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American Degree recipients announced: The National FFA Association has announced the names of FFA members who will be receiving the organization’s highest degrees, the American Farmer Degree. Members from the Arkansas Ozarks who will receive the degree are: Shelby Rae Acuff, Elkins; Paul Alan Bennett, County Line (Branch); Brett Brewer, Mountain Home; Cherokee Dawn Caudill, Kingston; Jesse Jo Claybrook, Lincoln; Bailey Price Dobbs, Lincoln; Bow Michael Franklin, Cedarville; Shea Brianne Gregory, Mountainburg; Brock Reed Haegele, Lincoln; Tara Ann Hentz, Mountain Home; Winfield Scott Holland, Siloam Springs; Bryce Anthony Rohr, Mountain Home; and Kisia Jean Weeks, Cedarville. In the Oklahoma Ozarks, the recipients are: Colleen Byrn, Afton; Kylie Powell, Porum; Garrett Reed, Locust Grove; Toni Dawn Morgan, Adair; Brookelyn Patrick, Fort Gibson; Bailey Goodman, Chelsea; Jake Hammons, Stilwell; Dally Kay Clark, Kansas; Chancie M. Cooper, Adair; Morgan Angela Craig, Fort Gibson; Colleen Byrn, Afton; Lane Allen Carter, Oologah; Shelbie Vaught, Valliant; Deekota Williams, Sallisaw; and Kaila Williams, Sallisaw.

White County resident places in Pageant: Emma Williams of Searcy, Ark., in White County was named first runner-up in the Miss Arkansas Rice Pageant on Aug. 22 at the Brinkley Convention Center.

Area residents tapped for Leadership Academy: Shawn Arthur of Claremore, Okla., and Rebecca Hunter of Poteau, Okla., are members of Class 23 of the Oklahoma Cattlemen’s Association’s (OCA) Cattlemen’s Leadership Academy. A recent three-day session was the first of four to take place over the course of one year. Each session has a different focus. Session one focused primarily on Beef Production and began at the OCA Office located in historic Stockyards City. OCA staff facilitated orientation, discussed OCA structure and current industry issues. On day one, participants learned the ins and out of the futures markets, had a crash course in table etiquette and professional introductions and traveled to Buffalo Feeders in Buffalo, Okla. CLA members then went on to Dodge City, Kan. where the remaining two days of the session took place.

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t seems as if every magazine or newspaper vonwowith rC ymarrreJ yB these days has an articleredealing keting your product to the so-called “millennial” generation.

Jerry Crownover is All the experts tell us that manufactura farmer and former ers, processors, service providers, and, yes, even professor of Agriculture farmers, cannot continue the same old marketing Education at Missouri techniques to this new generation of hip, cool State University. He is a and savvy young people. native of Baxter County, Some studies conclude that millennials are much Arkansas, and an more concerned about quality, safety and environauthor and professional mental friendliness than they are about price. Therespeaker. To contact Jerry, fore, those of us involved in food production have go to ozarksfn.com and to make sure this new generation understands that click on ‘Contact Us.’ we farmers are most assuredly producing their food under the strictest of standards while being aware of, and caring for, the soil, water, air, and welfare of animals. The study then suggests that once we have convinced them of our lofty morality, we can pretty much name our price.

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s I push the age of 40, I find myself getting more philosophical. How Jody Harris is a freelance did I get here? Where have I come communications specialist, from? What’s next? And then one gardener, ranch wife and of my children interrupts my deep mother of four. She and thoughts and asks for some chocolate milk. her family raise Angus beef In August we hosted a group of 20 family memcattle and other critters on bers covering three states at our farm. During a long their northwest Arkansas night of card playing, I looked around the table and ranch. She is a graduate considered the generations of farmers represented. of Missouri State University.

My great-grandparents came here from GerTo contact Jody, go to many and worked a beautiful farm in northwest ozarksfn.com and click on Iowa. My earliest farm memories are of my own ‘Contact Us.’ grandparents on that same place. My sister and I were given rides on horses and tractors for the first time by our uncle. We even climbed on top of a farrowing barn to witness our first birth (piglets) much to our grandfather’s dismay. It was like Disneyland to us.

The corn was tall and the grass was always green. The house was painted a brilliant white with a matching fence. I was always fascinated with the old-time dinner bell in the front yard.

Today that century-old farm is run by an uncle and his family. His children and grandchildren continue to make their memories there. My parents passed their legacy of farm history onto me. I have great memories of my dad running beef cattle and hair sheep on his farm. We grew up riding horses and showing cattle. I learned how to garden by watching my mom work in hers.

So I wondered, maybe there is a “farming gene” that gets passed to us in our DNA – something in the bloodline that causes this lifestyle to flow through the generations.

Let’s face it; today’s generation is not programmed for toiling in the soil.

I explored this theory further as I thought about my husband’s family. We were able to count back at least four generations of cattlemen in Arkansas and Oklahoma.

He cannot remember many summers where he wasn’t put to work cutting and baling hay. He recalls childhood weekends vaccinating the herd and rotating pastures.

Hard work was never a box that could be checked as “optional.”

Then I considered my own offspring and things that they will remember about growing up here on our farm. Our 5-year-old son practices loading and hauling cattle with his toy trucks and equipment on a daily basis. I know he learned this from watching his dad. He carefully places plastic hay bales out for his faux dairy and beef cattle because he’s seen his dad bundle up to feed hay through the winter for our own cattle. There’s even an occasion when his faux cattle get out. In a panic he asks everybody to help him round them up. He’s an acute fence builder with plastic and wood blocks.

They may recall with a scowl how we’ve had them help pick up sticks and limbs in the pasture after a storm. Or they may grumble when they recall scooping manure out of the chicken coop. Our hope is to raise four people that value hard work, respect the land and understand what it means to live a fulfilling life.

A farm is a great place to thrive and ours is a place that we love to share with others. Farming is in our DNA neighbor, and aren’t you so glad you got that gene?

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hate to admit it, but there are some things about farming and the country life that I don’t like.

I don’t mind getting dirty. I don’t mind Julie Turner-Crawford getting up early and doing chores. The cold is a native of Dallas doesn’t bother me too bad and I can deal with County, Mo., where she the heat, but then there are other things I just grew up on her family’s don’t care for. farm. She is a graduate I don’t like to back a trailer. Never really had to, of Missouri State thanks to a dad and brothers who figured it was much University. To contact easier for them just to do it than to wait for me to try Julie, call 1-866-532-1960 20 times. My husband has the same philosophy. or by email at editor@ I also don’t like raising a garden or canning. I ozarksfn.com. had an unfortunate incident with a pressure cooker some years ago and that was all of that I wanted.

I do, however, like making jam and jelly and I did raise a killer crop of zucchini one year.

My mom was pretty impressed when I took her several of my home-grown zucchini. She had kind of a puzzled look on her face and ask if I had put out a garden. I chuckled at the thought and told her that I just found a patch of zucchini vines growing in the horse lot.

Perhaps the thing I dislike the most about farming or the country way of life is chickens. Yes, chickens. I have the utmost respect for those who are in the industry, but it’s not something for me.

The reason goes back to my childhood. Just like many folks who live on a farm, we had a few chickens, and I really don’t remember the exact moment I began to dislike the birds, but there was always something that kind of made me leery of them.

In Turner family folklore, when I was pretty young there was a rooster that hated me. Mom said she grew tired of the daily battle, which left me in tears, and told my dad that it was time the rooster went into the pot. Problem solved.

I have simply kept my distance from chickens since then, but that all changed one fateful weekend.

A friend was going out of town and asked if I could come by and take care of her animals.

It had been a while since I had been out to her place, but I knew she had a couple of horses and a calf or two, so I figured I would be in and out in no time. Well, I was wrong.

The first night I went to do the chores, I saw something dart in front of me as I weaved down the long, tree-lined driveway. Could it be? Was it? Yes, it was a chicken.

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just a thought Across the Fence Continued from Previous Page I thought to myself, “OK, it’s just one chicken. It might not even be her chicken. Might be one that escaped from a neighbor.” No such luck.

As I drove to the house and barn, chickens began to appear from everywhere. They just kept coming and soon surrounded my vehicle. I felt like Custer at Little Big Horn with nowhere to go and no reinforcements in sight.

Finally, I garnered up the courage to make a run for the house. With the chickens hot on my heels, I made it to safety and took a minute to regroup. Eventually the chickens went back to their scratching and pecking, so I grabbed my list of instructions and headed out to the barn. The chickens quickly followed, so I threw some feed into their pen and then locked them up for the night. Mission accomplished.

I fed the horses, watered the calves and other things, as my list indicated, and then I saw it – the word “over” on the bottom of the page.

As I flipped the page over I read, “Don’t forget to gather the eggs inside the chicken house and lock the geese up

in one of the stalls in the barn. One of the geese is also trying to sit a nest so shoo her off and lock her up too.”

What and What?

I found the geese and there was one goose that was indeed trying to sit a nest. I tried to shoo her, as my friend had suggested.

That didn’t work and by this time she and her goose and gander buddies were not real happy with me, but once they realized there was food involved they followed me back to the barn – except for that one stubborn, want-to-be mother goose.

As the weekend wore on, I finally got the eggs gathered, the goose off the nest and got all of the chores done, but it was tough with all of those chickens. To all those who do raise chickens, turkey, geese or other feathered livestock – you have my admiration, but I think I will just stick with cows.

Life Is Simple Continued from Page 3 Randy’s favorite soft drink was on sale for $9 for a 36-pack case. As he grabbed one of the bargain cases, he heard the one lady shrieking to the other, “I can’t believe this is on sale for this low price.

Let’s get two or three cases!”

“Wait just a minute,” cautioned the second lady, “the market down the street has the same soft drinks on sale, too, and they are only $3 for a 12-pack. That’s a better deal.”

My friend shuffled over to the side of the aisle, pretending to be interested in another product, while listening to the two women debate for the better part of five minutes before reaching a mu-

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tually-agreed conclusion that the three 12-packs were, in fact, the better deal.

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Clint Gann keeps five family-owned herds on track at C&R Gann Farms Clint Gann of Midland, Ark., manages five herds in a familyowned operation named C&R Gann Farms.

Clint and his wife Casey own 184 acres and work an additional 700 family acres.

Clint’s grandfather, Bob Goldsmith, started the original farm with Clint being always the one interested and helping on the farm.

Clint said, “Going with my grandfather to Moffitt on Sundays after church to take the

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a calf though I don’t put a big bull on a heifer,” Clint said.

Clint’s father Randy, who works for Owens Corning in maintenance and electricity, has 15 cows that are Limousin or Limousin/Angus cross and are also bred by a Charolais bull. Clint’s grandfather has a herd of 14 replacement heifers with calves on the ground: six mostly Simmental, six Brangus/Angus and two with Limousin influence. This herd is bred by a Limousin

Clint Gann’s start in the cattle business was when his grandfather gave him five cows to use for five years, allowing him to keep the calves.

cows to Fort Smith was always a special time, and I was already brush hogging and running a dozer when I was 8 or 9.”

When Clint graduated from high school, bull. The fourth family herd has 24 older his grandfather gave him five cows to use for cows that are bred by a Simmental bull.

“These cows are a real mix but produce five years allowing him to keep the calves.

Because he had done so well, at the end of well,” Clint said.

The last herd has 21 Simmental cows the five years Bob gave Clint the cows as and 25 Limousin/Angus/Brangus crosses well so he would have a good starter herd. that are bred by a young CharoClint’s personal herd is comlais bull and a Limousin bull. prised of 18 Charolais/Limou“I have real high hopes for sin cross cows and six Simmenthis Charolais bull. His father tal cows bred by a Charolais Midland, Ark. was 2,900 pounds and I exbull in order to increase weanpect him to be about the same,” ing weight and growth.

Clint said. “The bulls run with “Bigger means more money, the cows all of the time, which is and I hardly ever have to pull SEPTEMBER 7, 2015

not the best management practice, but all I can do at this time because I am a part-time mailman from 7 a.m. until 10 a.m. in the mornings and a plumber from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m.”

Clint does not worry about color as much as some farmers.

“Black is good and does well here, but the farther west you go, the less the color matters,” he said.

He added that traveling to El Reno outside of Oklahoma City or Joplin, Mo., to market his cattle makes him significantly more money because their large numbers draw more buyers.

“On a trip to Joplin, I will spend $1,000 more in transportation but will gain an additional $3,500 in profits,” Clint explained.

Clint is successful enough that his father and grandfather have turned herd management over to him.

“Now they let me lead. So far so good, with no wrong calls to date,” Clint said.

One factor promoting his success is keeping meticulous records.

“When I started with my grandpa in 1982, I kept records on paper just like he did because there was no reason to try to force him to change but now I have transitioned to using a computer,” Clint explained.

Clint keeps track of genetics through a colored tag system supported by spreadsheet documentation.

“I also keep records of when I worm using a pour on wormer, when the calves are born and their weight, how often each cow or heifer gives birth and whether each cow’s calves are steers or heifers,” he said.

Profitability increased when Clint began haying in 2007. This year Clint harvested 780 4-by-5 round bales on his first cutting, with a goal of 850 bales per year.

He fertilizes each pasture every other year on a rotational basis with chicken litter he purchases from a local farmer while his grandfather sprays for weeds.

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After graduating from Arkansas State, Daof the north central Arkansas ranch. The genial David told Ozarks Farm & Neighbor vid managed the school’s farm and its cattle his father and grandfather started a pure- herd for a while, then ran a large purebred bred Hereford operation in 1936. When Santa Gertrudis ranch. It was there that he David is called away by other duties – he gained experience with Gelbvieh cattle, usworks for Purina Animal Nutrition, and ing the breed’s bulls on some of the ranch’s serves on the board of the American Gelb- 1,500 head. When the ranch dispersed its cattle in 1990, David took some vieh Association – the herd is of the crossbred females back tended by his wife, Rita, and Judsonia, Ark. with him to Judsonia. by their three daughters and “We’ve had experience their husbands, all of whom with a lot of different breeds of live nearby. cattle,” he said, “The Gelbvieh/ David has 80 head of momBalancer cattle really excelled ma cows on 200 acres, some here for us.” of it leased. “It’s small from

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meet your neighbors He also explained that a Balancer is a some of these young bulls and get a much Gelbvieh/Angus cross. more accurate picture of their DNA be“We have a big demand for those bulls, fore you ever start using those bulls,” Dabecause they can go into crossbreeding vid said. His customers place the highest systems and work really well. The An- priority on calving ease, something he gus adds some carcass value to them; the said Gelbvieh cattle excel at.

Gelbvieh adds some growth, and materThe pasture features a farm tire serving nal ability to them, also.” as a waterer; it’s surrounded by four posts.

When OFN caught up with David, he These will eventually anchor electric had just returned from an AGA board fencing that will allow David to rotationmeeting in Denver. ally graze. He’s had a mile of water line “We look out for the interests of the installed that conducts rural city water members, make sure everything is going throughout the place, “which was a big well and keep the breed going forward chore,” he laughed, “as much rock as we’ve and in the forefront got to get through.” of the beef industry,” He’s not planning “We’ve had he explained. The asto increase the herd, sociation is staying up experience with saying, “Most people on issues like genetic the idea that a lot of different have testing and the FDA’s you can increase breeds of new Veterinary Feed your cows by rotaDirective, which will tional grazing, but cattle.The require prescriptions they can’t; you just from veterinarian for Gelbvieh/Balancer efficiently use your feed additives. This grass better.” cattle really also affects his job Gelbviehs, he said, excelled here with Purina, but Dawere originally red, vid didn’t expect it but some were bred for us.” to be a hardship for black for American most producers. tastes.

– David Martin “It’ll be a workable David AIs females, situation for most people,” he said. then follows with a clean up bull.

On a trip to the pasture, David and his They use AI on the herd once, and guest from Ozark Farm & Neighbor were then use the clean up bull. The field was accompanied by David’s middle daughter, lush, but weedy; he confessed, “I’ve been Dana Stewart, and her son Henry and two so busy this year, and my weed control’s daughters. Henry was decked out in a cow- not been there,” but said the cows do boy outfit. well on it. He raises about half of the hay “All day, every day,” Dana laughed he needs, and buys the rest. when explaining her son’s attire.

Neighboring ranches are doing pretty Henry bounced around as David con- well. David said, “The prices of cattle are ducted a tour of the herd. David pro- better than they’ve been in many a year; duces calves in both the fall and spring, a lot of people say, ‘Well, you’re getting so he can offer bulls of different ages to rich in the cattle business now,’ and my his customers. response is, ‘No, we’re just able to pay the “Our bulls sell very rapidly,” he said. bills now.’”

“At a year old to 14 months, they’re goOn the future of the ranch David said, ing to be gone. We don’t do as much ad- “We sure hope they have the interest in vertising, because we have that demand it to keep it going in the future. That’s our for our bulls – a lot of repeat customers.” plan, or my plan.”

He sells bulls primarily in Arkansas But he has no short term plans to stop and Mississippi, but also services other ranching, saying, “It’s in the family; in surrounding states. the blood, you know, and it’s something He’s staying on top of genetics, which he that you want to keep doing. When it said is changing all the time. “With DNA gets into your system like that, you will testing and genomics now, you can test never get it out.”

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An Intricate Part of State History

By Terry Ropp

The Headquarters House has stood since 1852 Now tucked away behind a bank, the Jonah Tebbetts house, more commonly known as the Headquarters House, was originally on the edge of Fayetteville, Ark. Jonas Tebbetts commissioned George Baker to build a home that exactly duplicated the 1852 Robert Graham home across the street, whose owner founded Arkansas College. The Tebbetts house survived the burning of Fayetteville in February of 1862 by the retreating Confederate troops even though Jonas was a staunch Union supporter.

Tebbetts would have been hung as a traitor by General Benjamin McCullough except for McCullough’s death during the Battle of Pea Ridge. Jonas, a lawyer who first set up practice in Van Buren after being prepared for the bar exam by Arkansas Judge George Paschall, served both as an Arkansas state legislator and judge with tremendous respect for the Union. He even had his children read The Declaration of Independence every July 4, an activity his daughter Marian carried on until well into her 80s.

Jonas vacated the Fayetteville house in 1862 in favor of the more secure area of Missouri and never lived in the house again. He sold the house in 1867 to David Walker, whose son Charles Walker lived in until the early 20th century. It changed hands several times until Paris Green, the last owner, sold it to the Washington County Historical Society in 1967.

Amazingly, the house was in good condition, partly due to a restoration in the early 1920s and to good stewardship by Paris Green. A consistent effort by previous owners to both the exterior and interior maintained the house and its original Greek revival style. Museum manager Tess Kid said, “This home was generously furnished in period pieces ranging from 1800 to 1875 through donations by many local residents and from purchases and subsequent donations made by both the Fayetteville Rotary and the women’s civic clubs.”

Some of the highlights of the interior furnishings are a blue sofa and two statues donated by Paris when he sold the house to the historical society and a dining room table with an impressive pedestal base from the 1840s.

The original home site was a 4-acre farmstead. That land furnished the household with fruit, vegetables, mint, honey and beef as well as beautiful flowers. The grounds are part of a sanctioned Washington County Master Gardeners project to keep plantings as close to the original as possible with many heritage flowers and other plants gracing the gardens. The Rose Garden was recently planted with many original species from the 1840s, including an unusual 1845 rose whose flower is green and almost indiscernible from the foliage. Deer are a problem even though the house is now well within Fayetteville’s urban limits and only one lot large.

Archibald Yell was the second governor of Arkansas and an important figure historically. Although his offices were not on the grounds, the Washington County Bar Associa-

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tion preserved the building by having it moved to the Tebbetts site in 1991. Also on the grounds is the original smokehouse which received extensive repairs when it began to sink into the ground because there were no footings and the bricks began compressing.

The museum, open Wednesday through Thursday from 1 to 4 p.m. and by appointment for groups as needed, seeks to be far more than a static, walk-through museum.

The use of living history performers helps bring alive what life was actually like. These tour guide performers authentically dress in the period and speak in first person as they tell stories about the house, “their” families and the times. These performers are used during group tours and the summer program called the Heritage School which has both a junior and upper level and is taught on a four-year cycle which includes dancing, hands-on activities like surveying and visits from different living performers. Tess said, “Schoolchildren can come back year after year for four years with new experiences awaiting them each year. Some enjoy the schooling so much that they eventually become living performers themselves and are really excellent.”

Other annual activities of the museum include a commemorative Battle of Fayetteville event during the third weekend of April, Arkansas Statehood Day is celebrated the weekend closest to the actual June 15 date, an ice cream social the third weekend in August and a Christmas open house in December. The annual meeting is held in October during which the Washington Historical Society Distinguished Citizens of the Year are honored.

All activities are free except for the ice cream social. Tess said, “This means we always looking for new members and supporters so the museum can flourish, maintain and perhaps even expand its service to the community.”

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Business: HD Supply Waterworks History: “This branch opened in 1978 under the ownership of Vernon Anderson and was originally called Water Products,” said Fritz Hemke. “When he passed in the mid-1980s, his two sons assumed ownership and moved the business to our current location in the late 1980s. In December 2012, the company was purchased by HD Supply Waterworks, the nation’s largest waterworks distributor which did not change our focus or business practices.”

Products and Services: “This is a water usage supply company providing materials for water, sewage and drainage projects. While the majority of our business is with companies, contractors and water districts, we also service individuals with a large portion of those being in the agriculture industry. We carry PVC pipes and HDPE pipes ranging from one-half inch to 60-inch in diameter with the most common purchase being 6-inch pipe often used for rural water systems. We also have repair couplings and clamps to restore water lines troubled by leaks. We offer a large variety of other products such as brass saddles and corporation stops. The agriculture business comes predominantly from sales in drainage tiles, pipe for terracing and overflow pipe for pond dams. Farmers take advantage of our dry hydrants which contain a pipe that runs out of a pond to the edge of a road providing fire department access to pond water in case of rural fires. Sales for rural septic systems including tanks and chambers are also part of our agricultural business. We deliver everything we sell throughout the state and provide meter testing for customer convenience.”

Philosophy and future: “Even though we were purchased by a multibillion dollar corporation, the goal is still the same. We want to have efficient, friendly and time sensitive customer service which means offering products our customers need when they need them.”

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An Addiction to Dairy Goats

Caye Mott has been raising dairy goats more than 40 years.

By Terry Ropp

Caye Mott operates a show dairy goat operation outside of Hogeye, Ark. Caye Mott, a life member of the American Dairy Goat Association, runs a show dairy goat operation named Loch Arbor outside of Hogeye, Ark., on 17 acres. She raises Toggenburg goats originally from the Toggenburg Valley of Switzerland and the oldest registered goat breed.

Caye’s addiction to the beautiful, brown goats began when she saw a little goat while driving on Mount Hood in Oregon. She stopped and bought one that stayed in a doghouse because she had nowhere else to put it. Eventually she bought a breeding pair from Paula was a geneticist and considered the leading dairy goat expert of her time.

Chicago which was the beginning foundation of her current bloodlines and part of the One common sense technique Caye uses is to retain doelings from aging goats that Sandburg line, however diluted. She has registered her herd name in 1973 are proven breeders. to establish pedigree identity and added other bloodlines as she works to When Caye moved to Arkansas, she was determined not to be bothimprove her dairy goats in much the same way Paula Sandburg did. ered by urban sprawl and rules and regulations that spread even into Hogeye, Ark. With registry beginning in the 1600s, Carl Sandburg’s wife Lillian, the countryside. Consequently, she bought acreage in Hogeye. When she whom he called Paula, became interested in the breed and developed it moved to Northwest Arkansas 34 years ago, the area was far from the meton their farm in Michigan, which eventually moved to Flat Rock, NC. A ropolitan spot it is today so shipping goats by air all over the United States commemorative Sandburg Museum and Park now reside there and the goats are still bred.

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tries such as Russia. One-quarter of her goats are sold by reservation and threequarters by word-of-mouth.

Like many producers who raise show animals, Caye believes careful management is as important as excellent genetics and is an evolutionary process that needs constant refinement in order to consistently produce the best animals

possible. One part of that process is keeping meticulous pedigree, health and performance records so every buyer knows the exact heritage of the goat.

“I don’t sell what I wouldn’t keep for my own breeding stock. I also try to sell to my customers’ specific preferences so they received exactly what they are seeking,” Caye said.

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The records also serve as a basis for breeding decisions. In order to simplify the record keeping as much as possible, all babies from the same doe line have names starting with the same letter such as her permanent champion’s line whose offspring’s names all start with the letter “I.” Balanced nutrition is an obvious management technique and for her includes both alfalfa and mixed grass hay, along with a special goat ration supplemented by 16 percent pellets.

“Clean water is also important. If the water is not good enough for me to drink, then the water is not good enough for my goats,” Caye said.

Additionally, good management includes exercise and access to browsing since goats are natural browsers. A final aspect of careful management is good vet support. Caye believes pinching pennies in management damages profitability.

Caye readily admits much of what she has learned she has learned from other breeders. One problem is raising only as many show babies as the market will bear.

She learned this from another and very successful breeder when she heard him talking about using Boer bucks to manage numbers by breeding them to some of the show quality does in order to keep a larger show quality doe herd for genetic variety and to adapt to changes in consumer demand. The mixed offspring are then sold as meat goats while the does maintain their pedigree and availability for the next year’s show breeding season.

“All breeders have their own way of doing things, and sharing information and supporting each other can help. Each breeder is then able to select and implement tidbits from the shared information into his own management pattern,” Caye said.

The goat industry is growing and includes many newcomers with limited knowledge.

“Everybody has to start somewhere, and good sources of information are the extension agents and the ADGA website which contains useful information on all topics,” Caye explained.

Caye’s latest project is to develop a flexible system fencing using sturdy cattle panels she can move as needed. The process will allow her to create more pastures and therefore rotate the goats more frequently which she believes is always good management.

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Country Life: “We live outside of Dover, Ark., and recently purchased 50 acres on which my grandmother still lives, bringing our total owned acreage to 90. In addition, we lease 160 acres with my mom and dad and share land and work with them but have separate herds. Our herd has still not recovered from the drought so we have only 10 mommas, mostly Charolais cross cows and a registered Charolais bull. We prefer Charolais because in the heat they are grazing and supplying an abundance of milk while black cattle are sometimes lying underneath trees to stay cool which doesn’t promote growth. We sell our calves at weaning in the fall at 500 to 600 pounds. We hay the 160 acres of lease land and over-seed our pastures with rye and wheat in the fall. The pastures are natural grasses including Fescue, Bermuda and Johnson, as well as naturally occurring Crimson clover. This year got chicken litter from a farmer in Magazine to use as fertilizer.

We sampled the fertilizer for nutrients before applying it. That way we knew exactly what we were getting and discovered we didn’t need to add anything but replenished needed potash and phosphorus with slightly more nitrogen than we needed.”

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Together and the future: “The house my grandmother lives in will need extensive updating in the future if we plan to use it. At the moment our country life is supported by our town life. Since both of us were born and raised on farms, we would both love to be full-time farmers sometime in the future, maybe by the time Cody, who is under 2 (years old), will be in high school.”

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215.00-254.00 190.00-243.00 185.00-211.00 175.00-195.00 160.00-178.00

230.00-290.00 198.00-241.00 202.00-214.00 185.00-200.00 190.00-198.00

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Compared to last we to 10.00 lower; light higher. Slaughter ew Feeder lambs were s TX 5827 head sold i Electronic Auction. tested; feeder lambs of slaughter lambs w Buffalo, Mo. • Buffalo Livestock Market 8/25/15 under 65 lbs were no to 2.00 higher and o Receipts: 587 carcasses sold with 4 Supply was good and demand was very good with a near 7.63 higher; 55-65 l standing room only crowd on hand. All markets steady 85 lbs .45 higher an to higher than last month. The supply made up of 50 sold per hundred wei percent slaughter and feeder lambs, 8 percent ewes Slaughter Lambs: Ch and rams, 31 percent kid goats, and 12 percent does San Angelo: shorn an and bucks. All prices per hundred weight unless noted VA: wooled 110-130 otherwise.

PA: shorn and woole Feeder Lambs: Choice and Prime 2-3 35-46 lbs 220.00Ft.Collins, CO: shor 230.00.

147.00; wooled 130-1 Slaughter Lambs: Shorn Wool show lambs, Choice and South Dakota: shorn Prime 2-3 50-81 lbs 205.00-222.50; 125-187 lbs 120.00wooled 145 lbs 138.0 145.00.

Billings, MT: no test Hair lambs: Prime 2-3 45-65 lbs 221.00-245.00; 70-75 lbs Kalona, IA: shorn 13 235.00-250.00. Choice and Prime 1-2 50-88 lbs 200.00159.00, 110-155 lbs 1 217.50. Good 1-2 60-70 lbs 195.00-197.50.

Missouri: 90-190 lbs Replacement Hair Ewes: Medium and Large 1-2 65-113 Equity Elec: no sales lbs 185.00-200.00; 147 lbs 310.

Slaughter Lambs: Ch Slaughter Ewes: Choice and Prime 2-3 98-133 lbs 145.00San Angelo: 40-60 lb 165.00. Good and Choice 1-2 95-120 lbs 100.00-112.50.

230.00; 70-80 lbs 200 Rams: Few Replacement Hair Rams 90 lbs 195.00.

190.00-200.00, few 20 Slaughter Rams: Wool Rams 415 lbs 70.00. Hair Rams few 186.00.

150-175 lbs 75.00-95.00.

Pennsylvania: 50-60 Feeder Kids: Selection 1 30-38 lbs 255.00-275.00.

240.00; 80-90 lbs 215 Selection 2 20-35 lbs 227.50-245.00. Selection 3 30-35 lbs Kalona, IA: 55 lbs 21 185.00-217.50.

147.50-169.00; 110-1 Slaughter Kids: Selection 1 45-75 lbs 220.00-240.00.

Ft. Collins: 90-110 lb Selection 2 40-80 lbs 170.00-200.00. Selection 3 40-60 lbs Missouri: 45-70 lbs 1 130.00-155.00.

Virginia: 30-60 lbs 18 Replacement Does: Fancy set of Dapples 58 lbs 290.00.

90-110 lbs 197.50.

Selection 1 80-114 lbs 146.00-155.00.

South Dakota: 100-1 Slaughter Does: Selection 1 63-115 lbs 130.00-160.00; Billings, MT: no test 110-135 lbs 100.00-115.00.

Direct Trading: (lam Bucks: equivalent) 5400: Sl Replacements: 100 lbs 290.00 per Head. Selection 1 100lbs 145.00-165.00 (w 120 lbs 200.00-270.00.

CA: 4500: Feeder La Slaughter Bucks: Selection 1 85-160 lbs 135.00-145.00.

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Receipts: 746 Demand good, supply moderate to heavy with near 21 percent Springer and bred heifers, 45 percent Open heifers, 02 percent Fresh heifers and cows, 07 percent Milking and Springer cows, and 03 percent baby calves. The balance was steer/bull calves and slaughter cows. Holsteins unless noted 190 otherwise. Prices reported on a per head basis.

Springer heifers bred seven to nine months: Supreme 2000.00-2150.00, Approved 1850.00-2035.00, Jerseys few 1750.00-1875.00, Medium 1400.00-1725.00, Common 1200.00-1400.00.

Heifers bred three to six months: Supreme 1975.00-2175.00, Approved 1700.00-1950.00, Medium 1325.00-1675.00, Common 1100.00-1200.00.

Heifers bred one to three months: Approved 1675.001785.00, Medium 1400.00-1625.00.

Open Heifers: Approved lot 271 lbs Crossbreds 720.00, 320375 lbs 900.00-930.00, 320-345 lbs Crossbreds 700.00-830.00, 300-355 lbs Jerseys 830.00-905.00, 400-500 lbs 960.00-1010.00, Crossbreds 780.00-905.00, Jerseys 900.00-920.00, ind 470 lbs 1070.00, 500-565 lbs 950.00-1010.00, Crossbreds 970.001060.00, Jerseys 535-575 lbs 1000.00-1230.00, 600-650 lbs Crossbreds 1030.00-1230.00, 640-700 lbs 1240.00-1390.00, pkg 788 lbs 1450.00, 800-850 lbs 1475.00-1510.00, 900-1000 lbs 1200.00-1330.00, Medium and Approved mixed pkg 281 lbs Crossbreds 600.00, 300-400 lbs Crossbreds 670.00-730.00, pkg 410 lbs 760.00, pkg 536 lbs 920.00.

Replacement Cows: Fresh: Approved 1525.00-1950.00, Crossbred couple 1675.00, Medium 1200.00-1450.00, Crossbreds 1080.00-1650.00.

Milking Cows: open to short bred, Approved 1700.00-1950.00, Crossbreds 1700.00-1900.00, Medium 1175.00-1600.00, Crossbreds 1450.00-1600.00.

Springer Cows: Approved 1600.00-1875.00.

170 Cows bred three to six months: Approved ind 1750.00,

Not Reported † 110.00-144.50 †

130

Crossbred couple 1600.00-1800.00, Medium 1525.00-1600.00, Crossbreds few 1125.00-1400.00, Common couple 1350.001365.00.

8/30/15 Baby Calves: Holstein heifers few 450.00-500.00, Holstein bulls 430.00-470.00, ind 530.00.

dairy cattle

125.00-134.50 †

slaughter

230.20

5 Area (Tx-Ok, Ks, Neb, Ia, Colo) Live Basis Sales - Over 80% Choice Steers: 142.00-147.00; wtd. avg. price 144.12.

Heifers: 140.00-146.00; wtd. avg. price 143.90.

Dressed Basis Sales - Over 80% Choice Steers: 224.00-228.00; wtd. avg. price 227.39.

Heifers: 224.00-232.00; wtd. avg. price 227.62.

122.00-140.00 †

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cattle

Midwest - High Plains Direct Slaughter Cattle

115.00-130.00 †

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

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117.00-123.00 † 125.00-135.00* 121.00-141.00 † 117.00-138.50*

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226.16 233.40

beef

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1000

218.34 215.64

None Reported † Not Reported* Not Reported* 1275.00-2200.00 † 1050.00-2125.00 †

217.50 219.54 *

1210.00-2350.00 † 1250.00-2450.00 † 1300.00-2000.00 *

216.98 *

1075.00-2650.00 † 1450.00-2200.00 † Not Reported †

226.59

1400.00-2550.00 †

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2000

3000

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228.00

4000

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217.27 215.24

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225.14 219.29 220.00

229.87

None Reported †

217.50 ** * 216.84

1675.00-2050.00 † 2000.00-2950.00*

Barry County Regional Stockyards Benton County Sale Barn None Reported † Cattlemen’s Livestock 1425.00-2700.00 * None Reported † Cleburne County Livestock County Line Sale - Ratcliff 1525.00 † Decatur Livestock Auction Not Reported* Farmer’s & Ranchers - Vinita Not Reported * Farmers Livestock 1675.00-2800.00 †

214.63 215.50 225.65 228.97

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1975.00-2500.00 † 1525.00-2250.00 †

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1900.00-2750.00 † Mid-State Stockyards 1600.00-2350.00 * None Reported † North Arkansas Livestock - Green Forest 1950.00-2100.00 † OKC West - El Reno Not Reported † Ouachita Livestock Auction 1300.00-2700.00 †

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214.82

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2000

3000

209.28

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228.15 * * 215.00

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292.50-326.00 247.00-255.00 230.00-236.00 216.00 204.00-214.00

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280.00-295.00 248.00-251.00 221.00-227.50 205.00-217.50 188.00

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250.00-259.00 223.00-287.00 204.00-280.00 200.00-202.00

240.00-255.00 217.50-237.50 210.00-224.00 195.00-217.00 191.00-200.00

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265.00-325.00 230.00-277.00 210.00-233.00 190.00-224.00 185.00-200.00

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240.00-320.00 215.00-265.00 200.00-225.00 185.00-210.00 175.00-195.00

300.00-305.00 257.00-288.00 211.00-233.00 190.00-209.00 185.50

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242.00-265.00 218.00-247.00 208.00-220.00 191.00-207.50 192.00-200.00

225.00-280.00 210.00-242.00 190.00-222.00 185.00-205.00 180.00-195.00

240.00-262.00 226.00-234.00 219.00 197.00-199.00 186.00

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National Sheep Summary

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

Week of 8/16/15

ID: 2000: Feeder Lambs 110-120 lbs 162.00.

Slaughter Ewes: San Angelo: Good 2-3 (fleshy) 64.00-71.00; Compared to last week heavy slaughter lambs were steady Utility and Good 1-3 (medium flesh) 72.00-86.00; Utility 1-2 to 10.00 lower; light slaughter lambs were steady to 10.00 (thin) 61.00-72.00; Cull and Utility 1-2 (very thin) 50.00500.00, Holstein higher. Slaughter ewes were mostly steady to 5.00 higher.

60.00; Cull 1 (extremely thin) 30.00-50.00.

Feeder lambs were steady to 10.00 lower. At San Angelo, Pennsylvania: Good 2-3 (fleshy) 82.00-125.00; Utility 1-2 TX 5827 head sold in a one day sale. No sales in Equity Electronic Auction. In direct trading slaughter ewes were not 72.00-92.00; Cull 1 76.00-100.00. tested; feeder lambs were firm. 5400 head of negotiated sales Ft. Collins: Good 3-5 (very fleshy) 65.00-74.00; Good 2-3 (fleshy) 80.00-87.50; Utility 1-2 (thin) 56.00-65.00; Cull 1 of slaughter lambs were steady. 7100 head of formula sales (extremely thin) 35.00-42.00.

8/25/15 under 65 lbs were not well tested; 65-85 lbs were steady to 2.00 higher and over 85 lbs were not well tested. 7,027 carcasses sold with 45 lbs and down 25.04 higher; 45-55 lbs good with a near 7.63 higher; 55-65 lbs 3.61 lower; 65-75 lbs .65 lower; 75l markets steady 85 lbs .45 higher and 85 lbs and up 2.51 higher. All sheep made up of 50 National Dairy Market at a Glance 8/28/15 sold per hundred weight (CWT) unless otherwise specified. percent ewes Cheese: Barrels closed at $1.6000 and 40# blocks at Slaughter Lambs: Choice and Prime 2-3 90-160 lbs: 2 percent does $1.7000. The weekly average for barrels is $1.6100 (-.0635) San Angelo: shorn and wooled 100-135 lbs 140.00-162.00. ght unless noted and blocks, $1.6815 (-.0210).

VA: wooled 110-130 lbs 155.00; 130-160 lbs 120.00-160.00.

Fluid Milk: Milk production is lower throughout most of PA: shorn and wooled 110-130 lbs 140.00-168.00.

5-46 lbs 220.00Ft.Collins, CO: shorn 110-125 lbs 150.00-157.00, 130-140 lbs the country. Slight increases were noted in the Southeast and New Mexico due to cooler temperatures. Processors are 147.00; wooled 130-170 lbs 140.00-155.00. mbs, Choice and South Dakota: shorn and wooled 125-160 lbs 155.00-160.00; still reporting increases in bottling demand as fall sessions 5-187 lbs 120.00start for educational institutions. Even with the milk wooled 145 lbs 138.00. declines, manufacturers are noting full production schedules. 0 Billings, MT: no test.

-245.00; 70-75 lbs Kalona, IA: shorn 135-150 lbs 152.50-154.50; wooled 101 lbs Ice cream, cream cheese and other cream-based products are 0-88 lbs 200.00pulling heavy on cream supplies, making the cream market 159.00, 110-155 lbs 150.00-156.00.

50. tighter than desired. Higher butter prices have made overall Missouri: 90-190 lbs 120.00-175.00.

Large 1-2 65-113 cream prices higher than anticipated as well.

Equity Elec: no sales.

SPOT PRICES OF CLASS II CREAM, $ PER Slaughter Lambs: Choice and Prime 1: 98-133 lbs 145.00POUND BUTTERFAT F.O.B. producing plants: Upper San Angelo: 40-60 lbs 230.00-252.00; 60-70 lbs 220.00bs 100.00-112.50.

230.00; 70-80 lbs 200.00-218.00, few 220.00-226.00; 80-90 lbs Midwest - $3.0362-3.5984. lbs 195.00.

190.00-200.00, few 204.00-210.00; 90-110 lbs 170.00-182.00, 0.00. Hair Rams few 186.00.

Pennsylvania: 50-60 lbs 240.00-250.00; 60-80 lbs 220.0000-275.00.

240.00; 80-90 lbs 215.00-245.00; 90-110 lbs 170.00-202.00.

Week Ended 9/1/15 lection 3 30-35 lbs Kalona, IA: 55 lbs 217.50; 80-90 lbs 167.50-170.00; 95-105 lbs Soybeans Soft Wheat Corn Sorghum 147.50-169.00; 110-115 lbs 142.50-147.50.

20 20.00-240.00.

Ft. Collins: 90-110 lbs 173.00-182.50. lection 3 40-60 lbs Missouri: 45-70 lbs 190.00-245.00; 70-95 lbs 190.00-250.00.

16 Virginia: 30-60 lbs 185.00-200.00; 60-90 lbs 170.00-190.00; es 58 lbs 290.00.

12 90-110 lbs 197.50.

8.89 8.99 8.89 8.59 8.53 South Dakota: 100-110 lbs 170.00-182.00.

8 6.27 6.59 130.00-160.00; 6.50 6.43 5.50 Billings, MT: no test.

5.97 4.84 4.68 4.73 4.84 4.45 Direct Trading: (lambs fob with 3-4 percent shrink or 4 3.49 3.56 3.58 3.54 3.53 equivalent) 5400: Slaughter Lambs shorn and wooled 120-161 3.11 d. Selection 1 1000 lbs 145.00-165.00 (wtd avg 155.64). f le na Elaine eola ugusta Bluf hevil Hele CA: 4500: Feeder Lambs 95-105 lbs 170.00.

Osc A Pine Blyt bs 135.00-145.00.

m 1525.00-1600.00, n couple 1350.00-

heifers 550-600 LBS.

215.19 ** 205.38 * 205.02 195.14 206.63 * 208.89

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The Harlows Focus on Quality

By Terry Ropp

Hampshire/Suffolk cross sheep offer young exhibitors a desirable show animal

Brad Harlow and wife Robin grew up showing sheep. Also pictured are the couple’s children, Addison and Kinder.

Prairie Grove, Ark., is home to a close-knit family working together to produce and show top-quality crossbred show lambs.

“Both Brad and I grew up showing sheep,” Robin Harlow said of herself and her husband. “I bought my first car and paid my way through college with them. Now Photo by Terry Ropp we’re trying to do the same with our children.”

Brad, a Tyson broiler service tech and vice president of the Arkansas Sheep Coun- just as paying attention to detail is the secret to success in any endeavor, whether cil added, “We supply the animals, and they get all the proceeds to put towards their it’s agriculturally related or not.” college funds.”

Children Kinder, 16, and Addison, 11, belong to the Arkansas Junior While in college, Brad worked at the sheep barn at Oklahoma State Sheep Council and show Hampshire/Suffolk cross lambs. According to University and believes that the most valuable things he gained were Prairie Grove, Ark. Brad, the cross offers good carcass quality that does well in the show ring learning how to manage a flock and the little details needed to be suctoday and still performs when hung on the rail. The Harlows own 20 acres cessful in sheep production. Brad said, “My boss taught me the value of on which they breed 30 ewes with three rams in addition to raising eight changing water every day and used to throw a pebble, something very show lambs. While some replacement ewes are kept, all wethers are sold so unnoticeable, in the water to make sure I did. Now I do the same with — Continued on Next Page my own children. Clean water is absolutely essential for healthy animals

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At this point Brad does not use AI because the procedure is surgical and must be performed by a vet or AI technician and because the success rate, in his opinion, does not yet warrant the expense.

“The technology will continue to improve,” he added. “As it does, I will seriously consider the process.”

Pregnant ewes are placed in a birthing pen 10 to 12 days before giving birth.

“We put them into the ‘fatty pen,’ and they have to waddle to get in,” Addison said with a laugh.

Since sheep are notorious for taking others babies, after giving birth, each ewe and her lambs are immediately moved into a 4-feet by 4-feet enclosure for a week. Lambs are vaccinated, castrated and tails are banded within five days of birth.

They receive another round of vaccinations at 30 and 60 days. While ewes and rams are vaccinated 60 days before breeding. Lambs are weaned at 60 days.

Worming is done every 30 days which the Harlows have found to be very successful.

Starting in February, Brad and Kinder go to Iowa four or five times on long weekends to purchase show lambs in addition to those the Harlows raise under the Arkansas Bred Lamb Program. During those times, the girls mother the “fatties.”

Raising and training show lambs is more involved than most people realize.

Brad said, “We use a sheep treadmill to build muscle and tone.”

Further, diet must be strictly monitored on an individual basis so each lamb reaches its full potential. This means the show lambs are muzzled except for feeding time when they are fed individually portioned rations in separated pens to prevent one from eating part of another’s ration.

Another less known practice is the regimen to dry out a ewe in preparation for weaning. Feed is decreased for seven days followed by two days of hay only. Then, depending on weather conditions, water is withheld for 12 hours before the ewes are watered and fed hay again before being turned out to pasture.

The Harlows compete in 10 shows between June and January. Their experience and presence in showmanship have other breeders sometimes requesting their services in the ring. Their ability is best revealed when a judge requests competitors exchange sheep in showmanship competitions. Sheep, like many animals, can immediately sense who is boss.

“Sheep are a fun project that we enjoy as a family and has taught our children a great deal of respect and responsibility,” Robin, who is the director of Business Development for National Accounts for Tyson, said. “We love sharing our farm and memories from the barn with others.”

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“My job at the ranch is to take care of whatever part of the herd is here because cattle are moved back and forth according to the owner’s genetic plans and where feed is the cheapest for those being backgrounded and subsequently sent to feedlots,” Kirby said, The owner comes once or twice a year to look over the herd and make decisions about which animals will be re-

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The North Ranch has more than 1,200 Houston, Texas, is in control of the genetic development of his herd but leaves acres with the number of registered Anrunning the Arkansas branch to his gus mommas hovering around 200. They are serviced by six registered Angus bulls ranch manager, Kirby Vaughn. although AI and embryo transKirby is a man with three plant are also used at the Texcowboy hats: ranch manas facility. The bulls are kept ager, half owner of Sink or with the mommas for three Swim Rodeo Company and Hackett, Ark. months with the mommas orcowboy church preacher. ganized for winter feeding into six Kirby’s first cowboy hat is breeding groups depending upon donned because he uses when the calves will be born. The horses to work cattle.

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meet your neighbors North Ranch cow-calf operation requires little banding or castrating because all of the animals are potential breeding stock.

Kirby likes Angus cattle because he rarely has to pull a calf and the mother’s milk supply is sufficient to raise good, strong calves. The calves are tagged one or two days after birth.

“Some of the mommas get very excited and try to climb my horse, but my boss says that the good mommas are the ones that try to kill you,” Kirby said.

Fence line weaning is used so the mothers will be nearby and the process less stressful and quicker, usually within a day or two, even though, according to Clint, some of the older mommas just wonder off.

Winter feeding is supplemented by all natural tubs and hay while the herd is grass fed during the summer.

The herds are “mob fed” during the summer so Kirby and his helpers can clean up the rest of the land in preparation for winter and the division of the herd into their breeding groups. Regardless of the time of year, all cattle receive a good mineral program custom formulated for this area based upon soil samples.

To maintain the natural care process, the cattle are administered all natural vaccines. Pour on wormer is used every 30 days until fall when the cattle are injected with a wormer.

“In order to prevent immunity, we switch brands year-to-year,” Kirby said, Haying is a time-consuming part of Kirby’s job. The 350 acres used for hay are natural grass with Bermuda being the predominant grass after the first cutting.

Chicken litter is used as fertilizer and generally last two years before being reapplied.

Kirby, wearing his second cowboy hat, always loved rodeos and wanted some-

thing more exciting than his commercial herd. About five years ago he started a rodeo cattle herd.

He and his daughters have 50 mommas but partner with Dustin Dunn with 30 bulls for rodeos and 16 still to be determined for suitability. Testing takes place with a lightweight dummy when the bulls are yearlings. The company submits bids and puts on junior rodeos in Arkansas, Texas and Oklahoma. They also a large senior event at the Tulsa RV Ranch where people sometimes use walkers to get to the bulls before riding. Profits from this event are used for helping handicapped children in Claremore and Sycamore Springs, Okla., Finally, Kirby and Dustin run charity events at their church and are finishing an arena to make holding them easier.”

Kirby’s father was a member of the Baptist Missionary Association and began several churches with Kirby choosing to return to Arkansas after high school. Kirby’s third cowboy hat is serving as speaker for the Cowboy Church in Greenwood, Ark., which has about 100 members.

“You don’t see a lot of suits, and the message is the same even though the path getting there may be very different,” Kirby said.

For Kriby, his cowboying roots run deep, and the single father is quick to brag about the next generation – which features two cowgirls.

“Wearing cowboy hats runs in the family,” he said. “My daughter Rain, 12, enjoys flanking the bucking bulls at rodeos while my youngest one Prairie, 9, is a much more interested in barrel racing.

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Who is the most influential person in your life? “Right now my FFA advisor and ag teacher, Johnny Harp, is the most influential because he teaches me about my hog, electricity and all of the different aspects of agriculture. He guides me in picking out my feed and how much to provide daily as well as teaching me how to show. Two things he has discussed with me are always being on the opposite side of the hog from the judge so you don’t block the judge’s view and to have eye contact with the judge.”

What is your current involvement in agriculture? In addition to working daily on the farm, I also have a Hampshire hog that I show and have won first in my class. In FFA my hog is my project but I also have been in flora culture competitions as well as parliamentary procedure ones. My first competition in flora culture was my favorite because it was the first time I was around so many people and because I learned how competition works. I have a competitive nature and like seeing how good I can be in my current competition but also always enjoy meeting new people. I have won the FFA hay/forage and horse production awards. I am currently vice president of my chapter.

What is your favorite possession? “I really cherish my childhood pictures because they are something that cannot be replaced.”

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Laws that apply to the ag industry met with opposition “Ag-gag” is the term used to describe anti-whistleblower laws that apply within the agriculture industry.

These laws are an attempt to prevent undercover investigative reporting or whistleblowing by employees, and to suppress the use of the videos to build support for stronger penalties for the abuse of farm animals. Ag-gag laws are justified as a way of preventing interference with agricultural production.

John Alan Cohan is a The bills have been met with opposition in lawyer who has served many states. These laws have been criticized arthe farming, ranching guing that they are intended primarily to censor and horse industries since animal welfare abuses by the agriculture industry 1981. To contact John Alan from the public. At the same time, a new North Cohan, go to ozarksfn.com Carolina law, the Property Protection Act, was and click on ‘Contact Us.’ enacted over the governor’s veto, and goes into effect in January 2016.

Are ag-gag laws constitutional? A new ruling issued by the U.S. District Court in Idaho held such a law to be unconstitutional as a violation of the First Amendment: “Although the State may not agree with the message certain groups seek to convey about Idaho’s agricultural production facilities, such as releasing secretly recorded videos of animal abuses to the Internet and calling for boycotts, it cannot deny such groups equal protection of the laws in their exercise of their right to free speech.”

The court held Idaho’s ag-gag law, which created a new crime, “interference with agricultural production,” to be unconstitutional primarily on First Amendment grounds in that the law was enacted with the discriminatory purpose of silencing animal rights activists.

Under the Idaho law, a journalist or animal rights investigator could be convicted for not disclosing his media or political affiliations when requesting a tour of an industrial feedlot, or applying for employment at a farm. And an employee could be convicted for videotaping animal abuse or life-threatening safety violations at an agricultural facility without first obtaining the owner’s permission.

These laws are thought to stifle public debate about abusive practices that undercover investigations sometimes reveal. Supporters of the laws claim they are needed to protect members of the livestock and agriculture industries from “extreme activists who want to contrive issues simply to being in the donations.”

The judge’s ruling overturning the Idaho law stated that the law seeks to limit and punish those who speak out on topics relating to the agricultural industry, “striking at the heart of important First Amendment values. The effect of the statute will be to suppress speech by undercover investigators and whistleblowers concerning topics of great public importance. Indeed, private party media investigations, such as investigative features on 60 Minutes, are a common form of politically salient speech.”

The court held that existing laws against trespass, fraud, theft and defamation are adequate to protect livestock facilities “without infringing on free speech rights.”

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Weaning early can improve condition of cows, increase weight gain for calves If you can handle the increased management and facilities needed, early weaning calves can be a sound idea.

“One of the critical things about this time of year, as cows are nursing calves, is to watch the body condition of our cows very carefully,” Dr. Tom Troxel, University of Arkansas Extension animal scientists told Ozarks Farm & Neighbor. “If you start to see the body condition of cows start to drop off, early weaning is a practice that beef cow producers may want to consider.”

This means taking the calves off their mothers at 3 to 5 months of age instead of the more typical 8 months. With its research herds at the Batesville Experiment Station, UA prefers the technique of fenceline weaning. “It caused much less stress on the calves than abrupt weaning,” Troxel said. “We’ve not had any sickness of the calves; we’ve had no respiratory disease concerns, and we’ve not lost any calves due to the fenceline weaning. The cows and calves are able to see one another, and over a three to four day period they just automatically wean from each other.”

Early weaning takes the stress of lactation off the cows and helps them maintain or rebuild body condition in time for the next breeding season. Troxel said the preferred body condition score (BCS) for a spring calving herd at calving time should be around 6.0, where the ribs, backbones, and hooks and pins are not showing.

University of Missouri Extension livestock specialist Dr. Patrick Davis said early weaning can reduce the cow’s forage consumption by as much as 50 percent; even in a year when grass remains lush into the fall, the producer can benefit from early weaning by increasing the stocking rate. “One disadvantage is that if you are retaining early weaned calves and not selling directly, you will need extra facilities to manage the calves and feed them concentrate.”

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Davis said research from the USDA’s Fort Keogh Livestock and Range Research Lab at Miles City, Mont., shows early weaned cows conceived on average seven days earlier than their cohorts, and were 122 pounds heavier than non-early weaned cows at traditional weaning time. Other studies have shown calves weaned early have an improved feed efficiency and similar yield grades as conventionally weaned calves and, if vaccinated one month prior to weaning and again at 6 months of age, are healthier throughout the feeding period.

Early weaning is a more labor intensive system. In addition to the extra facilities needed to capture the economic return from early weaned calves, Davis said, you will need to retain ownership to slaughter. “When figuring out if this is a strategy that you want to use in your cattle operation, you need to consult a veterinarian to determine proper health protocol that these calves should undergo,” he said. “This strategy is not for everyone, so the cattle producer needs to weigh advantages and disadvantages and see if early weaning is best for their cattle operation than conventionally-weaned calves.”

Troxel said early weaned calves may benefit from a starter ration mixed with a very sweet feed like a corn/soybean hull ration that’s very high in roughage. “You can keep those calves, put them on a ration and get 1.75 pounds/day gain on them,” he said. “A lot of times, we’ll see an uptick in the market between November and Christmas and producers might want to keep their calves until that point in time, but it really all depends upon their forage base. If they plan to plant a winter annual, the calves will gain quite well on it. A lot of producers might want to graze those calves through the winter and sell in a March market; that may work very well in their favor, too.”

“We keep good records and will keep a cow up to 18-years-old but will cull one not only when the mommas don’t breed back but when they don’t raise a high-quality calf.”

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So-called “blue-green” algae are actually cyanobacteria; unlike algae, their cells do not contain nucleii. However, like algae and other plants, they obtain energy through photosynthesis.

The two have something else in common, “Cyanobacteria cause a film or scum on the pond, like other algae that would normally be harmless would do, ”according to University of Arkansas Extension veterinarian Heidi Ward. “Although they look like an algae bloom, it’s actually more of a biofilm.

Those (blue-green) algae are actually beneficial to the pond, feeding the fish.”

Standards forms of algae can be damaging to ponds; when they proliferate to the point where the water is green or brown, it’s called an algae bloom. Ward said that typically happens in warmer months, when the algae multiply due to the presence of nutrients in the water like fertlizer runoff or livestock waste. “It’s going to start taking oxygen out of the water for fish,” she said.

“Some of them may also produce specific toxins when they are in bloom.”

A 2012 University of Missouri Extension publication, Managing Missouri Fish Ponds During an Extended Drought, said drought combined with high temperatures can have devastating effects on fish ponds. The authors, Robert A. Pierce II of the MU School of Natural Resources and Aquaculture Specialist Charles E. Hicks of Lincoln University, said as pond levels decrease through seepage, evaporation and lack of runoff, nutrient levels become more concentrated. As algae bloom die and decay, they deplete oxygen levels and compromise other pond life. “Watch for any changes in pond water color,” they wrote. “A change from green to brown, grey or black may indicate that the algae

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(have) died, and oxygen depletion will occur in as little as 24 hours.”

Ward noted algae can be controlled with filtration; you can test for the bloom density with a circular, flat disk called the Secchi disk. It’s lowered by pole or line into the water until it is no longer visible; that depth is measured to determine the water’s level of transparency, and its degree of algae population.

Since livestock waste can provide the nutrients that cause algae blooms, Ward recommended cattle be prevented from hanging around ponds during times when algae form. Copper sulfide can also be administered to the water as an algaecide.

When it comes to toxicity, people are mainly concerned with the blue-green algae, which can kill cattle, humans or any other animal if ingested. Ward said it works similarly to cyanide poisoning, which prevents cells from using oxygen, and animals may die after drinking heavily contaminated water. University of Missouri Extension Livestock Specialist Dr. Patrick Davis told OFN there are several species of cyanobacteria; some produce toxins that influence the nervous system, while others affect the liver. Davis said the organism starts out green, turns blue after it dies and ends up on the surface or shoreline. “It may be visible to the naked eye as very fine grains of green sand, or green blobs on the water surface,” he said.

Watch for muscle tremors, decreased movement and difficulty breathing on the part of infected animals. They can also collapse and go into convulsions.

In the case of liver toxicity, the animals will appear weak with pale color mucous membranes; they can also display mental derangement, bloody diarrhea and death. “Even those that survive they may lose weight and become chronic poor doers,” Davis said.

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Sheep and goat producers should decide which is best for their new arrivals If you confine pregnant ewes or does in a shed, you can keep them closer to their offspring than they would be if they lambed or kidded in a pasture.

On the other hand, those offspring are also closer to possible deadly pathogens.

Dr. David Fernandez, University of Arkansas Extension livestock specialist at Pine Bluff, said there are benefits and disadvantages to both birth settings.

“If you’re lambing or kidding in a shed, you’ve got protection from the elements,” he pointed out. “The animals are not going to get wet, and their mothers are not likely to wander off. You’re probably keeping a closer eye on them on a regular basis because they’re right there in the shed.”

But it can get dirty inside that shed.

The accumulation of manure can lead to fecal-oral transmissions of diseases like coccidiosis and coliform scours.

Navels can also become infected if they get manure on them before they can dry up, and the females will get manure on their teats when they lie down, creating more opportunity for infection when the young suckle.

There is also the potential for lambs and kids to go without nutrition. Fernandez said, “Unless you’re ‘jugging’ the animals, where you put the ewe and her offspring in a small pen individually, it’s not difficult for them to become confused about

who belongs to whom, so sometimes you’ll have kids orphaned that way.”

Pastures tend to be cleaner, with less manure-borne disease likely, particularly if the pastures are larger or are being rotated. On the other hand, he said, “There are parts of the Ozarks where it can get very cold, and the weather can get very nasty. Snow is not usually a problem, but if we get freezing rain that penetrates through the hair and gets on the skin, that can get very bad for lambs and kids; they won’t survive. Sometimes they’re born and stick to the ground because ice forms before they can get up.”

There’s another problem related to pasture births, particularly with first-time mothers.

“They’ll drop that lamb or kid, and wander off,” Fernandez said. “They don’t understand what just happened to them and they’re confused, so they abandon the lamb or the kid.”

Rather than just use shed or pasture birthing, Fernandez said many people use a combination of the two.

“They’ll have the animals out on pasture, and bring them up to a shed and jug them a day or two before they expect them to lamb or kid,” he said. “They’ll leave them in there for two to three days, and let them back out again. That way you get a good mother-offspring bond; you know the offspring got colostrum, which you often don’t know if they’re out on pasture.”

Dr. Charlotte Clifford-Rathert, State Extension Small Ruminant Special-

ist for the Lincoln University, Missouri Extension Service, offered some tips for low-input, pasture kidding, where low cost and labor can still result in successful live kid births to weaning.

“Birthing pastures are close to the farm house and easily observed from the house, truck or yard,” she said.

Dams should be clearly marked ahead of time and offspring will be identified to match the dams.

“When processing a litter, wait several hours to ensure bonding and first nursing,” Clifford-Rathert said. “Processing at this time should include tagging or branding, weighing and navel dipping.

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Is it All Natural or Organic?

By Klaire Howerton

There are differences in certification, marketing In today’s day and age, more and more consumers are becoming more and more conscious of what they eat, and how it has been raised.

People are striving to make more health conscious choices, which usually means they reach for products that state they are pesticide free, grass fed, etc.

Two of the labeling and marketing terms that are often seen are “all natural” and “organic.” What exactly do these two terms mean? At first glance, consumers might think they are one and the same – but think again.

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In order for a product to be marketed as organic, it must be certified through the United States Department of Agriculture, and the production practices must meet the standards set forth by the Organic Food Production Act, the USDA organic regulations, and the National Organic Program Handbook.

Certified Organic products and their production practices cannot include toxic pesticides, GMOs, antibiotics or growth hormones. Organic products must also meet animal welfare requirements and have a traceable audit trail.

According to OrganicFacts.net, “Organic food refers to food items that are produced, manufactured and handled using organic means defined by certifying bodies such as the USDA under its Organic Food Products Act. Natural food, on the other hand, generally refers to food items that are not altered chemically or synthesized in any form. These are derived from plants and animals.

Thus a natural food item is not necessarily organic and vice versa.”

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The term “all natural” or “natural” is one that sounds appealing to many health conscious buyers, but it has a lot of gray areas and room for interpretation.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has declined to publish an exact definition for “all natural,” but according to the FDA website, “the agency has not objected to the use of the term if the food does not contain added color, artificial flavors or synthetic substances.”

No certifications, audits or inspections are required for products to be called all natural, which means that it is possible for the products to contain things like GMOs or growth hormones.

The difference between the terms all natural and organic is something that is often encountered in niche marketplaces.

“The terms organic and all natural have many similar requirements, but the two terms are not the same,” said executive director of Farmers Market of the Ozarks, Lane McConnell. “Organic is the only term that holds federal regulations that defines specific farming practices a producer must meet through organic certification. USDA says that ‘natural’ meat must contain no artificial ingredients or added color, and only minimally processed.

“Our market has gone beyond the USDA guidelines of all natural because we have found through consumer research that customers believe that the term ‘all natural’ means the products contain no antibiotics (if meat products) and that produce is grown without chemicals. Therefore, through our vendor inspections we require that any producer marketing a product as ‘all-natural’ meet these requirements.”

The best way to ensure health conscious choices is to do your research, purchase food directly from your local farmers or even better – grow or raise your own.

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“If we have a lot of infected farms, because either we don’t react quickly enough or the people that have the birds don’t use proper biosecurity and spread it, then we not only have a lot more dead birds but it has a more severe impact on the poultry industry and the general economy of Oklahoma.

I’ve seen a few figures, but in Iowa and Minnesota there has been a big impact not just on the poultry industry but the general economy.”

Planning has come in many different forms on several different levels and crosses state lines.

“As far as groups we’ve worked with, it probably starts with our tri-state group,” Herrin said. “We meet regularly with Oklahoma, Arkansas and Missouri.

That’s state regulatory people, federal regulatory people, industry and extension. All of those folks meet on a regular basis and this has been a hot topic obviously this year more than most.

So what are some of the biosecurity steps that can be taken by those with backyard poultry?

Hall said it is important to prevent direct contact between waterfowl and domestic poultry.

“Don’t let domestic poultry drink water from ponds, lakes or other water that has had wild waterfowl on or in it,” Hall said. “Consider penning domestic poultry when waterfowl are in the area.”

Hall mentioned that clothing or footwear that has come in contact with waterfowl can spread the virus.

It is good to “have dedicated clothing for handling poultry particularly if waterfowl are in the vicinity because a person can’t be too careful,” he added.

Herrin also said there have been no confirmed cases of HPAI in humans in the U.S.

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There have been no reported cases in the Ozarks, but in late 2014, the United States Department of Agriculture confirmed several cases of HPAI in the migratory bird paths known as the Pacific, Central and Mississippi flyways.

The disease has been found in wild birds, as well as in a few backyard and commercial poultry flocks.

HPAI is a serious poultry disease and is highly contagious among birds.

“There are multiple levels of protection that make it highly unlikely HPAI-infected poultry would ever enter the food chain and proper cooking kills the virus; which means our food supply is very safe,” Oklahoma Assistant State Veterinarian Dr. Michael Herrin stated in a recent press release from the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry. “We are starting to see the migration of the waterfowl south into Oklahoma.”

Wild migratory waterfowl such as ducks and geese are the natural hosts.

“They rarely become ill from the virus, but can spread it mostly through their feces,” Oklahoma State Veterinarian Dr. Rod Hall explained. “The virus is transmitted via the fecal, oral route. Wild waterfowl pass the virus in their feces, then domestic poultry consume feed or water that has been contaminated by the contaminated feces.”

Avian influenza can include high death loss.

“Poultry is a big industry in Oklahoma,” Hall said, “and if we don’t do a good job of controlling this, then it definitely can impact the industry’s ability to export and sell those birds.

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– 870-423-2958 to pre-register 10-13 Mayes County Fair – Pryor, Okla. – 918-825-3241 10-12 Wagoner County Fair – Wagoner County Fairgrounds, Coweta, Okla. – 918-486-4589 11-12 Sequoyah County Fair – Sallisaw, Okla. – 918-775-4838 11 4-H Poultry Auction – 7:30 p.m., extension center veterinarian speaking at

6 p.m. – Cleburne County Fairgrounds, Heber Springs, Ark. – 501-362-2524 12 4-H Poultry Auction – 1 p.m. – Fairgrounds, Booneville, Ark. – 479-675-2787 12 4-H Horse Show – Fairgrounds, Booneville, Ark. – 479-675-2787 14 Gardening 101 – 6-7 p.m. – Peel Mansion Museum & Heritage Gardens,

400 S. Walton Blvd., Bentonville, Ark. – 479-271-1060 or 479-254-3870 14-19 Crawford County Fair – Van Buren, Ark. – 479-474-5286 15-19 Baxter County Fair – Mountain Home, Ark. – 870-425-2335 15-19 Pope County Fair – Russellville, Ark. – 479-968-7098

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Yellville City Park, Yellville, Ark. – 870-449-6349 10 Denim and Diamonds Gala – 6 p.m. – Parsons Stadium, Springdale, Ark. – 479-756-0464 12 Pesticide Collection – 8 a.m.-1 p.m. – Conway County Road Department,

Morrilton, Ark. – 501-354-9618 12 Gardening 101 – 6-7 p.m. – Peel Mansion Museum & Heritage Gardens,

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Strafford, Mo. – 405-246-6324 12 Don Thomas & Sons Brangus Sale – at the Farm, Madison, Mo. – 660-263-4560 19 Arkansas BBA Fall Classic Sale – Conway, Ark. – 210-648-5475 19 Seedstock Plus Showcase Sale X & 7th Annual Customer Appreciation

Sale – Kingsville Livestock Market, Kingsville, Mo. – 877-486-1160 25 Jeffries Land & Cattle Red Angus Bull & Female Sale – at the Ranch,

Checotah, Okla. – 918-638-3317 26 Missouri Shorthorn Assn. State Sale – Sho Me Sale Facility, Columbia, Mo.

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Harrison, Ark. – 979-229-4472 October 2015 3 Jacs Ranch Annual Bull Sale – at the Ranch, Bentonville, Ark. – 479-366-1759 3 Arkoma Bull & Female Sale at Tulsa – Tulsa Stockyards, Tulsa, Ok. – 918-366-7870 3 P Bar S Limousin Sale – at the Ranch, Sand Springs, Okla. – 918-241-7257 3 Journagan Ranch/Missouri State University Production Sale – Springfield, Mo.

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Livestock Barn, Salem Mo. – 417-894-1504 4 Rhoades Red Angus Female Sale – at the Farm, Emporia, Kan. – 316-722-6900 4 KiamichiLink Ranch Angus Sale – at the Ranch, Finley, Okla. – 580-298-5150

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15-19 Rogers County Fair – Claremore Expo Center, Claremore, Okla. – 918-923-4958 16-19 Boone County Fair – Harrison, Ark. – www.boonecountyfairbook.weebly.com 17 Pesticide Applicator Training – 1 p.m. – Cornerstone Bank, Berryville, Ark. –

870-423-2958 to pre-register 21-26 Northwest Arkansas District Fair – Harrison, Ark. – www.nwardf.weebly.com 22-26 Faulkner County Fair – Conway, Ark. – 501-329-8344 24 Outdoor Recreation Business Workshop – Russellville, Ark. – 479-968-7098 26 Fall Demolition Derby – Tickets: $7 children 2-12, $12 Adults –

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Yukon, Okla. – 800-664-3977 10 Judd Ranch 25th Annual Cow Power Female Sale – at the Ranch, Pomona,

Kan. – 1-800-743-0026 10 Ozark & Heart of America Beefmaster Fall Sale – Locust Grove, Okla. – 918-316-6710 10 Big D Ranch Annual Brangus/ultra black Bull and Commercial female sale

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Livestock Marketing Center, Springfield, Mo. – 417-437-9193 11 Heart of the Missouri Limousin Sale – Laclede County Fair Pavilion, Lebanon,

Mo. – 817-821-6263 12 Parker Angus Ranch Fall Bull Sale – at the Ranch, Waurika, Okla. – 800-352-1903 17 National Red Poll Cattle Assn. Show & Sale – Springfield Livestock Marketing

Center, Springfield, Mo. 17 Circle A Angus Ranch Bull & Female Sale – at the Ranch, Iberia, Mo. – 1-800-CIRCLE-A 17 Heart of the Ozarks Angus Association Fall Sale – Ozarks Regional Stockyard,

West Plains, Mo. – 417-872-5570 17 Route 66 SimGenetics “Road to Success” Sale – Chappell’s Sales Arena,

Strafford, Mo. – 417-236-3899 17 Midwest Beef Alliance Fall Bull & Female Sale – Marshall, Mo. – 660-895-5008 17 Seedstock Plus Fall Bull Sale – Joplin Regional Stockyards, Carthage, Mo.

– 877-486-1160 17 Byergo Family Angus Sale – at the Ranch, Savannah, Mo. – 816-261-7132 21-22 Dismukes Ranch Fall Online Sale – at the Ranch, Checotah, Okla. – 916-995-3549

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