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KA EnhAncE 890 . 9/25/18 . 19637884 Sire: SydGen Enhance . MGS: Mill Brae Identified 4031
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KA EnhAncE 896 . 9/27/18 . 19637886 Sire: SydGen Enhance . MGS: Mill Brae Identified 4031
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EPD 15 -1.5 64 129 27 .79 .98 75 75 189 320
EPD 10 -0.1 63 122 25 1.03 1.10 80 77 190 326
KA FUll MEAsUrE B907 . 2/19/19 . 19498754 Sire: KB-Full Measure C40 . MGS: GAR Sure Fire
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EPD 11 1.4 76 128 26 1.08 .85 71 82 170 291
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EPD 17 -1.3 66 123 27 1.07 .79 89 87 160 297
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KA UniqUE B829 . 11/7/18 . 19373612 Sire: Deer Valley Unique 5635 . MGS: GAR 5050 New Design R529
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Kaiser Angus
For more information about our program, please contact: Darrell & Frina Kaiser . 6051 Co. Rd. X . Park, KS 67751 Home (785) 754-2334 . Mobile (785) 673-3357 dfkaiser@ruraltel.net . www.KaiserAngus.com page 16
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“Animals are natural bioprocessors,” says Zhengxia Dou, PhD, Professor of agricultural systems at Pennsylvania’s School of Veterinary Medicine (Penn Vet), noting that livestock’s unique and indispensable natural biological processes enable them to consume plant and food residues that are either indigestible by humans, unpalatable to people, or are no longer sellable for any of a number of reasons—what she refers to as IUUB residues (indigestible, unpalatable, or unsellable biomass). “By maximizing the use of IUUB, the livestock sector of agriculture actually contributes to this societal issue (climate change) in a very positive way,” Dou says (more later). You know all of that, though specific statistics may not be on the tip of your tongue. Producer access to such information is a byproduct of the fact
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sheet series—Tough Questions about Beef Sustainability—funded by the Beef Checkoff. You can find the series here: BeefResearch.org/ToughQuestionsAboutBeefSustainability.aspx. What follows are some of the issues addressed in the Fact Sheet Series.
U.S. Cattle Contribute Little Greenhouse Gas “According to the U.S. EPA’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions inventory, 2% of U.S. emissions come directly from beef cattle (methane from cattle belches, methane and nitrous oxide from manure). Total direct emissions from all agricultural production, crops and livestock collectively, were 8.4% of U.S. emissions in 2017. Agriculture, land use, land use change and forestry combined in the United States are a
9th Annual Angus Production Sale
Wednesday, March 18, 2020 • 6:00 p.m. Overbrook Livestock Commission Company Overbrook, Kansas
~ Offering ~
50 Angus Bulls (2-year-olds and spring yearlings) 70 Yearling Open Heifers (both reg. Angus and commercial) 30 Young Commercial Pairs TEX Playbook
Sires include: TEX Playbook, Connealy Armory, Connealy Legendary, Baldridge Bronc, Baldridge Beast Mode, LD Capitalist 316 and more.
Howard Woodbury (785) 453-2492 or 241-0515 John Woodbury (785) 453-2223 or 229-2557 23200 S. Stubbs • Quenemo, KS 66528 hhwoodbury@hotmail.com www.woodburyfarmskansas.com
