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Still in the Family The Murray family’s farming operation began as a dairy in the 1880s Feed Efficiency in Drought Conditions Meeting the energy requirements of a cowherd A New Way of Life After a career in the military, the Nabingers have settled on their own Ozarks farm International Appeal Young Cattle producers from five countries converge on the OzarksPAGES32•20225,SEPTEMBER WWW.OZARKSFN.COM•1NUMBER25,VOLUME PRODUCTION SALE • OZARK EMPIRE FAIR RESULTS • FARMFEST

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Helpline launched: Missouri producers and rural families seeking mental health support now have a chance to get free, confidential services as the Missouri Department of Agriculture announced the launch of the AgriStress Helpline. Educators and health professionals make up the non-profit organization AgriSafe Network. The organization aims to reduce health gaps found in the agricultural community. Producers and families can call or text (833) 897-2474 to speak to a healthcare professional. The AgriStress Helpline is open 24 hours a day.

Soybean yield contest: Two changes announced by the Missouri Soybean Association for the 2022 Soybean Yield Contest reflect the adoption of on-farm practices across the state. There is a new category for district competition for adding a cover crop. To qualify, soybean must be planted without tillage into a cover crop. The Cover Crop category will be added to the existing District categories of No-tillage (dryland) and Tilled (dryland). The recheck yield will be moved to 90 bu/acre. Weigh wagons may be used for yields up to 90 bushels per acre. Any contest yield in excess of 90 bu/acre must be rechecked and the recheck results will be the official contest yield. Each entrant will be provided a 2022 Harvest Form. Harvest forms is due no later than Nov. 30. For more information, visit go.ozarksfn. com/plx. mill a Good Rumor?

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Exhibitors from the Ozarks top state fair: Porter Kruse of Fairview, Mo., exhibited the Reserve Champion Pen of Chickens at the Missouri State Fair. Porter is the son of Kelin and Aubry Kruse and is a member of the County Line 4-H Club. Porter’s Cornish-cross chickens weighed an average of 6.4 pounds and sold for $1,500 to ADM and Heimer & Associates. With additional funds from Youth in Agriculture and hometown supporters, the pen sold for $5,444.83. Brayden Gast of Nevada, Mo., exhibited the Reserve Champion Pen of Rabbits. Brayden is the son of Bryan Gast and Michelle Branham and is a member of the Country Clovers 4-H Club. Brayden’s Cali fornian rabbits weighed an average of 5 pounds and sold for $1,500 to Missouri State Rabbit Producers. Additional funds from Youth in Agriculture and hometown supporters resulted in a total sale value of $5,009.83. Laurin Dilly of Deerfield exhibited the Reserve Grand Champion Steer. Laurin is the daughter of Kevin and Dolynn Dilly and is a member of the Nevada FFA Chapter. Laurin’s 1,350-pound crossbred steer was purchased for $11,500 by Missouri State Fair Concessionaires. Additional funds from Youth in Agriculture and hometown supporters resulted in a $27,546.63 sale. For more infor mation about the Missouri State Fair, go to www.mostatefair.com.

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I was a freshman in college before my English com position professor corrected my spelling of drouth, to drought. She deducted points from my essay, and caused me great confusion concerning my prior education and upbringing. You see, I am a hillbilly, raised by hillbillies, who trace their ancestry back through many generations of hillbillies of the southeastern United States. Those early Crownovers pronounced the word that describes a period of time without much rainfall as drouth, with a “th” at the end. Plus, many people of that era never learned to read (my father included), so only the spoken form of many words were passed on to each successive generation. Ergo…drouth. College educators enlightened me to many words that I had either been mispronouncing or misspelling for my entire life. It was an embarrassing time for me to find out in an animal husbandry class (now, they are called animal science classes) that there is no such thing as a muley calf to describe one born without horns. Rather, the word polled is the accepted description. A castrated male hog is called a barrow, yet for the first 18 years of my life I had only heard it pronounced as a bar hog. No wonder some of my professors thought I was mentally challenged.

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ne of my favorite things to read each week, when I receive my hometown newspaper, is a section where they re print items that have appeared in that newspaper over the past century…and before. Last week, I was intrigued by an item from the early 1900s that had informed the readership of that time, “All anyone can talk about is the drouth.”

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By Julie Turner-Crawford School is back in session in the Ozarks, and kids and parents are getting back into the swing of things. I enjoy seeing the photos on social media of those bright, shining faces as they head off to another school year.

My favorite back-to-school memory happened long after I walked the halls of the Dallas County R-1 School District.Onemorning, I walked across the road to feed some calves. As I waited for traffic to pass by to head back to the house, I saw a school bus approaching. I didn’t re alize it was the first day of school. I was standing in the same spot my brothers and I did as kids to climb onto the bus. Oh the memories. Then I saw the flashing lights of the bus come on. I didn’t think any kids lived close by, but I looked around and asked myself if someone new had moved in, but I didn’t see anyone making their way to the bus stop. The bus stopped right in front of me, the stop sign went out, and the doors flew open. I again looked around for school-aged kids. Maybe kids walking up the gravel road, or maybe my older neighbors were watching their grandkids before school. Nope, it was just me, my calf bottle and feed buckets.

“I think I might be a little old to ride the bus,” I told the driver as I stepped toward the open door.

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“Oh, Julie!” the driver said with a laugh. She slammed the bus doors shut and droveWhileaway.not my bus driver in school, Ann had driven that road for decades. She took it seriously when the district told drivers to pick up anyone they saw standing alongside the road on the first day. All these years lat er, I still chuckle at it the memory. Kids today learn more than the “Three Rs” in our schools. Young people can come out of high school with college credits and jump right into their advanced classes or have a technical certification that helps them go to work. There are tons of technological advances and other opportunities that just weren’t there before.

Unfortunately, I feel one critical area in our education system keeps getting the short end of the stick — agriculture education.

Eventually, I passed, but it was still firmly engrained in my mind, when I overheard the head of the department tell another professor, “Yeah, Jerry’s a good person and will probably make a good teacher, he’ll just never be a writer.”

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Dicker: “You could have gotten that truck quite a bit cheaper, if you’d have just dickered on the price.”

Become an advocate of ag education in your community by supporting 4-H and FFA. It’s the only way we can ensure agriculture education will continue. We have to believe in the future of agriculture and stress that everyone needs a farmer everyday, three times a day.

There are many excellent agriculture education programs in the Ozarks and topnotch teachers leading them. Still, many of programs are on the bottom rung of the ladder regarding funding. Some districts have also considered cutting agriculture from the district curriculum.

Another time they had a chuckle at my expense was when I told them I had prepared rosineers for supper. Again, it was an epiphany for me to learn that the enunciation I had used for years, actually meant roasting ears of corn.

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It’s essential to let school administrators and school boards know agriculture education is important. Even if there isn’t an agriculture department in the school, teachers should be encouraged to include agriculture in their lessons. Wouldn’t it be amazing classes could grow some of the vegetables needed for student lunches outside their classroom windows? The possibilities for agriculture education are tremendous in every school. Food insecurity is a big issue these days, and the best way to battle the problem is to show young people where their food comes from and teach them how to pro duce it. I encourage everyone to take an interest in their local agriculture education program.

Seagrass string: “Does your daddy use wire or seagrass string in his hay baler?”

My three college roommates were all from up north and they stayed confused by my language for the years that we lived togeth er. I can vividly remember when one of my friends had lost his car keys; I told him not to worry, because, “They had to be around here summers.” When he said he needed to find them long before summer arrived, I realized that my mispronunciation was simply the hillbilly word for somewhere.

I kept those northern boys entertained for years with words like haint: “On Hal loween, we should dress up like haints and scare all the city people.”

I can still remember my major professor in graduate school, after reviewing the first draft of my doctoral dissertation, using what must have been two entire red pens, to enter all the corrections, then summarizing on the last page with, “Where the hell did you go to school?”

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Adrian’s parents, Glenn and Edna Murray, were on the verge of losing the dairy in the 1930s when the Works Progress

The Murray family’s farming operation began as a dairy in the 1880s

Adrian, 94, owns Tri-County Dairy, a pristine 500-acre farm located in rural Ash Grove, Mo. The farm is situated in the counties of Dade, Lawrence and Greene. The Sac River meanders through the farm, bringing fresh water for irrigation. Over the years the Tri-County Dairy evolved into a beef cattle operation. They currently own 50 Angus, Hereford and Brangus mixed cattle. Justin Williams, Adrian’s grandson, is the sixth-generation of the Murray family to operate the farm.

Several farmers worked together in teams, thrashing and putting up hay all summer. I really miss that.”Inthe summer, Adrian and Renne held grain sacks un Adrian Murray, left, and familyoperategenerationsthirdWilliams,grandsonhisJustinaretheandsixthtotheirfarm.

Self-sustaining crops were grown to feed the family and livestock. All the row crops were utilized on the farm. Every year a man came with a truck and blower to blow the corn into the silo. A combine was used to cut the corn and sorghum into bundles. The neighbors all loaded their wagons and took the bundles to the silo. During WWII, most farmers received deferments. Adrian’s brother enlisted in the United States Army, leaving him on the farm. When the family got word that By ron and Glenn were returning, Adrian enlisted in the United States Navy. When he was discharged, Adrian married Wannalea Hollingsworth in Dec. 1948. They had three daughters, Marcia, Marty and Traci. In 1948, the Murrays built a Grade-A milk barn and switched to Holsteins. In the early days, most people farms were covered with lespedeza. The Mur rays grew alfalfa. “When they came up with fescue, it took the country,” Adrian added. “It saved soil and people quit plowing. It’s been a very good crop.” Also in the 1980s, the round bailer came out. “I would say the round bailer saves more time than any other farm implement,” Adrian said.

By Jaynie Kinnie-Hout Administration (WPA) was building the Ash Grove High School. Adrian’s father applied to work as a carpenter. Their re sponse was: “Glenn, you own too much. We can’t give you a job.” Subsequently, Glenn left in 1937 to find work in Los Angeles, Calif., thereby saving the farm for generations to come. That left young Adrian, 10, his younger brother Renne, 8, 16-year-old Byron and mother Edna at home to run the dairy.

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“Daddy left us with 16 Jersey heifers to milk,”Adrian recalled. “We also grew grain, hay and we had silage. We worked with our uncles, Wayne and Troy Murray, who also had large farms near ours.

der the threshing machine and milked cows. Producers Creamers of Springfield, Mo., picked up two full milk cans and left two empties every day. “There wasn’t much money to be made in those days,” Adrian explained.

Adrian remembers when the first John Deere side delivery rake and loader came out. His brother Byron and cous in Dale loaded the wagon while 10-yearold Adrian drove the team. “We learned to work,” Adrian said. It wasn’t all work and no play, however. On Saturday nights, the family would pile into the Model T Ford and go to the show in Ash Grove. “At night, the older boys cruised Main Street with their girlfriends in Model A Fords,” Adrian recalled. “People lined the streets on both sides to watch the goings on. When World War II was over, that was the big thing.”

Adrian was born in 1927, on his family’s dairy farm. The dairy was originally started by his grandfather in the late 1880s. Teams of horses and wagons were used exclusively to plow and hay.

The Great Depression of the 1920s and 30s were not easy years for farmers, who required great resilience to survive.

Tri-County Dairy was one of the first farms to be designated a Century Farm.

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Still in the Family

Adrian Murray has witnessed a century of change in the farming industry in Southwest Missouri.

Adrian’s father was gone for 10 years, working in the shipyards as a welder. Af ter World War II, he built large oil refiner ies in Alaska and Saudi Arabia. When he returned, they build the family home that still stands on the property today.

“We spent 20 years moving around and being told where to and Michelle Nabinger, pictured with their children Ryan, Alyssa, Ethyn, Alayna and Jeremy, recently settled as Eric’s military career came to a close. The family plans to develop a farm-to-table enterprise.

“I was the one on active duty, but she was serving the most,” Eric said of his wife. “She was the Army wife and Army mom. She did the hard work.”

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By Brenda Brinkley go, when to go, and how long to go. We always talked about when it was time to move on to something new, we wanted to go to a place that allowed us to be more self-sufficient. A place that allowed us to be able to provide ourselves, our family, and also our community with a product that isn’t just run-of-the-mill; more fresh, more flavorful, better quality,” Michelle said. Technically, Eric is still in the military.

After a career the military, the Nabingers have settled on their own Ozarks farm

“The last six months before he retires, they provide the opportunity for an internship to help transition to a new job,” Michelle explained. “But we’re doing it to a new lifestyle,” Eric added. He applied for an internship with another Nestled in a corner of Webster County, near Seymour, Mo., is a 52acre farm that Eric and Michelle Nabinger now call home. They have lived there for a few months, with their children: Ryan, 14; Alyssa, 12; Ethyn, 9; Alayna, 7; and Jeremy, 6. They moved from Fort Leonard Wood, Mo. Eric is retiring from the Army after three years in the Reserves and 20 years of active duty.

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Right now, Eric and Michelle have two Shorthorns that will calve soon. They came from a beef herd, but they are hoping to make them dual-purpose, “at least maybe their off-spring,” Eric shared. “We wanted docile cows, but also dual-pur pose. While we have to work with these two to get that back into them as far as the milking is concerned. My understanding from the ASA is that their meat is generally grad ed at Prime, or pretty high. That was super nice. They’re much bigger calves, so you get a lot more meat on them than the average Angus,” Eric said.” He is impressed with the quality of Shorthorn“Shorthornsbeef.have been, for the longest time, on grass. I’m sure people still use grain with them, but they’ve been on grass so long and the amount of marbling that still exists inside of their meat is key,” Eric said. “I don’t want to lose that marbling just because I’m going grass-fed, grass-finished. I maintain that grass-fed, grass-finished beef is actually a better quality beef.” When he read that the marbling in a Shorthorn rivals an Angus, he decided that might be the way to go. He also wanted docile cattle that their kids could be around. The kids are enjoying being outdoors on the farm. “They love to roam. They love being in the woods. They love the animals. Living in a subdivision, they didn’t get to be out and roam,” Eric said. The kids aren’t alone in roaming outdoors. The Nabingers have more than 50 chickens, including Buff Brahmas, Speck led Sussex, Easter-Eggers and Rhode Island Reds. The Rhode Island Reds are just chicks now. “Those breeds are for eggs. Our meat chickens are the Cornish Cross,” Mi chelle“We’vesaid.got Jumbo Cornish Cross. We’re getting some Dark Brahmas for meat,” EricTheysaid.have built three movable chicken coops. Every few days the coop is moved and the ground is fertilized naturally. Eric hopes to see results from this fertilization in a “Weyear.just bought seed to do some over-seeding with some alfalfa, a little clover, and some Orchard grass. We want high protein to keep those girls (cows) good. They’re going to be on grass their whole life,” he said.

“Doing things that are getting us away from the grocery store,” he said. “We’re working to be self-sufficient, but we’re relying on Michelleneighbors.”saidthebest advice they’ve re ceived came from the family Eric is doing his internship with. They advised them not to try to do it all at once. “When we first got here that’s what we were doing because there’s so much. So many things that have to get done, you run yourself ragged. We started off running ourselves ragged,” Michelle said. Then came the advice. “They said there’s always something that need to be done. Pace yourself so you don’t get so frustrated that you quit.” Eric and Michelle are working toward being able to provide quality chickens and quality beef directly to the customers.

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“The idea is to make this a thriving farm that goes directly to the customer,” Eric said. II MIX, Not Coated 90% 2.88 Inoc., 85% Red Clover, Rampart Ladino LANDSTAR, Forage 90% 2.86 Inoc., Not Coated, Equivalent to $1.85 coated seed KENLAND, Inoc., Not Coated 90% 2.98 to $1.93 coated seed HAY THICKENER, Inoc., 90% 2.96 Not Coated, 75% Red Clover, 25% Hulled Orchardgrass HAY ‘N GRAZE MIX, 2.78 Haygrazer 2.78 4.96 4.86 to - 4.08 - 2.68 2.48

The Nabingers have been eating grassfed grass-finished beef for two years from a farm in HomesteadingLebanon.naturally is what Eric calls their new way of life.

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meet your neighbors local farmer in Seymour. It is a farm-to-table operation. Eric has started his internship with them to learn more about the operation and how they go about getting farm-to-table, and how they set up marketing and selling. “They sell through the Springfield market. “That’s our ultimate goal,” Michelle said of the farm of Eric’s internship. Eric and Michelle have recently began their cattle operation. “We are brand new,” Eric said. “As part of the farm, we joined the American Shorthorn Association and the American Milking Shorthorn Society.” While working on his master’s degree in business, Eric had to do market research. He chose the cattle industry. “Through his research, he ran across a lot of practices that most people don’t know. That was a catalyst,” Michelle said. “We always knew we wanted to be someplace where we could garden and have some chick-ens, but that turned him into wanting to do the beef as well.” After much research, they decided on Shorthorns.“Wewanted a dual-purpose cow; beef and milking. They’re originally bred for that anyway,” Eric explained.

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The Workshop, a coffee venue, offers several hands-on workshops, from pick ing fresh-grown wildflowers and learning how to cut the stems and make beautiful bouquets to visiting the beehives and getting a lesson in the queen bee and how her minions produce the liquid gold. Other classes/workshops include learning how to make fresh pasta, tours of the farm and what is currently growing with each new season, cooking classes, cocktail classes, trellis gardening/farming classes and the presently popular summer sangria class. The venue also houses a mushroom yard, complete with several strains of shiitake Submitted

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By Manndi Wilkins The original mill sitting on the banks of the Finley River in Ozark, Missouri, was constructed in 1833. While the historic landmark has passed through a number of hands over the years, it was purchased in 1993 by the Bass Pro founder Johnny Morris. His daughter, Megan Stack, came on board to help create the vision Johnny had for a riverfront restaurant and surrounding paradise marking the edge of the historic town of Ozark, Mo. With a grandfather who once worked as a miller in the town of Willard, Mo., this particular mill held a special in terest for Morris and his daughter. In 2018, the mill was physically moved back from its original location along the banks of the Finley River, in order to avoid flooding, which was a common occurrence in years past. Thus, a new foundation was erected, along with heavy-duty flood doors complete with secure, water-tight seals along the base of each basement door of the mill’s gigantic footprint. There are several current features of Fin ley Farms, promising even more to come in a future vision. The historic working Ozark Mill has been trans-formed to The Ozark Mill, a family-friendly restaurant which opened in September 2021. The restaurant and bar occupy the main floor, along with The General Store, outfitting local pottery pieces, kitchen gadgets, and other unique entertaining goods for pur chase.The restaurant boasts a comfortable and open dining experience. The floor-to-ceiling windows offer a breathtaking view of the Finley River, specifically the gorgeous flowing mill pond dam, just mere feet from where guests can relax and enjoy a fresh cocktail or warm appetizer made with uniquely home-grown ingredients from the farm, conveniently located on-site. Guests can also opt to sit outside on the expansive patio overlooking the gorgeous falls that define the popular mill pond dam. The sight is most certainly one to behold and the food and beverages offer a strict sensory competition between the taste buds and relaxing eye and ear candy of the flowing river in the not-so-far distance. Below the family restaurant, in the basement of the mill, is a more adult-friendly, fine-dining establishment, The Garrison, which opened July 1. They offer fine cock tails as well as uniquely flavored cuisine, such as steak, seafood, and even Bison Tartare.TheGarrison pays sentimental homage to the historic Riverside Inn, which was decommissioned in 2009 due to several devastating floods. Morris and his daughter recall numerous family functions at The Riverside Inn, which also holds a special place in the hearts of the city of Ozark and the surrounding community. Also in the lower level of the mill is the Riverside Room, which holds up to 150 people. Beginning this fall the basement will be the location for The History Tour, which will share the stories of personalities and traditions of the surrounding Ozarks. These tours will showcase the early stages of the mill to its modern-day use. Just a hop, skip and jump away is the The Farm, which supplies the restaurant(s) and coffee shop with the uniquely delicious seasonal food selections offered. The farm boasts two resident farmers, Liesel McCleary and Brendan Sinclair, who work closely with the Ozark Mill Restaurant’s executive chef Kevin Korman, to create a welcome blend of seasonally delicious and uniquely Ozarkian dining experiences.

A Local Adventure At Finley Farms

The renovation of an old mill transforms an area along the Finley River

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ozarks roots mushrooms used for unique dishes in The Ozark Mill restaurant. The Workshop also brews fresh Copper Canyon coffee, a locally-sourced brand of coffee found just outside of Ozark, Mo., and homemade pastries to flatter any coffee drinker’s tenderly distinguished palate. Sitting at the base of the Finley River, there is a gorgeous open-air wedding chap el made from reclaimed wooden materials. Due to the open air of the chapel, guests can enjoy the beautiful outdoor view surrounding them, along with the sounds of rushing water, birds chirping, and jovial laughter coming from the mill and coffee shop in the distance. It is the perfect place for a spring, summer, or fall wedding in the heart of the Ozarks. Guests are provided a one-day wedding coordinator, along with chairs for the chapel service, and the op tion of a delectable catering menu sure to please even the pickiest of wed-ding guests’ palates.What does the future hold for Finley Farms and The Ozark Mill? Phase Three offers the expansion of the venue to include overnight accommodations, outdoor scenic walking trails along the river, and even a beer brewery. There is truly something of interest to everyone in the Ozarks at this new, yet fully steeped in history, nature-friendly venue in Ozark, Mo. When asked about her favorite part of this amazing adventure, Dayle Duggins, marketing manager for Finley Farms said: “There’s less than 1,000 feet from farm-tofork, and that makes our property really unique and something worth checking out in the heart of the Ozarks.” Photo

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Paige’s Feed opened in Marionville, Mo., in 2007.

Paige also continues with her repair business.

History: When Paige Lasley needed a new location for her shoe and boot repair business, she expanded and incorporated her repair shop with a farm and supply store.

“I carry Purina feed,” she explained. “I have feed for cattle, horses, sheep/goats, poultry and rabbits. I also carry some minerals.

Paige’s Feed

“I’ve always had animals; cows and goats, but I had never been in the feed business,” Paige said, adding that Paige’s Feed took over another feed store, which started in around 2002.

“I run the whole show,” she added. “I do everything I can, which is what you have to do to say in business these days.”

Being a one-woman show can be difficult but Paige she will always put customers first.

By Julie Turner-Crawford

s Owner: Paige Lasley

“In dog food, I carry Victor and Hi-Point. I’ve got some pet supplies, bird feed, bug killers, a little hardware and such. I carry a few animal health products, too. We have a little of everything.” All feed at Paige’s is bagged, and no delivery is offered.

Future plans: At this time, Paige is “pretty well set,” in her business and has no plans for major expansion.

“Someone will come in to get feed and say, ‘Hey, I can get my shoes fixed here; I didn’t know that,’” Paige said with a laugh. “Sometimes it’s the other way around. It’s amazing that people don’t realize they’re walking into a feed store when they are looking for my shoeWhilerepair.”sherepairs books and shoes, Paige’s Feed does not sell new footwear.

s Location: Marionville, Mo.

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Cozy Creek goats have been all over the United States to shows, but the National event is in Pennsylvania this year and they do not plan to go. “With the price of diesel, it would be like playing $1,500 out here in the road and running over it,” Ruthie said. The alternative plans included the Missouri State Fair at Sedalia, Mo., and are a large show in Neosho, Mo. Their goats are marketed mostly through their website. They even have a waiting list for their goats.

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The babies weigh about 9 pounds when born, but twins or multiple births weigh 3 to 4 pounds each. Gestation is three days less than five months. Ruthie has gotten very good at being able to tell when the birth is about to happen.

Cozy Creek Ranch breeds high-quality dairy goats for show and production

“Goat milk is good for you,” Ruthie said. “It is the number one milk consumed in the world. We’ve had many people come and tell us when they were little, they couldn’t drink cow’s milk and their parents got a goat. That ought to tell you something.”

“Goats have their own attitudes,” Ruthie said. “But they are very good and never kick. They are also very clean. They never go to the bathroom when being milked. If they walk in their feed, they won’t eat it.”

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Breeding high-quality Nubian, Sables, Alpines and Recorded Grade dairy goats are the focus of Cozy Creek Ranch. “Spring kidding is a busy time. We know when the does are going to kid and we are like a couple of old mother hens hovering all around them,” Shannon said. “We usually have multiple births of twins, but several have triplets. Some have even had up to five kids. We are there for them.”Ruthie, a trained nurse, agreed. “We are there for every birth. There is heat and air-conditioning in the birthing room for the doe’s comfort when she is kidding.”

The Greens drink goat milk and love it, if they can get any after the babies’ drink all they need. Ruthie also makes goat cheese and butter, ice cream and soap.

Ruthie said she pasteurizes all the goat milk they use. They milk the goats by hand and milking machines. They are milking 19 head at this time. They milk ev ery 12 hours and test once a month for butterfat and protein. The goats know their names and come when called and walk into the milking station.

Ruthie and Shannon Green own and operate Cozy Creek Ranch in rural Vernon County. Their current population is about 60 goats including all the babies, 200 Black copper Maran chickens, two dairy cows and Sara the llama, which are all guarded by five Great Pyrenees. The Greens show their dairy goats at national and local shows. The breeds consist of Nubian, Sables, Alpines and Recorded Grade.

Last year, at the national show was in Louisville, Ky., there were more than 2,000 animals. They placed first in the Get of Sire with Shannon’s recorded grade herd. Ruthie placed well with Cozy Creek Paris, a kid, earning fifth. The high point last-year for Cozy Creek was to be chosen as a Herd of Distinction. The American Dairy Goat Association used DHIR show wins and linear appraisal to choose awardTheirwinners.feedingprogram is rather complicated. The adult goats are fed a 14 percent protein feed when outside. On the milk stand, they get 18 percent protein. They also are fed alfalfa and mixed hay, which is purchased. However, their favorite treat is animal crackers. Animals have free-choice baking soda, which aids in digestion and reduces bloat, and mineral.

“I’ve sold every doe goat that is not a purebred. The last one I posted on our web site, I had five people wanting it. What with the current milk price, it’s expensive to feed a family, but a goat will do that very nicely.” Keeping goats healthy and trim is a full-time job. Their feet have to be trimmed every month. Ruthie did the math; with 60 animals, that’s 240Thefeet.goats rarely require medication. They vaccinate for tetanus and C and D “Wormannually.arethe enemy,” Shannon said. “Ruthie has a microscope and does slides. We worm according to the need told on the slide.” They breed their females naturally when they are 16 months and have them kid only once a year.

All of the Cozy Creek goat kids are bottle fed for the first two days with milk from their mothers, which has been pasteurized to keep any germs away. The rating an udder is 35 percent out of 100, and nursing kids could damage the udder. After the first couple of days, a 5-gallon bucket with nipples on it is placed in the goat pen and the milk placed in it. It doesn’t take the kids long to discover what it is “Nubiansfor. are the Jerseys of the goat world,” Shannon explained. They have a couple does that give 2 gallons a day, but their goal is a gallon a day average. They are on the Dairy Herd Improvement Association milk test program and all goats are registered. Some of the goats have Milking Stars, which means they gave at least 10 pounds of milk during the testing time.

“We have a wonderful life we feel with a perfect animal. They provide milk, meat, cheese, soap, and are the best friends a person can have,” Ruthie said.

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Cindy has been at the United States Medical Center for Federal Prisoners in Springfield, Mo., for a year and a half.

In all, Cindy has about 10 head, including lactating and dry cows, and younger animals.

By Julie Turner-Crawford

“Ever since I was 8 years old,” Cindy said. “We’ve even been in the same place in the barn for 20 years, so it’s pretty nifty.”

The Guernsey bred, Cindy said, is becoming very scarce in Missouri, so she feels it’s imperative to continue to promote the breed.

“It’s a different side of nursing,” Cindy said. “I enjoy correctional nursing; it’s very black and white. There are also a lot of opportunities within the prison for nurses in other areas.”

In Town: Cindy Wilson has been a nurse for 19 years. “Being around animals my whole life, everyone thought I would be a vet like Dad (Dr. Dalyn Wilson), but I decided to do more of the human side of medicine,” Cindy said.

Future plans: While Cindy has a busy career in the medical field, she said the dairy industry and Guernsey cattle will always be a part of her life.

In the Country: Cindy’s fam ily has bred registered Guernsey dairy cattle for decades in the Pleasant Hope, Mo., area. While the family no longer milks full time, Cindy has continued her passion for the industry.“Ihave one that I milk here at the farm, and I have a couple of milk customers, but my other cows are milking at Jesse and Brett Dixon’s (near Conway, Mo.).”

Cindy Wilson

“As many times as I have almost completely gotten out of the industry, I still keep coming back to it. My life is work and farm, and I wouldn’t have it any other way. I don’t see myself doing anything much different. I’m lucky in that I can have it both ways.”

“I really would like to do a farm store,” she said, adding that the dream will have to be on hold for a few years. “It would be an awesome retirement thing. I want to work my way up (in the prison system), have everything paid for when I retire and have things ready to go.

The Wilson family has participated in the Missouri State Fair Guernsey Show for 31 years.

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“Guernseys have a docile personality, high components, and they are easy breeding; they calve back in better intervals than some other breeds,” Cindy explained. “They also do better just grazing as well; they are easy keepers. They also adapt very well.”

Interstate Regional Stockyards - Cuba Joplin Regional Stockyards Mid Missouri Stockyards 0 200 700 1200 1700 2200 650.00-1350.00 † None Reported † 1200.00-1600.00*NotReported †

LivestockMo-KanButler† 204.50-226.00226.00-230.00189.00-215.00199.50-211.50180.00-188.00200.00-210.00202.00-209.00190.00-204.00180.00-188.00 205.00-226.00221.00-232.50196.00-211.00189.00-206.00183.00-196.00208.00-215.00204.00184.00192.50-201.00181.00-195.00173.00-188.00171.00-182.00167.00-173.75 214.00-244.00206.00-213.00187.00-210.00170.25-190.75184.00-216.00183.00-199.00179.50-195.00159.00-188.25169.00-180.35223.00-257.00210.00-223.00197.00-206.00173.00-196.00166.00-172.00210.00-242.00195.00-209.00170.00-194.00162.00-171.00158.00-164.00180.00-225.00178.00-209.00165.00-190.00158.00-171.00148.00-161.00 186.00-209.00198.00-224.00201.00-234.00180.00-197.50167.00-180.00180.00-224.00175.00-210.00166.00-199.00150.00-173.50136.00-161.00166.00-191.00155.00-188.00169.00-185.00155.00-178.50146.00-165.00

Wright County Livestock Auction Gainesville Livestock Auction Four State Stockyards South Central Regional Stockyards 70.00-92.00*50.00-94.5040.00-97.00†70.50-99.00†34.00-110.00† † 35.50-96.50 † Not Reported* cow/calf pairs (Week of 8/21/22 to 8/27/22)

slaughter bulls (Week of 8/21/22 to 8/27/22)

StockyardsRegionalJoplin† 8/22/22 4,310 3-7 Higher

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MO-KAN Livestock Auction - Butler Douglas County Livestock Auction - Ava Buffalo Livestock Auction Ozarks Regional Stockyards Interstate Regional Stockyards - Cuba 89.50-125.00 † Joplin Regional Stockyards 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 95.00-110.00 † Mid Missouri Stock Wright County Livestock Not Reported* Four State Stockyards 85.00-130.00 † Gainesville Livestock Auction Not Reported † 100.00-139.00*85.00-120.00*106.00-128.00 † 94.00-125.0081.00-136.00† † 80.00-126.50 † 70.00-123.00*90.00-125.00*

Hair Bucks - 1-2 (per cwt): 100.00. Replacement Sheep/Lambs: Hair Ewes - Small and Medium 1-2 (per cwt): 177.00395.00. Feeder Goats: Kids - Selection 1 (per cwt): 310.00-365.00. Kids - Selection 2 (per cwt): 235.00-302.00. Kids - Selection 3 (per cwt): 145.00. Slaughter Goats: Kids - Selection 1 (per cwt): 355.00. Kids - Selection 2 (per cwt): 200.00-295.00.

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Interstate Regional Stockyards - Cuba 1210.00-1325.00 Joplin Regional Stockyards Missouri Stockyards 1050 1550 2050 425.00-1300.00 Not Reported † 1100.00-1375.00* State Stockyards - Exeter 1000.00-1275.00* Prices reported per cwt County Auction Not 875.00-1225.001290.00-1300.00Reported*†*825.00-1300.00†Livestock Auction 850.00-1275.00* 5 Area (Tx-Ok, Ks, Neb, Ia, Colo, Nm, Mn) Live Basis Sales - Over 80% Choice Steers: 142.00-150.00; wtd. avg. price 145.61. Heifers: 142.00-148.00; wtd. avg. price 145.04. Dressed Basis Sales - Over 80% Choice Steers: 231.00-232.00; wtd. avg. price 231.12. Heifers: 233.00-233.00 ; wtd. avg. price 233.00. Midwest - High Plains Direct Slaughter Cattle 8/28/22 beef cattle

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Cheese: Barrels closed at $1.8825 and 40# blocks at $1.7400. The weekly average for barrels is $1.8790 (-0.0580) and blocks, $1.7700 (-0.1010). Fluid Milk/Cream: Hot and humid weather has pushed Eastern milk output lower for the most part, while cooler late summer temperatures have given Midwestern farmers more level milk output. Western reports range from lower to steady week to week, depending on the area. Class I milk sales are strong, seasonally. In fact, they are likely near their peak as schools have begun or are prepping to begin within the next few weeks. Other processing needs are generally being met, but a number of contacts say processors are not at capacity.

Four State Stockyards - Exeter 1200.00-1575.00* Wright County Livestock Auction Not Reported* 1050.00 † None Reported* Gainesville Livestock Auction 1000.00-1200.00* Ozarks Regional Stockyards 1275.00-2075.00 † 1300.00-1850.00 † replacement cows (Week of 8/21/22 to 8/27/22) Springfield Livestock Market Kingsville Livestock Auction None Reported †

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Receipts: 1,249 Compared to last month slaughter lambs traded 7.0016.00 higher. Replacement sheep were in demand as Buffalo, Mo. • Buffalo Livestock Market Sheep/Goat 8/23/22

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Ozarks Regional Stockyards 1100.00-1700.00 † 400.00-1575.00 † ✝ USDA Reported * Independently Reported

Stockyards*CentralOzarks 8/22/22 238.00-240.00215.00-233.00195.50-209.50185.00-195.50171.00-184.00199.00195.00170.00-188.50160.00-179.50163.00-168.75

Cream is tighter in recent weeks. Some butter producers reported churning in the Midwest, but $3 butter market prices may be the catalyst for churning versus selling cream loads on the spot market.

GainesvilleLivestockAuction* 180.00-203.00188.00-220.00190.00-225.00189.00-227.00170.00-182.00175.00-198.00168.00-187.00165.00-184.00156.00-171.00144.00-161.00 8/22/22 620

Receipts: 571 Compared to last month feeder and slaughter lambs traded 10.00-50.00 higher. Not enough other classes of sheep for a comparison. Feeder kid goats traded steady with slaughter kid goats trading 20.00-30.00 higher. Not enough other classes for a comparison. Supply was light with very good demand. Supply included: 20% Feeder Sheep/Lambs (7% Lambs, 93% Hair Lambs); 52% Slaughter Sheep/Lambs (4% Wooled & Shorn, 84% Hair Breeds, 3% Ewes, 7% Hair Ewes, 3% Hair Bucks); 4% Replacement Sheep/Lambs (100% Hair Ewes); 12% Feeder Goats (100% Kids); 12% Slaughter Goats (59% Kids, 22% Nannies/Does, 14% Bucks/Billies, 5% Wether Kids); 1% Replacement Goats (100% Nannies/Does). Feeder Sheep/Lambs: Lambs - Small and Medium 1-2 (per cwt): 180.00. Hair Lambs - Small and Medium 1-2 (per cwt): 305.00365.00. Hair Lambs - Small and Medium 2 (per cwt): 260.00. Slaughter Sheep/Lambs: Wooled & Shorn - Choice and Prime 1-3 (per cwt): 267.50. Hair Breeds - Choice and Prime 1-3 (per cwt): 200.00295.00. Hair Breeds - Choice 1-3 (per cwt): 119.00-207.50. Hair Breeds - Good 1-2 (per cwt): 127.50-131.00. Ewes - Utility and Good 1-3 (per cwt): 90.00. Hair Ewes - Good 2-3 (per cwt): 177.50. Hair Ewes - Cull and Utility 1-2 (per cwt): 84.00-92.00.

8/25/22 541 Steady

Springfield Livestock Marketing Center 1300.00-1425.00 † Kingsville Livestock Auction None Reported †

quality ewes traded up to 500.00 per head, with bucks trading up to 600.00 per head. In the goat portion of the sale, feeder kid goats traded 40.00-55.00 higher with slaughter kid goats trading 15.00-20.00 higher. Slaughter nannies traded steady. Replacement nannies traded 10.00-15.00 higher. Supply was moderate with good demand. Supply included: 3% Feeder Sheep/Lambs (100% Hair Lambs); 38% Slaughter Sheep/Lambs (3% Wooled & Shorn, 89% Hair Breeds, 1% Ewes, 5% Hair Ewes, 3% Hair Bucks); 22% Replacement Sheep/Lambs (96% Hair Ewes, 4% Hair Bucks); 17% Feeder Goats (96% Kids, 4% Wether Kids); 16% Slaughter Goats (39% Kids, 21% Nannies/Does, 19% Bucks/Billies, 10% Wethers, 11% Wether Kids); 5% Replacement Goats (94% Nannies/Does, 6% Bucks/Billies). Feeder Sheep/Lambs: Hair Lambs - Small and Medium 1-2 (per cwt): 300.00320.00. Slaughter Sheep/Lambs: Wooled & Shorn - Choice and Prime 1-3 (per cwt): 180.00-245.00. Hair Breeds - Choice and Prime 1-3 (per cwt): 220.00295.00. Hair Breeds - Choice 1-3 (per cwt): 150.00-235.00. Hair Breeds - Good 1-2 (per cwt): 112.50-130.00. Ewes - Utility and Good 1-3 (per cwt): 105.00. Hair Ewes - Utility and Good 1-3 (per cwt): 110.00125.00. Hair Bucks - 1-2 (per cwt): 100.00-115.00. Replacement Sheep/Lambs: Hair Ewes - Small and Medium 1-2 (per cwt): 370.00. Hair Ewes - Small and Medium 1-2 (per unit): 155.00500.00. Hair Bucks - Small and Medium 1-2 (per unit): 260.00600.00. Feeder Goats: Kids - Selection 1 (per cwt): 315.00-400.00. Kids - Selection 2 (per cwt): 200.00-285.00. Kids - Selection 3 (per cwt): 150.00-215.00. Wether Kids - Selection 1 (per cwt): 332.50. Slaughter Goats: Kids - Selection 1 (per cwt): 300.00. Kids - Selection 2 (per cwt): 210.00-280.00. Kids - Selection 3 (per cwt): 150.00. Nannies/Does - Selection 1-2 (per cwt): 100.00-220.00. Nannies/Does - Selection 1-2 (per unit): 125.00-195.00. Buck/Billies - Selection 1-2 (per cwt): 160.00-202.50. Wethers - Selection 1-2 (per cwt): 230.00-250.00. Wether Kids - Selection 2 (per cwt): 245.00-262.50.

Springfield Livestock Market Kingsville Livestock Auction South Central Regional Stockyards

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Cheesemakers are clearing spot milk loads at discounts of up to $3 under Class, but there were some premiums of $1 reported, also. Condensed skim remains at premiums, according to contacts, but it is still accessible.

SPOT PRICES OF CLASS II CREAM: $ PER POUND BUTTERFAT, F.O.B., producing plants, Midwestern U.S. - $4.3014 - $4.6871.

Livestock

InterstateCubaRegional† 8/23/22 814 2-10 Higher

Steers, Med. & Lg. 1 300-400 lbs. 400-500 lbs. 500-600 lbs. 600-700 lbs. 700-800 lbs. Bulls, Med. & Lg. 1 300-400 lbs. 400-500 lbs. 500-600 lbs. 600-700 lbs. 700-800 lbs. Heifers, Med. & Lg. 1 300-400 lbs. 400-500 lbs. 500-600 lbs. 600-700 lbs. 700-800 lbs. 234.00-245.00204.00-228.00193.00-213.50188.00-208.00163.00-179.00181.00-193.00188.00-199.00186.00-188.00172.00-180.50

South Central Regional Stockyards - Vienna MO-KAN Livestock Auction - Butler Douglas County Livestock Auction - Ava Buffalo Livestock Market

Replacement Nannies/DoesGoats:-Selection 1 (per unit): 185.00. Nannies/Does - Selection 1-2 (per unit): 165.00-340.00. Bucks/Billies - Selection 1-2 (per unit): 210.00.

Springfield Live Kingsville Livestock Auction MO-KAN Livestock - Butler Douglas County Livestock Auction - Ava Buffalo Livestock Market Ozarks InterstateRegionalRegional Stockyards Joplin Regional 30 50 70 90 110 130 Mid Missouri Stockyards slaughter cows (Week of 8/21/22 to 8/27/22) 68.00-95.00 † Not Reported † 20.00-94.00*60.00-98.00* 10 60.00-93.0065.00-101.00*†

National Dairy Market 8/26/22

Mid

KingsvilleLivestockAuction 8/23/22 1,336 St-10 Higher LivestockBuffaloAuction*

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2022 Ozarks Farm & Neighbor • www.ozarksfn.com 17 17The Ozark’s Most Read Farm Newspaper market sales reports ✝ USDA Reported * Independently Reported 160177 194211 228245 Prices Based on Weighted Average for Steers and Heifers 550-600 lbs. * No price reported in weight break **USDA Failed To Report *** No Sale - Weather 199.81 * 195.90201.98215.51199.91202.04207.16 **** 194.00194.74209.72199.48202.37200.41 *** 200.75204.53205.88201.83207.34206.98 ** 200.50209.59202.88209.78200.59212.56208.72 steers 550-600 LBS. 8/14/22ofWeek8/21/22ofWeek8/7/22ofWeek7/31/22ofWeek Ava Butler Cuba Joplin Kingsville Springfield Vienna West Plains 130150 170190 210230 Prices Based on Weighted Average for Steers and Heifers 550-600 lbs. * No price reported in weight break **USDA Failed To Report *** No Sale - Weather 160.14165.00167.64172.03175.16166.82169.31168.81 **** 163.15172.12172.47184.50172.44170.32 ** 162.88174.53174.73183.06180.42 * 175.49 ** 172.57 173.36180.4195.332182.64194.33174.59 heifers 550-600 LBS. 8/14/22ofWeek8/21/22ofWeek8/7/22ofWeek7/31/22ofWeek Ava Butler Cuba Joplin Kingsville Springfield Vienna West Plains avg. grain pricesWeek Ended 8/26/22 Soybeans Soft Wheat Corn Sorghum* * Price per cwt 0 4 8 12 16 20 24 17.01 7.58 15.49 15.12 15.04 15.56 8.05 6.34 7.55 7.63 (Corn)7.43 (Corn) 7.97 (Sor(Sorghum ghum 7.38 (Corn) 6.40(Sorghum 6.807.57 (Corn) 6.90 (Corn) 7.50 $252$100$138$176$214Sept.20Oct.20Nov.20Dec.20Jan21 Feb21 Mar21 Apr21May21 June21July21Aug21Sept.21 Oct.21 Nov21 24 Month Avg. - 550-600 lb. steers Dec.21Jan.22 Feb.22Mar.22Apr.22May22 June22July22Aug.22

WestRegionalOzarksPlains† 8/23/22 2,427 St-20 Higher 200.00-245.00200.00-241.00195.00-224.00185.00-211.00172.00-193.00180.00-210.00174.00-204.00165.00-196.00162.00-184.00153.00-166.00 Stockyards*MissouriMid 8/25/22 1,625 4-8 Higher Livestock*CountyWright feeder prices GainesvilleLivestockAuction*

8/22/22 620

MarketingSpringfieldLivestock† 8/24/22 1,345 St-6 Higher 220.00-248.00214.00-235.00207.00-220.00184.00-209.00182.00-190.00214.00-219.00208.00-215.00187.00-209.00175.00-181.00164.00-167.00 CentralViennaSouth† 8/24/22 818 4-12 Higher

Drought conditions in the state have much improved accord ing to the latest drought monitor. There are still dry areas and still some recovery to be made but conditions and attitudes are no doubt way better than they were a month ago. Many are seeing pastures and hay fields showing some life again and even some hopes of some fall hay in areas, which would be a big win given the overall lower supplies that were made this spring due to the late start of the growing season and fact that many have had to already feed some of that hay. Hay supplies are light to moderate. Hay movement is Mo. Weekly Hay Summary 8/26/22 hog markets

StockyardsRegionalJoplin† 8/22/22 4,310 3-7 Higher

Kids - Selection 3 (per cwt): 210.00-215.00. Nannies/Does - Selection 1-2 (per cwt): 167.50-205.00. Bucks/Billies - Selection 1-2 (per cwt): 220.00-232.50. Wether Kids - Selection 2 (per cwt): 230.00. Replacement Nannies/DoesGoats:-Selection 1-2 (per cwt): 235.00.

Replacement Nannies/DoesGoats:-Selection 1 (per unit): 185.00. Nannies/Does - Selection 1-2 (per unit): 165.00-340.00. Bucks/Billies - Selection 1-2 (per unit): 210.00.

Sheep/Lambs:Shorn-Choice and Prime 1-3 (per cwt): Breeds - Choice and Prime 1-3 (per cwt): 200.00Breeds - Choice 1-3 (per cwt): 119.00-207.50. Breeds - Good 1-2 (per cwt): 127.50-131.00. Utility and Good 1-3 (per cwt): 90.00. - Good 2-3 (per cwt): 177.50. - Cull and Utility 1-2 (per cwt): 84.00-92.00. Bucks - 1-2 (per cwt): 100.00. Replacement Sheep/Lambs: - Small and Medium 1-2 (per cwt): 177.00SelectionGoats: 1 (per cwt): 310.00-365.00. Selection 2 (per cwt): 235.00-302.00. Selection 3 (per cwt): 145.00. SelectionGoats:1 (per cwt): 355.00. Selection 2 (per cwt): 200.00-295.00.

Barrows and Gilts Purchased Swine (including Packer Sold) National Head Count: 5,844 National Price Range: 100.00-131.00. Western Cornbelt Wtd Avg Price: 107.53. Western Cornbelt 5 Day Rolling Avg: 128.20. Daily Direct Hog Report 8/29/22 hay & grain markets

1-2 (per cwt): 180.00. Lambs - Small and Medium 1-2 (per cwt): 305.00Lambs - Small and Medium 2 (per cwt): 260.00.

moderate, demand is moderate to good and prices are steady to firm. Missouri Department of Agriculture has a hay direc tory visit http://mda.mo.gov/abd/haydirectory/. For listings of hay: http://agebb.missouri.edu/haylst/ Alfalfa - Supreme (Ask/Per Ton): Medium Square 3x3: 250.00-300.00. Alfalfa - Supreme (Ask/Per Bale): Small Square: 10.00-15.00. Alfalfa - Premium (Ask/Per Ton): Medium Square 3x3: 180.00-250.00. Alfalfa - Good (Ask/Per Ton): Large Round: 150.00-180.00. Alfalfa - Good (Ask/Per Bale): Small Square: 5.00-9.00. Alfalfa - Fair (Ask/Per Ton): Large Round: 125.00-150.00. Alfalfa/Grass Mix - Good/Premium (Ask/Per Bale): Small Square: 5.00-9.00. Mixed Grass - Good/Premium (Ask/Per Ton): Large Round: 125.00-175.00. Mixed Grass - Fair/Good (Ask/Per Ton): Large Round: 100.00-150.00. Mixed Grass - Fair/Good (Ask/Per Bale): Small Square: 5.00-8.00. Mixed Grass - Fair (Ask/Per Bale): Large Round: 50.0085.00. Straw: Wheat (Ask/Per Bale): Small Square: 4.00-7.00.

National Direct Delivered Feeder Pig Report 8/26/22 Receipts This Week: 57,922 Early weaned pigs 3.00 per head lower with most drop late in the week. All feeder pig 4.00 per head lower with mostlyl lower market late in the week. No demand found late iin week for moderate to heavy offerings available. Volume By State Or Province Of Origin: Missouri 2.8% Total Composite Weighted Average Receipts and Price (Formula and Cash): All Early Weaned Pigs: 47,718 head, wtd. avg. 41.14. All Feeder Pigs: 10,204 head, wtd. avg. 63.70. 205.00-226.00221.00-232.50196.00-211.00189.00-206.00183.00-196.00208.00-215.00204.00184.00192.50-201.00181.00-195.00173.00-188.00171.00-182.00167.00-173.75 214.00-244.00206.00-213.00187.00-210.00170.25-190.75184.00-216.00183.00-199.00179.50-195.00159.00-188.25169.00-180.35 200.00-206.00209.00-234.00205.00-219.00198.00-207.50194.50-208.00174.00-181.50193.00-201.00183.00-195.50170.00-186.00182.00-195.00172.00-186.00164.00-185.00160.00-175.00154.50-157.00 205.00-245.00217.00-230.00200.00-216.00187.50-203.00171.00-186.50207.50185.00-205.00170.00-189.00165.00-169.00181.00-187.50177.50-210.00174.00-187.75170.00-175.00165.75180.00-203.00188.00-220.00190.00-225.00189.00-227.00170.00-182.00175.00-198.00168.00-187.00165.00-184.00156.00-171.00144.00-161.00

• Buffalo Livestock Market Sheep/Goat 8/23/22 571 to last month feeder and slaughter lambs 10.00-50.00 higher. Not enough other classes of comparison. Feeder kid goats traded steady slaughter kid goats trading 20.00-30.00 higher. enough other classes for a comparison. Supply was very good demand. Supply included: 20% Sheep/Lambs (7% Lambs, 93% Hair Lambs); 52% Sheep/Lambs (4% Wooled & Shorn, 84% Hair Ewes, 7% Hair Ewes, 3% Hair Bucks); 4% ReSheep/Lambs (100% Hair Ewes); 12% Feeder (100% Kids); 12% Slaughter Goats (59% Kids, 22% Nannies/Does, 14% Bucks/Billies, 5% Wether Kids); 1% Replacement Goats (100% Nannies/Does).

Sheep/Lambs:SmallandMedium

KingsvilleLivestockAuction† 8/23/22 1,336 St-10 Higher

18 SEPTEMBER 5, 2022Ozarks Farm & Neighbor • www.ozarksfn.com

Photos by Julie Turner-Crawford

Young cattle producers from five countries converge on the Ozarks

“This has been awesome,” she said, adding that she had to write an essay to the Australian Charolais Society to be considered for the tour. “I was surprised about the climate here, how green it is, and the amount of grass.

By Julie Turner-Crawford herd health, forage production, plant breeding, beef production and processing, marketing and nutrition. David Hobbs, vice president of operation for the American Interna tional Charolais Association, served as a guide to the budding cattle producers.“Everything has been positive,” he said of the tour. “They have gained a better understanding of what we’re doing here in the U.S. What we’re trying to do is make their cattle better and make our cattle better. But, they need to learn what we’re about, and we need to learn what they are about.” The idea for an international youth tour began four years ago during the adult World Charolais Conference in Mexico in Above, Bruce Bradley welcomes an international delegation of Charolais breeders as part of the Charolais Charbray International Youth Program. an effort to allow young producers to explore agriculture around the world. “Here in the states, our junior programs are typically 8 to 18, but most international breeding societies are 18 to 21 or 25. Each youth was selected to represent their society and had to compete to be here,” David said. Each country’s breed association or society may select two representatives to attend. This year’s tour welcomed producers from Mexico, Australia, Ireland, Scotland and England. The annual tour aims to promote U.S. livestock genetics worldwide and is partially financed by the United States Livestock Genetic Export, a nonprofit, nationwide trade association funded by the Foreign Agricul tural“TheseService,young people are the future leaders of the Charolais business in their respective countries,” David said. “One of the issues we fight, not only as Charolais breeders but all breeders, is exporting; the world wants and needs our genetics. We’re trying to open up markets for Charolais and other cattle genetics, as well as other livestock species.” David added the tour allows young producers to see how their cattle herds differ from those in the U.S. “They are excited about it and are seeing things they like,” David continued. “I hope down the road that they are the future of the breed in their countries and come back and get our genetics.”Western Australian cattle producer Amanda Cavanagh, who raises both Charolais and Shorthorn, said she gained a great deal of information about the American livestock industry.

Cattle producers representing five countries recently toured farms and cattle-related businesses in the Ozarks as part of the Charolais Charbray International Youth Program (CCIYP). The 2022 event was the first time the tour was held in the United States and was highlighted by stops in Kansas and Missouri Ozarks. Stops in the Ozarks included the Ozark Empire Fair, Missouri Prime, Springfield Livestock Marketing Center, Darr Agriculture Center on the campus of Missouri State University, Bradley Cattle Company, Aschermann Charolais and Akaushi, Show Me Genetic Services and Shaffer Cattle Company. Stops allowed par ticipants to explore genetics, meet your neighbors Marshfield, Mo.

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“It’s great to hear how they do their business and share how I do mine,” he said. “I think this is great for education. We know our targets here, and they have a different target than we do, but it’s interesting to hear those targets. But, it all comes down to the same thing — selling cattle.” He added that he enjoyed engaging with the young people and communi cating about the cattle industry in the Ozarks and in the U.S.

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It’s dry here, but it’s nothing compared to what we have to deal with at home. I think our temperatures are pretty close in the summer, but we don’t have the humidity. After looking at the cattle, I think America and Australia have very similar cattle. “A lot of the Australian genetics came from Canada, so they are all pretty close; they have the same sort of frame scores and size. I think we have cattle that have a little more volume than what I’ve seen here. Seeing the pictures of the cattle from other countries, I can see a big difference, especially those from Ireland and Scotland. I can’t wait to go home and share what I learned here with the others and maybe come back another time.” In addition to being a cattle producer, Amanda also works at a stockyard in Australia, so the stop at the Springfield Livestock Marketing Center was of par ticular interest. “It’s definitely different,” she said with a laugh. “In Australia, we sell pens; we don’t have ring sales. I was really surprised by that.”

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“With these kids, you have a future in the cattle business. These young peo ple are a great future for their industry and their country,” he said. “We have so many great young people here, and we need to broaden our horizons by listening to these young people from other countries. It refreshes my soul that these kids will be in the beef cattle industry.”

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How have you been involved in agriculture over the years?

tomorrow’s ag leaders

“I raise pigs. I show them at the Vernon County Youth Fair. I received the Reserve Grand Champion Carcass last year and sold it at our sale. I also work with cattle. I was on the Horse Judging Team in FFA. I won the Pleasant Surprise Award in FFA in 2022 for making things out of nothing.”

“I enjoy building random stuff out of scrap wood. Also, dealing with pigs. We took them to the Food for America Day at our elementary school and all the little kids liked looking at them. I also enjoy just messing around on building random stuff with friends.”

By Neoma Foreman

What do you enjoy most about agriculture?

What are some other things you enjoy?

“I mostly enjoy the animal side of agriculture. I feel like there is always more to learn about animals than comes to mind. They can do more than you expect.”

What are your future plans?

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Johnnie Bruce

“I either want to be a large and small animal vet or I would rather have a pig farm and also be an ag teacher.”

e have had a major drought and now it has rained. I have had a lot of calls about Johnsongrass and its toxicity. Normally, when Johnsongrass is knee-high it is alright and not a problem. But, if you have heavily fertilized the field, we have had a drought and then rain, this young fast-growing Johnsongrass is very toxic. Also, Johnson grass can have two different toxicities, prussic acid (or cyanide) and/or nitrite. Mostly what we see in the Ozarks is the prussic acid form. Nitrite can give you a little extra time to treat before it can kill within 0.5 to 4 hours after ingestion. Prussic acid or cyanide does not give you as much time, normally only 0.5 to 2 hours. Now, if you can draw a blood sample from a vein, nitrite poisoning will cause the blood to look like Hersey’s choc olate syrup, whereas prussic acid or cyanide will cause the blood to look bright apple red. This is best seen by putting a small amount on a white paper towel. It does help to know what kind of toxicity you are treating.

By Dr. Tim E. O’Neill

Advice from the ofn ag-visors the professionals The Udder Side

If we do treat and save the cow, we will have at least a 6-month slaughter with drawl on them. Normally, a laboratory stain is used intravenously. This will cause all tissue, urine, milk, saliva and all bodily secretions to be blue. We do not want to eat this, so we must have an extended slaughter withdrawal. When dealing with Johnsongrass and toxicity, it is best to turn in a scrub cow or steer with a full belly and watch them for about two hours to a half a day before turning in your herd. And I still recommend not turning your herd in without full bellies. Then at least, we will have a dissolution factor. All toxicities are dose-related, so dilute it out and maybe it won’t bother them.

Dr. Tim E. O’Neill, DVM, owns Country Veterinary Service in Farmington, Ark. To contact Tim go to ozarksfn.com and click on ‘Contact Us.’

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Now, I have been in on 75 steers that were fed cane hay and were dropping like flies due to nitrite poisoning. If we waited and did not fight them and let them drop on their own, then intravenously administered the antidote, they would live even if we got it in just before they took their last breath. They ended up losing only two, 700-pound steers, and everyone we treated lived. Please, be careful and only turn cattle in on Johnson grass with full bellies.

The number of bulls required depends on several factors; the number of cows and heifers to be bred, the bull’s age and the bull’s condition. “Yearling bulls can typically breed 10 to 20 females, 2-year-old bulls can usually breed 20 to 30 females and mature bulls can cover 30 to 40 females; as long as they are not too thin or too fat,” Hoffman said.

5 ~ DURING BREEDING SEASON ACTION

Make plans now to be prepared this fall

BreedingSuccessfulSeason

By Cheryl Kepes

One of the most critical factors in preparing for an upcoming breeding season is making sure the heifer or cow’s body condition score (BCS) is in the normal range. Livestock specialists point to how research has repeatedly demonstrated that a cow’s BCS is correlated to her ability to initiate her estrous cycles after calving and becoming pregnant early in the breeding season. “Cows that are thin (a BCS less than five) take longer to come into heat and become pregnant, than cows that are an average BCS of a five or six,” Hoffman explained.

Producers will want to keep a close eye on their cow herd and bull during the breeding season to make sure the bull is performing his duties. Also, producers should monitor the bull for any signs of injury, lameness or eyesight problems. Keep a record of service dates on cows and check if there are any rebreeds occurring. If so, this may indicate a fertility concern with the bull and/or the cows.

Determine how many bulls are needed for the operation. If the cows are consistently in more than one group, additional bulls may be needed to ensure proper coverage. How long the bulls are turned out with the cow herd depends on the goals of each producer. Keep in mind, the shorter the breeding season, the tighter the calving window.

Jeremiah Harris Phelps County, Mo. “They have to have good feet and legs and be overall alsoallystructur-sound.Ilookatmaternal traits because the cow is 50 per cent of the calf.”

Laura Rumfelt Webster County, Mo.

In addition, producers need to hire an AI technician or schedule with their current technician. Another proactive step to take includes checking handling facilities to make sure they are safe and in working order.

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John O’Dell Greene County, Mo.

Before breeding season begins, evaluate herd bulls with a breeding soundness exam (BSE) to make sure they are physically capable to perform their duties. Environmental factors can also have an impact on breeding season. The terrain of breeding pastures can influence a cow’s behavior and the bull’s breeding ability. Hilly, rocky pastures make it more difficult for animals compared to flat, open fields. When selecting herd sires, livestock specialists recommend consulting genetic evaluation tools. “Utilize EPDs and genomics when making your selections because choosing genetics for your operation is an important decision with long-term im pacts on productivity and profitability,” Hoffman explained.

4 ~ PREPARING FOR NATURAL COVER PROGRAM

All health procedures, especially vaccinations, should be completed 30 to 45 days before the start of breeding season. Prior to breeding season, producers should work with their veterinarian to develop or refine their herd health program.

Advanced planning can make the difference between a smooth, successful breeding season and a stressful, unsuccessful one. Livestock specialists recommend producers take steps now to make sure their herds are ready for the fall breeding season. “Attention to details allow for a more successful breeding season with cows getting bred earlier and becoming more productive females in the cow herd,” David Hoffman, field specialist in livestock with the University of Missouri Extension, said.

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This year as herds move into the fall, animals may be in poorer body condition than years past. The drought conditions depleted forage supplies causing many animals to have lower body conditions than in normal years. “Therefore, producers may need to supplement their cows in order to increase their nutritional plane and increase their weight gain and condition score,” Hoffman stated.

1 ~ IMPORTANCE OF BODY CONDITION

3 ~ PREPARING FOR AI PROGRAM

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2 ~ PRE-BREEDING SEASON PRACTICES

lookingsoundness;atalsosition.and“GeneticsdispoWelookbreedingattheir pelvic mea surements and track scores and making sure everything is there.”

Producers should start preparing now if they plan to implement an artificial insemination program in the coming months. This is the time to order semen, choose an estrous synchronization protocol if one is going to be used and to buy estrous synchronization drugs if needed.

Additionally, experts recommend cows are at a minimum of 30 to 40 days post-calving to ensure proper uterine involution and initiation of estrous cycles.

An older bull may be in perfectly good condition with solid genetics; but to prevent potential complications from inbreeding, a producer may need to sell the bull.

Bull-Buying Basics

Older bulls have proven their performance capabilities. If the bull is bought off a farm, a producer will be able to see the bull’s offspring prior to purchase. Observing a few generations of offspring will help producers determine if the bull’s genetics are going to work in their operation. Another advantage includes an older bull’s experience and ability to cover more cows. A mature bull can cover more cows than a smaller, younger more inexperienced bull.

Disadvantages to Older Bulls: Due to a bull’s age, he may be at the sale barn for a motive other than a producer needing to infuse new genetics into the operation.

“Buying bulls at the regular weekly livestock auction can be risky,” Gadberry stated. “Those bulls are being sold for a reason and the reason can vary among issues with per formance, health and attitude.”

In addition, a breeding soundness exam goes further to consider the structural soundness of the bull and his general condition. Livestock specialists remind producers to pay close attention to hoof shape when looking at a bull’s leg confirmation. Bulls with wide open split toes can be a problem.

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“Producers that retain ownership of heifers may find themselves having to market their 4- to 6-year-old bulls to avoid inbreeding. A bull with some age doesn’t always have to be marketed for slaughter,” Shane Gadberry, professor and extension specialist with the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture, said.

In these situations, producers can capitalize on an opportunity to purchase proven genetics at a lower price.

When searching for a herd bull many producers may start with the goal of finding a young bull with fresh genetics. However, in some circumstances an older bull ends up being just what some cattle operations need.

“When buying a sexually mature bull, regardless of age, a breeding soundness exam is important to make sure the bull is neither sterile or producing semen that has issues with volume or morphology,” Gadberry added.

By Cheryl Kepes

Producers should also take a close look at the bull’s body condition. Though thin body condition is a concern, so is an animal that is obese. Fat bulls can look good, but looks can be deceiving. When buying a bull choose one that comes from a herd that has a documented vaccination history. Lastly, check the bull for trich and quarantine him before turning him in with the cows.

An older bull’s mobility or breeding soundness may lack compared to that of a younger bull. Despite the herd bull’s age, livestock specialists recommend a breeding soundness exam (BSE) prior to turning him out with the herd.

Determining the viability of older bulls in a breeding program

Advantages to Older Bulls: In some cases, cattle producers may consider buying a cull bull for a herd bull because an older bull is less expensive. Bulls can be ex pensive, so purchasing an older bull can be an option for producers in a financial pinch.

“They will be able to make selection differences a lot faster using those DNA markers than they would having to wait until they slaughtered the animals to get that information,” Gunsaulis explained.

By Cheryl Kepes

Animal Selection and Retention

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The DNA markers also provide producers with trait information on an animal that may not show up for years later.

Is it worth the time and effort?

DNA Testing in Commercial Herds

Commercial producers who are selling animals direct to their customers as custom fed cattle can use DNA testing to identify traits such as marbling, ribeye area and other select carcass qualities.

The DNA tools are most effective in herds with animals having similar breed composition. Commercial herds with multiple breeds will be limited in the use of DNA tools to compare animals. In these situations, the money and effort to DNA test may not be worth it.

Advancements in genetic testing in recent years have created new opportunities for cattle producers. Many producers in the Ozarks and across the country now utilize DNA testing to help them improve their herds. Whether producers will benefit from DNA testing their herd depends on their goals and their specific operation. However, there are some general benefits to implementing DNA testing in a cattle operation.

If the DNA results point to the animal not fitting what a producer needs as a replacement in the herd, then the producer can sell the animal prior to investing years of growing the animal to full maturity and observing its offspring. In some cases, the animal may be worth the most in its lifetime at a year old. Depending on the traits desired, DNA testing can guide producers on decisions to sell or retain an animal.

DNA testing can prove to be useful to some commercial producers as well. Gunsaulis says DNA testing has its place in commercial herds that are consistent in nature and raise their own breeding stock.

The DNA markers can also signal defects in an Similaranimal.toa seedstock or purebred operation, DNA testing helps commercial producers determine which animals to keep and which to cull. “If you can identify them at a year old, that gives you a lot more marketing options than having to wait until you have kept them to a 2 year old and they have had their first calf,” Gunsaulis explained.

Future of Genetic Testing

Cattle producers who want to develop their own breeding animals may want to utilize DNA testing as a tool to assist them with management decisions. “It can help identify those animals with the greatest value earlier than what is available by do ing it with traditional selection methods where you have to wait for them to have two to three calves to identify them as being superior,” Johnny Gunsaulis, county extension agent with the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture, said.

As research continues and genetic test ing evolves the areas of advancement expand. In the future, there may be genetic predictors for a broader range of attributes. In addition, this growing area of research and study opens the door for more opportunities for youth interested in science and agriculture.

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“A cow’s job, so to speak, is to have an acceptable calf at weaning that is born every 365 days, give or take,” McCorkill explained. “If an individual isn’t doing that, she needs to find a new job; if many of the herd fail in this expectation, it’s time to look a little deeper at the management.”

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McCorkill reminds producers to evaluate cows on a case-by-case basis, but not to be too forgiving.

Cull or a Second Chance: When it comes to heifers, research shows a clear advantage for a heifer that gets bred early in her first breeding season. These females demonstrate better lifetime performance in the areas of reproduction and calf performance.

When to keep them and when to cull them

Management Strategies inDrought Conditions: This year’s drought in much of the Ozarks may spark some producers to shift some of their management strategies.

When it comes to spring calving heif ers that should be wrapping up their first breeding season, McCorkill recommends an early preg check. This should be conducted by the 90-to-100-day mark after the first breeding opportunity.

By Cheryl Kepes

Determining whether to retain an open female or send her to town requires producers to analyze a multitude of factors. Before hauling a heifer or cow to the sale barn, producers should evaluate the individual animal, current environmental conditions and management practices. All these elements can impact an animal’s reproductive success.

“More operations than not are overstocked across the Ozarks,” McCorkill stated. “A little weather blip from time to time helps to keep us in check with numbers.”Livestock specialists advise producers to run stocking rates based off the drought years. This practice allows for a cushion in the dry years, while creating opportunities in the good years. The opportunities could be for things such as putting cheap gains on the calf crop, or possibly buying more calves to run for the spring flush. McCorkill encourages producers to take a close look at their forage base and consider some alternatives to a 100 percent fescue base. “Many operations have some ground that is good enough to grow some high-quality cool and warm season annuals that generally will provide some high-quality hay or grazing when nothing else is growing,” McCorkill said. He advises producers to use this or any weather anomaly to evaluate their management practices and to do some finetuning.

Alternative ManagementPractices: In the current environment with drought and high input costs, producers may consider alternative management practices for open females.

“Those open heifers that are caught early can be sold as feeders or kept and fed on the farm and sold for slaughter relatively inexpensively, and often will make as much or more as if they were sold as a second or third period bred heifer,” McCorkill explained.

“Cull cows are still worth a fair amount of money and her sale will likely cover the costs associated with developing a bred heifer to replace her,” McCorkill added.

“If they don’t get bred in a 90-day breeding season, then I would say that it’s time for the female to get a new address,” Andrew McCorkill, field specialist in livestock with the University of Missouri Extension, said. McCorkill encourages producers to view their cows as employees. He uses this analogy for several reasons. First, McCorkill reminds producers they must take care of their animals before they can expect their heifers or cows to be successful. The second reason revolves around a producers’ performance evaluations and expectations for their herd.

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Drought conditions continue to stress cattle operations in the Ozarks. Even though some areas have felt some re prieve due to a bit of rain, forage supplies are still short on most operations. During these times, producers who can keep their animals are finding new ways to meet the nutritional demands of their herds.

Additionally, grass that is overgrazed or grazed before it reaches four to five inches, impacts its ability to flourish.

“When they do that, they will lose weight because they are not getting enough en ergy in the amount of forage that is out there,” Coffey explained.

During drought conditions, cows can burn more calories than they take in by trying to graze short grass. Recent rains have caused some pastures to start to grow again. However, allowing cattle to graze grass that is just beginning to grow can create several problems. If cattle are grazing a low stand of Johnson grass, then they could contract prussic acid poisoning.

County extension agents or other experts can help producers develop a ra tion balancing program. “If producers are going to keep their animals, they can formulate a diet to meet that animal’s energy requirements with a byproduct feed and low amounts of forage,” Ken Coffey, Ph.D., professor of animal science at the University of Arkansas, said.

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Forage management

Producers should look at this type of feeding program as a way to provide for the animal’s caloric demands, instead of looking at feed and forage as a percentage of an ani mal’s diet. For example, distillers grains contain twice the energy content compared to forages. “Their (a cow’s) energy requirement is ultimately so many calories a day, wheth er you meet that with 10 pounds of distillers grains or 20 pounds of hay or forage, as long as you are meeting those calorie demands you have met their requirements and they actually perform well,” Coffey explained.

Feed Efficiency inDrought Conditions Meeting energy requirements of a cow herd

Balancing Rations

The practice of letting grass in pastures grow before letting cattle graze also ben efits the herd. If there isn’t enough grass or very little grass, cattle will spend hours grazing and still not get enough to eat.

“We need to let it regrow a little bit, let it get up four or five inches or so and let it build some sugar reserves before we turn out on it and ultimately, we will end up getting more production out of our grass that way,” Coffey stated.

During these current weather conditions, livestock experts advise producers take the time to evaluate the needs of their cattle, develop a plan to meet their animals’ daily energy requirements and thoughtfully manage their fields.

High-Energy Supplements

When cattle are unable to get the calories they need from forages, they will need to be fed some type of supplement for them to maintain their body condition. Livestock specialists recommend utilizing byproduct feeds that are high in energy. Feeds such as distillers grains, soy bean hulls, wheat middlings and corn glu ten are all viable alternatives. Corn also serves as a good source of extra energy, but it typically costs more than byproduct feeds. Producers may want to choose a supplement feed according to its price.

However, concentrate feed won’t make cattle feel full. In this type of feeding program, cattle will be and act hungry even though their nutritional demands are be ing met. In addition, research trials conducted by the University of Arkansas found cattle that were given a small amount of forage and had the rest of their nutritional needs met with a supplemental byproduct feed, kept their body condition and maintained production performance.

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20 Garlic Production Workshop – 6-8 p.m. – Online via Zoom – 573-581-3231 or dhakald@missouri.edu – register online at go.ozarksfn.com/cuk

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13 Morning in the Garden Gardening Series – Using Herbs – 10 a.m. – Taney County MU Extension Master Gardeners Demonstration Garden, Forsyth, Mo. – No registration required – for more information call 417-546-4431 or email taneyco@missouri.edu

29 Science Night: Animal Science at Mizzou – 6-8 p.m. – Cost: Free – Jefferson Farms, Columbia, Mo. – 573-445-9792 or hollandca@missouri.edu – register online at go.ozarksfn.com/mei

27 Barn Quilt Class – Buffalo, Mo. – for more information or to register call 417-345-7551 27-29 Grazing School – Strafford, Mo. – for more information 417-468-4176 ext. 3 or jody.lawson@swcd.mo.gov 28-11/2 Diabetes Self-Management – Wednesdays, 1-3 p.m. – Kimberling Area Library, Kimberling City, Mo. – to register call 417-357-6812 or go.ozarksfn.com/h9l 28-10/4 Missouri Good Neighbor Week 2022 – Springfield, Mo. – contact David at 417-881-8909 or burtond@missouri.edu or visit go.ozarksfn.com/8y3

19-21 2022 State Women In Ag Conference “Get Your Shine On” – Branson, Mo. – mowomeninag@gmail.com 20 2nd Annual Howell County Equine Conference – 5-8 p.m. – Cost: $20 –1376 Bill Virdon Blvd., West Plains, Mo. – 417-256-2391 – register online at go.ozarksfn.com/7i8

23 Barn Quilt Class – 9 a.m.-3 p.m. – Cost: $45 – Hickory County Extension Meeting Room, Hermitage, Mo. – to register call 417-745-6767

16 End of Year 4-H Bash – 6 p.m. – Living Waters Ranch, Osceola, Mo. – for more information call 417-646-2419

16 2501 Invasive Species Management – 9 a.m.-3 p.m. – Cost: Free – Maramec Springs Park, St. James, Mo. – 573-458-6260 or havenss@missouri.edu –register online at go.ozarksfn.com/n0y

21 Preserving and Using Herbs Garden Program – 10 a.m. – Kimberling Area Library Community Room, 45 Kimberling Blvd., Kimberling City, Mo. – No registration required – for more information visit mgozarks.org

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11 Morning in the Garden Gardening Series – Dahlias – 10 a.m. – Master Gardeners Demonstration Garden, Forsyth, Mo. – No registration required – for more information call 417-546-4431 or email taneyco@missouri.edu

10 Deadline for Missouri Steer Feedout Entries – for more information contact Patrick at 417-276-3313, Daniel at 573-985-3911, or Gene at 660-827-0591

15 Science Night: Climate and the Change to Ag – 6-8 p.m. – Cost: Free – Jefferson Farm and Gardens, 4800 New Haven Road, Columbia, Mo. – for more information contact Charles at 573-445-9792 or hollandca@missouri.edu

14-18 Friends of the Library Fall Book Sale – Wed.-Fri., 10 a.m.-8 p.m.; Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sun. 1-5 p.m. – E Plex, Ozark Empire Fairgrounds, 3001 N. Grant Ave., Springfield, Mo. – 417-616-0564 or friends@thelibrary.org

24 Master Gardener Fall Garden Workshop “Light Up Your Fall” – Cost: $25 per person – New Testament Christian Church, Reed Springs, Mo. – register by Sept. 17 – call 417-357-6812 or visit mgozarks.com/events

12 Produce Safety for Community Gardens and Home Gardeners – 6-8 p.m. – Online via Zoom – Cost: Free – registration closes Sept. 12 at 5 p.m. – for more information contact Justin at 573-324-5464 or justin.keay@missouri.edu – register online at go.ozarksfn.com/n5m

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Now Open Enrollment for Heroes to Hives program – for more information and free registration visit www.heroestohives.com

6 Soils 101 for Gardeners and Homeowners – 6-7:30 p.m. – Online via Zoom – Cost: Free – registration closes Sept 6th at 4 p.m. – for more information contact Justin at 573-324-5464 or justin.keay@missouri.edu

October 2022 1 New Year Enrollment for 4-H – contact your local extension center for more information 4-6 Mangagement Intensive Grazing School – Stockton, Mo. – for more information 417-276-3388 ext. 3 or stephanie.auffert@swcd.mo.gov

10 Truck & Tractor Pull – Kids Pedal Pull, 5 p.m.; Tractor Pull 6 p.m. –Admission $10, 12 and under Free – Freistatt Ernte Fest Grounds, Freistatt, Mo. – 417-235-9567 or msf@mo-net.com

13-15 Jasper County Grazing School – Alba Christian Church Annex, Alba, Mo. – 9 a.m.-4 p.m. – call 417-682-3579 to register or for questions

4-6 Grazing School – West Plains, Mo. – class size limited to 30 people – registration deadline is Sept. 22 – contact Howell County Extension at 417-256-2391

Now Weekly Garden Hour – Wednesday, noon – Online – to register visit ipm.missouri.edu/townHalls

22 Cover Crops for the Vegetable Garden – 6-7:30 p.m. – Cost: Free – Online via Zoom – registration closes Sept. 22 at 4 p.m. – for more information contact Justin at 573-324-5464 or justin.keay@missouri.edu – register online at go.ozarksfn.com/8gx

September 2022 6 Artificial Insemination Programs for Beef Production – 6:30-8:30 p.m. –Warsaw Ambulance District Building, Warsaw, Mo. – to register 660-827-0591 or pettisco@missouri.edu – for more information schmitze@missouri.edu or 660-827-0591

7-8 Ladies Annual Fall Sale – 9 a.m.-5 p.m. – St. Robert Bellarmine Catholic Church Basement, 367 Old Route 66, St. Robert, Mo. – 573-774-8023

9 Antique Tractor Pull – 6 p.m. – Freistatt Ernte Fest Grounds, Freistatt, Mo. –417-235-9567 or msf@mo-net.com

13 Salsa Making Class – learn to preserve fresh garden produce in the home –1-4 p.m. – Cost: $25 – class size is limited, advanced registration required –MU Extension Office, Marshfield, Mo. – 417-859-2044 – register online at go.ozarksfn.com/nj8

14-16 2022 Grazing School – Houston, Mo. – call 417-967-4545 for more information

CURRENT PROGRAMS

29 Wall Street Cattle Company Fall Production Sale – Lebanon, Mo. –417-288-4444

24 Satterfield Charolais & Angus 11th Annual Female Sale – at the farm, Evening Shade, Ark. – 501-944-9274 or 870-499-7151

22 Lacy’s Red Angus & MC Livestock Annual Bull & Female Sale – at the ranch near Drexel, Mo. – 913-909-1912

15 Gerloff Farms 15th Annual Bull Fest & Female Sale – Bland, Mo. – 573-437-3751 or 573-680-9117

16 Express Ranches Annual Hereford Event Sale – at the ranch, Yukon, Okla. – 1-800-664-3977 or 405-350-0044

1 Journagan Ranch Genetically Yours 31st Anniversary Sale – Darr Ag Center, Springfield, Mo. – 417-838-1482 or 417-948-2669

8 Power Performance Pedigree Sale – Mountain Grove, Mo. – 417-293-8002

21 21st Annual Thomas Ranch Private Treaty Steer & Heifer Sale – Harrold, SD – 605-973-2449

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15 Bradley Cattle Bull Sale – Springfield Livestock Marketing Center, Springfield, Mo. – 417-848-3457

11 Checkerhill Angus Ladies with Style Online Sale – 417-855-9461, 417-274-8696 or 417-274-1630

September 2022 5 29th Annual Autumn in the Ozarks – Chappell’s Sale Arena, Strafford, Mo. – 405-246-6324

16 FHCC 10th Annual Family Values Sale – at the farm, Fulton, Mo. – 608-279-3172 or 703-587-9959

8 Leachman Cattle of Colorado Fall Ozark Sale – I-40 Livestock, Ozark, Ark. – 970-568-3983

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7 Smith Valley Angus Annual Production Sale – Salem, Mo. – 573-729-2910 or 573-247-7165

15 Fink Beef Genetics Fall Bull Sale – Fink Sale Facility, Randolph, Kan. –785-532-9936 or 785-410-5559

15 Heart of the Ozarks Angus Association Fall Production Sale – West Plains, Mo. –940-531-1851

19 21st Annual Thomas Charolais Fall Bull Sale – at the ranch, Raymondville, Tx. – 956-689-5162

22 Mead Farms 80th Annual Fall Production Sale – at the Mead Sale Headquarters, Versailles, Mo. – 573-302-7011 or 573-216-0210

29 Cattlemen’s Preferred Sale – Cattlemen’s Livestock Auction, Harrison, Ark. – 205-270-0999

29 Ward Brothers Livestock Production Sale – at the farm, Plattsburg, Mo. –816-261-0891 or 816-261-7238

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8 East Central Missouri Angus Association Production Sale – Cuba, Mo. –940-531-1851

17 Wild Indian Acres & Friends Female Sale – at the ranch, De Soto, Mo. –636-586-2299 or 636-236-0306

15 Seedstock Plus Fall Bull & Female Sale – Joplin Regional Stockyards, Carthage, Mo. – 1-877-486-1160

15 Cannon Charolais Ranch Mature Cow Herd Dispersal – Newton, Iowa –641-521-8184

29 Wild Indian Acres Bull Sale – De Soto, Mo. – 636-586-2299 or 636-236-0306

5 Worthington Angus 4th Annual Fall Bull & Commercial Female Sale – at the farm, Dadeville, Mo. – 417-844-2601

24 Soaring Eagle of the Ozarks Fall Bull Sale – Soaring Eagle of the Ozarks Sale Facility, Springfield, Mo. – 417-839-1200

7 Sandmeier Charolais Matriarch’s of the Midwest Female Sale – at the ranch, Bowdle, SD – 605-281-1259 or 605-281-1564

29 Fox Hollow Farms Fall Production Sale – at the ranch, Hulbert, Okla. –918-409-6068

5 Wright Charolais Fall Event Sale – Kearney, Mo. – 816-776-3512

3 Express Ranches Annual Fall Bull & Commercial Female Sale – at the ranch, Yukon, Okla. – 1-800-664-3977 or 405-350-0044

8 Lucas Cattle Company Fall Open House Bull & Heifer Sale – Cross Timbers, Mo. – 417-399-1241

26 Wienk Charolais Pursuit of Excellence Female Sale – Lake Preston, SD –605-860-0505 or 605-203-0137

24 Flint Hills Fall Classic Annual Production Sale – NextGen Cattle Company, Paxico, Kan. – 785-560-4444

23 1st Annual Missouri Angus Ladies of Autumn Sale – Wall Street Cattle Company Sale Facility, Lebanon, Mo. – 940-531-1851

29 Nipp Charolais Production Sale – Wilson, Okla. – 580-668-3332

31 Southwest Missouri Performance Tested Bull Sale – Springfield, Mo. –417-293-8002

17 Hinkle’s Prime Cut Angus 7th Annual Fall Production Sale – at the farm, Nevada, Mo. – 417-944-2219 or 417-448-4127

6 Wright Charolais Online Fall Bred Heifer Sale – ckonlinesales.com –816-529-2190

30 P Bar S Ranch Proof of Progress Annual Production Sale – at the Ranch, Sand Springs, Okla. – 615-330-2735

12 Thomas Farms Limousin & Limflex Production Sale – Leslie, Ark. –501-745-8484 or 501-757-1088

22 Linhart Limousin 13th Annual Fall Harvest Sale – at the farm, Leon, Iowa – 402-350-3447, 615-330-2735 or 256-962-0256

15 Byergo Angus Fall Production Sale – Savannah, Mo. – 816-261-7150, 816-261-5198 or 816-294-2225

22 McBee Cattle Company Annual Fall Bull & Female Sale – at the ranch, Fayette, Mo. – 573-228-2517

12 Lenape Limousin Inaugural Online Sale – Limousin365.com – 615-330-2735

5 Seedstock Plus Red Reward Fall Edition Bull & Female Sale – Wheeler Livestock Auction, Osceola, Mo. – 1-877-486-1160

12 Valley Oaks Angus Fall Bull & Commercial Female Sale – Chilhowee, Mo. –573-280-2351 or 816-229-8115

15 Byergo Beef Genetics Private Treaty Bull Sale – Nevada, Mo. – 816-390-2426

October 2022 1 Bradley Cattle & Hankins Farm Fall Colors Sale – Hankins Farms Sale Facility, Republic, Mo. – 417-848-3457 or 765-376-8784

15 3C Cattle Company Fall Production Sale – Carrollton, Mo. – 660-542-1234

15 Aschermann Charolais & Akaushi 35th Edition Production Sale – at the ranch, Carthage, Mo. – 417-358-7879

29 Plyler & Son Get the Brand Volume 7 Bull Sale – Southern Arkansas University, Story Arena, Magnolia, Ark. – 870-703-1394

November 2022 1 ECP Cattle Online Production Sale – Adair, Okla. – 918-864-6567 4-5 GenePlus Brangus Production Sale – Chimney Rock Cattle Company, Concord, Ark. – 1-877-436-3877

15 Angell-Thomas Charolais Fall Sale – Paris, Mo. – 573-682-7348

4 Meyer Cattle Fall Sale – Bowling Green, Mo. – 573-808-0624 or 573-694-1622

8 Big D Ranch’s Building For Your Tomorrow Annual Production Sale – at the farm, Center Ridge, Ark. – 501-208-6119

5 Henke Farms Fall Female Sale – Salisbury, Mo. – 660-676-6233

1 Jac’s Ranch Production Sale – Bentonville, Ark. – 479-273-3030

17 Fleckvieh Heritage Sale – Roland, Okla. – 479-414-9944

— ZONE B AUCTIONS — 9/3 Public Auction – Versailles, Mo. • Show-Me Auction Center 9/10 Sowash Real Estate & Equipment Auction –Versailles, Mo. • Dick Hutchison Auction & Real Estate LLC 9/15 Martin Farm and Machinery Auction –Versailles, Mo. • Dick Hutchison Auction & Real Estate LLC 9/17 Ruby Branson Estate Auction – Belle, Mo. • Stockton Auction Service 9/21 Lake of the Ozarks Estate Auctions – Sunrise Beach, Mo. • Crawford Auction Service, 417988-6629, crawfordauctionservice.com • See Our Ad on Page 30 9/24 Candy Guthrie/Kenneth Lee Brown Auction –Belle, Mo. • Stockton Auction Service 9/24 Miller County Real Estate & Personal Property Auction – Eldon, Mo. • Wheeler Auctions & Real Estate 10/1 Gun Auction – Doolittle, Mo. • J&J Sales LLC — ZONE C AUCTIONS — 9/3 Antique and Tool Auction – Aurora, Mo. • McKnight Auction Company LLC 9/3 Hilltop Dairy/Bob & Dave Furry Auction –Monett, Mo. • Hodges Auctioneers 9/5,10 Labor Day Auction for Jack Witt, Two Days –Diamond, Mo. • Circle L Auction Service 9/9 Estate of Phyllis Eldredge Real Estate Auction – Spring eld, Mo. • Glenworth Auction & Realty, 417-767-4345, glenworth.com • See Our Ad on Page 31 9/9-10 Hannah Equipment & Tool Two Day Auction –Spring eld, Mo. • Foreman Auction Service LLC 9/10 Public Auction – Carthage, Mo. • Stump ’s Realty & Auction Service, Inc. 9/10 Public Auction, Tools, Antique Toys –Branson, Mo. • Coon Ridge Auction Company 9/17 Boats, Jeeps, Motorcycle, Motor Home, Campers, Guns Auction – Lampe, Mo. • Melton Auction & Realty Co, LLC 9/17 Fennel Moving Sale – Branson, Mo. • Mt Country Auctions 9/17 Living Estate Auction – Monett, Mo. • McKnight Auction Company LLC 9/23 Edward & Sophia Griesbaum Real Estate Auction – Spring eld, Mo. • Glenworth Auction & Realty, 417-767-4345, glenworth.com • See Our Ad on Page 31 9/24 Beck Family Trust Real Estate Auction –Ozark, Mo. • Glenworth Auction & Realty, 417-767-4345, glenworth.com • See Our Ad on Page 31 9/24 Knutson Moving Sale – Forsyth, Mo. • Mt Country Auctions 9/24 Motor Home, Sand Rails, Motorcycles, Trailers, Tools Auction – Lampe, Mo. • Melton Auction & Realty Co., LLC 10/1 Estate of John (Dec’d) & Betty Gri n Real Estate Auction – Rogersville, Mo. • Glenworth Auction & Realty, 417-767-4345, glenworth.com • See Our Ad on Page 31 10/2 Estate of Glenda Guthrie Personal Property Auction – Republic, Mo. • Glenworth Auction & Realty, 417-767-4345, glenworth.com • See Our Ad on Page 31 — ZONE D AUCTIONS — 9/5 Shea er Family Trust Personal Property Auction – Seymour, Mo. • Glenworth Auction & Realty, 417-767-4345, glenworth.com • See Our Ad on Page 31 9/10 Auction – Mountain Grove, Mo. • Chadwell Auctions LLC 9/10 Hugh Consignment Auction – Ava, Mo. • Cheyney Auction Company LLC 9/11 Joe & Susan Shryock Public Auction –Willow Springs, Mo. • Reid Auction

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022 Ozarks Farm & Neighbor • www.ozarksfn.com 29 List your auction for free. Call or email Amanda today at 417-532-1960 or amanda@ozarksfn.com BartonBates Benton Camden Dent Henry McDonald Maries Miller Morgan Oregon St. Clair Shannon Vernon Barr Cedary Christian Dade Dallas Douglas Greene Howell Jasper Lawrence Ozark Polk Taney TexasWright Newton Hickory Phelps Pulaski Laclede Webster 44 A St CedarCla C y awrence 4 B nledeMillerPulase D s TeHowxas — ZONE A AUCTIONS — 9/3 Viles Huge Car Auction – Cole Camp, Mo. • Dick Hutchison Auction and Real Estate LLC 9/5 Labor Day Machinery Consignment Auction – Warsaw, Mo. • Crawford Auction Service, 417-988-6629, crawfordauctionservice.com • See Our Ad on Page 30 9/5 Labor Day Ranch Auction – Lockwood, Mo. • Venture Group Real Estate 9/10 Estate Auctions – Warsaw, Mo. • Crawford Auction Service, crawfordauctionservice.com417-988-6629,•SeeOurAd on Page 30 9/10 Estate Auction Salvage and Parts Vehicles –Windsor, Mo. • Larry Drenon Auction 9/10 Virgina & the late omas Pyle Real Estate and Personal Property Auction – Nevada, Mo. • Curtis and Sons Auction Service 9/16 Real Estate & Personal Property Auction –Everton, Mo. • Foreman Auction Service LLC 9/17 Estate of Dwain & Nadine Hughes Auction – South Green eld, Mo. • Bruce & Le’AN Auction & Appraisal LLC 9/17 Marvin Turley Estate Public Auction –Osceola, Mo. • Bruce Auction Company 9/24 Kathy Webb & the late Steve Webb Estate Auction – Lowry City, Mo. • Crawford Auction Service, crawfordauctionservice.com417-988-6629,•SeeOurAd on Page 30

9/17 Estate of Owen & Beulah Long Auction –Hartville, Mo. • Chadwell Auctions LLC 9/24 Lonnie & Trish Neugebauer Auction –Cabool, Mo. • Scheets Auctions LLC 9/25 Public Auction – Fordland, Mo. • Glenworth Auction & Realty, 417-767-4345, glenworth.com • See Our Ad on Page 31 OUTSIDE AREA — AUCTIONS — 4-5 Labor Day Weekend Two Day Consignment Auction – Kingsville, Mo. • Anstine Auction LLC 9/14 Equipment Auction – bidding closes 9/14 at 10 a.m. – bigiron.com • Big Iron Auctions, 641-895-4850 • See Our Ad on Page 3 9/16 Lafayette County Land Auction, William & Midge Wulser Farm Auction – Concordia, Mo. • Wheeler Auctions & Real Estate 9/17 81 Acre Farm Auction – Green Ridge, Mo. • Larry Drenon Auction 9/21 Equipment Auction – bidding closes 9/21 at 10 a.m. – bigiron.com • Big Iron Auctions, 641-895-4850 • See Our Ad on Page 3 9/24 Hobbs Estate Auction – Centertown, Mo. • Dick Hutchison Auction and Real Estate LLC 9/25 33rd Annual Fall Consignment Auction –Leslie, Mo. • Hellings Farm Equipment and Consignment Auction 9/28 Equipment Auction – bidding closes 9/28 at 10 a.m. – bigiron.com • Big Iron Auctions, 641-895-4850 • See Our Ad on Page 3 9/29 Back Nine Venue Real Estate Auction –Tipton, Mo. • Dick Hutchison Auction and Real Estate LLC

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OFN September 5, 2022

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Six generations strong

Make plans for the fall breeding season

The Udder Side with Dr. Tim O’Neill

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Sharing cattle production in the Ozarks with the world

Eye on Agribusiness spotlights Paige’s Feed

Is an older bull right for your breeding program?

The Ozarks brings a new way of life for one military family