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1 Meat Processing Plants Grow with Local Consumer Demand
The trend toward direct-to-consumer beef has never been more popular. Local processors began to decline over decades until the COVID-19 pandemic forced every family to shop for food differently. Today, the demand for locally sourced food, particularly beef has grown substantially. A recent study by Oklahoma State University Robert M. Kerr Food and Agricultural Products Center found farmers and ranchers are stepping up to meet the demand.
6 BETSY Delivers Sophisticated Phenotyping System
OneCup AI has developed and introduced a Bovine Expert Tracking and Surveillance Technology (BETSY) to monitor and track animal health, welfare, activity, growth and nutrition. BETSY’s brain is broken down into levels that classify each animal by detection, key points, incidence and time. Keynote speaker at 2023 Beef Improvement Federation, Mokah Shmigelsky introduced and explained the program during BIF.
8 Why Consider Drylotting Cows this Fall?
While some areas of the Great Plains have experienced drought relief, other regions still struggle to replenish forage and feedstuffs for the upcoming winter. Drylotting can be a feasible way to allow pasture recovery, while feeding grain, forage, and crop stovers to pairs. Nebraska Beef Extension provides information offering alternatives to winter pastures.
9 K-State Alum and Former U.S. Ambassador Will Deliver the 2023 Gardiner Global Food Systems Lecture
Kansas native and K-State alum, Gregg Doud, will deliver “The Future of Agricultural Trade, Geopolitics and Food” lecture, October 9, at 7 p.m., McCain Auditorium, Manhattan, Kansas. Doud is an expert in agricultural trade policy and served as the chief agricultural negotiator in the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, between 2018 and 2020. The lecture is free and open to the public.
14 Greenwood County 4-H Team Topped the 2023 Kansas 4-H Livestock Sweepstakes
More than 300 Kansas 4-H members from 66 counties participated in the 2023 Kansas 4-H Livestock Sweepstakes in August. Throughout the weekend, 4-H members competed in the state livestock judging contest, meat judging, livestock skillathon and quiz bowl.
16 Trimming the Shirttails
Hooter’s escapades are all too familiar with just about anyone. Most of us have that one family member that make us think convents and monasteries might not be so bad. Hooter’s recount of his “shirttail” cousin, Priscilla, is rather cathartic.
Meat Processing Plants Grow With Local Consumer Demand
By Gail Ellis
As more consumers seek locally sourced products to connect with the land, many farmers and ranchers are stepping up to meet demand.
The market for direct-to-consumer beef has grown substantially during the past decade, sustaining the need for processing facilities. COVID-19 fueled even more business for processors, and Oklahoma’s regulatory agency took notice.
“In 2019, we had roughly 20 inspected plants across the state, and now we’re up over 30,” said Scott Yates, director of the Food Safety division at the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry (ODAFF).
“We had 15 inspectors in 2019, and we just hired the 30th a few weeks ago.”
Educating Ranchers and Buyers
The industry is experiencing significant growth, but starting as early as the 1970s, processing plants were in decline in Oklahoma communities as people retired from the trade. Children chose other career paths over the family business, and many facilities closed their doors for good, Yates said. Meat consumers began to connect with producers, but the custom processing business had its seasonal ebbs and flows.
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Back in the day, a seedstock client told me, “I only read the magazine (breed publication) to see what I’m saying each month!” He was sort of joking, but mostly he wasn’t. Cattle wasn’t his day job. His office was on the grounds of the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport and his day job was in global technology. His ranch was located near a rural community and today is a suburb of Dallas. This client had invested in registered seedstock during the heyday of importing Continental cattle from Europe. His investment was purely an expensive hobby. His intent was to expose his children to rural America and to have fun. He was a great guy that lived large and was extremely success in his overarching goal to have fun! Although he had little experience in the cattle business, like most successful people do, he surrounded himself with a team to help him capitalize on his investment. As a marketer, I was fortunate to be on his team. As a highly successful entrepreneur, he was curious and excited to learn. His team helped him learn and enjoy the cattle business.
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Regardless of where we start in agriculture, perpetual learning is an incontrovertible reality. We need entrepreneurs willing to invest in agriculture, not just their wealth, but the philosophical keys to their primary business successes.
Regardless of where we start in agriculture, perpetual learning is an incontrovertible reality. We need entrepreneurs willing to invest in agriculture, not just their wealth, but the philosophical keys to their primary business successes. Conversely, we need investors to understand, at a granular level, production agriculture, specifically the beef industry, is volatile, high risk and at the beginning and the end of the supply chain are real people. Today, there are more than 700,000 beef producers in America. Whether the real people are generational ranching families or more than 725,000 real people processing meat protein every day, or consumers budgeting most of their families’ food budget for meat, there are pillars in production that are simply carved in stone. We need bright minds to move livestock production forward toward efficiency, sustainability and carbon footprint reduction. But, that progress needs to be tangible, measurable and backed by sound science. We need outside wealth. But, we need venture capital investors to, well, really be invested in making measurable change for good and not simply measuring the success of their investment by a double digit return on their money. We need research and science. But, we need the science to be peer reviewed, objective and not politically motivated. We need visionaries. But, we need every visionary to recognize “jumping the shark” isn’t an option. A 150 years of history is a good indicator that to do otherwise will result in longterm unintended consequences throughout the supply chain.
Switching gears, this is the last issue of F&R Livestock Resource we will publish. Kansas and the Midwest is extremely fortunate to have many media options, both print and digital. Like almost everything these days,
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Back in the day…
However, the pandemic gave momand-pop facilities another chance. Joel Jackson, pilot plant manager at the Oklahoma State University Robert M. Kerr Food and Agricultural Products Center, said that by May 2020, custom processing orders were through the roof.
“In April and May of 2020, when the big plants started shutting down, you couldn’t walk into a grocery store and get what you wanted,” he said. “If you didn’t have a freezer full of meat, that made people nervous.”
Processors were quickly booked through the end of the year into 2021 and even 2022. By the end of 2020, cancelations began popping up, but Jackson said the overall panic of a tight meat supply changed consumers’ habits.
“People who had never had an animal processed before asked producers if they could buy one,” he said. “For first-timers, it led to a big learning curve and an opportunity for education by producers and processors.”
Jackson wrote an OSU Extension fact sheet that details the basics of animal processing, including why a 1,000-pound steer will not produce 1,000 pounds of meat, how to select cutting instructions and what cuts are available. The information is not only valuable to the buyer but also to those ranchers who might be new to custom processing.
“If you’re going to sell beef, you should be familiar with what to expect on a side, quarter or whole animal in
terms of yields,” Jackson said. “You’re going to get asked all those questions. Most people aren’t going to pay $1,000 to $3,000 if they don’t know what they’re going to get.”
Jackson and his colleagues are offering learning opportunities for producers interested in direct-to-consumer meat sales with two workshops in August and September. Ranchers will learn about the regulatory aspects of the business, including what type of processor is required for each type of sale.
“If you want to keep it simple, pre-selling your livestock is the best option,” Jackson said. “Custom exempt processing removes the need for inspection, permits and even label approvals. It’s just like you’re selling a live animal to a neighbor or family member, and it can be processed at a local custom plant.”
For those who want to take their beef business to the next level and sell meat at local stores or farmers markets, the workshops will cover state and federal meat inspections, proper permitting, labeling and other associated regulations.
“If you’re storing inspected meats that will enter into commerce, you’ll need to register with the state,” Jackson said. “We’ll give you everything you need to know to start selling product and make sure you’re doing it right.”
An Economic Force
Although custom processing has returned to pre-COVID numbers, Yates at ODAFF said interest in processing facilities continues to climb,
especially in the eastern half of the state. The Coronovirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act and other economic grants that stemmed from the pandemic gave meat processors the cash they needed to build from scratch or expand.
“We’re still getting calls from folks who are wanting to build plants,” he said. “We’ve got people building or getting their Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point plans ready for inspection, and some facilities are transitioning from state inspected to federal, so they can ship to other states.”
Yates said ODAFF has a good working relationship with the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service. Custom processing plants that sell freezer beef not packaged for individual sale only require quarterly inspections, but those used to process meat marketed individually to the public are regularly inspected on days when processing occurs. Plants in Oklahoma with a Talmadge-Aiken federal classification can export overseas and are inspected by Oklahoma regulatory officials who are familiar with the community.
“It’s a good thing we’re getting back to more local processors,” Yates said. “It’s good for small-town economies. Most of our establishments have anywhere from five to 10 or 25 to 30 employees.”
New Opportunities in Agriculture
Outwest Farms, near Cleveland, Oklahoma, is one of the many value-added farming and ranching operations contributing to this growing
niche market. When 32-year-old Jake Miller finished his bachelor’s degree a few years ago, he wanted to find a job and stay in Oklahoma. His family had always raised cattle as a food source for themselves, but Miller saw potential in a different group of customers.
“You can buy a whole or half beef pretty much everywhere, but I had not seen a lot of people sell by the pound,” he said. “A lot of families don’t have freezer space for a whole animal, and selling it by the pound gives them a chance to buy local.”
Miller, his parents and his two siblings established Outwest Farms and processed their first animals at an Oklahoma-based federal facility in 2018. Building the business took time, but it quickly expanded after the pandemic forced the family to shift their marketing efforts.
“In 2021, we did a complete rebuild of our customer base and moved from mainly focusing on Facebook to Instagram and Google ads,” Miller said.
With the help of a couple of employees, Outwest Farms offers beef, pork, lamb and chicken with free home delivery in the Oklahoma City, Tulsa and Stillwater areas. Because it uses a federal processing facility, the farm can also ship out of state. Miller said the biggest hurdle now is competing with national distributors.
“The main thing all customers want is a connection to where their food comes from,” he said. “They just need to know you exist. More people my age are finding new opportunities to continue to farm and do family business.”
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Consumers who purchase beef directly from ranchers can custom order their cuts of meat at the processing plant to fill home freezers with product not intended for individual sale. (Photo by Mitchell Alcala, OSU Agriculture)
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“OneCup AI has designed an artificial intelligence (AI) technology using computer vision that is named BETSY, which stands for Bovine Expert Tracking and Surveillance,” explained Mokah Shmigelsky, OneCup AI. Shmigelsky was a featured speaker during the 2023 Beef Improvement Federation (BIF) Symposium July 5 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
According to Shmigelsky, BETSY was created because of the lack of permanent traceable identification in the livestock industry. Visual Identification was the first developed product followed by seven other value propositions.
“As we went through the developmental process, we discovered there was a lot of different things on farm that producers didn’t have access to because many of these processes are very manual,” Shmigelsky said.
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Once the animal is detected, BETSY identifies different behaviors and what is going on with the animal and alerts the producer. The user interface is an easy-to-understand system that gives the producer information graphical and visually along with alerts.
BETSY brain is broken down into levels that classify each animal by detection, bounding box, key points, identification, instance and time-series.
“Level 0 is detection, it identifies different animals in the scene as well as humans and vehicles,” Shmigelsky said. “Level 1 is the bounding box it depicts the entire body of the animal and pulls out the relevant pixels needed for the next levels. Level 2 has 52 key points and angles which allow us to identify limping and changes in the animal. Level 3 is identification and can pair the final data to an individual animal as well as read the tag. Level 4 gets into the behavior and growth changes in the animals.
OneCup AI worked closely with the Canadian Angus Association to identify hooves, claws, udders and teats as the highest importance phenotypes. To identify these, they created additional points to the hooves and udders as well as created a 3-D visual. Clean animals made it easier to get a good ratio and analysis. Whereas mud and walking through grass effects accuracy.
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Why Consider Drylotting Cows this Fall?
By Connor Biehler, Nebraska Extension Educator
This fall as pastures continue to recover from drought in previous years, some producers who traditionally pasture their cattle are considering feeding cow-calf pairs in confinement. Drylotting can be a feasible way to allow pasture recovery, while feeding grain, forage, and crop stover to pairs. A few of the many advantages of a drylot system include closer observation of the herd, low weaning stress, and providing opportunity to bunk break calves prior to weaning.
While input costs of confined feeding of pairs is more expensive than in years past due to increased commodity prices, it provides the opportunity for producers to stockpile forage in the future. With hay prices still above $200/ton, limiting inclusion amounts in diets is economical. However, in order to keep a healthy rumen, forage inclusion should be at least 0.5% of the cow’s weight on a dry matter basis.
When developing rations, consider using cost per unit of protein and energy to determine the most cost-effective feed. If available, corn silage produces more energy per acre than any other crop. Silage mixes well with
low quality forages, and it can help to limit the needed inclusion of low-quality hay, which can help to prevent ruminal impaction. Low level grain inclusion can also decrease cost per unit of energy.
Knowing the quality of your feedstuffs is an important part of feeding cattle in a drylot. It is recommended to test your feed as a total mixed ration, but more importantly testing forages prior to the feeding period. This allows nutritionists/producers the ability to develop rations that properly meet the nutrient requirements of the animal, and not exceed them, wasting resources.
To further reduce wasting of feed resources, drylots provide the option
to limit feed, by reducing intake while still meeting nutritional requirements. Limit feeding should be fed at least 1.75% of body weight, otherwise cows will exhibit irritable disposition from lack of fill. This can be mitigated further by feeding long stem hay, which promotes rumination, keeping the cattle more content and reducing behaviors like fence chewing.
If properly managed, confined feeding herd health is comparable to pasture scenarios. Cattle should be lotted into pens allowing 500-800 square feet per pair. If pens are too large and dry conditions persist, the increased dust from the surface promotes a greater chance of pneumonia for calves. When
planning to drylot cows, allow for 2836 inches of bunk space per pair.
It is ideal to separate cows based on nutrient requirements. Younger cows and first calf heifers have greater energy and protein requirements, whereas mature cows in good condition require less energy relevant to their body weight. If feeding everything in one pen is the only option a producer has, maximizing bunk space per head is highly recommended to allow smaller, more timid cattle a spot at the bunk. Here are a few other things to keep in mind if intending to dry lot cows:
• Feeding whole corn works better than rolled corn when daily forage intake is at 0.5% of body weight.
• Mineral can be either mixed into the feed or fed free choice.
• Feeding cattle in a dry lot increases the production life of older, broken mouth cows.
• A smaller, confined area, allows for easier health checks of cattle. For more information on Nebraska Beef Extension or drylotting cows, reach me at my office (402)624-8007 or visit my programming website BigRedBeefTalk.UNL.edu.
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By Pat Melgares, K-State Research and Extension news service
Kansas-born Gregg Doud, whose stellar career in agricultural trade policy includes leading often-intense discussions with China between 2018 and 2020 as the chief agricultural negotiator in the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, will be the featured speaker for the Henry C. Gardiner Global Food Systems lecture Oct. 9 at Kansas State University.
Doud’s talk—titled ‘The Future of Agricultural Trade, Geopolitics and Food”—begins at 7 p.m. in K-State’s McCain Auditorium. Admission is free.
Born in Mankato, Kansas, Doud earned undergraduate and graduate degrees from Kansas State University before embarking on a career that includes serving as a market analyst for U.S. Wheat Associates; chief economist for the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association; and president of the Commodity Markets Council.
Since 2020, Doud has been vice president of global situational awareness and chief economist with Aimpoint Research, a global, strategic alliance that specializes in agri-food. He recently left that position to become the chief executive officer and president of the National Milk Producers Federation.
He was also a senior staff member of the U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee that wrote the 2012 Senate Farm Bill.
His negotiations with China’s vice minister of agriculture on an agricultural trade agreement included 33 sessions over the course of a year, which occurred either in person and lasted 10-12 hours in Washington,
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Selling 250 babies & yearlings. Represented by great bloodlines including Metallic Cat, CD Lights, Genuine Hombre, Dual Rey, High Brow Cat, Show Me A Song Joe, Peptoboonsmal, Smart Chic Olena, Smart Little Lena, Playgun, Docs Stylish Oak, CRR Hurricane Cat, just to name a few. These babies are all eligible for the F&R Futurity. Their 3-year-old year man also being eligible for the Howard Pitzer Invitational as 4,- 5- and 6-year-olds. These colts and yearlings will be paid up in the 2025 and 2026 F & R Cow Horse Futurity. Come buy your next winner with us on October 15th
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D.C. or Beijing; or sometimes by video conference beginning early in the morning or lasting late into the night to accommodate the 12-13 hour time difference.
“It was a painstaking process,” said Doud, who held the title of U.S. Ambassador at the time. “But in the course of that agreement, we fixed 57 things in the agricultural trading relationship between the U.S. and China. These were things that had been impediments between the two countries for decades… And as a result of doing that work, in the last couple of years we’ve seen our agricultural exports to China increase from $26 billion to $38 billion last year.”
“So,” he adds, “it was a big deal. And we solved a lot of problems in our trading relationship simply by slogging it out.”
Doud said his talk at K-State will focus on the future of agricultural markets.
“I plan to talk about the future of agricultural trade as it relates to protein—beef, pork, poultry and dairy,” he said. “If you look 10 years down the road, in no way does the (current) supply of animal protein… come anywhere near meeting the global demand.
“So, if you look around to see who can produce more protein, the answer becomes pretty obvious that really the only place this is going to happen is in North America. Nowhere else on Earth has the capability to meet the expected demand; the countries in North America have the capability and I believe my charge is to say, ‘Let’s go.’ Let’s get in gear and go meet this demand.”
Doud said China is the world’s largest importer of animal protein. Despite the difficulties in that country’s economy, he anticipates that China will imported a record amount of meat in 2023.
While working for U.S. Trade Rep resentative Robert Lighthizer, Doud said he was determined to open the U.S. beef market to China, promising his boss “a $1 billion dollar market.”
“Well, I was wrong,” Doud said. “Last year, we sold China $2.1 billion.”
Beyond China, Doud said there are opportunities to expand trade with many other countries and many commodities. Pork and dairy produc tion in Europe is declining, he said. New Zealand farmers also are talking about shrinking their dairy herds.
“There are few places on Earth that can produce more dairy cows and milk (than is currently being done),” Doud said. “But in the United States, we can do that, and you’re going to
see Kansas and the Central Plains make a big play in this area. In fact, you already are.”
Beyond speaking on agricultural trade, Doud’s visit includes interacting with college students, who he said have a great opportunity to benefit from the U.S. animal health corridor, largely recognized as the region between Manhattan, Kansas and Kansas City.
“This is probably the hottest place on Earth for careers in animal health, if you consider what’s going on at the National Bio- and Agrodefense Facility (NBAF) and Manhattan and all the way to Kansas City,” Doud said. “Whether students know it or not, they’re at Ground Zero territory
“There are few places on Earth that can produce more dairy cows and milk (than is currently being done), but in the United States, we can do that, and you’re going to see Kansas and the Central Plains make a big play in this area. In fact, you already are.”
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The lecture series is funded by the Gardiner family of Ashland, Kansas. Henry C. Gardiner, who passed away just days before the first lecture in 2015, was known as a visionary leader who dedicated his career to improving the beef industry through science and technology.
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Approximately 300 Kansas 4-H members from 66 counties participated in the 2023 Kansas 4-H Livestock Sweepstakes Aug. 19-20. The event was hosted by the Kansas State University Department of Animal Sciences and Industry.
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The team champions for the livestock skillathon and livestock quiz bowl will represent Kansas at their respective national 4-H contest, all of which will occur later this fall. Again this year, Kansas will be represented by an allstar team at the national 4-H livestock judging contest in Louisville. Based on their performance in the state livestock
judging contest, a talented group of 15 young people were selected to advance to the team selection process. This will include a series of livestock evaluation workshops and opportunities provided by the K-State Livestock Judging Team. This is the third year Kansas will be represented by an all-star team at the national 4-H meat judging contest during the American Royal. The top 13 kids will participate in several educa-
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The Kansas 4-H Livestock Sweepstakes program is also sponsored by Lyons Ranch, Kansas Pork Association, Kansas State University College of Agriculture, Ag Tech, Judd Ranch and Farm Talk.
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Priscilla happened to be one of Hooter’s shirttail cousins, second or third removed as best as he could remember, but not near far enough as he wished. Even though he and Charlie only had to see her about once a year Hooter would have traded two months worth of extra chores to forego even two minutes with her.
There’s no explaining the innate dislike some folks have for others, the kind that can overwhelm good sense or even love. Given a chance, though, Hooter could explain his dislike of Priscilla, a long, long list worth of explanation.
For one thing, she didn’t put on airs as much as she wallowed in them. Whenever she visited her country cousins, even today, she reminded them frequently of how sorry she felt for them being brought up in such a backwards way in such a remote part
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For another, she wouldn’t leave him and Charlie be. When they were kids they’d try to encourage her to leave them to their backward solitude with a well-placed snake, spider or mouse, then she’d go tattling to Aunt Pinkie. Their aunt would always take Priscilla’s side. “Our little Miss Priss,” Aunt Pinkie would beam.
“She doesn’t even know her,” a pubescent Charlie would lament as he and Hooter shared one more punishment for mistreating Priscilla.
“She knows us too well, though,” Hooter would say.
Plus, Priscilla had all of the conviction of a first-time teetotaler. Her interests flip-flopped like a paper bag on a West Texas wind. One year, it would be Brownies and clarinet, the next year she’d have no use for either, casting her allegiance to something else entirely. Pricilla’s phases progressed as the cousins grew.
Forced to sit at the same dinner table with her two years ago, Hooter has listened to her rail on about how grapefruit and psychoanalysis had turned her life around.
“You’ve got to have a life before you can turn it around,” Hooter had pointed out.
By last year, the grapefruit trees lay barren in Priscilla’s life and she went on and on about the joys of being a vegetarian.
“She’s just nuts,” Hooter said.
Worst of all, Priscilla’s skin was thinner than frog slobber. Without even trying, Hooter could have her crying hysterically. “It’s because she likes you, can’t you see that,” Aunt Pinkie would scold him as she tried to console Priscilla at the same time.
It never changed: Priscilla visits; Aunt Pinkie demands Charlie and Hooter’s presence at dinner; despite all threats, after listening to Priscilla jabber on about the latest trends in her life, Hooter makes a comment that sends Priscilla into tears and Aunt Pinkie into a defensive tirade.
Families are funny that way—mixing the same potion year after year always hoping for, even half expecting different results.
So, couple Hooter’s historical dislike for Priscilla with the predictability of her annual visit. Now, toss in the fact that no matter how old you are, you’re always viewed as, and view others, as the age when the acquaintance first hatched. That’s why old men still puff up when they trot out a new horse for lifelong friends and why they’ve been known to do geriatric half-gainers over the swells of a saddle or the handlebars of a four-wheeler, still showing off for their used-to-be girlfriends who
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The cow-calf producers offering females in the 2023 Profit Proven Sale represent decades of genetic improvement using progeny proven, high accuracy GAR genetics. These progressive producers were among the first to embrace Method Genetics EPDs and indexes. Many are diversified beef producers, retain ownership and market their cattle through U.S. Premium Beef. In fact, the half and full siblings to the females offered in this sale earn some of the highest premiums paid through USPB, year after year.
All the females are PI-BVD tested negative and sell with individual Method Genetics EPDs and indexes. Last year, 590 females sold in the sale with an average Retained Ownership Index (ROI) of 232 compared to the MG benchmark average of 206. These are not your average commercial Angus females. This is a tremendous offering of elite, functional, young females, backed by decades of documented performance from calf to carcass.
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That’s how Hooter was feeling, and what he was capable of, as he made his way to the Dallas-Fort Worth airport to fetch, “our Little Miss Priss,” for Aunt Pinkie. He flipped Charlie for the honor and mistakenly pulled a real quarter from his pocket rather than the two-headed one he saved for such occasions.
All the way from Apache Flats Hooter would glare at the gas station signs that reminded him how much the excursion was costing him. “Over three bucks a gallon, and for what?” he muttered. “One more ride with Smelly Nellie.” Bestowing her with that nickname for the perfumes she marinated herself in was one of the boys’ first attempts to be shunned by their older cousin.
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Even Hooter was amazed by the Priscilla he found waiting at the curb. She was as tall and wormy looking as ever, but the waist-length golden curls he’d seen her with all their lives had been lopped off over the ears. It wasn’t gold anymore, either; more of a hydraulic oil red. Perched on top was a bright purple, miniature pillbox hat. In one hand she was carrying what looked to be a quart jar full of water with some kind of green plant floating inside, a present for Aunt Pinkie Hooter supposed. In the other dangled an overnight bag with a scarred “Beto or Bust” bumper sticker.
“Guess it was a bust,” said Hooter with a grin.
“I beg your pardon,” said Priscilla crossly.
“Your bumper sticker there. Every time he runs, folks seem to run the other way.”
Instead of returning the volley as Hooter expected, Priscilla quickly handed him the bag, opened the jar and breathed deeply. Hooter thought it a bit strange, as did a couple of passersby marveling at this lady in a purple pillbox hat apparently trying to use her nostrils for straws. He didn’t say anything, though.
They’d barely exited the airport before Priscilla unscrewed the lid of her jar and took another mighty whiff. “Hooter, I know we’ve had our differences over the years,” she began. “I’d like this year to be different, not for us as much as for Aunt Pinkie.” She took another deep breath over the jar. “Can we get along for Aunt Pinkie’s sake?”
Rather than respond, Hooter made a show of taking out a Herculean dip of Copenhagen and sticking it inside his lip. He knew she hated that. For good measure, though he wouldn’t do it any other time, he
spat on the floorboard. He knew she really hated that.
“Still with that disgusting habit I see,” seethed Priscilla. “You know it’s just a matter of time before you lip falls off or worse.”
“And, I smell that you’re still buying your perfume by the barrel,” responded Hooter, dander up, ready for the game to begin. “It’s just a matter of time before you nose implodes.”
Priscilla was ready to say something else, but she stopped and took another breath over the open jar. “Again, can we please just get along?”
“You started it,” said Hooter.
“No, I didn’t. As a lady I just happen to be offended by that filthy habit. But, in the spirit of the occasion, I’m willing to overlook it.” She breathed from her jar again.
“If you’re serious about a truce, that’s fine by me,” said Hooter. “The only way I reckon that will work, though, is if we just don’t chat. Think you can handle that Magpie Annie?”
He figured that would be the last straw, but again the deep inhale and the forced reply: “Fine.”
“Before we clam up, I do have one question. What is it that you keep sniffing in your jar?”
“I don’t suppose where you come from they’ve heard of aromatherapy,” said Priscilla between clenched lips.
“Aroma what-apy?” said Hooter playing along.
“Aromatherapy,” said Priscilla tersely, then more calmly. “Aromatherapy, Hooter. It’s ancient medicine, really, knowledge of the interaction between the body’s olfactory nerves and limbic system, the emotions created by certain odors.”
“Kind of like the smell of horseflesh being good for the soul.”
Priscilla just breathed deeply.
“What flavor’s that?”
“Scent, Hooter, scent,” said Priscilla. “The scent happens to be one customized specifically for me. It’s called Halcyon Mist. There’s Adriatic Sea water, a sprig of sea kelp and a splash of banana oil.”
“That’s it!” cried Hooter.
“What’s it?”
“I’ve been trying to figure out what was different about you, that’s it, the banana oil made it all click.”
“The banana oil?”
“Yep. You know Priscilla… in this light… with that hat… you remind me of… a rodeo clown’s pet monkey.”
Just like that—tears in torrents and hysterical sobs, just like old times.
“Well, you can’t say it wasn’t different, Smelly Nellie. We usually make it through grace,” said Hooter. “By the by, you might ought to see if you can get your money back on that seaweed water.”
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