Jon & Maradith Janssen 515-468-8221 janssenangus1477@gmail.com 36251 Hull Ct, Earlham, IA 50072
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Foundation Janssen Donna donor by SAV Renovation 6822 from a daughter of Coleman Donna 714.
JANSSEN BLACKCAP MAY 7079
This triple-bred Blackcap May Janssen donor produced the top-performer Janssen Record Rainfall 1011.
COLEMAN DONNA 057
Incredible full sister to Coleman Glacier 041, sired by SAV Renown 3439 from Coleman Donna 439.
JANSSEN EMBLYNETTE 7042
This productive Pathfinder and donor produced multiple herd sires including Janssen Chuckwagon 1006.
MB ELITE BLACKBIRD 7035
Impressive Janssen foundation donor by SAV Recharge 3436 from the same family as Tehama Patriarch F028.
Janssen angus sale headQuarters 1070 Pitzer Road, Earlham, Iowa
JANSSEN EMBLYNETTE 7953
Powerful second generation Janssen Emblynette donor sired by SAV Cutting Edge 4857.
JANSSEN EMBLYNETTE 7045
The proven dam of Janssen Stock Option 1015, the top-selling bull of the 2022 Janssen Sale who sold for export to Canada.
Janssen Madame Pride 7059
One of the true herd Treasures sired by SAV Sensation from the same dam as the $64,000 total valuation Janssen Madame Pride 8028”
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JANSSEN MADAME PRIDE 9044
Productive daughter of SAV Rainfall 6846 from the second-top cow of the 2022 Janssen Female Sale.
JANSSEN EMBLYNETTE 7123
Exquisite daughter of SAV Pedigree 4834 stemming from seven consecutive generations of Emblynette Pathfinder Dams.
For nearly a solid decade, leading commercial and registered cattlemen from across North America have selected outstanding Angus bulls in the successful annual Janssen production sales at Earlham, Iowa. Now, for the first time ever, the Janssens are offering every registered bred cow born in 2020 and before, along with the natural heifer calves from those cows and select ET heifer calves. Included are the dams of prominent herd sires and AI sires along with several Pathfinder Dams. Featuring the progeny and service of the Janssen Genex sire Coleman Below Zero 2106 and other popular sires!
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With her passion for agriculture, Jan brings over 35+ years of advertising sales experience in the beef industry. She and her late husband Norm had a commercial Angus cow herd and grain operation near Tipton, IA, which her sons still manage today.
LORA HUTCHINS
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Mark Sullivan is a familiar face to many having worked for Sullivan Supply for many years. Mark brings many years of experience to The Stockman. Mark and his wife, Linda, and two children, Erin and Leo, live in Woodbine, Iowa, and have a small herd of Charolais cattle.
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Barrett comes with deep roots in both the Angus and Red Angus breeds with a growing base of customers marketing Continental based cattle as well. As an auctioneer, he represents many seedstock producers throughout the central plains. His direct ties to the commercial cattle industry are sure to be a benefit to customers of The Stockman.
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The Krogman Ranch shares stories galore about building its successful horse and cattle programs.
t all started with a horse. High-quality American Quarter Horses have been a staple of the Krogman family, White River, S.D., for more than 80 years. With such a legacy behind them, the Krogman family is continuing to produce outstanding mounts for cowboys, barrel racers, and reining and cutting competitors throughout the horse industry. In addition, the family successfully manages a herd of 1,000 commercial cows.
THE EARLY YEARS
Frank Sr. and Agnes Krogman moved from Iowa to South Dakota in 1917, along with their 15 children. The seventh child, Louie, developed a passion for horses, and helped his father with the 75 to 100 broodmares and 12 to 15 stallions. Frank Sr. and Louie would visit neighboring farms in the region breeding mares for other farmers. One year, Frank Sr. shipped 13 carloads of horses back to Iowa to be sold at auction.
In 1934, Louie married Lillian and started a family. Louie and Lillian were the parents of Ronnie, Barbetta and Dorothy. Louie purchased the current Krogman Ranch property during this time and always ran many horses, in addition to purchasing the auction barn in White River. Louie proved to be quite the salesman, boasting a sale of 2,500 horses sold in one summer and selling 600 horses to one buyer in one day. The same fall, Louie
By Sarah Hill photos courtesy Krogman family
sold another 728 horses through the White River auction market.
Louie married Eunice in 1949 and the couple had five children: Stanley, Casey, Steve, Lorena and Neil. Louie was the driving force behind Krogman Quarter Horses, owning and raising several different types of horses over the decades.
FOUNDATION OF THE HORSE HERD
In 1950, Louie bought the grand champion stallion at the National Western Stock Show in Denver, Tom B Glover, which became the foundation of his American Quarter Horse herd. At that time, American Quarter Horses were determined registered by the American Quarter Horse Association, and the horses owned by the Krogmans that were declared registered American
Quarter Horses were called “Krogman Mare”.
“From a young age, Dad (Louie) had a picture of a horse in his mind, and he always said that when he saw that horse in real life, he was going to buy him,” Steve Krogman said. “When Dad went to Denver that year, his ideal horse was at that show, and he bought him. That horse ended up being an American Quarter Horse.”
Speed and versatility were two traits Louie favored, as he was interested in racing. He raced several horses from 1953 to 1976 and was very successful in that endeavor. Three of Louie’s favorite race stallions were Go Joe Bar, Leo 3, and Folly Bird. The offspring of those stallions went on to excel at barrel racing and roping events.
Over the years, the American Quarter Horse program has utilized stallions including Paprika Pine, Zippo Blue Pine, Smart Little Romeo, Playlight, and Watch Jo Pac.
“We’ve always wanted to raise horses that their owners can use for multiple events, and the American Quarter Horse covers all those as-
above Louie Krogman on his horse, Krogs Nevada.
pects,” Steve said. “We wanted a horse that would get a cow in and watch that cow.”
Steve notes that clients’ expectations of their horses have changed over the years. For example, there are horse owners who just want hobby horses, while other buyers are interested in working horses that can compete in reining or cutting events.
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“Our horses can go out and look good and still perform with the upper echelon of their class,” Steve said. “Our American Quarter Horse program really changed in 2012 when my brother, Ronald, found Cant Kick This Cat. If it wasn’t for Ronald finding that stallion, Krogman Ranch wouldn’t even be where we are today. Cant Kick This Cat changed our whole program.”
The Krogmans bought Cant Kick This Cat sight unseen - not knowing that he had an injured stifle. Once the Krogmans brought home the stallion, it was decided that due to the stifle injury, Cant Kick This Cat wouldn’t be able to breed their mares in the pasture as they’d pre -
viously done.
“We had to figure out a way to use him to breed our mares without turning him out,” Steve said. “Cant Kick This Cat could mount a mare, but if she moved, he couldn’t follow her.”
Ronald’s talent was being able to build anything, according to Steve, and so Ronald constructed a contraption for Cant Kick This Cat with places for his hooves so the stallion could mount a mare and she would stay in place. This approach worked well for about six months, until Cant Kick This Cat got spooked and wouldn’t use the apparatus anymore.
“We decided to AI mares instead, but due to the stifle injury, Cant Kick This Cat couldn’t detect mares in heat,” Steve said. “So, someone had the idea to use a stallion that’s had a vasectomy to detect heats.”
The Krogmans talked with five different veterinarians before finding a vet who had previously done vasectomies on pigs and other species and was willing to try it on a stallion. The procedure worked, and four more studs were given vasectomies and turned out with the mares for heat detection.
above Cant Kick This Cat.
“We use AI to breed 50 to 70 mares each summer, and we have a 90 percent conception rate, which is unheard of,” Steve said. “The rest are pasture bred.”
Sadly, Ronald passed in 2022, and they lost Cant Kick This Cat last year. Ronald’s daughter, Janelle, has taken over her father’s place working with the horses. Since then, the Krogmans have cultivated other stallions for their breeding program, including Metallic Avator, Mystery Boon, Son Of Hottish and CR Tuffest Catolena.
below Gott No Regrets.
ALL IN THE FAMILY
The Krogman Ranch is truly a family operation, with several of Steve’s siblings operating their own segments of the business on nearly 40,000 acres of owned and leased land.
Lorena and her husband, Gene Hight, and their three children, Shelsey, Matt, and Elliott, focus on producing reining horses. Shelsey is a teacher and also takes all the photos of the horses and puts together the sale catalog. Matt works full-time on Krogman Ranch and is slated to become one of the major decision makers for the operation. Elliott works for Cherry-Todd Electric Cooperative.
One of the top reining horses in the U.S., Whiz My Nu Chex, calls Krogman Ranch home. “They’ve had really good luck with that palomino,” Steve shared. “He’s produced nice colts that have been shown and won points and colts that have done a lot of roping, too. We’ve got a bunch of daughters out of Whiz My Nu Chex.”
Bluprint is the newest reining stallion on the ranch, and thus far, his colts are still untested on their riding ability.
Neil and his wife, Kristi, focus on raising barrel horses. Their oldest daughter, Alyssa, ran barrels all through high school and college. Today, Alyssa leads the charge of flushing, artificially inseminating, and implanting embryos into recip mares while also working full-time as a nurse practitioner. Alyssa’s husband, Josh Hicks, also works full-time on the Krogman Ranch.
“She has a stud called Fame And Champagne, and she’s getting really nice colts out of him,” Steve said. “She’s also very excited about the first colts out of Gott No Regrets, a palomino stud.”
Steve and his wife, Leigh, have three sons. Louie and Ethanie have daughters Stevie, Avery, and Carter; Jake and Jessica are the parents
of Ella, Kennedy, and Jenson; while Wyatt and Brittany have two boys, Stratton and Russell. Their family focuses on cow horses, and Louie, Jake, and Wyatt all run their own livestock on the Krogman Ranch.
Steve had taken the reins for several years in the late 1980s, before his father passed away in 1991.
The Krogman Ranch will host their 72nd annual American Quarter Horse production sale in 2024, which is how the family markets all of their horses.
above Gene and Lorena Hight, owners of Whiz My Nu Chex and Bluprint.
above Whiz My Nu Chex.
above Josh and Alyssa Hicks, and Neil and Kristi Krogman. Owners of Fame And Champagne and Gott No Regrets.
above Steve and Leigh Krogman with their family. Owners of Cant Kick This Cat, Metallic Avator, Mystery Boon, Son of Hottish, and CR Tuffest Catolena.
All horses and cattle are range fed year-round. Stallions get a reprieve during the winter, when they’re kept in box stalls.
With any family operation, there are bound to be some snags, but Steve said it’s sad to see when families let ranching and business get in the way of family bonds. “We all get along really well, and try not to worry about the little stuff,” he said. “Jealousy and greed get in the way of progress for the whole ranch. Everybody told us that when our parents passed, it was going to be way different, and it is, but we’re making it work.”
DON’T FORGET THE COW HERD
In addition to their thriving American Quarter Horse programs, the Krogmans also have a cow-calf herd of 1,000 head of commercial cows. The cattle are primarily Angus/Hereford crosses to produce black baldy calves. The Krogmans don’t have specific bulls they prefer, and all females are pasture bred.
“There’s a lot of genetics involved in raising the most efficient cattle to produce the most pounds with the least amount of costs,” Steve said. “Milk production and disposition are also big factors for breeding. We look at a combination
of genomics and phenotype.”
The Krogmans put up hay all summer long to supplement feeding all those animals, but for the most part, the cattle graze.
Top end replacement heifers are saved each year, and calves are typically marketed through private treaty, although the Krogmans have sold cattle in every possible way over the decades. The last four years, their entire calf crop has gone to one repeat buyer.
THINKING ABOUT THE FUTURE
Steve said that the older generation has been thinking a lot about the future recently, and there’s still some uncertainty about what the future holds for the ranch.
“We would all like for the family to keep the ranch going, but my sons all have jobs off the ranch, so there will have to be some decisions made,” he said.
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STABLE FLIES ON PASTURED CATTLE
Stable flies aren’t just an annoyance. They cause reduced average daily gain, and it may take as few as four flies per leg to cause economic injury. Animals bunching to fight stable flies damage forage, and on fragile soils may create blowouts.
HOW DO YOU KNOW WHEN YOU’RE DEALING WITH STABLE FLIES?
Animals fighting stable flies may display a variety of behaviors, including
• Tail flicking
• Skin twitching
• Leg stamping
• Lying with their legs tucked underneath
• Standing in water
• Bunching in corners of pastures
CONTROLLING STABLE FLIES
Animal sprays are the most common option for controlling stable flies on range cattle. Control products include
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• Natural pyrethrins (many brand names)
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These products can be applied using a low-pressure sprayer or mist blower sprayer. Weekly applications are required to reduce fly numbers.
Another option is to target stable fly resting sites. On warm days, especially in the afternoon, these resting sites could be sprayed with a low-pressure or mist blower sprayer targeting the foliage, using permethrin or natural pyrethrins. Avoid spraying water tanks and water sources, and follow label recommendations.
Another option is to reduce stable fly larval development by cleaning up spillage and waste around hay rings. If sanitation is not possible, a larvicide, such as Neporex®, could be applied to the larval development site.
The last few years we have been evaluating stable fly traps. A promising trap, the Knight Stick® Trap (Figure 3) has shown positive results. Additional studies are being developed to determine the number of traps required, pasture location,
above Stable flies impact weight gain on both pastured and confined cattle. Photo credit David J. Boxler.
and the use of chemical attractants for improving trap effectiveness. The Knight Stick® Trap is commercially available online.
STABLE FLY STUDIES
Stable flies impact weight gain on both pastured and confined cattle. Research conducted at the University of Nebraska, West Central Research, Extension, and Education Center saw a reduced average daily gain of 0.44 lb. in three, 84-day trials with cattle not receiving an insecticide treatment compared with cattle that did. An economic injury level (EIL) of five flies per leg has been suggested and is often exceeded in normal pasture conditions. The EIL may be less based on the results from the above study, where stable fly numbers averaged 3.6 flies per leg.
STABLE FLY ANATOMY AND BEHAVIOR
Both sexes of stable flies require a blood meal, usually twice a day, depending upon the weather. They prefer to feed on all four legs and the belly area of pastured animals. After feeding, the stable fly will seek
a shaded resting site to digest the bloodmeal. In pastures, this could be windbreaks (coniferous or deciduous), walls of structures, windmill towers, and water tanks (Figure 1).
The stable fly is similar in size to the house fly but is dark gray and has dark irregular spots on its abdomen. The proboscis (mouthpart) protrudes bayonet-like in front of the head (Figure 2). The larvae are typically whitish in color. The pupae are chestnut brown and about 1/4 inch long. The complete life cycle from egg to adult is 14-24 days in Nebraska depending upon weather. While the source of early season flies is not well understood, some develop from native overwintering larvae. Other early season flies may migrate from southern locations, but definitive evidence is lacking. However, we do know stable flies can move 10 miles or more. The female deposits eggs in spoiled or fermenting organic matter sometimes mixed with animal manure, moisture, and dirt. The most common developing sites are in feedlots or dairy lots, usually around feed bunks, along the edges of feeding aprons, under fences and along stacks of hay, alfalfa, and straw. Grass clippings and poorly
managed compost piles also provide ideal larval developing sites. In pasture settings, winter hay feeding sites where hay rings are used can often be a source to develop stable flies through the summer if moisture is present.
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above Figure 1. Stable flies resting on shaded sides of board near a windmill. Photo by David J. Boxler.
above Figure 2. Stable fly resting on a board, piecing/sucking mouthpart protruding in front of the head. Photo by David J. Boxler.
above Figure 3. Knight Stick Stable Fly trap located in a pasture near a cattle loafing area. Photo by David J. Boxler.
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Gutwein Angus dives headfirst into the purebred Angus industry with a major purchase of elite genetics.
Ararity in the purebred cattle business occurred a year ago when Fred Gutwein bought a significant portion of a large, well-known Angus operation. Fred acquired Riley Brothers Angus’ elite purebreds; from embryos to pairs, opens to breds, and recips to donors – a total of 400 head and everything in between. “He (Fred Gutwein) went from zero to a hundred real quick,” Chad Morrissey, Gutwein Angus’ herd manager said.
The total package included the lease of Riley Brothers Angus’ land and facilities in Darlington, Wis. Most of the herd remains at that location. Additionally, Gutwein Angus is expanding its operations near Fred’s home in Francesville, Ind. Throughout the course of the past year, Gutwein Angus has added new genetics and built facilities in Francesville.
Longtime Riley Brothers Angus’ herd manager, Chad Morrissey, continues to run the operation under its new ownership. “Sometimes things just come together, and I always believe it is for a reason,” Fred Gutwein, owner of Gutwein Angus, explained. “Without Chad I wouldn’t have bought the herd and without the herd I probably could have never convinced Chad to come work for me. So, it was a package deal is what I looked at in my mind and it was what I needed as well,” Fred added.
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PRODUCTION AGRICULTURE HISTORY
Prior to purchasing the purebred Angus herd from Riley’s, Fred had reached a point in his life and career where he was interested in taking on a new challenge. Fred grew up in production agriculture learning the ins and outs of his family’s seed corn company. His great-grandfather founded the family seed corn business in 1935; he was one of the first farmers in the country to produce hybrid seed corn.
Through the generations the Gutweins’ seed corn company, Fred Gutwein and Sons, flourished, expanded, and transformed. The
Gutwein family farmed thousands of acres of cropland in Indiana, supplied product to retailers, and developed a wholesale production company called Flora Seeds. In 1999, the Gutweins sold the retail branch of their business to a leading national seed corn company.
Fred and his father sold the remaining production branch of Flora Seeds along with Fred Gutwein and Sons, to Remington Seeds in 2006. For the next several years, Fred was responsible for the oversight of Remington’s seed corn production east of the Mississippi.
Five years earlier, in 2001, the Gutwein family had started yet
another company. The company, called Indiana Small Plots, has modified its services through the years. Indiana Small Plots’ current focus is utilizing small, well-isolated, and protected production sites (1-to-100-acre plots) to grow precommercial hybrid cross corn. Indiana Small Plots grows the experimental crops for the research and development departments of major seed companies as well as for clients in the food industry and other industrial applications. Fred maintains ownership of the company and remains actively involved in its operation.
SEED TO SEEDSTOCK
For the last decade, Fred has scaled back his work life. He and his wife, Darlene, spend extended stays at their vacation home in Arizona. Though he enjoyed being semi-retired, Fred felt there was another endeavor in the wings.
The venture into the registered cattle industry started when pastureland near his home in Francesville came up for sale in 2020. After much thought and family discussion, Fred decided to buy the land and start a small, registered cow/ calf operation.
Albeit a bit out of his comfort zone, embarking into the purebred cattle industry wasn’t completely out of Fred’s wheelhouse. Though seed corn production had dominated Fred’s childhood and career, cattle were consistently in the picture as well. “All seed corn operations especially in the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s always developed a lot of
products that made great feed but not great seed. So, everyone had a cattle operation it seemed, and we weren’t any different,” Fred said.
As far back as Fred can remember, he has maintained a small feeder cattle program. The unusable seed corn serving as a ration for his feeder cattle. But with the purchase of nearby pasture and dreams of a new adventure, he was ready to traverse into the registered Angus world.
A mutual friend connected Fred with Glenn Davis, a longtime cattleman and owner of Genetic Pathways Consulting and Marketing. Glenn helped Fred find a group of 14 purebred Angus heifers to start his operation. Fred bought another group of heifers later that same year.
“I have always put a lot of stock in who you know not necessarily what you know. I got to be good friends with Glenn, and I could
see his love for the cattle and love for the bred. It was just something that intrigued me,” Fred shared.
A purebred Angus operation was exactly what Fred was looking for at this stage of his life. So, when the opportunity to purchase Riley Brothers Angus arose in the summer of 2023; Fred never looked back.
LADY COW FAMILY
The purchase of Riley Brothers Angus’ herd came with a powerhouse cow family - RB Lady. “The Lady cow family is a performance family that became known through test stations across the country and many, many winners. It’s a cow family that produced multiple AI sires including the RB Tour of Duty 177 bull which led the bred for registrations,” Chad explained.
Something unique about the RB Lady cow family is its history. The genetics for the RB Lady cow family were stored as frozen embryos for two decades before they were utilized. “The breed went through 20 years of progress where this one sat idle as an embryo in a tank. Then genomics picked the cow family up and caught us all up to the rest of the world. So, it was really an outcross, unscathed cow family,” Chad said.
NEW GENETICS
The RB Lady genetics provides a strong base for the operation. Additionally, Gutwein Angus is purchasing new genetics to infuse into their program. Chad and Fred frequently make herd visits to other operations. “It is a way to keep my eye in check. People are doing so many different things, breeding different ways and it is good to see different ways of doing things,” Chad said.
The breeding philosophy at Gutwein Angus centers around the idea of correcting phenotype first, then
selecting a mating based on EPDs. “Anybody can create big numbers and big EPDs, if that is what you want. I think the challenge comes from being able to do both and doing it correctly without losing a cow that you can walk out in the pasture and be proud of to look at,” Chad stated.
Gutwein Angus utilizes 20 donor females in its ET program. The operation splits its calving between fall and spring seasons. Gutwein Angus has 400 calves a year, 300 of which are ET calves.
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PHENOTYPE-GENOTYPE
Due to Chad’s breeding philosophy, Gutwein Angus is producing females ideally equipped for the American Angus Association’s Phenotype-Genotype Show (PGS). “It is not necessarily that our program is bred for PGS show heifers but it just kind of fits us. That is my breeding philosophy. Yes, we will experiment with some large-numbered stuff, but we mostly keep a good set of cows with a really balanced set of EPDs,” Chad added.
Gutwein Angus’ upcoming sale in September will feature PGS show heifer prospects. The operation is dedicating a separate section of its sale catalog specifically for the PGS show heifer offerings. The sale hosted at Gutwein An-
gus’ newly constructed sale barn in Francesville will showcase 75 head: open ET heifers, fall and spring bred heifers, bred cows, and proven donors as well as pregnancies and flush opportunities.
FUTURE PLANS
Gutwein Angus started at breakneck pace, but the long-term goal of the operation is to hit the perfect stride so that it will endure for generations. “I want Gutwein Angus to be a significant operation in the Angus world. My plan is for our purebred Angus operation to develop into another successful family business that will thrive for many generations to come,” Fred concluded.
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above Morrissey Family - Trey, Chad, Melanie and Madyn.
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Seeds in Season
Functional forage and pasture.
contributed article by Justin Fruechte, Product Expert - Ag Renovo Seed, Brookings, S.D. renovoseed.com
UTILIZING WET ACRES
uch of the upper Midwest has experienced a major shift to more rainfall this season, leaving crop fields unplanted or with large drowned out areas. These wet acres leave many options for management, so let’s run through what those look like.
PLANTING BENEFITS
First off, once these acres dry off, having a living root and ground cover is much better for your soil than leaving it bare and prone to erosion or growing a perpetual weed bank. So, even if you don’t have a need for making feed on that acre, go ahead and plant an economical small grain or brassica for quick growth. Growing plants will infiltrate water, hold your topsoil in place, and suppress weeds.
PLANTING FOR SILAGE
If you have a need for silage or your acres were fertilized for corn, make your first planting option forage sorghum. Forage sorghum will be the most similar in terms of feed value to corn and replicable to that
in the diet. The clock is ticking on this species, however, and it should have at least 85 growing days left in the season for it to mature. Forage sorghum will produce a grain head that is ideally harvested at the soft-dough stage. This is the point when the plant’s stalk also starts to lose moisture to ensure an ideal dry matter percent for your silage. Many producers are used to chopping wet sorghum silage that needs to freeze dry, but finding an early maturing hybrid can help alleviate that running pile.
PLANTING FOR A HAY CROP
The best option to plant for a hay crop in the mid-summer months is millet. Since these acres are wet and low, the most suitable type
of millet for those mucky areas is Japanese millet. It resembles a barnyard grass seed head, but will reach heights of three to four feet. The quality is average, but yield is phenomenal. And since yield is so good, that also means you will need to find a good drying period to cure the entire windrow.
The other millet option is a foxtail type, which would include both German and White Wonder millet. Other than the seed head colors, the slight differences are that German will be more drought tolerant and mature a few days quicker, while White Wonder is a tick taller and usually tests out better for quality. We plan on a 60-to-65-day
maturity for each, and they’ll make two to three tons of dry matter per acre. Opposite of Japanese millet, they both prefer well-drained soils.
FERTILIZER CONSIDERATIONS
One concern we typically hear from people with wet acres is if their fertilizer applied for corn will cause nitrate issues on these alternative crops. If you’re deciding between millet or forage sorghum for these acres, I’d much rather use forage sorghum on acres with high fertility. The nitrogen requirements for forage sorghum are about 80 percent that of corn’s requirements. If millet is planted on these acres, it has a high potential to accumu-
late nitrates – which will not make it safe to feed to many classes of livestock.
Though these acres seem like a problem now, I’d encourage you to find the silver lining and look at options to turn them into an opportunity. Making more feed is always a good thing!
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HOW MUCH WATER DO CATTLE NEED?
And what water problems should cattle producers watch for?
ater quantity and quality is critical to cattle health and performance. Hot weather and drought conditions can impact both water quality and quantity for cattle.
HOW MUCH WATER DO CATTLE NEED?
There is an easy answer, and there is a right answer. A general guideline is that lactating cows need two gallons of water per 100 pounds of bodyweight per day. Bulls and dry cows need one to one and a half gallons of water per 100 pounds per day, according to the 2016 Nutrient Requirements of Beef Cattle.
Water needs are influenced by environmental temperature, class of livestock, weight, and stage of production. The warmer it gets, the more water cows need. Cows with nursing calves need more water than dry cows. As cattle gain weight, they need more water.
As an example, spring calving cows will need close to 20 to 24 gallons of water per day for themselves and another 5 to 10 gallons for their calf when it gets hot.
Some water comes from the feed
they eat, and grass can be high in water content. Nursing calves meet some of their daily water needs with their dam’s milk. However, it’s best to plan on making sure cattle have access to the full recommended amount of good-quality water. It’s particularly important that calves are able to reach the water levels in a tank, especially in hot weather. If cows come into water first and drink a tank down, calves may struggle to get a drink if there is a slow recharge on the water tank. This can lead to stress and health problems for calves. Depending on the watering system, giving calves “creep” access to a water tank they can reach separate from the cows can help to ensure calves stay hydrated.
The importance of water to beef cattle is often overlooked, and cattle performance can be affected by water intake. Nutritionists balance diets for carbohydrate (energy), protein, vitamins, and minerals but water is the most critical of these nutrients. Several factors make water needs difficult to assess.
Because feeds contain some water, not all the water needs must be provided as drinking water. Feeds
such as silages, green chop, or growing pasture are usually high in moisture, while grains and hays are low. When cattle consume feeds high in water content, they drink less water.
WATER QUALITY FOR CATTLE
Water quality is important for cattle health and performance. It’s important to check water for nitrates, sulfates, and blue-green algae if a problem is suspected.
NITRATES
Nitrates are of elevated concern in drought conditions. The total intake limit for cattle is the combined amounts from both feed and water.
So if you have feed that’s high in nitrates, but within acceptable limits, and water that is also high, but acceptable, the combination could exceed recommended limits and cause problems.
A safe level of nitrate nitrogen (NO3N) in the water for cattle is less than 100 ppm.
The sulfate upper limit for calves is less than 500 ppm (167 ppm sulfur as sulfate).
For adult cattle, the upper limit is less than 1,000 ppm (333 ppm sulfur as sulfate).
Symptoms of nitrate poisoning include brownish discoloration of the blood, difficult and rapid breathing, muscle tremors, low tolerance to exercise, incoordination, diarrhea, frequent urination, collapse, and death.
BLUE-GREEN ALGAE
Blue-green algae can be toxic to cattle, and it grows in stagnant water, lakes, and ponds. When there’s a lot of blue-green algae, it makes the water look like someone has dumped a bucket of light green or turquoise paint in the water.
Signs of blue-green algae poisoning are diarrhea, lack of coordination, labored breathing, seizures, convulsions, and possibly death. Warm temperatures and sunlight can cause algae to grow rapidly, so keep an eye on that in both ponds and tanks. Routinely cleaning tanks and utilizing a copper sulfate treat-
ment or chlorine treatment can help keep water tanks free from moss and algae.
Cattle standing in the water to fight flies, or walking through it to drink increases the solids suspended in the water, and the added nutrients from manure and urine may encourage algae growth. Limiting cattle access to only a portion of a pond can reduce pond water contamination. Pumping water in the deep part of a pond to a water tank is a way to still utilize pond water for cattle while reducing the risk of cattle consuming blue-green algae. Fly management can also help cut down on the amount of time cattle spend in the water.
WATER TESTING
Monitoring water quality is a way to manage risk. Knowing if there’s a problem before symptoms show up in the cowherd is the best way to prevent losses to cattle performance, or death.
Taking a water sample and sub -
mitting it to a lab for analysis may take a few extra minutes, but if you’re out checking water anyway, it’s not much extra effort for the knowledge that the water is safe. While ponds and dams are often the most questionable in quality, the water in tanks and troughs may also need to be tested. Occasionally, events such as drought or flooding may impact the quality of water from a well or other source of water that is being used for livestock. Testing the water provides information needed to know if the water is safe for use. There are a number of labs available in Nebraska where livestock water can be tested. Prior to collecting a sample, contact the lab for a test kit and collection instructions to ensure a representative sample is taken and that the lab can complete the analysis needed.
Interviews with the authors of BeefWatch newsletter articles become available throughout the month of publication and are accessible at: www.go.unl.edu/podcast.
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below Water quantity and quantity are concerns for cattle producers, especially in drought. Photo by Maria Tibbetts, UNL.
Veterinarian View
Health & Reproduction questions answered and explained.
contributed article by Dr. Vince Collison Collison Embryo and Veterinary Services, Rockwell City, Iowa collisonembryoservices.com
FETAL PROGRAMMING AND GENETIC POTENTIAL
Iwas recently listening to a podcast that talked about the importance of fetal programming. Basically, it emphasized the importance of protein, vitamins, and trace mineral supplementation to the dam throughout gestation for the fetus. They talked about a trial they did, stating that calves from dams that were supplemented during the entire gestation had a 60-pound advantage at weaning versus the calves from control dams that were not supplemented through gestation.
I have written about this before in an article about epigenomics. I feel that fetal programming and epigenomics are different terms for the same thing. We often emphasize the importance of mineral and nutrition during the pre-calving time frame and throughout the breeding season, but we often feel that the cow can be floated along through gestation until the next calving season. This study emphasized the importance of meeting the needs for minerals, vitamins, and protein throughout gestation. Fetal programming (epigenetics) is a process that continues throughout the entire development of the fetus from conception until birth.
RECIPE FOR SUCCESS
To make the most genetic improvements in our herds, we invest in the best genetics possible with the bulls, cows, semen, and embryos that we purchase. We spend a lot of effort planning the matings we will produce via ET or AI. We can also invest a lot of time in studying how EPDs will be improved by the way we breed our cattle. We also invest money in the genomic testing of our calves, looking for the best heifers to keep as replacements and as marketing tools for bull sales. All of these things are the genetic package that future offspring will inherit. To make the most of this genetic package is where fetal programming comes into play.
IMPACT OF NUTRITION
Fetal programming (epigenomics) is providing the environment to turn on the good genes in a positive way. The diet the cow consumes during gestation is an immediate way to impact the fetal environment. When nutritional needs are not being met in the gestating dam, good genes in the fetus are not being signaled to turn on, thus affecting
the future calf’s ability to perform even when it has the genetic package we’ve worked hard to produce. This can be the difference between a strong, viable, healthy calf produced in one herd versus a calf that is not as viable or healthy being produced in another herd with essentially the same genetics. If you keep your own replacement females, it is essential that you take advantage of and maximize fetal programming. These are the females that will be bigger at the time of breeding and have been shown to last in the herd longer.
DURATION OF EPIGENETICS
One thing that we need to keep in mind is that epigenetics can be affected during the entire life of the calf. So, what we do after birth will also make a difference in how the calf will express its genetic potential. Ensuring adequate colostrum intake in the initial few hours after birth is also key to maximizing genetic potential due to the health benefits and other nutritional factors.
Giving the calf the proper diet during its growth phase, sanitation, enough space for exercise, disease and parasite control all play a role in maximizing genetic expression. But when considering how we can maximize the epigenomic potential of a genetic package, realize the epigenome is probably most easily impacted in the early part of the life cycle and will be less impacted with age. Thus, we can probably make the biggest impact while the calf is still a fetus.
What we do after birth also is important, but you will not be able to make up for lack of fetal programming after a calf is born. In the study mentioned earlier, calves born from supplemented cows versus un-supplemented cows weaned off 60 pounds heavier and were all treated the same after being born.
IMPACT OF EXERCISE
Besides nutrition, the other thing that can have a large influence is adequate exercise during the growth phase. In order to properly develop the skeleton and muscles of a calf, it needs to be able to get around and move. This requires space. For most producers this is not an issue as most calves will go to pasture, but if you are leaving pairs in a small lot or trying to raise them in a hoop building consider giving the calves a place where they can get the proper exercise to develop.
I always like to emphasize this point with a case I had years ago. I was the veterinarian for an emu farm and one day I was called out for baby chicks that were going down and unable to get up. On examination, the birds were crippled to the point where the patella was being pulled off to the side of the stifle joint. These chicks were on a good nutrition program but were being raised in a 1000-gallon water tank. Basically, the chicks’ bones were growing faster than their muscles and tendons from the lack of development due to restricted exercise.
In the wild these chicks would have been running large distances from the time they were hatched. Although I have never seen any-
thing this extreme in calves, I do feel that there are growth advantages to calves raised out in the open versus in confined areas.
As far as the opportunities with fetal programming and epigenetics, we must remember there are these windows of time in the calf’s life cycle that can make a big difference if we do the right things. Once that window of time has passed by, it will be hard to make up for any lack of nutrition, etc. that could have had a positive impact on the epigenome.
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Aug. 16 Missouri State Fair Junior Limousin Show, Sedalia, MO
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In the kitchen with Rita
Cook-Miller
Summit Farms - Hubbard, Iowa
I grew up on a diversified farm near Hubbard, Iowa where my family raises cattle, hogs, corn, and soybeans. I attended Iowa State University and have a bachelor’s degree in agricultural business and economics. After college, I worked for the Coalition to Support Iowa’s Farmers. When I had the opportunity to move back closer to my family’s farm, I took it. Today my husband, Roy, and I reside near Hubbard, about 5 miles from where I grew up. I work for Merck Animal Health and am also pursuing a master’s in business administration (MBA) through Auburn University. My husband, Roy, manages the purebred cattle and draft horse operations for Summit Farms. We raise Angus, Red Angus, Simmental, and Charolais cattle and sell private treaty bulls every spring. We also offer females year-round via private treaty. And in our free time, we enjoy working with our quarter and draft horses.”
What is your least favorite job in the kitchen?
My mom is a phenomenal cook. Unfortunately, I didn’t inherit her skills. As a kid, I preferred to be outside helping my dad. But I have learned enough Where did you learn to cook? ”
STOCK Kitchen
Cowboy approved recipes used by our favorite country cooks.
What is your favorite cooking tip/trick?
Find what works for you and go with it! Complicated recipes give me anxiety, so I’ve found simple, easy recipes that work for me (and are delicious too).”
What is your most requested dish?
My most requested dish is probably cracker pudding or corn dip. Ironically, I’m allergic to corn so I can’t eat the dip, but they tell me it’s amazing (and it’s easy to make).”
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GRANDMA COOK’S CHILI
Rita Cook-Miller
2 lb. ground hamburger
1 tsp. salt
1 T. minced onion (optional)
1 46 oz. can of tomato juice
2 cans of chili beans (optional)
½ c. sugar
1 T. chili powder
4 T. flour water
Brown hamburger in 4 quart stock pot. Drain grease, then add salt and minced onion. Mix sugar, chili powder, and flour together. Add enough water to have a smooth/ thick paste. Add this mixture to the cooked hamburger. Then add tomato juice and chili beans. Heat to boiling, then simmer for 15 to 30 minutes before serving.
If you want spicy chili, this recipe isn’t for you. This is a sweet version, and it is my favorite. My Grandma Cook makes this chili and now the whole family uses this recipe. Roy was skeptical the first time I made it, but now he loves it.
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CRACKED OUT CORN DIP
Rita Cook-Miller
1 8 oz. pkg. softened cream cheese
1 1 oz. pkg. ranch dressing mix
¾ c. bacon bits
2 c. shredded cheddar cheese
1 16 oz. container sour cream
3 ½ c. frozen corn kernels (thawed)
Preheat oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit. Lightly spray a 2-quart baking dish with cooking spray. In a bowl, combine all ingredients. Mix well. Transfer to the 2-quart baking dish. Cover with aluminum foil. Bake the dip 25 to 30 minutes or until hot and bubbly. Serve with tortilla chips.
Our friend Matt always requests this corn dip. When he got married, Roy and I made lunch for the wedding party and corn dip was, of course, on the menu. Roy was in the wedding, so after everyone else ate and I cleaned up, I started getting ready to go to the ceremony… But instead, I got very sick. In a panic, I tried to call Roy, worried I gave the entire wedding party food poisoning. But he didn’t answer (they were busy taking pictures). When I finally got a hold of him, he laughed and said everyone else was fine. Soon after, I discovered I was allergic to corn. We still laugh about my panic attack to this day. For obvious reasons, I personally don’t eat this dip anymore, but it’s always a hit whenever we make it.
CRACKER PUDDING
Rita Cook-Miller
1 T. butter
2 c. evaporated milk
1 c. milk
1 c. sugar
2 T. corn starch (substitute arrowroot powder if you’re allergic to corn like me)
1 T. flour
2 eggs (beaten)
1 tsp. vanilla
Graham crackers
Cool Whip
Combine in saucepan and heat the butter, evaporated milk, and milk. In a separate bowl mix together sugar, corn starch, and flour. Then blend into the sugar mixture the eggs and vanilla. Slowly pour the sugar/egg mixture into the hot milk in your saucepan. Bring to a boil stirring constantly. Continue cooking until thickened. The pudding can be served warm or cold (we prefer it warm).
Optional toppings: Crushed graham crackers (this is why it’s called crack- er pudding) and Cool Whip.
Cracker pudding was one of Roy’s favorite desserts growing up. I had never heard of it until we started dating. Now it’s our go-to-dessert when we’re entertaining. Roy’s sister-in-law shared this recipe with us. She likes to tease me that this is the easiest dessert she makes… because she knows this is one of the most complicated recipes I will use (but it’s honestly not that difficult). The ingredients are easy to keep on hand and whip up at the last minute. If we’re entertaining, I like to mix everything up beforehand and then make Roy do the stirring.
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this fat cattle deal to continue an upward trend going into the new year and into spring. How high we can go, that is the million-dollar question!
HOT SUMMER MARKET
s I wrote this article, we have received our first snowstorm of the winter and my four little ones could not wait to throw on their snow pants and go play in the white stuff! Me on the other hand, not so excited about leaving the warmth and comfort of my office. It is because they are looking forward to joy and fun and I am dreading frozen waters and/or sick cattle. Either way, it is safe to say that winter is upon us!
Now to look at some of the market reports that we have been seeing in the barns. The fat cattle market has been on a hot streak for several weeks, until this past week, when we experienced a slight dip in the market. We have seen some highs in the mid to high forties, but these have been some extremes. Most cash cattle in the country have been trading at forty level or slightly higher the past couple of weeks. I expect there to be a few bumps in the road, but I expect
t has been a few months since I had to sit down and collect my thoughts and write one of these, but here we go. I hope that everyone is having a splendid and wonderful summer. I know it is cliché to say that I cannot believe how fast it has gone, but as I am writing this ar ticle the summer is more than half gone and we have not done nearly half the stuff we were planning this summer. Well, we better get after it, and let us get after talking about the markets which are as hot as the summer heat has been!
Feeder cattle just seem to get stronger just about every week. A couple factors that are driving this mainly are numbers of feeder cat tle are going to be tight throughout the summer, fall, and into win ter and the cost of corn and other feedstuffs continue to come down. Seeing some 400-pound calves bringing up to $4/pound and most 600-pound cattle bringing in that $3/pound range. Bigger yearling type cattle bringing in the mid to high $2’s. As long as feedstuffs stay cheap, I would look for these prices to continue throughout the fall.
Kirk Lynch, Lynch Livestock Inc., Waucoma, IA
The higher fat cattle market is driving a higher price for the feeder cattle market as well, even with the higher feedstuff inputs. We have seen some front end big strings of 800 pounds bringing well into the sixties and some 600-pound cattle bringing into the seventies and eighties. Once again these are some extreme tops. We have been trying to fill up our own lots as fast as possible, as I am not sure the feeder cattle are going to get any cheaper. We have been able to find cattle at cheaper prices than that and so when we do projects they are in the black.
The cull cow and bull market has lagged the fat market, as from all reports there have been around six
Kirk is the Beef Division manager for Lynch Livestock Inc. and oversees all aspects of their backgrounding and cattle feeding operations throughout Iowa and Kansas. He is also deeply involved in the newly reopened Humeston Livestock Exchange in Humeston, Iowa. In addition, Kirk and his wife Mary own and operate Heartland Simmentals in Northeast Iowa, which is a seed stock operation that consists of 500 registered Simmental and Angus cows. They have four children: Gabrielle (8), Brayden (7), Vivian (5), and Bianca (1).
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Fat cattle have been in short sup ply as well. For the past several weeks, we have been seeing tops in barns well over the $2 mark and with a bulk of them in $1.90’s. Cash market in the country has reached
percent more last year, making supply of cows. down, which be into next year, cow and bull with the same market.
The breeding been up and cently, I heard commercial pairs $2,000 and then can buy all the I want for $1,200 are looking to now is the time reasonably priced with increased are going to be ply over the next Wishing everyone Christmas and
bring $3,000 or more. Bred fall cows start in the mid $2,000 and go up and bred heifers generally $3,000 and up.
Well, I hope everyone enjoys
In the News
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
ANGUSLINK RELEASES MATERNAL SCORE AS MARKETING TOOL FOR REPLACEMENT HEIFERS
AngusLink’s Genetic Merit Scorecard (GMS) adds a fourth score option, Maternal, to demonstrate the maternal weaned calf value to aid in the selection of replacement females.
As the cattle industry prepares for herd rebuilding, a new tool for objectively describing the genetic potential of replacement females hits the market and with it an opportunity for producers selling replacement females to market their added genetic value. The AngusLinkSM Genetic Merit ScorecardSM (GMS) draws on the industry’s largest database to evaluate the genetic merit of a pen of feeder cattle, and starting in June, its new Maternal Score demonstrates an enrollment group’s maternal weaned calf value to aid in the selection of replacement females.
“The Maternal Score is becoming available at a perfect time with herd expansion on the horizon,” said Troy Marshall, director of commercial industry relations with the American Angus Association®. “Maternal traits are generally more difficult to quantify because of the need to match cows to their environment, so it’s going to be a valuable tool for producers marketing or purchasing replacement females.”
The Maternal Score will be displayed alongside other scores –Beef, Feedlot and Grid – on the GMS as females are marketed.
Marshall continued, “This new tool provides a reliable way to compare cattle’s performance potential across our industry and rebuild with better genetics that are more closely aligned with targets that the marketplace has clearly defined: increase in efficiency and increase in
the consumers’ eating satisfaction, primarily through increased marbling and quality grade.”
John Dickinson of Parnell Dickinson Inc., Auburn, California, is one of the Association’s board members.
“I see the same evolution coming with the Maternal Score that we have witnessed the past few years with Beef, Feedlot, and Grid scores already on the GMS,” Dickinson said. “In today’s marketing landscape, reputation and historical data are still very important, but buyers also want more tools they can use to mitigate risk.”
Information about individual component traits, specifically for mature size and milk production, will also be shared alongside an enrollment group’s Maternal Score; so, producers can better understand how a group of cattle would match with their environmental conditions. Dickinson said this appeals to both buyers and sellers because they can dive into individual maternal components.
“This is really exciting as the GMS Maternal Score is not only the first predictor of its kind in the industry, but also can you think of a better time for this tool to become available than when we have the smallest inventory numbers in over 50 years?” Dickinson said. “We will see a re-build and retention soon, and the Maternal Score can play a large role in moving you to the front of the market.”
To enroll, a producer must be AngusVerifiedSM through IMI Global, providing a list of sire registration numbers. Unique to the Maternal Score, the cattle must also have a predominantly Angus cow base.
There is no additional cost associated with the GMS program or AngusVerifiedSM, aside from IMI Global’s Age and Source verification enrollment, which includes an EID tag.
“There’s a lot of science behind this scorecard,” said Rafael Medeiros, geneticist with Angus Ge -
netics Inc. (AGI®).
Scores are determined by the average EPDs of the bulls used to sire the current enrollment group and the cow herd’s genetic makeup. To raise cattle’s Maternal Score, a producer would want to select for higher Maternal Weaned Calf Value ($M) on registered Angus sires.
Medeiros, who led the technical development of the new score, said this prediction tool uses similar rationale to other genetic prediction tools managed by AGI®, and is supported by Angus sire data and data from the USDA’s U.S. Meat Animal Research Center breed averages.
“If you’re not genotyping, this is the best estimate and the best value,” he said.
Medeiros added it is important to know that like the other GMS values, the Maternal Score characterizes the enrolled group, not individual animals. In this way, the program can also serve as an instrument to track a herd’s genetic progress to make sure the next calf crop is better than the last.
As a seedstock producer, Dickinson said he sees the Maternal Score as another profit-minded program he and other members of the Association can offer their customers.
“This is yet another service we are providing for our commercial customers and those continuing to pay a premium for registered Angus bulls,” he said. “We are committed to their success and profitability being a pathway to our own. When they build back, we want them to build back with Angus –not necessarily because of reputation or nostalgia, but because we can provide them with the highest quality and most accurate tools for production and management in the industry today.”
For more information or to enroll cattle, call 816-383-5100. IMI Global can also be reached to help start an enrollment at 303-895-3002.
– Written by Sarah Kocher, Angus Communications
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About the Stockman.
I grew up in northern Iowa on a small farm where our focus was on corn production and raising Holstein feeder steers. However, we quickly found a hobby of raising show heifers with our small cow herd. I was very active in showing throughout my junior career and enjoyed the opportunities that it gave me. I then attended college at Fort Scott Community College in Kansas where I was on the livestock judging team. Upon graduation, I transferred to Texas Tech University to continue my judging career. Much to my coach’s protest, I spent more time in show barns and ranches in west Texas than in the judging van. I have now worked for Linz Heritage Angus (LHA) for six years and with our recent move to Oklahoma have been able to expand our cow herd and reach. Also, with the newly added feedyard, LHA is trying to create a true conception-to-plate mindset.”
What about the beef cattle industry excites you the most?
People are the best part of the industry. I am very fortunate to be able to travel across the country and can meet and befriend many individuals that have tied their livelihood to this industry.”
A conversation with everyday Stockmen, Ben Weis
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Which animal (any species) has left the greatest impact on you?
In 2010, I had a heifer that won the Iowa State Fair. I learned a lot from that summer. One of the most important lessons I learned was that hard work and dedication can help you overcome many obstacles.”
Describe your best day.
Best day on the farm is the start of calving season. I really enjoy being able to go out and drive through the pairs.”
Your go-to sorting apparatus?
Most of the time just by hand, I do not have a preferred apparatus.”
Your favorite non-farm activity to do in your free time?
I enjoy being able to attend cattle shows from time-totime to catch up with many old friends.”
The most important lesson you’ve learned in this business?
Consistency. Whether it is with breeding, feeding, or raising the cattle. Consistency will show through and will always be the bedrock of any program.”
What is the most used tool on your farm? How old is it?
Most used tool on the farm is the chute. From embryo transfer, artificial insemination, and processing weaned and yearling cattle it is used heavily each day.”
What is your least favorite job on the farm?
Least favorite job would have to just be picture day. It seems like it is always the hottest or coldest days of the year to get a job done that seems easy to do. Yet, no matter how prepared you are for it, it seems to find a way to become a chore.”
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