April 2023 - American Beef Producer magazine

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by John McDonald

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Cody Jorgensen Co-Owner/Operator

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1. Tell us about what you do

I'm an owner here at Jorgensen Land & Cattle, and we are a family-owned operation. My Dad, my uncle, my cousin, and I are the four owners. It's a diversified family farm and ranch. I like to say that our widget is the Black Angus Bull, and we'll market around 6,200 bulls this year. We have a large genetic footprint out there, as we get a lot of bulls out across the nation. We have 15 cooperator herds that help us raise bulls and we'll buy their weaned calves, bring them to our own feed lot, and then grow and develop them just like we do with our own.

2. There are three parts to your business?

Yes, we also farm about 15,000 acres with about 85% of those acres farmed for our own use. When you've got that many bulls running around, it takes a lot of feed throughout the course of the year. My Uncle Bryan oversees the Agronomy part of our business. We're always in deep communication about what our needs are as he oversees growing the feed for the bulls.

Then the third part of our business is what I like to refer to as entertainment. We have a hunting lodge called the Lazy J Grand Lodge. We take in hunters from September all the way through Christmas. We offer an all-inclusive three day, four night trip with a three day pheasant hunt. We'll have about 500 or so stay with us every year. To wrap that up, the way our family looks at an acre of land is, we want to do three

things on that acre. One would be, obviously, if we can graze it at some point during each year. The second thing would be to farm it with soil health in mind. With all the no-till practices, we're trying to get that soil back to its most native state, yet still have something living on it all the time. The third thing would be to do some sort of entertainment on that acre. That's why we have pheasant hunting and we're blessed to have wild pheasants in our part of the world. So, we think if we could do all three things on each acre, then that keeps us sustainable for many generations. I know there's a lot of operations that can obviously do one or perhaps two of these, but we challenge ourselves to work on all three.

3. When did this all come together and in sync? Well, my grandfather, when he was in business with his father, they thought it was important to be diversified. What that meant back in those days was you had a few hogs and you had a few cattle, maybe even some turkeys. We look at it today and think instead of running hogs and other animals, we find different way to market bulls, whether that's leasing them or just private treaty direct sales. Then, looking at our resources that we have available to us, we manage those to the best of our abilities. That's also where our soil health comes to mind. In addition, we're also blessed to have wild pheasants. Plus, it doesn't have to be pheasant hunting, it could be bird watching or something that is unique to your own part of the world.

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4. Do you travel a lot to manage your operations?

Yes, we try to get out and see our clients as much as possible. We do sell a lot of bulls into the southeast, the gulf coast states and especially Florida. So, it's nice to get down into that part of the world just to visit with our clients. It's always better to put a name to a face.

5. Did you grow up on the farm?

Yes, I did, except when I attended college. Plus, I've never had another job elsewhere than on our farm. I currently live in the house that I grew up in, which we purchased from my mom and Dad so that we can raise our family here, on the farm and in the same house. In fact, until a few years back, we got to raise our kids right next to where my grandparents lived, until they passed away. So, they got to visit with grandpa and grandma for most of their childhood. It was an awesome thing and I hope someday my kids will look back and say that was pretty darn cool. Not many people get to do that. Living on the farm is just a great place to raise a family. Recently, our operation has been very busy so it's not quite as nice as it once was (he laughs). But what I will say is that it's still a great place to raise a family and have a great life.

6. Introduce us to your family at the ranch

My Dad is a partner here and he's 72 years old. He's doing his best to fade out his daily role here. It's time for him to slow down but he still plays a large role in helping us market bulls, especially in the southeast. He and my mom have a place down there and they stay during the winter every year. Then there's my Uncle Bryan, he's 14 years younger than my dad and only 10 years older than me. He's in charge of all our Agronomy since he's the farmer in the family. Then he has a son, Nicolas, who's 14 years younger than I am now. Nick has his Masters in Agricultural Economics and has a large role in our company as our CEO/CFO. He's extremely smart and fun to be around while also an excellent partner and a good guy to have on our team. My own role is Chief Cattle Operations Officer. I oversee everything that has to do with any of the livestock. As partners, we all have an age differential that we feel is an advantage and it works quite well for us. My wife, Abby, is an occupational therapist and spends a lot of time with kids and she contracts through the local school districts to help with kids that have special needs for any reason. Then there's my oldest boy Phillip and he's finishing his junior year at SDSU. My

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daughter Emma is a freshman there too and she wants to be a pediatrician. Our youngest is William and he's going to be a freshman in high school next year. The two boys have expressed interest in coming back and being part of our operation.

7. Though you've basically described your program already, is there anything else to add?

Well, specifically about our cattle, there's more. We focus on Black Angus here and we run about a thousand mother cows. My grandfather started breeding cattle in the early fifties and I've taken that over probably since the mid-nineties. I've basically kept the same breeding philosophy that my grandfather had. I studied the way he bred cattle and how my dad did too. The good thing about it is that we have the ability to go back and look at these cattle on paper and identify where their strengths and weaknesses were. I just took that same breeding philosophy and tweaked it here and there, using the data that's in front of me. By keeping our cowherd as

pure and line bred as possible, this has allowed us to use that as a parent stock herd to create all the bulls that we market today. So, it's really a unique scenario compared to other breeders, in that we have lots of history behind our program. On top of that, we have tons of animals that help us create more data, which in turn helps us make better breeding decisions.

8. I hear that you discovered that a large percentage of Angus fall along your paternal lines in the breed?

Yes, we've identified our five paternal lines in the Angus breed, and we think about 95% of all Angus cattle fall on these sire lines. We also use color tags to identify them out in the field. Yellow is Eldorado, orange is Traveler, black is the Rito line, purple is Emulation and white is our Emulous sire line of cattle. This way we know exactly what the expectations are and what kind of results we'll get when breeding cattle. Then we're using DNA to help us go down that path and really interpret it and understand our ability since we have our own genetic evaluation as well. All that data comes from the phenotypes of the 6,000+ bulls that we raise annually. This all gets put into our evaluation and we're able to use those phenotypes and tie them to DNA markers, which helps us create predictions. So, the thing about having your own genetic evaluation is that you can study it and then make decisions that move us forward and get everybody on the same page. Right now, we've got some things that we're studying that I think is unique to the industry and hopefully, some exciting and even game changing things are to come.

9. You're also working with new technologies from 701x and Vence virtual fencing?

Yes, we really like Vence's virtual fence and will be using it a lot in the future. We find the only challenge is keeping the collars on the animals, since cows tend to rub on things. Other than that, we really like it so far and we'll be using it through the summer to help maximize that acre of grazing. As far as the *701x e-tags cattle management system, they don't control the animal, but they do let us know where it is and where it's been. With our leasing program, there's great value in using their tags so we can monitor exactly where our bulls are. It even lets us take another step and use it as a customer relations tool. Let's say you get an alert that a bull hasn't moved in a couple of days, we can call that customer and tell them what we've learned. The 701x system could help get that bull out of a situation such as being caught in a tree down the canyon or similar. Basically, if there's no activity on the tag, we can sound an alarm and we might help save the bull.

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10. Do you have repeat buyers every year?

Yes, it's a real high rate of repeat buyers, around 85 to 90%. That's also probably the case with our private treaty and our leasing clients too. It's such a convenience for these guys to know that these aren't just bulls we're putting together, but that they have a genetic backbone behind them. Once our clients understand this, and that they just need our bull on their place for 60-90 days, it's an easy sell. When you look at opportunity costs for every bull that you winter at your place, you could be running probably two more cows as much as they heat. Let's just say, south of us in Cherry County, Nebraska, if you need 30 bulls on your ranch we could just send 'em to where you need 'em, then pick 'em up when you're done. That would allow you to run 60 more cows on the same resource and those cows could probably generate enough gross revenue to pay for your lease. So by leasing bulls, you can really reduce your breeding costs.

What we'll do up here is we'll lease the bull as a

yearling in our five-state area around South Dakota. Then we'll lease him again as a two-year-old. Once that bull gets fully developed through this process, as a 30-month-old or three-year-old, we sell that bull to a cattleman generally in one of the gulf coast states. We call these bulls our 'SmartBulls'. They spend two breeding seasons up here, then that SmartBull works well down in that southern environment where that grass is so wet and washy with plenty of rumen expansion to eat enough grass to get its nutrition. Whereas with a young bull, we're asking a lot of him because he physically can't eat enough grass to satisfy his nutritional requirements. Then you're asking him to breed cows in addition to maintaining his condition. So, we've got an advantage since we're sending an aged bull down there after we've already captured two leases on them up here, which makes for a very competitive pricing standpoint as well.

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11. What's your favorite tool on the ranch?

Well, it's probably changed a couple of times in my lifetime. I would say when I was younger, I wouldn't be able to leave the house without my pliers. Not just any pair, but my own pair. These days, it's totally different. Most of my time is spent here in the office, so my favorite tool today has got to be my cell phone, an iPhone.

12. What do you think about today’s cattle industry?

Well, it's interesting. I really feel that there's a very large disconnect between the meat case and the cow-calf producer. When we start talking about specific markets, we as producers have, in some cases, backed ourselves into corners by trying to identify certain products that are, for example, hormone free or antibiotic free. I don't think our consumer ultimately desires hormone free beef, in fact, there's no such thing. I think what they really desire, and we're just not getting it right, is that they want to know a bit about where their food comes from, just a little knowledge, such as how was it raised or something that would peak their interests.

Here's where I try to make a difference doing just that. For instance, I told you that we bring in 500 different pheasant hunters from across the nation. When they arrive for their trip, I make

it mandatory that we take every one of them on a farm tour. I used to make it optional but now it's no longer an option. It's amazing how much they enjoy it. They're so inquisitive and when they get back to the lodge after the tour, that's all they talk about. They say how cool the farm was, and they had no idea where their food comes from. They're so removed from agriculture anymore and they just had no idea. Here, they get to see all the technology that we are using, and they are truly amazed. Our farm tour is always one of the highlights of their trip. So, to sum it up, that lack of communication with the consumer is one of the biggest challenges in our industry.

13. Anything you'd like our government(s) to hear? With respect to production, agriculture and anything that is regulated in any fashion, I hope that they take all considerations into the issues we face every day. I know there are some things that need to be regulated, but in most cases, with respect to food, we just really need to pay attention to that. With our state and local governments, they need to make sure that our infrastructure, like our roads, stay in tip top shape. This is where I think our country has the advantage over a lot of different countries. We compete and we cannot let the infrastructure get in bad shape. It seems like all of that is on the back burner these days.

Pheasant hunters out beyond Jorgensen's Lazy J Grand Lodge (photos by Derek Sample)

14. Are there any organizations you feel that have been good to you?

I go to NCBA every year and I think it's a great conference. I'm not going to sit here and say that I agree with everything they do or say, but I think they are an organization with some pull, so I really like being part of it.

15. Favorite cut of Beef?

I'm a ribeye guy, medium rare.

16. Do you like to eat out or cook in?

When we travel, I try to find different places to eat that are known for good food. Since I cook our own beef at home, and being a connoisseur at that, I'm able to pick it apart and interpret it. But a lot of times, I don't order beef since we have such high quality at home, and I'll end up being disappointed. So, I eat a lot of seafood.

17. What’s the craziest/most unexpected thing that’s happened to you on the ranch?

I'm blessed to not have any major accidents per se. But I will say that this last December, we had a strong series of blizzards. There were three in a row about 2 or 3 days apart. We have 25 employees that work for us here and one of the evenings it was between blizzard one and blizzard two. We just got done moving a big bunch of snow away from the feed yard and it was time for everybody to go home. Just then the wind came up and turned everything into a white out. We had four or five employees that went into the ditch and got stuck. They were about nine miles away from our operation, so I took our big tractor out and wow, it was crazy weather, but we rescued everybody. We couldn't get them pulled out that night, so they all ended up coming back with me in the tractor and spent the next three or four nights at my house. It was so bad they couldn't even get home for days. When we finally got back outside to check on their cars, it took a payloader to get them out. It was just a huge mess.

18. How about any mentors you’ve had along the way. My Dad, obviously, is number one for me. Then there's my uncle, though he's more like a brother to me than he is my uncle. But he was also the best man in my wedding. He's basically my big brother and we have a great relationship. Of course, I must throw in my grandfather too. In fact, both grandfathers. They were different men in different ways, but they both mentored me and taught me a lot about life. My grandfather on my mom’s side was

an outdoorsman and every chance he got, he took me hunting and fishing and taught me a lot about the outdoors. My grandfather was such a pioneer in his day with the Angus cattle and even one of the first to start selecting cattle based on performance. There are so many things I learned from him and some that he doesn't even know about.

19. Do you do anything to get away from it all?

Yes, we do. The biggest thing for my wife and I is that we have a permanent campsite setup about 45 minutes from our house. So, it doesn't take a lot to get there, and we have a boat over there on the lake. That's what we do to escape. We spent 63 nights in our camper out there last summer. During the winter months, we like jumping on a plane and going down to see my folks in Florida. Other than that, there's a lot of meetings and travel dates for us to go to as well. We start calving the first week in February and we're just now finishing up, so we're heading down to Florida this week to catch up with my folks.

20. Ford, Chevy or Dodge?

Historically I've been a Chevy guy. But lately I've been driving a Ford since the capital leases are a better option for our operation. It probably doesn't matter too much, but deep down I'm a Chevy guy.

21. Where do you see yourself in 10 years?

Well, that would put me at 57. I would say that I should have one son back and in the operation. The second one, very close to being back in the

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operation. I'm really looking forward to that since I really miss them when they're in school. I better have some grandkids too! As far as work, we started our own genetic evaluation about 4 years ago and I'd like to see that progress. I really look for our Ideal Beef Evaluation to be extremely strong and I hope that it's gained enough steam and is widely respected across the industry. So that's something I'm going to devote the next 10 years of my life to. Not only this evaluation, but also what we call the Ideal Beef Genetics Ecosystem. All inclusive, it means that everything we do in terms of marketing bulls all the way to a potential buyback. We are really making strides to help some of our southern producers market their calves and even have some ownership in those calves. The idea would be that we can use genomics to really enhance their product. Then, potentially, we could help the consumer gain more knowledge about the beef they're purchasing at the counter. I feel the only true way we're going to do this, is by tracking it through traceability, through DNA. So, I envision a standing meat case and picking up a package of meat that says it came through the Ideal Beef Genetics Ecosystem. It'll have a QR code on the package they can scan and learn all about it. It might even bring up a 20 second video of that animal or its origin. That's a big nutshell there, but that's what I'm looking at

here. The hardest part of the job is the marketing. If you add it all up, there's roughly 240,000 calves that are directly influenced by our bulls in just one year's time. So, to answer your question, in 10 years, I'd like to have our arms around a large percentage of those calves, even if it was only half of them.

22. What do you find most rewarding every day?

I would say it's just being involved in a multi-generational family business. Some people take that for granted and I think you really need to stop and think about the accomplishments. I'm fourth generation and my kids are fifth and that's really something to stop and think about since most don't make it past two or three.

23. What advice do you have for young people? Just make sure you want to do this. You must have the heart, the desire and the passion. Also, make sure to align yourself with someone that has a lot of experience in our industry. This is critical. Learn from them and do your best to stay aligned with them and maybe you'll benefit from each other. There's going to be a lot of things sneaking up on you that you had no idea about, whereas you could have a simple answer from someone who's already dealt with it. The more mentors, the better.

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It sounds like a small town annual celebration. I wonder if there will be rides for the kids, corn dogs, and cotton candy. Not really, I knew this was more of an informational kind of event with several guest speakers on an array of topics. I was somewhat curious if there would be many differences between the two stops that I attended, and although the speakers and topics covered were nearly identical, there was a bonus and a difference between them. You never know what you’re going to get, or what you may miss if you don’t go. Well, there was food, plenty of it, at least at the two stops I attended. This year’s schedule was spread out over 2 weeks, consisting of 4-5 stops per week. There

was a Northern tour and a Southern tour. Minnesota is a large state, so spreading something like this out in two different regions is a necessity, and it also provides multiple options for attendance. Although the first stop that I went to at Clear Springs Cattle Company in Starbuck, MN is practically a 3-hour drive, I doubt many drove that kind of distance to get there. That is why there are so many “tour stops” spread out across the state. A few days later, I also attended my second cow-calf days, a little further south, in Oronoco, MN at Tony Rossman’s farm.

Cow-Calf Days was started in 1973 by the University of Minnesota. which, at the time was at the pinnacle of animal science research. Spearheaded by Dr. Goodrich, Dr, Rust, & Dr. Meiske, it started more as a series of local meetings spread around the state. Much of the discussion at the time revolved around establishing energy requirement values for growing cattle, forages & production practices. By the late 80’s, the cow-calf day’s program evolved into a more concentrated format which also brought some leadership changes, most notably Dr. Alfredo DiCostanzo. Alfredo spent 25 years with the program and only recently retired from this program to work in Nebraska. Over his 25 years with the U of M, Dr. DiCostanzo witnessed the producer becoming younger and believes that the transfer to the younger generation is happening in the cow-calf industry at a slower rate, or at a later time. Alfredo thought that the time frame when they were dealing with bovine Tuberculosis

was a standout period for him. Although the “Beef Team”, as they were known, has always responded to the current conditions of the industry. By the mid 90’s, the more focused program had evolved into 5 or so locations per year. At the turn of the century, the program held its course and expanded to 10 locations. In 2011, the program reached a low point, with fewer attendees and support. Then in 2014, the program was rebranded as the Cow-Calf Days Seminar Tour & Trade Show under the direction of Alfredo and current leader, Eric Mousel. With a renewed interest in optimizing the interaction between the beef team, industry partners, and beef producers, the program has returned to levels of support and attendance not seen in 40 years.

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new additions to the beef team in the coming year. Dr. Aimee Lutz from Devenish Nutrition spoke about how they looked at what was driving the economic success of the cow-calf operation. “It really boiled down to two things: The number of calves born, the number of calves at weaning & the weight of those calves at weaning.” Then they looked at how they could provide the most benefit to increase those numbers by looking at conception rates, stamina of those calves, & in-utero development.

Dar Giess of DLCC Ranch (aka Director of Post Hole manufacturing), recently back from NCBA, had some suggestions for taking home more dol lars when you take your calves to market. Simple things that he feels can be overlooked, which costs you more money when it comes to sale time. Not vaccinating, cutting or weaning will bring the value down. A small investment in vaccines will bring close to 5x more than that cost at the sale barn, hence leaving money in the pasture, not in your pocket. He tied that together quite nicely with nutrition and backed up what Aimee had discussed previously. Probably the one item that has versatility for both around the ranch and saving your marriage: standing panels. A good investment, plus he’s never seen them go down in price. What was purchased for 175 – 225 in years past, can be worth 450 or more by the time he’s finished with them. Buying the best bulls available and the best genetics will move your cowherd further & faster than anything else you can do, but find a breeder that represents good cattle. Finally, when sale day comes, make sure you’re in a seat at the auction barn to represent your herd and be on hand to answer any questions. Buyers like to see who they’re buying from.

State cattlemen officers also showed up at each stop. Outgoing president Grant Breitkreutz discussed what’s being done at the government level about the populous wolf & deer populations. He also talked about "Steak-on-a-Stick Day" (it’s a Minnesota thing), aka bribery on the capital. This year’s bribe is set for April 20th and they estimate to feed around 800 steaks to lawmakers & staff on the capital grounds.

We also got some education on soil health from Mark Guitierrez, Executive Director of the MN Soil Health Coalition & Grazing Lands Conservation Association. Principles of soil health were discussed and increasing your profitability through better management. Keeping a living root in the system, and integrating livestock for benefits. There was an additional course on soil health later on in the evening at Clear Springs cattle company, which wasn’t featured on the rest of the tour.

Philip Abrahamson from SunnySlope Angus also came to Rossman’s farm and finished out the evening by telling some of his own memories of both personal history and Cow-Calf days history. One of the most memorable, in 1967, was that Philip, Dave Nichols, and Duaine Penner were called to St. Joseph to convince the field men that keeping track of weaning & yearling weights would be ok.

As I was talking with Dr. Alfredo about his term, he mentioned an observation: "The program has continued to have a high impact. It takes some planning, a lot of organization, and creating a good network. This program has to be good or it won’t survive.” Eric also reiterated that it’s about connecting as many people as possible. Networking, and improving communication with operators and others in the industry.

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INJURIES INJURY OF THE MONTH

Sherwood Cattle Co.

Magnolia, Minnesota

Angus, SimAngus & Simmental

Injury #1:

Blunt force to the nose

Cause:

Calf kicked him in the face

Diagnosis:

Crooked nose, pain

Treatment:

Excedrin, back to work

Patient's Story:

My wife is from a small town and had no Ag background. As newlyweds I asked her to help castrate 3 or 4 6-weight bull calves. It was her first time but she did well. The last calf had a little fire under him but we squeezed him down in the chute pretty good and even after double checking my wife’s hold on the tail, she had it right. Safety first and always. From the outside of the chute I reached through the side door and with my Newberry knife I sliced the sac open and WHAM! I don’t know if it was a hoof or hock but it was a direct hit to my face. I never saw it coming. I didn’t know a nose could bleed so much! Went to the doc and she said it would be fine that it is just cartilage. I said “Doc, my nose is crooked!” She just laughed, but it really hurt.

After a shower, some Excedrin and rest for a half an hour, I grabbed a quick bite to eat and packed silage from noon until dark that day.

My wife decided it was her first and last time castrating too!

Injury #2:

Sliced off finger tip

Diagnosis:

Fingertip avulsion, pain

Treatment:

Stitches, ice, Excedrin, downward pressure, time back to work

Patient's Story:

I spotted a baby calf by the fence line that needed castrating. The fence was an old woven wire with three barbwires high. I created a “V” shape trap with my pickup along the fence, then I slowly & quietly got out of the pickup, shut the door and checked for the cow. She was trotting toward the front of my pickup. I was safe. Being a young, smart and quick guy, I could have this calf singing soprano in no time. When I flipped the calf on his back, he let out a beller, so I put a knee on each back leg and started to cut the bottom one-third of his sac off. Then I felt hot breath, slobber and snot with a “Braaaa” coming down on me. Quickly I let the knife and calf lay. With one step and in great high jump form, I totally cleared the fence with a bit harder landing than I hoped for, since it was frozen ground. Oh, did I mention the sting on my finger while cutting the calf? Ya, I cut the tip of my finger off! Well almost, just a string of skin was holding it on. Went to the doctor and got a stitch in each corner of the triangular piece of meat. He said keep a lot of downward pressure on the bandage, in one week it will be pink and growing back or it will turn black and you'll lose it. That big bandage fit snuggly inside a yellow chore glove and slid into the tight coat sleeve and wall-ah!- in seven days I had a pink finger. That was over 50 years ago and looking at the finger now you could never tell it happened!

Jim Sherwood

Magnolia, MN

507-920-6441

@SherwoodCattleCompany

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With its 33% lower volume dose per injection, *compared to 200 mg/mL oxytetracycline injectables, Noromycin® 300 LA (oxytetracycline 300 mg/mL) is your effective, broad-spectrum and economical antibiotic for seasonal diseases in beef cattle, non-lactating dairy cattle and swine. Stop by your local animal health provider or visit norbrook.com.

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Observe label directions and withdrawal times. Not for use in lactating dairy animals. Adverse reactions, including injection site swelling, restlessness, ataxia, trembling, respiratory abnormalities (labored breathing), collapse and possibly death have been reported. See product labeling for full product information.

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can go to your destination first”... or in other words - a girl in a jeep. with a German Shepherd by her side. I’m sure that will be meaning less to some of you, and that’s OK. Others will get the reference. Our short drive from Dickinson, ND to Sidney, MT (a little over 2 hours at 140 miles) to most would be uneventful. I dislike driving at night. I hate it. But, for some reason, I was in the pilot car, while Derek followed behind me. Probably for the best anyway, I doubt I would have been able to keep up with him. I mainly hate nighttime driving because of deer. Did you know that deer are the most dangerous animal in all of North America? Depending on which website you read of course. A couple of them waved as I drove by, and two of them tried to crash into me, the last of which was just a baby. Even the young ones are out to get me. But we arrived unscathed, I think around 11. We checked into the motel, and got some rest for tomorrow's activities.

Once again, the Montana Angus tour kicked off with a golf tournament at the Sidney Country Club. My teammates and I succeeded at coming in some place after first. Mark Orem from The Oxbow ranch (last year’s tour stop) made the drive over and then

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Approved by FDA under NADA # 141-143

Each mL contains 300 mg of oxytetracycline base (equivalent to 323.5 mg of oxytetracycline dihydrate).

For Use in Beef Cattle, Non-lactating Dairy Cattle, Calves, Including pre-ruminating (veal) calves BRIEF SUMMARY (For full Prescribing Information, see package insert.)

INDICATIONS: NOROMYCIN 300 LA is intended for use in treatment for the following diseases when due to oxytetracycline-susceptible organisms: Beef cattle, non-lactating dairy cattle, calves, including pre-ruminating (veal) calves: NOROMYCIN 300 LA is indicated in the treatment of pneumonia and shipping fever complex associated with Pasteurella spp., and Histophilus spp. NOROMYCIN 300 LA is indicated for the treatment of infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis (pink eye) caused by Moraxella bovis, foot-rot and diphtheria caused by Fusobacterium necrophorum; bacterial enteritis (scours) caused by Escherichia coli; wooden tongue caused by Actinobacillus lignieresii; leptospirosis caused by Leptospira pomona; and wound infections and acute metritis caused by strains of staphylococcal and streptococcal organisms sensitive to oxytetracycline.

Swine: NOROMYCIN 300 LA is indicated in the treatment of bacterial enteritis (scours, colibacillosis) caused by Escherichia coli; pneumonia caused by Pasteurella multocida; and leptospirosis caused by Leptospira pomona.

In sows NOROMYCIN 300 LA is indicated as an aid in control of infectious enteritis (baby pig scours, colibacillosis) in suckling pigs caused by Escherichia coli.

PRECAUTIONS:

Exceeding the highest recommended level of drug per pound of bodyweight per day, administering more than the recommended number of treatments, and/or exceeding 10 mL intramuscularly or subcutaneously per injection site in adult beef cattle and non-lactating dairy cattle and 5 mL intramuscularly per injection site in adult swine, may result in antibiotic residues beyond the withdrawal time.

Consult with your veterinarian prior to administering this product in order to determine the proper treatment required in the event of an adverse reaction. At the first sign of any adverse reaction, discontinue use of the product and seek the advice of your veterinarian. Some of the reactions may be attributable either to anaphylaxis (an allergic reaction) or to cardiovascular collapse of unknown cause. Shortly after injection treated animals may have transient hemoglobinuria resulting in darkened urine.

As with all antibiotic preparations, use of this drug may result in overgrowth of non-susceptible organisms, including fungi. The absence of a favorable response following treatment, or the development of new signs or symptoms may suggest an overgrowth of non-susceptible organisms. If superinfections occur, the use of this product should be discontinued and appropriate specific therapy should be instituted. Since bacteriostatic drugs may interfere with the bactericidal action of penicillin, it is advisable to avoid giving NOROMYCIN 300 LA in conjunction with penicillin.

WARNINGS:

Warnings: Discontinue treatment at least 28 days prior to slaughter of cattle and swine. Not for use in lactating dairy animals. Rapid intravenous administration may result in animal collapse. Oxytetracycline should be administered intravenously slowly over a period of at least 5 minutes.

CAUTION:

Intramuscular or subcutaneous injection may result in local tissue reactions which persists beyond the slaughter withdrawal period. This may result in trim loss of edible tissue at slaughter.

Intramuscular injection in the rump area may cause mild temporary lameness associated with swelling at the injection site. Subcutaneous injection in the neck area may cause swelling at the injection site.

ADVERSE REACTIONS:

Reports of adverse reactions associated with oxytetracycline administration include injection site swelling, restlessness, ataxia, trembling, swelling of eyelids, ears, muzzle, anus and vulva (or scrotum and sheath in males), respiratory abnormalities (labored breathing), frothing at the mouth, collapse and possibly death. Some of these reactions may be attributed either to anaphylaxis (an allergic reaction) or to cardiovascular collapse of unknown cause. To report a suspected adverse reaction call 1-866-591-5777.

Livestock Drug - Not for Human Use.

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