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Keeping up with Kentucky Beef Network

Becky Thompson Director, Kentucky Beef Network

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KBN has been busy the last few months hosting webinars on marketing and profitability for your operations, below is an outline of some you may have missed. Please visit www.kybeefnetwork. com/webinar or click the QR code for a link to each session recording. Backgrounding/Stocker Profitability Conference • Session 1: Key Concepts for Margin Operations – understanding the current market environment, cost of gain vs value of gain, and using futures to estimate sale prices • Session 2: Budgeting for Profit – stocker and backgrounding budget scenarios, estimating target purchase prices, and key marketing concepts • Session 3: Managing and Protecting Your Profits – tax and financial management, Livestock Risk Protection Insurance, and revisiting the current market environment (focus on feed cost implications) 2022 Beef Efficiency Conference Adapting Production Decisions to Fit Available Resources • “Minimum Wage Cows” Dr. David Lalman, Oklahoma State

University • “Putting it All Together to optimize Farm Resources” Don

Schiefelbein, Schiefelbein Farms • “One Beef Industry: We can sell more Beef” Dr. Dan Thomson,

Iowa State University UK Beef Management Webinar Series If you haven’t had a chance to catch one of the University of Kentucky Beef Extension Team’s webinars from Beef Management webinar series there are three left, please contact your local county extension agent for details on how to join. • April 12, 2022 Simple Tools to Improve Management Decisions – Katie VanValin, Assistant Professor and Les Anderson,

Professor • May 10, 2022 AFS Beef Research Update – TBD • June 14, 2022 Shooting the Bull: Answering all your beef related questions! Roundtable discussion with UK Beef Specialists Kentucky Forages Videos A good resource of Kentucky forages videos is the UK Forages YouTube Channel, feel free to scan the QR code above to visit all of their forage related content.

2021 WEBINARS:

Kentucky Livestock Marketing Association Webinar Series:* New ways to market cattle or understanding more about how cattlemen can influence the price of their calves are always an interest for cattlemen. For with this webinar series, KBN partnered with the Kentucky Livestock Marketing Association to bring you a 3-part series on the evolution of auction markets, creating the foundation of a marketing structure, future of auction markets, and what is true price discovery. • Who is the Livestock Marketing Association and why should you sell at auctions? • Questions to the Sale Block (Q&A Session with Stockyard

Managers) • Value Added Marketing Opportunities through your auction. Cow Calf Profitability Conference:* Did you have a chance to catch the Cow Calf Profitability Conference in 2019 and 2020 prior to COVID? Good News! KBN along with our UK partners have reformatted the conference into a 3-day webinar series including topics on, key profit drivers, managing for profit, bale grazing, controlling hay costs, and profitable stocking rates. *These webinars are funded by the Kentucky Agricultural Development Fund through the Kentucky Beef Network.

Eden Shale Update

Dan Miller Industry Coordinator, Kentucky Beef Network

Calving season is in full force at Eden Shale. This year we have 107 head to calve, the most we have had since we took the farm over in 2013. The heifers started calving on February 15th and the cows started calving on February 26th. As of writing (March 7th) we have had 54 calves born in the first 21 days of the calving season. And as an additional bonus, March came in like a lamb this year. We had 5 consecutive days of temperatures in the 60’s with no rainfall. During these first 5 days of March we had 29 calves born! I still believe the best investment a commercial cow/calf operation can make is to synchronize the cow herd at breeding. Having half the calf crop born in the first heat cycle plays a huge role in the consistency of those calves at weaning. While calving is in full swing we are also managing the cattle through three different calving fields. To explain further, all our cows and heifers are rotated away from the herd as they calve. We have two separate barns for calving. The one by Greg’s house is for heifers, and the main working facility is for cows. For each group, the heavy bred animals are placed in a pasture (pasture A) with access to hay feeding structures. As the animals get close to calving, they are moved inside the barn. Once a calf is born, we give the pair one or two days in the barn to allow it time to gain strength on dry bedding and to ensure there aren’t any problems with baby or mama. After tagging the calves, we turn the new pairs out to a fresh field (pasture B) that provides a clean, mud free field with ample room for the babies to lie down in dry locations. The young pairs stay in pasture B for 7 to 10 days. We nicknamed Pasture B the nursery. After the calves gain strength, we move them from pasture B to pasture C for the remainder of the calving season. This rotational calving system lets us take better care of cows that are close to calving. It also lets us foster better health for calves by moving them away from muddy conditions while they’re young and vulnerable. The rotation thru multiple fields allows us to keep the mud/manure load low and therefore keeping the cows udders cleaner and the new born calves healthier. Since implementing this system, we have drastically reduced the number of calves that scour, and have eliminated broken legs and trampled calves around the hay feeding areas. As winter draws to an end I hope that your calving season is going well, and that your hay reserves are enough. And as we flip the calendar over we are reminded that green grass is right around the corner.

Ben Lloyd

Whitesville, KY (270) 993-1074 strridge@aol.com

KENTUCKY BEEF NETWORK FACILITATORS

Ron Shrout

Winchester, KY (606) 205-6143 ronshrout@bellsouth.net

Charles Embry

Cave City, KY (270) 646-5939 dale.embry@yahoo.com

Jeff Stephens

Ewing, KY (606) 782-7640 stephensbeef@gmail.com

Jacob Settles

Springfield, KY (859) 805-0724 jacob.settles4@yahoo.com

ANGUS

THE BUSINESS BREED

President: Jason Crowe Vice President: Henry B Smith Secretary/Treasurer: Anne DeMott

BLEVINS BLACK CATTLE

Gary, Nicole, & Ethan Blevins 59 Fieldstone Court Greenup, KY 4114 606.465.4040 blevinsblackcattle@gmail.com

BOYD BEEF CATTLE

6077 Helena Road Mayslick, KY 41055 Charlie Boyd II: (606) 584-5194 • Blake Boyd: (606) 375-3718 www.boydbeef.com • cboyd2@maysvilleky.net

BRANCH VIEW ANGUS

927 Old Liberty Pike • Hustonville, KY 40437 (859) 238-0771 • www.branchviewangus.com James S. & LuAnn Coffey, Donald & Donna Coffey Annual Production Sale- 2nd Saturday in April

BURKS CATTLE CO.

531 Rick Rd. Park City, KY 42160 Eddie Burks • (270) 991-6398 www.burkscattle.com

BURTON & SONS ANGUS

Joe D. or Karen Burton Bryan Carman, Partner, Ridgeview Angus 480 Hominy Hill Rd. Nancy, KY 42544 Joe: (606) 305-3081 • Bryan: (606) 875-3453 Located 15 miles West of Somerset • klburton01@windstream.net Bulls & females sold private treaty. Inquiries Welcome. Sell only what we would buy.

COFFEY ANGUS FARMS

661 Hopewell Road Liberty, KY 42539 Matt Coffey: (270) 799-6288 Dewey Coffey: (606) 706-2699 Genetics for Maximum Profitability since 1984

JASON & KATIE CROWE ELI HASKELL

10825 Red Lick Road Irvine, KY 40336 (859) 582-0761

DAVIS BEND FARMS

2315 Davis Bend Road Canmer, KY 42722 timmothyljeffries@gmail.com www.davisbendfarms.com Tim: (270) 528-6605 • Leslie: (270) 528-6435

FALL CREEK ANGUS

448 Corder Farm Road Monticello, KY 42633 Ronnie Corder (606) 348-6588

GREAT MEADOWS ANGUS ASSOCIATION

Spring Sale: 4th Saturday in April Fall Sale: 3rd Saturday in October www.greatmeadowsangus.com Paul Bradshaw (502) 817-7502

HAINES ANGUS FARMS

5294 Park City- Glasgow Rd. Park City, KY 42160 Kenneth Haines, Jr.: (270) 749-8862

HAMILTON ANGUS FARMS

Eddie Hamilton 2142 Stilesville Road Science Hill, KY 42553 edjohami@aol.com (606) 271-1286 Bulls and Females for Sale

HERITAGE FARM

Tom McGinnis 1024 Hinkle Lane • Shelbyville, KY (502) 633-1634, home • (502) 633-5100, work (502) 655-0164, cell

HILL VIEW FARMS

Jimmy Gilles 5160 Lee Rudy Road Owensboro, KY 42301 (270) 686-8876 (270) 929-537

JOHNSON FARMS ANGUS

Angus Bulls & Females Slaughters, KY Keith: (270) 635-0723 Reese: (270) 635-1137

LYNN CREEK FARMS

Kris and Sara Lynn 2184 Bardstown Rd Springfield KY 40069 573-721-6663

MT. MORIAH ANGUS FARMS

Bob, Kathy, and Rob Clark (859) 748-5558 1446 Kennedy Bridge Rd. Harrodsburg, KY 40330 Bob: (859)339-2610 • Rob: (859)612-1594 mtmoriahfarms1@gmail.com www.mtmoriahangus.com

RAGS ANGUS FARM

Richard and Glenda Stallons 1240 Dogwood Kelly Road Hopkinsville, KY 42240 Home: (270) 885-4352 Cell: (270) 839-2442 rstallons@bellsouth.net

SHAW FAMILY ANGUS

Jim & Cathy Shaw 935 Miller Road • Hodgenville, KY 42748 (270) 769-8260 www.shawfamilyangus.com Quality Registered Angus Cattle since 1975

SMITHLAND ANGUS FARM

5202 East Hwy 80, Russell Springs, KY 42642 Charles “Bud” & Pam Smith: (270) 866-3898 Henry & Melissa Smith: (270) 866-2311

ST. CLAIR FARMS REGISTERED ANGUS

Eric & Sherry St. Clair 13433 Falls of Rough Road • Falls of Rough, KY 40119 Home: (270) 257-2965 • Cell: (270) 617-1079 www.stclairangus.com Performance Tested Bull & Female Sale April 2020

TAMME VALLEY FARM

Jacob Tamme, Owner-Operator (859) 583-7134 jacob.tamme@gmail.com www.tammevalley.com & Find us on Facebook!

FOUR KINGS ANGUS

250 Bright Leaf Dr. • Harrodsburg, KY 40330 Cary & Kim King Carymking@yahoo.com • fourkingsangus.com Cary Cell: (859) 613-3734 • Colby Myers - Purebred Manager

TRIPLE D ANGUS

Nathaniel & Darla Denham Nathaniel(Bub), Sarah, Ashley Denham (606) 423-2457 • (606) 875-0780 tripledangus.com

OLD BARK FARM

370 Ferrill Hill, Buffalo, KY 42716 Kenley Conner 270/358-8057 Registered Angus Cattle

4040 Taylorsville Rd Taylorsville, KY 40071 Gordon Schubert 502-477-2637 • 502-548-8440 Anne Patton Schubert 502-477-2663 • 502-548-2359

PLEASANT HILL FARMS

Gil, Mary, Corbin, Caroline, and Catherine Cowles 500 Rockfield Richpond Road Rockfield, KY 42274 (270) 843-9021 • Fax (270) 843-9005 Located 7 miles west of Bowling Green, 1/2 mile off Hwy 68/80

TWIN CREEK FARM

Shawn, Melissa, Devin & Dylan Gibson (270) 337-3072 or (270) 692-5304 Dennis & Emily 270/337-2128 or 270/402-4338 Watch for us in Branch View Production Sale in April

WHITE FARM

Tim and Amy White 3664 Military Pike • Lexington, KY 40513 Home: (859)223-0326 Tim: (859) 509-5401 • Amy (859)227-2552 whitefarm4@twc.com

KENTUCKY ANGUS ASSOCIATION MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION Return to: Anne DeMott 1220 Angus Trail Lexington, Kentucky 40509 • Annual Dues $35

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