SimTalk Late Fall 2015

VOLUME 23 – NO. 5

Linking SimGenetics to Commercial Cattle

Table Of Contents

IN THIS ISSUE 6 Performance Advocate Program Enters Sixth Year

By Dan Rieder

20 A Legacy of Crossbreeding

By Dan Rieder

24 Commercial Genetic Evaluation

By Dr. Jackie Atkins

28 A Beneficial Alliance Coordinated by Emme Troendle

DEPARTMENTS 34 From The Director of Education 38 Industry Update 64 Calendar of Events 68 Rates & Policies 70 Ad Index

About the cover: Performance Advocate Ethan Dearmon of Dearmon Forks Farm, Millry, AL, checks out a new calf.

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BOARD OF TRUSTEES Executive Committee Bob Lanting, Chairman Dale Miller, Vice Chairman Tim Smith, Treasurer Susan Russell Brian DeFreese Dr. Wade Shafer, Executive Vice President Jim Butcher: Immediate Past Chairman North Central Area: Dr. Calvin Drake (2016)

Published By the Register 2 Simmental Way Bozeman, Montana 59715-9733 USA 406- 587-2778 • Fax: 406-587-8853 register@simmgene.com Business Manager Linda Kesler

CEO/Co-Editor Dr. Wade Shafer

National Ad Sales Nancy Chesterfield

Co-Editor Paulette Cochenour

Production Manager Jim Largess

Accounts Receivable Randall Mealer

Contributing Editor Dan Rieder

Design & Production Joel Coleman Cynthia Conner

Advertising & Editorial Assistant Rebecca Price

ASA Publication, Inc., Board Chairman Dale Miller Vice-Chairman Susan Russell

Tim Smith Brian DeFreese Bob Lanting

Executive Secretary-Treasurer Dr. Wade Shafer

American

Simmental Association

1 Simmental Way Bozeman, Montana 59715-9733 USA 406-587-4531 • FAX: 406-587-9301 Canada Publications Agreement Number: 1875191

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540 Deep Creek Road Manhattan, KS 66502 785-587-5968 cdrake@interkan.net

JW Brune (2017) 414 E 700 Road Overbrook, KS 66524 785-865-6624 jwbrune@embarqmail.com

Erika Kenner (2017) 440 6th Avenue SE Leeds, ND 58346 406-581-1188 erika.kenner@gmail.com

Claye Kaelberer (2018) 4215 County Road 85 New Salem, ND 58563 701.220.3124 kaelbererranch@outlook.com

Eastern Area: Gordon Hodges (2017) 1025 Pineview Farms Drive Hamptonville, NC 27020 336-469-0489 pvfghodges@yadtel.net

Cliff Orley (2017) 1486 Mt. Wilson Road Lebanon, PA 17042 717-269-0128 corley01@comcast.net

Brian DeFreese (2018) 7643 St Rd 25 S West Point, IN 47992 765-491-7421 bdefrees@purdue.edu

Barry Wesner (2018) 1821 W 700 S Chalmers, IN 47929 219.863-4744 wesnerlivestock@yahoo.com

Western Area: Robert J. Lanting (2016) 2181 B. North 2300 East Twin Falls, ID 83301 208-655-4257 lant4257@filertel.com

Susan S. Russell (2016) 24614 Road G Sugar City, CO 81076 719-267-3265 wwfeed@centurytel.net

Dale Miller (2017) PO Box 174 Gildford, MT 59525 406-376-3109 7dm0174@ttc-cmc.net

Michael Forman (2018) 2451 Number 81 Road Ellensburg, WA 98926 509.929.0312 trinity@fairpoint.net

South Central Area: Tim Smith (2016) PO Box 330 Giddings, TX 78942 512-587-7896 smithgenetics1@gmail.com

Dr. Gary W. Updyke (2017) 107030 S. 4250 Road Checotah, OK 74426 918.843.3193 garyupdyke38@gmail.com

Fred Schuetze (2018) P. O. Box 968 Granbury, TX 76048 817.894.0563 bhr@speednet.com

Jon Willis (2018) 2876 Simmental Lane Marietta, OK 73448 580-276-4884 jonwillis99@yahoo.com

PA Program Showing Steady Growth After six years, ASA’s Performance Advocate (PA) program, which recognizes those breeders who consistently submit performance data on six different traits, continues to expand. In the first year, a single breeder reached a perfect score of 600. During the second year, perfect scores expanded to eight breeders, to 13 breeders after three years, 19 after four years, 23 after five years. The current listing shows 29 perfect scores.

In addition, 64 other breeders recorded scores between 500 and 599. The six traits, for which all data must be reported, are: calving ease, birth weight, weaning weight, yearling weight, yearling hip height and ultrasound. The maximum score for each of the six traits is 100, with the PA score calculated as the sum of the scores for each trait.

PA scores listed in this issue are for the Fall, 2013 and Spring, 2014 calf crops.

Following are testimonials from several breeders who have been actively pursuing Performance Advocate status for their herds.

R.A. Brown Ranch, Throckmorton, TX The R.A. Brown Ranch is a progressive family ranching business that has an excellent reputation for producing some of the most superior cattle and Quarter Horses in the business. The ranch was established in 1895, and is now in its fifth generation under the direction of Donnell and Kelli Brown in Throckmorton, TX. The R.A. Brown Ranch raises, develops and sells 600 SimAngus™, Angus and Red Angus bulls plus several horses for their annual production sale on the second Wednesday of each October.

Donnell Brown

The R.A. Brown Ranch has been in the SimGenetics business and involved in its leadership since the beginning. With ASA #79 they have registered cattle every year.

Rob Brown, Donnell’s father served on the ASA board for many years and as president in 1974. Donnell currently serves as Chairman of the ASA/RAAA joint Technical Advancement Committee. The ranch may be best known for their unique way of testing bulls for performance and efficiency, while developing them for longevity on the rocky hills of northwest Texas.

The number one goal of the R.A. Brown Ranch is to improve the profitability and sustainability of their commercial customers. Their mission statement says, “We are continually striving to improve the efficiency of converting God’s forage into safe, nutritious and great tasting beef to better feed His people.”

Driggers Simmental Farm, Glennville, GA Driggers Simmental Farm is a small cattle operation, located in Southeastern Georgia, about 60 miles west of Savannah. Our breeding program concentrates on producing Simmental and SimAngus™ bulls for commercial cattle operations. Though our operation is not big in scale, it is big on the belief that data must be collected and passed along to the American Simmental Association on each and every cow and calf in our herd.

Driggers Simmental Farm has always been about improving performance of cattle. They believe that unless you track performance of individual animals in your herd and make diligent use of that data, your program will never move forward and will never offer your bull buying customers seedstock that can help improve their bottom line.

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A good scale is important.

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We believe that skillful use of EPDs and Performance Indexes by conscientious ASA members have been the driving force in making Simmental Cattle a major player in the beef industry today. What has made the EPDs and indexes such a powerful tool is the reliable phenotypic data that is turned into the ASA on each calf crop. Without accurate and reliable data on each and every animal in your herd, EPDs and indexes can’t project a true picture of an individual animal.

When a prospective bull buyer looks at a sale catalog, we want them to get a true and accurate picture of what they are looking at and how that animal can improve their bottom line. Ultimately, the beef consumer is the winner in all this data collection. It helps to make sure that each and every beef purchase will result in an enjoyable eating experience and keep beef on the tables of U.S. consumers.

Ellingson Simmentals, Dahlen, ND Ellingson Simmentals was established in 1990, by Terry Ellingson and his father, Trueman.

We are a diversified farming operation, raising wheat, barley, pinto beans and corn along with our cattle. We are located in northeastern North Dakota, halfway between Grand Forks and Devils Lake.

Through the use of embryo transfer and artificial insemination, the herd has grown to 120 purebred cows of both black and red color.

Our goal has always been to produce high performance cattle with calving ease, high carcass traits and balanced EPDs. The Performance Advocate program has allowed us to focus on specific traits to improve our herd. Through the use of performance records, ultrasound, and DNA testing, we strive to provide our customers with the most data possible when purchasing breeding stock at our production sale on the third Saturday in February. We have found that the ultrasound data collected on our heifers has proven to be as important as the data from the bull calves.

Because of our focus on performance data, several bulls we have raised have had national impact on the breed including Ellingson Legacy M229 “Olie”, Ellingson Dominator W905, Ellingson Black Perfector, Ellingson Klondike Y123 and Ellingson Ideal X13.

Ellingson Bulls at the Feedbunk.

Salinas Farms, Marion, MI Salinas Farms is located five miles south of Marion in North Central Michigan. Three generations work together: Andres and Doris, Andy and Lynn and our son, Andrew. We are proud members of Allied Genetic Resources, Great Lakes Beef Connection Bull Sale, Value by Design Female Sale and New Day Genetics Bull Sale. We enjoy the partnerships we share with JC Simmentals and J Bar J Ranch in these ventures and the comraderie with the Miller and Zinser families. Our herd size is around 175. We market a potload of feeder calves in the fall through Superior Livestock Auction in addition to the bulls and bred heifers we sell.

We raise hay, wheat, soybeans and corn.

Salinas replacement heifers.

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B146 BD: 8-25-14 • ½ SM ½ AN Bull B/R Destination x Sand Ranch Hand

B174 BD: 9-4-14 • Purebred Simmental Bull KOCH LC Monte x Dikemans Sure Bet

B169 BD: 9-2-14 • ½ SM ½ AN Bull EXAR Upshot x Hooks Pacesetter

B184 BD: 9-8-14 • Purebred Simmental Bull Gibbs Crimson Tide x NLC Payday

B150 BD: 8-27-14 • ½ SM ½ AN Bull K C F Bennett Absolute x Mr NLC Superior

B200 BD: 9-16-14 • ½ SM ½ AN Bull K C F Bennett Absolute x CCR Breakout

7P Ranch got its name from the seven members of the Prud’homme family. From the start, the ranch has always been a family endeavor. Joe and his wife, Mary, who passed away in 2009, along with their sons Joey and Steven, and daughters Carol, Sharon and Sheila worked together to build and grow the 7P Ranch legacy. Although Joey, Steven, Carol, Sharon and Sheila now have their own families and careers, Joe, with their support, has continued the steadfast goal of 7P Ranch — to produce practical cattle for practical cattlemen.

7P Ranch is one of the largest and longest running SimGenetic programs in the United States offering functional cattle produced with proven genetics from decades of extensive use of A.I. Since the start of the Simmental breeding program in 1974, 7P Ranch has registered over 10,000 head of cattle with the American Simmental Association — something very few ASA members can say. This long running commitment to Simmental and the cattle business in East Texas helps make the 7P program a solid and special one. It only takes one tour of the ranch with Joe to appreciate the years of breed improvement and feel his love and passion for this business.

7P Ranch is and always has been in it for the long haul. After all these years you can bet that the guesswork is taken out of the genetics. We invite you to come help us celebrate this milestone, our 40th Consecutive Annual Production Sale.

Joe and the entire Prud’homme family would like to thank all our faithful buyers over the years.

For additional information on our 40th Annual Production Sale and for the full story of 7P Ranch, go to our website at www.7pranch.com.

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BD: 11-26-13 • Purebred Simmental Female Hook’s Yukon x Black Joker AI’d to Hook’s Yellowstone

BD: 12-23-13 • Purebred Simmental Female Ellingson Legacy M229 x Dikemans Sure Bet AI’d to Hook’s Yellowstone

A297 BD: 10-28-13 • ½ SM ½ AN Female MC Black Sullivan x LRS Red Reality Bred to Mr 7P A385 (Connealy Counselor son)

1:00 P.M. – Bulls Sell First • Lunch at 12:00 Noon B88

At the ranch, Tyler, Texas Located one mile south of I-20 on FM 757 midway between Tyler and Longview.

Selling 75 Black and Red Purebred Simmental and Black SimAngus™ Bulls

Selling 75 Black and Red Purebred Simmental and Black SimAngus™ Females

• Yearling to Two-Year-Olds • All are polled • Most are A.I. sired by breed leaders in both Simmental and Angus • These bulls have been developed on a highforage diet — they are ready to go to work

• Bred Cows and Bred Heifers — some will have calves at side by sale day • All are polled • Most are A.I. sired by breed leaders in both Simmental and Angus and most sell with the service of proven A.I. sires • Guest consignments from TAG Simmental Ranch, Pittsburg, TX and Alfred Bayer & Sons, Muenster, TX

Selling 50 Commercial Females

• All are true F1 Brahman x Hereford • All were raised at 7P Ranch using Hereford bulls on our commercial Brahman cows — the disposition is excellent on these heifers • Majority will sell as bred heifers — AI’d to calving ease Black Angus bulls and cleaned up with Black Angus bulls • All are Brucellosis vaccinated, all are wormed, all are up to date on all vaccinations • All bred heifers will be pregnancy checked by a licensed veterinarian • These heifers will sell in uniform groups, sorted as to like kind and pregnancy status

Catalogs available on request. Click on our website, for more and updated information: www.7pranch.com View on-line catalog and videos of our sale offering starting October 7 at www.CattleInMotion.com

The sale will be broadcast live and internet bidding will be available.

To view and bid on this sale online, go to www.CattleInMotion.com

BD: 2-17-14 • Purebred Simmental Female TNT E-Z-3 x SRS Right-On AI’d to Hook’s Yellowstone

A417 BD: 12-18-13 • ½ SM ½ AN Female MC Upward x Mr NLC Superior AI’d to TNT Dual Focus

Auctioneer: Mark Tillman 210-216-6754 TX LIC# 9642

Sale Consultants: Warren Garrett • 903-316-2889 Bruce Van Meter • 770-547-1433 Impact Marketing & Management, Inc. Marty Ropp 406-581-7835

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It is important to us to collect accurate data on our cattle and have found ASA’s THE program to be a great way to manage the data in addition to our Cow Sense Management Program. The data is input into the Cow Sense program and then uploaded to the ASA to prevent double entry. There is always a little

cleanup to do as twins don’t transfer very well and are entered manually. The ASA system and reports that we generate assist us in making more informed decisions regarding the improvement of operation. It is our goal to provide cattle to the industry that excel in calving ease, maternal efficiency and carcass traits.

Dearmon Fork Farms, Millry, AL Dearmon Fork Farms (DFF) is truly a family business owned and operated by Ethan Dearmon, with help from his wife, Cindy, mother Myron and several part-time farm hands including grandkids Neilan and Riley Kate. Located in Washington County in southwest Alabama, DFF was originally a commercial operation until 2007, when Ethan purchased his first three registered Simmental heifers from Jamie McConnell at Sunshine Farms, Clanton, AL. The herd now consists of registered Simmental, SimAngus™, Angus and a small number of commercial cows.

Their production design utilizes A.I. with the 7-day co-synch protocol. Strong emphasis is placed on planned mating with data collection and comparison. This formula delivers high performance calves with optimum expectations and creates the ability to consistently improve herd genetics. With 70 to 80% early season calves, it also allows a desirable selection for replacement heifers and seedstock bulls.

The success of this work was evident at the 2014 Southern Excellence sale with DFF Big Eye A20, ASA #2846869 being the top selling SimAngus bull, sold to Tom Nelson of Wibaux, MT, and currently partnered with Whelan Farms and DFF. Big Eye A20 ranks in the top 30% for weaning and milk; top 25% for yearling; top 20% CE, $API, $TI and marbling; top 2% REA and is enrolled in the carcass merit program.

This bull is an excellent example of the farm’s goal to produce quality cattle with sound genetics.

During the past eight years, Ethan and his family have worked hard and spent long hours researching, planning and relying on experience and knowledge of cattle to develop an improved herd base from farmraised calves. Everyone at Dearmon Fork Farms loves farm life and enjoys seeing the new calves hit the ground growing.

Ethan Dearmon and a newly weighed calf.

Water’s Edge Farm, Franklin, TN Water’s Edge Farm is a seedstock cattle operation situated in the rolling hills near historic Leiper’s Fork located just outside Franklin, about thirty minutes south of Nashville. It is owned by Sam and Leslie Lynch, with Chris Martin as farm manager. Since 2010, the focus of the breeding program has been to create production-oriented, black baldy SimAngus cattle utilizing top Angus and Simmental genetics.

Both artificial insemination and embryo transfer are utilized along with natural service using our herd sire, Gibbs 1084Y Tux & Tails. Performance measures are collected through the American Simmental Association’s Total Herd Enrollment program, and all registered Angus females are also enrolled in AHIR through the American Angus Association.

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Herd sire Gibbs 1084Y Tux & Tails.

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Cattle are marketed by private treaty as well as through participation in the Martin Farms Open House at the Farm production sale each September and Tennessee Simmental Association-sanctioned sales, including the Tennessee Fall Showcase Sale and the Tennessee Beef Agribition. Bulls have been tested and marketed

through the University of Tennessee Experiment Station and the Alabama BCIA test at Cullman, Alabama, and ten bulls are currently being fed in western Missouri through New Day Genetics.

Water’s Edge is planning an inaugural production sale, Black Tie & Blue Jeans Sale, to be held at the farm April 30, 2016.

Allen’s 5X Ranch, Armstrong, IL The Allen Family Farm, Six Bar R, membership number 4895, was established in the early 1970s. Over the years it has branched out to KA Cattle, AKA Livestock, and Allen’s 5X. Part of the original herd remains in the family today. Some of the successes of the family — 1981 6 Bar R Signals Image National Champion Simmental Bull; 2005 Ron Allen was named Illinios Pioneer Breeder; 2006 WHCC Angels Dream National Champion Female in Denver; 2010 KA Shamoo was named National Champion Female in Denver, 2013. A daughter of Angels Dream, KA Dream Come True (Dreams), was National Bred and Owned Champion and Reserve Grand Champion overall, 2012, 2013, 2015 Rick Hafner Supreme Champion Individual at Illinois State Fair; 2012 Purchased Infamous One Eyed Jack.

For the last 30 years, the Allen Family has been breeding Simmental cattle, strongly believing in cow families and accurate weights and dates. Roger Allen served on the original PTP Committee, believing strongly in the THE Program. Roger has also judged several State Fairs, Junior Regionals and National Shows.

Over time we have seen a lot of changes in the Simmental Breed. Today, the Allens farm includes more than 2,000 acres, runs approximately 200 commercial cows, focusing on a few select donors and embryo transplants, a 5,000-head feedlot, and a meat-processing plant. Six Bar R and AKA Livestock are looking forward to their first on-line show cattle sale October 20, 2015. One thing remains the same: Simmentals are here to stay.

Allen cattle on pasture.

South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD enrolled in numerous courses in the Department of Animal Science have the opportunity to gain hands-on experience in beef cattle production at the facility. In addition to courses, cattle from the CCREU are also used for the SDSU Little International, various 4-H and FFA activities, and Extension field days. Cattle produced at the CCREU are also integral to the research conducted by SDSU faculty and students. In 2016, the CCREU will be moving into a new, state-of-the-art facility just northwest of campus. The new facility will strengthen SDSU’s rank among the top universities in beef cattle teaching and research. Construction of the new facility is currently underway and is scheduled for completion in December of 2015.

A SimAngus bull developed by SDSU. The South Dakota State University CowCalf Research and Education Unit (CCREU) plays a key role in serving the needs of students and beef cattle producers in South Dakota and across the region. Students

The CCREU calves approximately 110 Angus and SimAngus™ females annually. For decades, selection at the CCREU has focused on producing high-performance, functional cattle that fit in both seedstock and commercial operations. Recently, SDSU has produced three bulls that are now available through national semen suppliers. S D S Graduate 006X, S D S Alumni 115X, and S D S In Force 112Y have made significant impacts on the beef industry. (information provided by Dr. Cody Wright.)

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Peformance Advocate Scores CONTINUED FROM PAGE 14

Spring Calf Crop, 2014

Fall Calf Crop, 2013 Breeder Irvine Ranch, Manhattan, KS Tom Brothers, Campbellton, TX Jimmy Holliman, Marion Junction, AL Allens 5X Farms, Armstrong, IL CLM Ranch, Columbia, MO Driggers Simmental Farm, Glennville, GA Bush Farms, Eufaula, AL Red Hill Farms, Lafayette, TN Dearmon Fork Farms, Millry, AL Lovaas Ranch, Canton, GA Stewart Family Genetics, Okeechobee, FL Pinedale Farms, Clanton, AL Dixon Farms, Thomasville, AL Bar CK Cattle Company, Culver, OR Whelan Farms, Wadley, AL Waters Edge Farm, Nashville, TN Massey Farms, Burlington, NC Callaway Cattle Co, Hogansville, GA Gibbs Farms, Ranburne, AL Deer Creek Farm, Lowesville, VA Sewell Farms, Chipley, FL Diamond D Cattle Company, Leoma, TN Kevin Bolding, Maplesville, AL Jeff Broadaway, Monroe, NC Joe Davis Cattle, Westminster, SC Triple M Farms, Brent, AL Rocky W Rakes, Danville, VA Mountain View Farm, Gettysburg, PA Virginia Tech,Blacksburg, VA Mallett Simmentals, Lampasas, TX Martin & Son Farm, Lyles, TN Brooks Simmental’s, Manhattan,KS Little Creek Farm LLC, Starkville, MS River Creek Farms INC, Manhattan, KS Saxe Farm, Thompsonville, IL Hardrock Beef Cattle, Granite Falls, NC Woodco Cattle Company, Thomasville, AL Oval F Ranch, Winston, MO Smoky Valley Farm, West Finley, PA Lodestar Simmentals, Wellington, MO Rocky Hollow Farm, Poplarville, MS Haven Hill Simmentals, Milan, IL Rust Mountain View Ranch, Mercer, ND Scott & Nancy Walbridge, Hinckley, MN Jeff & Sherry Feight, Breezewood, PA Select Cattle/Pigeon Mountain, Armuchee, GA

Score 600 600 600 600 600 600 600 600 600 600 600 590 588 588 580 580 568 568 560 557 551 550 550 549 546 542 536 532 530 526 525 525 513 510 510 504 501 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500

Breeder R. A. Brown Ranch, Throckmorton, TX Bridle Bit Simmentals, Walsh, CO Hook Farms, Tracy, MN Michael E Dikeman, Manhattan, KS Promise Land Simmental, Plummer, ID South Dakota State Univ. Brookings, SD Brooks Simmental’s, Manhattan, KS Ellingson Simmentals, Dahlen, ND Craig L Hays, Maryville, MO CLM Ranch, Columbia, MO Salinas Farms Marion, MI Tyrell Rousey, North Platte, NE Abbie Moreno, Leakesville, MS Lonesome Pine Farm, Prattville, AL Waters Edge Farm, Nashville, TN Brady Meyer, Wymore, NE Lovaas Ranch, Canton, GA Fear Simmentals, Bird City, KS Red Hill Farms, Lafayette, TN Flying H Genetics, Arapahoe, NE J-C Simmentals, Clare, MI Little Creek Farm LLC, Starkville, MS University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE Lehrman Family Simmentals, Spencer, SD Clear Springs Cattle Co, Starbuck, MN McDonald Farms, Blacksburg, VA Jones Ranch, Telephone, TX 102 River Ridge Cattle Co., Bedford, IA Martin & Son Farm, Lyles, TN T & T Cattle LLC, Riverton, WY Bata Brothers, Adams, ND Blake V Mari, Holyoke, CO Mountain View Farm, Gettysburg, PA Rockin’ l4 Ranch, Bonners Ferry, ID Forster Farms, Smithfield, NE Schmigs Simmental Ranch, Stockholm, SD Mari Simmental Breeders, Holyoke, CO Spring Valley Farms, Castalia, IA Darin L Smith, Alexander, IL Daniel H Anderson, Roseau, MN Smoky Valley Farm, West Finley, PA Lodestar Simmentals, Wellington, MO M/S Stavick Simmental, Veblen, SD Double B Acres, Sterling, OH Lauren Grimes, Hillsboro, OH OK Ranch, Nashville, AR Weston Schrader, Wells, KS

Score 600 600 600 600 600 600 600 600 600 600 600 600 600 600 600 600 600 600 596 591 588 579 576 574 573 566 561 559 558 552 550 533 528 520 518 511 505 505 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500

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Card Uproar 49Y

SS/PRS Gunslinger 824X

WS A Step Up X27

Mr. Hoc Broker C623

By Mr. NLC Upgrade EPDs: CE: 5 $API: 125 $TI: 72

By STF Shocking Dream SJ14 EPDs: CE: 13 $API: 127 $TI: 64

By SS Ebony’s Grandmaster EPDs: CE: 5 $API: 129 $TI: 62

By Steel Force EPDs: CE: -1 $API: 97 $TI: 57

Long’s Shear Envy Y34

STF Shocking Dream SJ14 WS Revival B26

OBCC King Pin W42Y

By Hooks Shear Force 38K EPDs: CE: 12 $API: 138 $TI: 74

By CNS Dream On L186 EPDs: CE: 18 $API: 148 $TI: 71

By RC Club King EPDs: CE: 12 $API: 109 $TI: 63

By Uprising EPDs: CE: 7 $API: 101 $TI: 59

SimAngusTM

SimAngusTM

CSCX Bandwagon 513A

TLLC One Eyed Jack 15Z

WC No Remorse 763Y

W/C Lock Down 206Z

By TJSC Optimus Prime EPDs: CE: 4 $API: 95 $TI: 61

By Long’s Shear Pleasure EPDs: CE: 9 $API: 126 $TI: 71

By Yardley High Regard W242 EPDs: CE: 10 $API: 113 $TI: 57

By Lock N Load EPDs: CE: 16 $API: 158 $TI: 84

SimAngusTM

SimAngusTM

SimAngusTM

SimAngusTM

GCC Whizard 125W

Long’s Steel Shot X21

W/C United 956Y

By SVF Steel Force S701 EPDs: CE: 11 $API: 112 $TI: 59

By SVF Steel Force S701 EPDs: CE: 8 $API: 116 $TI: 57

By TNT Tuition By 3C Macho M450 BZ EPDs: CE: 11 $API: 143 $TI: 92 EPDs: CE: 6 $API: 120 $TI: 74

WLTR Renegade 40U ET

SimAngusTM

R Plus Reload 2006Z

KLS Halfblood X217

By R Plus Hard Rock (outcross)

By SP The Answer 813 EPDs: CE: 11 $API: 114 $TI: 65 EPDs: CE: 17 $API: 151 $TI: 74

SimAngusTM

W/C Loaded Up 1119Y

WLE Quota U547

By Remington Lock N Load 54U EPDs: CE: 5 $API: 109 $TI: 62

By SVF/NJC Built Right N48 EPDs: CE: 13 $API: 121 $TI: 66

Angus

Angus

TJSC 152A “Vindication”

WS Stepping Stone B44

Silveiras Style 9303

SP The Answer 813

By Flying B Cut Above EPDs: CE: 5 $API: 106 $TI: 62

By WS A Step Up X27 EPDs: CE: 6 $API: 126 $TI: 69

By Gambles Hot Rod EPDs: CE: 18 $API: 138 $TI: 63

By SAV Final Answer 0035 EPDs: CE: 22 $API: 145 $TI: 69

2015 Fall EPDs pulled 8.12.15

GLS/JS Sure Shot Y18

LLSF Pays To Believe ZU194 K-LER Make It Rain 696S

STF Royal Affair Z44M

By GLS/GF Brigade 31R EPDs: CE: 7 $API: 124 $TI: 71

By CNS Pays To Dream T759 EPDs: CE: 11 $API: 136 $TI: 68

By Lock N Load EPDs: CE: 7 $API: 102 $TI: 58

By Foundation 724N EPDs: CE: -6 $API: 69 $TI: 55

LLSF Addiction AY792

Long’s Damien A37

FBF1 Supremacy Y93

GWS/SCF Rendition T310

By Top Grade EPDs: CE: 6 $API: 118 $TI: 68

By Hooks Shear Force 38K EPDs: CE: 15 $API: 161 $TI: 82

By STF Dominance T171 EPDs: CE: 8 $API: 100 $TI: 60

By Trademark EPDs: CE: 7 $API: 111 $TI: 63

SimAngusTM

FBF1 Combustible Y34

LLSF Uprising Z925

FBFS Warsaw 068W

SS/PRS Tail Gater 621Z

By Steel Force EPDs: CE: 8 $API: 110 $TI: 57

By Heads Up 20X ET EPDs: CE: 7 $API: 107 $TI: 70

By Sure Bet EPDs: CE: 18 $API: 143 $TI: 65

By HTP/SVF Duracell T52 EPDs: CE: 11 $API: 128 $TI: 71

Westfall Voyager 721P

W/C Catchin A Dream 27X

Rubys Wide Open 909W

WAGR Dream Catcher 03R

By Power Surge EPDs: CE: 14 $API: 104 $TI: 56

By Dream Catcher

By The Foreman EPDs: CE: 11 $API: 136 $TI: 66 EPDs: CE: 6 $API: 89 $TI: 68

By Dream On EPDs: CE: 13 $API: 148 $TI: 72

GLS New Direction X184

Long’s Stand Alone B35

Yardley High Regard W242

Wheatland High Octane 169Y

By Better Than Ever EPDs: CE: 8 $API: 114 $TI: 57

By Built Right EPDs: CE: 9 $API: 106 $TI: 62

By Yardley Impressive T371 EPDs: CE: 2 $API: 78 $TI: 55

By Wheatland Predator EPDs: CE: 1 $API: 92 $TI: 58

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866-356-4565 SimAngusTM

AJE/PB Montecito 63W

WLTR Nashville 22A ET

SAS Big Bruzer Y131

By Steel Force EPDs: CE: 5 $API: 94 $TI: 63

By High Voltage EPDs: CE: 9 $API: 129 $TI: 65

By King of the Yukon (outcross) EPDs: CE: 6 $API: 105 $TI: 60

2015 Fall EPDs pulled 8.12.15

Entire lineup online at:

www.cattlevisions.com Semen available on the best Angus and Clubbie sires too.

A Legacy of Crossbreeding

By Dan Rieder

The Buell family, left to right: Chad, Tricia, Carter, Julian, Brooklyn, Ireland, and grandparents Darla and Homer.

By Dan Rieder

A Nebraska commercial ranch has capitalized on hybrid vigor over several decades.

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e’ve had a longtime tradition of crossbreeding dating back a couple of generations,” says Chad Buell (rhymes with mule) of the Shovel Dot ranch, located on the eastern edge of Nebraska’s famed grass-rich Sandhills.

“That started well before I was born — my grandfather, dad and uncle had a base herd of registered and commercial Herefords, mixed in some other breeds and even bred our heifers to Longhorns. They added Angus in the early 1980s and really liked what they got from those baldy cows,” he continued. “They’d attended various university extension events over the years, understood the value of crossbreeding and all the advantages gained from hybrid vigor. Our cattle were almost all English origin at that time.”

In 2002, Chad’s dad, Homer, and his uncle Larry, who had been running the ranch together, began to think about retirement. “Both of them were in their late 50s and they decided to split the place and let the next generation take on the responsibilities,” Chad reported. “Uncle Larry turned his half over to his daughter, Devon Nelson, and her husband, Kelby, and they have now switched to straightbred Angus.

‘Dad and I came to the conclusion that we wanted to incorporate composite bulls into our share of the herd. We figured that we’d not only increase hybrid vigor, but it would make pasture

management easier than a two-breed rotation,” he says. “As a result, we had more live calves weaned per cow exposed.”

Buell recalls that they had discussed using SimAngus™ bulls for a number of years, but didn’t make the ultimate move until 2009, when they purchased several halfblood bulls.

“Initially, we chose halfblood bulls to use on our Angus/Hereford baldy cows, aiming at producing quarter-blood females. Now, we’ve started buying quarter-blood bulls because we have quite a few quarter-blood females in the herd and think that’s a level we want to maintain,” he explained.

“Our longterm goal is to establish a completely crossbred cowherd, a process that is still in progress because the first replacement females out of those halfblood bulls were born in 2010 and are still among our youngest cows,” he says. “Also, we’ve still got quite a few baldy cows in our herd.

Hopefully, in another five years, we’ll have a herd of one-quarter Simmental females, with the other three-fourths from British genetics, a combination that fits our low-input production system.”

Buell has purchased his SimAngus bulls from a wide range of prominent area breeders, including John Christensen, Wessington Springs, South Dakota; Loren Berger, Stapleton, Nebraska; Dick Helms of Flying H Genetics, Arapahoe, Nebraska; and Darby Line of Triangle J Ranch, Miller, Nebraska.

Six Generations and Counting The Buell ranching operation traces back to 1883, when Chad’s great-great grandfather homesteaded just a little north of their present location. “My kids are the sixth generation here in north-central Nebraska,” he said. “We’re in the north-central part of the state on the eastern end of the Sandhills.”

Although the Buells live in a remote sector of Loup County, their mail is delivered from Bassett, 40 miles to the north in Rock County.

Buell and his wife, Tricia, are the parents of three daughters and a son: Julian, 12; Brooklyn, 11; Carter, 8; and Ireland, who is 5.

Chad and Tricia met when she was teaching in Bassett. Raised on a cattle ranch at Thedford, she had earned her secondary education degree from the University of Nebraska-Kearney. She has also picked up a Master’s Degree in Library Media and Instructional Technology.

“She taught for five years, then stayed home for a time after our first two daughters were born. Now she’s gone back to work for Rock County schools,” he explained. “Our children formerly went to school at Taylor, 26 miles south of here, but now she takes them with her to Bassett, which works out very well for us.”

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Chad’s folks, Homer and Darla, remain actively involved in the ranch day-to-day operation. Homer helps out during calving while handling most of the paper work and record keeping.

Chad picked up his education in Agricultural Business from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and is a fervent Cornhusker football fan. “I was there between

1994 and ’98, and during that time, the Huskers won three national championships,” he said. “As a family, we have five season tickets that have been passed down ever since my grandparents bought them.”

The Shovel Dot brand was originally adopted because “they thought it would be a hard one for cattle thieves to alter or mess with,” Buell added.

Managing the Herd The Shovel Dot cowherd is bred predominantly by natural service. “We used AI more extensively back when we had the registered Herefords, as well as on our commercial herd through the mid-90s,” he says.

“For the past four years, we’ve only been AIing our replacement heifers. We synch them using CIDRS, keep the technician around for two days and then do a mass breeding at the end on those that haven’t come into heat. At first, we used an Angus bull on the heifers, but have bred them to a halfblood SimAngus the past couple of years.”

A year ago, the Buells calved out 750 females, including 120 replacements. Calving season begins about April 20, and calves are taken off the cows in late September or early October, at 5-6 months of age by fence-line weaning. The cowherd then goes directly to grass, where they stay until the following spring.

“Ideally, we don’t want to have to feed them through the winter,” Buell said. “During most winters, the only extra feed they get is in the form of a little alfalfa and a protein supplement.”

Steer calves and cull heifers, which are spayed when it becomes evident they do not measure up as replacements, are held over and sold as yearBuell cattle on belly deep Sandhills grass. lings. They are over-wintered on feedbunks, and fed a ration of hay and distiller’s grain from November through May, when they go back to grass. The distiller’s grain is delivered twice a week, direct from an Archer-DanielsMidland plant in Columbus.

“We’ve been selling yearlings as long as I can remember,” Buell reports. “We aim for the summer market, which is typically a good time for prices, at about 15 months of age. We generally get a 900- to 950-pound average on our steers and sell through the Auction Sale Yard in Bassett.”

“Last year, we fed about 600 Marchborn stocker steers that we had purchased and backgrounded. We cut off three loads of the heavier ones in April, and the middle cut of six loads went to grass near Lynch a couple of hours to the northeast, to be delivered in August,” he said. “We sell them through the Western Video Auction and have had very good luck with them.” Recently, their ranch was named to receive BEEF magazine’s prestigious National Stocker Award for 2015.

Farming is limited on the Shovel Dot. One center irrigation pivot was put in in 2007. Corn was produced under the pivot the first three years, followed by a year of soybeans, but it has been used exclusively for forage over the past three years. “We plant oats there in March, cut it for hay in June and then double crop it by planting a Sorghum-Sudan grass cross, which we graze,” he added.

“We’re convinced that we are on the right path with our continued emphasis on crossbreeding. Our cattle perform extremely well,” he summarized. “It has been a very good couple of years for those of us in the cattle business.” ST

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COMMERCIAL CATTLE GENETIC EVALUATION NOW AVAILABLE

Will Townsend, Courtney Wesner, Jannine Story, Callie Griffin, Jackie Atkins, and Wade Shafer

The purpose of the ASA as a whole is to maintain, develop and nurture services and products which bring value to ASA’s members’ customers.

The success of ASA is dependent on the success of our members, and in turn, our members’ success is dependent on their cattle making an important and significant contribution to the beef industry. In other words, the primary purpose of ASA’s existence is the genetic improvement of commercial beef cattle.

There are two ways to improve the genetics of commercial beef cattle. The first and most common route is to use more profitable sires. The second is through the introduction and/or retention of more profitable heifers and culling less profitable cows and heifers.

Traditionally, ASA’s primary role in the genetic improvement of commercial cattle has been to provide the tools (EPDs and Selection Indexes) which allow breeders to provide more profitable bulls to commercial producers. Historically, ASA, other breed associations, and genetic companies have had virtually nothing to do with commercial heifer and cow selection decisions up to this point. ASA is proud to say this is no longer the case.

Through the new commercial option of Total Herd Enrollment (THE; ASA’s inventory based reporting system), commercial cattlemen can join the world’s largest beef cattle genetic evaluation. International Genetic Solutions (IGS) runs the genetic evaluation for 12 partnering breed associations and has pedigree records on 16 million beef cattle. By enrolling in the commercial option of THE, commercial producers will have EPDs and selection indexes on all their females to make better selection decisions. Through the increase of phenotypic data, all the EPDs and selection indexes calculated by IGS will gain accuracy and allow for more profitable selection decisions for everyone using IGS’s genetic evaluation.

The commercial option will lead to faster genetic improvement, increased profits for commercial and seedstock producers alike, and, ultimately, provide higher quality beef more efficiently and effectively to our consumers.

Producers enrolled in ASA’s Commercial Option will receive the following benefits: • EPDs and indexes provided on all females and herd sires, while group average EPDs and indexes are provided on steers. This information provides commercial producers with an unparalleled opportunity to make within herd selection decisions. It also provides producers with valuable information for marketing.

• Improved accuracy of EPDs on herd sires.

• Full access to a powerful online herd management/ database system to store, manage and easily access data.

• Access to genetic consultancy.

• Subscription to ASA’s publications, the Register and SimTalk.

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Is ASA’s Commercial Option right for you?

• Are you a commercial producer?

• Do you want to employ the same cutting-edge technology used by elite seedstock producers to aid in selecting replacement females?

• Do you currently use some form of formal record keeping on your herd?

• Are you willing to report a reproductive record to ASA on every dam in your herd every year?

• Do you have known sires on progeny in your herd?

• Are you willing to collect and report calving ease scores, weaning weights, yearling weights, carcass and/or ultrasound data? Do you collect some or all of these already?

• Would you like to increase your profitability?

If you answered yes to these questions . . . Congratulations, you are qualified for ASA’s Commercial Option!

Want to get started? Here’s how: 1. Consider the cost. Enrollment in the Commercial Option costs $500 per year plus a $50 membership set-up fee for first timers. The cost includes ASA’s annual membership fee of $110. There will be a onetime herd set-up fee of $2.00 per female and sires on inventory if ASA inputs data for you. Much of your cost may revolve around parental validation. If you have multi-sire pastures, this program will benefit you the most if you get parental validation on calves with unknown sires through Igenity which is a cost of $15 per head. Most everyone would say that it is definitely worth the cost, but you need to decide for yourself.

2. Have a plan. Information is only as good as what you do with it. In order for this information and program to be of value to you, you need to be dedicated to genetic improvement through the use of EPDs and economic selection indexes.

3. Make sure you understand the program. If you have any questions regarding animal breeding and how the program can be used to improve your genetics and profitability, email Will Townsend at wtownsend@simmgene.com.

4. Make the call. Call the American Simmental Association at 406-587-4531 and ask to speak to someone about THE Commercial Option. Our staff will help you get started and you’ll be on your way to a more profitable herd.

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A Beneficial Alliance An innovative, collaborative effort focuses on multi-breed genetic evaluation.

Coordinated by Emme Troendle In 2010, the Red Angus Association of America and the American Simmental Association coalesced around the objective of better serving seedstock and commercial beef producers — the result was International Genetic Solutions (IGS). Today, IGS is a closely-knit collaboration of 12 progressive breed associations that have put self-interest aside to focus on the needs of the commercial producer.

With a current database of over 16 million animals and 340,000+ new animals being added annually, IGS has the largest genetic evaluation system for beef cattle in the world — a system that provides commercial producers with the most powerful and user-friendly selection tools that have ever existed.

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“There is no question that you can accomplish more by working together. Nevertheless, in the breed association world, the level of collaboration has traditionally been somewhere between barely breathing and dead. That said, few if any commercial producers would disagree that our industry would be better served through increased levels of collaboration — IGS is an outgrowth of that sentiment,” stated Wade Shafer, ASA’s CEO. Following are contributions Wade Shafer, provided by various IGS partners.

Executive Vice President American Simmental Association

What prompted your organization to become an IGS partner?

Bruce Holmquist, General Manager, Canadian Simmental Association Canadian Simmental has a long history with ASA in providing a joint North-American Simmental Genetic

Evaluation. The transition to becoming a part of IGS was a natural progression.

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Bruce Holmquist,

Blake Nelson,

Twig Marston,

General Manager, Canadian Simmental Association

Executive Vice President, American Maine Anjou Association

CEO, Red Angus Association of America

www.internationalgeneticsolutions.com

Blake Nelson, Executive Vice President, American Maine-Anjou Association The concept of multi-breed collaboration for the enrichment of the beef industry was one of the key factors in our decision. With Maine-Anjou having an open herd book, the ability to formulate multi-breed epds is

essential to our breed’s genetic progress. To have access to cutting edge genetic evaluation for the Maine-Anjou breed. The idea of a “common base” for breeds to be compared across the board was also very important.

Twig Marston, CEO, Red Angus Association of America The Red Angus Association of America has always considered genetic evaluation a cornerstone of cattle production. With that emphasis on performance data collection, the Association continues to develop and employ the best genetic evaluation tools that are avail-

able. We believe that IGS with the cooperation of other beef breeds allows our members and more importantly our member’s customers the best genetic predictions for economically important traits.

Kajal Devani, Director of Breed Development, Canadian Angus Association The Canadian Angus Association (CAA) has historically run their Red Angus genetic evaluations with our American counterparts the Red Angus Association of

America (RAAA). When RAAA created a partnership with the American Simmental Association CAA became a partner as well.

Tessa Verbeek, General Manager, Canadian Limousin Association The Canadian Limousin Association is committed to the commercial producer and the success of the entire beef industry. It was a logical decision for us to become

an IGS partner in order to benefit the beef industry by providing our genetic material for evaluation.

Myron Edelman, Executive Director, American Gelbvieh Association The AGA is pleased to be involved in the IGS partnership. It is the responsibility of industry organizations to provide the most accurate informa-

tion possible in evaluating cattle and in turn deliver value and enhance the decision making process at each stage of the supply chain.

Mark Anderson, Executive Director, North American Limousin Foundation Collaboration. The 12 breed associations who belong to IGS have put cattle producers, both seedstock and commercial, ahead of their own self interests. This has

created a unified effort that best serves the beef industry at all levels of the production chain in the development of tools that determine profitability.

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Kajal Devani,

Tessa Verbeek,

Myron Edelman,

Mark Anderson,

Director of Breed Development, Canadian Angus Association

General Manager, Canadian Limousin Association

Executive Director, American Gelbvieh Association

Executive Director, North American Limousin Foundation

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402-643-4429 402-641-2936 Cell 303 Northern Heights Drive • Seward, NE 68434 a.sloup@juno.com Nick, Andrea, www.sloupsimmentals.com Shane, Shelbi, Brevin, Natalie Join us at the Farm, October 17, 2015 and Haylie for our 21st Annual Production Sale.

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What are the primary benefits your association receives from this partnership?

Holmquist

Devani

Benefits are building on the strengths of a huge amount of additional data as well as economies of scale in a larger more efficient entity. The resources that IGS provides through its technical and genetic improvement staff provides all partners tremendous value.

Primarily, Canadian and American Red Angus breeders are motivated to have EPDs calculated on the same base and directly comparable for an easy evaluation and exchange of genetic across the border.

Verbeek Nelson The ability for our data to be merged with the largest database of beef measurements ever assembled is significant. This leads to more accurate viable information that can be utilized for the genetic progress of our breed.

IGS provides sound science with a progressive mindset that will keep the best tools available to our members.

The “common base” enables cattleman to more readily compare the genetic value of cattle across different breeds. As an association it lets our breeders see not only the strengths that we can contribute to the beef genetic pool but also identify the shortcomings that we need to work on within the breed.

The Canadian Limousin Association is proud to be a partner in IGS as the this partnership allows us to be on the forefront of multi-breed genetic evaluations in North America.

Edelman Cattle that are accompanied with data from an association participating in the multi-breed partnership have the advantage of across-breed comparable EPDs and accuracies calculated from the largest genetic evaluation in the world, which in turn expedites the decision making process and allows for breeding decisions to be more precise.

Marston The most important benefits the Red Angus Association of America receives are: A) accurate genetic predictions, B) EPDs and ERTs that are comparable between breeds without adjustments, C) timely information, D) the ability to use the most advanced technology, and E) the opportunity to collaborate with other breeds to produce synergy in genetic evaluation and other projects.

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Anderson Being the largest multi-breed evaluation in the world with over 16 million animal records, IGS provides a genetic reach beyond what any of the participating breed associations could ever do alone. The “winner” in this is the commercial producers and seedstock providers who are serious about making genetic progress and increasing profitability in the beef business through genetic selection. As important, IGS has created a brain trust to develop selection tools for economically important traits, while simplifying the process for producers using these tools.

Is there reluctance on the part of your membership to join forces with organizations that ordinarily might be considered competitors?

Holmquist

Marston

At times there may be misunderstanding or perhaps not fully realizing the benefits; however, once that is explained there has been no reluctance. We are all in the business of producing beef, and crossbreeding is a large part of that; especially in Canada.

The Red Angus Association of America members have been extremely patient. We understand the need for working together with other breeds to build critical mass and take advantage of technology. Our mindset is the real competitor in beef cattle production is the non-use of performance information, and the inability to make cattle selection decision without the best available genetic predictions.

Nelson Actually quite the opposite. AMMA membership looks at the IGS partnership as an opportunity to be part of a program that will help elevate all participating breeds within the scope of the entire beef industry.

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Devani

Edelman

Canadian Red Angus breeders welcome the opportunity to ‘competitively-cooperate’ for access to bigger markets and the betterment of the entire beef industry.

As long as they feel that their genetics are being evaluated fairly and accurately, CAA members are supportive of all technical progress at all times.

Participating as a partner in the multi-breed genetic evaluation does not intensify the competition between the different breed associations as competitors, but rather accelerates genetic advancement and improves the competitive position of each partner within the beef industry.

Verbeek

Anderson

The Canadian Limousin Association and our membership see that we can all benefit from collaboration when the betterment of the beef industry as a whole is in mind.

No. IGS provides the stage for direct across breed comparison of traits of economic importance allowing for commercial producers to make genetic selection rather than breed specific selection. The breeds belonging to IGS have checked their brands at the door in favor of the profit minded cattlemen and women, and entire beef industry.

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What kind of impact do you see IGS having on the beef industry?

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Devani

IGS will have a huge impact on the industry with the data and selection information it can provide back to the various partners; it is then up to the partners to add value to their customers programs. IGS manages the largest multi-breed database in the world and the opportunities that lay ahead are endless. We have the ability to provide the tools the beef industry as a whole requires to become more efficient, profitable and sustainable because of our collective efforts.

Genetic improvement, through more accurate genetic evaluations and access to technology that might be unattainable for Associations on an individual basis, has the potential to elevate the competitive status of beef in a world of many other protein options. CAA firmly believes that Red Angus breeders should use all the tools and technology available to them, in balance, to raise cattle with the best genetic potential for profitability and sustainability.

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Verbeek

IGS enables a much quicker way to identify the genetic capability of an animal! Ultimately, we are in the animal protein business. Our competitors in the animal protein business (poultry,swine, etc..) have a much shorter generation interval; therefore they can more quickly recognize the good and bad in an animal. If IGS can help beef producers more efficiently predict these traits in our cattle and these genetics are infused into production then we as an industry can stay much more competitive and lead!

IGS gives the commercial producer a powerful tool to make more informed selection decisions based on more than just phenotypic evaluation. Multi-breed genetic evaluations will bring the beef industry to the next level in terms of productivity and profitability.

Marston IGS has and will continue to grow its impact on the beef industry. First, it has shown the beef industry that breeds can work together toward a common goal. Second, it has shown that breed associations do listen to commercial producers. At a Beef Improvement Federation convention held a decade or so ago, a panel of commercial producer told the seedstock industry what they wanted. One of their biggest concerns was EPD without across breed adjustments. IGS is giving them what the wanted. In the future I believe IGS will provide producers with more accurate and more timely genetic predictions through the advancement of technology.

Finally, IGS may become a mechanism that allows breed associations to come closer and closer together to tackle problems and find new business solutions.

Edelman The Multi-breed partnership has taken a leadership position in the global beef business. The advantages of delivering the most accurate information, comparable across breeds, are unlimited as more breed organizations from around the world contribute genetic information to the evaluation.

Anderson IGS has changed the landscape of breed associations and the role they play in the beef industry. IGS provides commercial producers with the most powerful multibreed genetic evaluation in the world. In combining resources and data as well as intellectual expertise, the impact has already been felt and will only grow as we move forward.

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FROM THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION

By Jackie Atkins, Ph.D. This fall Simmental breeders, commercial cattle producers, and industry leaders gathered in Gettysburg, PA, for ASA’s Fall Focus 2015. The meeting started with a day-long educational symposium with a welcome from the ASA’s Chairman Bob Lanting and the PA Secretary of Agriculture, Russell Redding. Speakers from the ASA (Drs. Wade Shafer, Lauren Hyde, and Jackie Atkins), Virginia Tech (Drs. Scott Greiner and Alex White), Red Hill Farms (Dr. Gordon Jones), Penn State (Ben Williamson), Cornell (Dr. Michael Baker), and the NCBA (Daren Williams) addressed the crowd on a variety of topics. The Pennsylvania Simmental Association hosted a dinner for all with featured speaker, Congressman Frank Lucas who discussed his work writing and passing the Farm Bill.

The educational session covered the basics of EPDs and quality data, benefits of DNA testing, what information is used to calculate the economic indexes, crossbreeding, making seedstock selection decisions, marketing SimGenetics, carcass value in SimGenetics, farm succession planning, and becoming a more confident beef advocate. I was so impressed by the attendees’ engagement during the educational session. Many people asked questions and played an active role in the discussion — they were not just warming a seat.

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The educational session was followed by two days of open board meetings with committee reports and staff presentations. If you missed out on this year’s Fall Focus, you can watch videos of the presentations or download slides from the speakers at www.fallfocus.org.

Thank you to our speakers, the attendees, and the Fall Focus sponsors for making this a successful event!

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INDUSTRY UPDATE USDA Limits Payments

Estate Tax Battle Continues

USDA is moving ahead with authority, granted under the 2014 farm bill, to limit farm-program payments for people called farm managers, who are not actually actively engaged in real farm management or operations.

Under terms of the 2014 farm bill, family operations are exempted from these changes in actively engaged roles. Only farm businesses defined as “non-family joint ventures, or general partnerships” are affected. Under the new policy, those farms will be limited to one farm manager who can receive a commodity-program payment.

NCBA continues to place congressional repeal of the estate tax (derisively referred to as a “death tax,” in some circles) near the top of its priorities, even though it affects just one in every 554 taxable returns.

Opponents point out that in 2013, 2,596,993 Americans died, but just 4,687 taxable estate returns were filed or 0.18%. That figure is so low because the exemption rate is permanently established at $5.43 million per individual and $10.86 million for married couples. Estate taxes are then paid only on any value over and above the exemption, at a rate of 40%.

Restaurant Sales Rise FDA Proposes Exemption Rule The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a proposed rule that would relax registration requirements for some businesses, such as farms, that sell farm-raised food directly to consumers.

Under current regulations, businesses that sell food for consumption must register with FDA. However, establishments defined as “retail food establishments,” — farms, restaurants and certain other entities are exempt from having to register. The proposed rule would amend the definition of a retail food establishment in a way that would expand the number eligible for exemption.

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After a slow start, restaurant sales finished the first quarter of 2015 on a positive note, even surpassing grocery sales for the first time ever. Recently released US Census Bureau figures suggest that sales of eating and drinking establishments totaled $50.4 billion in March, up 0.7% from February’s volume.

The National Restaurant Association (NRA) has recognized Millennials, the largest generation in US history at 92 million people, as potentially the future of the restaurant business. As a group, Millennials represented about 14.5 billion restaurant visits and $96 billion in spending.

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Consumers Pay More In Grilling Season The latest Food Demand Survey, conducted by Oklahoma State University’s Department of Agricultural Economics reports that consumers are willing to pay more for steak and chicken, but less for hamburger and pork during the grilling season.

Even though the price of steak had reach an average of $8.02 per pound, consumers indicated that they would be willing to dig a little deeper into their pocketbooks.

Also, the report found that consumers had spent virtually the same amount per week for groceries from March through April, but indicated that they spent 4% more for restaurant food.

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Years ago, consumers rated their supermarkets on such factors as low prices, checkout speed or variety. However, the number one factor currently revolves around “freshness.”

According to Consumer Reports, the typical shopper now demands a wider-than-ever choice of healthy, unprocessed, fresh fruits, vegetables, meat and fish. The clamor for fresh also includes prepared meals that can be taken home. Incidentally, the average shopper makes 83 trips to the grocery store each year, running up an average annual bill of $5,400.

Leases Should Be in Writing For protection of both parties, grazing leases should always be spelled out in writing, according to law specialists at Texas A&M’s AgriLife Extension Service. Surprisingly, many grazing leases over the years have been simple verbal agreements.

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INDUSTRY UPDATE In order to be legally enforceable, any real estate lease for a year or more must be in writing. Other subjects that need to be spelled out include stocking rates, tracts within a given ranch, as well as provisions specifying who is responsible for maintenance, such as fencing, barn repair and other items that could become issues.

Food Production Generates Byproducts Production of human food generates a significant amount of byproducts that are not edible to people but can be fed to animals, a fact that is ignored by advocates of vegetarianism when they call for elimination of meat.

Many of those byproducts are valuable and are termed “co-products.” The US soy and ethanol industries would not be viable if they couldn’t sell soybean meal and dried distiller’s grain as part of their business model. From a human point of view, products from food processing are the edible portions, such as flour, nuts, and vegetable oil — and the inedible remainders are byproducts.

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Organic Groups Challenge USDA The Organics industry has filed a lawsuit in federal court, maintaining that the US Department of Agriculture has violated the federal rulemaking process when it changed established procedures for reviewing potential hazards and prohibited natural substances used in producing organic food.

A coalition of 15 organic food producers and farmer, consumer, environmental and certification groups asked the courts to required USDA to reconsider its decision on the rule change and to reinstitute the agency’s customary public hearing and comment process.

Food Assistance Spending Drops For the first time in 15 years, federal spending for USDA’s food assistance program declined, dropping 5% to $103.5 billion during fiscal year 2014, as reported by USDA’s Economic Research Service.

Much of the decrease is attributed to a decline in expenditures for USDA’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly known as food stamps. On average, 46.5 million people participated in the program each month, down 2% from 2013.

Benefits averaged $125.37 per person per month, down 6% from 2013.

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MARC Exonerated A panel of outside researchers has found no evidence of animal abuse or mistreatment at USDA’s Meat Animal Research Center (MARC), Clay Center, NE. Even though no abuses were found, USDA ordered that some new procedures must be implemented before any new research could be started.

The investigation followed allegations contained in a New York Times article of abuse at the facility. The article provoked outrage from animal rights activists and led USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack to call for a quick

review. The four-member team said, “Without exception, the panel observed healthy and well-cared-for animals.”

Judge Strikes Down Abuse Law A federal judge has struck down an Idaho law, which had banned under-cover documentation of animal abuse at livestock operations, ruling that it violated free speech and other constitutionally guaranteed rights. The law had been crafted in response to a video released by animalrights activists showing workers dragging a cow by a chain around its neck.

The judge agreed with a suit filed by groups, including the American Civil Liberties Union, the Animal Legal Defense Fund, that sought to overturn the statute, on the grounds that the so-called “ag-gag” law violated protections under the First Amendment. Attorneys for the state of Idaho had argued that the law was designed to protect private property and the privacy of agricultural facility owners.

New Climate Change Strategy USDA has established a new national climate change strategy aimed at reducing emissions from the agricultural and forestry sectors. USDA is offering to partner with ranchers on a voluntary and incentive-based approach to implement techniques and programs that support a reliable food supply.

Supporters of the concept see it as a “step in the right direction,” recognizing that farmers aren’t alone.” Opponents, who strongly believe that climate change is natural and therefore nonresponsive to man’s efforts, label the move as “unnecessary government overreach.”

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Checkoff Support Remains Strong

Shopper Trends Revealed

Support for the Beef Checkoff remains strong, according to a random annual survey, conducted by Aspen Media. More than three out of four producers (76%) continue to support the program. The survey also found that 10% of producers are opposed to it with 14% undecided.

Other results: 1) 81% say the Checkoff has helped to contribute to a positive trend in beef demand; 2) 71% say the Checkoff contributes to the profitability of their operations; 3) 71% say the Checkoff “represents their interests”, and 4) 68% believe the program is “well-managed.”

The Food Marketing Institute (FMI) has released the results of its 41st annual “US Grocer Shopper Trends” survey, which reveals a sharp shift in shopping and mealtime habits, demonstrating new patterns of buying.

The study found that more and more members of the family are getting involved in grocery shopping, with 83% of US adults now participating in at least half of the family food purchases. In previous surveys, grocery buying was primarily the responsibility of the woman of the home. As more and more men share meal preparation, they are also sharing shopping.

Consumers Seek Value

US Farms Family-0wned

As a group, Americans value the nutrition and balance that meat and poultry products deliver in their diet. That’s according to a recent report released by the North American Meat Institute (NAMI) and the Food Marketing Institute (FMI).

The report found that 79% of shoppers put some or a lot of effort into making sure they make nutritious and balanced meat and poultry choices. For meat products, consumers perceive the nutrient values of iron and protein, while poultry is prized for the balance it provides and their contributions toward maintaining a healthy weight.

Family farms continue to form the core of American agriculture, with 97% of the nation’s 2.1 million farms. Those farms vary widely with some being large businesses employing many non-family members and some being very small in acreage and revenue, operated in many cases by a single individual.

USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) classifies 88% of US family farms as “small,” further defined as having gross cash farm income of less than $350,000 annually. Small family farms collectively account for 58% of all direct sales to consumers.

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Disaster Damage Hits Ag Hard Nearly one fourth of damages brought on by natural damages in the developing world is borne by the agricultural sector, according to a study by the United Nations. An analysis of 78 disasters over a 10-year period showed that 22% of all damages registered within agriculture. However, just 4.5% of postdisaster relief targeted agriculture.

“Disasters” were described as such natural occurrences as drought, floods, hurricanes, tornadoes, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions and earthquakes. Asia was the most-affected continent, followed by Africa.

Vet Employment Report Released

FILEGONIA Joe Mercer

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Employment information from nearly 2,000 veterinarians is included in the 2015 Veterinary Economic Report. Overall, 74.8% of respondents were female and 63.7% were companion-animal practitioners. Seven percent identified themselves as working in mixed practice and 3.1% were listed as food-service practitioners.

The report found that only 3.19% were not employed in veterinary medicine, indicating a healthy and robust employment market for veterinarians overall. Vets who dealt exclusively with food-animal practice reported a 100% employment rate. The highest unemployment market was for those who specialize in equine practice.

Feral Pigs Carry Disease As the population of feral hogs in the US continue to increase, so does the potential for disease carried by the pests. Pathogens of most concern to livestock producers include brucellosis and pseudorabies, both of which can bring devastating impacts to domestic livestock herds.

Among other threats are porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome to domestic swine; tularemia, also known as rabbit fever; Q fever, an infectious disease of hogs, cattle, sheep and goats; and plague, carried by feral hogs but typically found in rodents.

Protection for Scientists The Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) has filed a legal petition with the US Department of Agriculture, which is seeking new rules to provide job protection for government scientists whose research questions safety of farm chemicals.

The petition specifically calls for the agency to adopt policies to prevent “political suppression or alteration of studies and to lay out clear procedures for investigating allegations of scientific misconduct.”

Scientists working for the US government have found that their research has been restricted or censored when it conflicts with agribusiness industry interests.

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ADT Program In Place The federal Animal Disease Traceability (ADT) program is up and running, although challenges still exist, including inconsistencies in state requirements and mixed messages regarding program goals which slow progress. The ADT rule was published in January 2013, and became effective two months later on March 11, and applies only to animals traveling in interstate commerce.

On March 11, 2015, a 24-month “phase-out” period ended, a time which allowed producers to continue to use various ID tags. As of that date, only tags beginning with “840” prefix are in compliance.

Sensor Detects Spoiled Meat Chemists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have devised an inexpensive, portable sensor that can detect gasses emitted by spoiling meat, allowing for determination of whether the meat in the grocery store or refrigerator is safe to eat.

The sensor consists of chemically modified carbon nanotubes, which can be deployed in “smart packaging” that would offer much more accurate safety information than the traditional expiration dates.

The sensor is similar to other devices, invented by MIT that detect ripeness of fruit.

Twinning — Plus or Curse?

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Many ranchers are pleasantly surprised when they have a set of twins, an occurrence that only happens about once in every 200 births in beef cattle. They’re pleased with the extra calf that they can graft on a cow that may have lost its calf.

However, cattlemen are cautioned to keep good records on their twins, because a large number of them consist of both a male and a female. In that case, the female called a “freemarten”, is almost always (more than 90%) sterile, and should be culled early, before they are carried through a breeding season if kept as a replacement.

Feed Directive Published

Lanting Enterprises, LLC ASA# 004859 Bob, Jim, and John Lanting 2181 B N 2300 E Twin Falls, ID 83301-0643 208-655-4257 208-731-6646 Bob’s Cell 208-655-4371 John’s Home lant4257@filertel.com Sale Date: Contact us about our Private Treaty Sales. n Quality Red and Black Simmental and SimAngusTM Cattle. n Private treaty bulls and heifers. n 90 Bulls annually raised on high-desert range.

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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has released its Veterinary Feed Directive (VFD) final rule, a significant piece of the agency’s overall strategy to promote and assure judicious use of antimicrobials in food-producing animals. The strategy is designed to bring the utilization of these drugs under veterinary supervision.

The rule outlines the process for authorizing use of animal drugs that are intended for use in or on animal feed that require supervision of a licensed veterinarian. It also provides veterinarians in all states with a framework for authorizing use of medically important antimicrobials when needed for specific animal purposes.

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Bull Power Sale Friday, November 6, Colbert, GA Contact: Adam Verner – 706-474-0091 Pigeon Mountain “Beef Builders” Fall Bull Sale Saturday, November 7, Select Cattle Enterprises, Rome, GA Contact: Bruce VanMeter – 770-547-1433.

Gibbs Farms Simmental & SimAngusTM Production Sale Thursday, November 14, Ranburne, AL Contact: Gordon Hodges – 336-469-0489.

GSSA Promoting SimGenetics Wiregrass Cattlemen’s Association Thursday, November 19, Valdosta, GA, time and place TBA Contact: Kurt Childers – 229-561-3466 Timberland Cattle’s 5th Annual Black Angus & SimAngusTM Bull Sale Saturday, November 21, Vernon, AL Call: 205-695-6314 or view catalog @ www.timberlandcattle.com Southern Excellence Bull Sale Saturday, November 21, Wadley, AL Contact: Rick Whelan – 404-473-6797

Callaway & McCravy Angus & SimAngusTM Bull & Commercial Female Sale Saturday, November 21, Carrollton, GA Contact: John Callaway – 770-355-2165 Calhoun Performance Tested Bull Sale Friday, December 4, Calhoun, GA Contact: Jason Duggin – 706-624-1403 Driggers’ Bull Sale Saturday December 12, Glennville, GA Contact: Jessie Driggers – 912-237-0608 GSSA Promoting SimGenetics Red Carpet Cattlemen’s Association Saturday, January 14, Calhoun, GA, RSVP Required Darlene Tierce – 706-625-9897 3J Farms Sale Thursday February 27, Calhoun, GA Contact: Burt Jeffords – 706-676-8323 Pigeon Mountain Spring Bull Sale, Saturday, February 27, Rome, GA Contact: Bruce VanMeter – 770-547-1433

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Animal Antibiotic Sales Rise

Project Fighting Hunger

Public Health groups have urged the Obama Administration to take aggressive action to limit and track use of antibiotics in cattle, swine, chickens and other food animals after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) reported a sharp increase in sales in the four-year period between 2009 and 2013.

An FDA report measuring antibiotic sales that are medically significant to humans, said the amount used in food animals jumped by 20% during that four-year time period. A total of 32.6 million pounds of antibiotics were sold and approved domestically in 2013 alone, 60% of which are medically important to humans.

Elanco, the Kroger Company, Rose Care Farm, Gleaners Food Bank and Midwest Food Bank have joined forces to form a unique new pilot program that brings together consumers, food stores and farmers and is designed to provide eggs to undernourished people.

Called HATCH, the innovative community partnership was launched during a special celebration at a Kroger store located in Indianapolis earlier this spring. The first HATCH pilot project involved 66 Central Indiana Kroger stories, providing one egg for every dozen Kroger-brand medium eggs purchased over a two-month period.

Online Grocery Shopping Tested Salt Limits DDGS Intake A study conducted by Kansas State University has found that providing growing cattle with dried distillers grains (DDGS) plus salt on a self-feeding basis while the animals graze native pastures helped boost average daily weight gain without the expenses linked to daily delivery such as fuel and labor.

DDGS are a product of ethanol production and are commonly fed to beef cattle, particularly in areas where ethanol is produced. Most ethanol is produced from corn, but can also be made from other feed stuffs such as sorghum or wheat.

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The Iowa-based Hy-Vee Company is moving ahead with a program called Hy-Vee Aisles Online. Being offered in selected stores are in-home grocery delivery and instore pickup options. Shoppers visit an online store and complete their orders, an employee then fills the order, the items are scanned loaded and delivered. Or, shoppers can arrange to pick up their order in person.

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INDUSTRY UPDATE The services is priced at $4.95 for a delivery order and $2.95 for in-store pickup. If the total order surpasses $100, the fee is dropped.

Such sales at Hy-Vee and other stores are estimated to exceed $18 billion within three years. The practice has been in use in Europe for several years.

Ebola Vaccine, Using Cattle Safe Early-stage trials of an experimental Ebola vaccine have found that the vaccine appears to be safe, and triggered robust production of Ebola-fighting antibodies, Scientists have reported.

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The trials tested a vaccine called VSV-ZEBOV, which was developed at the Public Health Agency of Canada and is licensed to NewLink Genetics Corporation and then to Merck & Company. It consists of a cattle virus that has been engineered to carry Ebola genes, which then produce proteins meant to trigger production of anti-Ebola antibodies.

Transgenic Calves Developed Researchers in China, using somatic cell nuclear transfer, claim that they have successfully produced 14 transgenic beef calves, with significantly higher normal levels of healthy Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids.

Omega-3 fatty acids are generally considered beneficial to human health, but their levels in beef are low compared with some other foods such as fatty fish. The researchers noted that in most modern diets, omega-6 fatty acids are consumed in adequate amounts, but omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids are deficient.

UAVs Can Monitor Cattle Personnel with Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) manufacturer PrecisionHawk, claim that cattle temperatures in the pasture can be taken through thermal sensors, which record animals in various hues or colors based on heat they give off. Ranchers would then have an idea if the animal is running a fever or if in might be in heat.

Drones are already widely used to locate fish in the ocean, leading to potential use for catfish and shrimp farmers. Drone producers also believe that they could also spray small amounts of chemicals on crops in weed control, utilizing their UAVs.

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■ The most highly sought-after herdsire of the Spring 2015 bull sale season.

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SIRES INC.

Homozygous Black Homozygous Polled Mr. NLC Upgrade U8676 Sire: MCM Top Grade 018X MCM 513R Direct Trait

CE

BW

WW

Hooks Taurus 24T Dam: Hook’s Water Lily 89W Hook’s Gracie 68K Maternal

YW ADG MCE

Carcass

Milk MWW Stay

DOC

CW

YG

Marb

EPD 12.4 -1.5 61.5 95.9 .22 11.1 26.0 56.7

–

10.8 24.9 -.42

.43

ACC .29

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.19

.26

.40

10

3

%

15

.44

.40

.44

3

.09

.25

20

.25

.30

.35

20

H/F H/F

ASA#: 2854437 PB SM

Fat

$ Index REA

Shr

API

TI

-.049 1.12 -.32 149.7 76.2 .25

.31

.21

4

4

10

ASA Sire Evaluation, as of 10.8.15

Hook Farms

The Tom Hook Family 11333 180th St. • Tracy, MN 56175 Tom and Shannon Hook Cell: 507-829-5283 Ed Schmidt, Herdsman 507-530-2635 hookfarms@mvtvwireless.com

Cow Camp Ranch Kent, Mark and Nolan Brunner 3553 Upland Rd. • Lost Springs, KS 66859-9652 785-466-6475 Kent • 785-466-1129 Nolan 785-258-0173 Mark • www.cowcampbeef.com

■ Bred for maternal excellence — Regis x Stetson x Gambler x Mr Beef x 538P ■ His dam was the “pick” of the entire Gibbs Farms cow herd in their 2014 fall sale.

■ Offers improvement for nearly every measurable trait — Birth Weight, Growth, Carcass and Maternal.

Semen: $20/unit SIRES

SELECT Semen available through Select Sires 614-873-4683 www.selectsiresbeef.com INC.

Homozygous Black Homozygous Polled S A V Final Answer 0035 Sire: Coleman Regis 904 Coleman Donna 714 Direct Trait

CE

BW

WW

RCR Stetson T17 Dam: GIBBS 9128W Mabelle N341 BF N341 BSD Mabelle BG32 Maternal

YW

ADG MCE

Carcass

Milk MWW Stay

DOC

CW

YG

Marb

EPD 15.6 -0.7 75.9 112.0 .23 12.0 19.8 57.7

–

11.4 35.1 -.25

.39

ACC .57

–

.47

.44

%

10

.79

.67

.65

10

15

ASA Sire Evaluation, as of 10.8.15

.13

.28 10

.29

.38 20

ASA#: 2657403 1/2 SM 1/2 AN

.51

.35

Fat

$ Index REA

Shr

API

TI

-.007 1.04 -.24 153.0 80.6 .41

.36 2

.33 10

10

Clayton, North Carolina Fred Smith 919-422-4092 Hanover, Illinois Jim Berry 815-777-1107 www.wildberryfarms.net

■ Breed-leading performance, carcass value, and index values.

■ Earned his top 2% API and 1% TI by literally ringing the bell on every individual measured trait.

■ Massive muscle and middle, extremely athletic with a big foot and super nice look.

■ Out of the Blackcap 877 cow family, the overall highest producing cow family at Gibbs Farms.

Semen: $20/unit Homozygous Black Homozygous Polled Hooks Shear Force 38K Sire: S D S Alumni 115X S D S Queen 801U

TNT Dual Focus T249 Dam: GIBBS 9024W Blakcap 7067T GIBBS 7067T Blakcap 877

Direct Trait

CE

BW

EPD 14.8

.1

ACC .28

.44

%

15

WW

Maternal YW ADG MCE

75.5 131.2 .35 10.7 22.4 60.1 .38

.42

.08

.22

10

2

1

20

.23

.27

– –

10

DOC

CW

YG

13.3 48.7 -.11 .17

.34

20

3

.26

www.alliedgeneticresources.com

www.origenbeef.org

ASA#: 2845421 1/2 SM 1/2 AN

Carcass

Milk MWW Stay

Semen available through owners or:

$ Index

Marb

Fat

REA

Shr

.96

-.014

.72

-.67 176.5 94.4

.40

.25

.31

.21

1

1

API

2

TI

Clayton, North Carolina Fred Smith 919-422-4092

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■ Made an industry statement as the lead-off and high-selling SimAngusTM bull in the 2014 Gibbs Farms Sale.

■ Posted individual weaning and yearling ratios of 108 and 111 along with IMF and REA ratios of 114 and 117.

■ STATEMENT has the curve-bending potential of his great sire and backed by the highest producing SimAngusTM cow family at Gibbs Farms, he deserves sampling by all serious breeders, purebred and commercial alike.

Semen: $20/unit Semen available through owners or:

www.alliedgeneticresources.com

www.origenbeef.org

Homozygous Black Homozygous Polled Hooks Shear Force 38K Sire: S D S Graduate 006X S D S Queen 814U

PVF-J 4P14 HYP Rookie Dam: GIBBS 0644 BLKCAP 802U GIBBS 802U Blackcap 877

Direct Trait

CE

BW

WW

Maternal YW

ADG MCE

Carcass

Milk MWW Stay

DOC

CW

YG

Marb

EPD 13.8 -1.6 74.6 125.5 .32 11.9 22.9 60.2

–

12.5 42.6 -.27

.48

ACC .28

.44

.38

.42

.10

.23

–

.17

.40

%

15

10

4

2

10

20

ASA Sire Evaluation, as of 10.12.15

.24

.29 10

ASA#: 2845453 5/8 SM 3/8 AN

.34 10

.26

Fat

$ Index REA

Shr

API

TI

-.005 1.20 -.48 154.0 84.3 .25

.32

.21

1

10

10

4

290 Cow Path Lane Georgetown, SC 29440 Lloyd & Connie Baxley Home: 843-527-1444 Cell: 843-325-8821 Jesse Baxley: 843-325-3525 Joshua Baxley: 843-325-6145

CALENDAR OCTOBER 20 20 20-21 21 22 23 23-25 24 24 24 24 25 26 26 27 30 31 31 31 31 31

Deal Me In Elite Online Sale — www.sconlinesales.com Six-R and AKA Online Sale — www.sconlinesales.com “We Ride Together” Online Heifer Sale — Shirley, IN Volk Livestock’s Genetic Option Sale — Norfolk, NE Tulsa Futurity Sale — Tulsa, OK Buckles and Banners Sale — West Point, IA Simbrah Synergy VIII — Giddings, TX Flying H Genetics Bull Sale — Butler, MO Midwest Made Production Sale — Ames, IA Pennsylvania Fall Classic Sale — Waynesburg, PA Simbrah Synergy Sale — Giddings, TX Heartland Simmental Performance with Class Sale — Waverly, IA Rust Mountain View Ranch’s “Queens of the Pasture” Production Sale — Turtle Lake, ND The Female Sale at Eby Ranch — Emporia, KS Williams Cattle Co.’s Show Heifer and Donor Prospect Sale — Follett, TX 21st Annual Hokie Harvest Sale — Blacksburg, VA 7P Ranch 40th Annual Production Sale — Tyler, TX (pgs. 10-11) Drake Cattle Co. Lady Diva Sale — Centerville, IA Michigan Simmental State Sale — St. Louis, MI (pg. 13) The Magnolia Classic 2015 — Starkville, MS Yon Family Farms’ Bull and Female Sale — Ridge Spring, SC

NOVEMBER 1 1 5 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 9 10-11 12-14 14 14 14 14 14 15 15 16 21 21 21-24 21 21 21 21 21 21 22 22 23-24 24 27 27 28 28 28 28 28 29 29 29

Hawkeye Simmental Sale — Bloomfield, IA Rudow Farms’ Female Sale — Pana, IL RS&T Simmentals’ “Lovely Ladies Online Sale” — www.cwcattlesales.com Bull Power Sale — Colbert, GA (pg. 53) Ludvigson Stock Farms Herdbuilder Bull Sale-Fall Edition — Shepherd, MT (pg. 71) Irvine Ranch 11th Annual Production Sale — Manhattan, KS Land of Lincoln Sale — Altamont, IL Pigeon Mountain “Beef Builders” Fall Bull Sale — Rome, GA (pg. 53) Professional Beef Genetics Open House Bull Sale — Montrose, MO (pg. 26) Rhodes Angus Female Sale — Carlinville, IL Western Showcase Sale — Moses Lake, WA Nelson Livestock Outcross Opportunities Mature Cowherd Dispersal — Wibaux, MT J&C Simmentals’s Online Female Sale — DPOnlinesales.com (pg. 30) Two Fast Nickels Online Bull Sale — www.cattleinmotion.com Deer Creek Farm’s Simmental Sale — Lowesville, VA (pg. 23) Gibbs Farms’ 10th Annual Bull and Replacement Female Sale — Ranburne, AL (pgs. 53, 76-77) JRW LLC’s Fall Bull and Female Sale — Seminary, MS Moser Ranch 24th Bull Sale — Wheaton, KS (pg. 31) Trauernicht Simmental Nebraska Platinum Standard Sale — Beatrice, NE (pg. 47) Hudson Pines Farm "Living Legacy XI" — Campbellsburg, KY Ohlde Advantage Focus on the Female Sale — Marysville, KS NAILE Select Sale — Louisville, KY Buckeye Best of Both Worlds Sale — Newark, OH Callaway & McCravy SimAngus™ and Angus Bull and Commercial Female Sale — Carrollton, GA (pg. 53) LMC “Giving THANKS” Donation Online Sale XI — www.cattleinmotion.com Missouri Simmental Association’s Fall Harvest Sale — Springfield, MO (pg. 34) Shenandoah’s Shining Stars — Quicksburg, VA (pg. 42) “Southern Excellence” Bull Sale — Wadley, AL (pg. 53) Timberland Cattle’s SimAngus™ & Black Angus Bull Sale — Vernon, AL (pg. 53) Value By Design Female Sale — Anita, IA (pg. 43) Yardley Cattle Company’s Focus on the Female Sale — Beaver, UT North Central Fall Classic — Hubbard, IA Red Dirt Divas Female Sale — Marshall, OK (pg. 59) Shenandoah’s Treasure Chest Embryo Sale — www.dponlinesales.com (pg. 42) J-6 Ranch Female Sale — Grand Island, NE Ruby Cattle Co. “Livin The Dream” Production Sale — Murray, IA Triangle J Ranch’s 2nd Annual Top Cut Online Heifer Sale — Miller, NE (pg. 41) Bridges “Passion for Progress” Bull Sale — Rayle, GA Foxy Ladies Bred Heifer Sale — West Point, NE (pg. 30) Grass-Lunning Simmentals’ Female Sale — Leroy, MN The Event — Tecumseh, NE (pg. 54) Trennepohl Farms’ Right By Design Sale — Middletown, IN Cow Time Sale — Wahoo, NE Diamond M Female Sale — Hiwatha, KS The Chosen Few — Gilmore City, IA (pg. 56) CONTINUED ON PAGE 66

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STANLEY MARTINS FARMS

Yuma We have sons and brothers to Yuma for sale at this time.

Please google stanleymartinsfarms for more information.

Stanley Martins 141 Hwy 18 • Postville, IA 52162 563-419-2444 (c) • 563-864-7305 (h)

Simmental Heifers for Sale.

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Michael Dikeman, Manhattan, KS 785-770-2977 or mdikeman@ksu.edu

CLASSIFIEDS ◆ SimAngus™ heifers, sired by Top Grade, Mytti In Focus, Easy Answer, GAR Prophet, selling in MO Simmental Sale, Springfield, MO, November 21. From cows sired by In Dew Time, Premium Beef, Gambler, and Objective. Excellent high EPDs. Several with CE in top 3% with $API in top 1%. Marbling in the top 1% to 5%. ASA#s 2960812, 2960803, 2960808, 2960806, 2960810. Ernest Flucke, Wellington, MO 816-240-2437. ◆ It Pays to Advertise!

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T-Heart Ranch Fall Female Sale — La Garita, CO (pg. 51) Calhoun Performance Tested Bull Sale — Calhoun, GA (pg. 53) Hoosier Beef Congress Junior Show and Sale — Indianapolis, IN Meadows Creek “It’s All Black and White” Bull Sale — Montgomery, AL A December to Remember at Pleasant Hill Farms — Rockfield, KY (pg. 72) Jewels of the Northland Sale — Clara City, MN Montana’s Choice Simmental/SimAngus™ Sale — Billings, MT (pg. 55) Next Step Cattle Co.'s Carcass Merit Bull Sale — Auburn, AL (pg. 15) Welsh Cattle Company’s Female Sale — Macomb, IL Genetic Perfection Sale — Fremont, NE Double Bar D Farms Female Sale — Grenfell, SK Driggers Simmental Farm’s Bull Sale — Glennville, GA (pg. 53) Hartman Cattle Company’s 20th Customer Appreciation Sale — Tecumseh, NE North Alabama Bull Evaluation Sale — Cullman, AL North Dakota Simmental Association’s Showcase/Classic Sale — Mandan, ND (pg. 38) Purdue Golden Girls Cow Sale — West Lafayette, IN Sandeen Cattle Company’s “Buildin’ A Brand” Female Sale — Blakesburg, IA Paulsen Show Cattle’s Divas & Donors "The Elite" Sale — www.paulsencattle.com Six-R/AKA Livestock Bred Heifer Sale — www.sconlinesales.com Money Makin’ Mommas Sale — Ames, IA Pride of the Prairie Sale — Chandlerville, IL South Dakota Source Sale — Worthing, SD St. Nick’s Eggstravaganza Online Embryo Event — EDJEAuctions.com

JANUARY 2016 2 16 16 18 19 23 25

10 quality, registered Simmental and SimAngusTM AI-sired heifers 8-9 mo.

Black and polled by popular AI sires.

Weaned, all vaccinations, and good.

Start your own herd, add to your herd, or sort out a few to show.

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The Royal Edge — Ames, IA (pg. 61) SimMagic On Ice — Denver, CO University of Florida Bull Test Sale — Greenwood, FL National Western "The One-Volume XXIII" Sale — Denver, CO Wild Wild West Simmental Sale — Brighton, CO Forster Farms 37th Annual Production Sale — Smithfield, NE Fort Worth Stock Show – Jr. Simmental and Jr. Simbrah Shows — Ft. Worth, TX Sioux Empire Farm Show and Sale — Sioux Falls, SD Fort Worth Stock Show – PB Simmental, Percentage Simmental and Simbrah Shows — Ft. Worth, TX Double J Farms' 42nd Annual Private Treaty Simmental Bid Bull Sale — Garretson, SD (pg. 35) J&C Simmentals’ 21st Annual Bull Sale — West Point, NE (pg. 30) Triangle J Ranch Annual Production Sale — Miller, NE (pgs. 30, 41)

FEBRUARY 1 1 1-2 3 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 8 8 8 10 10 11 11 12 12 12 12 12 13 13 13 14 14

36th Annual Gateway "Breeding Value" Bull Sale — Lewistown, MT (pg. IBC) Lehrman Family Simmentals’ Private Treaty Sale — Spencer, SD Sloup Customer Appreciation Online Sale — dponlinesales.com Begger's Diamond V Big Sky Genetic Source Bull Sale — Wibaux, MT Black Hills Stock Show and Sale — Rapid City, SD Dixie National Simmental Sale — Jackson, MS Klain Simmental Ranch’s 34th Annual Production Sale — Turtle Lake, ND Olrich/Felt Farms Bred Heifer Sale — West Point, NE (pg. 30) Prickly Pear Simmentals “Made in Montana Sale” — Helena, MT (pgs. 27, 70) Springer Simmental's Sale of Value Based Genetics — Decorah, IA Hartman Cattle Company’s Simmental Bull Sale — Tecumseh, NE Dakota Power Bull Sale — Valley City, ND Edge of the West Bull and Female Sale — Mandan, ND (pg. 27) Iowa Beef Expo Simmental Sale — Des Moines, IA River Creek Farms 26th Annual Production Sale — Manhattan, KS (pgs. 9, 31) Wilkinson Farms Breeding for the Future Sale — Napoleon, ND Bichler-Johnson’s 12th Annual “Quality Not Quantity” Production Sale — Linton, ND Lassle Ranch Simmentals’ 23rd Annual Production Sale — Glendive, MT Bata/Olafson 19th Annual Joint Simmental Bull and Female Sale — Rugby, ND (pg. 27) Hart Simmentals’ Beef Builder Bull Sale — Frederick, SD Hook Farms and Clear Springs Cattle Co. "Bred for Balance" Sale — Tracy, MN TNT Simmentals’ 31st Annual “Genetic Explosion” Sale — Almont, ND (pg. 27) Watertown Winter Farm Show and Sale — Watertown, SD Berger’s Herdmasters’ SimAngus™ Hybrid Bull Sale — North Platte, NE (pg. 69) Grass-Lunning Simmentals’ Bulls-Eye Bonanza Sale — LeRoy, MN Kenner Simmentals' 20th Annual Production Sale — Leeds, ND Houck Rock Creek Ranch Spring Private Treaty Bull Sale — Allen, KS Rydeen Farms 18th Annual "Vision" Sale — Clearbrook, MN T

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AD INDEX Alabama

Indiana

Kentucky

Genex Custom Collection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Gibbs Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1, 62, 63, 76, 77 Moore Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Next Step Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Wells Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Krieger Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

DP Sales Management, LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Pleasant Hill Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Iowa

Altenburg Super Baldy Ranch, LLC. . . . . . . . 17, 26 Bridle Bit Simmentals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Far Out Cattle Ranch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 L-Cross Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Lechleiter Simmentals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Premium Sourced Cattle, LLC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 SRS Red Angus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 T-Heart Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26, 44, 51

Advanced Beef Genetics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Brink Fleckvieh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Denning Farms Simmentals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 E&B Arthur Land and Cattle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Jass Simmentals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Royal Edge, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Ruble Cattle Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Springer Simmental. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Stanley Martins Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Steinbronn Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Value By Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Willie Morris Cattle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Georgia

Kansas

Georgia Simmental Simbrah Association . . . . . . 53 Impact Marketing & Management, Inc. . . . . . . . . 11 Phillips Farms Simmentals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

ART-JEN Simmental Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Brooks Simmental Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Cow Camp Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1, 31, 62 Dikeman, Michael . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Dixson Farms, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Gold Bullion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Hofmann Simmental Farms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23, 31 Jensen Simmentals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Kaser Brothers Simmental . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Moser Ranch, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Pelton Red Angus • SimAngus • Simmental . . . . 45 River Creek Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9, 31 Rock Creek Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 SEK Genetics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Sunflower Genetics LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Colorado

Idaho Lanting Enterprises, LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35, 52 Promise Land Ranch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Illinois Allied Genetic Resources . . . . . . . . . 1, 7, 9, 11, 17, 37, 39, 40, 41, 43, 44, 45, 48, 51, 55, 56, 58, 60, 62, 63, 67, 73, 74, 76, 77, IBC Dwyer Cattle Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Hopewell Views Simmentals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Martin Cattle Sales, Larry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Rhodes Angus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Wildberry Farms Simmental Cattle . . . 1, 30, 37, 62

Louisiana Genex Custom Collection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Global Fleckvieh Genetics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Robinson Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Rugged R Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Michigan Freedom Run Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 J Bar J Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 J/C Simmentals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Michigan Angus Association . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Michigan Simmental Association. . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Salinas Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Triple Z Simmental . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Minnesota Eberspacher Enterprises, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Hook Farms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Mueller Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Oak Meadow Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Polzin Cattle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Sargeant Farms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Mississippi JRW Farms, LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Little Creek Farm, LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35, 78 Rockhill Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Tanner Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

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AD INDEX Missouri Cattle Visions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18, 19, 40 Flucke, Ernest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Genex Custom Collection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Gerloff Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Harriman Santa Fe (Bob) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Lucas Cattle Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26, 64 Missouri Simmental Association . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 New Day Genetics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Steaks Alive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BC

Montana Begger’s Diamond V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Bulls of the Big Sky . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27, 60

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Gateway Simmental & Lucky Cross . . . . . . . 1, IBC Genex Custom Collection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Hill’s Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25, 27 Ludvigson Stock Farm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Miller Simmentals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Montana Simmental Association . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Montana’s Choice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Nelson Livestock Company. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Open 8 Genetics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Open Gate Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 ORIgen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39, 40, 63 Peck Simmentals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Prickly Pear Simmental Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . 27, 70 Universal Semen Sales, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Nebraska Berger’s HerdMasters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30, 69 Burken Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Felt Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Forster Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Gengenbach Cattle Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Hadwiger Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 J/T Cattle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 J&C Simmentals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Kearns Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Kersten Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Neuman, Chris . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Rains Simmentals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Sandy Acres Simmentals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4, 30 Schram Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Sloup Simmentals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 State Line Simmental . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 The Event Sale Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Trauernicht Simmentals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Triangle J Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30, 41 Tucker Cattle Co.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Western Cattle Source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

North Carolina Fred Smith Company Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62, 63

North Dakota Dakota Xpress. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Ellingson Simmentals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 James Creek Simmental . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Keller Broken Heart Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Kenner Simmentals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 North Dakota Simmental Association . . . . . . . . . 38 Olafson Brothers Simmentals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Rust Mountain View Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 SRF Simmentals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 SYS Simmentals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 TNT Simmentals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Oklahoma 7451 Cattle Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Lazy U Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Matt C. Sims Auction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Morris Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Pembrook Cattle Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Red Dirt Divas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Standridge Cattle Company, LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Willis Simmentals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Ohio Select Sires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1, 37, 62

Oregon Bar CK Cattle Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

South Carolina Baxley Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

South Dakota 3C Christensen Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Benda Simmentals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Double J Farms Simmental Cattle. . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Eichacker Simmentals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Genex Custom Collection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 NLC Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 S/M Fleckvieh Cattle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Traxinger Simmental . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Werning Cattle Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 CONTINUED ON PAGE 74

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AD INDEX Tennessee Martin Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Red Hill Farms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30, 74 Slate Farms & Cattle Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Texas 7N Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 7P Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10, 11 Alfred Bayer & Sons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Bois d’Arc Land & Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Brush Country Bulls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31, 48 Filegonia Cattle Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Flying F Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Fullblood Simmental Fleckvieh Federation . . . . . 78 Genex Custom Collection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

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Pine Ridge Ranch, LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2, 27 Reavis Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 RX Simbrah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Smith Genetics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Southwestern Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 TAG Simmental . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Tillman, Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 TripleJ/Carpenter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

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Deer Creek Farm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Rocky Hollow Farm Simmental Cattle . . . . . . . . . 31 Shenandoah Valley Simmentals . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Double Bar D Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Mader Ranches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Trinity Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Wisconsin ABS Global, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3, 35 Accelerated Genetics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5, 9, 40 Genex Cooperative, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4, 9, 40

Associations American Simmental Association . . . . . . . . . . . . IFC, 23, 36, 46, 48, 49, 53, 56, 60 Fullblood Simmental Fleckvieh Federation . . . . . 78 Georgia Simmental Simbrah Association . . . . . . 53 Michigan Angus Association . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Michigan Simmental Association. . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Missouri Simmental Association . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Montana Simmental Association . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 North Dakota Simmental Association . . . . . . . . . 38

Livestock Services ABS Global, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3, 35 Accelerated Genetics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5, 9, 40 Allflex. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Allied Genetic Resources . . . . . . . . . 1, 7, 9, 11, 17, 37, 39, 40, 41, 43, 44, 45, 48, 51, 55, 56, 58, 60, 62, 63, 67, 73, 74, 76, 77, IBC Allied Online Sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43, 55 Cattle In Demand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11, 34, 54, 72 Cattle Visions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18, 19 DP Online Sales, LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 DP Sales Management, LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 DVAuction . . . 25, 38, 42, 43, 45, 55, 67, 70, 71, 76 Dwyer Cattle Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Eberspacher Enterprises, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 GeneSeek a Neogen Company. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Genex Cooperative, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4, 9, 40 Genex Custom Collection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Impact Marketing & Management, Inc. . . . . . . . . 11 International Genetic Solutions (IGS) . . . . . . . . IFC LiveAuctions.tv . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9, 59, 61 Matt C. Sims Auction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 ORIgen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39, 40, 63 Ritchey Livestock ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Ruble Cattle Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Select Sires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1, 37, 62 Superior Productions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51, 71, IBC Tillman, Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Universal Semen Sales, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Zoetis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Miscellaneous ASA DNA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62, 63 ASA Performance Advocate. . 23, 27, 30, 31, 48, 74 ASA Publication, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49, 50 ASA Science Forum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40, 49 Carcass Merit Program (CMP). . . 26, 30, 62, 63, 74 Classifieds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Have you Herd? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 SimAngus™ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36, 56 Simbrah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 SimGenetics Profit Through Science IFC, 36, 46, 56 SimTalk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49, 50 Total Herd Enrollment (THE) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26, 27, 30, 31, 35, 48, 52 tReg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

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