Georgia Cattleman October 2022

GEORGIA CATTLEMEN’S ASSOCIATION

100 Cattlemen’s Drive | P.O. Box 27990 Macon, GA 31221

Phone: 478-474-6560 gca@gabeef.org | www.gabeef.org

GCA & GEORGIA BEEF BOARD STAFF

Executive Vice President/Editor: Dale Sandlin, dale@gabeef.org

GBB Program and Compliance Coordinator: Tricia Combes, tricia@gabeef.org

GBB Director of Public Relations: Taylor Evans, taylor.evans@gabeef.org

Membership and Facilities Coordinator: Sherri Morrow, sherri@gabeef.org

Membership Engagement Coordinator: Taylor Pearce, taylor.pearce@gabeef.org

Organizational Coordinator/Assistant Editor: Shelby Kirton, shelby@gabeef.org

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Volume 50 | Number 10 | October 2022

IN THIS ISSUE…

Association Reports

6 GCA President’s Report, By Rodney Hilley

8 The Good Ole Days, By Dale Sandlin

10 GCA Leadership 24 GCWA Update, By Terri Parker

46 YCC Update, By Zach Floyd

Industry News

15 NCBA News & Updates 18 Across the State

36 The Perfect Match, By Shelby Kirton 52 ABAC Fall Semester 2022 Update

By Dr. Mary Ellen Hicks

Reader Services

20 Georgia Beef Bites, By Taylor Evans

26 Wide Open Phrases, By Will Jordan

28 Associate Members

74 Beef Protein: The Stuff of Life

By Dr. Spencer Price, MD, MPH, MBA

90 Georgia Livestock Market News & Listings

93 Forage Facts

94 Beef Management Calendar 95 Calendar of Events

Expert Advice

22

Managing Postpartum Anestrus to Maximize Fertility this Fall

By Pedro L. P. Fontes, Ph.D. UGA Reproductive Physiologist and Beef Extension Specialist

64 Test. Your. New Bulls.

By Dr. Lee Jones, M.S., D.V.M., Associate Professor, Dept. of Population Health, UGA

A bull at the Calhoun test station.

PRESIDENT's REPORT

It’s simply amazing how fast time flies by, isn’t it? Here it is the fall season, and we are left wondering: Where did the time go? I know that most of you can remember just a few short weeks ago when we were wondering when we would get some beneficial rain; and now many producers in my area can’t cut their hay because of the rain. I guess that’s the hay business!

By this time, we have completed two of the scheduled four Cattlemen’s Connections, with the most recent one being held in Moultrie. While I realize that this is a new process for many, it is a way that GCA is attempting to reach more members and recruit more producers to be members. So far, they have been very successful and the purpose behind them is being accomplished. The next quarterly event will be held on Nov. 18 in the Middle Georgia area. Watch the magazine and social media for more information. As of right now, our membership total is up by almost 300 members from the same time last year, and we are reaching for our goal of 5,500 members. With your help, we can do it. If you know of a neighbor or friend who might be interested, please contact them and see. Most of the time, it only takes someone asking them to join. Once they do, hopefully they will see the value in being a member and will want to stay a member. Keep in mind that they don’t have to own cattle to be a member; they just have to be interested in our association.

We recently had the Feed the Dawgs event in Athens, where we fed steaks to the UGA football team and coaches on Tuesday before the opening game against Oregon. This was a great event, and it was also very well received by all the coaches and players. They really

appreciated us being there! If you are a football fan, you had to appreciate the effect that those steaks had against Oregon; they were totally dominated in every area by the UGA football team. That BEEF is very powerful!

Don’t forget the Georgia National Fair in October. GCA and the Beef Board will have a booth at the fair, and your help is very much needed! This event is geared more toward the consumers and educating them about BEEF and its wonderful value. Anyone, including you, is asked to come help man the booth and help out. If you don’t know the answer to a question, someone will find out for you.

Also, don’t forget the new requirements for being named to a GCA committee this year. This change was adopted by the membership at the convention in Savannah back in February. It requires each local association to submit a list of people who are willing to serve on these committees; the names are submitted to the nominating committee, who will pick the individuals to serve. This gives you and your local association the ability to serve and help your association to be even better. GCA honestly needs and wants your participation, so please let your local association know if you are interested.

If you have any questions, concerns or ideas, please let me or one of the Board of Directors know. As I said earlier, if you have neighbors or friends who aren’t GCA members, please explain the benefits of being a member and ask them to join!

Until next time, Rodney

Rodney Hilley

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Do you ever wish you could go back in time? Since the age of 5, I’ve been fascinated by the potential to one day experience the past. That was when I fell in love with my favorite movie, Back to the Future. I often thought about what it would be like to be Marty McFly or Doc Brown and visit a unique period in our history. I would often consider going back to the “Old West” – until I remembered how much I appreciate air conditioning and indoor plumbing.

These days, I’d settle for going back to before technology made our lives so easy. While we have the luxury of knowledge in the palm of our hand, there’s something to be said for when times were much simpler. It seems like a never-ending effort to inundate our every moment with something else vying for our attention. Emails, texts, phone calls, notifications, Snapchats, Facebook reminders – and name any other social media service – are all in competition. It’s often difficult to set them aside long enough to have a moment of peace to think, to be able to complete a task, or to spend time with family. For many of you, join me in thinking back before widespread technology, and remember what it was like to have to make plans to meet up without the luxury of getting to communicate with someone in real time by cell phone; or to have to write a letter without the use of a word processor; or to have to wait for an important letter in the mail. I’d contend that those were the “good ole days.”

There is something to be said for the luxury of today. Our industry has experienced a consistent improvement in technology. We’ve gone from hand-tabulating and tracking our herds, to keeping herd records through spreadsheets – and now to the convenience of doing it from our phones via the Internet and an app. We’ve gone from a visual inspection of cattle traits to tracking these traits through EPDs, and now through DNA testing of individual cattle to select matches to achieve our herd goals. Add to this the improvements in precision agriculture, and our industry has built on the foundation of those who came before us.

The Good Ole Days

By Dale Sandlin

As an industry, we’ve taken these tools and have improved in many different ways. For example, the use of antibiotics in our herds has become even more effective. The use of low-dose antibiotics in feeds has improved cattle digestion; with their use, cattle on this type of ration need less feed and produce less waste. The use of these antibiotics has also reduced the limiting occurrence and severity of diseases in cattle.

Another improvement has been in the implementation of implants as a growth promotant. Research in the use of these implants has shown an improvement of almost 13 percent in stocker cattle average daily gain, according to a study conducted by Lawrence and Ibaruru in 2008. They also found that implants can also increase ribeye area and carcass yield.

Vaccines are another way that our industry has developed consistent improvement. By compounding different medicines, we can fight multiple pathogens in a single product. If the pathogen isn’t present, the vaccine has no effect. The use of vaccines is a simple solution to ensure the health of our cattle; this, in turn, ensures that we’re doing what is best for our cattle.

These are just some of the ways that we’ve seen improvements through technology. With continued research, our industry has a bright future ahead, but we must continue to ensure that we invest in those providing that research. GCA’s Legislative Committee has designated one of our main legislative priorities this next session: to secure additional funding for UGA’s Animal Dairy Science Department to improve research facilities and ensure that the faculty and staff are afforded the best possible conditions to provide implementable solutions for our members’ operations.

The likelihood of us returning to a simpler time is long gone, but we’re able to take advantage of these improvements to better our operations. These luxuries weren’t afforded to our ancestors, but they provide a golden opportunity for future producers. Though we can’t go back in time – right now at least – I can’t wait to see what the future holds.

LEADERSHIP

Leadership Team

Your GCA leadership team is here to serve you. Contact us with your ideas about our association or to visit about the cattle industry.

Rodney Hilley

President

8881 Hwy 109 West Molena, GA 30258 678-372-9111 powdercreek@yahoo.com

Joe Garner

President Elect

196 Post Place Blairsville, GA 30512 706-897-2211 jgarner@sefcoop.com

James Vaughn Vice President

PO Box 736 Forsyth, GA 31029 478-994-3830 jamesavaughn@att.net

Carroll T. Cannon Treasurer

P. O. Box 500 Ty Ty, GA 31795-0500 229-881-0721 cannonmarketingcompany@gmail.com

Dale Sandlin

Executive Vice President

100 Cattlemen’s Drive

PO Box 27990 Macon, GA 31221 478-474-6560 dale@gabeef.org

Tammy Cheely

Immediate Past President

950 Big Woods Road Mitchell, GA 30820 706-466-0154 tcheely@uga.edu

Executive committee Members

David Echols, Hull 706-540-6517 • dpe962@gmail.com

Phil Moshell, Morris 229-881-5823 • pmoshell@yahoo.com

Keith Hubbard, Valdosta 314-518-5454 • keithwh1@msn.com

CattleWomen’s President

Terri Parker, Jefferson

770-714-5977 • coachtdawg@gmail.com

Zeb Duvall, Buckhead 706-347-0590 • zebulonduvall@gmail.com

Cleve Jackson, Cave Spring 706-238-2464 • Cjack5216@gmail.com

Hailey Partain, Thomaston 706-647-8989 • hrobinson@uga.edu

YCC Chairman Zach Floyd, Madison 229-309-4714 zacharycattle@gmail.com

Foundation Chairman

Steve Blackburn, Waynesboro 214-912-1993 • sebcofarms@gmail.com

Regional Vice Presidents

Region 1: Evan Dover 706-483-9741 edover_9180@hotmail.com

Region 2: Paula Myers 706-745-5760 myersgogators@gmail.com

Region 3: Scott Andrews 706-988-2508 gsp148@yahoo.com

Region 4: David Huddleston 404-535-1110 david.huddleston@dhuddfarm.com

Region 5: Linda Crumley 770-725-7804 whalinda23@hotmail.com

Region 6: DJ Sheppard 706-453-6879 djsheppard@gmail.com

Region 7: Brian McDaniel 678-850-6640 bmcdaniel@udiga.com

Region 8: Danny Bentley 706-975-0288 bentfarm@yahoo.com

Region 9: Jeffrey Cramer 478-232-1606 jlcramerjr@yahoo.com

Region 10: Matt Berry 229-815-0625 dixie.lix.ind@gmail.com

Region 11: Travis Young 478-456-0419 tjyoung09@gmail.com

Region 12: Horace Weathersby 706-551-8384 horaceweathersby30442@yahoo.com

Region 13: Sammy Perkins 229-220-7612 sperkinscattle@gmail.com

Region 14: Jason Deloach 229-251-8336 jdeloachcattle@gmail.com

Region 15: Stephen Crews 912-218-4016 crewsfarm4@gmail.com

Past Presidents Local Chapter Presidents

1960’s

Ben T. Smith, Atlanta Henry Green, Sr., St. Simons Dr. Jack Tuttle, Barnesville J.W. Trunnell, Cochran

1970’s

K.J. Hodges, Blakely Edward B. Pope, Washington George Berner, Warm Springs Dr. O.E. Sell, Milner

Joe Gayle, Perry Sam Hay, Covington

1980’s

Lee Campbell, Carrollton

Charles Baker, Calhoun Webb Bullard, Camilla Bobby Rowan, Enigma

Harvey Lemmon, Woodbury

Don Griffith, Buchanan

Gene Chambers, Douglas Dr. Mike Peed, Forsyth

Sam Payne, Calhoun

Bobby Miller, Lula

1990’s

Newt Muse, Carrollton

Howard Jones, Newnan Mark Armentrout, Roswell

Ralph Bridges, Lexington Lane Holton, Camilla

Dr. Jim Goodman, Temple Dr. Frank Thomas, Alamo

Joe Duckworth, Milledgeville Betts Berry, Chickamauga Dr. Curly Cook, Crawford

2000’s

Chuck Sword, Williamson Robert Fountain, Jr., Adrian Louie Perry, Moultrie

Tim Dean, Lafayette John Callaway, Hogansville

Bill Hopkins, Thomson

Dr. Jim Strickland, Glennville Evans Hooks, Swainsboro

Mike McCravy, Bowdon Bill Nutt, Cedartown

2010’s

Bill Bryan, Summerville Steve Blackburn, Waynesboro

Chuck Joiner, Carrollton

David Gazda, Athens Melvin Porter, Jefferson Randy Fordham, Royston

Kyle Gillooly, Wadley

Lee Brown, Comer

Kristy Arnold, Screven

Brent Galloway, Lyons

2020’s

Kurt Childers, Barney

Tammy Cheely, Mitchell

Region 1

Floyd Floyd/Chattooga

Steve Johnston | 706-346-1805

Murray

Evan Dover | 706-483-9741

Northwest Georgia

Catoosa/Whitfield

Justin Wills | 706-264-8253

Red Carpet

Gordon/Bartow

Gregg Free | 706-331-4193

Tri State

Dade/Walker

Jeremy Dyer | 423-605-2431

Region 2

Appalachian Cherokee/Gilmer/Pickens

John Clark Pettit | 706-273-8457

Blue Ridge Mountain Fannin/Towns/Union - GA

Cherokee/Clay/Graham - NC

Brad Hutson | 828-361-7359

Lumpkin

Lumpkin/Dawson

Anthony Grindle | 706-300-6605

North Georgia

Forsyth

Billy Martin | 404-376-6414

Region 3

Banks

Sammy Reece | 706-677-3955

Elbert

Ryan Rosenburg | 706-498-5332

Franklin Scott Andrews | 706-491-0630

Hall Steve Brinson Jr. | 770-869-1377

Hart

Jeff Brown | 706-371-0204

Jackson Beau Brissy | 706-693-2567

Madison

Carole Knight | 912-690-1727

Northeast Georgia

Habersham/Rabun/White

D.J. Bradshaw | 478-957-5208

Stephens

Freddie Long | 706-886-8996

Region 4 Carroll

Neil Hendrix | 770-519-4129

Coweta Ron Chamberlain | 770-309-3715

Haralson Brian Walker | 404-535-2104

Heard Caleb Pike | 706-302-6281

Polk Paul Beck | 706-506-2434

Tri County Cobb/Douglas/Paulding Nora Goodman | 770-562-3531

Region 5

Barrow

Sharon Cassidy | 417-425-9830

Clarke-Oconee Cindy Pritchard | 706-206-5094

Henry Allen Garland | 678-977-1357

Morgan Michael Ivy, Jr. | 706-202-5046

Piedmont Butts/Jasper/Newton Scott Craig | 770-351-7986

UGA Moira Taber | 208-490-7653

Walton Jared Carithers | 770-362-7537

Region 6

Greene Area Jon Dyar | 706-453-7586

Lincoln Dalton Tankersley | 706-504-1905

Little River Columbia/Glascock/McDuffie/ Warren Alan Axon | 706-564-1297

Oglethorpe

Johnathan Wells | 770-880-6678

Wilkes John Bounds | 706-401-9000

Region 7 Harris Harris/Muscogee Jarred Hubbard | 706-326-0400

Meriwether Darrell McCoy | 706-977-9269

Troup Ken Cadenhead | 706-884-8252

Region 8

Baldwin-Jones-Putnam Ricky Yarbrough | 478-256-2933

Central Georgia

Crawford/Dooly/Houston/Pulaski Brent Hartley | 478-919-8710

Mid Georgia

Lamar/Monroe/Pike/Spalding/ Talbot/Upson Bo Huddleston | 770-608-8117

Taylor Wayne McInvale | 770-468-6971

Region 9 Burke

Stephen Barnhart | 706-799-7223

Jefferson Tim Moore | 478-206-2365

Johnson Area

Bray Hutcheson, Jr. | 478-521-2401

Washington Jeffery Cramer, Jr. | 478-232-1606

Region 10

Pachitla

Calhoun/Dougherty/Lee/ Randolph/Terrell

Scotty Lovett | 229-938-2187

Sowega

Marian/Schley/Stewart/ Sumter/Webster Matt Berry | 229-942-8456

Region 11

Ben Hill/Irwin Ronny Branch | 229-457-0407

Heartland

Bleckley/Dodge/Pulaski Tony M. Rogers | 478-934-2430

Laurens

Travis Young | 478-456-0419

Macon

Matt Perfect | 478-973-7164

Ocmulgee Crisp/Wilcox Bubba Hollingsworth | 229-406-0513

Three Rivers

Jeff Davis/Telfair/Wheeler

Theresa Molle | 229-315-1466

Turner Randy Hardy | 229-567-9255

Region 12

Jenkins

Horace Weathersby, III | 706-551-8384

Ogeechee

Bryan/Bulloch/Candler/ Chatham/Effingham/Emanuel/ Jenkins/Screven

Romaine Cartee | 912-531-0580

Tattnall

Jason Cope | 912-237-8463

Region 13

Decatur

Stuart Griffin | 229-400-0097

Grady

Michael Pope | 229-377-0914

Miller

Trent Clenney | 229-758-2844

Mitchell Baker/Mitchell

Tim Barnes | 229-392-8299

Seminole

Bruce Barber | 229-524-8633

Region 14

ABAC

Brennan Hart | 407-697-2679

Colquitt

Harry Thompson | 229-891-4351

South Georgia

Atkinson/Bacon/Coffee

Walt Pridgen | 912-381-3559

South GA Black

Cattlemen’s

J.R. Grovener | 912-506-6463

Thomas Charles R. Conklin | 229-228-6548

Tift

Andy Dunn | 229-848-3535

Wiregrass

Berrien/Brooks/Cook/Lowndes

Mark Stalvey | 229-300-3596

Worth

David Carter | 229-776-9400

Region 15

Piney Woods

Appling/Bacon/Toombs

David Eason | 912-221-8926

Satilla

Pierce/Ware

Alvin Walker, Jr. | 912-449-5352

Southeast Georgia

Brantley/Camden/Charlton/ Glynn

Stephen Crews | 912-218-4016

Wayne

Robin Thornton | 912-579-2181

pressure of heavy

past year was a real doozy – dry summer and fall. I planted Nelson October 1, but didn’t get rain until December 1. By January 10, I was grazing 180 head on 95 acres of Nelson. They gained 3.1 lbs. per day until May 10

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The Power of Influence

By Colin Woodall, NCBA CEO

Sometimes you recognize it. Sometimes it just makes its way into your daily life. Regardless, you are inundated each day with somebody trying to influence what you buy, what you eat, what you wear, how you vote, and more. Influence is big business in America, which shows just how successful it is as a tool in helping some people make decisions. It is also fueled by some amazing technology.

Influence comes at us through many different media. Television commercials, radio ads and video ads on your phone are all examples of the daily effort to influence your purchasing decision. In our work as a contractor to the national Beef Checkoff, NCBA is trying to influence consumers and get them to buy more beef. One of the biggest sources of influence these days comes through social media. Now, I realize that not everybody reading this column uses Facebook, Instagram, or the various other social media platforms; but a lot of people do, and social media is powerful.

To help put this power in context, think back to the comments that Oprah Winfrey made about beef during one of her shows in the spring of 1996. On that show, her guest was an animal-activist vegetarian talking about the Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) outbreak in Great Britain. While we were not using the term “influencer” at the time, that is exactly what Oprah was – and still is. If Oprah said that she was not going to eat any more hamburgers, then many of her viewers were not going to eat any more hamburgers, either. Modern influencers can have the same impact. Elon Musk can move financial markets by simply Tweeting out his comments or thoughts.

The technology that drives influence evolves daily. Television commercials, newspaper ads, radio ads and billboards still have a place in modern influence, but advanced advertising is where we see some amazing opportunities. By now, you are well aware that whatever you search for on the Internet results in ads for those products or services showing up in every subsequent Web page you look at. There is even technology that uses your location to tailor ads for nearby stores that you might be interested in. That same geo-targeting technology can tell when you get close to the meat case

or other part of the grocery store and send you ads for items that you would find nearby. My wife and I just purchased our first Google Assistant. I did not really want it, but it came as part of the system to have Wi-Fi in our house. I joked that now the people at Google will know more about us than our own families do. I laughed, my wife laughed, Google Assistant laughed, and Siri laughed on our phones. A bit of an exaggeration, but the point does not miss the mark by much.

One way that we capitalize on the power of influence is by seeking out and partnering with individuals, organizations and companies that consumers listen to. In the social media world, the individuals who drive discussions and trends are, not surprisingly, called “influencers,” and they can make a solid living off simply sharing their ideas or opinions. As part of our Checkofffunded work, we find influencers who are saying great things about beef and promoting our product. Once we identify these influencers, we approach them about becoming partners and sharing even more information about beef. Over the past several years, we have built a network of influencers that range from celebrity chefs to young moms. We take these influencers to cattle operations to expose them to what really goes on in the production of cattle and beef. We bring them to our Denver office to discuss nutrition, food safety, and sustainability; we also give them cutting and cooking demonstrations in the Checkoff-funded NCBA Culinary Center. When they get back home and start posting about beef, we follow up with additional facts and figures to help them be as influential as they can. These social media influencers have helped change the game for our industry and correct a lot of the misinformation that is out there regarding beef. One Instagram post promoting an easy-to-prepare beef dish for supper can help a lot of consumers decide what they are going to go home and cook that night.

The same goes for the Checkoff-funded e-commerce work that we do with retailers such as Sam’s Club and Kroger. Beef. It’s What’s For Dinner. banner ads showing a steak on a retailer’s website can spark a craving that is satisfied only by purchasing beef.

Who or what will influence you today?

AND

Herds and Heritage: The History of Georgia’s Cattle Industry is possibly the most noteworthy project undertaken by this organization and its members to document the history of cattle in our great state. Noted historical writer Jackie Kennedy has spent the past two years extensively researching the project while conducting over 140 interviews with breeders, academics and industry leaders to accurately record the many notable contributions that Georgia cattle and its people have made within the cattle industry on a state, regional and national level. The result is an extraordinary, one-of-a kind book that traces the arrival of the first cattle to enter the state to the present-day, modern beef and dairy industries of the 21st century. It’s a book about the pioneers who centuries ago brought into existence a livelihood and way of life that defines us and our heritage today. It’s a book about cattle and cattle people, chronicled in 304 pages and captured forever by over 300 photos and images. We are confident this history book will be one that you and your family will cherish for generations to come.

Have your chapter activities showcased each month!

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GCA LEADERSHIP SUMMIT

Members of GCA’s Executive Committee, Region Vice Presidents, the GJCA Officer Board, YCC’s Board of Directors, and GCWA’s Executive Committee gathered in Macon, Ga., on Friday, Aug. 12, to participate in the association’s leadership summit. The group had the opportunity to review their specific entities’ goals and calendar events for the upcoming months, as well as reassess the principles behind GCA’s mission. In doing this, the leadership teams were able to recognize the progress that has been made since GCA’s establishment and used that as the foundation for what they aspire to see in the future.

ABAC CATTLEMEN’S ASSOCIATION

Executive Vice President Dale Sandlin helped the ABAC Cattlemen’s Association kick off the fall semester by serving as the guest speaker for their meeting back on campus. Nearly 100 students filled the meeting room as they discussed upcoming events, enjoyed a beef BBQ dinner, and gained insight from Sandlin’s industry experience and involvement in GCA.

NORTHEAST

AG EXPO

The second annual Northeast Georgia Ag Expo was hosted at the Hart County Charter System Agriscience Center on Aug. 20, 2022. The expo featured a variety of indoor and outdoor agriculture exhibits, a panel discussion with local agriculture experts, free activities and demonstrations for kids, foods, and an antique tractor show. The Georgia Cattlemen’s Association and the Georgia Beef Board were among the various agricultural exhibits and demonstrations on display for the public. The booth provided information on beef byproducts, sustainable industry practices, and the health benefits of beef products through activities that interested attendees of all ages.

THE MASTER CATTLEMEN’S PROGRAM

The Master Cattlemen’s Program, developed jointly through UGA and GCA, has kicked off the eight-week producer education series with 70-plus participants in Northwest Georgia! At the group’s second meeting on Aug. 30, Executive Vice President Dale Sandlin was featured as one of the educational speakers; he presented attendees with industry, legislative and association updates.

GEORGIA FARM BUREAU COMMODITY CONFERENCE

GCA EVP Dale Sandlin attended the Georgia Farm Bureau’s Commodity Conference at Stone Mountain. During the event, the Beef Committee met to discuss GFB’s policy priorities involving our industry for further discussion. GCA is proud to work with the Georgia Farm Bureau and other commodity groups on issues that impact the cattle industry.

AG ISSUES SUMMIT

GCA, along with other commodity groups, hosted the Ag Issues Summit at the Georgia National Fairgrounds in Perry. During this meeting, agricultural producers, policy makers and interested parties met to learn about the challenges and opportunities in Georgia agriculture. This year’s event was the largest attended in several years. We appreciate Chairman Dickey and Chairman Walker and their staff for a great event this year.

Georgia Beef Bites

By Taylor Evans, GBB Director of Public Relations

Break out the Crock-Pots; fall is officially here! I absolutely love cooking in my Crock-Pot, as I am sure that many of you do. It’s easy to set up in the mornings, and my house smells delicious when I walk in at the end of the day. This recipe has three different variations, and they all taste so good; my personal favorite is the Mexican Shredded Beef. This shredded beef recipe works on tortillas, on rolls, or by itself. October is such a busy month here in the office – so, quick and easy recipes like this are the best way to capitalize on limited time and still put a nutritious beef dish on the table. I hope that you enjoy it as much as I did!

SLOW-COOKER SHREDDED BEEF VARIATIONS

INGREDIENTS:

•

1 beef Shoulder Roast (2 to 2-1/2 pounds)

• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil (optional)

• 1 large onion, chopped

• 2 tablespoons minced garlic

• Salt and pepper

• Recipe Variations (recipes follow)

COOKING:

1. For optional browning, heat oil in large nonstick skillet over medium heat until hot.

2. Place onion and garlic in 3-1/2- to 5-quart slowcooker; place roast on top. Cover and cook on HIGH 5 to 6 hours or LOW 9 to 10 hours or until roast is fork-tender.

3. Remove roast from slow-cooker. Skim fat from cooking liquid, if necessary, and reserve 1 cup onion mixture. Shred beef with 2 forks. Combine shredded beef and reserved onion mixture. Season with salt and pepper, as desired. Continue as directed in Recipe Variations below, as desired.

Recipe Variations:

Mexican Shredded Beef: Combine tomato or tomatillo salsa and beef mixture, as desired. Place in large microwave-safe bowl. Cover, vent and microwave until heated through, stirring occasionally. Serve in warmed flour or corn tortillas topped with pico de gallo, sliced avocados, shredded cheese, chopped cilantro and/or chopped white or green onions, as desired.

BBQ Shredded Beef: Combine prepared barbecue sauce and beef mixture. Place in large microwave-safe bowl. Cover, vent and microwave until heated through, stirring occasionally. Serve on whole-wheat rolls topped with creamy horseradish sauce, coleslaw, Cheddar cheese slices, chopped green bell pepper and/or canned French-fried onions, as desired.

Asian Shredded Beef: Combine prepared hoisin or teriyaki sauce and beef mixture. Place in large microwavesafe bowl. Cover, vent and microwave until heated through, stirring occasionally. Serve in lettuce or cabbage cups topped with shredded carrots, sliced cucumbers, chopped fresh cilantro or mint, sriracha or crushed red pepper flakes and/or chopped peanuts, as desired.

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Circle F Farms is proud to offer elite Registered Brahman and F1 Cattle with some of the best genetics in the industry. We pride ourselves in always standing behind our cattle and look forward to helping you make your dream herd a reality. Come visit with us in Baxley!

Circle F Farms is proud to offer elite Registered Brahman and F1 Cattle with some of the best genetics in the industry. We pride ourselves in always standing behind our cattle and look forward to helping you make your dream herd a reality. Come visit with us in Baxley!

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For more information on sale cattle feel free to call Joe Eason 912-240-0503 or Milton Charanza 979-450-8588.

For more information on sale cattle feel free to call Joe Eason 912-240-0503 or Milton Charanza 979-450-8588.

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For more information on sale cattle feel free to call Joe Eason 912-240-0503 or Milton Charanza 979-450-8588. You can view the full offering online and bid live at www.superiorclicktobid.com

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MANAGING

POSTPARTUM ANESTRUS

TO MAXIMIZE FERTILITY THIS FALL

By Dr. Pedro L. P. Fontes, Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist, University of Georgia

In a cow/calf state such as Georgia, fertility is the main driver of profitability in beef herds. Unfortunately, there is not a silver bullet that producers can utilize to increase pregnancy rates. Instead, to optimize pregnancy rates, producers should consider managing as many factors that are known to influence fertility as possible. The proportion of cows in postpartum anestrus in the beginning of the breeding season is one of the main factors known to influence reproductive performance. After parturition, cows undergo a period of anestrous that is defined as the lack of regular estrous cycles and estrus expression. Multilocation studies evaluating the percentage of cows cycling in the beginning of the breeding season indicate that, on average, 50 percent of beef cows are in anestrus when the breeding season starts. Interestingly, the number of cows cycling in the beginning of the breeding season can range from 17 to 70 percent, depending on the operation and their management practices (Day et al., 2004).

The two main factors influencing the variation between herds in the percentage of cows that are cycling in the beginning of the breeding season are: (1) the interval between calving and the beginning of the breeding season (days postpartum); and (2) the cow/herd nutritional status. Fortunately,

by implementing proper management practices, producers can control both the number of days postpartum and the body condition score of the cowherd in order to maximize the number of cows cycling. For example, by having a controlled and short (~60 days long) breeding season and implementing proper culling practices, producers can increase the proportion of cows calving in a narrow window of time. The proportion of cyclic cows at the beginning of the breeding season increases as the number of days postpartum increases (Stevenson et al., 2015).

By having a narrow calving window, the number of days between calving and the beginning of the breeding season will increase on average, leading to an increase in the proportion of cows that are cycling in the beginning of the breeding season.

Interestingly, managing cows in a narrow breeding window also helps producers manage their nutritional program. For example, a herd with a 120-day breeding window will have cows that are reaching peak lactation (~60 days postpartum) and cows with 180 days postpartum (6 months) in the same group. The nutritional requirements of these cows differ substantially, which makes it difficult for producers to optimize the efficiency of their nutritional programs. For example, if producers balance their supplementation strategies

based on cows in peak lactation, they might spend extra resources in cows that are in late lactation. Alternatively, if producers develop a supplementation strategy based on the requirements of cows with approximately 180 days postpartum, cows that are in peak lactation will lose condition, which will ultimately decrease their likelihood to start cycling before the beginning of the breeding season, and consequently their ability to breed back.

Another important component of managing cow herd postpartum anestrus is getting cows to calve in an adequate body condition score. A good rule of thumb is to have cows at a body condition score of 6 at calving. Cows will lose condition as they start increasing milk production during the postpartum period. This is particularly important in replacement heifers that are having their first calf and are still growing during the postpartum period. Another important component of pregnant cow body condition score is the fact that cow nutrition during gestation can impact the performance of her subsequent offspring through a process called fetal programming. In fact, in the context of commercial cow/calf operations, calves that are sold at weaning spend more time in the uterus of their dams (for 9 months of gestation) than actually nursing it after parturition (approximately 8 months from birth to weaning).

During gestation, the fetus relies exclusively on the dam to grow and develop. Neglecting cow herd nutrition during late gestation has been shown to decrease nutrient delivery to the fetus and negatively impact the performance of the offspring from birth to harvest (Moriel et al., 2021). Therefore, by having cows calving in adequate body condition score at calving, producers are not only optimizing their chances of cows breeding in the subsequent breeding season, but also optimizing growth and performance of their future progeny that is still in the uterus.

Another tool in the toolbox to manage postpartum anestrous is the use of progesteronebased estrus synchronization protocols. These protocols have the ability to induce cyclicity in cows that are in postpartum anestrus. In fact, some studies show similar pregnancy rates to fixedtime artificial insemination between multiparous cows in anestrous and multiparous cows that are cycling when a progesterone device was used (Figure 1; adapted from Stevenson et al., 2015). Interestingly, while progesterone supplementation can also help first-calf heifers to start cycling and breed back in the subsequent breeding season, first-calf heifers that resume cyclicity prior to the beginning of the estrus synchronization protocol have greater pregnancy rates compared with firstcalf heifers that were in anestrus. These results indicate that progesterone supplementation can effectively induce cyclicity. Yet, cows in extremely metabolically challenging conditions (i.e., first-calf heifers) respond less effectively than cows that are closer to resume cyclicity. Therefore, utilization of estrus synchronization can effectively induce cyclicity; however, it is not a substitute for proper nutritional management of the cow herd.

Figure 1. Pregnancy rates to fixed-time artificial insemination (AI) in primiparous and multiparous cows based on cyclicity at the beginning of the breeding season.

Association Reports

UPDATE

By Terri Parker, Georgia CattleWomen’s Association President

Greetings, friends of the bovine. Many of you may have been loading and hauling hay, preparing for the winter months. Soon on our farm, we will enter our birthing season – and we look to it every year with excitement. It marks a busy time for us personally, and for us collectively as an organization.

Recently, the Georgia CattleWomen have been fortunate to have the ladies in the West Georgia area organize a new chapter. The West Georgia CattleWomen have hit the ground running. On Oct. 22, 2022, the West Georgia CattleWomen’s Chapter will co-host a Beef Festival. Please mark your calendars to attend this event. The Chapter will oversee a Beef Chili Cookoff, face painting, and tattoo booth for the kids. There will also be other activities hosted by the Cattlemen’s Chapter. The Georgia CattleWomen’s Association is excited to welcome the West Georgia CattleWomen’s Chapter.

The always-active Mid-Georgia CattleWomen’s Chapter will be hosting a Beef Booth at the Spalding County Fair. These ladies never disappoint with their educational activities. The fair has a history rich in agriculture and a foundation based on the Kiwanis Club of Griffin. (Note: I have been involved with Kiwanis since 1986, when I was in high school.) When you have time, read more about the fair at https://www.kiwanisofgriffin.com/fair-history/ and make plans to attend.

GCWA welcomes any new or reinvigorated group of ladies to join the GCWA. If your phone rings and you hear me asking a million questions, know that it is an effort to awaken the interests in the cattle industry. The wisdom of those who have been here before is crucial to those who are just being introduced; so please consider joining back into the GCWA. Our board stands ready to answer any question that you may have.

The Georgia CattleWomen’s Association has been busy attending cattle shows across the state spreading beef awareness in their wake. Recent activities have included a buckle presentation at the Georgia Junior Beef Futurity in July, education at the Northwest Georgia Ag Expo, and multiple cattle shows at the Gwinnett County Fair held Sept. 15-25, 2022. Please visit the following link to see recent contest winners, and mark your calendar for next year’s events: https://www.gwinnettcountyfair.com/events.

For 2022, the GCWA is excited to attend the Georgia National Fair in Perry, Ga. GCWA will again judge and host the “Best Beef Recipe Contest” – two divisions: Adult and Youth (ages 12-18). You may register for the event at: https://www.georgianationalfair.com/. This event is an exciting time for the contestants; it has also been reported that the judges have more fun than the contestants as they sample the tasty meals prepared.

This year, the GCWA will join the Georgia Cattlemen’s Association at the Sunbelt Ag Expo in Moultrie, Oct. 18-20, 2022. Make plans to attend this event as well, and stop by to see us at our booth. Event details can be found at https://sunbeltexpo.com/category/2022/.

The GCWA is also excited to announce that the recipient of the Jason Chapman Scholarship is Jacey Pella. Jacey served as the summer intern for the Georgia Cattlemen’s Association this summer. Jacey is currently attending ABAC. Congratulations to Jacey, and thank you for your work at the GCA office this summer.

Last but not least, follow our updates on our website at https://www. georgiacattlewomen.org/. The website is full of educational information, links to events, scholarship applications, Cattle Drive for Hunger applications, and the H.E.R.D. Newsletter. Stay up-to-date on Georgia events and happenings. Blessings to you all.

President: Terri Parker

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Vice-President: Hailey Partain

PO Box 86 Thomaston, GA 30286 706-975-6826 hrobinson@uga.edu

Secretary: Jennifer Scott

392 Long Farm Road Jefferson, GA 30549 678-283-0936 jscott@braselton.net

Treasurer: Tracie Wheeless

1840 Fort Lamar Road Commerce, GA 30530 706-614-7436 4wvalleyfarm@gmail.com

Parlimentarian: Cynthia Douglas

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Past President: Theresa Molle

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Frank and The Charolais CowWide Open Phrases

Will Jordan is a poet based out of Alabama.

Frank was renowned for his Charolais cow herd; one that he had been fine-tuning for decades. While he’ll admit they are easier to find in the dark than their black counterparts, he appreciates the marketability of this breed.

Another highlight for Frank was the mothering ability of his white cattle. 310 was one of those fine mothers that truly made Frank proud to be a cattleman.

This year was different; 310 had developed an enlarged mastitis-like teat, raising concern about her calf’s ability to nurse. The plan was simple: Catch the calf then ensure that it’s nursing. Easy.

Like any good cattleman, Frank took to the pasture in his old farm truck and shook out a loop in his lariat. Pulling the truck up near 310 and her brood, he eased out of the truck and snuck around the front with rope in hand. Making it to the far side, Frank and the calf were staring each other down.

The calf started to run, and Frank launched his rope like a bullet from a gun. As a former calf roper, his aim was deadly. The rope landed squarely, and the calf was caught.

The bawling little bovine caught 310’s attention, and the race to the bed of the pickup was on. Frank took off with calf in tow, 310 a few yards behind. He climbed to the refuge of the truck’s bed, pulling the calf in behind for an examination. 310’s head swung the calf like a clock pendulum on her way to get Frank. She leaped like an English show jumper to the back of the

truck… and fell through a rusted spot at the back when she landed. It didn’t slow her down.

Frank was flipped backwards, bouncing off an old tire and onto his Lab dog, collateral damage from a bovine boxing match.

Regaining her footing, she climbed farther into the back of the truck. It was at this point that Frank had an epiphany. His incredible and sudden realization was that the calf was fine, in need of no help from him. As both he, the calf and the dog bailed from the truck bed, the cow made her tapdancing debut. Stomping holes through every rusted spot in the bed, 310, while dancing, offered her mechanical abilities by testing the strength of the truck’s suspension.

Frank ended up finding a truck body almost identical to his for sale – minus the holes of course – and learned that even if the cow’s bag isn’t perfect, it’s probably good enough to nurse a calf.

ASSOCIATE MEMBERS

Bagwell Insurance Group, Gainesville Bull Hill Ranch, Gray Court, SC Cain Equipment, Clermont Jackson EMC, Hull

King Ford, Murphy, NC Manor Cattle Company, Manor Manor Timber Company, Manor Northeast Georgia Livestock, Athens Southern Agri-Gro, Macon

Ace Hardware, Blue Ridge Bartow County Farm Bureau, Cartersville Big Daddy's Cattle Farm, Tyrone Braswell Cattle Company, Athens Chapman Fence Company, Jefferson CTAGRIN Land Mgmt & Cattle Co., LLC, Camilla, GA Dr. Sam Adams DVM, Americus Edward Jones, Douglasville Foodland Grocery, Blairsville Gerald A. Bowie, Auctioneer, West Point Griffins Warehouse, Douglas H & H Equipment Sales Inc., Alma Herndon Farms, Gray

AgAmerica Lending, Lakeland, FL

Advanced Power Equipment, Zebulon Athens Stockyard, Athens, TN Athens-Clarke Co. Extension Office, Bogart Baker Cattle Service, Quitman Bank of Camilla, Camilla Bekaert Corp., Douglas

Bill Hembree Insurance, Winston Bubba’s Tire, Dublin Butcher Block Meats. Eastman

Burke Truck and Tractor, Waynesboro Carhan Farm, Atlanta Carroll E.M.C., Carrollton

Carson Bros. Tractor Co., Americus Cat Creek Cattle, Valdosta Central GA Farms LLC, Eatonton Chauncey Farm Supply, Chauncey Circle G Ranch, Adel

Clarke County Farm Bureau, Athens Colony Bank Rochelle

C R Benson Farm LLC, Dry Branch

Daphne Brown Agency, LLC, Fayetteville

Dublin Physical Medicine & Rehab Assoc.,Dublin Elbert Co. Farm Bureau, Elberton

Honey Ridge Agricenter, Springfield Jackson Farm, Grantville Langdale Farms, LLC, Valdosta Lasseter Equipment Group, Moultrie McRea Farms, The Rock Middle Georgia Fleet Service, Zubulon Mountain Valley Motors, Blue Ridge Oglethorpe Feed & Farm Supply, Crawford Pasture Management Systems, Mount Pleasant, North Carolina Paulding County Farm Bureau, Dallas Peters Cattle Company, Milledgeville

Seminole Livestock Exchange, Donalsonville Upson County Livestock, Yatesville Weeks Auction Group, Moultrie

Reid Bros Irrigation & Equipment, Unadilla Resaca Sun Feeds LLC, Resaca Tim Stout Group, Fayetteville Union County Farm Bureau, Blairsville United Bank, Barnesville Upson County Farm Bureau, Thomaston WW Livestock Systems, Albany Wealth Plan Financial, Blairsville West End Milling, Quitman White County Farmers Exchange, Cleveland White Co. Farm Bureau, Cleveland Zinpro Performance Minerals, Sparta, TN

Elder Farm, Jefferson

Entrekin Equipment Greenhouses, Bremen Farm and Garden Inc., Cornelia Farmers Seed & Feed Service, Americus Flint EMC, Perry

Flint River Mills, Bainbridge

Forsyth County Farm Bureau, Cumming

Franklin County Farm Bureau, Carnesville

Georgia Development Authority, Monroe Greene County Extension Office, Greensboro Greg’s Meat Processing, Comer Green & Jaros Farms, Ft. Valley Griffins Warehouse, McRae

Gulf Coast Cattleman, San Antonio, TX

Habersham Co. Farm Bureau, Clarkesville

Hancock County Farm Bureau, Sparta Haralson County Farm Bureau, Buchanan Harris County Farm Bureau, Hamilton David Hilliard, CPA, McRae

Henry County Farm Bureau, McDonough Holland Fertilizer Company, Cedartown Hooper Trailer Sales, Monticello Ivey’s Outdoor and Farm, Albany J&B Tractor Company, Waynesboro

Jacky Jones Chrysler-Dodge-Jeep-Ram, Hayesville, NC

James Short Tractors & Equipment of Alto Kevin S Martin Farms, Ellaville Kustom Tees of Middle Georgia, Perry Laurens County Farm Bureau, Dublin LBL Farms, Chester Lumber City Supplements, Lumber City Madison County Farm Bureau, Danielsville

Miller Auto Parts & Hardware, Americus Oconee State Bank, Watkinsville Oconee Well Driller, Watkinsville Osceola Cotton Co., LLC, Ocilla

Owens Farm Supply, Toccoa Palmetto Creek Farm, Hamilton Philema Animal Hospital, Leesburg Piggly Wiggly, McRae

Pickens Farm Bureau, Jasper Public Service Communications Inc., Reynolds Rhinehart Equipment Company, Rome Rollin-S-Trailers, Martin R.W. Griffin Industries, Nashville Silveus Insurance, Dumas, TX

Solar Tyme USA, Columbus Spartan of Harris County, Hamilton Sunbelt Ag Expo, Moultrie

SunMountain Cattle Animal Health Supply, Citra, FL

SunSouth, Carrollton

Southern Livestock, Swainsboro The Four County Bank, Allentown TNT Supercenter, Thomasville, GA

Treutlen County Farm Bureau, Soperton Troup County Farm Bureau, LaGrange United Bank, Barnesville United Community Bank, Carrollton United Community Bank, Cleveland Walker County Farm Bureau, Lafayette Wallace Farm & Pet Supply, Bowdon Junction Wards Service Center, Inc., Dexter Waters Agricultural Labs, Inc., Camilla

Wayne Chandler Plumbing & Well, Danielsville Wilcox Co. Farm Bureau, Rochelle Windy Hill Farm, Madison Woody Folsom Automotive, Baxley Yoders Butcher Block, Montezuma Youngblood Farm, Sparta

Each month, the GCA Associate Members section recognizes GCA’s allied-industry and business members. To become an associate member call 478-474-6560. GCA members are encouraged to use the services of these industry-supporting professionals.

NEW MEMBERS

Welcome This Month’s New Members!

Matthew Adams, Cleveland Kylee Adams, Alto Collin Ahern, Tifton Cain Almand, Social Circle Dozier Armstrong, Appling James Atkins, Cedartown Dylan Bamber, Cocoa, FL

Christian Blanks, Tifton Devin Boyer, Royston Tucker Bradley, Temple Keith Brady, Elberton Christopher Bridges, Jr., Thomaston Leayla Broome, Keysville Mason Brown, Macon Devon Brown, Jacksonville, FL Luz Cantero, Immokalee, FL

Jim Carden, Cordele Adam Caudell, Cornelia Austin Chastain, Thomasville Rebekah Claar, Roopville

Jeff Cody, Fortson Kenneth Collins, Griffin Cliff Collins, Forsyth Michael Cronic, Braselton Willie Crump, Baldwin Amy Crump, Carnesville Griffin Cruse, Fort Pierce, FL Jamie Davis, Neeses, SC Amanda Day, Carrollton David Deanovich, Naylor Latravian Dixson, Barnesville Raina Donalson, Camilla Bo Jack Dowdy, Dahlonega Chris Dowdy, Dahlonega Mark Duncan, Silver Creek Payden Ealum, Defuniak Springs, FL Kevin Eberenz, Gainesville Hailey Elrod, Talmo Hubert Fair, Glennville Wes Freeman, Forsyth Chris Garrett, Royston Joshua Gentry, Dalton Alycia Gomes, Clarkesville

Steven Goodnoe, Pine Mountain Valley

Jamie Griffis, Hamilton Paul Grubbs, Concord Allie Hale, Ranburne, AL Riley Hannah, Covington Carson Harmon, Leesville, SC Luann Head, Blairsville Ashley Hendrix, Carrollton William Hodge, Hartwell Wendell Holland, Carrollton Ryland Hughes, Mt. Airy Spencer Inman, Philadelphia, TN

Jesse Jerls, Acworth Edwin Johnston, Newborn Abbie Jones, Alto Peg Knoch-Casey, Greenville Brent Lafrancis, Harrison Cindy Ledford, Greenville Reece Looney, Commerce Larry Loudermilk, Lavonia Luke Mabry, Danielsville Susannah Marbutt, Palmetto Abel Martinez, Snellville Jackson Medders, Commerce Vivi Ann Merk, Commerce Jeff Milner, Zebulon Rhonda Morgan, Bowdon Andy Morgan, Rockmart Gabriel Munoz, Jr., Meigs Shawn Murphy, Hephzibah Joshua Nelson, Covington Lexie Norman, Griffin Jim O’Neill, Madison Brayden Pilkenton, Molena Charles & Rhyse Potts, Colbert Tyler Poythress, Macon Tucker Pulliam, Appling Colten Ramey, Cleveland Trenton Ray, Ocala, FL Hannah Rudolph, Palmetto, FL Lakyn Seagraves, Nicholson Talon Shierling, Leesburg Madelyn Shirley, Jefferson Keaton Shultz, Danielsville S. Mark Smith, Gray Pam Smith, Bowdon William Smith, Trenton Janet Stallings, Camilla Joel Stewart, Baldwin James Stodchill, Calhoun Scott Stokes, Greenville Matthew Studstill, Abbeville Mia Tinsley, Augusta Hannah Turner, Nicholson Michael Turner, Clayton Zachry Veal, Brunswick Amanda Walker, Bowdon Jason Wamba, Statesboro Danny Watson, Carrollton Emma Watson, Newlen, AL Wren & Bryson Westbrook, Shelby, NC Jay Westmoreland, Bremen Scott Winkler, Appling William Yeomans, Mershon Elmer Yoder, Montezuma

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THE PERFECT MATCH

By Shelby Kirton

When it comes to finding the perfect match, compatibility is key. Now, we are not talking about your personal relationships; we are talking about finding the right bull for your herd of females.

Every October, cattle producers across the state and country travel to bull sales, in search of finding the newest elite sire for their herd. Each one of these producers has a set of goals of where they want their operation to head toward. Genetics plays a huge role in the overall quality and growth of cattle in your current and future operations.

So, what kind of bull are you going to buy? The options are endless. As a producer, the one thing to keep in mind is what will benefit your operation or what you are striving for in the future generations of

your herd. Knowing both sides of the equation will allow for a successful purchase for your herd.

For almost 20 years, Neogen Corporation has been doing just that, supporting your operation’s productivity and growth. The company has dedicated its research to enhancing genetic DNA testing for the entire global food system. Neogen is the world leader in bovine genomic testing.

Collecting a tissue sample from the ear of a calf.

It all starts with a simple DNA test from a Tissue Sample Unit (TSU), blood card, hair card, or semen straw. After approximately 30 days, the DNA test will provide you with parent verification and 17 different traits. Additional phenotypes or health traits can be added on with an additional cost to the $29 testing fee.

Clint McWaters, the Neogen Southeast Territory Manager, specializes in beef cattle genomics testing in Georgia, Florida, South Carolina and Alabama. Clint works hand-in-hand with producers to help them with understanding the DNA testing data. He wants the producers to benefit from the data to help the selection process of improving the genetics and inherited traits of their operations.

“The most expensive bull doesn’t necessarily mean he is the best fit for your herd andoperation,” Clint McWaters explains.

Genomics testing is your best friend when determining what bull will be the best fit for your herd. The genetic data received will help you better select what maternal traits you are needing to add to your breeding program.

“I tell people all the time, these tests are used to make a highly informed decision that you cannot see with your own eyes. Make sure you are willing to use the data and test results to make better-informed decisions for your bottom line,” Clint advises.

In the August 2022 issue of the Georgia Cattleman, the University of Georgia Beef Team gave expert advice on using this genomic testing (“Using Genomic Test Results for Commercial Heifer Selection,” page 54). The data given through the Neogen genomic testing is readily available during the selection of commercial heifers for your operation.

GCA partners with the UGA HERD Program each year. The program uses the Neogen genomic testing on all sale heifers and bulls, allowing for the DNA data to be available to potential buyers.

“If an operation’s genomic results show below-average stayability, producers can select bulls with higher stayability EPDs to maximize

the speed of improvement,” the UGA Beef Team’s August article notes.

With genomic testing being more prevalent every day, it is important when looking for your next bull to check with the seed stock producer to see if genomic-enhanced EPDs are available. Expected Progeny Difference (EPD) accuracy increases with the GE-EPDs available. The GE-EPDs will help reduce the risk of young, unproven bulls for your females, while also increasing the chances of getting the specific traits you are wanting for the next generation.

Predicting the success that a bull will bring to your herd strictly of the pedigree and phenotype won’t always guarantee the results that you are hoping to achieve. Using the data to determine inherited genes will be helpful in selecting cattle before producing offspring. Ultimately, this will guide you to buy the bull that best complements your females.

Clint McWaters offers a final – and essential – word of advice: “The biggest tip I can give when selecting your herd bull is, you have to know your commercial herd. If you don’t know the genetics, it’s hard to pick the bull you need.”

Contact Neogen Southeast Territory Manager Clint McWaters today to start testing cattle on your operation: by phone at 863-9910816 or by email at cmcwaters@neogen.com.

To learn more about Neogen and genomic testing, check out the Georgia Cattlemen’s Association YouTube page – Genetic Testing for The Commercial Cow Herd – GCA Webinar Series.

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Association Reports

UPDATE

By Zach Floyd

Happy Fall, Y’all!

Fall is here, and there is so much to look forward to. We have finally escaped the heat and are moving into my favorite season. Farming has taught me to appreciate the seasonality of life and our industry. There’s a time to plant and a time to harvest. A time to get up hay, and a time to feed it. A time to buy, and a time to sell. We work all summer, prepping for winter and freeze all winter, prepping for summer… I could go on forever. The seasons are a revolving timeline that dictate our decisions. They teach patience and delayed gratification. Seasons are a natural guide to our lives.

Timing can be everything in the cattle business and in life. The “when to” is often as important as the “how to.” You can drill your rye grass in as straight as an arrow, but it’s all for nothing if you do it in July. That’s kind of extreme; but compared to some mess-ups I’ve made, it would be a small mistake. Often because of the seasonality of things, it’s a full year before you get to right your wrong or try again. It’s madness! But mistakes are the best teachers. The real mistake is to not try at all. The beauty in the seasons is that they come back around. You’ll get another chance if you just stick with it. And, when you reach your season of harvest, you realize that the real value was in your time of growth all along.

At YCC, we encourage your growth, and we are here for our young producers – no matter your stage, season or niche in the cattle business. Our group is full of young industry leaders who have a wealth of knowledge and creativity. I have learned so much and made great friends though YCC, and I am confident that your experience will be the same. I can’t say enough; so come see for yourself at our 1st Annual YCC Tailgate – UGA vs. Tennessee, Nov. 5, at Four Towers in Athens. We are also very excited about our Cattlemen’s Connection Nov. 18, which will be led by one of our super-stars, Sarah Dyer. Come learn the ins and outs of direct-marketing retail beef, ask candid questions, and get a private tour of MidSouth Packers, a state-of-the-art processing plant in Middle Georgia. We’re going to have a great time, and we hope that you can make it. Bring a friend! The YCC continues to do big things with the support of GCA. I encourage all of you to thank our GCA staff when you see them. We couldn’t do it without ’em.

Until then, I hope your cattle stay fat and your fences stay tight. And remember: If you’re green, you’re growing; if you’re ripe, you’re rotting!

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Zach Floyd 229-309-4714 Zacharycattle@gmail.com

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Justin Hand 229-392-0231 jhand@uga.edu

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Sarah Dyer 352-250-9571 Sarahdyer@uga.edu

Secretary/Treasurer George Ligon 803-389-9851 georgeligon@georgeligon.com

Region 2 Rep. Marrissa Blackwell 678-672-9946 Marrissa@uga.edu

Region 3 Rep. Greyson Fernandez 706-604-6165 greyson@ivycreekcattlecompany.com

Region 4 Rep. Cody Copelan 706-473-4757 Codycopelan@gmail.com

Region 5 Rep. Coleman Harrison 229-403-8011 charrison@gmail.com

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ABAC FALL SEMESTER 2022 UPDATE

By Dr. Mary Ellen Hicks, Professor, Animal Science, ABAC

Fall semester 2022 has begun at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College. Fall semester not only brings a new freshman class onto campus; it also means that seniors are entering their final semester(s) of coursework while looking for positions to step into following their graduation.

The School of Agriculture and Natural Resources (SANR) saw an increase in students pursuing degrees under the SANR umbrella. As of Aug. 8, the enrollment within the SANR was at 1,482 students – an increase of 4.5 percent from the fall of 2021 (1,432 students). The School of Agriculture and Natural Resources has seen continued growth over the last 10 years. Over that time frame, there has been a 68.8-percent growth in the SANR – a rise of 604 students. The following are the Bachelor of Science degree programs with their percent increase seen in student enrollment this fall: Agriculture – 565

students (2.35 percent); Agribusiness – 292 students (5.8 percent); Agricultural Communication – 39 students (13.33 percent); Agricultural Education – 234 students (10.9 percent); Environmental Horticulture – 97 students (no change); Natural Resource Management – 255 students (1.6 percent).

The two concentrations under the Bachelor of Science in Agriculture program that are directly linked to livestock are the animal science concentration and the livestock production concentration. Fall enrollment numbers are strong. At the beginning of fall semester, there were 129 students pursuing livestock production concentration degrees. There are 209 students pursuing Bachelor of Science in Agriculture degrees in the animal science concentration. The majority of those students desire to pursue careers in veterinary medicine.

L to R: Calving season has begun at ABAC; Cattlemen’s officer team greets ABAC students at the annual fall club picinic; students help out at the ABAC Beef Unit processing calves this summer.

Photo: New beef facility being built at ABAC.

Animal science courses are in high demand within the SANR and are at capacity enrollment typically each semester. During fall semester, the three animal science faculty offer a total of 12 animal science courses ranging from introductory courses to courses covering the beef industry and forage production, meat production and processing, food animal evaluation, equine production management, poultry science and dairy science. The same number of animal science courses are offered during each spring semester but differ in content. Spring courses include reproductive physiology, a senior beef production capstone course, and an equine exercise physiology course, along with other courses that are also offered during the fall term. The Introduction to Animal Science course is required by all students receiving a Bachelor of Science degree in Agriculture. The course is also populated by students from all areas of the SANR (agribusiness, agricultural communication, and agricultural education) as well as biology students from the School of Arts and Sciences at ABAC.

Over this past summer, 170-plus students completed graded internships in 25 states. Internship sites ranged from cattle operations in the northeast United States to Wyoming, and from Texas to Florida. Most of these students will be graduating within the next 12 months. Based on internship employer responses, these students demonstrated skills showing that they were ready to enter the workforce; they also demonstrated soft skills related to work attendance and reliability. The School of Agriculture and Natural Resources will be hosting their fall “Career Connections” on Nov. 8. Businesses, farms and ranches looking for interns and permanent career positions will be talking with students and taking resumes from those

students interested in positions offered by the industry personnel attending the annual career event.

Experiential learning sites/labs are nearing completion on foundation-acquired property. The new beef unit learning site will have their working pens and pastures ready for lab use within the next 12 months. A hydraulic squeeze chute and covered pen area will allow for cattle use labs for multiple classes offered each semester. The forage base at the new facility is a bahiagrass forage base, which differs from the bermudagrass forage base of the existing cattle facility. Because of the differences in forage base, students will be able to see the nutritional differences between the forages demonstrated by way of animal performance and supplemental nutritional needs.

The ABAC Cattlemen’s Association student chapter began the fall semester with a standingroom-only event. Georgia Cattlemen’s Association Executive Vice President Dale Sandlin spoke at the first meeting on challenges and issues facing Georgia producers as well as producers on a national level. The new ABAC President – Dr. Tracy Brundage –attended the meeting, which offered an opportunity for the students to meet her and for her to meet them. The club officers are working on the speaker list for the remainder of the college year through May 2023.

If you have an interest in participating in the Career Connection event in November or serving as an internship site for the summer of 2023, please reach out to the Dean’s office in the School of Agriculture and Natural Resources at 229-391-4790.

L to R: More than 100 students attend the first Cattlemen’s meeting; Dr. Tracy Brundage, ABAC’s new president, visits the first Cattlemen’s meeting; Dale Sandlin, EVP of Georgia Cattlemen’s Association, speaks at the meeting.

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TEST. YOUR. NEW BULLS.

By Dr. Lee Jones, MS, DVM, Associate Professor, Department of Population Health, UGA

We’ve preached about the purpose and value of Breeding Soundness Evaluations (BSE) for years. Even if you buy a yearling bull that has a ‘fertility’ test or other name, unless the bull has had a complete BSE and the seller can show you the paperwork to prove it, then it needs to be done before turning him out with the cows. Also, have the bull tested for anaplasmosis. It’s a simple blood test, and it can save you a lot of grief.

What should you consider when buying a new bull? Fertility, soundness, genetics and health are all critically important when we look at future bull performance.

Reproductive efficiency is Priority-One in cow/calf herds. If you depend on natural service, then bulls contribute to at least half of reproduction and at least as much to the future of the cow herd through their daughters. Selecting the right kind of bull (from the right program) is an important investment – not just in the calves sold each year; he leaves his influence in the kind of daughters and cows kept in the herd for 2-3 decades. While a good, fertile bull might be half the reproduction equation of a herd, a bad one could be 100-percent responsible for reproductive failure. While we can never guarantee that all bulls will be successful breeders, there are steps that we can take to pick bulls that are up to the task of achieving an effective, efficient reproductive program.

Bulls affect the economics of cow/calf systems by getting cows pregnant and by breeding them early. The most productive cows calve early in the calving season, resulting in older, heavier calves. Fertile bulls get more cows bred per service, compared to sub-fertile ones. Even under the best herd conditions, not every breeding results in a sustained pregnancy. Some matings don’t result in conception, while some do but don’t result in pregnancy. If a bull has any fertility issue, then cows may not get bred early or may not get bred at all.

While fertile bulls get cows bred early, subfertile bulls can cost producers a lot of money by reducing weaning weights by breeding cows late and extending calving intervals or even failing to get cows bred. Plain and simple, sub-fertile bulls cost farmers money. Lots of money. Studies tell us that 1 out of every 8-10 bulls is sub-fertile. Every 21-day breeding cycle missed by a cow is 30-40 pounds of lost income. Calculate the dollars lost by looking at the current calf price. Depending on your market right now, that’s $54-80 dollars per calf!

The BSE determines the breeding capacity of bulls. It is a thorough examination of the bull and needs to be performed every year, 30-60 days before breeding season. First, the bull must pass a physical exam. He must be sound with no lameness and good feet and legs; no vision impairment and no evidence of disease or other physical abnormalities.

Then there is an internal reproduction exam. Then there is a semen/sperm evaluation. Sperm are examined for normal morphology or shape of head, midpiece and tail and progressive motility – not just wiggling. Sometimes sperm might be motile but they may not swim straight and forward. Studies that only look at overall motility miss this important point. Sperm that don’t swim straight can’t get to the egg to fertilize it. Shape is checked using a microscope under high (400-1,000x) magnification and a special stain that allows sperm shape to be seen clearly. Studies show that more bulls are failed for morphology than for any other reason. So, it is important to perform that part of the procedure correctly.

Though the BSE is thorough, it doesn’t evaluate breeding capacity (number of cows that the bull is capable of breeding) or libido (enthusiasm for breeding). These traits have to be determined by observing the bulls with the cows.

Why Don’t Producers Use BSE?

A 2008 USDA survey found that only 1 in 5 owners with fewer than 50 cows had BSEs done on their bulls. Of course, fewer than half of these herds have a controlled breeding season either, so perhaps reproductive efficiency isn’t a high priority among that group of producers. Our modern equipment is much smoother and doesn’t elicit the negative reaction that we used to see in the bulls tested. It takes a sturdy, large chute to handle a mature bull. Not every farm has a chute or alley big enough to accommodate a big bull. Some veterinary practices have haul-in facilities capable of handling bulls. Check around to see if there is one nearby. Whatever the obstacle, it’s worth finding a way to have the procedure done.

Health Tests

Biosecurity is just as important to protecting the herd from introducing disease as fertility is to getting cows bred. It is recommended to keep new additions separate from the cow herd for the first month after purchase. People have introduced diseases into their herds through new bulls. Bovine viral diarrhea virus, Johne’s and anaplasmosis have all been introduced into beef herds through new bulls. Used bulls could also bring trichomoniasis (a sexually transmitted disease) into your herd. First, ask sellers what the bulls have been tested for. Many do test for BVD or have in the past, and many herds are free.

We received many calls from producers and agents about anaplasmosis cases, especially in the fall. In a herd survey project, 42 percent of the beef herds tested in Georgia were positive for anaplasmosis. And 80 percent of those had bought yearling bulls in the last three years.

Figure 1. Heat stress sperm - heat can reduce semen quality in bulls.

Introducing an infected bull into a clean herd or introducing a non-infected bull into an infected herd are both causes for concern. Naïve cattle can get infected from the infected herd and die, while infected cattle can spread the disease to naïve cattle and cause abortion and death in the adult cows.

The annual doctor exam is important; and if you buy new, young bulls, test them – not just for fertility but at least for anaplasmosis too. If you are buying, don’t be afraid to ask owners about herd health and whether they test for diseases prior to selling cattle. You have a big investment in your herd, and it is up to you to protect it. If you aren’t sure about what tests or how to test your new cattle, check with your veterinarian.

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The Stuff of Life

By Dr. Spencer Price, MD, MPH, MBA

In the Book of Matthew, Chapter 4, Verse 4, of the King James Bible, Jesus says, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone…’” And though Jesus was speaking to a deeper philosophical truth, the parallel upon which he based his statement was, in fact, physiologically accurate. It seems that the author of the ancient writings to which Jesus referred understood a fundamental aspect of human nutrition that many modern humans have either forgotten or never knew in the first place: Human beings require something more than mere bread (that is, carbohydrates) to sustain life; that “something,” of course, is protein.

The reason that humans cannot live on bread alone is simple: Physiologically, humans can convert protein to carbohydrates but cannot convert carbohydrates to protein. Expounding on this concept, it is important to understand that, regarding human nutrition, two fundamental components are necessary for life: proteins and carbohydrates. Proteins provide the building blocks that form our physical structure. Of course, a myriad of other constituents is necessary in lesser amounts, including vitamins and minerals; however, proteins are by far the major component.

In fact, proteins are a primary constituent of nearly every major organ system in our bodies – including the musculoskeletal and neurological systems, the cardiovascular and pulmonary systems, the gastrointestinal and integumentary systems, and even the endocrine and immune systems. Proteins are found at every physiological level, from the macro-molecules that make up our muscles to the micro-molecules that form cell walls and

intracellular organelles. Yes, when it comes to the human body, proteins are everywhere.

But what about carbohydrates? Don’t they serve an important role in human physiology? The answer, of course, is “Yes.” After all, carbohydrates (basically sugars) are the cellular fuels that power every one of the trillions of cells in our bodies. However, there is an important distinction between how the body utilizes carbohydrates versus proteins. As alluded to earlier, the human body can convert proteins to carbohydrates to fuel cellular activity, but it cannot convert carbohydrates to proteins to build or repair bodily support structures and organ systems.

This is an important distinction that must be taken into consideration when diet planning. Overreliance on carbohydrates in the diet can lead to protein deprivation, resulting in less energy, weakened physical structures, and ultimately immunocompromise. One of the most common forms of malnutrition worldwide, it has been estimated that protein deprivation affects more than one billion people – in most cases, children.

On the other hand, because protein can be converted into carbohydrates, man can, in fact, live by protein alone as, unlike carbohydrates, it can provide both the energy necessary to power our cells and the building blocks to build, repair and maintain our bodies. Because of its indispensable role in human nutrition, protein is essential to life. And because beef is a rich source of high-density protein, it can be said that beef protein truly is the stuff of life.

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75 80 850 LBS AND UP 78.00 92.00 71.00 84.00 89.00 100.00

80 85 850 LBS AND UP 75.00 91.00 70.00 82.00 86.00 102.00 85 90 800 1200 LBS 61.00 82.00 51.00 74.00 70.00 90.00

BULLS: YIELD GRADE 1 1000 LBS AND UP 89.00 116.00 80.00 107.00 111.00 124.00

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300 350 LBS 198.00 220.00 205.49 185.00 197.50 192.71 175.00 190.00 179.93

350 400 LBS 190.00 215.00 203.45 184.00 196.00 191.39 167.50 187.00 177.02

400 450 LBS 190.00 205.00 194.63 177.00 190.00 182.82 162.50 185.00 172.40

450 500 LBS 180.00 190.00 182.40 165.00 177.50 173.47 150.00 175.00 164.63

500 550 LBS 165.00 185.00 177.17 160.00 175.00 166.63 143.00 175.00 156.19

550 600 LBS 163.00 185.00 169.99 157.50 177.50 165.16 132.00 171.00 157.75

600 650 LBS 155.00 171.00 164.96 154.00 166.00 160.21 140.00 159.50 146.51

650 700 LBS 150.00 165.00 158.63 140.00 157.50 150.17 130.00 149.00 141.26

HEIFERS

300 350 LBS 164.00 169.00 166.95 150.00 163.00 156.34 138.00 160.00 147.75

350 400 LBS 156.00 165.00 162.43 145.00 170.00 154.82 132.50 167.50 148.98

400 450 LBS 156.00 162.50 159.63 140.00 167.50 152.17 125.00 157.50 142.28

450 500 LBS 150.00 160.00 156.70 137.50 155.00 146.02 127.50 149.00 137.08

500 550 LBS 145.00 159.00 153.87 135.00 149.00 143.51 120.00 141.00 132.36

550 600 LBS 142.50 162.00 152.86 130.00 151.00 140.92 123.00 140.00 130.20

600 650 LBS 138.00 152.00 146 95 125.00 140.00 132.77 106.00 130.00 123.13

650 700 LBS 129.00 148.00 136.94 116.00 138.00 129.09 119.00 122.50 120.75

BULLS

300 350 LBS 188.00 217.00 197.53 170.00 197.50 181.68 152.50 187.50 171.33

350 400 LBS 180.00 205.00 192.48 164.00 192.50 177.55 150 00 190.00 168.18

400 450 LBS 160.00 190.00 180.66 150.00 180.00 170 86 135.00 175.00 158 27

450 500 LBS 170.00 180.00 175.16 144.00 170.00 160.00 135.00 158.00 149.83

500 550 LBS 160.00 170.00 165.28 142.00 162.50 151.38 131 00 150.00 143.62

550 600 LBS 149.00 165.00 156.82 133.00 150.00 144.36 130.00 145.00 137.87

600 650 LBS 140.00 152.00 146.62 129.00 147.50 137.80 121.00 137.50 127.96

650 700 LBS 127.00 147.50 137.62 120.00 138.00 130.65 110.00 135.00 123.16

MED & LGE 1 2 MED & LGE 2 3 SMALL 1 2 COW & CALF

150 300 LB 800.00 1675.00 625.00 1180.00 700.00 1000.00

LBS

135 HEAD 800 LBS 172.75; 130 HEAD 850 875 LBS 164.00

MEDIUM AND LARGE 1 2 75 HEAD 760 LBS 160.25; 70 HEAD 830 LBS 161.75; HEIFERS MEDIUM AND LARGE 1

HEAD 590 LBS 162.00; 160 HEAD 600 625 LBS 162.75 163.25; 38 HEAD 650 LBS 160.75; 80 HEAD 740 LBS 156.00;

HEAD 300 LBS 190.00;

MEDIUM AND LARGE 1 2 70 HEAD 770 LBS 150.00; FEEDER BULLS MEDIUM AND LARGE 1 83 HEAD 300 LBS 210.00.

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Where do your cows hang out? Livestock concentration areas are fairly easy to find in most pastures. Often, they are around shade, water, feeding areas, or mineral feeders. 80 to 90% of the nitrogen, phosphorous, and potassium that cattle ingest is deposited back on the pasture. Cattle redistribute nutrients throughout the pasture environment, often concentrating those nutrients around lures, leaving other areas nutrient-deficient. As managers, we have to make up for deficiencies with fertility applications. We should consider ways to maximize distribution using fencing to manage access to shade, surface water or water troughs distributed throughout the pastures. If your system lacks shade have you thought about long term solutions such as tree planting to establish shelterbelts? Or thinning tree stands to create silvopasture? Designing watering systems to keep cattle within 800 feet of a water source also helps with nutrient distribution and improves overall forage utilization. Move hay and supplement feeding areas frequently and keep minerals mobile instead of in a fixed location. All of these efforts will help distribute those nutrients throughout the pasture, out of the surface water, and help manage fertility costs. As inputs get more expensive, we must be creative to recycle nutrients and stay profitable.

October beef management calendar

General

• Quality of bermudagrass and bahia declines rapidly from now to frost. Watch condition of cows. Supplemental feed may be needed.

• Fertilize fescue pastures (60 lb N; P, K and lime according to soil test results).

• Finish planting winter grazing in prepared seed beds and begin overseeding winter annuals into pastures.

• Watch feed conditions closely when grazing stalks and stubble. Cows will eat the best of the crop residues rather quickly.

• Remove cattle from sorghum crops after a light frost due to the danger of prussic acid poisoning.

• Continue to monitor supplemental feed prices. Corn and by-product feeds like cottonseed are usually cheaper in the fall.

Spring Calving (January, February, March)

• Finish weaning late calves (follow September management list).

• Heifers need to weigh about 2/3 of their mature weight at breeding time in March. They usually need to gain 1 to 1½ lbs per day after weaning.

• Watch the body condition of bred heifers. Separate them from the cows and provide supplemental feed as quality of fall grazing declines.

• Identify thin cows and supplement them at a rate where they will reach moderate body condition at calving.

Fall Calving (October, November, December)

• Cows due to calve should be put into clean pastures and checked frequently.

• Tag calves at birth. Record birth date, tag number and cow ID.

• Castrate, dehorn and implant bull calves at birth.

• Bulls will be turned in with heifers in December and cows in January. It is time to evaluate bulls, trim feet, line up a breeding soundness exam or decide on buying a new bull.

• Check with your veterinarian about suggested pre-calving and pre-breeding vaccinations for cows.

• Start feeding high-magnesium mineral supplement 30 days before cattle are turned in on winter grazing or lush fescue pasture.

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Beef industry calendar of events

Aug. 23-Oct. 11, 2022

NW GA Master Cattlemen Program Carrollton, GA

October 1, 2022

Caroland Farms

Inaugural Production Sale Landrum, SC

October 6-16, 2022

Georgia National Fair Perry, GA

October 8, 2022

Edisto Bred Heifer Sale Blackville, SC

October 8, 2022

Oliver Angus Bull & Female Sale West Point, GA

October 8, 2022

Addison Brangus Farms Sale Cullman, AL

October 13, 2022

Bieber Red Angus Ranch Sale Swainsboro, GA

October 14, 2022

Oakdale Farms Female Sale Rome, GA

October 14, 2022

Columbia Livestock Market Bred Heifer Sale Lake City, FL

October 14, 2022

Fink Beef Genetics

Charolais Female Sale Randolph, KS

October 14, 2022

Turner Co. Stockyards Breeder Cattle Sale Ashburn, GA

October 15, 2022

Fink Beef Genetics

Angus & Charolais Bull Sale Randolph, KS

October 15, 2022

Circle F Farms Fall Sale Baxley, GA

October 15, 2022

Rolling B Ranch Female Sale Yatesville, GA

October 15, 2022

Town Creek Farm Bull & Female Sale West Point, MS

October 15, 2022

Beef on Forage Bull Sale Brenham, TX

October 17, 2022

White Hawk Ranch Bull Sale Buchanan, GA

October 18-20, 2022 Sunbelt Ag Expo Moultrie, GA

October 21-22, 2022

LG Herndon, Jr. Farms Bull + Female Sale Lyons, GA

October 21, 2022

Meadows Creek Farm Bull Sale Arcadia, FL

October 22, 2022

Brownlee Mountain Farms Complete Dispersal Calhoun, GA

October 22, 2022

Debter Hereford Farm Bull Sale Horton, AL

October 25, 2022

Phillips-Fenco Brangus Bull Sale Bunnell, FL

October 28, 2022

CK Cattle Production Sale Hope Hull, AL

October 28, 2022

Yon Family Farms Fall Female Sale Ridge Spring, SC

October 29, 2022

Yon Family Farms Fall Bull Sale Ridge Spring, SC

October 29, 2022

Deep South Genetics Bull Sale Troy, AL

November 4, 2022

Premium Power Bull Sale Wauchula, FL

November 4, 2022

Frank Turner & Sons Farms Produc tion Sale Hayneville, AL

November 5, 2022

Barnett Angus Ranches Sale Washington, GA

November 5, 2022

Chatel Farms Bull Sale Reidsville, GA

November 5, 2022

Mountain Laurel Classic Sale Calhoun, GA

November 5, 2022

Southern Cattle Company Annual Bull Sale Marianna, FL

November 5, 2022 The Fall Sale Letohatchee, AL

November 5, 2022

TJB Gelbvieh Annual Bull Sale Chickamauga, GA *Sale Date Correction

November 9-10, 2022

Adams Ranch Field Day & Sale Fort Pierce, FL

November 10, 2022

Circle G Ranches - Bull Sale Adel, GA

November 11, 2022

Barnes Herefords Fall Bull Sale Cedartown, GA

November 11, 2022

Turner Co. Stockyards Breeder Cattle Sale Ashburn, GA

November 11-12, 2022

Quail Valley Farms Female & Bull Sale Blountsville, AL

November 12, 2022

Ingram Angus Production Sale Lynnville, TN

November 12, 2022

Gibbs Farms Bull Sale Ranbune, AL

November 12, 2022

Friendship Farms Bull Sale Savannah, GA

November 18, 2022

Cattlemen’s Connection Middle Georgia

November 18-19, 2022

Cavender-Draggin’M Fall Production Sale Jacksonville, TX

November 19, 2022

Strickland-Driggers 11th Annual Bull Sale Glennville, GA

November 19, 2022 MM/CALLAWAY AFFORDA-Bull Sale

Commercial Bred Heifer Sale Hogansville, GA

December 2, 2022

Knoll Crest Total Performance Bull and Commercial Heifer Sale

Red House, VA

December 2, 2022

Meadows Creek It’s All Black and White Bull Sale Letohatchee, AL

December 3, 2022

The Source Bull Sale Nashville, GA

December 3, 2022

Heart of Alabama Bull Sale Brundidge, AL

December 9, 2022

Turner Co. Stockyards Breeder Cattle Sale Ashburn, GA

December 10, 2022

Cowboy Logic Sale Talmo, GA

January 14, 2023

Columbia Livestock Market Black Bull Sale Lake City, FL

January 14, 2023

Greuel Family Brangus Bull Sale Lake City, FL

January 23, 2023

Tokeena Angus Sale Seneca, SC

Feburary 1-3, 2023

Cattle Industry Convention & NCBA Trade Show New Orleans, LA

February 9, 2023

30th Edition UGA Focus on Genetically Enhanced EPDs Sale Athens, GA

February 18, 2023

Yon Family Farms Spring Sale Ridge Spring, SC

March 8-10, 2023

Cattlemen’s Convention Columbus, GA

April 1, 2023

Circle G Ranches - Female Sale Adel, GA

April 8, 2022

Knoll Crest Spring Bull and Female Sale Red House, VA

April 23, 2023

Rocking W Angus Sale Jefferson, GA

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Advertising Index

Adams Ranch

.................................................................. 44

ADM 34

Advanced Power Equipment ..................................... 93

AGCO 16

Agrimerica

...................................................................... BC

All American Panel 30

American Angus Association .................................... 47

Bar C Cattle & Produce Company 92

Barnes Herefords .......................................................... 77

Barnett Angus Ranches. 7

Beefmaster Breeders United ..................................... 58

Bieber Red Angus Ranch 41

Brownlee Mountain Farms

......................................... 43

Carroll T. Cannon 92

Cavender-Draggin’M and Partners

.......................... 48

Circle F Farms 21

Circle G Ranches

........................................................... 12

Continental Genetics 92

Cowboy Logic Sale

....................................................... 63

Debter Hereford Farm 14

Deep South Genetics

................................................... 49

Dixie Lix 92

Dogwood Genetics ...................................................... 92

Duracast 66

Edward Jones

.................................................................. 94

FPL Food/Chatel Farms 27

Frank Turner and Sons Family ................................... 38

Franklin County Livestock 92

Friendship Farms ........................................................... 45

Georgia Angus Breeders 82-83

Georgia Hereford Breeders 81

Georgia Limousin Breeders 84

Georgia Livestock Breeders 85-89

Gibbs Farms .................................................................... 59

Godfrey's Feed 1

Gold River Liquid Products ....................................... 92

Graham Livestock 66

Greenview Farms .......................................................... 60

H & H Equipment 40, 93

Heart of Alabama Brangus Bull Sale ....................... 67

Honeywood 72

International Brangus Breeders

Kuhn 32, 68

Lee County Equipment ............................................... 31

L.G. Herndon, Jr. Farms Sale IBC

Lone Pine Charolais ...................................................... 42

Manor Timber Co 92

Meadows Creek Farm ........................................... 42, 68

Mid Georgia Livestock Market 92

Mid-Atlantic Cattle Sales .......................................... IFC

Mike Jones 92

MM-Callaway 39

Mountain Laurel Classic Sale 40

Nationwide Insurance (Bill Hembree) 94

NE Georgia Livestock .................................................. 55

Pasture Mgmt Systems 70

Phillips-Fenco Bull Sale ................................................ 73

Priefert/Fuller Supply 50

Premium Power Bull Sale ........................................... 57

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Ingram Angus 61

Knoll Crest Farm

.............................................................. 9

Quail Valley Farms 71 Ranchwork.com

............................................................. 92

Raymond James/Wealth Intelligence 94

Reproductive Mgmt Services ..................................... 92 Ritchie 76

Rockin R Trailers

93

Rolling B Ranch 5

Southeast Agnet

93

Southeastern Semen Services 92

Southern Agri-Gro

92

Southern Cattle Co 69

Sunbelt Ag Expo

27, 75

The Fall Sale 56

The Source Bull Sale

51

TJB Gelbvieh & Balancer 35

Tokeena Angus ............................................................... 78

Town Creek Farm 79

Turner Co Stockyards ................................................. 76

Tyson Steel 54, 93

Upson County Livestock ............................................ 92

Vigortone 92

Wayne Ansley Semen Sales ....................................... 92

WAX Company 3, 13, 25

West End Milling Company ....................................... 92

Wil-Mil Farms 33

YON Family Farms

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