F&R Livestock Resource Winter 2021

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Winter 2021 | Volume 4, Issue 2

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In this Issue: 1 Rural America’s State of Mind (Part 3)

In the third and final segment, Paige Nelson explores recognizing the signs of someone contemplating suicide. Privacy and isolation are common in rural communities. Suicide prevention requires a shifting mindset to involve family or communities in its prevention.

9 Learning the Right Questions

Researchers continue to ferret out information needed to slow antibiotic resistance and preserve use of available antibiotics. While much data is available on a macro level, several ongoing research projects are collecting micro data on a farm level.

21 Muddy Lines

Efforts such as the addition of a nutrition title to the farm bill and a partnership with Ducks Unlimited have served to expand agriculture’s voice on a national level since 1973. With a new administration and a decline in agriculture producer sentiment, advancing agriculture’s policies are facing challenging times.

24 Split View

The release of multiple COVID-19 vaccines give industry insiders optimism for the 2021 markets. In light of the turmoil of 2020, markets are in decent shape entering the final month of the year. Consumer consumption remains a large variable as food service claws its way back.

30 An Insurance Policy Worth the Premium

Oftentimes, bull customers don’t want numbers such as EPDs or indexes, or don’t put much pressure on them. Is it due to a lack of interest or a reliance on the producer to study the numbers and offer a reliable product?

Reducing

the Numbers Rural America’s State of Mind: Part Three Experts offer tips to address suicide in rural America.

By Paige Nelson

Rural America’s suicide rates are rising and for a number of reasons.

How we as loved ones, neighbors, coworkers and community members work to address that fact will impact the future. If we do our best, maybe we can even turn the tide.

Rates The state of Colorado has been a leader in the prevention of rural suicides, with teams of people dedicated to reducing the numbers. According to the 2019-2020 Annual Report of the Office of Suicide Prevention at the

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“The market’s story is no longer one exclusively of doom and gloom.

Unquestionably, the outlook for 2021 is more positive by the day as supply tightens from mid-Q2 onward and the reopening of the global economy spurs demand,” as reported by Cassie Fish, The Beef, 12/02/2020. This is a great place to end 2020 and begin 2021!

Inarguably, we all want to put 2020 in our rearview mirror forever! At the risk of sounding really “cheesy”, what have we learned?

The number of farm-to-table upstarts are definitely a positive by-product of 2020. Obviously, the goal among all these new entrepreneurs is to create an additional revenue stream in a disastrous marketing environment. A few may have started to market beef directly to the consumer prior to the pandemic. Most all have enjoyed significant growth, as staying home or closer to home and avoiding large crowds of shoppers became a reality.

Recent results of consumer research reported by Meatingplace is quite interesting. “Nearly four in five (79%) of these new brands tap Instagram for influencer campaigns.” In fact, the majority of the new brands originating from more progressive cow-calf operations are using social media as their primary marketing tools. Meatingplace research, conducted by Midan Marketing, a meat consumer marketing research company reports,

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“The desire to be able to react quicker, to be able to have that community established, to talk to, to be transparent with, to build trust with—it was happening before. It’s just like we poured rocket fuel on it. COVID was the rocket fuel into this area.”

The Midan research is both interesting and revealing. Whether the new brands’ owners recognize the structure of their marketing efforts or are simply driven by what they can afford, the demographics are indicative of data all of us in beef industry marketing need to know and acknowledge this may well be a “new world order.”

The divergent demographics from my generation of Baby Boomers all the way to the 20-something Gen Z’ers is telling. Each demographic gathers and implements information they use and from whom they trust differently, when it comes to food and food preparation. For instance, my generation indicated we are more comfortable with routine, or not much interested in trying new foods. We typically cook what we know. Younger generations rely on and have a great deal of trust in social media influencers and perceive this media as familial connections.

Younger generations are relying on recipe websites, TV cooking shows, Facebook, Pinterest, Instagram and blogs for their information about “how to do it”, nutrition, food safety and the perception of quality and transparency. These new farm-to-table entrepreneurs understand the new media landscape and recognize the increasing importance of cultural diversity and its influence on a consumer’s preference for beef. The beef industry has searched for just the right way to tell our story. No better way to do it than from a young beef producer telling it directly to their customer.

By all indications, life may begin to return to some semblance of normal by late spring and early summer. At this writing, the world is waiting on the Federal Drug Administration’s approval for multiple vaccines. The pharmaceutical companies have stated they are prepared to begin shipping millions of doses of vaccines within hours of approval. We now know how global citizens will be prioritized in an effort to inoculate billions of people and begin to wipe out COVID-19, just like we did with polio, tuberculosis, measles, smallpox and other catastrophic diseases the past couple of centuries.

As a member of the Baby Boomer generation, I was six years old when my brother and I received the first polio vaccine in the summer of 1955.

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Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, many people will have thoughts of suicide at some point in their lives. The majority of those will not make an attempt, and of those who do attempt suicide and survive, 90% will not go on to die by suicide. The report states, “recovery is possible and happening every day across the state.”

Suicide is the seventh leading cause of death for all Coloradans with 1,287 suicides in 2019 or an age-adjusted rate of 21.6 per 100,000, according to the report. Adults between 25-64 made up 70% of all suicide deaths in 2019. Males represent 76% of suicide fatalities across every age group.

Almost half of all the suicide deaths in Colorado involve the use of a firearm.

There is also an occupational tie to rates of suicide. The agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting industries experience suicide rates second only to the construction industry in the state.

Reasons In “Rural America’s State of Mind” parts one and two, the reasons for mental health conditions are discussed in detail. Both of those articles can be found in previous issues of this publication. Part three will briefly review some of those reasons.

Sarah Brummett, Colorado Office of Suicide Prevention manager, says, in her state and those like it, where people are spread out, sometimes isolated from one another, a true sense of individualism and a rugged value system can dominate.

“That is awesome for a lot of things, but it sometimes works against us if we’re struggling because it really puts up a barrier in terms of reaching out and getting help,” says Brummett.

She lists fewer healthcare resources, fear of discrimination and a higher rate of firearm ownership as contributing to higher suicide rates in rural locations.

There are many more reasons and those reasons will continue to evolve.

However, we are empowered when we can recognize not only the reasons but also the signs.

Seeing the Signs Laura Talley, a licensed doctor of psychology in the state of Kansas, says someone contemplating suicide will have a sense of hopelessness and not wanting to be a burden on themselves or society or their family. People serious about suicide get rid of things once important to them, like pets, she adds. They get their paperwork in order. They put things in place to make it easier on their loved ones. They might make decisions that seem odd for someone in their life stage.

Specialist clinical social worker, Melba Sutton, says a person may start to withdraw from their family or things they once enjoyed or lose pleasure in doing those things, increases in drug and alcohol use, disturbed sleep, change or loss of appetite, and/or physical health complaints.

Seeing the signs in someone else or recognizing them in yourself means you have an obligation, to yourself most of all, to get help.

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Stepping Up If you are struggling with thoughts of suicide, the time has come to step up and reach out for assistance. No, that’s not your nature. Yes, it will be hard. Yes, it will require time, effort and uncomfortable conversations. Yes, it will help.

If you are struggling with a loved one who is contemplating suicide, you need to ask some tough questions.

Talley says first, ask yourself, “Could they be thinking of killing themselves?”

If that answer is: “Yes,” then you need to ask them.

“You’re not going to put an idea in their head and cause it to happen by saying ‘Are you ok? Are you thinking of hurting yourself?’”

Adrienne DeSutter, a farmer and certified school counselor in rural Illinois who advocates for rural mental health, acknowledges that asking such a question is always uncomfortable, even for a professional, but it is imperative.

“You have to get out of that comfort zone because statistically when a person hears someone ask them ‘Are you thinking of suicide?’ they finally feel more understood. They finally feel someone sees them and sees the pain they are going through and how deep it is.”

Next, rally the troops. Gather your resources.

DeSutter relates the story of a wom-

Dealing with Death by Suicide “No one ever mentions my dad’s name. I’m sure they are uncomfortable bringing up my dad’s name to me because they don’t want me to be hurt, but I’m already hurting,” shared a farm family member with Adrienne DeSutter, an advocate for rural mental health, farmer and certified school counselor.

When asked, “How should we respond after a suicide?” Adrienne makes it clear.

“Don’t act like they didn’t exist; it is ok to say their name.”

Adrienne says members of the community, friends and family cannot pretend it didn’t happen. Yes, she says, it’s uncomfortable, and yes, it does impact an entire community. However, we can’t let that discomfort get in the way of being proactive about moving forward and continuing to address it.

Adrienne’s husband Drew DeSutter, full-time farmer and someone who has experienced the effects of death by suicide firsthand says people want to talk about their loved one.

“You talk about cancer. You talk about heart attacks. The grieving process is probably very similar,” he notes. “I think that people want to talk about their family member.” an who lost her husband to suicide.

She refrained from telling anyone his struggles. She shielded her children and friends and extended family because she didn’t want them to suffer.

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A suicide always surfaces unanswered questions, says Melba Sutton, a specialist clinical social worker.

Family and friends want to know why, but there isn’t always a “why.”

“It brings up the fact that I’m a human being, and I’m doing the best I can in the moment and that suicide is a reality in this world,” she concludes.

Brummett counsels communities and their residents to be very intentional in their postvention response.

“How a community talks about, writes and acknowledges that loss can be very important for other individuals who are connected to that person or who are also struggling with thoughts of suicide,” she advises. “We know that if you’ve been exposed to a suicide loss, the risk goes up.”

She says tool kits exist for media, schools, work places, etc., to guide how they form the narrative surrounding the event and how they move forward and improve in the future. Suicide is extremely impactful, so it is important to handle the situation with care, compassion and knowledge.

Above all, the experts agree, show love, however you can and accept that the grieving process looks different for everyone involved.

“I’m not saying that a person would necessarily want to tell everyone about a personal experience,” clarifies DuSutter, but recruiting help from others and expanding the resource base could help someone who is struggling.

Making connections for people is a great idea, says Talley. It’s a proven

concept, she argues.

“You connect people who are suffering from cancer with people who have made it through. You connect alcoholics with people who are sober.

You connect people who have made it through a depressive episode or suicide attempt with people that are

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having thoughts. They can provide proof that there’s another side that you can come out on.”

The ways an individual can make a difference in someone’s life are exponential. When individuals come together for a cause, change is accelerated.

Community Connectivity Suicide prevention must look, feel and operate differently in rural communities than it does in urban cities, says Brummett. Customized rural suicide prevention is her mission. It looks like this: Nearly half of all deaths by suicide in Colorado involve the use of a firearm.

“There’s a higher rate of firearm ownership among our rural coun-

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ties,” explains Brummett. “A lot of that is because if you’re a ranching family or a farming family, that is your way of life. It is a means you have them available to protect your crops, your cattle, whatever it might be. That’s not something we are trying to change. It’s something we’re trying to partner with.”

Brummett and her team partnered with the firearm community in the state to create firearm suicide prevention strategies that can be embraced by gun owners. Those include baking into gun ownership firearm safety measures steps that include safe storage guidelines during times of crisis.

Thanks to another partnership across agencies, Colorado’s Department of Agriculture and Office of

Behavioral Health coined a new, and perhaps more accurate, way of talking about mental health. It’s called economic stress.

Rural community members may balk at a diagnosis of severe depression, however, being deemed a sufferer of severe economic stress seems to be a better alternative. Changing the terminology softens the shock and doesn’t engender the same kind of stigma.

Together, the ag department and the behavioral health office created an integrated state crisis group to ensure the branding for materials sent to rural communities are more aligned with rural value systems. The department of agriculture even hosted a cultural humility training for the state’s crisis hotline providers.

Though the hotline operators are highly trained to handle all types of crisis, they were given additional training specific to rural needs.

For instance, says Brummett, we just came out of a years’ long drought. The hotline providers are now trained to understand the context behind when a farmer or rancher calls the hotline and says, “I can’t feed my livestock.” It isn’t the same as if I, Sarah Brummett, were calling and saying, “I can’t feed my dog.”

Additionally, the state’s ag department has recruited members to join their rural mental health advisory committee. The members typically work in the agricultural banking system and usually are well known in the agricultural community. Equipping these individuals with prevention resources enables them to share those materials with families in the community and have a grassroots type of impact, explains Brummett.

Access to free resources and materials similar to those sponsored by the State of Colorado are provided by the American Farm Bureau Federation.

Farm Bureau’s newly launched Farm State of Mind program is a launchpad for information on rural resilience training; knowing the warning signs; starting the conversation; five steps to help someone in emotional pain; as well as research on farmer mental health and additional ways to manage stress, anxiety or depression.

Lastly, Brummett says essential to suicide prevention is ensuring “those stories of recovery and struggle are told.”

We need to make sure we’re not solely talking about the people at risk and how to get them help, she says, but also highlighting the people recovering every day. There’s so much hope and resilience out there. We need to tell that story and make sure people can connect with it.

A heartbreaking, heart wrenching fact is we have all been affected by suicide. A truth of this life is our own agency. It is ultimately an individual’s choice to march onward or not. We all make choices every day. Choosing to lift where we stand, and where we can, will always prove a blessing.

If you or someone you know is in need of support, please contact the Colorado Crisis and Support Line at 1-844-493-TALK (8255) or text “TALK” to 38255 or go to ColoradoCrisisServices.org. Help and hope are available 24/7/365.

If outside of Colorado, please call 1-800-273-8255 or visit SuicidePreventionLifeline.org Editor’s Note: Paige Nelson is a freelance writer and cattlewoman from Rigby, Idaho.

Learning the Right Questions Researchers continue to ferret out information needed to slow antibiotic resistance and preserve use of available antibiotics.

By Wes Ishmael

“Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is complicated. Human medicine often blames animal agriculture, but reacting by blaming human medicine will not solve the problem, either. Life is messy,” said Christine Petersen, DVM, director of the Center of Emerging Infectious Diseases at the University of Iowa. This was at the 2019 antibiotic symposium hosted by the National Institute for Animal Agriculture (NIAA).

“We are not going to eliminate antimicrobial resistant pathogens.

Hospitals have begun to address the issue by institutional controls, such as engineering controls that systematically guide practitioners to the correct antibiotic choice and offer checks and balances. Both human and veterinary medicine can address AMR by similar engineering controls, as well as work practice controls and the use of personal protective equipment,” Petersen explained. “The best approach may be a collaborative One Health approach, which can only work with increased communication between providers, hospitals, and public health; between veterinary public health labs; and between human and veterinary medicine, taking lessons learned and applying them across the antimicrobial use spectrum.”

Up front, there’s still no scientific evidence conclusively proving antimicrobial use in livestock contributes to AMR in humans. Never mind that such an answer likely has limitations where consumers are concerned, considering the growing list of major beef and meat buyers taking a stand against antibiotic use.

“Is problematic human AMR linked to food animals? Metagenomic studies of multiple animal species, studies of antibiotic use and resistance in hospitalized human and bovine patients, studies of conventional versus raised without antibiotics (RWA) cattle, studies of specific antibiotic exposure in feedlot cattle and human risk analysis studies all indicate no clear answer,” according to the white paper from the NIAA symposium.

For that matter, accurately identifying how much antibiotics are used in various settings remains cloudy.

through sales data as reported by the Food and Drug Administration Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM). These data are obtained from animal health companies and represent the sum weight of active antimicrobial substance sold within an antimicrobial class.

“The advantage of these data is that they are obtained from a small number of entities (animal health pharmaceutical companies) and thus require

substantially fewer resources for data collection as compared to collection of farm-level data. National sales data can be used to monitor changes that occur on a macro level; however, their primary disadvantage is that they lack the granularity to develop and evaluate stewardship initiatives at the farm level where treatment administration occurs.”

That’s from the summary of one of several recent pilot projects; this one

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by the CVM; the goal is preserving the ability to use effective antimicrobials in the therapy of disease for both humans and animals.

“One of the key components of antibiotic stewardship is understanding how we are using the antimicrobials in comparison to others,” says Mike Apley, professor of production medicine at K-State. “In our papers (pilot projects), you will find an emphasis on the effect of how we choose to report and evaluate antimicrobial use data, as well as the unique aspects of each food animal production system and how they require different approaches to data collection and analysis.”

Apley is the principal investigator for K-State’s portion of the project.

Others on the feedlot and dairy team

include Brian Lubbers, associate professor of diagnostic medicine and pathobiology; and former graduate students Nora Schrag and Katie Hope, both now K-State doctoral graduates in pathobiology.

By way of illustration, the primary objectives for one project is to determine the feasibility of collecting antimicrobial use data at the feedlot level and identify factors unique to feedyard systems that could confound interpretation of summarized antimicrobial use measures.

“As a result of these efforts, it is these authors’ conclusion that interpretation of antimicrobial use metrics without detailed knowledge of the production system(s) from which that metric is derived has many pitfalls,” according to

the report summary. “Understanding the nuances and limitations of the data reported here are fundamental to future antimicrobial use monitoring efforts and resulting policy.”

“In order to understand the drivers of resistance in veterinary settings and assess the impact of interventions designed to slow the development and spread of resistance, it is vital to have access to scientifically sound data on antimicrobial use and resistance,” says Susan J. Bright-Ponte, DVM, a CVM veterinary medical officer.

“In 2016, FDA awarded funds in the form of cooperative agreements to support pilot projects for the collection of farm-level antimicrobial use data in animal agriculture. These funded data collection efforts are intended to

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provide needed information on antimicrobial use practices in various animal production settings and to inform the development of long-term strategies for collecting and reporting such data in a sustainable and nationally representative manner.” That’s in “Antimicrobial Use Data Collection in Animal Agriculture,” which serves as a preface to information from the first two years of pilot projects.

Project researchers also are collaborating with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Center for Epidemiology and Animal Health as they develop their data systems. Their results were published in a special issue of “Zoonoses and Public Health,” an international journal that publishes integrated and global approaches to disease transmission and public health at the interface of human and animal health.

“Antimicrobial resistance is a priority for human and animal health. While much progress has been made, more work remains to be done to slow the emergence of antimicrobial-resistant bacteria and preserve the effectiveness of antimicrobial drugs for humans and animals, according to Bright-Ponte.

“Through a variety of actions, CVM seeks to reach a more comprehensive and science-based understanding of antimicrobial use and resistance in veterinary settings.

Apley emphasizes these projects would not have been possible without the beef feedlot and dairy producers willing to collaborate. “The ability of these producers to combine their own expertise with their veterinarian’s in applying the data to their specific circumstances is a focus of our work. Their feedback on what is useful will shape our future efforts.”

Apley is currently a member of the Presidential Advisory Council for Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria (CARB). Collecting antimicrobial use data is one of the areas of focus in the most recent council report.

For the record, CARB defines five goals to reduce the incidence and impact of antibiotic-resistant infections: 1. Slow the emergence of resistant bacteria and prevent the spread of resistant infections.

2. Strengthen National One Health surveillance efforts to combat resistance.

3. Advance development and use of rapid and innovative diagnostic tests for identification and characterization of resistant bacteria.

4. Accelerate basic and applied research and development for new antibiotics, other therapeutics, and vaccines.

5. Improve international collaboration and capacities for antibiotic-resistance prevention, surveillance, control and antibiotic research and development.

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This significant discovery now allows older-type antibiotics to once again be effective and is an important step toward combating drug resistance.”

Safeguarding Antibiotics for Future Use “The principles of judicious use of antibiotics are encompassed in the following,” say authors of The Doctrine of Judicious Antibiotic Use from the Washington State University College of Veterinary Medicine. “Use an antibiotic only when indicated, choose a cost-effective agent which provides appropriate antimicrobial coverage for the diagnosis that is suspected, and prescribe the optimal dose and duration for the antimicrobial which maximizes clinical therapeutic effect while minimizing both drug-related toxicity and the development of antimicrobial resistance.”

You can find the following in “Antibiotic Stewardship for Beef Producers,” from the checkoff-funded Beef Quality Assurance program.

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3. Avoid using antibiotics important in human medicine as firstline therapy: Avoid using as the first antibiotic, those medications that are important to treating strategic human or animal infections.

4. Use the laboratory to help you select antibiotics: Cultures and susceptibility test results should be used to aid in the selection of antibiotics, whenever possible.

5. Combination antibiotic therapy is discouraged unless there is clear evidence the specific practice is beneficial: Select and dose an antibiotic to affect a cure.

6. Avoid inappropriate antibiotic use: Confine therapeutic antibiotic use to proven clinical indications, avoiding inappropriate uses such as for viral infections without bacterial complication.

7. Treatment programs should reflect best-use principles: Regimens for therapeutic antimicrobial use should be optimized using current pharmacological information and principles.

8. Treat the fewest number of animals possible: Limit antibiotic use to sick or at-risk animals.

9. Treat for the recommended time period: To minimize the potential for bacteria to become resistant to antimicrobials.

10. Avoid environmental contamination with antibiotics: Steps should be taken to minimize antimicrobials reaching the environment through spillage, contaminated ground runoff or aerosolization.

11. Keep records of antibiotic use: Accurate records of treatment and outcome should be used to evaluate therapeutic regimens; always follow proper withdrawal times.

12. Follow label directions: Follow label instructions and never use antibiotics other than as labeled without a valid veterinary prescription.

13. Extra-label antibiotic use must follow FDA regulations: Prescriptions, including extra-label use of medications, must meet the Animal Medicinal Drug Use Clarification Act (AMDUCA) amendments to the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and its regulations. This includes having a valid veterinary-client relationship.

14. Subtherapeutic antibiotic use is discouraged: Antibiotic use should be limited to prevent or control disease and should not be used if the principle intent is to improve performance.

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Muddy Lines Discerning the impetus behind public policy and partnerships is often a harder slog than most would like.

By Wes Ishmael

“Agriculture will need to speak up with the new administration on its priorities, and we need to strengthen the bipartisan nature of American agriculture,” explained former assistant U.S. trade representative Sharon Bomer Lauritsen at November’s virtual U.S. Meat Export Federation Strategic Planning Conference.

“There has never been a more important time to maintain a strong and unified agriculture and agribusiness voice at the state level, and in Washington, D.C., to balance the industrial voices,” Bomer Lauritsen said. “U.S. agriculture will need to defend and advance its interests, make sure they are heard over the non-ag voices and keep the rules of trade strong and enforced to ensure that American agricultural exports continue to thrive.”

Bomer Lauritsen recently retired from the U.S. government after 29 years of service and is now a trade policy consultant at Ag Trade Strategies, LLC. Although her comments were aimed directly at trade issues, they also underscore the broader need for agricultural producers to understand where, how and why their interests seem to diverge or coalesce with non-agricultural neighbors. Emotion, ignorance and time can make it hard to see the intersections, for those on both sides of the fence.

Consider a couple of examples.

ing efforts under this memorandum, will boost conservation efforts and management of wildlife habitat,” said NCBA President Marty Smith.

“DU members and ranching families alike know protecting wildlife habitat and working lands go hand in hand,” said Ducks Unlimited CEO Adam Putnam. “The signing of this agreement solidifies the strong bond

between sportsmen and ranchers.

America’s farmers and ranchers both feed the world and host a wide range of wildlife on their working lands, and have done so for generations.

Together, we are ensuring our natural resources and our food security are provided for.”

Thumb through history and you find that DU began in 1937, amid

the Dust Bowl and Great Depression. It was borne out of an effort by sportsmen a few years earlier who recognized a need for public financial support to help preserve what were then drought-depleted waterfowl habitats and populations.

President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp Act (Duck Stamp Act) in 1934.

Please, Tax Us Depending on your leanings, you might have raised an eyebrow last summer when you heard that the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) and the Public Lands Council signed what some hailed as a historic memorandum of understanding with Ducks Unlimited (DU) and Safari Club International to outline the groups’ shared commitment to conservation of natural resources through sustainable multiple use.

It’s not that a group like DU is extremist or disreputable, but they may have jiggled your gizzard over the years as they acquired more land directly and indirectly, helped manage more land and lobbied for member specifics, in the name of conserving waterfowl habitats.

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“Federal Duck Stamps are conservation revenue stamps; 98 percent of the purchase price goes directly to help acquire and protect wetland habitat and purchase conservation easements for the National Wildlife Refuge System,” according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Waterfowl hunters 16 years and older are required to buy one each year—currently $25. The first ones cost $1, back when a buck meant something.

As for DU, according to its 2019 annual report, the organization’s revenue that year was more than $235 million; membership was more than 737,000. Ducks Unlimited is North America’s third largest land trust with more than 439,000 acres under permanent protection.

Politics may make for strange bedfellows, as the saying goes, but so do such things as adversity and necessity.

Anyone with a vested interest in land and natural resources share more in common than they do with those without such an interest, even though they can vehemently disagree over some of the fine points.

Help Us Help Here’s another example.

In recent years, some agricultural producers and their representatives express plenty of consternation when it comes time to renew the farm bill.

The current 2018 Farm Bill expires in 2023.

Since 1973, the farm bill includes a nutrition title. First, it was the Food Stamp Act of 1977. Today it is the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).

“Four titles account for 99% of anticipated farm bill mandatory outlays: nutrition, crop insurance, farm commodity support and conservation,” according to the Congressional Research Service (CRS), in “What is the Farm Bill?” (2019). “The nutrition title comprises 76% of mandatory outlays, mostly for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. The remaining 24% of outlays covers mostly risk management and commodity support (16%) and conservation (7%). Programs in all other farm bill

titles account for about 1% of mandatory outlays.”

Talk about the nutritional tail wagging the farm bill dog.

Surely, it must have been an idiot, or more than one, with no knowledge of agriculture, who would ever dream of hamstringing agricultural negotiators in such a way.

In fact, it was former Kansas Senator, Robert Dole—a staunch and knowledgeable agricultural supporter—who worked tirelessly to intertwine the fortunes of agricultural policy with helping to feed the less fortunate.

As the story goes, Dole and other farm-state lawmakers were finding it more difficult to get farm bills passed, as rural voters continued to dwindle and their interests were overshadowed by those of urban neighbors. The notion was that agricultural interests would gain more leverage by joining the farm bill with the nutrition program.

Similarly, those working to address hunger through government programs, like Dole, would also have more leverage. That proved to be the case when Dole and Senator George McGovern led the charge in reforming America’s food stamp program.

“The omnibus nature of the farm bill can create broad coalitions of support among sometimes conflicting interests for policies that, individually, might have greater difficulty negotiating the legislative process,” according to the CRS report. “This can lead to competition for funds provided in a farm bill. In recent years, more stakeholders have become involved in the debate on farm bills, including national farm groups; commodity associations; state organizations; nutrition and public health officials; and advocacy groups representing conservation, recreation, rural development, faith-based interests, local food systems and certified organic production.”

Arguably, marrying the farm bill and nutrition accomplished its agricultural goals in the early years. These days, some argue the relationship has become so unwieldy and one-sided that agricultural interests are back to where they began. How those served by the nutrition title have fared is for others to discuss.

None of this means Dole and his champions were right or wrong back then, or that history proved them wrong or right. It illustrates the fact that effectively arguing one position or the other, demands understanding the historical context and drivers.

New Day, Old Challenges Those are just two of many such examples. They disregard the litany of others more ag-centric; everything from ethanol policies to proposals for mandated cash fed cattle trade to laws regarding food inspection and the use of medically important antibiotics.

And, that’s before considering the low hanging dogmatic fruit.

Agricultural producer sentiment plummeted after this year’s presidential election, according to the Purdue University/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer, which is based on a survey of 400 agricultural producers each month.

“This is the opposite of what happened following the November 2016 election. That year producers became much more optimistic about the future following the election and, in turn, that optimism about the future helped drive the Ag Economy Barometer up sharply in late 2016 and early 2017,” says James Mintert, the barometer’s principal investigator and director of Purdue University’s Center for Commercial Agriculture.

Agricultural producer sentiment dropped 16 points in November to a reading of 167 after setting a record high in October. The Index of Future Expectations fell 30 points to a reading of 156. However, the ongoing rally in commodity prices and CFAP-2 payments continued to support producers’ view of current economic conditions with the Index of Current Conditions rising 9 points in November to 187, an all-time high for the index.

To learn more about what factors might be motivating the shift in producers’ sentiment before and after the November election, a series of questions focused on producers’ future expectations for environmental regulations, taxes and other key aspects of the agricultural economy were included in both the October and November surveys.

Comparing results from October to November, far more producers in November said they expect to see: 1) environmental regulations impacting agriculture to tighten over the next five years; 2) higher income tax rates for farms and ranches; 3) higher estate tax rates for farms and ranches; 4) less government support for the U.S. ethanol industry and 5) a weaker farm income safety net provided by U.S. government program policies.

Also of note, since the summer of 2019, Purdue researchers have been tracing producers’ perceptions regarding the ongoing trade dispute between the U.S. and China. Specifically, the survey asks whether respondents think the dispute will be resolved soon and if the outcome will ultimately benefit U.S. agriculture. In January and February of this year, 80% of survey respondents said they expected to see the trade dispute with China be resolved in a way that benefits U.S. agriculture. In November, though, only 50% had the same expectation. Only 44% of respondents in November think it’s likely that China will fulfill the Phase One Trade Agreement requirements, down from 59% a month earlier.

Editor’s message continued Continued from page 3 _____________________________________

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Split View Cattle markets in 2021 could be the proverbial tale of two halves.

By Wes Ishmael

Economic sledding could continue tough for a while longer, but there’s growing optimism the domestic economy and cattle markets can gather positive momentum as the new year progresses.

“Looking forward, I see reasons for cautious optimism,” says Derrell Peel, Extension livestock marketing specialist at Oklahoma State University. “The next three to six months are the most concerning to me. The second half of the year, the third and fourth quarters, are when we might really be able to put this in the rearview mirror.

Peel is referring to the pandemic, of course. By December, there was still no definitive end in sight, although hopes grew for approval, use and effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines.

Considering everything the market has been through, Peel considered it in

pretty decent shape at the beginning of December. He noted boxed beef prices posted a strong seasonal price increase heading into the holidays, supporting stronger fed cattle prices. Lightweight calf prices staged a fall rally, helped along by improved wheat pasture prospects in the Southern Plains.

“Seasonally, we’d expect to see prices for lighter calves trend higher into the new year,” Peel says. “Assuming we don’t make the pandemic worse, there is the potential for fed cattle prices to be higher in the first quarter of 2021 than in the fourth quarter of 2020, but probably not back to levels at the same time in 2020 before the pandemic.”

Toward the end of November, Glynn Tonsor, agricultural economist at Kansas State University shared first-quarter price projections from the Livestock Marketing Information

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Center (LMIC). That organization forecast the feeder steer price (700800 lbs., Southern Plains) at $136 to $139/cwt., similar year over year.

Closer to home, using BeefBasis.com the first week of December, Tonsor projected the price for a 750 lb. steer at Salina, Kansas to be $146 on February 17, the midpoint of the first quarter.

By way of comparison, in the November Livestock, Dairy and Poultry Outlook, USDA’s Economic Research Service (ERS) lowered expected feeder steer prices (basis Oklahoma City) by $1 for 2021: $133 in the first quarter, $136 in the second, $141 in the third; annual average price of $138.

ERS left the expected five-area direct fed steer price unchanged for 2021: $113 in the first quarter, $110 in the second quarter, $114 in the third quarter; annual average price of $114.

LMIC projected the first-quarter fed steer price a touch softer than a year earlier at $111 to $116.

“Proceeding further into the year, LMIC forecasts improve with expectations for prices in the second, third and fourth quarters to be above 2020 for calves, yearlings and fed cattle.

Combined, this puts annual price expectations above those for 2020,” Tonsor explains.

Tonsor notes the LMIC price projections reflect expectations for commercial cattle slaughter to be 0.3% less in 2021 than in 2020.

That and a projected decline of 0.6% in slaughter weights, leads to an expected decline in commercial beef production of 1.0%.

In terms of price risk management, Tonsor adds, “USDA’s Risk Management Agency made adjustments to the Livestock Risk Protection (LRP) program that remain worth monitoring. The subsidy increased and other aspects have become more favorable to producers in the past couple years.

Those wanting to assess feeder cattle price risk management alternatives, including LRP, can utilize the K-State Feeder Cattle Risk Management Tool (AgManager.Info/K-State-Feeder-Cattle-Risk-Management-Tool).”

Everything Hinges on Demand As always, Peel says the near-term fortunes of cattle markets depend mightily on consumer beef demand.

He points out federal economic stimulus helped support beef demand in the second and third quarters.

“Beef demand has remained strong, even though it has had one hand tied behind its back,” Peel says, referring to the almost complete loss of domestic food service demand when the pandemic spawned shutting down so much of the economy. Until then, in round numbers, figure about half

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of the beef was consumed at home (retail) and the other half away from home (food service). Although some portions of the food service market are clawing their way back, plenty of challenges remain.

Customer transactions at major U.S. restaurant chains stabilized by October but continued 9% less year over, according to The NPD Group (NPD).

“While some of the steep transaction and traffic declines experienced at the height of the mandated shelterat-home and dine-in closures have been recovered, many uncertainties lie ahead for the industry,” says David Portalatin, NPD food industry advisor.

“The continuing pandemic, governmental restrictions and relief funding are just a few of the uncertainties.”

Tonsor believes domestic retail grocery demand for beef will be key in the first quarter, as demand from food service is likely to remain muted.

“When COVID-19 vaccines come on line, if they can be deployed quickly and if people use them quickly, by the middle to the end of the second quarter, I think we could see things start to turn around.” Peel says.

On the other hand, Tonsor explains, “The Meat Demand Monitor project suggests that even with a COVID-19 vaccine, perhaps one-third

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of consumers will not change their dine-in, restaurant meal activity. The hope is that as 2021 progresses, broad economic activity improves along with some recovery in food service. If that occurs, then I think we could see demand grow.”

International Signs of Demand Resurgence Internationally, beef demand appeared to be recovering some traction heading into the fall. Although lower overall, year to year, U.S. beef exports to major Asian markets were about steady in September, according to data released by USDA and compiled by the U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF).

For January through September of 2020 year, beef exports trailed the previous year’s pace by 8% in volume (911,936 mt) and 9% in value ($5.55 billion).

“Although restaurant traffic and foodservice activity are not back to normal in most Asian markets, USMEF is very encouraged by the recovery in Asia and this was especially evident in the strong August and September exports of U.S. beef to Korea, Taiwan and China,” according to Dan Halstrom, USMEF president and CEO. “As we close out the year, U.S. beef has a great opportunity to capture greater market share in Asia due to tightening supplies from Australia. While it will require more time, we also expect U.S. beef to regain momentum in regions where beef demand depends more heavily on travel and tourism and where e-commerce channels are not as well-developed.”

Likewise, with the exception of Mexico, Peel explains key U.S. beef export markets are faring the pandemic in reasonable shape. Plus, he says, “By 2022 or 2023, mainland China will could become of the top five export markets for U.S. beef.”

By the end of October, China purchased more than $23 billion worth of U.S. agricultural products, approximately 71% of its target under the Phase One Agreement, according to a progress report from the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) and USDA. Data in the latest quarterly Outlook for U.S. Agricultural Trade, from ERS, suggests China will become the largest market for U.S. agricultural products in 2021 for the first time since 2017.

Exports to that nation are projected at a record high $27.0 billion.

In the meantime, given China’s raw volume of fall grain purchases, Peel says it looks as though that nation is making progress in rebuilding its hog inventory, which was decimated by African Swine Fever. If that’s the case, then he says that likely means more domestic pork

supply staying at home, potentially pressuring overall meat prices.

“Exporting countries are watching the hog production recovery in China very closely, because we know its demand for imported pork is moder-

ating,” Halstrom explained. “While USMEF is pleased to see U.S. pork exports to China/Hong Kong maintaining a strong pace, it is vitally important that our export destinations remain diversified. The U.S. industry continues

to pursue this goal aggressively, both in the Asia Pacific region and the Western Hemisphere.”

The trade outlook report from ERS projects U.S. exports of beef and veal in 2021 (not including variety meats) to

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be $7.1 billion, compared to $6.6 billion in 2020. Overall, ERS projects U.S. agricultural exports in Fiscal Year 2021 at $152.0 billion, up $11.5 billion from the August forecast, fueled by increased soybean and corn export values.

“The political and trade context are increasingly important to monitor,” Tonsor says. “Changes in federal government administration in January, impacts of large federal aid to the agricultural sector under the past administration, and a broad reassessment of globalization and populism sentiments are important to observe in 2021. The U.S. beef industry, and with it cattle prices, are increasingly impacted by trade developments and that will not stop in 2021.”

As in the U.S., economic wherewithal will have something to say about beef demand in international markets.

Economic Recovery Remains Iffy “Expectations of real gross domestic product (GDP) numbers have improved from the initial lockdown contractions, but recovery forecasts are still marked by uncertainty and prone to future setbacks,” say ERS analysts, in the aforementioned trade outlook report. “Overall, global real GDP growth is expected to fall by

about 4.4% in 2020. This is slightly less severe than was previously feared back in June. Global trade volume, which declined 9.2% in FY 2020, is expected to increase 7.2% in FY 2021. The expected economic recovery in 2021 will be shaped by both regional and overall global success in containing the COVID-19 pandemic, in addition to boosting consumer spending.”

Likewise, in the semiannual World Economic Outlook, issued in October, analysts with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) projected a deep economic recession for 2020, though less severe than previously thought.

“The revision is driven by second quarter GDP outturns in large advanced economies, which were not as negative as we had projected; China’s return to growth, which was stronger than expected; and signs of a more rapid recovery in the third quarter,” according to IMF analysts. “Outturns would have been much weaker if it weren’t for sizable, swift, and unprecedented fiscal, monetary, and regulatory responses that maintained disposable income for households, protected cash flow for firms, and supported credit provision. Collectively these actions have so far prevented a recurrence of the financial catastrophe of 2008-09.”

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IMF projected real global GDP in 2020 to be 4.4% less than the previous year, when year-to-year GDP grew by 2.8%. Projected GDP for advanced economies in 2020 was -5.8% compared to -3.3% for emerging and developing economies. IMF forecast 2020 U.S. GDP at -4.3%.

Looking ahead, IMF projected global GDP at 5.2% in 2021; 3.0% for advanced economies, 6.0% for emerging economies and 3.1% for the United States.

“After the rebound in 2021, global growth is expected to gradually slow to about 3.5% into the medium term,” explained IMF analysts. “This implies only limited progress toward catching up to the path of economic activity for 2020–25 projected before the pandemic for both advanced and emerging markets and developing economies. It is also a severe setback to the projected improvement in average living standards across all country groups. The pandemic will reverse the progress made since the 1990s in reducing global poverty and will increase inequality.”

Even with economic recovery, there will likely be sectors of the economy permanently altered by the pandemic, which have implications on food and beef demand.

For instance, even with a vaccine, it’s hard to imagine business travel returning to what it was before, at least any time soon. Likewise, Peel says remote working may change the face of some downtown areas.

Cow Numbers Appear Slightly Fewer When January 1 cattle inventory numbers come out toward the end of January, LMIC analysts expect to see more year-over-year contraction of the beef cow herd.

“The beef herd is expected to be down 0.5 to 1.0% based on year-todate slaughter numbers that are above a year ago by about 2%, and heifer numbers in feedlots,” said LMIC analysts, in a late fall Livestock Monitor.

“It appears beef cows held for replacement are likely steady to below a year ago, given the uncertainty of 2020.

Other heifers, those in the feedlot, are also expected to have pulled back.

Those on feed are slightly lower than a year ago, while heifer slaughter is about 4% below last year.”

There were 31.31 million head of beef cows when 2020 began, which was 1.18% less (-374,000 head) than the previous year.

Weekly, federally inspected beef cow slaughter was running 65,000 to 75,000 head per week from the middle of September to the middle of November, according to Tonsor. He notes that was

similar to the same period a year earlier but higher than in 2016-18.

Heading through the last month of 2020, Peel had yet to see anything in slaughter patterns to suggest significant beef cow liquidation due to the pandemic, drought or cyclical forces.

“Now, if we see the drought continue into 2021 and expand further east across Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas, things could get quickly and significantly worse,” Peel says. He reminds how much more devastating spring droughts are, robbing the opportunity to make feed for an extended period of time.

That’s what happened with the last widespread drought that began in the fall of 2010.

While devastating to those in its grasp, the current drought is so far

affecting portions of the country with sparser populations of beef cows.

In the meantime, weather conditions here and around the world helped drive corn prices higher than many expected heading into fall harvest.

In a mid-November issue of In the Cattle Markets, Stephen Koontz, agricultural economist at Colorado State University, noted corn futures (202021 crop) were about $1 higher than in August and Soybean futures were about $2 higher, including deferred contracts.

“One dollar higher corn costs translate into about $6-$7/cwt. lower feeder cattle prices. This cattle price impact is being exacerbated by dry conditions in the western U.S. and hay prices that are creeping higher. The impact on calf prices will be greater,” he explained.

“I still see this stage of the cattle cycle as drifting sideways and a little lower. From there, it’s yet to be determined,” Peel says. “We could resume herd expansion by 2022. A lot of it hinges on exports.”

Editor’s Note: In addition to his writings for F&R Livestock Resource, Wes Ishmael also writes and produces Cattle Current—a convenient, one-stop glance at daily cattle markets. The website and daily podcast include market highlights. The daily Cattle Current e-mail newsletter includes more detail: Highlights from and links to calf and feeder cattle auctions monitored by Cattle Current; weekly market summary commentary; daily cash grain prices; futures prices for live cattle, feeder cattle, corn and Crude oil (day, previous day and previous week). For more information, visit cattlecurrent.com.

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Or spring will one day arrive and you’ll recall (only when the grass is six inches tall) that, back in the infamous year of 2020, you ran the old weed eater over with the side-by-side in a fit of rage because it teased the weeds rather than cut them. When you run to town to buy its successor, are you going to compare engine outputs, shaft lengths, and shoulder strap comfort of ten different brands? Some will, but many will simply go to the retailer they’ve always trusted to solve problems and select from their assortment. The process will likely be quick and you’ll be

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What they know is this. Every other Sunday afternoon for the last six months they’ve gone to this meat counter. They bought various products including beef on each of those trips.

Each time, with appropriate guidance from reading materials or store employees, they went home with a product that met or exceeded their expectations.

And, because history told them the experience would be rewarding, they came back. The grocer will know when the experience was not rewarding because they simply buy something else or somewhere else. In other words— they don’t come back.

The point? The science and informatics behind each of these products and experiences is crucial. The manufacturers and retailers of these products rely on this knowledge to build something that has customer appeal and will meet or exceed the expectation of the buyer given the price point they are willing to pay.

AND, the product will not be returned or experience a failure that requires returning the money to the buyer. The firms involved know some customers will thoroughly study their options and thus the facts and specifics need to be industry-leading and readily available. These firms also know that a great many customers do not want to bother with digging into the details.

They came to buy a product with the valid expectation that it would live up to the claims of the seller. The data and facts are just as real in this case, just more so to the manufacturer and seller to ensure they live up to customer demands.

You already know these things. So why take up precious real estate in this publication stating what is already intuitive? Because way too frequently I hear the following statement…

“My bull customers don’t care about numbers.”

Really? Your customers are seeking uncertainty? I doubt that.

No question that in a very small percentage of cases, there are commercial buyers who are so price-conscious that there isn’t a single metric that matters to them beyond cost. The three unknown bulls that got dropped off at the sale barn with their ultimate destination unknown—either ground beef or another pasture—are a testament to this. They run through directly prior to the “special” cow sale. Sure enough, someone plans to take them home. Might even put them on heifers just to roll the dice since it is difficult

to spend time in Vegas at present. Let’s exclude this clientele.

My assertion is this. There are a larger and larger number of commercial buyers who are seeking EPD and index knowledge to help them eke out a profit for their family. Those folks demand numbers today. They

will demand much more tomorrow.

If your kids plan to stay in the business, this is simply a fact. However, there are still a very large number of serious buyers who would rather defer the investigation of facts and the details of the manufacturer’s process to you, their seedstock provider.

In this case, the responsible use of credible EPDs and indexes are just as crucial. But, more of the burden falls on you. The genetic predictors become your “insurance policy” as you look to provide the bulls that best complement their cow herd and best match their management and

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marketing practices. Let’s face it, if they keep a lot of heifers, the more confident you are of their calving ease the easier you’ll sleep when they load those bulls. At the same time, if the customer feeds out a large portion of their terminal calves and you just pawned off some bulls on them with poor marbling genetics, how many times are they coming back?

Every industry has its own jargon, its own language. Understanding the phrases and semantics is crucial. Ag is no different. When that potential buyer suggests that he doesn’t put too much pressure on the numbers, what he is likely saying is that you as a seedstock provider better put even more reliance on great science and solid genetic predictors. The buyer is essentially saying he isn’t taking the blame for any bad decisions. He will rest those purely and squarely in the lap of his bull provider. Then, he is likely to ask, “Didn’t you even look at the numbers before you sold him to me?”

Just For Fun by Ted Foulkes

Reprinted with permission, American Simmental Asociation.

Consignment Contract For Catalog Horse Sales Farmers & Ranchers Livestock Comm. Co., Inc. PO Box 2595 • Salina, KS 67402

Spring Classic Catalog Horse Sale Catalog Closes MARCH 1 or First 300 Horses • May 15, 2021

Catalog Fee: $125 *$30 Substitution Fee • INCLUDE ALL FEES WITH CONSIGNMENT CONTRACT No Substitutions after MAY 1, 2021 All horses MUST have a negative Coggins test within 6 months of sale date!!!

Name_________________________________________________ Phone (cell)______________________________ (home)______________________________ Address_________________________________________________ City_______________________ State_______________________ Zip_________________ Horse Name__________________________________________________________

Breed/Reg. #____________________________________________________

Color__________________________ Age___________ o Mare o Gelding o Stallion

Comments/Footnotes

Catalog fee **PLEASE INCLUDE COPY OF REGISTRATION PAPERS** *I hereby agree to the terms and conditions set forth by Farmers & Ranchers Commission Company ____________________________________________________________________________ (authorized signature)

o Spring Classic Catalog Horse Sale: $125 Catalog Fee o Ranch Horse Competition: $150 (catalog horses only!) (EXTRA FEE) If the horse is passed out, the cost will be the catalog fee, plus $20 pass out fee. The catalog fee is non-refundable.

Horses will be sold as registered only if papers and transfers are to F&R before the sale.

Seller’s check will be mailed out after 5 business days. Checks will be held on any and all incomplete paperwork until proper paperwork is turned into F&R. The commission will be 7% of the selling price or minimum of $20. Consignor has the privilege to no sale or pass out his or her horse.

If the horse is passed out, the cost will be the catalog fee plus $20 pass out fee. The catalog fee is non-refundable.

NOTICE: videos are welcomed and encouraged. Our sales are nationally advertised and buyers travel many miles for the opportunity to buy your horses.

Therefore, all consignments must go through the sale ring. NO ALLEY TRADING IS ALLOWED!!

Soundness Guarantee

All horses in catalog session are guaranteed sound unless otherwise noted. Soundness consists of ability to walk, breath, see properly, not to crib, not to have a parrot mouth or be a cryptorchid. Any other guarantees made or implied by consignor before, or after the sale of his or her horse are between the consignor and the buyer. Soundness guarantee extends 72 hours after day of purchase.

For More Information, Contact Farmers & Ranchers: 785-825-0211

F&R Fax: 785-826-1590 • Mike Samples: 785-826-7884 • Kyle Elwood: 785-493-2901 • Your Kansas Connection for Ranch & Rope Horses • www.fandrlive.com

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2020 Futurity Results Placing Dry Work 1 TFR Shining Vintage 2 Shiner Joes Pal 3 Frenchmans Blk Irish

Owner

Rider

Nominator

Sire

$

Patrick Chester Dan Barner Dan Barner

Patrick Chester Alesa Jones Dan Barner

Joe Bevington Ron Richards Dan Barner

VVF Bacas Night Glo Sing The Blues Joe RNI Heckofafrenchman

$500 $300 $200

Cow Work 1 Diamonds Smooth Lady 2 Shiner Joes Pal 3 Boons Ms Mickeymouse 3 Leo Lena Lariat 3 Sf Four Step

Quintin Hall Dan Barner Salvador Torres Casey Beverlin Stephen Yerger

Quintin Hall Alesa Jones Salvador Torres Jamie Beverlin Quintin Hall

Quintin Hall Ron Richards JC Jensen Cindy Moore Mike St Clair

CD Diamond Sing The Blues Joe Twisty Mecom Taco Tuck Leo Four Bonnie Bay

$500 $300 $66.66 $66.66 $66.66

Trail 1 TFR Shining Vintage 2 Boons Ms Mickeymouse 3 Hot Streakin Cashier

Patrick Chester Salvador Torres Dan Barner

Patrick Chester Salvador Torres Alesa Jones

Jerry Ann Dickinson JC Jensen Dan Barner

VVF Bacas Night Glo Twisty Mecom A Strawberry Streak

$500 $300 $200

Patrick Chester Salvador Torres Dan Barner Dan Barner Quintin Hall Jerry Kinsey Dan Barner Zack Parkins Casey Beverlin Stephen Yerger

Patrick Chester Salvador Torres Alesa Jones Dan Barner Quintin Hall Josh Lilley Alesa Jones Zack Parkins Jamie Beverlin Quintin Hall

Jerry Ann Dickinson JC Jensen Ron Richards Dan Barner Quintin Hall Jerry Kinsey Dan Barner Art Petty Cindy Moore Mike St Clair

VVF Bacas Night Glo Twisty Mecom Sing The Blues Joe RNI Heckofafrenchman Cd Diamond Gabilans Jesse James A Strawberry Streak Rcone Little Pepto Taco Tuck Leo Smart Bonnie Bay

$4,003.50 $3,336.25 $2,669 $2,001.75 $1,334.50 $500 $500 $500 $500 $500

Average 1 TFR Shining Vintage 2 Boons Ms Mickeymouse 3 Shiner Joes Pal 4 Frenchmans Blk Irish 5 Diamonds Smooth Lady 6 JK Gabilans Leo Lena 7 Hot Streakin Cashier 8 Pepto Bandido 9 Leo Lena Lariat 10 SF Four Step Nominator Joe Bevington

2020 Top 20 Colts

Lot # 389 322 313 324 366 338 304 358 370 280 251 305 397 243 207 297 423 333 252 310

Consignor Beery, Neal Hodson, Travis Dangel, Robin Budden, Brad Hall, Glenn George, Jay Kinsey, Jerry Davis, Lindsay Dangel, Robin Crowther, Jimmy Crowther, Jimmy Buchman, Rex Hall, Glenn Chester, Patrick George, Jay Beery, Neal Hall, Trevor Nisly, Clayton Crowther, Jimmy George, Jay

$500

Top 5 Avg.: $7,290

Horse Name Copperhead Roan Crowing At The Moon Bd Smooth Cat Jesses Bella Cat Sweet Hashtags Santa Fe Galo 906 JK Jae Bar Pistol Skyline Ryder BD Ichi Cat Smart Gold Cat Jaycee Blue Thistime American Moonstruc Boonamatic Hired Smarty Santa Fe Rooster 008 Play Time NB Krogs Boon CJ Jacksprat Drift Jaycee Behavin Blue Gallo Sunbella

2020 Top 20 Saturday

Lot # 32 16 20 28 109 40 27 4003 81 95 15 98 62 4007 56 39 4009 47 22 94

Consignor Donley, Clint Chestnut, Patty Reed, Ron Arnold, Zane Stueve, Mason Harris, Chad Morrison, Cliff Barner, Dan Mullin, Logan Logsdon, Wyatt Griffin, Brock Boatright, Ryon Cunningham, Kirt Schweiter, Casey Higgs, Frank Callan, Mathew Schweiter, Casey Penner, Cody Torres, Salvador Logsdon, Wyatt

2020 Futurity Champion

Horse Name Boones Roper DWN Blue Smoke Flash JQD Gold Chex Smokin Starbabe Mr Lightning Jack Catinater Cm Berry Six Shiner Joes Pal Diesel Genuine Docs Chrome SR Smart MT Hurricane Mesa Oaks Full Moon Pepto Peppy Spoonful CC Peppy Nitro Flash WR Rondo Tari Dannys Peppy Bueno Smart Bar Fly SAH Suns Misty Frost Boons Ms Mickey Mouse Texas Dirton Myboots

Assoc AQHA AQHA AQHA AQHA AQHA AQHA AQHA AQHA AQHA AQHA AQHA AQHA AQHA AQHA AQHA AQHA AQHA AQHA AQHA AQHA

Originals $10,000 $6,750 $6,700 $6,500 $6,500 $6,200 $6,000 $6,000 $5,900 $5,600 $5,500 $5,500 $5,500 $5,000 $4,500 $4,400 $4,300 $4,200 $4,000 $4,000

Notes 19 red roan stud colt by Magneticat 19 buckskin stud colt by Moon Struck Pepto 19 bay gelding by RN Smart Machado 19 palomino colt by Jesses Topaz 20 bay roan filly by Hashtags 19 sorrel gelding by Gallo Vaquero 19 chestnut gelding by Royal Fletch 19 sorrel gelding by Three Dee Skyliine 19 bay gelding by RN Smart Machado 19 bay gelding by Freckles Talli Cat 20 blue roan gelding by Krogs Little Cat 20 black gelding by Moonstruck Pepto 19 chestnut filly by Automatic Cat 19 sorrel filly by Hired Gun 20 palomino gelding by Rooster Dox Frost 19 red roan stud by JM On Time 19 sorrel stud by Cant Kick This Cat 19 blue roan stud by Bronsins Drifter 20 blue roan stud by Krogs Little Cat 20 brown filly by Gallo Escarchado

Top 10 Avg.: $6,615 Top 15 Avg.: $6,143 Top 20 Avg.: $5,653

High Seller

2nd High Seller

4th High Seller

5th High Seller

7th High Seller

Top 5 Avg.: $14,300

Assoc AQHA AQHA AQHA AQHA AQHA AQHA AQHA AQHA Grade AQHA AQHA AQHA AQHA AQHA AQHA AQHA AQHA AQHA AQHA AQHA

$ $18,500 $16,200 $14,000 $11,800 $11,000 $11,000 $10,500 $9,750 $9,500 $9,500 $9,200 $8,800 $8,400 $8,300 $8,100 $8,000 $7,800 $7,600 $7,500 $7,500

Notes Top 10 Avg.: $12,175 grandson of Mecom Blue, 13 bay roan gelding, Ranch Horse Champion grandson of Colonel Hotrodder, 14 blue roan gelding- pretty, ranch, head horse Top 15 Avg.: $10,970 05 buckskin stallion 206 performance pts by Buckaroo Bueno Chex Top 20 Avg.: $10,148 17 bay gelding grandson of Docs Hickory, futurity $ earner, heel horse High Seller & RHC solid head horse 14 chestnut gelding grandson of High Brow Cat, ranch, team rope 15 red roan gelding grandson of Genuine Hombre, ranch, team rope 17 gelding by Sing the Blues Joe, 3rd place overall in the futurity 03 dun gelding, team rope 14 bay roan gelding, grandson of Custom Chrome, 4-H, ranch 16 pal gelding by CRR Hurricane Cat, ranch, rope 08 bay roan gelding grandson of Cee Booger Red, head horse 2nd High Seller 3rd High Seller 13 red dun gelding grandson of Peptos Stylish Oak, ranch, team rope 17 gelding by HA Nitro Pepup, futurity entry 10 chestnut gelding grandson of Freckles Playboy, ranch, team rope 09 sorrel gelding grandson of Peppy San Badger- fancy broke, ranch horse 17 gelding by Gottalotta Chic- futurity entry 16 buckskin gelding by grandson of Sun Frost- ranch 17 sorrel mare granddaughter of Mecom Blue- nice broke 4th High Seller 6th High Seller 17 red dun gelding by Yellowsmoke of Texas, futurity entry

For More Information, Contact:

Farmers & Ranchers • 785-825-0211 | www.fandrlive.com Mike Samples, Manager • 785-826-7884 | Kyle Elwood • 785-493-2901

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