January 2022 - Red Angus Magazine by Red Angus Association of America

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Table of Contents – January 2022 Features

Ofﬁcial Publication of the Red Angus Association of America

Volume 58, Number 1 18335 E 103rd Avenue, Suite 202 Commerce City, CO 80022 (940) 387-3502 • Fax (888) 829-6069 RedAngus.org Publisher/Advertising Director ....................Tracey Koester (701) 391-5440 • tracey@redangus.org Editor ........................................... Brandi Buzzard Frobose (785) 448-0239 • brandi@redangus.org

A Cut Above – Cow Creek Ranch, Inc........................................ 36 6 Steps to Buying Your Next Great Herd Bull ............................. 52 Good Fences Make Good Neighbors ... And Better Producers............72 A Time for Transformation ....................................................... 84

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Board Commentary .........................................................................................................................6 Association Commentary ...............................................................................................................10 Red Angus Now Eligible for Angus Branded Beef Programs ............................................................11 Marketing Update..........................................................................................................................14 Member Services Bulletin ..............................................................................................................20 Milestones & Metrics .....................................................................................................................20 2022 THR Calendar .......................................................................................................................22 What Do You Mean with That EPD? .................................................................................................26 JRA Update ...................................................................................................................................58 Top Dollar Angus: Important Considerations for the Bull Buyer .......................................................64 Sustainability: Here to Stay ...........................................................................................................90 Ranch Beneﬁts from Reducing Methane .........................................................................................94 Sale Reports ...............................................................................................................................106 Beef Export Value Shatters Annual Record; Pork Still on Record Pace ...........................................112 Member News .............................................................................................................................116 New Members .............................................................................................................................118 Calendar of Events ......................................................................................................................128 Advertiser Index ..........................................................................................................................130

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Cover Photo by Clay Hudson, Texas

Annual Bull Sale Selling 180+ Coming Two-Year Old Registered Red Angus Bulls..

Friday, February 25, 2022 at Bassett, Nebraska

Thank You… to all of our customers that purchased females on our “In Pursuit of Perfection” online female sale. We appreciate you all for your continued support of our program. Please join us in the spring for our Annual Bull Sale!

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Board Commentary

Board of Directors PRESIDENT Steve Koester | Steele, North Dakota koesterredangus@gmail.com

A New Year, A New Bull by Stuart Gilbert, Area 9 Director – Midwest

FIRST VICE PRESIDENT AREA 4 DIRECTOR - SOUTHWEST Tony Ballinger | Morgan Mills, Texas anthony.ballinger@adm.com

It is, for many, one of the most exciting times of the year. Christmas has come and gone, and I hope it was spent in the company of your family and loved ones. So, what could be more exciting than Christmas you may ask? For many of us it is bull sale season!

SECOND VICE PRESIDENT REGION C DIRECTOR Jeff Pettit | Sebree, Kentucky jp@noashconstruction.com

The anticipation of seeing the hottest and newest sire group or individuals that will be offered in the next few months is exciting. Do those bulls that sold high a couple of years ago have sons that are as good or better than their sire, or have they disappeared into the woodwork? What sires are working in a large variation of programs or where is the next “great one” coming from?

AREA 2 DIRECTOR - MONTANA BOARD SECRETARY Kay Klompien | Manhattan, Montana klmpnra@gmail.com

Magazines will be full of advertisers showcasing their breeding programs and inviting you to come and look. It can be a little overwhelming to sort through all the photos, data and descriptions, especially if you are in search of one or more new herd sires.

REGION A DIRECTOR Chuck Feddes | Manhattan, Montana feddesredangus@gmail.com

For many of us the search for a new herd sire is a serious undertaking and a signiﬁcant investment. As it should be, as a new bull inﬂuences a good number of calves and a fair percentage of next year’s income. Many times, the quest starts several months prior to the sale season as we start looking to see what is available in breeding programs that interest us.

REGION B DIRECTOR Craig Bieber | Leola, South Dakota craig@bieberredangus.com AREA 1 DIRECTOR - WEST George Murdock | Pendleton, Oregon george.murdock@umatillacounty.net AREA 3 DIRECTOR - ROCKY MOUNTAIN Aaron Kravig | Karval, Colorado akravig@kravigredangus.com AREA 5 DIRECTOR - NORTHERN PLAINS Stephanie Jung | Mina, South Dakota lazyjbarranch@yahoo.com AREA 6 DIRECTOR - GREAT PLAINS Jason Anderson | Oberlin, Kansas jasonea9@hotmail.com

Personally, our search for a new genetic line started nearly a year ago. Searching for a bull that will take us up to the next rung from a trusted cow family is critical to our survival in the business. Others have established a working relationship with a breeder that they trust and return year after year to support those breeders. Both scenarios are acceptable and will work, as long as you know what your end goals are. You certainly won’t want to chase a terminal bred bull if you retain several females into your herd every year and likewise you won’t want to concentrate on a maternal sire if you are pursuing the calf sale market or retaining ownership. If you are planning on breeding several heifers, you likely won’t need an extreme growth bull and, conversely, if you are breeding mature cows, you probably don’t need an extreme calving ease bull.

AREA 7 DIRECTOR - NORTHEAST Rob Hess | Hershey, Pennsylvania hessfarm@verizon.net

A combination bull from a proven program may be the middle ground that suits your needs the best. It’s easy to get swept away in the new “hot” bull or the top 1% of the breed EPD bull and lose sight of what you need both genetically and ﬁnancially. The absolute beauty of this breed is that there are bulls available that will ﬁt your needs if you search them out.

AREA 8 DIRECTOR - SOUTHEAST Jim Yance | Columbia, Alabama jim@jyjredangus.com

Some breeders will have an annual bull sale and there will be many bulls sold privately. A little research and a few phone calls will take you a long way as you look to add the new bull and genetics to your herd.

AREA 9 DIRECTOR - MIDWEST Stuart Gilbert | Stockport, Iowa redcowrelocators@gmail.com

As much as we like to consider our cattle as a way of life, it is ultimately a business. A new bull can inﬂuence as much as half of your calf crop and generations beyond that. Start with a plan to meet your herds needs and stick to it. Happy bull hunting! //

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Association Commentary

RAAA National Office 18335 E. 103rd Ave., Suite 202 Commerce City, CO 80022 (940) 387-3502 | FAX (888) 829-6069 Email: info@redangus.org RedAngus.org

Investing in the Future of Red Angus

RAAA National Staff CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Tom Brink Ext. 4 | tombrink@redangus.org

by Tom Brink, RAAA Chief Executive Officer There are many ways that Red Angus seedstock providers, commercial producers and the RAAA invest in the future of Red Angus. Breeders work to make ongoing genetic progress, which benefits their commercial bull customers in the form of more valuable calf crops. Commercial ranchers use their resources to breed and manage cattle and present groups of Red Angus feeder calves and replacement-quality heifers to the marketplace in a manner that reflects positively on the breed.

DIRECTOR OF BREED IMPROVEMENT Ryan Boldt Ext. 12 | ryan@redangus.org DIRECTOR OF OFFICE OPERATIONS Halla Pfeiff Ext. 10 | halla@redangus.org REDSPRO & REGISTRY SPECIALIST Billie Boyd Ext. 6 | billie@redangus.org REDSPRO & REGISTRY SPECIALIST Nicole Rebitski Ext. 5 | nicole@redangus.org

The RAAA has a long history of active investment in creating a positive future for Red Angus, which has contributed immeasurably to the breed’s growth and success. Recently, the Association “doubled down” on its investment by committing a portion of its reserves to expanding and strengthening key service areas.

DNA DATA PROGRAMS COORDINATOR Alana Skelton Ext. 14 | alana@redangus.org DNA CUSTOMER SERVICE SPECIALIST Kai Miranda Ext. 24 | kai@redangus.org DATABASE AND REGISTRATION CONSULTANT Kenda Ponder Ext. 15 | kenda@redangus.org DIRECTOR OF COMMERCIAL MARKETING Harold Bertz (816) 661-2289 | harold@redangus.org

Several new staff positions have already been created, and during the next six months, at least two more will be added. This expansion is the result of: 1) a growing membership, which recently surpassed 3,000 adult members, and 2) the 2021-2026 Strategic Plan, which laid out an aggressive path forward requiring additional manpower. The service areas in which the Association is increasing its investment include education, breed improvement, communications, ofﬁce operations, marketing and value-added programs. When the dust settles, the RAAA staff will have expanded from 19 to 25 employees in 24 months, including both full- and part-time personnel.

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF FIELD SERVICES Katie Martin Ext. 16 | katieochsner@redangus.org COMMERCIAL MARKETING SPECIALIST Nolan Woodruff Ext. 9 | nolan@redangus.org COMMERCIAL MARKETING SPECIALIST Rachael Oliver (406) 480-1569 | rachael@redangus.org ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF VALUE-ADDED PROGRAMS Chessie Mitchell Ext. 20 | chessie@redangus.org VALUE-ADDED PROGRAMS SPECIALIST Jeananne Drouhard Ext. 18 | jeananne@redangus.org

RAAA has not raised its Total Herd Reporting fees since 2010, so this expansion represents faith in the future of the breed on the part of the RAAA board of directors, the ﬁnance committee, as well as those of us involved in managing and executing the Association’s day-to-day activities. Because we have a great breed and a strong strategic plan, the main objective is to push forward in an aggressive manner, and that is exactly what the RAAA is engaged in doing, with more to come.

DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION AND JUNIOR PROGRAMS Dr. Kim Heller (515) 851-2019 | juniors@redangus.org PUBLISHER & ADVERTISING DIRECTOR Tracey Koester (701) 391-5440 | tracey@redangus.org EDITOR & DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS Brandi Buzzard Frobose (785) 448-0239 | brandi@redangus.org COMMUNICATIONS SPECIALIST Lisa Bryant (405) 766-8942 | lisa@redangus.org ACCOUNTING DIRECTOR Janet Russell Ext. 11 | janet@redangus.org MEMBERSHIP AND RECEIVABLES SPECIALIST Margaux Midas Ext. 7 | margaux@redangus.org RECEPTIONIST Marilyn Imthurn Ext. 3 | receptionist@redangus.org

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It would take extra space not available here to explain all the new or expanded initiatives the Association is taking on. Thus, for the remainder of this article, only marketing will be discussed. The future of marketing feeder cattle and calves will be increasingly about documented quality. Health, genetics, sustainable production, program qualiﬁcations and traceability are sure to become more important. Hide color, which matters today, is destined to become less relevant, being nothing more than a superﬁcial trait in feeder cattle.

In response to these trends, RAAA will soon be hiring a full-time feedlot specialist. The primary responsibility of this position is to “rifle-shot” connect specific groups of FCCP-tagged Red Angus feeder cattle with feedyards that want more buying opportunities on calves and yearlings that fit their needs. Building relationships with as many feedyards as possible is key. Plus, this new position will serve as a connection to markets downstream from the ranch. Next summer, another full-time position focusing on the cow-calf sector is

going to be added to further strengthen these efforts. This ranch specialist position, with the support from the entire RAAA marketing team, will work on the producer side, connecting FCCP tag users with buyers and feedlots. We plan to maintain all current services being delivered by the marketing staff, and could not be more excited about the new pathways we are set to pursue. It is a strategic investment in the future of Red Angus and is expected to pay large dividends for the breed. //

Red Angus Now Eligible for Angus Branded Beef Programs By Tom Brink, CEO, Red Angus Association of America RAAA recently completed negotiations with USDA on the breed’s Live Animals Specification form or GLA Schedule. The result is that, at the request of each brand owner, Red Angus can be included in Angus-labeled branded beef programs. Red Angus is “Angus,” and now USDA has officially acknowledged that fact by enabling Red Angus and Red Angus-influenced cattle that meet certain requirements to join black-hided animals in as many Angus brands as decide in favor of their inclusion. Both genotypic and phenotypic qualification criteria are contained in the new GLA Live Animal Specification Schedule. Red Angus originated from the same Scottish gene pool as black Angus and are therefore genetically Angus. Hence, this change makes logical sense, and will benefit cow-calf producers, cattle feeders, packers and consumers. Red Angus-influenced cattle can now be beneficially accessed to increase the supply of

“We are certainly pleased USDA recognizes that Red Angus are genetically Angus and look forward to working with many branded Angus lines in 2022 and beyond.” high-quality, Angus beef in many different programs throughout the country. Furthermore, it is a simple process to add Red Angus to existing Angus beef programs. Brand owners simply need to contact USDA and request the inclusion of the RAAA GLA Schedule as part of their program’s live animal specs, then make associated minor verbiage changes in their own G-Schedules. RAAA can assist in this process, which in most cases, takes very little time to prepare, and is then followed by a relatively short correspondence period with USDA-AMS. We are certainly pleased USDA recognizes that Red Angus are genetically Angus and look forward to working with many branded Angus lines in 2022 and beyond. Our goal is to actively support their efforts, both in quality and volume, to help these brands grow and become even more successful. // Red Angus originated from the same Scottish gene pool as black Angus and are therefore genetically Angus.

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Marketing Update

Short Supply by Harold Bertz, Director of Commercial Marketing At the writing of this article, we are preparing for what is predicted to be a wild 2022 in the cattle business. The past year has been fraught with short supplies of nearly everything. Store shelves are empty, needed items are backordered, parts are nearly impossible to find, new tractors and trucks are few and far between. These shortages have certainly added to the difficulty of our day-to-day tasks. The positive side of shortages is that we seem to have reached a point in the cattle cycle where cow-calf producers might have some leverage as cow numbers shrink. Most current literature that I read regarding the cattle markets is very bullish and that is exciting news. Towards the end of 2021 we finally saw finished cattle trade above $1.40 per pound and projections are for higher prices in 2022. That will result in higher feeder calf prices and hopefully strong profits on the ranch – it has been a long time coming. These tighter inventories of cattle and a couple of developments at Red Angus have certainly added optimism for producers using Red Angus genetics. Red Angus recently announced the update of our Live Animals Specification form or GLA Schedule. The result of this is, at the request of each individual brand owner, Red Angus can be included in

Angus-labeled branded beef programs. This means that the opportunity exists for branded programs to fill their needed supply of high-quality finished cattle with Red Angus – exceptional news! This issue of the Red Angus Magazine highlights the start of bull sale season. How appropriate that news of possible increased demand coincides with our annual quest to find the right bulls for our program. Now, more than ever, the importance of enrolling calves in the Feeder Calf Certification Program is paramount. As we move into a market that will be searching for genotypically identified cattle, the FCCP is the industry’s most mature process verified program identifying your cattle as 50% Red Angus or greater along with age and source verification. The first step in enrolling your calf crop is using registered Red Angus bulls that are transferred into your account by your seedstock provider. Enrollment is free, dangle tags are 99 cents, EIDs are $2 and a matched pair (tag and EID) is $3. Contact our value-added programs department for more information today at 940-4774593. Always an economical way to add value to a calf crop, 2022 is shaping up as the year you will want your calves verified as Red Angus. As the catalogs begin to arrive in the

mailbox, the decisions on those next herd sires begin. Since 2017, the commercial marketing team has collected data on prices of bulls at sales we attend. This data gives us a glimpse at what traits cattlemen are paying more dollars for. For the second year in a row, the 2021 data clearly shows an emphasis for growth and carcass traits. The overlying theme, however, remains that producers are searching for balanced EPD bulls that cover a variety of traits. A video recording of all of the results from the 2021 bull sale season can be found at redangus. org/communications/educational-resources/. I encourage you to take a few minutes and view this video. Our team tracks many factors that affect the prices of bulls. It is interesting to see how selection influencers change over time and due to market factors. We even track the weather on sale day and document how it influences price! The marketing team looks forward to visiting with you as we travel to bull sales this spring. It is always a pleasure to see old friends and meet new ones as we examine bulls and enjoy the wonderful hospitality extended by Red Angus producers across the United States. I hope you are able to find all of the Red Angus bulls you need and do not find them in short supply in 2022. //

Special FCCP Red Angus Feeder Calf Sale Calendar Date Jan. 5 Jan. 6 Jan. 8 Jan. 8 Jan. 12-14 Jan. 21 14

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Member Services Bulletin by Billie Boyd REDSPro and Registry Specialist What is THR? THR stands for Total Herd Reporting and is a requirement for all regular and junior members of RAAA. It means every active female is required to be reported on every single year. Reporting can include calf data through weaning, birth information on calves that died prior to weaning, a disposal code to remove a cow from inventory or a reason code that explains why a cow did not have a calf for that year. What is considered an “active” female? Females become active in a member’s inventory once they reach 16 months of age, which is when they will be enrolled in THR and are required to be reported on each year. Females will be automatically placed in the same calving season (spring or fall) they were born in. For example, a heifer who is born in the spring of 2020 will become active in that member’s inventory and enrolled in THR starting the spring of 2022. What is the purpose of the Herd Inventory Report? The Herd Inventory Report allows members to complete an annual review of the animals listed in their active inventory and ensure everything is correct and up to date. If any animal(s) need to be moved to a different calving season, members will report a reason code. If an animal needs to be removed from the inventory, members will submit a disposal code (or transfer, if applicable). It is important to note that the season for the active female is NOT determined by the date of birth of the previous calf reported. When is the Herd Inventory Report due, and why is this date significant? For the spring calving season, the Herd Inventory Report is due the first Wednesday of March every year. It’s important for members to review their inventory and submit any corrections by this deadline because this determines which females will be billed a spring THR assessment later in July. All females listed in the active inventory after the March deadline will be billed the $20 assessment fee in July regardless of if they were disposed, transferred or changed their calving season later in the year. The fall calving season follows the same guidelines, but is due the first Wednesday of September. The $20 assessment for fall calving females occurs in December. DNA Price Increase The cost of processing DNA will increase effective January 1, 2022. Please be on the lookout for email updates regarding the new pricing list. //

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102 47 55 15 -2.8 75 130 0.34 2.18 31 22 13 9 15 0.34-0.06 44 0.59 -0.01 Reputation is a top-selling herdsire to Overmiller Red Angus, KS, and Niobrara Red Angus, NE. Sired by C-T Red Rock 5033 and stemming back to one of our top donor cows, C-T Linsey 0964. Big performer with 113 WR and YR, solid carcass with 101 Marb ratio and 106 REA ratio. WATCH for this young herdsire in the future!

131 73 59 12 -0.8 77 129 0.33 2.53 28 11 15 7 16 0.63-0.23 31 1.04 0.01 He sired the top-selling group of bulls in our last two sales. His progeny have extra depth of rib, length of body and thickness that push the scale down at shipping time. He has a very elite EPD proﬁle. Owned with Green Mountain Red Angus & Double D Red Angus.

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FEDDES TREADSTONE 704-9352 Reg. #4116550

FEDDES EIGHT BALL D42-9231 Reg. #4124280

ProS HB GM CED BW WW YW ADG DMI M ME HPG CEM ST MA YG CW REA FAT

97 46 51 11 -0.8 90 140 0.31 2.16 34 8 14 5 12 0.62 0.14 44 0.32 0.04 One of our top-selling bulls in 2020 to Leland Red Angus. He is a moderate-framed calving-ease bull with outstanding growth, carcass and maternal traits. His dam is a very productive Silver Bow daughter. His great granddam is still producing at 13 years of age. Note the great Blockana cow family behind him.

89 47 42 13 -0.6 86 143 0.36 2.70 32 18 14 8 13 0.41-0.16 34 0.85 0.00 Eight Ball was one of our high-selling bulls in our 2020 sale. He adds explosive growth from birth to weaning and yearling. He boasts top percentiles in WW 3%, YW 2%, Milk 6%, HPG 17%, ADG 3%, YG 3% and REA 2%. His phenotype is hard to fault with added depth of rib and length as well as great foot and leg structure. His ﬁrst calf crop has produced some of our very best calves and he has proved us correct on the growth and phenotype we were hoping for. Look for his ﬁrst sons to sell this spring.

Big Sky Country Red Angus ... Where Performance Meets Maternal! C-T RED ROCK 5033 Reg. #3471552

FEDDES CCC DEFINITIVE 9416 Reg. #4124560

ProS HB GM CED BW WW YW ADG DMI M ME HPG CEM ST MA YG CW REA FAT

153 84 69 17 -6.0 60 111 0.32 1.67 33 9 7 10 21 0.64 0.04 25 0.08 0.00 C-T Red Rock 5033 is a proven calving ease and maternal sire selling to Genex. His daughters are making very complete cows with great fertility, feet, and legs. Top 4% Pro S, 16% HB, 7% GM, 8% CED, 3% BW. Many sons will sell!

30 12 18 16 -4.2 73 113 0.25 2.26 24 4 13 6 8 0.35-0.01 24 0.36 0.02 9416 was a top seller in 2020. CED 1%, WW 17 %, YW 22 %. His dam is a powerful, maternal MLK CRK Redstone daughter that earned her way to the donor pen. Owned with Clark Red Angus and ABS.

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AUGUST 2022 T 2 9 16 23 30

March 1 – Statement Mailed March 2 – Spring Herd Inventory Due March 9 – Spring No Progeny Requested March 11 – Fall THR – 4th Installment March 16 – Fall Birth/Weaning Requested

May 2 – Statement Mailed May 18 – Fall Birth/Weaning Due May 27 – Spring 2021 Inactivations

July 1 – Statement Mailed July 6 – Fall Herd Inventory Requested July 8 – Annual Membership & Spring THR – 1st Installment Billed

Feb. 1 – Statement Mailed Feb. 2 – Fall Heifer Exposure Requested Feb. 11 – Fall THR – 3rd Installment

April 1 – Statement Mailed April 27 – Fall Heifer Exposure Due

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What Do You Mean with That EPD? by Ryan Boldt, Director of Breed Improvement It may have been a while since your last statistics class, but there are many things we interact with daily that involve statistics. When it comes to genetic prediction, statistical modeling is vitally important. While this article won’t go into the nuts and bolts of such models, there are several basic concepts that are important to understand as it relates to EPDs. One of the most important things to understand is that EPDs are designed to predict average or mean differences. Every EPD is designed to act this way, no matter which trait is involved. When we look at EPDs, we use them in comparisons. Take, for example, two sires that have a difference in their Weaning Weight EPDs of 10 pounds. We expect the progeny of these two sires to have an average difference of 10 pounds, if mated to genetically similar dams. To better understand how EPDs work, we must break down the comparison. While we would expect the average performance to be 10 pounds different, this does not mean that every animal out of the higher EPD sire would be heavier than that of the other sire. In fact, we would expect to have a fair bit of overlap in the resulting calf weights, but if all the differences could be contributed to genetics, we would expect the average phenotype of the animals out of the higher EPD sire to be 10 pounds more. In this example, we see what an EPD predicts. But why are there situations where some of the calves of the lower growth sire may outperform some of the progeny of the higher growth sire?

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“One of the most important things to understand is that EPDs are designed to predict average or mean differences. Every EPD is designed to act this way, no matter which trait is involved.” This has to do with the biology of the matter. Each animal receives a random set of genes from both the sire and dam, which results in variation. Since it cannot be guaranteed what set of genes an animal will inherit, we expect to have variation in our results. An EPD value does not predict differences in variation. In fact, variation is a good thing because it gives rise to animals that inherit better combinations of genes and allows for genetic progress and progeny to be better than the average of their parents. To determine if these concepts hold in a group of animals, data from the RAAA database was examined. All 2020-born calves’ weaning weight observations were compared to parental-average EPD values from the beginning of 2019. These animals were then separated into quartiles based on where their parental-average EPD would rank. Group 1 were animals that would rank in the top 25% of the breed, Group 2 is 26% to 50%, Group 3 is 51% to 75% and

What Do You Mean with That EPD? Group 4 is 75+%. Since the EPD values were from prior to the animals being born, it’s easier to see how these selection decisions resulted after data was collected and submitted in the future. The graph indicates there were differences in the mean weights of the separate groups. The means of each of the different groups are represented by the vertical lines on the graphs, which demonstrates that the Weaning Weight EPD was effective in predicting average weight differences. In fact, the differences in the actual phenotypes were slightly larger than what the EPD predicted in each of the groups. This is likely because the animals in this comparison did not all have the same environment or because the EPD calculation process tends to be conservative. Another important note is the weight variation in each of the different groups is nearly identical and is evident in the spread of each distribution. Each of these groups were within a few pounds of each other and very consistent with traditional estimates of variability in weaning weight phenotypes.

predict the average difference between groups of animals and, consequently, we expect there will be variability in the resulting phenotypes of calves due to the randomness of inheritance.

These results are important because it shows that EPDs are predicting the differences as expected. When examining EPDs, it is important to keep in mind that the goal is to

When results are examined, these factors become obvious and provide proof that EPDs are an effective tool to make genetic improvement! //

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April 9th 2022

At the Ranch - Hayes, SD Selling 50 Yearling Bulls and 10 Registered Yearling Heifers

4459067-HRP COMPLETE 1008J ProS

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3 ACES FEEL GOOD 9716 Semen Available on today’s HOTTEST Sires! BW -0.5 WW 51 YW 84 MILK 24 Marb.10 REA -.05

2018 NAILE Reserve Champion Bull!

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BW -1.3 WW 70 YW 116 Milk 27 Marb .65 REA .31

5L Independence son with 10 traits in the top third of the breed for % ranks!

BIEBER STOCKMAN E116

Card Shark X Perfect Storm's dam. This bull is amazing! Check out his ﬁrst calves at Tree Lane Farms, IL!

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NBAR Hamley S913

The exciting Wildcat Creek & Griswold calving ease herdsire!

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WEBR Leatherman 883

BW -1.3 WW 59 YW 100 MILK 26 Marb .32 REA .07

Exciting RED COCKBURN ASSASSIN son out of Damar Mimi working at Kennedy’s, OK!

2019 NAILE Reserve Champion Bull. Sired by Kargo.

BW -2.4 WW 73 YW 122 MILK 31 Marb .75 RE -.08

Massive and smooth with outstanding EPDs. Replacement maker with top-growth sons.

TWG TANGO 156D

BW -0.1 WW 59 YW 91 MILK 12 Marb .16 RE .11

Out of the great Rebellas family that produced Major League, Grand Canyon, and LCB Hoss, he is sureﬁre calving ease with huge growth and carcass.

Ringstead Kargo x 6 Mile Full Throttle. He's long-bodied, big-boned, bold-ribbed, deepsided and powerful!

WEBR Dr. Feel Good 1112

BW -2.0 WW 42 YW 70 MILK 25 Marb -.11 REA -.06

Dr. Feel Good is producing complete progeny! Full brother to Card Shark!

DAMAR TRUMP C512

BW -2.1 WW 46 YW 74 MILK 26 Marb .52 REA -.08

The Power Eye x Mulberry son that makes your herd more valuable!

DAMAR NEXT D852

BW -3.1 WW 48 YW 82 MILK 28 Marb .38 REA .18

A calving ease stallion with phenotype!

EGL GCC RED EAGLE E7194

BW 2.3 WW 78 YW 124 MILK 25 Marb .13 REA .14

BW 0.9 WW 55 YW 90 MILK 25 Marb .08 REA .24

Rugged, big footed and deep ribbed. He is easy ﬂeshing and easy to handle.

Card Shark out of a phenomenal cow at McMurphy's, OK! First calves look awesome!

BW -4.7 WW 66 YW 109 MILK 26 Marb .33 REA .03

BW -0.9 WW 63 YW 99 MILK 19 Marb .18 REA .13

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BW -4.5 WW 40 YW 65 MILK 21 Marb -.16 REA .60

BW -2.5 WW 35 YW 40 MILK 22 Marb .45 REA -.35

He’s siring tremendous champions everywhere! Daughters working great!

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BW -2.0 WW 59 YW 85 MILK 24 Marb .28 REA .16

Long and super smooth with outstanding ProS and HB.

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BW -0.9 WW 60 YW 87 MILK 23 Marb .23 REA -.04

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BW -0.4 WW 76 YW 116 MILK 15 Marb .62 REA .40

Championships in his ﬁrst two events of his career at Denver and Houston and has balanced EPDs!

WEBR Night Train 324

BW -2.0 WW 63 YW 92 MILK 18 Marb .44 REA -.05

Awesome Doc Holiday son at TC Reds, McMurphy and Webers. Sired high-sellers at Ladies in Red Sale!

PZC TMAS Red Sky 2794

BW 1.6 WW 61 YW 86 MILK 21 Marb .44 REA .26

Full brother to popular, deceased Red Zone. High sellers at Smoky Y Ranch, KS!

Damar Redeeming C618

BW -4.0 WW 70 YW 112 MILK 22 Marb .99 RE .18

Redeeming is a Redemption x Conquest with top % ranks across the board with phenotype to match!

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A Cut Above – Cow Creek Ranch, Inc. by Rudy Pooch for the Red Angus Magazine In the high-desert sagebrush just north of Jordan Valley, Oregon, you will ﬁnd Cow Creek Ranch, Inc. The cow-calf ranch is always a busy place for Russell Martin and Marta Stoddart, who, along with their family, are dedicated to the cattle industry. Cow Creek Ranch is always seeking to increase its proﬁt margin and stay ahead of the curve by using many tools to their advantage, including Red Angus genetics, crossbreeding and marketing programs. Why Red Angus Cow Creek Ranch has a rich history in the industry, as the multi-generation ranch started with Marta’s father, John Stoddart, who grew up cattle ranching in California. Later, he purchased a ranch in Oregon, and the family went back and forth until settling in Oregon. In 1978, the family purchased Cow Creek Ranch located north of Jordan Valley, Oregon, to continue their passion. Originally, the cow-calf operation consisted of Hereford and Angus crossbred cattle. Brangus cattle were also thrown into the mix for approximately 10 years. Around 1990, John began looking in a new direction and researching the Red Angus breed. In 1992, they made the switch to Red Angus bulls.

Cow Creek Ranch, Inc. is a family affair that includes Marta Stoddart and husband Russell Martin, oldest daughter, Michaela, and husband Sam Redmon, and Kaylee, Kaitlyn and Mathew.

“We aimed to have cattle that would perform as mother cows and produce quality products on the rail through feedlot,” Stoddart added.

“He was after the maternal carcass traits that breed is renowned for. This would have been when EPDs became the genetic selection tool of choice for producers,” said Stoddart.

While attending college, Marta often traveled home to assist with the operation. After graduating, she worked at a feed yard for ﬁve-and-a-half years. This exposed Marta to the other side of the cattle industry, which was vastly different from her cow-calf upbringing. During this time, John sent a pen of their Red Angus fall-born calves to that feed yard.

To her advantage, she understood EPDs from her courses in college while completing her ranch management degree, whereas her father had to learn about EPDs through experience.

“In the early 1990s they hung up pretty well in relation to where the cattle industry and genetics were at that time. They were about 70-75% Choice and Prime carcasses. Red Angus produced good quality and yield grade,”she said.

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Lot 17 – GM NUCLEAR 108 – #4419283

Lot 2 – GM GAMESTOP 111 – #4419275

Lot 15 – GM CLEAR SKY 114 – #4419315

Lot 12 – GM POWER WAGON 127 – #4419203

Selling 40 Bulls 15 Bred Females Lot 10 – GM THE DEALER 148 – #4419201

Lot 24 – GM RESOURCEFUL 161 – #4419291

6th Annual Bull Sale

Saturday, S t d January 8, 2022

2 p.m. CST • At the Ranch • Michigan, ND 4547 Hwy 35, Michigan, ND 58259 3-1/2 miles North, West side of Hwy 35

A Cut Above – Cow Creek Ranch, Inc. Throughout the years, Stoddart’s family continued to use Red Angus genetics. “We have black cattle too, but we have always liked Red Angus and they have done very well for us,” said Stoddart. As the breed expanded, more Red Angus seedstock became available across the country. This allowed Stoddart to expand the bloodline in the herd and be more selective when purchasing bulls. Today, Marta Stoddart juggles numerous responsibilities including all aspects of running the family business, ranch work and raising her kids. Oldest daughter, Michaela, and husband Sam Redmon, support the family ranch while balancing college, breaking colts and work. Outside of school, sports and rodeo, Kaylee, Kaitlyn and Mathew work alongside their parents. The Power of “Red-erosis” The Cow Creek Ranch herd remained primarily Red Angus until 2015 when the family added composite Simmental to the breeding program. The herd changed quickly by adding half- and three-quarter-blood Simmental bulls that are crossed with black or Red Angus. Heterosis used the strengths of the Simmental breed to complement the many great traits of Red Angus, creating a high-performing package and a heavier calf at sale time. The ranch continued to run composite bulls for the next three to four years until they noticed the absence of some necessary maternal traits. To counter this, they backed off the composite bulls and ran straight Red Angus bulls, in addition to three Hereford bulls. “This has created us a nice three-way cross with a current bull base of 25% Red Angus, 75% composite Simmental, plus the three Herefords,” said Stoddart.

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Heterosis from the three-way cross with Red Angus, Simmental and Hereford offers a balance of maternal strength and carcass merit while maintaining a heat-tolerant red-hided cow that handles the highdesert environmental challenges.

The performance of the three-way cross continues to be used to Cow Creek Ranch’s advantage to this day. “What we have seen from the carcass data, our Red Angus and composite cattle on feed have done really well. We know where we are heading with our genetics and we are just trying to hold that line of maintaining maternal traits with quality carcass and yield grade in check while not falling too far one way or the other,” she added. Cow Creek Ranch aims to stay on top of carcass traits, raising cattle that produce Prime to Choice carcasses on the rail to maximize proﬁt. “With the Choice-Select spread being several dollars, we want to produce quality protein that performs in the feed yard and makes several dollars when they hang them up,” said Stoddart.

A Cut Above – Cow Creek Ranch, Inc. The Best of Both Worlds – Red Angus Allied Access Program When the ranch was straight Red Angus, it participated in the reputable Red Angus Feeder Calf Certification Program. In 2015, Cow Creek Ranch added crossbreeding to the program, swapping the yellow tags for the green Red Angus Allied Access tags. Beginning in 2012, the Red Angus Allied Access program allows producers to effectively use crossbreeding while still being able to enroll those calves into a RAAA age- and source-verification program. This value-added solution allows Cow Creek Ranch to take advantage of Red Angus programs while reaping the benefits of crossbreeding. In the Allied Access program, calves qualify the day they are born, as long as calving dates are recorded and the calves are managed separately from other herds. Using the Allied Access program allows producers to enroll in other verification programs. This low-cost program provides tremendous return on investment through its age and source verification benefits. There is no enrollment fee, and the only cost is a program dangle tag or program EID-dangle tag combination. “We started off with just the dangle tags but switched to EID when large packing plants like Tyson began to wand cattle making it easier for our customers to retrieve their data,” said Stoddart.

The Allied Access value-added program verifies age and source for producers like Cow Creek Ranch who practice crossbreeding. According to the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association 2019 Consumer Beef Track, consumers consider how their food was raised when making meal decisions. Red Angus marketing programs provide transparency and validate the hard work producers put into raising a safe, high-quality protein. “Using Red Angus program tags has provided us a way to have the cattle verified by a third-party verification system. That’s what buyers and the beef industry were pointing to. People want to know the origin and how the cattle were being raised, said Stoddart.

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A Cut Above – Cow Creek Ranch, Inc. maintain body heat,” said Stoddart. They see a difference when they wait until the sun and temperature rises to roll out hay. “These cows have to adapt to a wide-range of temperatures,” she said.

The premise ID number tied to Cow Creek Ranch is recorded on all of the paperwork that follows cattle from time of sale to slaughter. Cow Creek Ranch has been selling their calves and yearling cattle on Superior Livestock for the last 33 years.

When selecting bulls, Stoddart prefers to ﬁnd ones in a similar environment, but has been pleased with the performance of Red Angus bulls from across the country. Phenotype is the most important factor she observes.

“Consumers or buyers can know that these are Red Angus-inﬂuenced cattle and we think that is an advantage when marketing our calves. Anybody who follows Red Angus cattle or runs them knows that they perform,” explained Stoddart.

“I want those bulls to be thick from the girth to the ﬂank, thick through the midsection and have the ability to carry that weight for a higher-performing bull,” said Stoddart.

Reds at Work In southeastern Oregon high-desert country, Stoddart believes that red-hided cattle perform better than black in the sagebrush terrain.

Cow Creek Ranch double seasons their bulls with the spring and fall breeding.

Summer conditions are hot and dry with little rain. Winter conditions feature cold snaps and varying amounts of snow.

“It takes a little bit to keep those bulls in shape. They come off the mountain and they are hot or thin and just want to come home and lay around,” said Stoddart. The bulls are taken care of on pasture or with hay and protein blocks to recuperate.

“When it’s a below-zero, cold and dry morning, we don’t typically start to feed until it has warmed up a bit. We have tried to feed in those cold conditions and it’s tough. Cattle don’t want to move around exerting energy. They want to

“If I don’t feel that they are where they need to be, we will rest them until the next breeding season and send others out. We have enough bull selection out there so we can be selective,” said Stoddart. //

“They are a little more heat tolerant,” said Stoddart.

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OVERMILLER February 19, 2022 at the Ranch north of Smith Center, KS

OVER 877C ~Sold in 2017 Several sons sell who combine the Blockana and Abigrace Families.

Selling: 50 ~ Red Angus Bulls (12-18 mo. old) 35 ~ Gelbvieh/Balancer Bulls

OVER Draft Pick 413D sold in 2017, several sons sell. Combines calving ease and performance.

(12-18 mo. old)

60 ~ Commercial open heifers Red & Black

OVERMILLER Red Angus & Gelbvieh

OVER Zion 674Z past sale feature, maternal sister with a 114 MPPA will have sons selling by Franchise & Seneca.

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Kelly & Risa Brent & Brittany Roger & Norma 785-389-3522 785-389-1959 785-389-6281 4062 O Road Smith Center, KS 66967 www.overmiller.com

Past stand out whose maternal brother will high light the spring offering.

RREDS RELENTLESS J112

RREDS RED BLOOD J113

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STRA RELENTLESS x PELTON WIDELOAD 78B

DUFF RED BLOOD 18114 x PELTON WIDELOAD 78B

RREDS PATHFINDER F811 x BIEBER HARD DRIVE Y120

Heifer bull with excellent breed character. Use on bigger birthweight heifers.

Big-time attractive bull with plenty of performance. Use on moderate females to add performance without maternal sacriﬁce.

Really attractive, low-birthweight bull that will be a female maker.

RREDS PATHFINDER J121

RREDS X & O J123

RREDS MR LET’S ROLL 124

#4516501

#4484945

#4516405

DVO X`S AND O`S G180 x RREDS SENECA 731C

BIEBER LET’S ROLL B563 x 3SCC IRON MAIDEN B65

DUFF RED BLOOD 18114 x PIE CINCH 4126

A real moderate calf that packs a punch. Use on a bigger cow that needs some more ﬂeshing ability.

Great shape of hip in this bull. A balanced cow bull that will put shape on about anything.

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RREDS RED BLOOD J145 Dead-shot calving ease out of one of my favorite cow families. Use him to draw out some birth weight and add breed character.

The bulls are developed to last and they are culled extensively for convenience traits - teat size, maternal instinct, production, fertility and fleshing ability. Plus, we guarantee disposition.

Annual Production Sale

Monday, January 17, 2022 1 p.m. CST - At the Ranch - 4.5 mi. E & 2.5 mi. N of Faulkton, SD

Selling 60 Bulls

PLUS: 2 Elite Heifer Calves A Pick-of-the-Herd Flush • 50 Units of Semen on any Bull in our Lineup (This will be donated to Faulkton FFA Program.)

RREDS TOWNSHIP J170

RREDS PATHFINDER J173

#4516475

#4516471

#4516357

RED U2 TOWNSHIP 17G x PIE THE COWBOY KIND 343

RREDS PATHFINDER F811 x RREDS PIONEER 6904

RREDS PATHFINDER F811 x HXC CONQUEST 4405P

A balanced, moderate-birthweight Township son with a great pattern. He is balanced for frame and should be an excellent, universal heifer bull.

A well-balanced bull from a productive line. Widebased, athletic bull bred right down the pipe.

RREDS PATHFINDER J179 Considering this Pathﬁnder son’s BW Ratio. You can’t help but appreciate how complete this calf really is. A low-birthweight bull with exceptional character and ﬂuidity supporting base width uncommon with most high CED bulls.

RREDS TOWNSHIP J191

RREDS J1135

#4515889

#4516391

#4515923

RED U2 TOWNSHIP 17G x BIEBER ROLLIN DEEP Y118

COMMON SENSE x PIE CINCH 4126

RED MRLA RESOURCE 137E x BIEBER HARD DRIVE Y120

One of many sons selling by this foundation dam. The cow family is a mile long. A balanced, highcharacter bull with outstanding production abilities.

Affectionally known as Gus, this Common Sense son is a younger bull in the sale and shouldn’t be overlooked. He is complete in nearly every way you evaluate him and is from a full sib to Pioneer that has done a great job.

This mid-March calf is probably the stoutest red bull I have ever seen. He presence of just a power bull is hard to ﬁnd. I’d encourage you to come see him if you’re looking for an outlier for performance.

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Western Region Sale Consultant Aaron Tenney - 208-320-8017

RREDS RESOURCE J1141

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First sons sell ! RED U2 TOWNSHIP 17G #4265551

BW: 93 WW: 739

STRA COPENHAGEN 136 #4496915

BW: 85 WW: 754

Annual Production Sale

Tuesday, February 1, 2022

1 p.m. CST • At the Ranch • McHenry, ND 9 mi. N. of McHenry, 2 mi. E. & 1/2 mi. N.

BW: 102 WW: 836

STRA CINCH 191 #4495741

STRA GENERAL 1131 #4495871

BW: 101 WW: 855

BW: 85 WW: 810

STRA RELENTLESS 1135 #4495967

RED U2 BLUE COLLAR 295E #3927955

BW: 94 WW: 854

STRA SUPREME 1147 #4495851

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65 Yearling Red Angus Bulls 8 2-Year-Old Red Angus Bulls 20 Registered Red Angus Heifers 50 Commercial Open Red Angus Heifers

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6 Steps to Buying Your Next Great Herd Bull by Brandi Buzzard Frobose, Editor and Director of Communications

Tis the season … for bull sales! The next few months are bursting with opportunities to bring home your next great herd sire. This is the bull that will set you up with fancy replacements and fat feeders for the next three to five years. These are the genetics that will play an immense role in the profitability of your operation for the foreseeable future. He will carry a sizable burden for the ranch, so buying the best bull for your business, and your budget, shouldn’t be a fleeting decision.

1. Identify Your Goals First and foremost, before you buy a bull, you should identify what kind of genetics you need for your business. Do you sell your calves newly weaned at the local auction market or are they marketed on the grid? Do you retain your females or develop and market them to other producers? There are significant differences between bulls selected for a maternally centered herd as opposed to one that is terminally focused. These are key aspects of your business that have a sizable influence over the kind of bull purchase you should make, so having a clear roadmap of where you want to go is essential. 2. Seek Out Breeders of Interest Finding the right bull starts with finding the right breeder – easier said than done, right? Ask your fellow cattlemen and women who tops their list of seedstock suppliers. Make a list of breeders who raise bulls that fit your operation and contact them for their insight. Share your goals with them and listen to their feedback about the genetics they are selling. If you remain interested in their offering, learn more about their program and genetics. Don’t be afraid to try a new breeder or buy a bull from a private treaty sale. Just as there are a wide variety of breeder philosophies, there’s also a wide variety of how bulls are marketed. 3. Prepare An oft quoted phrase used in leadership development is “Failure to plan is planning to fail,” and that also holds true for bull buying. It’s unlikely that arriving at a bull sale unprepared will lead to favorable results and purchasing decisions.

Preparation before attending the bull sale is key to ﬁnding the bulls that ﬁt your program, and that starts with studying the catalog. 52

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6 Steps to Buying Your Next Great Herd Bull Before striking out to the sale, or sales in many cases, gather catalogs and study them in advance to identify bulls that ﬁt your breeding goals. If possible, visit the ranch before the sale to get your eyes on the bulls before the hustle and bustle of sale day. Study the EPDs of the bulls you like and factor them, along with the bulls’ pedigrees and phenotypes, into your decision. Speaking of EPDs … 4. Brush up on EPD Awareness EPDs change as performance records are added to the database. If you don’t check them regularly, your perception of the numbers, and what could be favorable to your business, could lead to a misinformed purchase. Additionally, breed associations and geneticists are constantly discussing and developing new EPDs and if you’re unaware of new indexes, you could be caught off guard the day of the sale. For example, Red Angus launched the ProS index in the fall of 2020, which is an all-purpose index that covers economically relevant traits across all aspects of the beef supply chain from conception to carcass. Familiarizing yourself with the updated indexes can help you make more informed bull-buying decisions. 5. Utilize the RAAA Marketing Team The RAAA marketing team exists to aid commercial cow-calf

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producers in their profitability goals and part of that role is to provide support through viewing and bidding on desired bulls at sales. Marketing team members can also answer questions about how a certain bull may fit into your breeding program. Utilize the marketing team to help you reach your ranch’s goals both leading up to and after bull sale season. 6. Have a Backup Plan We’ve all been there; the price for our first bull choice skyrockets past our budget before we can even get in on the bidding. If you have a backup plan and have identified secondary bulls that can still help you reach your breeding goals, no need to worry. As with the “prepare” discussion earlier, it’s best to have a contingency plan so when it’s time to kick the bulls out, you aren’t short on bull power! Buying a bull can be a stressful experience for sure – the pressure to get the “perfect” bull weighs heavy, and for good reason. A herd bull has the largest single impact on profitability from year to year, so preparing and planning for a successful, satisfying purchase is time well spent. And time well spent equates to similarly spent money. //

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7 1 , 1 97 2 , 1 97 3 , 19 74 , 1 9 7 5, 1 97 6 , 19 7 7 , 1 9 7 8 , 1 97 9 , 1 9 8 0 , 1 9 8 1 , 1 9 8 2 , 1 9 8 3 , 1 9 8 4 , 1 9 8 5 , 1 9 8 7 , 1 9 8 9, 1 9 9 0 , 1 9 91 , 1 99 2 , 19 9 3 , 1 9 94 , 19 9 5, 19 9 6 , 1 99 7 , 1 99 8 , 1 9 99 , 2 0 0 0 , 2 0 0 1 , 2 0 0 2 , 2 0 0 3 , 2 0 0 4 , 2 0 0 5 , 2 0 0 6 , 2 0 0 7 , 2 0 0 8 , 2 0 0 9 , 2 0 1 0 , 2 0 1 2, 2 0 1 3 , 2 0 1 4 , 2 0 1 5 , 2 0 1 6 , 2 0 1 7 , 2 0 1 8 , 2 0 1 9, 2 0 2 0 , 2 0 21 , 1 96 7 , 1 9 6 8 , 1 9 6 9, 1 9 7 0 , 1 9 7 1 , 1 9 7 2 , 1 9 7 3 , 1 9 7 4 , 1 9 7 5 , 1 9 7 6 , 1 9 7 7 , 1 9 7 8 , 1 9 7 9 , 1 9 8 1 , 1 9 8 2 , 1 9 8 3 , 1 9 8 4, 1 98 5, 1 98 7 , 1 9 8 8 , 1 98 9, 1 9 9 0 , 1 9 9 1 , 1 9 9 2 , 1 9 9 3 , 1 99 4 , 1 9 9 5 , 1 9 9 6 , 1 9 9 7 , 1 9 9 8 , 1 9 9 9 , 2 0 0 0 , 2 0 0 1 , 2 0 0 2 , 2 0 0 3 , 2 0 0 0 5 , 20 0 6 , 20 0 7, 2 0 0 8 , 20 0 9 , 2 0 1 0 , 2 0 1 1 , 2 0 1 2 , 2 0 1 3 , 2 0 1 4, 2 0 1 5, 2 0 1 6 , 2 0 1 7 , 2 0 1 8 , 2 0 1 9 , 2 0 2 0 , 2 0 2 1 , 1 9 6 7 , 1 9 6 8 , 1 9 6 9 , 1 9 7 0 , 1 9 7 1 , 1 9 7 3 , 1 9 74 , 1 97 5 , 1 9 76 , 1 97 7 , 1 9 7 8 , 1 9 7 9 , 1 9 8 0 , 1 9 8 1 , 1 9 8 2 , 1 98 3 , 19 8 4 , 1 9 8 5 , 1 9 8 7 , 1 9 8 8 , 1 9 8 9 , 1 9 9 0 , 1 9 9 1 , 1 9 9 2 , 1 9 9 3 , 1 9 9 4 , 1 9 9 5 , 1 9 9 6 , 1 98 , 19 9 9, 2 0 0 0 , 2 0 0 1 , 2 0 0 2 , 2 0 0 3 , 2 0 0 4 , 2 0 0 5 , 2 0 0 6 , 2 0 0 7, 2 0 0 8 , 2 0 0 9 , 2 0 1 0 , 2 0 1 1 , 2 0 1 2 , 2 0 1 3 , 2 0 1 4 , 2 0 1 5 , 2 0 1 6 , 2 0 1 7 , 2 0 1 8 , 2 0 0 2 0 , 2 0 2 1, 1 9 6 7 , 1 9 6 8 , 1 96 9 , 1 9 7 0 , 1 9 7 1 , 1 9 7 2 , 1 9 7 3 , 1 9 7 4 , 1 9 7 5, 1 97 6 , 1 9 7 7, 1 9 7 8 , 1 9 7 9 , 1 9 8 0 , 1 9 8 1 , 1 9 8 2 , 1 9 8 3 , 1 9 8 4 , 1 9 8 5 , 1 9 8 7 , 1 9 8 8 , 1 9 90, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 20 013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017,2018, 2019, 2020,2021, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1 8 2 , 1 9 8 3 , 1 98 4, 19 8 5 , 1 9 8 7 , 1 9 8 8 , 1 9 8 9 , 1 9 9 0 , 1 9 9 1 , 1 9 9 2 , 1 9 9 3 , 1 9 9 4 , 1 9 9 5 , 1 9 9 6 , 1 99 7, 1 9 9 8 , 1 9 9 9 , 2 0 0 0 , 2 0 0 1 , 2 0 0 2 , 2 0 0 3 , 2 0 0 4 , 2 0 0 0 6 , 2 0 0 7 , 2 0 0 8 , 2 0 0 9 , 2 0 1 0 , 2 0 1 1 , 2 0 1 2 , 2 0 1 3 , 2 0 1 4 , 2 0 1 5 , 2 0 1 6 , 2 0 1 7 , 20 1 8 , 2 0 1 9 , 2 0 2 0 , 2 0 2 1 , 1 9 6 7 , 1 9 6 8 , 1 9 6 9 , 1 9 7 0 , 1 9 7 1 , 1 9 7 2 , 1 9 7 4 , 1 9 7 5 , 1 977 6 , 1 977 7 , 1 9 7 8 , 1 9 7 9 , 1 9 8 0 , 1 9 8 1 , 1 9 8 2 , 1 9 8 3 , 1 9 8 4 , 1 9 8 5 , 1 9 8 7 , 1 9 8 8 , 1 9 8 9 , 1 9 90 , 1 9 9 1 , 1 9 9 2 , 1 9 9 3 , 1 9 9 4 , 1 9 9 5, 1 9 9 6 , 1 9 9 7 , 1 9 9 9 , 2 0 0 0 , 2 0 0 1 , 2 0 0 2 , 2 0 0 3 , 2 0 0 4 , 2 0 0 5 , 2 0 0 6 , 2 0 0 7, 2 0 0 8 , 2 0 0 9 , 2 0 1 0 , 2 0 1 1 , 2 0 1 2 , 2 0 1 3 , 2 0 1 4 , 2 0 1 5,, 2 0 1 6 , 2 0 1 7 , 20 1 8 , 2 0 1 9 , 2 0 2 0 , 2 0 6 7 , 1 9 6 8 , 1 9 6 9 , 1 9 7 0 , 1 9 7 1 , 1 9 7 2 , 1 9 7 3 , 1 9 7 4 , 1 9 7 5 , 1 9 7 6 , 1 9 7 7 , 1 9 7 8 , 1 9 7 9 , 1 9 8 0 , 1 98 1 , 1 98 2 , 1 9 8 3 , 1 98 84, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1 9 2 , 1 9 9 3 , 1 9 9 4 , 1 9 9 5 , 1 9 9 6 , 1 9 9 7 , 1 9 9 8 , 1 9 9 9 , 2 0 0 0 , 2 0 0 1 , 2 0 0 2 , 2 0 0 3 , 2 0 0 4 , 2 0 0 5 , 2 0 0 6 , 2 0 0 7 , 2 0 0 8 , 2 0 0 9, 2 0 10 0, 2011, 2012, 2013, 20 0 1 5 , 2 0 1 6 , 2 0 1 7 , 2 0 1 8 , 2 0 1 9 , 2 0 2 0 , 2 0 2 1 , 1 9 6 7 , 1 9 6 8 , 1 9 6 9 , 1 9 7 0 , 1 9 7 1 , 1 9 7 2 , 19 9 7 3 , 1 9 7 4, 1 9 7 5, 1 9 7 6 , 1 9 7 7 , 1 9 7 8 , 1 97 9 , 1 9 8 0 , 1 9 8 1 , 1 9 8 2 , 1 9 8 4 , 1 9 8 5 , 1 9 8 7 , 1 9 8 8 , 1 9 8 9 , 1 9 9 0 , 1 9 9 1 , 1 99 2 , 1 9 93 3 , 1 99 4 , 1 9 9 5 , 1 9 9 6 , 1 9 9 7 , 1 9 9 8 , 1 9 9 9 , 2 0 0 0 , 2 0 0 1 , 2 0 0 2 , 2 0 0 3 , 2 0 0 4,, 2 0 0 5, 2 0 0 6 , 2 0 0 0 8 , 2 0 0 9 , 2 0 1 0 , 2 0 1 1 , 2 0 1 2 , 2 0 1 3 , 2 0 1 4, 2 0 1 5 , 2 0 1 6 , 2 0 1 7 , 2 0 1 8 , 2 0 1 9 , 2 0 2 0 , 2 0 2 1 , 1 9 6 7 , 1 9 6 8 , 1 9 6 9 , 1 9 7 0 , 1 9 7 1 , 1 9 7 2 , 1 9 7 3 , 1 9 7 4 , 1 9 76, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 20 0 0 1 , 20 0 2, 2 0 0 3 , 2 0 0 4, 2 0 0 5 , 2 0 0 6 , 2 0 0 7 , 2 0 0 8 , 2 0 0 9 , 2 0 1 0 , 2 0 1 1 , 2 0 1 2 , 2 0 1 3 , 2 0 1 4 , 2 0 1 5 , 2 0 1 6 , 2 0 1 7 , 2 0 1 8 , 2 0 1 9 , 2 0 2 0 , 2 0 2 1 , 1 9 6 7 , 1 9 6 9 , 1 9 7 0 , 1 9 7 1 , 1 977 2 , 1 9 73 , 1 9 7 4 , 1 9 7 5 , 1 9 7 6 , 1 9 7 7 , 1 9 7 8 , 1 9 7 9 , 1 9 8 0 , 1 9 8 1 , 1 9 8 2 , 1 9 8 3 , 1 9 8 4 , 1 9 8 5 , 1 9 8 7 , 1 9 8 8 , 1 9 8 9 , 1 9 9 0 , 1 9 9 1 , 1 9 9 2 , 1 9 9 4 , 1 9 9 5 , 1 9 9 6 , 1 9 9 7 , 1 9 9 8 , 1 9 9 9 , 2 0 0 0 , 2 0 0 1 , 2 0 0 2 , 2 0 0 3 , 2 0 0 4 , 2 0 0 5 , 2 0 0 6 , 2 0 0 7 , 2 0 0 8 , 2 0 0 9 , 2 0 1 0 , 2 0 1 1 , 2 0 1 2 , 20 013, 2014, 2015, 20 0 1 7 , 2 0 1 8 , 2 0 1 9 , 2 0 2 0 , 2 0 2 1 , 1 9 6 7 , 1 9 6 8 , 1 96 69, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 19 8 7 , 1 9 8 8 , 1 9 8 9 , 1 9 9 0 , 1 99 91, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 20 0 1 0 , 2 0 1 1 , 2 0 1 2 , 2 0 1 3 , 2 0 1 4 , 2 0 1 5 , 2 0 1 6 , 2 0 1 7 , 2 0 1 8 , 2 0 1 9 , 2 0 2 0 , 2 0 2 1 , 1 9 6 7 , 1 9 6 8 , 1 9 6 9 , 1 9 7 0 , 1 9 7 1 , 1 9 7 2 , 1 9 7 3 , 1 97 4, 1 9 7 5 , 1 9 7 6 , 1 9 7 7 , 1 9 79, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 20 003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017,2018, 2019, 2020,2021, 1967, 1968, 1969, 19 7 1 , 1 9 7 2 , 1 9 7 3 , 1 9 7 4 , 1 9 7 5 , 1 9 7 6 , 1 9 7 7 , 1 9 7 8 , 1 9 7 9 , 1 9 8 0 , 1 9 8 1 , 1 9 8 2 , 1 98 8 3 , 1 9 8 4, 1 9 8 5 , 1 9 8 7 , 1 9 8 8 , 1 9 8 9 , 1 9 9 0 , 1 9 9 1 , 1 9 9 2 , 1 9 9 3 , 1 9 9 4 , 1 9 9 6 , 1 9 9 7 , 1 9 9 8 , 1 9 9 9 , 2 0 0 0 , 2 0 0 1 , 2 0 0 2 , 2 0 0 3 , 2 0 0 4 , 2 0 0 5 , 2 0 0 6 , 2 0 0 7,, 2 0 0 8 , 2 0 0 9 , 2 0 1 0 , 2 0 1 1 , 2 0 1 2 , 2 0 1 3 , 2 0 1 4 , 2 0 1 5 , 2 0 1 6 , 2 0 1 7 , 2 0 1 9 , 2 0 2 0 , 2 0 2 1 , 1 9 6 7 , 1 9 6 8 , 1 9 6 9 , 1 9 7 0 , 1 9 7 1 , 1 9 7 2 , 1 9 7 3 , 1 9 7 4 , 1 9 7 5 , 1 9 7 6 , 1 9 7 7 , 1 9 7 8 , 1 9 7 9 , 1 98 0 , 1 9 8 1 , 1 9 8 2 , 1 9 8 3 , 1 9 8 4,, 1 9 8 5 , 1 9 8 7 , 1 9 89, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2 012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017,2018, 2019, 2020,2021, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 19 81, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 20 005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017,2018, 2019, 2020,2021, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 19 73, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1 98, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017,2018, 20 020,2021, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 19 90, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 20 013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017,2018, 2019, 2020,2021, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1 82, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 20 006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017,2018, 2019, 2020,2021, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 19 74, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 19 99, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017,2018, 20 ANNUA L P R OD U C T I ON S A L E 020,2021,1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 19 FEBRUARY 8, 2022 90, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 20 WIX BARN AND LODGE-RICHARDTON, ND 013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017,2018, 2019, 2020,2021, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1 82, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 20 006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017,2018, 2019, 2020,2021, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 19 7 4 , 1 9 7 5 , 1 9 7 6 , 1 9 7 7 , 1 9 7 8 , 1 9 7 9 , 1 9 8 0 , 1 9 8 1 , 1 9 8 2KE , 1 9N 8 3N , 1Y 98F 4 ,ORS 1 9 8 5 ,TER 1987, & 1 9 8F8A , 1M 9 8ILY 9, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 19 9 9 , 2 0 0 0 , 2 0 0 1 , 2 0 0 2 , 2 0 0 3 , 2 0 0 4 , 2 0 0 5(, C2) 07 06 , 2 0 0 7 , 2 0 0 8 , 2 0 0 9 , 2 0 1 0 , 2 1 1 ,2450 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017,2018, 20 0 1- 29 0- 2450•( H)7 01- 9 704020,2021,1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 19 R4STE D, AN 9 0 , 1 9 9 1 , 1 9 9 2 , 1 9 9 3F , 1O 99 , 1 9 9 5RRE , 1996 1 9 9 7G , U 1 9S 9 8@ , 1Y 9 9AHOO. 9 , 2 0 0 0 , COM 2 0 0 1 , •WWW. 2002, 200F 3 ,ORS 2 0 0 4TERREDA , 2 0 0 5 , 2 0 0 6 , NG 2 0 0US 7 , 2.0CO 08,M 2009, 2010, 2011, 20 013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017,2018, 2019, 2020,2021, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1 82, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 20 006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017,2018, 2019, 2020,2021, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 19 74, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 19 99, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017,2018, 2019, 2020,20

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JRA Update

Save the Dates for Round-Up 2022 | July 12-17 Build friendships, gain industry knowledge and compete for awards through the JRA Round-Up. This annual summer conference combines agricultural tours, educational programs, the JRA annual meeting and LOTS of fun. This year’s Round-Up will hit the road out of Denver to explore agriculture and the beef industry in Colorado, southeast Wyoming and western Nebraska. The agricultural and educational experiences will amaze you as much as the scenery. This trip will also be the ﬁrst opportunity for a JRA program to visit the Red Angus Association of America headquarters in Colorado. Throughout the event, participants will compete in national contests. Contest participation contributes to awards for high point junior and senior. Juniors also have the opportunity to participate in team challenges to compete for the overall champion team. These challenges are designed to create a fun experience and allow members to build teamwork skills with others from around the country.

JRA Round-Up is an annual event for junior members that rotates around the nation. Round-Up is also the location of the annual JRA membership meeting to conduct ofﬁcial business of the organization including the election of the board of directors. Registration for Round-Up is due on May 1, 2022. Scholarships are available and those applications are also due May 1, 2022. More information can be found online at redangus.org/jra/.

Round-Up attendees not only have fun, but learn about different management practices.

Connect with JRA! The Junior Red Angus Association, the junior afﬁliate of the RAAA, strives to equip and prepare all members to be leaders, innovators, stewards and advocates for the Red Angus breed, the beef industry and agriculture. The JRA membership actively participates in industry events, conferences and workshops designed to develop members’ critical thinking, leadership and production skill sets. Additionally, the JRA strives to nurture enthusiasm for the beef industry and agriculture, while promoting networking and education. For more information on the Junior Red Angus Association of America and how youth can get involved in the Red Angus breed, visit RedAngus.org or call Kim Heller, Director of Education and Junior Programs at (515) 8512019 or juniors@redangus.org. 58

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2021-2022 JRA Board of Directors Website: redangus.org/jra Facebook: juniorredangus Instagram: juniorredangus Snapchat: juniorredangus

Junior Red Angus Member Collegiate Scholarships Available The Red Angus Association of America is pleased to award a minimum of ﬁve $1,000 college scholarships through the support of the Red Angus Foundation, Inc. The following criteria will be used to determine eligibility: 1. Applicant must be a current JRA member in good standing with the RAAA at the time of application. 2. Applicant must be a graduating high school senior or a current college freshman with deﬁnite plans to enroll in post-secondary education in the fall of the application year. 3. Complete applications must be submitted by Feb. 15 of the application year. Applications will only be accepted via the online portal. 4. Scholarship awards are not limited to one year, last year’s recipients may submit a scholarship application for the current year.

The online application requires following elements submitted via the online portal: •

Resume

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Current transcript

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Head and shoulders photograph

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Three letters of reference (must meet the Feb. 15 deadline)

The online portal is available Dec. 15 – Feb. 15. JRA members must register online at redangus.awardspring.com. Once registered with the site, the application contains several short answer questions. Members can access the application to review the questions prior to completing and submitting the application for scholarship consideration. If you have questions about the scholarship process, please contact Kim Heller at juniors@redangus.org.

Junior Red Angus Trivia Are you doing your part to know about the Red Angus breed and the RAAA? Test your knowledge; answers can be found at https://bit.ly/redgeneration 1. What year was the RAAA founded? a. 1943 b. 1954 c. 1965 d. 1976 2. What does THR stand for? a. Total Heifer Reporting b. Total Herd Reporting c. Two Heifer Replacements d. Total Herd Response 3. What is required when tattooing an animal? a. Herd preﬁx and animal ID b. Just animal ID c. Just herd preﬁx

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4. What is the National Junior Red Angus Show in 2022? a. Fort Worth Stock Show b. North American International Livestock Exposition c. Cattlemen’s Congress d. North American Junior Red Angus Event

5. What is the name of the new all-purpose index that RAAA offers that is a combination of the HerdBuilder and GridMaster indexes? a. ProS b. HBGM c. HPG d. HM

National Junior Red Angus Show Set for June 19-25

Looking for an opportunity this summer to show Red Angus cattle AND participate in personal and leadership development competitive events? Mark your calendar for the National Junior Red Angus Show at the largest summer event for youth involved in the Red Angus breed – the North American Junior Red Angus Event in Chickasha, Oklahoma, June 19-25. For more information visit najrae.com. //

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Important Considerations for the Bull Buyer by Nate Smith, General Manager, Top Dollar Angus As we move into a new bull sale season, it feels appropriate to take a step back from the pomp and circumstance of the moment to look at what producers are evaluating when making breeding stock purchases. Below we will discuss appraisal methods and tools that help commercial producers select their new herd sires. By looking at the ways we can evaluate animal performance and the tools we can utilize to promote proﬁtability, I hope to offer a unique perspective that may provide value to cow-calf operators. While there are many breeds, programs and traits that differentiate one set of animals from another, a good place to begin is with a few basic standards when discussing sire selection. Most often, we are looking at animals that are registered and have a set of standardized EPDs published by a breed organization. The bulls are of

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typical breeding age (12 to 24 months) and have passed a breeding soundness exam. Those factors established, let’s take a look into some of the tools used in physical and genetic appraisal of potential sires and how to make the most of them. When potential buyers prepare to purchase new breeding stock, they have made an evaluation of current genetics and found they either need to add to their bull battery to service females due to sire drop out from age, injury or poor calf performance due to sire genetics. But many of these traits are ﬁrst noticed visually; from calving difﬁculties and growth differences in younger animals to stayability related issues with animals in production, we can see the shortcomings in our herds. We may experience more pulled calves or conformation issues that cause higher cull rates. While these

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Important Considerations for the Bull Buyer factors are influenced by genetics, they are often physically noticeable in potential breeding stock. Since they are visible, these issues can often be identified during visual appraisal, which is why visual inspection of potential sires is still important in today’s data driven world. After visual evaluation, we can move into a genetic appraisal of potential sires. While the way EPDs are delivered does vary from breed to breed, for the most part, the same set of traits are being measured. Categorization of these traits into calving ease, maternal, growth and carcass segments can be very beneficial to producers looking to make a specific impact on their herds. While focusing on some specific traits can be helpful, we as an industry have seen that having a laser-like focus on some genetic traits - while overlooking others - can have an adverse

impact on the overall genetic package our cattle represent. For example, calving ease-related traits are important to producers but selection on this single trait does impact other traits related to growth and fertility. That is why as we have continued to learn more about animal breeding, many associations have moved toward multi-trait indexes to help quantify aggregate genetic value.

Average Daily Gain, Carcass Weight, Dry Matter Intake, Marbling, Backfat and Ribeye Area. The 13 traits in the calculation model are weighted based on the effect each trait carries in terms of overall proﬁtability. This way of evaluating cattle has been one of the key tools that has driven the U.S. beef herd’s increase in efﬁciencies and genetic values, while maintaining a reasonable balance across traits.

An index is an overall score of genetic merit combining the relative economic value of multiple traits. Though an index is not the answer to every genetic selection challenge, it is a valuable tool to help maintain balance in a producer’s operation.

Understanding EPDs is important but understanding how individual traits work in combination is essential to success and why indexes are so valuable in the appraisal process.

To help further explain indexes, consider the RAAA ProS index. The ProS index includes the following traits: Calving Ease Direct, Calving Ease Maternal, Weaning Weight, Milk, Mature Weight, Heifer Pregnancy, Stayability,

The volume of data on potential herd sires available to commercial producers continues to grow. That being said, with a balanced plan using that information, every producer can be conﬁdent they are creating the world’s most nutrient dense protein as efﬁciently as possible. //

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Good Fences Make Good Neighbors … and Better Producers by Macey Mueller for the Red Angus Magazine For busy producers, there are few things more frustrating than cattle getting out or unwanted cattle getting in. It’s added time, stress and in some cases, it can reduce proﬁtability when calves are conceived at the wrong time or with the wrong genetics. When northwest North Dakota rancher Jim Enge signed a long-term lease on 960 acres a few years ago, he immediately started improving the perimeter fences of the property to keep his commercial Red Angus cowherd in and the neighbors’ cattle out. “The existing fence was literally one places certainly wire i iin n some pl laces andd ce rttaiinly l able hold hee ssaid. nott abl ble tto oh old ld ccattle,” attl ttle,,” h aid id. ““The The Th

property is 15 miles from my home, so getting it secure was important for my peace of mind. “The property is also landlocked with other pastures that share fences, and while you always run the risk of commingling cattle, a strong fence helps keep out unwanted bulls. When you’re strictly red you want to avoid issues with the neighbors’ cattle.” With the help of Jacobson Fence, Enge tackled the project over two years, ﬁrst outlining the perimeter with a four-strand barbed-wire fence and then cross fencing with a two-strand high-tensile electric high hi gh-ten t sil ile el lecttric i wire i ffence ence tthat hatt respect. his cows kknow hi now tto o respe p ct. t

Enge utilizes a rotational grazing program on the six quarters of land, where cows are moved through three different cells twice over during the grazing season. The program has allowed him to considerably increase his stocking rate without overgrazing. “That’s the beauty of cross fencing,” he said. “You can usually increase your numbers without ruining a pasture because you’re taking the pressure off that one particular cell for an extended period of time. “I have also seen our conception rate for the cows improve because we’re breeding breedi dingg in in smaller small ller parcels.” parcels.” l ”

Not only does new fencing provide peace of mind, it can add value to a pasture that is leased or on the market.

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Saturday • February 26, 2022 11:30 a.m. • 2:00 p.m. CST

Check out all the bulls at: sdiamondangus.com

21 Yearling & 3 Two Year Old Angus Bulls • 20 Yearling and 3 Two Year Old Red Angus Bulls 8 Yearling Hereford Bulls

Guest Consignors Bar M Herefords • Rich & Austin Person Rich (402) 366-3245 • Austin (402) 694-1287

Full EPD’s, Performance Data, Ultrasound, Pelvic and Scrotal Measurements. Call us for more information on bulls or if you have questions on how the sale works.

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Good Fences Make Good Neighbors … and Better Producers In Enge’s 48 years, he said the past 24 months have been some of the driest he’s ever seen. Cross fencing has allowed him to maximize his grass resources and maintain his herd numbers. “I think we’d be in a lot of trouble if we weren’t rotating the cows like we do,” he said. “It requires a bit more labor, but the cows have become accustomed to it and we can keep it pretty low stress.” As a third-generation operator on his family’s land in central Mountrail County, Enge is no stranger to fence projects. He took over the ranch and small grain farm at the age of 16 when his father passed and now works with two nephews, Dylan and Carson Enger. He has slowly but surely replaced the diamond willow post fence originally used on his family’s place with one that is sure to last even after he has handed the reins to the fourth generation. gene ge nera rati tion on.

In addition to his pastureland, Enge has also fenced most of his crop fields to take advantage of aftermath grazing. He has developed water sources on each field so that once harvest is complete in the first part of October, the cows can be closer to his house. “Not only can cattle graze the residue, but if you have a half section with 230 tillable acres, there’s a considerable amount of waste acres between the sloughs or prairies,” he said. “I started fencing the fields knowing there was a lot of extra ‘picking’ the cattle could be doing.” “Both the rotational and aftermath grazing were critical in my decision to expand our operation and bring in my nephews.” Enge admits the improvements he has made have been significant financial investments, but utilizing cost-sharing initiatives like the Natural Resources Conservation Cons Co nser erva vati tion on Service’s Ser ervi vice ce’ss Environmental Env nvir iron onme ment ntal al

Quality Incentives Program have made the projects more feasible. “With the amount of fence we have added or replaced in the past few years, trying to do it all on our own would just about be cost prohibitive,” he said. “We worked closely with our local NRCS ofﬁce to develop a plan and apply for the funding.” Enge also worked closely with Jake and Kacey Jacobson, who have done several of the fencing projects at Enge Farm and Ranch. The young couple own and operate Jacobson Fencing mid-May to late fall to help supplement the commercial Red Angus cow-calf operation they run with Jake’s parents near Max, North Dakota. Like Enge, they have come to appreciate the value in replacing dilapidated fences. The Jacobsons run multiple sire sire groups gro roup upss and and raise rais ra isee commercial comm co mmer erci cial al Red Red

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“We try to be responsible producers who have set calving times and pull our bulls on certain days, so it can be frustrating to expand our calving season or end up with a black-hided calf,” Jake said. “Taking a discount at the sale barn on the few odd calves that don’t ﬁt is a little thing that adds up and makes it easier to justify the investment in good fences.”

“Taking a discount on a few odd calves adds up ... and makes it easier to justify the investment of good fences.”

The Jacobsons work primarily within a 150-mile radius from their home in McLean County, traveling the western two-thirds of the state to help customers make needed improvements to their properties.

“Three to ﬁve miles a year is pretty average for our customers,” he said. “After four or ﬁve years, you have your fence replaced and it’s a huge labor saver for the future.

Jake said some producers who buy or lease a pasture that hasn’t been used in a long period of time may need a full perimeter fence immediately, while others tackle a few miles

“We also do work for several landlords who lease their pastures to other producers and are able to charge more rent for land with better fences.” Either way, the Jacobsons agree the

value in building or replacing fence is often underestimated in an operation. “When you’re running your own business like in ranching, it’s easy to get caught up in the little things you’re just used to doing and you don’t realize how much extra time can be freed up when you invest in a solution,” Kacey said. “Several of our customers pasture cows several miles from their house, and there’s peace of mind that comes with knowing your cattle are inside a secure fence,” Jake added. “Not to mention the labor-saving aspect; it gets to be a real burden when your cows get out at 9 p.m. and you’re trying to bale hay or finish up another important project.” For more information about utilizing EQIP financial assistance to make improvements to a piece of land, visit nrcs.usda.gov or your local NRCS office. //

The Southeast Red Angus Association wishes you a happy and prosperous New Year! Announcing two consignment sales: Both sales will feature bred and open Red Angus females, frozen genetics, bulls and commercial females consigned by progressive SERAA members.

If you are interested in becoming a SERAA member or would like a breeders’ list, contact Rhonda Deist (931) 625-2001.

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Sale Chair: Jimmy Whitley – (205) 359-0154

Sale Chair: Andy Camp – (770) 601-3308 Co-Chair: Brian Lance – (706) 781-8639

31st Annual Grasstime Auction Cullman, Alabama

SERAA Fall Sale Perry, Georgia

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Top-Coming-To-Town Production Sale Saturday, S aturd day March March h 5, 5 2022 202 22 2 p.m. CST • Sitting Bull Auction, Williston, ND

Auctioneers: Butch Haugland & Amber Haugland 701-570-3604 or 701-965-6234 Ringmen: Loren Sorenson – 701-641-1140 Brandon Weidert – 701-240-1230 • Scott Bachmeier – 701-425-6651

Sale Offering

60 Purebred Red Angus Bulls • 1 Composite Bull 3 Red/Black Simmental Bulls • 3 Black Red Carrier Bulls 3 Purebred Black Angus Bulls 40 Purebred Open Heifers & 20 Commercial Open Heifers

RED ANGUS Scott & Connie Kuefﬂer, Michala & Kirsti • Bonnie Kuefﬂer Box 187 • Grenora, ND 58845 • redangus@nccray.com 701-694-3620 (h) • 701-641-0519 (c) • dkredangus.net

20th Annual Red Alliance

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Groesbeck Auction & Livestock Groesbeck, Texas (25 miles west of Buffalo, Texas, and I-45) Selling a select group of registered Red Angus bulls.

Also selling registered Red Angus females – fancy open and bred heifers, as well as commercial females.

Our 2019 Spring Sale high-selling bull – a High Endurance son. Heifers like this will be available in volume on sale day. Half-sibs to this heifer will be in the sale. Gilchrist High Endurance – his sons sell!

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A Time for Transformation by Taylor Bacon for the Red Angus Magazine Ecclesiastes 3:1 says, “To everything there is a season,” and as we have entered the new year, so starts the season of resolutions. The New Year is a time for fresh starts and new beginnings – many people set personal or professional goals during this time and even more vouch to take control of their physical and mental health. Perhaps no one in the beef industry is better suited to speak to the importance of physical, mental and emotional health, and their interdependence, than rancher and life coach, Kiah Twisselman Burchett. Burchett, a sixth-generation California cattle producer, started as a life coach after she shared her weight loss journey with others. Her goal is to empower others to create a physically, mentally and emotionally healthy life they love. During a keynote presentation at the National Red Angus Convention, Burchett shared an inspiring message about the transformation of not only her body but her mindset as well. Her transformation began with her “airplane moment” when she picked

up Rachel Hollis’s book, “Girl Wash Your Face” and read the entire book on her plane ride. Though nothing in the book was especially different than things she heard before, this time it was different. “People can tell us things that are helpful all the time but if you aren’t in a place to receive it, it just bounces off you,” Burchett said. At the time, Burchett was working for the Kentucky Beef Council and advocating the health beneﬁts of incorporating beef into your diet while she wasn’t making the healthiest choices in her personal life. “I believed in the nutrition whole-heartedly, but at the same time, I felt like a hypocrite because I wasn’t exactly the vision of health,” Burchett said. The book was a wake-up call for her because it encouraged her to take ownership of her choices and mindset. “I realized I was placing blame on everything outside of me instead of

Kiah Twisselman Burchett inspired women during the the National Red Angus Convention with her personal story of grace, gratitude, grit and growth.

taking ownership,” Burchett said. “If it was my choices that got me to a place where I felt unfulfilled, unhappy, unhealthy and unsatisfied, then it has to be my choices that get me somewhere else.” Burchett’s change of thinking inspired her to lead a healthier lifestyle, losing more than 125 pounds in the process. She uses her weight as an example because it was prevalent in her life, but this mindset shift applies to any aspect of life from how women show up as mothers to how they show up on their farms or ranches. Along with her inspiring story, Burchett described the four G’s that guided her transformation and continue to help her through all her challenges – grace, gratitude, grit and growth. “We have grace for your humanness, gratitude for all that is already yours, Women can benefit from knowing their sisters in agriculture often face the same struggles and encouraged them to stand up for each other.

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A Time for Transformation grit to show up and trust you are worth all the effort it will take to reach your goals and growth for every ounce of discomfort you’re going to endure and lesson learned along the way,” Burchett said. Burchett said goals can feel like standing at the base of a huge mountain clouded with fog. It seems impossible to reach the peak and you can’t even see the path forward. However, she knows if you take one step into the fog, you can see just enough in front of you to take the next step. “The way you climb a mountain, the way you achieve a dream, the way you create a transformation in your life is just a series of small baby steps,” Burchett said. “We need to stop being distracted by the size of the mountain and what the path forward is and just say I am willing to take one step today.”

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A resounding theme throughout Burchett’s message was women are good at showing up for others but not always good at showing up for themselves.

“We don’t know what hardships our peers are walking through or what circumstances they’re dealing with, but we have to remember no one stands alone.”

She closed the session with an activity titled “Stand Up for Your Sister.” For this activity, she passed out a checklist with items related to the struggles of being a woman in agriculture and asked attendees to mark every item they felt applied to their lives. Papers were passed around the room until no one knew where their papers were or whose they held in their hand.

This activity encouraged women to stand up for their struggles while showing them they weren’t alone in any battle they were ﬁghting.

Burchett read each statement aloud and asked women to stand up for every item with a checkmark next to it. They were standing up for their sisters in the room. “It helps us realize we’re all walking through hardships,” Burchett said.

“There is so much power and strength in vulnerability,” Burchett said. “We’re told strength comes from being tough and getting through it, but I would argue strength comes from being vulnerable.” At the recent National Red Angus Convention during the Ladies’ Symposium, Burchett encouraged women to ignite change in their mindsets and empowered them to stand up for themselves while standing up for each other. //

McCann Annual Red Angus

Bull Sale

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Saturday, March 5, 2022 Billings Livestock Commission Billings, MT 59101

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Bulls and Heifers from the following proven sires and many more

5L Big Iron 4558-28B

Red U2 Resource 33G

Crump Direct Affect 9861

Crump New Decade 9341

MRLA Resource 137e

Crump Mega 8849

Crump Innovation 8185

Crump Resource 8201

SAV Resource 1441

Crump Magnitude 5507 Bieber Mitigator C314 Pieper Just Right 54D

Crump Mission Statement 6187 Crump Power Kind 7111

Lori McCann: 208.743.5517, Jason Beck: 208.790.0646

Sustainability: Here to Stay by Brandi Buzzard Frobose, Editor and Director of Communications

Few in the agriculture industry would question U.S. cattlemen and women’s commitment to conservation and environmental sustainability. Long before it was a buzzworthy topic, sustainability was a top-of-mind issue for ranchers as they have always sought to produce more beef, using fewer resources, to improve proﬁtability and carry the business forward for the next generation. But over the past 10 or so years, consumers and retailers have started to take notice of cattle country and raise concerns, albeit misplaced, about the way cattle are raised and the potential impact they have on the climate. Such concerns launched the creation of several sustainability-focused organizations and programs such as the Global Roundtable for Sustainable Beef and its U.S. partner, the U.S. Roundtable for Sustainable Beef, both 90

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of which were founded to identify sustainability indicators and measurements which could be calculated and communicated to a hungry, both physically and intellectually, consumer base. Now that consumers, foodservice suppliers and grocers have asked for beef industry sustainability metrics, ranchers are supplying that information by quantifying practices that were already in place on the ranch, such as grazing management plans, improved animal productivity and adoption of Beef Quality Assurance principles. These indicators, in addition to many others, are conveyed to consumers and retailers that wish to know the beef they are purchasing is responsibly raised and “climate-friendly.” Restaurants such as McDonald’s, Burger King and Wendy’s, which, respectively, boasted the No. 1, 2 and 3

highest sales ﬁgures for burger chains in the U.S, have all made commitments to source a signiﬁcant amount, if not all, of their beef from sustainable suppliers. In fact, 10 out of 10 of McDonald’s top 10 beef sourcing countries procured beef from sustainability programs that are aligned with the GRSB’s principles and criteria. Additionally, Tyson, JBS and Cargill have all committed to reducing their GHG emissions in response to both consumer and investor concern about how beef is raised. These commitments involve top to bottom process alterations and are harbingers of a solid consumer demand for sustainable beef that is unlikely to waver in the future, and from which the effects are visible in nearly every corner of the beef industry, from pasture to plate. The creation of Low Carbon Beef,

48th Annual Production Sale Tuesday, March 8, 2022 Lunch at 11:30 • 1:00 MST pm • At Ranch in Ashton, Idaho 120 Yearling Red Angus Bulls and 85 Yearling Heifers

LOOSLI PERSEVERANCE 019 • #4281185 104ProS, 46HB, 58GM, 14CED, -2.2BW, 75WW, 129YW, 0.33ADG, 2.25DMI, 38MK, 17ME, 12HPG, 8CEM, 14STAY, 0.54MB, 0.12YG, 43CW, 0.14REA, 0.01FAT

LOOSLI SPARTACUS 102 • #4504701 105ProS, 58HB, 46GM, 18CED, -4.0BW, 67WW, 105YW, 0.24ADG, 1.64DMI, 31MK, 4ME, 12HPG, 10CEM, 13STAY, 0.66MB, 0.15YG, 25CW, -0.06REA, 0.03FAT

LOOSLI SPARTACUS 175 • #4504945 80ProS, 40HB, 40GM, 14CED, -2.1BW, 80WW, 128YW, 0.30ADG, 2.23DMI, 27MK, 7ME, 14HPG, 6CEM, 11STAY, 0.55MB, 0.13YG, 34CW, 0.18REA, 0.03FAT

MISS LOOSLI RIGHT DESIGN 329 #1647982 Right Kind x Rebella • 18 calves Donor Cow MPPA 106 • Dam to Loosli Perseverance 109 and Loosli Spartacus 102

5L SUNBURST 233-2036 • #3547439 Blockade X Tradesman • 105 MPPA Dam of Loosli Spartacus 175

www.loosliredangus.com Videos and Data will be available online. The sale will also be broadcast live for internet bidding.

Call or email for a catalog! Ranch is located 50 miles northeast of Idaho Falls on US 20

Brian Loosli 3127 E. 1100 N. • Ashton, ID 83420 208-652-3303 • 208-317-7878 blloosli@gmail.com

Jonathan Meek 208-227-3779 Mark Loosli 208-351-3333

Sustainability: Here to Stay LLC., is one such development. The startup by Dr. Colin Beal is focused on certifying beef with a signiﬁcantly reduced carbon footprint over U.S. baseline beef production. Low Carbon Beef, LLC., analyzes and applies proven emission reducing tools at every step in the cattle lifecycle and adds value to beef production and cattle farming.

measurement and reporting that has manifested due to consumer demand is the recent beef industry commitment to climate neutrality, solidified at the Cattle Industry Convention in Nashville in August. This commitment comprises four goals for the U.S. cattle industry: • Demonstrate climate neutrality of U.S. cattle production by 2040. • Create and enhance opportunities that result in a quantifiable increase in producer profitability and economic sustainability by 2025. • Enhance trust in cattle producers as responsible stewards of their animals and resources by expanding educational opportunities in animal care and handling programs to further improve well-being. • Continuously improve our industry’s workforce safety and well-being.

The company just recently earned its approval as a USDA Process Veriﬁed Program Service Provider which makes it the ﬁrst USDA PVP for calculating lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions for beef cattle production. The USDA PVP allows beef producers to certify and market beef that is raised with lower GHG emissions practices. Beef producers that qualify for the program are eligible for premiums, further incentivizing sustainable practices for forward-thinkers and early adopters.

An important note to accompany these goals is the producer-led process that

Yet another indication of sustainability

developed them. Cattlemen and women across the nation collaborated to address a need for the entire industry. It’s evident that there is an opportunity for the beef industry to build consumer trust by establishing its own sustainability goals and deliverables without any prompting by governmental bodies such as the USDA. Collectively, these initiatives will serve producers well in the long run, as they represent a sizable amount of beef that meets growing, consistent demand. In the coming months and years, Red Angus will strive to quantify and communicate how the breed positively contributes to a sustainable beef supply, as part of the 2021-2026 Red Angus Strategic Plan. Cattle producers already have a great sustainability story, evidenced by decades of improvement in grass, water and animal management. The time for capitalizing on that story is at hand. //

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Ranch Benefits From Reducing Methane by Justin Sexten, Performance Livestock Analytics, originally for Cattlemen’s News Rarely a day goes by where some media outlet doesn’t reference the role ruminants play in greenhouse gas emissions and the resulting climate change. This media focus is primarily on beef and dairy cattle’s environmental impact, in part, due to larger body weight and greater feed intake but also because few in the general public have any context for ruminant production beyond cattle. Those who track environmental issues are clearly aware of the nearly daily claims of net zero and carbon neutrality goals proposed by corporations in the not-so-distant future. Claims made in response to the growing desire for some effort to move the needle in reduction of GHG emissions. Some quick math on the scope and scale of these claims suggests a carbon trading market will likely advance and evolve, offering a place for offset transactions while providing price discovery of climate change mitigation efforts. This evolution is an example of a technology market pullthrough. Create financial incentives to encourage practice changes that, in this case, sequester carbon or reduce GHG emissions. Early adopters seeking to take advantage of the emerging carbon market continue to evaluate a host of programs intended to document pasture management, crop rotations and feed additives all aimed at offsetting or reducing carbon emissions within and beyond the beef supply chain. The carbon trading market is the first beneficial thought impact managing many cconsider many onsi on side derr wh when en eevaluating valu va luat atin ingg th thee im impa pact ct ooff ma mana nagi ging ng

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GHG emissions at the ranch. While selling carbon credits may offer future revenue diversification, cattlemen may benefit from looking at GHG differently. This alternative approach to GHG management, while still emerging, is consistent with previous technology evaluations on these pages, suggesting ag tech should solve first for operational challenges, then seek to address opportunities rewarded in the marketplace when evaluating return on investment. A quick review of where feed energy is lost will highlight the opportunity for energy savings at the ranch through GHG management. Recall the energetics of ruminant feeding starts with gross energy, representing the initial available energy (100%) in a feedstuff. The greatest energy loss occurs due to indigestibility, where 30-50% of gross energy is lost in manure. One could argue this loss represents the greatest opportunity for improved energy efficiency in the cow herd using improved forage harvest and storage methods. That’s fodder for another article. The next loss to what is now digestible energy occurs due to urine, a fairly constant 4-5% from the gross. Gaseous energy losses of 2-12% are also recorded at this step with metabolizable energy remaining. Finally, approximately 15-20% of the gross energy may be lost as heat of fermentation and metabolism. This energy “loss” may be considered a useful adaptation to improve efficiency on cold winter days. Rough math suggests approximately 40% of a feedstuff gross energy maintenance gros gr osss en ener ergy gy ccan an bbee us used ed ffor or m aint ai nten enan ance ce aand nd ggain. ain. ai n.

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October 23, 2021 Drexel, Missouri

68 18-month-old Red Angus bulls ...............$7,004 25 Red Angus Cows ......................................$3,738 48 Registered Red Angu Bred Heifers ..........$3,544 204 Head of Commercial Cattle ...................$2,134 8 Registered Heifer Calves..........................$20,163 8 Working Horses .......................................$10,750 2 Ponies.........................................................$6,525 29 Weanling Colts.........................................$4,224 The high-selling bull was PIE Quarterback 0310, a PIE Quarterback 789 son. He sold to Terry Crawford of Nebraska for $21,500. PIE Quarterback 0125, a PIE Quarterback 789 son sold to Broken Heart Red Angus of South Dakotta for $20,000. PIE Franchise 0626, a PIE Franchise 809 son sold to Terry Crawford of Nebraska for $18,000. PIE Franchise 0107, a 9 Mile Franchise 6305 son sold to John Stuckley of Texas for $11,500. PIE Quarterback 0486, a PIE Quarterback 789 son sold to Buffalo Creek Red Angus of Texas for $10,000. PIE Quarterback 0802, a PIE Quarterback 789 son sold to Gifford Leu of Nebraska for $10,000. The top-selling heifer was PIE Tilly by Red MRLA Resources 137E. She sold to Buffalo Creek Red Angus of Texas and Berwald Red Angus of South Dakota for $75,000. PIE Brandy 113, a PIE Quarterback 789 daughter sold to Ray Dowd of Kansas for $36,000. PIE Ms Pride 1116, a KJL/CLZB Complete 7000E daughter sold to Hansine Ranch of South Dakota for $18,000. The top-selling bred heifer was PIE Janet 0179, a PIE Quarterback 789 daughter. She sold to Kelly Daniels of Iowa for $24,000. TKS Stormy 0436, a PIE Quarterback 789 daughter sold to Camiel Blomme of Iowa for $16,000. The high-selling bred cow was PIE Scarlet 4247, bred to CRSB Conﬁdence, sold to Buffalo Creek Red Angus of Texas for $19,500. PIE Polly 8734, bred to KJL/CLZB Complete 7000R sold to Matt Fantaskey of Wyoming for $15,000.

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18-month-old bulls.....................................$10,328 Yearling Bulls................................................$4,782 Heifer Show Prospects .................................$4,350 Bred Heifers ..................................................$3,150 Open Heifers .................................................$4,634 Heifer Pairs ...................................................$5,400 Commercial Bred Heifers .............................$1,676 Commercial Open Heifers ............................$1,575 The top-selling bull was Lot 2, LACY Osceola 016H, a ROJAS Rioja 6054 X LACY Lakota 8015 son, to Bowling Ranch of Oklahoma for $33,000. Lot 50, MCL Red Cloud 052, a HXC Declaration 5504C X LACY Lakota 8190 483 son, to Rogers Red Angus of Missouri for $13,000. The top-selling female was Lot 79, LACY Ruby 112F 027H, a LACY Iron Mike 005E X LACY Ruby 482 112F daughter, to Shoal Creek Land & Cattle of Missouri for $25,000. Lot 72, LACY Sirena 8063 056H, a LACY Collusion 115F X LACY Sirena 8063 daughter, to Bowling Ranch of Oklahoma for $10,250.

LUDVIGSON STOCK FARMS AND LN CATTLE COMPANY COMPLETE FEMALE AND HERD BULL DISPERSAL SALE REPORT Nov. 15-17, 2021 Shepherd, Montana 293 Bred Red Angus Heifers.........................$3,559 60 Bred Red Composite Heifers ...................$3,212 6 Bred Red Commercial Heifers...................$2,150 299 Open Red Angus Heifer Calves ..............$2,160 82 Open Red Composite Heifer Calves ........$1,716 601 Bred Red Angus Cows............................$3,161 153 Bred Red Composite Cows ....................$2,559 48 IA Elite Donor Cows ................................$3,845 71 SR Foundation Cows ...............................$1,067 90 Open Red Angus Cows .............................$1,368 6 Open Red Composite Cows .......................$1,200 1,709 Total Females......................................$2,760

Lot 11HB, LSF SRR EZ-Factor 9056G, a LSF MEW X-Factor 6693D son, sold to Veto Family Farms of Tennessee for $13,000. The high-selling bred Red Angus heifer was Lot 130B, LSF SRR Crystal D6052 H0090, a LSF SRR Rancher daughter. She sold to Ludvigson Stock Farms of Montana and Schuster Farms of Texas for $18,000. Lot 9B, LSF SRR Lana F8059 H0018, a Crump Magnitude 5507 daughter, sold to Ludvigson Stock Farms of Montana and Schuster Farms of Texas for $16,500. Lot 51B, LSF SRR Hazel F8097 H0057, a LSF SRR Commander 5906C daughter, sold to Ludvigson Stock Farms of Montana and Schuster Farms of Texas for $16,500. Lot 26B, LSF SRR Chevy F8142 H0043, a Crump Magnitude 5507 daughter, sold to Werning Cattle Company of South Dakota for $16,000. Lot 33B, LSF SRR Della F8131 H0023, a LSF Night Calver 9921W daughter, sold to the Jordan River Ranch of Iowa for $15,000. Lot 164B, LSF SRR Della E7540 H0144, a LSF SRR Rancher 7190E daughter, sold to the Jordan River Ranch of Iowa for $15,000. Lot 17B, LSF SRR Minola E7047 H0048, a Crump Magnitude 5507 daughter, sold to Ludvigson Stock Farms of Montana and Schuster Farms of Texas for $14,500. Lot 227B, LSF SRR Cherabel D6121 H0211, a LSF Night Calver 9921W daughter, sold to the Jordan River Ranch of Iowa for $12,500. Lot 268B, LSF SRR Wideload D6135 H0109, a LSF Night Calver 9921W daughter, sold to the Jordan River Ranch of Iowa for $11,500. Lot 52B, LSF SRR Cov Girl F8173 H0010, a LSF SRR Commander 5906C daughter, sold to the Jordan River Ranch of Iowa $10,500.

19 Herd Bulls .............................................$8,079 1,728 Total Red Angus Cattle .......................$2,819

Lot 19B, LSF SRR Vic Joan F8153 H0004, a LSF Night Calver 9921W daughter, sold to Buckshot Red Angus of West Virginia for $10,000.

The high-selling herd bull was Lot 24HB, LCOC Augustine U927E, a Hook’s Augustine 73A x Leachman Quarterback D002Z son. He sold to 5L Red Angus of Montana for $18,000.

Lot 201B, LSF SRR Della E7273 H0200, a WFL Merlin 018A daughter, sold to the RA Brown Ranch of Texas for $10,000.

Lot 16HB, LSF SRR Rancher 7190E, a 5L Bourne 117-48A son sold to Armes Red Angus of Kentucky for $14,000.

Lot 184B, SF SRR Della D6409 H0225, a Crump Magnitude 5507 daughter, sold to Ludvigson Stock Farms of Montana and Schuster Farms of Texas for $10,000.

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Stock Farms of Montana and Schuster Farms of Texas for $10,500. Lot 85H, LSF SRR Cov Girl F8173 J1150, a Bieber CL Stock Market E119 daughter, sold to Ludvigson Stock Farms of Montana and Schuster Farms of Texas for $9,000. Lot 56H, LSF SRR Kima G9148 J1044, a LSF MEW X-Factor 6693D daughter, sold to Scott Neumann of Texas for $8,500.

Lot 295B, LSF SRR Della E7911 H0922, a LCOC Augustine U927E daughter, sold to Ludvigson Stock Farms of Montana for $5,250.

Lot 37H, LSF SRR Cov Girl D6448 J1137, a LSF MEW X-Factor 6693D daughter, sold to Ludvigson Stock Farms of Montana and Schuster Farms of Texas for $8,500.

Lot 335B, LSF SRR Crystal B4429 H0954, a LCOC Augustine U927E daughter, sold to Mark McDonough of Iowa for $5,250.

Lot 27H, LSF SRR Crystal G9200 J1047, a LSF SRR President 8177F daughter, sold to JYJ Red Angus of Alabama for $8,000.

The high-selling open red heifer calf was Lot 29H, LSF SRR Charisma E7278 J1255, a WFL Merlin 018A daughter. She sold to Scott Neumann of Texas for $15,000.

Lot 202H, LSF SRR Della G9047 J1062, a LSF SRR President 8177F daughter, sold to Veto Valley Farms of Tennessee for $7,000.

Lot 10H, LSF SRR Cov Girl G9291 J1021, a LSF MEW X-Factor 6693D daughter, sold to Ludvigson

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The high-selling open red composite heifer calf was Lot 302H, LSF SRR Cov Girl C5950 J1972 a LCOC Augustine U927E daughter. She sold to

Meinders Stock Farms of Iowa for $6,200. Lot 353H, LSF SRR Hazel G9939 J1922, a LCOC Augustine U927E daughter, sold to Rempe Farms of Nebraska for $3,500. Lot 304H, LSF SRR Cov Girl G9956 J1904, a LCOC Augustine U927E daughter, sold to Pete Mathews of Wisconsin for $3,200. Lot 286H, LSF SRR Dina G9921 J1901, a Leachman Decree X936D daughter, sold to Brian Glienke of Iowa for $3,000. The high-selling bred Red Angus cow was Lot 444C, LSF SRR Gilda C5089, a Brown Paramount X7879 daughter. She sold to Lone Tree Red Angus of South Dakota for $22,000. Lot 622C, LSF SRR Della E7235 G9008, a LSF MEW X-Factor 6693D daughter, sold to Gabe and Kayla Jennings of Texas for $22,000. Lot 102C, LSF SRR F Design C5304 F8132, a LSF TBJ Grid Proﬁt daughter, sold to the Jordan River Ranch of Iowa for $15,000. Lot 737C, LSF SRR Crystal E7020 G9034, a LSF

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dependence 560-298Y daughter, sold to Ludvigson Stock Farms of Montana for $4,500.

Lot 151, LSF SRR Ione 2119 F8469, a Brown Gold Mine A7610 daughter, sold to the Jordan River Ranch of Iowa for $13,000.

Lot 513C, LSF SRR Cover Girl C5950, a Hook’s Yukon 80Y daughter, sold to Meinders Stock Farms of Iowa for $4,000.

Lot 145C, LSF SRR Cov Girl D6463 F8173, a 5L Bourne 117-48A daughter, sold to the Jordan River Ranch of Iowa for $12,500.

Lot 804C, LSF SRR Cherabel E7912 G9907, a Lorenzen Half Back D101 daughter, sold to Rempe Farms of Nebraska for $4,000.

Lot 607C, LSF SRR Gilda C5089 G9157, a HXC Authority 7794E daughter, sold to the Jordan River Ranch of Iowa for $12,500.

Lot 804AC, LSF SRR Cov Girl E7923 G9906, a Lorenzen Half Back daughter, sold to Rempe Farms of Nebraska for $4,000.

Lot 228C, LSF SRR Sweetness B4112 E7382, a Bieber Takeover B350 daughter, sold to the Jordan River Ranch of Iowa for $10,500.

The high-selling Iowa donor cow was Lot 548C, LSF SRR Crystal C5191 E7128, a LSF MEW Platinum 5660C daughter. She sold to Salton Cattle Company of Iowa and KM Cattle of Oklahoma for $32,000.

Lot 90C, LSF SRR Dina C5018 F8243, a LSF TBJ Grid Proﬁt 3414A daughter, sold to the Jordan River Ranch of Iowa for $10,000. The top selling bred red composite cow was Lot 518C, LSF SRR Crystal C5917, a Hook’s Yukon 80Y daughter, sold to Ludvigson Stock Farms of Montana for $4,750. Lot 304C, LSF SRR Crystal C5930 E7913, a 5L In-

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Lot 549C, LSF SRR Crystal C5224 E7345, a 5L Genuine 1603-195C daughter, sold to Ludvigson Stock Farms of Montana and Schuster Farms of Texas for $7,250. Lot 556C, LSF SRR Della W9236 D6081, a Brown Premier X7876 daughter, sold to Pieper Red Angus of Nebraska for $7,000.

Lot 550C, LSF SRR Lady Z2709 E7299, a Brown Premier X7876 daughter, sold to Truett and Lila Spruill of Texas for $6,250. Volume Buyers: Mathias Ranch of Gentry, Arkansas Odom Ranch of Honey Grove, Texas T Heart Ranch of Del Norte, Colorado Lee Ranch of Burneyville, Oklahoma Kimberlin Ranch of Dallas, Texas Stavely Red Angus of Haswell, Colorado Meinders Stock Farms of Buffalo Center, Iowa T Bar S Cattle Company of Billings, Missouri Pieper Red Angus of Hays Springs, Nebraska Brent Wolfswinkel of Cherokee, Iowa Rich Heida of Escalon, California Whisman Red Angus of Palco, Kansas Chad Nelson of Magnolia, Minnesota Tel Abbee of Westfall, Oregon David Keith Merritt of Stockton, Illinois Red American Cattle of Alachua, Florida Jordan River Ranch of Oakland, Iowa Charly Cummings of Yates Center, Kansas Schweitzer Red Angus of Milford, Nebraska RA Brown Ranch of Throckmorton, Texas Don MacLennan of Byers, Colorado 5L Red Angus of Sheridan, Montana

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Dan Halstrom. “Exports will likely reach about $18 billion in 2021, which is a remarkable achievement. While global demand is tremendous and we are cautiously optimistic about further growth in 2022, supply chain pressures are not easy to overcome and are a growing concern for exporters and their international customers.” Incredibly, USMEF projects beef exports to top $2 billion in each of three key Asian markets – South Korea, Japan and China/Hong Kong. Exports have already surpassed previous annual records in China/Hong Kong and Central America and October exports to Colombia were record-large. Shipments to Mexico and Colombia bolster October pork exports Pork exports totaled 226,206 metric tons in October, down 7% from a year ago, while export value slipped 3.5% to $618.8 million. For January through

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Sons of these sires will be available:

All Terrain Bull Sale

Monday, March 21, 2022 Walsh, CO 1 p.m. MDT Bridle Bit Simmental Sale Facility

LCA Renown 885 Dam of 2660J

Dam of 2677J

A sampling of the sale bulls as calves:

Jones Red Whiskey 2013J

Take a closer look at our herd at Jones Red Angus!

Jones Full Back 2132J

Jones Renown 2310J

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Position your ranch for protability with Red Angus-sired calves. BADLANDS RED ANGUS Bill Ceynar • Arnegard, ND 701/586-3435 • 701/570-4578 badlandsredangus@gmail.com

BARENTHSEN-BULLINGER RED ANGUS Mark & Kathy Barenthsen Jeremy & Jessica Bullinger Powers Lake, ND • bbredangus.com 701/464-5741 • 701/339-1834 701/464-4893 mkbar@nccray.com • jbullinger@nccray.net

BAUMAN RED ANGUS

Dave, Kathy, Wayde & Jake Bauman Linton, ND • bb.ranch@hotmail.com 701/336-7201 • 701/321-1994

BRADEMEYER FARMS Mike Brademeyer • Verona, ND 701/742-2598 • 701/710-0445 kbrademeyer@drtel.net

BRENNER ANGUS

Sidney & Melva Brenner • Carson, ND 701/522-3335 • 701/471-9135

BROKEN HEART RANCH

DIAMOND C ND

L83 LODOEN RANCH

DK RED ANGUS

LARSON’S LOST RIVER LIVESTOCK

Chase Furstenau • Cavalier, ND 701/520-0671 chasefurstenau@gmail.com www.diamondcnorthdakota.com Scott Kueffler • Grenora, ND 701/694-3620 • 701/641-0519 redangus@nccray.com

DUKART ANGUS RANCH Derrick or Angie Dukart, Manning 701/573-4324 • 701/260-2422 ddukart@ndsupernet.com www.dukartangusranch.com

FORSTER RED ANGUS Kenneth Forster • Richardton, ND 701/974-2450 • 701/290-2450 forsterredangus@yahoo.com www.forsterredangus.com

GRASSY MEADOW RANCH David & Karissa Daws Michigan, ND • 701/270-1524 grassymeadowranch@gmail.com

HEART RIVER RANCH

SCHRIEFER RANCH LLC

Ben Lodoen • Westhope, ND 701/201-0477 lodoencattle@gmail.com lodoencattle.com

Marc, Jodi, Riley, Cheyenne & Cassi Schriefer • Golden Valley, ND 701/870-4292 • 701/879-2609 marcjodi@icloud.com schrieferredangus.com

SEEGER & RUSCH RED ANGUS

David Larson • Clearbrook, MN 218/766-3323 david.larson.lrl@gmail.com www.lostriverlivestockmn.com

Brandon & Dixie Rusch New Salem, ND 701/843-7191 • 701/226-5479 701/426-9443 ruschvet@gmail.com seeger-ruschredangus.com

LAZY D RED ANGUS

John & Sara Berg / Cody Berg NW Williston, ND 701/826-4211 • 701/826-4231 701/570-9788 • 701/570-0730 lazydredangus@yahoo.com

SEVERANCE RED ANGUS

Brian & Mary Severance • Palermo, ND 701/862-3681 • 701/898-3681 redcows@restel.net

LELAND RED ANGUS

SPUR M RED ANGUS

Melvin & Luella Leland Todd & Carla Leland • Sidney, MT 701/565-2347 • 406/489-1466 lelandra@restel.net lelandredangus.com

Doug & Darcy McGee • Bowman, ND 701/523-3635 • 701/523-6086 ddmcgee@ndsupernet.com spurmredangus.com

MISSOURI RIVER RED ANGUS

TNT SIMMENTAL & RED ANGUS

NAMKEN RED ANGUS

TURTLE RIVER CATTLE CO.

Kevin & Lynette Thompson • Almont, ND 701/843-8454 • 701/391-1631 www.tntsimmentals.com

Gary & Chad Pederson • Firesteel, SD 605/865-3190 • 605/850-9878 bhrredangus@lakotanetwork.com www.pedersonbhr.com

Chuck & Annette Steffan • Belfield, ND 701/575-8145 • 290-9745 • 260-4630 heartrivergenetics@yahoo.com

Blake & Whitney Wold • Watford City, ND 701-770-4105

CAMPBELL RED ANGUS

HUBER EY RED ANGUS Bryan & Emmy Huber • Jud, ND 701/685-2687 • 701/320-8054 emmy@drtel.net www.hubereyredangus.com

Jared Namken • Lake Norden, SD 605/881-3845 jarednamken@hotmail.com www.namkenredangus.com

Ron & Ryan Clemetson • Grand Forks, ND 701/739-0639 • 701/739-6407 trreds@hotmail.com

NORDLUND STOCK FARMS LLC

Sam Twedt • McHenry, ND 701/262-4768 • 701/388-4035 twedtredangus@hotmail.com www.twedtredangus.com

Robert Campbell • McIntosh, SD 701/422-3721 • 605/845-4812 campbellra@westriv.com www.campbellredangus.com

CARAWAY RED ANGUS RANCH Jon Caraway • Lake Benton, MN 507/530-3166 • 308/325-2712 info@carawayredangus.com carawayredangus.com

CARGO STOCK FARM

Seth, Laci, Dylon, Preston, Ritch Cargo Arnegard, ND 701/586-3010 • 701/537-3320 cargostockfarm@RTC.coop badlandsgeneticsplus.com

DAHL LAND & CATTLE CO. Jeff Dahl • Gackle, ND • 701/485-3762 jldahl@daktel.com • www.dahlcattle.com

DAHLKE RED ANGUS

Bryantt Bolduc /Arlan Dahkle Bagley, MN • dahlkeredangus.com 218/533-0259 • 218/556-5896 dahlkeranch@gvtel.com

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JACOBSON RED ANGUS Gary & Val Jacobson • Hitterdal, MN 218/962-3360 • 701/361-3189 gjrangus@feltontel.net www.jacobsonredangus.com

Mike & Sam Norlund Clearbrook, MN • 701/799-0943 nordlundstockfarm@gvtel.com www.nordlundstockfarms.com

OHR RED ANGUS

TWEDT RED ANGUS

VALNES RANCH RED ANGUS Emit Valnes • Eden, SD 605/698-6596 • 605/228-8857 valnesranch@hotmail.com valnesranch.com

KAL-KOTA RANCH

Edward, Jeanne & Carl Olson Argusville, ND 701/484-5779 • 701/238-3601 olsoncandc@aol.com

KOESTER RED ANGUS

PRESSER RED ANGUS

Chris & Jolyn Wasem • Halliday, ND 701/938-8365 • 701/260-1513 jolyn.wasem@gmail.com wasemredangus.com

RESSLER LAND & CATTLE

WEST BRANCH RANCH

Ed Kalianoff • Steele, ND 701/475-2694 • 701/471-4006 kalkota@bektel.com Steve & Tracey Koester • Steele, ND 701/400-1611 koester@bektel.com www.koesterredangus.com

KUHN’S RED ANGUS James & Stephanie Kuhn Napoleon, ND 701/332-6378 • 701/426-6921 kuhnsredangus.net

Troy Presser • Turtle Lake, ND 701/447-2855 • 701/220-0189 tpresser@westriv.com

Mark or Bryan Ressler • Binford, ND 701-789-0191 • 701-789-7294 contact@resslerlandandcattle.com www.resslerlandandcattle.com

Watch for more exciting events in North Dakota!

Grassy Meadow Ranch, Ranch, Michigan Ressler Land & Cattle, Ranch, Cooperstown Rhodes Red Angus, Ranch, Faulkton, SD Rohrich’s Cutting Edge Ranch, Kist Livestock, Mandan Jan. 29 Schriefer Red Angus, Ranch, Golden Valley Feb. 1 Twedt Red Angus, Ranch, McHenry Feb. 8 Forster Red Angus, WIX Barn, Richardton Feb. 16 Barenthsen-Bullinger Red Angus, Ranch, Powers Lake

Feb. 17 Feb. 17 Feb. 19 Feb. 20

OHR Red Angus, Ranch, Argusville Wasem Red Angus, WIX Barn, Richardton Nordlund Stock Farm, LLC, Ranch, Clearbrook, MN Larson’s Lost River Livestock, Ranch, Clearbrook, MN Feb. 25 Brenner Angus, Kist Livestock, Mandan Feb. 27 Namken Red Angus, Ranch, Lake Norden, SD Feb. 27 Turtle River Cattle Co., Kist Livestock, Mandan

Website: ndredangus.com • Facebook: North Dakota Red Angus Association

WASEM RED ANGUS

Greg Bailey • Baldwin, ND 701/255-2424 funditos2@gmail.com

ND Red Angus Association President: Sam Twedt Vice President: Bryan Ressler Immediate Past Pres.: Scott Kueffler Directors: Ryan Clemetson,

Ben Lodoen, Annette Steffan & Chris Wasem Sec./Treas.: Karissa Daws 701/270-1524 ndredangusassociation@gmail.com

Member News

In Memory

Travis Scott Valnes Travis Scott Valnes was born on April 24, 1971, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to David and Debra (Fischer) Valnes. Travis passed away unexpectedly on Oct. 28, 2021, at Mercy Hospital in Coon Rapids, Minnesota. He is survived by his wife, Deanna, of Ramsey, Minnesota, and his three children, Josh (Chelsea), Bo (Taryn) and his daughter, Natalia; his mother and father, David and Debra Valnes of Eden, South Dakota; his brother, Emit (Jayme) Valnes of Eden; sisters, Mandy (Kevin) Shultz of Orono, Minnesota, Samantha (Dave) Greenman of Wa-

tertown, South Dakota, Ashley (Eric) Dahl of Sisseton, South Dakota; six grandchildren; numerous aunts and uncles; numerous nieces and nephews. A celebration of life was held on Nov. 4 in Blaine, Minnesota and Travis was interred at Buffalo Lake Cemetary in Eden. In lieu of flowers, memorials are preferred. Harold Robert Campbell Harold Robert Campbell was born Feb. 11, 1944, in Lemmon, South Dakota, to Robert A. and Josephine (Deutsch) Campbell.

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He grew up on the family ranch 12 miles south of McIntosh. He attended rural school through the fourth grade at the White Shirt Country School. He was a cantankerous little fellow, getting kicked out of school when he was in kindergarten – a fact he only shared after his great-grandson experienced the same punishment. He graduated from McIntosh High School in 1962 and then attended South Dakota State University in Brookings, obtaining a degree in animal science in 1966. It was at a freshman orientation dance the first day of college that Harold saw a group of people talking and noticed a dark-haired gal named Sharon Holm. Sharon remembers some guy poking his head into the circle and asking her to dance. She said, “Yes,” and Sharon and Harold danced together for more than 45 years. Harold and Sharon were united in marriage on June 28, 1964, in Redfield, South Dakota. Fol-

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lowing college, they moved to Renner, South Dakota, where Harold worked for John Morrell. Five children, Marcia, Robert, Rebecca, Lana and Amy were born to this union. In 1970, the Campbell’s purchased a ranch north of McIntosh. Harold took his bride and young family to their home behind the butte where many joyous years were spent. From 1970 to the mid 80s Harold ranched with his brother Harvey. The Campbell Red Angus name has grown throughout the years. In 2010 his son, Robert, took over the reins of Campbell Red Angus. Harold remained on the home place serving as advisor and “ranch hand” until his passing. Harold taught Vet’s Ag School to Veterans in the McIntosh and surrounding area in the mid 70’s. Many of these students are still farming and ranching in the area to this day. Several have attributed Harold’s teaching

to giving them the start they needed. Harold was also an auctioneer, avid 4-H supporter and, after retirement, a professional grandpa. Harold passed away with his children and their spouses by his side on Monday, Nov. 29, 2021, at the age of 77 following a sudden illness. Grateful to have been blessed with the soft-spoken Irishman are his children: Marcia (Leroy) Harsche, Robert (Kara) Campbell, Becky (Greg) Eisenbarth, Lana (Darren) Chase and Amy (Tom) Metz. Also holding Harold dear are his grandchildren: Miranda (Josh) Webber, Antionette Harsche (Congo Hawes), Royal (Krystal Y.) Harsche, Mikayla Harsche, Lacey (Darren) Larson, Melissa (Alex) Murray, Robby Campbell, Jenny Campbell, Brandy Carlson, Bryce (Chelsey) Keigley, Kelsey (Aaron) Nygaard, Karley (Dillon) Sugg, Lukas Chase, Logan Chase, Olivia Chase, Colter Schenbeck, Campbell Schen-

beck, Boedy Schenbeck and Garret Schenbeck; great-grandchildren: Austin Peterson, Kaelynn Webber, Trenton and Gage Hawes, Greyson Ynfante, Richard Scholes, Sage, Abel and Areya Larson, Braylon Keigley, Payton and Jolynn Southard, Lilyan and Kaitlyn Carlson, Parker, Jaxzen and Hunter Keigley, Blaine, McCoy and Sayler Nygaard, Ellie, Killian and Ravynn Sugg, and Hazlynn Schenbeck; Siblings, Elaine (Claire) Stymeist, Harvey Campbell and Lloyd (Vicki) Campbell; two sisters-in-law, Evelyn Holm and Trudy Vickerman; many nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. Harold was preceded in death by his loving wife, Sharon; one grandson, Neulyn Harsche; his parents, Robert A. and Josephine Campbell; sister and brother-in-law, Evelyn and Tim Dirk; in-laws, Melvin and Gertrude Holm; brothers-in-law, Steven, Matt and Mark Holm. //

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Welcome to our Newest RAAA Members! Area 1 –West Director – George Murdock BLAGG FAMILY FARMS TYLER & AMY BLAGG 12630 ATKINSON ROAD LODI, CA 95240 MADISYN MURRAY 220 PAN TEMPO WAY HOLLISTER, CA 95023 JACKSON ROSSI 1400 WEGIS AVE BAKERSFIELD, CA 93314 PAIGE RIEF 1185 SELLE RD SANDPOINT, ID 83864 RIO ROSA RANCH LLC MIKE&DAWNE DESIMONE 13320 MODOC ROAD WHITE CITY, OR 97503 REAGAN SCHWENK 38225 SE HUDSON RD BORING, OR 97009 REDD SUMMIT RANCHES LLC STEVE REDD PO BOX 62 SPANISH FORK, UT 84660 Area 3 – Rocky Mountain Director – Aaron Kravig HLADKY LIVESTOCK/XP LIVESTOCK BROCK HLADKY PO BOX 1292 DOUGLAS, WY 82633 MARKEL LIVESTOCK CHASE MARKEL 2260 FRANKLIN ST LARAMIE, WY 82070 Area 4 – Southwest Director – Tony Ballinger CARR RANCH COLTON RICE 15353 KNOWLES RD LOVINGTON, NM 88260 DAVIS CATTLE KENNETH DAVIS P.O. BOX 33 WHEELOCK, TX 77882 KORBAN CATTLE JOHN HALL 1209 S 10TH ST STE A #662 MCALLEN, TX 78501 JOURNI HARRIS 7516 CR 7000 LUBBOCK, TX 79407 JEFF HILLIARD RANCHES LLC JEFF HILLIARD PO BOX 10 LOVING, TX 76460

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Area 6 – Great Plains Director – Jason Anderson KW FARMS KENNETH CAMPBELL 18126 FAIRMOUNT RD TONGANOXIE, KS 66086 FAR BOBBY FARMER 4400 JACKSON RD RANTOUL, KS 66079 SHELBY HENLEY 10346 N GREENWICH VALLEY CENTER, KS 67147 LANDYN PARKHILL 30720 SWITZER RD LOUISBURG, KS 66053 OUTLAW CATTLE CO. LLC JIM KRUPICKA 12340 WEST VANDORN STREET DENTON, NE 68339 MEREDITH RUDA 1514 COUNTY ROAD P BLVD AMES, NE 68621 LOUISA PAYTON SCOTT LOUISA SCOTT 7026 STATE HWY 27 GORDON, NE 69343 4MK LAND & LIVESTOCK, LLC MIKE ADAMS 382078 E. 1020 ROAD OKEMAH, OK 74859 SHELBY BURLILE P.O. BOX 254 VINITA, OK 74301 PAETYN GARRETT 3772 SPRINGDALE ROAD ARDMORE, OK 73402 PARKER GARRETT 3772 SPRINGDALE ROAD ARDMORE, OK 73401 MAKENZIE MCINTOSH 413299 E. 1210 RD EUFAULA, OK 74432

KADEN ROHRICH 2838 HIGHWAY 3 STEELE, ND 58482

KATE SHERRILL 1500 N SEWELL DRIVE PAWNEE, OK 74058

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Area 7 – Northeast Director – Rob Hess CLAYTON KELLEY 1307 N STATE ROAD 135 SALEM, IN 47167

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BROCK KESSLER 4189 WEST ST RD 2 LA PORTE, IN 46350 BILL MEYER 2821 OLD FOREST RD. NW CORYDON, IN 47112

HIDDEN CREEK CATTLE ERIC SINGLETON 659 W WATER TOWER RD SALEM, IN 47167 LZ FARMS ZAC BRAY 2400 NC 49 NEW LONDON, NC 28127 CORYN RED CATTLE CO. KYLE & MEGHAN CORYN 3171 FRESHOUR ROAD CANANDAIGUA, NY 14424 MATTHEWS CIRCLE K FARM STANLEY MATTHEWS 17288 RT 287 TIOGA, PA 16946 LYDIA ROSE RUSSELL 18301 SANDY SPRINGS STEVENSBURG, VA 22741 CODY EWING 1340 LARKMEAD RD PARKERSBURG, WV 26101 Area 8 – Southeast Director – Jim Yance TALLAMAUHEE FOREST CREEKS FARM LLC DONOVAN GRAVLEE 16040 ALABAMA HWY 21 SYLACAUGA, AL 35150 TOLAND CATTLE CO. MATTHEW TOLAND 4646 HWY 29 S TUSKEGEE, AL 36083 BLAINE BIRKNER 339 PIGEON ROOST DRIVE SOLGOHACHIA, AR 72156 WILLIAMS-JESSUP FARM JAMES WILLIAMS 3103 HIGHWAY 53 ROSSTON, AR 71858 MACY WOODWARD 674 MCLEOD DR FARMINGTON, AR 72730 DOWD 5 FARMS MARK DOWD 1249 HWY 56 E LYONS, GA 30436 L.G. HERNDON, JR. FARMS, INC. BO HERNDON 1188 LAWSON ROAD LYONS, GA 30436 LONGVIEW CATTLE CO. RICK HOPPER 804 CLEMENTS RD PITTS, GA 31072

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COLLIN VONNAHME 249 WINDWOOD DR CARROLL, IA 51401

MARK AND TINA REYNOLDS MARK REYNOLDS 1269 DEBUSK ROAD GREENEVILLE, TN 37743

KLEIN FARMS ELLEN KLEIN 333 COUNTY ROAD 1100 NORTH SEYMOUR, IL 61875

Area 9 – Midwest Director – Stuart Gilbert SLOANE CURTIN 1310 GEGENHEIMER RD NW OXFORD, IA 52322

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