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ILLINOIS SALES

IOWA SALES

Sept 4 Dwyer Sept 5 Cagwin Farms Sept 16 Swanson Shorthorns Nov 20 Tree Lane Farms

Oct 7 Cyclone Trace Oct 9 Maternal Legends - Sullivan Oct 15 Rogers Cattle Co McDaniel Cattle/Weidel Cattle Co Oct 18 Habeger Show Cattle Oct 23 Cedar Valley Shorthorns

INDIANA SALES Wolfe Farms Sept 6 Jeff Miller Show Cattle Sept 8 Graves Show Cattle

Yoder/England Questing Hills Land & Cattle Shultz Sept 4 Trausch Farms Sept 4-11 Beeson Show Calves Sept 5 West Central Iowa Sales Healy Show Cattle Hinners Show Cattle Boyle Farms Gallagher Show Cattle Sullivan Farms Sullivan Cattle Co McCollough Cattle Co McDaniel Cattle/Weidel Cattle Co Sept 10 Klingner-Behm Sept 11 Goretska Cattle Co Northwest Iowa Sales Siervers Show Cattle Sandy Show Cattle Sept 17 Highlights of the Heartland

Sept 3 RC Show Cattle Oct 15-16 Burroughs Farms

SOUTH DAKOTA SALES

Pearson Show Cattle Oct 22 Fischer Cattle Co.

Sept 14 Dakota Bred Group Sept 18 Schuring Farms Sept 19 Krantz Club Calves Sept 21 Thomas Ranch Dec 3 Schrag Family

MINNESOTA SALES

VIRGINIA SALES

KANSAS SALES

IOWA SALES

OHIO SALES

Sept 5 Sherwood Cattle Co Sept 18 Dicks Family Show Cattle

MISSOURI SALES Graves Cattle Co Sept 5 DaFize

NEBRASKA SALES Sievers Show Cattle Wagonhammer Ranches Sept 6 Vogler Cattle Co Sept 11 Schultz Sept 17 Marotz Stock Farm Tejkl Show Cattle Sept 17-18 Northeast Nebraska Group Sept 18 Gateway Genetics

Sept 24 Virginia Club Calf Producers

WEST VIRGINIA SALES Sept 18 West Virginia Roundup

WISCONSIN SALES Sept 10 Carrousel Farms Sept 17 Genetic Reflections Weigel Steer Pit Oct 9 Kegley Farms

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l There were so many great photos on the ads this year– it was hard to pick just one to take the cover spot! This year’s cover features a photo that you can find on Habeger Show Cattle’s ad on the back cover of this issue. Thank you to everyone who submitted photos to be taken into consideration for this cover– here’s a few of our favorite!

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We Need Our Heros Too All adults at some time in their youth had some individual or an event that perked their interest and influenced them to pursue a career in a chosen field. It may have been a teacher in school who conducted a lab experiment that led a student to be interested in medicine or science. Perhaps it was an airline pilot who was a friend of their parents who sparked an interest in aviation, or a veterinarian who saved the life of a child’s pet that created an interest in animal agriculture. Often it is not possible to recall any one person or single event that leads to the development of an interest in a particular field – but always that person is held in high esteem and the event is positive. Young people are naturally idealistic and look for role models who reflect their own ideals. It behooves adults to consider their conduct at all times – you may affect the direction of someone’s life without even being aware you are a role model. Every profession, sport or other activity has individuals who excel and are looked up to as leaders in their chosen field. These are people who have the dedication to devote the required time at task to make the most of their natural talents, developing the skills necessary to allow them to reach the top of their profession. These individuals are today’s heroes. The Show Calf Industry is no exception. There are individuals in the industry that excel at different levels of competition from the smallest County Fair to larger Major Shows. Who is to say that someone who shows only at County Fairs will serve as a role model less than someone who shows at Major Shows? All can have a positive effect on the lifetime interest of the people whose lives they touch.

Glory Belongs to the Gladiator “It’s not the critic that counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled or whether the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs, and often comes up short again and again. Who knows the great devotions and spends himself in a worthy cause. And who, if at best in the end, knows the triumph of higher treatment and high achievement. And who at worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly so that his soul shall never be with those cold and timid ones who know neither victory or defeat.” --Theodore Roosevelt as quoted by Bart Starr, 12/19/83

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2010 North American Heifer Calf Auction

Sale scene of the first Grand Champion Pen of Heifers to sell in the North American International Feeder calf show and sale. This champion pen was exhibited and sold by Jeff Miller, Cutler, Indiana. North American International Livestock Exposition officials said, “We owe special thanks to Eldon Miller, editor and owner of the ‘National Livestock Exhibitor’ magazine, for taking the initiative to secure exhibitor support and then recommending the addition of the Pen Heifer Show to the NAILE Beef Cattle Advisory Committee. The request for the Show was given final approval by the NAILE Executive Committee in 2010, and the inaugural event was a success. We expect it to grow and be even better this year.”

There’s a tasty way to enjoy whole grains and leafy greens... Feed them to a steer and they’ll turn into a delicious and satisfying steak.

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It’s the Pitts by Lee Pitts

It Must Be Magic I’ve been impressed with animal magic ever since

their overachieving pets. And for what? People get a

an assembly in the second grade when a man brought

watch dog and immediately teach it to shake hands, roll

his horse to our school. The man would rattle off a math

over and play dead. I submit that these are not admirable

problem such as, “What’s 6 plus 2 minus 3 plus 5 divided

traits for a watch dog! Or, they teach a dog to beg. BIG

by 2?” And the horse would stamp the ground with his

DEAL!

hoof five times and all us kids would stand there with our

Give me a dog who performs useful tricks: like fetching the

eyes wide open, very impressed! Naturally, we didn’t

neighbor’s newspaper on a Sunday morning.

Begging comes naturally to most dogs anyway.

know if the horse was correct because we were not quite

I’ll admit there was one dog that made me jealous

at the horse’s level in higher mathematics yet. The les-

of its owner. One day many years ago I was fixing fence

son the teachers were attempting to impart to us was

with Todd, the manager of the ranch next door. It was a hot

that if a horse could figure out such a complex equation

day and Todd asked if I wanted a beer. I answered in the

certainly there was hope for us kids. Although, that’s not

affirmative, requesting my favorite brand, Coors. I swear

the message I took away from the exercise. I remember

on my honor Todd told his dog to go to the refrigerator and

my impression being that I didn’t need to learn math be-

fetch me a Colorado Kool Aid. Mind you, I did not laugh

cause when I grew up I was going to have a horse.

because I already knew Todd’s dog could do things that I

I just figured the horse was so smart because he

couldn’t, like catch a frisbee and scratch his head with his

never had to go to school and fill his brain with all sorts

foot. But fetching a beer, now this would be a real trick

of useless stuff. Which bring me to my subject... idiotic

indeed!

pet tricks. I’ll admit that I am envious of anyone who can

Sure enough, Todd had taught his dog to go to a

teach their pet to do tricks. Of course, I did finally grow

small refrigerator in an old dairy barn, open the door, grab

up and get a horse but the only trick I was able to teach

a cold can without getting slobber on the top, and retrieve

it was to sleep standing up. I bought a talking bird once

it. Please keep in mind that dogs are color blind and do not

who never spoke another word after it left the store and

have opposable thumbs! This was the most useful dog I’d

one of my dogs rolled over when I said “speak.” This was

ever seen. “Surely” I said, “this is some kind of magic.”

the same animal I taught to retrieve by throwing a red

Nope. Todd asked what other kind of beer I wanted

rubber ball in hopes it would be a bird dog. It might have

and I said that I’d have a Bud. I believe he would have re-

worked out fine if I was shooting red rubber balls but this

trieved pretzels and beer nuts had I asked. The only beer

dog wouldn’t hunt. It was afraid of anything that had

that dog couldn’t come back with was a Mexican brand

feathers and flew. I had high hopes of turning my last

because Todd was all out and I doubt the liquor store would

dog into a sheep-herding machine. I trained her as a pup

have sold the dog any without an ID. Maybe they would

on ducks, which is a common practice, and sure enough

have, who knows?

when Aussie got older she was a Grand Champion duck

Being an amateur animal trainer myself, I thought

herder. But sheep intimidated her. The only trick my dog

I’d teach my pets a couple of these useful tricks to really

ever did was have puppies, which was quite a feat be-

impress my friends. I ended up with a numerically chal-

cause we thought we had her fixed!

lenged horse and a dog that likes to drink beer.

A person has to be really insecure to teach their

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4-H DIVISION Grand Champion Res. Grand Champion 5 Division Champions 5 Res. Division Champions

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NEB-Cash $1500 $1000 $350 x 3 $200 x 3

NEB-Total $1500 $1000 $1050 $600

Grand Heifer Res. Grand Heifer

$350 $100

Supreme Feeder Calf Res. Supreme Feeder Calf

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Supreme Breeding Res. Supreme Breeding

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SUPREME CONTRIBUTORS ($1000 or more)

•Gentrup Show Cattle Gerald Gentrup; Beemer, NE •Gro-Rite Mineral, LLC; Grand Island, NE Matt Mottl & Lance Manker

•National Livestock Exhibitor Eldon Miller, Editor; Afton, IA •Wagonhammer Cattle Co.; Albion, NE

GRAND CONTRIBUTORS ($500-$999)

•Backward L Farms/Lueking Club Calves - John & Taylor Lueking; Oxford, NE

•DBL INC. Fullerton, NE Dean Christensen & Bonnie Christensen •Harmon Show Cattle Larry Harmon; Tekamah, NE

•Roeber Show Cattle Danny Roeber; Ashland, NE •Rick Schultz Show Cattle Rick & Jodi Schultz; Cairo, NE

•Triple J Club Calves; Craig, NE Johnnie & Melinda Johnson;

PREMIER CONTRIBUTORS ($100-$499)

•ABS Global, Inc. Brian Laaker; Arlington, NE •Aegerter Marketing Services Jeff & Darla Aegerter; Seward, NE •AGRI STEER INC. Craig & Terry Uden; Elwood, NE •J.D. Anderson; Arapahoe, NE •APEX Cattle Dan & Joel Leo; Dannebrog, NE •Bakenhus Cattle Co. Ward Bakenhus; Columbus, NE •Bartels Bros. Shorthorns LeRoy Bartels; Tecumseh, NE •Myron Benes Family Albion, NE •Bent Bar C Club Calves Jim Broweleit; Burwell, NE •Broders Club Calves John Broders; Bloomfield, NE •Burt County Cattlemen Norman Johnson; Craig, NE •Bull Barn Genetics Eldon & Kathy Starr; Stapleton, NE •Central Valley Ag Oakland, NE •Christo Cattle Co. Greg Christo, Albion, NE •Crossed Valley Cattle Chris Fleishman; Herman, NE •Dostal Show Cattle Keith Dostal Family; Howells, NE •Eckloff Show Cattle Ward & Christyne Eckloff; Minden, NE •Janell & Leon Ehrke; Holbrook, NE •Feller & Company; Wisner, NE •Filipi Show Calves Tom Filipi Family; Davey, NE •Gateway Genetics Mark & Kevin Benes; Albion, NE •Goertzen Show Calves Kurt Goertzen; Henderson, NE •Grazers, Inc. J.D. Anderson; Holbrook, NE •Green Valley Cattle Dennis Garwood; Atkinson, NE

•Heinrich Cattle/TGM Farms Scott Heinrich & Tim Meline; Hickman NE •Hellbusch Cattle Co. Scott Hellbusch; Creston, NE •Herbolsheimer Cattle Co. Brian Herbolsheimer; Pierce, NE •Hoblyn Farms, Inc. Larry & Rita Hoblyn Family; York, NE •Hoier Cattle Jeff & Buck Hoier; Herman, NE •JAC Cattle Co. Jeff Albers; Wisner, NE •J/D Cattle Co. John & Diana Peterson, Nebraska City, NE •Ray & Nancy Jelinek; Leigh, NE •Gary & Sue Johnson; Craig, NE •James & Nancy Kite; Auburn, NE •Lakeview Cattle Co. Spencer Vance; Ankeny, IA •Landgren Ranch Mark Landgren; Bartlett, NE •Leeann Farms Jeremy Janssen; Platte Center, NE •Kris & Sheila Luoma Arcadia, NE •Maronde Sisters; York, NE •Mason Grove Land & Cattle Dean Wilken & Sandy Wilken; Bloomfield, NE •Mason Show Cattle Tim Mason; Anselmo, NE •Midwest Messenger Chris Beutler; Tekamah, NE •Miller Cattle Co. Cory & Amber Miller; Silver Creek, NE •Mlady Show Cattle Kevin & Celine Mlady; Osmond, NE •Morgan Ranch Ronny & Kay Morgan; Burwell, NE •Ed & Lisa Peterson Family; Herman, NE

•Preferred Genetics For Bovine, P.C. Columbus, NE •Todd & Joe Prinz Show Cattle; West Point, NE •RB Angus & Show Cattle Kevin, Kurtis & Cody Rasmussen; Albion, NE •Rasby & Associates Randy & Janie Rasby; Sutherland, NE •Rockin’ Rs Richard & Brenda Steinhoff; Otoe, NE •Rocking J Ranch Jerry Adamson; Cody, NE •Russman’s JK Livestock Scott & Rhonda Russman; Farnam, NE •Saunders County Livestock Association; Wahoo, NE •Schantz Cattle Tom Schantz; Wisner, NE •Jay Schroeder; Fremont, NE •Todd Schroeder; Wisner, NE •Schultz Farms Show Cattle Jim & Rob Schultz; Cairo, NE •Show Circuit; Chariton, IA •Sisco Bros. Cattle Co. Syracuse, NE •Sneak a Peek Preview Show Syracuse, NE •Snowdon’s Club Calves Kent & Mary Snowdon; Niobrara, NE •Spicka-Rezac Insurance Agency / Steve Spicka; Wahoo, NE •Spohn Farms, Inc. Keith Spohn; Friend, NE •Stafford Cattle Co. Keith Stafford Cattle Co. •Stagemeyer Cattle Co. Brent & Carla Stagemeger; Page, NE •Stewart Show Cattle Jeff Stewart; Dixon, NE

•Dave & Laura Stoltz; Pierce, NE •Stoltz Exotics Jack, Joanie, John & Justin Stoltz Elgin, NE •Thunker Ranch Jerome & Becki Thunker; Ewing,NE •T&J Farms Tyler Thernes, Hooper, NE •Vech Cattle Brian & Kim Vech; Cedar Bluffs, NE •Wagner Show Cattle Kevin Wagner; Albion, NE •Wiese Cattle Co. Pat & Nancy Wiese; Lindsay, NE •Willers Mitten Brand Show Cattle Bill Willers; Norfolk, NE •WJ Cattle Co. John & Jessica Vallery Plattsmouth, NE • Doug & Letti Nichols Bartlett, NE • Kent & Burke; Genoa, NE

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In The News... Egyptian Princess Was First Known to Have Heart Disease An Egyptian princess who lived more than 3,500 years ago is the oldest known person to have had clogged arteries, dispelling the myth that heart disease is a product of modern society, a new study says. To determine how common heart disease was in ancient Egypt, scientists performed computer scans on 52 mummies in Cairo and the United States. Among those that still had heart tissue, 44 had chunks of calcium stuck to their arteries — indicating clogging. “Atherosclerosis clearly existed more than 3,000 years ago,” said Adel Allam, a cardiology professor at Al Azhar University in Cairo, who led the study with Gregory Thomas, director of nuclear cardiology education at the University of California in Irvine. “We cannot blame this disease on modern civilization.” Allam and colleagues found the Egyptian princess Ahmose-Meryet-Amon, who lived in Thebes (now Luxor) between 1540 and 1550 B.C., had calcium deposits in two main coronary arteries, making her the oldest mummy found with heart disease. The princessʼ father and brother were both pharaohs. The mummy had pierced ears and a large incision in her left side made by embalmers to remove her internal organs. Allam doubted she would have received much treatment beyond maybe taking special herbs or honey. “If she were my patient today, she would get open heart surgery,” he said. He added the princessʼ clogged arteries looked remarkably similar to heart disease in contemporary Egyptians. The 43 younger mummies with calcium deposits showed a range of heart and artery problems. Experts say that during the princessʼ lifetime, beef, pork, mutton, antelope, duck and other meats were readily available in the royal courts. Egyptians didnʼt eat much fish but ate many different kinds of fruits and vegetables. Salt was also likely used to preserve their food. Joep Perk, a professor of health sciences at Linnaeus University in Sweden and a spokesman for the European Society of Cardiology, said the heart disease discovered in the mummies was probably due to the rich diet and lack of exercise among the Egyptian elite. He was not linked to the mummy research. “The pharaohs and other royalty probably had more fat in their diet than the average Egyptian,” he said. “The sculptures and hieroglyphs may show people who were very thin and beautiful, but the reality may have been different.” He added there may have been other factors, like the stress of holding onto power and genetic factors that could have made the Egyptian ruling class more susceptible to heart disease. The Egyptian royals were more likely to be killed by heart problems after surviving other infections that would have killed poorer Egyptians. “They simply had the good luck to live long enough to develop heart disease.” Source: Science News

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More Than A Handshake:

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ITâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S PERPLEXING

By: Dr. Roger E. Hunsley

Reprinted with permission from Maine-Anjou Voice and Dr. Roger E. Hunsley.

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In The News...

Dressing Percentage Determines Packer Profit

By Eldon Miller

Definitions of common terms need to be clarified in discussing the weight and value of a carcass. Dressing percentage is the percent of a carcass as compared to the live weight of the animal. Dressing percentage is part of the equation used in determining yield grade, with the lower number (yield grade 1) having the highest percentage of red meat. Carcass weight is determined by live weight minus offal (hide, head, hoof, and entrails). Other factors that negatively influence dressing percentage are gut fill, amount of bone, horns, abscesses, bruises and mud on the hide. Hide weight also varies by breed. Fat thickness, on the outside of a carcass, reduces red meat exposure to air and is included in the weight of the carcass. Kidney fat (body cavity) decreases the percentage of edible product. Packers buy cattle on the rail, with prices based on the weight of a carcass. When selling, it is important to know if carcasses are being weighed hot or cold as there is cooler shrinkage. Cooler shrinkage is the amount of water lost from a carcass the first 24-48 hours after harvest. Percentage of shrinkage is the difference in pounds lost between hot and cold carcass weight. Red meat is made up mostly of water, ranging from 70 to 75 percent. A percentage of this water can evaporate, resulting in loss of carcass weight. External fat thickness covering the carcass greatly reduces cooler shrinkage. Carcasses with a thin covering of fat (blue carcass) will have greater exposure to air and therefore increased shrinkage. Conditions in the cooler also influence the rate of evaporation from the carcass. The processor始s goal is to maximize the cooling rate and minimize cooler shrinkage. Spray chilling, intermittently spraying the carcass with cold water, during the first 48 hours, decreases the amount of shrinkage. In addition, less air movement, carcass spacing, and humidity can keep shrinkage below one percent. Packing plants without spray chilling and with stronger air movement can have increased shrinkage up to five percent. Producers, paid on cold carcass weight, should consider pricing the product at three percent higher to compensate for cooler shrinkage from the hot carcass weight. Sheep and goats, normally without thick outside fat covering the carcass, can expect up to a 10 percent cooler shrinkage. Poultry (chickens/turkeys) are routinely soaked in tubs of ice water and covered with chipped ice for several hours to increase the weight of the product by water absorption. While the industry average is five percent, it can be as high as eight percent. The amount of water added to poultry is required to be listed on the packaging of the product. Being familiar with the meaning of the terms buyers, sellers, and producers use, gives a better understanding of the entire meat industry.

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I Trust You’ll Treat Her Well Author: Victor Buono

Dear World: I bequeath to you today one little girl...in a crispy dress...with two brown eyes...and a happy laugh that ripples all day long.. and a flash of light brown hair that bounces in the sun when she runs. I trust you’ll treat her well. She’s slipping out of the backyard of my heart this morning...and skipping off down the street to her first day of school. And never again will she be completely mine. Prim and proud she’ll wave her young and independent hand this morning and say “Goodbye” and walk with little lady steps to the schoolhouse. Now she’ll learn to stand in lines...and wait by the alphabet for her name to be called. She’ll learn to tune her ears for the sounds of school-bells...and deadlines...and she’ll learn to giggle...and gossip...and look at the ceiling in a disinterested way when the little boy ‘cross the aisle sticks out his tongue at her. And now she’ll learn to be jealous. And now she’ll learn how it is to feel hurt inside. And now she’ll learn how not to cry. No longer will she have time to sit on the front porch on a summer day and watch an ant scurry across the crack in the sidewalk. Nor will she have time to pop out of bed with the dawn and kiss lilac blooms in the morning dew. No, now she’ll worry about those important things...like grades and which dress to wear and whose best friends is whose. And the magic of books and learning will replace the magic of her blocks and dolls. And now she’ll find new heroes. For five full years now I’ve been her sage and Santa Claus and pal and playmate and mother and friend. Now she’ll learn to share her worship with her teachers ...which is only right. But no longer will I be the smartest woman in the whole world. Today when that school bell rings for the first time...she’ll learn what it means to be a member of the group...with all its privileges and its disadvantages too. She’ll learn in time that proper young ladies do not laugh out loud...or kiss dogs...or keep frogs in pickle jars in bedrooms...or even watch ants scurry across cracks in sidewalks in the summer. Today she’ll learn for the first time that all who smile at her are not her friends. And I’ll stand on the front porch and watch her start out on the long, lonely journey to becoming a woman. So, world, I bequeath to you today one little girl...in a crispy dress...with two brown eyes...and a flash of light brown hair that bounces in the sunlight when she runs. I trust you’ll treat her well.

In The News... Egg Producers Chicken Out to HSUS Viewing Calves in a Pasture

United Egg Producers announced an unprecedented agreement with HSUS to work together toward the enactment of comprehensive new Federal legislations for all 280 million hens involved in U.S. egg production.Cattle have a herd instinct and this can be used to an advantage when looking for show prospects in an

openstandards pasture setting. The proposed advocated by HSUS would be the first federal law addressing treatment of animals on farms. The herd should always be approached head on. If approached from the side, cattle will move away in

The National Pork Producers Council said, if enacted, would set a dangerous precedent for allowing the a group. Approaching near the center or a point with fewer cattle will divide the herd and neither group federal government to dictate how livestock and poultry producers care for their animals. will want to leave the other. If more than one person is present, stay together and cows will consider the

A federal law would have no measurable benefit to public or animal health, could raise retail prices and people as one entity. could have the unintended consequence of forcing production to a foreign country. It isisimportant for the cattle to remain calm andstandards, unthreatened. Refrain from eyecare contact with cows. Farm Bureau also opposed to federal legislation preferring that standards be based on hand and arm movement will appear threatening, keepto your handsan atindustry-wide your side or in your science. IfBecause enacted egg producers will have to invest $4 billion effect makeover. pockets. Slowly work your way through the herd so calves can be accurately evaluated.

HSUS is a non-profit organization, that hides behind animal welfare to promote its real agenda, to eliminate animal agriculture. Less than 5% of contributions is used for actual care of animals. Most is spent on salaries, lobbying and fund raising. A national spokesman for HSUS was allowed to address members attending the 4-H Leadership Conference last year.

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A HELPING HAND FROM JACK... While a flat tire is aggrivating, nothing is more frustrating than a lug nut that just won’t budge. Tire shops often use an impact wrench when mounting a wheel with little regard as to how someone else will get it off. A breaker bar (pipe used as extension) is often a solution. Lacking this, a jack can be used to provide greater force to your 4-way wrench to reverse the lug nut. Remember turning right is tight left is loose.

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It’s the Pitts by Lee Pitts

The Little Heifer That Cud You have no doubt heard the statement that “a watched pot will never boil?” Well, I am here to tell you

me that parturition was approaching. “Is she swelling up? Is her bag getting bigger? Is she walking the fence?”

that a watched cow will never calve! I developed this theory observing a heifer that

“No,” my wife would respond, “she is chewing her cud with not a worry in the world.”

fell in love with the wrong bull. She was supposed to be

We would sit for hours in the truck watching and

bred by my junior herd sire, a bull so thin he can’t cast

waiting. “My patience is growing thin,” I told my wife. “It’s

a shadow. The bull of unknown origin looks like he was

worse than sitting in the car waiting for you to get dressed

weaned on a pickle and the best description of him that I

and put on your make-up when we are trying to go out.”

can think of is he looks like an old cow hide draped over the top wire of a barb wire fence. His hide flaps on his

“Why don’t you do what you do when you are waiting on me,” she answered.

bones like a quilt hung over a fence.

“What’s that?” I asked.

But no, the heifer could never fall in love with the

“Go ahead, honk the horn. I’m sure it will work.”

easy calving bull so that we could all sleep easy. At just

Then one day we were watching Patience patiently

ten months of age she had to break through three fences

when I noticed something different about her. “Do you no-

to become intimate with a bull so big he could shade an

tice she is not as fat?” I asked my wife. “And is that milk

elephant. The senior herd sire’s feet are bigger than a

dripping from her canteen? Patience has had a calf!” I

loading chute and I swear he must have had ticks on him

yelled.

bigger than his young love interest. The day this muscle bound bull was born surely the earth shook.

“You were expecting puppies?” my wife replied mockingly.

I basically had three options. I could have abort-

Sure enough, Patience had miraculously given

ed the heifer, or I could have sold her to an unsuspecting

birth to a healthy calf that already looked big enough for

neighbor. But since she was carrying my return address,

the weaning pen. I marveled at the size of the calf, “Pa-

a big brand, I decided to take my chances and hope she

tience giving birth to that big calf reminds me of the time

was too young to get bred by the brute of a bull. My third

two of us had to carry a painfully heavy slate pool table

option, therefore, was to do nothing, which, it just so hap-

down two flights of stairs, around two extremely tight cor-

pens, I am exceedingly good at.

ners and then through a narrow passageway.”

We were doubly surprised a couple months later when we were measuring the replacement heifer’s pelvic

“Yeah, and you weren’t very patient with me then either,” my wife accurately recalled.

areas. The first shocker was that the heifer had the small-

“After all our worrying maybe I should have known

est pelvic area and the second surprise was that, yes, she

that cows are just like people and they have an inborn in-

was in face bred.

stinct for selecting the right individual to mate with.”

So, we named her Patience, for reasons that will

My wife looked at me in a disgusted manner and

soon become apparent. Then we watched and we waited.

sarcastically said, “No, I’m very sad to say that not all of us

Several times I would wake in the middle of the night to

are always that smart.”

go check her. I had permanent rings around my eyeballs from the binoculars from watching her from afar so I

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TOP TEN THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW:

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In The News... CROP PRACTICES ARE BOOSTING HERBICIDE RESISTANCE IN WEEDS The battle against a growing population of herbicide-resistant weeds could be a losing one. Within the past two years, weed scientists have confirmed fields with common waterhemp and ragweed that do not respond to glyphosate in Iowa, although problems were rumored for years before that. To date, glyphosate resistance has been confirmed in 12 weed species in North America, with glyphosate-resistant weed populations identified in 25 states.

resistant weed species are resistant to other herbicides as well.

However, weed resistance isn’t new, and it isn’t limited just to glyphosate. There are 18 different types of herbicide-resistant weeds in Iowa, according to the International Survey of Herbicide Resistant Weeds.

Growers are beginning to see the advantages of starting out with a pre-plant residual herbicide, while others view as an unnecessary expense. Applying a residual gives better control, and whether it is measured or not, there are probably better yields because of elimination of early weed competition.

It could be the development of resistance, or it could be weed shifts-something (the herbicide) never controlled in the first place. The repeated, widespread use of glyphosate makes it likely the problem will only get worse over time. Resistant populations tend to grow on a logarithmic scale, growing at a low level then exploding all at once. It may seem like resistant weeds are a new problem, but they probably have been in the field for a few years. Adding to the challenge are an increasing number of weeds that are resistant to multiple herbicides. For example, waterhemp in Iowa and Illinois has shown resistance to triazine herbicides, ALS inhibitors, PPO inhibitors, glyphosate and HPPD herbicides.

The best hope for managing resistant weed populations is for growers to scout their fields and adopt integrated management practicesrotating herbicide modes of action as well as focusing on herbicide efficacy, persistence and frequency of application. Agronomic practices such as crop rotation and tillage can also decrease herbicide selection intensity.

It’s important to know what herbicides are included in the products used to control weeds. Products labeled with a variety of names and formulations often have the same mechanism of action. Most pre-mixes include an ALS-inhibitor that doesn’t help at all because all the waterhemp in the Midwest is ALS-resistant. To eliminate resistance, you need redundancy. You need two mechanisms of action to control waterhemp. Maintaining the effectiveness of current herbicides is critical because there are no new mechanisms of action on the horizon.

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State Fair

JUNIOR MARKET BEEF SHOW dates

Colorado State Fair Pueblo, CO August 26, 2011

Illinois State Fair Springfield, IL August 13, 2011

Indiana State Fair Indianapolis, IN August 7-8, 2011

Iowa State Fair Des Moines, IA August 17, 2011

Kansas State Fair Hutchinson, KS September 10, 2011

Minnesota State Fair St. Paul, MN August 27, 2011

Ohio State Fair Columbus, OH August 6, 2011

Wisconsin State Fair Milwaukee, WI August 10, 2011

Missouri State Fair Sedalia, MO August 16, 2011

Nebraska State Fair Grand Island, NE September 4, 2011

111th American Royal Livestock Show American Royal officials announce an expanded schedule for the 111th Livestock Show to be held Oct.22 through Oct. 31, 2010. With the rising number of exhibitors attending and animals exhibited at the Livestock Show each year it was necessary to find a bit more breathing room. Therefore, the show has been expanded to include two weekends of livestock excitement. With this expansion comes the opportunity to add a few new shows as well. The junior market shows which include: steers, hogs, lambs and goats; will be held on the first weekend, Oct. 22 – Oct. 24 with the Junior Premium Livestock Auction on Sunday, Oct. 24. Also included in the first weekend will be the return of a Pedigreed Breeding Gilt Show, the All Breed Fancy Heifer & Prospect Steer Show & Sale, as well as the following breeding cattle open shows: Gelbvieh, Salers, American Lowline, Braunvieh and, new this year, Miniature Herefords. We have added two Boer Goat Shows to be held on Tuesday, Oct. 26 and Wednesday, Oct. 27. The second weekend, beginning on Thursday, Oct. 28 will include another great line up of breeding cattle open and junior shows: Angus, Limousin, Maine-Anjou, Shorthorn and Simmental. The American Royal will host the National Shows for the Charolais and Hereford breeds in 2010. The Livestock Show will culminate this year with the Supreme Junior Heifer Show. Each breed champion competing receives a $500 scholarship and the Supreme Heifer is awarded a $5,000 scholarship from the Stanley E. Stout Memorial Scholarship Fund. True to the purpose of the American Royal several other scholarships for junior exhibitors are available relative to their activities at the show. They are listed in detail on the American Royal website. There will be numerous breeding cattle auctions held throughout the week. A detailed schedule as well as the entire premium book, entry form and DNA kit order forms are posted online at www.americanroyal.com. DNA deadline is Aug.1 and the entry deadline is Sept.10, 2010. For further information please contact Karrie with the American Royal Livestock Department at (816)569-4054. �� 107

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Tejkl Show Cattle.......................... 33

Beeson Show Calves............... 127

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The Big East................................. 52-55

Boyle Farms............................. 15

Krantz Club Calves..................... 34

The Quilted Stitch........................ 17

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Linde’s Livestock Photos............ 109

Thomas Ranch............................. 101

Cagwin Farms.......................... 18

Looking Back.............................. 25

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Carrousel Farms......................

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Trausch Farms.............................. 41

Cedar Valley Shorthorns.........

Marotz Stock Farm...................... 34

Tree Lane Farms........................... 36-37

Central Iowa CCP..................... 121

McCollough Cattle Co................. 14

Van Allan Classic Portraits............ 122

Chianina Jr. Nationals............... 83-86

McDaniel Cattle/Weidel.............. 3

Virginia Club Calf Producers......... 99

DaFize Cattle Co...................... 122

Midwest Club Calf Producers...... 22-23

Vogler Cattle Co............................ 69

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Wagonhammer Ranches.............. 31

Dick Maier Obituary................. 66

NE Elite........................................ 44-45

Weaver Leather............................ 38

Dicks Family Show Cattle........ 95

NE Nebraska Sales...................... 30

Weigel Steer Pit............................ 59

Editorial.................................... 20-21

NW Iowa Sales............................ 116-117

West Central Iowa CCP................. 8, 9

ET Contracts............................. 56-57

Ohio Best.................................... 87-93

West Virginia Roundup................. 98

Faultless.................................... 70

Pearson Show Cattle.................. 4

Wolfe Farms.................................. 97

Foundation Female................... 27

Photos by Lucy............................ 107

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Gallagher Show Cattle............. 16

RC Show Cattle........................... 65

Gateway Genetics.................... 32

Sale Dates.................................. 19

Genetic Reflections.................. 60-61

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Goretska Cattle Co................... 124-125

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Graves Cattle Co...................... 26

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Habeger Show Cattle............... Back Cover

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