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CL 1 DOMINO 0130X 1ET

BW WW YW MM M&G REA MARB -2.8 52 71 40 66 0.31 0.28 • Truly the “Answer Bull” to many breeding decisions.

Outstanding daughters.

BW WW YW MM M&G REA MARB 1.1 60 101 34 64 0.46 0.06 • In herd data matches Sensation. Breed leading females.

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UPS NAVARRO {CHB}{DLF,HYF,IEF}

MAC’S RENDITON 20X {DLF,HYF,IEF}

BW WW YW MM M&G REA MARB 4.0 47 92 28 52 0.55 0.37 • “Rancher’s Kind.” Covers all the bases.

Daughters productive.

CHURCHILL YANKEE ET {SOD}{CHB}{DLF,HYF,IEF}

BW WW YW MM M&G REA MARB 1.6 60 98 13 43 0.51 0.55 • REA and MARB with eye appeal and profil

HH ADVANCE 0132X {CHB}{DLF,HYF,IEF}

BW WW YW MM M&G REA MARB 1.3 48 75 29 53 -0.18 0.38 • Great females, MARB and low BW with grow

BW WW YW MM M&G REA MARB 2.7 56 94 17 45 0.41 0.54 • Growth with low BW and carcass and productive

UPS INDIGO 8648 {DLF,HYF,IEF}

BRC FACTOR Y19 {DLF,HYF,IEF}

BW WW YW MM M&G REA MARB 4.4 65 103 23 56 0.32 0.20 • “Deluxe Cattlemen’s” bull with outstanding females

BW WW YW MM M&G REA MARB -0.7 45 81 25 48 0.55 0.22 • “Old fashioned” look with today’s genetic numbers

Other Sires: BW 2.3 BW 4.4

CL 1 DOMINO 1161Y {DLF,HYF,IEF} WW 58

YW 96

MM M&G REA MARB 32 61 0.52 -0.07

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SR INDIGO 1181Y {DLF,HYF,IEF} WW 64

YW 125

MM M&G REA MARB 25 57 1.00 0.14

SR NAVARRO 450X {DLF,HYF,IEF}

NJW 73S W18 HOMETOWN 10Y ET {DLF,HYF,IEF}

LBH 39T STERLING 53W {CHB}{DLF,HYF,IEF}

H BK CCC SR GAME CHANGER ET {DLF,HYF,IEF}

BW 3.6 BW 7.4

WW 52 WW 78

YW 83

YW 135

MM M&G REA MARB 24 50 0.35 0.09 MM M&G REA MARB 35 74 0.20 0.18

BW 2.3

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BW 3.9

WW 61 WW 57

YW 102 YW 100

MM M&G REA MARB 29 59 0.54 0.53 MM M&G REA MARB 19 48 0.52 0.08

Selling on Saturday, April 18, 2015 • At the ranch • 110 Yearling Bulls • 58 Yearling Registered Heifers ***SALE FEATURE — Full sister to the 2015 NJHE Foundation Heifer Sells 90 Home Raised Commercial Heifers • 30 BWF F1 Heifers

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Hereford Breed Launches First Beef Cow Udder Quality EPDs for producing daughters with highquality udders.

Mark said, “We have BIF standards for udder score, yet we can’t predict the genetic outcome of sire selection for that trait.”

The mammary system is one of the most important functional traits of the cow and yet until now there has not been a genetic tool or EPD for predicting udder quality in a sire’s daughter.

In December, the AHA launched two udder score EPDs, one that describes the genetic merit for udder attachment and the other describes teat size.

Since 1995 Hereford breeders have collected udder scores at birth. The most recent analysis looked at over 290,000 observations representing the daughters from 24,559 sires.

The recent genetic evaluation performed by the AHA revealed the trait to be moderately heritable at about .30, which means that improvement in the trait can be made fairly rapidly if selection pressure

Keeps A Gift...That Giving.

were released, the Hereford breed has already made remarkable strides in udder quality (see Figure 1 and Figure 2). The genetic trend is evidence that the AHA membership has taken an aggressive approach to making Hereford cows more defect free. With this new genetic technology, the breed is sure to make more rapid strides in improving these important traits.

On behalf of the current AHA Board of Directors and the many Board members through the years who have strongly endorsed the AHA performance program, congratulations Hereford breeders for the progress made at producing a reliable and long lasting cow for the American cow-calf producer. HW

Figure 1: Hereford breed trend for teat size EPD

Figure 2: Hereford breed trend for udder suspension EPD

Udder score

Each year, the National Hereford Women have the opportunity to offer oung ladies an avenue to represent the Hereford breed as the National Hereford Queen.

As the Hereford breed continues to grow, the NHW wants to increase the presence and reach of the National Hereford Queen.

is placed on the trait using the new breeding values.

In 2008 BIF adopted a two-tiered scoring system for evaluating udders.

The AHA Board of Directors followed suit and adopted the same system for scoring both udder suspension, which is how tightly the udder suspends from the body wall, and teat size, which can be a problem for young suckling calves.

“We are extremely proud to have tackled this issue head on and be the first breed association to produce an EPD that will allow us to rapidly improve the functionality of our Hereford females,” says Fred Larson, AHA breed improvement committee chairman from Spring Valley, Wis. Research results leading up to the new udder quality EPDs’ development indicated that before the two EPDs

Udder score

Udder quality is a top four reason for culling cows in the U.S. beef industry and has a direct effect on farm labor requirements, calf performance, lost cow longevity and has a major effect on cow-calf profitability.

The American Hereford Association (AHA) has recently addressed this concern by being the first breed association to release a two-tier expected progeny difference (EPD) for udder quality. These two new traits for udder quality are udder suspension (UDDR) and teat size (TEAT).

At the 2014 Beef Improvement Federation (BIF) meeting in Lincoln, Neb., Mark Thallman, a longrespected geneticist for the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Meat Animal Research Center in Clay Center, Neb., challenged breed associations by presenting a laundry list of shortcomings in the seedstock industry’s genetic evaluation programs that limit profit opportunity for commercial cattlemen. One of those areas was predicting the genetic merit of sires

Over the last fourty years, the Hereford breed has improved the average udder score by a third of a score. With more predictable genetic predictions, udder quality and improvement will be addressed much faster.

To support the future National Hereford Queen program contact the NHW today.

More information can be found at nationalherefordwomen.com or by contacting Carol Priefert at 847-226-5995 or carolpriefert@gmail.com

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by Jack Ward, chief operating officer and director of breed improvement jward@hereford.org

NRSP Data Release from Olsen Ranch Below are the National Reference Sire Program (NRSP) results from the 2013-born calves at Olsen Ranch, Harrisburg, Neb. The American Hereford Association (AHA) NRSP is really one-of-a-kind in the industry, and

through various herds, the Association has more than 2,000 head of commercial cows around the U.S. bred to Hereford bulls. The intent of this program is to identify young sires that could be really influential to the Hereford breed. All of the data

are used in the Pan-American Cattle Evaluation (PACE), and, in addition, AHA has all of the feedlot cattle genotyped to help with the genomic training and validation.

For breeders interested in participating in the NRSP, see Page 24

Table 1: 2013-born steer calves at Olsen Ranch Registration number

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WW ratio

YW ratio

CH or Pr

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Hot wt.

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Marble

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105

105

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91%

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102%

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100

102

101

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100%

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102%

CSU Ram Dominator 4203

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124

101

98

96

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98%

859

94%

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101%

12.56

96%

0.62

85%

3.79

92%

DS Beef 9059

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102

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97%

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4.43

108%

SHF York 19H Y02

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0.73

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12.99

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0.81

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0.75

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4.03

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of this issue for more information and the nomination form.

Printed here are the expected progeny differences (EPDs) on each of these bulls as well as phenotypic data. It is necessary to give a bit of an explanation of the data and why the EPDs of sires do not match exactly to the phenotypic data. First, this is a young sire test, and included in the test are a couple of highly proven bulls for us to make good comparisons to the Hereford population.

Since these bulls are just young sires with basically pedigrees (P) or interim EPDs (P+) and in some cases genomic-enhanced EPDs (GE-EPDs), then we should not expect these sires to perfectly rank according to EPDs. If this were the case, there would be little value to these tests.

Remember that every time a mating is made, the resulting calf gets a random sampling of genetics from both parents, and even though EPDs give us a good indication of how this sire could perform, we will not totally understand their true genetic value until we get some continued on page 24...

Table 2: EPDs for 2013 NRSP bulls tested at Olsen Ranch Sire name

CE EPD

CE ACC

BW EPD

BW ACC

WW EPD

WW ACC

YW EPD

YW ACC

MM EPD

MM ACC

MG EPD

MCE EPD

MCE ACC

MCW EPD

MCW ACC

UDDER EPD

UDDER ACC

TEAT EPD

TEAT ACC

SC EPD

SC ACC

FAT EPD

FAT ACC

REA EPD

REA ACC

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0.32

2.8

0.74

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0.66

89

0.69

32

0.23

63

2.9

0.28

103

0.44

1.35

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0.5

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0.40

0.46

0.41

MARB MARB EPD ACC BMI 0.42

0.37

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0.55

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0.89

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0.84

60

0.81

31

0.46

53

6.2

0.42

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0.59

1.54

0.5

1.66

0.49

1.1

0.62

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0.49

0.06

0.50

0.21

0.46

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0.39

1.1

0.81

70

0.71

101

0.69

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0.21

60

2.5

0.3

94

0.43

1.21

P

1.2

P

1.4

0.23

0.097

0.41

0.51

0.42

0.31

0.39

25

19

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CK Mr Yank L132

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0.20

-1.5

0.69

52

0.60

82

0.63

23

0.21

49

6.3

0.18

98

0.40

1.05

P

1.03

P

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0.37

0.026

0.27

0.31

0.30

0.57

0.24

24

22

18

36

CSU Ram Dominator 4203

3.5

0.48

-0.3

0.90

29

0.86

49

0.88

21

0.77

35

3.2

0.42

13

0.77

1.12

0.78

1.11

0.77

1.1

0.54

-0.053

0.80

0.03

0.81

0.22

0.84

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2.1

0.47

2.0

0.90

43

0.87

70

0.88

11

0.81

33

0.1

0.44

79

0.75

1.24

0.77

1.16

0.76

1.0

0.64

-0.052

0.80

0.86

0.81

0.17

0.84

26

18

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28

DTF Heavy Load 2013 0X51 ET

6.8

0.21

-0.1

0.61

58

0.48

94

0.51

19

0.23

48

0.6

0.18

71

0.34

1.15

P

1.19

P

0.8

0.21

0.076

0.25

0.18

0.27

0.40

0.23

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16

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EFBEEF U208 Fortune Y848

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0.30

0.4

0.69

50

0.60

86

0.63

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0.19

49

0.6

0.25

63

0.43

1.15

P

1.02

P

0.9

0.35

0.075

0.32

0.38

0.35

0.38

0.29

21

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28

Genoas Bonanza 11051

8.5

0.36

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0.77

47

0.70

75

0.69

27

0.22

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7.3

0.29

76

0.44

1.17

P

1.26

P

2.1

0.43

0.033

0.40

0.23

0.41

0.40

0.38

36

27

32

29

H5 9027 Advance 161

6.8

0.34

1.1

0.74

60

0.66

97

0.68

31

0.21

61

1.7

0.28

92

0.44

0.88

P

0.89

P

1.5

0.45

0.086

0.44

0.20

0.45

0.08

0.41

22

20

17

25

HH Advance 0132X

4.5

0.39

1.3

0.83

48

0.77

75

0.77

29

0.32

53

2.8

0.3

77

0.46

1.24

P

1.3

P

1.7

0.59

0.077

0.52

-0.18

0.53

0.38

0.5

27

21

24

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SHF Literal W18 Y90

3.5

0.34

0.9

0.72

43

0.64

90

0.66

22

0.19

43

4.0

0.28

84

0.44

1.21

P

1.18

P

2.1

0.40

-0.009

0.40

-0.07

0.41

0.34

0.37

32

22

30

28

SHF York 19H Y02

6.5

0.34

0.2

0.80

70

0.74

107

0.74

21

0.22

57

2.6

0.29

92

0.44

1.21

P

1.23

P

1.4

0.56

0.019

0.52

0.47

0.53

0.40

0.53

30

21

23

41

TH 22R 16S Lambeau 17Y

7.8

0.34

-2.7

0.79

28

0.71

69

0.70

13

0.19

27

5.0

0.27

69

0.42

1.36

P

1.42

P

0.6

0.45

0.114

0.44

-0.09

0.45

0.33

0.41

19

23

15

15

2014 Olsen feed efficiency: Group 1 – June 23 - Sept. 2

2014 Olsen feed efficiency: Group 2 – Sept. 16 - Nov. 26

Avg. Adj. DMI Rank ADG Rank F:G Rank F:G Rank RFI Rank RG Rank Count 27.98 1 5.57 1 5.03 8 4.88 5 0.81 12 0.19 2 18

Sire

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Final Wt. 1,193

/S Efficient 0925

Final Avg. Adj. Wt. DMI Rank ADG Rank F:G Rank F:G Rank RFI Rank RG Rank Count 1,484 26.31 5 4.46 2 5.97 2 5.72 2 -0.45 4 0.34 2 5

C&L CT Federal 485T 6Y

1,217

25.89

10

5.44

15

BOYD Worldwide 9050 ET

1,287 23.81

15

3.66

CK Mr Yank L132

1,138

26.71

3

5.30

CSU Ram Dominator 4203

1,110

26.48

4

5.16

DS Beef 9059

1,123

25.99

8

5.47

EFBEEF U208 Fortune Y848

1,086

24.84

12

Genoas Bonanza 11051

1,132

25.92

H5 9027 Advance 161

1,188

27.19

HH Advance 0132X

1,122

SHF Literal W18 Y90

Sire

4.84

3

4.59

6

5.06

10

10

5.14

11

2

4.77

5.00

11

4.98

9

5.21

9

2

5.29

7

25.11

11

5.36

1,138

26.30

6

4.85

SHF York 19H Y02

1,165

26.32

5

5.46

3

4.85

4

TH 22R 16S Lambeau 17Y

1,031

24.28

13

4.85

13

5.04

9

Grand average

1,139 26.11

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5.25

4

1

-1.78

5.08

9

0.53

11

0.03

6

19

C&L CT Federal 485T 6Y

1,467 25.66

9

4.15

6

5.27

11

0.98

13

-0.06

9

18

CK Mr Yank L132

1,488 26.24

6

3.77

13

2

4.85

4

0.19

8

0.26

1

13

CSU Ram Dominator 4203

1,340 24.59

14

3.91

10

5

5.16

10

-0.21

4

-0.12

11

17

DS Beef 9059

1,446 25.53

11

3.95

4.99

6

5.04

8

-0.01

5

-0.02

8

13

DTF Heavy Load 2013 0X51 ET 1,375

26.23

7

5.19

12

5.00

6

0.10

7

-0.08

10

23

EFBEEF U208 Fortune Y848

1,560 25.65

10

5

4.73

1

4.82

3

-0.67

2

0.18

3

21

Genoas Bonanza 11051

1,515 26.64

12

5.44

13

5.41

12

0.25

9

-0.42

13

18

H5 9027 Advance 161

4.80

2

-0.30

3

0.17

4

19

5.43

13

0.31

10

-0.18

12

16

5.01

5.02

0.00

1

0.09

0.00

5

210

9

7.08

13

0.04

6.20

4

7.06

13

5.98

5

-0.65

3

6.64

12

-0.05

10

6.40

7

6.62

11

-0.08

9

8

6.65

11

6.50

8

-0.39

4.19 4.61

5

6.29

5

6.40

7

1

5.58

1

5.17

1

3

4.32

3

6.17

3

5.84

3

1,532 26.87

2

4.25

4

6.32

6

5.90

HH Advance 0132X SHF Literal W18 Y90

1,497 26.43

4

3.95

9

6.75

12

1,507 29.12

1

3.56

15

8.36

15

SHF York 19H Y02

1,518 25.97

8

3.81

12

7.08

14

Grand average

1,399 25.38

3.97

14

6.61

6.51

10

22

0.09

5

8

-0.38

14

4

0.07

7

29

5

-0.09

11

20

0.89

13

0.20

3

17

-2.14

1

0.46

1

4

-0.32

6

0.14

4

5

4

-0.26

7

0.02

8

3

6.36

6

-0.13

8

-0.23

12

5

7.92

15

2.99

15

-0.82

15

3

6.57

10

-0.66

2

-0.35

13

6

6.54

0.00

12

-0.06

0.00

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by Angie Stump Denton, director of communications and public relations 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.

Use C for 2015 The year letter code for 2015 is C. This notice is for producers who use letter codes in their identification systems.

For more on tattoo and identification tips, visit the Education Center at Hereford.org.

Reno photos, video available Western Nugget National Hereford Show photos, including candids and backdrop photos, are available to purchase at HerefordPhotoShop.com. You can also watch a highlight video of the event on the Hereford YouTube channel — youtube.com/herefordvideos.

HerefordFeederCattle.com website launched The American Hereford Association (AHA) and Certified Hereford Beef (CHB) LLC recently launched HerefordFeederCattle.com — an online marketing tool for producers marketing Hereford-influenced feeder cattle.

HerefordFeederCattle.com is a free online tool for buyers or sellers to view, list or purchase Hereford-influenced cattle.

Producers can list cattle for sale under three options — live auction, video/ internet auction and private treaty.

There are no fees, commissions or obligations imposed upon the buyer or the seller. The listing’s purpose is to help promote Hereford-influenced feeder cattle selling throughout the country and to connect those producers with interested buyers.

The service is open to all Hereford and Hereford-influenced cattle producers. Producers and/ or their representatives can list cattle by completing a form online at HerefordFeederCattle.com.

Newly received listings should appear on the website within two business days. Feeder cattle information is distributed to select Certified Hereford Beef cattle feeders. If you would like more information about HerefordFeederCattle.com, please contact CHB LLC Supply Chain Manager Trey

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Befort at 816-842-3757 or tbefort@herefordbeef.org.

Take advantage of Herefordinfluenced feeder calf sales Consigning Hereford and Herefordinfluenced calves to a special Hereford sale not only provides a great outlet for buyers interested in Hereford genetics but also may result in a premium for the seller. Contact these organizers today for the specific requirements of each sale.

Many have a consignment deadline, and the earlier you commit your stock, the better advertisement your calves will get. Whether you have one head or 100, one of these sales may be the perfect marketing outlet for you: Beatrice 77 Livestock Hereford Influenced Sale Monday, Feb. 2 Beatrice 77 Livestock, Beatrice, Neb. Beatrice77.net Mitchell Livestock Hereford Influenced Feeder Cattle Sale Thursday, Feb. 19 Mitchell Livestock, Mitchell, S.D. Contact: Preston Burma 605-680-0448, Phil Eggers 605-351-5438 ESFherefords@ aol.com, Tim Moody 605-770-6544 Tennessee Hereford Marketing Program Feeder Calf Sale Thursday, April 16 Tennessee Livestock Producers, Columbia, Tenn.

Contact: John Woolfolk 731-225-2620 or woolfolkfarms@yahoo.com, Darrell Ailshie 931-212-8512 Tennesseelivestockproducers.com Kentucky Certified Hereford Influenced Sale Thursday, May 14 Bluegrass Stockyards South, Stanford, Ky. Contact: Lowell Atwood 606-669-1455, John Meents 419-306-7480 Bgstockyards.com

Hereford offers internships, ambassador program The AHA is offering several opportunities this summer for college students hoping to further their education and gain valuable real-world experience working with youth activities and communication/ marketing projects.

Junior activities internship — The AHA youth department is offering college juniors or seniors the opportunity to assist with the planning and execution of junior shows and leadership events and to gain experience in association work.

Applicants must be enrolled in an agriculture-related major and should be self-starters who are detail-oriented and outgoing and have the ability to work well with all types of people. Travel to the Junior National Hereford Expo (JNHE) and other shows should be expected as part of the internship.

The internship will span from approximately mid-May to mid-August, with specific starting and ending dates depending on applicant’s availability.

Applicants for the junior activities intern can send a cover letter, résumé and references by Feb. 15 to Amy Cowan, AHA director of youth activities, P.O. Box 014059, Kansas City, MO 64101. For more information, contact Cowan at 816-842-3757 or acowan@hereford.org.

Hereford Publications Inc. (HPI) internship — HPI is offering a communications internship for college juniors or seniors to assist with projects of the Creative Services department and production of the Herd Book, August and September Hereford World issues. The internship will provide experience in feature writing, photography, editing, proofing, communicating with clients and managing projects.

Applicants must be working toward a degree in agriculture communications or agriculture journalism. Writing and editing skills are required along

with knowledge of Microsoft Office programs, InDesign, Photoshop and AP (Associated Press) style.

The internship will span from approximately mid-May to mid-August, with specific starting and ending dates depending on applicant’s availability.

Applications are due Feb. 15.

Communication internship applicants can send a cover letter, résumé and three writing samples and references to Caryn Vaught, HPI production manager, P.O. Box 014059, Kansas City, MO, 64101. For more information, contact Vaught at 816-8423757 or cvaught@hereford.org.

The AHA communications department has been selected to host the 2015 American Agricultural Editors’ Association (AAEA) marketing communications intern.

The intern will assist with AHA communication and marketing projects such as Hereford eNews, writing press releases about the breed and other events, the maintenance and updating of Hereford.org and social media projects as well as the Hereford Events App. The intern will also help with development of educational YouTube videos.

The AAEA intern will earn a $4,500 stipend for approximately 10 weeks and another $1,000 toward the cost of attending the Agricultural Media Summit in Scottsdale, Ariz., July 26 to 29, 2015. This internship is made possible through grants from the AAEA Professional Improvement Foundation.

Applications for the AAEAsponsored internship are available at ageditors.com and are due Feb. 1. If you have questions about the internship or the application process, contact Angie Stump Denton, AHA director of communications and public relations, at 785-562-6197 or adenton@hereford.org.

College students can also apply for the JNHE ambassador program.

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Gant Polled Herefords & Angus Annual Sale

Feb. 27, 2015 Platte Livestock Sale Barn Platte, S.D.

Selling 60

2-year-old bulls

GANT VICTOR 385A

Sire: TH 122 71I VICTOR 719T {CHB}{DLF,HYF,IEF}

CE 2.4; BW 4.8; WW 63; YW 100; MM 29; M&G 61

GANT LAMBAEU 317A

...What’s New continued from page 10

throughout the JNHE week — June 28 to July 3 — in Grand Island, Neb. The five ambassador positions are: 1. Contest coordinator — help with the facilitation of the 22 contests and scholarships including working with state advisors, the National Hereford Women and the NJHA boards, judges, awards, etc.

2. Event coordinator — assist with organization of opening ceremonies, the awards banquet along with Hereford Youth Foundation of America (HYFA) activities, NJHA delegate and membership meetings, and various

One hundred and four dedicated Hereford breeders achieved Gold TPR™ (Total Performance Records) status for spring 2015, according to the American Hereford Association (AHA).

Also, the AHA has released the updated EPDs for spring 2015. The EPDs and the updated Trends, Traits and Distributions report is available online at Hereford.org.

The Gold TPR Breeder recognition is presented to progressive Hereford breeders who have measured traits and collected and promptly submitted performance data at all levels of production.

“The reason the Gold TPR program was established was to recognize those breeders who go the extra mile to collect data at all levels of production and report that data in a timely manner,” says AHA Chief Operating Officer and Director of Breed Improvement Jack Ward.

Since the program’s inception in 2005, Hereford breeders have increased their data collection efforts.

Breeders must meet a specific set of requirements in order to be eligible for the program. They are: • Herd inventory submitted prior to date inventory surcharge goes into effect. ease and reproductive status for each dam on inventory.

{SOD}{CHB}{DLF,HYF,IEF}

CE 5.6; BW -0.2; WW 43; YW 82; MM 18; M&G 40

Gant Polled Herefords & Angus Dennis Gant 605-337-2564 Cell 605-680-1542 37214 285th St. Geddes, S.D. Mark Gant 605-337-2340 Cell 605-680-1540 P.O. Box 15 Geddes, S.D. markgant@midstatesd.net 12

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selling tickets, facilitating questions and making general announcements, etc. Responsibilities will also include coordinating people check-in.

Candidates must be a 2015 high school graduate or older and must have had national show experience.

Ambassadors cannot be exhibitors or competitors at the 2015 JNHE. Ambassador applications are available online at JrHereford.org/jnheambassador and are due March 15. HW

AHA announces Spring 2015 Gold TPR breeders

• Complete reporting of calving

Sire: TUNDRA 63N

special events that occur throughout the week.

3. Marketing coordinator — be responsible for managing all social media outlets including posting event photos, results, videos, etc.

4. Operations assistant — help coordinate trade show vendors, the state basket silent auction, meals and shows. Responsibilities will also include showring set up and maintenance as needed.

5. Show office assistant — coordinate the show office by assisting exhibitors and families as needed,

• Complete reporting of birth weights for all live calves recorded in the calf crop.

• Complete reporting of weaning weights for all live calves recorded in the calf crop.

• Complete reporting of yearling weights for all live calves recorded in the calf crop.

• Complete reporting of scrotal measurements for each bull calf with a recorded yearling weight.

• Ultrasound data reported on 25% or more of the calf crop.

Note: For weaning and yearling weights, disposal codes are accepted if the animal has been removed from the herd.

The following Hereford breeders were recognized as spring 2015 Gold TPR Breeders, organized by state:

Alabama

Drummond Mine Ranch, Hanceville

Arkansas

David and Juanita Jennings, Rogers Triple S Ranch, De Queen

California

Colorado

Coyote Ridge Ranch, Lasalle Leroux Herefords, Windsor

Georgia

Gary Hedrick, Marietta

Idaho

JBB/AL Herefords, Gooding Shaw Cattle Co. Inc., Caldwell

Indiana

Elzemeyer Polled Herefords, Richmond Grieves Herefords, W. Lafayette S.E. Lawrence Polled Herefords, Avilla Charles Robison, Mulberry

Iowa

K7 Herefords, Lockridge Sheriff Polled Herefords, Orient Simpson Polled Herefords, Redfield

Kansas

Alexander Farms, Gypsum Brannan & Reinhardt, Otis CK Ranch, Brookville Douthit-Downey Land & Cattle, St. Francis Mike Flory, Lawrence Gustafson Herefords, Junction City Frank Hug & Sons, Scranton Kevin Jensen, Courtland Mill Creek Ranch, Alma Red Rock Cattle, Medicine Lodge Sandhill Farms/Kevin Schultz, Haviland Allan Shumaker, Wetmore Springhill Hereford Farms, Blue Rapids VJS Polled Herefords, Hays

Maryland

Church View Farm Inc., Millersville

Michigan

Grand Meadows Farm, Ada Ronald Macnaughton, Grand Ledge Veesers Triple E Hereford Farm, Powers

Minnesota

Bellefy Herefords, Bagley Krogstad Polled Herefords, Fertile Kruse Polled Herefords, Harris Lester Schafer, Buffalo Lake

Missouri

Kenneth & Carleen Buchanan, Higginsville L III Farms, Rogersville Nickelson Farms, Belgrade Rolling Hills Acres, St. Elizabeth

Montana

Churchill Cattle Co., Manhattan Mark Cooper, Willow Creek Holden Herefords, Valier Storey Hereford Ranch, Bozeman Richard & Shirley Thomas, Gold Creek Wichman Herefords, Moore

Nebraska

Blueberry Hill Farms Inc., Norfolk Frenzen Polled Herefords, Fullerton JB Ranch, Wayne KEG Herefords, Valentine Linton Polled Herefords, Miller Monahan Cattle Co., Hyannis Alfred Schutte & Sons, Guide Rock Sellman Ranch, Crawford

Nevada

Genoa Livestock LLC, Minden

New York

John and Kathi Wagner, Catskill

North Carolina

Harry W. Myers Jr., Statesville

North Dakota

Carters Polled Herefords, Rocklake Friedt Herefords, Mott Stuber Ranch, Bowman

Ohio

Douglas Banks, Hamilton Rex Bradford, St. Marys Brielmaier Farm, Cincinatti

Oregon

Quentin and Gayle Cook, Vale Harrell Hereford Ranch, Baker City High Desert Cattle Co., Canyon City Greg Thomas, Bonanza

Pennsylvania

Flat Stone Lick, Marianna Vogel Valley Farms, Evans City

South Dakota

Baker Hereford Ranch, Rapid City Bar JZ Polled Herefords, Holabird Frederickson Ranch, Spearfish Hillsview Farms, Eureka Eldon Lee Olthoff, Emery Mike and Lori Peskey, Iroquois Rausch Herefords, Hoven Ravine Creek Ranch, Huron Thorstenson Hereford Ranch, Selby

Tennessee

Hill Vue Farm, Cleveland Walker Polled Hereford Farm, Morrison

Texas

Flying S Herefords, Dallas Indian Mound Ranch, Canadian JP Family Limited Partnership, San Angelo Ledbetter Cattle Co., Wheeler P&J Polled Herefords, La Vernia Spearhead Ranch, Copperas Cove Still River Ranch, Van Alsytne Texas Stardance Cattle LLC, Hamilton Willis Polled Herefords, Emory

Virginia

Bay Brook Farm, Dabneys Deer Track Farm, Spotsylvania Knoll Crest Farm, Red House Meadow Ridge Farms Inc., Broadway Mountain Lion Meadow Farm, Concord J.B. Persinger Jr., Covington Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, Blacksburg

Wisconsin

Huth Polled Herefords, Oakfield Owego Stock Farm, Argyle

West Virginia

Five Star Polled Herefords, Smithville West Virginia University, Morgantown

Wyoming

Ned and Jan Ward, Sheridan HW

Gino Pedretti, El Nido Sonoma Mountain Herefords, Santa Rosa Hereford.org

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MEMBER SERVICE

by Christy Bradshaw, AHA education coordinator cbradshaw@hereford.org

AHA records department Please be prepared when calling the American Hereford Association (AHA) records department as the winter months are the busiest time of year. To make the call more efficient, members are encouraged to have their member number ready. This will speed up the process of helping with a specific request. If you don’t know your member number, please ask the records department the next time you call or go to Hereford.org, and use the member inquiry search tool to view your membership information.

National Reference Sire Program (NRSP) nomination deadline is March 1 The final date to nominate sires for spring breeding in the NRSP is March 1.

Please go to Hereford.org/NRSP for a nomination application.

Whole Herd Total Performance Record (TPR™) spring inventory deadline is March 1 Don’t forget to update and submit spring 2015 inventories by March 1.

Inventories submitted after this date will incur an additional $2 per head surcharge on every female maintained on inventory.

Whole Herd TPR™ inventory tips

FAQ

• Replacement heifers won’t appear on

Q: My steer calf that I plan to exhibit at the Junior National Hereford Expo (JNHE) is by an artificial insemination (AI) sire. Do I need an AI certificate to register my steer?

A: Yes, if you want to register your steer to show at the JNHE, you will need an AI certificate to complete registration. All steers showing at the 2015 JNHE must have a registration certificate and be out of a registered sire and dam.

the inventory until they have reached at least 18 months of age.

• If you sell a cow and “Transfer” her

registration to the new owner, she will remain on your inventory until you remove her using the disposal code “T-sold with papers.”

• Multi-owned cows should be kept

on inventory if breeders intend to register calves out of them.

29th Annual

57th

MARCH 6, 7, 8, 2015

SELLING: 60 LOTS SCHEDULE OF EVENTS Show: Friday, March 6, 2015 • 1 p.m.

Sale: Saturday, March 7, 2015 • New Market Hall • 1:00 p.m.

Junior Show: Sunday, March 8, 2015 • 8 a.m.

Q: How do I request a DNA kit?

A: Call AHA customer service at 816-842-3757 to request a DNA test kit, or email requests to records@hereford.org.

Please note: When you email a DNA request, please provide your member number, the animal’s registration number and the reason for DNA testing (AI certification, walking herd sire, embryo transfer (ET) permit, etc.).

Q: Do I have to have an authorized user account to use the expected progeny difference (EPD) search feature at Hereford.org?

A: No, you do not have to have an authorized user account to use the EPD search feature found on the Hereford.org website. When you go to Hereford.org and click on “EPD Search,” you have the option of entering as a “Guest” or as an “Authorized User.”

Click on “Guest” to use the EPD search feature without having to enter login information. However, if you would like your own authorized user account, email your member number to records@hereford.org.

The only requirement to be an authorized user is that you must be a current AHA member. HW

This is a Jackpot Show open to all 4-H/FFA members regardless of residence

416B • P43494415

He sells. Jan. 2014 son of NJW 73S W18 Hometown 10Y ET

4310 • P43495117

She sells. April 2014 daughter of Loewen P20 60W 16Z

Auctioneer: Dale Stith 918-760-1550 14

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363 • P43469450

He sells. Nov. 2013 son of H W4 Grizzly 0146 ET

318B • P43464758

He sells. March 2014 son of Boyd Worldwide 9050

432 • 43498290

She sells. April 2014 daughter of RC MR Tonka 169 For catalog, contact:

Earlene Thomas, Secretary, Kentucky Hereford Association 2396 Union City Rd. • Richmond, KY 40475 859-623-5734 Hereford.org

COLYER HEREFORDS 35th Annual Production Sale

241 head sell!

134 Hereford bulls 66 Angus bulls

Monday, February 23, 2015

Includes 2-year olds, junior and senior bulls Complete performance data including EPDs, pelvic, scrotal measurement, ultrasound and carcass data

At the Ranch — Bruneau, Idaho

41 Hereford heifers

C Miles McKee 2103 ET

Sale catalog is available on our website www.hereford.com

2014 Denver Supreme Champion and World Record Selling Bull 26 Sons and 8 daughters sell

Colyer bulls are affordable!

Live Internet Bidding For more information, visit www.liveauctions.tv

Last year 74% of the 198 bulls brought less than $5,000.

The average bull in this year’s sale ranks in the top 10% in the nation for Milk, top 30% for Yearling, top 30% for Marbling, top 15% for REA and CHB$.

BW 2.5 WW 54 YW 91 MM 22 REA 0.38 MARB 0.33 Lot 82 — C R111 Hometown 4230 ET

Top 25% WW, top 20% YW, top 2% MARB, top 35% REA, top 10% CHB$ Without question this is one of the most muscular calves we will offer this year. His mother, R111, has been one of our most prolific donors for a number of years and has numerous daughter in production doing a terrific job.

TOP HERD SIRE PROSPECT Pen bull candidate and Division winner in Reno.

Lot 96 — C KRC 1008X Miles 4288 ET

Top 20% WW and CHB$, top 35% YW, top 2% Milk, top 10%REA and top 20% CHB$.

He comes from a long line of cattle that have competed and won on the highest level. He is a maternal brother to Eye Candy and a full brother to our high selling female from the fall sale who sold for $90,000. He has already been named reserve champion polled bull at Reno.

TOP HERD BULL PROSPECT

BW 4.1 WW 62 YW 101 MM 31 REA 0.48 MARB 0.03 Lot 23 — C BAR1 0235 Golden Dan 4061 ET

Top 4% WW and YW, top 3% Milk, top 20% REA and top 15% CHB$.

Pen bull candidate This will more than likely be the highest performing bull in the entire offering.

Top 30% WW and YW, top 1% REA and top 20% CHB$.

This bull is an interesting blend of some of the breed’s most elite genetics. We thought it would be exciting to see if we could get a polled Pure Gold son and here he is. Polled, huge bodied and extra muscle is what this bull has.

Lot 95 — C KLC R98 Hometown 4282 ET

Top 15% WW and YW, top 35% Milk, top 1% MARB and BMI$ Index, top 35% REA, top 4% CHB$.

He is very complete in his design and has extra pigment and a freckle face. Study the set of EPDs that this bull has to offer.

Reserve Grand Champion in Reno.

TOP HERD SIRE AND HEIFER BULL PROSPECT

Top 25% Milk, top 20% CEM, top 15% REA This is a top herd sire prospect and has been one of our favorites since birth. He is deep sided, sound structured and has a tremendous look to him. He is the kind that the more you analyze him the more you will like him.

HERD BULL PROSPECT AND PEN BULL CANDIDATE

Lot 47 — C KLC R98 Miles 4123 ET

Lot 20 — C KLC R98 Miles 4056 ET

Top 15% Milk, top 25% MARB and BMI$ Index and top 25% CHB$ This is one of the most complete fault-free bulls in the sale. He is deep sided, smooth made and super sound at the ground.

PEN BULL CANDIDATE

BW 2.8 WW 50 YW 76 MM 27 REA 0.33 MARB 0.14

Top 15% Milk, top 25% MARB and BMI$ Index and top 25% CHB$.

This has been one of the most popular herd sire prospects all summer and fall. He is extremely long necked, upheaded and has tremendous pigment. He is one of the most attractive calves in the pen and will grab your eye.

POLLED HERD BULL PROSPECT and PEN BULL CANDIDATE.

BW 5.2 WW 57 YW 85 MM 24 REA 0.46 MARB 0.06

BW 2.8 WW 50 YW 76 MM 27 REA 0.33 MARB 0.14

31058 Colyer Rd. • Bruneau, ID 83604 Hereford.org

Lot 6 — C CJC 7230 Miles 4009 ET

BW 2.7 WW 56 YW 92 MM 23 REA 0.39 MARB 0.38

BW 5.3 WW 53 YW 85 MM 21 REA 0.86 MARB 0.04 Lot 97 — C CJC 89T Pure Gold 4300 ET

BW 3.0 WW 47 YW 76 MM 25 REA 0.54 MARB 0.04

BW 3.7 WW 55 YW 84 MM 32 REA 0.61 MARB 0.00

Lot 169 — C Miss Miles 4262

Top 15% WW, top 30% YW and Milk, top 20% REA and CHB$.

This is one of the best heifer calves by Miles McKee in the 2014 heifer crop. She is fault-free with a great look and top performance.

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Time Tested Genetics PROVEN & PREDICTABLE 49TH ANNUAL PRODUCTION SALE Monday, March 9, 2015 At the Ranch, Valier, Mont.

Selling 140 POWERFUL HEREFORD BULLS 100 BIG, STOUT YEARLING BULLS 40 POWERHOUSE 18-MONTH-OLD BULLS 50 FRONT PASTURE, LINE ONE FEMALES 2 SPECIAL “PICK OF FLUSH” HEIFER LOTS 20 TOP QUALITY YEARLING HEIFERS 20 CHOICE FALL PAIR LOTS • 8 FALL BRED HEIFERS

Bulls sell with complete performance and ultrasound data.

All Yearlings and 18-month sale cattle will have GE EPDs. Free delivery on purchases totaling $5,000 or more.

HH ADVANCE 4082B ET

Sire: CL 1 Domino 1161Y Dam: HH Miss Advance 9102W BW 3.4; WW 60; YW 105; MM 34; M&G 64; REA 0.44; MARB -0.04 • One of the best powerhouse herd bull prospects we have ever raised. 4082P has exceptional bone, substance, volume, neck extension and eye appeal. He is an easy moving bull with great muscle expression.

His dam is a powerful donor cow out of a great cow family. Great combination of cow power, performance and phenotype.

HH Miss Advance 4062B ET

Full sister to Lot 4082B. Special “Pick of Flush” lot. One of four sisters to choose from.

HH ADVANCE 4051B

Sire: CL 1 Domino 1161Y • MGS: HH Advance 8050U ET BW 1.5; WW 59; YW 82; MM 30; M&G 60; REA 0.44; MARB -0.09 GE_EPDs • Curve bender herd bull prospect with extra length, spring of rib, muscle and style. 76 lb. BW and an 835 lb. 205-day wt.

Great EPDs backed by phenotype and cow power deluxe.

HH ADVANCE 4104B ET

Sire: HH Advance 1098Y • Dam: HH Miss Advance 9102W BW 3.8; WW 59; YW 99; MM 36; M&G 65; REA 0.44; MARB -0.06 • Extra pigment, length of body, muscle expression and style in this powerful herd bull prospect by 1098Y. 4104B weaned off at almost 900 lb. and is loaded with muscle. He ranks in the top 5% of the breed on WW, YW, MM and M&G EPDs.

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60 years of consistent, balanced trait performance selection backed by a linebreeding program that guarantees predictability and uniformity HH ADVANCE 1098Y

Sire: HH Advance 8050U • MGS: HH Advance 7101T BW 2.7; WW 53; YW 80; MM 35; M&G 61; REA 0.48; MARB -0.06 • 1098Y topped our 2012 sale at $102,000. He consistently sires progeny with extra pigment, performance, muscle expression and length of body. Dam is a perfect uddered, moderate framed cow out of the great 1028L donor female. Thirteen Powerful Sons Sell!

HH ADVANCE 4105B ET

Sire: HH Advance 1098Y • MGS: L1 Domino 96988 BW 0.8; WW 43; YW 71; MM 29; M&G 50; REA 0.08; MARB 0.24 • Big hipped, deep ribbed, well marked and fancy. 4105B is an outstanding bull that combines performance, phenotype and maternal strength into a great package. Dam is a top donor cow that is still in production at 16 years of age and sound in every way.

HH ADVANCE 4063B ET

Sire: HH Advance 1013Y ET • MGS: L1 Domino 03571 BW 1.2; WW 43; YW 69; MM 32; M&G 54; REA -0.21; MARB 0.30 • Moderate framed, easy fleshing, big ribbed bull with extra muscl expression and eye appeal. 4063B is a moderate BW, 100 percent pigmented bull that is a real eye catcher. One of five powe ful full brothers to sell out of the 8255U cow that sold for $30,000 in our 2013 Female Sale.

HH ADVANCE 4075B ET

Sire: HH Advance 1013Y ET • MGS: HH Advance 8203U BW 3.7; WW 54; YW 80; MM 27; M&G 54; REA 0.22; MARB 0.35 • Outstanding rib shape and volume in this big hipped, easy moving, stylish made 1013Y son. 4075B is a top herd bull prospect with carcass and maternal strength combined with the phenotype we are all looking for. Dam is a picture perfect 8203U daughter that is one of our favorites.

HH ADVANCE 4008B

Sire: HH Advance 0002X • MGS: HH Advance 8203U ET BW -0.2; WW 50; YW 78; MM 33; M&G 58; REA 0.21; MARB 0.12 • Calving ease bull that is well marked, extra long bodied, clean shouldered and has great neck extension. 4008B is thick topped and is a strong performance bull with only a 67 lb. BW and a 750 lb. 205-day weight. Here is a guaranteed heifer bull with herd bull power.

HH ADVANCE 4052B ET

Sire: CL 1 Domino 297Z • MGS: HH Advance 4055P BW 3.7; WW 52; YW 90; MM 36; M&G 62; REA 0.06; MARB 0.34 GE_EPDs • Outstanding growth, maternal and carcass EPDs in this well marked, extra thick 297Z son. 4052B is really complete in his makeup and has a pedigree loaded with great females.

HH Advance 1013Y

Sire: HH Advance 4055P • MGS: CL 1 Domino 320N BW 3.4; WW 54; YW 77; MM 32; M&G 59; REA 0.05; MARB 0.33 • 1013Y consistently sires progeny that are easy fleshing, big middled moderate framed and easy on the eye. He is out of the 7003T cow that topped our 2013 Female Sale at $70,000 and his maternal grandam is the $175,000 5139R donor cow. Great combination of performance, carcass, maternal strength and phenotype. Fifteen Top Quality Sons Sell!

HH ADVANCE 4045B

Sire: HH Advance 221 ET • MGS: HH Advance 7034T ET BW 2.9; WW 58; YW 91; MM 37; M&G 66; REA 0.19; MARB -0.05 • Extra pigment, eye appeal, muscle expression and rib shape in this topnotch 221 son. Dam is a top donor female out of the great 5139R donor cow and has an average NR of 111.5 on her first two calves

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“CHB Bites” is a column designed to keep you in-the-know about Certified Hereford Beef (CHB) program happenings. CHB LLC is celebrating 20 years with a “Farm-to-Fork” series featuring how Herefords become the ultimate eating experience. You can also follow CHB on Facebook at facebook.com/CertifiedHerefordBeef.

Stocker Operation

Part 1: Seedstock Part 2: Stocker Part 3: Feedlot Part 4: Packer Part 5: Retail Part 6: Foodservice Part 7: Consumer

Dave Bielema, Great Lakes Hereford Beef, Grand Rapids, Mich., says Herefords fit well into stocker operations because of their docility and efficiency.

Turner Ranch finds the Hereford breed fits the bill.

“Genetically, Herefords have performed well for us,” Turner says. “We don’t feed a lot of hay and depend on what grass we have. They take that grass very efficiently and convert it to energy to grow better than any other breed I’ve come across.”

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Part 8: Future

As Hereford cattle are making their way from the cow-calf producer to their next stop, the stocker operation, we continue our Certified Hereford Beef (CHB) Farm-to-Fork series. The stocker operator will put weight on the cattle before sending them to their next destination, which is the feedlot.

In a stocker operation, cattle are obtained that can range from 200-650 lb. with the ultimate goal of providing a consistent pen of cattle to be sold to the next stage of the production line — the feedlot operation.

“I’m looking for quality cattle,” says Lawrence Turner of Turner Ranch in Valentine, Neb., who backgrounds Hereford calves.

“It starts with good Hereford genetics. They tend to give me a depth of body and thickness and length in the quarters you don’t see with other breeds.”

The cattle are customarily purchased after weaning and are turned out onto pasture to gain weight before being shipped to the feedlot.

Considering the amount of capital and available land needed for a successful stocker operation,

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Layco Hired as Certified Hereford Beef LLC Director of Retail Marketing

Lawrence Turner of Turner Ranch, Valentine, Neb., says Hereford cattle perform well in their stocker operation.

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Another input stockers consider is labor. It doesn’t matter if it’s a one-man operation or a few top hands; either way there still has to be labor paid. The labor area has been of particular concern and will continue to be as more and more consumers express interest in knowing where their food comes from in this day of instant information.

Turner says Hereford cattle are easy to work with. “One of the reasons we like to background Herefords is their good disposition,” he says. “It’s also easier than the cow-calf operation, to me anyway. You don’t have to worry about calving and watching momma cows around the clock. The margin might be slimmer, but if you do it right the stocker phase is still a vital part of production.”

Dave Bielema, Great Lakes Hereford Beef, Grand Rapids, Mich., says Herefords fit well into stocker operations because of their docility and efficiency.

Great Lakes Hereford Beef has been buying stocker cattle since 2009. It focuses on purchasing healthy cattle that have an opportunity to put on weight and can be sold for a premium as CHB®. When Hereford cattle leave an operation like Great Lakes Hereford Beef, they are sorted and grouped according to weight, and then they are shipped to the next stage — the feedlot. HW

Mark Layco is the new Certified Hereford Beef (CHB) LLC director of retail marketing. Mark joins the CHB LLC team with Mark Layco more than 25 years of retail meat experience.

Most recently, Mark has been working in Houston, Texas, as a meat merchandising and meat/ seafood operations specialist for Kroger. He was responsible for the profitability of the meat and seafood department in 109 Kroger supermarkets in the Houston and Dallas/Ft. Worth marketplace with annual sales of $550 billion.

Mark started his meat business career in the backroom — cleaning equipment in a Kroger store while putting himself through college at Stephen F. Austin. Over time, he was promoted within Kroger transitioning to a trained meat cutter, then store market manager, to manager of several store meat markets.

Eventually, he was promoted to merchandising specialist of Kroger’s largest corporate division for meat sales.

“Mark is a young, talented and extremely knowledgeable retail merchandising specialist who will add an element to the Certified Hereford Beef team that we have not ever had before,” says American Hereford Association (AHA) Executive Vice President Craig Huffhines.

“He has been involved in the trenches of retail meat marketing bearing enormous responsibility for corporate profits. He knows what it takes for products to succeed at the consumer level. His work ethic and knowledge will be a great fit for our team and a major asset to the overall goal of the AHA and our flagship commercial marketing program — Certified Hereford Beef.”

Mark and his wife, Christine, have two children — Hailey (17) and Logan (12). Mark started on Dec. 8 and will work out of the Houston area. HW

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Bowling Ranch is committed to improvement as it re-enters the seedstock business by selling bulls like this.

important to know whether or not the bulls we were offering were homozygous polled or not.”

Since the full DNA profile test has become available, though, Linton has tested a select group of bulls with the greatest potential to be sold as purebred herd sires or to be used in his own program.

Marketing advantages Co-managers of Bowling Hereford Ranch in Oklahoma, Nancy Bowling and Melvin Young, first started GE-EPD testing as a marketing tool, but the value in it has led them to continue testing more animals.

The late Dan Bowling, Nancy’s father, sold many bulls up until the ’80s, when it transitioned into a commercial operation. In 2005, though, after a very successful listing of purebred commercial Hereford heifers on HerfNet, and the hiring of Young in 2006, Dan and Nancy made the decision to get back into the seedstock business at first just to raise their own bulls for the commercial herd. Since then, Bowling Hereford Ranch has been purchasing Hereford genetics to improve the herd and although Dan passed away in 2012, the

The first Bowling Hereford Ranch sale was a success. Pictured (l to r) is Nancy Bowling, Jill, Kris and Melvin Young.

first production sale was hosted in November 2014. GE-EPDs were a big part of that sale.

“Since we were doing our first sale, I thought we would benefit from that added information,” Bowling explains. “And I thought it also would help people believe that we were serious cattle people, interested in genetic data.”

The sale, which featured some mature cows, bred heifers, fall and spring pairs in addition to bulls, was a success. Bowling says they’ll continue to DNA test sale cattle for GE-EPDs and is considering doing more in the future.

Melvin’s arrival at Bowlings’ made them firm believers in EPDs and subsequently GE-EPDs, and

“I explain GE-EPDs, and I feel like our customers appreciate the effort to improve the product they’re getting. I do get phone calls about our cattle just based on the fact that we have done all the genetic testing.”

Bowling says their motto is the old adage: “If it is not measured, it can’t be improved.”

She adds, “With genomic enhancement tools available, Hereford breeders can now have a third-party source of verification to definitively identify parentage.

What better way to add integrity to a ranching operation than to exhibit the GE-EPD insignia?”

There’s no question that when Hereford breeders look to purchase genetics to improve their operations, GE-EPDs are critical.

All four breeders agree, when shopping for new bulls or females to add to their genetic base, it’s important to them if the cattle have those numbers.

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— Brock Nichols

Carswell-Nichols Herefords has been in business for more than 80 years, but its lengthy Hereford history doesn’t keep the management from being progressive and staying up to date on technology.

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Improving the cow herd Although right now, Bowling Ranch has only DNA tested the bulls and donor cows, Bowling says she may start doing the females as well.

“We are trying to improve the quality of our herd. Just because a calf comes out of a registered cow and bull, doesn’t mean we will keep that animal in our registered herd. If she doesn’t match up, her EPDs aren’t good, or she’s not a good producer, she will go to the commercial herd.

Really, you need to know that data before you decide to even keep them. I can see where that would be advantageous. My goal is to become a better marketer and this is another tool to prove our cattle are better,” she says.

Gerber certainly plans on using the added information from GE-EPDs to improve his cow herd.

“What I want to do is sort toward the ones that cover the most traits,” he explains. “Choose those that offer the most and do my best to propagate those cattle.”

Although, the new reduced rate for a full DNA profile is only $55, Gerber was paying the higher cost before because he feels there is so much value in it.

“It’s part of the research expense that goes into making a purebred operation a leader,” Gerber says. “And you’ll only become a leader if you make the right decisions with all the data.

You could have all the data, never look at it, never do anything with it and remain the same. At some point in time you need to draw

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“I want to do the best I can identifying superior genetics in this herd,” Gerber says. “But it’s also part of our responsibility to contribute to the genetic base of our breed Association. It takes time and effort, it’s a financial obstacle to overcome too, but it’s part of education and research.

So, in order for us to do the best we can we need to know all that we can about our cattle.

The Association has provided a wonderful opportunity for us to do that.”

Nichols goes so far as to say maybe it ought to be mandatory.

“I feel like maybe it needs to be a part of the Hereford breed.

I think it would help everybody’s program if they did it. We’d get a

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a line somewhere and that’s a hard thing to do. You have to be disciplined in deciding where to draw the line, then work with the cattle that fall into the parameters that you’ve established in the direction you want to go.”

Nichols, too, feels the cost is justified. “I feel like it paid for itself,” he says. “We probably wouldn’t have done it again, if it hadn’t. It probably justified itself just with an increase in customers.”

The cost reduction is encouraging him to do more cattle, though. “With the cost cut, I am planning to do all my replacement heifers I am putting back in my program and start doing my herd that way. Eventually I’d like to have my whole herd done. That way, I have more accurate data.

I feel like maybe I can cull more cows then, because I’ll have more information. With a little more data I can cull some that aren’t doing as well as I think they are doing.”

Doug Gerber has made a commitment to improving his genetics through testing all he can.

“I’m seizing this opportunity to know all I can about these cattle, contributing to the database and working toward making Herefords all that they can be.”

— Doug Gerber lot more accurate numbers clear through the breed,” he says.

Gerber says, “I’m seizing this opportunity to know all I can about these cattle, contributing to the database and working toward making Herefords all that they can be.”

That’s saying something, considering Gerber also sells Angus and SimAngus bulls, although his cousin now raises the SimAngus. “My dream is for people to walk into the bull pen and see a bunch of really good Angus bulls, and some really good SimAngus bulls, and good Hereford bulls. I want them to look at them, and say ‘Wow I came here to buy a black bull, but these Herefords are so good. They cover all the bases, they’ve got low birth weights, accelerated growth, they are structurally correct, eye appealing, they’ve got ribeye area,

they’ve got marbling and the bulls have big testicles. These are so good this is what I want.’”

“I don’t know why, as Hereford breeders, we can’t do that. We’ve got the tools.”

About 35 years ago animal science professor and longtime Hereford enthusiast Dave Hawkins left a big impression when he told Gerber, “There’s no profit in excuses.”

Gerber says he’s taken that to heart and feels all Hereford breeders should remember that.

“We can’t raise Hereford cattle in today’s age and be lax,” he says.

“We can make them marble, we can make them have big ribeye areas, we can make them grow, we can work on efficiency and calving ease. We can accomplish all those things if we just dedicate ourselves to it. We’ve now got the best tools to do it.” HW

“As potential buyers of herd bulls, as we consider potential bulls for use in our program, we are also looking at whether or not the bulls had DNA tests run on them as well. We think it’s important as a marketer and as a buyer.”

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Linton says, “As potential buyers of herd bulls, as we consider potential bulls for use in our program, we are also looking at whether or not the bulls had DNA tests run on them as well.

We think it’s important as a marketer and as a buyer.”

Nichols agrees, saying, “When I look through a sale catalog, when we are looking for a new herd sire, I do lean more toward the cattle that have that GE-EPD done to them. It’s not my final decision, but it sure does help. I can trust the data more when using the actual data that the calf produced itself.”

If nothing else, it comes down to the breeder’s commitment to being progressive.

“I think customers look toward the most progressive suppliers. I know I do,” Gerber says. “When you go to buy a product, no matter what it is, you look for the most progressive and want the latest proven technology that you can buy with your dollar. If your customer base is to grow, you have to share with them all that you know and be on the forefront and be knowledgeable about all these things.”

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progeny data. GE-EPDs are a tool that has allowed us to have more reliability in the EPDs and the ability to do some sorting earlier in life. In addition, because of the timing of these results, the EPDs would not be always reflective of this data but will be in the future.

Next, when you see these results, I put them as ratios. Ratios are better than actual phenotypes, and EPDs are better than ratios, but the EPDs are based on the data collected from throughout the breed. However, the average ratio for some of these traits is based on some contemporary grouping differences and can cause some differences from the EPDs. For instance, we at times will use bulls on heifers, and those bulls are compared. At Olsen Ranch and in other test herds, we do have to account for some dam breed differences. These tests are unique in that we do random

matings to account for most of this difference, but ultimately you may see some separation in groups, which can affect the ratios. Again, this will always be accounted for in the EPD calculation to give us the true genetic merit of a sire.

In this report, you will find two different sets of feed intake collection (separated mainly by age of dam), and provided are the results for residual gain (RG), feed conversion (F/G) and residual feed intake (RFI). It is interesting to see the various rankings.

In addition, for the past two years, AHA has sent six steers from Olsen’s to the University of Missouri for harvest and evaluation. These steers would represent both high and low ranking for feed efficiency. This evaluation is part of the work done through the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) feed efficiency project.

New Udder EPDs With the release of the spring 2015 PACE, you will have noticed the addition of the new traits for udder suspension (UDDR) and teat size (TEAT). You can find detailed information concerning these new traits on Page 32 of this issue and the “Udder Scoring Fact Sheet” posted in the Hereford.org “Education Center.” As this year’s calving season begins, here are a few reminders on how to collect the data:

• These are two different traits,

and even though they are highly correlated, a score from 1 to 9 should be given independently for both udder suspension and teat size with 9 being the most ideal.

possible because we all realize an udder looks different after a calf has nursed all quarters.

• Each herd should designate

an udder scoring person, and all scoring should be done by that one person. It is the ranking of the udders that is important, and you do not need to be concerned with trying to score them perfectly.

We want the differences. If you are a large producer and have multiple calving areas with different folks in charge, then have the different groups of cows scored independently and separate them into different contemporary groups when you submit them. HW

• These scores should be taken as close after calving as

American Hereford Association National Reference Sire Program Responsibilities of Test Herd:

Responsibilities of Bull Owner:

• Select from nominated bulls

• Nominate bulls for test sire

• Contact bull owner for semen shipping instructions

• Nominate bulls to American Hereford Association (AHA) by March 1, 2015

• Breed 55-60 cows at a random mating across genotypes

• Furnish 60 straws of semen and pay shipping cost to test herds

• Breed 30 cows to one reference sire that has been tested in previous years (at the cost of the test herd, semen and shipping at a commercial rate)

• Pay fees as required

• Provide complete data on National Reference Sire Program (NRSP) forms

• Semen and shipment of semen

• Breeding data: Cow ID, specific breed makeup (based on percent), age of cow at breeding time, date bred and sire used • Birth data: Calf ID, date of birth, weight and calving ease score

Bull Owner Cost: • Pay the test herd fee per bull tested when semen is shipped — contact Jack Ward for details

Responsibilities of AHA:

• Weaning data: Calf ID, date weaned and weight

• Receive data and report all data back to bull owner and to test herd

• Interim data: Calf ID, date, weight

AHA Cost:

• Carcass data: Calf ID, carcass weight, marbling score, fat thickness, ribeye area, internal fat and yield grade

There will be no cost to the test herd or the bull owner for the data reporting done by the AHA

• Test herd must provide at least 55% conception rate

Benefits of Test Sires:

• Test herd must retain ownership or partnership at 50% or greater on cattle until they have been harvested

• Obtaining high accuracy carcass EPDs (expected progeny differences)

Test Herd Cost:

• Opportunity to market semen as a NRSP reference sire, after nominated and selected

• All costs will be covered by test herd • Test herd will pay for the reference sire semen for the 30 cows, and shipping semen will be priced at a commercial rate, data collection will be paid by test herd on all cattle

• Obtaining performance data compared to other sires tested in herd contemporaries • Opportunity to test sires next to the top Hereford genetics in the breed

2015 National Reference Sire Feedlot and Carcass Testing Program Nomination Form

✁Sire Nomination Form Ranch Name

Send application by March 1, 2015 to: American Hereford Association Jack Ward P.O. Box 014059 Kansas City, MO 64101-0059

Contact person

Address Phone No.

For more information, visit Hereford.org/nrsp or contact Jack Ward at 816-842-3757 or jward@hereford.org.

E-mail:

Test Bull Information: Name and Registration No. Name and Registration No.

*I acknowledge that any information or samples I provide to the AHA or through AHA programs may be used by the AHA for any purpose.

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HEREFORD SALE Thursday, February 12, 2015 11:30 a.m. • Sale in North Annex 8:30 a.m. Parade of Sale Cattle Iowa State Fairgrounds — Des Moines, Iowa Auctioneer: Monte Lowderman • 309-255-0110

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THE 2015 IOWA BEEF EXPO CONSIGNORS

Lot 15 RPH Revolution Shout Out 4R 3A

Lot 36

P43453989 • 3/23/13 BW 4.4; WW 66; YW 106; MM 24; M&G 57; FAT 0.013; REA 0.68; MARB 0.11 One of the stoutist Revolution sons you will see out of a power Online cow.

AL Extra 406

P43493484 • 1/12/14 BW 3.5; WW 55; YW 86; MM 32; M&G 60; FAT -0.022; REA 0.51; MARB 0.11 This ECR L18 Extra Deep 9279 son was the pick of the Landt yearling bulls. Superior EPDs.

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Lot 16 RPH Untapped Wow Factor 6A

P43453857 • 3/30/13 BW 2.9; WW 51; YW 85; MM 19; M&G 45; FAT -0.028; REA 0.60; MARB 0.11 Moderate framed Untapped son with huge rib and massive muscling.

Lot 54 RPH 197X Redeem Lady 485T 1A

P43453856 • 1/7/13 BW 3.3; WW 60; YW 88; MM 25; M&G 55; FAT 0.043; REA 0.51; MARB 0.12 A Redeem daughter bred to Times A Wastin. Bonus light on!

2765 N. 1500 E. Rd. Clifton, IL 60927 815-694-2113 arabideau@daca.net

43463017 • 2/7/13 BW 3.3; WW 54; YW 93; MM 32; M&G 59; FAT -0.002; REA 0.33; MARB 0.04 A coming 2-year-old with superior numbers, calving ease, performance, maternal and carcass. This bull is stout with a great look.

Black Farms Colton, Lindsay, Deb and Willy Black 21084 490th St. Chariton, IA 50049 641-774-8280 • 641-870-0332

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BF Red Meat Maker 401 {DLF,HYF,IEF}

Lot 27 CA Rider 3110

P43442340 • 10/5/13 BW 4.8; WW 55; YW 89; MM 25; M&G 52; FAT 0.004; REA 0.54; MARB 0.04 A Revolution grandson. High performance, dark red, big foot, easy fleshin .

Lot 73 Ms CA Callie 4036

P43534338 • 3/25/14 BW 4.1; WW 49; YW 74; MM 25; M&G 49; FAT -0.036; REA 0.49; MARB -0.04 A super daughter of Mr Hereford. A gentle heifer with body, thickness and extra capacity.

Amos Hereford Farm

Craig and Denise Indianola, Iowa 515-238-9852 Cell cdamos@msn.com www.amosherefordfarm.com

Lot 46 DOSS 6431 Turner DHB 25

P43463105 • 3/10/14 BW 3.4; WW 64; YW 104; MM 21; M&G 53; FAT 0.019; REA 0.51; MARB 0.03 Son of R On Target 6431. Great performance, EPDs and pigment.

43504501 • 1/5/14 BW 3.0; WW 43; YW 62; MM 22; M&G 43; FAT -0.002; REA 0.36; MARB 0.03 Jan. 6, 2015 weight 1,240 lb. This January calf has performance and milk. His sire is doing a wonderful job in our program.

Lot 69

BF Miss Sensational 415

43504530 • 3/2/14 BW 3.1; WW 59; YW 101; MM 35; M&G 65; FAT 0.014; REA 0.40; MARB 0.14 Jan. 6, 2015 weight 760 lb. Enormous EPD profile on this show heifer prospect. She has the look to show and the pedigree/EPDs to be a genetic tool for many programs.

Lot 76 DOSS 6431 Maycee DHB29

P43480040 • 4/10/14 BW 4.1; WW 64; YW 105; MM 22; M&G 54; FAT 0.023; REA 0.49; MARB 0.12 Daughter of R On Target 6431. A heifer that will show; great numbers.

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HEREFORD FARMS Gary and Debbie Doss Smithville, MO 64089 816-532-0658 Gary’s cell 816-699-8831 DHF6200@aol.com

Baker Farms Streator, IL 61364 Fred, Debby, Sarah, Susan and John 815-672-3491 Cell 815-257-3491

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KJ HVH 33N Redeem 485T ET - Sire of Lot 23

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OPH Dorothy 02B ET

43474711 • 3/2/14 BW 5.7; WW 58; YW 93; MM 20; M&G 49; FAT -0.010; REA 0.46; MARB 0.02 Back N Time show heifer. Full sib embryos selling in the IHBA Select Genetic Online Sale, February 11, 2015.

Also selling:

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0PH Liberty 06A ET

P43375111 • 4/6/13 BW 5.1; WW 51; YW 87; MM 18; M&G 43; FAT 0.006; REA 0.40; MARB -0.02 Bred heifer. Impressive Bailout female

Lot 12

0PH Elite 05A ET

P43372604 • 3/16/13 BW 3.7; WW 58; YW 109; MM 25; M&G 54; FAT -0.025; REA 0.80; MARB 0.10 Freckle-faced. BW to YW spread is impressive. Has been used on heifers.

Ogle

POLLED HEREFORDS

Shumway, IL 62461 217-682-3233 • 217-663-2498 Cmogle2@yahoo.com 26

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Lot 44

Solsma Bishop 804

P43474803 • 3/4/14 BW 4.0; WW 61; YW 94; MM 20; M&G 50; FAT 0.038; REA 0.44; MARB 0.12 Big bodied Redeem son with an abundance of muscle.

Performance and carcass in his numbers.

- LCC 485T Repatore 3150

P43464031 • 9/15/13 BW 4.2; WW 56; YW 82; MM 24; M&G 52; FAT 0.042; REA 0.60; MARB 0.11 A stout bull sired by Redeem and out of a powerful P606 dam with a great deal of pigment. Balanced EPDs.

Lot 79

Solsma Blossom 118

P43476911 • 5/1/14 BW 4.4; WW 60; YW 90; MM 23; M&G 52; FAT 0.051; REA 0.62; MARB 0.14 This May heifer has the look for a show halter and the numbers to make a super cow. She will look fine in the May class.

SOLSMA

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MKL TJ LCC Miss Fruit Loop 446

P43474426 • 2/11/14 BW 2.6; WW 63; YW 101; MM 28; M&G 60; FAT -0.020; REA 0.47; MARB 0.13 One cool show heifer. This heifer has breed leading EPDs across the board.

SHOW CATTLE

Jay, Amy, Blake and Claire Solsma Sanborn, IA 51248 712-729-3174 jasolsma@mtcnet.net • www.solsma.com

Jack, Monte, Brent and Cody Lowderman P.O. Box 488 • Macomb, IL 61455 309-833-5543 • Monte 309-255-0110 www.lowderman.com Hereford.org

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MGM Home Time 4B {DLF,HYF,IEF}

P43496063 • 1/26/14 BW 2.3; WW 59; YW 94; MM 25; M&G 54; FAT 0.006; REA 0.71; MARB 0.20 Here is a smooth polled, red-necked, red-eyed Homegrown son with big time EPDs. 81 lb. BW and this guy will mash the scales.

Lot 43

Diamond P 719T Ripslinger 199B

P43494205 • 3/4/14 BW 5.7; WW 61; YW 88; MM 31; M&G 61; FAT -0.010; REA 0.56; MARB 0.02 A nicely pigmented, freckle-faced son of 719T. Lots of performance and maternal traits in this bull’s pedigree.

Lot 63

MGM Stock Trust 21A {DLF,HYF,IEF}

P43447871 • 7/19/13 BW 3.9; WW 58; YW 100; MM 24; M&G 52; FAT -0.021; REA 0.81; MARB 0.22 The Trust females are making solid cows. This bred heifer comes to the sale carrying a Revolution calf. Big time numbers on this female.

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Steve and Gordon Merry 1840 Hwy. CC Hartford, WI 53027 414-881-5274 Steven.Merry@aurora.org 414-881-5274

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Scott and Kim Powell 6459 130th St. Blue Grass, IA 52726 563-381-8084

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PVF 100W Trust Me 618Z

P43377578 • 6/18/12 BW 3.9; WW 58; YW 100; MM 26; M&G 55; FAT -0.033; REA 0.89; MARB 0.03 This strong aged 2-year-old is stout and good. Volume, muscle, pigment — One stout bull. Has the age to cover a bunch of cows.

Plainview Stock Farms Dave, Marcia, Mike and Elise Hackett 1170 E. U.S. Hwy. 36 Tuscola, IL 61953 217-621-1761 DaveHackett91@yahoo.com

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Lot 25

PHH PCC 308N Hometown 389

P43422505 • 9/19/13 BW 3.2; WW 56; YW 98; MM 23; M&G 50; FAT 0.004; REA 0.49; MARB 0.35 Herd Bull Prospect. The old saying – butts, guts and nuts — applies to this beast. Hometown 10Y on the top side, Online and 19D on the bottom side. Great pedigree, great numbers, great look. Dam of this bull has progeny working in 31 herds.

PIERCE'S

HEREFORD HAVEN Baraboo, Wisc.

Ken and Sandy 608-434-0578 Jim and Travis 608-434-2843 Ken254@centurytel.net www.piercesherefords.com

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TJ JT 4R Tuition

P43433658 • 2/9/13 BW 2.8; WW 59; YW 96; MM 23; M&G 52; FAT 0.010; REA 0.76; MARB 0.06 Breeding tool deluxe. A freckle-faced, heavily pigmented son of Revolution. This is one stout dude. Look at his EPDs then look at him live.

Tjardes Farms

608 Falcon Dr. Gibson City, IL 60936 214-417-5014 tjardes.jeremy@gmail.com

Lot 22

TM Abe 65A {DLF,HYF,IEF}

P43435139 • 9/15/13 BW 4.7; WW 51; YW 90; MM 18; M&G 43; FAT -0.011; REA 0.36; MARB 0.06 Solid numbers on this long yearling out of a first calf heifer. 76 lb. BW. Nice combination of performance, maternal and carcass traits.

R& R CATTLE CO.

Wilton, IA 52778 563-732-2957 or 515-974-9600 jackrife@hotmail.com

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THE 2015 IOWA BEEF EXPO CONSIGNORS

Gerber Right Kind Sale Tuesday, April 14, 2015 at 6 p.m. (EDST) Featuring the best of our Spring 2014 bull calf crop

All bulls will have complete performance and carcass ultrasound data and genomic-enhanced EPD profiles Profitable beef genetics… i ’s what we do.

GERBER BISHOP 077B

GERBER BINGO 030B

Sire: Hyalite On Target 936 • MGS: MSU TCF Revolution 4R CE 2.1 (.14); BW 3.4 (.35); WW 64 (.29); YW 105 (.28); MM 25 (.14); M&G 57; MCE 2.7 (.11); MCW 100 (.21); SC 1.3 (.17); FAT 0.032 (.18); REA 0.68 (.18); MARB 0.14 (.17); BMI$ 23; CEZ$ 17; BII$ 18; CHB$ 32

Sire: EFBeef U208 Fortune Z088 ET • MGS: MSU TCF Revolution 4R CE 7.0 (.12); BW -1.0 (.36); WW 52 (.27); YW 86 (.25); MM 19 (.09); M&G 45; MCE 2.8 (.10); MCW 75 (.19); SC 1.0 (.12); FAT 0.033 (.13); REA 0.51 (.14); MARB 0.24 (.12); BMI$ 24; CEZ$ 22; BII$ 20; CHB$ 29

Additional sires of bulls selling: MSU TCF Revolution 4R, EFBeef Foremost U208, Schu-Lar On Target 22S, TRM 4263 Clean River 2008 ET, Gerber Tribute T047 and CRR About Time 743.

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Guest Consignors Elzemeyer Polled Herefords Cody and Lindsay Sankey Lee, Cindy and Matthew Elzemeyer 13797 US Hwy 35 2538 State Rd. 122 Economy, IN 47339 Richmond, IN 47374 517-749-5556 765-969-2243

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| Technology | Udder Quality EPDs

Udder Importance Hereford breeders now have the most progressive tools to make genetic progress on udder quality.

by Julie White and Angie Stump Denton

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hen we visit with our commercial producers, they tell us they want to make genetic progress, but their No. 1 goal is to create hassle-free genetics,” says Lorna Marshall, Genex Cooperative U.S. beef marketing manager.

With the release of the spring 2015 Pan-American Cattle Evaluation (PACE), the American Hereford Association (AHA) has released two new expected progeny differences (EPDs) for udder quality to help producers do just that.

The two traits — udder suspension (UDDR) and teat size (TEAT) — were first released on the web in December.

“I think it’s great that the Hereford breed is the first to create and release udder quality

Udder scoring Seedstock producers should manage udder quality closely, says Bob Weaber, University of Missouri Extension beef genetics specialist. “Your commercial customers expect trouble-free cattle when they make a purchase at your farm or ranch. Don’t give your customers a reason to buy genetics from another source to ‘clean up’ udders produced by your bulls.”

Cows with good udder quality not only take less labor but also may have improved longevity due to lower incidence of mastitis or injury. “Poor udders, especially large teat size, may delay timely colustrum intake by calves, resulting in poorer transmission of passive immunity,” Weaber explains. Hereford breeders are encouraged to

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report udder scores to the American Hereford Association (AHA) to be utilized in genetic evaluation.

How to score Udder and teat scores should be taken (on the weakest quarter) within 24 hours of calving. Scores should preferably be taken by the same person throughout the calving season. With the new system, producers score both teat size and udder suspension. The scores for both characteristics range from 1 to 9.

“A two-score system allows independent evaluation of teat size and suspension characteristics,” Weaber says.

“While there is a general trend for cows with large teat

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size to also have poorer suspension, this is not always the case. The independent scoring of the two important udder quality traits allows more precise measurement of each trait. Even though these scores are subjective, they’ll do a better job documenting variation in udder quality than a single-score system. When the two scores are used, the heritability estimates for each trait should be higher due to increased precision of measurement.”

Weaber suggests producers get in the habit of scoring udders when they collect calving ease data. “Make udder score collection a routine part of your performance data collection,” he says. “Until you get comfortable with the scoring system, tape a scoring guide to your clipboard or reduce on a copy machine and tape in your ‘red book’ for use in the field. Try to get as close as you can to the guide and be as consistent as possible.

“Once you do it for a while, you’ll start picking out the really good ones and really bad ones easily. Be honest with yourself and use as much of the scale as needed. If she’s a ‘1’ on suspension and ‘1’ on teat size, give the scores. Your customers expect it!”

Submitting scores Hereford breeders record udder scores on the Registration Application/Birth Information Worksheet (Form 1).

According to Jack Ward, AHA chief operating officer and director of breed improvement, with the new system, breeders will list the score in the same field used previously, but instead of recording one score, they will input the two digits. The first digit will be the udder suspension (attachment) score, and the second digit will be teat size. For example, if a cow has an attachment score of 7 and a teat size of 5, the breeder will record 75 in the “dam udder score” column.

Research shows udder and teat characteristics are heritable; thus, change can be made through selection.

It is also important to understand that there is no perfect score, but it is the ranking and the differences within the herd that are important. HW Hereford.org

EPDs,” Marshall says. “This is a great example of recognizing an area that is very important to commercial cattle producers and proactively providing genetic tools so that breeders can make progress.”

Fred Larson, a Hereford breeder from Spring Valley, Wis., and AHA breed improvement committee chairman, says the AHA Board of Directors pursued creating udder quality EPDs because udder quality plays into the longevity of the Hereford breed. “It’s obviously one of those things we can always improve on,” he says. “I think certain breeders have always paid a lot of attention to it while other breeders maybe let it slide a little bit. In order to keep improving our breed, we need to keep making those steps forward.”

“Sometimes it’s hard to put an economic value on udder traits, but any trait that increases labor and management costs for commercial producers is very important. The Hereford breed has taken a real genetic leadership role in the beef industry — tackling what I consider important traits that are sometimes very hard to measure but still economically relevant.”

— Lorna Marshall will not be a genomic impact with genomic-enhanced expected progeny differences (GE-EPDs).

Making progress For cattlemen considering making genetic progress in udder quality, Marshall says these are not necessarily traits in which producers have to select

for the extreme best. “I think the EPDs are going to be very useful for us in terms of avoiding the issues on the bottom end of the breed,” she says.

“How we would probably recommend the use of those EPDs is making sure you are breed average or better depending upon how much genetic progress you need to make and where

you feel like the udder trait is in your herd already. For some producers it’s not going to be an issue and probably staying in the top 60-70% of the breed is going to be great. Guys who are trying to make progress maybe should increase selection pressure by staying in the top 30% of the breed. It’s a trait continued on page 32...

Easing management Labor is a huge issue for the commercial industry both in terms of finding labor and in being able to afford labor, according to Marshall.

“Sometimes it’s hard to put an economic value on udder traits, but any trait that increases labor and management costs for commercial producers is very important,” she says.

“The Hereford breed has taken a real genetic leadership role in the beef industry — tackling what I consider important traits that are sometimes very hard to measure but still economically relevant.”

Having grown up in Wisconsin, Larson says his family had dairy cows until about 15 years ago, and, therefore, he has a learned focus on the importance of udder quality in the beef industry. “Obviously the dairy thing is huge where I’m from,” Larson explains. “I was exposed to dairy judging through FFA and I learned a lot about udders going on those field trips. Udder quality has always been something that has lurked in the back of my mind and for that reason we have maintained pretty good udders in our Hereford herd. I am excited to see this and I think it’s a really good development.”

According to Jack Ward, AHA chief operating officer and director of breed improvement, there were around 200,000 udder observations included in the first evaluation, and the heritability for both UDDR and TEAT is about .34, which makes this trait fairly highly heritable, so genetic progress can be made rather quickly.

“The correlation between the two scores and one is .72, so it makes all udder scores useful in this evaluation,” Ward says. “This EPD can be used the same as other EPDs and will allow you to compare animals and, most importantly, has the potential to change udder quality between sire groups.”

Producers can find the two traits by going to Hereford.org and clicking on “EPD Search.” They are located in the EPD trait box positioned right after maternal cow weight (MCW). This first release will be the trait by itself with no correlations to other traits, and there Hereford.org

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with which we can make progress really quickly because it’s highly heritable. I think it varies depending upon how much progress they want to make.”

Larson says UDDR and TEAT are like any other traits and cautions breeders to avoid the single-trait selection mentality. “This has to be thrown into the basket with everything else you are looking for,” he says. “I think it’s important but I don’t think it’s the No. 1 thing that should be selected for.”

Each breeder has his own goals within his cow herd and different ways he is trying to improve from year to year. “If you happen to have a cow herd that has a real high-quality udder throughout the herd, this is certainly one way you can help maintain that

and not let things go backwards,” Larson says. “If you are at the other end of things where you really need to make some headway and improve those scores, I think this will be a little farther up your list of things to look for when shopping for another animal whether it’s a bull or a cow.”

Using the EPDs In July 2008 the Beef Improvement Federation (BIF) adopted a two-score system for evaluating udders. The AHA Board of Directors followed suit and adopted the same system during its August 2008 meeting. See the “Udder Scoring Fact Sheet” posted in the Hereford.org “Education Center.”

Scores of 1 to 9 are used for both traits with 9 being closer to ideal.

“This scoring system is not concerned

with milk flow or production; those will be measured with the weaning weight (WW) and milk and growth (M&G) EPDs,” Ward explains. “All we are looking at with this trait is the type of udder and teat.”

Udder suspension: Scores range from 9 (very tight) to 1 (very pendulous) and represent assessments of udder support. Weak udder suspension results in pendulous udders that make it difficult for a calf to nurse.

Weak suspension in the udder indicates a lack of support in the ligament that ties the udder to the cow’s body wall. Over time, weakness in this ligament will allow the udder to hang down too far from the body and may subject the udder to serious problems and increased potential for injury.

UDDR EPDs are reported on the scoring scale. Differences in sire EPDs predict the difference expected in the sires’ daughters’ udder characteristics when managed in the same environment. For example, if sire A has an UDDR EPD of 0.4 and sire B has an UDDR EPD of -0.1, the difference in the values is 0.5, or onehalf of a score. If daughters of sires A and B are raised and managed in the same environment, a producer would expect half a score better udder suspension in daughters of sire A, compared to udder suspension in daughters of sire B. Teat size: Scores range from 9 (very small) to 1 (very large, balloon shaped) and are subjective assessments of the teat length and circumference.

Oversized teats are difficult for newborn calves to nurse, and the calf may not receive adequate colostrum.

Nursing difficulty could lead to a higher incidence of scours or decreased immunity levels in the newborn calf.

TEAT EPDs are reported on the scoring scale. Differences in sire EPDs predict the difference expected in the sires’ daughters’ udder characteristics when managed in the same environment.

For example, if sire A has a teat size EPD of 0.4 and sire B has a teat size EPD of -0.1, the difference in the values is 0.5, or one-half of a score. If daughters of sires A and B are raised and managed in the same environment, a producer would expect half a score smaller teat size in daughters of sire A, compared to teat size in daughters of sire B. Just like with the scoring system, the higher the EPD the better for both traits.

“These are important traits to analyze because commercial producers demand genetics that are problem-free,” Ward says. “The loss of time, longevity and calf performance due to a poor quality udder cannot be tolerated.”

With the release of spring 2015 EPDs, the updated Trends, Traits and Distributions report is now also available online at Hereford.org.

“The Association’s role is to give our members tools to make improvement in beef production,” Ward adds.

“Udder EPDs are the next phase in breed improvement strategies that will allow our members to continue to improve the genetics they produce.”

Marshall says she gives the Hereford breed a lot of credit. “The mentality the Hereford breed has taken in terms of genetic leadership and addressing traits they may have had a negative perception on in the past head-on I think is gaining them tremendous market share,” she says. “I think the commercial industry realizes the Hereford breed is addressing their issues and it makes them very comfortable — if they are looking to add some heterosis to their cow herd — to utilize Hereford as that breed to do so because they realize how progressive their genetic evaluation is.” HW Editors Note: For more information about AHA’s suite of EPDs or breed improvement programs, contact Jack Ward at 816-842-3757 or jward@hereford.org.

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• Stud is a powerful, deep ribbed bull with tremendous hindquarter and lays in very good through his shoulder and front end.

• Dam, 002X, is one of the elite cows of the breed and raised Stud naturally.

• Stud is owned by Churchill Cattle Co. and Harrison Cattle Co. and is being used heavily in both herds.

• High selling Hereford bull in Denver last year at $100,000.

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BW 2.4; WW 56; YW 98; MM 32; UDDER 1.44; TEAT 1.45; SC 1.4; REA 0.49; MARB 0.54; BMI$ 27; CHB$ 38 • Straight horned, proven Mark Domino genetics that trace back many times to the Oxley program.

• Designed by his breeders, Lester and John Schafer, to be a balanced trait sire with top of the breed EPDs. • Nearly EVERY trait in the top half of the breed. Top 10% YW, MM, SC and top 2% udders and MARB! • 1321 is very balanced with tremendous body length and lots of shape, thickness and rib. He has full pigment and looks to be a bull that you can breed heifers to.

• 1321 is owned by Churchill Cattle Co. and Texas Stardance Cattle and has been used extensively in their ET programs.

• For fresh horned genetics, great numbers and eye appeal, use Mark Domino!

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| Technology | Sexed Semen

Sexed Semen Technology for the Beef Industry Gender selection in the beef industry presents cattlemen with benefits and challenges.

by Heather Smith Thomas

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ne of the newer developments with artificial insemination (AI) in the beef industry is the availability of sexed semen.

Producers now have the technology to selectively breed certain cows to a desired bull and to be able to determine the sex of most of the offspring. This is beneficial if the producer wants replacement heifers from his best cows or bull calves from certain matings.

Gender selection has been commercially available for a decade in the dairy industry and is now gaining interest in the beef industry. The number of beef bulls with sorted semen available in the United States has increased tremendously during the past six years in major AI studs. The sexing service is provided to bull studs by independent companies such as Sexing Technologies. This company has 47 beef bull sires listed in its current catalog and also has custom semen sexing operations in several locations in the United States for breeders who want sexed semen from a specific bull.

The basics

Through recent research University of Idaho Extension beef specialist and superintendent of the Nancy M. Cummings Research, Extension and Education Center John Hall has helped the beef industry identify some positives and some negatives with sexed semen.

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It is more expensive to produce sexed semen than conventional semen for AI, and only about 25% of the sperm from a bull can be utilized. “The companies and researchers involved in the sorting are trying to identify factors related to sorting that impair sperm quality — to have less sperm damaged in the sorting process,” says John Hall, University of Idaho Extension

beef specialist and superintendent of the Nancy M. Cummings Research, Extension and Education Center. “But we are still in a situation where in any ejaculate, 25% ends up sorted X, 25% ends up sorted Y, and the other 50% is damaged or can’t be sorted. So we are still losing half the ejaculate to begin with.”

Conception rates are also lower with sexed semen than with conventional AI, so this lower conception rate adds to the cost of the process in any herd. “In general, we see a decrease in pregnancy rates of 10 to 20% with use of sexed semen compared with conventional AI. So for this to be feasible, you need to be doing well with conventional AI before you try to use sexed semen,” he says. Otherwise producers may not want to risk the extra expense.

Hall has been involved with sexed semen research for the past six years, breeding the first group of cows in 2008. “We’ve been fortunate in our research at this ranch, in that over a fairly large number of inseminations

we’ve been getting 48 to 50% pregnancy rates with fixed-time AI using sexed semen in postpartum cows,” Hall says. “Our pregnancy rates to sexed semen averaged 52% during the first three breeding seasons (48% to 58%), while our pregnancy rates with conventional semen averaged 58% (52% to 68%).”

Hall says he and his staff have been using X-sorted semen to produce replacement heifers, in a sub-set of elite cows and have been fairly successful.

“Our pregnancy rates are not quite as high as we’d like, but if someone is employing this technology to create replacement heifers and only inseminates cows that are observed in heat, they could feel pretty comfortable with this,” he says. Through his research he has been able to change the heifer-to-bull ratio with a single breeding with sexed semen, followed by natural service cleanup bulls from a 50:50 ratio to about a 65:35 ratio. This assures a fairly large group of heifer calves for replacements.

“Since we are trying to maintain a Hereford-Angus cross cow herd, this allows us to maintain those baldy females by breeding selected cows with sexed semen to produce the heifers we want,” he says.

“I think the key to this success is that it’s a select group of cows.

They are in good body condition and calved early in the calving season,” he explains. “You want the early-calving cows to be the ones to generate your replacement females because they are the most fertile. We’ve used estrus synchronization with a CIDR, so there is some progesterone in the system, which also helps.”

In the studies Hall has completed, in all bulls that have had their semen sorted, he has observed a large variation in pregnancy rates. “Part of the issue is that even though the bulls that are sorted are some of the better bulls offered by bull studs — the most popular and also the most fertile — their semen does not go through the sorting process the same,” he says. Each bull is a little different in how well his semen can be sorted; some have fewer viable sperm at the end of the process.

“Just like the difference in bulls in how well their semen freezes, there is not a good way to tell, just by looking at the semen, whether it will sort well or not, or what kind of damage there will be after the sorting process,” Hall says. The only way to tell is to try the bull to see what his track record will be.

“Now there is enough sexed semen being used in the beef industry to start to figure these things out. Bulls that are not performing well with sexed semen are withdrawn from these Hereford.org

offerings,” he says. “But this is one of the things people need to keep in mind, that there can be great variations among bulls. We’ve used bulls that gave us above 50% pregnancy rates for fixed-timed AI, which is really good, and we’ve also had bulls that only gave us 25% pregnancy rates in the studies that we’ve done.”

Hall has also begun looking at Y-sorted semen on a large group of cows to make more steers for commercial herds. A purebred breeder might do this with a select group of cows to produce bull calves.

“But when we use a large group of cows that are basically unselected, such as a commercial producer’s entire herd, other than the fact that they are all at least 40 days post-partum, we see disappointing pregnancy rates with fixed-timed AI,” he says. “It comes down around 35 to 38% pregnancy rate.”

At this point in time, the conclusion from these studies is that sexed-semen technology might not be ready for blanket use on cows as is conventional semen. “At least with the research that we’ve done, the economics for this are not quite there yet because we are only shifting that ratio to about 65% male using one fixed-timed AI with sexed semen followed by natural service,” Hall explains. “We still have that 10% to 20% decrease in pregnancy rates compared with conventional semen and there’s a higher percent being rebred by the cleanup bulls.

We are trying to figure out what’s working and what’s not, and how we can change that.”

Research in the dairy industry has indicated that maybe breeding later is better, but Hall says they haven’t seen that in their work. They have been considering the timing of AI in the fixed-timed systems for a few years; however, their research has not shown significant improvement if insemination is delayed by 8 hours, like those observed in some dairies.

“We haven’t gained a lot of ground, but we have answered some questions — to find out that we don’t see any benefit from breeding later in a fixed-timed AI system,” Hall says. “There is some suggestion that if you are doing it when you check heat, you breed later at about 18 hours rather than at 12 hours, there might be some improvement.

We don’t have a lot of data on that, however, just a lot of little studies.”

Through research, Dave Patterson, animal sciences professor at the University of Missouri, found a method that has worked well with sexed semen and fixed-timed AI. Patterson and a graduate student used Estrotect heat detectors on all of the females. If, at the time of fixedtime AI, the heifer or cow came in with a patch that had been activated, showing she’d been in heat, she was inseminated. If the patch was still untouched, they waited 20 hours Hereford.org

and then brought those heifers back through the chute and bred them.

When the heifers first came through the chute, even though they had an untouched patch, they were given a shot of GnRH. “What they saw with this method was a good improvement in pregnancy rates on those heifers or cows that had not been in heat yet at the time of fixed-timed AI,” Hall says.

The applications Sexed semen has beneficial applications in some areas of the beef industry, such as in replacement heifer or bull production. “Work that other researchers have done demonstrates

have fewer calving problems, but we’ll have the genetics we want for the next group of heifers. This is a project we just started last year and we are excited about it.

“Here at our research station I think we’ve helped identify some positives and some negatives with sexed semen. We’ve also been able to identify areas where we need more research and more information. For instance, we need to learn how to identify bulls, after sorting their semen, to eliminate the ones that don’t perform.

Perhaps someone will be able to examine biochemical and molecular markers on those sperm cells, to see if there is anything we can identify.”

“In certain segments of the industry, sexed semen can be very useful, but people need to go into it with eyes wide open and know what to expect.”

— John Hall that sexed semen can also be used effectively in embryo transfer and in vitro fertilization systems,” Hall says.

“With cost of recipient cows, etc. this can be a useful tool. There are many matings in which everyone wants a bull calf but nobody wants heifers.” Sexed semen gives producers an opportunity to have the desired outcome for this type of program in the purebred industry.

“For this, we tend to use a few more straws of semen than we would in typical embryo transfer. When we breed the donor cows we have to use four straws of sexed semen versus two straws of conventional semen.

This is simply because there are only 2.1 million sperm cells in a dose of sexed semen, which is only about 10% of normal,” he explained.

“In certain segments of the industry, sexed semen can be very useful, but people need to go into it with eyes wide open and know what to expect. In the seedstock industry some breeders have gambled on young bulls that looked really good and they decided to take a chance on them.

Sometimes that works out great and sometimes it doesn’t,” Hall says.

Seedstock breeders have been on the cutting edge of genetics, but it takes a certain amount of trial and error to figure out what works best.

“We are learning more about sexed semen but there is a lot more work to be done if we can get funding to help move things along,” Hall says. “I think we will continue our project here for a few more years. We are still at a point where we continue to learn more about sexed semen.”

Currently, Hall says they are working on a new project that is called a heifer/heifer system. “We breed all our replacement heifers to X-sorted sexed semen to make the next generation of replacement heifers,” he says. “Not only will heifer calves be slightly smaller at birth and

This is the sixth year for sexedsemen research at the Cummings research center and the sixth calf crop from the X-sorted semen to make heifers. “This is the fourth calf crop on the Y-sorted semen, where we bred a large number of cows to produce steers,” he says. “Even with the disappointing pregnancy rates on the big group of cows with the Y-sorted semen, we are still able to shift that ratio to about 65% steers.

This is good, but to be economically feasible we probably need to be able to shift it to 70 to 75%, when we look at the difference between the value of a steer calf versus a feeder heifer.”

The increased amount of sorted semen available now in the beef industry has helped bring the cost down, and there are more bulls available from which to choose.

“When we first started using sexed semen in 2008 there were very few bulls to pick from and last time I checked — in 2011 — there were more than 70,” he says.

Hall explains that with selecting a single sex from sorted semen, the number of sperm cells is reduced by 75%. “So it basically has to be a bull that the owner can afford to ‘waste’ 75% of his sperm production,” he says. “When you look at where the sexed semen comes from in the dairy industry, it’s not from the extremely popular bulls, but the next tier below the most popular. The top bulls can’t afford to give up any units of semen. When a person is selling every straw of semen they can make (conventional semen), they won’t want to reduce the number of straws.”

One thing that has changed since the research began is that there are now more facilities that will custom sort.

“Trans-Ova is one of the companies that has done embryo transfer and in vitro fertilization for a number of years, and they have set up a process to take semen out of conventional straws, and sort those,” Hall says. “The resulting sort produces very low numbers of sperm, so they use it for in vitro fertilization, where the dosage can be very small and still work. They only need about 1,500 sperm cells for in vitro fertilization.”

Sexing Technologies, the company that does the semen sorting, has now come up with some modifications to its process.

“They call it Sexed Ultra and came out with it mid-year,” Hall says.

“They feel that this modification has improved their pregnancy rates to sexed semen considerably. This might encourage a few more people to try it.” HW

Benefits of sexed semen When a producer is using sexed semen, the results are predictable about 93% or more of the time. It can be a handy tool to increase heifer numbers or steer numbers. Producers may want replacement heifers from certain genetics or steers from a terminal cross.

The option of sex determination could be useful for reducing calving difficulty in first-calf heifers (heifer calves are typically smaller at birth than bull calves) or for producing a higher number of replacement heifers if herd expansion is the goal. If breeders want their best cows to have heifers, using sexed semen can provide faster genetic progress in improving the cow herd, enabling them to keep more good females and to cull more .

A producer may want heifers from the top 10% to 15% of the cows and steers from the rest of the herd. When the market is good for replacement females, breeders may opt for more heifers, and when the market is better for steers, they may choose to produce mostly male calves. Seedstock producers may select bloodlines for maternal qualities for brood cows and others for producing bulls. This technology gives producers the choice and enables them to develop an early strategy for a potential future market.

“Generating more bull calves from a popular sire to produce bulls for commercial cattlemen, or more daughters from a good maternal line can be advantageous,” says John Hall, University of Idaho Extension beef specialist and superintendent of the Nancy M. Cummings Research, Extension and Education Center. “Costs associated with decreased conception rates to sexed semen may be offset by the demand for offspring of a particular individual.”

In female sales, some breeders are finding their bred cows and heifers worth more when bred with sexed semen. Bred heifers guaranteed to have heifer calves and fewer calving problems may bring a premium. Other buyers may want females that will produce only male calves. Seedstock producers marketing pen lots of bred females or pairs may find an advantage in being able to offer cattle guaranteed to have one sex or the other or may find a premium in offering exceptional female bloodlines in a 3-way package — a cow with a heifer calf at side bred back to have another good heifer calf. HW

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Electronic Efficiency AHA launches real-time online registry data system, MyHerd.org.

by Julie White

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ocumentation of cattle has evolved over time but it has always been the core purpose of the American Hereford Association (AHA) from the beginning,” says Craig Huffhines, AHA executive vice president. “Today, we live in a much different world where time is our most precious asset.”

Efficiency is key in cattle production — something Hereford breeders have embraced. With farmers seeking more than half of their income off-farm, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture’s 2010 Agricultural Resource Management Survey, and with 80% of AHA members owning 20 head or fewer, breeders are juggling more and more.

Efficiency and performance “Our primary job as an association is to collect pedigree and performance information from our membership to be used in developing breeding values known as expected progeny differences (EPDs) that can be used to predict the genetic merit of Hereford seedstock,” Huffhines explains.

To make this record keeping easier for the membership,

AHA developed and launched MyHerd.org, a real-time online registry data system that provides online access to the majority of AHA record services.

“The idea behind MyHerd was to develop a system whereby Hereford breeders can turn in their registration and performance work, transfer animals, pay their AHA bill, and handle virtually any service need required at any time day or night,” Huffhines says.

Stacy Sanders, AHA records department director, says the Association had an online registration system prior to MyHerd. “The AHA Board of Directors wanted to implement as much efficiency as we could,” he says. “So in August of 2011, they made the decision to upgrade the in-house registration system so that we could develop an online registry system that was in real-time and that took little processing from staff.”

Following months of discussion, research and development, in May 2013, MyHerd was ready to be shown to a handful of test herds.

“We tested through that summer, took comments and

had a meeting when many of them were in town for the Junior National Hereford Expo (JNHE),” Sanders says. “One of the biggest takeaway from test herds was what users see when they first log in.

The whole concept of the “to-do list” came from the test herds.

They said what they really wanted to see was exactly what they needed to do and didn’t want to go find it.”

He says that’s one of the most common positive comments the AHA receives from users today.

Over the next two years, MyHerd continued to be tested and tweaked, based on feedback from Hereford breeders. In February 2014, MyHerd with its full feature package, was released to around 40 breeders. “We didn’t add many users for a few months following that, but by May 2014 we started sending emails to members who used the old online system,” Sanders says. “We then sent out a couple hundred emails a week and gradually notified members.”

By August 2014, each person who had business with AHA in the two prior years was notified, and MyHerd saw nearly 800 users sign up. In September 2014, AHA officially released MyHerd.

MyHerd.org webinars Do you need help with the new online registry system, or would like to see how the new system works before signing up?

Join the MyHerd.org team for a webinar on how to get started with MyHerd. Participants will learn about the customized home screen for pedigree and performance members.

Registering calves in real-time and transferring owned animals electronically will be demonstrated during the session. This is also an opportunity to ask questions and get virtual help. Visit Hereford.org to sign up for the webinar or email the team at MyHerd@hereford.org.

Upcoming webinar sessions: Feb. 16, 7 p.m. CST Feb. 17 11 a.m. CST What is a webinar? A webinar is a seminar or presentation that takes place on the Internet. A webinar allows participants from different locations to come together for a virtual presentation and ask questions. HW

“I would tell any breeder thinking about trying it to just go ahead and do it because it’s worth a try — it’s a lot easier. Also, don’t be intimidated. Yes, there is a learning curve and yes, you’ll probably make a mistake, but the AHA is very helpful if you have questions. If there is an error or a problem in data I submit, I know immediately, instead of finding out later through the mail. The program tells you what to fix.”

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Today, MyHerd has 1,600 users representing 2,800 accounts of the AHA’s 6,300 adult and junior membership. “We have about 2,800 of 6,300 hundred members accounted for under MyHerd,” Sanders says.

Real-time features MyHerd provides members with a multitude of features including realtime calf registration, electronic animal transfer, online bill paying, herd inventory maintenance, artificial insemination (AI) certificate release and the capability to view

and download lists of animals and customers, among much more.

“I’m really excited the AHA rolled out MyHerd,” says Eric Walker, Morrison, Tenn. “I’ve been fortunate enough to be on the initial test committee. I’ve seen this program on a first hand basis and am really excited

about all the features you’ll be able to use with this program.”

Walker says MyHerd makes getting performance data simple and quick.

“As a breeder, small or large, you’ll be able to benefit from this new package AHA has come up with,” he continued on page 42...

MyHerd.org Q&A | Question 1 |

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What is required to use MyHerd.org?

Answer: A computer or a tablet with internet connection is required to use MyHerd. Smartphones do not have the capacity to operate MyHerd.

Where do I find the MyHerd help directory?

Answer: The “help directory” icon is a red question mark and is located in the top right-hand corner of all MyHerd pages. When the help icon is clicked, a help page displays, based upon your location within MyHerd.

I received an email about an AI certificate. How do I update my pending animals on MyHerd?

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| Question 2 | What does it cost to use MyHerd?

Answer: There is no additional cost to use MyHerd.

The only requirements are to have an active American Hereford Association (AHA) member account and to provide the Association with a valid email address. Your email will allow us to communicate with you about information regarding your account and to provide important updates.

| Question 3 | Can I use MyHerd even though I use a herd management system like CattleMax, GEM, etc.?

Answer: Signing up for MyHerd doesn’t mean you can’t use herd management software. AHA recommends to use only one system to submit registrations and Whole Herd Total Performance Record (TPR™) data; otherwise, your herd management software could become out-of-date. MyHerd works great in addition to a herd management system because it offers features a herd management system can’t provide, like electronic animal transfer, artificial insemination (AI) certificate release and AHA online bill payment.

| Question 4 | Once I’ve logged into MyHerd, I see that my animal and Whole Herd TPR to-do lists are empty. What do I need to do?

Answer: First ask yourself, “What type of computer do I have (Mac/Apple device or a PC/Windows computer) ?”

Depending on your computer type, a specific browser is recommended. Follow these browser suggestions: Mac: Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome. The Mac default browser, Safari, is not compatible with MyHerd.

PC: Internet Explorer, Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox. Note: If you have a PC computer and you’re using Internet Explorer, please apply the following compatibility setting to connect to the database successfully. If you don’t complete the compatibility setting, animal and Whole Herd TPR to-do lists will remain empty with no data.

1) Open your Internet Explorer browser.

2) Click the “Tools” icon.

3) Click “Compatibility View” settings.

4) Enter MyHerd.org and click “Add” to add MyHerd.org to the compatibility list.

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1) Log into MyHerd.org 2) Click on the tab “Herd Details” and select the menu item “Pending Animals.”

3) Double click on the pending animal which needs an AI certificate.

| Question 6 | When registering a calf, why do I have to click “Yes” or “No” in the embryo transfer (ET) box if my calf is natural or bred AI? Answer: Due to the new ET policy and the real-time function of MyHerd, the system needs to know if it should require an embryo recovery date to calculate the breeder and original owner of the calf.

Rule 17A: new embryo transfer policy — For ET calves there will no longer be an ET certificate required for registration. The new requirement for registering an ET calf will be the reporting of the recovery date of the embryo at the time of flush. As previously, ET calves are charged an additional $10 per head over and above the normal registry rate (same cost as an ET certificate).

| Question 7 | I am a performance breeder. How do I enter weaning weights?

Answer: Click on the “Whole Herd TPR” button found on the right side of the home screen. Select the “WW” link corresponding to the year and calving season on which you want to report. A weaning performance screen will open.

1) Select a calf and the information for that animal will highlight in blue when selected.

2) Enter the weaning date in the observation text box.

3) Enter the actual weaning weight and weaning management information.

4) Click “Update” to submit information.

| Question 8 | I’m a performance breeder. What is the GOLD TPR to-do list for? I don’t report ultrasound data because I sell my calves at weaning.

Answer: The GOLD TPR to-do list displays incomplete trait data that must be completed before the respective performance deadline to qualify for a GOLD TPR award.

The list is made available to all performance members.

If you are interested in the award, complete the tasks described, but if you’re not interested in becoming a GOLD TPR breeder, then ignore the tasks listed. The GOLD TPR award is presented to progressive Hereford breeders who have collected measured traits and promptly submitted performance data at all levels of production.

4) The animal’s details screen will open. Click the “Update” button, and the system will pull the available AI certificate and place it on the animal’s record.

5) When the AI certificate is applied, a warning message will tell you the AI certificate is going to be used. Click “OVERRIDE” to use the certificate and to complete the registration.

| Question 10 | Why is all of my online work considered pending? Isn’t MyHerd in “real-time?”

Answer: MyHerd is in real-time, and your data are entered and received as you work. Everything you do on MyHerd is tracked by a transaction. The pending transaction screen can be thought of as a “shopping cart” or “work history” for all work completed on MyHerd. Not all transactions have charges associated.

For example, when you transfer an animal and create a new non-member account, a non-member creation $0.00 transaction is generated.

| Question 11 | I am trying to enter my credit card CVV code to pay my bill, but I can’t see the entire CVV code text box to enter the numbers. Why can’t I see the whole box?

Answer: The reason you can’t see the entire screen is that your screen resolution is set below 1200 pixels.

To increase your screen resolution, go to your desktop and use your mouse to right click. Select the menu option “Screen Resolution.”

Increase your screen resolution to at least 1200 pixels wide. Make sure you click “Apply” and then “Okay” to save the change. Wait for your screen to adjust and go back to your MyHerd window. HW

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Kreth Herefords & Angus 50th Annual Production Sale Saturday, Feb. 28, 2015 1 p.m. at the farm, located 14 miles south of Mt. Vernon, S.D., off Exit 319 off I-90

Selling will be 80 yearling bulls, Hereford and Angus and 10 registered Hereford heifers

Sale Sires: NJW 98S R117 Ribeye 88X ET, Churchill Sensation 028X Angus Reference Sires: D R Sierra Cut 7404, SAV Harvester 0338, Connealy Consensus 858L

Featuring Outstanding Sons Of 88X

K 88X RIBEYE 459

Sire: NJW 98S R117 RIBEYE 88X ET {CHB}{DLF,HYF,IEF} MGS: GO ABE T32 {CHB}{DLF,HYF,IEF}

BW 0.7; WW 57; YW 80; MM 34; M&G 62

K 88X RIBEYE 4142

Sire: NJW 98S R117 RIBEYE 88X ET {CHB}{DLF,HYF,IEF} MGS: CL 1 DOMINO 482P 1ET {SOD}{CHB}{DLF,IEF}

BW 2.0; WW 63; YW 92; MM 32; M&G 64

K 88X RIBEYE 471

K 88X RIBEYE 484 ET

Sire: NJW 98S R117 RIBEYE 88X ET {CHB}{DLF,HYF,IEF} MGS: GO ABE T32 {CHB}{DLF,HYF,IEF}

Sire: NJW 98S R117 RIBEYE 88X ET {CHB}{DLF,HYF,IEF} MGS: CL 1 DOMINO 482P 1ET {SOD}{CHB}{DLF,IEF}

BW 2.0; WW 65; YW 93; MM 36; M&G 69

BW 1.9; WW 62; YW 93; MM 30; M&G 61

K SENSATION 469

K SENSATION 4193 ET

Sire: CHURCHILL SENSATION 028X {CHB}{DLF,HYF,IEF} MGS: GO ABE T32 {CHB}{DLF,HYF,IEF}

Sire: CHURCHILL SENSATION 028X {CHB}{DLF,HYF,IEF} MGS: CL 1 DOMINO 482P 1ET {SOD}{CHB}{DLF,IEF}

BW -0.9; WW 58; YW 81; MM 37; M&G 66

BW -0.1; WW 59; YW 87; MM 35; M&G 64

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Selling…Two sons of HH Advance 1098Y

Lot 32

Lot 5 AHA

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HM 107R MAIDEN B007 BD Sept. 4, 2014 Sire: AB 6010 HELTONS BOUNTY 203

GE•EPD

JC HOMETOWN VICTORIA 340A ET

JC L1 DOMINO 1098Y 321A

BD Nov. 10, 2013 Sire: NJW 73S W18 HOMETOWN 10Y ET BW 2.2; WW 50; YW 84; MM 26 M&G 51

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HM T211 MAIDEN B006

Lot 36

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BURKS 413X QUEEN 622A

JC L1 DOMINO 1098Y 312A

JC L1 KOOL KATE 6928 316A

BD Dec. 5, 2012 Sire: UPS DOMINO 3027 BW 1.8; WW 48; YW 78; MM 35; M&G 59

BD Sept. 28, 2013 Sire: HH ADVANCE 1098Y BW 2.0; WW 53; YW 81; MM 33; M&G 59

BD Oct. 1, 2013 Sire: JCS COOL KAT 6928 BW 4.2; WW 47; YW 80; MM 19; M&G 43

BD July 2, 2014 Sire: AB 6010 HELTONS BOUNTY 203

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931-242-3749

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Lot 21

RC GRIZZLY 3U 360

RC MS BERNIE 88X 423

BD Nov. 4, 2013 • Sire: H W4 GRIZZLY 0146 ET BW 4.0; WW 58; YW 98; MM 24; M&G 54

BD Feb. 12, 2014 • Sire: NJW 98S R117 RIBEYE 88X ET BW 2.5; WW 52; YW 81; MM 27; M&G 53

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DLL ROBERT E LEE

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BD Oct. 9, 2013 • Sire: BF 7055 STONEWALL 902 ET BW 4.3; WW 53; YW 91; MM 16; M&G 43 BR DM CSF WALLACE ET {CHB}{DLF,HYF,IEF} BR MOLER ET {CHB}{DLF,IEF} BF 7055 STONEWALL 902 ET RB L1 DOMINETTE 8063 {DLF,HYF,IEC} P43057055 CL 1 DOMINETTE 244M {DLF,IEF} HH ADVANCE 9070J {SOD} CL 1 DOMINETTE 915J GO 3196 ADVANCE T9 {DLF,HYF,IEF} HH ADVANCE 3196N {SOD}{CHB}{DLF,IEC} C&M NEW MEXICO LADY 0045 {DLF,HYF,IEF} GO MS L18 EXCEL R65 {DLF,HYF,IEF} P43107921 C&M NEW MEXICO LADY 7008 {DLF,HYF,IEF} NJW 57G 83M REMEDY 95R ET {CHB}{DLF,HYF,IEF} MDP MICAH 110

Lot 41 LVF FANCY 82Z BD Nov. 29, 2012 • Sire: WALKER WAGON WHEEL 45P 43P 913 BW 4.0; WW 50; YW 79; MM 22; M&G 47 Due Jan. 2015 with heifer calf by ABOUT TIMES COACH 15Z

LIBERTY VALLEY FARM Jeanie Garrell Petersburg, TN Jeaniegarrell@gmail.com • 931-639-3923

DLL Cattle Co. Doug Le Tourneau 695 Nashville Pike, #195 Gallatin, TN 37066 615-594-2229 trainone53@hotmail.com

Lot 33 HPH MAYBELLINE 104B BD Oct. 7, 2014 • Sire: PURPLE MB WOMANIZER 14U ET BW 3.5; WW 58; YW 86; MM 21; M&G 50

RANCH OF HEREFORDS HOPKINS

Roy, Kim, Zachary, Jordan, Nathan and Ethan Hopkins

2314 Mingo Rd., Winchester, TM 37398 931-967-0241 • 931-808-6308 cell

2015 TENNESSEE AGRIBITION CONSIGNORS • MARCH 14, 2015 • LEBANON, TENN. Contact Bobby Singleton for a catalog 615-708-1034 • View the catalog online at www.hereford.org

Selling…

At Agribition and the “Southern Opportunity” Hereford Sale

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MCF 54U TRUSTY 1243 1350

R MISS LEGEND 2381

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BD April 12, 2011 • Sire: NS SAMSON ET 658 BW 3.1; WW 63; YW 95; MM 18; M&G 50 Sells with HC born 8/26/14 by X337 Bred 12/15/14 to SHF RIB EYE M326 R117

Lot 9 Lot 43 R MISS REVOLUTION 061 BD March 9, 2011 • Sire: R 2ND REVOLUTION 2767 BW 3.4; WW 60; YW 85; MM 19; M&G 48 Sells bred to C&L Apollo A42

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BD Oct. 15, 2013 • Sire: THM TLS TRUSTMEAD 1243 ET BW 2.7; WW 50; YW 85; MM 22 M&G 47

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MCF 314T TEA-PARTY 17Y 2013

MCF 7M15 RENEE 9012 23Z

BD Nov. 1, 2013 • Sire: TH 22R 16S LAMBEAU 17Y BW -0.8; WW 39; YW 77; MM 19; M&G 38

BD March 13, 2011 • Sire: MCF AB DUTCH MASTER 271 9012 BW 5.5; WW 66; YW 106; MM 18; M&G 51 Sells with a Heifer calf born 12/3/14 Sired by MCF 11X MR T-TOP 314T 62A ET

Johnny and Tanuja Jonathan and Meghan Justin and Meghan 314 Letory Rd., Wartburg, TN 37887 423-346-7304 Jonathan cell 865-803-9947 www.mudcreekfarms.org Hereford.org

Bringing Our Best To Agribition

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Lot 7 RF CATALINA 4130

RF PICKETT 3017

BD Jan. 30, 2014 • Sire: CRR 719 CATAPULT 109 BW 2.7; WW 60; YW 95; MM 24; M&G 54

BD Oct. 10, 2013 • Sire: RF ENDURANCE 1301 ET BW 2.3; WW 57; YW 90; MM 32; M&G 61

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RF NOTICE ME 3916

RF ROSEY 4218

BD Sept. 14, 2013 • Sire: C 860 NOTICE ME 1164 ET BW 3.3; WW 56; YW 92; MM 26; M&G 54 Sells bred to C 88X GOLD RIBEYE 1312 ET

BD Feb. 18, 2014 • Sire: C 88X GOLD RIBEYE 1312 ET BW 2.9; WW 48; YW 78; MM 31; M&G 55

Mike Rogan 1662 McKinney Chapel Rd. Rogersville, TN 37857 423-272-5018 423-754-1213 cell

RF 1301 ENDURANCE 4103 BD Jan. 3, 2014 • Sire: RF ENDURANCE 1301 ET BW 2.8; WW 41; YW 70; MM 24; M&G 44

2015 TENNESSEE AGRIBITION CONSIGNORS • MARCH 14, 2015 • LEBANON, TENN. Contact Bobby Singleton for a catalog 615-708-1034 • View the catalog online at www.hereford.org

Selling Two Fancy Show Prospects

Selling… Two stout bred heifers

Quality with Great Numbers

Lot 38 Lot 29 RMP NATALIE 4851 BD May 25, 2014 • Sire: THM DURANGO 4037 BW 2.1; WW 57; YW 88; MM 21; M&G 49

KPH BERTIE A813 BD Aug. 15, 2013 • Sire: DKM MR ENCHANMENT 812 ET BW 3.1; WW 46; YW 78; MM 12; M&G 35 Bred 9/21/14 to NJW 73S W18 HOMETOWN 10Y

Lot 3 FOUR L TRUSTWORTHY A3044 ET BD Sept. 3, 2013 • Sire: NJW 73S M326 TRUST 100W ET CE -1.9; BW 4.0; WW 63; YW 106; MM 27; M&G 59; MCE 2.6; MCW 127; SC 1.1; FAT -0.039; REA 1.16; MARB 0.08; BMI$ 21; CEZ$ 13; BII$ 17; CHB$ 36 KCF BENNETT 3008 M326 {SOD}{CHB}{DLF,HYF,IEF} RRH MR FELT 3008 {SOD}{CHB}{DLF,HYF,IEF} NJW 73S M326 TRUST 100W ET {CHB}{DLF,HYF,IEF} KCF MISS 459 F284 P43002897 NJW P606 72N DAYDREAM 73S {DLF,HYF,IEF} PW VICTOR BOOMER P606 {SOD}{CHB}{DLF,HYF,IEF} NJW 94J DEW 72N {DLF,HYF,IEF}

Lot 30 RMP NATASHA 443P BD June 5, 2014 • Sire: RMP MR. TIME 013 BW 3.9; WW 46; YW 75; MM 20; M&G 43

Todd, Samantha, Rachel and Zach Parish Harrisburg, Ill. 618-253-6651 parishfarmsherefords@gmail.com Hereford.org

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GH RAMBO 279R {CHB}{DLF,HYF,IEF} FOUR L 279R ANNETTE 8078U ET {DLF,IEF} 42940668 FOUR L GOLDILOCKS 201 {DLF,HYF,IEF}

GH NEON 17N {SOD}{CHB} HR GOLD DOMINO 251E C -S PURE GOLD 98170 {SOD}{CHB}{DLF,HYF,IEF} FOUR L MISS H0116

KPH MICHELLE A913 BD June 4, 2013 • Sire: DKM MR ENCHANMENT 812 ET BW 2.7; WW 49; YW 85; MM 12; M&G 36 Bred 8/14/2014, to MSU TCF REVOLUTION 4R

KERR POLLED HEREFORDS Larry and Ryan Kerr 847 Summerhill Dr., Friendsville, TN 37737 865-977-6194 • herefordkerr@gmail.com

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Making the Numbers Work Scan Data and genomic testing help EPD accuracy in young animals.

by Bridget Beran

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here are several ways to improve the accuracy of an animal’s expected progeny differences (EPDs), but two of the most widely used methods are scan data and the 50K genomic test. Scan data collected via ultrasound is a proxy for collecting carcass data such as marbling, external fat and ribeye area on live animals and is collected at 301 to 530 days of age.

“If everyone collected genomic data and not scan data we would not do a very good job of predicting carcass traits. From an industry perspective, we need a balance of genomic and scan data.”

—Dorian Garrick “The value of ultrasound data toward improving the accuracy of the actual carcass EPDs is a function of the genetic correlation between the traits and the amount of data recorded on related animals,” says Larry Kuehn, research geneticist for the U.S. Meat Animal Research Center.

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“The availability of ultrasound scanning has revolutionized our ability to estimate the genetic merit of carcass traits in seedstock animals for over 15 years.”

In recent years, many breed associations, including the American Hereford Association (AHA), have started doing tests on a panel that evaluates thousands of markers at the same time.

“The AHA released its first Genomic-Enhanced EPD (GE-EPD) in the fall of 2012, and that prediction panel was trained on nearly 1,500 animals and utilized a 50K,” says Jack Ward, AHA chief operating officer and director of breed improvement.

The AHA previously used a high density (HD) 77K panel, known as the GeneSeek Genetic ProfilerHigh Definition (GGP-HD), but recently recalibrated to release a new prediction panel to work across the Pan-American Cattle Evaluation (PACE) countries.

The new low-density 30K panel is offered to breeders for $35 and a GE-EPD panel is available for $55.

One major benefit of genomic testing is that it can be done early in life. From one small DNA sample, such as a hair follicle, Hereford breeders can test a wide

variety of traits (see “Hereford DNA Testing Fees”). According to Matthew Spangler, University of Nebraska associate professor and Extension beef genetics specialist, researchers are also making efforts to collect genomic data before birth.

“While genotyping does cost money, marker testing can significantly improve the accuracy of EPDs by evaluating if the animal inherited ‘good’ or ‘poor’ versions of the markers from parents even before any phenotypic data has been collected on an animal,” Kuehn adds. “While progeny tests will still improve accuracy beyond that achieved by marker tests, an early indication of genetic merit can help breeders choose which animals are worth evaluating for breeding stock in their herds.”

Working together According to Dorian Garrick, Iowa State University Lush chair in animal breeding and genetics and National Beef Cattle Consortium executive director, the GE-EPD test has the advantage when it comes to adding accuracy to traits across the board. Due to the large

amount of markers evaluated, DNA testing provides information to calculate all EPDs, while scan data can only contribute to carcass EPDs. While scan data will only help improve the accuracy of carcass traits, its value should not be discounted. “If everyone collected genomic data and not scan data we would not do a very good job of predicting carcass traits,” Garrick explains.

“From an industry perspective, we need a balance of genomic and scan data.”

Scan data and the GE-EPD panel are both included as sources for EPD data. According to Spangler, EPDs are, and have been, the best tools to make a genetic change within a breed or herd. The pairing of both scan data and the GE-EPD is invaluable for maintaining prediction accuracy and for further research and development within the breed.

“The development and continued refinement of genomic tools relies on having phenotypic records measure and recorded with the AHA,” Spangler says.

“So if producers discontinue weighing and scanning animals, the long-term viability of genomics will suffer.”

For genomic tests like the GE-EPD panel, a large number of animals with genotypes and carcass data are required to develop accurate predictions.

Especially for large national cattle evaluations, the more data the program has, the more accurate genomic testing becomes.

“Either marker tests or ultrasound measures will contribute to additional accuracy in carcass EPDs,” Kuehn says, adding that including an ultrasound measurement with an animal that was genotyped early in life will result in additional accuracy. “Collection of actual carcass measurements, ultrasound Hereford.org

measurements and genotypes on an ongoing basis will further improve the robustness of these marker tests.”

While both forms of data collection can improve EPD accuracy, their value isn’t as high for established herd sires or cattle with a large number of progeny.

“If an EPD has been accurately determined, such as from a progeny test with hundreds of offspring, then additional information cannot make it more accurate,” Garrick says.

However, for young calves with only their parental averages, these tests can vastly improve the accuracy of a calf’s EPDs. Spangler adds that if a bull has a genomic test but never has progeny with ultrasound or carcass data recorded, this accuracy will not reach high levels.

“While it is understandable that producers may not want to allocate or dedicate costs over fewer technologies, it is important to note that the need for actual, measured, phenotypic data is never going to go away,” Kuehn says.

“Neither scan data nor marker panels completely replace one another.”

pairing of both tests not only will help the producer with his individual decisions for an animal, but also will help develop more accurate testing across the board for Herefords.

“It is important to understand that these are two sources of information, that when used in EPDs, are both beneficial,” Spangler says. HW Editor’s Note: For more information, see “Genomics and the Rancher” in the August 2012 Hereford World and “DNA Testing Procedures,” posted at Hereford.org “Education Center” under the Herd Management Tools tab.

Hereford DNA testing fees GeneSeek Inc., the official DNA lab for the American Hereford Association (AHA), provides these tests for members. Please note the process to request DNA kits has not changed — Hereford breeders must continue to request a kit from AHA. Also the new LD panel has not shortened the testing time. Please continue to allow enough time to get data back for a production sale if you have a deadline.

Basic test — $35 (no bulk rate available) includes profile, parentage, abnormalities GE-EPD test — $55 (no bulk rate available) includes profile, parentage (needs to be requested), abnormalities and GE-EPD Stand-alone horned/polled (H/P) test — $45 Full package — $85 includes profile, parentage (needs to be requested), abnormalities, GE-EPD, H/P (needs to be requested) HW

Heritability But the real question is how will these tests translate into an animal’s progeny? According to Spangler, carcass traits are moderately heritable.

Ultrasound data currently has a high genetic correlation with actual carcass data that is better than the GE-EPD. However, carcass data markers detected by the GE-EPD panel are almost completely heritable. While the only absolute way to collect 100% accurate carcass data is by weighing and harvesting the animal’s actual progeny, both scan data and the GE-EPD can help producers to make better decisions for the long-term quality of their herds.

“Both scan data and genomic marker panels are tools to help producers decide, at a relatively young age, which animals merit further progeny testing,” Kuehn says.

However, the field of genomics is ever evolving, and each new change equals better and more accurate predictions for producers. Heritability and genomic predictions are also on their way to improvement, according to Garrick.

“We have just developed improved predictions that will become available later in the year that are considerably better than the older 50K predictions,” Garrick explains.

While changes may come with new test developments, currently scan data and the GE-EPD panel are the best tools producers have for improving their EPDs. “The genomic component is just another step in the evolution of performance tools that will allow seedstock breeders and their customers to identify genetics earlier in life and, in turn, to make more informed decisions and quicker generational turns,” Ward says.

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Technologies for Herd Improvement

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here are many technological advancements that can improve production efficiency, and each producer needs to determine which ones can be beneficial for his own operation. Kelly Bruns, University of Nebraska West Central Research and Extension Center, says when considering adopting new technology to increase beef production, producers should carefully analyze the inputs required to obtain these increases.

Beef production per cow has increased over the past 30 years.

“This increase can be attributed to advancements in genetics, nutrition, health and growth enhancement technologies, as well as improved management and information gathering,” Bruns says. “While many notable improvements come with a cost, there are some that have a much greater return on investment than others.”

Producers should find ways to adapt the use of technology, taking advantage of the simple ones to create a more profitoriented operation. There are always ways to improve efficiency and to reduce expensive inputs.

Heterosis “If we were to ask cow-calf producers what is the one improvement that has made the most noticeable advancement in

their operation, many of them would list improved genetics,” Bruns says. “It is easy to see and quantify the dramatic changes that have taken place since the 1950’s in the growth potential of calves we produce. There has been a large increase in slaughter weights.”

For the seedstock producer or cow-calf producer, Bruns says there are several genetic technologies that do not require use of any sophisticated technology.

can increase pounds, performance or sale weight adds value,” Bruns says. “Heterosis is a choice that more people need to utilize.”

Expected progeny differences (EPDs) “We also have the very basic tools of EPDs,” Bruns says. “People can look at sire summaries provided by sale catalogs, and these allow us to make useful decisions. We can also look at the indexes, such as the

“It all depends on how you interpret the use of technology, but I would say that anything that can increase pounds, performance or sale weight adds value. Heterosis is a choice that more people need to utilize.”

— Kelly Bruns “Just the aspect of crossbreeding, which the Hereford breed is now in a great position to offer, given the current population of Angusinfluenced cattle in the United States, can hugely benefit the commercial cattleman.”

The Hereford breed is in a position to provide the means for hybrid vigor in the next calf crop and in the cow herd for the future.

“It all depends on how you interpret the use of technology, but I would say that anything that

maternal index, calving ease index or the Certified Hereford Beef Index (CHB$) that the Hereford breed utilizes,” Bruns says.

Breeders can select for balanced traits that will continue to move their female side forward as future cows, as well as beef production.

Robbi Pritchard, South Dakota State University, says EPDs are still underutilized at the commercial level, partly because there are so many now that using them may become confusing.

“Sometimes a person needs to just look at the ones that are the most important to their own operation and breeding program, get some benchmarks on where they want to be, and not get lost in all the other data,” he says.

“Each producer needs to pinpoint priorities and focus on those.

“The huge payback of EPDs on bulls, whether it’s on semen purchases or bull purchases, is to keep picking the numbers that build the right cow, if you are keeping daughters from those sires,” says Pritchard.

Artificial insemination (AI)

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“Another thing that ties into genetic improvement is artificial insemination,” Bruns says. The latest National Animal Health Monitoring System (NAHMS) report showed that the percentage of commercial operations that utilize AI is only 7.2%. More than 60% of producers who chose not to use AI stated that labor, time

and the difficulty of initiating the process were the reasons they didn’t use it.

“AI is a very old technology, but still underutilized,” says Pritchard. “The South Americans are doing a lot more AI than we are and have figured out how to AI even in large pastures. The idea that it’s not practical to do out on the range is no longer true.”

There have been attempts to quantify the true dollar advantage to using AI, but one illustration is the price differential between bred heifers that are sold as pregnant to AI breeding compared to heifers that are bull bred. “There is a substantial difference that would more than pay for the labor and the AI,” Bruns explains. “There is a tremendous amount of added value in this group.”

There are some cost-effective methods that can be used today to synchronize a herd and then allow the use of the desired genetics that are now available to meet herd goals. With AI, the options for matching individual cows with the most suited genetics are more valuable than ever. As technologies evolved, AI companies have trained technicians who can cost-effectively inseminate cattle with use of the new synchronization protocols.

“The American Hereford Association has done very well with their young sires testing program,” Bruns says. “They can provide that information to commercial producers and make cooperative agreements to get those genetics out to commercial herds. When you look at what it costs to collect a bull, and the cost per unit of semen, it is worthwhile for purebred producers to provide those genetics at a costeffective rate to commercial producers. The commercial producer and purebred producer would easily see benefits from this ability to capture more data, promote the breed and get more offspring out there.”

Nutrition An improvement of 0.1 lb. in feed efficiency is worth $10 per head at the feedlot, according to Bruns.

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more by-products are being fed,” Bruns says. New technologies in feed fabrication, creating cubes and pellets, and treating cornstalks have helped some producers keep feed costs down.

“As the genetic potential of cattle improves, there will be greater emphasis on matching cattle to proper nutrition to program them to a specific endpoint,” he says. “There is renewed interest in putting more calories in front of calves earlier in life. Calves that are grown appropriately will maximize growth and have greater carcass weights.”

There are simple ways to improve feed to gain and add value. “Increasing feed efficiency through better management practices becomes important,” says Bruns.

Pritchard points out the value of using feed scales — weighing feed can save producers money every year when feeding concentrate to young bulls or replacement heifers. A study one of his colleagues did about 30 years ago was revealing.

“They were developing heifers in a drylot on a high roughage diet,” he explains. “If a person is growing 100 heifers for 133 days, measuring each ingredient in the feed mix, the result you get in production efficiencies would pay for the wagon and scale. When we supplement cows we usually don’t measure the amount of cake; we generally just estimate. Cake is not cheap, so what we tend to do is watch what shape the cows are in — and if they are not in good enough body condition, we feed more cake. When they are in good shape, what we may not have realized is that with a set of scales we could have been accurate enough to feed them 10% less cake that winter. That savings would have paid for the scale,” says Pritchard.

Cattle management and handling There are also ways to improve programs through new management and cattle handling concepts. “Applying new cattle handling ideas, some of which are not actually new, and portable corrals can make a lot of things feasible,” Pritchard says.

“I think this one thing, the ability to set up a corral anywhere you need one, would help with many of the things that are on the list of technologies we can readily take advantage of, like AI, preg-checking, how and when we use our vaccines, etc.,” he says.

Some ranchers feel locked into vaccination schedules that revolve around when they might have the cattle close to home so they can vaccinate them.

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“Some cattlemen have developed an efficient way to use portable corrals,” Pritchard explains. “If we could improve on that management technique, then the vaccine programs could be much better and more uniformly applied, as well as other strategies.”

opportunities,” Bruns says.

“The ‘Bud box,’ created by Bud Williams, one of the gurus of low stress handling, has revolutionized processing facilities and working corrals on ranches.”

Often with low-stress methods of moving and working cattle, one person can do what it took

“I think this one thing, the ability to set up a corral anywhere you need one, would help with many of the things that are on the list of technologies we can readily take advantage of, like AI, preg-checking, how and when we use our vaccines, etc.”

— Robbi Pritchard There are also ways to improve grazing management and increase stocking rate. “Rotational grazing, with adequate periods of rest and recovery of pastures has shown vast improvements in stocking rate and drought resistance,” Bruns says. “New, innovative fencing technologies make it easier to move cattle daily or even multiple times per day.”

Ranchers can improve their grazing management, produce more beef per acre and benefit the land in the process. “When expanding our beef herds, we often have to do it without expanding our land base,” Bruns says. If producers can increase production per acre with higher stocking rates while at the same time making the land healthier, this is perhaps their biggest potential for improvement.

Their research focus has been on how to produce more pounds of beef per acre of grass and increasing stocking rate, while making the land resistant to drought. “Some people are trying to implement these concepts, but if our industry had a higher percentage of producers really taking a look at grazing management, we would make huge strides in production,” he says.

Traditional ways of management are not always the most beneficial. “Many ranchers think rotational grazing takes too much time and effort but the benefits are so great that we really can’t afford to not do it,” Bruns says. “Besides improving pasture health and production, you get to see all your cattle more often, you have calmer cattle and you know your cattle.”

These benefits all go hand-inhand with low-stress handling, which also improves cattle health.

This management tactic requires no high-tech methodology, can reduce labor and improve profits.

“Progressive ranches demand that employees adhere to strict rules on handling and provide training

multiple people, saving labor costs. Cattle handled in this manner are easier to manage and stay healthier. These methods have greatly reduced sickness rates in feedlots and have improved feed efficiency.

Implants Pritchard says implants are an old but underutilized technology.

“In earlier years we used them a lot, and then they went out of vogue because for awhile buyers misunderstood how they worked and discounted implanted calves,” he says. “But a good implant strategy for suckling calves can have significant payback. On our northern plains calves, if we do it right, we can pick up more than 30 lb. on weaning weight, and today that’s a lot of money,” says Pritchard.

Data summarized by Michael King, a research assistant at Kansas State University, from Superior Livestock, showed

there was no price difference or discount between implanted and non-implanted cattle.

“Some people choose not to implant because they think the calves will be discounted at the marketplace, so they don’t utilize this technology,” Bruns says.

“But the data from 11,350 lots representing 11.1 million cattle sold through Superior Livestock Video Auctions in 2011 and 2012 where 31% of the calves received an implant showed no differences in price.”

Implants were one of the earliest and most revolutionary technologies in the beef industry and still have the most impact today for increasing production.

“Estimated returns can range from $30 to $67 per head,” Bruns says. “Economists at Iowa State University reported the value of implants at $34 per head for the cow-calf producer and $71 per head in the feedlot.” This large return on investment can be captured with very little infrastructure.

“However, over time we’ve had fewer producers choosing to use this proven technology,” he says. Only 11.9% of all cow-calf operations used an implant prior to weaning in the 2009 NAHMS report, compared to 14% in the 1997 report,” he says.

There are many ways to make a ranch or feedlot more profitable. “While technology has proven to be a useful tool within the industry, it will be our innovations in developing production schemes that focus on profit that will keep the industry moving forward,” Bruns says. HW

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Ranch Help at Your Fingertips Today’s tools of the trade include a myriad of mobile apps.

by Katrina Huffstutler

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iles from the Yards at a busy Denver restaurant, a group of cattlemen sit at a table for eight in complete silence. They’re crowded around a single iPad watching a sale in real time while they wait for their steaks to be served.

Somewhere on the Plains, it’s after midnight when a breeder thinks of something he just has to add to his website. He doesn’t consider himself tech-savvy and is much more comfortable with expected progeny differences (EPDs) than HTML. But he can update the information on one of his sires with a few swipes on his Android phone.

The times they are a changin’ In the five years since the now-trademarked “There’s an app for that” catchphrase was first uttered in an iPhone ad, apps (applications) have been developed and downloaded for just about every topic imaginable.

And not just for Apple devices.

Comparably, Android phones and tablets have more than one million apps available through their Google Play store.

The agricultural industry has its fair share of apps, and Hereford breeders are taking advantage at an increasing rate.

Katie Colyer, a representative for LiveAuctions.tv, says the company launched its app a little more than a year ago. The idea was to allow producers to see an auction even if they couldn’t get to their computers. With Apple devices not supporting Flash, that access was impossible for many users before creation of this app.

But in the 13 months after its release, the app turned into so much more. People started using it at shows so they could monitor what classes were in the ring at the time without having to leave the stalls or tie outs.

Downtime on the road? Users can browse upcoming auctions and place a bid in advance.

The app could even be used at an auction to chat with a

representative or to bid in real time.

One of the latest additions, Katie says, is the ability for users to start an auction through the app by uploading photos from their phones or tablets, clerk their auctions and even broadcast an auction with the built-in video and audio broadcasting tool.

“As long as you’ve got a good signal, you can do it,” Katie says.

“Brad [Fahrmeier, Live Auctions] has tested the feature with great success at farm auctions and lectures.”

In addition to her affiliation with the auction company, Katie is an integral part of her family’s Idaho cattle operation, especially when it comes to show and sale preparations. She says as a producer, she’s impressed with how much good the app can do its users.

“Your cattle can be seen by such a larger audience now,” she says. “There’s really a great potential to increase your bottom line.”

Tonya Perez is another techie Hereford breeder with two gigs.

She and her husband, Kyle, are part of the C and M Herefords operation based in New Mexico, while Tonya also works for her parents’ company, AgTown Technologies. The website and graphic design agency is best known perhaps for Virtual Herd, its application built on the cloud that provides breeders centralized data storage to securely store, access and manage all types of data, pictures and videos. That means website customers who prefer to do their own updates and save a little money in the process can do so easily and efficiently.

Tonya said the program is a content management service “like WordPress, but for the ag industry.

“We built it to where our clients can log into their websites and add herd sires and donors,” she says. “And

Keep up-to-date with the Hereford Events app.

Hereford enthusiasts can get the latest news and updates straight from their mobile devices.

Launched in 2013, the Hereford Events app was designed to provide up-todate information about Hereford events such as the American Hereford Association (AHA) Annual Meeting, the Junior National Hereford Expo, and national shows and sales.

The app can be downloaded via Google Play or Apple stores, making it compatible with iPhone and Android phones. By downloading the app, users can receive exclusive alerts and notifications; view and download resources including national show programs and sale catalogs, board biographies, contest schedules and much more; access maps and directions to show facilities, hotels and other attractions; and submit event photos.

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Features The “Alerts” tab is the place where staff post important information and reminders regarding events and deadlines.

This function provides reminders of national show entry deadlines, show days, how users can view results online and other event information.

The app includes a “Resources” tab where documents are available to help answer the questions event attendees may have. That tab can be found on the home page.

Available resources include board biographies, contest schedules with times and locations, show programs, newsletters, sponsorships and anything else that can make an attendee’s experience at these events more enjoyable.

The “YouTube” channel link under the “More” tab links the user to the herefordvideos channel. If a Hereford breeder is out in the pasture and is unable to recall how to pull hair samples for DNA testing, he can access AHA’s educational videos via the app.

The “Schedule” tab on the home page changes focus for each upcoming event.

Within the tab is a link for each day of the event. Above the daily happenings, there is a tab menu including “Info,” “Comments,” “Attend” and “Gallery.” Here users can post what they thought of the day’s activities. They can also post if they are going to attend an event by first logging in to a social account by clicking the “Callouts” icon in the bottom right and then clicking “I’m Going!”

There are two ways to share photos of the events in which users participate. First, under the “Schedule” tab, within the gallery, a user can take a photo while at that day’s event and upload it to that day’s gallery. Second, under the “More” tab, there is a link titled “Submit Photos.” From there a user can submit a photo that could potentially be used in a Hereford publication.

The communication team updates the app weekly; therefore, it is important to refresh the application to ensure the latest news is displayed. The simplest way to refresh is to completely back out of the application to the phone’s home page and then to re-enter the application. HW

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committed to memory, it’s still one of their most-used apps.

“We’re in a 24/7 world,” she says. “Being able to access that information instantly as you need it is very, very valuable.”

It seems many ranchers agree. In a recent Facebook poll, a host of ag-related apps were mentioned as anything from necessities to, at the very least, helpful for doing business. Some of the most popular were the Hereford Events app, then we built customized tools specifically for the industry, where they fill out the registration number, birthweight, yearling weight, etc. They fill in the pedigree information and then our program does all the formatting for them.”

The app keeps the customer’s website looking consistent without him having to pay for updates.

Once smartphones started gaining popularity in the livestock business, Tonya says developing an app to complement the program was the logical next step. And the idea for it? Well, that came straight from the Yards.

“My husband, Kyle, was at Denver and wanted to show a potential customer a photo of the dam of the bull we were selling. So, here I am on our website on my phone, trying to find that specific picture. And it was so cumbersome,” Tonya says.

So when she and Kyle returned, she went to the programming crew and said, “Hey, I think there could be a great value [in an app] for the guys who are on the road a lot.”

Nowadays, all that Virtual Herd users have to do is go to the website, pull up the pic and hand their phone over to the interested party.

“They can just say, ‘Hey, here’s the pedigree, here’s the picture, and also here’s the dam, the sire, and maternal grandsire.’ They can show them right there on the spot to help make the sale,” she says.

Tonya says the app has evolved into a window into a user’s entire herd.

Once logged in, the user can search for a tag number, and choosing that number brings up the pedigree and EPDs on that animal.

“Let’s say a bull buyer stops by the ranch,” Tonya says. “They see something that just trips their trigger and they really want to know more about that animal. You can type in that tag number and pull up the pedigree. It really helps the owner remember who that animal is and make sure they’re giving out the right information.”

She says it’s especially helpful for ranchers who have a job in town, too, and may have a harder time remembering every little detail about each animal. But even for the fulltime cattlemen who do have pedigrees Hereford.org

CattleFax, and iCattleMgrPro and iLivestockMgr. And several general apps, not developed specifically for the industry, were must-haves as well.

Among them are various weather apps, EverNote and Google Maps.

Tom and Tammy Boatman, co-managers of Perks Ranch in Illinois, say they use mobile apps on a daily basis. Most are general; many come with phones and tablets these days, but all save them time and allow them to be more efficient.

Tammy says the Notes app is one of their favorites.

“Tom enters important information like breeding dates, etc. into his phone and doesn’t

have to worry about losing pieces of paper,” she says. “He then messages me the info and I can enter it into our computer.”

And with 2014 being their kids’ first Junior National Hereford Expo, she says the Hereford app was invaluable, keeping up with the schedule of events and making sure everyone was at the right place at the right time.

There’s a lot to keep up with on the ranch. Luckily, there are a whole lot of apps for that. HW

2015 ILLINI CLASSIC Illinois State Fairgrounds — Springfield Ill. Schedule of Events: All in Upper Arena Friday, Feb. 20, 2015

4:30 – 6 p.m. Illini Classic Social (Sponsored by IHA). Open to the public.

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Cattle on display 6 p.m.

Illini Classic Sale

NEW DATE, CATION TIME AND LO

Offering to include show heifer prospects, bred heifers, herd bull prospects and embryos Sale Contacts: Andrew Garnhart – Manager 815-238-2381 garnhart@gmail.com

Monte Lowderman — Auctioneer 309-255-0110 John Meents — AHA Field Representative 419-306-7480

Saturday, Feb. 21, 2015 ILLINOIS HEREFORD ASSOCIATION ANNUAL MEETING AND BANQUET 9 a.m. at the Northfield Inn & Suite 3280 Northfield D . • Springfield IL 62701 February 2015 /

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TH 702T 17Y LAMBEAU 158A

P43360468 — Calved: Feb. 10, 2013 — Tattoo: BE 158A

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TH 121L 63N TUNDRA 16S {CHB}{DLF,HYF,IEF} TH JWR SOP 16G 57G TUNDRA 63N {SOD}{CHB}{DLF,HYF,IEF} TH 22R 16S LAMBEAU 17Y {DLF,HYF,IEF} KB 17F CASSANDRA 121L {DLF,IEF} P43171190 TH 62N 3L KELSEY 22R {DLF,HYF,IEF} S&S ROCK SOLID 3L {CHB} TH 605F 57G KELSEY 62N

BOYD Z86 LIMITED 8146 TH 121L 8146 CASSANDRA 43P {DLF,HYF,IEF} P42526431 KB 17F CASSANDRA 121L {DLF,IEF}

KCF BENNETT 9126J P18 {CHB}{DLF,HYF,IEF} CL 1 DOMINO 9126J 1ET {SOD}{CHB}{DLF,IEF} TH 502 P18 VERONICA 702T {DOD}{DLF,HYF,IEF} KCF MISS 3008 M73 {DOD} P42808192 KBCR 9B VERONICA 502 C&L DOUBLE TIME 452M 9B {SOD} KBCR 1G VERONICA 009 {DOD}

CE 4.2; BW 0.4; WW 51; YW 76; MM 22; M&G 48; MCE 0.3; MCW 76; SC 0.8; FAT 0.019; REA 0.18; MARB 0.13; BMI$ 18; CEZ$ 18; BII$ 16; CHB$ 24 • Several sons sell

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Calved: Feb. 2, 2014 Sire: TH 43P 719T Victor 467Y ET CE 1.9; BW 1.3; WW 47; YW 76; MM 19; M&G 43; MCE 1.5; MCW 79; SC 0.8; FAT 0.028; REA 0.22; MARB 0.12; BMI$ 17; CEZ$ 16; BII$ 15; CHB$ 22

CE 1.5; BW 1.4; WW 48; YW 91; MM 24; M&G 48; MCE 3.3; MCW 103; SC 0.9; FAT 0.057; REA 0.15; MARB 0.29; BMI$ 18; CEZ$ 16; BII$ 15; CHB$ 25 • New herd sire

RW MR VICTOR B10

Calved: Feb. 5, 2014 Sire: TH 43P 719T Victor 467Y ET CE 2.2; BW 2.8; WW 57; YW 84; MM 23; M&G 52; MCE 1.1; MCW 84; SC 1.0; FAT 0.020; REA 0.21; MARB 0.11; BMI$ 19; CEZ$ 16; BII$ 16; CHB$ 26

RW MR VICTOR B18

Calved: Feb. 28, 2014 Sire: TH 43P 719T Victor 467Y ET CE 1.2; BW 1.8; WW 49; YW 75; MM 20; M&G 44; MCE 1.0; MCW 81; SC 0.9; FAT 0.008; REA 0.24; MARB 0.11; BMI$ 18; CEZ$ 16; BII$ 17; CHB$ 23

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Step 1 for Buying a Bull: Find the Base Herd EPD Values The bull’s EPD values are the best representation of who he is.

The first step when buying a new bull is to access the traits of the old bulls.

Breeding programs tend to be long term, and the current herd is a product of the old bulls.

Let’s not get hung up on numbers. Instead, let’s ask and answer some questions. As a herd manager, are you satisfied with the output of the herd? Do you enjoy the cattle? Are the calves the type you want to produce? Is there a

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demand for the calves? What does the market say about the calves?

This does not need to be a complicated process. As you review the herd, do you smile or wish for a better herd? When the neighbor comes over, are there cows you do not want seen or is the whole herd open for public viewing? When the calves are sold, do they sell as one or do you partition some off into smaller lots? Do you slip some through to the off days at the market?

Satisfaction with the present is the goal of yesterday’s bull buying.

There are a lot of ways to measure production, but the key to satisfaction rests in the heart of the producer. If you are satisfied, try to buy bulls of a similar genetic makeup as before. If you are not satisfied, then define the bulls that previously were purchased and head in a different direction.

Remember that commercial producers buy bulls, and it is those

bulls that are the focus of imported genetics within the herd. One half of the genetic material in the cow herd will trace directly to the bulls that sired the cows.

That genetic material is the expected progeny difference (EPD) values of the purchased bulls. An individual calf receives half of its genes (bull EPD values) from the sire and, on average, one-fourth of the remaining genes come from the EPD values of the maternal grandsire and one-fourth comes from the maternal granddam.

For the average calf, the sire and the maternal grandsire are projected to have contributed three-fourths of the calves’ genes. Although somewhat challenging to do all the math, on average, if one goes back an additional generation, 87.5% of the genes within the calf crop are potentially accounted for by the EPD values of the last three sets of bulls that the producer purchased.

One should notice the inclusion of the term EPD within the previous discussion. The bull’s EPD values are the best representation of who he is.

The best evaluation of current and past bulls is to look up their EPD values.

That process is not difficult, provided one has maintained the registration numbers of the bulls.

The biggest mistake purebred or commercial producers make when buying bulls is not having the bull registrations transferred to their name. That is a serious mistake. All registered bulls should be transferred to their new owner. Breed associations constantly are updating their databases and fine-tuning the EPDs for all bulls, especially with the genomic opportunities available to enhance genetic evaluations. As your bull ages on your place, his data is growing at breed headquarters. In time, a producer can print the revised EPDs to better evaluate selection objectives and progress by reviewing past bull purchases, along with new purchases.

Thus the point for today: After acknowledging your level of satisfaction with the herd but before doing anything else, find out what bulls created the current herd. Find a spreadsheet or simple piece of paper and list the current bulls by registration number and then go to the appropriate breed association website and look up selected EPD values for those bulls.

The simplest is to utilize what one might call the “touchy, feely traits.” In other words, the traits one understands.

At the Dickinson Research Extension Center, I like to use four baseline traits because they are simple growth traits. The four traits are EPDs for birth weight, weaning weight, yearling weight and ribeye area.

In addition, I usually list the milk and marbling EPDs as tag-along traits Hereford.org

Finding Hereford EPDs All registered bulls should be transferred to their new owner. Breed associations constantly are updating their databases and finetuning the EPDs for all bulls, especially with the genomic opportunities available to enhance genetic evaluations. because they have a huge impact within the genetics of the beef business.

A producer can pick any trait or index to include on the evaluation sheet for past bulls. However, do not make the process too complicated because too many numbers written on a page cloud the mind.

The point is to list the traits and average the values for past bulls. That average EPD value for each trait drives the current performance of the herd.

Now you know why the herd is what it is.

EPDs are the tools used to determine if you want to stay the course or change the herd. You decide. HW

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Producers can visit Hereford.org for resources related to individual animal performance as well as basic performance and marketing tools.

The American Hereford Association (AHA) measures 14 traits and calculates four profit ($) indexes. The Hereford Sire Summary, which is produced each spring and posted online, provides breeders with a tremendous amount of information on a large population of Hereford sires. The “Records/TPR” page on Hereford.org has links to the Hereford Sire Summary and Trends & Distribution Report.

The Trends & Distributions Report contains information on the breed average expected progeny differences (EPDs) for each of the 14 reported traits. Additionally, this report contains a listing of the EPD distributions of active sires, active dams and calves born in the past two years broken down by percentile rankings for each of the EPD traits. There are four “trait leader” reports available that provide the top 200 animals of specific classes or types in the Hereford breed based on the $Profit Indexes, which use multiple EPD criteria in their calculation. An explanation can be found within each of the reports.

Breeders can also visit the AHA website and do a comprehensive sort of Hereford sires — go to Hereford.org and click on “EPD Search.”

Producers can do a sort on an individual EPD range or on multiple EPD parameters.

Utilizing the AHA website to look up EPDs allows breeders to efficiently research and sort performance information for their future breeding decisions. The EPD lookup utilities and animal search features used in conjunction with the following report files that are offered can provide you many useful tools for making comparative decisions when evaluating your herd or making a decision on which animals to use in the upcoming breeding season.

Authorized users — individuals, ranches, farms or companies — that have set up an AHA Internet account, can utilize the “Mating Predictor.” This tool facilitates planned matings by allowing breeders to enter a sire or sires by registration number and then select females by registration number or from their herd inventory.

For more information about Hereford resources and tools contact Christy Bradshaw, AHA education coordinator, at 816-842-3757 or cbradshaw@hereford.org. HW

Breeders can visit the AHA website and do a comprehensive sort of Hereford sires — go to Hereford.org and click on “EPD Search.”

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Westpoint 40W sons are in use at Van Newkirk Herefords, Stuber Ranch and Brillhart Ranch herds.

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CE BW WW YW MM TM -1.1 5.2 47.1 68.5 15.0 38.6 • Missed first round of EPDs Performance numbers will definitely go up as these are top performing yearlings

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17834747 Sire: S A V Birthstone 8258 Dam: B B Sylvia 1289 BW -.5; WW 65; YW 95; Milk 25; FAT .004; RE .55; MARB .52

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Females Selling: 50 White Faced First Calf Heifers 15 Angus First Calf Heifers 10 Hereford First Calf Heifers

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After-the-party Blues Those who do their homework will lessen the pains of life, but even then there are no guarantees in this business.

Beef fever, the 2014 attitude. Ever hosted one of those over-the-top parties? They seem to be enjoyable and many people attend. However, sometimes you look around and ask: Who invited that person because I don’t know who he or she is? As the sun comes up the next day and the dust settles, it seems to be a good time to reflect on the good times had at the party.

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party similarities to what took place in the beef industry this past year.

For those who have had the great experience of introducing their children to the world, there is the afterparty phase. Yes, the joy of watching a child get his or her first paycheck is precious, but you also realize that the paycheck does not even begin to reflect the cost of raising a child.

However, there is a point when every family starts to think more about retirement by slowly but steadily

shifting money from rearing to retirement funds. If this step is poorly done, then the child gets the call: “Son, I am out of money.” Such calls are seldom returned with haste.

Meanwhile, the beef industry, at least in the cow-calf business, is nestled in the conservative upbringing of farm and ranch families. The call for more money for family living usually meant selling an extra cow, not driving to the bank to take out a loan. My memory is good, not always accurate, but still good.

Boom times are party times and not-so-boom times have caused those who are less conservative to stumble.

The stumble actually may not be a fall, but sometimes it is. Sometimes it is simply a weakening of the farm or ranch infrastructure, but nevertheless the challenge remains. It goes without saying that the beef cattle world ended 2014 on a good note.

The cow-calf segment reflects the good prices received and desire to move forward. The move forward keeps those who project numbers busy. Those numbers set the feel for the future. As cow-calf producers, confidence is felt because cattle numbers seem low and interest in beef remains strong. Those who like to eat beef seem to be getting their share, so we have the party.

However, we do have the “but” word. Eternal optimism is not any better than perpetual pessimism. Real life exists somewhere in between. The question is, where in between?

Every day that someone lifts his or her hand to bid on the price of cattle, he or she votes. That person has helped set the current value that, we hope, is calculated by taking into account expenses and estimated future value.

Of course, such activity does not really happen in the absence of markets or those financial structures that facilitate marketing, so dollars are associated with that vote and ultimately change hands as the business day ends. When all the homework has been done, accounts should balance and the next day should be started in a positive fashion.

The word “homework” is the source of stubbed toes. Organizations that make dollars available pay considerable attention to the prices paid, projected expenses and projected sale prices.

Agricultural product value, particularly food, is market-driven.

Markets are driven by supply and demand. The demand is people, and people like to party, so the cycle continues.

The real foundation is in the homework. Who actually ordered all those supplies? Who was in charge of the guest list? Who was instructed on how to receive the supplies? Planning and more planning is important. If the numbers are not positive, dollars are withdrawn. Unfortunately, one of the most difficult lessons in life is the lesson of living within one’s means.

The basic rule is that the amount of the sale check has no connection and no requirement to the future. The sales receipt only reflects the market on the day that the check was written. In the cattle business, the check was written on the day the cattle were sold.

Yes, call home and the folks will do what they can, but call the bank and one may find the account has been closed.

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also to help ease consumers’ concerns about what goes into their food. For many consumers, antibiotics and hormones are a hot topic issue that they want producers to address.

“Hormones are involved because they can genetically increase efficiency in meat animals,” says Mike Apley,

Kansas State University College of Veterinary Medicine professor and production medicine and clinical pharmacology specialist.

“Antibiotics allow us to protect the health of an animal we raise.”

While producers know they use both of these products for the benefit of the animals, consumers want to know that the beef they are purchasing is safe and healthy for their families. Knowing the facts and how to talk about antibiotics and hormones can help farmers and ranchers communicate with consumers to ensure they’re getting correct information.

“They have sincere concerns, they may not be legitimate, but they are sincere,” says Dee Griffin, University of NebraskaLincoln (UNL) Great Plains Veterinary Educational Center feedlot production management veterinarian. “They’re not trying to be anti-beef production, they just want to be sure that what they’re feeding their families is safe.”

Antibiotic issues The use of antibiotics weighs heavily on the minds of consumers. Rumors are swirling that added antibiotics in meat will contribute to building resistant bacteria and hurt the long-term

health of consumers. However, an important thing to point out to consumers is that the antibiotics used in beef production go through an intensive testing process to ensure that their use in beef production won’t be harmful to the public.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) requires cattle to go through a withdrawal period to prevent antibiotic residue in beef. Studies by the American Veterinary Medical Association also show that there is little to no evidence that restricting or eliminating the use of antibiotics would improve human health.

“I don’t believe in spinning things, so there have been some cases where there have been antibiotic-resistant pathogens, whether from a bacteria just being resistant or from selection pressure but compared to the use of antibiotics in humans, it’s pretty minimal,” Apley says.

In fact, the antibiotics used in beef production have actually helped to greatly improve the health of the American public.

Over the last 10 years, foodborne illnesses have decreased by 20%, according to the Institute of Food Technologists. And producers generally are unable to access antibiotics without maintaining a relationship with their veterinarians.

“All of the antibiotics that have been approved for use in cattle since 1988 have required a prescription from a veterinarian,” Griffin says. “We can talk until we’re blue in the face but actions speak louder than words. Beef producers make the commitment to doing everything they can to reduce and eliminate residues from beef.”

It’s also important to note that, primarily, the types of antibiotics used in humans have little overlap with the types used for animals.

Ionophores, which make up 30% of animal antibiotics, are never used in human medicine; and tetracycline, which makes up 41%, is only 4% of human antibiotics, causing little to no overlap, according to FDA data (See Table 1). Upcoming changes will also affect the ways producers are able to treat their animals.

“In December of 2016, there will be very few antibiotics that producers will have access to without a veterinarian,” Apley says, stating that while several injectable antibiotics will still be available over-thecounter, for antibiotics added to feed, producers will need a veterinarian’s authorization.

Apley also adds that he thinks a veterinarian should be involved in every decision using a medication in a food animal.

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Table 1: Comparison of top antibiotic sales in humans and animals

44% Penicillin

41% Tetracycline

15% Cephalosporin

30% Ionophores

14% Sulfa

11% Not individually reported

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9% Quinolones

6% Pencillins

9% Other

5% Other

5% Macrolides

4% Macrolides

4% Tetracyclines

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consumers. One great way to soothe concerns is to assure consumers that farmers and ranchers are committed to working with their veterinarians to ensure they’re making the right choices for their herds’ health.

Producers can remind consumers that they use antibiotics, just like people do, to treat illness and to keep animals healthy.

“The ability to treat our animals is a welfare issue as well,” Apley says. “To wait to see if they will recover without the assistance of antibiotics before treating is absolutely inhumane.”

As producers we know that we have no reason to overuse antibiotics in our herds.

Antibiotics can be costly and the FDA also has strict regulations concerning the use of antibiotics.

But consumers don’t know about these regulations. It’s important to let them know that farmers and ranchers use antibiotics to prevent, to control and to treat disease to ensure that beef is safe.

“There is a tremendous amount of data on safety of use,” says Galen Erickson, UNL professor of animal science and beef feedlot Extension specialist. “I would also add that microbial resistance to antibiotics is a ‘normal’ phenomena that happens whenever selection pressure is used. There is no evidence of there ever being a case of antibiotic use leading to a microbial resistance bacteria consumed in food.”

Hormone health Also raising eyebrows for consumers are hormones used in cattle production. Also known as beta-agonists, these feed ingredients go through rigorous testing by the FDA. Used to help improve the conversion of dietary nutrients into muscle, these hormones are very similar to the types of hormones already produced by animals naturally.

Hormones are also only used in small doses at specific times in an animal’s life. They’re also watersoluble, which means they can’t remain in the body for a long period of time.

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Since ranchers started using growth hormones in the 1950s, they have been heavily studied to ensure that their use is safe for consumers. Each hormone advancement is based on a decision made from a combination of sound science and years of experience raising cattle.

The U.S. Food Safety and Inspection Service also frequently tests meat to check that it meets the FDA’s safety requirements. To get the same amount of estrogen that’s in one birth control pill, a person would need to consume 3,431 lb. of beef every day.

Also other common foods are naturally much higher in estrogen than implanted beef including eggs and milk. Soybean flour can contain several thousand times the estrogen activity as the same quantity of implanted beef. Shown in Tables 2 and 3 are the estrogen activity of common foods and the natural estrogen production of people.

Erickson says as far as he knows, there is no evidence of exposure through food consumption.

These hormones are used to help boost animal efficiency and, in the long run, to reduce costs for both producers and consumers. Boosting efficiency helps to reduce time spent on feed as well as to decrease the amount of land needed to produce a pound of beef by 67%. For the environmentalist, hormones allow farmers to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 40%.

“Hormones allow us to be more efficient in the amount of grass and pasture land we need.

They help us better protect the environment,” Apley says.

Having the conversation Apley says discussing antibiotics and hormones with consumers can be complex, but everyone should have some key messages on which to focus.

“We do everything we can to avoid using antibiotics,” Apley says. “When we do use antibiotics, it’s in the best interest of us and our animals to use it correctly. Also, most

of the antibiotics used in cattle production are ionophores.

Those have absolutely no relation, not even figuratively, to the antibiotics used in humans.”

As far as hormones go, Apley says it’s important to convey that the benefits of increased efficiency are huge. Also, compared to the hormones made in a person’s body, the difference in hormones between a non-implanted steak versus an implanted steak is insignificant.

Consumers want to know that antibiotics and hormones are being used judiciously and that there won’t be any harm to them and their families.

“They don’t want to feed their children anything that could hurt them,” Griffin says. “When they sit down to eat they don’t want to worry about whether there are hormones or antibiotics or any extra stuff in their food. They want to eat meat the way God

it’s important that producers be proactive in reaching out and sharing their real life experiences on the farm.

“Share how you as a producer take every step to reduce any contaminants that your cattle are exposed to,” Griffin says. “A producer should take the stance that we don’t want residues in our food either. And our job is to make sure that there isn’t any.

So we follow the instructions that FDA has provided us for the products we use to the letter.”

Griffin says it’s important, not only to tell your story as a producer, but also to listen.

“We aren’t educating consumers, we’re re-educating them,” Apley says, referencing a speech he listened to at the International Livestock Congress. Apley stresses that so often consumers get their information from Internet videos and social media.

“A producer should take the stance that we don’t want residues in our food either. And our job is to make sure that there isn’t any. So we follow the instructions that FDA has provided us for the products we use to the letter.”

— Dee Griffin made it. Our responsible actions will ensure that they do not have to worry about that.”

For consumers, who are so far removed from the farm and who are being bombarded with messages from anti-agriculture advocacy groups and other media about how antibiotics and hormones are dangerous to them,

“That’s where we need to be,” Apley says. “We need to reach consumers where they are and help give them accurate information about the beef industry.” HW Editor’s Note: For more information, visit Factsaboutbeef.com.

Table 2. Estrogenic activity of common foods (ng/500g) Food

Estrogenic Activity

Soy flour (defatted)

755,000,000

Tofu

113,500,000

Pinto beans

900,000

White bread

300,000

Peanuts

100,000

Eggs

555

Butter

310

Milk

32

Beef from implanted steer

7

Beef from non-implanted steer

5

Source: Hoff man and Eversol (1986), Hartman et al (1998), Shore and Shemesh (2003), USDA-ARS (2002).

Units are nanograms of estrone plus estradiol for animal products and isofl avones for plant products per 500 grams of food.

Table 3: Estrogen production in humans, and potential estrogen intake from implanted beef Item

Estrogen amount

Pregnant woman

19,600,000 ng/day

Non-pregnant woman

513,000 ng/day

Adult man

136,000 ng/day

Pre-puberal children

41,000 ng/day

500 g of beef from implanted cattle

7 ng

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Continuing the Conversation During the Hereford Genetic Summit Sept. 4-5, 2014, Hereford breeders were challenged to embrace technology, focus on the customer, and concentrate on feed efficiency and end product merit to help position the breed to gain more commercial market share. We will “continue the conversation” in upcoming Hereford World issues as we discuss with breeders key take-home messages from the conference and as an Association we continue to build a roadmap for improving Herefords’ position in the cattle industry. For a complete summary of the event, visit HerefordGeneticSummit.com or see the October Hereford World.

This issue:

Fine-tuned Heterosis

Heterosis

Simplot uses targeted crossbreeding for more efficient cattle.

by Wes Ishmael, BEEF magazine, beefmagazine.com

Heterosis advantage Randall Raymond, director of research and veterinary services for Simplot Livestock said at the Hereford Genetic Summit, Sept. 4-6, 2014, said he feels strongly that the Hereford advantage is in maternal heterosis, not direct heterosis. He used heterosis research statistics to prove his point.

“In a cow-calf operation there is a 4.3% increase in pregnancy rate due to maternal heterosis,” Raymond said. “That’s a big deal.

The single biggest expense to a commercial cow-calf operation is retention of heifers.

Because it costs a lot to make her, and every heifer you keep is a calf you can’t feed or sell at weaning.”

Heterosis also contributes to 4.2 lb. of birth weight, 18 lb. of pre-weaning gain and 35 lb. of carcass weight, Raymond said.

Heterosis also contributes 4% less preweaning mortality. It also means about 20 lb. more weaning weight just because of heterosis.

“Heterosis makes a difference,” Raymond said. “One of the things we really love about the Hereford breed is the heterosis it brings to our maternal side.” HW

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whole new generation can remain hidden within the same old proverbial forest when gazing for too long in the rearview mirror.

Consider this observation from Clyde Reed, an Oklahoma State University Extension beef cattle specialist, back in 1969: “Every Hereford breeder should be interested in the efficient production of beef, but when you consider that the average breeder has been told repeatedly that they must improve milking ability, weaning weights, yearling weights, feed conversion, birth weights, mature weights, bone size, muscling, marbling, fat thickness and conformation — and when you then throw in heads, hide and hair, along with mellow-yellow color — the picture simply becomes too complicated.”

Reed made that observation at the American Hereford Association’s (AHA) type conference. Craig Huffhines, AHA executive vice president, shared it and other historic insights at the Hereford Genetic Summit (HGS) this year.

Ignore the breed name and that bit about the mellow-yellow color. At first glance, Reed’s statement can appear all too familiar to breeds and breeders of all stripes 45 years hence. Despite the obstinately static nature of cow biology, key differences exist between then and now.

First, the definition of improvement back then meant “more.” More milk. More weaning

and yearling weight. More muscle.

More marbling.

That’s still the case for some.

For others, led by progressive commercial producers, improvement is defined as optimum production relative to input. Consequently, improved milking ability for some may mean reducing it or simply maintaining current levels. For others, hitting the carcass requirements associated with specific brands means about as much as the raw number of pounds. Rather than focus on cow size, per se, some focus on the myriad aspects of cow efficiency, and then leave it to their environment to sort size.

Another key difference today, compared to 1969 when breed performance reporting and genetic evaluation programs were cutting their teeth, is the growing array of DNA-based tools — including genome-enhanced expected progeny differences — that cattle breeders can use to accurately identify, select and propagate cattle more precisely to achieve goals more consistently.

“We’re constantly, as seedstock producers, honing in, trying to get better, trying to fine-tune this machine,” Huffhines told folks at HGS. “The difference today is that we have technology that’s more reliable, that’s more predictable, and that can eliminate more mistakes.”

Progressive commercial producers continue fine-tuning the machine, too. Randall Raymond, director of research and veterinary services for Simplot Livestock

based in Idaho, was a featured speaker at HGS. As he described the company’s operations, Raymond shared a picture of some crackerjack black baldie heifers bred and grown on Simplot ranches. He explained that Simplot is leveraging the maternal strengths of Angus and Hereford.

“Our goal is for this female to be the base for anything we choose to do in the future,” Raymond said. Simplot breeds its baldie cows to Charolais as a terminal cross.

Raymond said Simplot is 10 years into the project, which he described as targeted crossbreeding. The goals include matching cattle to the environment, maximizing hybrid vigor, producing high-quality carcasses, and improving feed efficiency and versatility.

Simplot’s plan and specific strategy is the point, not the breeds in this specific example.

With the extraordinary profit potential currently enjoyed by cowcalf producers, Huffhines said, “There’s not a better opportunity to assess where we are and where the industry is heading.”

He was talking about the reasoning behind the Hereford summit, but it serves as sound advice for everyone who relies on beef cattle genetics.

That’s the other side of improved selection tools and advanced reproductive technology. You can accelerate the pace of genetic change, both good and bad. HW Hereford.org

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Building Better Replacements K-State’s winter ranch management seminar addresses replacement females.

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Looking back, why did herd numbers dwindle and why have they been slow to bounce back? Kansas State

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University Beef Systems Specialist Jaymelynn Farney addressed the issue during K-State’s Winter Ranch Management Seminar Series, hosted Jan. 9, in Mound City, Kan..

“Producers dealing with drought over more than one year have had a hard time bouncing back,” said Farney. “A main reason for this is the high price of replacement heifers, which has been a more recent issue.

When building or rebuilding a herd, recognizing best management practices for developing replacement heifers becomes key.”

She said looking at why cows are culled from the herd will help identify the best place of focus for an operation.

“Generally, 15.6 % of cows are culled before five years of age,” said Farney. “This is not ideal because it takes approximately five calves to recover the initial investment and development cost of a heifer.”

Farney stated that first-calf heifers statistically are one of the hardest to keep in a herd. To keep heifers in the herd long-term, she said getting replacement heifers to 55-65% of mature weight at breeding is ideal.

“Replacement heifers have to hit optimal targets when it comes to body weight and condition. It is simply focusing on nutrition,” said Farney. “When your heifer is ready to calve she should have achieved 85% of her mature weight and be at optimum body condition, with a score of 6.”

Using the cattle body condition scoring system, the physical attributes of a body score of 6, are having no visible ribs or spine. The hooks and pins are visible with some fat on the tailhead and the brisket, and full muscling can be seen.

Farney stated that a body condition score of 5 is acceptable, which is a slight decrease in fat cover, but a score of 4 is low. This low score will make it hard for the heifer to reach her full potential in size after she has calved, causing problems down the road. Farney adds that a score of 7, which would mean the heifer has more cover, is still acceptable but a score of 8 means the heifer is well past the target for condition and is an added feed cost.

“With three set targets: body score 6, breeding weight 55-65% and calving weight at 85% you should have enough cushion to know that the easy keeping heifers will not be over conditioned and the heifers that will need constant attention will not Hereford.org

be too thin,” she said. “Applying the idea of group weight distribution to your prospect herd will pay in benefits down the road and in breeding seasons to come.”

Farney said one mistake many producers make is underestimating the average weight of a cow in the herd.

“It is very important to know what that ideal weight for a cow in your herd will be, and in the past 23 years cow weight has gone up a substantial amount,” she said. “In 1990 cows were averaging 1,228 lb., but in 2013 cows were at an average weight of 1,423 lb. This is a difference of 195 lb., but this weight difference can impact productivity if not monitored.”

She shared that figuring the target weight for cattle is an equation that can be done when ideal weights for heifers and cows are known.

“With three set targets: body score 6, breeding weight 55-65% and calving weight at 85% you should have enough cushion to know that the easy keeping heifers will not be over conditioned and the heifers that will need constant attention will not be too thin.”

— Jaymelynn Farney

numbers and selecting a bull with calving ease will help with risk of birthing problems.”

She added that using a bull with good EPD numbers allowing for calving ease, combined with a well-

nourished heifer, would take calving difficulty numbers down from a 15% to a 12% calving difficulty. In return, the number of heifers that will not breed back the next season will drop from four to one.

Farney shared that knowing proper heifer development, nutrition and bull EPDs will push a stagnate cow herd to proper growth and successful calving seasons for years to come. HW

1,400 lb. mature cow 55% of mature body weight at breeding = 770 lb.

65% of mature body weight at breeding = 910 lb.

Example 600 lb. heifer, 200 days, 840 lb. (60%) 840-600 = 240 lb.

240 lb./200 days = 1.20 lb. per day “There are many different roads to get your heifers to develop into that optimal weight range, and it really does not matter which road you take as long as you are at the desired weight and body condition score in the end,” said Farney. “Because the road ultimately does not matter, you have a lot of latitude as a producer and you can get creative with your feed source because you are hitting the goal and setting up the operation for a successful breeding season.

She said that making the base for your heifer is important but also reaching the 85% body weight mark at time of calving will determine the overall health of the fetus.

“To get the heifer to 65% at breeding season and to 85% body weight when calving what does the heifer have to do?” asked Farney.

“She has to grow and she has to gain weight. If she is not growing and gaining weight the first thing that will be affected is the growing fetus and embryo.”

Fifteen percent of heifers have calving difficulty, according to Farney.

Out of that 15%, 20% of those heifers will not rebreed.

“If you have 100 heifers you should expect to have problems with 20 heifers. This means the next breeding season you are going to have four open cows. Which, in todays market, will cost you about $6,000,” said Farney. “This is where recognizing your heifers’ potential is important and making sure she reaches it by keeping her in an ideal breeding state during her first calving period. Adding this knowledge to understanding EPD (expected progeny difference) Hereford.org

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eating bad hay that they normally would refuse.

Heat damage

Damaged, rained-on hay. Nearly everyone has to feed it sometime. How should your feeding practices be adjusted to account for any damage caused by the rain?

Hay baled too wet also is susceptible to heat damage, also called enzymatic browning. It is caused by heat produced by microorganisms in the hay as they use plant sugars and oxygen. If enough heat is produced to raise hay temperature above 125°F, chemical reactions occur that combine amino acids from protein with sugars in the hay to produce compounds similar to lignin. These heat-damaged protein compounds are poorly-digested but often smell sweet like caramel, turn hay to a tobacco-brown color and produce various flavors that livestock often find very palatable.

Although livestock may eat heatdamaged hay readily, the nutrition they obtain from the hay can be surprisingly low. Microbes rapidly deplete the most readily available energy compounds in the hay.

Standard forage tests can predict the remaining energy available from heat-damaged hay but standard tests cannot distinguish between usable crude protein and heat-damaged protein. Thus, standard tests may greatly overestimate the usable protein in the hay.

Special laboratory tests are available, though, that can measure heat-damaged protein and then adjust crude protein values. Terms used for these tests include acid detergent insoluble nitrogen (ADIN), acid detergent fiber crude protein (ADFCP) and insoluble crude protein (ICP).

When heat damage is suspected, request that the laboratory conduct this test and adjust crude protein accordingly for more accurate feeding.

Nutrient concentration

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ain can have numerous effects on hay. Besides disrupting your harvest plans, the end product usually is not as valuable a feed as planned. Furthermore, there are no good guidelines that can accurately estimate the amount of damage or the actual feeding value.

Factors influencing rain damage are just too variable. Amount of rain, length of the rain event, number of rain events, dryness of windrow prior to rain, drying conditions after rain, raking/turning windrows between rain and baling, moisture of hay when baled and quality of hay when cut all affect hay condition.

Mold Mold commonly is found in rained-on hay. Often the hay was baled too wet, either to avoid further rain damage or just to remove it from the field to reduce its impact on regrowth.

Feeding moldy hay to livestock is a tough decision. Although all hay contains some mold, when mold becomes easily noticeable, the decisions become important.

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Usually, mold makes hay less palatable, which can result in lower intake or even cause animals to refuse to eat the hay. Other problems from mold can occur due to mycotoxins produced by certain mold fungi. This likelihood also is part of the decision problem since not all molds produce mycotoxins and the amount produced by those that do is unpredictable.

Fortunately, mycotoxins rarely are present in hay unless mature seed heads or weed seeds are present.

Laboratory analyses for molds and mycotoxins are available but are relatively expensive. Often each mycotoxin must be measured individually, which increases the expense, and it risks failure to test for the correct mycotoxin. Also, the test is based on the sample of hay provided.

Usually, forage quality samples are gathered to estimate the “average” feeding value of the hay. When sampling for potential toxins however, whether it’s mycotoxins or nitrates, it often is better to gather samples from what is thought to be the bales and areas within bales that are expected to

be the most dangerous. Then feeding strategies can be developed to protect animals from what might be their worst-case scenario in terms of toxicity.

Direct negative effects of moldy hay are difficult to document. Horses may be the most sensitive to mold among common livestock. For instance, mold spores often contribute to respiratory and digestive problems like colic or heaves in horses. Cattle apparently are less affected by mold, but certain molds can cause mycotic abortions or aspergillosis. People, too, can be affected by mold spores. Mold can cause a condition called farmer’s lung, where the fungus actually grows in lung tissue. So try to avoid breathing in many of these spores.

The best course of action often is to minimize feeding moldy hay to more sensitive animals, like horses or pregnant cows. This may require a keen eye or sensitive nose when selecting hay to feed each day. Mixing moldy hay with other feedstuffs can dilute problems sometimes, but be careful that you don’t make your animals sick by tricking them into

Rain damages hay several ways. It leeches soluble carbohydrates, proteins and minerals out of the hay. Leaves are lost. Extended drying time reduces carbohydrates due to plant respiration and microbial activity.

Most often, fiber concentration increases and crude protein concentration remains about the same after hay has been rained on. Digestibility and energy usually decline. Some vitamin A and minerals are reduced. The increase in fiber concentration is due to the fiber becoming more concentrated in the hay as soluble carbohydrates and other components leech from the hay; more fiber is not being made.

The amount of change in nutrient concentration is very unpredictable.

As a result, laboratory analysis for nutrient content can be especially valuable for rained-on hay. Nutrient content can change over time due to factors like the mold or heat damage discussed earlier, so collect samples for laboratory analysis shortly before the hay is to be fed to have the most accurate estimate of what is available for the animal’s diet. These values then can be used to add appropriate supplements as needed to the diet. HW Hereford.org

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Tax Planning for High Income Managing your taxes in a high-income world.

by Tina Barrett, Executive Director, Nebraska Farm Business Inc.

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or the past five years, I’ve been writing articles for crop farmers on how to manage the unprecedented amount of income flowing through their operations, and now it’s the livestock producer’s turn to worry about what to do with all the extra income.

Agriculture has always been an industry with cyclical income trends.

Prior to 2003, the average farm income reported in our annual data would typically go up and down each year, having a good year and then a bad year and then a good year again. Since then, nothing has been typical when looking at the farm income trends, and 2015 seems to be another year that no one projected could have been this extreme.

Cattle producers are looking at astonishing prices for their livestock in 2014 and 2015, which are leading many to be concerned about the tax bill that will inevitably follow this period of prosperity and how to keep it manageable.

Prepaying expenses There are usually two things that come to mind for the agricultural producers I work with when it’s time to look at reducing income. The first is to buy equipment, and the second is to prepay expenses for next year. Buying new equipment is fun, and prepaying expenses is a habit built in those cyclical years of having alternating good and bad years. I will get to purchasing equipment in just a minute, but for now let’s look at prepaying expenses. With alternating years, prepaying in the good years is a great way to even things out with the next bad year. With multi-year stretches of highly profitable years, prepaying can become a snowball of growing problems. Many crop producers will tell you that prepaying expenses will only work for so long. The first year of high profitability, prepayment is easy.

The next year, you have to prepay all that and add additional expense to get to the same place.

Let’s look at a quick example in Table 1. If you have, on average, $150,000 of income and want to keep your taxable income at $75,000, you must prepay $75,000 the first year.

That’s usually pretty easy, but the second year, you are short the $75,000 of expenses that you pulled into year one, creating a cash basis income ($150,000 that you earned again plus the prepaid expenses) of $225,000.

That means in order to get back to $75,000 taxable, you must prepay $150,000. In just five years, you are prepaying $375,000 to stay at your desired income level.

This is a simplified example, but it can show the effects of a snowball.

That being said, it’s important to remember that prepaying expenses is not a bad strategy, but it can’t be the only strategy in periods of longterm profitability.

Capital purchases Using capital purchases to reduce taxable income is a longtime, favorite strategy for producers. The grain producers were given a gift along with their prosperity of enhanced accelerated depreciation. Their good times came at the same time as a national recession, and one of the federal government’s solutions was to encourage purchasing by the nation’s businesses by increasing the amount of assets they could write off in the first year from $25,000 to $500,000 and adding an additional write-off of 50% of any brand new assets.

After a short-term fix for 2014, these laws were again allowed to expire on Jan. 1, 2015. There will certainly be discussion in 2015 of another extension, but at this time it’s not something we can count on.

Without Congressional action, the law stands that we will have a limit on Section 179 of $25,000 (indexed for inflation) for 2015 and no bonus depreciation. That means that for capital purchases made in 2015, you can fully deduct the first $25,000 you spend, and the remainder will be

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$150,000

$150,000

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subject to regular rates. Table 2 shows some typical farm assets and the first year “normal” depreciation rates.

Without the enhanced accelerated depreciation rates, the immediate benefit of purchasing capital assets is greatly reduced. For example, if you purchase a $100,000 tractor, you could write off the first $25,000 and then the remaining $75,000 would be subject to the rate of 10.71%, which would give an additional expense of $8,033 making the total depreciation $33,033. If that expense reduced self-employment taxes of 15.3% and income taxes at a 25% rate, the $100,000 purchase would save you $13,312 in taxes the first year. That means purchasing the asset strictly to save taxes isn’t getting you a very good return of your money. If you needed the $100,000 tractor to improve your operation, the depreciation will be a beneficial part of your plan.

funds can be used to pay for college expenses but are not looked at for Federal Student Aid purposes.

Paying your spouse, who also contributes to the operation, is another option to consider. While this doesn’t create the tax savings that paying your children can, it may mean we can create an employee relationship for which you can provide benefits.

The Affordable Care Act has many provisions that limit the flexibility we once had with this strategy, so it’s important to consult a tax professional about your unique situation before implementing any of these plans.

Retirement plans offer a great way to reduce income today. You can use traditional IRA’s that have lower limits, or you can consider plans like a Simplified Employee Pension (SEP) plan that allows a significant contribution in high income years.

Either way, you can use them now to avoid high tax brackets and could convert them to Roth IRA’s in years of low taxable income. Putting money into a retirement plan locks the money up until you reach 59½ (unless an exception applies), or you will face a 10% penalty plus tax on the withdrawal.

Contact your tax professional Remember that paying taxes is not always the evil that we often think it is. Paying taxes should mean that you are making money, and that’s a better situation to be in than not making money. It is important that you manage your tax bill responsibly so that you are neither creating a nightmare down the road nor paying more taxes than you need to pay.

The balance of finding ways to have the lowest tax bill over the entire course of your business takes planning and the benefit of a quality tax professional that knows and understands agriculture. Be sure to consult with your tax professional early this year to have time to make the necessary changes before the end of 2015 is here. HW

Income averaging One of the unique tax benefits those in agriculture possess is the ability to use “income averaging.” This will be a must-use strategy for all livestock producers this year.

Income averaging allows cash basis taxpayers to carry income back to the three prior years and to recalculate the tax in those years. In other words, we get to “pretend” that the income came in those years. It will be especially beneficial since the past three years have been years with lower profitability for livestock producers.

This circumstance means income that would be pushed into a higher bracket this year could be taxed at the lower brackets you didn’t use. The income that you elect to carry back must be carried back evenly. So if you elect $150,000 of income in 2014, each tax year of 2012, 2013 and 2014 would have $50,000 added to the income reported in those years. This ability to average income does not affect selfemployment taxes. That tax will be calculated on all the income reported in 2015 regardless of any carryback.

Other income reducing strategies In many farming and ranching operations, the labor of the family members goes unpaid. In periods of high income, you may consider paying wages. You must pay a reasonable wage for the work done. For example, you can’t pay a 2-year-old $10,000 per year to help around the farm, but many kids do considerable work around the operation and can be compensated.

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Hereford Champions Selected in Reno Len and Pat McIrvin of Diamond M Ranch honored with the 2014 Lifetime Cattlemen Award.

GKB EJE Notice Me Too 41A ET

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C Candy Crush 4272 ET

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Grand and spring yearling champion horned female, by Gary and Kathy Buchholz, Waxahachie, Texas, with a March 18, 2013, daughter of ECR L18 Extra Deep 9279.

Reserve grand and spring calf champion horned female, by Glen Barrilleaux, Oakwood, Texas, with a March 3, 2014, daughter of C Miles McKee 2103 ET.

Grand and junior yearling champion polled female, by Brumley Farms, Orovada, Nev.; Jeremy Reno, Orovada, Nev.; and Darrel and Elizabeth Reisch, Nampa, Idaho, with a Feb. 11, 2013, daughter of TH 75J 243R Bailout 144U ET.

Reserve grand and junior calf champion polled female, Piper Colyer, Bruneau, Idaho, with a Jan. 4, 2014, daughter of NJW 98S R117 Ribeye 88X ET.

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GKB EJE Notice Me Too 41A ET and Madras, Ore., and Taylor Cattle, BF 144U Serenity 303A topped the Reeds, Mo. female show at the Western Nugget Reserve grand champion polled bull, National Hereford Show Dec. 5-6 in C KRC 1008X Miles 4288 ET, is a March Reno, Nev., while GKB 88X Laramie 10, 2014, son of C Miles McKee 2103 ET. B293 and ASM 980 Believe 204Z won He first won the spring bull calf division the bull show. Also during the show, Len and is owned by Piper and Cruz Colyer. and Pat McIrvin of Diamond M Ranch, Colyer Herefords; Gary and Kathy Laurier, Wash., were honored with the Buchholz; and Brad and Dawn Gohr 2014 Lifetime Cattlemen Award. exhibited the first-place horned get of Matt Copeland, Nara sire with a group sired by Visa, N.M., judged the NJW 98S R117 Ribeye 88X 210-head show and ET. First-place polled get of complimented breeders sire was exhibited by Rocking on the quality exhibited K Ranch, Salem, Ore., with throughout the show. “It’s a group sired by AH JDH been an honor to judge Cracker Jack 26U ET. The this excellent set of cattle,” Stillahn family from Cheyenne, Copeland said. “It’s fun to Wyo., exhibited the best six Judge Matt Copeland be part of the Hereford head in the horned division. breed right now. We are headed in the At the conclusion of the show, right direction and we’re in the driver’s Colyer Herefords was presented the seat in the beef industry today.” premier horned and polled premier In the horned female show, GKB breeder banners. Sierra Ranches, EJE Notice Me Too 41A ET came Modesto, Calif., was also named out on top after winning the spring premier polled breeder. The polled yearling division. She is owned by Gary premier exhibitor was Black Hills and Kathy Buchholz, Waxahachie, Herefords, Olympia, Wash. The Texas, and is a March 18, 2013, horned premier exhibitor was Gary daughter of ECR L18 Extra Deep 9279. and Kathy Buchholz of GKB Cattle.

Reserve grand in the horned female Colyer Herefords also won the pen show and champion in the spring calf show Saturday morning judged by Len division was C Candy Crush 4272 ET, McIrvin, Laurier, Wash.; Dale Micheli, owned by Glen Barrilleaux, Oakwood, Fort Bridger, Wyo.; and Leland Texas. She is a March 3, 2014, daughter Schneider, Sloughhouse, Calif. of C Miles McKee 2103 ET. The champion pen included sons BF 144U Serenity 303A, a Feb. 11, of C Miles McKee 2103 ET, NJW 2013, daughter of TH 75J 243R Bailout 73S W18 Hometown 10Y ET and BR 144U ET, was chosen grand champion Golden Spread Dan. polled female after winning the junior William Cox, Pomeroy, Wash., yearling division. The female is owned exhibited the reserve champion pen.

by Brumley Farms and Jeremy Reno, The pen included sons of HH Advance both of Orovada, Nev., and Darrel and 1013Y ET, HH Advance 9075W ET Elizabeth Reisch, Nampa, Idaho. and CL 1 Domino 7133T. Reserve champion polled female The 157-entry junior show judged honors went to Piper Colyer, Bruneau,

by Chad Breeding, Miami, Texas, Idaho, with C Candy Cane 4030 ET. was Dec. 4. During her final show as She first won the junior heifer calf a junior member, Jacqueline Rosson, division and is Jan. 4, 2014, daughter Milford, Texas, exhibited both the of NJW 98S R117 Ribeye 88X ET. grand and reserve grand champion Candy Cane was also named reserve females. The grand champion, BF champion bred-and-owned female in BAR 1 Sacred 3102 ET, is a Feb. 19, the junior show.

2013, daughter of CRR About Time Grand champion horned bull, 743. The reserve grand, BF BAR 1 GKB 88X Laramie B293, first won the Seduction 3101 ET, is a Feb. 18, 2013, senior division. Owned by Gary and daughter of CRR About Time 743.

Kathy Buchholz, and Brumley Farms, Champion bred-and-owned female Laramie is a Dec. 10, 2012, son of NJW honors went to Madison and Meagan 98S R117 Ribeye 88X ET. Dewar, Bakersfield, Calif., with DF 18U Colyer Herefords and Katie Colyer, Brittany 907 1405 ET. She’s a March Bruneau, Idaho, exhibited the reserve 15, 2014, daughter of Golden Oak grand champion horned bull, C Outcross 18U. KLC R98 Hometown 4282 ET. The The top four bred-and-owned March 8, 2014, son of NJW 73S W18 females were recognized. Following Hometown 10Y ET was first named the Dewar sisters and Piper Colyer spring calf champion. in third was Kallie Goss, Redmond, In the polled bull show, senior Ore., with KK New Bombshell 134A. division winner ASM 980 Believe 204Z Fourth overall bred-and-owned was slapped grand champion. The honors went to M BSM Unstobbable Jan. 2, 2012, son of CRR Helton 980 1424 shown by Bailey Morrell, is owned by Brad and Dawn Gohr, Willows, Calif.

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In the bred-and-owned bull show, Brandt and Lane Downing, Terrebonne, Ore., won the champion banner with DCC Double Down 205.

He’s a March 1, 2012, son of UPS TCC Nitro 1ET. Reserve honors went to Caitlyn Hartzell, Oakdale, Calif., with

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ADDITIONAL HORNED DIVISION RESULTS Reserve horned spring calf champion heifer: Jessica Middleswarth, Torrington, Wyo., with BF 2395 Tessa 429B by JCS Open Range 2395 ET. Horned junior calf champion heifer: Joel Butler, Republic, Mo., with GKB Nancy 29B ET by C Thriller ET. Reserve horned junior calf champion heifer: Bayli Williams, Dublin, Texas, with C 7050 Bobby 4214 ET by ECR L18 Extra Deep 9279.

Horned winter calf champion heifer: Genoa Livestock LLC, Minden, Nev., with Genoa Miss Yankee 13178 by Churchill Yankee ET. Reserve horned winter calf champion heifer: Gary and Kathy Buchholz with GKB EJE 0124 Cherish 392A by RST Times A Wastin 0124.

Horned senior calf champion heifer: Tyler and Kathryn Coleman, Modesto, Calif., with SR T90 Avery 3029ET by H WCC/WB 668 Wyarno 9500 ET. Reserve horned senior calf champion heifer: Colton and Jarrett Dalia, Vancouver, Wash., with MCA Fall Doll 324A by NJW 73S M326 Trust 100W ET. Horned intermediate champion heifer: Lane and Brandt Downing, Terrebonne, Ore., with DCC MS Ruby 307 by HH Advance 8229U. Reserve horned intermediate champion heifer: Ruth Kettler, Washington, Texas, with GKB TMH S&A Tailor Made 69A ET by STAR TCF Shock & Awe 158W ET. Reserve horned spring yearling champion heifer: Kaylee Knaus, Acme, Wash., with CHAN Lady 0100 V262 by C Chandler 0100.

Horned junior yearling champion heifer: Kallie Goss, Redmond, Ore., with KK New Bombshell 134A by KK New Invention 980.

Reserve horned junior yearling champion heifer: Gary and Kathy Buchholz with C Chanels 88X 3010 ET by NJW 98S R117 Ribeye 88X ET. Horned senior yearling champion heifer: Fallon Gohr, Madras, Ore., with BF Bar 1 Rumor Has It 2112 ET by CRR About Time 743.

Reserve horned senior yearling champion heifer: Reece Ingvoldsen, Live Oak, Calif., with GKB

TMH New Era Breeze B275 ET by C New Era ET. Horned cow-calf pair: Haley Knieling, Salem, Ore., with Schurman Ms Mainstream 9060 by C Game Plan 4132. She showed with an April bull calf by C Chanels Bismarck 1218 ET. Reserve horned spring calf champion bull: Trey Stillahn, Cheyenne, Wyo., with TS Top Notch 407 by Churchill Sensation 028X. Horned junior calf champion bull: Colyer Herefords with C R111 Hometown 4230 ET by NJW 73S W18 Hometown 10Y ET. Reserve horned junior calf champion bull: Colyer Herefords; and Curtis and Jackie Castle, Crawford, Okla., with C CJC Chanels Miles 4200 ET by C Miles McKee 2103 ET. Horned winter calf champion bull: Gary and Kathy Buchholz and Eric Rosson, Milford, Texas, with GKB EJE Bobs Ally 388A by ECR L18 Extra Deep 9279.

Reserve horned winter calf champion bull: William Cox, Pomeroy, Wash., with CX 9075 Advance 1363 by HH Advance 9075W ET. Horned senior calf champion bull: W6 Herefords, Tulare, Calif., with W6 Box Car Willie 352 by TH 71U 719T Mr Hereford 11X. Reserve horned senior calf champion bull: Jerry and Staci Dejong, Brownsville, Ore., with JNS Advance 1356 by BCH 8050 Advance 61Y. Horned intermediate champion bull: Colton and Jarrett Dalia with KBD Dabomb 4132 by C Game Plan 4132.

Horned yearling champion bull: Joseph Barry, Gresham, Ore., with BHR Shocker 13Y 306 by STAR Shock Wave 13Y ET. Reserve horned yearling champion bull: Trey Stillahn, Cheyenne, Wyo., with TS Sure Shot 303

by Churchill Sensation 028X. Reserve horned senior champion bull: Steven Schohr, Gridley, Calif.; Micheli Hereford Ranch; Joseph Schohr and Schneider-Brown Ranches, Slough House, Calif., with SS AS Pharo Untapped 205 ET by TH 89T 743 Untapped 425X ET.

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C KLC R98 Hometown 4282 ET

BW WW YW MM M&G

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ASM 980 Believe 204Z

BW WW YW MM M&G

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C KRC 1008X Miles 4288 ET

BW WW YW MM M&G

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Grand and senior champion horned bull, by Gary and Kathy Buchholz and Brumley Farms, with a Dec. 10, 2012, son of NJW 98S R117 Ribeye 88X ET.

Reserve grand and spring calf champion horned bull, by Colyer Herefords and Katie Colyer, Bruneau, Idaho, with a March 8, 2014, son of NJW 73S W18 Hometown 10Y ET.

ADDITIONAL POLLED DIVISION RESULTS Polled spring calf champion heifer: Madison and Meagan Dewar, Bakersfi ld, Calif., with DF 18U Brittany 907 1405 ET by Golden Oak Outcross 18U. Reserve polled spring calf champion heifer: Jade Stone, Stanton, Texas, with BF 743 Velma 4102 ET by CRR About Time 743.

Reserve polled junior calf champion heifer: Fallon and Gunnar Gohr, Madras, Ore., with BF DER Bar1 88X Daphne 401B by NJW 98S R117 Ribeye 88X ET. Polled winter calf champion heifer: Black Hills Herefords, Olympia, Wash., with Black Hills Bentley 401 by C R111 New Era 1173 ET. Reserve polled winter calf champion heifer: Blake Herinckx, Silver Lake, Ore., with TCW Golden Lady 436A by TH 122 71I Victor 719T. Polled senior calf champion heifer: Keysto Stotz, Skiatook, Okla., with GKB 1206 Breeze B658 307A by C Notice Me Maxium 1206 ET. Reserve polled senior calf champion heifer: Joseph Barry, Gresham, Ore., with BHR 1035 Doinete 991A ET by STAR Market Index 70X ET. Polled intermediate champion heifer: Joseph Schohr, Gridley, Calif., with BF 1107 Mandi 371A

by C North Face 1107 ET. Reserve polled intermediate champion heifer: Jaymee Graves, Oak Harbor, Wash., with JGH MS Twilights Legend A04 by JGH Kodiak Legend Y02.

Polled spring yearling champion heifer: Bailey Morrell, Willows, Calif., with DF9001 Sweet Whitley 1101 1310 by DF Sweet Willie 9001.

Reserve polled spring yearling champion heifer: Black Hills Herefords with Black Hills Chanel 303 by C R111 New Era 1173 ET. Reserve polled junior yearling champion heifer: Brandt Downing, Terrebonne, Ore., with C R111 Untapped Lady 3112 ET by TH 89T 743 Untapped 425X ET. Polled champion senior yearling heifer: Black Hills Herefords with Black Hills Gucci 301 by C R111 New Era 1173 ET. Reserve polled senior yearling champion heifer: Tyler, Andrew and Lindsay Eldred, Bellingham, Wash., with EFH 114 Sara 138Z by EB Lightning 114 ET. Hereford.org

Polled cow-calf champion: Dervin Murphy, Farmington, Calif., with TCW Corins Lace 243R 312Z by TH SHR 605 57G Bismarck 243R E. She showed with an April heifer calf sired by NJW 98S R117 Ribeye 88X ET. Reserve polled cow-calf: Brice, Sallie and Bailey Anderson, Rupert, Idaho, with BSB 165 Glamour 11083 by WSF MC Destination 120J 545 ET. She showed with a May heifer calf sired by H5 986 Domino 2132.

Reserve polled spring calf champion bull: Cache Cattle Co., Wellsville, Utah, with CC CX Stockmans Promise 10B by C Stockman 2059 ET. Polled junior calf champion bull: Colyer Herefords, Bruneau, Idaho; and Elm Tree Farms, Paris, Ky., with C ETF Wildcat 4248 ET by NJW 73S M326 Trust 100W ET. Reserve polled junior calf champion bull: Colyer Herefords and Bar One Ranch, Eugene, Ore., with C Bar1 0235 Golden Dan 4119 ET by BR Golden Spread Dan. Polled winter calf champion bull: Gary and Kathy Buchholz, Waxahachie, Texas, with GKB Bobs Alfred 375A by ECR L18 Extra Deep 9279.

Reserve polled winter calf champion bull: Bailey Kelton, Yerington, Nev., with KKC Sierra Deville by CO Currency 043.

Polled champion intermediate bull: Cache Cattle Co.; CX River Ranch, Burley, Idaho; and Micheli Hereford Ranch, Fort Bridger, Wyo,, with CC CX 56Y 23X Market Street64A by SB 62R 7055 Hot Shot 56Y ET. Reserve polled intermediate bull: Duane Chandler, Baker City, Ore., with CHAN Role Model V339 by TCW Role Model 28M 208Y. Polled yearling champion bull: Addison MacFarlane, Cottonwood, Calif., with ML Milsap A24 by Purple Milsap 45S. Reserve polled yearling champion bull: Potter Ranch Herefords, Winton, Calif., with PRH 18U Golden Boy 224 ET by Golden Oak Outcross 18U. Reserve polled senior champion bull: Wooden Shoe Farms, Blackfoot, Idaho, with WSF 351 West Coast Z258 ET by CMR TF 242 Garrett 430. continued on page 98...

Grand and senior champion polled bull, by Brad and Dawn Gohr, Madras, Ore., and Taylor Cattle, Reeds, Mo., with a Jan. 2, 2012, son of CRR Helton 980.

Reserve grand and spring calf champion polled bull, by Piper and Cruz Colyer, with a March 10, 2014, son of C Miles McKee 2103 ET.

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Champion pen of three bulls — Colyer Herefords

Reserve champion pen of three bulls — William Cox, Pomeroy, Wash.

Horned get-of-sire — Colyer Herefords; Gary and Kathy Buchholz; and Brad and Dawn Gohr with a group sired by NJW 98S R117 Ribeye 88X ET.

Polled get-of-sire — Rocking K Ranch, Salem, Ore., with a group sired by AH JDH Cracker Jack 26U ET.

Best six head — Stillahn family, Cheyenne, Wyo.

Horned premier breeder and polled premier breeder (tie) — Colyer Herefords

Polled premier exhibitor — Black Hills Herefords, Olympia, Wash.

Polled premier breeder (tie) — Sierra Ranches, Modesto, Calif.

Horned premier exhibitor — Gary and Kathy Buchholz of GKB Cattle

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Diamond M Ranch recognized as 2014 Lifetime Commercial Cattleman Honoree The 2014 Western Nugget National Hereford Show Commercial Cattleman Honoree was Diamond M Ranch, Laurier, Wash.

Diamond M Ranch was established in 1943 by Harry McIrvin and his wife, Edith, with 160 acres and 15 cows. At the end of World War II, their two sons Clive with his wife, Ruby, and Bob with his wife, Shirley, joined Harry and Edith in building and expanding the ranch.

Pictured at the award presentation on Friday night are: Clive’s son Len and his wife, Mark Holt, AHA fieldman, and Len and Patti McIrvin Patti, and their family came back to the Diamond M Ranch in 1970 and joined the partnership. Although Len’s son Bill has spent his whole life on the ranch, he and his wife, Roberta, officially joined the partnership in 1992. Justin Hedrick, Len’s grandson, and his wife, Kaleigh, are the most recent additions to the ranch partnership.

Diamond M Ranch began as a traditional cow-calf ranch, making hay in the summer and feeding it in the winter. In 1974, they realized this program limited expansion so Diamond M moved their cows out of the winter snow belt to areas where there was winter grazing.

Presently, summer grazing is along the Canadian Border and the winter grazing is along the Washington and Oregon Border. About 300 miles separate the summer ranch from the winter ranch.

Diamond M maintains a registered herd of 100 cows, and have expanded the commercial herd to include approximately 2,000 cows. Around 400 head of 2-year-old heifers are bred and calved out each year. Currently two-thirds of the cattle are summered on privately owned pastures and one-third of the cattle are summered on public lands.

In 1987 Diamond M started retaining ownership and custom feeding their yearling cattle.

They are then sent to feedyards in the Midwest with most entering the Certified Hereford Beef® program. HW

Nugget bull lots average $7,853 This year the annual sale on center stage at the J.A. Nugget Celebrity Showroom on Dec. 6, 2014, featured 18 lots with six herd bull prospects averaging $7,853, 11 open heifers averaging $5,709, and one embryo package bringing $7,200.

Topping the sale at $12,000 was BHR Shocker 13Y 306, a Jan. 1, 2013, son of STAR Shock Wave 13Y ET. Tyler, Lindsay and Andrew Eldred, Bellingham, Wash., claimed the winning bid. This lot was consigned by Barry Herefords, Gresham, Ore. GKB Cattle, Waxahachie, Texas, brought GKB EJE Bobs Ally 388A, a Dec. 17, 2013, son of ECR L18 Extra Deep 9279. Schneider-Brown Ranches, Sloughhouse, Calif., and Schohr Herefords, Gridley, Calif., purchased the bull for $8,750.

Rounding out the top selling bulls at $7,250 was CX 1013 Advance 1358, consigned

by CX Ranch, Pomeroy, Wash. Guidici Ranch, Vinton, Calif., took home this Oct. 5, 2013, son of HH Advance 1013Y ET. The high-selling heifer at $10,000 was consigned by OJJ Cattle, Ririe, Idaho.

OJJ Galaxy 4208 ET, a Feb. 8, 2014, daughter of STAR KKH SSF Rock Star 5Z ET, was purchased by Legacy Herefords, Pleasant Hill, Ore. Taking home FPF 425X Uncharted 409 ET for $8,000 was Rocky Ridge Cattle, Caldwell, Idaho. This March 15, 2014, daughter of TH 89T 743 Untapped 425X ET was consigned by Front Pasture Farm, Oakdale, Calif.

CX Ranch, Pomeroy, Wash., consigned CX Miss 2185 Advance 1403, a Jan. 3, 2014, daughter of H5 9131 Domino 2185. BB Cattle, Connell, Wash., and Wes and Taylor Woolery, Hat Creek, Calif., claimed the winning bid at $7,500.

Purchasing three embryos by H/TSR/CHEZ Full Throttle out of KJ DWE Sheila 457Y, was Gohr Herefords Simmental and Angus, Madras, Ore., at $7,200. Perez Cattle Co., Nara Visa, N.M., consigned the lot.

— Joe Rickabaugh, American Hereford Association director of field management and seedstock marketing

Western Nugget Junior Show Judge: Chad Breeding, Miami, Texas – 157-head shown

Champion owned female, by Jacqueline Rosson, Milford, Texas, with BF BAR 1 Sacred 3102 ET, 2/19/13, daughter of CRR About Time 743.

Champion bred-and-owned female, by Madison and Meagan Dewar, Bakersfield, Calif., with DF 18U Brittany 907 1405 ET, 3/15/14, daughter of Golden Oak Outcross 18U.

Champion bred-and-owned bull, by Brandt and Lane Downing, Terrebonne, Ore., with DCC Double Down 205, 3/1/12, son of UPS TCC Nitro 1ET.

Reserve champion owned female, by Jacqueline Rosson, with BF BAR 1 Seduction 3101 ET, 2/18/13, daughter of CRR About Time 743.

Reserve champion bred-and-owned female, by Piper Colyer, with C Candy Cane 4030 ET, 1/4/14, daughter of NJW 98S R117 Ribeye 88X ET.

Reserve champion bred-and-owned bull, by Caitlyn Hartzell, Oakdale, Calif., with FPF 2059 Epluribus Unum 400 ET, 1/18/14, son of C Stockman 2059 ET.

Congratulations to Jacqueline Rosson, Milford, Texas, who in her final show as a junior member exhibited both the grand and reserve grand champion females. Pictured following the show are Jacqueline Rosson; Jessica Middleswarth, Torrington, Wyo., showing Jacqueline’s second heifer; and Katie Nolles, Bassett, Neb., 2014-15 National Hereford Queen.

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Showmanship winners:

Peewee showmen: Piper Colyer, Bruneau, Idaho, champion; Raney Anderson, Canyon City, Ore., reserve Junior showmen: Madison Mullion, Blythe, Calif., champion; Ben Holt, Caldwell, Idaho, reserve Intermediate showmen: Brandt Downing, Terrebonne, Ore., champion; Emilee Holt, Caldwell, Idaho, reserve Senior showmen: Bayli Williams, Dublin, Texas, champion; Trey Stillahn, Cheyenne, Wyo., reserve

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Complimentary lunch at 11 a.m.

Sponsored by: Legacy Ag Credit

SELLING 75 LOTS

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The ldest Continuous Hereford Association Sale in Texas

CONSIGNORS: Atlas Farms, Grandview, TX Circle G Cattle, Forney, TX DJ Cattle Co., Centerville, TX Stephen Decker, Gilmer, TX F4 Herefords, Mt. Pleasant, TX Larry Foreman, Farmersville, TX Hartley Herefords, Melissa, TX Hidden Oaks Ranch, Hamilton, TX J&B Herefords, Rockwall, TX KJB Herefords, Hillsboro, TX Kinnear Polled Herefords, Joshua, TX Marks Polled Herefords, Grandview, TX Kurtis Mathias, Mt. Pleasant, TX McMullin Ranch, Copperas Cove, TX

Metch Polled Herefords, Canton, TX Nolan Herefords, Gilmer, TX Rader Herefords, Mt. Vernon, TX Spearhead Ranch, Copperas Cove, TX Stewart Polled Herefords, Cumby, TX Still River Ranch, Wolfe City, TX Texas 2T Farm, Nacogdoches, TX Trinity Farms, Mt. Pleasant, TX W-2 Cattle Co., Dublin, TX W5 Hereford Ranch, Arp, TX WD Herefords, Bells, TX Willis Polled Herefords, Emory, TX Witherspoon Farms, Mt. Pleasant, TX

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Harry graduated from Harry Kline LeRoy High School, and in 1948 he married Barbara Fremouw.

He showed Hereford cattle at the McLean County Fair, the Illinois State Fair, the American Royal in Kansas City, Mo., and the Chicago International. He won the McLean County Fair Grand Champion Steer three times (1939, 1944, 1946), earning him the traveling Loving Cup in 1946.

He was a member of First United Presbyterian Church of LeRoy, a 4-H leader, and a beef superintendent at

the county and state fairs and served as an officer in the Illinois Hereford Association. He was a lifelong livestock and grain farmer in LeRoy and earned several local, state and national awards for his Hereford cattle.

He is survived by his wife, Barbara; daughters, Sandra Rubin, Susan Miller and Karen Machula; son, Roderick Kline; sister, Eleanor Kline; brother, John Kline; 10 grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren.

Lawrence Perkins, 75, Locust Grove, Okla., passed away Dec. 30, 2014.

Lawrence graduated from Locust Grove High School in 1956. He earned his bachelor’s and master’s

degrees in education from Northeastern State University in Tahlequah, Okla.

In 1960 he married Lawrence Perkins Karen Cook, whose family had been raising Herefords since 1948. Before establishing Perkins Pride Herefords in 1979, Lawrence and Karen taught school in Oklahoma and the Panama Canal Zone in Central America and also managed an OTASCO store for several years in Locust Grove.

Lawrence continued being an educator while farming and ranching in Murphy, Okla. He enjoyed not only raising but showing horned and polled Herefords with his children and

grandchildren throughout the U.S. The Perkins Pride tradition continues with Lawrence’s children ranching and showing Hereford cattle with farms east and west of Locust Grove.

Lawrence is survived by his wife, Karen; son, Todd Perkins; daughter, Kristy Ross; and five grandchildren.

Scott “Troy” Perman, 55, Streeter, N.D., passed away on Dec. 31, 2014.

He graduated from Streeter High School and worked with his father on Troy Perman the family farm.

He and Peg Trudell were married on Dec. 3, 1988. They made their home on the Ben Miller farm near Streeter, where they raised registered Hereford cattle and American Quarter Horses.

Troy enjoyed riding and training horses and made many trips to the Badlands to camp and trail ride. Winters found him showing and selling Hereford seedstock at national cattle shows.

Troy was a member of the American Hereford Association, the North Dakota Hereford Association and the North Dakota Cattlemen’s Association, and he was a director for the Streeter Fire District.

He is survived by his wife, Peg; mother, Esther Perman; sister, Gwen Gillespie; and three nieces.

In the News USDA announces $18 million to support beginning farmers and ranchers development programs U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Deputy Secretary Krysta Harden announced on Jan. 12, 2015, the availability of more than $18 million in funding to help educate, mentor and enhance the sustainability of the next generation of farmers. This support is available through the Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program (BFRDP), administered by USDA’s National Institute for Food and Agriculture (NIFA).

The Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program awards grants to organizations implementing programs to train beginning farmers and ranchers, including workshops, educational teams, training and technical assistance throughout the U.S. Fiscal Year 2015 applications for BFRDP are due March 13. Eligible applicants are collaborative, state, tribal, local, or regionally-based network or partnership of public or private entities, including state cooperative extension service; community-based and nongovernmental organization; colleges or universities (including institutions awarding associate degrees); or any other appropriate organization providing services to beginning farmers and ranchers.

NIFA will host a webinar for interested applicants Feb. 11, from 2 to 4 p.m. EST. A recording will be posted on the NIFA website shortly after the event.

Additional information about USDA support for new farmers and ranchers is available at www.usda.gov/newfarmers. HW

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Columbus, Mont.—Dec. 3 Auctioneer: Dean Jacobs Reported by: Joe Rickabaugh 50 bulls - - - - - -$276,500; average - - - $5,530 BULLS BRC 95X Ramrob A37, 3/12/13, by GH Adams 8116 Rob 95X, to Kirk Denny, Lame Deer - - - - - -$10,000 BRC 21Y Incinerator A33, 3/8/13, by SNS 12R Incinerator 21Y, to Evan Stimpson, Lodge Grass - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -$10,000 BRC 175W Dandy A14, 3/6/13, by FE 34R Ribstone Dandy 175W, to Kirk Denny - - - - - - - - - - - - - -$9,500 BRC 175W Dandy A29, 4/7/13, by FE 34R Ribstone Dandy 175W, to Kirk Denny - - - - - - - - - - - - - $9,000 BRC 95X Ramrob A41, 4/10/13, by GH Adams 8116 Rob 95X, to Mike Maher, Isabelle, S.D. - - - $9,000 BRC 175W Dandy A20, 3/5/13, by FE 34R Ribstone Dandy 175W, to Kirk Denny - - - - - - - - - - - - - $9,000 BRC 175W Dandy A21, 4/2/13, by FE 34R Ribstone Dandy 175W, to Kirk Denny - - - - - - - - - - - - - $9,000 BRC 175W Dandy A25, 3/26/13, by FE 34R Ribstone Dandy 175W, to Mike Maher - - - - - - - - - - - - - $8,000 BRC 175W Dandy A30, 4/7/13, by FE 34R Ribstone Dandy 175W, to Reiny Jabs, Hardin - - - - $8,000 BRC 175W Dandy A23, 3/25/13, by FE 34R Ribstone Dandy 175W, to Joe Wishard, Lantry, S.D. - - - -$7,500

Knoll Crest Farm

Red House, Va.—Dec. 5 Auctioneer: Dalton Bennett Reported by: Tommy Coley 37 bulls - - - - - -$256,250; average - - - $6,926 BULLS KCF Bennett 936 A422, 9/27/13, by Hyalite On Target 936, to M -M Ranch, Chanute, Kan. ( ⁄ interest) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -$18,000 KCF Bennett Sensation A350, 9/20/13, by Churchill Sensation 028X, to M -M Ranch ( ⁄ interest) - - - -$11,000 KCF Bennett Proficient A260, 9/11/13, by EFBeef Schu -Lar Proficient N093, to Falling River Farms, Concord ( ⁄ interest) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -$11,000 KCF Bennett Redeem A338, 9/19/13, by KJ HVH 33N Redeem 485T ET, to Claxton Farms, Weaverville, N.C. ( ⁄ interest) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -$11,000 KCF Bennett Proficient A248, 9/6/13, by EFBeef Schu -Lar Proficient N093, to Waggoner Farms, Carthage, Miss. ( ⁄ interest) - - - - - - - - - - -$10,000 KCF Bennett 732T A270, 9/9/13, by CL 1 Domino 732T, to Baker Cattle Co., Galax ( ⁄ interest) - - - - -$9,500 KCF Bennett 22S A247, 9/6/13, by Schu -Lar On Target 22S, to Baker Cattle Co. ( ⁄ interest) - - - - -$9,500 KCF Bennett X51 A561, 10/30/13, by KCF Bennett Revolution X51, to Dan Kniffen, Spring Mills, Pa. ( ⁄ interest) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - $9,000 KCF Bennett 732T A269, 9/9/13, by CL 1 Domino 732T, to David Edwards, Marshville, N.C. ⁄ interest) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - $8,500 KCF Bennett 22S A367, 9/21/13, by Schu -Lar On Target 22S, to Baker Cattle Co. ( ⁄ interest) - - - - $8,500 KCF Bennett 22S A241, 9/4/13, by Schu -Lar On Target 22S, to Ricky Johnston, Pembroke ( ⁄ interest) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -$7,500 KCF Bennett Proficient A264, 9/13/13, by EFBeef Schu -Lar Proficient N093, to Terry McConnell, Marietta, S.C. ( ⁄ interest) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -$7,500 2

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Valley City, N.D.—Dec. 6 Auctioneer: Andy Mrnak Reported by: Levi Landers 16 females - - - - - - -$54,242; average - - - $3,390 Additional lots 3 embryos - - - - - -$1,125; average - - - - - -$375 4 steers - - - - - - - -$9,100; average - - - $2,275 FEMALES OHR Effie 100W 97B, 3/3/14, by NJW 73S M326 Trust 100W ET, consigned by Olson Hereford Ranch, Argusville, to Christ the Rock Creek Farm, St. Croix Falls, Wis. - - - - - - - - - - - - - $5,500 CKP Liza 4056, 3/17/214, by NJW 73S W18 Hometown 10Y ET, consigned by Pelton Polled Herefords, Halliday, to Rainbow Herefords, Volin, S.D. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - $4,500 TTFL 1232 1204 Belle 1430, 3/4/14, by TTFL Janes Pride Time 1204, consigned by Thomas Friesz, New Salem, to Sydney Anderson, Milnor - - - - $4,250 OHR Advisa 13K 7X, 2/1/10, by PCR 286 Mr Advisor 502R, consigned by Olson Hereford Ranch, to Casey Perman, Glenham, S.D. - - - - - - - - - - $4,250 CKP Venus 4098, 4/6/14, by Glenlees 50S Ringer 68Y, consigned by Pelton Polled Herefords, to Kent Bendixson, Zahl - - - - - - - - - - - -$3,750

Missouri Hereford Assn.

Sedalia, Mo.—Dec. 7 Auctioneer: Cody Lowderman Reported by: Joe Rickabaugh 3 bulls - - - - - - - - - -$11,000; average - - - $3,667 57 females - - -$229,550; average - - - $4,027 60 lots - - - - - - - - -$240,550; average - - - $4,009 FEMALES WMC 743 Time Bomb 45Z, 9/7/12, by CRR About Time 743; and an August heifer calf by Grndview CMR156T VisionY509 ET, consigned by WMC Cattle Co., Wasola, to Johnson Cattle Co., Duncan, Okla.

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -$7,500 BPH 515 Katie 763B, 2/10/14, by BPH 262 Chism 515Y, consigned by Butler Polled Herefords, Republic, to Payton Kanoy, Concordia - - - - - - - - - - - - - $6,000 MPH 5P Sweatheart 743 38Z, 9/10/12, by CRR About Time 743; and a September heifer calf by Lambert Remedy 2030 75R, consigned by Mueller’s Polled Herefords, Perryville, to Johnson Cattle Co. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - $5,800 BB Scarlet Revolution 1205, 2/12/12, by MSU TCF Revolution 4R; and a September heifer calf by Hyalite On Target 936, consigned by Bonebrake Hereford Farm, Springfield, to Lizzie’s Polled Herefords, Jackson - - - - - - - - - - - - - - $5,500 MMM Pearl Y103, 3/1/11, by MSU TCF Revolution 4R; and an August heifer calf by LJR MSU 158U Levi 170X, consigned by McCorkill Family Farms, Greenfield, to Robert Everly, Warrensburg - - - $5,200

Perman Herefords

Napoleon, N.D.—Dec. 9 Auctioneer: Scott Weishaar Reported by: Levi Landers 31 bulls - - - - - - -$132,897; average - - - $4,287 124 females - - -$420,015; average - - - $3,387 155 lots - - - - - - -$552,912; average - - - $3,567 BULLS PH Hometown JDM 4636, 3/10/14, by NJW 73S W18 Hometown 10Y ET, to Marilyn Hamilton, Bismarck - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - $8,750 PH Adonnis 3639, 3/5/13, by HH Advance 0184X ET, to Brandon Schweigert, Edgeley - - - - - -$7,000

PH Tribute JDM 3654, 3/9/13, by Sparks Trend 2007, to Jerry Moen, Lamoure - - - - - - - - - - - $6,500 FEMALES PH Dottie 3631, 2/26/13, by UPS Domino 3027, to Mark Ochsner, Kaylor, S.D. - - - - - - - $5,500 PH Holly JDM 4619, 3/8/14, by NJW 73S W18 Hometown 10Y ET, to Wagner Herefords, Redfield, S.D. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - $5,500

Barber Ranch

Ft. Worth, Texas—Dec. 13 Auctioneer: Dustin Layton Reported by: Juston Stelzer 29.5 females - - - -$415,200; average - - - - -$14,075 Additional lots 1 flush - - - - -$12,500; average - - - - $12,500 86 embryos - - -$121,690; average - - - -$1,415 FEMALES BR Belle 4082 ET, 4/9/14, by Golden Oak Outcross 18U, to Five S Ranch, Amarillo; Diane Johnson, Ft. Worth; and Cottonwood Springs Farm, Cedar, Mich. (½ interest, no possession) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -$75,000 BR Brielles Grace 4092 ET, 4/20/14, by UPS TCC Nitro 1ET, to Bushy Park Farms, Mitchell, S.D.; and Kolt Cattle, Seward, Neb. - - - - - - - $40,000 BR Brielle 4080 ET, 4/9/14, by Golden Oak Outcross 18U, to Hirschfield, York, Neb.; and Trent Ray, Abingdon, Ill. - - - - - - - - - - - - - $30,000 BF 88X Joelle 498 ET, 3/13/14, by NJW 98S R117 Ribeye 88X ET, to Iron Lake Ranch, Athens; and Triple L Ranch, Mexia - - - - - - - - - - - $20,000 BR Renee 4046, 3/11/14, by BR CSF Copper ET, to Owl Creek Ranch, Fredericksburg - - - - -$19,000 BF Onadime 122L 437, 3/4/14, by Remitall Online 122L, to Lamle Herefords, Okeene, Okla. - - - -$15,250 BR Pandora 4016 ET, 2/9/14, by Churchill Sensation 028X, to Lance Berkman, Houston; Bri Hickman, Fredericksburg - - - - - - - - - - - - - -$15,000 BR Brielles Lace 4088 ET, 4/19/14, by UPS TCC Nitro 1ET, to Worrell Enterprises, Mason - - - -$15,000 BF Talin 4105 ET, 4/25/14, by RST Times A Wastin 0124, to Rock Ridge Herefords, Versailles, Ky. -$15,000 BF Winnie 4128 ET, 4/26/14, by H W4 Grizzly 0146 ET, to JM Cattle Co. LLC, Lawrenceburg, Tenn. - $15,000 RJ Victoria 4004, 1/5/14, by Churchill Golden Boy 2143Z ET, to Morris Hereford Farms, Mt. Pleasant - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -$13,500 BR Zoe 4059, 4/2/14, by NJW 73S 980 Hutton 109Z ET, to Stephen Kocurek, Caldwell - - - - -$12,000 BR VIRGINIA GAEA 4073, 4/6/2014, by NJW 73S 980 Hutton 109Z ET, to KD Land & Cattle, Yukon, Okla.

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Buckeye Holiday Hereford Bonanza

Hillsboro, Ohio—Dec. 13 Auctioneer: Gene Steiner Reported by: John Meents 30 females - - - - -$81,350; average - - - $2,712 Additional lots 7 comm. females - -$15,550; average - - - $2,221 5 steers - - - - - - - $4,905; average - - - - - -$981 FEMALES NS 492 Martha 923, 3/18/09, by Feltons Ozzie 492, consigned by NS Polled Herefords, Shaker Heights, to

Ron and Phillip Cooper, Redoak; and a March heifer calf by RR 22X Zeke 766 22Z to Wolf Ridge and Kelly Long, Maysville, Ky. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -$7,600 BHF 669 Miss Mahaffey, 6/7/12, by SSF JJD Shrek 669, consigned by Bar H Farm, Sewickley, Pa., to Robert Rowe, Utica; and a May heifer calf by Hyalite On Target 936 to Wolf Ridge and Kelly Long - $4,850 NS R117 Judi 215, 4/26/12, by SHF Rib Eye M326 R117, consigned by NS Polled Herefords, to Jim and Karen Grau, Oregonia; and a June heifer calf by NS Yucatan ET 143 to Allie Steiner, Lebanon - - $4,400 NS 492 Martha 101, 1/2/11, by Feltons Ozzie 492, consigned by NS Polled Herefords, to Robert Rowe; and a May heifer calf by NS Yucatan ET 143 to Rippling Rock Hereford Farm, Blanchester - - -$4,100 TNM 1226 Tori 347, 6/8/13, by TNM 492 Prospector 1226, consigned by Hot Iron Enterprises, Mt. Gilead, to Ron Davis, Frankfort - - - - - - - - - -$3,100

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Hutchinson, Minn.—Dec. 13 Auctioneer: Jim Birdwell Reported by: Levi Landers .75 bull - - - - - - - - - $5,000; average - - - $6,667 38 females - - -$132,562; average - - - $3,488 38.75 lots - - - $137,562; average - - - $3,550 BULL KPH 7Z Victor 1424, 2/20/14, by JDH Victor 719T 7Z ET, consigned by Krogstad Polled Herefords, Fertile, to Chad Limberg, Clear Lake, S.D. (¾ interest, full possession) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - $5,000 FEMALES JDH Ms 19U Redeem 485T 52B ET, 2/8/14, by KJ HVH 33N Redeem 485T ET, consigned by Delaney Herefords Inc., Lake Benton, to Lost Meadows Farm, Frazee - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - $5,600 NEIL 3027 Danica 322A, 3/5/13, by UPS Domino 3027, consigned by Neil Farms, Northfield, to Oscar Huso Jr. & Sons, Aneta, N.D. - - - - - - - - - - - - - $4,600 SPH 378N Miss Cracker 39A, 3/3/13, by SPH 5134 Cracker Jack 1X ET, consigned by Springwater Polled Herefords, Garretson, S.D., to Oscar Huso Jr. & Sons - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - $4,400 J&J 9T Ms Honeywell W203A 4B, 2/17/14, by SH Warrior W203A ET, consigned by J&J Hanson Herefords, Comfrey, to Stephanie Ponto, Watertown, S.D. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - $3,900

Myers Hereford Farm

Statesville, N.C.—Dec. 13 Auctioneer: Will Thompson Reported by: Tommy Coley 26 bulls - - - - - $131,500; average - - $5,058 22 females - - - - - -$79,850; average - - $3,630 48 lots - - - - - $211,350; average - - $4,403 Additional lots 49 comm. females - $103,525; average - - -$2,113 BULLS TCC L1 Advance 300, 1/15/13, by NF Advance 9029, to Robert Yarboro, Lawndale - - - - - - -$7,400 HWM JR L1 Domino 3202A, 2/5/13, by JA L1 Domino 8513U, to Touch -O -West Farm, Mt. Solon, Va. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - $6,500 HWM JR L1 Domino 3220A, 2/10/13, by JA L1 Domino 8513U, to Larry Shiflett, Clemmons - $6,500 HWM JR L1 Domino 3212A, 2/12/13, by JA L1 Domino 8513U, to Greg Dimburg, Charleston, Miss.

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1795 E. C.R. 1000 • Basco, IL 62313 217-743-5382 • gkrieg@frontiernet.net

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$1,159,300

$7,047

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$5,157

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$1,673,004

$5,410

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$5,781

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$5,510

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Pre-Sale Banquet/Fun Auction Friday, March 6, 2015

Social at 6 p.m. • Dinner at 7 p.m. at the Extension Building on Grant County Fairgrounds, Lancaster, Wis.

BREEDERS TS Cattle Co., Argyle Holly Paulson, Deerfiel Bevanville Beef, Platteville Owego Stock Farm, Argyle Don Bolander, Chilton Kevin Sann, Wausau Kim Johnson, Hartford

Caleb Ahrens, Brodhead Steve Merry, Hartford Gordon Merry, Sun Prairie Doug Miller, Tomah Ron Severson, Morris, Ill. Chuck Badescher, Dodgeville Jule Zipperer, Cato Steve Folkman, Ixonia

Bakers, Elkhorn Kaci Keppen, Ft. Atkinson Eric Katzenberger, Monroe Gary Reinke, Johnson Creek Butch Boettcher, Fairchild Kevin Stork, New Richmond Wildcat Cattle Co., Darlington

For catalogs and information, contact: Caleb Aherns 608-346-9261 • Ruth Espenschied 608-543-3778 www.wisconsinherefords.org Please view for digital catalog, supplemental cattle and sale day information.

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1 Texas Hereford Assn. Whiteface Replacement Sale and Cowtown Select Sale, Ft. Worth, Texas 1 Texas Polled Hereford Assn. Annual Meeting and Banquet, Ft. Worth 2 Southwestern Exposition Nat’l Hereford Show, Ft. Worth 2 Topp Herefords Bull Sale, Grace City, N.D. 4-7 Cattle Industry Convention and NCBA Trade Show, San Antonio, Texas 5 Ridder Herefords Bull Sale, Callaway, Neb. 6 Baumgarten Cattle Co. Bull Sale, Belfield, N.D. 6 Dvorak Herefords Bull Sale, Lake Andes, S.D. 6 Elkington Polled Herefords Bull Sale, Idaho Falls, Idaho 7 Klamath Bull Sale, Klamath Falls, Ore. 7 Messner Herefords, Slapout, Okla.

7 Pelton Polled Herefords, Halliday, N.D. 7 Snowshoe Cattle Co., Miles City, Mont.

7 South Texas Hereford Assn. Spring Sale, Beeville 7 Upstream Ranch Bull Sale, Taylor, Neb. 8 Dixie Nat’l Hereford Show, Jackson, Miss.

Mrnak Herefords Bull Sale, Bowman, N.D. BB Cattle Co. Bull Sale, Connell, Wash.

Logterman Family Herefords Bull Sale, Valentine, Neb. Fawcett Elm Creek Ranch, Ree Heights, S.D. South Mountain Bull Sale, Melba, Idaho Thorson Herefords Bull Sale, Phillip, S.D. Friedt Herefords Bull Sale, Dickinson, N.D. Iowa Hereford Breeders Assn. Online Sale Iowa Beef Expo Hereford Sale, Des Moines Baker Hereford Ranch Bull Sale, Rapid City, S.D. Fallon All Breeds Bull Sale, Fallon, Nev. Rausch Herefords, Hoven, S.D. Bar JZ Ranches Bull Sale, Holabird, S.D. Nebraska Cattleman’s Classic, Kearney, Neb. Shaw Cattle Co. Bull Sale, Caldwell, Idaho Olson Hereford Ranch, Argusville, N.D. White Hawk Ranch Bull and Female Sale, Cedartown, Ga. Hoffman Ranch Bull Sale, Thedford, Neb. Illini Classic Sale, Springfield, Ill. Money in the Tank Sale, Springfield, Ill.

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Carmichael Herefords Bull Sale, Meadow, S.D. Illinois Hereford Assn. Annual Meeting, Springfield Indiana Hereford Assn. Annual Meeting, Danville Magnolia Hereford Assn., Magnolia, Ark. Southern Opportunity Sale, Martin, Tenn.

Colyer Herefords Bull Sale, Bruneau, Idaho Hereford Heritage Bull and Female Sale, Stillwater, Okla.

BuyHereford.com Internet Auction Mill Creek Ranch, Manhattan, Kan. Ulrich Herefords Bull Sale, Lethbridge, Alberta Ad deadline for April Hereford World PCR Online Bull Sale, Fremont, Mich.

Ernst Bull Sale, Windsor, Colo.

Gant Polled Herefords Bull Sale, Platte, S.D. Jamison Herefords Bull Sale, Quinter, Kan. Hula Herefords Open House Bull Sale, Creston, Neb. Kreth Herefords Bull Sale, Mt. Vernon, S.D. Pennsylvania Hereford Assn. Annual Meeting, State College

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28 TS Ranch, Cottonwood Falls, Kan. 28 Woolfolk Farms Bull Sale, Columbia, Tenn.

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Harrell Herefords, Baker City, Ore. Schutte and Sons, Guide Rock, Neb. Calgary Bull Sale, Calgary, Alberta Jensen Bros. Bull Sale, Courtland, Kan. Northwest Hereford Breeders Bull Test Sale, Hermiston, Ore. Express Ranches Bull Sale, Yukon, Okla.

Kentucky Beef Expo Show, Louisville Snake River Bull Test Sale, Jerome, Idaho Bischoff’s Ravine Creek Ranch, Huron, S.D. Fort Keogh Livestock and Range Research Laboratory Bull Sale, Miles City, Mont.

Kentucky Beef Expo Hereford Sale, Louisville McIver’s Happy Acres Bull Selection Day, Farwell, Minn.

Sjolander Ranch, Riesel, Texas Utah Polled and Horned Hereford Assn., Salina Wisconsin Hereford Assn., Lancaster Snyder Livestock Bull Test and Sale, Yerington, Nev. Holden Herefords, Valier, Mont.

JBB/AL Herefords Sale, Bliss, Idaho Tegtmeier Polled Herefords, Burchard, Neb. Cooper Hereford Ranch, Willow Creek, Mont.

Harvie Ranching Bull Sale, Olds, Alberta Udy Cattle Co. Bull Sale, Rockland, Idaho Vin-Mar Cattle Co. Bull Sale, Rushville, Neb. Tennessee Hereford Assn. Annual Meeting, Lebanon Boyd Beef Cattle Bull Sale, Mays Lick, Ky. I-29 Bull Run, Sioux Falls, S.D. Northeast Texas Hereford Assn., Mt. Pleasant Tennessee Agribition Sale, Lebanon B&D Herefords Bull Sale, Claflin, Kan. Wagner Herefords Bull Sale, Redfield, S.D. Heartland Herefords, North Platte, Neb. Medicine Hat Bull Sale, Medicine Hat, Alberta Flying S Herefords Bull and Female Sale, Paluxy, Texas Ohio Beef Expo Hereford Show, Columbus Buckeye Hereford Assn., Columbus, Ohio CES Polled Herefords/Predestined Cattle Co., Wadley, Ga. Falling Timber Farm Bull Sale, Marthasville, Mo. K7 Herefords Bull Sale, Lockridge, Iowa DeLHawk Cattle Co. Online Heifer Sale, Earlville, Ill. Oleen Bros., Dwight, Kan. Frenzen Polled Herefords, Fullerton, Neb. WLB Livestock Bull Sale, Douglas, Manitoba Ad deadline for May/June Hereford World Washington Cattlemen’s Assn. Bull Test Sale, Eltopia McCabe Genetics, Elk City, Kan. North Carolina Hereford Assn. Annual Meeting, Statesville Barber Ranch Heifer Sale, Salado, Texas Belle Point Ranch, Lavaca, Ark. Candy Meadow Farms, Lexington, Tenn.

Heart of America Hereford Assn., Wayne City, Ill. North Carolina Hereford Assn., Statesville Lowderman Cattle Co. Bull Sale, Macomb, Ill. BuyHereford.com Internet Auction NJW Polled Herefords Bull Sale, Sheridan, Wyo.

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Performance Unlimited Bull Sale, Creston, Iowa Georgia Hereford Assn. Annual Meeting, Perry Michigan Hereford Assn. Annual Meeting, E. Lansing Sandhill Farms, Haviland, Kan. Georgia Hereford Assn., Perry Louisiana Bayou Classic Sale, Alexandria Michigan Beef Expo Hereford Sale, E. Lansing Show-Me Classic Bull Sale, Windsor, Mo. Lowderman Cattle Co. Online Sale, Macomb, Ill. Clark Anvil Ranch, La Junta, Colo.

West Virginia Polled Hereford Assn. Annual Meeting, Weston West Virginia Beef Expo Hereford Show, Weston Ellis Farms, Chrisman, Ill. Knoll Crest Farm Bull Sale, Red House, Va. Oklahoma Hereford Assn., Perkins Thorstenson Herefords Bull Sale, Selby, S.D. Washington All Breeds Classic Sale, Puyallup West Virginia Beef Expo Hereford Sale, Weston Gerber Land & Cattle, Richmond, Ind. Tennessee Hereford Marketing Program Spring Feeder Calf Sale, Columbia Virginia Hereford Assn., Harrisonburg Burns Farms, Pikeville, Tenn.

Stuber Ranch, Bowman, N.D. Early bird ad deadline for July Hereford World Middle Tennessee Hereford Assn. Annual Meeting, Cross Plains California/Nevada Hereford Assn. Tour, Calif.

Middle Tennessee Hereford Assn., Cross Plains Ritchie County Polled Hereford Assn., Harrisville, W.Va. Young Farmers and Ranchers Youth Livestock Show, Alexandria, La. BuyHereford.com Internet Auction HW

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ALABAMA Campbell Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 Drummond Sparks Beef . . . . . . 120 Tennessee River Music Inc . . . . . . . . . 120 ARIZONA Mountain View Hereford Ranch . . 120 ARKANSAS James Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 CALIFORNIA Alto Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 Blagg Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 Five H Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 Jess Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 Lambert Ranch . . . . . . . . . . 120 McDougald . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 Morrell Ranches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 Mrnak Herefords West . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 Parham Cattle Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 Pedretti Ranches . . . . . . . . . 120 R&R Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 Sierra Ranches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 Sonoma Mountain Herefords . . . . . . 120 Valentine Herefords . . . . . . . . 120 Weimer Cattle Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 COLORADO Campbell, James T . . . . . . . . . 120 Clark Anvil Ranch . . . . . . . . . 120 Coleman Herefords . . . . . . . . 120 Coyote Ridge Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . 79, 120 Ernst Family, Marshall . . . . . . . 120 Fuchs Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 Hall and Family, Doug . . . . . . . 120 Hanging W Herefords . . . . . . . 120 Kubin Hereford Ranch . . . . . . . 120 Leroux Land & Cattle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 Robb & Sons, Tom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 Sidwell Herefords . . . . . . . . . 120 Strang Herefords . . . . . . . . . 120 GEORGIA CES Polled Herefords . . . . . 32, 107 Greenview Farms Inc . . . . . . . . 120 Hill-Vue Farm . . . . . . . . . . . 120 HME Herefords . . . . . . . . . . 107 Leonard Polled Hereford Farm . . . 107 Mead Cattle Enterprises . . . . . . . . . . . . BC MTM Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 Predestined Cattle Co . . . . . 32, 107 Sunset Ridge Herefords . . . . . . 120 Thompson Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 White Hawk Ranch . . . . . . 107, IBC IDAHO Colyer Herefords . . . . . . . 15, 120 Daniels Hereford Ranch . . . . . . 120 Eagle Canyon Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 Elkington Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . 120 Fern Ridge Herefords . . . . . . . 120 Harrison & Sons, Hawley . . . . . . . . . . 120 JBB/AL Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82, 120 OJJ Cattle Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 Shaw Cattle Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11, 121 Snake River Bull Test . . . . . . . . 89 Udy Cattle Co . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 Wooden Shoe Farm . . . . . . . . 121 ILLINOIS Aden Family Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 Albin Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 ALH - Hartwig, Alan and Austin . . 121 Apple Ridge Cattle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 Bafford Farms Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 Baker Farms . . . . . . . . . 26, 121 Behrends Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 Benedict Herefords . . . . . . . . 117 Bickelhaupt Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 Bixler Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 Bob-O-Lou Herefords . . . . . . . 121 Burns Polled Hereford Farm . 116, 121 Crane Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 DeLHawk Cattle Co . . . . . . . . . 117 Double B Herefords LLC . . . . . . 121 Ellis Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 Eubank Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 Fancy Creek Farm . . . . . . . . . 116 Fleisher Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 Gen-Lor Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 Hallbauer Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 Happ Herefords . . . . . . . . . . 121 Harbison and Sons, Ray . . . . 117, 121 Illinois Hereford Assn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Kline Herefords . . . . . . . . . . 116 Knott Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 Loehr Hereford Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 Lorenzen Farms . . . . . . . . . . 117 Lowderman Auction Options . . . . . . 116 Lowderman Cattle Co . . . . . 26, 117 McCaskill Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 Miller Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 Milligan Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 Moffett Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 Mud Creek Farms . . . . . . . . . 116 Nature’s Acres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 Newbold Farms Inc . . . . . . . . . 121 Northfork Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

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Oak Hill Farm . . . . . . . . . . . 121 Ogle Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Parish Farms . . . . . . . . . 47, 108 Perks Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 Plainview Stock Farms . . . . . 27, 117 Prairie Cross Land, Livestock & Ranching . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 Prairie Meadow Herefords . . . . . . . . . 121 Prairie Rose Cattle Co . . . . . . . . 116 Rabideau Polled Herefords . . . . . 25 RGR Cattle Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 River Ridge Ranch & Cattle Co . . . . . 121 Rustic Oaks Farm . . . . . . . . . 121 Sayre Hereford Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 Stephens Hereford Farm . . . . . . . . . . 121 Sturdy Hereford Outlet . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 Sweatman Herefords . . . . . . . 121 Tjardes Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 INDIANA Able Acres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 Beck-Powell Polled Herefords . . . 103 Carlson Cattle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 CDF Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 Clinkenbeard Farms & Sons . . . . 103 DAD’s Cattle Co . . . . . . . . . . . 103 Everhart Farms . . . . . . . . . . 103 Gerber Land & Cattle . . . . . 28, 121 Green Meadow Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 Greives Herefords . . . . . . . . . 121 Hayhurst Farms . . . . . . . . . . 103 Hunt Bros . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 J&K Cattle . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 Kesling Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . 121 Laudeman Family, Gale . . . . . . 103 Ramsey Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 Stuckey Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . 121 IOWA Amos Hereford Farm . . . . . 26, 133 Baja Cattle . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 Beef Resources Partnership . . . 61, 133 Black Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Castell Polled Herefords . . . . . . . 31, 133 Deppe Bros . Cattle Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 Diamond P Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Goehring Herefords . . . . . . . . 133 IHBA Select Genetic Online Sale . . 108 Iowa Beef Expo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Jackson Hereford Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 JJB Cattle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 K7 Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . 133 Landt Herefords, Steve . . . . 25, 133 Lenth Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 R&R Cattle Co . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Solsma Show Cattle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Sorensen Family, Mike . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 Stream Cattle Co . . . . . . . . . . 121 Wiese & Sons . . . . . . . . . 4, 121 KANSAS 4V Douthit Herefords . . . . . . . 121 Alexander Farms Polled Herefords . 121 B&D Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Brannan & Reinhardt Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 Carswell-Nichols Herefords . . . . . . . . 121 Davis Herefords . . . . . . . . . . 121 Douthit Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 Herbel Herefords . . . . . . . . . 121 Jamison Herefords . . . . . 54, 55, 121 Jensen Bros . . . . . . . . . . 66, 121 M-M Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 McCabe Genetics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Meitler, Gene . . . . . . . . . . . 121 Oleen Brothers . . . . . . . . . . 122 Oleen Cattle Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 Sandhill Farms . . . . . . . . 13, 122 Schu-Lar Herefords LLC . . . . . . . 61, 122 Springhill Herefords . . . . . . . . 122 Towner Farm . . . . . . . . . . . 122 TS Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Umberger Polled Herefords . . . . 122 VJS Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 KENTUCKY BBL Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 Botkin Polled Herefords . . . . . . 122 Boyd Beef Cattle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67, 122 Chambliss Hereford Farms . . . . . . . . . 122 Dogwood Farm . . . . . . . . . . 105 JMS Polled Herefords . . . . . . . 105 Kentucky Beef Expo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Peyton’s Well Polled Herefords . . . . 105 LOUISANA 5C’s Hereford Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 MARYLAND All Seasons Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 ChurchView Farm . . . . . . . . . 101 East Side Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101, 122 Foggy Bottom Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 Grimmel Girls Show Cattle . . . . . . . . 122 R&T Acres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 Red Oak Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 SCH Polled Herefords . . . . . . . 122 Tamsey Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

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MICHIGAN Behnke’s Hereford Farm . . . . . . 100 Castle Cattle Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 Cottonwood Springs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 Grand Meadows Farm . . . . . . . 100 Hanson’s Double G Herefords . . . . . . 100 Longcore Herefords . . . . . . . . 100 MacNaughton, Ron and Jill . . . . . . . . 100 McDonald Farm . . . . . . . . . . 100 RLB Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 Rottman, Phil and Chris . . . . . . 100 Sugar Sweet Ranch . . . . . . . . 100 Vesser’s Triple E Farm . . . . . . . 100 MINNESOTA DaKitch Hereford Farms . . . . . . 122 Delaney Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 Krogstad Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . 122 Lawrence Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 McIver’s Happy Acres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 Schafer Herefords . . . . . . . . . 122 Springwater Polled Herefords . . . 122 Whispering Pine Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 MISSISSIPPI 3D Cattle Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Broadlawn Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 Caldwell Hereford Ranch . . . . . . . . . . 122 CMR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 Leaning Cedar Herefords . . . . . . . . . . 122 MISSOURI AbraKadabra Cattle Co . . . . . . . 129 Bellis Family, Jim D . . . . . . . . . 129 Blue Ribbon Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 Bonebrake Herefords . . . . 122, 128 BS Herefords LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 Cattle Visions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Doss Hereford Farm . . . . . . . . . . . 26, 129 Duvall Polled Herefords . . . . . . 128 Falling Timber Farm . . . . . . . . . . . 77, 122 Findley Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 Glengrove Farm . . . . . . . . . . 129 Harding Bros . Herefords . . . . . . 122 Journagan Ranch/Missouri State University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122, 129 Kaczmarek 4K Herefords . . . . . . . . . . 129 L III Hereford Farms . . . . . . . . 128 McMillen’s Toothacre Ranch . . . . 129 Miller Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 Reed Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 Reynolds Herefords . . . . . . . . 128 Roth Hereford Farm . . . . . 122, 129 Schneider Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 WMC Cattle Co . . . . . . . . . . . 129 Woessner Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 MONTANA Brillhart Ranch Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 Broken Pick Land & Cattle . . . . . 122 Churchill Cattle Co . . . . . . . . . . 33 Cooper Hereford Ranch . . . . . . . 51, 122 Curlew Cattle Co . . . . . . . . . . 122 Dutton Herefords . . . . . . . . . 122 Ehlke Herefords . . . . . . . . . . 122 Feddes Herefords . . . . . . . . . 122 Fort Keogh Livestock . . . . . . . . 63 Holden Herefords . . . . . 16, 17, 122 J Bar E Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . 123 McMurry Cattle . . . . . . . . . . 123 Mohican West . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 Thomas Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 NEBRASKA 7 Mill Iron Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 Blueberry Hill Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 Fisher, Lowell and Carol . . . . . . 123 Frenzen Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . 123 Gibson Herefords . . . . . . . . . 123 Henkel Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . 123 Hoffman Ranch . . . . . . . . 9, 123 Hula Herefords . . . . . . . . . . 110 JB Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 Linton Polled Herefords . . . . . . 123 Moeller & Sons, Albert . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 Monahan Cattle Co . . . . . . . . . 123 Niedermeyer Farms . . . . . . . . 123 Ridder Hereford Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 Schroer Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 Schutte & Sons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85, 123 Spencer Herefords Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 Tegtmeier Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . 39 Upstream Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 Van Newkirk Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 Vin-Mar Cattle Co . . . . . . . 93, 123 NEVADA Bell Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 Brumley Farms . . . . . . . . . . 123 Genoa Livestock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 Hutchens Herefords, Lee . . . . . . . . . . 123 NEW JERSEY Grass Pond Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 NEW MEXICO B&H Herefords . . . . . . . . . . 123 C&M Herefords . . . . . . . . . . 123 Copeland & Sons Herefords LLC . . . . 123

Cornerstone Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 King Herefords . . . . . . . 123, 130 West Star Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 NEW YORK SK Hereford LLC . . . . . . . . . . 123 Stone House Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 NORTH CAROLINA Brent Creech Taylor’s Mill Farm . . . . 123 Claxton Farm LLC . . . . . . . . . 123 Double J Farm LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 Myers Hereford Farm . . . . 105, 123 Prestwood Beef Cattle . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 Rhyneland Farms . . . . . . . . . 101 Terrace Farms . . . . . . . . . . . 123 Triplett Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . 123 W&A Hereford Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 Will-Via Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . 105 NORTH DAKOTA Baumgarten Cattle Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 Boehnke Hereford Ranch . . . . . . . . . . 134 Carter’s Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . 134 Friedt Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 Friesz Livestock . . . . . . . . . . 134 Mrnak Hereford Ranch . . . . . . . 123, 134 North Dakota Hereford Assn . . . . . . . 134 Olson Hereford Ranch . . . . . . . . . 59, 134 Pelton Polled Herefords . . . . . . 134 Stuber Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IFC Wolff Cattle Co . . . . . . . . . . . 134 OHIO Banks Polled Herefords . . . . . . 106 Berg Polled Herefords . . . . . . . 106 Buckeye Hereford Assn . . . . . . . 106 CSP Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 Grandview Hereford Farm . . . . . 106 Herman Family . . . . . . . . . . 106 J&L Cattle Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 Mohican Polled Hereford Farm . . 106, 123 Morrison Stock Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 Oakridge Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . 123 Ostgaard Cattle Co . . . . . . . . . 106 Sunny Side Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 Switzerland of Ohio Polled Hereford Assn . . . . . . . . . . 106 OKLAHOMA 4B Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Beacon Hill Ranch . . . . . . . . . 124 Birdwell Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 CNB Polled Herefords . . . . . . . 124 Darnell Hereford Ranch . . . . . . 124 Dennis Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . 124 Double Seven Ranch . . . . . . . . 69, 70, 71 Dufur Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 Durham Ranch . . . . . . . . . . 124 Flying G Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 Fullerton Hereford Farms . . . . . . . . . . 124 Graft-Britton Ranch . . . . . . . . 124 Gray Land & Cattle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 Harrison Cattle Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33, 70 Langford Herefords . . . . . . . . 124 LeForce Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 Loewen Herefords . . . . . . 69, 124 Messner Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 Moss Herefords, Allen . . . . . . . 124 Nelson Land and Cattle Co . . . . . . . . . 124 P&R Herefords LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 OREGON Bar One Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 Bird Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 Chandler Herefords Inc . . . . . . . 124 England Ranch . . . . . . . . . . 124 Harrell Herefords . . . . 19, 20, 21, 124 High Desert Cattle Co . . . . . . . . 124 Hufford’s Herefords . . . . . . . . 124 Northwest Hereford Breeders . . . . . . 92 Oregon Hereford Ranch . . . . . . 124 Quick Mill Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 Stallings Polled Herefords . . . . . 124 Vollstedt Farms Polled Herefords . . 124 Y Cross Herefords . . . . . . . . . 124 PENNSYLVANIA Bar-H Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 Creekside Hollow Acres . . . . . . 124 Dana Livestock . . . . . . . . . . 124 Deana Jak Farms Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 Flat Stone Lick . . . . . . . . . . . BC Glenview Farms . . . . . . . . . . BC Slaytons’ BearDance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 Stone Ridge Manor . . . . . . . . 101 Vogel Valley Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 SOUTH CAROLINA Forrest Polled Herefords . . . . . . . . . . 105 Fowken Farm . . . . . . . . . . . 105 Keese Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 White Column Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 SOUTH DAKOTA Baker Hereford Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Bar JZ Ranches . . . . . . . . 87, 124 Bischof’s Ravine Creek Ranch . 78, 124 Blume Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 Carmichael Herefords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

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