The Cattle Journal: Beef & Business 2021 from Tri-State Livestock News

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39th Annual Registered Angus Bull Sale

S Whitlock 639

Other Sires KR Incredible 8149 Hoover Leadman T38 S Coalition 8262 S Coalition 8124

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Mrnak Hereford Ranch 54th Annual Production Sale

Sunday, February 14, 2021 Bowman, North Dakota

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27TH ANNUAL

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BULL SALE

Saturday, January 30, 2021 at the Ranch in our heated facility • New England, ND Lunch starts at 11am MST • Sale at 1pm MST

Selling 155 Top Cut Bulls Many herd bull prospects in the offering!

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1,120 ANGUS Sell

920 Bred Females

200 Bulls

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Bobcat Blue Sky 18880272

- Bred Heifers (No Brands)

Bred to 275 - AICircle L Gus

Apex Klondike 19337906

110 CED +5 | BW +3.4 | WW +79 | YW +140 | MK +24 CW +66 | MB +.83 | RE +.68 | Fat +.037 | $M +73 $W +74 | $F +110 | $G +59 | $B +169 | $C +292 (Pictured Sire: Apex Pay Dirt 055)

CED +2 | BW +4.0 | WW +87 | YW +148 | MK +26 CW +79 | MB +.50 | RE +.56 | Fat +.001 $M +49 | $W +80 | $F +126 | $G +45 | $B +171 | $C +271

Reference Circle L Gus 17993084 Sire

AI Bred to Vermilion Spur B024

Bred 315 - Pasture Heifers

Heifers are all ultrasound pregnancy checked for sex and birth date in 10 and 20 day calving groups.

Coming 150 - 23 Year Old Cows 30 - Registered 8 Year Old Cows

Reference PGC Forge 19230832 Sire

AI bred to Bobcat Blue Sky

Year Old 40 - 10Commercial Cows

CED +15 | BW -2.2 | WW +62 | YW +103 | MK +21 CW +63 | MB +.20 | RE +.73 | Fat +.071 | $M +100 $W +71 | $F +121 | $G +28 | $B +149 | $C +293 CED +5 | BW +4.0 | WW +82 | YW +142 | MK +22 CW +74 | MB +.33 | RE +.60 | Fat -.003 | $M +58 $W +69 | $F +111 | $G +38 | $B +149 | $C +251

They start calving March 20th

Sire lineup includes:

Connealy Emerald (19257149) • Jindra Megahit (+17731559) SydGen Enhance (18170041) • VAR Legend 5019 (18066037) • Woodhill Blueprint (18876777)

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Morgan Meisenheimer is a highly sought-after livestock photographer based out of Gordon, Nebraska. Her freespirited creativity and artistic nature, combined with her keen eye for livestock evaluation, results in powerful imagery for clients nationwide.

Morgan grew up in Mount Airy, Maryland, on her grandfather's 160-acre dream, Brandston Farm, where they had a small registered Angus herd. Like most rural kids, Meisenheimer started exploring her agricultural interests through 4-H, where she developed a unique expertise in animal evaluation.

In 2009 she led Maryland’s National Champion 4-H Dairy Judging Team and was 3rd Overall and High Individual in reasons at the 2009 World Dairy Expo. She went on to become a National Junior College AllAmerican while on a National Champion Livestock Judging Team at Butler Community College and was named High Individual at Louisville in

2010. She then transferred to Oklahoma State where she was again an All-American on the 2012 National Champion Team. She was named High Individual at the American Royal and became the first woman to ever win reasons at both the Royal and Louisville in Sr. College.

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CONTENTS

20 EDITORIAL

BY MARAIA TIBBETTS

22 PRODUCER PROFILES 24 ARNTZEN ANGUS

BY REBECCA COLNAR

BY EMME DEMMENDAAL

38 KENNER SIMMENTAL 52

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SPICKLER RANCH SOUTH

BY MARIA TIBBETTS

UPSTREAM HEREFORD

BY DEANNA NELSON-LICKING

RAMBUR CHAROLAIS

BY REBECCA COLNAR

TWEDT RED ANGUS

BY RUTH WIECHMANN

CK BAR SIMMENTAL

BY BRENNA RAMSDEN

SHIPWHEEL CATTLE COMPANY

BY TAMARA CHOAT

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CAMPBELL RED ANGUS

BY KAYCEE MONNENS

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RAFTER T ANGUS

BY KAYCEE MONNENS

126 HOULD ANGUS

BY MARIA TIBBETTS

136 RESEARCH & ANIMAL HEATLH 138 FETAL NUTRITION AND BOVINE

PROGRAMMING

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BY DEANNA NELSON-LICKING

STERILE SIRES TRANSFERRING

ELITE GENETICS COULD REVOLUTIONIZE

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BY DENICE RACKLEY

150 THE SCIENCE OF COLOSTRUM

BY SHALEY LENSEGRAV

160 RANCH & FARM MANAGEMENT 164 AN EQUITABLE SHARE

BY RUTH WIECHMANN

BY TAMARA CHOAT

170 DEVELOPING THE FUTURE 180 RETAINING OWNERSHIP IS AN

OPTION FOR ADDING VALUE TO CALVES

BY TRISTEN POLENSKY

190 INFORMED DECISIONS THROUGH

SDSU’S CALF VALUE DISCOVERY PROGRAM

BY SHALEY LENSEGRAV

200 YOUTH & FUTURE

240 TSLN COLUMNS

204 204 THE NATIONAL FFA

CONVENTION GOES

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CATTLE MANAGEMENT

PROGRAM NEW TO

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BY RUTH NICOLAUS

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DAY WRITING

BY HEATHER HAMILTON-MAUDE

PASTOR IN THE PASTURE

BY WENDEL AND NORMA ELLIOTT

PRAIRIE MEMORIES

A FEW THOUGHTS

VARILEK’S BEEF REVIEW

BY GARY HEINTZ

BY JOHN S. NALIVKA

BY SCOTT VARILEK

254 AG EVENTS 266 ADVERTISER INDEX

230 BEHIND THE SCENES OF

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MARIA TIBBETTS Digital and Special Sections Editor

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olks in production agriculture aren’t strangers to changing and adapting. Despite our favorite refrain of, “but that’s the way we’ve always done it,” we recognize the necessity of being agile enough to adapt when the weather hits harder than we were prepared for, when the market drops farther than we thought it could, when a diagnosis, or a siren or a certified letter tells us our life will be changing.

But for all of those adaptations, we get to decide how we adjust. We sharpen the pencil and figure out where to cut or where to add, get a second opinion, draw from the rainy-day resources we wish we didn’t need, but are sure thankful we have.

But 2020 has been out of control. In many places, we’ve been told how we have to adjust, what we need to do, what’s best for us, and who we are if we don’t agree. That’s a real struggle for people whose livelihood has depended on their own judgement for decades. And when the people telling us what to do don’t seem to have any better information than we do, and their logic just doesn’t seem, well, logical, we

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get resentful of the interference. We get caught up in social media, and conversations that point out the wrongs, the if-onlys, the muttered profanity about the people “in charge.”

Most of us are ready to leave 2020 behind. But we all know that a new calendar doesn’t mean a new situation. On New Year’s Day we’ll all be exactly where we were when we went to bed on New Year’s Eve. But we can change our outlook. It’s not hard to count all the things that went wrong— spectacularly wrong—in 2020. All the bad decisions, strange weather and random acts of weirdness that seem to define the year.

But going into 2021, maybe we should start counting the things that go right. Like that moment when you step outside and the wind isn’t blowing. Maybe we should dwell on that for a minute longer than we normally would.

Or that 10-year-old cow that’s raised nine calves, without requiring our help even once.

In the midst of a snowstorm and a barn full of bawling calves, maybe we should stop for just a minute and watch the baby calves whose mamas are feeding them, keeping them out of the teeth of the storm. We’ve all got work to do, and we know that what’s falling apart has to get our attention first. But we don’t have to keep a tally, add up all the bad things that happen in a day and let it turn into a bad day.

Or a bad year.

I’m not trying to make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear here, but maybe we should figure out what we can make out of that sow’s ear, and start talking about that. Instead of lamenting when we have the opportunity to gather and commiserate, flip the conversation to what we’re thankful for. We don’t have to preach, and we don’t have to force anyone to become an optimist overnight. But when we start looking for the good in our situation and the people around us, we start to see it.

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Raising Quality Purebred Angus Cattle for Modern Times

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he land north of Lewistown, Montana features rolling hills and abundant grass—a perfect place to establish a ranch, which is what the Arntzen family did in the mid-1940s. Alm Arntzen and his son, Ken, moved to the area in the 1940s, purchasing 700 acres, building and adding to it over the next several decades.

“My grandpa bought the first Angus cows in 1955; before that, they raised Herefords,” said 35-year-old Kevin Arntzen who grew up on the ranch and after graduating from Montana State University returned home to take his place in

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The grass around the Arntzen Ranch in Hilger provides good summer grazing for their purebred Angus cattle.

the legacy of the purebred Angus ranch. “He started our purebred herd by purchasing Angus cows from well-known breeders such as Stevenson Angus, the Lost Lake Ranch in Fort Benton and the Green Valley Ranch in Hobson.”

Through the 1960s, the family kept building the cow herd, selling a few bulls private treaty and finally holding their

first bull sale in 1977. Sadly, Ken passed away before their first bull sale. Ken’s wife, Sherry, played a large role in developing the Arntzen breeding stock with her sons, Keith and Doug. The ranch woman was heavily involved in registering cattle and keeping close track of pedigrees.

Kevin mused about the changes from a simple

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Family members continue to work together to create an esteemed purebred Angus operation. Left to right: Derik, Doug, Brad, Erik, Kevin and Keith Arntzen.

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pedigree his grandpa used to develop and sell bulls until today. “In the mid- 1960s, the registered breeders started to conduct performance testing.

Then Expected Progeny Differences (EPDs) came along including birthweight, yearling weight and weaning weight. Today, we have 30-40 EPDs including carcass backfat, rib eye, carcass weight. The big change recently was having to do foot scores, udder scores and condition scores, as well as

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reporting all of the heifer breeding. In the last 10 years, the technology has been developed that bulls can be scored based on their DNA--a piece of tail hair, an ear notch or blood. DNA enhances EPD predictability. There is a lot of data to digest.�

Spring is an exceptionally busy time for the Arntzens.

The cows begin calving the first of February with 70 percent calved out by March 1. As calving slows down, the hard-working family prepares

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live auction, though.

Bull sales are a community event and there is the exciting atmosphere of the buyers when a bull walks into the ring. I think it’s important to have a live sale, not solely a video sale.”

KEVIN ARNTZEN for the annual bull sale the first Thursday of April. Starting May 1, it’s time for three weeks of synchronizing cows as the intensive Artificial Insemination/embryo transfer program commences. They have emphasized their AI in the past 12 years to get more cows bred and tighten the calving window which helps in the consistency of the bulls on sale day. In addition, AI allows them to offer larger sire groups.

“For years Dad and my uncles, Doug, have emphasized the maternal side, looking at a cow with calving ease that is low maintenance, to help the cow/calf producer get ahead,” said Kevin.

To continually improve their herd, members of the Arntzen family travel all over the country, looking at outcross bulls from other ranches to find one that will improve their genetics. The trips prove extremely

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educational, as the Arntzen can see the bulls firsthand and look at the calves from certain bulls; and if they like the calves and the sire’s corresponding data, they can purchase semen.

“The real fun is trying to get your own bull proven to sell semen around the country,” Kevin said. “It’s challenging yet exciting to try find a breeding that will result in a bull that will change the breed.

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mid to late 90s.”

The Arntzen Angus Bull Sale, which will be in its 45th year in 2021, continues to grow, seeing about 350 people moving through pens to examine bulls, enjoying a delicious lunch and, most importantly, raising up their bidding cards when the auction begins.

“Generally, at our bull sale we sell 220 bulls and another 50 private treaty. This year due to COVID and bad weather, our numbers were really down. We had about 40 people in the stands, and 85 pre-registered online buyers,” Kevin noted. “You can’t beat a live auction, though. Bull

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“The real fun is trying to get your own bull proven to sell semen around the country.”

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sales are a community event and there is the exciting atmosphere of the buyers when a bull walks into the ring. I think it’s important to have a live sale, not solely a video sale.”

Environmentally, with the rolling hills and open country, the area can be snowy; Arntzens start feeding hay the first of January or a little earlier if the weather doesn’t cooperate. However, they don’t creep feed or baby the cows and calves; the livestock need to prove themselves hardy enough to handle winter weather.

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Doug and Gayle Arntzen’s family is involved in the purebred operation, along with the family of Keith and Kris Arntzen. Each family runs separately but they work together on the bull sale and genetics.

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challenges in the area is competition for land.

They have the contentious American Prairie Reserve gobbling up ag land in the area (APR has bought a building in Lewistown and is working to set up in that area as well their ranch headquarters in Malta, MT).

Out-of-state people with more money than local ranchers have to spend are buying large tracts, limiting the ability of ranchers to be able to expand. In addition, the continued assault from anti-livestock organizations makes it essential to communicate directly to the consumer.

Arntzen Angus has a Facebook page and a website (www.arntzenangus.com) with the family reaching out to a non-agricultural audience to explain what ranching is really like and how it’s critical to the food supply.

It’s rewarding to work with family: Kevin and Keith work together and Doug has his sons Brad, Derick and Eric. Although their ranches are run separately, the families collaborate on the bull sale and genetics. In addition, three employees keep the ranch running smoothly including Todd Foran, who has worked with the Arntzens for 42 years.

32nd Annual Bull Sale

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Reeder, ND

1 p.m. (MST) • Bowman Auction Market Bowman, ND

SELLING 70 PUREBRED YEARLING CHAROLAIS BULLS ALSO SELLING 5 YEARLING HEIFERS FROM THE HEART OF THE HERD

Thank you to all our past customers and new customers.

Wishing everyone a blessed and prosperous 2021.

Stay healthy!

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Amdahl Angus & Hereford Tim and Marcia Amdahl 21747 Coyote Lane Piedmont, SD 57769 605-929-3717 605-999-6487 timamdahl@yahoo.com www.amdahlangusandhereford.com Assman Mary Beth 28453 296th Ave. Winner, SD 57580 605-730-0423 Assmus Brothers Eric and Aaron Assmus 25875 386th Ave Plankinton, SD 57368 605-732-4501 Jim River Cattle Service LLC Gary and Julie Auch 43174 294th Ave Lesterville, SD 57040 605-660-5708 Baker Lemar Angus Ranch Mike and Sandra Baker 11440 Angus Lane Saint Onge, SD 57779 605-642-9785 Baxter Angus Farm Mark Baxter 16984 368 Ave Rockham, SD 57470 baxterangus@nrctv.com RBM Livestock Mike, Barb, Ryan or Kim Bergh 44115 155th St Florence, SD 57235 605-758-2470 605-758-2456 Dubo Land & Cattle Harlan Bohn 14918 471st Ave. Twin Brooks, SD 57269 (605) 880-7161 dubo@tnics.com Bohn Livestock Gregory and Andrea Bohn 47162 US Hwy 12 Twin Brooks, SD 57269 605-237-2625 bohnlivestock@gmail.com

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Brozik Angus David Brozik 31808 US Hwy 18 Winner, SD 57580 605-280-8106 Bruns Angus Farms Jesse and Kari Bruns 22802 451st Ave. Madison, SD 57042 605-480-0625 jessebruns@gmail.com Buseman Angus Joel, Kim and DJ Buseman 44869 262 St Canistota, SD 57012 605-296-3361 Bush Angus James or Scott Bush 41785 109th St. Britton, SD 57430 605-448-5401 Bussmus Angus Gary and Cindy Bussmus 24973 404th Ave Mitchell, SD 57301 605-996-3265 Callies Angus Greg Callies 43831 235th St. Howard, SD 57349 605-772-4888 Carter Angus Dustin and Kate Carter 4424 E Main St Vermillion, SD 57069 712-898-9972 Custom Genetic Solution Frank Jackson 40275 257th St. Mitchell, SD 57301 605-996-7883 Dahl Angus Larry and Marietta Dahl 46940 189th St Estelline, SD 57234 605-873-2847 Turtle Creek Angus Tyrell and Kari Dieters 16803 Stoneville Rd Faith, SD 57626 605-359-3609 turtlecreekangus@hotmail.com

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Edgar Brothers 36683 167 St Rockham, SD 57470 605-460-1807 Caryle Angus Carlyle Ellison 20755 Stateline Rd. Lemmon, SD 57638 605-374-4481 carlie.ellison@yahoo.com

Gimbel Family Cattle Mandy Gimbel 19390 350th Ave Ree Heights, SD 57371 605-943-5650 Goodroad Darryl and Susan 47634 187th St Brandt, SD 57218 605-874-2980

Erdmann Angus Ranch Albert and Marilyn Erdmann 1233 Church St Leola, SD 57456

Graesser Bros. Angus Kevin, Rod and Derek Graesser 29933 329th Ave. Dallas, SD 57529 605-830-1574

Erdmann Angus Ranch Daniel and Anne Jo Erdmann 10891 361 Ave Leola, SD 57456 605-380-2195 605-439-3744

Hart Angus Farms Brad and Shawn, Alex and Tanae Hart 38704 107th St. Frederick, SD 57441 605-329-2645

Forgey Angus Dan and Lyn Forgey 32766 301st St Dallas, SD 57529 605-835-8675

BonView Farms Howard and Jo Anne Hillman 5114 S Sunflower Trail Sioux Falls, SD 57108 Hilltop Angus PO Box 104 Bowdle, SD 57428 605-285-6741

Fox’s Angus Farms Mark Fox 45894 US Hwy 212 Watertown, SD 57201 Fuoss Angus Ranch David Fuoss 28137 229th St. Draper, SD 57531 605-669-2127 Deep Creek Angus TJ and Jeanine Gabriel 23940 200 St Midland, SD 57552 605-567-3327 Rock Creek Livestock Kevin and Helen Geppert, Weston and Britney Geppert, Sydney and Garrett Davis and Kylee Geppert 25525 406th Ave Mitchell, SD 57301 605-770-3544 605-993-1387 Gimbel Family Cattle Delton and Shirley Gimbel 19390 350 Ave Ree Heights, SD 57371 605-943-5529

Hurlbut Angus Rod, Mary, Dustin, Jeana Hurlbut 17175 416th Ave. Raymond, SD 57258 605-380-8052 605-233-0229 hurlbutcattle@yahoo.com www.rmhlivestock.com Hyland Angus Ricky Hyland 22337 455th Ave Ramona, SD 57054 605-586-1300 Ingalls Aberdeen-Angus Cattle Hugh and Eleanor Ingalls 16801 Stoneville Rd Faith, SD 57626 605-748-2277 Sleepy Hollow Farm Mark and Jeanne Johnson 46473 289th St Centerville, SD 57014 605-212-2387 sleepyhollowfarmssd@gmail.com

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Bar J Bar Ranch David and Carla Julius 329 Line Rd. Box Elder, SD 57719 605-545-5860 bar_J_barranch@msn.com BJBlinesheepandcattle.com JK Angus Jeff, Susan, John and Billy Kapperman 25831 454th Ave Montrose, SD 57048 605-363-3302 Kammerer Livestock Matt and April Kammerer 22196 Elk Vale Rd Rapid City, SD 57701 605-923-6381 Scott and Jayne Knochenmus 2001 N Powder House Rd Sioux Falls, SD 57110 Kopriva Angus Lee Kopriva 41577 169th St Raymond, SD 57258 605-450-1546 Koupal B&B Angus Bud and Bernie Koupal, Joe and Sara Koupal, Dan and Aryn Koupal, Scott and Kim VanWinkle 40083 300th St Dante, SD 57329 605-491-2102 605-491-3202 Bar 69 Angus Craig and Debbie Kukuchka 18758 Bar 69 Ranch Lane Belle Fourche, SD 57717 605-892-2875 bar69angus@gmail.com www.bar69angus.com Kwasniewski Angus Troy and Mary Kwasniewski 47635 184th St. Clear Lake, SD 57226 605-874-2678 Lazy TV Ranch Vaughn and Wendy Thorstenson 12980 Cedar Rd Selby, SD 57472 605-649-6262 605-848-0421 vwthor@sbtc.net

Lau Angus Joel and Carolyn Lau 39765 277th St. Armour, SD 57313 Lehrkamp Livestock Mike and Jodie Lehrkamp 17280 E. Hwy 44 Caputa, SD 57725 605-993-6171 Grandview Angus Dan, Amy and Jamie Lewis 2601 Grandview Dr Rapid City, SD 57701 605-391-7090 605-391-6399 5810 Peaceful Pines Rd. Jesse or Kathy Lewis Black Hawk, SD 57718 605-787-5439 Lindskov Thiel Ranch PO Box 37 Isabel, SD 57633 605-466-2392 Littau Angus Ranch LeRoy Littau 29758 288th St Carter, SD 57580 605-557-3533 Marrs Ranch Dan and Matthew Marrs 12117 Weisman Rd Whitewood, SD 57793 605-269-2680 Mehlhaf Angus Dale and Nathan Mehlhaf 43465 283rd St Freeman, SD 57029 605-387-5411 Mettler Gerald 28884 480 Ave Canton, SD 57013 605-987-2114

Millar Angus Jon and Breezy Millar 20042 145th Ave Sturgis, SD 57785 605-347-2855 605-347-0553 Miller Angus Farms Donald Miller 18742 468th Ave. Estelline, SD 57234 605-873-2852 Miller Angus of Draper Curt Miller 28117 238th St Draper, SD 57531 605-669-2742 Mogck & Sons Angus Charles and LeAndra Mogck 42193 282nd St. Olivet, SD 57052 (605) 583-4385 (605) 661-4562 mogckc1@gwtc.net mogckandsons.com Mogck Angus Farms David and Candyce Mogck 1100 N Main St Tripp, SD 57376 Mohnen Angus Steve and Kathy Mohnen 25770 370th Ave. White Lake, SD 57383 605-249-2719 Moke Angus Glen or Brady Moke 27218 398th Ave. Corsica, SD 57328 605-928-3687 Moore Angus Jerry and Pam Moore 23317 412th Ave Artesian, SD 57314 605-527-2395 Morse Angus Martin and Eleanor Morse 23036 449th Ave Madison, SD 57042 605-256-3449 Ma & Pa Angus Steven and Deb Mowry 25340 River Rd. Presho, SD 57568 605-895-2203 Nold Angus Chuck and Katie Nold 15207 331st Ave Onaka, SD 57466

Newsam Angus Ranch Levi or Meghan Newsam 26902 SD Hwy 248 Murdo, SD 57559 605-530-3115

Rekow Angus Keith Rekow 41811 124th St Langford, SD 57401 605-380-5507

Sletten Angus LLC John and Tammy Sletten PO Box 615 Faith, SD 57626 605-967-2238

C & M Cattle Charles and Matthew Tollefson 42034 165th St Clark, SD 57225 605-532-3917

Wilken Ranch Inc. Gary and Lori Wilken 18867 Happy Hill Rd Meadow, SD 57644 605-788-2855

Ogren Angus Donnell and Roy Ogren 12302 425th Ave Langford, SD 57454 605-470-0258

RPM Angus LLC PO Box 156 Britton, SD 57430

Bo Slovek 20892 Slovek Rd Philip, SD 57567 605-457-2003

Totton Angus Charles and Tanya Totton 34655 240th St Chamberlain, SD 57325 605-234-0349 605-730-1493 tottonranch@midstatesd.net www.tottonangus.com

Willer Cattle Co. Dillan or Brian Willer 43116 243rd St. Canova, SD 57321 712-348-0402

Nathan Palm Angus Nathan Palm 18725 472nd Ave Estelline, SD 57234 605-690-2019 Clayton or Kathleen Palmquist 14004 465th Ave Wilmot, SD 57279 605-938-4461 LaGrand Angus Ranch Lance Pankratz 44130 279th St Freeman, SD 57029 605-925-7611 605-359-9221 Raven Angus Rod, RJ and Reed Petersek 32450 284th St. Colome, SD 57528 605-842-2153 Pfaff Angus Rex and Tracy Pfaff 35616 302nd St Bonesteel , SD 57317 605-654-2443 Cameron and Amy Puepke 40452 250th St. Mitchell, SD 57301 Raml Cattle Phil, Adam and Grant Raml 46626 170th St Goodwin, SD 57238 605-881-0700 ramlcattle@hotmail.com

Blacktop Farms Steve and Lori Repenning 41366 258th St Mitchell, SD 57301 605-996-0196 Retzlaff Angus Rick Retzlaff 46293 Robert Penn Ln. Vermillion, SD 57069 712-251-9339 Rogen Angus Dick and Shally Rogen 48274 258th St Brandon, SD 57005 605-582-3630 Rossow Angus Ranch Tim and Shari Rossow 11136 US Hwy 83 Herreid, SD 57632 605-437-2486 Roth Angus Craig and Heidi Roth 42879 277th St. Freeman, SD 57029 605-925-4650 Rounds Angus Todd and Sarah Rounds 16614 Old Stoneville Rd Union Center, SD 57787 605-985-5469 Schelske Angus Aaron, Adam and Mark Schelske 38519 217th St Virgil, SD 57379 605-849-3505

Ravellette Cattle Donald and Tamara Ravellette PO Box 633 Philip, SD 57567 605-859-2969

Scholtz Cattle Company Andrew and Lainie Scholtz 34560 178th St. Orient, SD 57467 (605) 228-8163 scholtz.angus@gmail.com

RCA Valley Angus Rick and Cindy Pigors, Brandon and Ashley Smith 41123 139th St Andover, SD 57422 605-380-4426

Dakota Acres Angus Kurt Schultz PO Box 149 Baltic, SD 57003 (605) 310-4054 kurt.schultz@k12.sd.us

Solsaa Angus Eric Solsaa 45417 186 St Hayti, SD 57241 605-237-0984 Rafter RS Cattle Reed & Stacy Stanburg 14085 Dunn Rd Buffalo, SD 57720 Riverside Angus 715 Taylor Dr. Aberdeen, SD 57401 Stark Angus Jason and Christina Stark PO Box 21 Utica, SD 57067 605-760-3823

Todd and Samra Trask Varilek Angus Mick and Lynn Varilek 29208 374th Ave Geddes, SD 57342 605-337-2261 Mount Rushmore Angus Ranch Eddie Rypkema David Uhrig 1212 W. Main Street Rapid City, SD 57701 605-484-6731 605-342-2449 Whitney Vos

Styles Angus Chris and Erica Styles PO Box 56 Brentford, SD 57429 Tesch & Sons Angus Roger Tesch (605) 881-8334

CS Angus Craig and Shelby Weirather 18941 Schild Rd Newell, SD 57760 406-552-3177 605-892-5684 csangusranch.com

Thomas Ranch Troy and VeaBea Thomas 18475 Capri Pl Harrold, SD 57536 605-973-2448 thomas@thomasranchcattle.com

Pine Creek Angus Ranch Lyle and Miriam Weiss 17013 Maurine Rd Faith, SD 57626 605-748-2217 605-748-2408

Thyen Farms Dan, Nathan and Jim Thyen 46220 165th St Watertown, SD 57201 605-886-8159 605-520-5120 cowskids@tnics.com

Wicks Angus Scott and Sharon Wicks 41639 186th St Carpenter, SD 57322 605-352-9802

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Wilkinson Ranch Inc. Bill and Mary Wilkinson 20143 440th Ave Lake Preston, SD 57249 605-847-4102 Crook Mt Angus Ranch James F. Willson 20444 Crook Mt Rd Whitewood, SD 57793 605-641-6906 Maxwell Hutterian Dwayne Wipf 42805 Maxwell Rd Scotland, SD 57059 605-660-9762 Wolf Angus LLC Nick and Staci Wolf 30315 406th Ave. Avon, SD 57315 (605) 840-1715 Zoss Cattle Company Scott and Riley Zoss 40430 237th St. Letcher, SD 57359 605-248-2289

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Topp Herefords—Crossbreeding Solutions » Topp Herefords makes crossbreeding easy—consistently improving net profits in commercial Angus herds.

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Kenner SIMMENTAL Focused on Developing Better Beef

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s Simmental and SimAngusTM producers, Erika and Roger Kenner provide their customers with diversified genetics that are productive in a commercial operation and outperform in the feedlot.

Situated with the ruggedplains landscape of Leeds, North Dakota, as a backdrop to their productive ranch and farmland, the Kenner Simmental Ranch produces profitable Simmental and SimAngus genetics for their commercial customers.

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Through their commitment to collecting data, implementing a progressive breeding program, and providing top-notch customer service, Roger Kenner and his daughter, Erika, develop a wide range of bulls proven to work for their customers

Within their own herd, cows must breed back each year and be in good condition after weaning off a nice-sized calf.

and produce the carcass their customer’s buyers want.

“We have a lot of customers that have different bull needs.

As seedstock producers, we’re not trying to tell our customers what they need,” Roger says, explaining that their customers are looking for a range of bulls from performance sires to heifer bulls. “We develop purebreds and composite Simmental and SimAngus in red and black. We try to put a range of well-built animals in our sale each year. Some of each category so as to make

sure the customer has what their cow herd needs to be profitable.”

BUILT ON DATA AND PERFORMANCE “While our area doesn’t require as much pasture per animal unit, structure and soundness are huge for us and many of our clients,” Erika says, describing how bull efficiency and longevity are a factor in providing a quality animal to their customers.

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PRODUCER PROFILES and SimAngus breed in the early 2000s provided more marketing avenues to commercial producers selecting for extra hybrid vigor. “Simmental went through a bad time,” she says, delving into the bad reputation Simmental had in the commercial industry in the late 1990s for hard calving and extreme frames. At a time when Simmentals weren’t popular, SimAngus proved to the commercial industry how they work in a crossbreeding system. “They were also able to test the waters and we were able to prove we had improved the breed. Now many are seeing the benefits of the SimAngus female and like to make their own halfbloods.”

The Kenners utilize both Simmental and Angus to develop bulls with calving ease and a manageable

Kenner Simmental Farm cows graze corn during the winter to minimize feeding hay.

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frame score. She says, “In our environments, we have found our bulls to be the most efficient at a six-frame score.

They’ll put good pounds on their calves, cows will breed back, and they’re coming in with good condition.”

All cows are bred with one round of AI before being cleaned up with a high-quality bull. Kenner Simmental Ranch breeds 350 cows each year, and implants an additional 100 embryos in their own herd and about 120 more in a cooperator herd each year.

“We utilize ET and AI to take our herd where we want to be going more efficiently,” Erika explains. A large portion of making breeding decisions is based on the data they are collecting on their cow herd and the carcass grading results from those genetics once they’re on the rail.

“I have so many

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One of the Kenner’s first priorities is selecting structurally sound cattle that will perform in any environment.

“Finding people who want to work on a cattle ranch, especially in northern North Dakota, is not always easy. We’re fortunate to have a great crew that works with us, and they’ve been working with us for many years.”

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spreadsheets that it’s actually kind of a joke around the ranch,” she laughs. Everything from birth weights, weaning weights, yearling data, and carcass ultrasound to mature dam data is collected and used in their selection decisions.

“When we’re selling a bull, we will use phenotype and numbers to make selections.

They need to measure up weight-wise because pounds still sell. They have to be sound, they’ve got to have easy fleshing ability. We also look at their EPD profile, feet, and disposition.”

To ensure accurate EPDs, the Kenners report all phenotypes on the whole herd to their association. In recent years, they have participated in a research project to DNA-test their entire cow herd and calf crop. She says, “The DNA gives us a whole other level of accuracy that we haven’t THE CATTLE JOURNAL BEEF & BUSINESS 2021

had before. Some of these traits’ accuracy are enhanced to an equivalent of 20 calves reported to a cow. That’s huge when you’re using EPDs to make selections.”

Another benefit to the DNA testing is that all cows and calves are parent-verified. “By DNA-testing our cow herd, we’ve guaranteed that what we’re selling is exactly what we say it is,” she says.

Developing genetics for their buyers that will grade Choice while deliberately retaining balance in other traits is top priority. “At the end of the day, we believe in providing our customer a balanced animal,” Erika says. “While we use EPDs and indexes, we’re not just looking at one number or one index. We consider the big picture. We probably move the bulls along in the carcass value a little slower than others, but we refuse to

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give up everything else to get there.”

Each year, 60 to 70 steers are fed at Chappell Feedlot in Nebraska. After harvest, the carcass data is used to find areas of improvement. “We feel it’s important as seedstock producers to know how cattle are grading because our clients are commercial cattlemen.

They are all going to be selling steers to feedlots and we want to make sure that our genetics

are really going to work.”

Kenner shares that when they first started getting carcass data back, their cattle were grading 70 percent Choice, but after making adjustments to their breeding program, the cattle are now grading 90 percent Choice or higher. The data has been helpful in improving their bottom-end cattle, Kenner says. “The cattle we’re sending to the feedlot are our culls that

didn’t make the bull sale. Our calves aren’t the perfect source to get carcass data back on because they don’t represent what our customers would sell to a feedlot, but after years of doing this, we’ve made improvements in our whole breeding program.”

Each spring, heifers are sorted before breeding for replacements and sale heifers.

Their top- and bottom-end cows have gotten closer and

Left to right: Ranch Manager Bryan Leapaldt, Erika and Roger Kenner.

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PRODUCER PROFILES This upcoming February marks Kenner Simmental Ranch’s 25th anniversary bull sale. For many years, the family sold private treaty off the farm. When they transitioned to hosting a sale each year, they discovered that hauling multiple semi-loads of bulls to Mandan and Bismarck was too cumbersome.

In 2010, they built their own sale barn on the ranch, where they annually sell 120 to 130 ERIKA KENNER bulls and 70 bred heifers in person and online. By incorporating the online sale PROVIDING option, their buyers have more IMPACTFUL, flexibility during the unreliable RELIABLE weather in the beginning part GENETICS of the year. Roger says, “We’ve also found that the risk of injury is much SALES | AUCTIONS | FINANCE | APPRAISALS | MANAGEMENT lower and it is a lot less stressful for the cattle on BISMARCK TRAIL RANCH the day of the sale.”

Luxury working ranch with a tremendous A large kickback set of first-class improvements including to buying bulls from two luxurious homes. A high-end investment asset currently leased out the Kenners is the for 2,500 yearlings, 1,200 pairs, 1,000 sale guarantee. If the wild horses, and farming. $41,150,000 customer has any problems or concerns, CHEYENNE RIVER RANCH the bull they purchase Tremendous working cattle ranch and can be exchanged. To recreational property. Grassy hillsides, ensure that they can pastures, irrigated pivots, hay ground provide their customers and treed creek and river bottoms. Five with quality genetics in and a half miles of Cheyenne River and case of an accident, a 13 miles of Rapid Creek. $21,600,000 few sale-quality bulls are VIEW MORE REGIONAL LISTINGS ONLINE AT WWW.HALLANDHALL.COM held back to be available for buyers.

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more uniform in appearance, making replacement and sale selections more difficult.

Remaining critical on their female side provides their customer with a female they can capitalize on, Kenner said. “Sometimes we joke that we sell some that we should have kept for ourselves, but because we’re critical on data, calving in a 60-day window, we’re okay that our customers take some better heifers as well.”

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Ensuring that the bulls they sell perform for their customers long term, the Kenners meticulously track herd data, complete DNA work, and only keep structurally sound bulls with good AVG numbers.

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DIVERSIFIED WITH A GREAT CREW In addition to cattle ranching, the Kenners raise between five and ten different crops each year and are part-owners of a frozen food company. Much of the farming is small grains like spring wheat and barley, but they also grow corn and beans like black turtle, pinto, and soybeans.

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For both the cattle and farm operation, the Kenners feel lucky to have employees that make their operation successful. Erika says, “Labor is a major challenge for farmers and ranchers. Finding people who want to work on a cattle ranch, especially in northern North Dakota,

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is not always easy. We’re fortunate to have a great crew that works with us, and they’ve been working with us for many years.”

Along with the sale anniversary, 2021 marks the twenty-fifth year working with their herdsman Bryan Leapaldt. Leapalt lives on the ranch and manages all the daily operations and other employees.

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customer service. He works with the customers just as much as Erika and I do.”

At the end of the day, the Kenners feel successful when they know they’ve improved their customer’s bottom line. Erika concludes, “We understand that herd bulls have a large impact on our customers’ breeding program for years to come. We do the homework for them. We help them minimize risks by providing a balanced, reliable Simmental and SimAngus bull to advance their herd.”

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Paul Huffman, Owner/Mgr. 605-374-5675 605-645-2493 Chad Hetzel, Asst. Mgr. 701-376-3748 Curt Williams Baker Field Rep. 406-778-3282 or 406-778-3773 Jim Sheridan, Field Rep 605-490-2288 or 605-967-COWS

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The Spickler Ranch South cows run on a mix of cover crops, native pasture, corn stover, alfalfa hay and some small grains. Double-cropping allows the family to maximize the productivity of their cropland.

S

pickler Ranch South is nestled in the James River Valley in east-central North Dakota.

The ranch, operated by Nathan and Emily Spickler, along with their four young children, Haylie, Trace, Kadence and Quaid, with the help of longtime employee Austin Johnson, strives to optimize the resources they have while maximizing the production and efficiency of the Angus cattle and the land they run on.

Spicklers run a cow/calf seedstock operation in which they offer Angus bulls and females to commercial and registered breeders. The registered Angus operation markets their cattle in early May. Nathan admits it’s stressful to watch bull sales all spring and wonder if anyone is still going to need a bull when their sale rolls around. “We try to really engage with our customers and make sure they’re happy with the results they’re getting with our genetics. There are so many avenues to buy bulls ahead of ours that it’s really necessary to know our customers’ needs,” he said.

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PRODUCER PROFILES That customer-centric approach has resulted in a high customer rate-of-return.

Their May sale wasn’t planned as a need to be different. It was the result of trying to figure out how best to market their March- and April-born bulls.

“With the nature of our sale, being in May, right near turnout time, we must manage our bulls appropriately,” Nathan says.

“Our bull development is very much a marathon process. With a seven-month development period, our bulls are brought along slowly. After yearling data is gathered in February, they are continually backed down on energy to the point that they’re on a very foragebased diet when we market them, which allows their transition to grass to be very smooth.” That’s good, because many of their bulls go from the sale pen to the pasture with the cows.

They don’t use creep feed, which allows them to see a true picture of how their cows are performing, without supplements. Since their primary focus is on having females that do their jobs well, that’s just one more way they can help inform those maternal performance decisions.

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while they’re grazing the lower protein native grass and cover crops. “We’re able to get our cows to a point in their fall range, where they’re back in the shape we want them, so in the winter we’re just maintaining them on a dry hay diet,” Nathan said.

S Powerpoint 903 was the high selling bull at Spickler South’s 2020 sale.

“We try not to use a lot of bulls, but really zero in on a few sires that we think are going to propel our program forward.”

NATHAN SPICKLER

Spicklers use an extensive embryo transfer program, implanting about 100 embryos a year. They AI every female that isn’t serving as a recip, following up with another round of AI. “We try not to use a lot of bulls, but really zero in on a few sires that we think are going to propel our program forward,” Nathan said. “That will allow us to offer large siregroups of bulls that are full, three-quarter and half brothers.

Their highest priority is to have females that earn their keep.

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Left: The focus is on maternal ability at Spickler Ranch South.

Above: The Spickler kids get to help with whatever needs to be done on the ranch. From left, Kadence, Trace, Haylie.

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“Our cows absolutely have to be able to take care of themselves,” Nathan said.

In the climatically variable environment Spicklers operate in, their cows have to be strong in the convenience traits that have made the Angus female so popular. “Good udders, great mothering ability, and the ability to calve on time annually are a must for the females that stay in our herd,” says Nathan.

With rigid culling and a no-tolerance policy for maternal shortcomings, the strength of the cowherd can confidently back the genetics they offer for sale.

Nathan’s heritage in offering Angus seedstock traces back to Hereford roots, as his parents, Harold and JoAnn Spickler, offered Hereford bulls at auction in the 1970s and

SPICKLER RANCH SOUTH

Spickler Ranch South uses AI, embryo transfer and a small, select group of sires, so they can offer their customers a consistent group of bulls.

early 1980s. The Hereford cattle were dispersed in 1983, the same year Nathan was born. ”My parents must’ve somehow known that, even at an early age, my passion would be Angus cattle,” Nathan jokes. After the Hereford cattle were dispersed, the ranch was stocked with commercial Angus, until the mid-1990s when Harold had the opportunity to purchase an entire set of registered Angus females. Those purebred bulls were marketed privately until their family’s first sale in 2000.

That was the beginning of the May sales.

In 2003, Harold died of cancer, leaving the ranch responsibilities to Nathan, who was in college at the time, and his older brother

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PRODUCER PROFILES Justin, who was home at the ranch. “Justin and I assumed all the responsibility of the ranch.

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Nathan said.

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The Spickler family. From left, Quaid, Kadence, Haylie, Trace, Emily, Nathan.

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PRODUCER PROFILES corn stover to be purchased. While the land they’re on is productive, it took some creative thinking to figure out how best to maximize the yield for their purposes.

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SPICKLER RANCH SOUTH trying to maximize production out of every acre.”

They used to monocrop, seeding oats and cutting it for hay. But now, no matter what the crop, they always follow-up with a grazeable second crop.

Some years it works better than others, but it’s always worth doing in trying to optimize the land’s productive abilities.

They’ve also added a lot of cross-fencing, cutting the place into approximately 80-acre parcels, so they rotationally graze everything, moving generally every 10 to 14 days. Their goal is to always have regrowth to move the

cows into, but they rest some pastures all summer, saving that for fall grazing. They’ve done some water development, adding pipelines that tap into a rural water development.

“That investment has paid for itself. It’s been wonderful. The fresh water is well worth it,” Nathan said.

Most of the time they graze until mid-December, unless the snow is too deep. Between native pasture, crop residue and cover crops, they want their cows to be self-sufficient as long as possible.

Given the wide-ranging jobs that go along with an

intensive farming and ranching operation, Spicklers are thankful it’s something their family can enjoy together.

“My wife works alongside me everyday. Emily is involved in every aspect of our ranch.”

Emily’s roots are also in purebred cattle, growing up on a registered Red Angus ranch.

Their kids are learning the business as well, helping firsthand with all that goes into a seed stock operation. “At the end of the day we know we are truly blessed. We get to work together as a family, always being mindful to glorify God in all we do,” says Nathan.

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The bulls have been culled rigidly culled for performance, soundness, fertility and disposition.

n the Nebraska Sandhills seventeen miles north of the rural community of Taylor along highway 183, Brent and Robin Meeks raise high-quality Hereford cattle. Upstream Ranch is owned and operated by Brent and Robin and their daughter Carlee.

Herefords have been in the family for over a hundred years. Brent’s grandfather Alfred was born on December 30, 1914 on his father J.D. Meeks’ small commercial and registered

Hereford ranch near Logan, New Mexico. Following his high school graduation in 1933, Alfred went to work in agriculture and married a local ranch girl, Mildred Brown, the following year.

Things were hard during the Depression but the couple started out with 14 head of commercial Herefords and working for a local ranch for $30 a month. Their oldest son, Ferrell, was born in July 1935.

That fall, a local banker loaned them enough money to buy 160 good heifer

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Above: The Sandhills grass lured Alfred Meeks north from Texas in the 1950s. Right: The Meeks family, Carlee, Brent and Robin.

calves at $20 apiece. In 1937 Alfred purchased some registered heifers from his father and Alfred Meeks and Sons came into being. In 1940 they leased a small ranch near Dalhart, Texas and, a second son, Warren arrived. In 1945, Alfred was able to purchase this ranch, during these years he was a member of the

“Herefords can adapt to a lot of different environments, temperatures, regions and feed.�

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The Meeks family worked hard to improve their land and cattle but years of drought in Texas took their toll. The cattle country of Nebraska had always interested Alfred, so at the invitation of a good friend, Homer Buell of Rose, Nebraska, he came north to look for a ranch. He fell for the more predicable rainfall 64

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and the Sandhills grass. So Alfred and Mildred, along with son Ferrell and his wife Gloria, sold their Texas ranch and purchased the Thompson ranch north of Taylor, Nebraska in 1955.

Included in the deal were all the horses, haying equipment and the commercial Hereford herd.

Upstream Herefords held their first bull sale at the ranch in 1978, having sold bulls private treaty for some years before that. The sale is

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Ferrell and Gloria’s son Brent met Robin Sellman while in college, her family was also in the Hereford business. They married in

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1983, and have worked hard to grow the operation, and raised two children, Marshall and Carlee on the ranch.

Marshall is married to Katie, a kindergarten teacher and he is a third-year resident at St Louis University studying radiology. Carlee graduated from Kansas State in 2017 with a degree in ag communication,

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and along with helping on the ranch, she works part-time for Purple Visions Productions, taking videos and photos.

From the humble beginnings of fourteen cows, the Upstream Ranch now calves out a thousand, split between spring and fall calving herds. They implant about 175 to 200 IVF embryos a year and have

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The cow herd is also culled very aggressively for problem free production, emphasizing good feet, eyes and sound udders.

an extensive AI program.

The Meeks time-breed all of their heifers and about 70 percent of the cow herd with a seven-day CIDR synchronization program.

“We raise both polled and horned Herefords and our bulls are born, raised and developed here. They never leave the operation until they are sold,” Brent Meeks said.

“Most of our bulls go on black cows in a crossbreeding program. We sell a lot local and in the state but we cover a pretty big area, like 15 different states.”

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Offering cattlemen bulls with good dispositions, heterosis, hybrid vigor, increased performance and hardiness. “Herefords can adapt to a lot of different environments, temperatures, regions and feed. I believe in Hereford cattle, they have been good to my family.”

The main focus of Upstream Ranch is the production of bulls for the commercial cattleman.

Around two-thirds of their bull crop will reach the sale; the family rigidly culls for performance, soundness, fertility and disposition. The cow herd is also culled very aggressively for problemfree production. Good feet, eyes and especially

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Most of the bulls will be put on black cows.

sound udders are essential.

Genetically, Upstream Ranch is trying to produce cattle with balanced trait selection.

Their breeding goals are constantly striving for the proper balance of calving ease, growth, maternal, fertility and carcass traits. “We are strong advocates of using

EPDs and ultrasound, but we must remember, they are just another selection tool. We still like our cattle to look good phenotypically, be sound on their feet and legs, and docile in their temperament. We raise good productive cattle and stand behind our product,�

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Of course, I’ve been borrowing money ever since,” said Rambur, who raises purebred Charolais cattle near Sidney,

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Even though his father was primarily a sugar beet farmer, young Rambur’s interest in livestock was piqued when he began working with cattle as 4-H projects. He wanted to own something different than Angus, and the powerful, white Charolais cattle caught his eye.

In the late 1960s, the breed, which originated in eastern France, arrived on the scene in Montana. Rambur decided to make the Charolais breed his life’s work as he admired their outstanding performance and especially found that crossbreeding created a superior bovine.

The rancher raised four daughters, with some involved in 4-H, successfully showing cattle at the Richland County Fair as well as helping on the ranch. His grandkids are now being successful showing steers at the same fair, which continues to thrive. While his daughters were growing up, Rambur continued breed improvement.

Rambur cows and bulls are raised on the western side of Sidney in some rough country. “You need a good horse and dogs to move cattle out there,” said Rambur.

“I find that Charolais have better bone and feet, which causes them to have

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A customer’s buckskin cattle in the feedlot. A buckskin is a cross between a Red Angus and a Charolais.

longevity. I have a lot of customers who are using our bulls up to six years of age, which is double the longevity of other breeds.”

Although he credits the Angus breed for their “tremendous job marketing their meat,” Rambur pointed out that crossbred cattle provide hybrid vigor and have been bringing an extra 10 percent in sale weight. Because of that, not only does he have Charolais bulls, but also an Angus herd.

Their bull sale the second Saturday of April is generally well-attended with 80-100 head of Charolais and Angus bulls seeing their way across the auction block. Rambur said in 2020, a smaller crowd than usual because of the pandemic hit them hard, causing a loss of about $100,000 in sales.

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“You need to understand the bull mentality.”

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Rambur cattle on the ship to Turkey. Howard Rambur coordinated the shipping of 2400 head of cattle to Turkey for breeding purposes.

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He is curious where the beef prices are going to go. “I don’t know where this is all going to transition. It will be interesting.

Everyone is the cattle business needs to start making money.

It shocks me that we are still selling fat cattle the way we are, when we need to be moving our meat and product better. With COVID, many of the restaurants are half empty and those were the restaurants that were buying high-end steaks. Even before COVID, but really even more so now, people want to know where their meat comes from.

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number of ranchers wanting to have cattle locally processed.

There are only a few large packers now and you have to play their game as many are foreign-owned.”

Rambur livestock has expanded their sale opportunities, selling cattle and meat to foreign countries; breeding stock has been shipped to Turkey while fat cattle have been shipped to JBS in Greeley, Colorado, to be processed for the Chinese market.

Rambur talks about how the international connections happened. The Turkish connection started when an exporter driving through Virginia spotted some “buckskin” (Charolais/Red Angus cross) in a field and asked what they were and their origin. Howard Rambur was contacted, and the Turkish exporters visited three times to develop a plan.

“The Turkish visitors told me that Montana looked like Turkey. We talked about agricultural production and it turns out they are very modern,” said Rambur. “They farm with center pivots and John Deere tractors. At the time we were working out the

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details, war with Syria was going on and Turkey had an influx of refugees. They realized the need for producing food for an expanding population.”

Rambur coordinated the shipment of 700 buckskin calves and 900 silvers (Charolais x Angus) with the balance of the load Red Angus and Angus for a total of 2,400. Numerous tests, blood work, papers and various quarantine sites later, the cattle shipped in early February 2017.

The boat ride took 30-plus days.

The cattle were dispersed into different areas of Turkey and are being used for breeding stock to help boost the country’s meat industry in future years.

As for beef to China, Rambur had been dealing with JBS and they asked him to sign up to

send some of his cattle/beef to China. He sent four pot loads of cattle to be processed.

Although exporting provides another option for cattle marketing, Rambur explained, “I get exporters calling me all the time, but the money exchange rate is horrid. Keep in mind when you deal with foreign counties, it’s good to deal with the same exporter.”

In addition to raising purebred bulls and sending their livestock across the ocean, a unique service provided by the ranch is feeding bulls in the feedlot. Many custom yards won’t accept bulls because they’re, well, bulls.

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Rambur Charolais offers a bull buy back. When a customer is ready to change bulls out, we will purchase the culls at a premium, feed them at the RC Feedlot, then send them on to the processors.”

Rambur explained that feeding bulls as a business

happened because of the contacts he had at American Foods where he had previously been a buyer. The RC Feedlot already had experience feeding purebred bulls for production sales, so when he was talking to the people at American Foods, the idea developed for Rambur to feed cull bulls. The ranch is able to put quick weight on

bulls, and there is a constant market for them.

“Bulls are better than feeder cattle because there is a quick turnaround. You feed them for 30 days and they’re gone.

I know bulls and I can put quick weight on them. Plus, it’s a constant market even in the winter and it works well because I have my own trucks.

“Whether I’m working with the cattle, watching my dogs working or having my grandkids join me on the ranch, you can’t beat it. We have a fantastic lifestyle.”

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The hard-working rancher hopes his grandkids will continue to appreciate ranch life; they help with various aspects of the ranch and all have horses to ride when help is needed.

“We try to get them involved

as much as we can. One of my grandsons is 14 and this year he hasn’t been in school much due to COVID closings, so he has assisted with calving and wants to learn more from me.

He received a beginning rancher loan from Community Bank in Dickinson, North Dakota to purchase five purebred bred heifers. I applaud that bank for doing that,” said Rambur.

Despite the challenges of juggling the purebred business, running a feedlot and keeping up with the markets, Rambur said he wouldn’t trade ranching for anything.

“Whether I’m working with the cattle, watching my dogs working or having my grandkids join me on the ranch, you can’t beat it. We have a fantastic lifestyle.”

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am Twedt grew up near McHenry, North Dakota, where the rolling hills have preserved patches of native prairie from the plow. After high school he continued working alongside his father, Gerald, on the family’s commercial cow/calf operation. They started crossing Red Angus bulls on their Simmental influenced cows and they were pleased with the results.

Sometimes opportunity comes when least expected; in the fall of 2009 Sam had the opportunity to purchase a group of registered Red Angus cows from neighbor Dick Harding, whose Bar R Red Angus bulls they had used extensively.

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“We’re seeing the value in quieter-dispositioned cattle.”

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Sam Twedt pushes his Red Angus seedstock for performance and solid maternal qualities: good feet, udders, fertility and disposition.

His goal is to improve the bottom line for the commercial cattlemen who buy his bulls.

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public, as well as opportunity to push performance traits within my herd. I was only twenty-three at the time and looking back that seems pretty young. But it has grown from there.”

Sam loves the strong maternal traits of the Red Angus females and appreciates the good disposition of the breed.

“When we worked cows they used to come up the chute nine hundred miles an hour, but

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now we have to push on them,” he said. “We background all of our calves after we wean them and it used to be that when you walked into that pen of four hundred calves out of our commercial cows they all spooked. Now I can walk through them and they are quiet. My dad is getting older and we’re seeing the value in quieter-dispositioned cattle.”

The registered cows, commercial and registered heifers are all synchronized and AIed toward the end of May for a Feb. 25 target calving date.

While Sam and Gerald have two separate operations they run everything together and

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“Putting the CIDRs in, taking them out and heat detecting and breeding everything is a lot of work, but I think it’s worth it,” Sam said. “One reason I like to synchronize everything is that it keeps my bulls in a more even group. There may only be a week’s age difference between my first calf and my hundredth calf.”

The commercial cows calve three weeks later, starting around March 12. As the cows calve the pairs are hauled out to where they will spend the summer on pasture so the sorting for breeding groups is already done.

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Sam and Emily Twedt, Norah, Brynn, Wyatt and Eden.

technology can bring to his herd as well as passing that on to his customers.

“It’s a very expensive habit,” he laughed, “But it’s pretty exciting to be able to take the

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best cows in my herd, flush them and get multiple calves to increase their influence in my herd. It is great for producing good bulls, but the biggest reason I do it is to increase the quality within my own herd.”

Sam and Gerald also do some farming to keep feed in front of the cattle.

“We farm just for our own feed,” he said. “We do a lot of silage, alfalfa and oats. We raise forage oats and chop half of it and bale the other half.”

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calves are backgrounded on the place, with steers usually going to market mid-December and heifers selling mid-January. Twedts hold their bull sale at the ranch on the first Tuesday in February. Most bulls go to customers in North Dakota.

“We offer seventy to eighty bulls, a group of bred heifers and about fifty commercial open heifer calves of my dad’s,” Sam said. “The bred heifers are close to calving by then so it’s good to get them moved right away before they calve here. We deliver bulls mid to late April. It’s the guys who calve in January who catch me off guard; we are deep in calving in March and they’ll call wondering when I’m going to bring their bulls.”

Sam’s wife Emily is a nurse and keeps busy between her job and keeping up with their four children, Norah (8), Brynn (6), Wyatt (4) and Eden (18 months). The children are interested in the cattle, although too young to do a lot, and Sam is looking forward to the time that they are big enough to be involved.

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“As ranchers we work SO hard. I don’t want a lack of diligence on my part to be detrimental to someone else down the road. I want my bulls to make my customers more profitable.”

SAM TWEDT Twedt Red Angus genetics are strongly influenced by Bieber Red Angus cattle, but when he got started Sam made a point to purchase bred heifers from several breeders to get a better feel for the variety within the breed and find what works well for him.

He is looking forward to the 2021 calf crop, predominately sired by a Canadian bull that he and a friend purchased a

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semen interest in.

“We will see how that turns out,” he said. “You never know till you try and a lot of the time you don’t really know how good or bad a bull is until his daughters start calving.”

At Twedt Red Angus, everything comes down to a question of performance.

“I want my bulls to make the commercial cattleman more productive,” Sam said.

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“I want everything I do to make my cattle better, whether it’s culling for feet, udders, fertility or disposition. I try to be as strict as possible no matter how hard it may be to see a favorite cow go to town.

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ear the Kadoka, South Dakota, Kelly and Amy Erickson run a seedstock operation that prides themselves on “Raising the Cowboy Kind,” on the edge of the Badlands.

Kelly Erickson has been in the cattle industry for nearly forty years, remembering his first heifer, obtained at age 8. It was Kelly’s dad who got him started in black-hided cattle, a switch that many cattlemen made as the years went on.

“He was really one of the first guys who had the foresight to do so,” said Kelly, “back when most of the guys around us were keeping traditional colored cattle.”

The 1980s and 1990s era was an easy time to market black cattle in North Dakota as Kelly recalls. The mission of CK Bar Ranch then: produce cows that look good. The philosophy has changed a little since then, as the goal now is to produce cattle that have good maternal traits and carcass traits.

“About 10 years ago the lightbulb just went off,” said Erickson, “we weren’t doing the industry any good to just sell pounds.”

Erickson started looking at calf vigor of his cattle, calving ease, and how they would marble in the end. He set out to create cattle that were great mothers, calved well, maybe a little more moderate in size, but could go out and survive a Dakota winter on their own and then perform well on the terminal side.

Many things have changed over the years, but Erickson has decided to keep the black hide. While there certainly is a market for Red Simmentals, CK Bar Ranch wasn’t producing enough of them to draw a crowd, so they phased that out of their operation and offer homozygous black cattle to their customers.

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Kelly Erickson and wife Amy work together on her family’s ranch, outside of Kadoka, SD

extra emphasis on the disposition of his bulls, calling them “quiet and easy to handle.”

Producers can find CK Bar Ranch genetic opportunities every year in April during the Annual CK Bar Ranch bull sale. CK Bar Ranch will celebrate the 20th Annual Sale in April of 2021, it will also mark the 6th sale held in conjunction with Kammerer Livestock at St. Onge Livestock.

It’s no secret 2020 was a rough year on cattlemen across the nation, and it showed in the Kammerer and CK Bar Ranch bull sale this year.

Kelly recalls there was a non-existent crowd.

“Without buyers on the internet and a few phone sales, there would have been nothing,” said Erickson.

While the internet played a major part in moving cattle for CK Bar Ranch this year, Kelly says the internet has been a great place for him to market cattle. In years past, he guesses that about 50-percent of his cattle are selling over the

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CK BAR SIMMENTAL internet via online bidding. In fact, the first sale CK Bar Ranch held in 2001 was marketed online even then.

“We could see where that was an asset,” said Erickson, “We gained many customers in eastern Montana because of it (being accessible online).”

Erickson says internet marketing has played a major role in all of their past sales.

He believes buyers are bidding confidently from the comfort of their homes because they have all of the data right in front of them. Buyers can view cattle, watch videos of them, and have all genetic data at their fingertips. CK Bar Ranch continues to have a

good presence on social media, showing day-to-day ranch work as well as promoting their sale cattle.

“If nothing else, it (social media) is generating a buzz,” said Erickson, noting that it drives messages and phone calls about offerings.

While online bidding seems to be a way of the future, Erickson says selling in the annual sale with Kammerers has brought him new customers the traditional way -- in person. When Erickson moved to South Dakota six years ago, Matt and April Kammerer invited Kelly to join their annual sale. Erickson says this opportunity introduced

him to local people who could use the Simmental genetics in West River country.

As Kelly looks ahead to 2021 he stays optimistic, commenting on how he would like to increase his herd size, although this might not be the year to do it. The market is keeping cattlemen on their toes and thinking fast, Erickson is holding onto calves late in the year hoping to see a swing in prices. He also showed some reservations in the new leadership of our nation and how it may play a pivotal role in cattle production.

Beyond the economic state of affairs in 2021, Erickson says finding affordable grass

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“Without buyers on the internet and a few phone sales, there would have been nothing.”

KELLY ERICKSON is limiting the increase of his herd as well. While finding grass in the Dakotas has always been somewhat of a struggle, Erickson says it is more now than in the past. Nonetheless, Erickson is charging forward and looking at forging alliances with other cattlemen to market feeder cattle.

“I would like to build on that, I think it could take off,” said Erickson, “Controlling the

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quality (of feeder calves) rather than having to push out the big numbers.”

Changing and adapting to new marketing techniques is nothing new for CK Bar Ranch.

From show cattle to seed stock bulls, to the next new ideas, Kelly is always looking for the best way to improve the breed and continue “Raising the Cowboy Kind.”

“If you want to retain your

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own replacements and add a little milk; this is a great option,” said Erickson of the Simmental breed. “You are going to get that hybrid figure and consistency without sacrificing calving ease.”

To keep up with what CK Bar Ranch will be offering in their 2021 sale, keep an eye on Facebook and stay tuned for the catalog for their 2021 sale.

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hipwheel Cattle Company near Chinook, Montana, owned by Klint and Lori Swanson, has helped steer the Angus industry forward over the past 12 years. But their history of good genetics goes back more than 100 years.

Black cows run deep in the Swanson family. Klint’s greatgrandfather homesteaded near Valier and Dupuyer, Mont., in 1896. “Then my grandfather was one of the first to bring

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PRODUCER PROFILES Black Angus cows to Montana, in 1945. That was back when everything was Hereford in this area,” says Klint.

His parents started in the registered business in the 1960s as Apex Angus. “That’s where our herd today originated from.

My first two heifers came from my parents in 1984 when I was 9 years old, and we’ve built from there,” he says.

While students at Montana State University-Northern, Klint met Lori, who also grew up on a ranch in northern Montana, near Chinook. They were married shortly after college, and returned to Klint’s place in Valier. In 2000 they had the

opportunity to lease Lori’s parents’ ranch, and they—and their cows—moved to Chinook.

Children Austin, now a high school senior, and Bree, a sophomore, were born in 2003 and 2004. For several years they continued to market their bulls at Klint’s family’s sale, but in 2008 they formed Shipwheel Cattle Company – named after the brand given to Klint by his grandmother – and made the transition to their own sale.

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private treaty commercial bulls a year. Many of our original customers are still with us, and we sure appreciate them.” Every Shipwheel bull is bred, born and raised on the ranch – they don’t outsource to any sector. Their bulls are all range-raised with no creep feed and an emphasis put on structure. They don’t trim bulls’ feet, and are one of very few breeders that maintain a score for feet soundness.

The Swansons run 1,100 mama cows, with 500 of those being registered Angus. Their ranch base includes the home place, Clear Creek Ranch, 15 miles south of Chinook, and Snake Creek Ranch, which

Klint and Lori were both ranch kids and they cherish the opportunity to raise their children the same way, while also giving them exposure to the world beyond rural Montana through their network of contacts in the Angus industry.

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they bought in 2010, another 20 miles south. “We had the opportunity buy this ranch and triple our acres and our cow herd—it’s a beautiful ranch and a dream we never imagined could come true,” says Klint. “We rely on our cows for a living and we rely on them to pay for that ranch.”

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The Swansons run their registered and commercial cows as one. “Our registered herd doesn’t get any pampering or anything more special than the commercial,” says Lori.

The registered cows are only separated during breeding season for AI. “Ninety percent of our customer base is the commercial cow man,” says Klint. “Our cows have to do the job the commercial cow man wants. If a registered cow is supposed to be a role model for a commercial one, she needs to be treated like one.”

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outfits, Shipwheel doesn’t calve early, but instead enjoys the more moderate temperatures of April, May and June, then sell their bulls as coming 2-yearolds. “We try to raise cows that excel in many traits in northern Montana,” says Klint. “We like hearty cows that are moderately framed and last a long time.

Those are the kind that keep our customers in business.”

The climate they live in, just 60 miles from the Canadian border, is extreme.

Temperatures range from -60 to 110 degrees. “Our cows have to work for a living here,” says Klint. “We range calve, and like most everyone in our business, we don’t have enough help or enough feed. A cow can do a lot of it on her own if you need her to.”

In open winters they strive to not feed any hay and just graze all season long. “By calving later, we’re able to not feed and are also able to identify cows that perform on their own,” says Klint.

One cow of notable performance was simply called “9004” – a granddaughter of one of Klint’s two original heifers from his parents. She raised

The Swansons say they take the task of raising seedstock very seriously and consider it a responsibility to provide their customers with genetics that keep them profitable.

16 calves and lived to be just under 20 years old. They used her extensively as a donor cow, and a good percentage of their herd genetics are based off her progeny.

A particular bull that helped launch their program forward was Mytty In Focus, a 2001 calf purchased from Midland Bull Test as a yearling. The Swansons leased him to ABS

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PRODUCER PROFILES and he was the top registered bull in the Angus breed for three years straight in 2008, 2009 and 2010. “We bought him originally as a clean-up bull,” says Lori. “He was kind of a pet, we didn’t have any idea he’d do the things he did.”

The lower birthweight, and calves with good growth rate and performance of In Focus caught a lot of people’s attention. “He had a lot of good traits that were very friendly to producers,” says Klint.

In Focus lived at the ABS stud in Wisconsin for over 10 years, but when his production run was over, the stud asked if they would like him back. He lived out his last few years on pasture at the home ranch. “It was a pretty humbling experience to have him home after all he did for us,” says Lori.

In Focus has genetic influence on a large portion of the Shipwheel herd—and also the industry. “A lot of times when I’m looking at other bulls I see something I like, and I’ll look at the pedigree and there he is,” says Klint.

Other influential sires from their operation include Chisum 255, leased to Select Sires; Shipwheel Chinook, leased to ABS; and Shipwheel Montana, purchased by Genex.

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Above: Shipwheel Cattle Company raises bulls for the commercial cattleman, with specific emphasis on soundness, structure and performance. Left: In 2018 Shipwheel Cattle Company was selected as one of only 40 barns nationwide to have the Certified Angus Beef® logo painted on their barn, as part of CAB’s 40th anniversary. Below: The Swanson family: parents Klint and Lori and their children Austin and Bree, along with some nifty horses and a few savvy working dogs, make up the work force at Shipwheel Cattle Company.

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anniversary celebration. “The contacts we have made through CAB because of that opportunity, and also through the Angus Association in general, have been incredible,� says Lori.

Right now the Shipwheel work force consists of just the four of them, and they do all their cattle work horseback on young horses they start

themselves, with the help of some good cattle dogs. They also grow the majority of their own feed, including dryland hay, corn silage and hay barley and oats. They do their own AI, but hire an ET specialist for flushing and embryo transfer.

They have hosted the Montana Angus Association tour three times since they moved to Chinook. The kids have been

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involved in 4-H and are now active in FFA as well as sports at Chinook High School. Lori says the benefit of the kids working side by side with their parents their whole lives means they know and interact with people in the industry just like the adults.

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“We like hearty cows that are moderately framed and last a long time. Those are the kind that keep our customers in business.”

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SHIPWHEEL CATTLE Lewistown, Mont. The Swanson family was one of his first purebred sale clients, and he considers them not only customers but close friends and supreme cattle breeders.

“The Swanson family are tremendous people to work with from all aspects,” says Shobe. “They are one of the hardest working families I know, they have a vision for not only their herd and their ranch, but for the Angus breed in general. They know how to build a great mama cow as well as listen to their customers and stay the course.”

Shobe says he values all his purebred sale patrons, but the

relationship with the Swansons is even deeper. “They took a chance on me when I was just a young guy starting out as an auctioneer, and I sold their first sale when they were basically just getting going, so we’ve had the opportunity to grow in this business together.”

He noted that the involvement of their kids is especially neat to see in the industry.

“It’s inspiring to see the next generation take an interest like their kids do – they truly love being a part of it. Austin and Bree can speak to those mama cows and pedigrees and bulls as good as their parents can.

That’s something our industry really needs, is that next generation to take that interest and carry on the legacy.”

The Swansons say their goals are to continue to grow their registered herd and to provide opportunities for Austin and Bree to return to the operation after college, if they choose to do so. “Our family has been at this a long time on both sides, and hope there is a future for them in this business,” says Klint. “There are a lot of things against us, but we have hope in the future, people still have to eat, people love beef. We hope there is a future for them and generations to come.

“Our First calf heifers this year were some of the best we’ve ever had. Two and coming three-year-olds had 1% open. I was super, super happy about that because you know those are a hard group to get bred. We make a cut off in our first calf-program; we 45-50 day breed them, then pull the bull. But if you are kept and have a calf at side, that is our first indicator that the program is working. Mineral-wise we are on a forward path of progression that is working with the VitaFerm® Concept•Aid®.”

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Cattle that Perform for Cattlemen

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Campbell Red Angus breeds hardy cattle, with the ability to produce in harsh South Dakota environments.

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he 2020 Campbell Red Angus bull sale was held on the same day the nation received a stayat-home order. Though their operation—along with all other businesses—faced some unique challenges this year, the Campbell family looks to the future with big changes in 2021 and hope in the next generation.

Robert Campbell says, “It was the unknown, the uncertainty

of everything. Everyone was stopping and taking a breath.

Kind of like everyone has been for nine months now… It affected the sale. People just got very cautious all of a sudden, because they didn’t know what it meant. All the way through, not just our sale, but all the sales through April and May were affected.”

However, the Campbell Red Angus Bull Sale, which

has been held at Mobridge Livestock for four decades, will move to the ranch near McIntosh in the year 2021.

“We’re looking for something bigger and better - the opportunity for people to come see some of the mama cows and the herd bulls. I think once the people see they’ll understand more about the cattle, and the development program behind the cattle. I

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Moving the bull sale home might also give potential buyers a sense of the family heritage, like the five generations of Campbells that have influenced the herd operating today. “My greatgrandpa came from Cork County, Ireland and he homesteaded south of McIntosh,” Campbell says. Apart from four-year hiatuses to earn college degrees, each generation has returned to the ranch to carry on the operation.

Campbells began raising Red Angus fifty years ago, when it was a relatively unknown breed in the United States. “No one really knew what Red Angus cattle were. My dad and mom were real instrumental in the South Dakota Red Angus Association and promoting Red Angus as a breed in the 1970s and into the ’80s, just getting the breed recognized,” he says.

Robert’s father, Harold, and uncle, Harvey, laid the foundation of the original herd. “My dad and uncle got their red cattle in 1970, and their first purebred cattle in 1973,” he says. Twenty years ago, Harold became the sole operator when Harvey stepped away.

In order to further the overall quality of their product, Harold began refining the heifers. “In

Robert’s parents purchased their first purebred Red Angus cows in 1973 and were members of the South Dakota Red Angus Association, promoting the breed when it was relatively unknown. Pictured: Robert’s grandson, Sabel.

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between 300 and 500,” he says.

Robert says, “My dad coined the term, ‘Cattle that perform for the cattleman.’”

Campbell Red Angus strives to uphold that maxim with every breeding decision. “I’ve always said we’re one of the best-kept secrets out there.”

Robert continues the Red Angus breed for various reasons. “It’s a maternal breed with a lot of maternal traits. It’s a really high-value carcass breed. It’s a great base breed to go a lot of different directions for cross-breeding,” he says.

Seven years ago, Harold passed the operation onto Robert, but remains a source of guidance. “Dad still comes out every day. We’re carrying on trying to produce honest, good cattle,” he says.

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It’s a family affair with three generations running Campbell Red Angus. Pictured: Robert and Kara Campbell, along with their four children: Lacey, Melissa, Robby, and Jennifer.

got cattle standing in Canada, we’ve got cattle standing in the US, we’ve got cattle standing in Mexico that have all come from this operation.

We feel our cattle will adapt to a lot of environments. The cattle are exposed to all four seasons and we try to let Mother Nature do part of our selection. They’ve got to be hardy cattle,” Campbell says.

Along with adaptability, Campbells strive to produce fertility. “Our purebred herds run under range conditions. There’s not a lot of pampering. They get one chance: if they don’t bring a calf in, they don’t get to stay here. If they don’t breed back, they don’t stay,” he says.

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PRODUCER PROFILES the way they’re performing, because they’ve got every opportunity. They’re fed hard, in other words. They don’t have any adverse conditions which happen under ranch conditions,” he says. Exposing his cow herd to all of South Dakota’s four seasons (sometimes all in one week) instills the ability to adapt to any conditions throughout North America.

The fifth generation Campbell and the third generation of Campbell Red Angus, Robby, came home after graduating college a year ago. “My son and I and my dad are here full time. My wife (Kara) is a teacher in town and she works at home when she’s not working in town, helping to do books and the full realm of things. I’ve got three other children - my daughters they’ve graduated and moved

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The Campbell Red Angus Bull Sale will move home in 2021 for the first time in 50 years, giving buyers a chance to see the cattle in their natural environment.

on, but they come back and help, also.”

Campbell’s youngest, Jennifer, graduates from the pre-veterinary program at SDSU this fall, and will be applying to veterinary schools, gaining her interest in animal health from the family’s ranch.

Looking to the future, Campbell says they will continue to maintain the integrity of the Red Angus, breeding cattle with good feet, good udders, and good production, with the ultimate goal of producing “cattle that perform for the cattleman.”

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ale and Kim Kretschman of Rafter T Angus, near Gillette, Wyoming, turned their pairs out on summer grass in May. A week later, six inches of hail ruined the pasture. “They just had to tough it out. It was a rough summer. We didn’t creep feed. We didn’t do anything different,” Kim says.

Despite drought and nutrition challenges, the cattle thrived: weaning weights were within 25 pounds of 2019 (an exceptional year), and pregnancy checks yielded between just 2 and 3 percent open. The numbers prove once again to the owners why they are loyal to the breed, believing in passing on traits of longevity, fertility, calving ease, and rapid gain.

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Kale Kretschman believes in a cow that can produce both retainable heifers and good bull calves. “Why can’t they do both?” he says.

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“We’ll probably do this our lifetime, and our kids should reap the benefits of it.

That’s how long it takes. It’s a slow process.”

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really anything out there, in my opinion, that will compete with that,” Kale says. His family has always been in the cattle business, most recently Black Angus. His grandfather raised Herefords, but his father made the switch to black cattle.

For a short time, Kale’s father used Gelbvieh bulls on Black Angus cows. “I just got tired of too much birth weight and we didn’t gain much weaning weight. We switched to Angus bulls and our weaning weights went up, and all our calving difficulties went away,” he says.

Over time, Kretschman was able to refine the vision he had for his own herd, through

experience and opportunity. In 2008, Kale and Kim purchased a dispersal herd from Big Timber, Montana and fully committed to raising registered Black Angus. “It was too good of an opportunity not to try it,” Kim says.

They were strictly a commercial producer until that purchase, over a decade ago, but it was an easy transition.

Kretschmans kept precise records of their commercial cattle, used artificial insemination, used registered Angus bulls, and occasionally sold bulls private treaty.

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The Kretschmans: Kale, Zane, Galen, and Kim, each playing a role in their family business, Rafter T Angus, of Gillette, Wyoming.

Now, Kretschmans are focused on building a herd with the traits they value.

Sons Galen (21) and Zane (7) are heavily involved in the family business. “We’ll probably do this our lifetime, and our kids should reap the benefits of it. That’s how long it takes. It’s a slow process,” says Kim. Using embryo transfer has helped them achieve their vision more quickly. “We’re trying to select those older cows that have been here 10 years and know their jobs.

Those are the ones we are starting to flush.

You can see it improving faster,” she says.

Kale puts high value on cattle that last.

“The cows that we are flushing—it’s for longevity. In our industry, that’s what is lacking: having a cow that doesn’t disappear by the time she’s four or five.

You should be getting that if you have proven bulls and cows that stay here and

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by Rafter T Angus, leading to their decision to flush their proven, older cows and utilize embryo transfer to pass on strong genetics.

do it in our environment.”

All but one of Galen’s bulls featured in this year’s sale are embryo calves, with proven genetics from their topproducing, long-time females, Kim says.

“We run our cows like we have always run our commercial cows. They don’t get any special treatment because they’re registered,” Kim says.

Galen hopes to maintain this value as he makes production decisions. “The purebred guy is going to show up and buy one bull maybe every five years. But the commercial guy is going to show up every year

Despite drought and rough terrain in northeastern Wyoming, Kretschman’s cattle still performed above average at weaning and pregnancy checking time this fall.

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RAFTER T ANGUS and buy five. If you run them like a commercial cow and treat them like a commercial cow, their offspring and their genetics should always benefit the commercial guy. If we’re trying to make ours stronger in that aspect, it does nothing but make theirs stronger, too,” he says.

Fertility is a main emphasis for Rafter T Angus, as well.

Kim says, “Doctors Jay and Brandi Hudson out of Gillette are tough. Their bar is high for fertility. If the bulls aren’t right,

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The fourth annual Rafter T Angus Registered Bull Sale will be held January 9, 2021 at Buffalo Livestock Auction in Buffalo, Wyoming.

they will not pass a fertility test.

Sometimes, it’s painful. They’re so hard on them, but the end result is always worth it,” she says.

They hold the same standard for the cows. “We breed them for 45 days, and that’s counting A.I. they get one shot at the A.I. and one cycle to the bull. And if they don’t make it, they’re gone. I can tell in the last year, that’s coming around. The fertility is coming back into the cows. It used to be that we had 10 percent open every year, and now we’re down to that 2-3 percent,” says Kale.

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are either bull-producers or female-producers, Kretschmans believe a good cow should be both. “She ought to raise a good bull and you ought to be able to retain heifers out of her. That’s our goal - to raise cows that can do both,” says Kale.

With strategic culling, careful breeding decisions, and lots of patience, Kreschmans continue to see the fruits of their labor.

After selling with Powder River Angus for two years, they were able to host their own bull sale starting in 2017. January 9, 2021 will be the fourth annual Rafter T Angus Bull Sale at Buffalo Livestock Auction in Buffalo,

Wyoming. A potential goal is to also sell females, but for now the focus lies in marketing bulls that pass on proven genetics, “Goodfooted, low-input cows that produce a lot,” according to Kale.

With Galen already raising his own cattle and homeschooled Zane partaking in the day-to-day operations, Kretschmans strive to set their sons up for the future. Kim says, “I hope we’re able to pass on a successful business to [our children], someday.

The industry advances every single day. I hope they have the ability to keep moving forward.”

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ANGUS Focusing on Building Cattle that Thrive where They Are

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or J Bob Hould, decades of exhaustion, splitting time between a “town” job and the ranch, culminated in a few sentences at their early April bull sale.

“Spring of 2020 was tough

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on everyone and it was finally sale day,” Hould said. “I was so excited that we were finally going to be having our first live auction. It was April 4 and right in the heat of COVID shutdowns and restrictions.

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PRODUCER PROFILES and we were ready. I knew what I was going to say and had rehearsed it for days. I sit on the auction block and our auctioneer, Kyle Shobe, introduces me and hands me the mic. I look out over the crowd and see my family that has been behind me. Brothers and sisters who know how hard I have worked for this.

Customers and friends that have been with me for years and now it’s my turn to finally say thank you to all of them, and I fail miserably. I’m so choked up from all of their support that I can’t hardly get a word out. I’m not a man that is short of words, but that that moment I couldn’t think of any. That short little sale with

45 bulls made a memory that I will never forget. It was the culmination of so many things and just the pride I have for my family. I will never forget that day.”

J Bob and his family, wife, Ruby, daughter Jessica, sons Tucker, Hunter Cole and Tyler, married to Brooke, with granddaughter, Hadley, have worked together, Ruby and kids managing the ranch with the help of Kaleb McLain and Kyle Konesky, while J Bob worked 12-hour days in town.

“I relied heavily on my wife and kids to keep an eye on things. Which they did very well, and I’m very grateful for them, and proud of them all. I also thank my brother Dwain

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“I’m getting to be kind of a grass snob.”

J BOB HOULD Hould, who has helped us with promotion and been a great advocate for us and our type of cattle.”

Their type of cattle weren’t arrived at by chasing pedigrees or EPDs. They focused on building cattle they like, that can get by without a lot of extra labor and expense—just good, honest cattle, Hould says. “Our ranch slogan is, ‘cattle with maternal performance and genetics with maternal integrity.’ Just straightforward and simple.”

J Bob is about to retire from his 21-year career as a journeyman telephone technician for the local telephone cooperative. He’s looking forward to being able to do the things that he enjoys the most, being around his family and cows, though he acknowledges he wished it could have been sooner, while his kids were still at home.

J Bob’s job in town required a cow that fit the environment, that would survive and stay sound with little help or assistance. “I think we have a great set of cows that have proven themselves to do this job very well,” he said. “Now

the toughest job is to maintain this level of ability and not screw it up.”

Years ago, J Bob recognized a certain cow--number 1450-that checked all the boxes and fit the environment and objectives perfectly. They flushed embryos, and ended up with more than 30 direct daughters, and over half of their herd tracing to this cow at least once, if not several times. “Most of these direct daughters are well into their teen years and still producing outstanding calves for us,” he said. They used proven, timetested sires, like Emulation

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Number 1450, the matriarch of the Hould herd. Many of the best cattle in their herd trace back to her.

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All of the home-raised herd bulls are out of one of her daughters, or a direct son, but are also getting up in age. So in the spring of 2020 they brought in five of 1450’s aging daughters to flush and implant fresh. Two of those cows have been kept open all year and flushed. They plan to implant 80 to 100 embryos into cows that they are buying specifically for this project. “The two cows chosen both have two herd bulls in

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our lineup and have proven themselves to be much like their mother in type and kind,” Hould said.

J Bob’s ideal cow hasn’t always looked like the cows that are standing in his pastures now. “In 1991 when I purchased my first registered cows, my ideal cow was completely different than what I have now. Your environment will dictate what is going to work for you and I find it easier to just let it play out that way. There was a time when I just knew that I needed that super-stout, wide-bodied, belly-dragging cow to make a great set of cows for us. That was not the case. What I found was a cow that was more refined, and feminine-

fronted. Not near the massive belly depth that I envisioned. And cattle that were not a three frame, and dang sure not a six frame or more. I don’t mind a cow that shows wear a little bit and brings in a great calf, but can immediately get on the gain after weaning and be back in good rig by January, without any help other than grass and mineral. She needs to have a great udder, as well as be fertile and functional. A cow that is rangeadaptable and can survive is a must here.

Nobody gets a second chance.”

The cattle run on grass in the foothills of the Bears Paw Mountains southeast of Havre, Montana.

“I’m getting to be kind of a grass snob,” J Bob says. “I don’t like grazing pastures down and do my best to keep grass in great health. Since 2015 we have rested a third of our ranch pastures for a year.

Some pastures have rested for two years and it has been satisfying to see the drastic changes in forage.”

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They’ve also slowly transitioned farmland into grass and alfalfa for winter forage, and for a hay crop in good years. When they need extra forage they can use those to graze, and rest the native pastures.

Water isn’t an issue, with springs to spare. Their goal is to develop those springs and put in tanks to protect those areas, then build cross-fences to better utilize the grass and route water into the grass/alfalfa fields.

The goal, ultimately, is to keep growing the ranch so Houlds’ kids can return at some point, but J Bob is aware of the possibility that the kids may not share the goal. “I have several friends and acquaintances that have worked their tails off to build a legacy, only to learn that maybe one, if any of their children want to come back. It may be all of our dreams, but just not our children’s dreams.”

He wants to position the

ranch to make it a possibility, and have that conversation when the time comes.

A couple new outside leases allowed them to expand their recip herd, and keep all their heifer calves. They plan to add registered females to their sale this spring, and down the road they’d like to offer 3- to 4-year-old pairs. “It makes sense to me to market cattle at this stage, when they generally are at their highest price point and demand. All of the cattle with issues would have been culled out and some great cattle will be available to our customers annually,” J Bob says. “In recent years we have been contacted by commercial ranchers to help them find cattle like ours.

Either in weaned heifer calves, bred heifers or running-age cows. We have placed several hundred head of them in the past couple years and would like to keep this service going.”

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A COMMON PRACTICE AMONG CATTLE PRODUCERS IS TO SAVE THEIR BEST FEED FOR CALVING, OR AT LEAST THE LAST TRIMESTER, BUT SOME STUDIES HAVE SHOWN A LINK BETWEEN POOR NUTRITION IN THE FIRST TRIMESTER AND THE HEALTH AND LIFETIME PRODUCTIVITY OF THE UNBORN CALF.

According to Cattle Fetal Programming 101, published by Purina Animal Nutrition, “Cattle fetal programming is the concept that maternal stimulus or insult at a critical period in fetal development has long-term effects on the offspring. Any stressor can be an insult, including poor cattle nutrition and can cause DNA methylation in the developing fetus. The DNA itself cannot change, but DNA methylation will cause the activity of the DNA to change, meaning genes will be expressed differently. Essentially, methylation is turning on or off specific genes. Fetal nourishment can impact biological processes, such as growth, fertility and more, once the calf is born.”

This is a subject many producers are considering a possibility as they deal with a decrease in fertility in the heifers born in 2019. It was a year when numerous stressors affected the bred cow herd, including low

feed quality and difficult weather, and producers aren’t sure they’ve seen the end of the effects yet.

According to a study published by North Carolina State Extension, forage-based diets may not always meet 100 percent of a cow’s nutritional requirements. There are two priorities related to feeding beef cows: providing the cheapest diet possible and providing enough nutrients to prevent reproduction failure. If the feed requirements are not being met, the cow utilizes her own body reserves to survive and preserve fetal growth thus lowering her body condition score (BCS). This BCS system is an indicator of body fat and cows will not conceive at an acceptable rate without adequate body fat reserves (BCS=5, 1 to 9 scale). A BCS of less than 5 often prolongs the recovery period after calving, resulting in no heat cycles.

Roughly 75 percent of calf fetus growth

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It’s most efficient to match the animal’s nutrition requirements to when the nutrients are most readily available naturally, said Devin Broadhead, BS, J. Travis Mulliniks, PhD and Rick N. Funston, PhD in Developmental Programming in a Beef Production System.

In a traditional production cycle, with early-spring calving cows, the production system doesn’t meet the cows’ highest nutrition requirements, either necessitating costly supplementation, or resulting in a nutrient shortage for cow and calf.

“If dietary nutrient intake does not meet nutrient requirements, body tissue reserves (both lean and adipose tissue) will be mobilized to balance the deficiency. In most forage-

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“Nutritional management may not only affect maintenance, growth, or production in lactating or gestating cows but it can also influence fetal growth and subsequent postnatal performance. Undernutrition during gestation causes suboptimal conditions in the maternal uterine environment, which may positively or negatively influence the development of fetal organs and tissues and lead to lifetime impacts on progeny performance. Inadequate placental size or function can further complicate the influence of maternal nutrition on fetal development. For example, well-fed dams may still have an undernourished fetus because placental development or capacity is not adequate to meet fetal demands.”

Some Nebraska studies evaluated the effect of prepartum nutrition on heifer progeny performance.

They found a heifer’s lifetime production and organ development can be influenced by her in-utero nutrition. Nineteen cows were

fed either 70 or 100 percent of their nutrient requirements from day 45 to 185 of gestation, and then all cows were fed 100 percent of their nutrient requirements from day 185 of gestation until calving. The calf birth and weaning weights were similar, but heifers born to cows fed at seventy percent did have smaller ovaries and

luteal tissue. This indicates midgestation nutrition can play a role in future reproductive performance of replacement heifers. However, overall heifer pregnancy rates and timing of conception were not influenced by dam supplementation.

Another Nebraska study found that mid-gestation protein supplementation did

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NUTRITION AND BOVINE FETAL PROGRAMMING “GOOD IMMUNE FUNCTION IS CRITICAL FOR CALF HEALTH, AND STUDIES HAVE SHOWN THAT STEER PROGENY BORN TO COWS FED A HIGH RUMEN UNDEGRADABLE PROTEIN SUPPLEMENTS, HAD DECREASED FEEDLOT COSTS DUE TO LESS TREATMENT FOR SICKNESS.”

not influence steer calves growth from birth to weaning or affect their feedlot daily gain. But it did find that in cows grazing either low-quality native range or high-quality irrigated pastures during mid-gestation, the steers born to the first group had lower weaning and carcass weights, compared to the second group.

Good immune function is critical for calf health, and studies have shown that steer progeny born to cows fed high rumenundegradable protein supplements, had decreased feedlot costs due to less treatment for sickness. Yet there was no difference in

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sickness rates of steers born to cows fed rumendegradable proteins or no protein supplement.

So proper maternal nutrition has the opportunity to reduce sickness and improve profitability and performance in the calves.

Cade Moses, DVM of Superior, Nebraska, feels that many nutritional shortfalls occur in the fall with low-quality forage and poor hay. The herd goes into winter underfed but by the time they start to get thin it is already four to six weeks late. “It’s hard to play catchup. Higher protein feeds are good but the cows need more of the simple carbohydrates for energy when it is cold.”

Moses recommends testing your forage and working with your local veterinarian or Extension agent to ensure your cows are being fed adequately and a balanced amount of protein and carbohydrates.

“A key to minimize any deleterious effects of fetal programming is to manage body condition, which is directly related to nutrient intake, so it is important to understand not only nutritional requirements but nutrients in the diet so they are balanced,” said Rick Funston, beef cattle physiology professor beef cattle reproductive physiologist, Nebraska beef cow-calf professor of animal science with the University of NebraskaLincoln.

Seasonal variations in forage quality and quantity and pasture mismanagement can cause a nutrient deficiency, thus impacting the cows and progenies performances. Proper nutrition in the cow herd is important to positivity influence the genetics, fertility and profitability of the herd for generations to come.

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Sterile Sires Transferring Elite Genetics Could Revolutionize Cattle Production

By Denice Rackley

Humans have been breeding cattle for thousands of years. Little by little, we have manipulated cattle to concentrate those traits we find desirable.

Transforming average bulls into “surrogate sires” could revolutionize cattle breeding.

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ould you jump at the chance to have elite genetics delivered without the hormonal manipulation and manhours associated with Artificial Insemination (AI)? What if selected traits that could improve disease resistance, feed efficiency, and meat quality could be delivered through natural mating rather than AI? Dr. Jon Oatley, reproductive biologist at Washington

State University College of Veterinary Medicine, has spent the last 20 years working toward transforming the livestock industry to address efficient food production that could provide for the world’s expanding population.

How do we transform average males to serve as surrogates that produce sperm of a selected individual? This is the basic question before Oatley and the collaborating research teams from the University of Maryland, Utah State University, and the Roslin Institute at the University of Edinburgh.

“Bypassing the need for AI with surrogate sire technology, not only in seed stock operations but in range situations around the world, would provide a new breeding tool for livestock production enabling wide scale dissemination of superior genetics through natural mating,” Oatley explains.

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The research teams’ goal is to combine technologies that create a sterile male that is functionally normal, has the ability to manufacture viable sperm that is not his, and can mate naturally passing on the genetics of a selected male.

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Using CRISPR-Cas9, a geneediting tool, Oatley and his team, “knock out” the NANOS2 gene in male embryos that is responsible for male fertility.

The embryo is then inserted into a recipient cow. Sterile males are produced when both copies of this gene are inactivated in the male’s DNA while the animal remains functionally normal.

Oatley points out that “gene editing, using CRISPR the way we do to inactive a gene, can and does occur in nature.”

“Sperm stem cells are always present in testicular tissue and are the source of continual sperm production throughout a males’ reproductive lifespan when the correct hormonal signaling is in place.” To obtain sperm stem cells from a donor male for transplantation, all that is needed is a testicular biopsy.

“Working with large animal veterinarians, we are perfecting the biopsy procedure so that it doesn’t injure donor testis.

Before puberty, we inject these collected sperm stem cells into the ‘sterile’ male testicles. This enables surrogate males to mature with the donor sperm stem cells in place, ready and waiting for production.”

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Surrogate males are able to mate naturally, passing on desired traits from the sperm stem cell donor, explains Oatley.

PRODUCTION OF MALE SURROGATES

In addition to gene editing of embryos to produce sterile males, the team is confident that production of appropriate males through breeding is possible. Males that only have one NANOS2 gene inactivated produce viable sperm.

Females that have both genes inactivated remain fertile since the NANOS2 gene is specific to male fertility. When mated, this pair would produce a high percentage of sterile males.

DNA analysis of blood, tissue, or hair of the offspring would confirm sterility. These males could then serve as potential surrogate sires.

PROOF OF CONCEPT

The team of researchers have worked with mice, pigs, and goats, in addition to cattle. In the six years of the project, researchers have successfully removed the gene that enables sperm production in these species and transplanted sperm producing stem cells from donors that result in viable donor sperm production in these surrogates. This provides proof of concept.

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Surrogate mice have produced live offspring which carry the genes of the donor sire.

Having live offspring proves the technology indeed works but the process requires refinement for large scale production of livestock to take place.

WHAT’S NEXT

“We have successfully inactivated the gene to prevent sperm production, inserted donor sperm stem cells into bull calves, and identified viable donor sperm in surrogate bulls.

Now the insertion process and timing needs refining to enable sufficient sustained sperm production in cattle for natural mating to occur.”

The difficult part for university laboratories is to scale up to work with a significant number of large animals, notes Oatley. This is even more of a challenge with cattle because they are slower to sexually mature and only produce a single offspring.

To overcome this bump in the road, the surrogate sire team is partnering with a livestock genetics company. The company is also assisting with a commercial pipeline to make the technology available once the process is refined.

CHALLENGES

Oatley doesn’t see a downside to this technology as long as it

is used rationally, “We need to make breeding selection choices being mindful of maintaining biodiversity, but the same is true with AI.” Government regulations, public perception, and misconceptions surrounding gene editing are the main challenges facing surrogate sire technology, states Oatley.

“Currently, even if we have the ability to commercially produce food animals using surrogate sires, the product would not be allowed on a dinner plate anywhere in the world.”

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) controls “intentionally genetic altered animals”. Surrogate sires fall in that category. The National Task Force on Gene Editing in Livestock is working with the Association of Veterinary Medical Colleges to bring together researchers, industry representatives, bioethics personal, federal policymakers to map out recommendations and safeguards for regulating new genetic technology.

Education is needed because there are misconceptions surrounding gene editing and genetically modified organisms (GMO) or gene manipulation Oatley says. “Gene editing is simply a process that can and does arise in nature.”

Gene editing involves natural

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The livestock produced by surrogate sires will be 100% natural, only the vessel that transmits the genes is genetically altered.”

“Gene manipulation or genetically modified organisms do not occur naturally. Foreign DNA is inserted with human intervention to arrive at a desired result.”

FUTURE OF SURROGATE SIRES

Oatley estimates that live calves from surrogate sire are a couple of years down the road. He and his team are committed to educating the public about gene editing, recommending safeguards that assure safe food production, and refining the technology that they believe will revolutionize livestock production.

“Genetics determine an animal’s ability to convert food and water into useable products. Surrogate sire technology will enable us to better disseminate desirable traits, improving efficient food production and addressing food insecurity around the world,” says Oatley.

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A calf’s first meal is probably its most important.

“Calves are born without a well-functioning immune system,” Dr. Russell Daly, professor and South Dakota State University Extension veterinarian, said. “The main way for very young calves to fight off diseases is through the antibodies provided through colostrum. If they don’t get it, they depend on some relatively weak equipment to fight off diseases.”

Colostrum is the first milk produced by a cow that contains additional fat and protein compared to any successive milk. The extra fat and protein provide a boost of energy for newborn calves which is key especially in wet or cold conditions.

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throughout its first year of life.

Daly explained that getting the antibodies from colostrum within the first 24 hours of a calf’s life is crucial—outside of that window, absorption won’t take place. “The earlier the better—the antibodies are absorbed less efficiently at 24 hours than at say 6 hours of life,” he said.

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getting the colostrum into the calf,” Daly recommended.

If the producer detects mastitis when milking the cow Dr. Daly said that it wouldn’t necessarily make the calf sick, but he would question the quality of the milk as the mastitis often dilutes beneficial qualities of the milk/ colostrum.

In a case of severe mastitis, or if it is not possible to get colostrum from the cow, there are powdered colostrum replacers that can be used.

There are also pastes that producers might purchase.

“Not all colostrum products

are created equal,” Daly cautioned. When selecting a colostrum replacer, it is very important to read the label and to make sure that the mix has 100g immunoglobin to supply the newborn calf with the proper dose of antibodies.

Other products termed supplements may only contain 25-50g of immunoglobin, which is far from a full dose.

If a producer does need to use a colostrum replacer, Daly stressed that it should be mixed following the package directions, administered preferably through a bottle, or as a last resort through tubing,

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Colostrum and received as soon as possible within 24 hours of birth.

Producers can also collect and store colostrum from their own herds for future use, although Daly strongly discourages intermingling milk from one operation or facility to the next as it could transfer disease.

Colostrum can be stored in the refrigerator for up to a week or frozen for up to a year without losing any quality or having the storage impact the antibodies.

The best colostrum production in cows tends to -Dr. Russell Daly happen age wise in the middle range “not in heifers, as they’re just gearing up and really old cows tend to drop off in production as well,” Daly said.

This is due to a couple of factors: middle-aged cattle have been exposed to and have developed immunity to the same germs that the calf will be around. The cattle’s overall health will also play into the quality of the colostrum.

Dr. Daly said that a cow with a “body score of 4 or less is not

“The earlier the better— the antibodies are absorbed less efficiently at 24 hours than at say 6 hours of life.”

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ANIMAL HEALTH going to produce as much colostrum or as high quality of colostrum concentration of antibodies.”

Producers can use vaccines in cows and heifers to boost antibodies, thereby increasing the quality of the colostrum and immune support that they pass on to their calves.

“By vaccinating a cow with scours pathogen antigens, the resulting immune response will increase circulating antibodies and specifically stimulate lymphocytes against those specific pathogens which are then passed to the calf in the colostrum,” Daly said.

“Dam vaccination for scours is best performed late in gestation, around the time the cow’s body starts to ‘pump’ antibodies into the colostrum being formed.”

Recently, beef producer John Moes has been evaluating and focusing on improving the quality of colostrum in his cattle. Moes and his son Bryan run 300 black Angus pairs along with owning and operating Moes Feedlot LLC in Florence, South Dakota.

After having some trouble with scours and then pneumonia at 5-6 weeks of age in their calves, John and Bryan began looking for preventative ways to improve their herd health rather than using reactive treatments.

They began working on ways to improve their colostrum production by giving additional shots to their cows prior to calving. For the last five or so years they have also developed a forced mineral program distributed through their TMR. About a month before their cattle began calving in February, they add

beta carotene to this custom mineral formula.

John explained that cattle primarily get beta carotene through fresh green summer grass and then store it. Winter feeding options are low in beta carotene which is why he began supplementing it. He has found that the amount of protein in the colostrum of his

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ANIMAL HEALTH cattle has increased since he began feeding beta carotene.

It can also improve immune function.

When John began focusing on colostrum several years ago, he partnered with Daly.

Bryan explained that Daly would bring graduate students out once a week to take blood and nasal samples to test for different pathogens in the calves to see what they were being exposed to and determine how to keep the calves healthy.

“We control everything from birth to finish,” Bryan said.

Because of that they were able to observe the progression of the calves compared to previous years. What they found was that the “health as a baby calf shows through to the finish,” Bryan said.

The general consensus after improving colostrum quality in their cattle was that the Moes calves stayed healthier as a whole as compared to previous calf crops. John explained that even if they did have a calf that came down with pneumonia that they “responded to treatments a lot better.”

The Moes calf crop is sold on a grade grid and are “going out 100 percent choice or better,” John reported.

The colostrum/pathogen study with Daly wasn’t

the first time that John has partnered with South Dakota State University. In 2003 he began working with the then SDSU faculty member George Perry on the reproductive side of his operation.

Throughout the years, professors have brought classes out to tour their stateof-the-art 1,999 head capacity

feedlot. They also have several interns from SDSU who help with the operation.

As far ensuring that the calf’s first meal goes well, Bryan said, “The biggest thing is to make sure that your calves are getting up and that you have a good team behind you of nutritionists and veterinarians.”

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utting cows out with another stockman to run on “shares” has long been practiced by cattlemen. It’s an easy way for one producer to phase out of active management of livestock and another producer to work into the beef industry without a huge outlay of cash. With profit margins slimmer today than they were five or ten years ago, producers considering taking in or leasing out share cattle

should take a careful look at the numbers to make sure that their agreement is equitable for both parties.

Both share and lease deals have their pros and cons and, depending on the situation and the markets, one or the other may be a better fit. The traditional share arrangement involves no cash outlay from the party taking the cattle in and providing for their care until the calves are sold each fall, and

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then a percentage of the calf check is given to the owner of the cows. Risk is shared equally between the owner and the lessee.

A cash lease, on the other hand, involves a set fee per cow per year that the tenant pays to the owner of the cows. The owner is guaranteed a certain dollar figure annually regardless of the number of calves sold.

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An Equitable Share losses and also frees the lessee up to retain ownership of the calves longer, but the owner may take a slightly lower dollar amount in this case due to also having less risk involved.

“People are talking about cash leases more than in the past because they are so simple,” said Aaron Berger, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Beef Systems Extension educator. “Share arrangements are still popular, though. It just depends on the individual situation.”

In an industry that has an extremely low profit margin, Berger says that it is particularly

important to look carefully at all the factors involved and run the numbers thoroughly before entering a share or lease agreement, and that revisiting those numbers annually is a good idea for both parties participating.

“The ‘pie’ has changed a lot in the last five years,” Berger said.

“When you are dealing with small pieces it is important to ask ‘is this equitable?’ or either party can feel taken advantage of. It may not feel like a win/ win situation but you can at least determine whether it is equitable for everyone.”

Online Resources Producers considering either putting cows out or taking them in on a lease or a share basis can put to use the spreadsheet tools available from UN-L, SDSU, Iowa State University or others to run the numbers and make a good decision on the option that is best for their own unique situation.

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Traditionally, share arrangements may have been split 60/40 or 70/30 between the operator and the owner of the cows depending on who provided the bulls. Data from both South Dakota State University and Iowa State University suggests that under current market conditions and taking into account increased labor and input costs along with rising land rental rates, that an 80/20 split may be fitting.

Berger says he is familiar with producers in several different scenarios working with lease and share cattle arrangements, and that while the circumstances are different the numbers end up being similar.

“I know one individual who leases out cows on a cash basis as part of his business,” he said. “He takes an interesting approach. The cash lease price fluctuates annually based on the market value of the cows he owns and takes into account their age, quality and the cattle

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markets over a certain period of time. He has the lease set at 12 percent of market value; when I’ve run the numbers it’s not too far from what I’ve come up with in other cash lease or traditional cattle share scenarios.”

A second cash lease arrangement is common between a producer wanting to phase out of cattle management and ownership over a period of time. A cash lease provides a simple way for them to continue getting income from the cattle they have invested in without having to worry about their care or keeping replacements to maintain their numbers.

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An Equitable Share scenario involves a traditional share agreement and usually works well for families who may be welcoming a son or daughter or another extended family member back to the ranch.

“A share arrangement may be ideal for a cattle owner who is still going to be involved to some degree with the work but may take a lower share to help a family member who is starting out,” he said.

“Depending on the goals of the people involved perhaps they will keep some heifers as their share rather than a portion of

the calf check.”

Luke Wiechmann, Prairie City, South Dakota, has been on both sides of cattle share deals, and has experience with a variety of scenarios. When he was building up his own cow herd he ran cattle on shares for two different Angus seedstock producers.

“One of them mainly wanted the heifer calves to add to his own herd; he said he wanted the heifers unless there was one that I really liked, and then he would probably take that one too,” he laughed. “So I didn’t get a lot of replacements out of

those cows.

“The other breeder maintained his numbers; if a cow was open he would bring me a replacement. I felt like the benefit for me was that I could run better cattle than what I would have been able to afford to buy at the time so I was able to get a better start. There is an advantage to running cows for someone who has a herd that you like, for a breeder you trust, someone who has been in the cattle business for a long time and who has an interest in helping you get a start.”

Luke said he felt this was a

“There is an advantage to running cows for someone who has a herd that you like, for a breeder you trust, someone who has been in the cattle business for a long time and who has an interest in helping you get a start.” -Luke Wiechmann

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good way to get started in the cattle business because he didn’t have to put out the money for a big initial investment and he did not have replacement costs.

“I didn’t get the salvage value of the cows that went to town,” he said, “But I think the salvage value is usually a lot less than replacement costs.”

Later, Luke leased out some cows that he owned on a cash per head basis and felt that in that situation it also worked well for him. He didn’t need to increase his herd at the time so he did not need to keep back replacements and that gave the lessee the freedom to keep back calves to run as yearlings

without a complicated situation of trying to estimate a calf share value.

“If you can find the right person to work with, running cattle on shares or a lease is a good way to get started,” he said. “Whether a person chooses a share agreement or a cash lease probably depends on if the owner needs heifers or just looks at it as an investment.

But anytime you can work with someone who is actually a cattle person and wants to see you get a start it helps.”

Regardless of whether cattle owners and producers choose a cash lease or a share deal, the arrangements can and

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should vary depending on the individual situation, the goals of the parties involved, and who is investing in the cost of inputs---such as feed and bulls---and who is providing the labor to care for the cattle. Both parties should sit down and take a good look at the numbers, and make sure they communicate their goals clearly. Even for family arrangements, putting the agreement in writing with designated start and end dates and an agreement to revisit the terms annually is advisable.

Having a banker or lawyer look over the agreement prior to signing it can also be helpful.

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reating optimum conditions for heifers prior to their first breeding will improve conception rates, calving success and herd longevity, according to research.

Although many producers raise heifers on their own ranch, people and operations that specialize in heifer development provide added value to the cow-calf sector through their services.

Hailstone Heifer Development out of Broadview, Montana, 50 miles north of Billings, is owned by the Swartz family, including parents Rich and Laurie, son Mike and his wife Kaley and their sons Chase, 6, and Hesston, 3. This will be their 22nd year of offering heifer development services in their 2,000head capacity yard.

Like any family operation, everyone does a little bit of everything, but each of the Swartz family members have found their own niche that helps the outfit run smoothly. Rick is the front

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man. “He works directly with the customers to address their needs, does the bidding, and builds the rations,� says Mike. Kaley is the pen rider and does all the book work and billing.

Mike is the feed guy, specializing in feed supply chain management and building rations, as well as doing a lot of the processing. Laurie runs backup for the crew and plays an important role watching the grandsons while mom doctors calves. Additionally, they employ one feed truck driver and a mechanic to keep things rolling. Their

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- Hailstone Heifer Development in Broadview, Mont., is a true family affair involving three generations of the Swartz family.

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Rain or shine, the Swartz family makes sure the heifers in their care are in their best shape to breed up and return to the herd to become productive cows.

other son, Colt, has his own business, but helps with the work during the busy seasons.

Hailstone takes in anything from bawling calves up to 90 days prior to breeding dates.

“We learned over years that the longer the calves are here, the better the cycling and

conception rates will be,” says Rick, so they made the decision to require the heifers to be in their lot for at least 90 days prebreeding. Although they run cattle of their own, the majority of the average 1,500 head of heifers they feed and breed each year are custom.

“We do have a minimum­— we will not accept less than one heifer,” says Rick with a laugh.

And although most customers bring bigger lots, the smaller placements are comingled with contemporary groups of cattle with similar weight and breeding goals.

From left to right: The Swartzes do a great job raising kids and cattle at their heifer development lot. The Swartzes say they feel the most valuable component of their work in heifer. Kaley Swartz is the chief pen rider at Hailstone Heifer Development.

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Developing the future One aspect of their business the Swartzes take great care in is matching their services to the goals of the customer.

“When each customer comes to the lot Rich will ask them a bunch of questions about the cows they have at home, what their expectations are of their cows, and what their goals are,” says Kaley. Rick builds a custom ration and outlines a plan for each customer. “We have a whole notebook full of customers’ names with figures and protocols,” says Kaley. “He pencils it all himself and works lots of details to get as close to what each person wants.”

Rick dials in on the

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The Crazy Mountains near Clyde Park, Mont., make for a scenic backdrop for the Lannen family’s heifer development program.

anticipated mature cow weight and strives to breed when the heifers hit 65 percent of that weight. This puts them on an average of between one to one and half pounds gain per day. However, based on his experience and research, he says he feels heifers respond best if started on a slightly slower rate of gain, closer to one pound a day, then increasing their gain to closer to two pounds a day at breeding.

They do all the synchronization and breeding themselves.

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Developing the future their experience and streamlined system.

“Yes, you have to write a check, but if you’re rolling out hay and supplement, you have to know what that costs, plus account for a certain amount of waste and your labor,” says Mike.

“Also, it takes quite a bit of time and resources,

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as well as good facilities, to develop your own heifers. We take all that out of the equation, plus bring the expertise to the system.”

Additionally, the Swartzes note the significance of the genetic improvement available through AI. “You can affordably use a $50,000 to $75,000

From Left to Right: Haylage is the primary ration component at Hailstone Heifer Development, from their own raised hay. The Lannen family uses a 14dayb CDR protocol, breeds off a split time, then heat detects and breeds the non-responders.

bull on a heifer group, compared to buying an average bull to turn out, plus with a good synch program you can get most calves born from the first cycle, creating a great heifer and future cow program,” says Rick.

Finding a niche is important in any service.

Farther west of the Swartzes, near Clyde Park, Montana, the Lannen family, Jamie, his wife Katrina, and their children Zane, 21, Reace, 17, and Kade, 14, also offer heifer development services. The Lannens’ point of diversification is they are not a feedlot – they only have the capacity to feed around 300 head of cattle through the winter, and take on other custom heifers to develop for 60 days prior to breeding in the spring. Because of this, they’re able to manage the heifers on pasture—last year they

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bred 700 custom heifers on 640 acres during the breeding season.

“We are not a feedyard; our philosophy is these heifers are out in their contemporary groups, not standing in a feedyard,” says Jamie.

“They’re out moving, traveling to feed and

water, developing the correct weight cattle should develop. We might be a bit different, but I want these heifers in their working clothes.”

They feed a forage-heavy ration, and use nutritional analysis to fill in the gaps, including supplementing with tubs or cracked corn on

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Developing the future windrows. The last 30 days prior to breeding they push the heifers and shoot for a pound and a half daily gain. For synching they use a 14-day CDR protocol, then breed off a split time with heat detection and timed breeding. Jamie, Katrina and Reace are all certified AI techs and work together to do the breeding. The heifers are put on a truck back home a minimum of three days after breeding and a maximum of seven days.

To Lannen, the most important aspect he tries to communicate to ranchers is that the services they offer are longterm investments.

“You need to spend the money and develop these cattle right so they turn out for you long term,” he says. “Yes, anyone can keep their heifers and feed

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The Lannen family has found their niche using pasture management in their custom heifer development program.

them and breed them, and whatever turns out turns out. But it’s critical to make a concentrated effort to plan the future of your herd.”

Lannen says the feedback they get from customers is that not only are they getting a valuable service through heifer development, the work also coincides with the timing of the spring rush of calving, farming or turning out grass cattle.

“One guy said, ‘I don’t know how we would ever get this done without you.’”

But Lannen says it’s not just about a few months’ worth of work.

“We don’t want them to just see the value that spring or fall, but to see it 3-4 years down the road, when those heifers are still breeding and producing and working for them.”

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Retaining ownership is an option for adding value to calves

By Tristen Polensky Photos courtesy Darnall Feedlot

Gary Darnall helps customers create a breakeven analysis to help determine if retaining ownership is right for their operation.

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There has been a slow creep of changes in cattle marketing over the years, and that’s not a secret.

Value-added programs have been changing the game for many producers. With this past year being one for unpredictable factors and immense insecurity, it may be just the right time to examine if retaining ownership and making your own changes in management practices could be advantageous in adding value.

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ritton Blair of Blair Brothers Angus in Sturgis, South Dakota, said his family has been feeding their own calves up to feeder weight since the 1990s. They were able to find a program that worked well for their operation, and have been seeing value added to their cattle and watching their genetics work in real-time.

He emphasized that if a rancher can market genetics to their full potential, it’s almost always profitable to retain ownership of the calves. Although it’s proven successful for them, Blair said it depends on the year. Blair said many ranchers he’s spoken to are hesitant because it’s out of their comfort zone and they don’t have the right contacts.

“Retaining ownership is a good tool to use and can be very profitable for a lot of ranchers. If you’re trying to decide whether to retain ownership, you just need to run a breakeven. There’s a lot of stuff out there on the internet, and it’s pretty simple on a calculator. If your calves are going to breakeven or have a potential working, I think you should do it. If you’re going

to loose $50 a head selling them as fats, you might as well sell them as calves. When you have a year like this with coronavirus and the election, it seems like a pretty good time to try it. You’re buying yourself time for the market to even out.

When you have a year like 2014 with the market higher than it’s ever been, you just want to sell the calves and go on.”

Blair thought last year was the year to keep calves.

Instead, he said if it had been someone’s first try at retaining ownership it would have

proven challenging. “I always wondered why more people didn’t do it but then realized a lot of people have and maybe it just didn’t work out or they didn’t realize the value. Maybe their timing was off or they maybe didn’t know a detail that could really change the marketing of the fat cattle.”

Gary Darnall of Darnall Feedlot in Harisburg, Nebraska agrees with Blair on the fact that each situation can differ.

For each customer that is or thinking about retaining ownership, he constructs a

Gary and Lane Darnall are the owners of Darnall Feedlot in Harrisburg, Nebraska.

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Retaining ownership breakeven analysis in order to determine if it’s best for the rancher to sell at weaning or feed the calves. He said the break-evens are accurate besides extreme weather conditions.

“The first thing we do to look at retained ownership is what

or negative. A lot of times, it’s negative. The customer can take that information to his banker and discuss the financial situation and use that as a guide and options to look at marketing his livestock, whether it’s selling at that time or retaining ownership.”

breakeven analysis.

“The other disadvantage is if you haven’t retained ownership before, your income will probably come in the present year, and if you retain ownership at the finishing weight the income will come in the following year. That may

“Retaining ownership is a good tool to use and can be very profitable for a lot of ranchers.” -Britton Blair

The feedlot feeds over 20,000 head of cattle. Darnall Feedlot works with customers who retain ownership of their calves.

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We estimate what the cost of feed will be by looking at corn prices and other commodity prices. Then we add that onto the market price of cattle at the time, and then we look at total dollars we have in that animal when it’s finished. Then we look at the futures market to determine if it looks positive 182

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Darnall discussed a few disadvantages of retaining ownership, the first being the main concern of many ranchers.

When retaining ownership, it’s extending the risk of the assets for an added amount of time after a rancher would normally be selling them.

Darnall calculates death loss and extra sickness costs into the

or may not be an advantage to you tax wise. Once you sell in the following year, that could be a disadvantage to you in the following year whether you retain ownership or not. You’re taking one year of income and putting it in the following year, so you may be doubling up on income.”

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Retaining ownership educator David Koupal pointed out a few more financial points to watch out for. For example, a loan payment may be due in December (or any other large payments) but the calves won’t be sold until the following year.

Koupal also said when looking at retained ownership, each year differs, and each operation differs. The futures market isn’t

guaranteeing a profit can be seen this year.

“There are a lot of great programs out there. The problem is, we pay the money up front and there’s no guarantee at the end. You have to look at your operation. You can find a niche market, but what’s the input cost to get to that point?

“There are a lot of great programs out there. The problem is, we pay the money up front and there’s no guarantee at the end.” -David Koupal

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What does it cost the operation to run a cow?” Koupal said.

“You’re banking on getting a pretty good premium at the end to be profitable. The good cattle will sell, it’s the poor-quality commodity that you lose your profit. It doesn’t matter if it’s a great calf or poor calf, we all have that expense per cow.

That’s where we as producers and ranchers and lenders need to help each other to take that inferior commodity and make a better premium on it.”

Koupal recommended that when looking at a niche market or program that might fit an operation, find someone in that market who’s been doing it for at least 5 years. Ask them what their return has been, and what their pay-in was.

Become educated about the market, then run the numbers to decide if it’s profitable.

Gary Darnall works with many ranchers on retaining ownership in his feedlot, but he emphasized that when creating the breakevens, he doesn’t hesitate to tell the customer if they need to sell the calves now (at the time of weaning) if feeding the calves won’t bring extra value.

“We’re here to add value to those cattle. If we can’t add enough value and if they aren’t making a profit, it’s very discouraging to them and us.”

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Informed Decisions Through SDSU’s Calf Value Discovery Program

By Shaley Lensegrav Photos courtesy of SDSU Every decision that a commercial beef producer makes—from culling females out of the herd to sire selection—revolves around producing cattle that will deliver a uniform pen and push down the scale in the fall. But once the bidding is over and the calves walk out of the sale ring, what exactly happens to those heavy weight calves?

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“Based on information [producers] get, they can make educated management decisions that increase revenues for them.” hanks to the Calf Value Discovery Program through South Dakota State University, South Dakota producers no longer need to wonder and can now get valuable feedlot and carcass data about their final product.

The Calf Value Discovery Program, established in 1990, allows producers to enroll a sample of their calf crop, track their feedlot growth, and ultimately receive a comprehensive carcass report.

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with the program in 2011.

“The purpose of the program is to help cow calf producers understand how their mating or selections are impacting the animals in the feedlot,” Walker stated. “The majority of cattle are sold as feeder calves, but producers don’t know how they turn out if they haven’t made connections to see how their cattle are performing and hanging on the rail.”

To join the program producers must enroll a minimum of 5 head of cattle and pay a $20 registration fee per head. This registration fee provides them with carcass and performance data. Additionally, producers must pay all feedlot expenses

for their cattle which can include feed, implants, yardage, medical fees, and the cost of shipping them to the plant.

“In general, we reflect the make-up of the cow herds in the region,” Rusche stated about the cattle enrolled in the program. The program typically has a high percentage of black Angus but includes all breeds.

The group typically includes anywhere from around 100-500 animals with each producer contributing on average 10-15 head.

The cattle are taken to the feedlot the first of November and then are sold in three groups with the first load going out in April. Each of the three

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WARREN RUSCHE “The biggest benefit [of the program] for a cow/calf producer is the additional information beyond what they can get through traditional marketing channels.” waves are about a month apart.

After the animals have been processed, producers can expect data including hot carcass weight, marbling score, quality grade, yield grade, rib fat, kidney fat, pelvic fat, heart fat, carcass value, and information on the price per pound via the grid system that they are sold through. Throughout the program producers also receive information regarding the animal’s weight, average daily gain, estimated feed intake based on equations, feed expenses, and individual expenses.

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decisions that increase revenues for them,” Walker explained.

Walker expressed that one of the highlights for her is getting to work with producers.

She has witnessed firsthand how the program data has impacted producers’ decisions and the direction of their operations.

In one instance, a producer was disappointed when his livestock consistently were sold as the third and final group in the program. After looking at the data, Walker and the producer came to the conclusion that his cattle weren’t ready to go straight to the feedlot and would benefit more so from being backgrounded first.

“He was ecstatic with how I had helped him figure out what was best for his cattle,” she explained.

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which the producer believed would greatly improve his herd genetics. After the data was collected, his favorite bull ironically produced the poorest performing calves.

Walker said the producer “told his wife that they had to get rid of that bull and then changed the focus of his operation.” Today the producer’s son is a part of the operation and Walker relayed that “he doesn’t think he would be in the same business today if he hadn’t learned what he learned back then [in the program].”

“The biggest benefit [of the program] for a cow/calf producer is the additional information beyond what they can get through traditional marketing channels,” Rusche explained.

While the producers who enroll in the program are mostly from commercial operations, their reasons for joining vary.

Rusche explained that based on the results, some producers or “graduates” of the program decide to feed out their entire calf crop and retain ownership longer. Other producers use the program data to “better communicate [or] share information with the next buyer on how a sub sample might perform,” Rusche stated.

Walker said she worked with a producer who used

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the program to help select replacement heifers. He would send steer calves that were similarly sired to the heifers so that he knew what kind of marbling was in the heifers that he was retaining.

The Calf Value Discovery Program was established in 1990 through the support and input of numerous committee members from all aspects of beef production.

The program’s first leader, John Wagner, who is now an Animal Science Professor at Colorado State University, considers the program to be “one of the highlights of [his] career” and time at SDSU. He explained that the program was created to help producers “make informed decisions on if they should retain or ship their calf crop. They need to understand the value of their calf—not just what was offered at the sale barn.”

During his time with the program Wagner said “not only did we try to provide individual information to cow/ calf producers, we tried to learn some things about feeder cattle in general.”

Today, Walker and Rusche are looking to compile their decades of data into a paper and get it published.

According Walker, the Calf Value Discovery Program “promotes itself.” Producers who are interested should reach out to either Walker or Rusche well before the mid-October registration deadline.

“A lot of people have talked about the desire to get more information or expressed frustrations that information is harder to get and feeders aren’t as forthcoming with that information,” said Rusche.

“Here is an opportunity to get that information for yourself.”

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The National FFA Convention goes The National FFA chorus sings virtually for this year’s convention. Singers from across the country videotaped their song, as they sang along to a Youtube link with accompaniment.

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What do you do when a global pandemic hits, but you’re supposed to meet up with about 70,000 of your best friends for an annual meeting?

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That’s what the National FFA Convention did, October 27-29, in place of their annual convention, which is normally held in Indianapolis, Indiana.

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The National FFA Convention goes

Nominees for each FFA award were “zoomed” in as winners were announced, allowing students to watch their reactions online.

high school FFA members and their advisors congregate in Indianapolis for three days, for learning, networking, competing, and just in general having fun.

This year, the learning, networking, competing and having fun was done through a TV and computer screen.

The national convention general sessions were aired on RFD-TV and the Cowboy Channel and on the FFA’s website, free of charge for anyone to view.

The other sessions, including the Blue Room and the Expo, were available to FFA chapters for a small registration fee, and offered interactive capabilities.

For Andrea Curlo, the agricultural education teacher and FFA advisor at Silver Lake High School in Roseland, Neb., she and her

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Kolesen McCoy, the 2019-2020 FFA National President, welcomes FFA-ers to this year’s convention, which was held virtually.

students made it work. “It was disappointing for the kids, because (the trip) is what they work for. But there was nothing we could do about it.”

She and the school tried to make it special for the students, with a big “to-do” during an awards day held at the school. For their agriscience competition, her students received a certificate, a poster, and cash, which was given out during an event in the gym. And the event was webcast on Striv.tv, a high school activity live streaming platform.

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South Dakota FFA student Katelyn Kotas received her American FFA degree. Students submitted pictures of themselves for the online recognition.

Cole Schock, Salem, S.D., received his American FFA degree virtually at this year’s National FFA Convention. Schock was also one of four nominees for the American Star in Agricultural Placement award.

she particularly liked, she would have different class periods watch it. That was an advantage over being at the convention, in person.

“Sometimes (at the convention) you don’t make it to all the sessions because you’re busy doing workshops and activities.

I showed (the students) the keynote speakers that I thought were best to see.”

One of her students’ favorite

parts of convention is meeting new people from across the nation and from within the state as well. The Nebraska FFA chapters usually gather for a bus tour to various sites around Indianapolis, giving them an opportunity to get to know each other.

“That’s an experience they definitely missed out on,” she said. The convention offered a “fun room,” with scavenger

hunts, karaoke, a dance party and trivia, which allowed kids to get to know each other.

She tried to impart to those students who have never been to convention how big of a deal it is. “You’re in a sea of blue (FFA jackets),” she said, “in a stadium with awesome music and lights. They really play it up and you feel like you’re part of something huge, which you are.”

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The National FFA band gets their groove on as they play virtually for this year’s convention, which was held Oct. 27-29.

For Madison Miller, a senior at Silver Lake, missing out on this year’s convention in person was a bummer. “It was definitely disappointing, to say the least,” she said. “Going from being in an insane environment with all those people, to be sitting in front of a screen. I was glad I still got to be part of it, but I definitely wished I could have been back in Indianapolis, making new friends and meeting up with old ones.”

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you’re not getting the face-toface reactions. It’s nice to have the human to human reaction, and over the computer, it’s not the same.”

For another Nebraskan, his part of the convention went “singing-ly” well.

Seth Daup of the Gothenburg FFA chapter, was part of the chorus at this year’s convention, and technology allowed them sing together, even if they weren’t together.

Because of COVID-19 restrictions, this year’s members were the same as last year’s chorus, and they sang a song they had learned at

last year’s convention. Chorus members were emailed the sheet music, plus a YouTube link with their director, Christy Britton, directing the singers with the accompaniment playing in the background.

Daup practiced the song and collaborated with fellow FFA chorus members before videotaping himself and submitting the file via email to an online storage file, along with other students’ performances.

The national office then compiled the audio into one file, to make it appear the students were singing in

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unison, while the videos showed each student at their location.

Daup, a high school senior, attended the convention last year and missed being there in person. He was complimentary to the national organization for how it was organized and structured even with restrictions. “I don’t think they could have done much better with it, given the situation and circumstances. I missed not hearing and feeling the excitement in the air when you’re in front of 60,000 people, singing.

But as for what they did, I think (the national

organization) checked everything off the list.”

The proficiency award program and other competitions that normally take place in Indy were done virtually prior to the national convention. Normally, winners are recognized on stage, but this year, they were “Zoomed” in. As awards were announced in real time online, a picture of the winner was shown on the screen. For the bigger awards, the nominees were given Zoom links, so they would be live, and as their name was called, everyone could see their reaction. “It was really cool,” said

“We always talk about there being silver linings in everything.

This year, people who might not normally be able to go had an opportunity.” -Kristy Meyer Rebecca Wulf, one of five Nebraska State FFA vice-presidents. “You could see their faces and their reaction. (The nominees) had their families and friends with them, and they would go crazy.”

For Wulf, who served as a delegate at the convention, online meetings made things more streamlined. When students needed to amend a motion, for example, it had to be submitted via email, forcing thoughts to be put more clearly into words on paper. “It was really controlled and made it really efficient,” she said. “We had four days set apart for possible debate, and we did it all in the first day.” As a college student at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, the online convention allowed her to miss fewer classes, “but I would have liked to be there,” she said.

The one highlight of the convention was for the six 2020-2021 national officers, whose selections were announced in real-time online.

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After their names were called, they were told to go to their front door; someone was knocking. It was a representative from National FFA organization, with their new national officer jacket. It was videotaped for the FFA world to see. “We tried to make it special for those new officers,” said Kristy Meyer, National FFA communications manager.

To make up for the lack of travel, some FFA advisors rented local facilities like the VFW to make it special for their chapter members.

“Teachers tried to make the experience as close as possible to if they were in person,” she said.

Meyer noted that about 217,000 people registered for the convention, almost three

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“With us all being so far apart, the one thing that still bonds and unites us all is the blue jacket.” -Weston Svoboda times as many who normally attend. “We always talk about there being silver linings in everything,” she said. “This year, people who might not normally be able to go had an opportunity.”

For Weston Svoboda, a former Nebraska FFA State vice-president who watched the convention online, the one unifying thing about FFA was still evident. “We were all in

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official dress,” he said. “With us all being so far apart, the one thing that still bonds and unites us all is the blue jacket. Just to see our national officers (on stage), wearing the blue jacket, and to know we all have those on at home, is what rallies us.

It’s something we can still take pride in, whether it’s virtual or in person. We can rally around the fact of what the blue jacket means to us.”

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Above, Kaden Eisenbraun WDT Farm and Ranch Management director and instructor stands with a student in a field, as he gives instruction. Eisenbraun resurrected an agriculture program at WDT in 2019. Below, Eisenbraun checks the WDT cattle at the school. The school’s three cows, Angus and Angus-cross, will be used for students’ labs and studying.

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By Ruth Nicolaus Photos courtesy western dakota tech The cows didn’t jump over the moon, they just went to school at Western Dakota Technical College (WDT) in Rapid City, S.D. WDT is only one of two schools in South Dakota, and one of about 35 in the nation, which has cattle on campus for the instruction of farm and ranch majors.

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n fact, WDT’s farm and ranch management program got a fresh start about a year and a half ago.

In 2013, the ag science program at WDT, which was an online course, was discontinued.

In 2019, WDT saw the need to start a new agriculture program. They hired Kaden Eisenbraun, who has worked to build it back up. It’s the only post-secondary ag program in western S.D., Eisenbraun said.

He’s worked to set up a variety of classes, from soils, agronomy and plant sciences, to beef cattle reproduction, cow/calf management and more, “to give (a student) a foundation for multiple sides of the industry, so you have a good footing, no matter what you go into,” he said.

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Two of the three cows at Western Dakota Tech eat grain. The school, located in Rapid City, is one of two schools in the state with cattle for students to study.

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one Angus-Simmental cross cows are pastured behind the school, within walking distance for students to study and care for them. “Students can utilize those animals for more hands-on, immersive learning technology,” Eisenbraun said.

South Dakota State University is the only other school in the state that has cattle for instruction on campus.

“You can step out the back door,” he said, “and the cattle are there, which cuts down on

students driving.” Students have been excited about it, he said. The cattle allow for more hands on learning, including feed rations, livestock handling, calving, and marketing. When the calves from these three cows are weaned, students will be in charge of marketing

them, Eisenbraun said, with the option of marketing them direct to the consumer or to the sale barn. If they bring more than market price, the extra will go to the students. “So if they market well, it goes back to them.”

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Three cows are at home at Western Dakota Tech, to be used in the study of farm and ranch management. They are new to the program, having come in October. The farm and ranch program started at WDT in 2019.

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“They appreciate them being there. It gives extra light to their day, seeing livestock in the pasture.”

-Kaden Eisenbraun ranch programs appreciate the cattle as well.

“We’ve gotten a lot of awesome feedback from other students and instructors,” Eisenbraun said.

“They appreciate them being there. It gives extra light to their day, seeing livestock in the pasture.”

Other studies have already used the cattle as a learning experience. Students in the electrical trades and plumbing technology installed the waterer and security light, and the environmental engineering students will do studies on how cattle are impacting the pasture. “Other programs will be able to utilize the cattle,” he said.

The cattle aren’t named yet, but Eisenbraun and WDT instructors and faculty are working on unique marketing opportunities to involve students and the public in naming them. The cows might even have their own Instagram accounts.

Going to school at WDT in the farm and ranch management program is probably the best education decision student James Van Heuvelen, II, has made. A native of Sioux Falls, S.D., the 22-year-old is in his first year at WDT. He didn’t grow up on a farm or ranch, “but as I’ve been telling people, I may have been raised in the city, but I was born country.”

He’s enjoyed his agronomy and soils class, and

especially enjoys the atmosphere at WDT. “I don’t feel as though I’m just a number,” he said. “I feel like the staff at WDT is more friendly and approachable.” Someday, he’d like to have his own cattle operation.

Traden Lockwood lives fifty miles away and commutes from home to WDT. He’s also a first year student who works as a ranch manager near Hermosa.

He grew up on a ranch, and when he took the ranch management job, thought he knew it all.

“Growing up, I learned the basics,” Lockwood said. “I thought I knew everything, then I saw the other side of ranching,” he said, referring to other aspects like accounting and genetics. “I can definitely make sure that ranch is going okay as it is right now, but I cannot make sure it is successful. And that’s what I’m working for.”

Lockwood, like Van Heuvelen, appreciates all the school does to make sure its students get their degree. He had COVID-19 earlier in the fall and was unable to attend classes. “I was getting emails from instructors, making sure I was on track,” he said. “They have a great student success center, which gives kids every opportunity they can to do good in school.”

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Lockwood has benefitted from more than ag classes. He’s currently taking a workplace communications class that has helped him. “It’s a lot of how to talk with people professionally, and it’s taught me a lot. There’s a difference between talking with friends and talking in business scenarios and I really didn’t have those skills.”

Eisenbraun continues to develop the program. He’s working to bring a meat processing certification to WDT. And he’s helped with the agriculture components of another new degree: controlled environmental

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agriculture, which includes greenhouses, aquaponics, hydroponics, “anything where technology is used to control the environment in which something is growing,” Eisenbraun said.

WDT is the first school in South Dakota to offer it.

The farm and ranch management program fills a need, Eisenbraun said, for students in the western part of the state. “Western South Dakota is a huge ag market.

Lots of production comes out of this area, and we’re proud to bring back post-secondary ag education to our area, instead

of students going all the way to Brookings, Watertown or Mitchell.”

The students are learning, which is the primary goal.

“I thought for sure I knew everything about ranching,” Lockwood said, “but opening my mind a little bit and going to school has showed me there’s a lot more to learn.”

More information on WDT and its farm and ranch management program can be found online at www.wdt.edu/ degree-programs/farm-andranch-management.

Kaden Eisenbraun, Farm and Ranch Management Program Director and Instructor at WDT, unloads one of the cows owned by the school. Students in the farm and ranch management program have hands-on opportunites to study the cattle.

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Students at the University of Wyoming meat lab work on processing meat. The demand for local meat processors seems to be enjoying a renaissance, due to the COVID-19 pandemic and other factors.

Left to right: A student at the University of Wyoming meat lab uses a saw to cut a piece of meat. Steaks fill the refrigerator at Integrity Meats in Belle Fourche, S.D. A student at the University of Wyoming meat lab cuts meat. Even with automation, the industry still requires plenty of physical work. Integrity Meats, in Belle Fourche, S.D., fills a need, says co-owner Alana Strickland, in that they personally know their customers, unlike the big packing plants.

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B

elinda Gentert laughs when she says she’d like to retire before she’s dead, but it’s true.

The Holstein, Nebraska woman, alongside her husband Mark, works six or seven days a week at their meat processing business, Gentert Pack.

The meat processing industry faces uncertainties that have arisen not only from the COVID-19 pandemic but from the agricultural and rural perspective.

When COVID-19 struck in the first quarter of 2020, disrupting the packing plants’ distribution chains and clearing grocery meat shelves, the trend was to start small processing plants.

Those trends will help, but the experts say the business doesn’t always smell like a rose.

Cutting meat, and the myriad of duties that come with operating a processing plant is an “art form,” that is often overlooked, and has changed significantly over the last century, said Bob Delmore, faculty member and animal science professor at Colorado State University in Ft. Collins.

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“It’s a very skilled trade,” he said, “and it’s hard work.

That’s why there are not a lot of people clamoring to do it.”

Even with automation, lifts, and rails, a lot of the work is still done with knives and saws and repetitive motions, which can strain muscles.

Delmore is part of the faculty that teaches an animal science major that includes instruction on meat processing, but rarely do students work towards a degree with the intent of cutting meat

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for a living. Those graduates are more likely to be in managerial and supervising positions with the large packers.

It’s much the same situation at the University of Wyoming’s meat lab, said Kyle Phillips, manager of the lab. Oftentimes, Phillips said, those who are cutting meat don’t get a degree but learn on the job. They often start as a meat cutter at a local grocery store, which can be a great place to learn, he said, but can be limited by what the boss has time for or wants to teach them.

It’s a dirty job, with blood and odors that aren’t always pleasant, said Gentert, and it’s hard work. And not only is it hard, but small processing plants require someone who can do a variety of different tasks: not only cut meat, but package it, following state and federal regulations, market, run the cash register, and so many other jobs. “There’s a lot more multi-tasking at this job than people think,” she said. “You wear so many hats. We can’t hire a person that can only do

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one job.”

Gentert estimates she works 45-50 hours a week; they try to keep employees at no more than Inset: Mark Gentert skins a deer 40 hours a week, due to overtime carcass at his locker in south central Nebraska. Processing plants have the pay. Her husband Mark works advantage of seeing their customers, 80 hours a week, going in on face to face, unlike the big packers.

Sundays, too. “He’s a Type A Mark and Belinda Gentert started Gentert Pack in 1988 in Holstein, Neb. personality,” she said. But as deer PHOTOS COURTESY HEATHER GENTERT season approached, she said they

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would have no Sundays off for about three weeks in November.

Delmore acknowledged a demand in the meat cutting business, fueled by COVID. But it’s not simple, cheap or easy to start a plant. Plants must meet state and federal regulations, can cost in the millions to build, with machinery alone that costs

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$100,000 per piece.

And there’s always the problem of a workforce, he said.

“I see folks very passionate on social media about seeing small plants flourish, and I love to see small plants flourish. But one of the first things I tell folks that want to develop the business is, you have to have a mechanism for how to find employees to do this job.”

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if employees can work towards owning the business themselves someday, or even people who leave corporate America for the rural lifestyle.

Small plants are also at a disadvantage when it comes to “drop credit” – the value of nonmeat items like blood, hides, and other items. The big packers are able to put together several thousand hides, for example, and sell them. “In a small environment, there’s zero value associated with those items,” Delmore said.

With the increased interest in smaller meat processors, Delmore isn’t sure recent trends signal a renaissance in meat cutting. “I don’t know,” he said, when asked about if COVID created a need. “As soon as we couldn’t buy what we wanted, we turned to other sources,” he said. Meat sales at Colorado State’s meat store increased, but he thinks it will be temporary.

“We know a lot of our customers won’t be back. They’ll go back to their old sources.”

And do the small meat

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Herefords do it well.

Ridder Herefords do it very well.

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processors make a dent in the big packers? Not really, Delmore said. “We explain to students that JBS, in the first five minutes of their day, can process more animals than we can in an entire year. It’s not going to have an impact, but there is a demand.”

“There are individuals who want to buy from local small operations,” he said. “But just as you have a farmer’s market that is very successful, you’ll have a Walmart or Costco or Hy-Vee that people are waiting in line to get into.”

But Alana Strickland, who, alongside her husband Larry, owns Integrity Meats in Belle Fourche, S.D., said the small

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“The big packing plans don’t (sell) straight to the customer,” Strickland said. “But the little processing plants are for the

customer. I think we’re more one on one with the everyday person. The little processors are very needed.”

For the small plant owner, there’s a sense of satisfaction and fulfillment in what they do. “This is a trade,” Strickland said. “If you can learn how to do it properly and how to get a good product out there, there’s

pride in that.”

But either way, it’s not an easy job. Processing plant “folks work really hard,” Delmore said. “I don’t have any illusions about it. I love this business and I encourage students to be in it, but we also want to make sure the business they get in is what they want.”

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NEW SALE DATE • TUESDAY, TUESDAY JANUARY 26TH, 2021 1 P.M. At The Ranch (White Lake, SD) Selling: 112 Yearling Angus Bulls, 40 Fall Bulls, and 17 Sim-Angus Bulls

Mohnen Bandolier

Mohnen Lieutenant

Reg. # 19771888 Sire: Growth Fund MGS: Mohnen Crown Royal 316 BW +.3 WW +79 YW +136 Milk +26 DOC +27 $M +67 $C +263 ACT BW 78# ADJ. WW 869#

One of the greatest breeding prospects in our 34 year history. Has that true herd bull presence, yet a highly maternal package behind him.

Mohnen Landmark

Reg. # 19771346 Sire: Mohnen General 548 MGS: SAV Resource 1441 BW +.5 WW +85 YW +142 Milk +24 DOC +26 $M+62 $C +256 ACT BW 66# ADJ. WW 827#

One of many elite General sons that will highlight our 2021 sale. This one is very complete from front to back and hard to find a fault with a great young cow behind him.

Mohnen Stats

Reg. # 19771399 Sire: SAV Emblem 8074 MGS: Mohnen Global 1274 BW +3.1 WW +72 YW +132 Milk +21 DOC +26 $M +77 $C +286 ACT BW 80# ADJ. WW 822#

A rare opportunity to select from 20 half-brothers by the rare and valuable $175,000 herd sire SAV Emblem. This bull comes from a great Donor and has a massive hip with added depth and more neck extention than most power bulls.

Reg. # 19776434 Sire: Tehama Tahoe MGS: Rampage BW +.7 WW +87 YW +143 Milk +30 DOC +21 $M +89 $C +278 ACT BW 74# ADJ. WW 883#

An amazing calving ease stud that has a EPD package yet has the look to be a great one.

A gentle made bull with added length and muscle.

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Seasons of Motherhood

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saw an Instagram story where someone read a week’s worth of 100year old excerpts from their grandmother’s diary. She commented on the weather, then most days said she struggled not to wallow in despair, and would rather write little than allow herself to wallow. Her husband was gone more days than expected helping move sheep. She was ready for this season to end and her child to be born, in hopes she would find more delight her days at that point.

I couldn’t help but think how similar my own diary would have read a few years back, in the midst of the having two kids in two years, with a husband largely gone doing the tasks necessary to keep a farm and ranch running. Much has changed in the last century, but much has also stayed the same.

The season of having and raising babies is a tough one for many women.

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toy booth for hours, feeding a baby in a bathroom stall, or my least favorite – sitting in the pickup most of the day with an over-tired baby, praying for something like this to read amongst the machinery papers.

I eventually learned that my home afforded more comforts, the same number of conversations, and fewer screaming fits out of the kids than a crew cab pickup in the dead of winter, and got to the point I rarely went anywhere.

Then, last summer, a shift occurred in our household.

The oldest turned five, and the youngest three. We went to a few necessary social functions, and it wasn’t a train wreck.

In fact, some went really well.

Fair came, and for the first time since having kids, I sat down at a table and had a long, adult conversation with a friend while my kids played in the sandbox.

A conversation I was rested enough to remember in the hours and days to follow.

It hit me after fair that we had slipped out of the baby and toddler phase, and into the little kid phase.

I have also come to the

realization that, like most lifelong relationships, motherhood will undoubtedly hold seasons of ease and joy, and seasons of struggle and hardship. None of us will have the same journey through these varying stages, but are all likely to encounter them at varying degrees throughout the years.

Before He granted us the gift of becoming a parent, God knew which seasons we would struggle with, and which ones we would find especially delightful. He was well aware of the resulting traits that would be

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instilled in our children, and He already knows how those traits will benefit their future. He also knew what would draw both us, our children, and our families

closer to him for eternity, and he presents those things to each of us in perfect timing.

It is also no accident that God placed us in a unique

industry, knowing full well that parenting in combination ranching and/or farming is not for everyone. Regardless of how it feels some days, it is a blessed few who “get” to tackle cattle work with toddlers, balancing farm accounts during naptime, or baling hay on the weekends and holding down a necessary job in town on weekdays. Few are those who can give their child the gift of a living creature, and all the life lessons entailed in raising it. Or, a crop to raise, along with the challenges weaved into bringing it to harvest. The world thirsts for the people we are raising with morals, work ethic, and common sense.

Market your livestock where a handshake still means something…

Wed, Jan 6th, Feeder Special Sat, Jan 9th, Rafter T Bull Sale Wed, Jan 13th, Bred Cow Special Wed, Jan 20th, Regular Sale Sat, Jan 23rd, Little Goose Ranch Bull Sale Wed, Jan 27th, Cattle, Horses, Sheep, Goats Wed, Feb 3rd, Regular Sale Fri, Feb 5th, TJS Red Angus Bull Sale Wed, Feb 10th, Regular Sale Fri, Feb 12th, Powder River Angus Bull Sale Wed, Feb 17th, Bred Cow Special Wed, Feb 24th, Cattle, Horses, Sheep, Goats Sat, Feb 27th, Kretschman Angus Bull Sale Wed, Mar 3rd, Regular Sale

Sat, Mar 6th., Sutphin Cattle Co Bull Sale Wed, Mar 10th, Regular Sale Sat, Mar 13th, MTR Bull Sale Wed, Mar 17th, Back To Grass Feeder Special Wed, Mar 24th, Regular Sale Sat, Mar 27th, Sinclair Cattle Co. Bull Sale Wed, Mar 31st, Cattle, Horses, Sheep, Goats Sat, April 3rd, Calvo Red Angus Bull Sale Wed, April 7th, Back To Grass Feeder Special Sat, April 10th, McDonnell Angus Bull Sale Wed, April 14th, Regular Sale Wed, April 21st, Regular Sale Sat, April 24th, Open Consignment Horse Sale

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Progress Through Performance Bull Sale Sale Date: Thursday, February 11, 2021

At the ranch in Veteran, WY • Lunch: Noon • Sale Time: 1 p.m.

Selling 170 Fall and Yearling Bulls

ALL OF THE BULLS HAVE BEEN PAP TESTED AFTER SPENDING THE SUMMER AT 8,000’ IN WALDEN, CO

Featuring sons of:

Basin Advance 5016

CED: +11 BW: +1.4 WW: + 76 YW: +135 M: +28 Marb: +.90 RE: +1.03 $B: +178 $C: +297

Basin Advance 5016 had a weaning ratio of 112, a yearling ratio of 113, a %IMF ratio of 107 and an URE ratio of 112 from a dam with a current average progeny weaning ratio of 3 at 104, an average progeny yearling ratio of 3 at 103 and an average progeny URE ratio of 12 at 104.

Sitz Stellar 726D

CED: +8 BW: -0.4 WW: + 76 YW: +133 M: +25 Marb: +.43 RE: +.63 $B: +124 $C: +249

Powerhouse individual with a great maternal design and ranks #1 on the Main Sire list for combined Foot Score EPDs. Outstanding maternal pedigree and design with elite $Maternal and Foot Score values. Super thick topped and deep sided bull that only improved his power house phenotype while breeding cows as a yearling. Besides his impressive muscle, the first thing you will notice about STELLAR is his outstanding foot quality and added depth of heel.

Our 2021 Sires Include:

Patriarch • Timberline • Command • Achievement • Logo Enhance • Response • Full Force • Element • Speedway Substantial • Assertive • Crossbow • Investment • Inertia Regulator • Black Magic • Elevation • Advance 5016 • Powerpoint

Plus many sired by Cherry Creek herd sires.

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Last fall, my husband and I got to experience the magic of little kids gathering cattle horseback when we weaned, and our daughter made her inaugural solo ride. The nervousness of crossing the creek, the thrill of cresting a tall hill, the yells of excitement to come see their calf, or cow. The disgruntled sighs of an older brother who wanted to do everything--but cross the creek-- faster. The stories recounting the gather for days afterward.

The fall gather is one of my personal favorite activities, and both participating again, and seeing my children take great joy in something I also love is indescribable. The age we are in right now is incredibly fun, and does everything to counterbalance the challenges faced in my first few years as a mom.

If you find yourself reading this in your vehicle while rocking a car seat and wondering just how long your husband can visit, just know that while it is endless at the moment, someday your journey will step beyond this set of circumstances. Your prayers will again lengthen to more than muttered and jumbled words, and your days will once again extend beyond the walls the of your home.

You were made to do great things, and this is one of them.

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Pastor in the Pasture

By Wendel and Norma Elliott

Four Ways to Move Forward into the New Year

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n the reined cow horse event or in a reining pattern, a good spin must begin with forward movement.

A horse must propel himself forward, rotating around a hind leg. It is almost as if he was pulling himself, as he pivots on a particular point.

Moving forward is crucial even in basic horsemanship.

When starting a colt, it provides a foundation to achieve other more advanced maneuvers. While foundational in turns and spins, forward movement is a must in lead changes, tracking a steer, and fence turns. Even a good stop includes moving forward because you can’t stop unless you’re moving.

There are times that a temporary refrain and forward movement can give a young horse’s mind time to clear. When first teaching a young horse a new skill, he can sometimes “vapor lock.” Getting that horse’s feet moving forward will help him

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relax, rethink, and refocus.

The words “always move forward” have been on my mind lately. I wrote a sermon based on these words a few weeks ago. I also conducted some research by contacting several friends who have served or are currently serving in our military. I wanted to know their response to those words in regard to military action. Their responses brought these words into perspective and I’d like to share them with you.

From a soldier that served in the Marines, “Simply life or death. Wait...die. Move forward, suppress, conquer.

Time is your enemy in war.”

He also shared with me a personal example, listen to his story. “We took fire, paused to plan, and the largest VBIED on records blew up, lifting the building we were in off the ground, killing several. The enemy will flank you if you sit still and give them time.

They expected it and they won.

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Catching the enemy off guard is of the utmost importance.”

Several I asked had the same story and verbiage. I thought how accurately this describes our Christian walk and our God-given purposes on this earth. We simply cannot stay still, we must always move forward or we spend much of life looking back. Then, if we’re not careful we’ll spend much of our life under the enemy’s attack.

Jeremiah 29:11 tells us that He has a plan for our lives, to prosper us, for good and not for evil.

With this in mind, here’s what we need to do to ensure we’re always moving forward to the purpose and plans God has for us.

Always move forward on God’s purpose. Philippians 2:13 says, “…for it is God who is at work in you, both to will and to work for His good pleasure.” God’s will for your life is purpose. When you catch a glimpse of God’s purpose for your life, move forward. If you see an opening, move to it. I haven’t watched any football this year, however, when a runningback sees an opening in the line, he moves forward to go through it.

Always move forward to see it from God’s perspective.

Paul’s past wasn’t good. Jesus called him out on it, Paul said, forgetting what is behind. He

was saying, “I can’t look back.”

You can’t move forward into God’s will and purpose when you’re looking at the past.

A.) Forget past fleshly successes. Sometimes we rely on them too heavily when it comes to fully knowing and following God’s purpose personally in the here and now.

B.) Forget past mistakes. We tend to carry them around like baggage, like a weight.

Forget guilt because guilt remembers sin that Jesus has forgiven.

Forget bitterness because it remembers offenses that you relive from others.

Forget discouragement because it’s a road block telling you it can’t be done.

III. Always move forward on God’s plans for you.

Going back to Philippians 2:13b it said, “...and to work...” “To work,” as in plans require work. You must move forward by working on the plans God has for you. God delights when we walk in the steps He has established for us as in Psalm 37:23, “The steps of a man are established by the Lord, He delights in his way.”

IV. Always move forward on and towards God’s prize.

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crown of righteousness.” (2 Timothy 4:8) Although this past year has been a challenge for most of us, we must not remain in the past, starring at it. We must learn the valuable lesson of always move forward. Despite the bad, we can take away some good things from this year.

Just like that young horse that needs to move forward to relax, rethink, and refocus, it seems like, once again, the ranch life gives us plenty of examples, and this is just what we need.

If 2020 didn’t go as planned or you are still finding yourself in the midst of a difficult situation, it isn’t over for you.

Remember to move forward in God’s plans and purposes for you in the new year. Reread the steps above and walk them out even if you cannot see very far ahead. Sometimes the unchartered territory is a bit scary but it can also lead to the greatest rewards.

We pray the Lord blesses this new year. We pray that for you individually, for your families, and for this great country of the United States of America. We move forward Lord, putting You first and we trust You will show us the way.

Thank you for reading, I’ll see y’all out in the pasture!

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Prairie PrairieMemories Memories Changes

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020 is a year to remember. Or forget.

I prefer the latter.

Everyone’s life has been affected by COVID-19 in some manner. People have lost loved ones, the economy has seen jobs disappear, families have been sequestered for weeks on end and it doesn’t seem to be ending soon. For good or bad, life changes.

In the midst of our troubles,

my retirement. It was May of 2019, but I had to give my company a year’s advance notice of my intent so they could groom a replacement.

May 2020 would be my last days of working as an insurance agent. I planned on spending my time playing golf, co-producing the Dakota Western Heritage Festival, playing music with Plains Folk, our local band that

pancreatic cancer, but it was stage one and was curable. My life had changed again, I had hope, could make plans again, could look forward to a normal life.

Then COVID came along.

Masks were being worn by everyone, people were staying home, locked in their houses, especially people like me with suppressed immune systems.

COVID prompted our decision

it’s easy to forget that we are not the first generations to go through hard times. I only have to remember the stories my parents told about growing up in the Depression years in South Dakota and Florida to realize that changes have colored life for people long before this.

Changes will be good or bad, depending on how we view them. My last year or so is a good example of that.

After 43 years in the insurance business and nine years teaching high school English, I decided to announce

had been together for over 12 years, and spending time traveling and seeing kids and grandkids. Things were moving along smoothly until mid-December when I was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Suddenly my life changed, compressed into a hospital room where decisions were being made about my life, decisions that weren’t always mine, about how to proceed. I felt I had been given a death sentence.

The terrible diagnosis was tempered when the final tests came back that yes, I had

to close down the Dakota Western Heritage Festival. The Festival had been a popular, growing event for the last ten years, with my co-producer and myself handling the majority of the preparation and production, from hiring entertainment, contacting vendors, arranging exhibits and demonstrations as well as a one-day wagon train.

It was a popular gathering place for cowboy entertainers and a gathering place for oldtimers to meet and reminisce.

Carmen, my co-producer and I tried constantly to find others

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to join in the production of this event, but never found anyone who could make the commitment, and in light of my chronic health problems, Carmen’s husband’s recent health condition and COVID, we decided to shut the Festival down permanently. This was a big change in my retirement plans, but one that seemed necessary.

COVID wasn’t the reason for Plains Folk, our band, to go on hiatus, it was a competition among the band members as to who could be sick or injured the worst. First our lead guitar player had rotator cuff surgery that laid him up until Christmas 2019, then

helping them solve problems and becoming friends in the process. My cancer and COVID cut into the last few months of my career, and I didn’t have a real chance to say goodbye to my clients.

Retirement was a big change in my life.

I realized the changes in my life this last year may seem disappointing and even discouraging, they really became opportunities to take my life in other directions.

The cancer, which has been officially classified as cured, made me realize how blessed I am, and how powerful prayer can be. I feel I have been given a second chance and need to

need to save them.

Plains Folk will be back in business in 2021, playing a new set of folk, bluegrass, gospel and cowboy music across the state, just as we have in the past. The forced hiatus has given me time to explore new music and replay some oldies I had forgotten.

The old saying, “the more things change the more they remain the same,” is true in many ways. With all the things we go through in our everyday lives, we are set back on our heels when something like illness, job loss or COVID strikes. But human nature, the will to move forward, to find solutions to unexpected

my cancer scare came along, followed by back problems for our girl singer/bass player, and finally another rotator cuff surgery for our banjo player. He is still in recovery from that. We haven’t performed for over a year, and couldn’t have anyway because of COVID, all of which has punched another big hole in my retirement plans.

I looked forward to retiring back in May. I was tired of trying to keep up with all the technical changes that affected my office. I always loved working with people,

celebrate each and every day.

The demise of the Festival left me with a wagonload of friends who share the same love of the West and its lifestyle, people who are the real thing, true friends with whom I am able to share the goal we always had for the festival; to educate and entertain. I love to hear the stories told by people who grew up on the plains of South Dakota and surrounding states and try to write them down before they are forgotten. What a wealth of history we have in our friends and families. We

problems, has always been a constant in life, especially in the West. The ability to accept change and work around or with it is part of human nature, part of survival and growth.

I am glad to see 2020 go, and look forward to a better 2021, hopefully with fewer life changes. I know we all will go on with our lives in spite of Covid and other problems.

Good luck to everyone in 2021.

I wish you well. My big goal for 2021 is to get to spend time with family and play a lot of golf, getting back to shooting bogey.

make plans again, could look forward to a normal life.”

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A Few Thoughts

By John S. Nalivka

Ups and Downs of a Consumer-Driven Marketplace “If the camel once gets his nose in the tent, his body will soon follow.�

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he beef industry has made solid strides toward building a better industry with significantly improved demand and consumer perception of their product over the past decade.

Technology and innovation have played a large role.

However, the battle, and I do call it a battle, wages on between the cattle industry and the activist, no holds barred, environmentalists.

For those who adamantly argue to take cattle off the ranges and pasturelands, technology may be providing a new tool to use in the battle.

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A Few Thoughts The technology now exists to track every head of cattle, every hour of the day, on every ranch in the U.S. While that may sound great for a rancher who would like the convenience of managing his cattle with a mobile phone, there may be a downside. My skepticism arises when I think of the environmental activist mantra, “Cattle Free by ‘93.” Many of us remember very well this slogan that became popular with the environmental movement seeking to eliminate cattle grazing on public lands in 1991. At that time, there were no chips, just registered brands for owner identification. Now we add microchips to the story and to further my skepticism, I question who might have access to the information transmitted by that chip from your cattle to a server—number of head and location.

To Western states ranchers with grazing permits on Federal lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management and Forest Service, this movement driven by activists who simply thought it was wrong to graze cattle and sheep on Federal rangelands, was serious. For those with the risk of losing a Federal grazing permit that represented a

significant share of their total grazing, the threat posed dire consequences. The thinking of environmental activists was that Federally managed lands were for wildlife, recreation, and wild horses—not for ranchers to graze cattle. That mindset has not changed and is only further reinforced by the argument that cattle are a primary contributor to climate change. To that end, I would say that I support sound, well thought-out, science-based, conservation policy void of extremism. I reference Federal lands grazing because those battles were real with real consequences to those ranchers holding those Federal grazing permits—and they still exist today with the same consequences—the potential loss of a viable ranching operation.

This is not to mention the economic loss resulting from rampant, wildland fires due to mismanagement or non-management of Federal grazing and timber.

I am concerned that technology, though wellintentioned, when coupled with the motivation of activist, extreme environmentalists may have significant, unintended consequences for the beef industry. The motivation by various

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groups to eliminate the U.S. beef industry and the global beef industry for that matter, has not diminished and in fact, has only increased over the past 5 years. The “Cattle Free by ‘93” movement included much more than eliminating public lands grazing 40 years ago. But, 40 years ago the industry was significantly different. The technology that has advanced the industry from every perspective did not exist, including the technology to track your business—cattle. Just as important, social media and the 24/7 news cycle did not exist.

Contrary to what some may believe, cattle grazing and beef production is positive toward sustainable, forage resource management.

Any rancher who has successfully weathered all of the adversity inherent in agricultural production over decades probably doesn’t need much advice on sustainable resource management and conservation. It’s as simple as stating that if I wasn’t doing something right, I wouldn’t be in business. Your data—I reiterate your data—and information for your cattle ranching operation are important to operational and financial management. You must determine how you will collect, manage, and use operational data and ask if cattle tracking technology will help you to manage cattle and grazing resources or will cattle tracking technology provide information for activists to eliminate your business, regardless of how well you have managed the grazing resource. Considering today’s environmental activism, who controls and distributes your data is not only important, it is critical.

Until recently, cattlemen had to concern themselves with running the ranch, raising cattle, and consumers were assumed to always be standing at the supermarket meat case. Your consumer today is not the same consumer. You can no longer assume that consumers will always buy your product,

much less generate a profit for you, the producer, to stay in business. Furthermore, the consumer wants input into how you raise your cattle and manage the resources on your ranch. You as a cattleman now face consumer concerns that go beyond the actual eating experience. How you address that will have a great deal of impact on your future business— positive or negative.

U.S. beef production is the most efficient in the world and the U.S. beef industry has a great deal to protect today. Cattlemen need to utilize technology, but just as important to tell their story and be at the table to present their “on the ground” knowledge of managing the grazing resource with their data. Opening a conversation with consumers or groups outside the industry may present opportunity to guide the discussion, or it may allow the camel to get his nose under the tent.

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By Scott Varilek

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he year of 2020 is behind us, and cattle producers will likely join the list of people ready to move on to the future. The cattle market is still recovering from two “black swan” events that we know as the Holcomb plant fire and Covid 19. We still see effects from these events hanging over our industry. Feedyards need some black ink and cannot continue taking brutal losses for an extended period of time.

In 2019 you heard much discussion on negotiated cash trade. For a brief overview, lets look at how cattle are procured. Most cattle in the north are negotiated sales between about seven different packers and the individual feeders. Negotiated cattle prices are based on quality of the animals, whether they are the optimum size for slaughter, and even what color and breed the cattle are (i.e. Black Angus.) In the south (particularly Kansas and Texas) the vast majority of the cattle are not negotiated, but rather are formula priced.

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the net price received is base value plus a premium. The premium is based on the larger feedlots’ ability to deliver a large quantity of cattle, not the quality of the animals themselves. Nationally between 80-85 percent are priced via the formula.

From bill proposals for mandates to working groups, the consensus seems to be

“When raising beef is in your blood, you will do whatever it takes to keep doing what you love.”

that we need more negotiated cash trade. Nobody can agree on how that happens, but in the north, we need it to keep family feedyards going. In my opinion, vertical integrations like the hog industry could be in store if the issue is not addressed, meaning fewer and fewer buyers for feeder cattle.

Lost leverage is the name of the game for feedyards and will start to trickle down to the feeders. The cattle industry is

the last of the independents, and I believe in fighting to keep it that way.

Looking ahead, the only way we have been able to substantially rally the cattle prices is by decreasing the cow herd. That is not what beef producers want to be the only reason for more profitability.

Increasing demand for a quality product is an optimum way, but the producers are not able to demand portions of those profits. So, let us look at the supply. We are seeing a significant multi-year increase in heifer slaughter and likely will unless profitability returns to the cattle sector.

The cow herd is just leaving peak numbers as we look at the cattle cycle in the United States.

In my opinion, cattle prices remain low compared to the cost of all the other inputs involved with caring for livestock, and producers will need a larger piece of that pie in the future. When raising beef is in your blood, you will do whatever it takes to keep doing what you love. Good luck in the new year and keep on grilling.

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Sletten Angus Ranch Bull Sale, Faith Livestock, Faith SD 8 Edge of the West Simmental Sale, Kist Livestock, Mandan, ND 9 Arrow Crown Angus Bull Sale, Scottsbluff, NE 9 Kuck Ranch Bull Sale, Lexington, NE 9 Cheyenne Charolais Bull Sale, Philip, SD 9 Raven Angus Bull Sale, at the ranch, Colome, SD 9 Werning Cattle Co. Production Sale, at the ranch, Emery, SD 9 Forster Red Angus Bull Sale, Richardton, ND 9 G Bar H Angus Bull Sale, Torrington, WY 10 Broberg Charolais Annual Bull Sale, Tilden, NE 10 Durbin Creek Ranch Hereford Bull Sale, Worland Livestock Auction, Worland, WY 10 Friedt Herefords Sale, Dickinson, ND 10 Jindra Angus Sale, Jindra Angus Bull Center, Clarkson, NE 10 Miske Angus Bull Sale, Glendive, MT 10-13 Watertown Farm Show Watertown SD 11 Booth’s Cherry Creek Ranch Bull Sale, Veteran, WY 11 Green Valley Cattle Bull Sale, Atkinson, NE 11 Hoffmann Angus Bull Sale, at the ranch, Wheatland, ND 11 Lassle Ranch Simmental Bull Sale, Glendive, MT 11 Wittkopp Angus Bull Sale, Glasgow, MT 12 Hook Farms/Clear Spirngs Simmental & SimAngus Sale, Starbuck, MN 12 Powder River Angus Annual Bull Sale, Buffalo, WY 12 Talkington Angus Ranch Bull Sale, Belfield, ND 12 Honeyman Charolais Bull Sale, Bowman, ND 12 Topp Herefords Bull Sale, at the ranch, Grace City, ND 12 Vandengerghe Flying V Angus Sale, at the ranch, Cleveland, ND 12 Vin-Mar Cattle Co. Angus & Hereford Sale, at Sheridan Livestock, Rushville, NE 13 Rifle Creek Cattle Co. Bull Sale, Anselmo, NE 13 Rousey SimAngus Bull Sale, North Platte, NE 13 Rydeen Farms Simmental & SimAngus Bull Sale, Clearbrook, MN

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13 Schaff Angus Valley Bull & Female Sale at the ranch, St. Anthony ND 13 Kenner Simmental Bull Sale, at the ranch, Leeds, ND 13 Stewart Charolais & Red Angus Bull Sale, Madison, SD 13 Trefts Limousin Bull Sale, Wetonka, SD 13 Prairie Hills Gelbvieh Bull Sale, Dickinson, ND 13 Heart City Bull Bash, Valentine, NE 14 Browns Angus Ranch Bull Sale, at the ranch, Center, ND 14 Mrnak Herefords Bull Sale, Bowman, ND 15 Bulls of the Big Sky Simmental Bull Sale, Billings, MT 15 Frank Cattle Co. Bull Sale, Chappel, NE 15 Graesser Bros. Angus Bull Sale, Winner, SD 15 Rausch Herefords Annual Bull & Heifer Sale, at the ranch, Hoven, SD 15 Eagle Pass Ranch Bull Sale, at the ranch, Highmore, SD 15 Tokach Angus Ranch Sale, Kist Livestock Mandan ND 15 Weaver Angus Ranch Production Sale, Ft. Collins, CO 16 Bar JZ Ranches Hereford & Limousin Bull Sale, Thomas Ranch Sale facility, Holabird, SD 16 Stout Charolais Bull Sale, Philip Livestock, Philip, SD 16 Bina Charolais Powerhouse Bull Sale, Jamestown Livestock, Jamestown, ND 16 Cedar Top Ranch Gelbvieh, Angus & Balancer Bull Sale, at Burwell Livestock, Burwell, NE 16 Coleman Angus & Trexler Angus, Missoula, MT 16 HoosCow Angus Bull Sale, Gordon, NE 16 Moke Angus Bull Sale, Corsica, SD 16 Douglas Booth Angus Sale, Torrington, WY 17 Hilltop Angus Ranch, at the ranch, Bowdle SD 17 Millar Angus Ranch Bull Sale, at the ranch, Sturgis, SD 17 Barenthsen / Bullinger Red Angus Bull Sale, at the ranch, Powers Lake, ND 17 Gumbo Hill Ranch Bull Sale, Lemmon Livestock, Lemmon, SD 17 Montana Ranch Bull Sale, Big Fork, MT 17 Ostrand Angus/ Slagle Angus Bull Sale, Sargent, NE 17 Larson Family Ranch Annual Production Sale, Presho Livestock, Presho, SD

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17 Rennert Ranch, Heart J Charolais & Stull Cattle Co. Bull Sale, Darr Feedlot, Cozad, NE 18 Krebs Ranch Angus Bull Sale, at the ranch, Gordon, NE 18 Lowell Fisher Family Herefords Production Sale, Spencer, NE 18 Mogck & Sons Angus Sale, at the ranch, Olivet, SD 18 Neiman 77 Ranch Bull Sale, Belle Fourche Livestock, Belle Fourche, SD 18 Wasem Red Angus Bull Sale, at Richardton, ND 18 OHR Red Angus Bull Sale, Argusville, ND 19 Blacktop Farms Angus Bull Sale, Mitchell, SD 19 Bullerman Angus / K & J Angus Bull Sale, Adrian, MN

19 Green Lake Angus Bull Sale, Wishek, ND 19 Hoffman Ranch Hereford & Angus Bull Sale, at the ranch, Thedford, NE 19 Lewis Bros. Angus Bull Sale, St. Onge, SD 19 R & R Cattle Co. Annual Bull & Female Sale, at the ranch, Chamberlain, SD 19 R Lazy B Charolais Production Sale, Aberdeen, SD 19 Diamond Peak Cattle Co. Sale, LaJunta, CO 19 Dakota Express Simmental Sale, Kist Livestock, Mandan, ND 20 Domek Charolais Bull Sale, at the ranch, Wibaux, MT 20 Smith Saddle Butte Ranch Angus Bull Sale, Bowman Auction Market, Bowman, ND

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20 Flittie/Schnabel/Lazy J Bar Ranch Joint Bull Sale, Aberdeen, SD 20 Minert/Simonson Angus Bull Sale, at the ranch, Dunning, NE 20 Schiefelbein Angus Farms Sale, at the farm, Kimball, MN 20 Carmichael Herefords Annual Proven Performance Bull Sale, at the ranch, Faith , SD 20 Strommen Ranch Angus Bull Sale, Ft. Rice, ND 20 Flying M Angus Bull Sale, Wright Agricultural Complex, Wright, WY 20 Varilek Angus Ranch, at the ranch, Geddes SD 20 Walters Angus Bull Sale, Hudson, CO 21 Bruner Angus Ranch Sale, Drake, ND 21 Brunning Farms Angus Sale, Fairbury, NE 22 Circle L Angus Bull Sale, Dillon, MT 22 Foxhoven Angus Bull Sale, Crofton, NE 22 Hart Angus Farms Sale, at the farm, Frederick SD 22 Beastrom Ranch Bull Sale, Pierre, SD 22 Reyes/Russell Annual Bull Sale, Wheatland, WY 22 Lone Tree Red Angus Bull Sale, Meadow, SD 23 Connelly Angus Bull Sale, Valier, MT 23 Deep Creek Angus Ranch Bull Sale, Philip Livestock, Philip, SD 23 Frese Angus Sale, Columbus, NE 23 Haynes Angus Ranch Sale, Ogallala, NE 23 JC Heiken Angus & Sons Bull Sale, Miles City, MT 23 Landmark Angus Bull Sale, Brunswick, NE 23 Rock Creek Livestock Bull Sale, Mitchell, SD 24 Chestnut Angus Sale, at the farm, Pipestone MN 24 Hunt Angus Bull Sale, Merna, NE 24 Mt. Rushmore Angus Annual Bull Sale, at the ranch, Hermosa, SD 24 Stortz/Gibbs Angus Bull Sale, Glendive, MT 24 TC Ranch Bull Sale, at the ranch, Franklin, NE 25 Moore Angus Bull Sale, at the farm, Artesian, SD 25 Symens Bros. Limousin Production Sale, at the farm, Amherst, SD 25 VanDyke Angus Bull Sale, Manhatten, MT 260

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26 Gant Polled Herefords Sale, at the farm, Geddes, SD 26 Hyline Angus Sale, Three Forks, MT 26 Jamison Herefords Annual Bull Sale, at the ranch, Quinter, KS 26 Peckenpaugh Angus Bull Sale, at the ranch, Carthage, SD 26 Skinner Ranch Seedstock Sale, Hall, MT 26 Brenner Angus Bull Sale, Kist Livestock, Mandan, ND 26 Sprunk & Erdman Joint Production Sale, Lisbon, ND 26 Beitelspacher Ranch Simmental & SimAngus Bull Sale, Mobridge, SD 26 Smith Angus Ranch Bull Sale, Basset, NE 26 Wieczorek Limousin Bull Sale, Mt. Vernon, SD 27 Bush Angus Sale, at the Farm, Britton SD 27 Johnson/Rose Angus Annual Sale, Mobridge, SD 27 Carlson Angus & Carlson Classic Angus Bull Sale, Mott, ND 27 Colorado State University Bull Sale, Ft. Collins, CO 27 Kreth Angus & Hereford Sale, at the farm, Mt Vernon SD 27 Lazy Black Diamond Ranch Bull Sale, Kearney, NE 27 Never Sweat Ranch Bull Sale, Missoula, MT 27 Senn Red Angus Bull Sale, Faith, SD 27 Swanson Cattle Co. Bull Sale, Oxford, NE 27 Kretschman Angus Annual Sale, Buffalo, WY 27 Tegtmeier Polled Herefords Production Sale, Burchard, NE 27 Yearous Cattle Co. Bull Sale, Ft. Collins, CO 28 Roberts Angus Bull Sale, Mandan, ND 28 Carlson Cattle Co. Sale, Columbus, NE 28 Raml Cattle Co. Sale, at the ranch, Goodwin, SD 28 Turtle River Red Angus Bull Sale, Kist Livestock, Mandan, ND 28 Poppe Cattle Co. Hybrid Bull Sale, Fallon, MT

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Arrowsmith Red Angus Bull Sale, Bassett Livestock, Bassett, NE Best Angus Bull Sale, Watford City, ND Campbell Red Angus Bull Sale at the ranch, McIntosh, SD Caraway Red Angus Sale, Lake Benton, MN Harrel Hereford Ranch Production Sale, Baker City, OR Hojer Ranch Annual Gelbvieh & Balancer Production Sale, Lake Preston, SD Kester Herefords Bull Sale, Atkinson, NE Spring Valley Angus, at the farm, LaMoure ND Clear Creek Angus Bull Sale, Chinook, MT Vision Angus Bull Sale, North Platte, NE

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Apex Angus Bull Sale, at the ranch, Valier, MT Doll Ranch Charolais & Simmental Bull Sale, Kist Livestock, Mandan, ND Ridl Angus Farms Bull Sale, Dickinson, ND Nansel’s Flying N Ranch Angus Sale, Miles City, MT Sandhill Red Angus Bull Sale, Sidney, MT Schutte & Sons Polled Herefords Production Sale, Guide Rock, NE Styles Angus Bull Bull Sale, at the farm, Brentford, SD Gaaskjolen Gelbvieh Ranch Sale, Lemmon, SD Hall Ranch Angus Production Sale, Bassett, NE Ox Bow Ranch Angus Bull Sale, Wolf Creek, MT

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Pederson Broken Heart Ranch Red Angus Production Sale, at the ranch, Firesteel, SD Ridl Angus Farms Dickinson ND Sale, Stockman’s Livestock, Dickinson ND Bieber Red Angus “Bieber Fever” Sale, at the ranch, Leola, SD Bruns Angus Farm Bull Sale, at the farm, Madison SD Split Diamond Ranch Angus Bull Sale, Dillon, MT Kearns Cattle Co. SimAngus Bull Sale, Rushville, NE L Bar W Cattle Co. Production Sale, Absarokee, MT Reminisce Angus Bull Sale, Dillon, MT Sandmeier Charolais Annual Bull Sale, at the ranch, Bowdle, SD Southerlin Farms Red Angus Sale, Stevensville, MT Chimney Butte Ranch Gelbvieh Sale, Mandan, ND Bulls of the Bitterroot Bull Sale, Stevensville, MT Dubas Cattle Co. Angus Bull Sale, Fullerton, NE Lazy JB Ranch Angus Bull Sale, Montrose, CO Lucky 7 Angus Bull Sale, Riverton, WY Tessier Herefords Bull Sale, Belfield, ND Mason SimAngus Bull Sale, Broken Bow, NE Redland Red Angus & Gelbvieh Sale, Hysham, MT Thorstenson Lazy TV Ranch Gelbvieh & Angus Sale at the ranch, Selby, SD Stangl Shorthorn Bull & Female Sale, Java, SD Bredemeier Angus Farm Sale, Falls City, NE Gateway Genetics Bull Sale, Pierce,NE Wilde Angus/Aufforth Charolais Annual Bull Sale, Shevlin, MN Schauer Angus Bull Sale, Faith, SD Holden Herefords Annual Sale, Valier, MT Parry Angus Bull Sale, Sterling, CO Pine Coulee Angus Bull Sale, at the Wagon Box Ranch, Hardin, MT Cooper Hereford Ranch Bull Sale, Willow Creek, MT James Angus Ranch Sale, Alma, NE MacDonald Ranches Performance Power Salers & Angus Bull Sale, Mandan, ND Weber Land & Cattle Red Angus Sale, Lake Benton, SD

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Trask & Peterson Angus Bull Sale, Philip Livestock Auction, Philip, SD Veltkamp Angus Bull Sale, Manhattan, MT Heart River Red Angus & Open A Angus Bull Sale, at the ranch, Belfield, ND Ravine Creek Ranch Herefords Bull Sale, Huron, SD Sitz Angus Spring Bull Sale, Dillon, MT Mogck Angus Farm Annual Production Sale, at the ranch, Tripp, SD Fritz Red Angus Production Sale, Brady, MT Wheeler Mountain Angus Bull Sale, Whitehall, MT Effertz Key Ranch Bull Sale, Rugby, ND Flesch Angus Bull Sale, Shelby, MT Huefle Cattle Co. Red Angus Bull Sale, Cozad, NE Leland & Koester Red Angus Annual Productin Sale, at the ranch, Sidney, MT SW Nebraska Angus Assn. Sale, McCook, NE T Bone Angus Bull Sale, Atkinson, NE Big Rok Angus Production Sale, Detroit Lakes, MN Fast Angus/Strommen Angus, Dohrmann Cattle Co. Sale, Kist Livestock, Mandan, ND HERB Angus Bull Sale, Pierce, NE I-29 Bull Run Hereford Sale, Sioux Falls, SD Koberstein Farms Angus Bull Sale, Ogalala, NE Thousand Hills Angus Bull Sale, Three Forks, MT ZumBrunnen Angus Bull Sale, Lusk, WY Diamond Peak Cattle Co. Bull Sale, Riverton, WY 4M Angus Sale, Blue Hill, NE Bar J Angus Bull Sale, Brooten, MN RBM Livesock Sale, at the farm, Florence SD Dodds Cattle Bull Sale, Fullerton, NE Rocking JT & Snowy Mtn. Angus Sale, Lewistown, MT Sun River Reds Production Sale, Great Falls, MT Bartels Angus Bull Sale, Riverton, NE Blevins Angus Ranch Production Sale, Missoula, MT Green Mountain Red Angus Sale, Three Forks, MT Quirk Land & Cattle Co. Sale, Hastings, NE Open Gate Ranch Simmental Sale, Augusta, MT Van Beek Angus Bull Sale, Mobridge, SD

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Nelson Red Angus Bull Sale, Philip, SD Stevenson Angus Bull Sale, Hobson, MT Klompien Red Angus Production Sale, Manhatten, MT Wagonhammer Ranches Production Sale, at the ranch, Albion, NE DBL Angus Bull Sale, Fullerton, NE Evenson Angus Bull Sale, Lemmon Livestock, Lemmon, SD Malek Angus Ranch, Highwood, MT 3C / NLC Ranches Production Sale at the ranch, Wessington, SD Laubach Red Angus Sale, Big Timber, MT Montana Performance Bull Co-op/Basin Angus Ranch Sale, Columbus, MT TD Angus Bull Sale, at Rishel Ranch, North Platte, NE Altenburg Super Baldy Bull Sale, Fort Collins, CO Fred Ranch Charolais Bull & Heifer Sale, Burwell Livestock, Burwell, NE Gardel’s Angus Bull Sale, Kearney, NE Grays Angus Ranch Bull Sale, at the ranch, Harrison, NE Milk Creek Reds Red Angus Sale, at the ranch, Plevna, MT South Montana Angus Assn. Sale, Ramsay, MT Fuoss Angus Bull Sale, at the ranch, Draper, SD Hermanson/Kist Spring Horse Sale, Mandan, ND White Angus Ranch & Raymond Lee Angus Bull Sale, Bowman Livestock, Bowman ND Snowshoe Cattle Co. Bull Sale, Ogallala, NE E D Angus Bull Sale, Ashby, NE Hanneken Angus Bull Sale, Pierz, MN Bridle Bit Simmental Bull Sale, Walsh, CO Cole Creek Angus Bull Sale, Columbus, MT Feddes/CT Red Angus Production Sale, Manhattan, MT Phaff Angus Bull Sale, Bonesteel, SD Leachman Cattle Co. Bull Sale, Ft. Collins, MT Larson Ranch Angus Sale, Forsyth, MT Bar JV Angus Sale, Fariview, MT Frenzen Angus & Polled Herefords Production Sale, Fullerton, NE Hall Stock Farm Bull Sale, at the ranch, Berthold, ND

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23 Lodoen Cattle Co. L83 Ranch Annual Bull Sale, Mandan, ND 23 Rossow Angus Ranch Sale, at the ranch, Herreid SD 24 Masters Angus Bull Sale, Chinook, MT 24 McCumber Angus Ranch Sale, at the Ranch Rolette ND 24 Westphal Red Angus Sale, Grass Range, MT 25 Dethlefs Angus Ranch Bull Sale, Burwell, NE 25 Gartner-Denowh Angus Bull Sale, Sidney, MT 25 Gibbs Red Angus Bull Sale, Glasgow, MT 25 Glasoe Angus Ranch Sale, Williston, ND 25 Nebraska Angus Bull Test Sale, Broken Bow, NE 24 NJW Polled Herefords Bull Sale, Sheridan, WY 25 Northern Lites Red Angus Bull Sale, Glascow, MT 25 Gartner-Denowh Angus Bull Sale, Sidney, MT 25-26 Vermilion Ranch Commercial Female Sale, Billings, MT 26 Haugen/Josephson Angus Bull Sale, Kist Livestock, Mandan, ND 26 Lisco Angus/M Diamond Angus Bull Sale, Casper, WY 26 Roth Angus Sale, Mitchell Livestock, Mitchell SD 26 Smith Angus Ranch Bull Sale, Bassett, NE 26 TeKrony Brothers Annual Bull Sale, Watertown, SD 26 Schurrtop Angus & Charolais Bull Sale, McCook, NE 27 Connealy Angus Ranch Bull Sale, at the ranch, Whitman, NE 27 Fischer Red Angus Annual Spring Fling, Harlowton, MT 27 Lund’s B Bar Angus Bull Sale, Baker, MT 27 Lehrkamp Livestock Annual Production Sale, at the ranch, Caputa, SD 27 Sinclair Cattle Company Bull Sale, Buffalo, WY 27 T Heart Ranch High Altitude SimAngus Bull Sale, LaGarita, CO 27 Valley View Charolais Sale, Polson, MT 27 Wakefield Farms Bull Sale, Dunlap, IA 28 Arrow One Angus Bull Sale, North Platte, NE 29 Harrer’s Lost Lake Ranch Bull Sale, Great Falls, MT 29 Miller Angus Farms Annual Bull Sale, Glacial Lakes Livestock, Watertown, SD 30 Littau Angus Ranch Bull Sale, at the ranch, Carter SD 31 Schmidt Cattle Co. Charolais Sale, Rushville, NE

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A & B Cattle Co. Bull Sale, at the ranch, Bassett, NE Arntzen Angus Bull Sale, Hilger, MT Bar 69 Angus Ranch Production Sale, Belle Fourche Livestock, Belle Fourche, SD 1 Fox Angus Farms Sale, SD Livestock Barn, Watertown SD 1-2 Midland Bull Test Gelbvieh Sale, Columbus, MT 2 Kammerer Livestock, CK Bar Ranch, Lambert Family Bull Sale, St. Onge, SD 2 Pieper Red Angus Spring Bull Sale, at the ranch, Hay Springs, NE 2 Roster Charolais Bull Sale, Mitchell Livestock, Mitchell, SD 2 SDSU Annual Bull Sale, Cow Calf Center, Brookings, SD 2-3 University of Montana Western Colt Challenge, Dillon, MT 3 Big Country Genetics Bull Sale, Powell, WY 3 Brooks Chalky Butte Angus Ranch Sale at Bowman Livestock, Bowman ND 3 DeBrucker Charolais Annual Sale at Western Livestock, Great Falls, Mt 3 Hould Angus Bull Sale, Havre, MT 3 Kraye Angus Bull Sale, Mullen, NE 3 Reisig Cattle Company Bull Sale, Hardin, MT 3 RLV Gelbvieh Bull Sale, at the ranch, Nisland, SD 5 Curt Miller Angus Sale, Presho Livestock, Presho SD 5 Gollaher Angus Bull Sale, Cascade, MT 5 Nelson Livestock Bull Sale, Wibaux, MT 5 Weber Red Angus & Charolais Bull Sale, at the ranch, Lake Andes, SD 6 Elm Creek Ranch Sale, Hebron, ND 6 Hinman Angus Bull Sale, Malta, MT 6 Vollmer Angus Ranch Sale, at the ranch, Wing, ND 6 WEBO Angus Bull Sale, Lusk, WY 7 Nissen Angus Bull Sale, Chinook, MT 8 5 L Red Angus “Right for the Times” Spring Production Sale, at the ranch, Sheridan, MT 8 McCluns Lazy JM Ranch Angus & Polled Hereford Sale Torrington Livestock, Torrington, WY 264

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Regency Acres Angus Bull Sale, Sidney, MT Reich Charolais Bull Sale, Belle Fourche Livestock, Belle Fourche, SD Wulf Cattle Sale, Atkinson, NE Sellman Ranch Hereford & Angus Bull Sale, Crawford Livestock, Crawford, NE Hebbert Charolais Annual Bull Sale, at the ranch, Hyannis, NE Ludvigson Stock Farm Spring Herdbuilder Bull Sale, Sheppard, MT McDonnell Angus “Badlands to the Bighorns” Sale, Buffalo, WY Prairie Valley Farm Charolais Bull Sale, Platte Livestock, Platte, SD Rambur Charolais & Angus Annual Bull Sale, at the ranch, Sidney, MT Sonstegard Red Angus Spring Bull Sale, at the farm, Montevideo, MN Eggelston Charolais Annual Bull & Female Sale, Huron CCC, Huron, SD Beckton Red Angus Bull Sale, Sheridan, WY Hager Cattle Co. Bull Sale, Karlsruhe, ND Oakwater Ranch Charolais Bull Sale, Valentine, NE Thomas Ranch Sale, at the ranch, Harrold SD Dybdal Charolais Annual Bull & Female Sale, Laurel Livestock Sales, Laurel, NE Jacobson Red Angus Bull Sale, Hitterdale, MN Pass Creek Angus Bull Sale, at the ranch, Wyola, MT Peterson L7 Bar Limousin Ranch Bull Sale, at the ranch, Pukwana, SD Big Dry Angus, Glasgow, MT C & S Angus Bull Sale, Belle Fourche Livestock, Belle Fourche, SD DeGrand Angus Annual Bull Sale, Baker, MT Pine Creek Angus Ranch Annual Angus Production Sale, Faith Livestock, Faith SD Cobb Charolais Bull Sale, Western Livestock Auction, Great Falls, MT Like It Like That Red Angus Bull Sale, Chinook, MT Lindskov & Thiel Ranch Charolais & Angus Bull Sale, at the Ranch, Isabel SD

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17 Stuber Ranch Herefords Sale, at the ranch, Bowman, ND 18 Gimbel Family Cattle Co., Bull Sale, Ree Heights, SD 19 Jorgenson Angus Farm Bull Sale, at the farm, Ideal, SD 19 Sunrise Angus Bull Sale, Faith Livestock Commission Co., Faith, SD 20 Cottonwood Angus Bull Sale, Philip Livestock, Philip, SD 20 Opp Angus Bull Sale at Stockman’s Livestock, Dickinson ND 20 Treasure Test Bull Sale, Great Falls, MT 21 Schaak Ranch Angus Bull Sale, at the ranch, Wall, SD 21 Milk River Angus Assn. Bull Sale, Chinook, MT 22 Highview Charolais Bull Sale, Mobridge, SD 22 Mangen Angus Ranch Bull Sale, Belle Fourche Livestock, Belle Fourche SD 23 Medicine Rocks Angus Bull Sale, Bowman, ND 23 Red Western Red Angus Bull Sale, Crawford Livestock, Crawford, NE 23 Thorstensen Hereford & Angus Bull Sale, Selby, SD 24 Sodak Angus Open House Bull Sale, at the ranch, Reva, SD 24 Wicks Angus Ranch Bull Sale, Carpenter, SD 24 Wienk Charolais Annual Bull Sale at the ranch, Lake Preston, SD 26 Currant Creek Angus Bull Sale, Miles City, MT 26 Ma & Pa Angus Sale, Presho Livestock, Presho, SD 26 ND Angus Bull Test Sale, Stockmen’s Livestock, Dickinson, ND 26 Red Rock Angus Bull Sale, Faith Livestock, Faith, SD 26 PAYS Grasstime Bull Sale, Billings, MT 27 Rafter U Cross Ranch Angus Sale, Philip Livestock, Philip SD 28 Gill Red Angus Yearling Bull Sale, at the ranch, Timber Lake, SD 28 Wedge Tent Angus Ranch Bull Sale, Faith Livestock Auction, Faith, SD 29 Jayce Shearer’s J Spear Angus Bull Sale, Belle Fourche Livestock, Belle Fourche, SD

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Baxter Angus Farm Sale, at the farm, Rockham, SD Day Angus Bull Sale, Faith Livestock, Faith, SD Spickler Ranch South Angus Bull Sale, at the ranch, Glenfield, ND 4 Philip Livestock “Bull Day” All Breeds Bull Sale, Philip, SD 5 McDonnell Angus Bull Sale, Bowman, ND 6 Kopriva Angus Sale, at the ranch, Raymond, SD 6 Paint Rock Angus Spring Bull Sale, at the ranch, Hyattville, WY 7 Nold Family Angus Sale, Hub City Livestock, Aberdeen, SD 7 Duppong’s Willow Creek Farms, at the farm, Glen Ullin, ND 8 Cody Wild West Days Horse Sale, Cody, WY 15 WYO Quarter Horse Sale, Thermopolis, WY 16 Heuchert’s Willow Creek Angus Bull Sale, Hensel, ND

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Diamond McNabb Horse Sale, Douglas, WY Bruner Angus Turnout Bull Sale, Rugby, ND Full House Horse Sale, Newcastle, WY SD Cattlemens Assn. Prime Time Gala, Sioux Falls, SD Jake Clark Saddle Mule Sale, Ralston, WY ONLINE ONLY 27 Black Hills Stock Show “Summer Spectacular Horse Sale” Rapid City, SD

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LINDSKOV IMPLEMENT.................................57 & 68 LITTAU ANGUS RANCH ........................................157 LIVESTOCK MARKET DIRECTORY.............50 & 51 LONE CREEK CATTLE CO. ....................................177 LONE TREE RED ANGUS ......................................... 88 LONG PINES LAND & LIVESTOCK ....................113 LUCKY 7 ANGUS .......................................... 134 & 135 LYNN WEISHAAR ....................................................207 LYNN, JACKSON, SHULTZ & LEBRUN P.C. .......216 MACDONALD RANCHES ......................................247 MARTIN-TRUDEAU INSURANCE ......................130 MATHIS IMPLEMENT .............................................. 61 MATT LOWERY ........................................................121 MCCUMBER ANGUS RANCH ..............................271 MEDICINE ROCKS RANCH ..................................251 MEYERINK FARM SERVICE .................................... 74 MIDWEST LIQUID FEEDS .....................................132 MILK CREEK REDS .................................................... 31 MINERT-SIMONSON ANGUS ...............................250 MISKE ANGUS RANCH ..........................................191 MOHNEN ANGUS ....................................................237 MONTANA RED ANGUS ASSOC ........................... 41 MOUNT RUSHMORE ANGUS .................................. 2 MRNAK HEREFORDS RANCH ................................. 5 NEBRASKA LAND BROKERS ................................108 NEW GENERATION FEEDS ..................................... 32 NIOBRARA RED ANGUS ........................................270 NUTRALIX .................................................................131 ORWIG’S TUBS, INC. ................................................. 97 PASS CREEK ANGUS RANCH ................................. 87 PENNY NEWMAN/COWBOS ................................. 90 PHARMCO-PLATTE .................................................. 75 PHILIP MOTOR .........................................................107 PIEPER RED ANGUS .................................................... 9 PINNACLE TRAILER SALES ..................................261 POPPE CATTLE COMPANY ..................................187 POSS ANGUS ................................................................ 81 POWDER RIVER ANGUS .......................................192 PRO EARTH ANIMAL HEALTH ...........................231 QUALITY LIQUID FEEDS .......................................120

R LAZY B CHAROLAIS ............................................174 RANCHERS LIVESTOCK EQUIPMENT .............100 RAVEN ANGUS RANCH .........................................208 RAWHIDE PORTABLE CORRAL, INC ................195 REAL TUFF INC .......................................................... 67 RED ANGUS ASSOC OF AMERICA ....................... 45 REDLAND RED ANGUS/GELBVIEH ...................175 REICH CHAROLAIS ............. INSIDE BACK COVER REYES & RUSSELL ....................................................193 RHODES RED ANGUS .............................................133 RIDDER HEREFORD RANCH ...............................234 SANDMEIER CHAROLAIS .....................................162 SCHAFF ANGUS VALLEY ........................................... 7 SCHAUER ANGUS ....................................................103 SCHIEFELBEIN ANGUS ...................................70 & 71 SD ANGUS ASSOCIATION ..............................34 & 35 SD RED ANGUS ASSOCIATION ...........................163 SD SIMMENTAL ASSOC .........................................153 SETH WEISHAAR .....................................................214 SINCLAIR CATTLE COMPANY ....... BACK COVER SLETTEN ANGUS .....................................................143 SMITH’S SADDLE BUTTE RANCH ......................215 SODAK ANGUS RANCH ........................................... 16 SOREIDE CHAROLAIS RANCH .............................. 48 TAUBENHEIM GELBVIEH ....................................... 60 THOMAS RANCH .....................................................105 THORSTENSON GELBVIEH & ANGUS ..............158 TOKACH ANGUS RANCH .....................................217 TOPP ANGUS .............................................................159 TOPP HEREFORDS ...........................................36 & 37 TRANS OVA GENETICS ..........................................156 TRI-STATE LIVESTOCK NEWS ...........221, 224, 236 TWEDT RED ANGUS ..............................................241 USA CATTLEMEN.....................................................122 VITAFERM ..................................................................109 VITALIX, INC. ............................................................114 WIENK CHAROLAIS ........ INSIDE FRONT COVER WILKINSON RANCH ..............................................154 WILLRODT MOTOR ................................................176

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Annual Bull Sale MARCH 24, 2021 AT T H E R A N C H | R O L E T T E , N D

Selling

130 Yearling bulls • 40 Yearling heifers and 30 Commercial yearling Angus heifers. ET sons of our top donors in volume.

Large group of heifer bulls selling.

Miss Wix 2003 of Mc Cumber #17338581 Pathfinder donor dam and producer of herd bulls.

Her influence is featured throughout the sale. The dam of Mc Cumber Armour 7148 and Mc Cumber Steadfast 635.

Lassie 0101 of Mc Cumber #16684218 Donor dam that excels for hoof shape, udder quality and fleshing ability. Her top son by Mc Cumber Armour 7148 sells March 24th.

Lassie 935 of Mc Cumber #16464987 A pathfinder, donor dam and maternal grand dam to Mc Cumber Tribute 702. Her calving ease, cow-making ET sons by OCC Tremendous 619T sell.

Miss Wix 2012 of Mc Cumber #17338588 A herd bull producing, pathfinder, donor dam that transmits impeccable hoof structure and udder quality . Her herd bull prospect, ET sons of Mc Cumber Trademark 4203 will be sale features.

1000 mile free delivery

For 56 years and 3 generations we have focused on maternal function in the cowherd and breeding cattle that are adaptable and profitable for commercial cattlemen.

We believe our cowherd makes the difference.

We invite you to visit Mc Cumber Angus Ranch and view our cow herd anytime..

Mc Cumber Tribute 702 #18844381 50 SONS SELLING

Mc Cumber Armour 7148 # 18844424 Mc Cumber Steadfast 635 #18532396 20 SONS SELLING 15 SONS SELLING

For More Information Matt Tastad • 701/246-3847 or 701/871-1072

Chuck Tastad • 701/246-3366 or 701/871-9800

email: mccumber@utma.com • 8673 37th Ave • Rolette, ND 58366 | W W W . M C C U M B E R A N G U S . C O M THE CATTLE JOURNAL BEEF & BUSINESS 2021

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ANNUAL PRODUCTION S A L E 3.27.21 BUFFALO, WYOMING 100+ YEARLING

ANGUS BULLS CHOICE GROUP OF REGISTERED AND COMMERCIAL

REPLACEMENT HEIFERS S TAY I N G T R U E T O T HE L EG AC Y M AT AT E R N A L PERFORMANCE LONGEVITY

For more information call one of the Sinclair Cattle Sales team or email sinclaircattle@gmail.com STEVE BLANKLEY II 240-625-5415

LANCE CLINE 785-564-1744

MIKE BAZZLE 540-421-7411

LOGAN BAKER 307-254-1477

GREG GOLDEN 301-730-6546

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