturing milk supplies in the Northeast region. Manufacturing milk supplies in the Mid-Atlantic region are being reduced as increased Class I demand in the Southeast is pulling supplies out of the region. Milk production in Florida continues to decline with the typical seasonal low point still a few weeks out. Florida imported 212 spot loads of milk this week, which is the highest number of import loads since August of 2006. Spot Prices Of Class II Cream, $ Per Pound Butterfat F.O.B. producing plants: Upper Midwest - $1.8988-2.2297.
USDA Verified & Reported
wooled 130-170 lbs 107.00-114.00. Billings, MT: no test. Kalona, IA: shorn 115-175 lbs 108.00-112.00; wooled 110125 lbs 105.00-111.50, 130-150 lbs 112.50-114.00. South Dakota: shorn and wooled 110-160 lbs 116.00-122.25. Oklahoma: no test. Missouri: 120-135 lbs 100.00-104.50. Equity Elec: wooled 140 lbs 120.00. Sheep and lamb slaughter under federal inspection for the week to date totaled 44,000 compared with 42,000 last week and 40,000 last year.
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158.48 170.51 159.16 168.26 155.84 177.61 161.86 160.99 160.01 168.80 168.64 159.24 173.14
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enny and Lora Crawford know beef cattle, especially the registered Angus and registered Salers they raise. “I was 9 when we bought our first registered Angus,” Lora
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NEIGHBORS American International Livestock Exposition in Louisville, Ky. “We’ve been in this a number of years now,” Kenny continued. Kenny added with a smile, “Our main business is selling bulls to commercial cattlemen, along with replacement heifers. I also work part-time for the Fulton County Conservation District and the NRCS (Natural Resources Conservation Service), a Federal service agency, as a soil technician.” In addition to keeping the books for their own operation, Lora works as an accountant to a pork producer. The Crawfords work, live and breathe agriculture in various forms. Both the Crawfords are quick to point out the best part of their lives and their work are the people they meet along the way. “You get the chance to meet a lot of people you would never meet otherwise,” Kenny continued. As they look down the road toward the coming years, they are adding different kinds of equipment now to make their work less physically demanding. “We’re looking at hay lifts and feeders in the back of the truck,” Kenny explained. “Things to make it less labor intensive. We need to think about these things as we get older,” he added. “Our son, Drew is trying different things too, here on the farm,” Lora added. “He’d like to get into some different crosses. What Kenny has learned at NRCS really does allow you to get so much more out of your land, using prescribed grazing, getting the pastures divided and the water on the sites. We’re getting prices on goats to use in rotation with the cattle to keep from having to brush hog and spray so much.” Kenny concluded, “As we turned this corner last year, moving from younger to older while surviving such a terrible drought, I’ve come to realize it’s all about utilizing the acreage we have to the max with intensive grazing practices and controlled burns to open up the 80 acres of woods we have as well. We were very lucky last year to survive such a terrible drought. Not everyone was so fortunate. We’ve been very blessed.”
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Over 20 Years of Serving the Tri-State Area American Hereford Association. Monte The Shockley ranching and auto busisaid, “The key to being good at AI is nesses have one thing in common. high quality training combined with Customers are treated to personal commitment. Precise timing is the most follow-up. Those who purchase bulls critical aspect of commitment, and that receive calls two to three times a year means day and night observation of heat just to see how things are going, and 80 cycles, the point where most people fall percent of the auto sales are from repeat short.” Part of Monte’s observation proc- or referral customers. ess includes using a teaser bull. Monte’s wife, Ashley, is a mental The advantage of AI is more precise health counselor. The couple met on a control in achieving the desired quali- blind date arranged by Ashley’s sister. ties. Semen from the selected bulls Monte said, “I knew the first day we comes from bulls met I was going to with high EPDs and marry that girl. I is used on mommas just didn’t know with well docu when.” Four years The key to being good at mented and proven later he did. AI is high quality training data thereby taking Now the couple combined with the guesswork out of has two girls. They commitment. Precise genetic transfer. The wanted to raise Shockleys’ breed for their children in timing is the most critical calving ease, disposithe country so aspect of commitment, tion, growth and they would have and that means day and structural soundness chores, learn night observation of heat and work toward a responsibility and cycles, the point where ratio of the calves’ observe the cycle most people fall short. weaning weight to of life. With all of the mothers’ weight that in mind, the being at least 50 peryoung family has a - Monte Shockley, Le Flore cent. They sell 50 small garden for County Hereford Breeder bulls annually across daily use, 17 laying 9 states using the hens and daily Internet as the main advertising mecha- chores performed together. Monte said, nism. They retain most heifers with “When I leave the auto business in major determining factors being the town, I put on dirty cowboy boots and quality of the mother, her mothering gather up my daughters and wife for ability and the quality of calves she has chores.” Those chores include distribproduced in the past. Monte said, “I uting minerals, filling stock tanks and have finally reached the point where checking the cows. According to personal attachment to the animals has Monte, 3-year-old Morgin is just about given way to a desire for better genetics. old enough to open gates and 1-year-old The truth is I’ve got more memories of Annie likes to ride in the Ranger. good old cows than old girlfriends.” In the back of their six person allAnother part of the Shockley operation terrain vehicle are a couple of fishing is the feed quality. They use a custom- poles that Monte wisely uses in ponds made grain supplement, which allows stocked with bass, catfish and perch bull calves the best growth without det- when Morgin begins to get bored. rimental weight loss after being sold and Monte shook his head and said, “The put to pasture. The Shockleys also lease only way a life like this works is if you another 600 acres for Bermudagrass/Rye can get by on five hours sleep.” Then hay. Monte said, “We were lucky during he added, “However, my dad always the drought. We still had 400 large round said that if you find something you bales to sell after feeding our own cattle. love, you never work a day in your life, However, our ponds did go dry and we and he was right.” had to put in rural water.”
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Name: Jessica Crawley, 16 Parents: Kim and Nikki Crawley Hometown: Maysville, Ark. 4-H Club: Maysville 4-H club What is your 4-H project? “My main project is dairy science which is showing and working with my Milking Shorthorns, pretty much an everyday thing. I also show one Holstein heifer and one commercial heifer. My secondary projects are gardening and foods and nutrition. I especially like making chocolate chip cookies from my grandmother’s recipe.”
How did you get started with 4-H? “My dad and grandpa were part of 4-H so me getting started at 5 was natural. I still have my first cow, Mae, who is now 12.”
Favorite 4-H Moment and Awards: “When I was showing at the 2011 Dairy Days and the 2011 County Fair, I won Supreme Heifer and Supreme Cow at both shows. Last year at the County Fair my dry Shorthorn won superior over a milking Holstein and a milking Jersey. That just doesn’t happen so I was really happy.”
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The Udder Side of the Story Increase profits at the livestock market by testing for PI-BVD By Tim E. O’Neill DVM while ago I wrote several articles about PI-BVD. This is persistently infected animals with BVD or bovine viral diarrhea. By being persistently infected means that they were infected while in uteri. The street virus attacks the cow while she is between 45 days and 120 days of gestation. This virus is so small that it will cross the placental barrier and infect the calf. Now at this stage of gestation the calf still has a lot of development to do. We have not even started the development of the calf’s immune system. Because of this non-development of the immune system, the virus is there when the immune system starts to develop. And since that is suppose to be a sterile environment, the BVD virus is recognized as part of the calf. Now with BVD virus being recognized as part of the calf, the immune system of the calf says that BVD virus is normal for this calf. So, the BVD virus continually grows and sheds from this calf. We do know that a PI-BVD calf will shed 10,000 times the amount of virus that a normal calf dying of BVD will. If you have a calf like this in your herd, it will be shedding BVD virus everyday of its life. Your other animals may be protected but, they are getting
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bombarded with the virus everyday. The others in the herd could become immune compromised and catch a list of other diseases, such as pneumonia. We now know that this is what was causing the wrecks with stocker cattle, where they were having over 50-90 percent getting sick. I was reading in Bovine Veterinarian about Superior Livestock Auction, where they have reported that a 600 pound calf certified tested negative for PI-BVD was adding at least $10.00 onto the profits of each calf tested negative. The overall numbers are gross premiums add on of $14.52. That is an added $2.42 per hundred weight added on as compared to cattle not tested. The cost of the test is about $4.00 per head, so the net gain in money is more than $10.00 per head. The way calves are tested is generally by taking a baby pig pair of ear notchers and taking an ear notch out of the calf. This ear notch is then put in a special vial and sent to a lab. Normally results can be received back within 48 hours of sending the sample in. Yes, the cost is around $4.00 each. With buyers willing to pay for this testing and certification I can’t see not doing it while we are putting them through the chute to vaccinate. I also recommend testing the calves first and not testing the cows. If we have a positive calf, then we will go back and test its momma. You can have positive calf born to a positive momma, but you can also have positive calf born to a negative
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momma. So, test the calves first and that will tell you if your cows have it. But, that doesn’t tell you anything about the bulls, so we do have to test them. With a PI-BVD free herd, you need to advertise that you have that and command the extra money for it. And the buyers are paying for it, as evidenced by Superior Livestock Auction. Dr. Tim E. O’Neill, DVM, owns Country Veterinary Service in Farmington, Ark.
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ecords have value to cattle producers provided they’re used, and not just kept. Steve Swigert, agricultural economic consultant with the Samuel R. Noble Foundation in Ardmore, Okla., told Ozarks Farm & Neighbor most producers don’t have the data to assess herd performance using individual records, so he recommends going the whole herd route. “What I’d be looking at initially would be the reproduction side of it,” Swigert said, “knowing how many calves that I was able to wean off the cow herd that I have out there. Once you’ve got some of that basic information, if you’re willing to analyze it and actually use it back in your operation, there may be some opportunities to drill down into that specific information.” Swigert said the producer can use whole herd performance to determine whether the herd is meeting or exceeding the benchmarks of the region. “At that point,” Swigert said, “you can look at your cost as it relates to how many pounds of calves you weaned off it, or pounds weaned per grazable acres.” The producer can then determine whether a change in herd genetics is needed to produce the type of calf called for by the marketplace. He recommended producers keep recordkeeping as simple as possible until they’ve generated and analyzed enough of it to justify a step up. “Computers are nice, but you can keep it on a tablet,” he said. “As you get more into it the computer, whether it’s Excel or one of the cow/calf record systems, could be used as you go along.”
Calving Ease Score Chart Calf born unassisted = 1 Slight hand assisted = 2 Hard pull with hand = 3 Had to pry calf out = 4 For a producer keeping individual records, the first basic unit of information is the weight of calves within 24 hours of birth, said University of Missouri Extension southwest region livestock specialist Eldon Cole. “Some will also combine with that a calving ease score,” Cole told OFN, “where ‘1’ means they were born unassisted where you just go out and find a new calf out there, ‘2’ would be a slight hand assist, ‘3’ would be a hard pull with the hand, and a ‘4’ would get us up into the calf jack work where you have to pry them out.” Also important is the weaning weight, which is usually taken between 160-250 days of age and then adjusted to 205 days. While ranchers don’t worry about cows that produce calves of non-conforming birth weights, because they’re highly dependent on the bull and other factors, Cole said weaning weights allow them, “to find out as quickly as we can if that cow is going to milk pretty well and wean off heavy calves. They’ve all been given the same chance; if that 205-day weight means she’s 10 or 15 percent below the average of the herd, there’s usually not much reason to keep her in the future; she’s going to follow that Continued on Page 24
In This Section – How performance records in commercial herds pay off.......................................................................Above – How does your herd measure up on the hair coat score chart................................................................p. 23 – Residual feed intake explained for easy use.............................................................................................p. 25
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How much Hair is too much Hair? Managing breed selection based on hair coat score and color
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air coat score is a measure of the amount of hair that has been shed by an animal in late May,” said Jared Decker, assistant professor of beef genetics extension and computational genomics at the University of Missouri. Scores are: 5, full winter coat; 4, coat exhibits initial shedding; 3, coat is halfway shed; 2, coat is mostly shed; and 1, slick, short summer coat. Many climatologists suggest we are in a global warming trend. “If we are getting warmer, it is important from a research perspective to understand how cattle adapt, develop new tools to help identify cattle across and within breeds that are best suited for the environment, and what management practices such as shade, water and air movement promote performance and well-being,” said Shane Gadberry, associate professor of Animal Science and Cooperative Extension Service of the University of Arkansas. According to Decker, there are major differences between breeds in their ability to cope with heat stress. “Despite issues with the quality of meat from zebu cattle, we continue to see zebu
(Brahman) and zebu-influenced (Brangus, Santa Gertrudis, and Beefmaster) cattle used in the southern United States due to their superior heat tolerance. There is also variation in heat tolerance within breeds, with some individuals and their progeny performing better in warmer climates.” “Cattle that shed their winter coats late in the spring or fail to shed at all are at risk for heat stress as temperatures and humidity rise,” said Eldon Cole, livestock specialist for Extension at the University of Missouri. “From 2000 to 2010 we observed the proportion of black and black-white face cattle increase from 36 percent of calves sold in Arkansas auction markets to 57 percent,” Gadberry said. “The proportion of cattle not having any Brahman (Indicus) influence remained about the same (65 percent of calves), and the proportion of predominately Angus type has more than doubled.” From observing other university research studies, Gadberry concludes there is probably more than forage or Continued on Next Page
Hair Coat Score Slick, short summer coat = 1 Coat is mostly shed = 2 Coat is halfway shed = 3 Coat exhibits initial shedding = 4 Full winter coat = 5 September 2, 2013
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â&#x20AC;&#x153;Persons need to have a breed or cross theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re happy about,â&#x20AC;? Cole said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I tell newcomers to the area if they ask about breeds, that a lot depends on their objectives. If they have unlimited funds it may not matter what breed or color they choose. However, if they intend to make money, they need to study what their particular market is looking for. They may like a certain breed or cross, but if the buyer potential isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t there, they should choose another breed or cross.â&#x20AC;? Cole added that breeders should, â&#x20AC;&#x153;keep it simpleâ&#x20AC;? and understand what different breeds contribute to a crossing system is very important. Extension livestock specialists can help on hair coat scoring and the inheritance of coat color. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Remember to talk to persons who do not have a bias that might influence the information they share with you,â&#x20AC;? Cole said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Reputable breeders and artificial insemination company representatives should be good sources of information also.â&#x20AC;?
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with basic feed conversion is the correlation with the animal’s body weight and mature size. “If you just select for feed conversion ratio, what you’ll end up doing inadvertently over the long run is selecting for animals that are bigger and get bigger mature sizes,” he said. “That’s why Residual Feed Intake (RFI) was developed.” RFI corrects for the animal’s body size and level of performance; it’s a complicated formula that is primarily used by academics in research. Reuter said experts believe it helps producers make better genetic decisions. “You’re going to
be able to select for feed efficiency and not have negative impacts on mature size,” he said. “It is being, and needs to be, incorporated into genetic evaluations that breed associations are conducting.” A research project at the University of Missouri could help producers make feed efficiency decisions based on genetics. Missouri Extension beef genetics specialist Dr. Jared Decker told OFN the school is using a grant from USDA to collect feed intake and growth trait measurements on thousands of cattle throughout the United States, as well as DNA samples from those animals. “We are trying to create DNA diagnostics to predict feed efficiency based on DNA markers spread throughout the genome,” he said. “We are in the process of developing these DNA diagnostics, and hope to have them available to the industry shortly.” It’s expected the data will be used by
breed associations to improve the accuracy of their EPDs, or by companies like Neogen or Zoetis that test DNA samples from cattle for the presence of specific traits. Decker said they’re using approximately 50,000 markers to calculate what’s called a genomic breeding value. “Basically, it’s an EPD calculated based on the DNA markers rather than on pedigree information and trait measurements,” he said. The producer will then be able to rank animals in the herd based on the molecular breeding value assigned to them. Reuter added most breed associations now are moving toward using RFI rather than feed conversion in their feed efficiency calculations, and predicts that will increase in the future. He added, “A commercial producer absolutely should have feed efficiency as one of the traits in the matrix of traits that they’re selecting bulls based upon.”
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