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August 2013; Vol. 104, No. 3

Hereford Innovator Stahly Ranch has been a leader in young sire testing since 1999. by Jennifer Carrico

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n east central South Dakota, raising good cattle and good children are important to the Stahly family. As the sixth generation helps on Stahly Ranch, they find new ways to make their cattle better as well as find ways to help other cattle producers. The Stahly Ranch — which is run by Mike and Judy Stahly, their son, Doug, his wife, Chris, and their sons, Spencer, Mason and Nolan — was the recipient of the 2013 American Hereford Association (AHA) Innovator Award. The Stahlys have a 450-head commercial cow-calf operation near Cavour, S.D. They maintain about 150 Hereford cows, 100 Angus cows and 200 baldie cows. The Stahlys were recognized during the 2013 National Western Stock Show Hereford Carload and Pen Show in Denver for their commitment to the National Reference Sire Program (NRSP) and testing young Hereford bulls.

(artificial insemination) cows and then sent the steer calves to a feedlot to be tested for different traits.” AHA Chief Operating Officer and Director of Breed Improvement Jack Ward says the NRSP started in 1998 because the AHA wanted to participate in the Carcass Merit Project which looked at meat quality and tenderness. The project was funded by the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association and some beef checkoff dollars.

Testing Hereford bulls

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“When we started helping with this program (NRSP) in 1999, it wasn’t a whole lot different than what we were already doing,” Mike says. “We continued to AI

Their program Mike’s great-grandfather, who was the first homesteader in Beadle County, started the ranch. The current Stahly herd was started as a commercial Hereford herd in the 1970s by Mike’s father. Through the years, Stahlys have experimented with some crossbreeding. They started by crossing the Hereford cows with Angus. In the late 1970s, they brought in some continental breeds but later returned to the Hereford-Angus combination, as the baldie cows have always been a great type of cow for their ranch and environmental conditions. The Stahlys calve from midMarch until the first part of May. They like to be done with AI by July 3 so that the cows aren’t calving for a long period of time.

How NRSP works

Since 1999 the Stahlys have reported data on 1,187 calves representing 45 sires through AHA’s National Reference Sire Program.

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“Mike Stahly and others bred cows to Hereford sires for this project, and then it springboarded after that as a young sire evaluation,” Jack explains.

Each year, prior to breeding season, the Stahlys select three to six young Hereford bulls from the list provided to them by the AHA. “Various breeders nominate bulls for this sire evaluation to be tested in real-world commercial settings. We select the ones we want to use based

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Churchill Cattle Co.

World Class Female Sale — Friday, Sept. 20, 2013 The bred heifers:

Churchill Lady 2139Z ET

Churchill Lady 2119Z ET

BW 0.0; WW 59; YW 91; MM 26; REA 0.79; MARB 0.34 Curve bender deluxe! Sired by Sensation, bred AI to HH 0132X! Big rib, capacity and balance. Selling ½ interest. Future lead donor!

BW -0.1; WW 53; YW 80; MM 27; REA 0.64; MARB 0.26 Curve bender with off the charts individual carcass! Sired by Sensation, bred AI to HH 0132X! Donor power from a proven donor!

Selling 40 bred heifers including some of our very best! Sired by Sensation, 955W, Outcross, Helton; bred to Sensation, Perfect Timing, 955W and 0132X! These heifers have worked very well for their new owners in the past. This set is better than ever and includes several future donors!

The heifer calves: Selling 15 elite heifer calves, mostly from our growing ET program! They have breed-leading numbers with a great look and are donor prospects! They are sired by Perfect Timing, Redeem, Outcross, 955W, 144Y, 0130X and Force! This is by far the best group of heifer calves we have offered!

SR CCC Ladysport 2205 Z ET

SR CCC Ladysport 2208 Z ET

BW 2.2; WW 54; YW 89; MM 22; REA 0.48; MARB 0.05 Durango x Ladysport 78P. Dam of future herd bulls! 1,040 lb. at 10-months. Incredible power, depth, length and bone with a super look! Selling ½ interest.

BW 3.1; WW 59; YW 100; MM 15; REA 0.79; MARB 0.21 Redeem x Ladysport 78P. Great look, super front third, excellent shape, powerful hip and hind leg! Tremendous balanced numbers!

Churchill Lady 0130X

Churchill Lady 002X ET

KJ HVH 33N Radisson 471T ET

BW 4.2; WW 51; YW 82; MM 22; REA 0.48; MARB 0.12 Super 3-year-old Outcross daughter! She sells along with 10 other elite cows, including donors! She is bred to our new power bull, SR Bakken 62Z!

BW 4.4; WW 71; YW 120; MM 28; REA 1.08; MARB -0.02 A prime example of why Churchill females are a great investment. 002 sold as a heifer calf in our 2010 sale for $20,000 for ½ interest to Linda Lonas. She produced Churchill Red Bull 200Z with her first calf and her Redeem bull calf is another great one! She does not sell.

BW 1.5; WW 54; YW 87; MM 16; REA 0.52; MARB 0.28 Full sister to Redeem and one of the best cows in the breed today! Three elite heifer calves sell September 20th and she sells in Hoffman’s sale! Her heifers are phenomenal!

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by Angie Stump Denton, editor adenton@hereford.org

“What’s New?” is a column designed to keep you in-the-know about Hereford happenings. You can also sign up for Hereford eNews, a weekly electronic newsletter from the American Hereford Association (AHA). Send an e-mail to eNews@hereford.org to subscribe. Archived issues are posted at Hereford.org.

Plan to attend Annual Meeting Mark your calendar for the 2013 American Hereford Association (AHA) Annual Meeting. Plan to join us in Kansas City, Mo., Nov. 1-3 at the Argosy Casino Hotel and Spa. To make reservations, call 1-800-270-7711. The room rate is $99, and the cutoff for reservations is Oct. 9. Watch for more Annual Meeting information in future Hereford World issues and in Hereford eNews.

HYFA scholarship applications due Sept. 15 Applications for Hereford Youth Foundation of America (HYFA) scholarships are due Sept. 15. More than $30,000 in scholarships will be awarded to members of the National Junior Hereford Association (NJHA) to assist in financing their college educations. These scholarships are made possible by the late Bill and Jo Ellard, EE Ranches Inc.; Bob and Dolores Call, CBY Polled Herefords; Lloyd

Whitehead, Whitehead Ranches; Bob Kube, Fauquier Farms; the Vanier family, CK Ranch; the Blin family; Randy and Kelly Owen; and Nancy and Tim Keilty, Edmond F. and Virginia B. Ball Foundation/ Cottonwood Springs; Bar One Ranch scholarship given in memory of Ken Tracy; and Larson Polled Herefords. Gary Bishop Memorial Scholarship applications are also due Sept. 15. This scholarship is a $1,000 scholarship for NJHA members.

Scholarship applications must be filled out online. Youth can access the applications by visiting JrHereford.org. For more information, contact Amy Cowan at acowan@hereford.org.

Fall 2013 data online The fall 2013 Hereford expected progeny differences (EPDs) were scheduled to be released in late July.

Order JNHE pictures online To view and purchase Junior National Hereford Expo (JNHE) photos taken by AHA and Hereford Publications Inc. staff, visit the Hereford Photo Shop website, HerefordPhotoShop.com. Here you’ll find pictures of show and award winners taken at JNHE events throughout the week. AHA staff is also working with Legacy Livestock to produce collages incorporating candids and backdrop photos. For more information, contact Angie Denton at adenton@hereford.org or 785-363-7263.

Watch Hereford educational videos AHA staff continue to post educational videos to the AHA YouTube channel. Visit Hereford.org/videos to watch the videos. HW

Woods hired as creative services coordinator Nicole Woods, Kansas City, Kan., has been selected as the new Hereford Publications Inc. (HPI) creative services coordinator. Nicole graduated in May Nicole Woods 2013 with a degree in agricultural communications and journalism from Kansas State University. Since completing her coursework in January 2013, Nicole has been working as a graphic designer for the High Plains Journal (HPJ), a weekly agriculture publication. At HPJ she assisted with page layout designs for the publication’s five editions. During her college years, she worked as graphic designer for the Manhattan Mercury and interned with the American Paint Horse Association, where she did graphic design for its three publications — The Paint Horse Journal, Paint Horse Racing and The Paint Horse Connection. HPI Production Manager Caryn Vaught says, “We’re excited to have Nicole join our HPI team. Her experience in graphic design will be a huge asset as she works with Hereford breeders producing creative service projects.” As creative services coordinator, Nicole will work with customers to create sale catalogs, brochures, postcards and other marketing pieces produced by HPI. Nicole started work at the AHA headquarters in Kansas City, Mo., June 12. HW

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HH Miss Advance 7063T ET {DLF,HYF,IEF} • 42785298

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Sire: HH Advance 396N • Dam: HH Miss Advance 0023K CE -0.9 (.31); BW 2.7 (.43); WW 49 (.38); YW 71 (.40); MM 25 (.33); M&G 50; MCE 1.9 (.28); MCW 96 (.27); SC 0.4 (.28); FAT 0.009 (.35); REA 0.66 (.36); MARB -0.14 (.33); BMI$ 11; CEZ$ 12; BII$ 9; CHB$ 18 Powerhouse donor female with exceptional pigment, thickness, volume and eye appeal along with loads of milk and a great udder. 7063T is a daughter of the great 0023K cow that was the cover cow in our 2005 Cow Sale. Great combination of cow family and maternal strength along with performance and style. Dam is still in production at 13 years of age. Top 10% of the breed on MM and M&G EPDs Top 2% of the breed on REA EPD Averaged 14 good embryos on four flushes Sells open and ready to flush

HH Miss Advance 8064U ET {DLF,HYF,IEF} • 42897072

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HH Miss Advance 8006U {DLF,HYF,IEF} • 42897026

Sire: HH Advance 5104R • MGS: CL 1 Domino 2136M • CE 3.6 (.31); BW -0.4 (.49); WW 51 (.39); YW 86 (.43); MM 48 (.26); M&G 73; MCE 2.5 (.26); MCW 84 (.27); SC 1.0 (.23); FAT 0.022 (.32); REA 0.41 (.31); MARB -0.04 (.29); BMI$ 12; CEZ$ 16; BII$ 8; CHB$ 22 • 8006U is a topnotch donor female with tremendous curve bending EPDs, pigment, length of body and a great udder. She is really fancy made up through her front shoulder and through her neck and could really produce some tremendous show cattle! This elite donor could contribute to any program in the breed. • Top 1% of the breed on MM and M&G EPDs • Top 2% on BW EPD • Top 15% on WW, YW and REA EPDs • Average NR of 104 and BWR of 97.3 • Averages 10 good embryos per flush • Sells open and ready to flush

HH Miss Advance 7142T {DLF,HYF,IEF} • 42785373

Sire: HH Advance 0024K • Dam: HH Miss Advance 103L CE 0.1 (.33); BW 4.1 (.41); WW 48 (.35); YW 83 (.37); MM 26 (.31); M&G 49; MCE 0.3 (.29); MCW 88 (.25); SC 0.6 (.24); FAT -0.050 (.32); REA 0.68 (.33); MARB -0.52 (.30); BMI$ 8; CEZ$ 12; BII$ 6; CHB$ 15 8064U is a full sister to the 365N cow that sold for $30,000 in our 2010 Cow Sale and that produced the 6155S cow that sold for $95,000 in our 2013 Production Sale. She is a huge hipped, big topped, extra long bodied cow with outstanding udder quality and eye appeal. Great combination of pedigree, phenotype, EPDs and proven genetics. Full sister to the dam of HH Advance 8050U ET Two outstanding daughters in production in our herd Top 10% of the breed on MM and M&G EPDs Top 2% on REA EPD Sells with a fall calf at side by HH Advance 1044Y ET Will be ready to flush in October

Sire: L1 Domino 03571 • MGS: HH Advance 0024K • CE 0.0 (.14); BW 3.1 (.46); WW 55 (.40); YW 84 (.41); MM 30 (.27); M&G 57; MCE 0.2 (.12); MCW 111 (.30); SC 0.7 (.20); FAT 0.098 (.35); REA -0.06 (.34); MARB 0.33 (.31); BMI$ 14; CEZ$ 13; BII$ 11; CHB$ 24 • Powerful donor female that is one of our top cows in the herd. 7142T has extra pigment, thickness, volume, length and class. She has a perfect udder and is a top producer of bulls and females. Great all around foundation donor cow to build your herd around! • Dam of our HH Advance 1069Y ET herd sire • Produced the 9144W bull that topped our 2011 sale at $37,500 • Average NR of 105 and YR of 105 • Average MARB ratio on 12 progeny of 125 • Ranks in the top 2% of the breed on MM, M&G and MARB EPDs • Top 8% of the breed on WW EPD • Sells with a fall calf at side by HH Advance 0002X

Montana Miss 753T {DLF,HYF,IEF} • 42784462

HH Miss Advance 6041S ET {DLF,HYF,IEF • 42674024

Sire: CL 1 Domino 592R 1ET • MGS: CL 1 Domino 484 CE 1.9 (.29); BW 3.3 (.48); WW 50 (.39); YW 85 (.42); MM 34 (.27); M&G 59; MCE 1.1 (.25); MCW 93 (.25); SC 0.5 (.24); FAT 0.029 (.22); REA 0.04 (.25); MARB 0.22 (.21); BMI$ 12; CEZ$ 14; BII$ 8; CHB$ 25 Our choice from the Baker Hereford dispersion sale. 753T is a moderate framed, well marked donor cow with tremendous volume, a big hip and a huge top. She is great uddered and has lots of milk. We will have a big set of ET calves out of CL 1 Domino 105Y on the ground by sale time. Sire is a full brother to the great 440P Cooper donor cow. Average NR of 103.5 and average YR of 103 Top 1% of the breed on MM and M&G EPDs Top 6% of the breed on MARB EPD Averages 13 good embryos per flush Sells with a fall calf at side by HH Advance 1044Y

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Sire: HH Advance 3196N • Dam: HH Miss Advance 2111 M • CE 6.4 (.32); BW -2.6 (.43); WW 39 (.36); YW 68 (.39); MM 26 (.30); M&G 45; MCE 2.8 (.28); MCW 50 (.26); SC 0.2 (.24); FAT 0.052 (.32); REA 0.53 (.33); MARB 0.17 (.30); BMI$ 14; CEZ$ 19; BII$ 9; CHB$ 21 • 6041S is a moderate framed, heavy pigmented donor cow with extra volume and thickness. She has phenomenal calving ease and carcass EPDs and is backed by a great cow family. Her maternal grandam is the great 496 Cooper cow and she is a maternal sister to the HH Advance 4140P bull. Here is an elite donor that has proven to cross tremendously well with polled genetics. • Dam of H H Perfect Timing 0150 that sold for $52,000 for 2/3 interest to Churchill Cattle Co. • Dam of H H Fast Forward 2268Z that sold for $75,000 for ½ interest to Sierra Ranches • Ranks in the top 1% of the breed on CED and BW EPDs • Ranks in the top 10% on REA, MARB and MM EPDs • Sells open and ready to flush

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by Danielle Starr, CHB LLC territory manager dstarr@herefordbeef.org

“CHB Bites” is a column designed to keep you in-the-know about Certified Hereford Beef (CHB) program happenings. You can also follow CHB on Facebook at facebook.com/CertifiedHerefordBeef.

CHB in high demand Certified Hereford Beef (CHB®) was in high demand at the 2013 Affiliated Spring Food Show held in Amarillo, Texas, at the Amarillo Civic Center. Customers flocked from Texas, Oklahoma, Colorado, Kansas, Arizona, Arkansas and New Mexico to sample a CHB ribeye. As they savored the samples, they asked questions about the program. David Ollre setting the case in preparation for the Russell Fontenot, Affiliated’s Affiliated Foods Spring Food Show. director of meat operations, credits the success of the program to its loyal customer base comprised of individuals who rave about the flavor profile of the product. He says, “We know after the first time a customer tries the product, they will be back.” Fontenot said he was a skeptic, not having heard of Herefords growing up in southwest Louisiana, but became a believer from the first moment he tried CHB. He attributes the success of the program not only to Affiliated’s staff but also to the partnership with CHB LLC and National Beef Packing Co. LLC. Affiliated Foods has been a CHB LLC partner for more than seven years. During that time span, the company has utilized more than 21 million lb. of CHB. Affiliated Foods has been in operation since 1946 and has facilitated two food shows a year since the 1950s. Needless to say, CHB LLC will be in attendance at Affiliated Foods’ food shows for several years to come.

Dinner and a show “Get Your Grill On!” is the theme for the 2013 summer grilling series for Hen House Markets, located in the greater Kansas City area. Various Hen House Markets will host this event consisting of live cooking shows, local radio interaction, face painting, balloon artists and great food. Mike Louderback, National Beef Packing Co. LLC business manager, and Danielle Starr, CHB LLC territory manager, grilled and prepared ribeye sandwiches for Hen House guests. Nearby, Chef Shannon Kimball demonstrated the cooking method for the CHB tri-tip. “Customers savored the taste of their CHB ribeye sandwich while they sat in a cozy tent and watched Chef Shannon prepare tri-tip.” Starr says. Currently, 28 stores fall under the Hen House Market and Ball’s Price Chopper names in the Kansas City metro area. Hen House has been a valued CHB LLC partner since 1998.

CHB LLC recognizes another million-lb. achievement FoodPRO, Fredrick, Md., was presented a second CHB million-lb. achievement award at its annual food show May 9. FoodPRO President of Purchasing Rocky Rinehart says he has seen great success with the CHB program. “We decided to look at the Certified Hereford Beef program because we were looking for a high-quality beef option in response to all of the publicity of Angus programs,” he says. FoodPRO customers rave about the consistent quality of CHB, Rinehart explains. FoodPRO has been serving its customers for more than 70 years. The customer base includes Maryland, West Virginia, Virginia and Washington D.C. FoodPRO has been a wholesale supplier and foodservice distributor of fresh-cut steaks, fish and produce, in addition to non-perishable groceries and foodservice supplies, for more than 70 years.

Pictured at the FoodPRO Food Show (l to r) are: David White, FoodPRO beef buyer; John Fisher, Copps broker; and Rocky Rinehart, FoodPRO marketing director.

The kickoff to “Get Your Grill On!” would not have been complete without Brisket, the CHB LLC steer.

Trucks in full force CHB is hitting the road in full force. Thomas O. Miller & Co., Inc. is one of the most recent distributors to display the CHB logo on its delivery trucks, which serve the Greater Hudson Valley and tri-state area. Michelle Miller Timke says the growth of the program has been tremendous and the Thomas O. Miller & Co. staff has enjoyed educating customers about the benefits of the CHB program. She continues, “It is apparent the customers who succeed, are the customers that brand their menus with the Certified Hereford Beef logo and fully commit to the program.” Lastly, she confirms the CHB promise, “Once customers are on the program, they do not like to deviate from the product due to the consistency and quality of the product.” Thomas O. Miller & Co., Inc. was established in 1959 by Thomas O. Miller and his son Bruce Miller as a coffee delivery service to area businesses, and over the years has grown into a full-line foodservice distributor. Michelle points out that the family owned and operated company also includes her brother and company president, Jeff Miller, and her mother, Shirley Miller. They work united to execute a successful family business, which has been a CHB partner for five years. HW

Crystal Creek Cattle Co., Dallas, Texas, and Bill’s Meat Market of Carthage, Texas, kicked off their combined partnership to sell CHB in May with a sales presentation and dinner. One of the Thomas O. Miller & Co. Inc. delivery trucks displaying the CHB logo.

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on the information sent to us on the bulls,” says Mike. “Since these are young sires, it’s sometimes difficult to get the amount of semen needed for the program and we have to use an alternate bull.” He says one of the bulls is used in common with other test herds in order to link all of the NRSP herds together, which makes the information even more meaningful. Stahlys randomly select about 60 cows to be bred to each bull they are testing. They do not AI virgin heifers or first-calf heifers, Mike and Judy Stahly of Stahly Ranch, Cavour, S.D., were honored with a Hereford Innovator so those females are not part of Award for Stahly Ranch’s commitment to the Hereford industry and the National Reference the NRSP program. Sire Program. Pictured (l to r) are: Cliff Copeland, AHA president; Judy and Mike Stahly; and The Stahlys maintain a herd of about 150 Hereford cows, 100 Angus Cows are heat detected twice Craig Huffhines, AHA executive vice president. cows and 200 baldie cows. per day and sorted once per day. cattle evaluation, and over the past few “When it comes to AI time, years, DNA has been collected on all the entire family gets involved,” Mike progeny to be used for current and explains. “Judy does a lot of our heat future AHA genomic training and checking and Doug and his boys are validation,” Jack explains. horseback sorting cows that need to be bred. It also gives Mason a good The benefits chance to break colts to be used on Mike says the Stahlys benefit greatly the ranch.” as part of this program and also help After the females are bred, cows are other cattle producers to know what sorted into groups of 100 to 140 head, they are producing. and four bulls are turned out with a All male calves on the ranch are group. Angus bulls are turned out on castrated in order to get proper the red cows, and Hereford bulls are measurements for the program. All of turned out on the Angus cows in order the Stahlys work together on the farm to produce the baldie calves. year-round to collect the data needed NRSP test herds maintain breeding for the program. data, birth weights and birth dates, as While they are provided the semen well as weaning data. The rest of the on the bulls to be tested at no cost, the data for the program are collected at other costs for the animals are their the feedyard while the steers are on responsibility, including vaccinations, test and then at the harvest facility feed and other normal cattle costs. where the steers are harvested. Each year the Stahlys breed 60 cows to each bull they are testing. In the end, steer calves are sent to Jack says the goals of the program a cooperating feedlot in Nebraska, are to identify young sires, compared which feeds out all the steers in the to some high accuracy reference sires Mike adds one of the best benefits backgrounded at the ranch and sent to NRSP program. The rest of the steers within the Hereford breed. of the program is that they are able to the feedlot in mid-February. are sent to be finished at Haverhals “The test is structured and the keep the heifers to put back into the Jack says feed intake information is Feedlot Inc. in southeast South Dakota. minimum number of cows bred to herd as replacements. Some heifers are collected on the NRSP steers sent to Stahlys sell half to a repeat customer each sire participating is 60. The marketed at the sale barn in Huron, Olsen Ranch in Nebraska. and retain half interest in the calves. progeny of these sires will be measured S.D., in early March. “Remember, the other interesting “By now a large percent of our cow at all levels of production including The Stahlys raise enough feed — part of this test is that the herd is heifers retained from the NRSP birth, weaning, yearling, and the steers corn and hay — to supply the need at contemporary groups stay together program and it is interesting to see will be fed in a GrowSafe feedyard and their ranch. Calves are weaned in late throughout harvest so the data is based how our bull-bred calves do compared real carcass measurements taken. All October in three groups, with the oldest on nice-sized and very clean groups,” to the program calves,” Mike says. data collected will be used in national calves weaned first. All calves are then Jack says. Through the NRSP, the Stahlys have tested about three new sires each year, resulting in about 80 to 100 calves annually. Through the years, they have reported data on 1,187 calves representing 45 sires. According to Jack, the plan is to continue the NRSP program for young sire evaluation as well as for the collection of DNA as part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) feed efficiency grant project. “These cattle are being used to build a nice training population for Hereford genomic tests and to identify markers that can help predict feed intake,” concludes Jack. At the Stahly Ranch, they plan to continue to be involved in the NRSP since it is not only a benefit to their operation but also a benefit to many other cattle producers across the country. HW The Stahly family (pictured, l to r) are: Mike, Judy, Mason, Nolan, Chris and Doug. Not pictured is Spencer.

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Join us Friday, September 20, 2013 • 5:30 p.m. Two hours from Syracuse, N.Y. airport Offering: Cow-Calf Pairs, Donor Prospects, Bred Heifers, Show Heifer Calves and Herd Sire Prospects Featuring the get and service of Denver Supreme Champion Hereford bull, NJW 73S M326 Trust 100W

MHPH 101Y Calved: Jan. 1, 2011 Sire: MHPH 101S Umpire 118U Sire of dam: Blair-Athol 13K Major 101N

STAR 112Y Calved: Jan. 29, 2011 Sire: HB STAR Battle Ground 2013 Sire of dam: STAR KKH SSF Bright Kelly 408 ET

X39 Calved: March 24, 2010 Sire: Glenview 8027 Venture U12 ET Sire of dam: THM Solution 6056

SWDG 2Y Calved: Jan. 9, 2011 Sire: CRR About Time 743 Sire of dam: Dalmuir Red Eye AOBH 124E

MHH 3Y Calved: Jan. 12, 2011 Sire: Remitall Olympian ET 262L Sire of dam: Blair-Athol 13K Major 101N

JB 16Y Calved: Jan. 5, 2011 Sire: MHPH 101S Umpire 118U Sire of dam: BAR J-M Rocky 120L

Y250 Calved: Feb. 26, 2011 Sire: LAKE 002 Kilowatts 104S Sire of dam: NJW Wrangler 19D

RVP 101Y Calved: Feb. 25, 2011 Sire: RVP STAR 533P Can-Am ET 57U Sire of dam: CS Boomer 29F

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RVP 111Y Calved: March 15, 2011 Sire: STAR SJS Walk This Way 179W Sire of dam: STAR 2013 Battle Cry 45S

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Wilma and Virgil (center, seated) surrounded by their children and grandchildren in 2003.

Faith, Family, Herefords The Staab family has relied on three constants through good times and bad. by Sara Gugelmeyer

t’s not hard to get Virgil Staab to say what’s on his mind. Whether it be about politics, religion or cattle, he’ll come right out and say it. But deep down, below his intimidating German accent, there’s tenderness there, and it’s hard to miss when he talks about his faith, his family or his beloved Herefords. Virgil is now the retired patriarch of Virgil J. Staab & Sons Polled Herefords, Hays, Kan., which is run primarily by his sons Brian and Tim and grandson Nathan. Although Virgil and his late wife, Wilma, had six children, sons Brian and Tim are the main two involved in the cattle and farming operations now. Also Nathan, one of Tim’s sons, has returned to the family business to work fulltime as well. Together they raise Hereford seedstock and all the necessary

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feedstuffs as well as wheat, milo and dryland corn on the family’s land near Hays.

Remembering the past Virgil may have taken a step back from the farm and turned the daily labor and decisions over to his sons, but his mind is sharp and he speaks of the past as if it were yesterday. “My grandpa and grandma migrated from Russia, but they were of German descent,” Virgil explains. His family had fled Germany generations prior because of persecution, and they did the same in 1892 when they came to America. “I was telling my grandkids this story, and they asked what kind of house my grandparents had when they got here,” Virgil reminisces. “I said, ‘What house?’ There wasn’t one thing here then. They lived in a dugout for 21 months.

When they got a little bit of money saved, they built a shack to live in. They didn’t borrow money to build a $500,000 house, they lived in what they could afford.” Virgil reiterates no one had money then. “When my grandpa came here he bought a quarter of ground for 1,700 bushels of wheat. No money was involved. It didn’t make a difference whether the wheat was worth $.05 a bushel or $5 a bushel, he had to deliver that amount of bushels to the elevator in Hays.” Virgil says, “It was tough. My dad always said, ‘We never went hungry, but we ate a lot of molasses bread.’ But they survived.” Virgil speaks of his parents and grandparents with admiration for what they endured so that he and his family could be successful. “My grandpa said it wasn’t any worse coming over here and having nothing than staying there and having nothing. That’s what people did back then, migrated out because their country wasn’t worth nothing.” The Staab family is not unlike many families in Hays and the surrounding communities. Much of that area is comprised of German Catholics who migrated to Kansas around the turn of the century. Virgil explains that his Catholic faith started early, formed when he was a child attending church with his family, and has remained strong through many challenges. He and Wilma married young and spent 51 and a half wonderful years together, raising six children. She died suddenly of a heart attack more than eight

years ago. “It’s been tough,” Virgil says. “It’s tough being alone. She’s not here anymore but I think of her everyday. She was a wonderful woman and we had a good life. But, the Lord wanted her more than I did. I’ve got to accept it.” Virgil’s son Brian, who manages the cattle side of the family operation now, admits that it was a tough time for everyone, but especially Virgil. “I know my dad was really hurting at the time, being an old German guy that had never cooked or washed clothes ever in his life. That was a big change for him. Without family and faith it would be a lot more difficult.” Virgil’s grandson Nathan says that although it was a hard time, the family pulled together. “Grandma was a huge part of the operation,” Nathan says. “She made sure she fed us well so we got the work done. There was always a big breakfast. She’d cook us lunch and then during harvest when we were in the field, she’d cook supper and bring it to us as well. That was a big change, but the family was able to pull together and now Brian’s wife, Tonya, and my mom (Gail), they’re taking on that role of cooking for us through harvest.” Another difficult time for the Staab family was when Tim’s eldest son was diagnosed with Gamma Interferon Receptor Deficiency, a rare condition, which causes increased susceptibility to certain infections. He passed away when he was only 8. It was a tough time for everyone, but the family pulled Hereford.org

together through faith. “I was young then,” Nathan explains. “I was just a year younger than my brother. So all in all, it was difficult for me to understand. I remember asking, ‘If there is a God, then how can He do this to my family?’ But through our faith and family and loved ones, the pain slowly goes away. He suffered during the short period of time he was on Earth, so knowing that he’s in a better place and not hurting definitely does help. I’ll see him again someday.” With two grown daughters, Brianne and Tasha, Brian says he felt helpless watching his brother lose a child. “I think the Lord has been the healer through these times. It was hard for me to imagine how you could lose your own son and make it through it. It’s tough.” Tim was working as a farm mechanic in town at the time, but after his son passed away, Tim returned to the family operation. “We got through that with a lot of prayer,” Virgil says. “You can’t give up your religion in those tough times. It hasn’t always been a bed of roses.” No one would claim that. In addition to those deaths, the family has pulled together through Brian suffering a heart attack, Tim enduring hip replacement and shoulder surgeries and many other smaller challenges. Through it all, the family has remained strong in faith and commitment to future generations. Just as Virgil’s grandfather and father helped him and his brothers get into the business, Virgil has helped his sons and grandson. “Now on the farming operation, we’ve gotten to the point where the ground is split up in different names, but we all farm together,” Brian explains. “That’s how we got started. My father helped us get started as soon as we got out of high school. He was lenient on what we had to pay. There was a lot of times he was paying for our fertilizer just to help us get started.” Brian continues. “My dad used to farm in partnership with his brothers and we watched them and their work ethic. We always helped as much as we could, but the work ethic they showed us in the long run has affected us for years to come.”

The next generation Nathan is one of the latest generation to put the Staab family values to work for him and his family. At 28 years old, he and his wife, Cindy, are raising their three children in the farming lifestyle. “Ever since I was a little kid, I’ve been tagging along with Brian, helping him out,” Nathan says. “I worked on the farm all through school.” When it came time to choose a college, Nathan decided to stay close to home and attend Fort Hays State University in Hays, Kan., so he could continue helping out. Upon graduation, Nathan moved to Kansas City to work as a grain merchandiser for ADM. “I was across the state and too far from home,” he explains. “I was spending a lot of time on the road driving back and forth so Hereford.org

I could put in a little time on the farm on the weekends.” That’s why he jumped at the chance to move home and work at the co-op in Hays as the agronomy salesman. He worked there for four and a half years before the time was right to return to the farm full-time. “With my dad getting older I decided to make a change,” Nathan says. “He was going in for hip surgery around that time and he was going to be unable to work for a while.” That was in March 2012, and the family business has been grateful for him ever since. Nathan primarily works on the cattle side of things where Virgil J. Staab & Sons Polled Herefords is doing well despite the drought. “Our No. 1 customer is commercial breeders,” Brian explains. “So our goal is to attempt to put the highest efficiency animals out there for commercial breeders to put in their herds.” With about 98% repeat customers, the numbers show that the Staabs are meeting their customers’ needs. Demand is good although the cow herd has been downsized to about 240 head because of drought. In every aspect of the operation, the Staabs’ faith shines through. Virgil says, “We are going through a tremendous drought here. I lived through the ’50s drought and that was not near what we have got now. We’ve cut back on cattle, but they need something to eat. We’ve always relied on Him to help us out. One of these days when the Lord thinks we need rain real bad, we’ll get some rain.” Despite drought years, Brian and Nathan agree that using technology has helped improve their cattle. All calves are backgrounded to about 800850 lb., then the steer calves are sent to Ford County Feed Yard, where they qualify for the Certified Hereford Beef (CHB®) program. Extensive rate of gain and carcass data are used in decisionmaking. Also all bulls and replacement females are ultrasounded in the spring. Each year 30 to 40 replacement heifers are retained in the herd, and the remaining heifers are sold as breeding stock. “They are sold as registered or commercial all over — New Mexico, Colorado, Missouri — and a lot in Kansas. Two years in a row we sent all our heifers to Russia in the package deal Topp Herefords put together,” Brian explains.

Contrarily, Staabs’ bull customers are more local. “The farthest customer would be about 120 miles away,” Brian says. “Most of those guys come in and buy three to five bulls at a time.” The operation uses artificial insemination (AI) extensively to improve and make changes in the herd. Nathan is trained in AI, and he and Brian work together on getting everything synchronized and bred. “What I know about cattle and farming, I’ve learned most of it from Brian,” Nathan explains. “Even though I’ve only been back to the farm fulltime for a year now, we’ve worked hand-in-hand for about the last 20 years. We just flow really well together, a lot of times not a whole lot of questions are asked; we just do it.” Brian agrees, saying that he thinks everything works better when it’s family doing the work. “What’s really unique is the efficiency of the operation. If you look over the past 10 years of our operation, we’ve gotten much more efficient. I don’t have a hired man like I used to. We have more free time than we’ve ever had and we’re farming more than we did five years ago.” Although the Staabs employ no fulltime help, during harvest a local man helps out, just as he’s done for the past 15 years. Also Brian and Tim’s younger brother, Tom, takes time off from his construction job in town to help. It’s all about family. “I am not going to lie, when we were younger, we had our squabbles, and once in a while being family, we might have tension one or two days. But overall everyone has their responsibilities and if someone has issues the rest of us just pick up the slack,” Brian says. The Staabs also do a good job of passing the torch to the next generation. The Staabs always take cattle to local shows and, especially, to the Kansas State Fair in Hutchinson. Brian has handed those show responsibilities over to Nathan. And last year, Nathan’s younger sister, Emily, tagged along to help. Their younger brother, Connor, is interested in the family operation as well. “My grandpa and Brian have always been mentors to me,” Nathan says. And he hopes he can help his younger siblings get involved as well. And it’s important to know that while Nathan is “in charge” of showing the Staab cattle now, him being in charge

Virgil and Wilma were married 51 and a half years when she passed away suddenly, leaving Virgil to rely on his faith and family.

doesn’t mean the entire family won’t be there. “We always joke around that Grandpa will beat us there,” Nathan says. “He basically got us started showing cattle, but he says he doesn’t like to go spend a lot of time at the shows. But we no more than get there and unloaded and there’s Grandpa visiting and looking at our cattle. He’s been around a long time so he knows breeders from all over the state and the United States. He’s seen all the different types of cattle and how cattle have changed from then to now. He’s got a very vast knowledge about the entire breed and how it has evolved. It’s been a lot of fun learning from him.” Virgil isn’t alone in his support of the family’s show string. “When it comes to show day, everybody shows up — the entire family. “On show day, everybody is there to help get everything ready and get the cattle in the showring,” Nathan says. Like many cattle-oriented families, the Staabs know that the shows are a time for fun as well. “We work hard when there’s work to be done, but we also like to have a good time,” Nathan says. Virgil adds, “It’s a wonderful time with a lot of the Hereford breeders. I sometimes talk to the boys about people I met 50 years ago at those shows.” Everyone agrees that faith, family and Herefords have been good to the Staabs, despite some tough times. Brian says, “We are blessed to say the farming and cattle have been great to us. In the last 10 years it’s been fantastic. There is nothing I would change about it right now.” HW

The Staab family won best six head at the Kansas State Fair in 2006.

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Selecting Replacement Heifers Producers share tips on what’s important when selecting females for their breeding programs. by Heather Smith Thomas

ost producers keep heifer calves as replacements, usually selecting heifers from some of their best cows sired by bulls that pass good maternal traits to daughters. There are many criteria for making final decisions regarding which heifers to keep and which ones to sell, and various breeders have different goals.

Van Newkirks Joe Van Newkirk, whose family has raised Hereford seedstock near Oshkosh, Neb., for several generations, says that in addition to the minimum expected progeny difference (EPD) standards he sets, he looks for depth of rib and flank (an indication of fleshing ability), structural correctness, a feminine look, and pigment around the eyes and, if possible, on the udder. Other factors on his list include udder structure, disposition and calving ease — he doesn’t keep any heifers that had any problems

at birth. He also prefers to keep heifers from the more fertile older cows that have proven to be the best producers. A producer doesn’t always know what a heifer out of a firstcalf heifer will be like, but he has a good idea about the calves from a 10-year-old cow that’s always been fertile and has good calves. “You know those heifers should be able to breed quickly and breed back quickly,” Van Newkirk says. When elaborating on this list, he says fleshing ability is very important. Good-doing cattle tend to last longer in the herd and continue to be productive. “They are more fertile, and also tend to be more docile,” he adds. He explains that he selects for females that are wide and deep, with capacity to eat a lot. “Where we live, in the Sandhills, we need a cow that can eat and hold a lot of grass. Our grass is not very strong but we have a lot of it,” he explains. “Frame size is also a factor. Today everyone is saying

Cyndi, Joe and Kolby Van Newkirk say their core business is selling Hereford bulls to western high plains cattlemen.

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that cattle should be moderate in size. We’ve noticed that the taller, horsier cows just don’t last. We need a happy medium. Generally a really small cow won’t raise the type of bulls that we can sell. They need some extra length, and good depth and spring of rib.”

Good udders, milking ability There are some qualities that are hard to judge on a heifer. “Udder quality and structure on a heifer is hard to judge, at that age. We don’t creep feed, but some heifers come off their mothers quite fat, and we look at the udders on the mothers more than we do the heifers,” he says. Generally, it’s hard to tell from a heifer calf what her udder will really be like until she has her first calf. Some of the heifers from good-milking dams tend to have too much fat in their developing udders. “Sometimes the daughters don’t milk as well as their mothers. There has to be a balance there. A heavy-milking cow will raise good bull calves, but the daughters may not milk as well as she does,” he says. Even though that heifer may never milk as well, because of the fat cells in her udder displacing part of the milk-producing tissue, her daughters may milk well because the genetics for milk production are still there. So milking ability is a trait that often skips a generation. In some herds, that next generation may not be given a chance, however, because that heifer isn’t as heavy at weaning as her mother was. Regarding milking ability, he says that some people have tried to predict this with head measurements, saying the distance from the top of the poll to the muzzle should be about twice the distance between the eyes. “The

theory is that the longer the face or muzzle, the better the milking ability. Maybe they thought that because the Holstein has a longer face, this correlates with milking ability, but I don’t think this is a dependable yardstick,” he says. Many other factors are involved besides the shape and length of the head.

Femininity, carcass, hair coat Femininity is important, however. “You can usually tell, from looking at them, which heifers will be more fertile. The good cows usually have a tidy head and neck. They should look like a cow,” he says. “We ultrasound all the yearling heifers for carcass characteristics, and we look at this a little bit — though it’s not a make or break thing on whether we’ll keep her as a cow. In our business we’ll have a good idea about what their mothers and sires are like. I usually make my culling decisions before we ultrasound,” he explains. “Another thing I look at is hair coat. I want a lot of hair, in our climate, where we have severe winters. I sold some bulls to south Texas last spring and most of the time those producers don’t want much hair on their cattle. I talked to that buyer recently and he said he singed all the hair off, in early March. Those bulls have done well, and act like they’ve been in that hot climate their whole life, whereas usually that first year the bulls don’t do very well, until they adapt,” Van Newkirk says. “I don’t think this is a problem in most regions, however. We do like cattle to have a lot of hair, and it can even be curly hair.” It seems like a thick, healthy hair coat correlates with many other good qualities, including fleshing ability. Hereford.org

Calving ease and more Another important factor in heifer selection is calving ease. “I never keep a heifer calf that had any problems being born — such as backward, or a leg back,” Van Newkirk says. No matter the cause, he doesn’t gamble on having any repeat problems. “We pelvic measure heifers as yearlings, at the same time we ultrasound,” he explains. “We use that data as another selection tool. We’ve done this for about 15 years, and now we rarely cull anything on pelvic area unless there’s one that’s glaringly small. After doing it this long, our cow herd all has bigger pelvises, but we still check them because it’s handy.” Heifers with bigger pelvises might be bred AI (artificial insemination) to a bull that sires larger calves. It gives a little more option on the bulls that could be used on these heifers. “We usually keep about 90 to 100 heifers, and we might pluck off a few of them after the ultrasound and pelvic measurement. The first cut involves the list of criteria I mentioned, and we also use pedigrees a lot,” Van Newkirk says. Disposition is one of the criteria he uses, and he says it’s becoming even more important today. “Most of the people raising cattle are getting older and want cattle that are easy to handle,” he says. One advantage in the Hereford breed is that on average they tend to have an easy-going temperament. Structural correctness and foot shape/conformation is also important, especially if cattle need to travel a lot. “We want them up on their toes rather than walking on their dewclaws. Cattle with poor foot and leg structure won’t hold up. We want some spring to the hind leg; post-legged cattle have more problems. We also want a cow to be wide in the pins. This comes back to pelvic measurement. The

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distance between the pins when you look at a cow from behind can be an indication of calving ease,” he explains. Eye appeal is one more thing he considers. Usually the ones that fit his criteria look good. Proper structure and balance and optimum functionality generally come in a package that is pleasing to look at.

Ehlkes Mark and Della Ehlke raise registered Herefords and a few Angus near Townsend, Mont. The couple look at structural characteristics as well as all the production history available on the cow families when making replacement heifer selection decisions. “We also ultrasound the heifers as yearlings, and that helps us predict whether they will be able to stay in the herd,” explains Mark Ehlke. “We make our final selections just prior to breeding season. I’d say we have already determined 85 to 90% of our selections and there are a few more that will sort themselves out with the ultrasound.” Other selection criteria are based on milk and udder quality. “There are other criteria we weigh just as heavily — such as whether the heifer’s mother milked well, or if she is out of a line with adequate milk,” Ehlke explains. “Udder structure is also important, along with disposition. With Herefords we already have an advantage on disposition and it’s almost a given, but in the commercial black Angus if there are any that are outside of what we call pretty docile, we won’t keep that animal.” In Mark’s experience, disposition is an inherited trait. “With the small number

of Angus cattle we have, we’ve found that if we aren’t careful in bull selection, there are some lines that have poorer temperament. Especially on the registered cattle, we’ve been very diligent in our records. We are getting enough accuracy built up in our cow herd that the offspring are pretty close to where they should be,” he explains.

Selection process begins at birth “Every once in awhile, for whatever reason (maybe traits skipping a generation), you’ll have one that proves you wrong, but mainly we have a pretty good idea about which heifer calves will make replacements, shortly after they are born,” Ehlke says. The earliest decisions are made at that time, and branding is another opportunity to double check how they are coming along. “We usually don’t have very many surprises when it comes to weaning time. Then, by doing the ultrasound on both the bulls and heifers, through the years that data compiles within the cow herd, from the cows that are out working — doing a good job for us — so our breeding is true to those numbers. We go back on the cow records several generations — to the granddam or even farther, so we are looking at the pedigree both top and bottom on the registered cattle,” Ehlke explains.

Importance of milk “I certainly do not select against milk,” Ehlke adds. “There is a certain segment of producers on the commercial side of Hereford cattle, that think we are maybe getting too much milk in the cows, but our ranch environment

Mark and Della Ehlke say their breeding philosophy is to focus on the female.

will support a heavy milking cow.” If the cows breed back and do a good job, and fit their environment, that’s what counts. “The environmental adaptation is quite interesting,” Ehlke says. “Now and then we buy a female in a production sale, and usually those cattle take awhile to adapt to a different environment.” Every ranch is different in its environment and management. There are many interwoven factors that make each place unique, and the ideal cow is one that is well suited to each producer’s own environment, he adds. Every breeder has his/her own specific goals in selecting female replacements, and these goals often vary a little depending on the ranch environment, priorities for cow herd traits, and what the customers purchasing seedstock out of that herd might want. It’s important for producers to set breeding program goals and select females to meet those goals just like the Van Newkirk and Ehlke families do each year. HW

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“If you've been using the right genetics, the genes will be there.”

- Roy Wallace, V.P. Beef Programs Select Sires 1969-2008

These Breeders did! NJW 98S

Durango 44U

7HP105 P42892264 Sire: THM Durango 4037 10H • MGS: CL1 Domino 9126J 1ET Study his data — now higher for CED, lower for BW and higher for Milk, Durango needs to be on your short list. A great choice for your heifers to sire good-looking performance offspring, Durango daughters are models for style, femininity and udder quality. He ranks high in the breed for a long list of economic traits.

From Ned and Jan Ward, WY Semen: $25/Straw; $60/Certificate

Spring 2013 AHA Sire Summary as of 5/1/13 EPD Acc % Rank

TH 49U 719T 7HP107 P43101191

CE 9.0 .42 1

BW -0.2 .82 5

WW 55 .74 20

YW 89 .69 25

MM M&G 39 66 .25 1 1

MCE 4.9 .33 10

SC 1.1 .43 15

FAT REA -0.015 0.51 .44 25

MARB BMI$ CEZ$ BII$ CHB$ -0.11 19 23 12 27 .46 .41 20 25 1 20

Sheyenne 3X

Sire: TH 122 71I Victor 719T • MGS: TH 75J 44M Legacy 103R GE-EPDs have moved Sheyenne to 11.6 for CED and -5.2 for BW — Calving Ease Deluxe! Reports on early calves have been great, plus they excel for calf vigor. This moderate, dark red 719T son is designed for a strong future as a super heifer bull delivering added shape and capacity.

From Topp Herefords, N.D.

Semen: $25/Straw; Non-Certificate

Spring 2013 AHA Sire Summary as of 5/1/13

EPD Acc % Rank

M&G

MCE

FAT

REA

MARB

11.6 -5.2

1.7

1.0

0.017

0.45

-0.10

.31

.52

.42

.43

.18

.26

.20

.27

.28

.24

BMI$ CEZ$

BII$

CHB$

Bluestem 977

MCR

7HH57 43086834 Sire: CJH Harland 408 • MGS: Feltons Legend 242 Trending lower for BW with genomics, Bluestem adds tremendous muscle, capacity and fleshing ability. A standout for soundness, this Harland son offers improvement for nearly every trait and is backed up by a super cow family known for high production and longevity.

From Mill Creek Ranch, Kan. Semen: $20/Straw; Non-Certificate

Spring 2013 AHA Sire Summary as of 5/1/13

Gerber

M&G

MCE

FAT

REA

MARB

EPD

3.7

0.7

1.1

1.3

0.070

0.56

0.27

Acc

.17

.45

.35

.38

.22

.16

.33

.29

.30

.28

Rank

BMI$ CEZ$

BII$

CHB$

Ultra 809U

7HP104 P42959382 Sire: SCHU-LAR 5N of 9L 3008 • MGS: Feltons Domino 774 Backed up by 40 actual carcass progeny, Ultra has the ability to improve Marbling genetics like few bulls can. Add to this his complimentary stats for CED, BW and growth along with his top 1% rankings for Every Profit Index and you’ll see why we’re high on Ultra. Doug did it right when he made this mating!

From Doug Gerber, Ind.

Semen: $15/Straw; Non-Certificate

Spring 2013 AHA Sire Summary as of 5/1/13

M&G

MCE

FAT

REA

MARB

EPD

7.5

0.1

3.5

1.6

0.002

0.27

0.45

Acc

.33

.70

.61

.63

.22

.28

.32

.46

.49

.53

Rank

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BII$

CHB$

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Natural Resistance Research uncovers genetic basis for non-black cattle having a natural resistance to Salmonella and E. coli. by Heather Smith Thomas

isease caused by Salmonella and E. coli can be lifethreatening in calves. Bacterial contamination of food with these pathogens is also a human food safety issue responsible for many illnesses in the U.S. each year. For instance, pathogenic strains of Salmonella cause approximately 40,000 documented cases of foodborne illness annually. Even though many cases of “food poisoning” are due to bacterial contamination of poultry products and fresh

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produce (vegetables and fruit), there are some cases caused by eating undercooked ground beef. Much of this problem has been successfully addressed by better methods of handling carcasses at slaughter to prevent contamination from dirty hides, but some food safety issues still exist. Part of the problem is that Salmonella can be present in lymph nodes of cattle and some of these nodes may be incorporated into hamburger even when the carcasses are meticulously clean.

Finding ways to eliminate or reduce these bacterial infections in cattle is a challenge, but new research in genetics — discovering natural resistance in some cattle to these pathogens — has opened another option. As producers learn more about the genetics of cattle and gain the tools to find specific genes that affect various traits and differences in animals, they are developing the ability to test individuals and select for (or against) certain traits. Genetic tests now make it possible to discover whether certain animals carry genetic defects, and some new tests are also being developed to determine whether cattle possess certain desirable genes, such as genetic resistance to disease. Dr. Steve Carlson and Tim Day, researchers at Iowa State University, recently became involved with PSR Genetics, a company that was founded five years ago in Scott City, Kan. PSR stands for Phenotype Salmonella Resistance. This company is based on a proprietary genetics platform that allows Carlson and Day to uncover various SNPs (single nucleotide polymorphisms). “These are small genetic changes that can often lead to significant changes in the animal,” explains Carlson. He was asked to serve as a consultant in the search for cattle that have SNPs that lead to resistance to Salmonella infection since this is a disease he has studied for most of his research career. “In my earlier work with USDA (U.S. Department of Agriculture), I performed a number of infection experiments in cattle, using Salmonella,” he says. Dayna Harhay, a microbiologist/molecular biologist at the Meat Safety and Quality Research Unit at USDA’s Meat Animal Research Center, Clay Center, Neb., sent Carlson various strains of Salmonella to use in creating experimental infections in 400-lb. calves. Carlson then sent lymph nodes from those calves to Harhay for her to check to see if Salmonella was present in those nodes. “Some of the calves became very ill, but we would occasionally notice an animal that was hard to infect,” Carlson says. “These individuals had more natural resistance and were always non-black. They might be Red Angus, Hereford, Shorthorn, red and white Holsteins, Piedmontese, Tarentaise, Salers, Simmental, etc. We haven’t tested Charolais yet, but that would be another breed that could possibly exhibit resistance. This remarkable resistance seemed to be most common in the nonblack breeds.”

After this discovery, the new company was formed to find a SNP that leads to this disease resistance. “Through trial and error and testing in the lab they found a SNP that did confer this resistance, so they asked me to oversee research in which live cattle were infected with Salmonella,” Carlson explains. “I guided a number of experiments, which did indeed show significant and natural resistance through what they called the PSR SNP, which was uncovered in their genetic platform.” The company began looking at dairy cattle, since Salmonella in dairy animals can be a significant and insidious problem. Lactating cows may have diarrhea and go off feed. This infection generally isn’t lethal in cows, but they can spread it to calves, and the diarrhea may become lethal in young animals. “They couldn’t find very many red and white Holsteins that had two copies of the PSR SNP, so the company began looking at beef cattle, where it seems to be more prevalent in the non-black cattle,” says Carlson. The first tests were in the lab, using blood cells. “Salmonella resistance is fairly easy to determine with blood cells, because Salmonella likes to invade these cells. This was a good way to screen for this trait, just using blood samples from cattle and counting the Salmonella bacteria invading these cells,” he says. Any animals showing Salmonella in the cells were not resistant. The next step was to infect cattle with virulent strains of Salmonella. “We found it very difficult to make the naturallyresistant animals sick, while the rest of their cohorts were succumbing to the disease. The naturally resistant individuals have two copies of this PSR SNP and are non-black,” Carlson explains. After being experimentally infected with a virulent strain, the cattle lacking any copies of the PSR gene were so ill they had to be euthanized within a few days. Cattle with one copy of the gene were susceptible, but resisted illness and death for twice as long. Black cattle with two copies of the gene survived for up to 10 days. Non-black cattle with two copies of the gene were significantly more resistant; the researchers could not produce illness (nor any shedding in feces) in these animals, even when using 10 times the typical challenge dose of bacteria. “The non-black genotype and phenotype is conferred through a gene called MCR. Non-black is a recessive phenotype; you must have two recessive alleles (one from each parent) for the animal to be non-black,” Carlson says. Black is always dominant. Hereford.org

Tim Day (left) and Dr. Steve Carlson, researchers at Iowa State University, are investigating the genetic basis for non-black cattle having a natural resistance to Salmonella and E.coli.

Other researchers have also uncovered many interesting things about the MCR genes. The dominant MCR gene encodes a receptor needed for black pigmentation and also has other functions. The recessive MCR/ MCR cattle are not only nonblack, but, research suggests, metabolize antibiotics faster (thus shorter withdrawal time is needed) and also have an elevated pain threshold (they are less likely to go off feed when ill). Salmonella deaths are not of huge economic importance in cattle. What may be more important is that cattle with less resistance may have the bacterium in their intestines and shed it and may have intermittent diarrhea. “The company also did some research looking at less virulent strains of Salmonella and lower doses of the pathogen. Interestingly they found that these non-black cattle that have two copies of the PSR gene do not shed Salmonella when infected, and had very few bacteria that would colonize in the intestine,” Carlson says. Therefore these resistant cattle would not pass the disease to susceptible cattle. The few Salmonella bacteria researchers found in the intestinal tract of resistant cattle tended to be inactive and unable to cause disease.

Food safety issues The next thing the company wanted to investigate involved a phenomenon that has become evident during the past few years. Some researchers, primarily at Clay Center, Neb., found that at slaughter many cattle lymph nodes contain Salmonella, even in healthy animals. “They found that up to 30% of carcasses contained infected lymph nodes,” says Carlson. These numbers vary by season and region and may be even higher during summer in southern feedlot cattle. Interestingly, feedlot cattle generally have a higher incidence of contaminated lymph nodes than mature cull cattle. “What probably happens in some cattle is they get a lowHereford.org

grade Salmonella infection in their intestines and the immune cells try to take care of it by engulfing the Salmonella bacteria and escorting them off to the lymph nodes where the immune system is supposed to kill the bacteria. But Salmonella is very good at resisting this defense,” says Carlson. Lymph nodes generally serve as a filter to collect bacteria, viruses and other infectious agents, where they are eventually destroyed by the lymphocytes. But certain bacteria, especially Salmonella, are able to evade this immune response by invading and surviving inside the immune cells and lymph nodes. So this immune system tactic simply moves the Salmonella bacteria from the intestinal tract to the lymph nodes. “The problem with this translocation is that some of these lymph nodes get incorporated into hamburger when the animal is slaughtered and processed,” Carlson says. Lymph nodes around the gut are not a problem because they are discarded during slaughter, but others are located within the fat tissue of muscle cuts such as flank and chuck and could be a source of contamination for ground beef. Many of these lymph nodes are small and hard to sort out. Carlson adds, “Beef packers are having a lot of trouble with this issue, since they can’t effectively decontaminate these lymph nodes or efficiently cut them out. It is also difficult to irradiate them or chemically treat them.” The beef industry is currently struggling with this situation because the animals in question are not sick and a person would never suspect a problem. Researchers don’t know if this is a new problem — with new strains of Salmonella — or just something they weren’t aware of in earlier years or if there are more cattle being marketed today that have poor resistance to Salmonella. “The packers are having difficulty dealing with it even though they are trying very hard to mitigate this problem. There

have been a few hamburgerassociated outbreaks in the past few years and they’ve done a good job at instituting the recalls of that beef,” says Carlson. “There is some talk about the USDA possibly declaring Salmonella as an adulterant in beef. If that happens they might go to mandatory testing, which would be another problem for the beef packers to deal with,” Carlson says. This would be just one more challenge the beef industry doesn’t need. “PSR Genetics was able to acquire a couple of these problematic Salmonella strains from the Clay Center researchers and do experimental infections. What they found was that the non-black cattle with two copies of the PSR gene had no detectable Salmonella in their lymph nodes. The researchers sent the lymph nodes to Clay Center, Neb., for verification,” Carlson says. By contrast, all the other genotypes of cattle they worked with had some Salmonella in their lymph nodes. “There were three primary lymph nodes they checked, because they are fairly easy to get at and represent potential sites for contamination into hamburger,” he says. The next step was to look at E. coli because these two bacteria are closely related, and E. coli has

Difference between E. coli contamination and Salmonella Feces on the hides of cattle are the primary sources of bacterial contamination, including Salmonella and E. coli. This problem is why efforts in the past several years to control surface contamination at harvest have reduced the incidence of E. coli in beef; the prevalence of E. coli O157:H7 in ground beef has declined more than 70% since 2001. By contrast, Salmonella contamination has stayed about the same — probably because of the recently discovered factor of Salmonella hiding in the lymph nodes.

become an increasingly prevalent problem in processed meat during the past 25 years — about the same length of time that black cattle have dominated the market for beef. The first major hamburger recalls coincide with this influx of black cattle. “The company wanted to assess how their findings would extrapolate to intestinal colonization by E. coli 0157:H7. They did an experimental infection with cattle of these known genotypes, and found a marked reduction in the colonization of E. coli 0157 in the non-black cattle continued on page 28...

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with two copies of the PSR SNP.” These cattle have resistance to E. coli as well as to Salmonella. “It’s about a 15 to 20-fold drop in susceptibility. It’s not as robust as what we see in the Salmonella data, but still a significant factor. On the Salmonella side, the company has a pretty good idea of how it works. On the E. coli side, this is something they are working on. They have also done some studies looking at related E. coli. There are a number of E. coli serotypes that behave similarly to 0157:H7, as far as being a nasty human pathogen, like 0145 and 0111. From some of the work they’ve done in the lab, it looks like it does extrapolate to those strains, as well,” Carlson says.

A genetic test “The next step is to develop a licensable genetic test that could be offered to cattle producers, using this as a food safety tool to minimize some of these food safety pathogens,” he says. This test might be of major interest to producers who are trying to raise natural, healthy beef. “The beef packers as a whole have some issues making this work, mainly because there are so many black cattle produced today. It’s hard for packers to fully utilize this information just because of the preponderance of black cattle in the industry,” Carlson explains. The past couple of decades have seen a tremendous increase in the number of black cattle because of the popularity of black Angus. “Currently the company is trying to get this genetic test finished and

available to producers. It’s been a bit of a struggle, however, because of the popularity of black cattle. Thus it will probably be more of a niche market, for other breeds and for small producers who want to market their animals on their own,” says Carlson. This test might be of interest to producers who are not raising black cattle in order to find out if their animals are resistant to two important food safety pathogens, information that would be a great marketing tool. “The company is still working on getting this test to the marketplace. One of the reasons I was asked to participate was to assist them with making this happen. There are a number of producer groups who can help push this forward and will appreciate this kind of test,” Carlson says. Many beef producers in the U.S. have bred their cattle black during the past several decades. But this breeding choice narrows the gene pool when they look at all the beneficial traits that they might wish to select for in seedstock. Hybrid vigor is also a great tool. If they have more genetic variety, cattle tend to be hardier and healthier. Producers need to make sure that they always have options for crossbreeding and complementary trait selection, and this genetic discovery about disease resistance highlights an important trait that nonblack cattle may offer in the cattle industry’s fight against disease and food safety issues. HW

More research needed In the recent research that sampled lymph nodes from carcasses in slaughter facilities around the country, the hides were off and the researchers did not know the breed or the color of the animals. It would be interesting to do a study to identify red cattle in feedlots where researchers know there is Salmonella present in the environment — in feedlots where there are different color coats in the cattle. A study could look at Salmonella prevalence in these cattle and see what the different percentages of positive lymph nodes might be. Dr. Steve Carlson, a researcher at Iowa State University, explains, “A few black cattle have two copies of the PSR gene and are partially resistant to Salmonella; there is a moderate level of resistance in these animals. The PSR gene does help, in black cattle, but helps the most in non-black cattle that have two copies of the PSR gene.” Another line of research the company is currently engaged in involves bovine respiratory disease (BRD). “They are not quite as far along with this project; they have not yet identified a genetic test. But it looks like they’ve identified a phenotype test in which they can test blood from an animal and predict whether it will come down with BRD following stresses such as weaning, transport etc. that often precipitate respiratory illness,” says Carlson. At this point most of the research on this front has been in the lab. Researchers have not done anything yet with live cattle, but that will hopefully be the next step if they can find a company to partner with them to expand this research. BRD is a much more expensive disease to study. HW

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Modified-Live vs. Killed

Animal Health

by Troy Smith

PHOTO BY BROOKE JENSEN

f you thought the debate was over, think again. Disagreement remains regarding whether an inactivated (killed) or modified‑live virus vaccine should be used when immunizing pregnant cows and heifers. The discussion was rekindled recently after a vaccine manufacturer issued a press release citing instances where reproductive failures followed use of modified‑live virus vaccine to immunize herds against infectious bovine rhinotracheitis (IBR). The release has appeared in an array of livestock publications.

“It has drawn a lot of attention, raised a lot of questions and generated a lot of discussion. But that’s good,” says David Smith, a veterinarian and professor at Mississippi State University College of Veterinary Medicine. It’s good because more cow-calf producers are likely to become better informed about differences in the types of vaccines and the importance of correctly following immunization protocols. However, Smith warns against “over-interpreting” the press release’s information.

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WOLF Total Beef S11 W25

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WOLF Helton Helen 606 W25 A4

CE -4.5; BW 4.4; WW 57; YW 91; MM 28; M&G 56; MCE 0.7; MCW 94; SC 0.7; FAT 0.006; REA 0.45; MARB 0.02; BMI$ 12; CEZ$ 9; BII$ 10; CHB$ 25 • CRR Helton x W25 • Has show quality

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The controversy over modified‑live virus vaccines flared up last fall following publication of an article in the Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association. The case report featured details of a 25% reproductive loss among University of Wyoming replacement heifers that had been appropriately vaccinated against IBR with a modified‑live virus product. The article also noted that veterinary diagnostic labs in several states had reported increases in abortions in cows and heifers with a history of modified‑live product use. More recently, the aforementioned vaccine manufacturer’s press release recounted the Wyoming case and reported others in South Dakota and Colorado where investigators concluded that reproductive failures were associated with modified‑live virus use, even though vaccinations were administered according to label directions. Also noted was another scientific journal article that questioned the use of modified‑live virus vaccines in pregnant cows and naïve heifers. According to Smith, there’s really no doubt that modified‑live vaccines sometimes cause trouble. Increased numbers of producers are using them in pregnant females, and some definitely have experienced reproductive problems. The potential is there because of virus replication occurring after vaccination. Replication is what stimulates a strong immune response. But, even though a vaccine virus doesn’t cause disease in the cow, the cells can damage the fetus and result in abortion. In previously unvaccinated cattle, the replicating virus may also inflame ovarian tissues, resulting in temporary infertility. In extremely rare instances, a vaccine might be contaminated with a “wild” virus which can directly cause disease. Smith says none of those things can happen when a killed virus vaccine is used. However, he isn’t willing to say modified‑live products should never be used in pregnant cows or heifers. Smith doesn’t dispute the findings of the reported outbreak investigations but says the body of evidence condemning modified‑live products is limited. Much of it is anecdotal, while manufacturers have demonstrated in U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)-approved trials that their modified‑live virus vaccines are safe for use in pregnant females. “There is a lot of practical evidence that modified‑live vaccines are relatively safe when used according to label directions,” states Smith. “Hundreds of thousands of doses have been used, without apparent adverse effects.” Safe use of modified‑live vaccines depends on a prior and sustained immune response. But no vaccine is 100% effective 100% of the time. Factors affecting immune response include nutritional status, stress and even genetics. It’s also possible for a Hereford.org

V accine Debate Continues disease challenge to be so great that it overwhelms an animal’s immune response. And creating a “sustained immune response means properly establishing initial immunity and maintaining it through annual boosters. A modified‑live vaccine should not be administered to pregnant females if they did not receive the chosen product within the previous 12 months. “When producers follow label directions carefully, they have fairly good assurance of safety,” Smith says. “If maintaining a regular schedule of immunization is too challenging, a killed vaccine may be a better choice. A killed vaccine offers greater safety, but a modified‑live vaccine offers greater efficacy.” When efficacy is a priority, Smith recommends that establishing and sustaining an immune response begins with replacement heifers receiving a modified‑live virus vaccine at least twice prior to breeding. Three times would be better. For example, a first vaccination could be administered at or before weaning, followed by another dose in three to four weeks. The third vaccination could be given about 30 days prior to breeding. Booster vaccinations would then be administered annually. The optimum time for annual revaccination would be prior to breeding. However, if it suits a producer, boosters could be administered in the fall — perhaps at the time of pregnancy testing. According to veterinarian Dan Givens, however, research shows that giving a modified‑live virus vaccine to totally naïve pregnant heifers can result in an abortion rate of up to 55%. Currently Givens, who is interim associate dean of academic affairs at Auburn University College of Veterinary Medicine, says there is a measure of risk when previously vaccinated pregnant females receive a modified‑live vaccine, even when label directions are followed to the letter. “The data shows that when you do everything right, giving a modified‑live virus vaccine to pregnant cows may cause abortion in one out of 283 to 300 animals. If they aren’t effectively immunized, for any reason, the risk is higher,” states Givens. If producers want greater assurance of safety, Givens would advise using a killed vaccine during pregnancy. But despite reports blaming modified‑live vaccine for reproductive failures, Givens says many producers have used modified‑live vaccines routinely and have seen no ill effects. “Even before it was approved, a lot of producers used modified‑live product in pregnant cows and had no problems,” he adds. Still, reproductive problems are possible. “If you know your operation is going to be challenged by disease, you have to determine what the level of risk is, and then decide if product efficacy or safety is most important,” Givens says, Hereford.org

recommending producers consult their own veterinarians for assistance. Contradictory evidence tends to prolong the debate on use of modified‑live vaccines in pregnant females. Researchers, veterinarians and producers are divided. “There is no simple answer,” Givens explains. “In essence, we are seeing the industry move toward

equilibrium. But I anticipate a move toward recommendations involving use of a modified‑live vaccine prebreeding, followed by a killed vaccine during pregnancy.” Meanwhile, Smith reminds producers that the fires of controversy are fanned by competition among vaccine manufacturers. Each company’s marketing efforts may

involve promotion of evidence that sheds the most favorable light on its own wares. “Drug companies are actively competing for a big market, so they are going to argue the relative merits of their products,” Smith adds. “We shouldn’t forget that vaccine marketing efforts are contributing to the discussion.” HW

“If you know your operation is going to be challenged by disease, you have to determine what the level of risk is, and then decide if product efficacy or safety is most important.” — Dan Givens

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Animal Health

Animal Welfare Focus Continues JBS, Tyson are implementing their own welfare programs. by Kindra Gordon

eatpacking heavyweights JBS and Tyson are stepping up their standards for animal welfare. Both are designing their own programs with standards and auditing processes that go beyond the welfare standards set by the U.S. government. The government sets welfare standards for packing plants through the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA’s) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) and the meatpacking industry also provides guidelines, primarily through the American Meat Institute (AMI). While JBS and Tyson will still meet those standards, the new programs they are designing will exceed them. Many speculate the new programs are an effort to better earn consumers’ support for attention to animal welfare concerns. “The company [JBS] has its own expectations and is working to build, support and maintain a culture of animal welfare among all its employees,” stated Lily Edwards-Callaway at the Academy of Veterinary Consultants conference held this spring in Oklahoma. Callaway oversees JBS animal welfare programs and outlined the company’s evolving efforts to enhance welfare practices — both at JBS plants and within the meatpacker’s supply chains — at the recent conference. Most notably, the JBS company has implemented a systematic approach toward

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humane handling and slaughter, incorporating nearly continuous audits of all live-animal processes within its plants. For some of the audits, technical services specialists routinely observe and document animal-handling activities. For other audits, JBS uses remote video cameras monitoring all activities from the time cattle trucks arrive through slaughter. Callaway and her crew can watch activities at any of those points on monitors in a viewing room. Video screens positioned in common areas in the company’s corporate offices allow company executives and staff to see how plant crews handle animals at all times. In addition, a third-party audit company called Arrowsight can monitor the same cameras remotely and conduct random audits. Callaway receives daily technical services reports from every JBS plant, including scores for all live-animal activities, and she holds weekly meetings to review the reports. Graphs based on the scores allow her to track trends and intervene early if problems begin to appear in a particular area of a plant. Callaway says the company uses the videos primarily for training. If an employee is seen violating protocols, the staff can view the videos with the employee, explaining what he did wrong and how to correct it. Since the company began using video cameras two years ago, she reports, there has been a steady

reduction in the use of electric prods along with improvements in effective stunning and other measures of animal welfare. JBS also has begun working backward into its supply chain to coordinate animal welfare activities at the production stage, particularly with its Five Rivers Cattle Feeding subsidiary. JBS also is engaged in a pilot project that monitors pig suppliers and documents animal welfare practices. During her remarks, Callaway expressed her belief that eventually retailers and consumers will drive a trend toward documentation of welfare practices at every production stage.

Tyson unveils FarmCheck Similarly, Tyson Foods has introduced FarmCheck, a new audit program designed to help ensure responsible on-farm treatment of animals. During the Cattle Industry Convention in Tampa, Fla., the Freedom to Operate Committee received a detailed explanation of this program from Dean Danilson, Tyson Foods’ vice president of food safety and quality control. Danilson explained this is a program designed to personally audit the treatment of animals at the livestock and poultry farms that supply the company. He noted that consumers are concerned about the quality of their food, the proper use of antibiotics, the use of hormones, the sustainability of production practices and the welfare of

animals in the production process. In response Tyson has designed FarmCheck because the company wants its customers to know that it cares enough to check on the farm to see how animals are raised. Tyson announced its plans for FarmCheck in October 2012. Tyson currently works with more than 12,000 independent livestock and poultry farmers. This number includes 5,000 family poultry farmers, 3,000 family hog farmers and 4,000 family cattle farmers. The company has maintained an Office of Animal Well-being since 2000. In a news release announcing the FarmCheck program, Donnie Smith, president and CEO of Tyson Foods, said, “We believe the farmers who supply us are the best in the world and I think the audits will verify this. But if we find problems, we want them fixed right away.” The FarmCheck program has four main components: animal well-being farm audits, animal well-being research, an animal well-being advisory panel and internal management structure. The FarmCheck audits have already begun on a trial basis on some of the 3,000 independent hog farms that supply the company. Auditors are visiting the farms to check on such things as animal access to food and water, as well as proper human-animal interaction and worker training. Danilson noted that the education and training of workers doing the day-to-day work with the animals is what the industry has got to improve upon. Although Tyson personnel have been conducting the audits so far, the company plans to ultimately involve independent, third-party auditors. It also intends to expand the program to include chicken and cattle farms by January 2014. The audits are being developed by experienced veterinarians and animal welfare experts and are expected to include measures that build upon current voluntary farm industry programs. Audience members questioned Danilson about the cost of such an auditing program and reasons why the industry’s Beef Quality Assurance (BQA) program is not adequate to provide the same assurances Tyson hopes to achieve through FarmCheck. He essentially responded that Tyson wants the animals to be treated according to the guidelines it sets, and said, “We want them [their suppliers] to follow our rules.” Danilson was asked if FarmCheck is being created in response to pressure from animal activist groups. He acknowledged that groups like the Humane Society of the United States “are a voice.” When asked if he considers them a credible voice, Danilson said, “I won’t go there.” HW Hereford.org

ANNUAL PRODUCTION SALE Thursday, Sept. 26, 2013 • Noon • At the Ranch

35 Coming 2-Year-Old Herd Bulls 10 Coming 2-Year-Old Angus Bulls 6 Fall Calving Hereford Cows 10 Spring Calving Bred Hereford Heifers

IMR 10W WHITMORE 2008Z — P43285874

Sire: LJR 023R Whitmore 10W • MGS: THM Durango 4037 BW 2.6; WW 64; YW 108; MM 21; M&G 53; FAT -0.030; REA 0.80; MARB 0.00 • This is a really exciting herd bull prospect that excels in multiple traits. 2008Z is super thick and expressively muscled with lots of volume and rib shape. He is sound, attractive and well marked. Weaning ratio 113, yearling ratio 119, REA ratio 132, MARB ratio 96.

IMR L1 8542 DOMINO 2027Z

IMR 9038W ADVANCE 2045Z

IMR 9051W WINCHESTER 2065Z

Sire: L1 Domino 08542 • MGS: HH Advance 396N

Sire: IMR 408 Harland 9038W ET • MGS: Churchill Dutch -S 738T

Sire: IMR 738T Adobe Walls 9051W ET • MGS: HH Advance 396N

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43284969

BW 4.5; WW 50; YW 95; MM 23; M&G 49; FAT 0.018; REA 0.46; MARB 0.14

BW 3.4; WW 56; YW 89; MM 24; M&G 52; FAT 0.025; REA 0.46; MARB 0.19

BW 3.9; WW 54; YW 99; MM 27; M&G 54; FAT -0.016; REA 0.61; MARB 0.15

• Here is a high performing, straight Line 1 herd bull prospect. He is long bodied, deep ribbed and thick made. His dam is in our embryo transplant program and his grandam was the mother of our Adobe Walls herd bull. Weaning ratio 110, yearling ratio 118, REA ratio 112, MARB ratio 101.

• Here is a complete son of our Harland 9038W bull. Like his sire, he has strong performance across all traits. His dam is a strong producing Dutch daughter. Weaning ratio 106, yearling ratio 103, REA ratio 117, MARB ratio 105.

• This bull is one of our top all-around performers out of one of our most proven Indian Mound cow families. He is thick, easy fleshing and attractive. Weaning ratio 110, yearling ratio 111, REA ratio 114, MARB ratio 129.

IMR L1 8542 DOMINO 2080Z

IMR 592R RANCHER 2088Z ET

IMR 396N MISS ADVANCE 9062W

Sire: L1 Domino 08542 • MGS: IMR 367N L1 Miss Advance 738T

Sire: Churchill Rancher 592R • MGS: HH Advance 396N

Sire: HH Advance 396N • MGS: C Game Plan 2040

43284953

43286016

42986212

BW 2.0; WW 38; YW 84; MM 21; M&G 40; FAT 0.004; REA 0.33; MARB 0.10

BW 4.8; WW 57; YW 91; MM 25; M&G 53; FAT 0.004; REA 0.55; MARB 0.20

BW 3.7; WW 47; YW 80; MM 24; M&G 48; FAT -0.009; REA 0.57; MARB -0.14

• This is a top, all-around performing, straight Line 1 prospect. He is smooth made and eye appealing and out of a really attractive and good uddered cow. Like many of our sons of 08542, he just keeps getting better every day. Weaning ratio 101, yearling ratio 111, REA ratio 114, MARB ratio 104.

• This is a powerfully made son of Rancher that is full of muscle and shape. He is also one of the longest necked, good fronted and attractive bulls in the sale. He was an embryo transplant, but his weaning and yearling weights were well above average. He had a REA ratio of 104 and a MARB ratio of 116.

• This is one of the outstanding fall calving cows in the sale. She is a daughter of our great IMR 2040 Miss Advance 401P donor cow who is also the dam of our herd bull, IMR 408 Harland 9038W ET. This is a beautiful and feminine cow. We also have daughters of K 64H Ribstone Lad 157K, Golden-Oak 4J Maxium 28M, IMR 408 Harland 9038W ET and IMR 738T Adobe Walls 9051W ET.

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Where Profit and Progress Intersect Highlights of the 2013 Beef Improvement Federation Research Symposium and Convention.

t’s been called the event where researchers, professionals and producers meet to discuss discovery and development of technologies for beef cattle production. Usually, discussion during the annual Beef Improvement Federation (BIF) Research Symposium and Convention is related to technologies for advancing genetic selection. This year’s event June 12-15 in Oklahoma City, focused attention on subjects from genetic tools for improving cow feed efficiency and adaptability to the production environment. And there was a lot of talk about the relative advantages and disadvantages of crossbreeding versus straight-breeding programs. Nevil Speer, a Western Kentucky University animal science professor, talked about why many commercial producers do not seek the heterosis, or hybrid vigor, achieved through crossbreeding. A likely reason is that straight-breeding can provide a simplified way to genetically reach consumer targets and seek market premiums. Crossbreeding systems can be valuable, admitted Speer, but he warned producers against ignoring value-based marketing opportunities, such as branded-beef programs. “The reality is that branded beef programs have had an impact,” Speer said. “We’ve increased and

improved marbling prevalence resulting calves may be of average in U.S. cattle. We have improved value or less. Brink believes the quality grade dramatically.” profitability can be achieved with Speaking from the perspective either approach, but it requires of a cattle feeder was Tom Brink disciplined implementation of a of JBS Five Rivers Cattle Feeding breeding plan targeting high value LLC — the nation’s largest cattle calves suitable for grid marketing. feeding company. Brink said “I’m a friend to any producer cow-calf producers need a plan, who has a reasonable breeding whether they crossbreed or plan and sticks to it, whether it is market straightbred cattle. He a crossbreeding plan or a straightcalled crossbreeding just for the breeding plan,” stated Brink. sake of crossbreeding After ample a recipe for creating research and decades cattle that are below of discussion, Dave average for quality. Daley thinks there According to is little more to say Brink, 70% to 80% about crossbreeding. of all packer profits An animal scientist come from valueat California State added beef premiums. University-Chico and While commodity a fifth-generation Dave Daley beef is essentially a rancher, Daley break-even proposition, profit suspects producer attitudes on the comes from cattle grading USDA subject have changed very little. (U.S Department of Agriculture) “I don’t think you need to talk Choice or better. For Five Rivers, about crossbreeding anymore. I there is no profit in cattle that really don’t. I don’t think we’re grade Select. changing minds,” stated Daley. “I Brink said a straight-breeding think you, the individual producer program may offer lower in your environment, need to production and potentially higher think about planning your genetic production costs, but there also program for the long term, not is potential for creating calves switching here and there.” of well-above-average value. By Daley acknowledged how contrast, crossbreeding affords straight-breeding works well for higher productivity (due to hybrid some producers. Others operate vigor) at a potentially lower cost in production environments of production. However, unless where ignoring the advantages of crossbreeding is done very well, heterosis makes no sense.

Hereford staff, youth recognized at BIF Convention At the 2013 Beef Improvement Federation (BIF) Research Symposium and Convention June 12-15 in Oklahoma City, American Hereford Association (AHA) staff and Hereford youth were recognized as award recipients. Jack Ward, AHA chief operating officer and director of breed improvement, was recognized with a BIF Continuing Service Award. Ward is a third generation seedstock producer. He grew up in Indiana and was an active 4-H and FFA member, showing cattle, sheep and hogs. Prior to joining the AHA staff in 2003, he managed several prominent Angus herds in Kentucky and Indiana.

Jack Ward (right) receives a Beef Improvement Federation Continuing Service Award from Mark Cowan, 2012-13 BIF president.

“It’s all environmentally driven. It has to be,” emphasized Daley, offering his family’s operation as an example of a situation where the cow herd must remain productive in a harsh environment offering sparse and low-quality forage. “I would not live without the advantages of maternal heterosis,” he added, noting the crossbred cow’s greater longevity plus higher calving rate, calf survival to weaning rate and cumulative weaning weight. Daley also reminded cow-calf producers to take a broad view. He fears too many producers fret excessively about genetics, when many other aspects of management have as much or more impact on profitability. Too often, they don’t grasp the dramatic impact of environment. “Think about where you are now and where you want to be in 10 years,” Daley advised. “To be honest, that is the easiest thing that I do. I have to focus on things that make a huge difference to me, and genetics is the fun part. Honestly, with all the tools out there, that’s the easy stuff. We better start thinking about all these other issues that are going to impact what we do, and you need to start spending the same amount of energy toward those as you do genetics.” Whether they represent a single breed or a combination

Ward spearheads AHA’s effort to include genomic data in AHA’s expected progeny differences (EPDs), AHA’s Whole Herd Total Performance Records program and National Reference Sire Program. A proponent of performance data coupled with phenotypically correct cattle, Ward has judged livestock shows for more than 25 years in the U.S., Canada and South America. He served on the BIF board of directors from 2006 to 2012 and, as well, participated on the National Beef Cattle Evaluation Consortium advisory board. He has received numerous awards citing his commitment to the beef industry and the training of young people for careers in agriculture. Ward and his wife,

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Erika Downey (center, left), Texas A&M University, and Heather Bradford (center, right), Kansas State University, receive Frank Baker Memorial Scholarship awards. Pictured (l to r) are: Mark Cowan, 2012-13 BIF president; Downey; Bradford; and Robert Williams, American International Charolais Association. Hereford.org

of breeds, cows have become bigger. Talking about the trend toward cows of larger mature size and greater milking ability, Oklahoma State University animal scientist David Lalman said past and current selection emphasis is making beef cows more expensive to maintain. Such cows have higher nutrient requirements for which the added cost, in many cases, is not offset by increased productivity. Lalman cited a variety of research data suggesting trends, for several years, in both weaning weight and weaning rate have been relatively flat. According to Lalman, mature cow weight per inch of height continues to increase. Research indicates that for every 100 lb. of increased mature cow weight, her calf weighs an additional 6 lb. at weaning. The value of that added calf weight probably ranges from $5 to $7. “But every 100 lb. of additional cow weight costs about $42 in added maintenance cost,” stated Lalman. “You need 50 lb. of calf weight to pay for it, and we’re a long way from that.” Also accompanying selection for cows with more muscle and more capacity but less fat is the potential for negative impact to fertility. Less body fat in proportion to muscle means these bigger cows may have to achieve a higher body condition score to be in optimum condition for reproduction. Regarding selection for milk, Lalman said selection has pushed lactation potential so far that cows of some beef breeds are approaching maintenance

levels for the Holstein breed. He advised cow-calf producers to consider what levels of feed resource allocation are now required to meet goals for production and reproduction. “I suggest to you that the pendulum has already swung too far, and we are trying to make the environment fit the kind of cows we like,” said Lalman, recommending selection for more moderation in growth, mature size and milk.

Microorganism studies Among the research reports delivered during the BIF meeting was a presentation explaining new studies of microorganisms that contribute to many body functions of beef cattle. According to Andrew Benson of the University of Nebraska Food Science and Technology Department, the “microbiome” is another genetic component that was revealed by gene-sequencing research. According to Benson, researchers are trying to discover if there is genetic control of the composition of gut microbe populations and how their roles may influence the expression of economically important traits of beef animals, including feed efficiency. Ultimately, they want to know if microbe composition could be influenced through genetic selection.

Udder quality In a committee breakout session, Kansas State University graduate student Heather Bradford reported on recent work to assign heritability values to udderquality traits. Bradford said udder

Mary Ann, and sons, Cameron and Carter, also run about 25-30 cows near Plattsburg, Mo. National Junior Hereford Association (NJHA) member Heather Bradford was chosen the 2013 Frank Baker Memorial Scholarship Award winner. Her essay was titled “Genetics of Udder Quality in Beef Cattle.” Another NJHA member Tyler Schultz was chosen a Roy A. Wallace Scholarship Award winner. Congratulations to these Hereford enthusiasts! HW

Roy A. Wallace Memorial Scholarships were awarded to Loni Woolley, Texas Tech University, graduate winner, and Tyler Schultz, Kansas State University, undergraduate winner. Pictured (l to r) are: Mark Cowan, 2012-13 BIF president; Woolley; and Schultz. Hereford.org

quality can serve as an indicator trait of cow longevity plus calf survivability and performance. She reviewed the BIF guidelines for evaluating udder suspension according to the recommended numerical scoring system, explaining that the American Hereford Association provided scores representing more than 300 contemporary groups of 2- to 15-year-old females. Analysis showed udder quality to be moderately heritable in beef cattle. Results also showed a high genetic correlation between udder suspension and teat size (0.83), between overall udder score and udder suspension (0.70) and between overall udder score and teat size (0.72). “So selection for one trait should result in improvement to the others, as well,” explained Bradford. “The American Hereford Association says the genetic trend indicates steady improvement (in udder quality) since 1989, based on phenotypic selection. But the Association hopes to make further improvement by including udder quality in their National Cattle Evaluation, and publishing EPDs and a selection index.”

Mature cow size National Animal Germplasm Program (NAGP) Director Harvey Blackburn talked about the mission of the USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS) germplasm repository located in Fort Collins, Colo. Since 1999 the NAGP has collected, evaluated and stored germplasm from animals considered important to agriculture. Semen, embryos and other tissues containing genetic information have been cryogenically preserved to secure biodiversity and to provide economic benefits to the agriculture industry. Among the 35 animal species represented at the Fort Collins repository are multiple breeds of beef cattle. According to Blackburn, NAGP resources have been tapped for a project designed to scale back mature size in a cow herd near Marfa, Texas. Management of the Dixon Water Foundation Ranch became concerned that, over time, its cattle had become too large and less suited to the high-desert environment’s forage resources. The proposed solution is to select for cattle of more moderate mature size by using “older” genetics chosen from among more than 300 Hereford sires in the NAGP repository. Representatives of the “1996 era” were targeted for bull selection. For the planned duration of the experiment, progeny growth, carcass characteristics of grassfinished steers, long-term female performance and grazing

behavior will be evaluated. “We’ve got the cows bred to identified bulls, and we’re waiting for the first group of calves,” reported Blackburn. “Results should give us some insight if more moderate cattle will increase productivity and profitability. The resulting progeny could also serve as a resource for production system adaptability.”

Feed efficiency research BIF meeting attendees also heard an update on the government grant-funded study focused on improvement of feed efficiency in beef cattle. USDA ARS is investing up to $5 million dollars in the multi-year cooperative research project involving multiple land grant universities. Scientists involved seek to better understand influential factors and to develop selection tools for feed efficiency. “This project is unique because it is integrated. Two-thirds of the funding goes to research, but a third goes toward outreach, or Extension,” explained Matt Spangler, a geneticist and Extension beef specialist at the University of Nebraska. “The outreach component is the technology transfer part. It involves stakeholders early on, engaging all segments of the beef industry.” Spangler said 12 cattle breeds are now included with a total of 8,666 animals phenotyped. Relatively new results include Angus and Hereford heritability estimations for dry-matter intake and residual feed intake. According to Spangler, both appear to be moderately heritable. He also noted that 10% of heritability for dry-matter intake appears to be influenced by one quantitative trait locus. Quantitative trait loci (QTLs) are stretches of DNA containing or linked to the genes that underlie a quantitative trait. Mapping regions of the genome that contain genes associated with expression of a specific trait is an early step in identifying and sequencing the actual genes influencing trait variation. Regarding the apparent link between dry matter heritability and a single QTL, Spangler said, “That’s huge. It’s the kind of information we’re looking for.” More than 500 beef cattle enthusiasts were present during the 45th annual BIF meeting in Oklahoma. Representing more than 40 state and national cattle associations, BIF’s mission is to develop cooperation among all segments of the beef industry in the compilation and utilization of performance records to improve efficiency, profitability and sustainability of beef production. HW

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New and Improved Meat cut names will be simplified on beef and pork packages starting this summer. by Kindra Gordon

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ith grilling season heating up, the U.S. meat industry is simplifying the names of various cuts of meat on packages in grocery stores. Called the Uniform Retail Meat Identification Standards, or URMIS, the change aims to simplify red meat cuts by adopting descriptions of cuts with which people are already familiar from restaurant menus. The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) and the National Pork Board advocated this change to more consumerfriendly and less anatomically focused names. And, the change was recently approved by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. It is hoped these name changes will “increase consumer confidence by simplifying common names for meat and offer shoppers consistent, easy-to-follow preparation instructions,” according to a statement on the URMIS website.

Some of the name changes consumers can expect to see on meat packages at the grocery store include “boneless shoulder top blade steak,” now labeled as “flat iron steak.” The “beef under blade boneless steak” will be labeled as a “Denver steak.” “Pork butt” gets the more dignified “Boston roast” and “top sirloin” is now “coulette.” The changes are based on two years of consumer research and are expected to affect about 350 cuts of meat. From the research data, more than 60% of consumers in the research project said they would try new cuts with this new naming system, and 67% said they would find and go to a store which used this system. It is the first major overhaul of meat industry nomenclature in four decades. Meat-industry officials explain that the previous labeling in the meat section with names like “beef

shoulder top blade steak” was too puzzling for consumers, sending shoppers looking for a more familiar-named cut. The update to URMIS is “about eliminating some of those meatindustry butcher terms that may be confusing or unappealing,” NCBA spokesman Trevor Amen said in a statement. “We just really want to make it simplified for the consumer when they’re shopping.” The new nomenclature was expected in stores by July. While following the URMIS guidelines is strictly voluntary, most U.S. retailers typically use them. For traditionalists, labels will feature the old and new names. And, ground beef will still be called ground beef. To compare the new names to the previous meat cut names, visit meattrack.com and click on the button labeled “beef common name list.” HW

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N M The Hereford World welcomes new members who joined the American Hereford Association May 1 through June 30, 2013. 4 P Ranch

Matt and Shannon Phillips P.O. Box 156 Connorville, OK 74836

5 Gallon Dog Ranch

Paul and Michelle Geiss 20519 Lindsey Hollow Rd. Corry, PA 16407

A&J Farms

Joseph Horaist Jr. 516 S. Horecky St. Church Point, LA 70525

Ryan Blakeley

P.O. Box 322 Havana, IL 62644

Mike Bostian

3570 Good Fellow Rd. Star City, AR 71667

Julie Brown

P.O. Box 315 Conway, WA 98238

Shelly Brown

Advance Enterprises Inc.

434757 E. 330 Rd. Big Cabin, OK 74332-8236

Gary and Dana Vance P.O. Box 626 Caldwell, ID 83606

Jentry Cain

Meagan Anderson

Cargo Stock Farm

509 Chatham Ave.

Berwyn, NE 68814

6151 Dennis Rd. Marlete, MI 48453

Ritch Cargo Box 155 Towner, ND 58788

Dan Baltic

10112 Congress Rd. West Salem, OH 44287

Carter Family Farm

Tim, Zachary, Hayley and Elly Carter 7630 E. 400 S. Crothersville, IN 47229

Zane Barragree

Box 562 Absarokee, MT 59001

Chapman Ranches LLC Eric and Tracie Chapman 15855 W. Pat Howe Rd. Sulphur, OK 73086-8732

Big Pine Ranch

Jeff Ballew 1019 W. Pointe Circle Shreveport, LA 71106

Mike Cherry

710 N. Euchee Valley Rd. Cushing, OK 74023

Blackberry Creek David Bentley 3333 Brown Rd. St. Louis, MO 63114

Circle K Farms

Rollen Oliver 11115 150th Ave. Becker, MN 55308

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Circle Star S Ranch

Kempf Cattle Co.

Cleland Cattle Co.

Allen Kersten

Charles Scott 1343 E. 40th White Cloud, MI 49349-8899 Jeff and Heather Cleland 722 E. 640th Ave. Arma, KS 66712

Cow Creek Farms

Mathew and Misty Frazey 2049 K Ave. Pender, NE 68047

Andrea and Jeff Cramer

Ted Kempf 56474 863rd Rd. Carroll, NE 68723

2720A 25th St. N.W. Max, ND 58759

Kidd Family Farm Timothy Kidd 102 Kidd Ln. Roseland, VA 22967

Kiosse Livestock

7810 Fountain Nook Rd. Apple Creek, OH 44606

Doug and Paula Kiosse 147 S. Sunday Circle Dr. Miles City, MT 59301

Dale Cox Bucking Bulls & Cattle Co.

Knackstedt Herefords

Billy and Jenny Davis

Michael Krebel

Richard or Sheryl Davis

L&M Hereford Ranch

Dale Cox P.O. Box 695 Piedmont, SC 29673

11894 Lawrence 1195 Mt. Vernon, MO 65712-7127 310 N. 1500 W. Payson, UT 84651

Down on the Farm

Christopher or Teresa Peters 13556 E. Hwy. 28 Parks, AR 72950

Flying M Inc.

Baxter Knackstedt 686 Chisholm Rd. Inman, KS 67546

2802 State Route 156 Waterloo, IL 62298 Scott Lindberg 25411 N.E. 154th Ave. Battle Ground, WA 98604

LaFever Farms

Marshall LaFever 142 Alton Adcock Rd. Sparta, TN 38583

RD Mason P.O. Box 1088 Van Buren, AR 72957

Debbie Lange

Trent Fogleman

Todd and Debbie Lemons

Golden Run Farm LLC

Andrew and Janeen Liston

2602 North Dr. Abbeville, LA 70510 Richard Sanders 8945 N. Wales Rd. Warrenton, VA 20186

Gold Herefords

Gerard and Linda Goldade Sr 2017 83rd St. S.E. Hague, ND 58542

Angela Gross

13830 N. 700 W. Elwood, IN 46036

Mark Herrmann

207 Washington Clifton, KS 66937 2901 N. Rockwell Ave. Blanchard, OK 73010-9296 9422 Guilford Rd. Seville, OH 44273

Locke Ag Ventures LLC Travis Locke 14 Waterhouse Way Granville, NY 12832

Lee and Katie Mayo P.O. Box 104 Dighton, KS 67839

Marsh Hawk Meadows

15 N. Saint Philip Rd. Evansville, IN 47712

Brittney Fisher 390 Columbia Falls Stage Kalispell, MT 59901

Curt Hesse

Rusty McCarthy

Will Honsvick

Walter and Karen McDonald

Ippensen Family Herefords

Joseph McIntosh

730 N. 1750th Urs, IL 62376 1027 S. 800 E. Trenton, UT 84338 Darrell Ippensen 45 N. Co. Rd. 2700 E. Bowen, IL 62316

Johnson Cattle Co. Todd Johnson 3403 KK Rd. Waterloo, IL 62298

Dennis Johnson

1184 Mine Creek Rd. Bakersville, NC 28705

Y.J. Jones

856 C.R. 2510 Naples, TX 75568

KGB Cattle Co.

Anna and Chris Krueger P.O. Box 143 Bellville, TX 77418

26107 Co. Rd. 137 Bedias, TX 77831

286 Woodland Dr. Junction City, AR 71749 2601 Summit Point Rd. Berryville, VA 22611

Dave and Pat Miller 3799 Sherman Rd. Sherman, IL 62684

Miller Line One Herefords Justin Miller 17536 161 State Rd. Winfield, KS 67156

Vincent Murray

15389 Sheads Mountain Rd. Rixeyville, VA 22737

Oak Haven Angus Farm

Donald Green P.O. Box 748 Munfordville, KY 42765-0748

Christopher Owens

1309 W. Ray Branum Rd. Tishomingo, OK 73460 Hereford.org

Painted Coyote Farm

Suzy-D Ranch

Vernon or Marianne Pottas

Dan Tappmeyer

31 Fairway Acres Warrenton, MO 63383

John and Joel McClintic 36860 North Fork Rd. Purcellville, VA 20132

R&R Farms

Adam Taylor

TNT Leighow Farms

Ken and Marie Renegar 2105 Sapp Rd. Cottondale, FL 32431 P.O. Box 397 Battle Creek, NE 68715

Larry and Scot Roederer 1355 Midway Rd. Guston, KY 40142

R&S Miller Family L.P. 1222 Bar K Ranch Rd. Longview, TX 75605

Richard Miller 18921 C.R. 446 Lindale, TX 75771

Charlotte Thomas

Tyler Whitham

Thousand Hills Farm LLC

Jon Widener

600 Thomas Castleberry Rd. Shepherd, TX 77371

8665 Hwy. 641 S. Paris, TN 38242

Todd Leighow 328 Maple Ridge Rd. Millville, PA 17846

Thistle Hill Ranch

Clinton Vanmeter

Douglas Rumsey 56128 826th Rd. Madison, NE 68748-6239

7484 Anneta Rd. Leitchfield, KY 42754

Rader Farms

64 Port Williams Rd. Williams, IN 47470

Rindy Farms

Randy and Kendra Reinlasoder 39087 Round Butte Rd. Ronan, MT 59864

Rocking 673 Ranch Wendall Rackler 15581 N.E. 155th Fletcher, OK 73541

Roseberry Farm

Wild Geese Farm

Lynn Bliven 8499 Agett Rd. Franklinville, NY 14737

Troy Wondrasch

1184 Hawthorne Circle Shakopee, MN 55379

Lorraine Zaenger

NJW 98S R117 RIBEYE 88X ET 43094146 — Calved: Feb. 8, 2010 — Tattoo: LE 88X/RE 98S

KCF BENNETT 3008 M326 {SOD,CHB}{DLF,HYF,IEF} RRH MR FELT 3008 {SOD,CHB}{DLF,HYF,IEF} SHF RIB EYE M326 R117 {SOD,CHB}{DLF,HYF,IEF} KCF MISS 459 F284 P42584003 HVH MISS HUDSON 83K 8M MSU MF HUDSON 19H {SOD,CHB}{HYF} SUN VINDY MISS 83K CL 1 DOMINO 9126J 1ET {SOD,CHB}{DLF,IEF} NJW 9126J DEW DOMINO 98S {DOD}{DLF,HYF,IEF} P42693893 RU 20X BOULDER 57G {CHB}

HH ADVANCE 767G 1ET {SOD,CHB}{DLF,IEF} CL 1 DOMINETTE 490 {DOD} NJW 57G 74G DEW 5M {DLF,HYF,IEF} NJW 832W FAITHFUL 74G

Greg Roseberry 50 Brookside Dr. Jackson, OH 45640

CE 4.6; BW 1.2; WW 62; YW 94; MM 30; M&G 61; MCE 5.5; MCW 93; SC 1.6; FAT 0.003; REA 0.45; MARB 0.22; BMI$ 28; CEZ$ 21; BII$ 23; CHB$ 33

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• Semen no longer available. Contact King Herefords for 88X progeny for sale.

Jeff and Angie Clark 3920 Puckett Creek Crossing 404 Murfreesboro, TN 37128

P.O. Box 2909 Laurel, MS 39440

P.O. Box 75 Melmore, OH 44845 HW

Mitzi Rader-Aufdenberg 970 PCR 514 Perryville, MO 63775

Patrick and Amy Redman

7402 S. Odessa Circle Centennial, CO 80016

Shawn Sagrera

10179 Overton Ford Rd. Ethel, LA 70730

Sandy Oaks Farm

Andrew Brooks P.O. Box 352 Elmendorf, TX 78112

Schreiner Tuttle Farms Inc. Gretchen Schreiner 11701 Rd. 170 Basin City, WA 99350

SCR Ranch

Eric and Patricia Ashmore 3942 Blue Jay Court College Station, TX 77845

James and Barbara Smith P.O. Box 332 Silver Creek, WA 98585

CL 1 DOMINO 860U 42897554 — Calved: Jan. 10, 2008 — Tattoo: LE 860

L1 DOMINO 03396 {CHB}{DLF,IEF} L1 DOMINO 00552 CL 1 DOMINO 637S 1ET {CHB} L1 DOMINETTE 96893 {DOD} 42692477 CL1 DOMINETTE 118L CL 1 DOMINO 888H 1ET CL 1 DOMINETTE 903J CL1 DOMINO 1172L {DLF,IEF} CL 1 DOMINETTE 5142R {DOD}{DLF,HYF,IEF} 42571150 CL 1 DOMINETTE 810H

HH ADVANCE 767G 1ET {SOD,CHB} CL 1 DOMINETTE 7192G {DOD} CL 1 DOMINO 640F {CHB} CL 1 DOMINETTE 6117F

CE -1.1; BW 4.6; WW 62; YW 118; MM 35; M&G 67; MCE -2.4; MCW 123; SC 1.0; FAT 0.032; REA 0.34; MARB 0.03; BMI$ 11; CEZ$ 10; BII$ 7; CHB$ 28 • One of the most heavily used bulls in the Hereford breed last year.

Smokey Valley Farm

Richard and Michelle Shannon 113 Blake Rd. Toledo, WA 98591

Sprenger Ranch Co. Inc. 8585 Rd. 20 Sidney, NE 69162

Morgan Staley

150 bulls for sale annually by private treaty

2550 Burnett Rd. Cutler, OH 45724

Steuben Farms Maple Grove Jennifer Hammond 6235 Ft. Hill Rd. Bath, NY 14810

Stone Creek Cattle Co. Jeremy Stone 1867 Martin Rd. Alexander, IL 62601

Paul Stringer

4870 C.R. 2718 Caddo Mills, TX 75135 Hereford.org

Bill King 505-832-4330 • 505-220-9909 Tom and Becky Spindle 505-832-0926 P.O. Box 564 • Stanley, NM 87056

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C The “Calendar” is a listing of Hereford sales and events known to our staff. Italicized dates denote shows and events. Non-italicized dates denote sales. To make the “Calendar” concise we have used the following abbreviations: association, assn.; international, int'l; junior, jr.; mountain, mtn.; national, nat’l; northeast, NE; northwest, NW; performance tested, PT; southeast, SE; southwest, SW; and university, Un.

August ________________________________ 1 West Virginia State Show, Harrisville 2 Sonoma County Fair Hereford Show, Santa Rosa, Calif. 2-4 South Carolina Jr. Beef Round-Up, Clemson 3 Kentucky Hereford Assn. Annual Meeting, Alexandria 3 New Jersey State Fair Open and Jr. Hereford Shows, Augusta 3 Ozark Empire Hereford Open Show, Springfield, Mo. 3 Tennessee State Hereford Show, Franklin 5 Indiana State Fair Jr. Show, Indianapolis 6 Wisconsin State Fair Jr. Show, Milwaukee 7-10 NCBA Cattle Industry Summer Conference, Denver 8 Indiana State Fair Hereford Show, Indianapolis 9 Illinois State Fair Jr. Show, Springfield 10 Illinois State Fair Hereford Show, Springfield 10 Missouri State Fair Jr. Hereford Show, Sedalia 10 MontanaFair Hereford Show, Billings 10 Montgomery County Agricultural Fair Hereford Show, Gaithersburg, Md. 10 Wisconsin State Fair Hereford Show, Milwaukee 11 Missouri State Fair Hereford Show, Sedalia 12 Iowa State Fair Hereford Show, Des Moines 15 Upper Peninsula State Fair Hereford Show, Escanaba, Mich. 15 Wyoming State Fair Hereford Show, Douglas 17 East Tennessee Polled Hereford Assn., White Pines 17 State Fair of West Virginia Polled Hereford Show, Lewisburg 20 Appalachian Fair Hereford Show, Gray, Tenn. 22 Kentucky State Fair Jr. Hereford Show, Louisville 22 New York State Fair Jr. Hereford Show, Syracuse 23 Western Idaho Fair Hereford Show, Boise 24 Kentucky State Fair Hereford Show, Louisville 24 New York State Fair Hereford Show, Syracuse 24 Oregon State Fair Hereford Show, Salem 24 Virginia Hereford Assn. Field Day, Red House 24 Wisconsin Hereford Assn. Tour, southwest region 25 DuQuoin State Fair Hereford Show, DuQuoin, Ill. 27 Ad deadline for October Hereford World 27-28 Colorado State Fair Hereford Show, Pueblo 28 Nebraska State Fair Hereford Show, Grand Island 31 The Breeders Cup, Mays Lick, Ky.

1-Sept. 1 Illinois Hereford Tour, southern region 3 31 Minnesota State Fair Hereford Show, St. Paul 31 South Dakota State Fair Hereford Show, Huron 31 Southern Circle Polled Hereford Assn., Martin, Tenn.

September ____________________________ 1 Alabama Nat’l Fair Hereford Show, Montgomery 1 Delta Fair Hereford Show, Cordova, Tenn. 1 Evergreen State Fair Hereford and Jr. Hereford Shows, Monroe, Wash. 1 Showtime Cattle Co., Mooreland, Ind. 1 Switzerland of Ohio Polled Hereford Assn. Show, Marietta 2 Walker Polled Hereford Farm, Morrison, Tenn. 5 Sierra Ranches Bull Sale, La Grange, Calif. 6-8 Kansas State Fair Jr. Hereford Shows, Hutchinson 6 Spokane Interstate Fair Jr. Hereford Show, Spokane Valley, Wash. 6 West Texas Fair & Rodeo Hereford Shows, Abilene 7 Genetic Improvers Sale, Newman, Ill. 7 Iowa Hereford Breeders Tour, central region 7 Missouri Hereford Assn. Field Day, Huntsville, Mo. 7 West Texas Fair & Rodeo Jr. Hereford Shows, Abilene 9 Spokane Interstate Fair Hereford Show, Spokane Valley, Wash. 10 California Bullfest, Oakdale 12 Kansas State Fair Hereford Shows, Hutchinson 13 Tennessee Valley Fair Open and Jr. Hereford Shows, Knoxville 14 Delaney/Atkins Field Day, Lake Benton, Minn. 14 DeLHawk Cattle Co., Earlville, Ill. 14 Idaho Hereford Assn. Tour and Annual Meeting, Caldwell 15 Illini Top Cut Sale, Macomb, Ill. 15 Tennessee State Fair Hereford Show, Nashville 19 Holden Herefords, Valier, Mont. 20 Churchill Cattle Co. Female Sale, Manhattan, Mont. 20 Eastern States Exposition Jr. Hereford Show, W. Springfield, Mass. 20 River Valley Polled Herefords, Newburgh, Ontario 20-21 South Dakota Hereford Tour 20 Washington State Fair Horned and Jr. Hereford Shows, Puyallup

21 Central Missouri Polled Hereford Breeders, Eldon 21 Eastern States Expo Hereford Show, W. Springfield, Mass. 21 Elmlodge Polled Herefords and Friends, Indian River, Ontario 21 Washington State Fair Polled Hereford Show, Puyallup 21-22 Wildcat Cattle Co. & Guests, Darlington, Wis. 22 Hausner Cattle Co., Thomasville, Pa. 22 Medonte Highlands Polled Herefords, Orillia, Ontario 22 Nebraska Hereford Tour, Ogallala 22 New Mexico State Fair Hereford Show, Albuquerque 22 Oklahoma State Fair Hereford Show, Oklahoma City 23-24 The Big Event Internet Pregnancy, Semen and Embryo Sale, Republic, Mo. 24 BuyHereford.com Internet Auction 25 Ad deadline for November Hereford World 26 Indian Mound Ranch, Canadian, Texas 26 Mohican West & Guests, Laurel, Mont. 27 Central Washington State Fair Hereford Show, Yakima 27 World Beef Expo Show, Milwaukee, Wis. 28 DeanaJak Farms, New Enterprise, Pa. 28 East Texas State Fair Hereford Show, Tyler 28 Moss Land & Cattle Dispersion, Perkins, Okla. 28 Tulsa State Fair Hereford Show, Tulsa, Okla. 28 White Column Farms/Forrest Polled Herefords, Saluda, S.C. 29-Oct. 2 Whispering Pine Farms Internet Sale, Kimball, Minn. 30 Feagins Cattle Co./Umbigio Farms Internet Sale, Blue Ridge, Texas 30 Hoffman Ranch Female Sale, Thedford, Neb.

October _______________________________ 3 Tulsa State Fair Jr. Hereford Steer Show, Tulsa, Okla. 4 Keystone Nat’l Hereford Show, Harrisburg, Pa. 5 Breeders Classic at Stone Ridge Manor, Gettysburg, Pa. 5 Colyer Herefords Female Sale, Bruneau, Idaho 5 Hereford on the Mountain, Monteagle, Tenn. 5 Journagan Ranch/Missouri State Un., Springfield, Mo. 5 Keystone Classic Heifer Showcase Sale, Harrisburg, Pa. 5 Tulsa State Fair Jr. Hereford Show, Tulsa, Okla. 6 Genetic Selection IX Sale, Spring Valley, Wis. 6-8 Hill & Hollow Farms BuyHereford.com Internet Auction, Bradford, Ohio 6 Ohio Hereford Futurity Show, Wooster 8 Powell Herefords, Ft. McKavett, Texas 9-12 Harvie Ranching Internet Sale, Olds, Alberta 10 Dudley Bros. Production Sale, Comanche, Texas 11 Dixie Classic Fair Hereford Show, Winston-Salem, N.C. 11 State Fair of Texas Hereford Show, Dallas 12 Arkansas State Fair Jr. Hereford Show, Little Rock 12 Heartland Genetic Blend Sale, Perryville, Mo. 12 Maryland Hereford Assn., Frederick 12 Perks Ranch, Rockford, Ill. 12 Remitall West, Olds, Alberta 13 Arkansas State Fair Hereford Show, Little Rock 13 Ridgeview Farm, Alto, Mich. 14 Baldy Maker Bull Sale, McArthur, Calif. 14 Stacked Deck Internet Auction, Mich. 15 AbraKadabra Cattle Co. Internet Sale, Columbia, Mo. 17 South Carolina State Fair Hereford Show, Columbia 18 Grand Nat’l Stock Show Hereford Show, Daly City, Calif. 18 Meadow Acres Complete Polled Hereford Dispersal, Lampman, Saskatchewan 18-19 South Carolina State Fair Jr. Hereford Show, Columbia 18 W4 Ranch, Morgan, Texas 18-19 West River Livestock Hereford Show, Dickinson, N.D.

19 A. Goff and Sons, Harrisville, W.Va. 19 ANL Polled Herefords and Guests, Steelman, Saskatchewan 19 Buck Cattle Co., Madill, Okla. 19 C&T Cattle Co., Kisbey, Saskatchewan 19 Lambert Ranch/Sonoma Mtn., Kenwood, Calif. 19 Red Carpet Female Sale, Wilton, Calif. 20 Blair-Athol/Haroldson’s and Friends, Arcola, Saskatchewan 20 Deppe Bros. Online Sale, Maquoketa, Iowa 20 Langford/Copeland Herefords, Okmulgee, Okla. 20 Sullivan Farms, Dunlap, Iowa 21 The Berry’s, Cheyenne, Wyo. 21 Square D, Imperial, Saskatchewan 22 Strang Herefords, Meeker, Colo. 23 North Carolina State Fair Hereford Show, Raleigh 23 Micheli Herefords, Ft. Bridger, Wyo. 23 Texas Hereford Assn., Buffalo 24 McMullin-Spearhead BuyHereford.com Internet Auction, Copperas Cove, Texas 25 Ad deadline for December Hereford World 25 State Fair of Louisiana Hereford Shows, Shreveport 26 Debter Hereford Farm Bull Sale, Horton, Ala. 26 J&L Cattle Services and Guests, Jeromesville, Ohio 26 Jamison Ranch, Beggs, Okla. 26 Lamb Bros., Wilson, Wis. 26 Oregon’s Cascade Spectacular, Redmond 26 South Texas Hereford Assn., Beeville 27 Reynolds Herefords, Huntsville, Mo. 27 Tri- State Elite, Canfield, Ohio 28 Hill-Vue Farms, Blairsville, Ga. 29 American Royal Jr. Hereford Show, Kansas City, Mo. 29 BuyHereford.com Internet Auction 29 Great Plains Hereford Sale, Russell, Kan.

November _ ___________________________ 1-3 American Hereford Assn. Annual Meeting, Kansas City, Mo. 1 Innisfail Farm Bull Sale, Madison, Ga. 2 Burns Farms, Pikeville, Tenn. 2 Ladies of the Royal Nat’l Hereford Sale, Kansas City, Mo. 3 Great Lakes Hereford Roundup, Mason, Mich. 6 Falling Timber Farms BuyHereford.com Bred Heifer Sale, Marthasville, Mo. 8-9 Grandview CMR Dispersal, Como, Miss. 8 Virginia Hereford Assn. Meeting, Harrisonburg 9 Virginia Hereford Assn., Harrisonburg 9 Mid-Atlantic Jr. Show, Harrisonburg, Va. 9 South Dakota Hereford Assn., Brookings 13 Barber Ranch Bull Sale, San Saba, Texas 15 LeForce Herefords, Pond Creek, Okla. 16 California/Nevada Polled Hereford Assn. Sale, Roseville, Calif. 16 Show Me Polled Hereford Classic, Windsor, Mo. 16 Spencer Herefords, Brewster, Neb. 17 California/Nevada Polled Hereford Assn. Jr. Jackpot Show, Roseville, Calif. 17 North American Int’l Livestock Exposition Jr. Hereford Show, Louisville 20 Bluegrass Stakes Heifer Sale, Louisville 21 Largent and Sons, Kaycee, Wyo. 21 North American Int’l Livestock Exposition Nat’l Hereford Show, Louisville 22 Fenton Hereford Ranch, Irma, Alberta 23 Heart of America Hereford Assn., Greenville, Ill. 23 Kentucky Hereford Assn., Mt. Sterling 24 Nebraska Hereford Assn. Cornhusker Classic, Grand Island 25 Ad deadline for January Hereford World 26 BuyHereford.com Internet Auction 30 Able Acres, Wingate, Ind. 30 Lowell Fisher Family, Spencer, Neb. HW

Plan to attend ‘Hereford on the Mountain’ 2013 The second annual “Hereford on the Mountain” will be hosted at Dave’s Modern Tavern, 38 W. Main St., Monteagle, Tenn., Oct. 5. Everyone is invited for an evening of fun and great food, featuring Certified Hereford Beef (CHB®). The fun will begin at 4:30 p.m. Highlights of the event will be trick roping by Ray Kozak, Hereford cattle on display, live music and CHB samples. There will also be games and a raffle for a Hereford beef package donated by Parker Family Farms Beef with proceeds going to Brinkley School and Orphanage. Dave and his staff, along with Tommy and Kim Coley, invite all Hereford breeders to join them for a fun evening on the mountain celebrating with CHB and to stay for a CHB steak at Dave’s! For more information about the event or area hotels, contact Kim Coley, CHB ambassador, at 815-988-2243. HW

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ALABAMA Campbell Farms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Debter Hereford Farm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6, 62 ARIZONA Mountain View Hereford Ranch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 ARKANSAS Bacon Cattle & Sheep . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 James Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 CALIFORNIA Alto Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Five H Farms/J-B Herefords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Jess Ranch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Lambert Ranch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 McDougald Ranch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Morrell Ranches. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Mrnak Herefords West. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Parham Cattle Co.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Pedretti Ranches. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Pheasant Trek. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 R&R Farms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Schohr Herefords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Sonoma Mountain Herefords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Valentine Herefords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Weimer Cattle Co.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 COLORADO Campbell, James T.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Clark Anvil Ranch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Coleman Herefords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Coyote Ridge Ranch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ernst Family, Marshall. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hall and Family, Doug. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hanging W Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kubin Hereford Ranch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Leroux Land & Cattle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Robb & Sons, Tom. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sidwell Herefords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Strang Herefords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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GEORGIA CES Polled Herefords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Greenview Farms Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hill-Vue Farm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HME Herefords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Leonard Polled Hereford Farm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mead Cattle Enterprises. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nunnally Farms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Predestined Cattle Co.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sunset Ridge Herefords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Thompson Herefords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . White Hawk Ranch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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IDAHO Canyon Gem Livestock. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Colyer Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Eagle Canyon Ranch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Elkington Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fern Ridge Herefords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Harrison & Sons, Hawley. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JBB/AL Herefords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Moonlight Ranch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OJJ Cattle Ranch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shaw Cattle Co.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Split Butte Livestock. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wooden Shoe Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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ILLINOIS Aden Family Farm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Apple Ridge Farms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15, 55 Bafford Farms Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Baker Farms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Behrends Farms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Benedict Herefords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Bickelhaupt Herefords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Bixler Herefords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Bob-O-Lou Herefords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Burns Polled Hereford Farm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41, 56 Crane Herefords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 DeLHawk Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Double B Herefords LLC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Edenburn Family Farm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Ellis Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Eubank Farms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Fancy Creek Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Fleisher Farms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Gen-Lor Farms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Hallbauer Farms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Happ Herefords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Harbison and Sons, Ray. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41, 56 Hartwig, Alan and Austin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Kline Herefords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Knott Farm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Loehr Hereford Farm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Lorenzen Farms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15, 55 Lowderman Cattle Co.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4, 37, 55 McCaskill Farms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Miller Herefords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Milligan Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Moffett Farms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Mud Creek Farms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Nature’s Acres. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Newbold Farms Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Northfork Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Oak Hill Farm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Perks Ranch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Plainview Farms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Prairie Meadow Herefords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Prairie Cross Land, Livestock & Ranching. . . . . . . . 56 Prairie Rose Cattle Co.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Purple Reign Cattle Co.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 River Ridge Ranch & Cattle Co.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Rohlfing Farms/Diamond R Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Rustic Oaks Farm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Sayre Hereford Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

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Stephens Hereford Farm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sturdy Hereford Outlet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sweatman Herefords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Thousand Hills Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Torrance Herefords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . White Willow Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Winans Herefords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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INDIANA Able Acres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Beck-Powell Polled Herefords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 CDF Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Clinkenbeard Farms & Sons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 DAD’s Cattle Co.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 DaVee Enterprises, R.W.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Everhart Farms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Gerber Land & Cattle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Green Meadow Farms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Greives Herefords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Hayhurst Farms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Hunt Bros.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 J&K Cattle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Kesling Polled Herefords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Kottkamps. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Laudeman Family, Gale. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Miller Herefords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Stuckey Polled Herefords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 IOWA Amos Hereford Farm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Beef Resources Partnership. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Casteel Polled Herefords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Curran, Jay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Goehring Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Jackson Hereford Farms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 K7 Herefords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Landt Herefords, Steve. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Rosenberg, James N.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Sorensen Family, Mike. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 St. Clair Hay & Cattle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Stream Cattle Co.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41, 57 Wiese & Sons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 KANSAS 4V Douthit Herefords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Alexander Farms Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Carswell-Nichols Herefords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Davis Herefords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Douthit Herefords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Herbel Herefords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Jamison Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Jensen Bros. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 M-M Ranch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Malone Hereford Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Meitler, Gene. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Oleen Brothers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Oleen Cattle Co.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Sandhill Farms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Schu-Lar Polled Herefords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Springhill Herefords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Towner Farm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Umberger Polled Herefords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 VJS Polled Herefords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 KENTUCKY BBL Herefords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Botkin Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Boyd Beef Cattle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chambliss Hereford Farms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dogwood Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JMS Polled Herefords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Peyton’s Well Polled Herefords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rosecrest Farm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wolf Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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LOUISIANA 5C’s Hereford Farm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 MARYLAND All Seasons Farm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Church View Farm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 East Side Farm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42, 52 Foggy Bottom Farm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Grimmel Girls Show Cattle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 R&T Acres. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Red Oak Point Farm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 SCH Polled Herefords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Tamsey Farms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 MICHIGAN Behnke’s Hereford Farm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Castle Cattle Co.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cottonwood Springs Farm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Grand Meadows Farm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hanson’s Double G Herefords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Longcore Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . McDonald Farm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Neal’s Hereford Farm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RLB Polled Herefords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rottman, Phil and Chris . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sugar Sweet Ranch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Veeser’s Triple E Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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MINNESOTA DaKitch Hereford Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Delaney Herefords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28, 42 Lawrence Herefords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Schafer Herefords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Springwater Polled Herefords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Whispering Pine Farms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5, 42 MISSISSIPPI Broadlawn Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Caldwell Hereford Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Grandview CMR. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 MISSOURI Abra Kadabra Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Bellis Family, Jim D. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Bonebrake Hereford Farm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Doss Hereford Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Falling Timber Farm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Findley Farms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Glengrove Farm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Harding Bros. Herefords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Journagan Ranch/Missouri State Un.. . . . . . . . . 42, 59 Kaczmarek 4K Herefords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 McMillens Toothacre Ranch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Reed Farms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Roth Hereford Farm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42, 59 Schneider Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Woessner Farms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 MONTANA Brillhart Ranch Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Broken Pick Land & Cattle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Churchill Cattle Co.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Cooper Hereford Ranch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Curlew Cattle Co.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Dutton Herefords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Ehlke Herefords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Feddes & Sons, Marvin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Holden Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10, 11, 42 J Bar E Ranch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 McMurry Cattle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Mohican West. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Thomas Herefords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 NEBRASKA 7 Mill Iron Ranch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Blueberry Hill Farms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Fisher, Lowell and Carol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Frenzen Polled Herefords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Gibson Herefords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Henkel Polled Herefords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Hoffman Ranch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 JB Ranch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Linton Polled Herefords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Monahan Cattle Co.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Nebraska Hereford Tour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Niedermeyer Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Ridder Hereford Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Schutte & Sons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Spencer Herefords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Upstream Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Van Newkirk Herefords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 NEVADA Bell Ranch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Brumley Farms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Genoa Livestock. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7, 43 Hutchens Herefords, Lee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 NEW JERSEY Grass Pond Farm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 NEW MEXICO B&H Herefords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 C&M Herefords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Copeland & Sons LLC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Cornerstone Ranch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 King Herefords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39, 43 West Star Herefords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 NEW YORK SK Herefords LLC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Stone House Farm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 NORTH CAROLINA Brent Creech Taylor’s Mill Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Claxton Farm LLC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Double J Farm LLC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Myers Hereford Farm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43, 61 Prestwood Beef Cattle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Terrace Farms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Triplett Polled Herefords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 W&A Hereford Farm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21, 43, 52 Will-Via Polled Herefords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 NORTH DAKOTA Baumgarten Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Boehnke Hereford Ranch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Carter’s Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Friedt Herefords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Friesz Livestock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Mrnak Hereford Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43, 51 North Dakota Hereford Assn.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Olson Hereford Ranch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Pelton Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Rockeman Herefords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 OHIO Banks Polled Herefords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Berg Polled Herefords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Buckeye Hereford Assn.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Fark Family Farm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Grandview Hereford Farms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Helsinger Polled Herefords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Herman Family. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Hill & Hollow Farms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Hively’s Hereford Lane Farm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 J&L Cattle Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Lamoreaux Agency, Brad. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Mohican Polled Hereford Farms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43, 54 Morrison Stock Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Oakridge Polled Herefords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Sunny Side Farm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 OKLAHOMA Beacon Hill Ranch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CNB Polled Herefords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Darnell Hereford Ranch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dennis Ranch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dufur Herefords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Durham Ranch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Flying G Ranch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fullerton Hereford Farms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Graft-Britton Ranch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Gray Land & Cattle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Langford Herefords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LeForce Herefords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Loewen Herefords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Moss Herefords, Allen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nelson Land & Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P&R Herefords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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OREGON Bar One Ranch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Bird Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Chandler Herefords Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 England Ranch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Harrell Hereford Ranch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 High Desert Cattle Co.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Moss Land & Cattle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Oregon Hereford Ranch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Quick Mill Farms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Stallings Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Vollstedt Farms Polled Herefords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Y Cross Herefords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 PENNSYLVANIA Bar-H Farms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creekside Hollow Acres. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dana Livestock. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Deana Jak Farms Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Flat Stone Lick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Glenview Farms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Keystone International Livestock Expo. . . . . . . . . . Slayton’s BearDance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stone Ridge Manor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vogel Valley Farms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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SOUTH CAROLINA Forrest Polled Herefords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fowken Farm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Keese Herefords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . White Column Farms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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SOUTH DAKOTA Atkins Herefords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bar JZ Ranches. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bischoff’s Ravine Creek Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Blume Herefords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Courtney Herefords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Eggers Southview Farms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fawcett’s Elm Creek Ranch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Frederickson Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hoffman Herefords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JBN Livestock. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . K&B Herefords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LaGrand Angus and Hereford Ranch. . . . . . . . . . . . Rausch Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stenberg Herefords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Thorstenson Hereford Ranch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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TENNESSEE Barding, Blake and Jean. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Bartholomew Cattle Co.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Burns Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Circle L Hereford Farms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Coley Herefords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 DLL Cattle Co.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Four L Hereford Farm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Gray Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Jackson Farms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Kerr Polled Herefords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Lone Oak Farm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 M&J Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Meadowview Farm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Mud Creek Farms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21, 45, 62 Notchey Creek Farm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Parker Bros. Polled Herefords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 River Circle Farm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Rogan Farms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45, 62 Shope Farms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Triple L Ranch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Woodard Hereford Farms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Woolfolk Farms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 TEXAS Alpha Equine Breeding Center. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 B&C Cattle Co.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Barber Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Case Ranch Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Doyle Hereford Ranch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Dudley Bros.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9, 45 Feagins Cattle Co.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Fuston Herefords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 G3 Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 GKB Cattle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Glaze Herefords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 H2 Ranch and Cattle Co.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Indian Mound Ranch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33, 45 Kinnear Polled Herefords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45, 48 Larsons’ Polled Herefords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Massey Hereford Ranch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 McInnis Cattle Co.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 McMullin Ranch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Metch Polled Herefords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 ML Cattle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Neel Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Noack Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Nolan Herefords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Powell Herefords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13, 45 Prairie Cross Land, Livestock & Ranching. . . . . . . . 56 Rockin 4H Ranch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Rockin’ W Polled Herefords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Rocking Chair Ranch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Sanders Polled Herefords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Skrivanek Ranches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Spearhead Ranch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45, 48 Still River Ranch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Sunny Hill Ranch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Texas Hereford Assn.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Umbigio Farms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Williams Family Herefords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Willis Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 UTAH Allen & Son, Phil. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cache Cattle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Circle BJ Polled Hereford Ranch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ekker Herefords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Johansen Herefords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pallesen Hereford Ranch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Peterson Bros. Herefords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rell Ranch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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VIRGINIA Fauquier Farm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Knoll Crest Farm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Meadow Ridge Farms Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Poplar Ridge Farm LLC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Rolling Hills Farm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46, 52 Thistle Tree Farm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 WASHINGTON CX Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diamond M Ranch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ottley Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Yoricka Farm Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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WEST VIRGINIA Cottage Hill Farm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Five Star Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Genex Cooperative, Hall Lipscomb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Goff & Sons, A.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Grandview Hereford Farm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Grassy Run Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Haught Bros.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Hickory Springs Farm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Law & Sons, David. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 McDonald Polled Herefords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Westfall Polled Herefords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 WISCONSIN BBC Farms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Boettcher’s Brookview Acres. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 C&L Hereford Ranch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37, 46 DeLHawk Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Genetic Selection Sale IX. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4, 37 Huth Polled Herefords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46, 53 Kegley Farms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Koens Polled Herefords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Larson Hereford Farms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Lietzau Hereford Farm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Lininger Farms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 MGM East. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 MGM West. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Owego Stock Farm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Pierce’s Hereford Haven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Sandrock Ranch Herefords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Starr Polled Herefords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Whiskey Run Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Wiswell Farm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 WYOMING Berry’s, The. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Holmes Herefords/Drake Ranch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Largent & Sons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lockhart Cattle Co.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . McClun’s Lazy JM Ranch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Micheli Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Middleswarth Ranch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ochsner Herefords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Perkes Herefords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ward, Ned and Jan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wyoming Hereford Ranch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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CANADA Elmlodge Polled Herefords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Harvie Ranching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Medonte Highlands Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . 16, 46 Remitall West. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 River Valley Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 SERVICES Barnes, Tommy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 James F. Bessler Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Birdwell, James M.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Birdwell, Joel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Booker, C.D. “Butch”. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Breeders Insurance LLC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Burks, Eddie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 BuyHereford.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Carper, Thomas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 CattleMax. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Conover, Al. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Emmons Ultrasounding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Gay Livestock Insurance, Jerry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Genex Cooperative Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Hoffman AI Breeders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Jensen Live Stock Agency. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Layton, Dustin N.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Lowderman, Cody. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Lowderman, Monte W.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 McClintock, Mark and Teresa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 MCS Auction LLC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Midwest Cattle Service Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 National Cattle Services Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 National CUP Lab & Tech Center. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Red Brand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Reed Enterprises. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Schacher Auction Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Select Sires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Stith, Dale. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Streamline Genetics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 T Bar C Cattle Co.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 T/Big Consulting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Wendt, Kevin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

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