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Kyle Roder may be only 23 years old, but he is building a reputation as a Red Angus seedstock producer

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FFA members named finalists: Three FFA members from the Missouri Ozarks have been selected as finalists for National FFA Proficiency Awards. Only four finalists are selected for each of the 47 proficiency programs. The winners will be announced at the 90th National FFA Convention and Expo in October. Ashton Atteberry of Conway was selected as a national finalist for the National FFA Proficiency Award in Dairy Production – Entrepreneurship. Jacob David Blank from Richland, Mo. was selected as a national finalist for the National FFA Proficiency Award in Outdoor Recreation Entrepreneurship/Placement. Cole Diggins from Moundville was selected as a national finalist for the National FFA Proficiency Award in Beef Production-Entrepreneurship. Ag teacher honored: Casteel Edwards, agriculture instructor at Logan-Rogersville High School, was recognized with the Teacher’s Turn the Key Scholarship for her accomplishments during the Missouri Vocational Agriculture Teachers Association (MVATA) Conference in Springfield this summer. The Teacher’s Turn the Key Scholarship is awarded to a member with two to four years teaching experience. The award gives a young teacher an opportunity to attend the National Association of Agricultural Educators (NAAE) convention to be held in Nashville, Tenn. There, Casteel will have the opportunity to take part in various professional development workshops throughout the conference. Ground broken for new learning center: Members of the Conway, Mo., FFA Chapter have broken ground on its new Conway Agriculture Learning Center. The building, which will accommodate student and community needs for a suitable facility for agriculture education and events, has become a reality. Thanks to community support and donations, the chapter has met two-thirds of its $300,000 goal. Student awarded scholarship: Makenze Spear of Bolivar, Mo., has been awarded the Floyd A. Watkins Memorial Scholarship from the University of Missouri College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources for the 20172018 academic year. Spear, a senior majoring in animal sciences, is the daughter of Amber Spear and Andy Spear. The Floyd A. Watkins Memorial Scholarship was established in 1978. Watkins was a longtime agriculture teacher at Fair Play High School. Proceeds from this fund support awards to students from Polk County who attend CAFNR.

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JUST A THOUGHT 3 Jerry Crownover – Nothing

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will be “just right”

Julie Turner-Crawford – Keeping an eye on the weather

MEET YOUR NEIGHBORS 7 Linda Hoffmann never lost

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Roberta Hamilton follows her dream of owning her own flock A pair of heifers began the Boursheski’s journey in Angus production

Former county courthouse shares the area’s history

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Eye on Agribusiness features Bulldog Trailers

Vernon County, Mo., farm has been in the family for seven generations

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Kyle Roder starts his own cattle operation

Bison and cattle roam the ranch of Chip McGeehan

The Walkers moved to the Ozarks to expand their cattle operation

After a career in the Air Force, the Robertsons are fulfilling their farming goals

Ivan Westover retired to raise cattle Town & Country spotlights Allison Pettit-Patton and Trenton Patton

Jerry Arnold says raising cattle was his 401K plan

Youth in Agriculture features Andrew Covert

FARM HELP 38 Creating your own market 39 Testing soil 40 Improving your soil through forages 41 Is fall caving right for your operation? 42 Looking ahead to winter 43 Should you give her a second chance? 44 Understanding withdrawal periods 46 Cheap hay may not be the best value

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armers complain. That’s just what we do. I’ve never quite figured out whether revonw orC yrreJ yB it’s a genetic condition we’ve possessed since birth or a simple case of condiJerry Crownover farms tioning brought on by a lifetime of in Lawrence County, things not going “just right.” Either way, most of Mo. He is a former us farmers probably complain about something professor of Agriculture every day of our life. Education at Missouri If you doubt my words, just ask the next farmer State University, and is an you run into on the street, “How are you liking this author and professional weather?” I guarantee you the response will be one speaker. To contact Jerry, of the following: TOO hot, TOO cold, TOO wet, go to ozarksfn.com and TOO dry, TOO cloudy, TOO sunny, TOO humid click on ‘Contact Us.’ or TOO ––– (you fill in the blank). And, even if the weather seems just about perfect, the farmer’s response will be, “Yeah, it’s great right now, but weather like this can’t last for long.” Our skepticism is not confined to weather, either. The cost of our production inputs are always much too expensive, compared to the prices we receive for our commodities, which is always ... you guessed it ... too low. Although, I did witness some of my fellow cattlemen, back in 2014, complaining that the price they were getting was TOO high. Those farmers would have, as my father used to say, “Complain if you hung them with a new rope,” or “complain about mud in August.” Now, don’t get me wrong, I’m not suggesting that we are all pessimists. If anything, a farmer has to be an eternal optimist or most of us would never get out of bed in the morning. Each spring, we plant a new crop or welcome a new bunch of pasture babies with the same hope that, this year, everything will work out “just right.” I can remember when I finally accepted the fact that we always see the glass as halfempty. Many years ago, my oldest son had just returned home from his first sleepover with his best buddy when he told me, “Daddy, the strangest thing happened last night.”

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just a thought Across the Fence Continued from Previous Page In 2008, storm clouds were brewing overhead and I heard a call come across the scanner for help in a nearby community – my hometown. A street had been leveled by a tornado – the street my grandmother lived on. Luckily, Grandma was OK and was pulled from what was left of her home by neighbors. A year later, I again heard the scanner call for help. This time it was at my older brother’s. Damage wasn’t extensive at his place, however, houses across the road were destroyed and life was lost. Then there was the tornado outbreak in February 2012. I was in the hospital with my husband in the early morning hours when everything broke loose. The Weather Channel had reports of destruction in my hometown, and the tornados were still on the ground. I didn’t know if my family was OK or if I even had a house to go back to. We made it through unscathed, but others were not so lucky. The storm I will never forget happened over the Memorial Day weekend. I went out with my dad and two of the Wee Turners for a day on the wagon. The weather had said there was a chance for storms later in the day, but we figured we would be done in plenty of time, so we hitched up Dad’s team and rolled out. As the afternoon wore on, clouds began to move in, bringing a little relief from the sun. The clouds, however, turned ominous and our breeze turned into high winds. Soon, Bill called asking where we were. I told him were just a couple of miles from the house. There was a bit of panic in his voice. “They’ve spotted tornados…” he

said just as the phone went dead. It was as if all Hades broke loose. Blowing rain, tree limbs and leaves flying; I said a little prayer as I put my niece, Morgan, on the floor of the wagon and held her down. I could barely see the wagon in front of us because of the rain, but I kept looking at Dad’s team to make sure they still had all eight hooves on the ground, and making sure Dad and Brylie, my nephew, were still in their seats. The temperature dropped about 30 degrees, and since we were all soaked from the rain, I don’t know if it was the cold or fear causing us to shake. As it began to move out, we decided it was time to call it a day and headed back to our starting location. I don’t know if it was actually a tornado that went over us, but a few miles away there was a confirmed touchdown of a twister, so I’d say there was a good chance. At the house, Bill said he watched yet another system roll through. Our neighbors lost trees, a barn was destroyed and there were other nearby damage reports. Once again, we were lucky. As farmers and ranchers, we can only hope for the best and expect the worst when it comes to the weather. Hopefully, with a little more luck, Mother Nature will see how bruised and battered parts of our world are and say we’ve had enough. Meanwhile, friends and neighbors, keep an eye on the sky and a prayer on your lips.

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Linda Hoffmann has been ‘horse crazy’ since she was a young girl LinRa Stables, owned and operated by Randy and Linda Hoffmann is located in the heart of the Ozarks, Springfield, Mo. Whether it’s adventure or serenity that you seek, LinRa Stables has it all. Saddle up for a brisk ride to the banks of the James River or lose yourself in the tranquil woods. Fall in love with your horse at LinRa Stables; the perfect equestrian destination.

da missed interacting with horses, so she followed her heart to the stable. “I really enjoy being outside and I love being with horses so it was a perfect combination,” she reflected. Linda fell in love with horses at the age of 3 when her brother got a pony. While showing in halter class at just 6 years old, Linda’s pony bolted and broke away, literally dragging her all around the ring. Photo by Jaynie Kinnie-Hout

Linda Hoffmann, left, has been working with horses for 60 years. The accomplished horsewoman has also been giving lessons to riders of all ages for more than three decades. Pictured with Linda are Makayla Petty and Olivia Marshall.

“I was furious,” Linda recalled. Linda Hoffmann has been giving riding “You certainly are one determined litlessons for almost three decades and has 60 years of experience. Her students are tle girl,” Linda’s mother remarked after young and young-at-heart. She teaches watching her daughter regain her composure after the incident. Saddle Seat and Western “My parents were hoping my ‘horse Pleasure; however, all encrazy’ phase would pass, but it never deavors are encouraged. “I did. Having horses has taught truly believe that horses can me commitment, determinateach valuable life-lessons and build character that will help a Springfield, Mo. tion and to never give up.” Today, Linda teaches stuchild or adult succeed in life.” dents ages 6 to 70-plus. She Formerly a certified teacher currently has a 72-year-old at Strafford High School, LinSEPTEMBER 25, 2017

woman, who had never ridden before, now riding twice a week. She’s convinced that horseback riding has improved her quality of life, strengthened her core and she doesn’t fall anymore. One of Linda’s greatest achievements to-date, was owning her beloved, fivegated horse Greystone’s Flying Monarch. “He was so fast he literally flew,” Linda noted. “I bought him sight-unseen and showed him all over the Midwest. He truly was a star and won the hearts of everyone he encountered.” Randy and Linda are very supportive and engaged in the local equestrian community. Every summer they host the Assembly of God missionary “immersion camp” when approximately forty young missionaries descend on the Hoffmann’s property to prepare for the depravation and lack that is so prevalent in third-world countries. “It’s very primitive,” Linda noted. “They even dig their own toilets. We think their being here is a very important aspect of why we still do this. We enjoy sitting out on our deck and listening to them sing. They’re always welcome and we really enjoy having them.” The couple help sponsor the annual Back to School Blast All-Youth Horse Show in August at the Ozark Empire Fairgrounds in Springfield. Linda also started local Horsin’ Around 4-H Club, where she has been very active over the years. “I really think that intrapersonal relationships began to deteriorate when the car was invented in 1915. Back then, you had to relate to your horse to go to town or even church. I truly believe that horses are a much more integral part of society than we give them credit for.” LinRa Stables offers: Beginner riding lessons for adults, lesson horses, confidence building for horse and rider, beginning riders welcome, adult and children’s riding lessons, group lessons, horse boarding, familyfriendly atmosphere and horse leases.

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After driving by a neighbor’s flock for a time, Roberta Hamilton has fulfilled a dream Nestled in a hollow near Powell, Mo., Roberta and Bill Hamilton tend to a flock of Cheviot ewes with the help of a pair of Border Collies. Roberta is involved with nearly every aspect of the sheep business, from breeding, A year into flock ownership, Roberta and Bill’s herding frustrations led to the herding and selling, to spinning their wool and using it to make handcrafted goods. search for a sheep dog. About the only thing she doesn’t do is shear the sheep herself. “After chasing sheep around for a year and not understanding how or what Roberta got her start with Cheviot sheep in 2013 with 20 ewes after either of us were doing, I found the Missouri Show Me Stock dog website and years of watching her neighbor’s flock from afar. found there are better ways to herd sheep than sending out my husband to “I would drive by always watching their sheep, see the lambs in the spring fetch,” Roberta said. She started out with a Border Collie named Zac and and have ‘pastoral dreams’ year after year,” Roberta said. When the neighrecently added another, Mirk. bors announced an upcoming auction and move, Roberta decided to take “He knows a lot more about herding sheep than I do,” Roberta said. the plunge. Powell, Mo. Roberta has attended several clinics in Butler, Mo., to learn from Jack and “I blurted out, ‘what about your sheep?’ We talked and I bought his flock Kathy Knox of Ettrick Kennels, and plans to take Mirk to one in November. the next week,” Roberta said.

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meet your neighbors One dog can help manage a flock of 30-50 sheep helping move the flock and with everyday chores. “I can even leave the gate open to bring in water and the dog will ‘hold’ the flock in the pasture,” she said. While she’s kept the Cheviot lineage in her herd, she’s reduced her current flock to 16, with 15 Cheviot ewes and a Bluefaced Leicester ram named Ken. “That number is the right fit for my pastures. It couldn’t handle 20, so I reduced the flock size,” she said. Lambing season is one of Roberta’s favorite parts of spring. “It took me the season to realize that these girls were great moms,” Roberta said. “They birthed easily without any help and were naturally easy to manage.”

and that’s when her focus turns to the fiber portion of her operation. It takes Roberta’s sheep shearer just one hour to shear the whole flock. What looks like a large pile of wool in the beginning can dwindle by 50 percent once the wool is skirted, cleaned and roved. Most of the time, Roberta skirts the wool herself and then sends it to a fiber mill to be cleaned. Once it’s cleaned, the wool is combed into roving and spun. “Through this process I have learned that I really don’t like the cleaning part,” Roberta said. “I do love to spin, but only when the evenings are long and darkness allows for inside time. And I do love to weave. “My next project is a Ruana, which will be made from my Border Leicester/

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Erin and Kent Boursheski pride themselves on producing future herd sires that are docile and easy to work with.

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A pair of registered heifers started the Boursheski family on the road to breeding Angus cattle Before Kent and Erin could blink an Kent and Erin Boursheski live by a different philosophy than many eye, their other two children, Drew and other cattle farmers. On the Boursh- Sara, wanted to get into the show ring. “It was something we could do as a eski farm, there are never too many bulls. The Pierce City, Mo., couple specializes in family,” Erin explained. “And then, we producing, marketing and selling Angus would keep those calves we had bought bulls. No matter how many they raise – and they became part of our herd. It was a slow process.” they have no trouble selling them all. Over time their herd grew exponenThe Boursheski’s jourtially, due to Kent’s affinity for heifer ney into registered Angus calves. cattle started more than 20 “I could sell bulls, but I could years ago, when their son, never sell heifers. For some reaAdam, wanted to show cattle. son it was just hard – because The Boursheskis purchased Pierce City, Mo. I would grow attached to two registered Angus heifers them (heifers),” Kent said for Adam, setting the foundawith a chuckle. “So we kept tion for a large Angus herd.

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Former courthouse in Pulaski County, Mo., now serves as a museum for local artifacts Pulaski County is home to one of two remaining Route 66 historic court houses in Missouri. Denise Seevers is the president of the Pulaski County Historical Society and she and her husband, Michael, are working to restore the historical landmark. Located on the square in downtown Waynesville, Mo., next to the current Pulaski County Courthouse, the 1903 building serves as a museum that houses a wide variety of historically significant items that reflect the area’s past. It is also listed on the National Register of Historic Places. “We are open Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., April through September each year. A tour of the building, two floors, takes about an hour and we offer guided tours, but self-tours are also allowed. We are restoring rooms, one at a time. In one of the rooms, now open to the public, Michael had the dropped ceiling removed as well as the paneling that lined the walls,” Denise said. “We took it back to the original look of wainscoting and chair rail. We had assistance from Habitat for Humanity and military volunteers. We even have one of the original ceiling fans that is over 100 years old in there. We have a wide array of hand tools from the past – saws, black smith tools, hammers, a plow – on display in that room today.” While preserving the past of the community and Route 66 is highly important to Denise and members of the Historical Society, the road hasn’t always been a smooth one.

“It is hard sometimes,” she added. “The membership in historical societies is getting older and many in the younger generation are not interested in preserving history the way previous generations were,” Denise explained. “In general, people don’t join groups nearly as much as they once did.” Even so, Denise and the other members of the group preside over an eclectic collection that includes a Homestead Room, filled with items one would have found on a typical area farm 150 years ago, such as sad irons, a butter churn, a spinning wheel, a cast iron heating stove and a treadle sewing machine, several murals, and a historic court room, still used on occasion for weddings. “Michael is retired Army and still works full-time as a troop transport driver at Fort Leonard Wood, so he works on the rooms here as he has time. They used horse hair plaster, using the horse hair as a binder, when they built this courthouse. Today, they use sand. Just like they often used no insulation or they used old newspapers and even old clothes in buildings of that time,” Denise said. “We find that in the construction from years past. When that sort of thing has gotten wet and rotted, it makes for quite a restoration job. We lost parts of the ceiling and chunks of the plaster in the 2013 flood. Damage was caused by the driving torrential rains. Also, in this kind of historic renovation, you are only allowed to use 10 percent new materials.” The museum is actually the fourth known courthouse for Pulaski County, Mo.

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“The third one burned to the ground after being struck by lightning. The architect for this building was Henry Hohenschild, who was the state architect at the time. He incorporated some unique features into this courthouse such as three parallel bars with turnbuckles in the court room upstairs that can be adjusted to compensate for the settling of the building as the ground shifts. There are also metal rods that go from the roof to the ground to help maintain the framework of the building. Just things that were not done by others at the time.” There are, of course, fascinating stories that are also associated with the courthouse and its contents that Denise is more than willing to share. “We have the counter with a broken teller window from the Waynesville

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State Bank from the bank robbery of June 1917,” she said. “It’s in a room that is still in the restoration process but we’ll have it ready for the public in the near future. “In 1934, there was a murder in the room across the hall from my office. One of a pair of twin brothers was the county prosecuting attorney and the other was getting a divorce. They were here late one night as a bond was being written when the P.A. said something, his soonto-be former sister-in-law didn’t like. She slapped him and her nearly ex-husband broke away from the deputy who was detaining him and shot her. Witnesses said he fired four shots, two of which struck her in the head. Another grazed the judge and one more clipped the door frame. The scar in the wood can still be seen there. The trial that followed was SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

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long and drawn out. The accused was held in Laclede County and the trial finally took place in Rolla. When it was all over, he received less than 10 years in prison. It is certainly proof that divorce and domestic violence were difficult and ugly then, just like now.” Denise and Michael Seevers certainly have plenty of work ahead of them but their current efforts have also restored the Trail of Tears Room as well as a Military Room that includes collections of Native American artifacts and Civil War memorabilia, respectively. The Pulaski County Historical Society also maintains the Pulaski County Poor Farm cemetery. It is a monumental task but one that has already produced fascinating results and they stand ready to welcome visitors from near and far. SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

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David and Diane Robertson have returned to their agriculture roots with a growing cattle operation Having their own farm was always part of the plan for David and Diane Robertson, but it had to wait for David’s career in the U.S. Air Force to come to an end, and for their three children to finish college. David grew up on a multi-generation dairy farm in Barton County, Mo., where they milked as many as 200 Holsteins and bottled their own milk.

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meet your neighbors Going Native Continued from Previous Page go. The house and outbuildings on the “We have four different bulls to choose property were in such a poor condition from now,” David said. “We’re trying to they were not even valued. take those bulls and develop the herd.” “The best thing on the whole place was They prefer to wait until heifers are at the working coral, but you couldn’t even least 2-years-old before breeding. While see it because of the weeds,” David said. that may seem a little late for some pro“We were overrun with rodents and ducers, David and Diane want to give the coyotes were very, very thick,” Di- their females a chance to grow and maane said. “It’s been a lot of work reclaim- ture themselves before they start calving. ing it all.” “Thirty, 40 years ago, I remember on When the couple began researching the dairy that the general rule was not breeds of cattle, they discovered Short- to breed until they are 2. Now, some will horns. breed at that 13-month point. When we “We liked the docility,” David said. got back, we saw people breeding younger “Then, as we started doing heifers, but we’re going to more research, we found stick with that 2-year-old that they do well in grassmark. Shorthorns have a fed situations.” longer growing period and After continued reget bigger at a later stage search into the breed, the in life. I don’t think that “Over the couple ventured into “naheifer is ready until she’s 2 lifetime of that tive” Shorthorns. because you’re taking away animal, waiting Native Shorthorns, acfrom the growth potential until they are 2 cording to David, can be of that heifer,” David said. years old before traced back to the original “Over the lifetime of that you breed them Shorthorn breed, before animal, waiting until they it split into beef or dairy are 2 years old before you means they will breeds, and are considered have one less calf. breed them means they a heritage breed. will have one less calf,” DiDoes it really pay “The pure native Shortane said. “Does it really pay horn was just about gone,” off in the future? Is off in the future? Is it really it really worth it? he said. “They are still listworth it? We’d rather have We’d rather have ed as a critical breed by the a stronger, healthy animal Livestock Conservatory.” a stronger, healthy that can have a strong calf They currently have 33 and raise it.” animal that can head of Shorthorns, with have a strong calf With their diversified ge22 being native. netics, they are experimentand raise it.” “Those will be our base,” ing on the establishment of – Diane Robertson Diane said. specific cow families. They David is quick to praise now have six or seven maDiane for her tedious research into the ternal lines they are working with. native Shorthorn lines. Diane said it was “We’ve picked animals from these other a team effort. breeders’ cow families and now we are seeThe couple has purchased females and/ ing which ones work best for us,” Diane said. or semen from other native Shorthorn The couple joked that keeping their nabreeders, including from Paul Wheeler tive lines straight can be a little difficult. in Appleton City, Mo., Haumont Short“Trust me, I feel the pressure,” Diane horns and the Cooksley family in Nebras- said with a laugh. “We don’t want to ka, and the J Bar J in the state of Nevada. mess this up.” At this point, the Robertsons utilize Since going “native,” David and Diane an AI breeding program to gain more said they have been amazed at the hardidiversity with their herd, breeding for ness, calving ease and overall production both spring and fall calves. of their native animals.

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meet your neighbors “They are really hardly any trouble at all,” David said. Diane feels the modern Shorthorn breed is moving towards the appearance of a Red Angus, loosing the signature coloration of a true Shorthorn. “Most of the modern Shorthorns are a just red,” David said. “Here, we have a mix and that’s what you will find when you are looking for native Shorthorns. You get an interesting combination and some style.” This fall, they plan to breed 16 cows and heifers, and are in the process of evaluating which bull would be the best match for each individual female. Although they initially started the farming operation by offering feed and grain to their cattle, the Robertsons have now converted to grass-fed. Grass-fed animals are tagged differently than those that have received grain. Those animals that once received grain are not be marketed or promoted as grass-fed animals. “They really do pretty well on just grass,” David explained, adding that the only “feed” his Shorthorns now receive is alfalfa pellets, which gives the cattle a bit of a nutrient boost, and allows the couple to easily mingle with their cattle daily, as well as selected loose minerals. Converting animals from grain fed to grass fed, especially those females that are nursing calves, is a bit of a transition for the animal and they do loose weight, but after they become adjusted to the diet, they quickly rebound. “We’d really like to be able to find a source or outlet, or what you would call a craft butchery to work with and provide true grass-fed beef to.” The couple also hopes to become seedstock producers for other breeders, with the ultimate goal of one day marketing herd sires and replacement heifers. They also hope to grow their herd to about 100 native Shorthorns. “We want to be the ones who help to maintain that heritage breed,” David said, adding that some of the native breeders they have worked with are beginning to retire from the industry. “We’ll see how everything goes.”

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published The Walker Herald from 1892 to his death in 1931. Clifton and Rena’s only child, a daughter, Helen M. Newland married Raymond Kennedy on Jan. 6, 1938, living on the land provided by Helen’s ancestors. They added acreage and part of those acres were Vernon County Centennial farms in 1976. Raymond and Helen were the parents of one daughter, Jenise, who married Jerry Burch. Jenise and Jerry are the parents of two children, Jered and Laura. Jered

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Elijah helped build the Vernon County married Crystal Comstock and they are Courthouse, the Mt. Vernon Methodist the parents of Kate, Cole and Jace. Jenise and Jerry Burch continue to Church near their farm, and many other live on the original 160 acres, and houses and barns in the area. have added acreage. Jenise taught The families settled in school until her retirement. She and around Clear Creek substitutes and grandparents. Township, grew their acreJerry farmed and served as Misage and prospered. Jacob’s son, Walker, Mo. souri State Representative John married Elijah’s daughter, from 1978 to 1990. Since Allie. John and Allie’s son, Elithat date, Jerry continues jah Clifton married Rena Presto help on the farm, but is ton, whose father, S. J. Preston,

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stress hormones out of the meat. Jered also practices rotational grazing. Jered and Crystal’s two older children, Kate and Cole, both show livestock at the local youth fair, raise gardens and help around the farm in many ways. Kate recently got into roping and horseback riding. She has shown pigs for ten years but would like to be more competitive. She is in the Nevada FFA, Walker 4-H, Vernon County 4-H Council treasurer, on a volleyball traveling team and works part-time at Studio 1-19 because she loves art. Cole loves animals and knows all the breeds, is in Junior FFA and Walker 4-H, has a hive of bees and is a “Beek,” (beekeeper), and likes to ride his horse. Their youngest, Jace, is only 3 and has some time yet before he takes on farm work, but has a John Deere gift book he carries around like a Bible. He knows every name of the farm equipment. He argues green versus red equipment to the frustration of his dad, who likes red as well as green. The Burch families continue serving their community and area in much the same way as their ancestors. They have served, or are serving, on the Nevada Regional Medical Board, Northeast Vernon County School Board, township board, their church, State Farm Service Committee and Missouri Farmers Association along with many other services. Their roots run deep in Vernon County, Mo.

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Kyle Roder of Bar R Farms may be only 23, but he’s well on his way to his passion: building a registered Red Angus herd. He runs 90 to 100 cows on about 350 acres he owns or leases near Crane, Mo. He produces registered bulls, and he’s doing that by implanting embryos from registered cows in his commercial cows. Eventually, the registered heifers he produces will replace the commercial cows in his herd. Kyle grew up with Red Angus and as young as 8 showed them at national shows and state fairs in Colorado, Iowa, Arkansas, Missouri and other states. “I stuck with it and now know a lot of people at the national level,” he said. He likes the disposition of the Red Angus and the heat tolerance that comes with a red hide. Like many cattlemen, Kyle supports Kyle Roder has started his own seedstock operation after growing his habit by working 40 to 50 hours a up in the Red Angus industry. The young cattleman utilizes both AI week with Lefty’s Pump & Drilling Co. and embryo transfer. in Crane. “I’d like to raise cattle full time, but it will take some time to get there,” he seeders to produce ovulation, removes acres he leases. The herd grazes on fescue, said, noting the high cost of land, the them, injects hormones and implants crab grass, rye, clover and other grasses. Calving in both spring and fall is his trailers, trucks, farm equipment, chutes, embryos or places semen. That’s a lot fences and hay. Not to mention the cost of running cattle through chutes, he most stressful times of year, especially of artificial insemination, embryos, vac- admits. Kyle has three bulls to “clean spring when weather is more unpredictup” cows that didn’t breed through AI able. Males that aren’t herd sire qualcinations and veterinarians. ity are castrated and sold at about 750 “Starting out, I have had a lot of help and embryos. “I like breeding match-ups. What bull pounds. “I won’t keep a calf that won’t from family and friends, but it’s still been a pretty big financial burden,” Kyle said. would be the best to use with this cow? make a bull,” he said. He markets his bulls through the usual “I bought 50 acres and all the cows on What does she need to make a better calf?” he said. He buys semen from GENEX means: a Facebook page, word of mouth, my own.” Cooperative or ABS Global. signs and sale barns. He sells yearling Kyle does as much as he He buys most of his hay from a and 18-month-old bulls that have passed can himself. He’s a firm begood local source that bales fes- a semen test. liever in AI and embryos to cue and red clover. He’ll feed Reflecting on his non-stop days and improve herds. He harvests weaned calves and heifers ambitious goals, Kyle said, “I just like it. embryos from his own regissome alfalfa as well. He also I like cows. All the things I grew up dotered cows to save money and Crane, Mo. harvests Orchardgrass and ing kind of stuck,” he said. does his own flushing. To prered clover hay from about 30 pare cows for AI, he implants Ozarks Farm & Neighbor • www.ozarksfn.com

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After selling his sawmill, Ivan Westover spends his days working with his Angus cattle Many years ago, Ivan Westover got some advice from a longtime cattleman named Jim McGuire. “He said, ‘When are you going to get some black cattle?’” Ivan recalled. Ivan followed Jim’s advice and decades later, Ivan and is wife, Joyce, have about 200 Angus momma cows and heifers. “He knew cattle really well. He picked out all of my bulls. I’d tell him I needed a bull and he’d find me one. He did that for 20 years or more.”

“Every cow I got, I raised,” Ivan said. “I buy my bulls, but I raise all of my own heifers. When I first started, they were all registered, but I got tired of the paperwork. I know which calf is out of which cow and I keep track of that, but the registered side was just too much… I raised registered bulls for about three years, but it turned into a lot of work for me. I didn’t like to sell a bull unless it was tame and working all the time, I couldn’t work with them the way I wanted.” Photo by Julie Turner-Crawford

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While Jim McGuire got Ivan into the “He said I needed llamas too, and I have llamas,” Ivan’s wife Joyce added. Angus business, he was no stranger to livestock and farming. “They’re still there.” “I had dairy cattle, and I really didn’t “Our herd keeps getting bigger and bigger with them too,” Ivan said with a laugh. like it,” Ivan said with a grin. “I had beef Jim passed away a couple of years ago, cattle on the side for years. I like the Angus mainly because they bring a better but the descendents of the price. I started out with Herefords, Angus cattle he helped but the Angus always brought a introduce into the Westopremium over the Herefords. If ver herd continue to roam I did any crossbreeding, it would the pastures of Ivan’s and be with a Hereford. I’ve had Joyce’s farms near Amoret, Amoret, Mo. some black white face over Mo., in Bates County. The the years and they have done herd runs on 700 acres, 600 of well. Angus are actually a which they own. Ozarks Farm & Neighbor • www.ozarksfn.com

little harder to handle than the Hereford as far as their temperament and don’t grow as fast as some of the other breeds, but they will bring that better price so it’s worth it to me.” In addition to cattle, Ivan also had row crops, mostly corn and soybeans, but phased that portion of the operation out about 30 years ago. “I sold the combine, plows, drills, tractors and all,” he said. “I just grow grass now. Financially, I don’t make as much money this way, but I enjoy it much more.” Ivan operated a South Side Lumber in Butler, Mo., for about 40 years, which he purchased from his parents. He sold it a few years ago and became a full-time cattleman. His wife Joyce had a restaurant for many years as well, but after selling it she became Ivan’s right hand. “I wasn’t able to get the cows and the land without having the sawmill all of those years,” Ivan said. “When I sold it, I didn’t retire from a job, I retired to a job.” Westover Farms utilizes all natural cover for its herd, breeding for both spring and fall calves. “I like spring calves because that grass is coming along about the time the calf is ready to start eating it, and that grass helps the cows boost their milk production a little,” he said. “I can’t get everything bred for spring, so I’ll have some in the fall, about a third of what I have in the spring. I like to have those calves in September, October. I don’t like to have calves in July or August, or January or February; that’s just my opinion.” He typically has cow groups of 45 to 65 females, running two bulls with each group. “We used AI for about two years, but if you get too many head, it gets hard to keep things straight,” he said. “I’ve got a guy now who helps me take care of things and it’s just easier for us to use bulls.” Ivan runs about eight bulls with his herds. A bull that performs well and — Continued on Page 24 SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

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Continued from Page 22 holds up will remain in the breeding cycle for as long as 10 years, or more. The Westovers typically sell their calves three months after weaning – which is at about 6 to 8 months, depending on their size – through local sale barns. He may keep calves a little longer, depending on size, and doesn’t like to sell calves in July or August, opting instead to keep them a little longer to add weight. Calves are also offered a 12 to 15 percent protein creep feed, and are vaccinated about two weeks prior to weaning, and given a booster before sale. Ivan said it’s not unusual for their calves to top sellers. “It doesn’t matter if the market is high or low, they sell pretty well,” Ivan said. Ivan typically doesn’t market replacement heifers, but it’s not unusual for other producers to call him and see when he might be sending a load of heifers to town. “There always seems to be a demand for Angus heifers,” Ivan said. Ivan does retain a few heifers each year as replacements, but he’s very selective and he bases that selection on the performance of the dam. “I know which cow she’s out of and if it’s a good cow,” he said, adding that he likes to breed his heifers when they are about 18 months of age, but a larger framed heifer may be bred a little sooner. “If she doesn’t breed the first time, I’ll move her because I have others waiting.” “He knows his cows,” Joyce added. As for the future, Ivan said he wants to maintain his current herd level.

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“I need to cull things a little closer, but not cut down on my numbers,” he said. “I need to pay more attention to the quality. The current cowherd is very manageable for me.” He said he doesn’t want to have so many cows that it damages his pastures, which he also hays each year. “My cows follow the hay,” he said. “I fertilize in the fall with a commercial fertilizer and hay in the spring, then turn the cows in. I try to keep them on fresh grass all summer long, and in the winter. Last year, I didn’t have to feed any hay until the middle of December. I really don’t have any kind of management program for pastures; I just walk the pastures and look at it. I usually will put clover in with my fertilizer, or sometimes some Orchardgrass. I do a little soil testing, but I might not follow that 100 percent, and I drag some of my pastures to help break up the manure. Most of the pastures are fescue, but I just keep moving them around. That’s why I don’t have just one big herd; I have 88 acres here, 100 acres there, so I have to keep things moving.” Cattle at Westover Farms are also offered free choice mineral, which changes depending on the season. All animals are vaccinated twice a year. Ivan humbly said he really doesn’t think he’s done a good job raising cattle, and has a tendency to second-guess himself, and he’s leery about buying bulls without Jim’s input. Joyce said Ivan doesn’t give himself enough credit for the quality of his cattle. “He really does a good job with his cows,” she said. “You can see the quality of his cattle when you look at them. He works very hard.” SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

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bulls

beef

(Week of 9/10/17 to 9/16/17) Douglas County Livestock Auctionn

71.00-91.00

Joplin Regional Stockyards

73.00-85.00 † 70.00-92.00* 7

Mid Missouri Stockyards - Lebanon

67.50-87.00 † 6

MO-KAN Livestock Auction Ozarks Regional Stockyard

70.00-95.00*

dairy

72.00-87.50 †

South Central Regional Stockyards

Norwood, Mo. • Producers Auction Yards

70.00-90.50 †

Springfield Livestock Marketing

†

70.00-89.00 †

Kingsville Livestock Auction

slaughter

100

120

140

100

120

cows

(Week of 9/10/17 to 9/16/17)

55.00-67.00*

Buffalo Livestock Market

45.00-65.00 †

Douglas County Livestock

48.00-69.50 †

Interstate Regional Stockyards

39.00-67.50 †

Joplin Regional Stockyards

53.00-70.50 †

Kingsville Livestock Auction

45.00-68.00*

Mid Missouri Stockyards

48.50-66.00 †

MO-KAN Livestock Auction - Butler

42.00-74.50 †

Ozarks Regional Stockyard

50.00-67.50 †

South Central Regional Stockyards

40.00-71.00 †

Springfield Livestock Market

cow/calf

pairs

(Week of 9/10/17 to 9/16/17) Buffalo Livestock Market

1100.00-1350.00*

Douglas County Livestock Auction - Ava

None Reported †

Joplin Regional Stockyards Mid Missouri Stockyards - Lebanon

9/14/17

Receipts: 239 At this month’s special dairy sale at the Producers Auction Yard, demand was good on a light supply. The supply consisted of 5 percent Springer Heifers, 4 percent Bred Heifers, 18 percent Open Heifers, 4 percent Fresh and Milking Cows, 1 percent Bred Cows and 37 percent baby calves. The balance was made up of weigh cows and beef animals. All quotes are on a per head basis for Holsteins unless noted otherwise. Springer Heifers Bred Seven to Nine Months: Supreme 1400.00-1570.00, Approved 1300.00-1325.00, Crossbred 1050.00-1150.00. Heifers Bred Four to Six Months: Supreme 1375.001450.00, Approved Individual Jersey 975.00, Medium Individual Crossbred 935.00, Common Individual Crossbred 725.00. Heifers Bred One to Three Months: Approved Pair Crossbred 950.00, Medium Individual 775.00 Individual Crossbred 775.00, Common Individual Crossbred 400.00. Open heifers: Approved 300-400 lbs Pkg 4 hd 375 lb Jerseys 500.00, 400-500 lbs Pkg 3 hd 435 lb Jerseys 639.00, Pair 425 lb Shorthorns 575.00, 500-600 lbs Individual 610.00, Individual Crossbred 620.00, Individual Jersey 670.00, 600-700 lbs Pkg 13 hd 657 lbs 840.00, Ind. Crossbred 710.00, 700-800 lbs Pair 755 lbs 810.00, Medium 300-400 lbs Pkg 3 hd 375 lb Crossbred 420.00, Individual Jersey 425.00, 400-500 lbs Pair Crossbred 450.00, Ind. Shorthorn 430.00, 500-600 lbs Individual 530.00, 700800 lbs Individual Crossbred 735.00. Fresh Milking Heifers and Cows: Approved Individual 1350.00, Medium Pair Crossbred 925.00, Common

850.00-1300.00 † 1100.00-1410.00

Springfield Livestock Marketing

Ava Douglas County† 9/14/17

†

1000.00-1475.00 †

1150

1650

replacement

2150

2650

cows

(Week of 9/10/17 to 9/16/17)

Prices reported per cwt

1000.00-1320.00*

Buffalo Livestock Market Douglas County Livestock Auction

9/7/17

National Sheep Summary

1050.00-1150.00 †

Interstate Regional Stockyards

970.00-1285.00 †

Joplin Regional

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

925.00-1300.00 †

Mid Missouri Stockyards - Lebanon MO-KAN Livestock Auction - Butler Ozarks Regional

1200.00-1500.00* None Reported † 700.00-1350.00 †

South Central Regional Stockyardd

960.00-1260.00 †

Heifers, Med. & Lg. 1

610.00-1300.00 †

Springfield Live

1050

1550

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

Holsteins, Lg. 3

600.00-1500.00 †

Kingsville Livestock Auction

Steers, Med. & Lg. 1

2050

2550

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

Buffalo Livestock Auction* 9/16/17

Butler Mo-Kan Livestock† 9/14/17

Cuba Interstate Regional† 9/12/17

9/15/17

Compared to last week slaughter lambs were firm to 5.00 higher at San Angelo, TX and New Holland, PA; steady to sharply lower in other sales. Slaughter ewes were steady to 6.00 lower. Feeder lambs were steady to 10.00 lower. At San Angelo, TX 5041 head sold. Equity Electronic Auction sold 236 slaughter lambs in Nebraska. In direct trading slaughter ewes and feeder lambs were not tested. Head of negotiated sales of slaughter lambs were lamb carcasses sold with all weights no trend due to confidentiality. All sheep sold per hundred weight (CWT) unless otherwise specified. Slaughter Lambs: Choice and Prime 2-3 90-160 lbs: San Angelo: shorn and wooled 100-145 lbs 120.00140.00. VA: wooled 110-125 lbs 155.00-170.00. PA: shorn and wooled 90-110 lbs 200.00-225.00; 110-130 lbs 185.00-217.00. Ft.Collins, CO: wooled 130-155 lbs 146.00-153.00. South Dakota: shorn and wooled 110-160 lbs 141.00145.75; wooled 120-150 lbs 130.00-135.00. Kalona, IA: shorn 120-155 lbs 137.50-144.00; wooled 110-165 lbs 137.50-144.00. Billings, MT: no test. Missouri: 90-100 lbs 140.00-167.50; 100-130 lbs 140.00162.50; 135-180 lbs 140.00-147.50. Equity Elec: wooled 120 lbs 130.00. Slaughter Lambs: Choice and Prime 1-2: San Angelo: 40-60 lbs 190.00-216.00, few 220.00-222.00; 60-70 lbs 182.00-210.00; 70-80 lbs 178.00-198.00; 80-90 lbs 174.00-188.00; 90-110 lbs 170.00. Pennsylvania: 40-50 lbs 230.00; 50-60 lbs 220.00-225.00; 60-70 lbs 200.00-235.00, few 240.00-255.00; 70-80 lbs 180.00-215.00, few 218.00-235.00; 80-90 lbs 180.00210.00; 90-110 lbs 205.00-222.00. Kalona, IA: 60-70 lbs 160.00-177.50; 70-80 lbs 160.00167.50; 80-90 lbs 150.00-152.50; 90-110 lbs 143.00153.00. Ft. Collins: 82 lbs 182.50.

stocker & feeder

1400.00-1700.00*

South Central Regional Stockyards

650

goats

Diamond, Mo. • TS Whites Sheep and Goat Sale

None Reported †

Ozarks Regional

cattle

Slaughter Does: Selection 1 62-95 lbs 170.00-195.00. Selection 2 50-112 lbs 135.00-165.00. Selection 3 48-140 lbs 105.00-130.00. Replacement Bucks: Selection 1 210.00-300.00 Per Head. Selection 2 65-105 lbs 165.00-180.00. Slaughter Bucks: Selection 2 60-215 lbs 130.00-155.00. Selection 3 70-185 lbs 100.00-130.00.

Receipts: 1,475 Supply was heavy and demand was good. Sheep markets were mostly steady to 15.00 lower as were the Doe and Buck markets but the kid markets saw a drop of about 20.00-30.00 lower. Supply was made up of about 33 percent kid goats, 15 percent Does and Bucks, and 29 percent sheep. The barn was nearly full of buyers and consigners with few empty seats to be found. All prices are per hundred weight (CWT) unless noted otherwise. SHEEP: Feeder Lambs: Medium and Large 1-2 mostly hair 32-58 lbs 200.00-215.00. Medium and Large 2 22-59 lbs 170.00190.00. Slaughter Lambs: Wool Choice and Prime 2-3 65-128 lbs 155.00-170.00; 138-175 lbs 125.00-140.00. Hair lambs: Choice and Prime 2-3 60-87 lbs 180.00207.50. Good 1-3 60-99 lbs 155.00-175.00. Replacement Ewes: Hair Medium and Large 1-2 100198 lbs 130.00-155.00. Medium and Large 2 98-190 lbs 105.00-125.00. Replacement Wool Ewes: Medium and Large 1-2 118125 lbs 110.00-120.00. Replacement Hair Rams: Medium and Large 1-2 85-185 lbs 175.00-315.00 Per head. Medium and Large 1-2 85135 lbs 185.00-205.00. Medium and Large 2-3 125-165 lbs 100.00-115.00. GOATS: Feeder kids: Selection 1 20-36 lbs 200.00-225.00. Selection 2 25-40 lbs 174.00-195.00. Selection 3 21-37 lbs 130.00-150.00. Slaughter Kids: Selection 1 40-73 lbs 215.00-240.00; 64-90 lbs 160.00-190.00. Selection 2 40-75 lbs 180.00205.00. Selection 3 40-75 lbs 140.00-180.00. Replacement Does: Selection 1-2 65-130 lbs 120.00175.00.

1000.00-1750.00 †

MO-KAN Livestock Market - Butler

550

sheep &

1150.00-1460.00 †

Kingsville Livestock Auction

525.00-775.00, Crossbred 725.00-760.00. Bred and Springer Cows: Scarce. Baby Calves: Holstein Heifers Pkg 7 hd 145.00, Holstein Bulls 65.00-105.00, Jersey Heifers Individual 95.00, Jersey Bulls 65.00-100.00, Crossbred Heifers 100.00-170.00, Crossbred Bulls 40.00-85.00, Beef Cross Heifers Individual 220.00, Beef Cross Bulls 140.00-210.00.

None Reported †

Interstate Regional Stockyards - Cuba

150

9/17/17

5 Area (Tx-Ok, Ks, Neb, Ia, Colo) Live Basis Sales - Over 80% Choice Steers: 103.50-108.00; wtd. avg. price 105.87. Heifers: 103.00-108.00; wtd. avg. price 105.91. Dressed Basis Sales - Over 80% Choice Steers: 164.00-168.00; wtd. avg. price 166.18. Heifers: 165.00-167.00; wtd. avg. price 165.99.

65.50-96.00 †

Interstate Regional Stockyards - Cuba

Midwest - High Plains Direct Slaughter Cattle

76.00-91.50*

Buffalo Livestock Market

cattle

prices

Joplin Regional Stockyards† 9/11/17

Kingsville Livestock Auction† 9/12/17

Mid Missouri Stockyards* 9/14/17

1,887

1,341

821

1,914

8,311

3,715

1,586

Uneven

Steady

3-10 Higher

2-10 Higher

St-9 Higher

2-6 Higher

195.00-200.00 167.00-186.00 156.00-176.00 142.50-164.50 148.50-157.25

175.00-207.50 167.00-191.00 154.00-172.00 146.00-155.00 142.00-150.50

200.00 179.00-186.00 156.00-175.00 149.00-161.50 159.50

175.50-200.00 172.00-184.00 158.50-182.25 147.25-169.75 144.50-159.75

185.00-216.00 164.00-190.00 150.00-177.00 142.00-165.00 147.00-160.00

201.00-216.00 178.00-197.50 161.00-182.75 144.50-169.50 152.50-166.00

185.00-210.00 170.00-207.00 150.00-179.00 148.00-168.00 142.00-153.00

----92.50 88.00 ----75.00

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90.00-105.00 90.00-95.00 88.00-106.00 85.00-92.00 83.00-88.00

160.00-170.00 145.50-160.00 140.00-153.00 135.00-152.00 132.50-138.00

148.00-170.00 150.00-164.00 141.00-154.00 136.00-145.50 128.00-138.00

----157.00-160.00 151.50-154.00 142.00-145.00 -----

166.00-178.00 150.00-167.00 143.75-156.50 140.00-153.50 -----

167.50-192.00 148.00-170.00 143.00-159.50 142.00-154.00 136.50-147.00

161.00-173.50 153.50-177.00 144.50-165.00 134.50-162.00 135.25-150.00

150.00-170.00 145.00-159.00 140.00-151.00 134.00-147.00 130.00-140.00

USDA Reported * Independently Reported

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reports

182.50.

rices

Kingsville Livestock Auction† 9/12/17

Mid Missouri Stockyards* 9/14/17

Interior Missouri Direct Hogs

9/19/17

Estimated Receipts: 590 Supply and demand are light to moderate. Compared to Monday’s close: barrows and gilts steady to 1.00 lower. Base carcass meat price: 46.00. Sows (cash prices): steady to 1.00 higher, 300-500 lbs. 20.00-25.00, Over 500 lbs. 24.00-30.00.

dairy & fed cattle

National Dairy Market

9/15/17

CHEESE: Barrels closed at $1.4500 and 40# blocks at $1.6100. The weekly average for barrels is $1.5120 (-.0449) and blocks, $1.6240 (-.0060). FLUID MILK: Milk production varies from steady to lower in most parts of the U.S. However, outputs are enough to

Springfield Livestock Marketing† 9/13/17

Vienna South Central† 9/13/17

West Plains Ozarks Regional† 9/12/17

3,715

1,586

1,980

692

4,760

St-9 Higher

2-6 Higher

St-5 Higher

3-12 Higher

2-4 Higher

01.00-216.00 78.00-197.50 61.00-182.75 44.50-169.50 52.50-166.00

185.00-210.00 170.00-207.00 150.00-179.00 148.00-168.00 142.00-153.00

----160.00-189.00 151.00-167.00 135.00-165.50 137.00-152.00

191.00-214.00 173.00-187.00 166.00-178.50 141.00-177.00 150.00-154.00

177.50-199.00 160.00-195.00 154.50-175.00 147.00-160.00 144.00-149.50

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90.00-105.00 90.00-95.00 88.00-106.00 85.00-92.00 83.00-88.00

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61.00-173.50 53.50-177.00 44.50-165.00 34.50-162.00 35.25-150.00

150.00-170.00 145.00-159.00 140.00-151.00 134.00-147.00 130.00-140.00

----146.00-155.00 140.00-153.00 131.00-145.00 135.50-138.00

164.50 149.00-159.50 140.00-151.50 131.00-146.75 131.00

160.00-168.00 145.00-161.00 137.00-151.00 136.00-147.00 133.00-138.00

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

9/15/17

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steers 550-600 LBS. Ava Kingsville

Butler Springfield

Cuba Vienna

Joplin West Plains

heifers 550-600 LBS. Ava Kingsville

Butler Springfield

155.99

161.21 165.20 159.38

142.25 145.27 145.23 143.62 145.50

169.50 154.61

139.01

153.60

140.16

157.47 164.97 165.14 165.34 160.40

152.99 147.03 147.19 157.60 142.97

162.75

141.48

161.73

142.49

158.72

143.35 148.97

163.81 150.56

142.33

*** ** 151.34

*** ** 143.77 **

138.33

155.81

Soybeans

Week Ended 9/15/17 Soft Wheat Corn Sorghum* * Price per cwt

18 15 12

9.72

9 6 3 0

4.29 3.38

8.90

3.66 3.05

9.55

9.33

8.97

4.26

5.42 3.70

4.85

3.27

3.25

3.58 3.16

Joplin West Plains

145.50

158.15

avg. grain prices

Cuba Vienna

144.66

151.74 Week of 8/20/17

Mo. Weekly Hay Summary

The big news this week was the explosion of the drought monitor with an increase of over 45 percent of the state being added to the latest report, which now shows slightly over 60 percent of the state as abnormally to moderately dry. About the only people remotely glad to a dry window are the grain farmers running combines as harvest is underway. There was some moisture that has allowed many to bale some fall hay but any regrowth before frost will be very limited if at all without moisture in a hurry. This could also limit any stockpiling of pastures before the growing season ends as well making for the possibility of a long feeding. Hay supplies are moderate, demand is light and 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): 170.00-220.00. Premium quality Alfalfa (RFV 170-180): 150.00-180.00. Good quality Alfalfa (RFV 150-170): 120.00-160.00. Small squares 4.50-5.00 per bale. Fair quality Alfalfa (RFV 130-150): 100.00-120.00. Good quality Mixed Grass hay: 75.00-100.00. Small squares 3.00-4.50 per bale (some alfalfa/grass mix). Fair to Good quality Mixed Grass hay: 50.00-80.00. Small squares 2.50-3.50 per bale. Fair quality Mixed Grass hay: 20.00-30.00 per large round bale. Fair to Good quality Bromegrass: 50.00-80.00. Wheat straw: 3.00-5.00 per small square bale.

$100

Week of 8/27/17

ooled 130-155 lbs 146.00-153.00. orn and wooled 110-160 lbs 141.000-150 lbs 130.00-135.00. 120-155 lbs 137.50-144.00; wooled -144.00. est. bs 140.00-167.50; 100-130 lbs 140.00s 140.00-147.50. ed 120 lbs 130.00. Choice and Prime 1-2: lbs 190.00-216.00, few 220.00-222.00; 10.00; 70-80 lbs 178.00-198.00; 80-90 90-110 lbs 170.00. 50 lbs 230.00; 50-60 lbs 220.00-225.00; 35.00, few 240.00-255.00; 70-80 lbs 218.00-235.00; 80-90 lbs 180.00205.00-222.00. lbs 160.00-177.50; 70-80 lbs 160.0050.00-152.50; 90-110 lbs 143.00-

hay & grain markets

$145

Week of 9/3/17

25 lbs 155.00-170.00. oled 90-110 lbs 200.00-225.00; 110-130

9/15/17

Receipts: 4,613 Weaner pigs steady to weak. Feeder pigs no sales reported. Supply light and demand moderate. (Prices Per Head.) Early weaned pigs 10 lb. base weights, FOB the farm 0% negotiated, 2899 head, 10 lbs, 36.00-37.02, weighted average 36.51. Early weaned pigs 10 lb base weights, Delivered 0% negotiated, 1714 head, 10 lbs, 34.31-36.59, weighted average 35.45. Feeder pigs in all lot sizes, FOB 0% negotiated, No Sales Reported. Feeder pigs in all lot sizes, Delivered 100% negotiated, No Sales Reported. *Early weaned pigs are under 19 days old. **Most lots of feeder pigs have a sliding value from the negotiated weight basis which is calculated on the actual average weight of the load plus or minus .25-.40 per pound. Some early weaned lots have a slide of .50-1.00 per pound.

$190

159.48

144.03

165.47 167.15 162.59 167.95 157.12

151.50 145.41

Week of 9/10/17

week slaughter lambs were firm to n Angelo, TX and New Holland, PA; ower in other sales. Slaughter ewes 0 lower. Feeder lambs were steady t San Angelo, TX 5041 head sold. Auction sold 236 slaughter lambs rect trading slaughter ewes and not tested. Head of negotiated sales were lamb carcasses sold with all ue to confidentiality. All sheep sold ht (CWT) unless otherwise specified. Choice and Prime 2-3 90-160 lbs: and wooled 100-145 lbs 120.00-

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American animal mistakenly referred to as buffalo on this continent, and 60 regRed Angus and istered Red Angus. “As with any breed, the end goal is to imbison roam the prove the genetics,” he said. “Everybody Chip McGeehan ranch has cattle, but not everyone has bison and When Chip McGeehan of rural there are some significant differences. “Bison are not a domestic animal, like Webster County, Mo., graduated from the University of Missouri- cattle. They are still genetically, a wild Columbia with a degree in for- animal and can stand alone if there is 3 estry, fisheries and wildlife, he foot of snow on the ground. Not so for didn’t imagine he would instead cattle. Like deer and elk, they come into embark on a career in business. rut once a year whereas cattle cycle evAlways a hunting and fishing enthusiast, ery 21 days. Cattle will stay put for the he was duck hunting with a friend in Ten- most part, if the fences are good but bufnessee, who had just started into business falo won’t be stopped by electric or wire, with McDonald’s and he told Chip, “you if they’ve a mind to go. Their attitude is, if they can see through it, like a fence, would love this.” “I discovered I loved sales,” he quipped, they can go through it.” While related, cattle and bison are relaxing at his home on his Webster County cattle and buffalo ranch of 1,000 very different. “Bison don’t mature as fast as cattle. acres. Today, he and his wife, Teresa own 16 McDonald’s restaurants in 14 south- It takes 30 months to get a bull to mawest Missouri communities, stretching turity or an animal ready for slaughter, while cattle are ready at 18 months of from Eldon to Nixa. Still, the call of the wild in the Ozarks age. There are only 280,000 head of binever let Chip go. He was cutting hay for son in all of the United States. There Pat Jones, former owner of Marshfield’s Ex- are 250,000 head of cattle slaughtered daily in the U.S. so theoretically, you otic Animal Paradise, when could slaughter all of the bison in the opportunity to purchase the country in one day. That puts land came up. It was some a higher demand on the buftime after that, Pat convinced falo meat which is why it goes Chip to take some buffalo in exMarshfield, Mo. for $6.50 a pound, rather change for another hay cutting. than the $4 a pound you Today, Chip has approxiget for high quality beef.” mately 60 head of bison, the While he may have never proper term for the North Ozarks Farm & Neighbor • www.ozarksfn.com

imagined, once leaving his college classes related to animal husbandry and genetics behind for the world of restaurant management years ago, that knowledge came back to him in his ranch and land management work. “We work with intensive grazing, with both the cattle and the buffalo, but we don’t mix the two as it is not in their best interest. A bison can kill a cow in short order if it wants to. We use a feed truck with range cubes to get the buffalo moving and soon, like the cattle, they are excited about moving to a new pasture every few days. It really helps with the control of parasites as they die off every 21 days and we move them through different pastures every seven days. Of course, the challenge is to get them moving in the summer when there is great grass everywhere.” Chip has remained actively engaged in his favorite pursuits of hunting and fishing, but he has gone far beyond the average sportsman’s passion. He served as a Missouri Conservation Commissioner from 2005 to 2011, working in the department’s elk restoration program. He is a lifetime member of the Conservation Federation of Missouri and continues to serve on its board of directors. “When we first came here, it was so weedy, but we’ve also worked to change our own landscape right here at home. Back then, you never heard a bird but now we have six to eight coveys of quail on our own land. We are truly fortunate and blessed to live here.” SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

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Greg and Lynn Walker went from grass-fed beef to seedstock production after moving to the Ozarks Greg Walker has his own history in agriculture, growing up with Herefords in Indiana and working as an ag teacher and FFA advisor there for 22 years before moving to the Ozarks. After years in the classroom, he and his wife, Lynn felt it was time for a change. While their research confirmed their findings that land prices in Indiana were beyond their reach, they discovered that Missouri is one of the best places in the country to raise cattle and offered affordable acreage. In 2012, they sold their

we’ve discovered the difference made by good genetics. We bought bull semen from the Ohlde Cattle Company in Kansas and their efficiency totally changed our herd. Initially, we bought two bulls from them and to date, have bought a total of seven. The qualities we’re looking for – a moderate frame, easy fleshing, decent milking, easy calving with excellent udders which makes it so much better for the calves – are all there. These cattle do well on fescue and both the males and females have good muscle growth. Photo by Laura L. Valenti

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“The bottom line is this. We have a total Indiana grass-fed beef operation to one of his former students and today, raise of about 150 head. In 2016, we calved 116 registered Angus as well as crossbred females, including 24 2-year-old first time Charolais, on 450 acres in rural Douglas heifers and we weaned 115 live calves. We check our cows each morning and County, outside of Ava, Mo. evening during calving season but an“I still love Herefords, other great thing about this breed is but Angus is what people the convenience trait. You don’t here want,” Greg explained. have to watch them 24 hours a “When we started years ago day, worrying about the next in Indiana, we took what we Ava, Mo. calf and its survival.” could afford at the state sales, In addition to being a cow/ the cows nobody else wanted. calf producer, the Walkers Since then with more research,

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also market their farm-raised bulls. Like his cows, Greg is very particular about his breeding program and only the best make the cut. “This is our job so we are very picky about the bulls we raise and sell,” Greg said. “They must come from a good momma and be born in the first half of that year’s calf crop. They have to be docile. If there is any sign of craziness, that’s something I don’t want to deal with and I don’t want anyone else to either. I don’t want a calf over 80 pounds at birth because a big,

“Like I said, I have my rules about which calves can and should become bulls and which should not,” Greg said. “We sell our excess heifers to folks who want to improve their herd and supply steers to others, including those who now operate my former grass-fed operation in Indiana. The rest, both male and female, go to the feed lot.” The Walkers also use rotational grazing as taught by Natural Resource Conservation Service. “The grass is everything,” Lynn added. “We work hard on our pastures and the cat-

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but dead calf isn’t worth anything. A lot of people are part-time farmers these days and they don’t have time to be checking their cows all the time, so we want to sell them a product that will not be a problem to them later. “Like us, they want to raise good quality cows. We want to sell them cattle that work for them, rather than them working for the cattle. The public has a lot of misconceptions about agriculture and grassfed beef. We all have to work to educate the rest of the world who are not farmers.” Last year, Greg kept 10 bulls out of the spring calving season and five out of the fall. SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

tle are great. They’ll tell you when it’s time to move to the next pasture,” she laughed. “They’ll actually line up at the gate.” Greg and Lynn have two grown children, daughter Lauren has a Ph.D. in neurology and their son is a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army. Greg concluded that he enjoys the activities involved with working with the cattle and raising the grass that feeds them. “In the business I had in Indiana, I spent a lot of time on the phone and on email and I find this, just working with the cattle and on the pastures, to be a lot more satisfying.”

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ily raised cattle, oats, barley and wheat. vada in 1977. Jerry had the opportunity to He started showing purebred Hereford open a service station and Katherine continued to teach at Walker School. Jerry calves in 1950. “At that time Herefords were the big worked a variety of jobs and farmed on the side before retiring from the United breed. Hereford is still my States Postal Service 15 years ago. love,” he remarked. Life took an unexpected turn Jerry and Katherine were when Katherine was involved married in 1964 and moved in a health-altering accident to Hume, Mo., in 1968 to Neveda, Mo. which restricted her ability help Katherine’s mother, Verto be involved in the farm. gie Brooks, keep the operation Jerry had to make the hard running after her father, Rusdecision to sell the 250 sell, had a heart attack.

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meet your neighbors acres Katherine inherited from her family and half of their cows. He still owns 100 acres near Nevada and 160 acres west of Deerfield, Mo. “We at one time had 150 cows. I am down to 72. I like to stay around 75 cows,” Jerry said. He remains faithful to the Hereford breed even though his herd is now a mixture of red and black. “I have some purebred Herefords and purebred Angus, too but basically just crossbred. I don’t register any of my cattle. I always have purebred Hereford bulls,” he said. He likes Herefords because they are calm, easy to handle and raise a good calf. He appreciates the Angus breed for the same reasons, plus they breed back well. He noted he seldom has to pull a calf. “I can’t ever remember that I had one that was mean and ornery,” he exclaimed. Jerry has both a spring and fall calving herd. He creep feeds, weans and vaccinates his calves before they are sold. “I check them all whenever they are calving every day and sometimes two or three times a day,” he said. Jerry has witnessed several shifts which he believes are for the betterment of the agriculture industry. “The price of cattle is going through the roof here in the last three years or so. That in itself has made a big difference. There are more people and fewer cows than there used to be,” he explained. He commends the introduction of fescue, a hardy fast-growing grass. He also has seen an increase in hay quality since it became established in pastures. “The grass itself has become better than what it was when I was a kid. We didn’t have fescue when I was a kid; we just had native grass with some clover in it,” Jerry recalled, adding he will sew clover into his fescue fields. In the late spring and summer months, Jerry is found on his tractor mowing, raking and bailing hay. He will put up 600 large round bales each year. “You can bale 600 big bales now and never get off the tractor or touch one of them. Little square bales are a lot of work, as a kid we hauled all summer long,” he said. Round bales are more efficient and less labor intensive. He does see more waste compared to the small square bales. SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

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hen it comes to borrowing money, we tend to think about interest rates first. It’s the “goto” discussion point. Most everyone seems to have a story to share regarding rates. Maybe it’s bragging rights on a great deal your neighbor received on his latest cattle loan. Perhaps you know someone who feels they received a rate that was too high. Like the weather, interest rates are discussed at home, at the office and at coffee shops everywhere. It’s understandable. The interest rate you pay on a Ken W. Knies is an loan is one of its most important factors and has agricultural and rural a direct impact on your payment and overall loan consultant. He has a cost. It is a critical part of the deal. bachelor’s degree in I would suggest that there’s another factor that agriculture from the can and often does surpass interest rates in terms University of Arkansas of overall importance in borrowing money. The and a master’s of busirelationship you develop with your lender, and ness administration his/her support staff over time, can be even more from Webster Univerimportant than the rate itself. A strong borrower/ sity in St. Louis, Mo. lender relationship will incorporate many attributes that relate to a producer’s long-term success. Some of these include: • Communication – A good relationship lends itself to a high level of communication. This works both ways. Good communication is more than a text or email – talking in person or over the phone is a great way to better understand and learn more about one another. • Timeliness – When we maintain in contact, we become “top of the mind” when specials or loan enhancements become available. Make it easy for your loan professional to think about you – in a good way. • Openness – A strong level of communication allows for trust and the ability to share honest information openly with one another. Many loan problems can be worked out to everyone’s satisfaction when there is a good relationship in play. Said another way, many loan problems occur or worsen because a strong relationship and a high level of communication did not exist. • Being Personable – As a relationship grows and develops, one gets to know more about family, friends and other more personal aspects within the relationship. This, too, can lead to a higher overall level of satisfaction and understanding between the two parties. A strong borrower/lender relationship will enhance your farming and business results through good communication, thereby minimizing surprises. Effective ongoing communication will foster better trust and can often bring to light some new information that will help your business. Work on your relationships and let that effort reward you over time – it may even lead to a better rate.

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How creating a Community Supported Agriculture Program helps small farmers expand their customer base The region known as the Ozarks is home to numerous small family farms – which are defined by the U.S. Department of Agriculture as farms consisting of 179 acres or less, or a farm that earns $50,000 or less in gross income annually. While there are some arguments that owning and operating a small farm is no longer a lucrative business, there are plenty of farmers who are proving the opposite to be true. In 2017, running a small farm can be a successful enterprise, but it requires a great deal of creativity on the part of the farmer. Many family farms have turned to options such as value-added products, selling at farmers markets, hosting agritourism events and starting Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) programs, which is gaining in popularity.

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Just Food, a New York City-based organization that supports community leaders to advocate for and increase access to healthy, locally-grown food, offers an easy to understand definition of a CSA program, an idea that got its start in Japan. When you become a member of a CSA, you’re purchasing a “share” of vegetables from a regional farmer. CSA members pay for an entire season of produce upfront. This early bulk payment enables your farmer to plan for the season, purchase new seed, make equipment repairs, and more. As most farmers already know, it can be difficult to afford the necessary supplies and repairs required at the beginning of the growing season, which is often a lean time of year due to coming out of winter. The payments from a CSA program help the farmer afford this, and also allow the CSA members a glimpse into the risks and rewards associated with growing and supplying food. More consumers are becoming interested in how their food is being raised, so from the consumer side, a CSA membership is a valuable investment. Millsap Farm in

what do you say? What is the greatest benefit in a fall calving program?

“I just think it’s a much better environment for the calves. I think it provides a gentler environment for the calves, opposed to calving in the winter months.”

Darrel Franson Lawrence County, Mo.

Springfield, Mo, supports a 100-member summer CSA program and a 70-member winter CSA program, and says their CSA has allowed them to offer “diversity and transparency” to their customers. If a CSA program sounds like a good fit for your farm, there are some things you’ll want to consider.

Products: Producers can’t start a CSA without the products and the knowledge of how to grow, raise and make them. Many CSAs are strictly vegetables, but not all. Blue Heron Farm, in Marshfield, Mo, provides their CSA customers with “everyday kitchen essentials.” This includes eggs and a variety of homemade bread products, as well as in season fruits and vegetables. Green Thicket Farm, in Springfield, Mo., emphasizes meat products in their CSA shares alongside eggs and produce. While it’s important to provide customers with staples they can use throughout the week, most CSA members are willing to try more unique items (kohlrabi, duck eggs or rabbit) as long as the farmer provides recipes and suggestions on how to utilize them. Most farmers with an established CSA program caution that simply having the product is not enough – producers must continue to have the product for the duration of the season (generally May-October in the Ozarks region). One of the most frequently cited factors in failed CSA groups is that the grower did not know how to grow a diverse, bountiful harvest. Avoiding this downfall requires thorough research and advance planning. Talk to other producers in your area about their planning, production and harvesting methods, or consider joining a CSA yourself to learn more about the products.

“Number one, the weather conditions are usually very conducive to calving in the fall. If you do early spring, you have issues with spring storms; ice, cold rain and so forth. Secondly, by spring grass, the calves are getting up full size and utilize the spring grass for growth.”

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“We have cooler temperatures, so it’s not as hard on the calf or the cow. I also think you are able to watch your cattle a little better in the fall.”

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“The markets are better in the spring for fall calves. There’s more demand for calves in the spring because people who buy them can put them in a feedlot or put them our on pasture.” Ronnie Rogers McDonald County, Mo.

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Testing Soils By Julie Turner-Crawford

Testing for nutrient levels can improve hayfields and pastures Are your pastures lagging a little lately? Has production in hayfields dropped the last couple of years? It might be time to get to the root of the problem. Sarah Kenyon, agronomist with the University of Missouri-Extension in Howell County, Mo., said a change in how soil is managed may be in order, and the best way to get started on improving production is with a soil test. “Soil testing tells farmers what nutrients are lacking so that they can improve production and overall performance,” she said. “It really helps pinpoint the causes of poor production, but it also helps identify areas where they can potentially save money. If they don’t need to add a nutrient; that can be a savings.” Hay production, Kenyon said, is actually very hard on soil nutrients, so a drop in production would be a sign of problems. “Hay production mines nutrients,” she said. “Hayfields that have routinely been hayed for a long period of time and not had fertilizer in a few years, or have only had small amounts of fertilizer, have been mined of nutrients.” Experts recommend soil testing every three to four years. “You will need 15 to 20 samples per 20acer area,” Kenyon explained. “Soil sampling is hard work, and a lot of folks will just want to go out and do two or three core samples and call that good, but that wouldn’t be a good, accurate representation of the field. The more core samples you have, the more accurate it’s going to be. It’s important to avoid sampling around shaded areas, around feed bunks or water troughs. I know it’s hard work, but we’re sending in a little, tiny box that represents a big, big field.” Sampling in only one area of the farm will not give producers an accurate measurement of the needs of their soil. “Anytime you have a soil change, where the soil changes color or texture, SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

you will have to treat those differently,” she said. “Also, if the fields have a physical separation between them, they are managed slightly different, even if they are on the same farm.” Once the lab completes a test, producers will receive the results. “The report will give a pH value of the soil, then it will also give the different nutrients that are needed in large amounts,” Kenyon explained. “Phosphorus, calcium and magnesium are the most common ones.” While testing soils in the fall is common, that doesn’t mean farmers should begin applying fertilizer right away. “With nitrogen, it needs to be put on when a crop is actively growing so that the crop can take it up,” Kenyon explained. “Nitrogen is mobile, meaning if its not taken up, it’s lost. Phosphorus and potassium are stable, so they stay in the soil until the soil takes them out. They can be put down anytime of year.” Fall is a great time to work on soil acidity. “If you need to add limestone, fall and winter is the best time,” she said. “The freezing and thawing of the soil helps crush the limestone and incorporate that limestone so it neutralizes in the soil.” In the Ozarks, soils tend to be a little more acidic, so adjusting the pH will help improve forage root health. “Getting that pH to 6.0 or 6.5 is ideal for our crops,” Kenyon said. For those producers who opt to exclusively utilize manure or chicken litter as fertilizer, they may be missing some key soil nutrients. “Manure is good fertilizer and typically has high levels of nitrogen and phosphorus and can really help a field that is deficient in those areas quickly, but sometimes we see deficiencies in crops that require a higher potassium; alfalfa and Bermudagrass for example. We actually recommend a test be taken of the manure material, just to get a ballpark value of the nutrients.”

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Improving Soil Health with Forages By Klaire Howerton

The right forages can help improve nitrogen, improve soil aeration

Taking care of soil is critical to the success of agricultural endeavors, and one of the best tools producers have for improving soil health is their forage. “Forages that are on the ground give your soil the right mix of nutrients to grow more,” said Daniel Boenkamp of Hillside Bison in Mountain Grove, Mo. Understanding and properly structuring your forage program can help you achieve this on your farm.

cruciferous root crop like forage radishes. “Radishes and turnips can break up the soil so it’s not as hard,” said Hickory Ridge Hunting Ranch Marketing Director Joshua Jones from Lamar, Okla., “Plus they add nutrients.” You’ll also want to consider the goals of your forage and soil health program based on the results of your soil tests – this will help you determine whether you need to select annual or perennial forages.

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While you might not notice a change in your soil from above ground right away when you implement a solid forage program, you can be sure that there is plenty of action going on below. Alan Scarrow of Ozarks Natural Foods in Rogersville, Mo., said he allows the forage his cattle graze to stay as tall as possible – the taller the grass, the deeper the root system, and the deeper the root system is, the more nutrients and minerals are drawn back up into the top soil where they are needed. The root mass and the manure on top of the soil from grazing livestock also adds organic matter back to the soil – according to an article by Farm and Dairy, organic matter has the potential to hold up to 20 percent of its weight in water and nutrients. Soils with one percent organic matter holds 4,000 pounds of water and nutrients, soils with two percent organic matter holds 8,000 pounds, and soils with three percent organic matter holds 30,000 pounds.” By making your soil health a priority, producers can ensure lasting benefits on your farm, and know that your end product will be the best it can be. “We believe that the soil feeds the forage that feeds the cattle that feeds the soil,” Scarrow said. “And our product will never be better than what the soil is.”

To understand what needs your soil has, it’s imperative that you conduct a soil test. “Obtaining a quality soil sample is vital for receiving accurate nutrient recommendations for your field,” said Jill Scheidt, Agronomy Specialist for the University of Missouri-Extension. The Extension recommends farmers and ranchers test soil. “Farmers should have at least one sample per field or pasture,” Jill explained. “Ten to 20 cores of soil that are uniformly 6 to 8 inches deep, taken in a zigzag pattern across the field is recommended.” Once the cores are collected, break up and mix the cores and remove any rocks, sticks or grass. You want to send as much soil as possible. To gather soil samples, you’ll need a soil probe, a bucket, plastic bags and a permanent marker to label the bagged soil samples. The composition of your soil and what nutrients it needs, you can decide which forages you want to plant. For example, if your soil is in need of nitrogen (this is common), pick some legumes such as clover or forage soybeans to add to your forage program; legumes have nitrogen-fixing bacteria that grow in nodules on their roots. If your soil is heavily compacted, consider planting a Ozarks Farm & Neighbor • www.ozarksfn.com

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Is Fall Calving Right for Your Herd? By Klaire Howerton

The size of calves, feed requirements and weather conditions are factors producers should consider As summer begins to draw to a close, the thoughts of many farmers and ranchers turn to the fall calving season. While not everyone plans their breeding program around fall calving, it is a popular choice for numerous producers in the area. Just like anything that has to do with farming, fall calving has both pros and cons, and Ozarks Farm & Neighbor takes a look at both sides of the coin.

Fall Calving Advantages Lighter calves is usually one of the top items on the “pros” list for fall calving, which is something a producer with a round of first calf heifers might consider. “Fall-calving females tend to have lighter birth weights on their calves due to the hot weather they’ve experienced,” said University of Missouri-Extension Livestock Specialist Eldon Cole. The blood flow pattern of cows in hot weather changes to disperse heat from the body – this creates less blood flow in the cow’s inner core, and this in turn leads to a lighter calf. Another plus for fall calving is that the weather tends to be cooler for birthing – lower temperatures can bring less physical stress on the cow. Calving in the fall can also lead to decreased spread of pathogens, according to Kansas State University, late spring or fall calving offer the advantage of decreasing the contamination and buildup of pathogens that contribute to disease in the newborn calf. The decreased risk of bad weather in the late spring and fall allows producers to let cows roam to find comfortable surroundings for parturition. When cows are able to SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

find their own calving grounds, it will likely be a long distance from other cows and calves. The chances of spreading pathogens from one pair to another is greatly diminished when space is not restricted.

Fall Calving Disadvantages Lighter calves, can also be a disadvantage. Fall calves start out smaller than their spring counterparts, it takes them longer to get up to market weight. According to Noble Research Institute, a big potential disadvantage of fall calving is that this type of herd requires either more feed or better management than a spring calving herd. Oklahoma State University notes that supplemental feed may be needed for fall calving cows. “With fall calving, the cows will be grazing a cool season grass like fescue, wheat, rye, or strictly on hay. If feeding a low-quality forage or hay, then supplements will be needed.” Calving in the fall can have plenty of advantages for your operation, but it’s important to choose what works best for your farm. Some producers, like Chris Penner of Blackgate Beef in Vanzant, Mo., breed for both spring and fall calves. He notes that his preferred season is late spring or fall. Serving More Than 34,000 Readers Across Southwest Missouri

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Others begin putting out hay when grass seems to be getting low and also begin putting out a supplement, based on either a recommendation, what they fed in previous years, what seems to be the cheapest option, or what seems to be the amount to spend to ease their conscience, based on how the hay looks and then adjust this program as the animals either fatten or appear to be losing weight.

Some producers put out hay and monitor the body condition of animals, and height of the manure piles left and use this information to decide whether they need to supplement or not.

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Then there are producers who simply feed what they have and hope they make it through the winter fine.

Which approach is the most beneficial for the producer? Testing they hay is the place to start in developing a feed or suplement program for the winter months. According to the University of Missouri Extension, in beef cows, body condition affects the amount and type of winter feed supplements that will be needed. Fat cows usually need only medium-quality hay and small amounts of supplement plus mineral and vitamin supplementation. Thin cows usually need high-quality hay and may also need supplements that are high in energy (+70 percent TDN), medium in protein (12 to 15 percent CP), plus mineral and vitamin supplementation. Gunsaulis said a beef cow will lose 100 or more pounds before she is obviously one body condition score lower. When checking cattle daily, it makes it hard to notice that the cattle have lost a body condition score. The cattle could slowly lose weight through the winter without the producer knowing. Once they lose one or more body condition scores, the winter is a tough time to regain that condition, Gunsaulis said. So testing the forage before feeding or supplementing will receive the best results. So like anything else, preparing ahead of time, and being educated on what the animal nutrition needs are will be the most beneficial.

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Should She Get a Second Chance? By Meghan Anderson

If a heifer doesn’t breed the first time, producers should take all factors into consideration before trying again After spending nearly two years, or more, developing a replacement heifer, producers always hope to see success during the first breeding cycle, but what if she doesn’t breed? Should you give her another chance? “The old saying, ‘Cheat me once shame on you, cheat me twice shame on me,’ comes to mind or at least it was something like that,” University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service Agent Johnny Gunsaulis said. Many producers, especially those who are new to the livestock business, are not sure whether to give females another chance to breed if she missed the last breeding cycle. Or should firsttime heifers be allowed two cycles? “More of them will do this if they have both a spring and fall breeding season,” Gunsaulis said. “On rare occasions it might be justified, but most of the time, if the female was under the same management as all the others, had the same bull exposure, etc., but didn’t breed, she likely needs to be labeled as either lower in fertility or being a harder-doer than the rest of the herd, so why should she get another chance?” In addition, heifers need to be in good body condition, having adequate nutrition, exposed to known fertile bulls that are also in good shape, exposed to enough bulls to adequately cover the herd in the breeding season, and under a good preventive health program which includes parasite control. SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

“If you haven’t done the management on the herd to allow all the females to have an adequate chance at conception, then maybe it isn’t their fault,” Gunsaulis said. “Still yet, giving second chances allows animals to stay in the herd that are possibly less fertile, or less suited to the management system of the herd.” Another factor to consider is if there is an established breeding season for females. A defined breeding season gives producers a breeding date window and keeps calves born in a timely manner. “I remember an article from Burke Teichert that placed a lot of selection criteria on heifers that conceived early in the breeding season,” Gunsaulis said. “His take on it was those that breed early and calve early the first time will tend to stay in the herd longer than those that either breed later in the season or don’t breed at all. Again this assumes that you have an actual 60to 90-day calving window and animals are culled for low production.” For those who opt to keep a low or non-producing animal in their herd, they should keep in mind that the animal is costing them money each day, and not earning their keep. “If you’re just keeping cattle around the place because you like the way they look and they help keep the grass eaten down, then sure, let her ride, but if there are financial expectations on the herd, it should be remembered that calf crop percent is the single most important factor in profitability in a cow herd,” Gunsaulis said.

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Understanding Withdrawal Periods By Kristyn Richner

Following label directions helps ensure meat quality The Center for Veterinary Medicine, a branch of the Food and Drug Administration, is responsible for ensuring that animal drugs are safe, effective, and manufactured with the upmost quality. The agriculture industry and veterinary profession as a whole are trying to promote more responsible drug usage. There is a lengthy process involved with animal antibiotic approval and human safety is the key component to this. To ensure safe consumption of animalderived products, a withdrawal period is required prior to slaughter or milk delivery. A withdrawal period reflects the minimum length of time from administration of the last dose of medication through the time that it is safe to use meat or other animal-derived products. The purpose of the withdrawal period is to safely ensure that agriculture commodities do not contain residues of pharmacologically active substances in excess of the maximum residue limit. The United States Department of Agriculture, USDA, houses a database on maximum residue limits for more than 425 pesticide and veterinary drug residue tolerances in hay, feed, grains, oilseeds, poultry, eggs, meat and dairy. This database can be accessed online and is available to all producers through the USDA website. Every federally approved drug or animal health product has a withdrawal period printed on the back of the product label or package insert. Labels may describe withdrawal specifications under “Residue Warning” near the bottom of the label. The withdrawal period may describe approved length prior to slaughter, approved uses of medication in beef, lactating, and non-lactating cattle, and many other specifications. The FDA has strict guidelines that require, by law, both producers and veterinarians

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to maintain records of administration verifying compliance with guidelines. A lot of research is required to develop withdrawal periods; if a drug is used at an incorrect dosage or for an off-label illness, the withdrawal period can be dramatically affected. Withdrawal periods may be extended when combinations of drugs are used due to the amount of time necessary for the product concentration level in the tissues to decrease to a safe, acceptable level. In these situations, a consult with a veterinarian would always be justified. It is important to use antibiotics for their intended purpose. There are several different variations in bacteria and they may require a different class of antibiotics for treatment. If the dosage of the antibiotic is high, it may require a longer withdrawal period and giving antibiotics at a lower dose can promote resistant bacteria populations. Anytime a producer has questions regarding dosages, diseases and withdrawal times, veterinarians are there to help. Reach out to your local vet to ensure high quality production standards are achieved. Once milk has been collected from producers, each bulk milk tank is tested for antibiotic residues. Any product with residues above tolerable levels is condemned and whoever administered the product is put on a probationary period. The USDA considers this a serious matter. The same is true with carcasses for slaughter. A USDA inspector is present and randomly selects carcasses for testing of antibiotic residues. Another concern amongst both producers and consumers arises around antimicrobial resistance to medications. Antimicrobial drugs include all drugs that work against a variety of microorganisms (bacteria, viruses, fungi and — Continued on Next Page SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

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parasites) and antibiotics are drugs that are effective solely against bacteria. To clarify, all antibiotics are antimicrobials, but not vice versa. One of the main concerns situated around antibiotics is resistance to drugs for both humans and production livestock. The FDA has developed changes to some of its policies with regard to protecting livestock from becoming antimicrobial resistant. Antimicrobial resistance occurs when bacteria become immune to the drug used to fight them. Effective Jan. 1, livestock producers are no longer able to purchase medicated feed over-the-counter if it contains antimicrobials that are important for human health. In addition to

this change, producers also cannot use antimicrobials in feed for growth promotion or feed efficiency; meaning that the use of these products with the intent of making an animal grow at a faster rate or using less food to gain weight is prohibited. The changes made by the FDA and CVM only affect the medically important antimicrobials used for human medicine. For questions regarding antimicrobial resistance, reach out to a local USDA office or veterinary practice. Medicating livestock is not a matter to take lightly and with appropriate precautions and administrative practices in place, producers can provide consumers with topnotch agriculture commodities.

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Potential buyers should ask sellers a few questions before sealing a deal As fall settles in across the Ozarks, livestock producers are beginning to take inventory of their hay supply for the up coming winter months. University of Missouri-Extension Livestock Specialist Patrick Davis advised those looking to buy hay to ask a few questions of the seller before loading the trailer or taking delivery. “The most important thing they need to ask is if there’s a hay test and what the nutrient value is,” he explained. Depending on the type of hay, crude protein and the energy value are the most important factors. “You need to understand what those numbers are and if you are going to need to supplement with it, or is it the type of hay I’m going to use as a supplement?” he said. “In some instances, in a beef cattle standpoint, you’re using alfalfa as a supplement with another hay.” If the seller has not done a test, Davis said the potential buyer has a few options, including doing their own test. “For some, that’s going to be the only way that test gets done,” he said. “If I was buying it, I’d either do it myself or make sure one was done on it before I bought it. You can’t tell the quality or the nutrient level of the bale just by looking at it. Some of that hay looks good, but certain types of hay really don’t have a lot of nutrient value, like prairie hays. They look really nice, but there’s really no nutrient value there or not a lot of energy. Some of those warm season are that way as well, especially if they were baled late.” The condition in which hay was baled is also important. “Was it wet when it was baled? If you think there might be any issue of it be-

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ing baled when it was wet, then you could have an issue with available protein,” Davis explained. “I’ve heard that when you bale it wet, that hay heats up excessively and it caramelizes that protein. It can have a pretty high protein value, but the animal can’t use that protein because it’s not digestible. You want to make sure what you are paying for is something the animal is actually utilizing.” Some producers opt to forgo testing and purchase hay based on appearance alone, the real test is when it’s fed to livestock. “You put cattle on poor quality hay long enough, their condition will drop,” Davis said. “Most of our legume and cool season grass hay in this part of the country has enough protein, but you can see a decline in condition with lower quality hay, especially if they are fall calvers, lactating in the winter. Spring cows don’t have the nutrition requirement like a lactating cow, so you don’t see as much as drop off in them and you can feed a lower quality hay to them, but if you have lactating cows in the winter, you will see that poor quality hay. If you aren’t supplementing, that leads too to other kinds of problems; getting them bred back, the performance of the calf, all those things.” To insure producers are getting the best value, Davis reminded potential buyers to know the current markets for their particular type of hay, as well as the weight of the bales. “The weight is the bales is something you really need to take into account when pricing hay,” he said. “It might actually go as far as actually weighing a bale to get a good weight. Some farmers bale their hay and they think it weighs something, but it really doesn’t weigh that.” SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

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September 2017 25 Salute to Century Farms – Round Barn Event Center, Ash Grove, Mo. – 417-881-8909 or extension.missouri.edu/greene 30 Ag Day in the Ozarks – 10 a.m.-3 p.m. – Livestock Auction, Gainesville, Mo. – 417-679-3525 30 14th Annual Fall Gardening Workshop – 8:30 a.m., Workshops 9:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. – Cost per person for all sessions and lunch is $20 – Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church, Kimberling City, Mo. – registration and payment needed by Sept. 25 – 417-357-6812 30 Women in Ag Grazing Tour – call Douglas County Extension office for more information 417-683-4409 October 2017 3 Fence and Water System Installation Workshop – 4 p.m. – Strader Farms, near Gladden, Mo. – 573-729-3196 or cunninghamtc@missouri.edu 3 Beekeeping Seminar – Ozark County Extension Office, Gainesville, Mo. – contact the extension office for more information 417-679-3525 3,5,10,12,14 Southwest Missouri Management-Intensive Grazing School – Stockton, Mo. – 417-276-3388 ext. 3 or 417-276-3313 4 Bull Breeding Soundness Clinic – Barry County Veterinary Service, Cassville, Mo. – 417-466-3102 5,10,19 Forage Analyst Workshop – call Douglas County Extension office for more information 417-683-4409 7 10th Annual Fall Festival – 11 a.m.-6 p.m. – Living Waters Ranch, Osceola, Mo. – 417-646-2694 or www.livingwatersfoundation.org 7 4-H Chicken BBQ – 5-8 p.m. – Fairgrounds, Nevada, Mo. – 417-448-2560 7 Fall Food Preservation Camp – 10 a.m.-4 p.m. – Botanical Center, Springfield, Mo. – pre-registration is required – 417-881-8909 7 Craft & Vendor Fair – 8 a.m.-3 p.m. – First Free Will Baptist Church, 280 Van Buren Street, Lebanon, Mo. – 417-531-3137 or 417-664-1494 9 Cattle Genetic and Reproductive Strategy – 5:30 p.m. – Worthington Angus Ranch, Dadeville, Mo. – No cost – pre-register at 417-276-3313 10 Bull Breeding Soundness Clinic – Animal Clinic of Diamond, Diamond, Mo. – 417-466-3102 12-13 2017 Greenhouse and High Tunnel Workshop – Cost: $50 – Missouri State Fruit Experiment Station, Mountain Grove, Mo. – 417-547-7500 14 Missouri Pesticide Collection Event – 8 a.m.-noon – S&H Farm Supply, 7 State Road A, Lockwood, Mo. – 573-751-0616 16-17 Bull Breeding Soundness Clinic – Dade Veterinary Clinic, Miller, Mo. – 417-466-3102 16-20 Bull Breeding Soundness Clinic – El Dorado Spirings Vet Clinic, El Dorado Springs, Mo. – 417-466-3102 17 Brown Bag Lunch Garden Series: Local Gardens to Visit – noon – free class – Demonstration Garden, Taney County Extension Office, Forsyth, Mo. – 417-546-4431 17-19 Southwest Missouri Management-Intensive Grazing School – Fair Grove, Mo. – contact Greene County SWCD 417-831-5246 ext. 3 or mark.green@mo.usda.gov or eric.morris@swcd.mo.gov 19 Bull Breeding Soundness Clinic – Countryside Animal Clinic, Cassville, Mo. – 417-466-3102 19 Health Insurance Program – 1-3 p.m. – Free Program – Taney OACAC Neighborhood Center, 610 S 6th St. Set 202, Branson, Mo. – registration is required – 417-239-1882 27 Second Annual Greene County Commission Ag Tour – Contact the Greene County Extension Office for more information 417-881-8909

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September 2017 Jefferies Red Angus Annual Bull & Female Sale – Checotah, Okla. – 29 918-638-3317 2 S Angus Bull & Female Sale – at the Farm, Seneca, Mo. – 816-244-4462 30 30 Satterfield Charolais & Angus The Proof is in the Progeny 6th Annual Female Sale – at the Farm, Evening Shade, Ark. – 816-766-3512 30 Arkoma Bull & Famale Sale at Tulsa – Tulsa Stockyards, Tulsa Oklahoma – 918-232-7870 October 2017 2 Express Ranches Sale – at the Ranch, Yukon, Okla. – 405-350-0044 Red Alliance Bull & Female Auction – Sulphur Springs, TX – 641-919-1077 2 7 Jac’s Ranch 28th Annual Female Sale – at the Ranch, Bentonville, Ark. – 479-366-1759 7 Journagan Ranch & Missouri State University Production Sale – Darr Agriculture Center, Springfield, Mo. – 417-838-1482 7 Route 66 Sim Genetics Bull & Female Sale – Springfield Livestock Marketing Center, Springfield, Mo. – 816-390-3436 9 Parker Angus Ranch Fall Bull Sale – at the Ranch, Waukomis, Okla. – 580-313-0248 14 Big D Ranch Annual Brangus/Ultrablack sale – Center Ridge, Ark. – 205-270-0999 14 Byergo Angus Farm Fall Sale – at the Farm, Savanna, Mo. – 816-261-7132 Judd Ranch 27th Annual Cow Power Gelbvieh, Balancer & Red Angus 14 Female Sale – at the Ranch, Pomona, Kan. – 1-800-743-0026 Lucas Cattle Company Fall Bull & Heifer Sale – at the Farm, Cross 14 Timbers, Mo. – 417-399-7124 Foglesong Charolais Production Sale – Springfield Livestock Marketing 14 Center, Springfield, Mo – 816-766-3512 OHOA Beefmaster Fall Sale – Locust Grove, Okla. – 417-827-9391 14 14 Blackjack Angus & Guest Female Sale – Seminole, Okla. – 402-382-7678 Heartland Genetics Blend Sale – Perryville, Mo. – 573-270-6755 14 15 Express Ranches Hereford event Sale – at the Ranch, Yukon, Okla. – 405-350-0044 Heart of Missouri Limousin Association Sale – Laclede Country Fairgrounds, 15 Lebanon, Mo. – 804-353-2220 16 Hinkles Prime Cut Angus Fall Bull Sale – at the Farm, Nevada, Mo. – 417-944-2219 KW Cattle Company Spring Calving Dispersal – Fort Scott, Kan. – 17 620-224-7305 19 Kirkes Black Angus Ranch – Talihina, Okla. – 918-465-7830 Aschermann Charolais 25th Edition Bull Sale – at the Farm, Carthage, Mo. – 21 417-9793-2855 Seedstock Plus Fall Bull Sale – Joplin Regional Stockyards, Carthage, Mo. 21 – 877-486-1160 Angell-Thomas Charolais Bull & Female Sale – at the Farm, Paris, Mo. – 21 573-682-7348 Midwest Beef Alliance Bull Sale – Marshall Junction, Mo. – 660-895-5008 21 21 Heart of the Ozarks Angus Association Fall Sale – West Plains, Mo. – 417-872-5570 21-22 Circle A Ranch Complete Dispersal of Circle A Spring Calving Angus Herd – at the Ranch, Iberia, Mo. – 573-280-5308 22 Magness Land & Cattle Fall Female Sale – Miami, Okla. – 402-350-3447 Three Forks Ranch Angus Bull Sale – Fort Gibson, Okla. – 918-541-0418 24 27 Spur Ranch Fall Sale – at the Ranch, Vinita, Okla. – 918-633-2580 Flying H Genetics Bull Sale – at the Ranch, Butler, Mo. – 303-842-9071 28 28 Mead Farms PT Bull Sale – at the Farm, Versailles, Mo. – 573-216-0210

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