Kansas Angus News - February 2018

Number 613 . Kansas Angus Association . February 2018

HINKSON Annual Bull Sale TUESDAY | MARCH 20, 2018 | 1 PM | COTTONWOOD FALLS, KS

100 ANGUS BULLS | 70 COMMERCIAL BRED FEMALES

Frank Hinkson 620.340.2501

Trey Hinkson 620.794.3407

HINKSONANGUS.COM

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2018 Kansas Angus Association Board of Directors Pictured at the KAA annual banquet following the annual meeting on January 20, 2018, these men and women are members of the 2018 Board of Director. Seated on the front row and elected officers during the annual meeting are John McCurry, Burrton, treasurer; Anne Lampe, Scott City, secretary/manager; Brandon New, Leavenworth , vice president and Neal Haverkamp, Bern, president. On the back bow are directors: Stephanie Dickerson, Paradise; Lynne Hinrichsen, Westmoreland; Darin Huck, DVM, Dodge City; Jace Johnson, Dwight; Flinton McCabe, Elk city; Jeff Klausmeyer, Clearwater; Lance Cline, Onaga and Clint Woodrow, Emporia. Not all members are pictured, see page 2 for complete list. .Commercial Female Sale Junction City is March 23 Junction City— Consignments being accepted now The KAA is proud to sponsor its annual Commercial Angus Female Sale this spring at JC Livestock Sales, Junction City on Friday, March 23 at 6 pm. We are in search of high quality, pairs, fall bred cows, bred heifers and open heifers to offer at this sale. All consignments must be 8 years or younger and meet Certified Angus Beef ® live specs ,(show obvious black Angus influence and predominately black hided) please request an entry form from sale chairman Jace Johnson or you can find a form and submit online at www.kansasangus.org. Jace Johnson (620)767-2689, johnsoncattle@yahoo.com. To be included in sale listings and advertising consign by March 1. Consignments taken until sale day, cattle must arrive by 2 pm sale day.

American Angus Assn. Board of Directors Candidate Kansas Angus Association members who are interested in being a candidate for the American Angus Association Board of Directors for election in November 2018 and will seek endorsement from the KAA Board of Directors should send a letter of request to the Board by email to kansasangus@wbsnet.org or by mail to Kansas Angus Association, 5201 E Rd 110, Scott City, Kansas 67871 by April 15 . Interested candidates will be invited to the KAA board of directors meeting in June.

New KAA Membership Directory Available Now The 2018 edition of the annual Kansas Angus Directory is available now and is a great reference for anyone looking for Angus genetics. The 124 page booklet features a complete listing of current KAA members along with contact and herd information. Advertisements from many Kansas Angus breeders and industry partners highlight the states programs, Angus seed stock and genetics. KAA members and KAN subscribers were mailed copies in late January To receive a free copy or additional copies please email kansasangus@wbsnest.org or call 620-8744273.

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The President’s Pen Hello from the Nemaha river valley in the Northeastern part of the state!

For those of you that have not met me, my name is Neal Haverkamp from Bern, Kansas and I am honored to serve as the President of the Kansas Angus Association for the upcoming year. My wife Marya and I own and operate Nemaha Valley Cattle Company. We have four energetic ranch hands, our children, Dane (11), Adelaide (10), Sullivan (8) and Ian (5).

They are very involved around the ranch and with our business.

It is an exciting time to be in the Angus business. The demand for Angus genetics remains high and so, my fellow Angus breeders that is a testament to you and your hard work and dedication to the breed. Not only does this state have a reputation for breeding exceptional Angus cattle, but the members, the people behind the breed, are top notch as well.

2018 looks to be a busy year for our family as well. We are so proud to be celebrating 25 years of breeding Registered Angus cattle. During the early years, I wasn’t sure we could make a go of it. But again, another testament to the breed, hands down, Angus cattle do their job. In July we plan to make our second trip to the NJAS being held in Madison, WI. Last year, our first trip to the NJAS was challenging with our young crew and being that we are all still very novice in the show area, we were apprehensive to say the least. Looking back, we feel the experience was so valuable and not just for our children but for my wife and I as well. The friends and acquaintances made at the show will last a lifetime, not to mention the fun and the worthwhile experience the kids gained from the contests and all the other activities going on throughout the week.

Speaking as a “green” show-dad, the idea of traveling a good distance with cattle and kids can seem a tad bit overwhelming but again, the people in the Angus breed came through! Always there to answer a question or give pointers and tips and mainly reassure that the whole “show-thing” gets easier with time!

As I close this message I must give a huge thank you to Anne Lampe our Secretary/Manager for her dedication and years of service to this association. I am looking forward to a great year ahead. Thank you for allowing me to serve as your president. If I can be of assistance in any way or address any concerns you have, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Sincerely, Neal Haverkamp Kansas Angus Association President 2018 (785) 336-1655, neal@nemahavalleycattle.com

Official Publication of the Kansas Angus Association, Inc. March /April 2018 issue ad/copy deadline : Feb. 10

Anne Lampe, Editor 5201 E Rd 110▪ Scott City, Ks 67871 (620)874-4273 kansasangus@wbsnet.org

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This policy applies to all advertising accepted by the KAA including the Kansas Angus News, Kansas Angus Directory, website ads, and eadvertisements. . Any member 3 months or more in arrears in the payment of dues or assessments shall be dropped from the roll with the membership year beginning with the annual meeting. (KAA ByLaws: Art III, Sec 4) Any claims or statements of the writers or advertisers in this publication represent their own opinions and are not necessarily those of the editor or of the officers and directors of the Kansas Angus Association.

Published 6 times per year.

Notes & News from Anne Sale Day Tucked in between late night calving checks and winter chores is the day some might call the most important single day of the year— sale day.

Sale day is pay day, the day that you can showcase your countless hours spent on mating decisions, selection, studying production records, writing footnotes and marketing along with everyday chores that lead up to the day when customers show up at your ranch to purchase seedstock. Sale day is day to celebrate the confidence customers show in your program .

There are many “sale days” across the state of Kansas within the next 3 months. The calendar on page 31 lists fifty sales being hosted by KAA members and the pages of this KAN are filled with advertisements touting a variety of genetics that are sure to fit the goals of registered and commercial producers. In addition to the dates on the calendar, many KAA members offer bulls and females for sale private treaty throughout the spring. Those looking for herd bulls and replacement females need not look further than the progressive, reputable Angus seedstock producers in Kansas.

Whether you are selling or buying have a great sale day,

Anne Lampe Kansas Angus Association Manager, Kansas Angus News Editor. Kanasangus@wbsnet.org

In this Issue Page 1. Association News ▪ 1 Editors Notes, KAA, KAN Info ▪ 2 Angus Industry ▪ 4 KJAA ▪ 6

Auxiliary ▪ 6 Start a Conversation ▪ 14 Showring Purple ▪28 Reeves, Downey Elected to KLA Leadership ▪ 30 KAA Calendar ▪ 31 Cover ▪ Sale Day Photo and design by Anne Lampe.

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President : Neal Haverkamp, Bern Vice President : Brandon New, Leavenworth Secretary/Mgr: Anne Lampe, Scott City (620) 874-4273 (cell) Treasurer: John McCurry, Burrton Past President: Larry Lundgren, Gove District Directors Term Expires # 1 Lynne Hinrichsen , Westmoreland ……….….……….2019 # 2 Jason Flory, Baldwin City ………..…….…..... ….. . 2020 # 3 Flinton McCabe, Elk City ………………..………... ..2020 # 4 Deb Bartholomew, Mankato ..…….…….….............2019 # 5 Stephanie Dickerson, Paradise........………….....,.. 2021 # 6 Ben Williams, Hutchinson……………….…..….….. .2019 # 7 Brady Larson, Sharon Springs….……………...…....2019 # 8 Darin Huck, Dodge City……………………....…. ..2019 Directors At Large (Commercial) Jace Johnson, Dwight……………………..…………… ..2019 Cash Schilling, Edson……………………...…......... ….2020 Jeff Klausmeyer , Clearwater..……….……….. …..…. .2021 Directors At Large (Purebred) Chad Breiner, Alma………………….…………………....2020 Clint Woodrow, Emporia …………… ………….… …..2019 Lance Cline, Onaga……………………………….… … 2021 Kansas Angus Association Bookkeeper– Betsy Anderson betsyakaa@gmail.com The KAA board meets quarterly in February, May, September and December. Members are welcome to attend meetings. Contact Anne Lampe for meeting dates.

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Angus Industry

News and information provided by the American Angus Association ® & Certified Angus Beef , LLC.

Angus Media Announces Launch of Angus Sales TV Take your marketing dollars further with Angus Media’s new video addition to sale catalogs.

In today’s world, videography is taking over media platforms at an everincreasing rate. Now more than ever, filmed promotional materials allow a farm or ranch to connect with their audience in a more engaging and productive way. Angus Media is excited to announce the launch of its new video addition to sale catalogs, Angus Sales TV. Take your promotional dollars further with the addition of videography to your sale catalog and much more.

Angus Sales TV is a portfolio of video services ranging from video shoots, editing, posting and promotion. Now, as prospective customers flip through your online sale catalog, they can simply click on an image of an offering, and the lot’s video launches instantaneously.

“In 2017, Angus Media online sale catalogs received more than 38 million views,” said Angus Productions Inc. President Rick Cozzitorto. “By adding videos with your sale catalog on the Angus Media website, you will be on a site with the most page views in the agricultural industry, exposing your program to the largest audience possible. With Angus Media, the possibilities for your cattle marketing options are endless.”

Allow potential customers to get to know your operation beyond the pages of a sale catalog. Angus Sales TV is available to develop and create an added sense of excitement around your program and production sales. With 38 million sale catalog page views in 2017, the Angus Media team is the leader in first-class production catalogs and promotional materials.

“Their goal and ours is to help commercial cattlemen when they are looking for registered Angus bulls to find genetics aligned with the CAB best practices EPD recommendations, to help them produce cattle that will go on to supply the brand,” says Mark McCully, CAB vice president of supply.

Now, those who use TtB to help customers do that can earn a $250 reward in the form of CAB apparel and gifts (http://www.cabpartners.com/ marketing/pdf/TtB-Logo-Use-Incentive-Program.pdf) Here’s how: Step 1. Use the logo next to each bull in your sale catalog that meets the minimum EPD recommendations for TtB. Bulls must be a minimum of breed average (current numbers shown here) for both Marbling EPD (+0.53) and $G (+32.65). The logo may still be used for qualifying bulls even if catalog layout does not showcase these two numbers. However, general use of the TtB logo in sale catalogs (not used to identify individual animals), or on farm or ranch signs, is not eligible for the TtB incentive program.

Step 2. Include the TtB logo advertisement (available in half- and fullpage format) in your sale catalog to help customers understand what the logo means and know to look for it.

Step 3. Submit a digital copy of your final sale catalog to Certified Angus Beef LLC. Catalogs can be submitted to Kara Lee at klee@certifiedangusbeef.com. Email your questions or call 330-3452333 ext. 315.

Guidelines for the mark: For more information regarding Angus Sales TV, contact Brett Spader at The Targeting the Brand logo layout can be used by Angus producers to show their focus, and industry or business associates to show support 816-383-5100, ext. 205 or angussalestv@angus.media. for the CAB program and brand. It can be used at events and in sale catalogs, advertisements, company letterhead and farm or ranch signs, for example.

Targeted strategies incentivized There is no training or licensing for cow-calf producers, only commitment

by Steve Suther to the target as warranted by higher market prices for hitting this premiAfter more than a decade as “available” to producers, the Certified Angus Beef ® (CAB®) um target. No prior approval is needed for use of the mark. The logo and text must appear together in the format provided. The CAB brand logo brand has created incentives for registered Angus seedstock providers for strategic use of cannot be used alone and the text design cannot be separated and used its “Targeting the Brand” (TtB) logo, available independently or with some other mark.

No formal affiliation with the CAB brand is implied by use of the mark. at http://www.cabpartners.com/marketing/ CAB has the right to refuse use of any of its marks to any entity at any images/Targeting-The-Brand.png. time, regardless of whether the above criteria have been met.

The brand was born with the mission of improving demand for Angus cattle through marketing consistent, high-quality beef with superior taste. American Angus Association Announces Acquisition of Verified Beef Traditionally, that beef was the only focus of the CAB logo, which had never been applied to cattle until the limited application in this century’s New feeder calf program will grow market share by increasing use of feedlot program, followed by blanket approval for the “targeting” logo in registered Angus bulls.

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American Angus Association announced on November 4, 2017 it has entered into an agreement to acquire the assets of Verified Beef, includThe next year marked publication of the first CAB Best Practices Manual ing its proprietary Reputation Feeder Cattle ® program. The deal under(BPM). It provided recommendations for balanced-trait expected progeny scores the Association’s commitment to programs that increase the use differences (EPDs) in Angus bulls to meet all needs from pasture to of registered Angus bulls in the commercial segment, growing value for plate. the Angus breed and the entire membership.

Creative seedstock suppliers, from individual breeders to artificial insemination marketing companies, soon consulted with CAB to gain a tighter focus on the target. In their catalogs and online, logo placement began to denote sires and prospect bulls that meet those BPM standards.

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Continued on page 19, see Acquisition

SELLING 110 BULLS & 50 YEARLING FEMALES

Saturday, March 17, 2018 ♣ 1 p.m. ♣ at the Ranch 5 miles north and 2 1/2 west of Zenda, KS or 9 miles west, 9 miles south and 2 1/2 west of Kingman, KS

Molitor Angus Ranch is a family owned operation located in south-central Kansas. “ A National Award winning (2014) CAB recognized quality Angus Seedstock Ranch”.

Excelling in performance, calving ease and gentle dispositions . Through the careful genetic selection of A-I and pasture sires, we produce a distinctive group of bulls and heifers that honor the lengthy tradition of the Angus breed.

66 years of Breeding Quality Angus Cattle ♣ 1952 -2018 Molitor Angus Ranch

Basin Payweight 1682 Reg # 17038724

BW +.7 WW +69 YW +119 Milk +25 Marb +.75 RE +.39 $B +146.90

Selling: 15 sons

Connealy Black Granite

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BW +.3 WW +58 YW +98 Milk +21 Marb +.35 RE +.70 $B +129.99

BW –.1 WW +59 YW +110 Milk +25 Marb +.29 RE +.34 $B +135.74

Selling: 8 sons

Selling: 10 sons

♣Other Main Service Sires♣ KG Solution 0018 – 10 sons Haynes Outright 452 – 8 sons Molitor Payweight 3015-165 – 7 sons Basin Advance 3134 - 6 sons Molitor Complement Able 114 – 6 sons GA Lucy Special Focus 449 – 6 sons SAV Resource 1441 – 4 sons HARB Playboy 581 JH – 4 sons SVF Calvary B323 – 4 sons SS War Party A8 – 3 sons

LD Emblazon 999 Reg # 16665803

BW +.7 WW +67 YW +119 Milk +15 Marb +.49 RE +.72 $B +148.44

Selling: 7 sons

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For Information contact:

2014 Certified Angus Beef Seedstock Commitment to Excellence Award All Cattle Sell Free of all known genetic defects

♣ Free delivery on 3 or more lots within 300 miles

Richard or Mike Molitor (620) 243-6335 Fax (620) 243-7533 Mike -Cell (620) 243-3081 11558 S.W. 90th St. Zenda, KS 67159 Email: molangus@onlinezenda.net

Kansas Angus Auxiliary Congratulations 2018 Miss Kansas Angus Eva Hinrichsen, Westmorland and Ambassador Kady Figge, Onaga.

Thank You 2018 Miss Ks Angus & Ambassador Program Sponsors Ks Angus Assn; Ks Angus Auxiliary, Ks Jr Angus Assn; Fink Beef Genetics; Sandra McCurry ; McCurry Angus Ranch, June Hagenbuch, Green Garden Angus; McCabe Genetics , McCurry Brothers, Figge Farms, Hal & Ann Sankey ,Triple 3 Bar S Angus; Anne Lampe; Megin Santee O’Brien ; Silver Lake Angus ; Nemaha Valley Angus

2017-19 KS Angus Auxiliary Leaders President -Beverly Figge…..785.889.4470 Vice President- Wendy Flory Secretary– Melissa Cozzitorto Treasurer- Lori Fink……. 785.532.8171 Reporter– Tonya Theis Past President/Advisor- Megin O’Brien….620.802.1482 Hospitality Chairman– Mary McCurry Miss Ks Angus Program Chairman– Anne Lampe Ways & Means Chairman– Mary McCurry Achievement Awards Chairman- Brooke Woodworth Scholarship Committee 2018– Chairman Emily Mullen

Kansas Angus Auxiliary Scholarship Attention High School Seniors 2018

Deadline April 1, 2018 Application online

www.angusauxiliary.com/leadership/scholarship.html ( application is on the American Angus Auxiliary website) you must first apply and qualify on the state level.

Completed application must be mailed and postmarked no later than April 1, 2018. Emily McCurry Mullen, 2018 KS Scholarship chairman PO BOX 570, Ulysses, Ks 67880

Accepting Applications for Women Connected

The American Angus Auxiliary is excited to announce that it is hosting its 4th Women Connected conference bringing together Angus cattlewomen, Auxiliary members and other women involved in the Angus industry. Twenty women will be selected from applications to join the ten-member Auxiliary executive committee April 18-20, 2018 in Excelsior Springs, Missouri at the historic Elms Hotel. The theme for this bi-annual conference is “Engaging Minds, Renewing Spirits. Attendees will participate in networking activities, educational workshops and tours. An application and more information is available at www.angusauxiliary.com/about/women-connected.html For more information contact conference chairman Anne Lampe at alampe@wbsnet.org; 620-874-4273 the application deadline is February 15. Selected applicants will be notified by March 1. Conference costs for successful applicants including lodging and meals will be provided through the generous support of the Angus Foundation; participants will be responsible for transportation to and from the Kansas City International Airport if flying and Excelsior Springs if driving.

Kansas Junior Angus Association Dear KJAA members, KJAA members, First, I would like to thank everyone who came to the Kansas Angus Futurity Junior Show in Lawrence . A huge thank you for participating. It was nice to see everyone and meet some new faces. I would also like to thank all of the officers, advisors, and anyone who helped put the show together to makes things run smoothly. We had a great turn out. I hope to see everyone at the Kansas Angus Preview Show in June. Best wishes to those hosting sales and attending shows for this spring! If anyone has any questions about anything please let me know.

Thanks,

Raising the Bar in Oklahoma Application deadline is March 1 In April, National Junior angus Association members ages 14-21 will be “Kicking it with the Cowboys” in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Participants will visit Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, OK. Ranch tours, workshops, social activities and more are part if the 3 day Raising the Bar Conference. A registration form is in your NJAA “green book” or visit www.njaa.info. Cost to attend is $100, transportation to OKC is also the participant's responsibility.

Megan Green KJAA President meganbgreen96@gmail.com

KJAA OFFICERS 2017-18 (Term Aug 1 to Aug 1)

President: - Megan Green, Leavenworth, meganbgreen96@gmail.com President Elect: Anna Carpenter, Wamego 1st Vice President: Grady Dickerson, Paradise 2nd Vice President: Cale Hinrichsen, Westmoreland Secretary: Morgan Woodbury, Quenemo Treasurer: Alex Cozzitorto, Lawrence Reporter - Ethan Dickerson, Paradise Historian: Eva Hinrichsen, Westmoreland Past President: Chelsey Figge, Onaga Membership Directors: Kady Figge, Onaga; Jayce Dickerson, Paradise; Kelsey Theis, Leavenworth

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DIRECTORS District 1: Elyse Louderback District 2: Baylee Wulfkuhle District 3: Kelly Newton District 4: Daniel Maier District 5: Clay Pelton District 6: Nick Siemens Directors At-Large: Gretta Rosenhagen, Brandon Frederick ADVISORS Advisors 3yr term David and Susan Shipman….... sshipman@kstatesports.com (3rd year 2015) Nelson Hager……………...…...…...nhsnadhill@hotmail.com (2nd year 2016) Ron and Lynne Hinrichsen.................rlangus@bluevalley.net (1st year 2017) Anne Lampe……...……….…..620-874- 4273 cell, kansasangus@wbsnet.org

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29th Annual Production Sale Thursday, March 15, 2018 . 1 pm Esbon, Kansas SELLING: 143 Yearling Bulls 17 Fall Yearling Bulls 70 Registered Replacement Heifers 40 Commercial Replacement Heifers

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CED 6 / BW 3.1 / WW 70 / YW 129 / MILK 29 SC 1.43 / CW 61 / MARB .11 / RE .77 FAT -.004 / $W 71.44 / $B 130.42 Top 5% for WW, YW, CW, $W He Sells March 15

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For more information, please contact: 1-888-870-BULL Everett & Bonnie Benoit (785) 725-3231 Doug Benoit (785) 545-6806 . Chad Benoit (785) 545-8095 ebbenoit@ruraltel.net . www.BenoitAngus.com 621 Hwy. 36 . Esbon, KS 66941

February 24, 2018 • Pratt Livestock • Pratt, KS • 5 pm CST Selling 35 Elite Angus Females Donors, ETs, Yearlings, Bred Heifers Selling 200 Performance Tested Bulls 50 – Two-year-old ET Bulls held especially for this event. 75 – 18 month old bulls, the top cut.

75 – Yearling bulls, the top cut AVG EPDs on Bulls Selling CED BW WW YW CW Marb RE $W $B 7 +1.4 +68 +117 +50 +.72 +.70 +67.70 +153.50

“This one is the dawn of a new Angus Era”

Bullerman Empress 6050 Owned with Ravellette Angus

Selling ½ interest in what we consider one of the absolute best Payweight 1682 daughters anywhere in America today.

She has a phenotype that is second to none, sound in structure, bold in rib, massive muscle expression and one of the best frontends of any Payweight 1682 we have seen. She also excels from a genomic and EPD standpoint ranking in the top 1% of current Angus females for WW, YW, $Feedlot and $Beef EPDs as well as the top 10% for RADG, SC, CW, RE and $Wean EPD. She will sell fresh with a new calf by Colonel and ready to flush.

Stratford Angus Steve Stratford 90453 NW 70th St. Pratt, KS 67124 Office: 620-546-4646 Cell: 620-546-1789 strato@havilandtelco.com

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For Sale Books: Parker Friedrich 566 Hillcrest Stephenville, TX, 76401 Phone: 254-413-2420 parkerfriedrich@earthlink.net

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CARCASS BULL SALE

Wednesday, March 7, 2018 | 1 p.m.

Near Isabel, Kansas at Poland Angus Ranch

V A R Discovery 2240 EPDs: CE: +5, BW: +1.4, WW: +74, YW: +145 +170.48 MILK: +29, SC: +1.94, MARB: +1.04, RE: +0.72, $B:

KCF Bennett Absolute EPDs: CE: +11, BW: -0.2, WW: +63, YW: +116 +153.94 MILK: +17, SC: +1.06, MARB: +0.64, RE: +0.73, $B:

SELLING 70 ANGUS BULLS, INCLUDING: 30 Fall Yearling Angus Bulls 40 Spring Yearling Angus Bulls Sons of:

Connealy Black Granite

Sandpoint Butkus V A R Discovery 2240 KCF Bennett Fortress Connealy Black Granite KCF Bennett Absolute

EPDs: CE: +14, BW: +.3, WW: +58, YW: +97 +129.78 MILK: +22, SC: +1.00, MARB: +0.35, RE: +0.71, $B:

POLAND ANGUS RANCH

Richard Poland 11230 NE Harvest Rd. | Isabel, KS 67065 620.739.4587 - home | 620.886.1720 - cell www .pol and ang us.c om

CB FARMS

Berry Bortz 30142 NE 100th Ave. | Preston, KS 67583 620.656.4425 - home | 620.546.6077 - cell www .cbf arm s.or g

Right Choice The

Visit www.stuckyranch.com to hear our story and comments from our customers who demand honesty, integrity and quality from a family business who understands their needs.

Stucky Ranch Annual Production Sale . Wednesday, March 14, 2018 421 NE 70th Ave. . Kingman, Kansas . 1:00 pm

Stucky Sunrise 6833 . 18872624

Stucky Black Granite 6919 . 18872608

Stucky Crossbow 6850 . 18872931

GAR Sunrise x Final Answer CED +14 / BW -1.2 / WW +72 / YW +118 MB +1.17 / RE +.65 / $W +75.60 / $B +159.76

Black Granite x Final Product CED +4 / BW +3.4 / WW +81 / YW +133 MB +.62 / RE +.51 / $W +81.39 / $B +177.36

Spring Cove Crossbow x Final Answer CED +14 / BW -.4 / WW +64 / YW +121 MB +.75 / RE +.34 / $W +57.17 / $B +156.25

Stucky Renown P6709 . 18895759

Stucky Eisa Erica 6197 . 18872551

Stucky Eisa Erica 5440 . 18541542

Selling 20 Sunrise sons!

SAV Renown x Bismarck CED +8 / BW +1.9 / WW +73 / YW +127 MB +.31 / RE +.40 / $W +74.44 / $B +140.41 Selling 25 Renown & Resource sons!

. . . .

Selling 25 Black Granite sons!

GAR Sunrise x Consensus 7229 CED +6 / BW +1.6 / WW +66 / YW +122 MB +1.01 / RE +.61 / $W +64.62 / $B +152.69 Superior genetic value with outstanding phenotype!

SELLING 150 14-18 Month Old Registered Angus Bulls 30 Yearling Registered Angus Heifers 6 2&3 Year Old Registered Angus Donor Cows with fall heifer calves at side Embryo Packages sired by Basin Payweight 1682 & Jindra Acclaim

Selling 18 Crossbow sons!

Baldridge Willie x MCC Daybreak CED -2 / BW +4.2 / WW +87 / YW +155 MB +1.02 / RE +.85 / $W +60.01 / $B +188.71 Sells open & ready to flush with a fancy Commando heifer calf at side!

Sires include: GAR Sunrise . Basin Payweight 1682 . Spring Cove Crossbow . GAR Prophecy Connealy Black Granite . SAV Renown . SAV Resource . Baldridge Jennings . WR Journey 1X74 . Connealy Ten Fold

For a sale book and more information email gordon@stuckyranch.com www.StuckyRanch.com . Gordon Stucky . (620) 532-4122

6159

SAV Resource 1441 X Connealy Confidence Dam 2@108, CED 9, WW 87, YW 151, $B 165.54

6274

Connealy Courage 25L X 6i6 Pathfinder Dam 9@107, BW 1.3, CED 7, YW 100, $B 113.21

6256

Connealy Comrade 1385 X Sitz Dash

6169

RB Tour of Duty 177 X Coleman Regis Dam 1@107, YW 107, RE .89, $B 128.25

Dam 2@102, BW -.2, CED 11, WW 64, YW 111, $W 78.63, $B 135.52

Featuring 110 Fall Yearling Angus Bulls i50K tested & ready to go to work for you Sons of some of the most solid bulls in the breed: Connealy Comrade, SAV Resource, Tour of Duty, Thunder, Chisum, Hoover Dam, Courage, SAV Priority and Confidence 3159

Jan and Frank Lyons 785-532-8500 or 785-532-8300 2481 McDowell Creek Road Manhattan, KS 66502

Karl and Amy Langvardt 785-499-2945 or 785-499-2944 32169 Highway K4 Alta Vista, KS 66834 AmyKarl@LyonsRanch.com

Start a Conversation A rancher and a chef use conversation and culinary delights to advocate for agriculture.

By Anne Lampe

Empowering and encouraging farmers and ranchers to gain confidence and experience in connecting with consumers, Debbie Lyons Blythe and Chef Alli Winter have teamed up to present motivational presentations and workshops which promote advocating for agriculture one conversation at a time. Debbie and Alli share laughter, life lessons and a few tears in their high energy presentation Empower & Encourage. The presentations centered around experiences, food and cooking are tailored to the audience as they encourage peers in agriculture to connect with all people around the dinner table of today.

Debbie says, “be real, make a connection” as she shares the story that led to her becoming a blogger and advocate for agriculture. During a presentation I attended, Debbie tells the story of her husband’s cousin Shannon who while visiting the Blythe ranch questioned Debbie’s decision to serve milk and beef because of her belief that these agriculture products were loaded with unsafe hormones. Understand, Shannon was just a few generations removed from being a rancher as Debbie and her husband Duane live and ranch on the Blythe’s family ranch that was homesteaded in 1890. Each of us more than likely has a Shannon whether it be a friend, relative or acquaintance that has questioned agriculture practices and food production.

“It is more important than ever for all of us to connect around the dinner table of today”, says Chef Alli. Food conversations are very important no matter what role in agriculture we play. Everyone is connected to agriculture by food.

Debbie Lyons Blythe is a full-time rancher who began blogging in 2009. Her blog Kids, Cows and Grass tells the story of her life on a Kansas cattle ranch and connects with followers by sharing her passions of kids, cows and grass. Debbie is a wife and mother of five grown children, she grew up on a registered Angus ranch near Manhattan, Kansas. She and her husband Duane own and operate Blythe Family Farms in the Kansas finthills near White City. Blogging and her active involvement in organizations including the Kansas Livestock Association, National Cattleman’s Beef Association and Angus associations have led her to being a speaker at agriculture and beef industry events across the United States.

After attending culinary school Chef Alli became a personal chef, TV personality and a consultant for a grocery store chain teaching classes and doing cooking demonstrations. Today, Chef Alli is a fancy farm wife, mom, speaker and creator of Chef Alli’s Farm Fresh Kitchen, for over ten years she has traveled the state of Kansas telling the real story of agriculture from farm to table. She lives on a cattle operation northeast Kansas with her husband Pat and their three sons.

Through Empower & Encourage, the rancher and the chef challenge those in agriculture the share their own stories through conversation and to connect with consumers by sharing day to day farm and ranch experiences and practices. Encouraging audiences to talk about the “hard stuff” that consumers are concerned about such as antibiotics, hormones, the environment and GMO’s, share honest information of how and why we raise crops and livestock to feed the world. What better way to do that than to gather around the dinner table of today?

Connect with Debbie & Chef Alli Debbie: www.kidscowsandgrass.com, Facebook @kscattleranch, Instagram debbiel_b Alli: www.chefallis.com Facebook @chefalli , Instagram chefalli Facebook Empower and Encourage @empowermentmessage

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- Your Success You are certain to find several bulls that meet your goals.

Listening to the needs of the commercial producer drives every decision we make.

- Year-around Resources In a competitive climate we have your back: customized consulting and herd visits, guaranteed sight-unseen bull purchasing options, calf and replacement heifer marketing assistance and more…

- Exclusively Private Treaty You won’t be choosing from bulls that “didn’t make the sale” or were “caught” in the auction.

HPR customers receive personalized assistance to view the entire offering when you visit.

- Find Your Fit Over 250 18-month-old and spring yearling bulls in three breeds to select from. Managed in large contemporary groups, we raised and own the dam of every bull in our offering. Our goal: The right bull to the right herd every time.

For more than 20 years this has proven to be a successful path for hundreds in the HPR Family. On your journey for genetic solutions you will find Harms Plainview Ranch is a comfortable place to call home.

PRIVATE TREATY BULL SALE ANGUS | CHAROLAIS | RED ANGUS

HARMS PLAINVIEW RANCH

Your Partner In Progress Photos, Videos and Sale information will be available on our web site the first week of February. www.HARMSRANCH.com Please contact us to request a print catalog.

Harms Plainview Ranch • Mark & Kim Harms & Family 2528 250th Street • Lincolnville, Kansas 66858 Office: (620) 924-5544 • Cell: (620) 382-6388 • hprbulls@tctelco.net

www.HARMSRANCH.com

BVC TOP CUT EVENT Angus with Substance and Power ….. “The Right Kind” 9th Annual Sale Call or email for a catalog.

Videos will be available.

March 10, 2018, 1 PM At the Ranch Mankato, Kansas

Visitors always welcome!

In order to better serve our customers Our Top 50 Bulls will be sold in a new relaxed forum with the Top 10 Bulls being sold on an auction basis. Viewing allowed anytime before the sale. Top Ten Auction will take place at 1:00 on March 10, 2018, then first come/first serve on the remaining pre-priced 40 bulls. Bull numbers will be announced as purchases come in and if another purchaser has that particular bull selected there will be a bid off on that bull. As soon as purchasers have submitted their selections that day, we will close the auction. No bulls will be sold before March 10, 2018, at 1:00 PM. Come view our bulls, visit about your needs in a bull, & buy your favorites. Leave them at the farm until April first, free of charge. Multi-bull discounts. Haul your own bull discounts. Noon lunch provided.

Females available anytime by private treaty.

Sires Represented Musgrave Big Sky, Sky High, aviator, & Invision; rb tour of duty 177, Hilltop Open Range 2279, SAV Ten Speed 3022, Baldridge Bullet B727, K Bar D Joe Canada 18Y, Connealy Consensus 7229, BVC Ace 4009, Musgrave concourse 443-1214 and more.

Richard and Deb Bartholomew 1500 170 Rd., Mankato, KS 785-738-8940 & 785-738-8941 blackvelvetcattle@gmail.com blackvelvetcattle.com 1 mile south of Mankato on 170 Rd.

28th Annual Production Sale

March 7, 2018 1 p.m./Agra, Kansas (at the ranch)

Video of each bull will be online in February at

www.FergusonAngus.com Request a sale book by text, phone, email or mail!

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Ferguson Now Look 10E EPD

CED

BW

WW

Value

+11

+.7

+81 +144

Ranking

15% EPD Value

Ranking

35%

YW

DOCILITY

SCR

MILK

+17

+.96

+21

1%

1%

CW

MARB

RE

$WEANED

$BEEF

+57

+.45

+.38

+80.69

+141.57

60%

70%

10%

45%

35%

1%

70%

20%

** 42 bulls with +120 or higher Yearling Wt EPD Bulls DNA tested using

Sire: Basin Payweight 1682 Infinity 141 VAR Discovery Bennett Fortress Journey 1X74 McKellar Now Look Connealy Iceman Outright 452 Bennett Absolute

** 41 bulls with a +70 or higher Weaning Wt EPD ** 45 bulls with a +70 or higher $Weaned EPD ** 48 bulls with a +140 or higher $Beef EPD

Also bulls by: Future Force * EXAR Stud 4658B

Ferguson Discovery 211E EPD

CED

Value Ranking

Lynn & Lori Ferguson 878 E. Santa Fe Rd Agra, KS 67621 Cell: 785-476-5345

Brice & Vicki Korobka Cell: 785-533-1530 svferg@ruraltel.net www.FergusonAngus.com

+11

15% EPD Value

Ranking

BW

WW

+0

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+155.63

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Acquisition– continued from page 4 Association CEO Allen Moczygemba says establishing a feeder calf program built on the use of registered Angus bulls that ties calves back to superior Angus genetics was a strategic priority set by the board in 2016. “By marrying the advanced technology platform and proprietary software from Verified Beef with the strength and scale of the Angus brand, the Association will deliver a feeder calf program that is not only invaluable to commercial cattlemen but is unmatched in the industry,” he says.

Cattle feeders need metrics that align with the traits most valuable to their business, specifically gain and grade, Moczygemba explains. The Angus feeder calf program will provide a simple tool that validates the genetic potential of feeder calves.

The Association will build on the Reputation Feeder Cattle® program. While the current offering is based on a dollar scoring system, its underlying data analysis methodologies and computer modeling can be adapted to alternative scoring systems, such as the indexing system envisioned

by American Angus Association.

We’re confident that as cattlemen better understand the overall performance of Angus genetics, they’ll replace other breeds in their bull battery with Angus bulls,” Moczygemba says.

According to Tim Watts, chief executive officer of Verified Beef, “Selling calves the old-fashioned way, without genetic data, doesn't work.”

“Top Angus calves are consistently undervalued by several dollars per cwt. or more,” Watt says. “Calves from several other popular breeds are often significantly over valued, and the only way to fix this broken marketplace is for the AAA to implement an industrychanging feeder calf program.”

The program, which will be configured and integrated with existing Angus systems, is expected to be available in summer 2018. An index scoring system will replace the estimated dollar values currently offered. Herds will receive three genetic indexes: average daily gain, quality grade and a score for replacement heifers.

Moczygemba says, “The index scores will help our ultimate customers, commercial cattle feeders and cattlemen, make informed decisions, even in the fast-paced sale barn.”

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Zagar Angus Farm 557 East 610 Ave. ▪ Girard, Ks 66743 (620)724-4086 Herd Sires: JAK 022 Prompter C34 , Sydgen Massive 9518, Sydgen 1386 Design 3389, Checkerhill Madrid N11, Sydgen 2088 Focus 9003

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Selling more than 120 Bulls: 95 Angus and 25 Charolais 14-24 Months Old

Lazy H Ranch 16th Annual Bull Sale Sunday • March 4, 2018 • 1 p.m.

At the Ranch South of Hays, KS

Sire Groups Represented: Basin Payweight 1682 • SCC Cash 6224-5128 • WR Journey • Sitz Investment • VAR Generation • VAR Discovery • VAR Index • AAR Ten X 7008 • VAR Xfinity • VAR Empire • GAR Composure • GAR Phenom • B/R Future Direction 4268

Spring Yearling Bulls: 40+ Spring Yearlings…Many ET Flush Mates Sell!

His flush sister sells!

LHR Phenom 7152

LHR Advance 3134-7203

Reg. No. 18920422 $B +154.47 • GAR Phenom x Ten X 7008

Reg. No. 18929790 $B +166.84 • Basin Advance x RR Consensus 1175

LHR Discovery 7137

Reg. No. 18934917 $B +197.37 • VAR Discovery x B/R Future Direction 4268

Fall Yearlings: 55+ Elite 20-Month-Old Bulls Sell!

3 flush brothers sell!

LHR Payweight 1682-6553 Reg. No. 18818020 $B +138.30 • Basin Payweight x Sitz Upward 307R 4 flush mates sell!

3 flush brothers sell!

LHR Payweight 1682-6598 Reg. No. 18818019 $B +138.53 • Basin Payweight x Sitz Upward 307R 4 flush brothers sell!

LHR Payweight 1682-6829 Reg. No. 18929792 $B +120.95 • Basin Payweight x Sitz Upward 307R Several maternal sibs sell!

LHR Index 6574

LHR Empire 6599

7 maternal brothers sell!

7 maternal brothers sell!

Ratio 127 for %IMF!

LHR Investment 6251

LHR Black Pearl 6146

LHR Xfinity 6126

Reg. No. 18815271 $B +164.98 • VAR Index x B/R Destination 727-928

Reg. No. 18593425 $B +104.77 • Sitz Investment x GAR Expectation

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Reg. No. 18816904 $B +159.86 • VAR Empire x GAR Expectation

Reg. No. 18595471 $B +140.33 • SydGen Black Pearl x GAR Expectation

LHR Rito 2W34-6772 Reg. No. 18814849 $B +113.88 • Rito 2W34 x GAR Predestined

Reg. No. 18814851 $B +118.83 • VAR Xfinity x Rito 1I2

1/26/18 2:22 PM

Also Selling 50 Registered Angus Females 20 Open Yearling Heifers, 15 Fall Bred Heifers & 15 Spring Pairs Spring Yearlings: Many ET Flush Mates Sell!

3 flush mates sell!

4 maternal sibs sell!

Her flush brother sells as Lot 1!

LHR Blacklass 0562-7106

LHR Blacklass 0562-7181

LHR Susie 4125-7150

LHR Susie 3224-7182

LHR Rita 3106-7127

LHR Blackcap 7210

Reg. No. 18920402 $B +160.59 • Basin Payweight 1682 x B/R Future Direction 4268

Reg. No. 18920421 $B +161.88 • GAR Phenom x B/R Future Direction 4268 4 maternal sibs sell!

Reg. No. 18922393 $B +145.81 • VAR Empire x B/R Future Direction 4268

Reg. No. 18928422 $B +113.53 • VAR Generation x GAR Grid Maker 4 maternal sibs sell!

LHR Rita 7217

Reg. No. 18889532 $B +149.84 • SCC Cash 6224-5128 x Sitz Upward 307R

Reg. No. 18920417 $B +162.91 • GAR Phenom x Ten X

Reg. No. 18892252 $B +190.72 • Quaker Hill Firestorm x B/R Destination 630 8 maternal sibs sell!

LHR Rita 0227-7171

Reg. No. 18920419 $B +151.64 • Quaker Hill Rampage x Sitz Upward 307R

LHR Ever Entense 9773-7309 Reg. No. 18934907 $B +94.10 • RR Consensus 1175 x GAR Predestined

15 Fall Bred Heifers & 15 Spring Pairs Sell!

4 flush mates sell!

3 maternal sibs sell!

Due to LHR-SS Direct Deposit

LHR Rita 0801-6557

LHR Ever Entense 0214-6588

LHR Kildonan Erica 5810

Reg. No. 18817873 $B +168.47 • Basin Payweight 107S x Sitz Upward 307R EPDs as of 12/28/17

Reg. No. 18818000 $B +162.02 • WR Journey x Sitz Upward 307R

Lazy H Ranch Kansas

Mark Rohr 735 240th Avenue • Hays, KS 67601 785-625-4650 or 785-432-1107 View sale cattle online at www.lhrbulls.com

lazy h.indd 2

Reg. No. 18485687 $B +132.92 • LHR New Day 454-1N30 x Consensus 7229

Video Broadcast by DV Auction Videos available for viewing www.lhrbulls.com

Many Full Brothers and Sisters from our Embryo Transplant Program All ET Bulls & Females are HD i50K Bulls & Heifers Developed on the Ranch

Marketing Agent – Dick Beck – 770-846-0046

1/26/18 2:22 PM

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, February 1 2018

“Supplying Performance-Bred Seedstock to meet the Commercial Beef Cattle Industry’s Demands” ~ Calving Ease ~ ~ Growth Performance ~ ~ Cow-Making Genetics ~ ~ DNA-Enhanced EPDs ~ (for high accuracy and predictability)

Wolf Creek Plainsman Leased to ABS Global, Inc.

Providing Superior Service: Fertility Tested Fully Guaranteed Free Board until June 1, 2018 Free delivery in Kansas & Nebraska Volume Discounts

19208 Luray Lane Luray, Kansas 67649

Located ½ mile south of Highways 18 & 281; 1½ miles west of Luray elevator.

Call Mike or Mary (785) 698-2225 or visit WolfCreekAngus.com for more information, including prices, pedigrees and performance data.

ANNUAL PRODUCTION SALE Saturday, March 3rd - 2018 • High Noon • At the Ranch • Olsburg, KS

Powerful Basin Payweight 1682 Son

SAV Recharge Son

SAV Resource Son

Stevenson Rockmount Son

Vision Unanimous x Bismark Daughter

Powerful Basin Payweight 1682 Daughter

ALL BULLS SOLD ARE RANGE READY, FEED EFFICIENT AND READY TO GO TO WORK FOR YOU! SIGHT UNSEEN BUYS GUARANTEED • FREE DELIVERY • MANY SIRE GROUPS AVAILABLE

Selling 100 Herd Bulls, 45 Fancy Females, 9 Big Time Junior Show Heifer Prospects Halter Broke and Ready to Go, Fall Pairs, Bred Heifers, Bred Cows, Donor Prospects and Embryos.

R.D.785-587-5852, Barb 785-468-3529 Look for Sale Videos and Sale Book online at www.LAFLINRANCH.com

118 Years of Time Tested, Proven Angus Genetics!

There for you when you need us . . . still working hard for you when you don’t.

Reg 18652797 Sure Deal x Lookout

Reg 18997796 Charlo x Brando 1961

Reg 18997869

Reg 18998047

Cash x Freedom x EXT

Hot Lotto x Confidence x Lookout

Reg EM898935

Reg 18994004 Hot Lotto x Freedom x EXT

California x Firewater x 0641

Bar S Ranch

Annual Production Sale March 9th, 2018 • Paradise, KS Ken & Pat Stielow | bars@gorhamtel.com | 785-483-9733 David & Stephanie Dickerson | barsranch2@hotmail.com | 785-483-1454 Reg. 3534569 Cardshark x Lakota

Offering

150 2 yr. old and yearling, Angus , Charolais, and Red Angus Bulls.

Also selling 150 commercial Angus females.

Bulls sired by Bar S Range Boss 1118, Basin Payweight 1682, North Camp Silver Star, Bar S Golden State 5532, Webr Night Train, Beartooth and more.

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Showring Purple McCurry Angus Ranch, Burrton, Kan., won reserve grand champion pen of three heifers at the 2018 National Western Stock Show's Angus Carload and Pen Show, Jan. 13 in Denver, Colo. The March 2017 heifers posted an average weight of 868 pounds and are sired by S A V Brilliance 8077 and S A V Bismarck 5682. This pen first won late calf champion. Joe Myers, Harrodsburg, Ky.; Justin Spickler, Glenfield, N.D.; and T.J. Curtin, Blue Mound, Ill., evaluated three carloads and 47 pens of three. Photo by Chris Jeffcoat, American Angus Association.

McCurry Angus Ranch, Burrton, Kan., won champion yearling pen of three heifers at the 2018 National Western Stock Show's Angus Carload and Pen Show, Jan. 13 in Denver, Colo. The September 2016 heifers posted an average weight of 1,183 pounds and are sired by S A V Bismarck 5682. Photo by Chris Jeffcoat, American Angus Association.

Schilling's R&L Confidential won spring bull calf champion at the 2018 National Western Stock Show Super Point Roll of Victory (ROV) Angus Show, Jan. 10-12 in Denver, Colo. Eva Hinrichsen, Westmoreland, Kan., owns the winning bull. Photo

by Chris Jeffcoat, American Angus Association.

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JMB Angus | Rains Simmental

Bull Sale

Thursday, March 1, 2018 | 12:30 MST JMB Angus Ranch ~ 9 miles southeast of Sharon Springs, Kansas

Selling 107 Lots

• 55 Angus Bulls • 12 Elite Angus Heifers • 20 Simmental/SimAngus™ Bulls • 20 Simmental/SimAngus™ Heifers JMB TRACTION u

The best outcross option available in the Angus population. He ranks near the top of the breed for WW, YW, HP, Milk, RE, $W and $B. As data rolls in, his EPD profile becomes hard to fault. Progeny are impressive on paper but more impressive in the flesh. One of the best in our lineup for fertility and conception. Those of who have used him are coming back for more – customer satisfaction at its best. Owned with Trowbridge Farms, Deer Valley and Bob Tiedeman. Semen available through Select Sires.

BW WW YW RADG DMI SC

HP Milk CW Marb RE

$W

$F

$B

+2.4 +70 +122 +.25 +.34 +.94 +12.3 +34 +50 +.18 +.96 +78.35 +88.49 +138.52

t LONGEVITY

High performance sire with proven carcass value and a top 5% Terminal Index. Top 15% API backed by a cow family known for good feet, sound udders, excellent fertility and amazing longevity. Use Longevity to sire high performance, high value calves and daughters that will keep you in business for the long term.

BW WW YW ADG MCE STAY DOC CW YG Marb REA API TI

+1.6 +74.8 +109.7 +.22 +12.0 +14.7 +12.4 +37.2 –.37 +.33 +1.24 +141 +80

BASIN PAYWEIGHT u

All around performance leader with a powerful phenotype and unlimited mating options. His +70 WW and +121 YW rank among the top high accuracy bulls in the breed. Now a proven Sire Alliance standout with top 3% genetics for reduced feed intake. A true type changer for adding muscle, substance and fleshing ability.

BW WW YW RADG DMI SC

HP Milk CW Marb RE

$W

$F

$B

+0.7 +69 +119 +.19 +.43 +1.05 +8.0 +25 +52 +.76 +.39 +73.23 +81.59 +146.78

JMB ANGUS

Joel Bunker & Mary Myers • Sharon Springs, KS 785/852-4229 • www.jmbangus.com ANGUS SIRES: JMB Traction, Poss Element, Connealy Glory, Basin Payweight, Confidence Plus

RAINS SIMMENTAL

Mike & Celeste Rains • Oakley, KS 785/672-0010 SIMMENTAL SIRES: Longevity, United, Cowboy Cut, Yellowstone, Red Oak, Upgrade

Reeve, Downey Elected To KLA Leadership Positions

Members of the Kansas Livestock Association (KLA) elected Garden City cattle feeder and farmer Lee Reeve as president during the group’s annual business meeting December 1 in Wichita. The membership chose Barb Downey, a rancher from Wamego, as KLA president elect. Both are part of multiple generation family businesses.

Reeve is a principal in his family’s integrated agribusiness that includes Reeve Cattle Company, Reeve Agri Energy and irrigated farming interests.

Reeve Cattle Company is a 46,000 head feedyard started by his father, Jack, in 1962. The Reeve Agri Energy ethanol facility was co-located next to the feedyard in 1982, with distillers’ grains from the plant used as feed for the cattle.

Reeve represents the sixth generation of his family in the cattle business and the second generation to have served as a KLA officer. His father was KLA president in 1975. His involvement in industry organizations has been extensive. Reeve is on the KLA Executive Committee. He is a past chair of both the KLA Cattle Feeders Council and KLA Water Committee. Reeve is a past participant in the KLA Leadership Conference and previously served as Finney County KLA director. He represents Kansas on the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) Board of Directors and is a member of the NCBA Ag Policy Committee. Reeve has been a director for the Garden City Chamber of Commerce, Beef Empire Days, Commerce Bank of Garden City and Farm Credit of Southwest Kansas. He was a gubernatorial appointment to the Agriculture Value-Added Processing Leadership Council.

U.S. Ag Secretary Ed Madigan appointed him to the Alternative Research and Commercialization Board in 1992. He is a past recipient of the Kansas State Board of Agriculture’s “Innovator of the Year” Award. The Livestock and Meat Industry Council at Kansas State University named Reeve and his father as “Stockmen of the Year” in 2000.

Reeve graduated from K-State with a degree in agricultural economics. He received the Distinguished Agricultural Economics Alumnus Award in 1996.

He and his wife, Brenda, have three grown children, all of whom are K-State graduates. Kelley Deines lives at Garden City. Justin Reeve works for Reeve Cattle Company. Darcy Reeve is a recent K-State graduate.

Downey represents the fourth generation of her family in the ranching business. She and her late father, Joe Downey, started Downey Ranch in 1986. Downey and her husband, Joe Carpenter, operate the ranch, which consists of a registered Angus and commercial Angus-based cowherd that grazes pastures in Wabaunsee and Riley counties. The cattle are marketed as seedstock through a joint annual production sale with Kniebel Cattle Company of White City or finished and sold through U.S. Premium Beef, of which they are founding stockholders and qualified seedstock suppliers. She has been extensively involved in leadership with both KLA and NCBA. Downey is a past chair of the Kansas Beef Council and currently is vice president of the NCBA Region VII Federation Division. Downey represents the Federation of State Beef Councils on the NCBA Executive Committee. She is a past chair of the KLA Natural Resources Committee, is a member of the KLA Stockgrowers Council and has served on the KLA Policy & Resolutions Committee. Downey is a past president of the Kansas Angus Association. She has served on the USD 320 Board of Education. Downey is a past Wabaunsee County Extension Council member and a local 4-H club leader.

Kansas Angus Association member and past president Barb Downey, Downey Ranch is KLA president –elect

Downey graduated from K-State in 1986 with a degree in animal sciences & industry (AS&I). She and husband Joe, also a K-State AS&I graduate, received the K-State Block & Bridle Outstanding Stockmen Award in 2011. The Carpenters have two daughters. Anna is a sophomore at Northeastern Oklahoma A&M. Laura is a senior at Wamego High School. Both girls work on the ranch during their free time.

KLA is a 5,400-member trade organization representing the state’s livestock business on legislative, regulatory and industry issues at both the state and federal levels. The association’s work is funded through voluntary dues dollars paid by its members.

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Ks Angus Calendar*

20635 Hessdale Road Alma, KS 66401 David Breiner 785-449-2841 Cell 785-456-4790 Chad Breiner 785-564-2091 Ryan Breiner 785-207-3070 Bob & Derek Moore Annual Sale last Tuesday in February

www.millcreekranch.com

Those Famous Gloves

www.plainjans.com

2/16/2018 Lundgren Angus Ranch

Gove, KS

2/17/2018 Badger Creek Cattle Co.

Emporia, KS

2/21/2018 OK & T Angus Breeders Sale

Buffalo, OK

2/22/2018 GG&T Cattle Co.

Quinter, KS

2/23/2018 Southwest Angus Genetics

Dodge City, KS

2/24/2018 Stratford Angus

Pratt, KS

2/27/2018 Mill Creek Ranch

Manhattan, KS

Listings are sales unless otherwise noted.

3/1/2018 Dix Angus Ranch

Stockton, KS

3/1/2018 JMB Angus

Sharon Springs, KS

3/2/2018 Kansas State Un. Legacy Sale

Manhattan, KS

3/3/2018 Laflin Ranch

Olsburg, KS

3/4/2018 Lazy H Ranch

Hays, KS

3/5/2018 Don Johnson Angus Sale

at Farmers & Ranchers, Salina, KS

3/5/2018 Lyons Ranch

Manhattan, KS

3/6/2018 Cornwell Farms

LaCrosse, KS

3/6/2018 Premium Genetics Sale

Wamego, KS

3/7/2018 Carcass Plus Bull Sale

Isabel, KS

3/7/2018 Ferguson Angus

Phillipsburg, KS

3/8/2018 BJ Angus Genetics

Manhattan, KS

3/8/2018 McCurry Angus Ranch

Burrton, KS

3/9/2018 Bar S Ranch

Paradise, KS

3/10/2018 Barnett Angus Ranch Spring Bull Sale

Holton, KS

3/10/2018 Black Velvet Cattle

Mankato, KS

3/10/2018 Focus On Efficiency Bull Sale

Salina, KS

3/10/2018 Mill Brae Ranch

Maple Hill, KS

3/11/2018 Woody Ranch

Barnard, KS

3/14/2018 May-Way Farms

Overbrook, KS

3/14/2018 Stucky Ranch

Kingman, KS

3/15/2018 Benoit Angus Ranch

Esbon, KS

3/16/2018 Chisholm Trail Angus Sale

Winfiled, KS

3/17/2018 Molitor Angus Ranch

Zenda, KS

3/18/2018 Wheatland Farms

Hope, Ks sale in Salina

3/18/2018 April Valley Farms PT Angus Sale

Leavenworth, KS, sale in St. Joe, Mo

3/19/2018 Beran Bros.

Claflin, KS

3/20/2018 Hinkson Angus Ranch

Cottonwood Falls, KS

3/20/2018 KW Cattle Co. Bull Sale

Fort Scott, KS

3/21/2018 Mid-Kansas Angus Breeders' Sale

La Crosse, KS

3/21/2018 Woodbury Farms

Quenemo, KS

3/22/2018 McCabe Genetics

Elk City, KS

3/23/2018 KAA Sponsored Commercial Female Sale

Junction City, KS

3/24/2018 New Haven Angus

Leavenworth, KS

3/26/2018 Oleen Brothers Best of Both Worlds Sale

Dwight, Ks

3/26/2018 Herbster Angus Farms

Marysville, KS

3/28/2018 Larson Angus Ranch

Sharon Springs, KS

4/2/2018 Green Garden Angus

Ellsworth, KS

4/2/2018 Herbster Angus Farms

Marysville, KS

4/5/2018 Kaiser Angus

Park, KS

4/6/2018 Schilling Cattle Co.

Edson, KS

4/7/2018 Gardiner Angus Ranch

Ashland, KS

4/16/2018 Ohlde Cattle Co.

Marysville, KS

5/14/2018 Gardiner Angus Ranch Meating the Demand Sale

Ashland, KS

KANSAS ANGUS ASSOCIATION MEMBERS

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KAA members submit your PRIVATE TREATY SALE info at www.kansasangus.org KANSAS ANGUS NEWS PUBLICATION & ADVERTISING SCHEDULE 2018 Published 6 times per year- scheduled to mail the first week of publication month.

January- ad copy due Dec. 10 February- ad copy due Jan 10 March/April - ad copy due Feb 10 Summer May-June-July- - ad copy due April 10 Fall Sept/Oct - ad copy due July 10 Holiday- Nov- Dec- ad copy due Oct 10 February 2018 ▪ Kansas Angus News ▪ 31

Celebrating a Century at Cornwell Farms!

CORNWELL FARMS 2nd Annual Angus Production Sale Tuesday ~ March 6, 2018 ~ 1:00 p.m.

LaCrosse Livestock Market ~ LaCrosse, Kansas

Connealy Courage 25L

Connealy Confidence 0100

PVF Insight 0129

Eathington Sub-Zero

Selling: ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

58 Registered Angus Bulls 14 Two-Year-Olds 27 Fall Yearlings 17 Spring Yearlings Commercial Cow/Calf Pairs

For your free reference sale booklet, contact anyone in the office of the Sale Manager, TOM BURKE, KURT SCHAFF, JEREMY HAAG, AMERICAN ANGUS HALL OF FAME, at the WORLD ANGUS HEADQUARTERS, PO Box 660, Smithville, MO 64089-0660. Phone: (816) 532-0811. Fax: (816) 532-0851. E-Mail angushall@earthlink.net.

FEATURED SIRES: Connealy Courage 25L ~ Connealy Confidence 0100 PVF Insight 0129 ~ Eathington Sub-Zero PLUS the Cornwell Herd Sire Lineup!

Cornwell Farms ST S .J O H N, K

Rick & Joe Cornwell 414 NW 30th Avenue St. John, Kansas 67576 620-549-6349 620-546-3466 - cell cornwellfarmsangus@gmail.com

Number Number 613613

Kansas Angus Association Kansas Angus Association E 110 Road 110 5201 5201 E Road ScottScott City, Ks 67871 City, KS 67871

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