Red Angus Magazine - November

VOLUME 59, NUMBER 9

NOVEMBER 2023

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Table of Contents – November 2023

Magazine

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Official Publication of the Red Angus Association of America

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Big-Picture Ranching.....................................................................32 Making an Impact – One Consumer at a Time..................................48 Red Angus Members Gather at the 70th Annual National Red Angus Convention...................................58 Symposium Aids Producers in ‘Recovery After Drought’....................64

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Board Commentary..............................................................................................4 Association Commentary......................................................................................6 Marketing Update...............................................................................................12 Special FCCP Red Angus Feeder Calf Sale Calendar.............................................14 Red Angus Association of America Brings in Two New Marketing Specialists........16 Member Services Bulletin...................................................................................22 Key Member Service Roles Are Filled at Red Angus.............................................24 Protocols on the Upcoming EPD Blanking...........................................................26 Reflecting on Elevate..........................................................................................40 Technology Saves Time and Time is Money..........................................................70 Red Angus Magazine Premium Pages Up for Bid.................................................73 Member News....................................................................................................74 New Members....................................................................................................77 Calendar of Events.............................................................................................86 Advertiser Index.................................................................................................88

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Board Commentary

Board of Directors

Fellowship: It’s Good for the Soul

PRESIDENT Kyley DeVoe | Justin, Texas kyley@3klandandcattle.com

by Kyley DeVoe, RAAA President

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

As I look back on our week in Denver at the 70th annual National Red Angus Convention, I can’t help but think of how much has changed over the years. At times, I find it amazing just how fast technology can change in our industry. Over the last 20 or more years of attending conventions, we have always been right at the forefront of industry topics – whether it be new EPDs we’ve added to our evaluations or genetically enhancing those traits to speed up genetic progress in our calf crops, or it may be advancements in feed efficiency and carcass quality for some.

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

This year what stood out to me, in particular, were the innovations we’ve made over the years in pouring into our own members. I know you’re thinking, “What does he mean by that?” Which is understandable, because the strength of the Association has always been “good cattle but better people.” Yes, we have always had good discussion and great times catching up with old friends we don’t get to see as often as we would like, but this year just hit different.

TREASURER REGION C DIRECTOR Jeff Pettit | Sebree, Kentucky jeff@diamondpcattle.com AREA 2 DIRECTOR - MONTANA BOARD SECRETARY Kay Klompien | Manhattan, Montana klmpnra@gmail.com

I know this year, for me and a few other people I spoke with, there was a feeling that this convention really flowed in a special way. The opportunity to start each day with the prayer breakfast where we have time to come together, get in God’s word and listen to a message from fellow members was something unique and truly special for us to share with one another.

REGION A DIRECTOR Keith Hickle | Auburn, Washington keith.a.hickle@gmail.com

Additionally, featuring keynote speakers that addressed tough topics that can be easy to avoid but are crucial to the future was highly valuable. The main sessions featured worthwhile discussions necessary to the future of agriculture, from the difficult topic of generational transfer – which everyone dreads facing – to the mental health in agriculture challenge from Calli Thorne. And even though she wasn’t originally on the agenda, I truly believe Calli was supposed to be there with us, to discuss a topic that’s truly difficult and often avoided, but is so important for us to handle if God chooses to use us to help someone in their time of need.

REGION B DIRECTOR Craig Bieber | Leola, South Dakota craig@bieberredangus.com AREA 1 DIRECTOR - WEST George Murdock | Pendleton, Oregon murdockcattle@gmail.com 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

I would just like to say in closing that I understand how important the advancement in technology is to our breed and the cattle industry in general, but sometimes it’s just good to concentrate on the people. I would encourage you, if you’re reading this and don’t usually attend convention or just haven’t been in a while, why don’t you plan on joining us next year in Lincoln, Nebraska. I promise you’ll leave refueled and refreshed! //

AREA 6 DIRECTOR - GREAT PLAINS Jason Anderson | Oberlin, Kansas jasonea9@hotmail.com AREA 8 DIRECTOR - SOUTHEAST Jim Yance | Columbia, Alabama jim@jyjredangus.com AREA 9 DIRECTOR - MIDWEST Will Andras | Manchester, Illinois andras@irtc.net 4

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Calli Thorne encouraged convention attendees to check in on each other – and truly listen.

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70th Annual National Red Angus Convention a Success

by Tom Brink, RAAA Chief Executive Officer

Red Angus Association of America members attend our national convention for a variety of reasons. The camaraderie with fellow breeders and Red Angus commercial producers is one good reason and garnering useful information from different speakers and workshops is additionally beneficial.

There’s always more to learn about the business of beef and how to make our individual operations more prosperous. Other important reasons include: to hear updates on the state of the breed and Association, offer feedback to board members and staff, and conduct RAAA business.

This year’s National Red Angus Convention, held Sept. 13-15 in Denver, Colorado, was a milestone in that it marked the 70th annual meeting of members. Many would say, 70 years and just getting warmed up! Seven decades of Red Angus and we recently reached the highest active cow inventory on record at 104,547 head, despite major drought the past few years. That makes an impressive statement.

However, the best years are still ahead for these “all traits, maternal leaning” red cattle, known for great females and their ability to put a high-quality steak on consumers’ plates.

There are several individuals that were recognized in Denver for their contribution to RAAA and Red Angus over many years. Steve Koester, Steele, North Dakota, completed two years as RAAA president, following a seven-year stint on the board (COVID-19 extended recent board terms by one year). Nine years in total. Thank you, Steve, for your hard work and unwavering dedication to Red Angus!

Other outgoing board members who also served seven years are Chuck Feddes, Manhattan, Montana, and Stuart Gilbert, Stockport, Iowa. We appreciate both of you for the countless hours you spent laboring to make RAAA and Red Angus better.

The 70th annual National Red Angus Convention was a success with good attendance and participation from RAAA members across the nation.

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Association Commentary: 70th Annual National Red Angus Convention a Success

At the 70th annual National Red Angus Convention, Kyley DeVoe, Justin, Texas, was elected president for a one-year term. Re-elected board members slated to serve a second, three-year term, include Tony Ballinger, Morgan Mill, Texas, and Rob Hess, Hershey, Pennsylvania.

Newly elected board members are Will Andras, Manchester, Illinois, and Keith Hickle, Auburn, Washington. Congratulations to these gentlemen and thank you for your willingness to support Red Angus. The breed is in good hands.

One more shoutout goes to Lois Bieber. Lois has been attending Red Angus conventions since the 1960s, longer than anyone else present at this year’s meeting. We appreciate you, Lois! You and your family mean a lot to Red Angus and the RAAA. The Red Angus Stakeholders Foundation was officially launched during our time in Denver. The purpose of the foundation is to support the Red Angus breed through youth activities, research and education.

More than $25,000 was raised in RASF’s inaugural fundraising event. RASF is chartered in Colorado, in alignment with the location of the RAAA office. Its 501(c)(3) status as a charitable organization is pending but is expected to be received from the Internal Revenue Service during the first

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half of 2024. All donations given in 2023 can be considered tax deductible. However, each donor should consult with their tax accountant and/or call Janet Russell at the RAAA office, 940-387-3502, Ext. 11, if they have questions.

We appreciate those who contributed to RASF. We especially thank Barenthsen-Bullinger Red Angus, Powers Lake, North Dakota, for donating a pick of their 2023-born heifer calves to the Pick of the Herd auction. Thanks also to Klompien Red Angus, Manhattan, Montana, and Murdock Cattle Co., Pendleton, Oregon, for teaming up to purchase the heifer pick for $12,000. RASF is off to a great start thanks to the help of RAAA members.

Much more could be said about the 70th annual National Red Angus Convention. It was truly an enjoyable and successful event. Kudos to the entire RAAA staff for all their hard work in planning and executing this year’s meeting.

Special thanks go to Halla Pfeiff, Katie Martin, Lisa Bryant and Tracey Koester. Peggy Bieber, who serves on our convention committee, also went above and beyond. All of you care greatly for the Red Angus breed and its members, and it shows in everything you do!

Start planning now to join us next year for the 71st annual National Red Angus Convention in Lincoln, Nebraska, Sept.

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Phenotypically there is not much we would change about this heifer. She goes back to one of the most powerful cows we have raised in Feddes Sleek 806. She will be 16 years old and her ET calves this year were again at the very top of the weaning list. 806 never misses and we think this heifer will be the same way.

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Marketing Update

Steps Toward Future Success Red Angus Commercial Marketing Team and Value-Added Programs DIRECTOR OF COMMERCIAL MARKETING Kelly Smith 417-855-9461 | kelly@redangus.org COMMERCIAL MARKETING SPECIALIST Rachael Oliver 406-480-1569 | rachael@redangus.org COMMERCIAL MARKETING SPECIALIST Josh Taylor | josh@redangus.org 918-605-5139 COMMERCIAL MARKETING SPECIALIST Cory Peters | cory@redangus.org 402-418-2351 COMMERCIAL MARKETING SPECIALIST Taylor Ohlde | taylor@redangus.org 913-626-2715 VALUE-ADDED DEPARTMENT TEAM LEAD Jeananne Drouhard Ext. 18 | jeananne@redangus.org VALUE-ADDED PROGRAMS SPECIALIST Lauren Weingardt Ext. 20 | laurenweingardt@redangus.org ENROLL IN VALUE-ADDED PROGRAMS AND ORDER TAGS: tags@redangus.org 940-477-4593

Weekly Email Marketing Service of Feeder and Finished Cattle The Red Angus show list informs feedyard managers, order buyers and other interested parties of Red Angus-influenced cattle.

Producers can market feeder or finished cattle through this free service when selling through a sale barn, video auction or private treaty. The weekly show list is emailed to potential buyers through the Red Angus FeederFax email service. To upload information about cattle or to view cattle available, visit RedAngus.org/showlist.

To receive the weekly FeederFax marketing service that will highlight that week’s show list, please email tags@redangus.org.

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by Rachael Oliver, Commercial Marketing Specialist The implementation of EID tags is not a new concept, but it’s a practice that has become increasingly necessary in different industry segments.

There are two types of EIDs: 1. An 840 EID is acknowledged by USDA and is associated with a premise ID. More importantly, for northern producers who border Canada, an 840 EID qualifies cattle for export.

2. The other EID option is a 982 button. This tag is not acknowledged by USDA and doesn’t require a premise ID. Both can be used in the beef industry, but the 840 EID is preferred by packers and feeders.

You may be wondering why EIDs are important to producers. Feedyards and packers now require EIDs to track information. For feedyards to keep accurate health, feed and carcass data records, they place EID tags in all cattle received at their yard. When those cattle are processed at the packing plant, they are scanned with an EID reader so packers know what branded beef box to place that carcass in and can upload individual carcass data. When buyers see calves without EID tags, they know they’ll have to add one more step when receiving those calves. This adds time and expense, which can lead to one less bid for you as a producer.

RAAA offers some of the most affordable EID tags in the industry, at only $2.20/ button.

Along with EIDs, RAAA also offers combo tags for $3.30. This option allows producers to continue using a dangle tag, but comes with an EID as well, making it a win-win for both parties.

When I asked Will Druery, senior cattle procurement coordinator at Adams Land & Cattle, why they no longer use ranch of origin dangle tags for identification, he stated, “We have to put an EID in them, and for a producer in the Brazen program, their performance information would be tied to the EID.” Producers sending cattle to ALCC must have an EID to receive data back from those animals.

John Saunders, CEO of IMI Global, a division of Where Food Comes From, Inc., said, “IMI Global moved to requiring EID tags for verification and traceability compliance for our verification programs 15 years ago. This was welcomed by both our feedyard and packing plant partners who were installing wand readers or panel reader systems. They are using these tools to read EID tags to increase accuracy and speed versus reading and recording visual tags to verify compliance of animals of various marketing claims.

“Packing plants that we work with through our feedyard customers have been vocal about the issues discussed above of reading the Red Angus visual tags to the point that effective three years ago, we now require feedyards to apply an EID in each animal that is carrying only a Red Angus visual tag at receiving. This requires additional time and expense for the feedyards.”

I also asked Red Angus producer, owner of Feddes Family Meats & Amsterdam Meat Shop, Superior Livestock representative and Montana Department of Live-

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stock board member, Jake Feddes, his thoughts about the yellow dangle tag. He said, “The FCCP yellow tag program has been the most successful age and source program developed.

However, for there to be any premium when selling calves, the dangle tag has fallen far behind. Marketing the dangle tag as an age and source program at this point is almost false advertising.

Without an EID, it means nothing to people buying large lots of cattle.”

Considering the advice from these three industry leaders on how to make Red Angus calves more valuable, it

may be time to explore adding EIDs into your management practices. You may use the FCCP dangle tag for personal management, but we recommend adding the EID. We’re in an age where technology is fully embraced, and that can be downright EIDs are become increasingly necessary across the industry. terrifying. However, I think producers should consider the positive effects that implementing EIDs can programs, isn’t it high time we listen have on marketing efforts. RAAA is one to the industry’s needs and consider of the oldest age and source verified implementing EIDs in our herds? //

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Red Angus Association of America Brings in Two New Marketing Specialists The Red Angus Association of America is pleased to announce two new additions as commercial marketing specialists – Cory Peters and Taylor Ohlde.

These individuals will be traveling extensively to ranches and sales to promote RAAA marketing programs, conducting audits for the Red Angus Feeder Calf Certification Program and working closely with commercial producers to achieve their individual herd goals.

Peters joins Red Angus from Dorchester, Nebraska, and holds a deep passion for the cattle industry. He earned two bachelor’s degrees in animal science and grazing livestock systems from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 2016. Since then, Peters has worked at Lone Creek Cattle Co. as the cattle procurement agent and data management coordinator.

Ohlde hails from Winchester, Kansas, and has been working closely with cattle producers

and helping them maximize their breeding programs for more than a decade. Ohlde obtained his bachelor’s degree in animal science/business from Kansas State University in 2018 after receiving his associate degree from Hutchinson Community College.

Ohlde brings experience in animal nutrition, sales and marketing to the association, most recently serving as a feed sales specialist at Central Valley Ag. “I have been a consultant and done marketing for many different segments of the beef industry, but I always come back to the value of the brood cow,” Ohlde said. “I find Red Angus to be the type of cattle that can survive in a variety of climates and cow herds to make a positive impact.”

RAAA is excited to have both young professionals working with producers. Peters and Ohlde both started their positions Sept. 11.

“We are pleased to announce the hiring

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of Cory Peters and Taylor Ohlde as new additions to our commercial marketing team,” said Tom Brink, RAAA CEO. “Both have tremendous industry backgrounds, along with the educational foundation and service-oriented mindset to assist our breeders and commercial bull customers in a variety of ways. Our vision is to take Red Angus to the next level, and Cory and Taylor will help us accomplish that.”

For more information about RAAA or marketing programs for Red Angus-influenced cattle, visit RedAngus.org. //

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Member Services Bulletin

Membership Reminders • Have you paid your membership dues?

• Total Herd Reporting assessment fees have been billed through the third installment.

• Remember to make these payments to keep your account in good standing. If the account is on hold, data reporting can’t be completed.

DNA Reminders • Submit your DNA samples for bulls being offered in fall and spring bull sales.

• Submit samples early (recommended at least 4-5 months in advance) to avoid complications in lab turnaround time and sale deadlines.

• To order DNA kits please contact the DNA department at 940-387-3502 Ext. 8 or dna@redangus.org

Timelines for Productivity and Results

by Halla Pfeiff, Executive Assistant

At this year’s convention in Denver, Stephanie Essegian and Kaitlyn Fulmer of the RAAA registration department, and Lindsay Upperman, Ph.D., director of breed improvement, conducted a workshop about data collection, data reporting, association due dates and reviewing data once submitted.

It was well-attended and participants had outstanding questions. If you were not able to attend or would like a recap, read on for valuable information that might help with data management.

This graphic, which was handed out during the workshop, provides a simplified visual of the yearly RAAA reporting timeline from start to finish. During the workshop, staff went into full detail of each step of the process on this timeline and provided some tips and tricks regarding reporting through REDSPro and reports available to help in evaluation once data is submitted. Pay attention to the details in the highlighted boxes as they provide the deadlines we reference often, plus other documents and notifications throughout the year. The recommended days of age for collection, and key brief descriptions of the processes are also provided.

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The last step is to double check the data was submitted properly. A huge piece of data submission is reviewing your contemporary groups and that cattle are being evaluated in the weekly genetic evaluation as accurately as possible.

Within the workshop, a major emphasis was placed on properly identifying your contemporary groups and how to regroup animals if something appears to be incorrect. Eleven bullet points were highlighted to help keep groups as clean as possible. Those bullet points are listed on the next page.

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Timelines for Productivity and Results The Dos and Don’ts of Contemporary Grouping 1. Register all animals in the same job.

2. Use Birth, Wean and Year Group fields to indicate different management decisions.

3. Remove animals that have become sick or injured by giving them a unique group code.

4. Animals must group at birth to group at weaning and must group at weaning to group at yearling.

5. Sex, weight date, mating type and feed code differences automatically separate animals and do not need to be considered in your Birth, Wean or Year Group codes.

6. Calves weighed and scanned outside the appropriate age window will group differently. Check each age parameter and use multiple weight dates if necessary.

7. Calves that receive special treatment should be in their own contemporary group.

8. The goal is to maintain contemporary group size as large, but as accurately as possible.

9. Never purposely form contemporary groups with only one sire represented.

10. There is considerable variability in resources among pastures even if they are in close proximity to each other.

11. If animals will be separated at older ages, collect phenotypes on those animals before they are separated.

Note: if you need to have an individual animal or group of animals combined or regrouped reach out to the registration department for completion.

After the workshop, several producers requested clarification of their contemporary groups on their own ranches.

This included questions regarding calves born in different pastures but then brought together at weaning, to a bull test group getting ultrasounded and how these would eventually be contemporary grouped.

For the majority of these situations, an animal’s contemporary group is ultimately determined by the group it is entered into at birth, as this is the largest group. As an animal gets separated or treated differently in the herd, the contemporary groups get smaller as we go through weaning, yearling and maturity.

Key Member Service Roles Are Filled at Red Angus The Red Angus Association of America is pleased to announce two new staff members who have joined the Red Angus team. Julia Sanderson became a DNA customer service specialist and Andi Inmon has joined the member services department as a receptionist.

Sanderson is a recent graduate of Oklahoma State University, where she earned bachelor’s degrees in animal science and agricultural business. Sanderson will work with the breed improvement and technical committees as they guide the department in developing and implementing tools to increase the reliability of Red Angus genetics.

Julie Sanderson

“Julia’s background in the commercial and show cattle sectors, along with her experiences in other agricultural industries, led her to be a top candidate for the DNA customer service specialist position,” said Lindsay Upperman, Ph.D., RAAA director of breed improvement. “We are blessed to have Julia join the DNA department from her hometown in Midland, Michigan, and hope she enjoys her promising career at RAAA!” Inmon joined the member services department recently. From Loveland, Colorado, she is a 2018 graduate of Colorado State University with a bachelor’s degree in animal science and a minor in business.

She was a member of the 2017 CSU meat judging team.

“Andi has jumped into her new role as if she were a seasoned employee,” said Halla Pfeiff, RAAA executive assistant. “RAAA’s busy season has hit, and she has already proven to be a valuable asset to the team, willing to help in any area needed. We are excited about her joining the team and the assets she brings.”

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If you have further questions regarding the workshop, timeline or contemporary grouping for any reason, please call 940-387-3502, Ext. 1 or email data@redangus.org. //

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Breed Improvement

Protocols on the Upcoming EPD Blanking

by Lindsay Upperman, Ph.D., Director of Breed Improvement During the 2023 National Red Angus Convention, various genetic and breed improvement topics were discussed. However, the subject that received the most discussion, especially during regional and area caucus meetings, was the upcoming EPD Blanking Initiative that will go into effect on Jan. 1, 2024.

In order to gather more data on lowly reported traits at RAAA, the breed improvement committee decided to blank EPDs on animals based on a given accuracy for the trait.

The recommendation stated to blank EPDs on animals in the 2023 calf crop for growth traits with an accuracy less than 0.15, intake less than 0.05 accuracy, carcass traits less than 0.05 accuracy, calving ease traits less than 0.05 accuracy and maternal traits less than 0.01, unless the animal has genomically enhanced EPDs. These traits were grouped as follows: • Growth Traits – Birth Weight, Weaning Weight, Yearling Weight, Average Daily Gain • Intake – Dry Matter Intake • Carcass Traits – Back Fat, Carcass Weight, Ribeye Area, Marbling, Retail Cuts • Calving Ease Traits – Calving Ease Direct, Calving Ease Maternal • Maternal Traits* – Heifer Pregnancy, Metabolic Energy, Stayability, Milk *Maternal Traits will not be grouped; each trait will be treated on an individual basis.

Due to these groups, the EPDs will be blanked for the group, unless all accuracy values for those traits are above the stated accuracy. This was put into place in order to obtain some of the traits that are not reported as often as others.

For instance, for growth traits, birth weight and weaning weight are usually reported, especially due to Total Herd Reporting.

However, yearling weight is not reported to the same extent.

Thus, in order to display the EPDs for birth weight and weaning weight, yearling weight and average daily gain will also need to have an accuracy above 0.15.

This can be done by reporting the trait for the given animal in the database. However, in order to help those producers who may not have the ability or ease of collecting some traits, the committee decided to restore all EPDs if an animal was genotyped. This includes traits such as heifer pregnancy, metabolic energy and even dry matter intake that do not currently have genomics incorporated into their EPDs. 26

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Lindsay Upperman, Ph.D., answered members’ questions during her workshop at the National Red Angus Convention.

Additional Displays Blanked Due to EPDs being blanked, the indexes that contain a blanked EPD will also be blanked. For example, as carcass traits are involved in the GridMaster index, if carcass traits are blanked on the given animal, the GridMaster index as well as the ProS index will be blanked. Furthermore, RAAA has tools available that utilize parent EPDs to showcase potential mating outcomes for a given calf crop. Thus, the progeny calculator will also show blanked EPDs, if the given parent animal has EPDs that are blanked. Also, given EPDs are displayed in show programs throughout the year, these animals will also have blanked EPDs within these programs.

Overall, the presentation of this initiative at the workshop opened the floor for multiple questions. The majority of producers were focused on specific topics particular to their own operations. For instance, those producers that utilize foreign sires imported into the database questioned whether that sire’s EPDs would be blanked. In answer, most highly used sires should have accuracy values over the chosen thresholds listed above. Additionally, foreign sires have a different registration type status depicted as “F” and thus wouldn’t be affected.

Other questions focused on asking how to improve the accuracy values of given traits. Ultimately, the accuracy of the EPD reflects the amount of information utilized in the calculation for the EPD. Thus, an EPD is estimated based on information such as an animal’s actual performance, progeny or other relative’s performance, as well as genomic data. Any of this information will help to increase accuracy on your animal’s EPDs and ultimately allow all EPDs to be displayed for your calf crop.

In summary, the EPD Blanking Initiative will go into effect the beginning of the new year, Jan. 1, 2024. This will only affect those animals that fall below the reported accuracy values for the given trait groups in the 2023 calf crop, unless the given animal is genotyped. Ultimately, this initiative is trying to improve the Red Angus breed by gaining more data on lowly reported traits which will provide more reliable EPD estimates to RAAA producers and their customers. //

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Big-Picture Ranching

Taking a Systems-Based Approach to Making Management Decisions

by Macey Mueller, for the Red Angus Magazine For decades, March was calving season at the Wilson Flying Diamond Ranch, located on the western edge of the Nebraska Sandhills. Like many of her neighbors, fifth-generation rancher Jaclyn Wilson was spending some long days supplementing cows and keeping calves alive in the oftentimes harsh Nebraska late winter.

Looking to reduce calf loss and to raise cattle that better fit their environment, Wilson and her dad, Blaine, made the decision to instead start calving May 1 for 45 days.

“We want our cows to work for us; we don’t want to work for our cows,” Wilson said. “Calving a bit later allows us to pasture everything and cuts back on the manpower and supplementation expense required during winter calving, and keeping our calving window tight helps with uniformity and marketing opportunities later down the road.”

Making a management decision like adjusting calving dates can sound innocent enough – just turn the bulls out

a month or two later – but what about the implications on other points in the production cycle?

“We run a long yearling program, so we’re not as concerned about weaning weights in the fall, and here in the Sandhills, we don’t deal with mud like a lot of operations, so we can get by with pushing calving season more in tune with what Mother Nature originally intended for animals to do,” Wilson said.

The important considerations the Wilsons made in their decision to calve later are part of a “systems-based ranching” approach, which Karla Wilke, Ph.D., University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension livestock management specialist, said is the process of looking at the whole picture – and the bottom line – when making a decision about one time point in the production cycle.

“It’s all about avoiding tunnel vision and really thinking through the implications of a change at point A on point B and point C,” she explained.

“For example, if you’re moving your calving dates to avoid frigid temperatures or better line up forage resources with peak lactation, how will it affect cows breeding on a declining plane of nutrition instead of an increasing plane of nutrition?

“Maybe you’re going to save some hay on the front end because your cows aren’t calving in March and they have a lower requirement, but you may need to spend a little bit of that on a supplement.”

While lighter weaning weights don’t necessarily affect the Wilson Flying Diamond Ranch’s business model, Wilke said other producers may need to use the systems-based approach to decide if they are comfortable selling their calves at the same time they have in the past or if it makes sense to hold them over for a few months to add pounds.

“If you’re selling your calves at the same point in time but they’re two months younger, that lighter calf may bring a little less. However, you had less death loss than you did in the early spring and a little less feed resources in your cows, so after you figure your breakeven, it may still make that change a positive one,” she said.

“On the other hand, you may need to hit a different market because you’ve changed your product, so you decide to incur the cost of feeding those calves until January.

“And of course, you’ll want to make sure your banker is going to be ok if you have an operating note payment in December.”

The Wilsons’ systems-based approach to moving their calving dates means less labor and death loss in the cold Nebraska winters without sacrificing performance in other facets of their operation.

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Big-Picture Ranching To best navigate the decision-making process, Wilke suggests making a calendar of the major points in a cow’s production cycle – calving, peak lactation, breeding, preconditioning, weaning and selling the calf – and the nutritional and labor needs that go with each of them.

enterprise can be a big ship to turn. She encourages producers to be dynamic and willing to make adjustments while also taking the time to think through the total impact the decision will have.

“Line those up with the months they would fall if a change was made and then look at what else is going on in the operation and the industry,” she said.” If it’s an integrated operation, what farming activities are going on?

Do any of the laborers have off-farm jobs that are especially busy at certain points? What are some seasonal marketing trends?

“I want producers to feel Whether it’s shifting calving dates or starting a direct-toempowered with their decision and fully understand consumer beef business, fifth-generation rancher Jaclyn Wilson how it’s going to affect their and her dad Blaine are careful to consider all implications on production cycle,” she said. their production cycle.

“I don’t want them to feel paralyzed with fear of making a decision and stepping out there because been phased out of the operation, so sometimes you just got to make a the decision was made to end fall calvmove.” ing after this year.

“If I want to move X then where do Y and Z fall?”

Wilson Flying Diamond Ranch was recently feeling the need to make one of those moves after realizing how inefficient their fall-calving herd had become. It was once used in Wilson’s embryo recip program, which has since

Wilke acknowledges that pulling the trigger on a major management decision can be daunting, as a ranching

“Our fall calves just really don’t fit the environment very well,” she said. “Because it cost a lot more to run a pair than it does to run cows and calves separately in the Sandhills, we were early weaning the fall calves at about 90 days

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“It can be hard to make a shift that big, but I go back to the old rancher saying that ‘one of the worst things you can say in agriculture is this is the way that we’ve always done it.’ It’s always worth looking at the alternatives and being willing to change to better fit how the operation needs to function and how the cattle need to function.”

Sometimes taking those calculated leaps of faith can pay off in unexpected ways, as it did when the Wilsons decided to add a direct-to-consumer beef business – Flying Diamond Beef – to their operation in 2019.

Wilson had been toying with the idea for several years beforehand, but as the lack of understanding between producers and consumers grew wider, she knew she wanted to be part of the

conversation.

“From a production and management standpoint, the beef business made sense for our operation,” she said.

“Maybe more importantly, it has helped bridge that gap and helped people better understand where their food comes from, how it’s grown and why we do what we do.”

As a cow-calf producer, Wilson had always been good at analyzing records and performance data, but she said selling her product directly to consumers has helped her become “a better producer.”

“We’ve always had a good concept of what we were doing from the hide in, but it was a lot different when you started looking at product out,” she said. “For instance, we could blow everything out of the water from a quality perspective, but yield grade is something we’ve struggled with. Having this

The decision to start Flying Diamond Beef has not only impacted the way Wilson feeds cattle but has also provided meaningful conversations with consumers. new perspective as a consumer-facing business has changed how we’re feeding and finishing animals.

“From a financial position, the business breaks even, but the lessons we’ve learned and the consumer interactions we’ve had make it worthwhile when we’re looking at the big picture.” //

The family of Preston Pettit announces the continuation of the The award is in honor and memory of Preston Pettit and his passion for breeding, raising, and showing his Red Angus herd and developing his Preston Pettit Red Angus (“PPRA”) brand.

The purpose of the award is to provide quality Red Angus heifers to youth initiating a herd. One recipient will be awarded $2,000.00 towards the purchase of a Red Angus heifer at the 2024 Iowa Beef Expo Red Angus Classic Sale, February 11, 2024, in Des Moines, Iowa.

Applicants must meet each of the eligibility requirements listed below and submit the completed application by December 31, 2023, via email to debrarectenbaughpettit@gmail.com.

Eligibility Requirements: • Dedication to the Red Angus Breed • Attendance at and purchase of Red Angus Heifer at IA Beef Expo Red Angus Classic Sale on 2.11.2024 (Des Moines, IA) • Attendance at IA Red Angus Assn. Banquet on 2.10.2024 (Des Moines, IA) • Age: Must be at least 8 years old on 1.1.2024 and not older than 21 years old on 1.1.2024 Scan the code to download application: • Participate in selection interview on 1.12.2024 The selection of the award recipient is in the sole discretion of the Pettit family and the award is nontransferable.

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Reflecting on Elevate

by Bailey Jean Smith, JRA Board

Everyone who attended the 2023 National Red Angus Convention had the same question for the Elevate attendees: “What exactly are you all doing in there?”

Laila Down, founder of Point One Development, led Elevate Collegiate Leadership Conference in conjunction with the conBailey Jean Smith vention Sept. 14-15 in Denver, Colorado.

Elevate was sponsored by the Red Angus Foundation, Inc. The purpose of this conference was to “elevate” the way attendees used their strengths to lead, interact and network among others, and form their own personal brand.

Prior to Elevate, everyone attending took the Clifton Strengths test, an assessment intended to determine a person’s top five strengths. The test was created by Don Clifton, the “Father of Strengths Psychology.” Clifton developed this assessment after focusing his research on what people did “right” rather than following the usual trend of psychology that deduced what was “wrong” with people; an attitude he developed after serving in World War II. Down applied this outlook to her speaking points at Elevate, and attendees were encouraged to look at their strengths more than their weaknesses and create a more positive outlook of themselves.

Down used Clifton’s definition of strength, saying strength “is the ability to consistently provide near-perfect performance in a specific activity.” Down also said strengths were derived from a person’s natural talents, and that “the key to success is to fully understand how to apply your greatest strengths in your everyday life.”

Down also explained that a person’s natural strengths are there for a reason. Much of the conference had an emphasis on looking inwards to not only find one’s strengths, but to ask why they were there. Attendees individually shared their top five strengths according to the strengths assessment, and explained where they

thought they exhibited these strengths in their own lives.

The discussion then focused on how these strengths could assist a person in building their own personal brand. That “brand” being how a person portrays themselves to the rest of the world, whether in everyday life or professionally. The hope of this discussion was that one bases their personal branding on their core values, or the beliefs they live by and base major life decisions on.

Down also heavily emphasized how “saying” what your brand is, is not enough. People do not tend to take seriously what they cannot see. The phrase she used was “delivering on your brand promise,” and said that a person’s reputation follows them based on their actions, and whether that reputation is good or bad is up to that individual.

These points came up during discussion more than once: • People are not brought in until they feel heard.

• People are put on this earth on purpose, for a purpose.

• Weaknesses are your strengths in overdrive.

• How do you show your strengths in everyday life?

Participants spoke highly of Down and enjoyed her method of having an open discussion as opposed to a lecture-style presentation. There were also multiple activities that required participants to move around and have discussions with each other; many of which could also be applied to real-life scenarios.

While attendees were in one room for hours at a time during the conference, the subject matter kept everyone interested for the duration of the two days.

What was learned at Elevate can be applied outside of the conference room in Denver and applied to a person’s real life. Participants discussed networking, resume building, authentic leadership and introspection – skills valuable across all industries and vital to a successful career in the future, making this a valuable experience for all participants as they pursue their degrees and future employment. //

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The Ramseys would like to blend the best of the past with modern agriculture today. The farm has a homesite that dates to 1923, which Cynthia plans to turn into a small storefront for their online beef business.

Additionally, an Airbnb where visitors could immerse themselves in ranch life is in the long-term plan.

Most U.S. consumers are at least three generations removed from the farm, according to U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack. Jimmy and Cynthia Ramsey are bridging that gap with their online beef business, fueled by Red Angus genetics.

Excellent Genetics Ramsey Reds is a Red Angus herd based near Houston, Missouri. After she completed college, Cynthia and her parents, Jim and Glenda Jones, had a commercial cattle herd and were looking to improve their cattle genetics. Their herd was primarily Simmental at the time, so Jim and Cynthia bought some registered Red Angus bulls.

“They were just excellent bulls,” Ramsey said. “We were so pleased with the calves and quality of the heifers as they matured that we decided to stick with Red Angus and kept integrating more Red Angus genetics into the herd.”

The herd was built up to about 100 mama cows. Jim was ready to retire in 2020, opening an opportunity for the couple to purchase a property with 64 acres nearby the following year. As it turned out, the property they bought had been owned by Cynthia’s great-great-aunt and has been in the family since the 1870s.

children: Carson, 8, Mikendra, 17, Austin, 20 and Lexie, 21.

Jimmy is a driver for UPS, and Cynthia is a brand manager for Progressive Ozark Bank.

The family has only exhibited their Red Angus cattle locally but has really enjoyed the opportunity for their kids to build relationships through the industry.

Balancing Top Traits Today, Ramsey Reds has about 35 head, and the Ramseys focus on balancing calving ease, milk production and maternal traits.

“A few years ago, we made the decision to raise all of our own replacements,” Ramsey said. “We are aiming to produce calves that need to be able to grow, the cows need to be able to calve easily, and the heifers should be good mamas, because we’re keeping the cream of the crop to improve our herd.”

More recently, the Ramseys have also been integrating more carcass data into their breeding decision making process.

“Ramsey Reds was born out of a partial partnership with my parents but gave us the opportunity to have our own Red Angus cow-calf operation,” Ramsey explained. The family had to renovate two pastures to bring them back to productivity.

Trackability, Accountability Ramsey Reds has been using FCCP tags since 2021. The Red Angus FCCP program is the beef industry’s best value in age and source verification, allowing Red Angus producers to average a premium of $2.98 per hundredweight compared to Red Angus-sired calves without the yellow tag. The program only requires a minimal investment of $1.30 per tag and no enrollment fee.

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Since the Ramseys have their own direct-to-consumer beef business, they like being able to utilize the FCCP program to promote their beef.

“It enables consumers to really know where their beef comes from and know their rancher,” she said. “It’s also doing away with labeling, compared to what you buy in the grocery store.”

However, the Ramseys are adamant not to denigrate beef bought in grocery stores. In Texas County, where the Ramseys live, 60% of the population is at or below poverty level, so many of them are dependent on grocery stores.

“It goes back to the principles that we stand for as cattle producers,” Ramsey attested. “We can tell consumers that the beef they’re getting from this lineage was raised right here, and it’s trackable and there’s an accountability factor.”

Year-Round Grazing The cattle at Ramsey Reds are predominantly pasture-fed year-round, as the Ramseys practice intensive rotational grazing, including stockpiling fescue for winter.

“It’s a little labor intensive, but it’s been valuable for us in the long run,” Ramsey said. “We occasionally supplement with range cubes to introduce the calves to grain, so when they’re weaned, it’s not new for them.”

Having a little grain available helps the calves during the stressful weaning period, according to Ramsey. The weaned calves only get between 2-4 pounds of grain per day.

“We don’t claim to raise solely grass-fed beef,” she said. “We do supplement what the cattle need, and we’re not ashamed of it.”

Ramsey Reds is a commercial Red Angus operation that focuses on marketing high-quality beef directly to consumers.

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Making an Impact – One Consumer at a Time The cattle at Ramsey Reds have no problem filling out and maturing, and the beef still tastes great, said Ramsey.

Building an Online Beef Business The pandemic was pivotal for the Ramseys in terms of their direct-to-consumer beef business. Before the pandemic, Ramsey said that they sold probably two to three beef to their friends and neighbors each year and harvested a couple for their own family.

“I had a friend in the St. Louis area, and the stores were running out of meat,” she explained. “My friend and her family always had meat, and when her friends asked about that, they connected with us, and we sold beef to them as well.”

In 2020, the Ramseys sold almost three times as much beef as they had before, and it was insightful for them.

“This is not something that’s going away,” Ramsey said.

“People want beef – we just didn’t have the capacity at the time.”

After moving to their new location, the Ramseys were able to figure out a way to make more beef available, launching their online beef business in January 2023.

“We’ve been really shocked at how well it’s done,” Ramsey added. “We thought we’d be marketing to city folks, because everyone around here knows a rancher. But that hasn’t been the case. Our predominant customer base has been within a 10-mile radius of our ranch.”

Selling beef directly to consumers has certainly provided a significantly higher profit margin for the Ramseys, who are excited to be adding a diversified income stream to their cattle operation.

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Making an Impact – One Consumer at a Time “We’ve only done a little paid advertising – probably less than $100,” Ramsey said. “Otherwise, we’ve let it grow on its own. We can see the potential there.”

The business has been slowly increasing in number of orders, with September 2023 meriting about two to three orders per week, ranging from $8-$255. But the most interesting thing the Ramseys have observed is that so many of their customers have no idea how to connect with a ranch in the first place.

“I’ve ranched my entire life, and for most of the people I interact with, it wouldn’t even cross their minds to ask me about buying beef,” Ramsey said. “At first, we thought we’d just be selling quarters, halves and wholes, but it’s been the exact opposite.”

Connecting with Consumers The direct-to-consumer beef business has also opened the door to educating more people about agriculture. When customers arrive to pick up their beef, they inevitably have questions about what activity is happening on the ranch.

One customer specifically planned his beef pick up to occur when he had family visiting from Los Angeles, so his teenage family members – who had never been to a farm – got to see a unique experience with the bottle calves and chickens.

The direct-to-consumer beef business has also opened the door to educating more people about agriculture.

“It was so inspiring to see the ranch through their eyes,” explained Ramsey. “Now they have a connection to a farm and know where their beef and eggs come from.”

The Ramseys would like to blend the best of the past with modern agriculture today. The farm has a homesite that dates to 1923, which they plan to turn into a small storefront for their online beef business. An Airbnb where visitors could immerse themselves in ranch life is also in the long-term plan. Hosting events and camps for kids are also on their wish list. They also hope that one of their children will eventually take over the operation.

“There are still a lot of families that are isolated, and everyone having a garden or cow just isn’t realistic anymore, but we can preserve a little bit of that,” Ramsey said. “We can let others see it and be part of it and see how they fit into the big picture. Consumers are important to ranchers. //

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Red Angus Members Gather at the 70th Annual National Red Angus Convention

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Emceed by Lane Nordlund, the symposium brought together industry experts to discuss nutrition, genetics, value-added programs and more.

Keynote speaker Rick Funston, Ph.D., spoke to producers about increasing production efficiency through reproduction management.

John Paterson, Ph.D., Brian Fieser, Ph.D. and Cadra Krueger, Ph.D., participated in a nutrition panel and offered insight on feeding cattle through a drought. Jordan Shockley, Ph.D. and Chad Martin spoke to producers about carbon markets while Doug Stanton spoke to commercial producers about value-added programs. The symposium concluded as C.J. Blew, Ronny Pope and Steve Wooten shared their key takeaways on the Rancher’s Point of View panel.

The annual convention officially kicked off Thursday morning with a message from outgoing board president Steve Koester and a state of the association address from Tom Brink, CEO. Ron Rabou, Wyoming farmer, author and former radio host, opened the convention with an engaging keynote address, grabbing the attention of all attendees. He encouraged everyone in the room to challenge conventional thinking in a largely traditional industry. The agricultural industry is deeply

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Convention attendees heard from staff members regarding the strategic plan update which focuses on commitment, innovation, integrity and relationships to dominate the beef industry with Red Angus genetics.

The Red Angus Stakeholders Foundation hosted an auction on Thursday evening, Sept. 14, to raise funds for research and development projects, Junior Red Angus activities and more.

The premier lot was Pick of the Herd from the Barenthsen-Bullinger Red Angus females, which sold for $12,000 to Klompien Red Angus and Murdock Cattle Co. Multiple other unique items were auctioned off including a Henry Golden Boy .17 engraved rifle, two tickets to the DIRRT Conference, several pieces of artwork, a Pendleton blanket, a six-week Cow Camp Boot Camp social media course, one month of RAAA eNews banner advertising, a one-year NCBA membership and an ornate fire pit. Altogether, the auction raised more than $25,000 for Junior Red Angus members and the development of the Red Angus breed through research and innovation.

Throughout the two days of meetings, attendees heard from each committee regarding project updates and relevant policy changes affecting different segments of the breed and business.

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The last day of the convention started off with Calli Thorne’s keynote address, “Mental Health + Ag: Breaking the Stigma to Continue a Legacy.” She noted the stigma surrounding mental health in the agricultural industry, emphasized the importance of taking

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(Seated from left) Kyley DeVoe, Justin, Texas, president; Tony Ballinger, Morgan Mill, Texas, Area 4 – Southwest director and first vice president; Rob Hess, Hershey, Pennsylvania, Area 7 – Northeast director and second vice president; Kay Klompien, Manhattan, Montana, Area 2 – Montana director and secretary; and Tom Brink, RAAA CEO. (Standing from left) Stephanie Jung, Mina, South Dakota, Area 5 – Northern Plains director; Aaron Kravig, Karval, Colorado, Area 3 – Rocky Mountain director; Craig Bieber, Leola, South Dakota; Region B director; Jim Yance, Columbia, Alabama, Area 8 – Southeast director; Keith Hickle, Auburn, Washington, Region A director; Jeff Petitt, Sebree, Kentucky, Region C director and treasurer; George Murdock, Pendleton, Oregon, Area 1 – West director; and Will Andras, Manchester, Illinois, Area 9 – Midwest director. Not pictured is Jason Anderson, Oberlin, Kansas, Area 6 – Great Plains director.

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care of yourself and offered insight on how to show up for others. Her powerful message encouraged attendees to shift their mindsets and prioritize mental well-being.

Friday afternoon, Janette Barnard, Merk Animal Health and creator of the Prime Future, spoke to attendees about the future of the protein industry. Barnard opened producers’ minds to find a competitive, sustainable advantage for the sake of profit.

“Innovation is one of the big opportunities of how we can do this,” said Barnard. “In order to innovate, we have to really expose ourselves to new ideas.”

Providing multiple examples of innovation in agriculture, Barnard challenged producers to expand their thinking and challenge traditionalism in an effort to create sustainable profits as the protein industry evolves.

Friday afternoon members participated in caucus meetings, electing Kyley DeVoe of Justin, Texas, as president of the Association for the 2023-2024 year.

Board members for the coming election cycle were also chosen by the membership: Keith Hickle was elected as director of Region A; Tony Ballinger was re-elected as director of Area 4; Rob Hess was re-elected as director of Area 7; and Will Andras was elected as director of Area 9.

The convention concluded with the annual awards banquet, recognizing influential members and superior producers in the Red Angus breed for their hard work and dedication to the breed. Attendees shared a steak meal, sponsored by Tyson Fresh Meats, as several Red Angus producers and members were recognized for their leadership and service.

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Pioneer Breeder of the Year Glacier Red Angus of Polson, Montana, received the Pioneer Breeder. Grandson Luke Larson, left, accepted the award from Bruce Ketchum, right.

John V. Robbins Distinguished Service Kevin Miller, right, of Briggsdale, Colorado, received the John V. Robbins Distinguished Service Award, presented by, Kim Ford, left.

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Melvin Leland Innovative Leadership Kim Ford, left, of Bertrand, Nebraska, was recognized for her leadership. Bob Morton, right, presented the Melvin Leland Innovative Leadership Award.

Commercial Producers John and Tana Kinchen, left, of Kaycee, Wyoming, were honored as Commercial Producer of the Year.

Bob Morton, right, presented the award.

Advocate of the Year Randy Meyer, left, of Brunswick, Missouri, was named Advocate of the Year. The award was presented by Chuck Feddes, right.

Junior of the Year Mitchell VanderWal of Howard, South Dakota, was named the Outstanding Junior.

Master Breeder Award George Chiga was recognized as the recipient of the Master Breeder Award, posthumously, by Oklahoma State University Department of Animal and Food Sciences George Chiga Endowed Professor, Ryan Reuter, Ph.D., right, an Extension Beef Cattle Specialist David Lalman, Ph.D., left.

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Red Angus Stakeholders Foundation Kick-Off The generosity of donors, bidders and buyers for the newly formed Red Angus Stakeholders Foundation, raised $25,000 at its fundraising auction on Thursday evening of the National Red Angus Convention.

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Symposium Aids Producers in ‘Recovery After Drought’

by Amy Wampler, Communications Intern

Cattle producers gathered at the Commercial Cattlemen’s Symposium during the 70th annual National Red Angus Convention to gain insight on recovering their operations from the detrimental effects of drought.

Emceed by Lane Nordlund, the day left producers with a wealth of knowledge to use to recover from a drought.

Increasing Production Efficiency The ballroom was full as Rick Funston, Ph.D., reproductive physiologist and University of Nebraska professor, kicked off the symposium focusing on increasing production efficiency.

Funston’s expertise in reproduction offered cattle producers practical knowledge to take back to their operations. Properly managing reproduction and genetics, especially during a period of environmental stress, is key to running an efficient operation. “Reproduction is the single most important trait in beef production,” he said.

Behind feed costs, cow depreciation is the second largest cost of production, said Funston.

The keynote offered insight into decreasing this depreciation cost, revolving around reproductive management decisions.

“It’s a numbers deal,” said Funston.

“By simply increasing progeny per dam through selection, heterosis from crossing or better management will increase the efficiency of production.”

Funston also mentioned the importance of not only getting cattle pregnant, but timing and management practices leading up to conception.

From properly handling cattle after artificial insemination, to choosing an appropriate replacement female and the advantages of early calving, Funston’s address gave commercial producers practical knowledge to take home.

Rick Funston, Ph.D., offered practical advice on managing reproduction, especially during a period of environmental stress.

Leveraging Sustainability and Value-Added Programs Doug Stanton, IMI Global, joined the discussion to provide producers with an updated consumer profile.

IMI Global, a division of Where Food Comes From, Inc., provides third-party verification programs, allowing producers to add value to their cattle.

Stanton highlighted that consumers are seeking a “better for me” product – one that is good for the animal, the planet, the environment and the workers. Furthermore, meat eaters are seeking a sustainably produced product.

Doug Stanton explained the third-party verification offered by IMI Global, a division of Where Food Comes From, Inc.

Properly managing cattle nutrition is especially critical during drought. The nutrition panel featured Brian Fieser, Ph.D., nutrition support specialist for ADM Animal Nutrition; John Paterson, Ph.D., Multimin consultant and retired animal science professor and beef Extension specialist at Montana State University; and Cadra Krueger, Ph.D., beef nutritionist with BluePrint Targeted Nutrition.

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Symposium Aids Producers in ‘Recovery After Drought’ “With what the consumer is looking for today, we felt like it was essential that we got into the sustainability market,” said Stanton.

Where Food Comes From, Inc. launched its sustainability platform, Beef CARE, three years ago to add value for American beef producers. CARE focuses on husbandry, stewardship, people and community.

IMI Global partners with the Red Angus Association of America in the Red Angus FCCP and Allied Access programs for age and source verification.

“If you’re going to be utilizing additional programs down the road and looking at source, age, natural, sustainability or grass-fed, you need to be using EID as your method of identification,” explained Stanton.

Verification programs, like CARE or the Red Angus FCCP program, give producers the opportunity to provide consumers with the traceability and information they desire while adding value to their products.

Nutrition Panel Following Stanton, three nutrition experts gathered on stage to share their knowledge of feeding cattle through a drought. Panelists included John Paterson, Ph.D., Multimin consultant and retired animal science professor and beef Extension specialist at Montana State University; Brian Fieser, Ph.D., nutrition support specialist for ADM Animal Nutrition; and Cadra Krueger, Ph.D., beef nutritionist with BluePrint Targeted Nutrition.

Feed costs are high, and producers are unlikely to see a change in forage and grain prices in the coming years.

Properly managing cattle nutrition is especially critical during drought, not only for the sake of healthy cattle, but for financial well-being, too.

The panelists highlighted the importance of truly understanding what cattle are eating.

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“Make sure you know exactly what you are feeding your cows, so you know exactly how to supplement them,” said Krueger. “You can prevent issues, like low conception rates, because you are making sure calves are getting exactly what they need.”

Fieser said, “If you’re not testing feeds, you cannot financially or accurately supplement cattle. And in a drought, that becomes critical.”

Producers can seek forage and feed testing through their local extension agent, often free of charge. In addition to testing forages, understanding protein and mineral supplementation is key to a successful nutrition program.

Jordan Shockley, Ph.D., broke down the structure of carbon markets.

Producers should also be aware of – and ready to treat – a variety of toxicities as cattle begin to graze on plants they may not normally eat when lush, green grass is readily available. Purchasing stored forages can be a way to keep cattle from eating toxic plants.

“If you don’t know what you’re feeding there is no way you can accurately feed cattle,” said Fieser.

Carbon Credits The second half of the day offered cattle producers insight into the buzzing new conversation surrounding carbon markets.

Jordan Shockley, Ph.D., associate Extension professor and farm management specialist at the University of Kentucky Department of Agricultural Economics, presented an overview of the structure of carbon markets.

Global corporations are making voluntary pledges to reach carbon neutrality for the same reason cattle producers are enrolling in sustainability verification programs – the socially conscious consumer.

Carbon markets provide an opportunity for producers to enroll in a program and adopt regenerative or sustainable practices in return for a profit.

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Chad Martin, vice president of cattle procurement for Tyson Foods Fresh Meat division, said Tyson has pledged a 30% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030.

“By definition, a carbon credit is one metric ton of CO2 equivalent that gets sequestered into the soil,” Shockley said.

“If you sign a contract to adopt certain practices that will generate a carbon credit, then in one way, shape or form, the aggregator turns around and gets those credits verified,” he said. “Those go into the marketplace, and they may get purchased by those Fortune 500 companies that are pledging greenhouse gas emission reductions.”

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Symposium Aids Producers in ‘Recovery After Drought’ Learning more about carbon markets and carbon credits opens the door for producers to earn additional profit to supplement the income from their operation.

Carbon Credit Updated for Value-Added Programs Chad Martin, vice president of cattle procurement for Tyson Foods Fresh Meat division, continued the carbon markets discussion. Tyson has pledged to have a 30% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, according to Martin.

In an effort to achieve this goal, Tyson launched a climate-smart beef program known as Brazen Beef. This program not only benefits the socially conscious consumer but also incentivizes farmers and ranchers to implement sustainable practices in their operations.

According to Martin, enrolling in the climate-smart program and adopting new practices makes your operation more sustainable, able to be passed along to further generations and overall generates more profit.

Producer Panel: Rancher’s Point of View C.J. Blew, Ronny Pope and Steve Wooten wrapped up the Commercial Cattlemen’s Symposium by offering their key takeaways from the day.

Blew, of Hutchinson, Kansas, recognized the importance of building flexibility into his family’s cattle operation.

“We learned from the drought and are going to take a different approach moving forward,” said Blew.

Lane Nordlund of Western Ag Network emceed the symposium.

“We learned from the drought and are going to take a different approach moving forward.”

Wooten, of southeast Colorado, said that he has worked to design his cattle program to operate one year ahead. In times of environmental distress, like a drought, planning his program so there is another year of grass banked even when the grass is all dried up has eased some stress.

Pope, of Limon, Colorado, also emphasized the importance of flexibility. He noted that in order to maintain profitability, especially during a drought, producers should diversify their operations and be willing to change traditional practices to adapt to the

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environment. “This too will pass,” said Pope. “Look around the corner. Be diverse.”

Nordlund moderated the closing panel that featured C.J. Blew, Ronny Pope and Steve Wooten who offered their point of view as ranchers who faced drought conditions.

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Technology Saves Time and Time is Money

by Nate Smith, General Manager, Top Dollar Angus, Inc. In the words of Winston Churchill, the great political leader and orator, “Time is one thing that can never be retrieved.” This reality is all around us – we deal with it every day. It is the biggest variable in the world that everyone must work hard to manage.

Why? Because we all know that TIME IS MONEY! How are we creating more of the precious commodity of time?

Implementing new technology and tools is how we save time. This rule applies to everything from the phone in your pocket to health and genetic data in the beef industry. The email app on your smartphone shortened the amount of time it took for you to see that informative eBlast about the weather or the market. No longer did you have to use your desktop computer to log in to AOL.com – what you needed to know was right there in the palm of your hand.

The innovation of EPDs in the beef world allowed a useful prediction – available immediately after birth – of how an animal would perform throughout its lifetime, rather than waiting for years to discover the actual results. Culling a bull with a high birth weight EPD saves a lot of expensive hours in a calving barn, which, as we all know, are not always pleasant.

The list of time-saving technologies could literally go on for eternity. However, let us shift gears and discuss why it is time to embrace a few specific, high-impact innovations.

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One core piece of technology that we continue to see producers requesting is actually not mentioned previously.

This specific practice saves time and applies to everyone in the beef industry and, most likely, you do not think of it as a technology. What am I referencing? The communication of animal information and health data.

Beef Quality Assurance and vaccination treatment history have been demanded by the industry for years, because sick cattle neither grow nor grade well. Well-structured health programs are now commonplace among commercial cow-calf ranches, but much of that history is shared on a piece of paper or by word of mouth.

Sometimes it is not shared at all with prospective buyers.

The lack of efficient information sharing on feeder cattle ends up being costly to both buyers and sellers. Fortunately, the tools to change this are already available.

Electronic identification systems, while not for everyone, reward those that are able to provide health information more rapidly. Accelerating the process of confirming health status and genetic information is a primary driver of increasing value. Time is money and every minute sorting or doctoring cattle reduces returns.

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appear relevant to all producers, but it is. To those downstream in the supply chain, ranchers that do efficiently share necessary information are a breath of fresh air. They enable those who purchase their cattle to both manage the cattle better and save time along the way.

Therefore, the bottom-line question for cow-calf producers is this: Are you efficiently sharing the right nutrition, health and genetic information on the feeder calves you are marketing?

Prospective buyers want to know.

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Position your ranch for profitability 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

DK RED ANGUS

Scott Kueffler • Grenora, ND 701/694-3620 • 701/641-0519 redangus@nccray.com

DRY CREEK RANCH

Max and Haley Robison • Amidon, ND 406/461-3462 • 701/523-8285 haley@drycreekranchnd.com www.drycreekranchnd.com

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

HEART RIVER RANCH

HUBER EY RED ANGUS

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

JACOBSON RED ANGUS

DIAMOND C ND

Chase Furstenau • Cavalier, ND 701/520-0671 • chasefurstenau@gmail.com www.diamondcnorthdakota.com

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

LELAND RED ANGUS

Melvin & Luella Leland 701/565-2347 • 406/489-1465 Todd & Carla Leland • Sidney, MT 701/565-2361 • 406/489-1466 lelandra@restel.net • lelandredangus.com

SEVERANCE RED ANGUS

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

MISSOURI RIVER RED ANGUS

SPUR M RED ANGUS

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

Blake & Whitney Wold • Watford City, ND 701/770-4105 missouririverredangus@gmail.com missouririverredangus.com

TNT SIMMENTAL & RED ANGUS

NAMKEN RED ANGUS

KAL-KOTA RANCH

NORDLUND STOCK FARMS LLC

TURTLE RIVER CATTLE CO.

DAHL LAND & CATTLE CO.

Bryantt Bolduc /Arlan Dahkle Bagley, MN • dahlkeredangus.com 218/533-0259 • 218/556-5896 218/694-6727 • 218/533-0259 dahlkerancher@yahoo.com dalhlkeredangus.com

SEEGER & RUSCH RED ANGUS

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

Steve & Tracey Koester • Steele, ND 701/400-1611 • koesterredangus@gmail.com www.koesterredangus.com

DAHLKE RED ANGUS

LAZY J BAR RANCH

Marc, Jodi, Riley, Cheyenne & Cassi Schriefer • Golden Valley, ND 701/870-4292 • 701/879-2609 701/983-4292 • 701/870-4292 marcjodi@icloud.com schrieferredangus.com

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

CARGO STOCK FARM

Jeff Dahl • Gackle, ND • 701/485-3762 jldahl@daktel.com • www.dahlcattle.com

SCHRIEFER RANCH LLC

Gary & Val Jacobson • Hitterdal, MN 218/962-3360 • 701/361-3189 gjrangus@feltontel.net www.jacobsonredangus.com Ed Kalianoff • Steele, ND 701/475-2694 • 701/471-4006 kalkota@bektel.com

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

LAZY D RED ANGUS

GRASSY MEADOW RANCH

BRENNER ANGUS

BROKEN HEART RANCH

Rick, Amber & Kaden Rohrich • Steele, ND 701/391-1911 • 701/934-4178 cuttingedgeranch@bektel.com

John & Stephanie Jung • Mina, SD 605/228-1743 • 605/380-1796 lazyjbarranch@yahoo.com lazyjbarranch.com

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

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

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

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

FORSTER RED ANGUS

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

Sidney & Melva Brenner • Carson, ND 701/522-3335 • 701/471-9135 brennersmb@gmail.com

ROHRICH’S CUTTING EDGE RANCH

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

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

LARSON’S LOST RIVER LIVESTOCK

KOESTER RED ANGUS

KUHN’S RED ANGUS

James & Stephanie Kuhn • Napoleon, ND 701/332-6378 • 701/426-6921 Kuhnsredangus.com

KUHNHENN RANCH

Shawn Kuhnhenn • Towner, ND 701/537-3229 • shawn.kuhnhenn@K12.nd.us

L83 RANCH

Ben Lodoen • Westhope, ND • 701/201-0477 benjamin.lodeon@gmail.com L83Ranch.com

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

Ron & Ryan Clemetson • Grand Forks, ND 701/739-0639 • 701/741-6407 trreds@hotmail.com

TWEDT RED ANGUS

OHR RED ANGUS

Edward, Jeanne & Carl Olson • Argusville, ND 701/238-3601 • 701/361-0684 olsoncandc@aol.com • olsonredpower.com

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

PRESSER RED ANGUS

VALNES RANCH RED ANGUS

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

RESSLER LAND & CATTLE Mark or Bryan Ressler • Binford, ND 701/789-0191 • 701/789-7294 contact@resslerlandandcattle.com www.resslerlandandcattle.com

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

WASEM RED ANGUS

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

Watch for more exciting events in North Dakota!

Nov. 29 Dukart Ranch, Ranch, Manning, ND Dec. 6

Klompien Red Angus - Big Sky Elite Female Sale, Logan, MT

Dec. 8

NDRAA Annual Meeting and Banquet

Dec. 9

NDRAA Select Sale, Kist Livestock, Mandan

Dec. 13 Seeger-Rusch Red Angus Online Female Sale, DVAuction.com

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

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

Ben Lodoen, Rick Rohrich & Chris Wasem Sec./Treas.: Chuck & Annette Steffan 701/290-9745 ndredangus.org heartrivergenetics@yahoo.com

Interested in getting genomic-enhanced EPDs on your cattle?

Want more data on your registered females?

Get involved in the

The Rally research collaboration between RAAA and Neogen is designed to increase phenotypic data collection and submission for mature weights, body condition scores and genotypes on Red Angus females.

Female genotype and phenotype information helps to improve genetic predictions and overall data on your Red Angus herd.

This is a really great opportunity to receive genotyping at a reduced rate.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Registered females only • Must test 90% of females on active inventory - Already genotyped females can count toward this 90% • There is also no cap on herd size, as long as the 90% requirement is met, so this program is tailored to small and large producers • Samples submitted for the Rally need to be TSUs (tissue)

BY PARTICIPATING IN THE RALLY YOU WILL RECEIVE:

• GGP100K (GGP-LD) testing for $22 (regularly $50) - OS and MA testing can be added for $2/test; other defect testing is normal pricing • $5 Age Rebate - At completion of testing, you will receive a one-time reimbursement of $5 for females submitted that are 6+ years old (circa 2016) • $5 Phenotype Rebate - Submit both Mature Cow Weights (MCW) and Body Condition Scores (BCS) for a one-time reimbursement - Must be on every cow that weans a calf that season - Must be within a week of calf weaning date - You don’t have to apply for the rebates if you don’t want to; these are just additional ways to save money!

TO ENROLL: RAAA DNA Department

940-387-3502, Ext. 8 • dna@redangus.org

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Member News

In Memory

Robert Eugene Felten 1951-2023 Robert Eugene Felten, 71, of Pilot Grove, Missouri, passed away Saturday, Sept. 23, 2023, at his home, surrounded by his family.

He was born Oct. 11, 1951, in Boonville, Missouri, son of Cletus Daniel and Gertrude Marie (Lammers) Felten.

On Nov. 3, 1973, in Brookfield, he was united in marriage to Susan Kay (Wolfe). Bob was a 1969 graduate of Pilot Grove High School and earned a bachelor’s degree in agriculture from Central Missouri State University.

He was a passionate, lifelong farmer

and cattleman who took pride in the meticulous care of his land, animals and equipment. He founded and cultivated Felten Appraisals in Sedalia, dedicating 40 years to its growth and success before retiring. He strove for thoughtfulness, intention and care in everything he did.

Bob was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church and the Knights of Columbus. He was also a member of the Lion’s Club, formerly served on the Pilot Grove Co-op board, former president of Missouri Chapter of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers, former Vice President of Missouri Red Angus Association, and was a founding member in the Pilot Grove Betterment Association.

Bob was a devoted husband, father,

grandfather, and friend – a dependable, considerate and loyal person who actively supported and advocated for his community. Amidst managing a multitude of work and volunteer commitments, Bob also cherished his passions, including fishing, attending social dance events, and embarking on adventures to explore travel destinations with his wife, Susan.

Survivors include his wife of 49 years, Susan, of the home; four children: Jonathan (Kelly) Felten of Cary, North Carolina, Jessica (Kevin) Brownfield of Boonville, Missouri, Brent (Catherine) Felten of Leawood, Kansas, Josef Felten of Columbia, Missouri; grandchildren Julia, Lindsey, Alyssa, Henry, Emalyn, Harrison, Sawyer, Barrett; siblings Margorie (Jim) Wessing of Pilot Grove, Missouri, and Joyce Felten

In Your RED ANGUS QUEST ...

Look to THE WEST!

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LAUTENSCHLAGER & SONS RED ANGUS LAUT 1251 Cutler-Lautenschlage Rd Endicott, WA 99125

Leonard & Naomi Wood • (208) 263-5246 481649 Hwy 95 North • Sandpoint, ID 83864 • woodvxranch@aol.com

3455 Grover Ave Colusa, CA 95932

Ranch: (509) 657-3301 Cell: (509) 595-8131 LASOredangus@gmail.com

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Red Angus Genetics for Seed Stock Producers & Commercial Cattlemen

Doug and Betty Dunn 9498 NE 9th St • Terrebonne, Oregon 97760 (541) 923-1705

John & Jennifer Menke 10935 Quartz Valley Rd. (530) 468-5341 Ft. Jones, CA 96032

Recently purchased Crump Red Angus Herd Bull Sale - March 4, 2024 Billings, Montana www.mccannredangus.com Lori McCann • 208-743-5517

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Elko, Nevada

Bulls, Females & Frozen Genetics Available at Private Treaty

Jonathan – 775-560-7779 • Dan – 775-777-5994 BeitiaLivestock@gmail.com • www.BeitiaLivestock.com

The following operations host private treaty sales.

Contact them for more information on their genetics.

Would you like to be listed on this page?

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970-729-2571

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Amelia Carreno

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redamericancattle@gmail.com

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Ray Paslawski

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Thomas, Lillian Ostendorf

406-853-0502

tlostendorf@rangeweb.net

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Sally Shortridge

406-235-0176

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505-690-8357

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FLORIDA Red American Cattle

MISSOURI Maple Oaks Red Angus

MONTANA Ostendorf Red Angus Shoco Ranch

TEXAS Berend Land & Cattle Kolle Red Angus

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FICK RED ANGUS Inman, NE • Visitors Welcome!

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DOUG Balance from (402) 394-5486 Start to Finish! (402) 340-9910

www.fickredangus.com Annual Bull Sale in March

The Sieberts - Kim, Lindy, Samantha & Kendall 108 Road 3 • Henderson, NE 68371 (402) 723-4376 • Email: sdiamond@telcoweb.net website: sdiamondangus.com

Austin Schweitzer Schweitzer Red Angus "Improving Our Herd to Benefit Yours!"

Milford, NE 68405 • 402-641-8275 schweitzerredangus.com

Pieper Red Angus

308/991-2452 Bertrand, NE 68927

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SAND DUNE CATTLE LLC Bull Sale on www.BigIron.com

Jan. 17, 2023 - 12 noon CT Scott Svoboda • 308-215-0767 scottsvoboda@rocketmail.com

Rob Brawner

BULLIS CREEK RANCH

88102 S Wood Lake Rd Wood Lake, NE 69221 402-376-4465 • wwww.bulliscreek.com

Ross A & Lane Knott

P.O. Box 43 • Petersburg, NE 68652 Home (402) 386-5411 Work (402) 386-5297 Cell (402) 843-8726

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Wayne & Jody Choat • 402-678-3439 Dave & Kathy Stodola • 402-981-1586

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Member News of Columbia, Missouri.

He was preceded in death by his parents Cletus and Gertrude (Lammers) Felten. The Mass of Christian Burial.

Pallbearers were Henry Brownfield, Gene Gerke, Justin Gerke, Ted Litton, James Reuter and Eddie Wilson.

Honorary pallbearers were Kevin Brownfield, Mount Burns, Ron Cox, Darrel Eckerle, Ronnie Felten, Steve Hoff, Norm Richert, James Schuster, Tom Schupp, Jeff Swacker and Steve Twenter.

Memorial contributions are suggested to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society or St. Joseph Catholic Church.

Steven Earl Meadows, Ph.D. 1962-2023 Steven E. Meadows, Ph.D., from Woodruff, South Carolina, and Clemson University beef cattle specialist passed away May 9, 2023.

A graduate of Woodruff High School and Clemson University, Meadows was an animal geneticist dedicated to improving the quality and industry standard for beef cattle. He was the director of the Clemson University Bull Test Station, and he is fondly remembered by cattle breeders, students and constituents for spending a lifetime of helping cattle farmers in South Carolina, as well as mentoring future generations through his involvement with the junior cattleman’s and other agricultural associations. He was a trusted partner, gentleman farmer, mentor, and friend. A man of faith,

integrity and courage, his favorite moments were spent with his family, especially those involving his beloved grandchildren, Harrison Gable and Henry Gable. Meadows will truly be missed.

Born May 17, 1962, in Spartanburg County, he was the son of Ruby Nell Leake Meadows of Woodruff and the late Marshall Theodore “Yogi” Meadows.

Surviving is his wife, Andrea Owens-Meadows; one son, Steven Meadows II, and wife Amber; daughter, Sarah Meadows Gable and husband William.

The family received friends on May 12 at Lanford-Gwinn Mortuary in Woodruff. Funeral services were held in the chapel of Lanford-Gwinn Mortuary with Pastor Tracy Hamilton officiating.

In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to the Steve Meadows Scholarship Fund, Attn: Heather Shultz, 275 B Lehotsky Hall, Clemson, S.C. 29634.

Online condolences may be expressed by visiting www.lanfordgwinn.com.

Elizabeth Lane Buckley Turner Elizabeth (Liz) Lane Buckley Turner’s work on earth is complete.

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Liz. She loved

and is survived by her husband and best friend, Paul Roy Turner, and her cherished daughter, Lane Claire.

Liz’s kind heart touched many lives. As a registered nurse at St. Jude Hospital, she was awarded the St. Jude Daisy Award for extraordinary nursing.

She loved people, animals and the outdoors. Whether fishing, elk hunting in Colorado or boating on the Mississippi, Liz always loved an adventure.

She is survived by her father, Jerry Wayne Buckley; sister, Rachel Buckley Bridges and her husband Chuck; her twin sister, Laura Buckley Baskin and her husband Colby; her aunt, Laura Ellen Turner Bostwick; her aunt, Barbara Buckley Turner; her father-in-law and mother-in-law, Dr. Hugh and Rhonda Overstreet; brother-in-law and sister-inlaw, Adrian and Lori Turner; brothers-inlaw, Wesley Turner and Daniel Schavey; her nieces and nephews, Mattie Bridges, Jan Marie Baskin, Franklin Baskin and Luke Turner.

She was predeceased by her mother, Jan Claire Turner Buckley; her grandparents, Savage and Laurene Turner; her grandparents, Edward Gale Buckley and Vance Mcintosh Buckley.

We will remember Liz’s love for her family, her kind heart, her pursuit an adventurous life and for the many lives she touched.

A memorial service was held at First United Methodist Church on Saturday, Aug. 26, 2023. There was no visitation held prior to the service. Burial was private. //

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Welcome to our Newest RAAA Members!

Area 1 –West Director – George Murdock SAIGE HUTCHISON 2920 CLARK RD BUTTE VALLEY, CA 95965 MORTON FARM ANGELA MORTON 3645 PRIMROSE AVE SANTA ROSA, CA 95407 TRI R CATTLE TODD RUSTAD 121 N AL FRESCO PL BOISE, ID 83712 HYNSON SMYTH 91628 HWY 140 LAKEVIEW, OR 97630 Area 2 – Montana Director – Kay Klompien WESTON MENESES PO BOX 36 MELROSE59743, MT 59743 Area 3 – Rocky Mountain Director – Aaron Kravig G & S CATTLE LLC MARTHA BECKMAN 288 FEATHERWALK CT HIGHLANDS RANCH, CO 80126

REDHORIZON CATTLE CO. LINDSAY BAIN 8755 PAGE LANE SCURRY, TX 75158 GLENN RANCH PAUL GLENN 330 GRANGER CIRCLE ARGYLE, TX 76226 EL SAUZ ANGUS RANCH PEDRO P. HERNANDEZ 8110 COUNTY ROAD 115 WHITESBORO, TX 76273 LAUREN KRENEK 9934 HICKORY TRACE CT TOMBALL, TX 77375 B&S FARMS BRANDON MCCALISTER 6201 FM 368 NORTH IOWA PARK, TX 76367 4M LAND AND CATTLE CO LTD. AUBREE MITCHELL 11000 EAKIN CEMETERY RD JUSTIN, TX 76247 CRISTIN POFFINBARGER P.O. BOX 332 WATER VALLEY, TX 76958

LAZY JB ANGUS BRITNEY CREAMER 17270 6450 RD. MONTROSE, CO 81403

RIGGS BOY CATTLE CO. LLC CAMERON RIGGS 1122 EDEN RIDGE CELINA, TX 75009

STARRLEIGH HENDREN 36250 CR 49 EATON, CO 80615

PIPER RIGGS 1122 EDEN RIDGE CELINA, TX 75009

Area 4 – Southwest Director – Tony Ballinger 7-A LAND AND CATTLE LLC DAVID WARD 16200 EMERY GOODWIN WASH RD FORT THOMAS, AZ 85536

LAZY BAR S CATTLE CO. LANA STRISSEL 1789 COUNTY ROAD 406 NEMO, TX 76070 MCCRAE TRAMMELL 481 FM 52 GRAFORD, TX 76449

JE CATTLE JERREN ELLIS PO BOX 404 HUGO, OK 74743

ROCKING W LAND AND CATTLE BRANDON WILLIAMSON 720 DILLAHA ROAD SNYDER, TX 79549 Area 5 – Northern Plains Director – Stephanie Jung FORST CATTLE BRODY FORST 36998 641ST AVE NEW ULM, MN 56073 LAYNE NELSON 10209 110TH AVE SW HAYFIELD, MN 55940

COBURN ROUNDS PO BOX 52 LEEDEY, OK 73654 Area 7 – Northeast Director – Rob Hess AUSTIN EGLOFF 2247 E 1600 N LINCOLN CITY, IN 47552

BAYLER MAREE HURLBUT 17175 416TH AVE RAYMOND, SD 57258 Area 6 – Great Plains Director – Jason Anderson CURE CATTLE CO. ODESSA CURE 37027 SE N RD HANSTON KS HANSTON, KS 67849

TRAVIS SADOWSKI 3368 ADY ROAD STREET, MD 21154 SQUARE ONE GENETICS CLAY HOWE 1200 STILLMAN ROAD MASON, MI 48854 HL RED ANGUS HUNTER LANGDON 7728 RALEIGH RD. BENSON, NC 27504

BLAINE FROST 2138 50 RD ESBON, KS 66941 WHITLEY FROST 2138 50 RD ESBON, KS 66941 PRAIRIE VIEW CATTLE CO. ALY MCCLURE 4652 N RD L JOHNSON, KS 67855 TOM TAUL 3326 TRVELYAN AVENUE MANHATTAN, KS 66503 BARTELS LIVESTOCK TRAVIS BARTELS 625 N STADIUM DRIVE HOBART, OK 73651 D CROSS RANCH KAYCE DENNISSON 430141 E 1950 RD RATTAN, OK 74562

KREAS RICHARD 984 COUNTY STREET 2988 BLANCHARD, OK 73010

HANNAH VANHOY 8115 FELTS RD. CATAWBA, NC 28609 COOR CATTLE WILL COOR 2011 ZIMMERMAN RD GREENFIELD, OH 45123 NATALIE PITSTICK 14380 PRAIRIE PIKE SOUTH SOLON, OH 43153 CJS REDS BUCK STRAUSBAUGH 15977 DANVILLE JELLOWAY RD DANVILLE, OH 43014

ELIZABETH BISHOP 10016 RTE 414 ROARING BRANCH, PA 17765 Area 8 – Southeast Director – Jim Yance SILAS GULLATT 5400 LEE RD 401 SALEM, AL 36874 TEM FARMS NATHAN MELTON 3103 COUNTY ROAD 509 HANCEVILLE, AL 35077 DIAMOND B RANCH JOHN BAKER 485 SAVANNAH PARK CIRCLE CONWAY, AR 72034 EARS UP CATTLE CO. BRAD MATTHEWS 67 MATTHEWS LANE CONWAY, AR 72032 COMPLETE CLEARING CONNECTION 16111 EAST GRAND NATIONAL DR LOXAHATCHEE, FL 33470 RILEY MOON 826 MEADOW STREET COMER, GA 30629 CARTER SANDERS 2375 AIRBASE RD POLLOCK, LA 71467 FORSTER CAPITAL KEVIN FORSTER 1716 TALBOT TRAIL FRANKLIN, TN 37069 GREEN CATTLE CO. TAYLOR GREEN 9861 SPARTA HWY CROSSVILLE, TN 38572

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Bull and Female Sale – Jan. 22, 2024, at the Ranch

Rob Brawner

BULLIS CREEK RANCH 88102 S Wood Lake Rd Wood Lake, NE 69221

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New Members Area 9 – Midwest Director – Will Andras J&C CATTLE CO. JESSICA CONNOR 2334 VANDERBILT AVE WAUCOMA, IA 52171 KIRK NELSON FARMS KIRK NELSON 5168 U AVE CHEROKEE, IA 51012

CLEARWATER FARMS RICHARD WATERS 17733 335TH AVE HULL, IL 62343

HADLEY ERDMAN S11225 COUNTY ROAD M AUGUSTA, WI 54722

LONE OAK RED ANGUS H. LEE SIGERT 2730 ST RT U WILLOW SPRINGS, MO 65793

HOLDEN ERDMAN S11225 COUNTY ROAD M AUGUSTA, WI 54722 IVAN HINTZ CATTLE CO. IVAN HINTZ W585 TOWN LINE ROAD KRAKOW, WI 54137

VANESSA KUNDERT 9002 W US HIGHWAY 14 EVANSVILLE, WI 53536

KUNDERT SISTERS LLC BROOKE KUNDERT 9002 W US HWY 14 EVANSVILLE, WI 53536

CALEDONIA HILLS LIVESTOCK NICOLE RAYOME W11551 STATE ROAD 33 PORTAGE, WI 53901

BROOKE KUNDERT 9002 W US HIGHWAY 14 EVANSVILLE, WI 53536 OLIVIA KUNDERT 9002 W US HIGHWAY 14 EVANSVILLE, WI 53536

International BRANDY FETTES DKF ANGUS BRANDY FETTES BOX 23 GLADMAR, SK S0C 1A0 INDIAN HEAD, SK S0G 2K0 //

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Red Angus Association of Ameria!

RedAngus.org/about-red-angus/for the online membership application.

WISCONSIN RED ANGUS ASSOCIATION wisconsinredangus.com

consin Wis BEEF IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION

SHAMROCK NOOK RED ANGUS Albany, WI www.shamrocknook.com 608.558.5342 joe@shamrocknook.com

PERFORMANCE BULL SALE - FIRST SATURDAY IN APRIL - PLATTEVILLE, WI WWW.WISCONSINBEEF.COM

UW-Platteville PIONEER FARM

Emerald Earth Cattle Co. Platteville, Wisconsin

Outcross Red Angus Genetics

29200 College Farm Road Platteville, WI 53818 608-342-1119 • prillada@uwplatt.edu www.uwplatt.edu/department/pioneer-farm

Joe and Gina Jewison 608-778-6736 | 608-778-6748

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Red Angus, LLC Dan & Mary Buckhaus 12163 LaPlatte Rd. Monfort, WI 53569 (608) 778-7214 • dbuckhaus4b@gmail.com

Stumptown Cattle Ryan O’Connell 608-732-2433 Ryan@StumptownCattle.com 78

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Joe and Sue Dunphy | Jim and Pam Dunphy

November 2023

Tony: Bart: 608-379-3113 608-379-4136 kfcredangus@gmail.com

2062 Fountain Bluff Lane Platteville, WI 53818

608-642-6982 • apadams4@gmail.com

BRAD & LINDSAY JOHNSON FAMILY N6864 Box Elder Rd Shawano, WI 54166

Brad: 715.498.9328 | Lindsay: 715.508.0503 johnsonfamilycattle@outlook.com www.johnsonfamilycattle.com

McD’s Red Angus Farm Dan & Jeff Mcdermott W 6052 Advance Rd Monroe, WI 53566

608-214-6812 cell 608-325-9315 home nelli6052@gmail.com

“Where Genetics Matter”

OFFICERS

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Southeast Red Angus Association • www.seraa.org

Jeff Pettit - President 270-836-2963 jeff@diamondpcattle.com Tom Bell - Vice President 731-225-2490 tombell2@bellsouth.net Michelle Pettit Secretary/Treasurer 270-836-1652 michelle@diamondpcattle.com

DIRECTORS

David Evans • Andy Camp Josh Pierce • Johnny Cundiff Cindy Cantrell • Brian Lance

JEFF & MICHELLE PETTIT Sebree, Kentucky 270-836-2963 • www.diamondpcattle.com

Mercer Farms

Registered Red Angus Cattle since 1978 32237 Hwy 58 • Ten Mile, TN 37880 Sales: Steve Burnette – 865 804-8156 mercerfarms@gmail.com

Brian & Jessica Lance 1500 Walker Road Madison, GA 30650 706-781-8639 jessica@ironwillcattle.com

FIVE OAKS FARM

Registered Red Angus

Selling Red Angus and Sim-Genetics

MORE THAN A BULL SALE Third Saturday in March

BULLS & FEMALES OF FALL SALE Last Saturday in October

Travis & Gail Giffey 931-260-1478 travis@5oaks.farm

ISON RED ANGUS Jim and Alvina Meeks, Owners 1986 Trinity Church Rd. • Gray Court, SC 29645 Raymond Prescott, Mgr. • (864) 981-2080 Visit our website at bullhillredangusranch.com

Home of Fit-4-Fescue

Rob and Cameron Ison Paducah, Kentucky Rob - 270-978-9599 Cameron - 270-979-8856

Bart, Sarah & Ty Jones • (615) 666-3098 466 Red Hill Road, Lafayette, TN 37083 mail@redhillfarms.net Gordon & Susan Jones • (270) 991-2663 www.RedHillFarms.net

C&J RED ANGUS RANCH 1222 Hillard Howell Rd Lucedale, MS 39452

847-651-9734

cjreds@icloud.com candjredangusranch.com

Whitley Red Angus 1408 Co. Rd. 35 Horton, AL 35980

Breeding Red Angus since 1965!

Henry, Jane, Jim, Kathy, Tim, James Ray & Natalie (205) 466-7612 • Tim Cell (205) 446-5090 tim@whitleyredangus.com

McLean Red Angus Jim & Alynda McLean

206 Morningside Drive Alma, GA 31510 (912) 632-7985 • (770) 595-3542 mcleanredangus@aol.com - Registered Red Angus since 1970 -

Osborn Red Angus 21053 AL HWY 251 Athens, Alabama (256) 679-6307 Email: dko2005@hotmail.com

Jarvis Red Angus

12745 St. Rt. 181 N. Bremen, Kentucky (270) 525-3403 Registered 100% 1A Certied Herd David • Sandra Chris • LaDonna davidandsandra65@bellsouth.net

FLAT CREEK FARMS

REGISTERED RED ANGUS

931-695-5575

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Building Better Beef FISCHER RED ANGUS Ron & Esther Fischer

Ken & Cheri Graves (307) 738-2247

PO Box 2913 • Harlowton, MT 59036

406-632-5598 scherredangus.com

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Tim, Julie & Cash Shick

P.O. Box 311 Lodge Grass, MT 59050

(406) 639-9112 • tjshick@nemont.net

Bob & Julie Morton • Tom & Katie Morton • Jim Morton 2431 Logan Trident Road • Three Forks, MT 59752 (406) 580-0348 • www.gmracattle.com Annual Bull Sale Third Tuesday in March Big Sky Elite Female Sale First Wednesday in December

Glacier Red Angus Harold, Pat & Chris Hughes 40126 Eli Gap Road • Polson, MT 59860 (406) 883-4654 • www.GlacierRedAngus.com

The Forbes Family 37 Beckton Dr. • Sheridan, WY 82801 (307) 674-6095 • Fax (307) 672-7281 Email: becktonwyo@gmail.com

Raising Reg. & Comm. Red Angus Cattle Since 1990 Powderville, MT

Recently purchased Crump Red Angus Herd

406-554-3484 • 406-554-3152 • C: 406-853-0502 Tom: 406-951-2772 • Aaron: 406-853-2885 tlostendorf@rangeweb.net

Bull Sale - March 4, 2024 Billings, Montana www.mccannredangus.com Lori McCann • 208-743-5517

Garrett & Katelyn Knebel 9969 River Rd. • Bozeman, MT 59718 Garrett - (219) 508-2657 • Katelyn - (406) 580-9565 garrett.knebel@okstate.edu • “Bulls For Sale at All Times!”

MONTANA RED ANGUS ASSOCIATION email: MTRAASecretary@gmail.com

www.montanaredangus.org 80 80

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- We Focus on The Female -

Norris Family

1721 Plevna Rd. • Plevna, MT 59344 (406) 778-3819 • ketchum@midrivers.com

srreds@3rivers.net

LUCHT RED ANGUS

Vic & Shari Westphal Dave & Kay Klompien & Family 8129 Amsterdam Rd. Manhattan, MT 59741 (406) 282-7537 • Cell: (406) 581-4043 Email: klmpnra@gmail.com

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RED ANGUS P.O. Box 72 Grass Range, MT 59032 • (406) 428-2179

FRITZ RED ANGUS 1542 Fritz Ranch Ln Joe & Heidi Fritz Brady, MT 59416 (406) 627-2374 fritzra@3rivers.net

Fort Shaw, MT 59443 406-799-5323

SALLY SHORTRIDGE Box 333 Augusta, MT 59410 shocoranch@3rivers.net (406) 235-0176 www.shocoranch.us Contact us about our Private Treaty Bull Offering

Bozeman, MT • 406-570-7300 ldlucht@gmail.com www.luchtredangus.com

5175 Road 1026 Froid, Mt 59226 Andrew Johnson 406-489-3773 sandhill_reds@yahoo.com McKenzie Johnson 406-963-2200

www.sandhillredangus.com

Shepherd Red Angus Jim & Ginger Shepherd

3631 Maple Leaf Ave. Cody, Wyo. 82414 406-698-6657 • 307-578-8741 jsgshepherd@gmail.com - PRIVATE TREATY SALES -

Annual Sale – Last Thursday In March, Glasgow Stockyards, Inc. Pat Gibbs Family – Jordan, MT 406.977.2852 www.gibbsredangus.com

Vince, Veronica & Seth Christensen

176 Hageman Rd • Molt, MT 59057

THE PIERCE FAMILY Terry & Christina: (406) 663-2251 • (406) 855-7043 Alyssa & Ethan: (406) 669-3104 • (406) 839-0901 lostcreekreds@yahoo.com • www.lostcreekreds.com

8 Cloverleaf Ln Park City, MT 59063

criters64@gmail.com • (406) 208-4315

MTRAA Officers

President: Tena Ketchum – ketchum@midrivers.com Vice President: Luke Larson – lukelarson51@gmail.com Secretary/Treasurer: Kara Herbst – mtraasecretary@gmail.com

MTRAA Directors

Tim Geib – geibtimothy@yahoo.com Madri Blom – blom.anebell@gmail.com Jenny Moke – cjmoke@rangeweb.net RED ANGUS Magazinen | December November 2023 RED ANGUS Magazine 2021 81 81

AREA 1 - West

Alaska • California • Hawaii Idaho • Nevada • Oregon Washington George Murdock, Director Keith Hickle, Region A Director

Western States Breeders are on page 74

AREA 2 - Montana Kay Klompien, Director

Montana Breeders are on pages 80-81

AREA 3 - Rocky Mountain Utah • Colorado • Wyoming

AXTELL CATTLE COMPANY

MAINTENANCE/FEED EFFICIENCY EXPERTS

Cory & Katy Johnson

5822 CR 23 • Veteran, WY 82243 Cory 307-575-0169 • Katy 307-575-2677

High Altitude Registered Red Angus

KRAVIG RED ANGUS

SHEAMAN RANCH

“Cattle Working for You”

Sound Udders – Great Dispositions Moderate Frames – Calving Ease – Excellent Growth www.kravigredangus.com h1: 719-446-5355 • h2: 719-446-5391 Karval, Colorado

Kerry and Debbie Sheaman

400 East Douglas Road • Fort Collins, CO 80524 (970) 493-7346 • Kerry.Sheaman@colostate.edu Maternal, Disposition, Calving Ease & Stayability Traits

Recently purchased Crump Red Angus Herd Bull Sale - March 4, 2024 Billings, Montana www.mccannredangus.com Lori McCann • 208-743-5517

Brian and Jamie Jo Axtell PO Box 21 – Anton, CO 80801 970.383.2332 or 970.554.1132 www.axtellcattlecompany.com Follow us on Facebook!

Joe, Cindy & Emily Frasier • 44600 Co. Road 118 • Limon, CO Ronny & Kelsey Pope • Ryan & Lindsay Frasier 719-740-1124 • www.solidrockredangus.com

AREA 5 - Northern Plains Minnesota • North Dakota • South Dakota Craig Bieber, Region B Director Stephanie Jung, Director

Barenthsen BBRedAngus.com Bullinger Red Angus Mark & Kathy Barenthsen Jeremy & Jessica Bullinger 701-464-5741 701-464-4893 8815 81st St. NW, Powers Lake, ND

BROKEN HEART RANCH

12523 245th Ave Firesteel, SD 57633 (605) 850-9878 or (605) 865-3190 bhrredangus@lakotanetwork.com www.pedersonredangus.com

Emit & Jayme Valnes • Eden, South Dakota (605) 698-6596 • Cell (605) 228-8857 valnesranch@hotmail.com

Forster Red Angus Raising 100% 1A Red Angus since 1967

Kenneth Forster & Family 8285 30th St, SW • Richardton, ND 58652 (701) 974-2450 • Cell (701) 290-2450 www.forsterredangus.com

RED

ANGUS

The Olsons

Female Sale First Saturday in December Bull Sale Second Saturday in April Gary, Elaine, Tory & Tyler Sonstegard (320) 269-7290 (320) 226-2340 www.3scc.net

Minnesota Red Angus Association

"We Breed Excitement"

Contact MNRAA President Tyler Sonstegard – (320) 226-2340 Check out our website at: www.mnredangus.com

Edward, Jeanne, Carl, Craig and Caryn 16068 24 St. SE • Argusville, ND 58005 Phone/Fax (701) 484-5779 www.olsonredpower.com

Gary & Val

JACOBSON RED ANGUS

Robert and Kara • Robby 5096 Campbell Rd • McIntosh, SD 57641 701-422-3721 www.campbellredangus.com

LAZY J BAR Ranch Red Angus

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Annual Sale in March

Chase and Tiffany Furstenau Cavalier, ND 701-520-0671 chasefurstenau@gmail.com www.diamondcnd.com

John & Stephanie Jung Family Mina, SD • (605) 380-1796 www.lazyjbarranch.com

RED ANGUS

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

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Registered & Commercial Catttle Bulls & Heifers - Open & Bred

28280 75th Ave. N. (218) 962-3360 Hitterdal, MN 56552 Cell (701) 361-3189 www.Jacobson RedAngus.com

Producing Cattle That Perform For The Cattleman

Diamond C North Dakota

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Dan Reardon Rocking R Red Angus www.RockingRRedAngus.com 970-729-2571 Dan@RockingRRedAngus.com

1A BULLS & HEIFERS

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Red Angus Magazine Breeder Directory

Aaron Kravig, Director

FLATIRON RED ANGUS

Jared and Lacey Namken Family • 605.881.3845 cell 45536 189th Street • Lake Norden, SD 57248 www.namkenredangus.com

DAHLKE RED ANGUS

ANNUAL PRODUCTION SALE LAST SUNDAY IN MARCH Contact us today for more information!

Arlan Dahlke • Bagley, Minnesota (218) 694-6727 • (218) 556-5896 www.DahlkeRedAngus.com

AREA 4 - Southwest Texas • New Mexico • Arizona Texas Breeders are on page 87

AREA 7 - Northeast

Connecticut • Delaware • Indiana • Maine • Mary­land • Massachusetts • Michigan • New Hampshire New Jersey • New York • North Carolina •Ohio • Pennsylvania • Rhode Island • Vermont • Virginia • West Virginia Rob Hess, Director

Kyley DeVoe, President Tony Ballinger, Director

Rob & Amy Hess

Registered & Commercial Red Angus Will & P J Crockett • Hope, NM 575-703-5970 • 575-512-7225 www.crockett-ranch.com

AREA 6 - Great Plains

Kansas Breeders are on page 85

Registered Red Angus

Pasture to Plate Performance Tested Embryos, Semen and Cattle by Private Treaty

Bulls • Bred Heifers

If you’re looking for Efficiency...

Look under “R” for RED ANGUS!

Tom Karr

WRIGHTS MILL FARM RED ANGUS

(740) 985-3444 Day (740) 591-9900 Cell 34740 State Route 7 Pomeroy, OH 45769

Steven Harris, DVM 4720 Wrights Mill Road Trappe, MD 21673 410-924-3905 spharrisdvm@yahoo.com

Jason Anderson, Director

BIM

Red Angus

Betty & Irvan Martin 58142 CR 260 • Okeene, OK 73763 (580) 822-5623 • email: bim86@pldi.net

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Cedar Hill Farm Red Angus Cattle

Cedar Hill Farm

(918) 473-6723 J.L. Jeffries Cell: (918) 638-3317 419526 E. 1070 Rd. Fax (918) 610-0016 Checotah, OK 74426 Email: jjeffriescattleco@windstream.net

MCMURPHY FARMS Alva, Oklahoma

ANGUS, RED ANGUS & COMMERCIAL

Dan & Alicia Stickel • (304) 545-7677 1404 Kincheloe Road • Jane Lew, WV 26378

cedarhillredangus@frontier.com

cedarhillredangus.com

Prime Maternal

Elite Cow Herd Genetics

RANDY & PAULA - (580) 829-3150 CODY & MEGAN - (405) 880-4587 CASEY & TRACY - (520) 906-8509

First Saturday of each November

Offering registered Red Angus bulls and replacement heifers at private treaty in the fall and spring

Registered Red Angus

www.mcmurphyfarms.com

Joe Max Freeman, DVM (580) 352-1985 joemf1985@gmail.com

Charles R. Freeman, DVM (580) 450-4708

Blair, Oklahoma

Red Angus Magazine Breeder Directory

Kansas • Nebraska • Oklahoma Nebraska Breeders are on page 75

Hershey, PA 717-821-1782 bowcreekbeef.com

Jacob Lipton (860)-803-2777 jake@pleasantviewfarmsinc.com 452 South Road • Somers, CT 06071 www.www.Pvfredangus.com Steve & Amy Weinreich 443-465-2959 Emma Kate Foster 443-257-5061 5224 Faraway Dr. Felton, PA 17322 crossroadscaƩle@gmail.com

John M. Langdon & Family

Benson, NC 919-796-5010 johnlangdon5@gmail.com RED ANGUS Magazine |

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International Breeders

AREA 8 - Southeast

Alabama • Arkansas • Florida • Georgia • Kentucky • Louisiana • Mississippi • Tennessee • South Carolina Jim Yance, Director • Jeff Pettit, Region C Director

SERAA Breeders are on page 79

AREA 9 - Midwest

Red Angus • Red Simmental • Red SimAngus

Iowa • Illinois • Missouri • Wisconsin Will Andras, Director

Missouri Breeders are on page 87 Wisconsin Breeders are on page 74

Red Angus Magazine Breeder Directory

Annual Power of the Reds Sale Last Saturday of March

www.illinoisredangus.com President Randy Ostrom • (618) 250-2988 Vice Pres Bob Logterman • (618)972-8887 Secretary Kaye Gilbert • (319) 931-8127 Treas. Bill Embry • (309) 264-3192

CANADA’S ANGUS MAGAZINE Box 177 • Stavely, AB TOL 1Z0 Canada Phone: (403) 549-2234 • Fax (403) 549-2207 Email: office@angusworld.ca

ROUSE RED ANGUS

Gene & Marita Rouse Dan Bormann • 515-520-7707 53966 290th St. • Huxley, IA 50124 www.rouseredangus.com email: dbormann83@hotmail.com

... g n i c n u o Ann RED ANGUS DIGITAL ADVERTISING! Promote your sale, product or sire with digital banner ads in eNews or on the website, RedAngus.org.

View the Red Angus Media Kit for more details – RedAngus.org/ram-magazine

Sales & Services Directory GILCHRIST AUCTION CO. Lisa & Kyle Gilchrist

14075 120th St., Douds, IA 52551

A production of Star G Ranch, Inc.

641/919-1077 redcowseller@yahoo.com www.redcows.net

Cody Lowderman - Auctioneer -

309-313-2171 Macomb, IL 61455 lowdermanauctionoptions.com

2021 World Livestock Auctioneer, Reserve Champion 7 Rivers Livestock Commission Commercial and Purebred Sales

PC: Celeste Settrini

Eric Drees 208-329-4808

idahocattleauctioneer@gmail.com

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JUDY LOONAN (641) 322-3921 • 1724 Holly Ave. • Corning, IA 50841 Located 75 mi. east of Omaha, NE, in the hills of Southwest Iowa

Video and Internet Sales

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CK CK Sonny Sonny Booth Booth

“Always With the Best Cattle…Always”

P.O. Box 1172 Miami, OK 74355 Cell (918) 533-5587 smbooth_1995@yahoo.com

• Sale Management • Auctioneer • Livestock Brokerage Dan Deichmann (406)423-5500 (406)799-5200 Hobson, MT 59452 • deichman@mtintouch.net

- Auctioneer -

ROGER JACOBS Auctioneer P.O. Box 270 Shepherd, MT 59079 (406) 373-6124 Home (406) 698-7686 Office (406) 373-7387 Fax

Joel Birdwell Auctioneer

HC 64 Box 29 Kingfisher, OK 73750 Home (405) 375-6630 Mobile (405) 368-1058

DEICHMANN LIVESTOCK BROKERAGE

Bo ok ing Pr od uc tio n Sa les 20 19 Purebred & Commercial & Be yo nd Livestock Auctioneer 406-366-0472

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www.KansasRedAngus.org

FAYLOR RED ANGUS

SINCE 1975 • PRIVATE TREATY SALES Dwight (785) 298-3463 • Dale Faylor, Founder St. Francis, Kansas

Darryl & Susie Rhodes 3932 N. Sage Ct. Maize, KS 67101 Phone: (316) 722-6900 Cell: (316) 648-8310 rhodesredangus2@gmail.com

www.rhodesredangus.com Registered & Commercial Red Angus

Tim Flaming 620-382-4894

2346B N Road • Strong City, KS 66869 Joe Mushrush (620) 340-7461 • Daniel Mushrush (620) 340-9774

Annual Sale Third Friday in March

HARMS PLAINVIEW RANCH Mark and Kim Harms

2528 250th St. • Lincolnville, KS 66858 (620) 924-5544 • hprbulls@tctelco.net Red Angus - Angus - Charolais

“Your Partner in Progress” Bulls, Females and Embryos by Private Treaty

Pelton

Simmental • SimAngus Red Angus Private Treaty Bulls Dustin Pelton 620-285-5465 Lynn Pelton 620-285-9934 Burdett, KS

Rick Tanner Family 785-640-2941

3627 NW 94th Rd Topeka, KS 66618 rtannerdvm@sbcglobal.net

Bulls and heifers for sale by private treaty.

In the Flint Hills of Kansas

Leoti, KS • 620-874-1437 • fswedel@wbsnet.org WedelRedAngus.com • WedelBeefGenetics.com Annual Bull & Comm. Sale – 2nd Tues. of March

TANNER RED ANGUS

“Functional Cattle from the Heartland”

FLC

Ryan Flaming 620-382-5107

FLAMING LIVESTOCK CO. REGISTERED RED ANGUS 465 170th • Hillsboro, KS 67063 620-367-8350 hm

HOFT RED ANGUS

18 mo.& 2 yr. old Registered Bulls No feed ration, range tested, hard ‘n ready Commercial Bred Heifers in the fall Rick Pflughoeft • Ellsworth, KS 785-472-3734 • 785-472-1033

Ramsdale Reds KEVIN & MARY ANN KNIEBEL 428 S. 2600 Road • White City, KS 66872 (785) 349-2821 • Fax (785) 349-2822 Email: kniebel@tctelco.net www.Kcattle.com

“Red Angus since 1964”

John & Dan Ramsdale 780 S.E. 130 Ave. • Murdock, KS 67111 (316) 542-3297 • (620) 532-6060

Visit our website to locate a breeder near you!

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Planning your next sale?

Reach Red Angus stakeholders who are already using and loving Red Angus!

It is wise to use a combination of social, digital and print media in your marketing strategy. You can now promote your genetics on the pages of the Red Angus Magazine or digitally on the website and in eNews. You can even link your catalog on the sale calendar!

Calendar of Events November

1 Final Ad Reservation/Editorial Deadline for December Red Angus Magazine 3 Bet on Red Online Genetics Sale, SCOnlineSales.com 3 Downey Ranch, Inc., & Kniebel Cattle Co., White City, KS 4 Bet on Red, Reno, NV 4 The Andras Kind Female Sale, Manchester, IL 4 Cedar Hill Prime Maternal Production Sale, Jane Lew, WV 4 JYJ Red Angus Bred for Excellence Production Sale, Columbia, AL 4 Red Tie Event, Hale, MO 6 Smoky Y Ranch, Monument, KS 9 Bieber Fever Fall Sale, Leola, SD 11 Reds On The Prairie, Brookings, SD 11 Rock Solid Reds - Females of Fall Red Angus Sale, Albany, WI 13 DH Red Angus Private Treaty - Easy Birth Heavy Wean, John Day, OR 13 Ludvigson Fall Herdbuilder Sale, Shepherd, MT 13 RL Catte Co. Female Extravaganza, Shepherd, MT 15 Six Mile Genetic Focus, Fir Mountain, SK, Canada 16 K2 Red Angus Fall Female Sale, Wheatland, WY 18 Mississippi Fall Classic, Raymond, MS 23-24 RAAA Office Closed for Thanksgiving Holiday 29 Dukart Angus, Manning, ND 29 Weber Land & Cattle “The Ripple Effect” Female Sale, CCI.live

December

Download the Red Angus Media Kit at redangus.org/ram-magazine for complete pricing, specs, deadlines and other pertinent information.

1 Final Ad Reservation/Editorial Deadline for January Red Angus Magazine 1 Angelo Cattle Co. Private Treaty, Drummond, MT 2 Beckton Red Angus, Sheridan, WY 2 Shady Bottom Ranch, Crossville, TN 2 Sonstegard Cattle Co., LLC Female Sale, Montevideo, MN 4 Rainbow Red Angus Complete Dispersal, Cherhill, AB, Canada 6 Big Sky Elite Female Sale, Logan, MT 7 Focus on the Female Online Sale, DVAuction.com 8 5L Red Angus, Sheridan, MT 8 NDRAA Annual Meeting & Banquet, Bismarck, ND 9 North Dakota Red Select Sale, Mandan, ND 11 Cross Diamond Cattle Co., Bertrand, NE 13 Gill Red Angus, Timber Lake, SD 13 Seeger-Rusch Online Bred Heifer Sale, DVAuction.com 18 McMurphy Farms Fall Production Sale, CCI.live 25-26 RAAA Office Closed for Christmas Holiday

Reserve ad space at: bit.ly/RedAngusMagAdvertising or email Tracey Koester, tracey@redangus.org

RAM Reservation Issue Deadline January Dec. 1 February Jan. 1 Genetic Advancement Jan. 16 March Feb. 1 April March 1 May/June April 1 July/August July 1 September Aug. 1 October Sept. 1 November Oct. 1 December Nov. 1 86

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Your bull sale date is NOT TOP SECRET! Get it on the Red Angus online calendar today!

Five advantages to listing your sale NOW: 1. Buyers know your sale date.

2. Other members can plan their sales accordingly.

3. It’s one less thing to do later.

4. RAAA Marketing Team can plan their travel.

5. Magazine staff appreciates early submissions.

So, help your buyers, help your ranch, help other members and help RAAA staff.

It’s a win-win for everyone!

Submit your date at: https://bit.ly/RAAASubmitSale

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Bulls & Females at Private Treaty Registered & Commercial

6371 CR 377 • Koshkonong, MO Wilbur, Elsie or Steve Spreutels (417) 867-5695 • (417) 280-1551

Scott Bachman • (660) 247-1112

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scott_bachman@yahoo.com www.bachmancattlefarms.com

17520 Hwy. JJ Chillicothe, MO 64601

Dan (913) 909-1912 Kay (816) 657-4655 Balanced & Proven Genetics www.lacysredangus.com

Seedstock • Semen • Embryos • Show Heifers & Steers

DENNIS ORY

oryscircle7.com • Phone/Fax: 417-839-7205 E-mail: joann07@zimbracloud.com 328 Route U Rocky Comfort, MO 64861

ED AND KATHI RULE • Lucy, Olivia and Luke Excelsior Springs, MO Cattle Manager David Vest 660-620-1141

Performance and Fertility Headquarters Registered Quarter Horses

Farm Manager Scott Akey 816-835-5332

shoalcreekcattle@aol.com www.shoalcreeklandandcattle.com

Red Angus Bulls • Heifers

Ken & Brenda Keesaman

Dale Kunkel: 417-455-3597 kunkelfarms@netins.net Ranch Manager: Austin Speak: 417-592-1331

Osborn,MO 64474 25 E. St. Joseph on Hwy. 36 (816) 675-2503

Kunkel Farms Red Angus

TEXAS RED ANGUS ASSOCIATION www.TexasRedAngus.org

KOLLE RED ANGUS

CHIEFLINE RED ANGUS Mark & Celia Miller Rt. 1 Box 9 • Abernathy, TX 79311 (806) 328-5210 • Email: mfmrraider@aol.com “Your source of foundation pure Chiefline Genetics”

Judy Kay Ferguson Kyley DeVoe 214-536-6902 940-367-4708 judykay@3klandandcattle.com kyley@3klandandcattle.com Justin, Texas • 3klandandcattle.com

961 N. FM 444 Inez, TX 77968

REGISTERED RED ANGUS & ANGUS PLUS

Jim Kolle

(361) 550-5045 • jakolle@tisd.net Tim Head

Mark E. Harbin

3955 Co. Rd. 314 Jarrell, TX 76537 harbinredangus.com

Home: 254-527-4650 Mobile: 512-413-0384 Fax: 254-527-3475

P.O Box 1380 Van Horn, TX 79855

Bobbe McClure

(432) 284-9664 REGISTERED RED ANGUS qgra@hughes.net

TRIPLE CREEK RANCH Bulls, Cows & Heifers – All Ages

One of the largest herds in the South – Rockwall, TX

Ty Davenport, DVM (972) 948-0332 tydavenportdvm@hotmail.com Tim Salazar, Mgr. (254) 644-8529

REDANGUS ANGUSMagazine Magazine || November November 2023 87 RED

Advertiser Index 3K Land & Cattle Co............................. 45, 87 4B Red Angus LLC..................................... 78 5L Red Angus................................ 39, 41, 81 701X.................................................... 17, 84 Aberdeen Angus World.............................. 84 Adams, Arnold & Alicia.............................. 78 Andras Stock Farm..................................... 88 Angelo Cattle Co......................................... 80 Arrowquip.................................................. 13 Axtell Cattle Co........................................... 82 Bachman Cattle Farms............................... 87 Barenthsen-Bullinger Red Angus............... 82 Beckton Red Angus.........................IFC, 1, 80 Beitia Livestock.......................................... 74 Bieber Red Angus........................................ 5 Big Sky Elite Female Sale..................... 10, 11 BIM Red Angus.......................................... 91 Birdwell, Joel............................................. 84 Bola Red Angus................................... 77, 87 Bow Creek Farm & Cattle........................... 91 Bowles J5 Reds......................................... 81 Brickhouse Farms...................................... 87 Brock Auction Co....................................... 34 Brylor Ranch.............................................. 84 Bull Hill Ranch........................................... 79 Bullis Creek Ranch............................... 75, 77 C&C Family Partners.................................. 45 C & J Red Angus Ranch............................. 79 C Davis Farms/Swank Farm Red Angus..... 91 C-T Red Angus............................... 10, 11, 81 Calvo Family Red Angus.............................. 3 Campbell Red Angus.................................. 82 Cattle Visions............................................. 37 Cedar Hill Farm.......................................... 91 Chappell Red Angus................................... 91 Chiefline Red Angus................................... 87 Choat Cattle Co.......................................... 75 Christensen Red Angus.............................. 81 Crockett Ranch.......................................... 91 Cross B Cattle Co....................................... 45 Cross Diamond Cattle Co....................IBC, 75 Crossroads Cattle Co................................. 91 Dahlke Red Angus...................................... 82 Daigger-Orr Red Angus.............................. 75 Deichmann Livestock Brokerage................ 84 Diamond C North Dakota........................... 82 Diamond H Ranch...................................... 85 Diamond K Livestock Co............................ 78 Diamond P Cattle....................................... 79 DK Red Angus............................................ 82 Drees, Eric................................................. 84 Emerald Earth............................................ 78 Explosive Cattle Co..................................... 79

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Faylor Red Angus....................................... 85 Feddes Red Angus.............................. 10, 11, Finger Lakes Cattle Co................................ 91 Fischer Red Angus..................................... 80 Five Oaks Farm........................................... 79 Flaming Livestock Co................................. 85 Flat Creek Farms........................................ 79 Flatiron Red Angus..................................... 82 Focus on the Future................................... 45 Forster Red Angus..................................... 82 Freeman Red Angus................................... 91 Fritz Red Angus.......................................... 81 Ft. Worth Stock Show & Rodeo................. 52 Gibbs Red Angus....................................... 81 Gibson Cattle Co........................................ 79 Gilchrist, Kyle............................................. 84 Gill Red Angus..................................... 30, 31 Glacier Red Angus..................................... 80 Great Northern Reds On The Prairie........... 35 Green Mountain Red Angus........... 10, 11, 80 Grussing Red Angus.................................. 82 Halfmann Red Angus........................... 39, 87 HanSine Ranch.................................... 28, 29 Harbin Red Angus...................................... 87 Harmony Hill.............................................. 80 Harms Plainview Ranch............................. 85 Hoft Red Angus.......................................... 85 Hueftle Cattle Co........................................ 75 Illinois Red Angus Assn............................. 84 Iron Triangle Cattle Co................................ 23 Iron Will Cattle........................................... 79 Ison Red Angus......................................... 79 Jacobs, Roger............................................ 84 Jacobson Red Angus................................. 82 Jarvis Red Angus....................................... 79 Jeffries Land & Cattle................................. 91 Jennings Ventures Cattle Co...................... 45 Johnson Family Cattle Co........................... 78 Jones Ranch.............................................. 45 K2 Red Angus............................................ 60 Karr Farms................................................. 91 KK Farms................................................... 87 Klompien Red Angus..................... 10, 11, 81 Kluesner Family Cattle................................ 78 Kniebel Cattle Co........................................ 85 Koenig Ranch............................................. 80 Kolle Red Angus......................................... 87 Kravig Red Angus...................................... 82 Kunkel Farms............................................. 87 Lacy’s Red Angus....................................... 87 Langdon’s Red Angus................................ 91 Laubach Red Angus................................... 80 Lautenschlager & Sons.............................. 74

RED ANGUS Magazine | November 2023

Lazy J Bar Ranch....................................... 82 Leland Red Angus.................................. 7, 80 Leachman Cattle of CO............................... 39 Loonan Stock Farm.................................... 84 Loosli Red Angus....................................... 74 Lost Creek Red Angus................................ 81 Lowderman, Cody...................................... 84 Lowery, Matt.............................................. 84 Lucht Red Angus....................................... 81 Ludvigson Stock Farms..... 18, 19, 20, 21, 39 Maple Oaks Red Angus.............................. 87 McCann Red Angus................. 25, 74, 80, 82 McD’s Red Angus Farm.............................. 78 McLean Red Angus.................................... 79 McMurphy Farms................................. 63, 91 McPhee Red Angus.................................... 74 Mercer Farms............................................. 79 Milk Creek Reds......................................... 81 Minnesota Red Angus Assn....................... 82 Mississippi Red Angus Fall Classic............ 59 Moose Creek Red Angus............................ 15 Mushrush Red Angus.......................... 39, 85 Namken Red Angus................................... 82 ND Red Angus Assn................................... 71 ND Red Select Sale.................................... 55 Nelson Red Angus..................................... 74 Niobrara Red Angus................................... 27 OHR Red Angus......................................... 82 Orton Ranch Red Angus............................ 56 Orton Ranch Red Angus............................ 57 Ory’s 07 Red Angus................................... 87 Osborn Red Angus..................................... 79 Ostendorf Red Angus................................. 80 Peacock Angus Ranch............................... 73 Pederson’s Broken Heart Ranch........... 16, 82 Pelton’s Red Angus.................................... 85 Pieper Red Angus...................................... 75 Plain Jan’s.................................................. 73 Pleasant View Farms.................................. 91 Polivka Farms Red Angus.......................... 75 Preston Pettit Legacy................................. 36 Private Treaty Sales.................................... 78 Quality Genetics Red Angus....................... 87 Quartz Valley Red Angus............................ 74 R.A. Brown Ranch...................................... 39 Rainbow Red Angus............................. 46, 47 Ramdsale Reds.......................................... 85 Red American Cattle..................................... 9 Red Angus Digital...................................... 54 Red Angus Marketing Programs................ 69 Red Angus Society of Australia Inc............ 84 Red Angus Youth Expo.............................. 44 Red Cow Rally............................................ 72

Red Fork Red Angus.................................. 80 Red Hill Farms...............................BC, 39, 79 Red-Land................................................... 42 Redland Red Angus................................... 80 Rhodes Red Angus LLC............................. 85 RL Cattle Co............................. 18, 19, 20, 21 Rocking Bar H Ranch................................. 74 Rocking R Red Angus................................ 82 Rogers Cattle Co........................................ 87 Rouse Red Angus...................................... 84 S Diamond Angus...................................... 75 Sand Dune Cattle LLC................................ 75 Sandbur Ridge Red Angus......................... 75 Sandhill Red Angus.............................. 65, 81 Schriefer Red Angus.................................. 50 Schuler Red Angus.................................... 75 Schweitzer Red Angus............................... 75 Seeger & Rusch Red Angus....................... 38 Shady Bottom Red Angus.......................... 53 Shamrock Nook......................................... 78 Sheaman Ranch......................................... 82 Shepherd Red Angus................................. 81 Shoal Creek Land & Cattle................... 49, 87 Shobe, Kyle................................................ 84 Shoco Ranch.............................................. 81 Smoky Y Ranch......................................... 33 Solid Rock Red Angus............................... 82 Sonstegard Cattle Co. LLC................... 43, 82 Spreutels Farm Red Angus........................ 87 Stegall Cattle Co......................................... 74 Sumptown Cattle....................................... 78 Sun River Red Angus................................. 81 Sutherlin Farms.......................................... 80 Tanner Red Angus...................................... 85 TJS Red Angus.......................................... 80 Triple Creek Ranch..................................... 87 Twedt Red Angus....................................... 67 UW-Platteville Pioneer Farm...................... 78 Valnes Ranch Red Angus........................... 82 Veto Valley Farms...................................... 79 VitaFerm/Gain Smart.................................... 8 Watkins Cattle Co....................................... 73 Weber Land & Cattle.................................. 51 Wedel Beef Genetics............................ 39, 85 West Wind Red Angus............................... 73 Westphal Red Angus.................................. 81 Whitley Red Angus..................................... 79 Windrush Farm.......................................... 87 Wisconsin Beef Improvement Association.78 Witt Ranch Land & Cattle Co...................... 87 Woods V Bar X Ranch................................ 74 WRAZ Red Angus...................................... 84 Wrights Mill Farm Red Angus.................... 91

Annual Sale

December 11, 2023 At the Ranch • Bertrand, Neb.

Selling 250+ Age-Advantage Bulls and 400+ Commercial Bred Heifers

Sound, Fertile, Gentle…

With the Best Guarantee in the Business!

Scott & Kim Ford

(308) 991-2452 • Bertrand, NE 68927

www.crossdiamondcattle.com

Magazine

Red Angus Association of America 18335 E. 103rd Ave., Suite 202 Commerce City, CO 80022

Reaching over 10,000 Red Angus Buyers every issue!

Practical Cattle Born & Raised in the Southeast

The selection program at Red Hill is planned to “improve the profitability of our commercial bull customers.” The program begins by selecting to improve ‘user-friendly’ or ‘convenience’ traits. However, at Red Hill, selection for Calm Disposition, Calving Ease, Functional Udders and Sound Foot and Leg Structure are ‘basic, core or foundation traits’ in our evaluation process. It is our goal to not only supply bulls that are genetically superior for growth and carcass characteristics but bulls that transmit genetic traits that make beef production enjoyable!

Contact us for a catalog that features moderate, easy-fleshing, problem-free cattle!

204X has a perfect udder

Disposition is more than a convenience trait!

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MORE THAN A BULL SALE 19th Annual

Saturday, March 16, 2024

1 p.m. CDT • At the Farm

Selling:

70 Red Angus, SimAngus™, Charolais & Cross-Ty Bulls Visit www.RedHillFarms.net for information about our sale and breeding program.

Bart, Sarah & Ty Jones • (615) 666-3098 466 Red Hill Road, Lafayette, TN 37083 mail@redhillfarms.net Gordon & Susan Jones • (270) 991-2663