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10 AGA Convention Brings Gelbvieh Stakeholders to Wichita

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Get the first look from the 47th Annual AGA National Convention. Article by Rebecca Mettler

18 Over the Fence with Nevil Speer, AgriClear

Article by Rebecca Mettler

Information Exchange

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20 American Gelbvieh Association Elects Board of Directors 22 Champions Parade at North American International

Livestock Exposition

BREEDERS CORNER Southern Breeders

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36 Breeders Win Big During 2nd Annual Gelbvieh Carcass Contest

Southeast Breeders

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40 Cattle Industry Tour Takes an Assisted Reproductive Technology Focus

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28 Champions Named at NAILE Junior Heifer Show

Step inside In Vitro Frontiers, a specialized bovine in vitro fertilization lab in Wichita, Kansas. Article by Rebecca Mettler.

GRAPHIC DESIGN: Lynn Valentine lynnv@gelbvieh.org

On the cover: Photo by Rachelle Anderson

EDITOR: Rebecca Mettler rebeccam@gelbvieh.org “GELBVIEH WORLD” (ISSN 1084-5100), is published monthly except for February, June and September for $35 for one year.

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INSIDE THE EDITORIAL

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Future of the Beef Industry

View from the Board by President Scott Starr

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State of the Association

From the Corner Office by Myron Edelman

16 Hope

Out in the Field by Tom Strahm

32 Newborn Calf Care

Junior Connection by Anna Ring

38 Herd Assessment How-To

Registry Tips ‘N Tricks by Kim Rounds

48 Windshield Time

Communication Note from Rebecca Mettler

350 Interlocken Blvd., Ste. 200 • Broomfield, CO 80021 Main phone: 303-465-2333 • Fax: 303-465-2339 www.GELBVIEH.org • info@gelbvieh.org Facebook: American Gelbvieh Association Instagram: americangelbvieh ASSOCIATION STAFF Myron Edelman Executive Director myrone@gelbvieh.org (ex. 480) Megan Slater Director of Operations and Public Relations megans@gelbvieh.org (ex. 485) Angela Vesco Director of Breed Growth angelav@gelbvieh.org (ex. 484) Kim Rounds Data Services Specialist kim@gelbvieh.org (ex. 482) Taylor Evans Member and Youth Programs Coordinator taylor@gelbvieh.org (ex. 481)

Lynn Valentine Gelbvieh Media Productions Coordinator/Graphic Design lynnv@gelbvieh.org (ex. 486) Rebecca Mettler Editorial Content Coordinator rebeccam@gelbvieh.org 940-255-5471 Tom Strahm Commercial Marketing Director tom@gelbvieh.org 785-547-7999 Kelsi Christian Mulitmedia Coordinator kelsi@gelbvieh.org (ex. 479)

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Scott Starr, President (2016) Stapleton, NE • 308-530-3900 cedartopranch@gpcom.net

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John Carrel, Vice President (2017) Columbus, MT • 406-322-5991 lauriecarrel@live.com

Walter Teeter, Treasurer (2017) Mt. Ulla, NC • 704-236-7980 waltert@republicrefrigeration.com

DIRECTORS Dustin Aherin (2018) Phillipsburg, KS • 785-302-1252 dgaherin@vet.k-state.edu

Dan McCarty (2018) Rifle, CO • 970-481-5217 mccartycattle@hotmail.com

Leland Clark (2017) Barnard, KS • 785-792-6244 prcc@twinvalley.net

Andrea Murray (2016) Kingfisher, OK • 405-368-9601 murrayfarm@pldi.net

Dennis Gustin (2016) Mandan, ND • 701-663-7266 gustindd@wildblue.net

Lowell Rogers (2015) Seminary, MS • 601-270-4152 lrdrsmiley@gmail.com

Doug Hughes (2017) Max Meadows, VA • 276-620-4271 lwhf@wiredog.com

Randy Sienknecht (2016) Gladbrook, IA • 319-290-3763 rmsink1209@msn.com

Jeff Loveless (2018) Spanish Fork, UT • 801-623-8308 olranch@aol.com

Jeff Swanson (2016) Oxford, NE • 308-290-3763 swansoncattleco@yahoo.com

Derek Martin (2018) Bucklin, KS • 620-397-6752 dmartin@kinsleyfeeders.com

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Klint Sickler, Secretary (2017) Gladstone, ND • 701-483-5250 klintsickler@hotmail.com

28th Annual Production Sale

Tuesday, March 13, 2018 at 1:00 p.m.

at Bar Arrow Cattle Company, North of Phillipsburg, Kansas

featuring Performance, Maternal, Carcass & Docility Selling 80 Gelbvieh & Balancer Bulls 20 Gelbvieh & Balancer Fancy Open heifers ® ®

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Sire: Cornerstone Sold to: Erik Terstriep Rockin’ GT Ranch IL

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Sire Sandhills Sold to The 88 Ranch Valerie Livingston, NE

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Sire: Anvil Sold to Matt Farr, NE

BAG 68D

Sire BAG109B Sold to Elwynn Jansonious, KS

For sale book or video, call or email Stuart or go online to www.bararrowcattlecompany.com

Stuart Jarvis 26 E. Limestone Rd. • Phillipsburg, KS 67661 e-mail: bararrow@ruraltel.net • 785/543-5177

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Future of the Beef Industry

By Scott Starr, AGA President

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GA recently held the 47th Annual National Convention. All who attended the event left with a clear vision of the future of the Gelbvieh and Balancer business. Growing pains surrounding the implementation of genomics were discussed. However, the future is incredible with the promise of BOLT, the single-step genetic evaluation, and all it can offer the largest beef animal database in the world in which Gelbvieh is a part of. Attendees also got a look at how Gelbvieh and Balancer fit into the beef industry and uphold the standards discovered in the National Beef Quality Audit. Marketing alliances with industry leaders like Superior Livestock Auction, Western Video Market, and Cattle Country Video were a few companies mentioned. The current breed growth and membership growth that the AGA is experiencing further validates that our Meeting Modern Industry Demands strategic plan is focusing on the needs of every breeder involved. The strategic plan is further positioning Gelbvieh and Balancer as a leader and with everyone pulling on the same end of the rope, such cooperation will continue to strengthen our position and enlarge Gelbvieh critical mass.

Science continues to drive the industry, but it is proven that on-ranch data is imperative for the technology to continue. In visiting with a friend of mine, Dan Warner, we were trying to think outside the box for being a leader in breed growth without slowing generational turn around. I wanted to share this idea with you to spark your imagination. The idea we were working on was collecting 20 oocytes from a set of known females, mating to 20 different sires, performing a biopsy on each embryo to gather genomic information for the more difficult to collect data, e.g., carcass data. In the discussion, let’s take it one step further and implant those embryos into

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recipient cows, grow and harvest all progeny and collect all phenotypes from birth to harvest. Wow! We could excel all other breeds for data collection, validate genomics like no other, and set Gelbvieh and Balancer up to meet the modern industry expectations for reliable genetic prediction and be at the forefront of global marketing. This is the shortened version of all we talked about, but we should all have the goal of keeping our breed, operation, and ourselves viable into the future.

No matter if you’re a commercial or registered producer, we all have the same goal: an unmatched beef eating experience. The U.S. beef industry owns the high quality beef sector on a global scale. Much of this achievement is due to our infrastructure of having the genetics, feeding capabilities, and harvest facilities all with the safety that is second to no other country. We need to keep the foot on the accelerator to keep this global edge. One way to help keep the competition at bay is to get out and search for breedleading genetics that fit into the environment and the much bigger picture of the beef industry. If we keep the big picture as a goal, we will find our target. Don’t get caught up on the little things, we must have our commercial producers’ target in mind when we make all mating decisions. As technology advances, they will have individual data on every operation in the U.S., and let me tell you the more advanced harvest and feeding facilities already do! So get out and find the industry-leading Gelbvieh and Balancer genetics that will take us to the target.

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Communication is a must; 90 percent of being married is shouting, “WHAT!?” from another room.

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Whenever you feel like giving up, think of all the people that would love to see you fail.

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“It’s better to change and fail than to attempt to hold the status quo.” TD Jakes D

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He is a People’s Choice Balancer Futurity entry. DARC P401, the dam of 29D, is the featured donor dam of bulls selling in our 2018 Cowman’s Kind Sale. 29D and ET brothers sell.

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CED BW WW YW MK TM CEM YG CW REA MB FPI EPI Purebred Power Built 38B8 son that 9 0.7 70 102 30 65 3 -0.45 31 0.47 -0.03 70.36 90.23 is our Breeder’s Choice Gelbvieh Futurity entry in Denver. 70E2’s dam is a direct daughter of Twila 223M2. Selling sons of Power Built and ET sons Twila 223M2 in our Cowman’s Kind Production Sale.

Selling one half interest in Post Rock Wilma 298Z8, the dam of Post Rock Power Built 37B8, the high selling bull in our 2015 Cowman’s Kind Sale. She is a proven donor out of the Wilma 261P1 donor who is the dam of Post Rock Silver.

75% Balancer Donor - She sells! 294Z8 was the 2013 Reserve National Champion female at the Junior show in Denver. She is also the dam of Wilma 304B8, the 2016 Supreme Champion Bred and Owned purebred female at the Junior Nationals. Also selling ET sons including two full brothers to Wilma 304B8.

Sale broadcast live online at www.liveauctions.tv

LiveAuctions TV 3041 E. Hwy. 284, Barnard, KS 67418 Bill Clark: 785.792.6244 Leland Clark: 785.792.6208 Fax: 785.792.6250 • Email: prcc@twinvalley.net “Where calving ease, performance and eye-appeal come together.”

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Thought for the month... The man on top of the mountain didn’t fall there.

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State of the Association

By Myron Edelman

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he 47th Annual Membership meeting of the American Gelbvieh Association (AGA) conducted at the AGA National Convention sent membership home with reasons to celebrate the momentum of the AGA in recent years, especially in 2017.

I had the pleasure of presenting a State of the Association report during the convention’s opening general session. The membership in attendance was greeted with encouraging news of reported growth in many measurable categories important to increasing critical mass.

The Meeting Modern Industry Demands strategic plan is the roadmap that is guiding the successes that the AGA is experiencing right now. The primary areas of concentration focus on the competitive position of Gelbvieh in the industry, the business structure of the AGA, growth and prosperity of the AGA and, of course, the profitability of all AGA stakeholders to include members, their direct bull customers and those that own and feed Gelbvieh-influenced cattle throughout the supply chain. Those successes that I had the privilege of reporting to the membership fall under that headings of breed improvement, marketing and, of course, the growth of the AGA. The evaluation of genetics is still and always will be one of the most important services of the AGA to the beef industry. During the 2017 calendar year especially, genetic evaluation throughout the beef industry began to experience transformation. For the first time, the stayability (ST) EPD was calculated using the single-step (BOLT) method. Also for the first time in industry history, ST includes genomics and now is measured in a way that is a more accurate account of the lifetime productivity of a cow.

A retraining of the DNA panels was completed and now includes more than 12,000 animals in the training population with genotypes, which provides more accurate representation of the cattle in the AGA registry than before.

The commercial cattle sector now has a product specifically designed to assist them with selecting replacement females. The GGP-GV Heifer panel has been updated to include ST, post weaning growth and

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even tenderness, along with growth and carcass traits that were already included in the original commercial female product.

Smart Select Service is also available to producers to help them manage their herd’s performance information, vaccinations records, cow, calf, and bull records, and even pasture management. Now in its second year of existence, nearly 4,000 animals have been recorded to date in the Smart Select Service program.

AGA members and customers benefit from the efforts made toward marketing Gelbvieh and Balancer cattle. Both cow-calf producers and feeders make use of the Feeder Finder program specifically designed to alert feedyards when Gelbvieh and Balancer feeder cattle are selling through sales or are available for private treaty.

The AGA believes in industry partnerships; AGA has developed relationships with Superior Livestock Auction, Western Video Market, Cattle Country Video and local livestock markets. The efforts made by AGA with National Cattlemen’s Beef Association and CattleFax are also important for the growth of the AGA. I was happy to report that Gelbvieh has shown growth and expansion in the cowherd inventory over the past three years. The AGA has also experienced increases in registrations from the inventory of cows and even more importantly, an increase in transfers of animals to nonmembers. Those transfers are a direct indicator that more commercial cow-calf producers are making breeding decisions for their respective cowherds that includes Gelbvieh and Balancer genetics.

The AGA has also experienced the third straight year of the highest revenue in the association’s history along with positive cash flow statements in each of those three years.

A combination of marketing effort, updated genetic evaluation, and an increase in the Gelbvieh cowherd provides an avenue for success of AGA stakeholders which has stopped a more than five year decline in AGA membership. The AGA is pleased that the retained membership total over one year ago surpassed a 10 percent increase in total membership.

As we prepare for a new year, Gelbvieh has poised itself to enhance its competitive position in the beef industry with increased excitement for the benefit of Gelbvieh and Balancer genetics in more breeding programs across the country. D

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AGA Convention Brings Gelbvieh Stakeholders to Wichita

By Rebecca Mettler

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he 47th Annual American Gelbvieh Association National Convention, themed “Meeting Modern Industry Demands: Setting the Standard,” was indeed an event that continued Gelbvieh’s forward progression within the beef industry.

AGA members and other Gelbvieh and Balancer® stakeholders gathered in Wichita, Kansas, on December 7 through 9, 2017, to conduct important association business, network and share ideas for the future of the Gelbvieh and Balancer breed during committee events.

the perfect opportunity for members to voice their suggestions, concerns, and generate a discussion regarding the direction of the association as it relates to the various committee topics.

Social events were held on both Thursday and Friday evenings. The Kickoff Reception included a welcome from Heather Egan, convention sales manager with VisitWichita Convention and Visitors Bureau.

Bright and early on Friday morning, convention attendees loaded up on charter buses and headed to In Vitro Frontiers for the Cattle Industry Tour. Roughly 50 participants were provided an all-access tour of the bovine in vitro fertilization lab. In Vitro Frontiers offers clients bovine in vitro fertilization, bovine embryo biopsy, and bovine embryo cryopreservation.

Friday afternoon’s focus was on the all-important commercial beef industry during the Third Annual Cattlemen’s Profit Roundup.

The convention, sponsored by GeneSeek®, was a well-attended event drawing 80 AGA members from 18 states. The AGA also welcomed three representatives from the Canadian Gelbvieh Association to discuss future synergies between the two organizations.

The convention started off with AGA Board of Directors meetings, followed by the Opening General Session, which was a new event added this year. Members were welcomed to convention by AGA President Scott Starr and Myron Edelman, AGA executive director, gave his State of the Association address.

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Myron Edelman set the stage for a productive day of learning through his overview of the beef industry and how Gelbvieh fit the needs of a growing beef industry. Kevin Unger, Lincoln County Feedyard and Leachman Cattle Company of Colorado, spoke about his vast knowledge of cattle feeding and what drives profitability on the ranch. Donnell Brown, Beef Improvement

Federation president and owner of R.A. Brown Ranch in Throckmorton, Texas, gave an entertaining and thought provoking presentation titled, “The 10 Commandments of Bull Selection.”

Committee meetings were held on Thursday afternoon with the breed improvement and member education committee meetings being held jointly on Saturday morning. Committee meetings provide

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Afterward, everyone headed to Wichita’s Old Town district to Distillery 244 Old Town for the Bull Pen Session, which gives convention attendees and Cattlemen’s Profit Roundup speakers the opportunity to

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continue the conversations and questions surrounding the afternoon’s presentations.

Saturday morning’s breed improvement and member education committee meeting offered attendees a unique opportunity to hear from Megan Rolf, Ph.D., assistant professor of animal breeding with Kansas State University, speak about expected progeny differences (EPDs) and how genomics plays a part in today’s beef industry.

The AGA Annual Membership Meeting was held on Saturday afternoon and included the election of five candidates to the AGA Board of Directors (see page 20 for full details).

The convention concluded with the Awards Banquet, sponsored by the American Gelbvieh Foundation, which honored recipients of the AGA Commercial Producer of the Year, Adam Sindt, Franklin, Nebraska, and AGA Breeder of the Year, Bob Prosser of Bar T Bar Ranches, Winslow, Arizona. Ken Thorstenson, Selby, South, Dakota, was also posthumously inducted into the AGA Hall of Fame. Winners of the 2017 AGF Steer Challenge and Scale and Rail Contest were announced.

Gina, Wendy and Vaughn Thorstenson and Lori Maude The AGA would like to thank all of the members and industry partners who attended the 47th Annual AGA National Convention. Complete coverage of the convention will appear in the March 2018 edition of the Gelbvieh World.

As a final thought, it’s not too early to put the 48th Annual AGA National Convention on the calendar. You won’t want to miss it! The AGA is headed to Nashville, Tennessee, on November 28 through 30, 2018! D

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GW information exchange Thank You to AGA Convention Attendees

Visit the AGA at the NCBA Trade Show

The AGA would like to thank those members and Gelbvieh and Balancer® stakeholders who took time out of their busy schedule to attend the 47th Annual AGA National Convention on December 7-9, 2017 in Wichita, Kansas. A lot of important decisions were made during the committee and annual meetings in order to move the Gelbvieh and Balancer breed forward into the future.

Check out the upcoming March 2018 edition of the Gelbvieh World for a detailed report of the convention.

The AGA will be at the NCBA Trade Show in Phoenix, Arizona, January 31 to February 2, 2018 at the Cattle Industry Convention and NCBA Trade Show hosted by National Cattlemen’s Beef Association. The AGA will be in the IGS multi-breed booth, which is listed as booth number 129.

Update Contact Information The coming of the new year is the perfect time to be sure all of your contact information is current on the AGA Online Registry Service. Any contact information such as address, phone, and email address can be easily updated online. Simply click the pen and pad icon under the Options tab next to any contact information you need to update. If you need assistance updating information, please contact the AGA office at 303-465-2333.

Annual Member Dues AGA dues are due annually on the anniversary of the membership activation date. Annual due dates can be viewed under the General Profile Information screen on the AGA Online Registry Service. Membership dues date can be found in the upper right-hand corner next to “Member Ends.” To review a membership, simply click “Renew.” Balances can be paid online by going under the “Accounts” tab.

Advertise Your Sale with an Email Blast Advertise your upcoming sale or event, top lots or program with a Gelbvieh email blast. Emails are sent to almost 3,000 email addresses, including breeders, commercial producers, and industry professionals throughout the country. Send in an existing ad or have Gelbvieh Media Productions design one for you.

The calendar fills up quickly during sale season, so be sure to contact Megan Slater at megans@gelbvieh.org or Lynn Valentine at lynnv@gelbvieh.org to schedule yours today.

Reach 10 Million Head of Beef Cattle The Profit Picture magazine has the largest circulation of any AGA publication with over 50,000 beef producers, owning over 10 million head of beef cattle across the nation receiving a copy. It’s the perfect place to advertise your upcoming sale. A February mail drop means that it’s in the potential customers’ hands in plenty of time to attend your sale. Contact Lynn Valentine at lynnv@ gelbvieh.org for more information.

For assistance in marketing or purchasing Gelbvieh, Balancer ® or Southern Balancer ® bulls, females and feeder cattle, contact:

Angela Vesco Director of Breed Growth angelav@gelbvieh.org (775) 421-9894 (C)

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Tom Strahm Commercial Marketing Director tom@gelbvieh.org (785) 547-7999 (C)

information exchange GW 2018 International Year Code The 2018 international code is “F”. All 2018-born calves registered with the AGA must use the letter “F” in the tattoo.

Keep Updated on Gelbvieh and Balancer® Sales Check out the Sales and Events Calendar on www. gelbvieh.org so you don’t miss a single sale.

Herd Assessments Available As of January 1, annual herd assessments are available in the AGA Online Registry Service. Completed herd assessments are due March 15, 2018. Please contact the AGA office with any questions.

Send Sale Reports Don’t forget to send the AGA your sale reports. Sale reports are featured in the Gelbvieh World and can be found online on the AGA website under the Exchange tab. Email sale reports to Rebecca Mettler, editor, at rebeccam@gelbvieh.org.

with National Sorghum Producers and the Pinto Horse Assocation of America. She has held positions with the Texas Tech Student Union and has experience taking showring photos with Show Champions Livestock Photography.

In her role as multimedia coordinator, Christian will manage and develop AGA social media strategies, contribute to AGA publications and marketing team, as well as assist in AGA members and customers with dayto-day registry questions.

Christian can be reached at the AGA office 303-4652333 or by email at kelsi@gelbvieh.org.

New Members The AGA and AGJA would like to welcome the following new members to the Gelbvieh associations in November 2017.

AGA Members: Guthrie Family Farms, Bristow, Okla.

Karen Cox, Valley Springs, Ark. Derek Beardain, Enid, Miss.

Christian Joins American Gelbvieh Association Staff

Jim Davis, Olathe, Colo.

The American Gelbvieh Association (AGA) would like to welcome Kelsi Christian to its staff where she began her role as multimedia coordinator on January 2, 2018.

Blair Marie Vohs, Bucyrus, Kan.

Andy Higgins, Watertown, Tenn.

AGJA Members: Katrina Lowry, Oregon, Ill. Pipper Anne Teague, Shelbyville, Tenn.

Justin Troy Cozzi, Dos Palos, Calif.

Jarod Antione Cozzi, Dos Palos, Calif.

Kaden Cook, Lindsay, Okla.

Taryn Cook, Lindsay, Okla.

Dustin Barnett, Cleveland, Tenn.

Christian is originally from San Antonio, Texas, where she was heavily involved in FFA growing up.

Christian graduated from Texas Tech University in December 2017 with a degree in agricultural communications. Christian has gained experience with social media and communications through internships

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GW gelbvieh arrivals Callaway Grace Taubenheim

Everett Hayden Scholl

Callaway Grace Taubenheim was born on September 3, 2017, to the parents Justin and Janelle Taubenheim and big brother Turner, who are part of Taubenheim Gelbvieh of Amherst, Nebraska. Callaway was born in Kearney, Nebraska. She weighed 9lbs 5oz and was 21.5 inches long.

Paternal grandparents are Mike and Renee Taubenheim of Amherst, Nebraska. Maternal Grandparents are Barb and Mitch Wieben of Clutier, Iowa, and the late Tony Hayek. Paternal great-grandparents: Dale and Jeannette Taubenheim, of Amherst; and Maxine Erpelding of Kearney, Nebraska.

Jessica (Lindgren) Scholl and Jay Scholl are happy to announce the birth of their son, Everett Hayden Scholl on July 1, 2017. Jessica, Jay and Everett reside in Peoria, Illinois. Everett weighed 7 lbs. 14 oz. and was 19.5 inches long. Jessica was a past American Gelbvieh Junior Association board member from 2004 to 2006. Maternal grandparents are Jim and Diane Lindgren of Sugar Creek Gelbvieh. Paternal grandparents are Jon and Joyce Scholl of Cooksville, Illinois.

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Elk Creek Gelbvieh, AGA charter member number 5, is proud to announce the births of Roan Thomas and Bryndle Angline on September 1, 2017. Proud grandparents are Phil and Linda VanDervoort and parents Reed and Jamie VanDervoort of Piedmont, South Dakota.

GW out in the field

Hope

By Tom Strahm

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ope can be defined as “a strong and confident expectation of future reward.” Another definition I like is, “an optimistic state of mind that is based on an expectation of positive outcomes concerning events and circumstances in one’s life or the world at large.”

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The order of the “3 Fs” is purposeful with the intention of instilling values and priorities that will be beneficial for a lifetime.

Celebrating the victory was cut short by a devastating tragedy that befell our small, rural community of Sabetha. Four family members of two brothers who played on the team were in a fatal two-vehicle accident as they traveled home from the game. Their mother, sister, and uncle all perished in the accident. Their father remains hospitalized in critical condition as I write this. We’re thankful and grateful for each of the acts and expressions of faith, hope, and love for this family.

I know that probably each of you can relate to experiencing joys and successes as well as disappointments and tragedies in your lives.

any of the management decisions and production practices implemented by cattle producers are exercised and completed in hope, too.

Hope can motivate us to take action whether it is the seemingly small and mundane tasks or something we may see as important, exciting and even noble.

By the time this is published, many will have made New Year’s resolutions and committed to change something about their circumstances. Reflection and consideration of the present or the past often lead us to commit to change. It’s encouraging to see how many people have increased hope in new beginnings.

Hope is one of the things that can inspire us to keep going forward despite difficult circumstances.

To have real hope, one must have an optimistic outlook in addition to an informed and accurate grasp of reality.

Many of the management decisions and production practices implemented by cattle producers are exercised and completed in hope, too.

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Strategic planning and goal setting

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Advertising and marketing strategies

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Identifying and purchasing new genetics

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It’s good to remember blessings and positive things in our lives as well as considering areas for change and improvement. As I’m writing this, it is just a few days after Thanksgiving, and I wish we would have eaten beef instead of turkey, but oh well. I trust each of you recognized many reasons to be thankful!

Planning matings, buying semen or embryos, and turning the bulls out

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Developing herd health protocols

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Performance testing and collecting data

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Participating in age and source verification programs

The biggest hopes and dreams of our local high school football team became a reality when they won the Kansas 3A Football State Championship on the Saturday following Thanksgiving.

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Utilizing DNA testing

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Hosting a production sale

Over the past few years, the football coaching staff has based their program on the motto: “Faith. Family. Football.”

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Hoping without taking action is only wishing that the circumstances would change. Those that are hopeful are actively investigating the best path of action while taking into consideration the obstacles. May 2018 be a blessed and prosperous year for each of you. D

LET GUSTIN’S DIAMOND D GELBVIEH FEMALES GET THE JOB DONE FOR YOU In 2017 our herd ranked 2nd in the nation for breeding elite Gelbvieh females recognized as Dams of Merit and Dams of Distinction.

These Golden Rule consignments sell at Kist Livestock on January 29, and will excel in your pastures.

They are backed by 35 years of breeding Gelbvieh and Balancer cattle.

DDGR reba 185D Sire: KKC Nobility 123Y PB94

DDGR sassy Frass 41D DDGR sheeza Dream 181D Sire: SAV Resource 1441 BA50

DDGR Passion13D

Sire: Conneally Right Answer BA50

Sire: THUL B401 PB94

DDGR obsession 285D Sire: DCSF Post Rock Ten Plus ET BA75

Visit our website for more information on these lots and their breeding information.

Mark your calendars for our

Annual Production Sale on February 15, 2018.

We will be offering 80 black and red purebred and Balancer bulls and 25 bred heifers from the heart of our herd.

Genetics like DDGR Resilient 275D will be selling High selling bull at our 2017 production sale. Owned with Royal Western Gelbvieh and Rocky Top Gelbvieh of Alberta Canada, and leased to Semex Global.

DDGR resilient 275D

Dennis, Sherry and Jessica Gustin Al and Peggy Gustin Steve and Katie Stensgard • Richie and Sarah Heinrich 5135 Hwy 6 • Mandan, ND 58554 Dennis: 701-663-7266 or 701-400-3483 Sarah: 701-400-3563 • Richie: 701-320-6484 gustindd@wildblue.net • www.gustinsdiamondd.com

GW over the fence

with Nevil Speer, AgriClear

By Rebecca Mettler

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griClear is an online platform designed for buying and selling cattle. The company has been open for business for two years now and prides itself on being an easy-to-use option for cattle producers throughout the United States and Canada to market cattle. Nevil Speer, vice president of U.S. operations, set down with us to provide details of the AgriClear company.

What’s the history of AgriClear?

The company was created for two separate reasons. First, the website leverages technology to enable producers to have more marketing options for their cattle. Some producers in remote areas are isolated and maybe only have one option to sell their cattle. AgriClear gives them another opportunity to physically find buyers throughout the United States and Canada.

AgriClear also knew it was important to provide a service to producers within the cattle business that offered payment assurance.

“There’s always been a little hesitancy regarding risk among producers. That’s why they tend to do business with people they know. If I were selling cattle to you, AgriClear acts as the custodial agent in between. Before I ship the cattle, I wait for AgriClear to tell me they have the money and that it’s safe to ship the cattle. It eliminates the chance of non-payment or mixup on float.”

What products do you offer?

AgriClear offers an online platform to enable producers to market any class of cattle.

“While we are set up primarily for feeder cattle, we’ve had a number of listings of cows and bred heifers.

Registered breeders gravitate towards the application because they are savvy about technology and understand the importance of broadening their market.”

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What are the benefits of using the AgriClear platform?

“The great thing about the platform is that it doesn’t cost anything to list cattle on the website.”

Producers who list cattle for sale only pay when cattle are sold on AgriClear. In fact, if a producer is unhappy with the bid activity of the listing, they could take the listing off the website and market their cattle under their usual marketing scenario without a fee.

Another benefit of the website is that the platform is so rich and user-friendly. Producers can easily list any number of attributes to describe the cattle.

Sellers can advertise weight, shrink, slide and other specifications. The value-added status of calves can also be added, whether it is from a health or genetics standpoint. They can also add a value-added calf program certificate, which offers a venue for verification that is unique to AgriClear.

“The robustness of the platform is important and having the ability for producers to list and highlight the attributes of the calves is key. We are owned by a trading exchange (TMX Group, Toronto, Canada), so security and payment assurance are also of the utmost importance to us.”

What’s in it for the buyers?

AgriClear has built-in protections for the buyers as well. In the instance that someone has purchased cattle that don’t match the terms agreed upon before the financial transaction, AgriClear would withhold payment until the issue is resolved. Just as the seller doesn’t know the buyer, often the buyer doesn’t know the seller. AgriClear recognizes that protections go both ways. D

Black Hills Stock Show & Rodeo®

The Best in the West Genetics to Move Your Program Forward

Black Hills Stock Show® Gelbvieh & Balancer Show and Sale

Thursday, Feb. 1, 2018, Rushmore Plaza Civic Center in Rapid City, SD Show at 10 a.m., Sale at 2 p.m. (Mountain time) Sale will be hosted on DVAuction

Selling 33 lots

Purebred or Balancer • Red and Black 18-month and 2-year-old Bulls, Bred Heifers and Open Heifers

Herd sire and show heifer prospects sell at the Black Hills Stock Show®.

2018 National Junior Gelbvieh Show will be held in Waterloo, IA. Find your class winner at this sale!

2017 BHSS Grand Champion Gelbvieh-Balancer® Female Exhibited Kyla Struck and Thunderstruck Cattle Co., Humboldt, SD

Don’t Forget: Youth purchasing females (open or bred) at the 2018 Black Hills Stock Show® are eligible to exhibit in the 2018 Black Hills Gold Futurity at the Central States Fair.

Breed Representatives: Julie Maude 605-381-2803 • Mike Lehrkamp 605-870-0045 For a sale catalog, contact the Central States Fair at 605-355-3861 or email Amanda@blackhillsstockshow.com

Two Programs, One Goal: MATERNAL POWER These powerful prospects sell Feb. 1, 2018 at Black Hills Stock Show in Rapid City, SD Sells as Lot 22

Sells as Lot 25

CJLL Elvis E1728

MADD Hank 701E

AMGV 1388587 Non-Diluter, Polled PC 75 Bull Sire: BDCG DC Businessman 401B ET MGS: DCH Hille T191 Thrasher Also selling as Lot 24, a hetero black Businessman son (AMGV 1388583) out of a Lazy TV Sam daughter.

For more information on our consignments call or email: Lori Maude • 303-809-3789 Email: lori.maude@gmail.com Julie Maude • 605-381-2803 Find us on Facebook under Hermosa, South Dakota CJ&L Livestock

AMGV 1391228 Double Black, Double Polled (DNA pending) Sire: BABR Branded Man 3400A MGS: EXAR Upshot 0562B Also selling as Lot 4, a BABR Branded Man 3400A open heifer (AMGV 1391226) out of a BABR Secret Brand 2100Z ET daughter.

Michael & Kori Lehrkamp Paige, Grady and Maddie 605-870-0045 mlehrkamp@hotmail.com

Hermosa, South Dakota

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American Gelbvieh Association Elects Board of Directors

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embers of the American Gelbvieh Association (AGA) elected five candidates to the board of directors at the annual membership meeting held December 9, 2017, during the 47th Annual American Gelbvieh Association National Convention in Wichita, Kansas.

Newly elected board members are Dustin Aherin, Phillipsburg, Kansas; Jeff Loveless, Spanish Fork, Utah; Derek Martin, Bucklin, Kansas; and Dan McCarty, Rifle, Colorado. Re-elected to serve a second term was Lowell Rogers, Seminary, Mississippi.

Montana. Klint Sickler, Gladstone, North Dakota, was elected as secretary and Walter Teeter, Mount Ulla, North Carolina, was re-elected as treasurer.

Other members of the AGA Board of Directors are: Leland Clark, Barnard, Kansas; Dennis Gustin, Mandan, North Dakota; Doug Hughes, Max Meadows, Virginia; Andrea Murray, Kingfisher, Oklahoma; Randy Sienknecht, Gladbrook, Iowa; and Jeff Swanson, Oxford, Nebraska.

Retiring members of the 2017 AGA Board of Directors were Andy LeDoux, Ree Heights, South Dakota; Neal Pearson, Lake City, South Dakota; Dustin Rippe, Belleville, Kansas; and Duane Strider, Asheboro, North Carolina. The AGA would like to thank these members for their years of service on the AGA Board of Directors. D

The AGA Board of Directors also elected individuals to serve in leadership positions on the executive committee for 2018. Scott Starr, Stapleton, Nebraska, was re-elected as AGA president.

Elected as vice president was John Carrel, Columbus,

Top row: Leland Clark, KS; Randy Sienknecht, IA; Dough Hughes, VA; Jeff Swanson, NE; Dennis Gustin, ND; Jeff Loveless, UT; Dustin Aherin, KS; Derek Martin, KS; Andrea Murray, OK. Front Row: Dan McCarty, CO; Klint Sickler, ND; Myron Edelman, AGA Executive Director; Scott Starr, NE; John Carrel, MT; Walter Teeter, NC; Lowell Rogers, MS.

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LEMKE CATTLE 12TH ANNUAL BULL SALE

Tuesday, February 6, 2018 1:00 p.m.(cst) • at the Ranch 70 Registered Balancer, Angus & Red Angus Bulls 10 Registered Black Balancer Open Heifers 30 Commercial Red Angus Open Heifers

Guaranteed • Delivered • DNA & Ultrasound • Free Feed & Care until April 1 Proven Program with Decades of A.I. & ET

70% of the 2018 Sale Bulls are Top Dollar Angus qualified sires, rank in the top 1/3 of the breed for Maternal and Calving Ease traits and are deep-bodied, wide-based, long, thick and powerful on a moderate frame.

1 of 6 Flush Brothers by Resource Top 5% MB ,REA, YW

Balancer powerhouse by Resource

1 of 2 Flush Brothers by Full Power 1 of 6 Flush Brothers by Density Top 1% MB, REA, FPI Top 1% MB, REA, CW, YW, FPI. top 10% $cow Go to www.lemkecattle.com, our Facebook page or DVAuction for bull videos coming soon.

Meaty, thick-made bulls that balance and excel in multiple traits!

Randy & Leslie Lemke 1757 Road 2500 Lawrence, NE 68957 402-756-7090 • cell 402-469-2284

Grand Champion Gelbvieh Female BCFG Butlers Ms Dixie 283D Clint Main, Seymour, Ind. Sire: BCFG Butlers Red Oak 908W

Reserve Grand Champion Gelbvieh Female GHGF Bella 58D Austin Teeter, Mount Ulla, N.C. Sire: GHGF Zeus 61Z

Grand Champion Gelbvieh Bull GGGE 3G Die Cast 637D Emily Griffiths, Kendallville, Ind./Reynolds Bee Lick Gelbvieh, Crab Orchard, Ky. Sire: GGGE 3G Zip Line 266Z

Reserve Grand Champion Gelbvieh Bull HILC All Star 500D Cody Moore, Fountain Run, Ky. Sire: FMGF Blue’s Impact 001X

Champions Parade at North American International Livestock Exposition Gelbvieh and Balancer® Show Results by Rebecca Mettler Photos by Linde’s Livestock Photography

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he NAILE Gelbvieh and Balancer® show took place at the 2017 North American International Livestock Exposition on Wednesday, November 15. Doug Satree of Montague, Texas, evaluated the Gelbvieh and Balancer cattle. The results pages contain pictures of the grand and reserve grand champions, division champions and reserves as well as the top three placing animals in each class for both the Gelbvieh and Balancer shows.

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Grand Champion Balancer Female BCFG Butlers Ms Dolly 1315D Alexandria Raab, Markle, Ind. Sire: BCFG Butlers Bismarck 512Z

Reserve Grand Champion Balancer Female GGGE 3G Cowgirl Dixie 6102D Emily Griffiths, Kendallville Ind. Sire: S S Hoover Dam B115

Grand Champion Balancer Bull GGGE 3G Double Agent 602D Emily Griffiths, Kendallville, Ind. Sire: GGGE 3G Smoke N’ Mirrors 639S

Reserve Grand Champion Balancer Bull GGGE 3G Extra Money 709E Emily Griffiths, Kendallville, Ind. Sire: GGGE 3G Ez Money 209Z

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Gelbvieh Champion Spring Heifer Calf GHGF Zelda 20E Green Hills Gelbvieh, Mount Ulla, N.C. Sire: GHGF Young Gun C310

Gelbvieh Reserve Champion Spring Heifer Calf SVFG Scarlet Rain 04E Spring Valley Farm, Lebanon, Ky. Sire: SVFG Honcho 09B

Gelbvieh Champion Junior Heifer Calf SKYC BCFG-SKYS Eleanor 282E Casey Martin, Oregon, Ill. Sire: JRI Pistol Pete 214A44

Gelbvieh Reserve Champion Junior Heifer Calf GCGF Niki 701E Molly Anderson, Marion, N.C. Sire: PLA Big Dog 101Y

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GELBVIEH FEMALES Gelbvieh Spring Heifer Calf

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Gelbvieh Reserve Champion Senior Heifer Calf SBSF Bee Lick Dixie 45D ET Reynolds Bee Lick Gelbvieh, Crab Orchard, Ky. Sire: BCFG Butlers Red Oak 908W

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Gelbvieh Champion Intermediate Heifer ADS PMCJ Daisy Duke 653D Clayton Wyatt Jones, Glasgow, Ky. Sire: CCRO Carolina Leverage 3214A

GV Class 1

March 6 to March 15, 2017 1. GHGF Zelda 20E, Green Hills Gelbvieh, Mt. Ulla, N.C., Sire: GHGF Young Gun C310; 2. SVFG Scarlet Rain 04E, Spring Valley Farm, Lebanon, Ky., Sire: SVFG Honcho 09B Gelbvieh Junior Heifer Calf

GV Class 4 No Photo Available

Gelbvieh Reserve Champion Intermediate Heifer CBX Ms Reflex’s Reflections D177 Coles Bend Cattle Company, Smiths Grove, Ky. Sire: JKGF Reflex X4 ET

Gelbvieh Reserve Champion Junior Yearling Heifer CIRS Daisy 44D Circle S Ranch, Canton, Kan. Sire: DCSF Post Rock Power Built 37B8

February 5 to February 26, 2017 1. CIRS 22YE, Circle S Ranch, Canton, Kan., Sire: DCSF Post Rock Power Built 37B8; 2. JTPF Blue Well Elsa 397E, Jake Ozburn, Unionville, Tenn., Sire: JKGF Reflex X4 ET; 3. CJY MS Black Impact 704E, Clayjohn Farms, Purlear, N.C., Sire: HYEK Black Impact 3960N

GV Class 5

Gelbvieh Champion Senior Heifer TJB Velvet 339Z 504C ET Lara Rittenhouse, New Carlisle, Ohio Sire: TAU Gunslinger 19U

Gelbvieh Champion Cow-Calf Pair MMGG Gentle G Ms Fancy Oak 78C Braylee Fawbush, London, Ky. Sire: BCFG Butlers Black Oak 534Z

January 4 to January 30, 2017 1. SKYC BCFG-SKYS Eleanor 282E, Casey Martin, Oregon, Ill., Sire: JRI Pistol Pete 214A44; 2. GCGF Niki 701E, Molly Anderson, Marion, N.C., Sire: PLA Big Dog 101Y; 3. RAAB BCFG Emma 20E, Alexandria Raab, Markle, Ind., Sire: FMGF Blue’s Impact 001X Gelbvieh Senior Heifer Calf Champion

GV Class 8

December 2, 2016 1. SVFG Lisa, Spring Valley Farm, Lebanon, Ky., Sire: SVFG Honcho 09B Gelbvieh Champion Spring Bull Calf BBLL Mr. VPower 100E ET Haywire Cattle Co., Saffell, Ark. Sire: DCSF Post Rock Power Built 37B8

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Gelbvieh Champion Junior Bull Calf GGGE 3G El Camino 742E Emily Griffiths, Kendallville, Ind. Sire: GGGE 3G Zip Line 266Z

GV Class 9

November 4, 2016 1. SDSC Miss Dottie 02D, Wyatt Doolittle, Saluda, S.C., Sire: MDAV The Red Rock ET

GV Class 10

October 8 to October 17, 2016 1. GHGF Bella 58D, Austin Teeter, Mt. Ulla, N.C., Sire: GHGF Zeus 61Z; 2. PMFG Delightful Maid 606D ET, Pleasant Meadows Farm, Glasgow, Ky., Sire: CRAN Buddy Boy T729; 3. KILB Ms Sam 1018D, Braylee Fawbush, London, Ky., Sire: VRT Lazy TV Sam U451

GV Class 11

September 1 to September 26, 2016 1. SBSF Bee Lick Dixie ET, Reynolds Bee Lick Gelbvieh, Crab Orchard, Ky., Sire: BCFG Butlers Red Oak 908W; 2. MMGG Gentle-G Cassie 957D ET, Mike Moore Gentle G Farm, Fountain Run, Ky., Sire: CCRO Carolina Leverage 3214A; 3. MMGG Gentle-G Ms. Black Oak 49D, Mike Moore Gentle G Farm, Annville, Ky., Sire: BCFG Butlers Black Oak 534Z Gelbvieh Intermediate Heifer

GV Class 14

August 23, 2016 1. ADS PMCJ Daisy Duke 653D, Clayton Jones, Glasgow, Ky., Sire: CCRO Carolina Leverage 3214A; 2. MMGG Gentle-G Ms. Bertie 960D ET, Mike Moore Gentle G Farm, Annville, Ky., Sire: CCRO Carolina Leverage 3214A

GV Class 15

May 7, 2016 1. CBX Ms Reflex’s Reflections D177, Coles Bend Cattle Company, Smiths Grove, Ky., Sire: JKGF Reflex X4 ET Gelbvieh Junior Yearling Heifer

GV Class 18

April 14 to April 20, 2016 1. CIRS Daisy 44D, Circle S Ranch, Canton, Kan., Sire:

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Gelbvieh Reserve Champion Senior Bull Calf CIRS Diesel 57AD ET Circle S Ranch, Canton, Kan. Sire: SLC Freedom 178F ET

Gelbvieh Reserve Champion Junior Bull SPDF Hunch 6D ET Springdale Farms, Ripley, W.V. Sire: JHG Premonition 662S ET

DCSF Post Rock Power Built 37B8; 2. KTLN Miss Decadence 357D, Isabella Kent, Robertsdale, Ala., Sire: CIRS Decade 278U2

3G Bootlegger 439B; 2. HILC Game Time 1107D, Cody Moore, Fountain Run, Ky., Sire: GGGE 3G Time Machine 758T ET

GV Class 19

GV Class 33

March 4, 2016 1. BCFG Butlers Ms Dixie 283D, Clint Main, Seymour Ind., Sire: BCFG Butlers Red Oak 908W Gelbvieh Senior Heifer

GV Class 22

September 1, 2015 1. TJB Velvet 339Z 504C ET, Lara Rittenhouse, New Carlisle, Ohio, Sire: TAU Gunslinger 19U Balancer Champion Spring Heifer Calf LARA Alexa EN009 Lara Rittenhouse, New Carlisle, Ohio Sire: S A V Brilliance 8077

Balancer Reserve Champion Spring Heifer Calf RAAB BCFG Ms. Evangeline 413E ET Aidan Raab, Markle, Ind. Sire: S A V Brilliance 8077

Gelbvieh Cow-Calf Pair

GV Class 24

1. MMGG Gentle G Ms Fancy Oak 78C, Braylee Fawbush, London, Ky., Sire: BCFG Butlers Black Oak 534Z

GELBVIEH BULLS Gelbvieh Spring Bull Calf

GV Class 28 Balancer Champion Junior Heifer Calf AMT Cap Cana 53E Austin Teeter, Mount Ulla, N.C. Sire: GHGF Smooth Glide 10B

Balancer Reserve Champion Junior Heifer Calf CBX Matron’s Focus E6 Coles Bend Cattle Company, Smiths Grove, Ky. Sire: DCSF Post Rock Highly Focused 308Y8

March 6, 2017 1. BBLL Mr. VPower 100E ET, Haywire Cattle Co., Saffell, Ark., Sire: DCSF Post Rock Power Built 37B8 Gelbvieh Junior Bull Calf

GV Class 30

February 6, 2017 1. GGGE 3G El Camino 742E, Emily Griffiths, Kendallville, Ind., Sire: GGGE 3G Zip Line 266Z Gelbvieh Senior Bull Calf Balancer Champion Senior Heifer Calf GHGF Delilah 655D Austin Teeter, Mount Ulla, N.C. Sire: Gambles Hot Rod 9620

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Balancer Reserve Champion Senior Heifer Calf TJB Anissa 921U 650D ET Lara Rittenhouse, New Carlisle, Ohio Sire: EGL Lifeline B101

GV Class 32

October 1 to October 25, 2016 1. SSMK Lil Eddie 9D, Double Diamond Farms, Cynthiana, Ky., Sire: GGGE

September 12 to September 22, 2016 1. HILC All Star 500D, Cody Moore, Fountain Run, Ky., Sire: FMGF Blue’s Impact 001X; 2. CIRS Diesel 57AD ET, Circle S Ranch, Canton, Kan., Sire: SLC Freedom 178F ET; 3. KHTF Magnum 253D, Codi Martin, Sulphur Rock, Ark., Sire: MMGG Micah 127Y ET Gelbvieh Intermediate Bull

GV Class 36

February 1, 2016 1. SPDF Hunch 6D ET, Springdale Farms, Ripley, W.Va., Sire: JHG Premonition 662S ET

GV Class 37

January 27, 2016 1. GGGE 3G Die Cast 637D, Emily Griffiths, Kendallville, Ind., Sire: GGGE 3G Zip Line 266Z

BALANCER FEMALES Balancer Spring Heifer Calf

BA Class 1

April 6 to April 13, 2017 1. RAAB BCFG Ms. Evangeline 413E ET, Aidan Raab, Markle, Ind., Sire: S A V Brilliance 8077; 2. GGGE 3G Cowgirl Ester 769E ET, Emily Griffiths, Kendallville, Ind., Sire: GGGE 3G Augustus 317A

BA Class 2

March 1, 2017 1. LARA Alexa EN009, Lara Rittenhouse, New Carlisle, Ohio, Sire: S A V Brilliance 8077

Balancer Junior Heifer Calf

BA Class 5

February 1 to February 6, 2017 1. AMT Cap Canna 53E, Austin Teeter, Mt. Ulla, N.C., Sire: GHGF Smooth Glide 10B; 2. SPDF Peaches 4E, Springdale Farms, Ripley, W. Va., Sire: SPDF Trevor C17 ET

BA Class 6

January 2 to January 26, 2017 1. CBX Matron’s Focus E6, Cols Bend Cattle Company, Smiths Grove, Ky., Sire: DCSF Post Rock Highly Focused 308Y8; 2. SPDF Pepper 1E, Springdale Farms, Ripley W. Va., Sire: SPDF Trevor C17 ET Balancer Senior Heifer Calf

BA Class 9

December 7 to December 23, 2016 1. ADS Ms S & S Impression 679D, David Slaughter, Fredonia, Ky., Sire: Checkerhill Influence 413; 2. SDSC Miss Delilah 01D, Karen Eby, Duncan, S.C., Sire: MDAV The Rocket Z03 ET; 3. RDWO Cowboys Girl D0002 ET, Robert Whitehead, Louisville, Tenn., Sire: 3 Aces Sideways

BA Class 10

November 14, 2016 1. GHGF Delilah 655D, Austin Teeter, Mt. Ulla, N.C., Sire: Gambles Hot Rod 9620

BA Class 11

October 22, 2016 1. PMFG Damzel 626D, Pleasant Meadows Farm, Glasgow, Ky., Sire: S A V Net Worth 4200

BA Class 12

September 9 to September 22, 2016 1. TJB Anissa 921U 650D ET, Lara Rittenhouse, New Carlisle,

Ohio, Sire: EGL Lifeline B101; 2. JAGT Sweet Caroline 31D, Karen Eby, Duncan, S.C., Sire: SCC First-N-Goal GAF 114 Balancer Intermediate Heifer

BA Class 15

May 6, 2016 1. GGGE 3G Cowgirl Dixie 6102D, Emily Griffiths, Kendallville, Ind., Sire: S S Hoover Dam B115

Balancer Reserve Champion Junior Yearling Heifer GHGF Deanna 77D Austin Teeter, Mount Ulla, N.C. Sire: FMGF Blue’s Impact 001X

Balancer Reserve Champion Junior Bull Calf SDSC Star’s Hercules 01E Karen Eby, Duncan, S.C. Sire: FMGF Blue’s Impact 001X

Balancer Junior Yearling Heifer

BA Class 17

April 23, 2016 1. KTLN Bianca 73D, Isabella Kent, Robertsdale, Ala., Sire: Del Larson Sun King 016

BA Class 18

March 2, 2016 1. GHGF Deanna 77D, Austin Teeter, Mt. Ulla, N.C., Sire: FMGF Blue’s Impact 001X

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Balancer Champion Senior Bull Calf GGGE 3G Del Rio 721D Emily Griffiths, Kendallville, Ind. Sire: S S Hoover Dam B115

Balancer Reserve Champion Senior Bull Calf TREY Titanium 013D3 Dale (Trey) Riley III, Saint James, Mo. Sire: JSAR Titan

Balancer Champion Intermediate Bull CTTK Firecracker D11 TB Cattle Company, Shelbyville, Ky. Sire: CTTK Southern Lights B149

Balancer Champion Senior Bull TREY Wainwright 013C3 Dale (Trey) Riley III, Saint James, Mo. Sire: EBY Western Hauler 028S

BA Class 19

February 9, 2016 1. BCFG Butlers Ms. Dolly 1315D, Allie Raab, Markle, Ind., Sire: BCFG Butlers Bismarck 512Z

BA Class 20

January 29, 2016 1. SPDF Annie Haul 3D, Springdale Farms, Ripley, W. Va., Sire: EBY Western Hauler 028S

BALANCER BULLS Balancer Junior Bull Calf

BA Class 25

February 25, 2017 1. SDSC Star’s Hercules 01E, Karen Eby, Duncan, S.C., Sire: FMGF Blue’s Impact 001X

BA Class 26

January 14, 2017 1. GGGE 3G Extra Money

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Balancer Reserve Champion Senior Bull SSMK Doc Brown 115C Double Diamond Farms, Cynthiana, Ky. Sire: GGGE 3G Time Machine 758T ET

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709E, Emily Griffiths, Kendallville, Ind., Sire: GGGE 3G Ez Money 209Z Balancer Senior Bull Calf

BA Class 29

December 7, 2016 1. GGGE 3G Del Rio 721D, Emily Griffiths, Kendallville, Ind., Sire: S S Hoover Dam B115

BA Class 30

September 16 to September 26, 2016 1. TREY Titanium 013D3,

Trey Riley, St. James, Mo., Sire: JSAR Titan W14; 2.

RDWO AJ Lutton 0001D ET, Robert Whitehead, Louisville, Tenn., Sire: EXAR Lutton 1831 Balancer Intermediate Bull

BA Class 33

June 26, 2016 1. CTTK Firecracker D11, TB Cattle Company, Shelbyville, Ky., Sire: CTTK Southern Lights B149

Balancer Junior Yearling Bull

Time Machine 758T ET

BA Class 35

BA Class 38

January 6, 2016 1. GGGE 3G Double Agent 602D, Emily Griffiths, Kendallville, Ind., Sire: GGGE 3G Smoke N’ Mirrors 639S

September 7, 2015 1. TREY Wainwright 013C3, Trey Riley, St. James, Mo., Sire: EBY Western Hauler 028S

Balancer Senior Bull

BA Class 37

October 15, 2015 1. SSMK Dock Brown 115C, Double Diamond Farms, Cynthiana, Ky., Sire: GGGE 3G

Champions Named at NAILE Gelbvieh Junior Heifer Show

Grand Champion Gelbvieh/Balancer Female GHGF Deanna 77D Austin Teeter, Mount Ulla, N.C. Sire: FMGF Blue’s Impact 001X

Results by Rebecca Mettler Photos by Linde’s Photography

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he Junior Gelbvieh and Balancer® Heifer Show at the North American International Livestock Exposition (NAILE) was held on Saturday, November 11, 2017, in Louisville, Kentucky. Judge Barry Nowatske, Michigan City, Indiana, evaluated the 23 Gelbvieh and Balancer females.

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Reserve Grand Champion Gelbvieh/Balancer Female BCFG Butlers Ms Dolly 1315D Alexandria Raab, Markle, Ind. Sire: BCFG Butlers Bismarck 512Z

Champion Spring Heifer Calf RAAB BCFG Ms. Evangeline 413E ET Aidan Raab, Markle, Ind. Sire: S A V Brilliance 8077

Reserve Champion Senior Heifer Calf TJB Anissa 921U 650D ET Lara Rittenhouse, New Carlisle, Ohio Sire: EGL Lifeline B101

Reserve Champion Spring Heifer Calf LARA Alexa EN009 Lara Rittenhouse, New Carlisle, Ohio Sire: S A V Brilliance 8077

Champion Intermediate Heifer ADS PMCJ Daisy Duke 653D Clayton Wyatt Jones, Glasgow, Ky. Sire: CCRO Carolina Leverage 3214A

Champion Junior Heifer Calf SKYC BCFG-SKYS Eleanor 282E Casey Martin, Oregon, Ill. Sire: JRI Pistol Pete 214A44

Champion Junior Heifer GHGF Deanna 77D Austin Teeter, Mount Ulla, N.C. Sire: FMGF Blue’s Impact 001X

Reserve Champion Junior Heifer Calf GCGF Niki 701E Molly Anderson, Marion, N.C. Sire: PLA Big Dog 101Y

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BeefTalk: Reproductive Performance in Commercial Beef Herds is Remarkable As a whole, today’s cattle reproduce very well.

By Kris Ringwall, Beef Specialist NDSU Extension Service

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ata from the Cow Herd Appraisal Performance Software (CHAPS), through the North Dakota State University Extension Service and North Dakota Beef Cattle Improvement Association (NDBCIA), illustrate that beef cattle reproduction is quite successful.

Producers may experience occasional issues, but as a whole, today’s cattle reproduce very well, which is indicated by the CHAPS data collection and analysis. Reproduction is measured by looking at the absolute values of a cow attaining a successful pregnancy and subsequent outcome, as well as the distribution of when a cow calves.

Current reproductive benchmarks are 93.8 for pregnancy percentage, 93.3 for calving percentage and 91 for weaning percentage. The calving distribution benchmark for cows and heifers shows 63 percent calved within the first 21 days, 87 percent calved within 42 days and 96 percent calved by 63 days.

average herd reproductive performance. A closer look at the average actual pregnancy percentage benchmark shows not much has changed. Historically (10-plus years ago), the benchmark percentage was 93.4 for 2003, 93.5 for 2004, 93.4 for 2005, 93.4 for 2006 and 93.7 for 2007.

In 2008, the benchmark percentage was 93.5, and it was 93.7 in 2009, 93.8 in 2010, 93.7 in 2011 and 93.5 in 2012. More recently, the benchmark percentage was 93.6 in 2013, 93.5 in 2014, 93.5 in 2015 and 93.7 in 2016. The 2017 benchmark for pregnancy percentage is 93.8.

The calving percentage benchmark was 92.8 for 2003, 2004 and 2005, 92.7 for 2006 and 93 for 2007. In 2008, the benchmark percentage was 92.8, and it was 93.1 in 2009, 2010 and 2011, and 92.8 in 2012. More recently, the benchmark percentage was 93 in 2013, and 92.9 in 2014 and 2015, with 93 in 2016. The 2017 benchmark for calving percentage is 93.3.

A successful reproductive year is completed by weaning a calf. The benchmark for weaning percentage was 90.3 for 2003, 90.2 for 2004, and 90.3 for 2005

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Cattle producers, as a whole, should be pleased with their reproductive rates. In fact, given the nature of reproduction, opportunities to improve for many producers are limited. That being said, the very purpose of benchmarking is to allow individual producers to assess their own operation and judge for themselves as to their success. If the operation is below the benchmark, then the opportunity for more input is there.

2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

The NDBCIA uses the CHAPS program to calculate five-year rolling benchmark values for

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news GW and 2006, with 90.9 for 2007. In 2008, the benchmark percentage was 90.8, and it was 91.1 in 2009 and 2010, 90.9 in 2011 and 90.5 in 2012. More recently, the benchmark percentage was 90.7 in 2013, and 90.4 in 2014 and 2015, with 90.5 in 2016. The 2017 weaning percentage benchmark is 91.

As noted, the ability for an individual cow to maintain excellent reproductive performance and raise a calf has been constant.

Another way to evaluate herd reproductive performance is to review the calving distribution within the herd. The annual distribution of calving dates within a calving season is equally impressive during the past year for those herds involved with CHAPS. In a historical view (10-plus years ago), the benchmark calving distribution for the percentage of cows calving within 21 days and 42 days was 60 and 85 for 2003, 61 and 86 for 2004, 62 and 86 for 2005, and 64 and 88 for 2006 and 2007.

In 2008, the calving distribution benchmark percentage was 64 and 89, followed by 64 and 88 in 2009 and 2010, with 63 and 88 in 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014. More recently, the benchmark was 62 and 87 in 2015 and 63 and 87 in 2016. The 2017 benchmark is 63 percent calving in the first 21 days and 87 percent calving within the first 42 days. Wow!

Despite good years and not-so-good years, the cow herd continues to reproduce. What does one say?

Variables will change the reproductive rate in the small sense, but cows appear to have a very strong urge to reproduce.

The management practices will vary, as will the needed nutritional and health inputs among herds, but the bottom line is cattle reproduction is stable. The tools that modern-day cattle producers have available to them are extensive, and the implementation of herdappropriate management, along with input from health, nutrition, reproduction and genetic professionals, has allowed for the evolution of a very efficient beef cowcalf industry.

The offspring of these herds are sold annually and drive the cattle industry. But, as with any business, astute producers always are aware that driving the ship means a watchful eye.

Change will happen, whether desired or not, but the cow herd seems to weather those impacts well. The challenge for producers is to keep up with the herd records and be informed, with less worry and less stress.

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Newborn Calf Care

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ith the winter approaching (slowly but surely), it’s time to prepare for calving in harsh weather.

While researching this topic, the majority of sources popping up were from the dairy cattle industry, causing me to think that perhaps us in the beef industry don’t think about this topic quite as much as we should. Farmers and ranchers tend to concentrate on keeping the calf alive rather than each detail of what happens in these cold conditions.

We’re able to deal with a calf losing the tips of its ears (although they may get docked at market) as long as the calf is alive and well.

A winter-born calf grazing in the summer. Photo by Anna Calves only have Ring 3 percent body fat.

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As a point of reference, the average young man has 12 to 15 percent body fat. This means calves are highly dependent on their intake to provide enough energy to keep them warm. In general, for every degree the temperature drops below the freezing point, calves need to have .03 to 1.3 percent more milk intake. If this intake isn’t met, the calf is at risk for many illnesses like hypothermia and even death, because of the energy that is lacking from its system. The aftermath of illnesses caused by cold are decreased venous outflow from the small intestine, decreased A Gelbvieh cow and her calf. Photo intestinal

by Anna Ring motility and a net reduction in transport of substances from intestinal lumen into the blood.

As a result, calves that are struck with hypothermia

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junior connection GW or are subject to harsh conditions of cold soon after birth end up absorbing less colostrum from their first nursing. A newborn needs to receive 6-8 percent of its body weight in colostrum alone during the first 5 hours after hitting the ground. If the calf doesn’t receive and absorb this colostrum by the time it reaches the 12 hour mark, it has lost 50 percent of its ability to absorb the colostrum. Without adequate absorption, morbidity is six times more likely to occur in newborns.

So why do we brave the cold to calve in the winter months? Dr. Gerald L Stokka puts it in perspective in his K-State Beef Tips article. There’s a decrease up to 100 pounds or more when looking at weaned calves from an early spring calving to a fall calving, pointing towards better nourishment when calves are born early in the year. Harvest can also be a factor; it’s more convenient for farmers and ranchers to focus on just one thing at a time, rather than dividing their energy to calving and harvest at once. D

Sources http://goldenplains.colostate.edu/agri/agri_docs/ First%2072%20Hours.pdf https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/ PMC1320030/?page=1 https://www.unce.unr.edu/publications/files/ag/other/ cl788.pdf https://calfsessions.com/2014/01/cold-weatherfeeding-energy-intake/ http://calfcare.ca/calf-care-corner/keeping-calveswarm/ http://www.feedstuffs.com/newsletter-nutritionhealth-news/tips-reduce-cold-stress-calves-lactatingcows http://www.beefmagazine.com/health/managing-coldstress-newborn-calves-0101 https://www.asi.k-state.edu/doc/beef-tips/bt0298.pdf

2018 AGJA DONATION HEIFER Special Thank You to Rippe Gelbvieh for donating the AGJA Fundraiser Heifer!

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Breeders Win Big During 2nd Annual Gelbvieh Carcass Contest

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esults of the Second Annual American Gelbvieh Foundation (AGF) Steer Challenge and Scale and Rail Sire-Identified Carcass Contest were announced during the 47th Annual American Gelbvieh Association National Convention awards banquet on Saturday, December 9, 2017. Breeders from Iowa and Nebraska took home top honors with prize payouts totaling $6,950.

The AGF continues to help advance the Gelbvieh breed through its support of research and development. For this reason, the AGF launched the Steer Challenge and Scale and Rail Sire-Identified Carcass Contest in 2016. These two projects together provide the information and funds necessary to generate datasets to advance Gelbvieh and Balancer® carcass merit.

The AGF Steer Challenge was a competition amongst individual Gelbvieh and Balancer-influenced steers in which the judging criteria focused on average daily gain in the feedyard, carcass value and overall top value animal, which combined average daily gain and carcass value. The Steer Challenge gives an opportunity for participants to donate a steer to the AGF. All proceeds from the donation go toward research and development within the Gelbvieh breed. The AGF Sire-Identified Carcass Contest judges steers, which were in a group of three or more animals from the same contemporary group, on these same qualities and also awarded a top-performing pen. In its second year, ten ranches participated with a total of 103 head on feed at Roode Feedyard in Fairbury, Nebraska. All steers were harvested and values were calculated in July 2017.

Flying H Genetics, Arapahoe, Nebraska, placed high in both the AGF Steer Challenge and Balancer division of the Scale and Rail Contest and took home a total of $3,725 in prize payouts. Flying H Genetics’ winning steer, a Red Angus-sired Balancer, in the AGF Steer Challenge swept the division taking home top average daily gain, top carcass value, and top value animal. The same steer also took home top accolades in the Balancer division of the Scale and Rail Contest including highest average daily gain at 5.93 pounds per day, top carcass value at $1,179 with a 1,118 pound hot carcass weight and a 17.10 square inch ribeye. This steer also took home top value Balancer animal with a value of $1,185, USDA Yield Grade 3 and a quality grade of USDA Choice.

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Balancer steers with an average value of $1,119, average USDA Yield Grade 3 and quality grade of USDA Choice.

Flying H Genetics owned the steer that took second place for average daily gain in the Balancer division. This Red Angus-sired Balancer steer had an average daily gain of 5.75 pounds per day.

Eagle Pass Ranch, Highmore, South Dakota, owned the steer which took second place for top carcass in the Balancer division with a carcass value of $1,124, hot carcass weight of 1,049 pounds, and a 13.5 square inch ribeye. This same steer also placed second for top value animal with a total value of $1,129, USDA Yield Grade 3 and quality grade of USDA Choice. This steer was sired by EGL Barrett B050. Eagle Pass Ranch also owned the reserve champion pen of Balancer steers with an average value of $1,083, average USDA Yield Grade of 3, and average quality grade of USDA Choice.

In the Gelbvieh division, CKS Gelbvieh, Collins, Iowa, was a notable winner owning the steer for top average daily gain, top carcass and top value steer as well as champion pen and taking home $2,175 in prize payouts. CKS Gelbvieh’s top carcass steer had a carcass value of $1,151, a hot carcass weight of 1,089 pounds, and a ribeye area of 14 square inches. This steer also had a USDA Yield Grade 3, and quality grade of USDA Choice. This steer’s total value was the highest in the Gelbvieh division at $1,156 and was sired by BNC At Ease A357. CKS Gelbvieh also owned the champion pen of Gelbvieh steers with the average value of the pen being $1,126, average USDA Yield Grade 4.0 and average quality grade of USDA Choice.

CKS Gelbvieh also owned the steer that took second place for top carcass in the Gelbvieh division with a carcass value of $1,125, hot carcass weight of 1,067 pounds, and a 17 square inch ribeye. This same steer also placed second for top value animal with a total value of $1,130, USDA Yield Grade 3 and quality grade of USDA Choice. This steer was sired by DCH Hille X102.

Blackhawk Cattle Co., Oregon, Illinois, owned the reserve champion pen of Gelbvieh steers with an average value of $1,105, average USDA Yield Grade 3, and average quality grade of USDA Choice+.

To view full results, including all steers close-out data, please visit the projects page under the Foundation section of www.gelbvieh.org. D

news GW Why Heifer Selection Matters Taylor Grussing, SDSU Extension Cow/Calf Field Specialist

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he process of replacing open cows by raising or buying replacement heifers is an annual occurrence on cow/calf operations if herd size is to be maintained.

The success of replacement programs can be measured in many ways, but always is largely driven by how heifers were selected and developed up to entering the herd as a mature cow. Selecting heifers that will succeed is the first step to building herd longevity.

Why it Matters Whether you are raising or buying herd replacements, the process of selection and development is critical to herd longevity. Selecting heifers that have the best ability to breed early in their first breeding season, increases the likelihood they will remain at the front of the cow herd for years to come. Research from Nebraska shows that heifers conceiving early in their first breeding season, continue to do so over their lifetime, while also returning more calves with heavier weaning weights through five lactations. While maternal and reproductive traits, are later to develop, and may not be predictable at selection time, using proven dam and sire information can put selection pressure on reproductive success. In addition, progressive culling and dedication to herd goals will continue to improve the future cow herd. D Courtesy of igrow.org

Selection Goal Select heifers that are most likely to breed early in their first breeding season and have the capability to calve unassisted and raise a calf to weaning time.

Selecting heifers based on age, genetics and phenotype (structure) are the fundamentals to aid meeting this goal. But before getting too far down the selection road, make sure to define herd profitability goals by outlining what the end product is and how it will be marketed.

If you are a commercial producer this may be pounds, while seedstock producers focus more on genetics.

Early born heifers (from the first 21 days) are more likely to reach target weights and puberty prior to start of the breeding season. Research shows once heifers reach puberty, fertility greatly increases from the first to the third estrus cycle. Therefore, older heifers have more time to reach a third estrus prior to the start of the breeding season compared to younger counterparts (Note: this may vary based on breed and plane of nutrition). Genetic technology in the form of DNA tests is also available to gain insight into future performance, maternal and carcass traits a heifer may offer. The best way to use DNA testing is to test replacement candidates selected based on herd goals first. Use the genetic results to eliminate the outlier or tail end females that don’t fit the bill. Lastly, structure plays a key role in how heifers will hold up in their environment. Therefore, make sure to eliminate heifers with structural problems that may be passed on to future progeny or will decrease her herd longevity.

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Herd Assessment How-To

By Kim Rounds

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erd Assessments are open from January 1 to March 15, 2018, in the American Gelbvieh Association (AGA) Online Registry Service. Herd assessments are how the AGA tracks total herd reporting and how members indicate which cows are expected to calve during that calendar year. It tends to fall over a crazy time of year when spring bull sale season picks up, convention and holidays wind down, and National Western Stock Show falls somewhere in the middle. Life can get hectic, so we promise to keep completing herd assessments as simple as possible.

Image 2 I hope to answer some frequently asked questions and introduce everyone to our new heifer exposure data requirements.

Finding Your Herd Assessment: Once you log into your account you can find herd assessments in the left-hand column under “Herd Management”, then “Inventory”. (Image 1) Under “Inventory” find “Assessment-Age” in the

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white tabs that run across the top of the screen. Under this tab is a list of all females that are of breeding age, or that would be expected to calve in the upcoming year. For any young heifers that may not be 13 months of age as of January 1, but are expected to have a calf in the upcoming year, look under “Optional Females”.

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Completing Herd Assessments and Culling Cows: Once looking at your list of assessment age females, you now have the ability to cull cows that are no longer in your herd and record any exposure data that you may not have yet recorded. To dispose of a cow, click on the grey trash can to the right of her birthdate. Use the drop down menu to select the specific reason why she is no longer in your herd, then click the green checkmark to lock that selection in. Remember that this is not a tool to skip a year of calving for a cow, this is a tool to permanently dispose of a cow from the herd. With total herd reporting, we seek all information: good, bad, or indifferent. To keep our data as honest and accurate as possible, please record all calves born throughout the year. If you do try to skip a year of calving information for a cow, you will have to pay for all of the years that she has been “disposed of ” if you ever want to record a calf in the future. After making all necessary culls and disposals you can select each cow individually by clicking the “2018” button in the “Assess for” column, or

registry tips ‘n tricks GW complete all cows at one time by clicking “Complete yearly HAS process – Assess all for 2018”, at the top of the page under “Assessment-Age”.

After completing the assessment, members can pay their balance online by following the pop-up box that takes you to a check-out screen. Members have 30 days to pay any balance incurred on the account, so it is not mandatory that the entire balance be paid at the time of assessment. (Image 3)

as possible. As of January 1, on the herd assessment page, there will be a box next to all heifers expected to have their first calf in the 2018 calving season. If you exposed that heifer or AIed her during the previous breeding season, simply check the box “Yes” or “No”.

(Image 4) As always, if you ever run into problems or questions, call into the office and we would be happy to help you. Also, if you need to request a printed herd assessment form, please request that in plenty of time to receive it, complete it, and get it back into the office before the March 15 deadline. D

Image 3 Again this year, we are requiring all first-calf heifers (and first-calf heifers only) to have exposure data recorded on them. This sounds like more work when completing herd assessments, but as I promised earlier, we will always keep this process as simple

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Cattle Industry Tour Takes an Assisted Reproductive Technology Focus

By Rebecca Mettler

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he cattle industry tour during the AGA National Convention continues to be a popular event for convention attendees. This convention, the AGA toured In Vitro Frontiers in Wichita, Kansas. In Vitro Frontiers is, as their name implies, a bovine in vitro laboratory. The also provide their customers with embryo biopsy and embryo cryopreservation.

In Vitro Frontiers partners with bovine practitioners to offer clients an economical in vitro fertilization option. The company contracts with practitioners to perform the ovum pickup and provides a shipping incubator for ovum pickup and embryo shipment for storage or transfer. Embryos can be shipped either frozen or fresh, depending on the customer’s needs for transfer into the recipient cow.

Janine Neely, IVF laboratory director, was the AGA’s tour guide. Unique to other bovine IVF labs, the lab functioned as a human IVF lab prior to being transformed into a bovine lab. With that being said, In Vitro Frontiers is a stateof-the-art lab that can handle all of their customers’ assisted reproduction needs.

Neely explained to the group that the entire lab is a negative air Janine Neely, IVF laboratory pressure cleanroom. director, explains the workings of This means that clean the small incubator, which is used and filtered air is to ship collected eggs to the lab cycling through the and to ship embryos to the client. lab at all times, which

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provides a clean work area as free from contaminants as possible. Quality control and cleanliness are a must in an IVF lab.

The lab houses large incubators that are pressurized and sealed with three separate doors as barriers from the outside air. Keeping the developing embryos at a constant and correct temperature is essential for quality cell formation. A constant temperature reduces the amount of stress that is placed on the cells.

“Any time you are handling embryos, you are introducing stress. That’s why we have low light, clean areas, and consistent temperatures on warming surfaces,” Neely said.

In Vitro Frontiers also works Rachel Cabell, IVF laboratory with emerging technician, begins the process of technologies such freezing day 8 embryos. as embryo biopsy.

Matt Barten with Embruon, is a genetics consultant for the company.

Barten performs embryo biopsies for In Vitro Frontiers to determine the sex of an animal, genetic recessive traits, and can also gather a full genomic profile on an embryo. This has the potential to revolutionize the beef industry because transferring only the embryos of a desired market value can save thousands of dollars. Embryo biopsy for genomics allows producers to directly impact the intensity of selection by shortening the generation interval.

Thank you, In Vitro Frontiers!

The AGA would like to thank In Vitro Frontiers for allowing a tour group of over 50 people to visit the facility and learn about all the exciting new technology that has the potential to further revolutionize the beef industry. D

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BULLS & HEIFERS

TRUCKING AVAILABLE

Jim & Pat Dromgoole 4403 Winding River Dr. • Richmond, TX 77469 Home

(281) 341-5686 • Ranch (979) 561-8144

www.dromgoolesheaven.com Show Cattle Managers: James & Shannon Worrell • (325) 258-4656

Markes Family Farms REGISTERED PUREBRED GELBVIEH WINTER PRIVATE TREATY OFFERING

V 98 PUREBRED BULLS V Quantity

Age

Birth Date

Price

16

22 months

Feb./March 2016

$1800

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16 months

Sept./Oct. 2016

$1800

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10 months

Feb./March 2017

$1500

A great selection of Registered Purebred Gelbvieh Bulls

V 7 PUREBRED HEIFERS V Quantity

Age

Birth Date

Price

7

15 months

Sept./Oct. 2016

$1500

We are breeding these heifers now.

They will make an excellent set of cows!

Our 250+ purebred Gelbvieh cows produce an excellent set of cattle that we can offer to you.

Our herd is the product of 38 years of careful Gelbvieh breeding and we invite you to come take a look.

We price our cattle to sell quickly and we look forward to your phone call.

CALL TODAY FOR THE BEST SELECTION! TRUCKING AVAILABLE • WE SHIP CATTLE ALL OVER THE COUNTRY!

Whenever you think of Gelbvieh Cattle, think of

Markes Family Farms Oklahoma’s Largest Gelbvieh Breeder

34th Annual North Dakota Gelbvieh Association’s

Monday, January 29, 2018 • 2:00 PM (CST) • Kist Livestock, Mandan, ND DDGR 13D

DDGR 41D

LRSF D40

DCH D462

DCH 437D

PHG E01

DDGR 185D

CMK D4

BGRG 22E

CDOC 304E

CMK 27E

SGAR 711E

WOHL E83

THULL 725E

WOHL E71

55 LOTS SELL

27 PB Gelbvieh & Balancer Bulls • 16 PB Gelbvieh & Balancer® Bred Heifers • 12 PB Gelbvieh & Balancer® Open Heifers ®

NDGA ANNUAL MEETING & BANQUET Sunday, January 28, 2018 • Sale book and sale cattle videos available online at www.mms.bz

SALE MANAGEMENT BY: Mitchell Marketing Service

www.mms.bz

Chris Mitchell 334-695-1371 20180 NE Roy Golden Road Blountstown, FL 321424

Sale broadcast live online at www.dvauction.com Broadcasting Real-Time Auctions

SALE SPONSORED BY: North Dakota Gelbvieh Association Sale Committee - Doug Hille, Brad Zimmerman, David Larson www.ndgelbviehassociation.com

shows GW Northern International Livestock Expo Stock Show and Rodeo 2017 Billings, Montana, Gelbvieh/Balancer Show Judge for Jr. Division: Jake Scott Judge for Open Division: Jason Hoffman

Champion Balancer Female Animal: EGL Vivian C1083, Sire: Eagle Pass Protégé Exhibitor: JW LeDoux, Hometown: Ree Heights, SD

Reported by: Kathleen Rankin Junior Show: Champion Jr. Gelbvieh Female Animal: EGL Lass E3200, Sire: E6L Roundhouse B019 Exhibitor: JW LeDoux, Hometown: Ree Heights, SD Reserve Champion Jr. Gelbvieh Female Animal: CJLL EMMA, Sire: DCSF POST ROCK ASTR Exhibitor: Maddie Lehrkamp, Hometown: Hermosa, SD Open Show: Champion Gelbvieh Female Animal: CJLL EMMA, Sire: DCSF POST ROCK ASTR Exhibitor: Maddie Lehrkamp, Hometown: Hermosa, SD Reserve Champion Gelbvieh Female Animal: COV Miss 662D, Sire: Lazy TV Tank Exhibitor: Covington Gelbvieh, Hometown: Montrose, CO

Reserve Champion Balancer Female Animal: EGL Lass E3200, Sire: E6L Roundhouse B019 Exhibitor: JW LeDoux, Hometown: Ree Heights, SD Champion Gelbvieh Bull Animal: JLSL Apollo, Sire: JDPD Time Traveler Exhibitor: Ledgerwood Gelbvieh, Hometown: Clarkston, WA Reserve Champion Gelbvieh Bull Animal: CCMF Mr Impact 46C ET, Sire: HYEK Black Impact 3960N Exhibitor: Ledgerwood Gelbvieh, Hometown: Clarkston, WA Champion Balancer Bull Animal: Disco, Sire: Scharpe Hybrid Vigor Exhibitor: Grace Steenbergen, Hometown: Cheyenne, WY Reserve Champion Balancer Bull Animal: CHIP Roundhouse 7238E, Sire: EGL Roundhouse B019 Exhibitor: JW LeDoux, Hometown: Ree Heights, SD

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NORTHEAST BREEDERS ILLINOIS J & K GELBVIEH FARM, INC. Jerry & Karen Wilson 335 Gelbvieh Lane, Ava, IL 62907 618-521-8620 • jkgf88@frontier.com

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Gelbvieh Cattle For Sale Carl, Rebecca & Emily Griffiths

1577 N 600 E • Kendallville, IN 46755

260/897-2160 • ggge3g@embarqmail.com

REGISTERED GELBVIEH AND BALANCER

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Your call or visit is Always Welcome

If you’re not here, how does your customer find you? Advertise here!

We sell Breeding Stock Bulls & Females Chester Yoder

12353 Cty Rd 330 Big Prairie, OH 44611 chesyoder@yahoo.com 330-567-9232 • 330-231-0339 (cell)

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Seedstock Plus Fall Bull Sale

October 21, 2017 Joplin Regional Stockyards Carthage, Missouri Auctioneer: Jeremy Anstine Reported by: John Burbank Sale Averages 9 Angus Bulls....................................... $2,878 135 Balancer Bulls................................... $3,531 35 Gelbvieh Bulls................................... $3,933 179 Overall Bulls...................................... $3,577 The Seedstock Plus Fall Bull Sale was a larger offering this year and relative to the current cattle market, was a successful sale. There were 120 registered buyers in addition to active bidding online. Bulls sold to 95 buyers in 16 states at a rapid pace with every bull through the ring selling to a new owner. Every bull selling had genomic-enhanced EPDs and 40 percent of the sale offering was feed efficiency tested. All bulls were backed by an industry leading culling criteria and customer service.

Top selling bulls include: Lot 661: GMF Highlight 610D. A Meng Farms Cattle Co. bull that is a homozygous black, homozygous polled purebred Gelbvieh with excellent phenotype. Purchased

by Miller Gelbvieh and Angus, Texas, for $7,500.

Lot 563: TMMW Mr. Banker 25D. A Mulroy Farms bull that is a homozygous black, homozygous polled Balancer with tremendous spread from birth weight to growth. Purchased by Tom Strubberg, Missouri, for $7,250.

Lot 698: TMMW Mr. Montana 105D. A Mulroy Farms bull that is a homozygous black, homozygous polled purebred Gelbvieh with excellent calving ease.

Purchased by Anne Gregory, Kansas, for $7,200.

Lot 694: DMP D610. A Pederson Gelbvieh bull that is a homozygous black, homozygous polled purebred Gelbvieh with breed leading growth. Purchased by Duck River Gelbvieh, Tennessee, for $6,550.

Lot 683: TMGC SB Gibraltor 109D. A Stuecken Bros. bull that is a homozygous black, homozygous polled

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purebred Gelbvieh with EPD balance. Purchased by Chance Koppenhafer, Iowa, for $6,500.

Lot 564: DMP D165. A Pederson Gelbvieh bull that is a homozygous black, homozygous polled Balancer with excellent EPDs and phenotype. Purchased by a partnership of Ashe Farms and Campbell Farms, Mississippi, for $6,200.

Lot 555: MTB BCC Red Balancer 511D ET. A Burbank Cattle Co. bull that is a red homozygous polled Balancer ET. Purchased by Bobby Powers, Tennessee for $6,100.

Lot 566: JGPG 686D. A JGP Gelbvieh bull that is a homozygous black, homozygous polled Balancer that is the total package. Purchased by Mahlon and Raymond Hoover, Kentucky, for $6,000.

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SOUTHEAST BREEDERS Mick Ainsworth

KENTUCKY

1613 Derby Road P.O. Box 154 Jackson Springs, NC 27281 910-652-2233 Cell: 910-638-1142 Mick’s email: longleaf@etinternet.net Grass Grown • Carcass Quality & Performance

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ROCKY TOP GELBVIEH Gelbvieh & Balancer Cattle Sandy and Terry Gupton

4846 Potato Farm Rd • Crossville, TN 38571 865-250-1418 • rockytopgel@yahoo.com rockytopgelbviehfarm.com

VIRGINIA REGISTERED POLLED GELBVIEH C.H. Morris & Sons, LLC

Coles Bend Cattle Company

Roger Morris • C.W. Moss 928 Morris Road Appomattox, VA 24522 434.574.6592 Roger Morris C.W. Moss 434.315.4294 434.391.4458

Raising registered Gelbvieh and Balancer® cattle since 2000.

Trent Jones Smith Grove, KY • 270.590.5266

TENNESSEE Quality Gelbvieh & Balancer® Cattle

NORTH CAROLINA

ClinCh Mountain Gelbvieh

John & Liz Loy (865) 687-1968 (865) 235-8869 (C)

7611 Dyer Rd. Luttrell, TN 37779 j.b.loy@att.net

Bulls & Heifers for Sale

Quality Gelbvieh, Angus & Balancer Cattle

www.knollcrestfarm.com knollcrest@knollcrestfarm.com Office (434) 376-3567 Fax (434) 376-7008 James D. Bennett 434/376-7299 Paul S. Bennett 434/941-8245 Jim G. Bennett 434/664-7935 Brian R. Bennett 434/664-8309 Dalton G. Bennett 434/664-7946 PO Box 117 • Red House, VA • 23963 Total Performance Bull Sale • Dec. 01, 2017

DUANE & WENDY STRIDER, OWNERS

(336) 964-6277

ccrosscattle@yahoo.com • ccrosscattle.com “Superior Gelbvieh and Balancer Cattle”

Chris & Jordan Hampton • Charles & Sue Hampton

CCRO CAROLINA EXCLUSIVE 1230Y

CCRO CAROLINA LEVERAGE 3214A

THE HERD THAT CONSISTENTLY PRODUCES CATTLE WITH PERFORMANCE, CARCASS AND EYE APPEAL.

839 Davistown Rd. Celina, TN 38551 931-243-3213 H 931-510-3213 C hampton@twlakes.net

Registered Bulls & Replacement Females

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LITTLE WINDY HILL

Farms Doug & Sue Hughes 6916 Peppers Ferry Road Max Meadows, VA 24360 C 276/620-4271 lwhf@wiredog.com

ANNUAL BULL & FEMALE SALE 2ND SATURDAY IN NOV. Private Treaty Sales Available Year Round.

Producing Black, Polled Genetics for Today & Tomorrow.

Send his credentials with him...

Transfer the registration on the bulls you sell and give your customers the tools to become more profitable.

Walter & Lee Teeter 1380 French Belk Rd. • Mt. Ulla, NC 28125 (704) 664-5784

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Windshield Time

By Rebecca Mettler

M

y normal day at home in the office doesn’t afford me a lot of windshield time. I don’t travel around the country trekking up and down every dirt road there is, and I’m OK with that. That means that when I do travel for work I’m grateful for the break from normality that a trip behind the wheel provides.

I can appreciate it to it’s fullest and that makes even a seemingly mundane drive to Wichita, Kansas, open to some type of revelation.

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several pickups and stock trailers.

And, probably the most eye opening was the 11 empty pots headed back east toward Missouri.

Now this might be a typical day in the office for some of you, but as each truck drove

by I was anxious to spot the next. And, it got me to thinking about agriculture from another viewpoint that I don’t get to see every day. It was exactly the lesson I needed as I drove to Wichita to watch AGA leaders and stakeholders make important decisions regarding the future of the Gelbvieh and Balancer® breed. It reminded me that we are all in this together even if the way we get to the goal line isn’t the same.

I guess what I’m getting at is that it takes a lot of collaboration, some darn good logistics and a lot of forward thinking to be in this business. I felt so small in that period of time while I was on the road. All of these commodities were moving here and there, and people’s livelihoods were being shipped off to the next stop in the supply chain.

hile someone on the outside of agriculture might just see product driving down the road, we know that it’s much more than that.

My trip to the American Gelbvieh Association (AGA) National Convention started in rural southwest Missouri. That’s where I call home and it will always be “home”. I’m proud of southwest Missouri’s place in the beef industry. As a region, we predominately focus on raising weaned calves and shipping them west to a Great Plains feedyard or if the timing is right, to an Oklahoma wheat pasture.

As I crossed the state line into Kansas, I found it fitting that I was stuck behind a pot load of calves likely heading to a feedyard somewhere in Kansas.

My trip took me down U.S. Highway 400, which on that particular Tuesday morning was pretty desolate.

That is, with the exception of agricultural traffic.

Besides keeping pace with the pot load headed west for over 100 miles—I finally lost track of him in my rearview mirror somewhere near Fredonia—I saw too many semis and grain trailers to count and

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While someone on the outside of agriculture might just see product driving down the road, we know that it’s much more than that. It’s the money used to make a house a home, the savings for a retirement that some farmers and ranchers will never take, and the intent to pass the operation down to future generations.

Who knew that a drive through Kansas could do this much to remind me of the reason why I work hard to promote agriculture, cattle, and the lifestyle that I most enjoy. D

BUFFALO CO. FAIRGROUNDS | KEARNEY, NE

Gelbvieh - Balancer Show & Sale THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2018 Show 10:30 AM | Sale 4:00 PM SALE FEATURES: Bulls, Bred Heifers and Fancy Open Heifers

2018 CLASSIC GELBVIEH SALE FEATURES

XXB Primo 311E 1381414 This Balancer Bull sired by the famous Angus bull Colburn Primo 5153. This Balancer bull pedigree is packed with performance - Promises Promises and EGL G565 Killer.

NS Bar Disco 1350280 Here is a coming two year old bull that is the reigning Grand Champion Bull at the 2017 NILE. His pedigree is packed with GREAT ones!

BARG Expedition 506 E 1402743 A moderate framed stout bull that is sired by XXB Insidious 23B.

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The 2018 Classic Supreme Champion bull was the Champion Gelbvieh bull Shown by JJ Boehler of Orleans, Nebraska.

Sold to CedarTop Ranch of Stapleton, NE and Dave Strolberg of Axtell, NE

Ronette K. Bush-Heinrich - Mgr. | 308-627-6385 | www.necattlemen.com |

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MIDWEST BREEDERS

KANSAS

Bar Arrow Cattle Company

LIZ OSWALD 620.662.0862 (h) ANDY OSWALD 620.662.5489 (o) 620.664.4692 (c)

HUTCHINSON, KS

CORY HOFFMAN Herdsman 620.960.1189 (c) oswald.j@sbcglobal.net

Stuar t Jar vis

26 E. Limestone Rd. • Phillipsburg, KS 67661

e-mail: bararrow@ruraltel.net • 785/543-5177

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“Where workin’ cattle and eye appeal come full circle”

Timothy Mulroy • 785-640-6401 Mayetta, KS • tim@blackgoldinc.biz

POST ROCK CATTLE COMPANY 3041 E. Hwy. 284, Barnard, KS 67418 Bill Clark: 785.792.6244 Leland Clark: 785.792.6208 Fax: 785.792.6250 Email: prcc@twinvalley.net

Committed to raising quality seestock Registered Gelbvieh and Balancer® Cattle Elmer, Brenda, Brad & Benny McWilliams Asbury, MO 64832 • 417-842-3225 • 417-529-0081(cell)

John & Carla Shearer 2815 Navajo Rd. • Canton, KS 67428 circle_s@hometelco.net 620.628.4621

620.654.6507 (John Cell) • 620.654.6731 (Johnny Cell)

Annual Production Sale 1st Saturday in April

Purebred A.I. Seedstock Bulls and Heifers Available.

Al & Mary Knapp Cell: (913) 219-6613 18291 158th Street H: (913) 724-4105 Basehor, KS 66007 www.triplekgelbvieh.com e-mail: knappa@swbell.net

diamond v gelbvieh Randy odle

1210 G Rd. Stockton, ks 67669 785.737.3319 diamondv@live.com Building Gelbvieh Genetics since 1989

If you’re not here, how does your customer find you?

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Cattle Company Owensville, MO

Registered Gelbvieh & Balancer Cattle

Jared, Caisie, Brooke & Cameron

Gilbert & Debra

573.280.4633 573.646.3477 Bulls marketed through Seedstock Plus Go to seedstockplus.com for sale dates, catalogs & videos

MISSOURI

B/F Cattle Company

Specializing in Forage Raised

Balancer® Bulls on K-31

Judd Ranch Inc.

Dave & Cindy Judd Nick, Ginger Judd & Family Brent & Ashley Judd 423 Hwy. K-68 • Pomona, KS 66076 785/ 566-8371

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Culling practices on cows/bulls second to NONE! For information, contact:

Route 1, Box 407 • Butler, MO 64730

660 • 492 • 2808

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MIDWEST BREEDERS NEBRASKA

ROCKING GV GELBVIEH

Mark & Patty Goes

Polled Fullblood Gelbvieh Cattle

39414 SW 75th Rd. Odell, NE 68415 (402) 766-3627

Dr. & Mrs. Glenn Wehner 22533 Spencer Lane Kirksville, MO 63501 660-665-7502

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GELBVIEHV BALANCERV ANGUS

Private Treaty Bull & Heifer Sales • Orchard, NE Val Livingston • www.88ranch.com • 402-655-2288

Breed for Tomorrow’s Cattle Today!

Jeff Swanson • 308/991-0727 10908 724 Road • Oxford, NE 68967 www.swansoncattleco.com

A Breed Leader in Tenderness & Marbling–

Annual Sale—Last Saturday in February

www.rogersvfg.com P.O. Box 51 Mendon, MO 64660 (660-375-7266 (C)

GELBVIEH

BALANCER

J. J. Boehler

Ronald RogeRs email: rogers_valley_farm_feedlot@hotmail.com

70948 L Rd. , Orleans, NE 68966 308-473-7342 • 308-999-0207

Gelbvieh SprinG Flood ranch balancer® Jim & Sherri Michaletz 1397 Spring Flood Rd Goodman, MO 64843 417-364-5297 (O) 479-366-1234 (C) Email: jmichal@netins.net www.springfloodranch.blogspot.com

Cedar Top Ranch Scott & Raberta Starr 212 Starr Drive • Stapleton, NE 69163 (H): 308-587-2293 • (C): 308-530-3900 cedartopranch@gpcom.net Eldon Starr: 1-800-535-6173 or Rich Johnson: 402-368-2209

Consistent Genetics Adding Pounds & Profit

Myron & Valerie Bahm 4375 White Oak Rd Fordland, MO 65652

417-753-3578(h) • 417-576-0687(c)

email: whiteoakfarms@live.com

Registered Gelbvieh & Balancer®

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Nebraska & Missouri

Kyle Helms - NE

Cody Helms - NE/MO

308/962-6940 kyle@flyinghgenetics.com

303/842-9071 cody@flyinghgenetics.com

Aaron Ishmael - MO

Visit us on the web & Facebook! www.flyinghgenetics.com

417/309-0062 aaron@flyinghgenetics.com

Stay Connected!

Keep up to date with shows, sales and other events by visiting www.GELBVIEH.org

Be sure to Like us on Facebook And look for new videos on our YouTube channel

Scott Wolf Travis Wolf 308.537.3588 308.529.3733 Gothenburg, NE • wolfgelbvieh@gmail.com www.facebook/wolfgelbvieh.com

Bulls For The BeeF Business Gelbvieh F Balancer F Red Angus F Angus F Angus Hybrids Randy & Leslie Lemke 1757 Road 2500, (H) 402-756-7090 Lawrence, NE 68957 (C) 402-469-2284 rllemke@gtmc.net www.lemkecattle.com

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Cattlemen’s College Pre-Registration Deadline Approaches Phoenix event provides first-class education and perspectives to improve cattle operations

C

attlemen gathering at the 2018 Cattlemen’s College in Phoenix, Ariz., Jan. 30 – 31 can save money by pre-registering for the event by Jan. 5. Along with an outstanding educational event, participants will have the opportunity to hear from the president of Arby’s Restaurant Group, Inc., who will present the keynote address on Wednesday, Jan. 31. Cattlemen’s College, sponsored by Zoetis, will be held at the start of the 2018 Cattle Industry Convention and NCBA Trade Show in Phoenix.

Arby’s President Rob Lynch will speak about “Going BIG with Beef,” to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Cattlemen’s College. During his speech, Lynch will offer participants an inside look at Arby’s “We Have the Meats” marketing campaign, a program which he helped launch. During his tenure, he also managed the product innovation team that tests more than 1,000 potential menu items each year, giving him a first-hand understanding of the consumer landscape.

That understanding is crucial for today’s cattle producers, as the industry continues its quest to remain the protein of choice for consumers around the globe.

As CEO, Lynch oversees the Arby’s brand that accounts for more than 3,300 owned and franchised restaurants worldwide. He oversees the brand’s marketing, operations, development and digital innovations functions, and he also serves as president of the Arby’s Franchise Association and chairman of the Arby’s Foundation.

“This is an exciting opportunity for cattlemen to hear directly from a marketer who very proudly sells their products to consumers,” said Josh White, NCBA executive director of producer education. “Hearing the perspective of someone who understands marketing trends, as well as the wants and pulse of consumers, will be valuable for those attending this milestone Cattlemen’s College.”

White says Lynch’s comments will kick off an exciting event that features sessions with a wide and impressive

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collection of the beef industry’s most talented and knowledgeable people. Cattlemen’s College provides a stimulating atmosphere for cattlemen and women to learn ways of generating higher returns for their cattle operations.

The thought-provoking sessions also spark discussions that lead to innovation and advancement in what has become a rapidly changing industry.

Among the topics on the schedule for the 2018 event are genetic technologies, calf management, beef cattle production, engaging with federal agencies, antibiotics, live cattle imports/exports, ID management, breeding, bull selection and infectious diseases. Participants can choose from five different curriculum tracks during the college.

The event kicks off with the new Producer’s Choice sessions Tuesday, Jan. 30. For the first time, attendees will vote to determine which sessions will be offered for a “first look.” Participants will select from one of four sessions: Capturing Maximum Value in Beef Cattle Production; The Straight Story: Antibiotic Alternatives and the Future of Treating Diseases; or Calf Management: Clostridial Disease ID, Prevention and Treatment. The “first look” sessions will also feature a cattle handling design demonstration for attendees who are looking to improve their operation.

The evening will wrap-up with the Cattlemen’s College reception, sponsored by Zoetis and Certified Angus Beef.

The following morning, participants will convene for additional education sessions, following Lynch’s presentation. The event wraps up with a plated lunch, where moderators will share highlights from each of the day’s sessions.

“Everyone who comes to Cattlemen’s College goes away with something new that will help them improve their farm or ranch,” says White. “It’s the advantage they need to stay ahead of the curve in this constantly changing industry.”

To help share the information provided during Cattlemen’s College, presentations will also be available online following the Cattle Industry Convention and NCBA Trade Show.

Those registered for the event will be able to access the videos by visiting www.ncba.org.

Participants are encouraged to take advantage of earlybird registration prices. Pre-registration for the 2018 Cattlemen’s College event in Phoenix, ends Jan. 5. College students are eligible for additional registration discounts.

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Golden Buckle Gelbvieh Check out our consignments to the North Dakota Golden Rule Sale January 29, 2018 •2:00 PM CST Kist Livestock • Mandan, ND Selling 3 purebred bulls, 2 replacement heifers and 1 bred heifer at the Golden Rule Sale.

DCHD 179E

DCHD 357E

CDOC 304E Consigned to the ND Golden Rule Sale DVE 21B x DCHD 179A

Consigned to the ND Golden Rule Sale DDGR 120C x DCHD 105U

DCHD 086E

DCHD 070E

Consigned to the ND Golden Rule Sale DVE 21B x DCHD 304A

BDOC 146E

Consigned to the ND Golden Rule Sale 2017 Canadian People’s Choice Futurity Bull Finalist DDGR 120C x DCHD 070W

DCHD 217C x DCHD 086Z

DCHD 070C x DCHD 146W

Also, be sure to check out our Private Treaty Cow Herd Reduction Sale and our Private Treaty Bull Sale.

Contact us for more information!

Dwight, Christina, Bailey, Cheyenne, Cierra & Dalton Dockter 4956 41st St SE Medina, ND 58467 701-486-3494 gbgelb@daktel.com golden-buckle-gelbvieh.com

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Quality Cattle Black Gelbvieh and Balancer

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www.bartbar.com • info@bartbar.com

RFI Tested Balancer®, Gelbvieh & Angus Bulls Sell Annually in April at the Ranch

Ridge Top Ranch

Gelbvieh-Angus-Balancer

Neola, Iowa

Black & Polled Private Treaty Sales

Breed-leading Performance from Quality Genetics

Kevin: 402-510-8103 Al: 402-676-5292

COLORADO Ricky Linquist th Street inquist 1135 190 inquist

NEVADA

Dave & Dawn Bowman

Fonda, IA 50540

arms (712) 288-5349 arms

55784 Holly Rd. • Olathe, CO 81425

(970) 323-6833 www.bowkranch.com

Gelbvieh & Red Angus

Email: rickylin@ncn.net www.linquistfarms.com

Dick & Jean Williams

Jim Roelle 38330 CR 49 Peetz, CO 80747

(C): 970-520-1224 jr.plateau@hotmail.com www.plateaugelbvieh.com

P.O. Box 156 Orovada, NV 89425 775•272•3442

“Pounds Make Profit in Your Pocket” Bulls & Heifers Private Treaty

WASHINGTON

LONE O AK C AT T L E

Eric Ehresman 20963 30th St. Mechanicsville, IA 52306

hornsandthorns@netins.net

(319) 489-2275 (319) 480-1564

LEDGERWOOD GELBVIEH Gelbvieh • Red Angus • Balancer® Pete & Samee Charriere

FL

2633 Hwy 12 East • Clarkston, WA 99403

509-566-8805 • LedgerwoodGelbvieh@gmail.com “Seedstock that work for the commercial cattleman

Martens Gelbvieh

Gary Martens 2126 500th St • Walnut, IA 51577 712.764.5007 (H) • 712.249.5744 (C) martensgl@yahoo.com Annual Bull and Female sale in March with the Southwest Iowa Gelbvieh Group

MONTANA Quality livestock that Work for you Gelbvieh Carcass Quality Calving Ease Tenderness Docility

Quarter Horses Athletic Want to Please Strong Bone

1496 Goose Creek Rd. • Raynesford, MT 59469 Ranch Phone: 406.738.4220 • BarJRGelbvieh@3rivers.net BarJRGelbvieh.com

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WYOMING

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Nine Bar Nine Gelbvieh Wesley Brown

3794 Rd. 215 • Cheyenne, WY 82009 307-351-6453 • ninebar9@hotmail.com Purebred Bulls, Heifers & Select Embryos Performance BRED in, Not FED in!

HH H

Triple H Farms Roy & Nancy Holste 3113 260th Street Clarinda, IA 51632

712-303-0263 • 712-303-1947

Bulls and Heifers for sale Private Treaty

breeders corner GW

UPPER MIDWEST BREEDERS MINNESOTA

u Brandywine Farm

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Dennis & Sherry Gustin Family Al and Peggy Gustin Mandan, ND • 701/663-7266

Tom Scarponcini

Richie & Sarah Heinrich 701/320-6484 (cell) email: gustindd@wildblue.net www.gustinsdiamondd.com

30474 Brandywine Road Rushford, MN 55971

507-864-2063

Gelbvieh

SFI Schafer Farms, Inc.

Balancer®

37740 240th Ave., Goodhue, MN 55027 Brian Schafer Lowell Schafer 1-888-226-9210 651-923-4587 brian@schaferfarm.com www.schaferfarm.com Private Treaty Bull Sale — Last Sat. in February Annually

SwenSon Gelbvieh

SOUTH DAKOTA

Dean Swenson

17513 Hwy 10 Little Falls, MN 56345 swen@centurylink.net (h) 320.632.5848 • (c) 320.630-5536

Polled • Purebred • Red • Black

ADKINS GELBVIEH

Gelbvieh & Balancer Performance Genetics Bulls and Heifers for sale by private treaty (605) 354-2428 Cell gerald@adkinsgelbvieh.com Gerald & Sarah Adkins www.adkinsgelbvieh.com 41606 195th St., Carpenter, SD 57322

Thorstenson Gelbvieh

Selby, South Dakota Annual Bull Sale 1st Saturday in March

Brian & Dee Dee 605-649-9927

Vaughn & Wendy 605-649-6262

www.Balancerbulls.com

NORTH DAKOTA

Beastrom Gelbvieh Ranch Registered Gelbvieh & Balancer Cattle Bulls • Heifers • Embryos • Semen

Chimney Butte RanCh

Doug & Carol Hille

3320 51st Street, Mandan, ND 58554 701-445-7383 or 701-220-2083 Email: chimneybutteranch@westriv.com Website: chimneybutteranch.com Annual Production Sale 1st Friday in March

Jim & Barb Beastrom Brandy Ludemann, Brittney Spencer

Ph: 605-224-5789 • 605-280-7589 (Cell) jimbeastrom@mncomm.com • www.beastromranch.com

Julie Maude 605.381.2803 (C) Lori Maude 303.809.3789 (C) cj_llivestock@yahoo.com Hermosa, SD

Rob Arnold

Email: RLAGelbvieh@aol.com

Registered Gelbvieh & Balancers®

605-852-2131

kvolek@venturecomm.net

Quality Gelbvieh & Balancer® Genetics from a Trusted Source

Get ready for upcoming sales!

6700 County Rd. 19 S. Minot, ND 58701 (701) 624-2051 (H) (701) 720-8823 (C)

Keith, Janice, Dustin & Britney

34261 200th Street, Highmore, SD 57345 AJ Munger 605-521-4468 Commercial Sales Andy LeDoux 785-527-3188 Registered Sales 1-855-303-BULL • www.eaglepassranch.com

Advertise in Gelbvieh World or the Profit Picture

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Former Fighter Pilot Brings New Tools to His Ranching Roots

J

osh Phifer recently left the Air Force to found Barn Owl, a company developing simple technologies to help ranchers and farmers be more productive and profitable. Josh grew up on ranches in eastern Wyoming and western Nebraska, where he experienced the struggles of sandy hills, bitter cold winds, and frozen stock tanks. Josh attended college at the Air Force Academy and then went on to spend 12 years as a fighter pilot. While he still serves as a part-time Air Force reservist, his primary mission now is to improve the lives of ranchers and farmers.

One of Josh’s earliest childhood memories is the terror and subsequent awe that resulted from the sonic boom of Air Force jets simulating bombing attacks on his family’s ranch. Twenty years later, Josh would join the exclusive club of supersonic Air Force pilots, although not a a bomber pilot, but as a pilot of the world’s premier fighter jet, the F-22. While he relished his time flying the F-22, Josh’s fondest memories of the Air Force center around the people. The men and women he served with displayed a relentless work ethic and dedication, reminding him of his family, friends, and neighbors in Nebraska and Wyoming ranch country.

After leaving active duty service, Josh visited his family and friends in Nebraska and Wyoming, and the trip highlighted the stark difference in technology between agriculture and the military. In the military, technology is a critical enabler for operational security and logistical efficiency. Fully understanding that the core of any business or operation is rooted in the people, he couldn’t help but imagine the many ways life on the farm or ranch could be improved with technologies similar to those ​he used in the Air Force.

Thanks to his ranching roots, Josh fully understands the purpose of technology is to aid, not replace, the people who put their blood, sweat, and tears into their farms and ranches. Unlike many of the AgTech companies claiming to revolutionize agriculture with drones, robots, and “big data,” Barn Owl understands the farmer in the field and the rancher on the horse are the

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keys to a successful ag operation. As a result, Barn Owl focuses on leveraging affordable technologies to save producers time and money, resulting in an immediate return on investment.

This winter, Barn Owl is launching a remote camera service, enabling farmers and ranchers to monitor a variety of assets from their phones or computers.

According to Josh, “The cameras are simple and effective tools enabling producers to check on remote locations at any time. By always knowing the status of assets, they can prioritize their work and focus on value-add tasks.”

The cameras enable producers to keep “eyes on” remote resources while also deterring theft and vandalism.

Barn Owl’s camera system does require cellular service. “We realize poor cellular service is a limitation faced by many ranchers and farmers. Most agricultural areas have at least partial cellular coverage, and putting cameras in those areas can still help save a lot of time and stress. However, we believe cellular service is important in helping improve the lives of rural Americans, and we are serving as advocates to improve cellular coverage in agricultural areas.” To advocate for better cellular coverage, Barn Owl is going to cellular carriers with both economic and political arguments. First, with a growing list of customers, they are showing cellular carriers that coverage in rural areas is a win-win for the carriers and customers. Second, they are building case studies to demonstrate how products that rely on cellular service help ag producers be more productive and sustainable.

“We’re simply magnifying local demand and leveraging basic economics to bolster the argument for better cellular service in rural areas.”

Josh believes the cameras help drive operational efficiencies that will soon make them indispensable tools for farmers and ranchers. “Having grown up in a ranch family that struggled financially, we understand how difficult farming and ranching can be. Our ultimate goal is to help ag producers do what they love to do. We just want to help them be more productive and profitable while doing it.” D Source: Barn Owl

GW events of interest January 2018 Jan. 1 Jan. 3 Jan. 4 Jan. 6

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AGA Office closed for New Year’s Day NWSS Cattle arrive, Denver, CO NWSS Cattle check-in, Denver, CO NWSS Gelbvieh & Balancer Junior Show, Denver, CO NWSS Gelbvieh & Balancer Futurity, Denver, CO NWSS Gelbvieh & Balancer Pen Show, Denver, CO NWSS Gelbvieh & Balancer National Sale, Denver, CO NWSS Gelbvieh & Balancer Open Show, Denver, CO 34th Annual Golden Rule Sale, Mandan, ND

February 2018 Feb. 5

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Taubenheim Gelbvieh 28th Annual Production Sale, Amherst, NE Lemke Cattle Bull and Female Sale, Lawrence, NE Prairie Hills Gelbvieh Annual Bull Sale, Dickinson, ND Overmiller Gelbvieh & Red Angus Annual Production Sale, Smith Center, KS Cedar Top Ranch Annual Bull Sale, Burwell, NE Plateau Gelbvieh Annual Bull Sale, Brush, CO 27th Annual Pot of Gold Bull Sale, Montrose, CO Swanson Cattle Company 31st Annual Production Sale, Oxford, NE Post Rock Cattle Company Cowman’s Kind Annual Bull Sale, Barnard, KS Seedstock Plus North Missouri Bull Sale, Kingsville, MO

March 2018 Mar. 2

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Chimney Butte Ranch Annual Production Sale, Mandan, ND Thorstenson Gelbvieh & Angus 37th Annual Production Sale, Selby, SD SEGA Gelbvieh Annual Bull Sale, Pierce, CO Hilltop Farms Annual Gelbvieh & Balancer Bull and Female Sale, Carthage, MO

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Flying H Genetics Roughage ‘N Ready Bull Sale, Arapahoe, NE Judd Ranch 40th Annual Gelbvieh, Balancer & Red Angus Bull Sale, Pomona, KS Seedstock Plus Arkansas Bull Sale, Hope AR Hojer Ranch 26th Annual Gelbvieh & Balancer Production Sale, Huron, SD Warner Beef Genetics, Genetic Investment Bull Sale, Arapahoe, NE Raile Gelbvieh/Balancer Bull Sale, Burlington, CO Genetic Power Bull Sale, Springfield, MO Midwest Beef Alliance Spring Bull Sale, Springfield, MO Seedstock Plus Red Reward Sale, Humansville, MO Bar Arrow Cattle Company 28th Annual Production Sale, Phillipsburg, KS Kicking Horse Ranch Annual Production Sale, Great Falls, MT 9th Annual Southwest Iowa Gelbvieh & Balancer Bull & Female Sale, Creston, IA Lone Oak Cattle Annual Bull Sale, Mechanicsville, IA Flying H Genetics Grown On Grass-Missouri Spring Sale, Butler, MO Eagle Pass Ranch Annual Bull Sale, Highmore, SD Harriman Santa Fe Top of the Breed Bull & Female Sale, Windsor, MO Arkansas Bull Sale 3rd Annual Bull and Commercial Female Sale, Heber Springs, AR Seestock Plus South Missouri Bull Sale, Carthage, MO

April 2018 Apr. 7

Circle S Ranch 11th Annual Going to Grass Production Sale, Canton, KS

Visit the online version of Places to Be at www.gelbvieh. org for additional dates on upcoming sales and more information on each event.

GW ad index 3 G Ranch.........................................45 ABCS Gelbvieh................................56 Adkins Gelbvieh..............................57 AGA National Sale........................ BC AGJA.................................................35 American Rancher..........................61 B/F Cattle Company........................50 Bar Arrow Cattle Company.......5, 50 Bar IV Livestock..............................47 Bar JR Gelbvieh..........................37, 56 Bar T Bar Ranch, Inc.......................56 Beastrom Gelbvieh Ranch..............57 Black Hills Stock Show...................19 Boehler Gelbvieh.............................51 Bolton Cattle Ranch........................56 Bow K Ranch...................................56 Brandywine Farm............................57 Bull Barn Genetics.....................14, 54 Canadian GV Assn..........................54 Cattlemen’s Connection..............1, 54 C-Cross Cattle Company...............47 Cedar Top Ranch.................... IFC, 51 Chimney Butte Ranch.....................57 C.H. Morris & Sons, LLC...............47 Circle S Ranch..................................50 CJ&L Livestock..........................19, 57 Clinch Mountain Gelbvieh.............47 Coles Bend Cattle Company..........47

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Cranview Gelbvieh....................57, 64 Cunningham, Ronn........................54 Danell Diamond Six Ranch............56 Diamond L Farms...........................42 Diamond V Gelbvieh......................50 Dromgoole’s Heaven.......................42 Eagle Pass Ranch.............................57 Flying H Genetics............................51 Gelbviehauction.com......................55 Golden Buckle Gelbvieh.................53 Golden Rule Sale.............................44 Green Hills Gelbvieh.......................47 GS Ridge Top Ranch.......................56 Gustin’s Diamond D Gelbvieh..17, 57 Hampton Cattle Company.............47 Harriman Santa Fe..........................50 Hart Farm Gelbvieh........................50 Hilltop Farms...................................50 Hodges Ranch..................................42 Hojer Gelbvieh Ranch...............25, 57 Iowa Beef Expo................................11 J&K Farm..........................................45 J Bar M Gelbvieh.............................50 Judd Ranch, Inc.................. 32, 33, 50 Kicking Horse Ranch......................56 Kittle Gelbvieh Farms.....................42 Knoll Crest Farm.............................47 Koehn Cattle Co..............................42

Land of Oz/ John C Oswald...........50 Lambert, Doak.................................54 Ledgerwood Gelbvieh.....................56 Lemke Cattle..............................21, 51 Leonhardt Cattle Company............57 Linquist Farms.................................56 Little Windy Hill Farms..................47 Lone Oak Cattle...............................56 Longleaf Station...............................47 Lost River Livestock........................41 M&P Gelbvieh.................................51 Markes Family Farms................42, 43 Martens Gelbvieh............................56 Martin Cattle Company..................42 McCarty, Dan...................................54 Miller Gelbvieh................................42 Mitchell Marketing Service............54 MLM Gelbvieh.................................51 Mulroy Farms...................................50 Nebraska Cattlemen’s Classic.........49 Nine Bar Nine Gelbvieh..................56 Nowack Cattle Company................50 Plateau Gelbvieh..............................56 Post Rock Cattle Company........7, 50 Prairie Hills Gelbvieh..................3, 57 Register Farms.................................47 Rocking GV Gelbvieh.....................51 Rocky Top Gelbvieh........................47 Rogers Valley Farm Gelbvieh.........51 Sawtooth Gelbvieh Cattle & Hay...56 Schafer Farms, Inc...........................57 Seedstock Plus Genetics.................54 Seedstock Plus...................... 15,54, 63 Spring Flood Ranch........................51 Swanson Cattle Company..............51 Swenson Gelbvieh...........................57 Taubenheim Gelbvieh...............51, 59 The 88 Ranch....................................51 Thorstenson Gelbvieh.................9, 57 Thull Gelbvieh Farm.......................57 Triple H Farms.................................56 Triple K Gelbvieh.............................50 Volek Ranch.....................................48 Warner Beef Genetics .................IBC White Oak Farms............................51 Wildwood Acres..............................45 Wilkinson Gelbvieh........................56 Wolf Gelbvieh..................................51 Yoder’s Prairie Acres.......................45

Mulroy Farms LLC congratulates the ‘Hole In One’ Group on their purchase of this exciting young bull!

‘Hole In One’

TMMW Hole In One 93D AMGV1357745 PB94 Gelbvieh Homozygous Black ** Homozygous Polled CE BW WW YW MK TM CEM ST DMI YG CW REA MB FPI EPI 14 -2.0 86 120 31 74 11 13 -.059 -.49 37 .43 -.09 83.09 122.08 BREED PERCENTILE RANKING PER EPD 3 5 2 4 30 4 2 10 10 15 15 55 25 1 4

the ‘Hole In One’ group includes: Mulroy Farms (retained interest) Waller Gelbvieh Duck River Gelbvieh Oak Ridge Farms Burbank Cattle Company Zimmerman Gelbvieh Semen is available @ $25/unit from: Seedstock Plus Genetics call 877-486-1160 to order!

GeneticINVESTMENT WARNER BEEF GENETICS

Bull Sale

Tuesday, March 6, 2018 • 1:00 PM ( CST ) At the Ranch, Arapahoe, NE

BASIN PAYWEIGHT 1682 Purebred Angus AI Sire

SEPT COPPERFIELD ET 38% GV 63% AN Balancer® AI Sire

Basin Payweight 006S x 21AR O Lass 7017

One of the most popular AI sires - no matter the breed. 1682 excels for growth and carcass, and so will his sons. Balancer® and Angus sons sell.

3G Smoke N’ Mirrors x Razzmatazz ET A new sire group that is guaranteed to demand your attention. His first calf crop looks promising with several sons to be feature bulls in this offering.

BROOKING BANK NOTE 4040 Purebred Angus AI Sire

EGL BARRETT B050 50% GV 50% AN Balancer® AI Sire

One of the most exciting Angus bulls we have used to date. A tremendous group of brothers sired by Bank Note that will offer performance and muscle to the most distinguished cattlemen.

Another tremendous group that will match last years sale toppers for Warner Beef Genetics.

Connealy Earnan 076E x E A Rose 918

GELBVIEH & BALANCER® BULLS Sale broadcast live online at www.dvauction.com Broadcasting Real-Time Auctions

Lock and Load X415 x Evelynn U426

Selling 125 lots

ANGUS BULLS

WARNER BEEF GENETICS Dan and Kate Warner 42198 Road 721, Arapahoe, NE 68922 Dan Warner: 308.962.6511 Monte Warner: 308.962.6136 Darren Warner: 308.824.2950

BE SURE TO STOP BY IN DENVER - WARNER BEEF GENETICS WILL BE ON THE HILL AND IN THE YARDS.

JANUARY 7, 2018 6 P.M. (MST)

Beef Palace Auction Arena

On The Hill • National Western Stock Show • Denver, Colorado

Auctioneer: Ronn Cunningham

Sale Management: Seedstock Consultants Specialized Sales 612 W. Franklin St., Ste. 12A, Richmond, VA 23220 Keith Kissee | Cell: 817.821.6263 Ph: 804.353.2220 | Fax: 804.353.2221 kkseedstock@comcast.net | www.kkseedstock.com

Sale Sponsored by American Gelbvieh Association