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19 An old timer once told me, “Never say whoa when you’re in a hole, because your efforts will affect you and those around you.” We, in agriculture, are essential to the people of the world. I do not want to take away the accolades and thanks to the doctors, nurses, and caregivers in these times, but food is essential for healing. Throughout this turmoil our company has run full bore; from empty sale barn auctions during the spring season to summer pastures, getting ready for an exciting fall season. Our purpose has not changed… we need to feed the people! During my summer tours, I have seen fabulous crops and an abundance of forage, which will surely reduce input costs in the cow herd. An impending bumper crop will ease feed grain prices, although some Alberta areas have been pummeled with rain and hail. Lush pastures should put an extra measure of pounds at weaning which should add an extra premium into your Levi’s … providing you are using quality sires.
and most importantly how to prepare different cuts of beef for the family table and when you add the component of growing gardens again, families have found that they can get along quite well without drive-thrus. Yes, consumers are learning the values of beef for both nutritional and taste qualities. With the closure and now partial closure of restaurants, one would surmise that we have a glut of product, but there is no indication of that in the marketplace, which tells me that cow herd inventories are low. This scenario is not of one that happens over night as it takes years for inventories to grow. Thus, opportunities become readily available for those who choose to “Never say whoa.”
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Shorty had seen the news on TV, how could you have missed it? Every day he watched Trudeau stand in front of his house and hand money out like he was giving candy to kids at some parade. Trudeau tried to look like he was suitably concerned, but Shorty figured that he had lied about his reason for “self-isolating”.
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It just seemed too much of a coincidence that his wife tested positive right at the start of the pandemic, forcing him into staying at home with the kids for months. Funny enough, he nor his
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kids developed symptoms of the most contagious disease the world has seen in nearly one hundred years. Shorty finally figured out why Justin had abandoned a career in education, a career that allowed him to shape the minds of Canada’s next... well actors. He went into politics because he was no damn good as an actor. He did his level best to feign concern about the health of the country, when really, he was doing his best to get re-elected. So... Trudeau and his health advisors decided to shut the country down, scare the population and then throw money at the problem... not the disease problem, the problem that he and the public health advisors had created by stopping the economy. It seemed strange to Shorty that the very people that Trudeau was listening to, the doctors and researchers, depended on the Government of Canada for funding. Talk about a make work project, create panic, feed that panic for as long as you possibly can, then ask for money to solve the problem.
For those who are in the livestock industry, namely the purebred sector, Indian River, Ontario is a familiar location, but most of the population would guess that it would be found someplace in the north. Situated in the Kawartha region, Indian River is located minutes east of Peterborough on highway #7 on the way to our nation’s capital. Driving through, do not blink… if you passed the service station and the post office, you have gone too far. A few more kilometers east, on your right, atop a hill sits a big hip roof barn and a stately Victorian home. For Scott and Paula Cornish… the best of two worlds!
purchase lightweight calves in the fall, carry them through the winter, then run them on grass in the summer to somewhere around a thousand pounds, ready to go into a feedlot. Paula started in 4-H at the age of twelve by borrowing an Angus calf from Wayne Beckett and her next calf was a Hereford borrowed from Gerry Cornish. Through purchasing and marketing the stockers, the family got to know Ross Bailey, an auctioneer/drover who raised purebred Angus. Paula recalls “Ross gave me a summer job and that’s where the Angus thing started.” She purchased her first Angus female in 1992 from Makenneh Farms, James and Mitch Hennekam at the Eastern Scott Cornish was born and raised in a purebred Ontario Angus Association Sale in Blackstock… the Hereford operation started by his grandfather in herd grew progressively from that point onward. 1920. His father, Edgar, and brother Gregory own and operate Milma Farms, running about one hundred and eighty registered cows. Milma and Whiskey Lane are neighboring farms, so Hereford blood has run in their veins for over a century. Scott received his grade school at David Fife Memorial Public School in Indian River, then went on to the University of Guelph where he achieved a diploma in Ag Business. Like any other farm-raised kid in Ontario, Scott was involved in 4-H with dreams of winning the National Beef Heifer Show at the Royal Winter Fair in Toronto.
Paula Pascoe grew up on a hundred-acre farm in Solina, Ontario. She completed her grade school in Hampton, Ontario, and achieved a degree in Ag Business at the University of Guelph. Her father ran a small herd Limousin cow-calf operation, but it did not take long for him to realize that people would have to move very quickly around them, so he began backgrounding stockers (grassers). He would
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Scott and Paula met at the Toronto Royal Winter Fair while Scott was completing college and Paula was in her first year. In March 2001, the couple purchased a 150-acre farm which is their home farm and a year later they were married. Ten years later in 2011, they purchased 150 acres of land adding to theirsupplementation base for Beef scientists share mineral strategies a total of three hundred acres, a large area for a beef By Maeley Herring
Fine-Tuned Engines
Under the hood of a pickup lies an assembly of metal, its details often forgotten – until the motor breaks down. All that’s left is a vehicle that can no longer do its job. Mineral nutrition in cattle is kind of like that. Hidden beneath the hide, minerals act behind the scenes to maintain general function. When cattle can’t access all the minerals they need, reproduction rates drop, tissue growth diminishes and illness sets in.
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“Every biological process in cattle involves minerals,” Stephanie Hansen said at the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association “Minerals 101” webinar in July. Everything. Of course that includes health, feed efficiency and reproduction. Less obvious? “Things like marbling, ribeye area development and muscle fiber type,” the Iowa State University feedlot nutritionist explained.
Topping off the minerals helps all functions, but quality beef starts with the cow.
“The dam’s nutrition program can have huge effects on carcass quality or heifer reproduction in the future,” said Jeff Heldt, Beef Technical Services Manager at Micronutrients, in a later interview. The healthier the cow when bred, the higher chance her calf will realize its potential. That only gets more important in the following months.
“In the last third of gestation, that fetal liver is accumulating trace minerals that meet its basic mineral needs for the first three to six months of age,” Hansen said. Beef-cow milk is low in trace minerals, so newborns have to pull from nutrients stored in their liver.
feedstuffs, requirements for cattle and absorption rates ensures cost effectiveness,” Hansen said.
“If you’re thinking about developing your own supplementation program—a great way to be cost effective—testing your own forages can be really important,” she said. To get the full picture, test water sources for antagonists like sulfur or iron that disrupt mineral absorption in the rumen. “Half of the mineral in forage is actually available to the animal,” Hansen said, noting digestibility, maturity and antagonists. “Find a baseline,” Heldt suggested. Knowing average mineral content in forages and any antagonists present opens the gate to cost-effective supplementation. Staying On Course It can be hard to invest in something without obvious or immediate results.
“Weaning, shipping and changes in environment are critical times,” Hansen said. Calves in transit lose less and rebound faster if they’ve had adequate trace minerals.
The need for minerals is plain enough, but figuring out what and how much to supplement seasonally? “Not so much,” Heldt said. “It’s an added cost that takes time to distribute and monitor.”
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That’s why convenience comes first in creating a plan to follow.
Sounds easy enough, but how can you tell if it’s all on track?
“You can design a pretty in-depth, extensive mineral program and easily overcomplicate it,” he said, advising to keep it easy and simple “to make sure it gets done.”
Planned programs can help. “Knowing the amounts of mineral types in
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All forages contain minerals, but content varies much by species, maturity, soils and climate.
For the weaned calves on wheat or those placed in finishing yards, mineral nutrition helps ensure they never have a bad day.
“Measuring success or failure in mineral nutrition is often very challenging,” Heldt said. Add protein to the ration and you’ll see an increase of gain. “But you feed a hundred milligrams a day of copper and there’s no obvious response or physical observation.”
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This spring was like countless others for Shorty, cooler than some, but other than the weather similar to all the rest. As Shorty worked his way through the herd on horseback, it occurred to him that he might be the only one in the world that felt that way.
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Although this editorial is designed for our commercial sector, I must touch on the purebred component of the industry. In less than five months, purebred producers will be having bull sales. As most of you know, in prime season there are sales every day and, on some days, there are as Early reports of strong markets for grassers and many as ten and market share is tight.With the cancelation stockers indicate that our markets require more cattle. of the fall show season, breeders must find alternative Packing plants are back to running near full capacity ways to promote their product and their program. No without any talk of overage boxed product and I have doubt most would like to use the electronic highway but yet to see any supermarkets using beef as a “lost remember that social media is momentary, therefore paper leader”; as we are in prime barbeque season with advertising is still the best avenue to attract the masses, limited cuts on the shelves. There is no doubt that Mr. purebred and commercial… it has worked through many or Mrs. Consumer is getting tired of pork and chicken generations of cattlemen. But it is not a once in a year and so is the household they cook for. phenomenon… you need to start now; because if you Although Covid has limited some sectors of business, are reading this don’t you think that your customers are butchers and abattoirs are swamped with backlogs of reading it also? Think of the old-timer and what he would up to and over a six-month wait time to slaughter an do! animal. Farm gate sales of beef has become common place Thanks to all the dedicated producers that contribute to and families are back to purchasing quarters and halves, make our industry great. We are essential to every mouth which had become limited in the past decade by the new in the world, except for our mouths in the national capital. generation. Covid has taught both Mom and Pop to cook Plan to have a good harvest and a great fall… we are!
It was springtime on the ranch, the purebred herd had pretty much finished calving and the pressure was off Shorty. The commercial cows had started calving a week or so ago and Shorty was charged with matching newborns with their mothers, treating and tagging them and recording the results of his labour in a notebook.
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Worrying about the cost-benefit ratio can get in the way, too. You’re more likely to stick to a program if you know the importance of minerals at every level, even basic grazing, where they can improve fiber digestion. “Forage – pasture grass, hay, wheat – is the core feed base for any ranch and the mineral source can positively affect fiber digestion, setting cattle up for future success,” Heldt said. Mineral supplementation requires a time and monetary commitment, but it’s worth it to keep what’s under the hide running smoothly.
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Glen Gabel Angus Halls Cattle Co. Glen Gabel 306-536-1927 Barry Hall 306-533-8416 Jackson Cattle Co. Sunny Grove Chance Jackson 306-537-4690 Desmond Rasmussen 306-869-7151 Cottonwood Angus Brett Gaube 306-537-4710 Longview Cattle Co. Shar Kaczmar 306-451-7686 Edwards Angus Laird Edwards 306-567-7456 Triple H Angus Cory Hart 306-718-7007
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Bench Angus T h i r d A n n u al Bla c k A n g us L on g Ye a r ling Bull & Purebre d Bred He if e r Prod uc tion Sale
Wednesday, November 25, 2020
At the Farm - Shaunavon, SK •On Offer•
Long Yearling Bulls Yearling Bulls Purebred Bred Heifers P r o g e n y & S e r v i c e s o f. . . Ben ch R a ng e B o ss 6 005 D (B a r S R a ng e B o ss 4 00 2) Mer it Me nt o r 6 1 09D (Mer i t B i g Da w g 304 9A ) Ben ch B l a ck J a ck 6 001 D (KR B l a ck J a ck 4 2 78) Ben ch R a ng e B o ss 6 003D (B a r S R a ng e B o ss 4 00 2) C r escen t C r e ek 1 1 36 R i t o 6 1 B (MC C u mb er 8R1 01 Ri t o 113 6) C r e ekvi e w Insi g h t 2 8Z (Me r i t 1 4 6 X)
Bench Angus Bench Farming Co. Ltd. Joseph Waldner Shaunavon, SK S0N 2M0 Ph: 306-297-1331 ext. 301 or 726 bhbangus@gmail.com View the catalogue online at BuyAgro.com
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Chris Poley 306-220-5006 Shane Michelson 403-363-9973 Ben Wright 519-374-3335
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The “Wish I had” club has a huge membership! How many times have we heard the phrase, “if I knew it was going to get good, I would have added a hundred?” Well cowboys… we are on the edge of a big “bull market!” All signs point to increase… Statscan reports that cattle inventories are down 24.8% since its peak in January 2005. Heifers held for breeding in 2019 declined 6.3% and international cattle exports increased by nearly 7%. This past week, good quality 800 to 900 lb. stockers sold up to $2.00 a pound in a strong and aggressive market. Kill numbers are near current with no backup in the pipelines, no lost leader beef sales… retail chains with meat counters are grinning from ear to ear as the consumer is paying the most per pound of beef in history, not boycotting the product and cleaning out the shelves! No doubt, COVID-19 with dining establishment closures, self-isolation and meals being again around the kitchen table has increased awareness to the importance that the livestock industry contributes to health and living, but shopping and supporting local producers becomes more commonplace each week. The local abattoirs throughout Canada are swamped with customers (especially on the weekends) purchasing various cuts in volume. These abattoirs have all added new employment opportunities in their local communities. The major problem they all have is lack of cooler
space for aging therefore; bookings, are being taken months in advance. Those who farm near large urban areas have been reaping the rewards of farm gate sales.This trend is higher in multicultural communities and has been rapidly increasing each year. The beef producer gets a higher dollar return for their animal while the consumer is buying local and in most cases, the entire family gets to see where their food is from. Farm gate sales are becoming more and more common, especially since COVID-19, but they are somewhat labor intense and suited for large families. Whether it is on the grocery shelf, at an abattoir or picked up at the farm gate, beef has become very fashionable again and shopping local has helped educate the consumer and their family. The fall sale calendar offers excellent opportunities to add quality and diversity to your program. Livestock sales have been deemed essential; however for those not wanting to travel, most sales will be electronically available for your bidding and selection. Harvest is in full swing… there is lots of feed, forage and straw to make for an efficient fall and winter. For those who have the foresight to increase numbers or quality in their programs, they will benefit in the years to follow as the quest to feed the people gets more intense… you decide whether you want to be a “bear or a bull!”
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STROMSMOE Herefords and Black Angus Maternal Excellence & Carcass Quality
36th Annual Production Sale
Tuesday, December 1, 2020 - 1:00 pm At the ranch 1.5 miles South of Etzikom, AB on Hwy 885
FEATURING:
32 Horned Hereford Long Yearling Bulls 3 Polled Hereford Long Yearling Bulls 31 Angus Long Yearling Bulls 15 Angus Bull Calves (many suitable for heifers) 15 Young Commercial Cows bred A.I. 100 Commercial Bred Heifers (including consignments from Mowat Ranch and Finstad Ranching)
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• All yearling bulls have passed a semen test
The catalogue includes: • Feet scores on the mother of every bull (foot claw set and foot angle)
Excellent Balanced Traits
• Udder scores on the mother of every bull taken before the newborn calf has had a chance to suck (teat size and udder suspension) • Docility scores on the dam of every bull taken within hours of birth
Nyle & Vicki 403-666-3957 Cell: 403-878-3957 Vicki’s cell: 403-502-6372 nstromsmoe@yahoo.ca
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Social Distancing It was springtime on the ranch; the purebred herd had pretty much finished calving and the pressure was off Shorty. The commercial cows had started calving a week or so ago and Shorty was charged with matching newborns with their mothers, treating and tagging them and recording the results of his labour in a notebook. This spring was like countless others for Shorty, cooler than some, but other than the weather similar to all the rest. As Shorty worked his way through the herd on horseback, it occurred to him that he might be the only one in the world that felt that way. Shorty had seen the news on TV, how could you have missed it? Every day he watched Trudeau stand in front of his house and hand money out like he was giving candy to kids at some parade. Trudeau tried to look like he was suitably concerned, but Shorty figured that he had lied about his reason for “self-isolating.” It just seemed too much of a coincidence that his wife tested positive right at the start of the pandemic, forcing him into staying at home with the kids for months. Funny enough, he nor his
kids developed symptoms of the most contagious disease the world has seen in nearly one hundred years. Shorty finally figured out why Justin had abandoned a career in education, a career that allowed him to shape the minds of Canada’s next... well actors. He went into politics because he was no damn good as an actor. He did his level best to feign concern about the health of the country, when really, he was doing his best to get re-elected. So... Trudeau and his health advisors decided to shut the country down, scare the population and then throw money at the problem... not the disease problem, the problem that he and the public health advisors had created by stopping the economy. It seemed strange to Shorty that the very people that Trudeau was listening to, the doctors and researchers, depended on the Government of Canada for funding. Talk about a make work project, create panic, feed that panic for as long as you possibly can, then ask for money to solve the problem. Shorty shook his head and sighed out loud.
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His dog, Mike, looked up at him to see what was happening with his boss. “Sorry Mike, it just dumbfounds me how people think.” Mike went back to whatever he was doing before he was so rudely interrupted... which was nothing. Shorty figured that Mike was doing what a lot of people were doing right now... nothing. It must be strange to see the entire country shut down, people walking around in masks, walking around others on the street like they were on fire. Shorty wondered how long it would be before people would finally start losing it. How long before people that lost their business or their jobs would start doing something stupid. He didn’t figure he could blame them; some of them had spent their entire lives working to build a better life for their family and then the ineptitude of their government had ripped their lifetime of work away from them. No amount of government aid would fix that.
“That is the way it should be,” Shorty said out loud to no one. When someone gets into trouble in our world, and asks for help, we should be there to help. It doesn’t make sense to hide in a house or avoid our friends and neighbours when everyone needs help. Shorty swung his mount towards the barn. He realized that he was lucky to still have a job, that he was lucky to be comfortable working alone, and that he was lucky to be safe and healthy. He was also lucky to be at a stage in life, that he could understand that things were not as bad as Trudeau would like us all to believe, that sometimes common sense just isn’t all that common. Shorty realized that, at that very moment he was about a mile and a half from the nearest person, and even at that he was about a foot and a half too close to whomever that nearest person was at any time, let alone during these times. Shorty smiled to himself, maybe he was pretty good at this new normal after all.
Shorty dropped a loop around the neck of a newborn that did not sport an ear tag, swung off his mount and processed the calf while Mike kept the concerned and rather angry mother at bay. He freed the calf, gave Mike a pat on the head and swung into the saddle. He watched the calf and cow trot back towards the herd and realized the cries for help had summoned all the cattle within earshot to come help.
Grant Rolston was born and raised in ranching country near Penticton, British Columbia. After graduating school, he worked on a purebred Hereford ranch, then assumed a position at Western Breeders Artificial Insemination Unit. In 1980, he left the livestock scene and joined the Edmonton Police Department, where he received his formal training in photography, working for the IDENT unit (crime scene investigation). After a decade, he returned to the industry, purchasing a herd of purebred Angus cattle but both Grant and his wife, Lauralee, worked off the ranch to make a living. He chose livestock photography and is now Canada’s premier livestock photographer of beef cattle. Grant and Lauralee travel throughout nine provinces in Canada for on farm photography, in addition to all major livestock shows, including the Royal Winter Fair in Toronto, the Canadian Western Agribition and all major National Junior shows in the summer months. Grant and Lauralee Rolston reside in Vulcan, Alberta. With four decades of experience, Grant shares things that are “Not Taken for Granted.” Today’s Angus Advantag e 25
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The Whiskey Lane Story
For those who are in the livestock industry, namely the purebred sector, Indian River, Ontario is a familiar location, but most of the population would guess that it would be found someplace in the north. Situated in the Kawartha region, Indian River is located minutes east of Peterborough on highway #7 on the way to our nation’s capital. Driving through, do not blink… if you passed the service station and the post office, you have gone too far. A few more kilometers east, on your right, atop a hill sits a big hip roof barn and a stately Victorian home. For Scott and Paula Cornish… the best of two worlds!
purchase lightweight calves in the fall, carry them through the winter, then run them on grass in the summer to somewhere around a thousand pounds, ready to go into a feedlot. Paula started in 4-H at the age of twelve by borrowing an Angus calf from Wayne Beckett and her next calf was a Hereford borrowed from Gerry Cornish. Through purchasing and marketing the stockers, the family got to know Ross Bailey, an auctioneer/drover who raised purebred Angus. Paula recalls, “Ross gave me a summer job and that’s where the Angus thing started.” She purchased her first Angus female in 1992 from Makenneh Farms, James and Mitch Hennekam at the Eastern Scott Cornish was born and raised in a purebred Ontario Angus Association Sale in Blackstock… the Hereford operation started by his grandfather in herd grew progressively from that point onward. 1920. His father, Edgar and brother Gregory own and operate Milma Farms, running about one hundred and eighty registered cows. Milma and Whiskey Lane are neighboring farms, so Hereford blood has run in their veins for over a century. Scott received his grade school at David Fife Memorial Public School in Indian River, then went on to the University of Guelph where he achieved a diploma in Ag Business. Like any other farm-raised kid in Ontario, Scott was involved in 4-H with dreams of winning the National Beef Heifer Show at the Royal Winter Fair in Toronto. Paula Pascoe grew up on a hundred-acre farm in Solina, Ontario. She completed her grade school in Hampton, Ontario, and achieved a degree in Ag Business at the University of Guelph. Her father ran a small herd Limousin cow-calf operation, but it did not take long for him to realize that people would have to move very quickly around them, so he began backgrounding stockers (grassers). He would
Scott and Paula met at the Toronto Royal Winter Fair while Scott was completing college and Paula was in her first year. In March 2001, the couple purchased a 150-acre farm which is their home farm and a year later they were married. Ten years later in 2011, they purchased 150 acres of land adding to their base for a total of three hundred acres, a large area for a beef
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cattle operation in Ontario. During that time, their two children were born; Jason who is now twelve and Shelby who is ten. But through all of this, there was a problem, neither of the two was willing to give up their breed of choice… so that is why they run seventy cows… thirty-five Angus and thirty-five Herefords!
After purchasing the original farm, the conversation of naming the farm arose. They had purchased the property from a man who was an alcoholic... a war veteran who drank all the time. They found whiskey bottles everywhere, in the sheds, under trees and in the barn. One day Scott says to Paula, “Whiskey Lane Livestock” and Paula replied, “Are you nuts, no one will take us seriously” and Scott replied, “No, everyone will remember it.” The lane is half a kilometer and there were lots of whiskey bottles… so the name stuck!
a few get that experience.” Scott’s work takes him to a variety of farms seeing many different breeds, genetics, and management practices. “Because Paula and I are breeding cows at home, the people have an appreciation as we are doing the same thing they are.”
The folks at Whiskey Lane Livestock breed for January through March calving. They A.I. for the first two cycles and usually by then they are ready for grass. They turn the Angus bull out with the Hereford cows and the Hereford bull out with the black cows. There is always a strong market for the black and white-faced calves and a great way to monitor fertility in the herd.
After graduating from university, Paula was offered a position with the Toronto Dominion Bank (TD) as an agricultural account manager and is celebrating her twentieth year. Paula comments, “I love my job because it is extremely helpful for me and our customers. Prior to Covid, we could visit our customers, offer suggestions, and learn from mistakes not only in beef cattle but for dairy producers, cash croppers, and virtually all areas of agriculture. Every sector of farming is rapidly changing so positive input helps the whole community and area.
When Bryan asks, “With both of you working how do the day to day things happen on the farm?” Paula Scott took a job after college as a regional A.I. explains, “A normal day for us is that we have to be technician with Gencor in the Kawartha area. His gone or away from the farm by 8:00 A.M. at the very livestock knowledge and success has vaulted his latest. So, we must have things situated here until position to Regional Coordinator and Beef Specialist we get back between 4 to 5 o’clock. We do not have for East Gen Genetics, Guelph, Ontario. His job cameras in the barn, so we get up to check during has taken him to Russia three times, Brazil once calving season. Normally we get up at 5 A.M. and and several trips to the United States. “It makes you chore. This involves feeding corn silage, hay and appreciate how other countries work and how our setting up. It tends to get a little tricky because at that Canadian Genetics fit into those countries. Only time of the year it is extremely dark.” The Cornish’s Today’s Angus Advantag e 29
wean everything in October and at which time the stockers get shipped. The cows usually stay out until December 27th, then depending on winter the first thirty to calve will be brought around the barn. The cows in the field are fed corn silage and wintered on straw packs near windbreaks. “You are in a highly urban area off the main highway, how does that affect you?” Bryan asks. Scott replies, “There is good and bad about it. As we are near a big urban center, there should be lots of people in demand for our product. The problem lies in land values and puts stresses on feed. One good thing in Ontario is we have lots of corn so we can finish cattle close to a large market with nearby packing facilities. But each year, the environments make more rules and the animal welfare people have something to gripe about.” From their early upbringing, both Scott and Paula loved showing cattle. In their younger years, they would exhibit over ten summer shows, but now they exhibit in Peterborough each August, and a couple in September. Their focus has been the Toronto Royal Winter Fair and the last few years, Canadian Western Agribition in Regina, Saskatchewan. Their results in the show ring have been successful in both breeds. Divisional champions and class winners with the Angus breed, but Scott’s goal is winning the Premier Breeder banner…. the true test of a breeding program. On the Hereford side, they have exhibited
junior days. In addition to show ring appearances, attending sales and visiting customers, the folks at Whiskey Lane Livestock market their Angus in the Eastern Extravaganza Sale in October and the Herefords in the Source for Success in September, as well they regularly consign to the Royal Elite Sale and the Premier & Guests Falls View Production Sale.
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When Bryan poses the question, “So where do you see the industry going?” Scott answers, “Numbers will be important, EPDs and carcass traits will also be important as long as they are combined with the proper phenotype, but the challenge with the beef industry is we do not have a good way of measuring that. That is where the show ring comes in… we need a combination of both. Keeping in mind that every market is different, what works in Ontario might not be what works in Mexico, North Dakota or wherever… so we need variants. A bit of the beef industry problem too, is that we have many different markets. We can get numbers on carcass data, numbers on yearling weights, but we do not have numbers on what a good foot is or what a dud is and similar uncharted data quite fundamental to a cowherd. There is lots of information on the end product but trying to get it relayed down to the cow/calf guys is a big challenge!
Paula is the current president of the Ontario Angus Association, a member of the board of the Ontario Angus Association and the board of the Eastern 2007 RAWF Grand Champion Hereford Female - WLL Sassy 1S Ontario Angus Association. Scott has been the two Champion Females at the Royal, and at both President of the Ontario Hereford Association and on times Paula was pregnant. She says “The ongoing joke the board of the East Central Ontario Zone. was maybe you need to get pregnant again to have another champion. The couple judged the Charolais Show at the Royal and this past fall sorted the Junior Beef Show… a show they participated in back in their Today’s Angus Advantag e 30
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By Maeley Herring Under the hood of a pickup lies an assembly of metal, its details often forgotten – until the motor breaks down. All that’s left is a vehicle that can no longer do its job. Mineral nutrition in cattle is kind of like that. Hidden beneath the hide, minerals act behind the scenes to maintain general function. When cattle can’t access all the minerals they need, reproduction rates drop, tissue growth diminishes and illness sets in. That’s why mineral supplementation underpins any cattle operation. Breaking It Down “Every biological process in cattle involves minerals,” Stephanie Hansen said at the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association “Minerals 101” webinar in July. Everything. Of course that includes health, feed efficiency and reproduction. Less obvious? “Things like marbling, ribeye area development and muscle fiber type,” the Iowa State University feedlot nutritionist explained. Topping off the minerals helps all functions, but quality beef starts with the cow. “The dam’s nutrition program can have huge effects on carcass quality or heifer reproduction in the future,” said Jeff Heldt, Beef Technical Services Manager at Micronutrients, in a later interview. The healthier the cow when bred, the higher chance her calf will realize its potential. That only gets more important in the following months. “In the last third of gestation, that fetal liver is accumulating trace minerals that meet its basic mineral needs for the first three to six months of age,” Hansen said. Beef-cow milk is low in trace minerals, so newborns have to pull from nutrients stored in their liver.
feedstuffs, requirements for cattle and absorption rates ensures cost effectiveness,” Hansen said. All forages contain minerals, but content varies much by species, maturity, soils and climate. “If you’re thinking about developing your own supplementation program—a great way to be cost effective—testing your own forages can be really important,” she said. To get the full picture, test water sources for antagonists like sulfur or iron that disrupt mineral absorption in the rumen. “Half of the mineral in forage is actually available to the animal,” Hansen said, noting digestibility, maturity and antagonists. “Find a baseline,” Heldt suggested. Knowing average mineral content in forages and any antagonists present opens the gate to cost-effective supplementation. Staying On Course
For the weaned calves on wheat or those placed in finishing yards, mineral nutrition helps ensure they never have a bad day.
It can be hard to invest in something without obvious or immediate results.
“Weaning, shipping and changes in environment are critical times,” Hansen said. Calves in transit lose less and rebound faster if they’ve had adequate trace minerals.
The need for minerals is plain enough, but figuring out what and how much to supplement seasonally? “Not so much,” Heldt said. “It’s an added cost that takes time to distribute and monitor.”
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That’s why convenience comes first in creating a plan to follow.
Sounds easy enough, but how can you tell if it’s all on track?
“You can design a pretty in-depth, extensive mineral program and easily overcomplicate it,” he said, advising to keep it easy and simple “to make sure it gets done.”
“Measuring success or failure in mineral nutrition is often very challenging,” Heldt said. Add protein to the ration and you’ll see an increase of gain. “But you feed a hundred milligrams a day of copper and there’s no obvious response or physical observation.” Planned programs can help. “Knowing the amounts of mineral types in
Worrying about the cost-benefit ratio can get in the way, too. You’re more likely to stick to a program if you know the importance of minerals at every level, even basic grazing, where they can improve fiber digestion. “Forage – pasture grass, hay, wheat – is the core feed base for any ranch and the mineral source can positively affect fiber digestion, setting cattle up for future success,” Heldt said. Mineral supplementation requires a time and monetary commitment, but it’s worth it to keep what’s under the hide running smoothly.
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Senses and Sense To perfect your sport, think like a leader.
By Morgan Marley herd demeanor has changed dramatically, says MARC livestock manager Chad Engle.
Humans developed over millennia to hunt and herd. When it’s time to move animals, instincts send us out with a purpose but sometimes little thought to how our aggressive behavior affects what they do.
He’s seen a difference across the 28 cattle breeds at MARC, with fewer accidents and injuries, too. “Doctor Kip has evolved my thinking on training new employees,” he says. The need for experience on a resume has been replaced by “want to” in the interview.
Stepping into a cattle pen, we naturally act the predator, manipulating where animals go. But good handling practices should turn us into leaders, says Kip Lukasiewicz.
Every win comes from disciplined action, and good stockmanship is no different.
The veterinarian now works through Production Animal Consultation to teach ranchers and cattle feeders across the country how to use their senses—sight, hearing, smell and touch—to understand and guide animals. Study The Behaviors Rather than simply putting animals up front and pushing, a true communicator leads them through any facility or environment. “I wish people could lose their voice,” Lukasiewicz says, “and learn to directly communicate with their eyes, their position and their posture.” The shoulder, rib and hip are pressure points applied through body language. Response time is grounded in trust. Like a close friend, familiar cattle have a smaller flight zone and need more pressure to move. Less trust takes less pressure. Disciplined Learning Special-forces military teams train to understand what another person is thinking, what they will do in any situation, to predict what will happen so there are no mistakes. To work as a team, Lukasiewicz suggests new ranch hands watch and learn before stepping into the corral. “A cow can focus on one or two people at a time,” he says. Sorting pairs doesn’t take but two people. It helps ensure a quiet process that’s also efficient. The USDA Meat Animal Research Center (MARC), with its 8,000head cow herd and 6,400-head feedyard, is a testament to the benefits of a change in approach. In just six years working with Lukasiewicz,
“All professional athletes watch film of themselves,” he says. “And I consider myself a professional athlete at the end of the day.” Visuals are still important to Lukasiewicz, whether it’s a drone shot above a facility or just watching cattle load out. How cattle behave as they move though pens or where they place their feet on unlevel ground tells what the animals need. “By doing that, I designed a chute load-out with steps,” he says. “The width and depth of the steps gave more animal comfort as they were loading or coming off the truck.” Being in the cattle business comes with high risk and investments. “So make sure it’s right,” Lukasiewicz says. The Bottom Line “Good health isn’t secured with just a needle and syringe, it’s our approach,” Engle says. Weaning starts the day a calf is born, in terms of how they’re handled and human interaction. “It takes a skill that isn’t just born and natural,” he explains. “It takes being taught.” Avoiding psychological pressure in stressful situations leads to more effective vaccine treatment. “If we treat an animal, something went wrong in the system,” Engle says. “Not treating calves or having people get injured is hard to put a price tag on.” When cattle have positive interactions with people, it’s more fun for everyone. “I hope cattle enjoy our interaction,” says Byron Ford, a rancher and feeder near Cairo, Nebraska. “When you learn to work cattle this way, they look forward to seeing you.” It makes his role as caregiver easier, too. Prey animals are experts at hiding sickness, so when they’re more comfortable it’s easier to find those having a bad day, Ford says. Making big changes requires leader buy-in, and the leader isn’t always atop some corporate ladder. “Sometimes the team leader isn’t the smartest or most well equipped,” Lukasiewicz says. “But they are the person that is relatable and inspiring.” It just takes the action of one person to show others the way. Visit the CAB Cattlemen Connection website at www.CABcattle.com for more stories like this.
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his may seem like a boring topic, but please read and fine tune your needling process. When we think of it, the proper usage of syringes and needles becomes second nature in today’s cattle production for treating, vaccinating, flushing, aspirating or applying local anesthetic. We often grab syringes and needles by second nature and we all have our preferences. We definitely don’t want to leave any needles in the animal just as we don’t want to cause more pain than necessary by using the improper needles. This article will illustrate some of my preferences and principals but keep in mind there is always some latitude as to how selections are made and there are no real hard, fast rules but only some good principals we need to recognize to make the job easier, save us time, deliver the products correctly and be less hard on our livestock. We also need to do everything possible to avoid needles ending up in the carcass. First off, needle size and length is the first decision to be made. With most products now given subcutaneously this can be accomplished with at most a one-inch needle and often a ¾ inch is the perfect size for even mature animals. The gauge or bore of the needles will depend on the viscosity of the product to be given and the volume to be injected. More viscous products, such as some antibiotics, require a 16-gauge needle, whereas more watery products such as selenium, most water-based vaccines can be given with an 18 to 20-gauge needle. Remember, the higher the gauge or number the smaller the bore of needle. Cows and yearlings we generally are going with 18 to 16-gauge needles and with calves we stick pretty much to 18 to 20-gauge needles. The smaller the bore and sharper we can use the less hole created and the less pain it should create from trauma. Also, less reflux of product out the needle hole the smaller bore of needle. The only real exception to this is 14-gauge longer needles are often used for large amounts of intravenous products, such as calcium, are given. For intramuscular shots in cows, for products like scours vaccines and vitamin A&D or some of the older antibiotics, we need a 1 ½ inch needle. This is where strength is also important, so the common gauge is 16-gauge for the viscous products and 18 for the other. The 18-gauge will bend easier but simply replace, they are sharper and go in easier than a 16-gauge. On large numbers of cattle using sharper, small bore needles is easier on the person processing. Always keep your automatic guns maintained and the rubbers lubricated with even 1 drop of cooking oil. You want to always use and purchase disposable needles that are sharper, have a thinner wall and cause less damage than the older steel needles. Make sure they have metal hubs for those used on cattle. I feel strongly that plastic hubs on needles for cattle should be outlawed. This is where breakage occurs. I am also looking into the fact that all metal in needles can be detected now. The packing plants finding of needles in meat is very very very minimal so we are all doing a tremendous job when it comes to keeping needles out of the food supply. When giving subcutaneous shots we should often use the one-handed technique that involves inserting the needle at an angle into the pocket under the skin without tenting it. We can actually feel the needle drop down into the subcutaneous space. This technique keeps our free hand away from the sharp needle and prevents injuries around chutes from cattle learching forwards or
backwards and pinching your hands. When mass processing or vaccinating it is very important to use automatic guns that can have the dosage set, they are accurate in delivery and they can be cleaned easily. It is best to use warm water when finishing and even disassemble the syringe if you need to. You want to stay away from any cleansing agents especially if using the syringes right away. At veterinary clinics, syringes will be autoclaved between herds. The other option is disposable syringes but is best used if inserting the needle and then attaching the syringe otherwise the plastic syringes will often break at the hub. Believe me I know this from experience. The last thing we want is a needle left in the hide so proper restraint such as in a squeeze chute is totally necessary in anything bigger than newborn calves. And always visually check you have the needle on the end of the syringe when finished the injection. We always want to use new needles when giving intravenous shots or between groups of animals and there are instances such as with bovine leucosis that these cattle are segregated and needled last so as to not transmit the disease in the blood. As with all recommendation according to verified beef production +, changing every ten or so animals when vaccinating or when dulled, burred, bent or soiled is a necessary habit to get into. Use a new needle to pull out of the bottle of vaccine or antibiotic. Make sure and always have a sharps container available. A one-gallon plastic jug properly labeled for sharps will last a farm for years. Use the needle cap to remove the needle. I bend them and twist off or have a pair of pliers handy. Needles can be purchased in packages of 100 so don’t hesitate having lots around with several gauges and various lengths to pick from. With most products we now give subcutaneously, and you can inject most of them using the one-handed subcutaneous technique that has been described. With intramuscular shots we ideally want to put in the needle first and watch for blood. Some intramuscular injections like penicillin could give you an allergic reaction if injected into a vein inadvertently. Watch the labels to insure you are giving the product where it is indicated. More and more products are now labeled for subcutaneous usage which all add to better meat quality. As an aside note, most needles on the darts are larger bore and about one inch in length. We are probably giving product IM instead of Sq, but the benefit is catching a sick animal early. Discuss this usage with your veterinarian and don’t overtreat. If we take great care with our needle selection, we will do a much better job administering vaccines and antibiotics so the results should be healthier cattle with less swelling, abscesses, scarring, etc. By going subcutaneous whenever it is allowed no muscle damage is done. With progress there are more intranasal vaccines, products given orally or topically and even needleless vaccinators so needle usage is gradually going down in the cattle business. Always have epinephrine close by just in case of an allergic reaction that is possible with any product you inject and have/use the sharps container.
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The Market Demands More Demand
By Miranda Reiman Demand drivers.
Even without a worldwide pandemic, economic shutdowns and disruptions in food processing, Dan Basse would have covered demand drivers at the 15th annual Feeding Quality Forum. The president of Chicago-based AgResource Company had charts to back up his point: “Going back maybe to the Civil War, it’s those demand drivers that give opportunity to the market.” Basse kicked off the on-line forum hosted by the Certified Angus Beef ® brand last month. Grain markets typically lead market direction. Supply is no problem, with a 2.7% increase in global grain yields in the last decade compared to the previous. “There’s been $87 billion spent looking for technology for farmers to help produce more—more beef, more pork, more grain,” Basse said. “I would really like to get agriculture behind a platform that we think about not only spending on ways to help us farmers produce more, but help consumers consume more, because as the end of the day, that will be the key to terms of our profitability.” This year, however, those demand drivers are even more lackluster than anyone could have predicted at the start of 2020. More than 3 million small businesses have shut down since COVID-19 came to the U.S. and that could reach 6 to 8 million by the end of the year. It’s the heart of the U.S. agricultural and economic outlook,” he said. Last year was the first time more Americans—51% of them—spent most of their food dollar outside the home, “so it’s a big change to have that [food service] industry crippled as it is,” he said.
He suggested Live Cattle futures are overvalued, and cattlemen should consider hedging at $112 to $114 during the last quarter of 2020, and at $116 to $118 into the first part of 2021. “There is some risk in feed prices based on the late-season dryness, Chinese demand and things of that nature, but also based on the broad commodity markets, which are starting to turn around here just a little bit,” Basse said. Following the Midwest derecho storm, AgResource predicted yields to slip from record highs, down to around 179 bushels/acre, which is still nearly “on trend.” Yet, he expects the lows to come later this fall. “Don’t get bullish and chase this market as a feed user today. Step back and allow the market to come to you in October and November,” he advised. Economic wild cards include political outcomes and continued stimulus measures. Never before did I think we’d see a U.S. debt level for government at $26.8 trillion and still growing,” Basse said. “These debt levels are something that I believe will be a drag on the U.S. in the world economy for many, many years to come.” Growth across the globe has slowed, too, but India and China are still expected to become the No. 1 and 2 largest economies, overtaking the U.S. by 2025 or 2026. Government support plays a big role in overall farm income, accounting for 40% to 45% of net farm revenue this year. “That is something I never thought I would see in my career,” said the 41-year veteran.
Restaurants are operating at about 40% of normal, and it could be a year or more before they’re back to 100%, Basse said, noting the development of a vaccine or a strong therapeutic seems to be the key. “The food service industry has been very important to the U.S. cattle industry. We’re still believing that it will struggle until we get to next spring,” he said. “I wish I could be more bullish in the cattle market.” Trade is not in the domestic beef industry’s favor either, as the U.S. has been importing more food than it’s been exporting the last four months. Beef industry exports are down 15.2%. “To really get health in the agricultural economy, we need to start the export market kicking off a little more robustly. We need to see high-value goods leaving this country to other nations,” Basse said. “Principally beef, meats and some of the DDGs and ethanol products we now produce.”
Net farm income is down 47% from 2012, and has been flat for a number of years. Basse looks each morning for signs of everything from new export demand to product innovations. “We need to see a new demand driver for you to get this all changed around,” he said. Feeding Quality Forum sponsors include Diamond V, FeedLot Magazine, Micronutrients, Zoetis and AngusLink. For more information or to watch full presentations, visit www.FeedingQualityForum.com.
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