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OPINION “There‘s still Goodness in Rural America” by Amanda Radke, www.AmandaRadke.com
“The recipe for happiness and fulfillment - make it a priority to brighten up your community with good works and small acts of kindness” The world is a little topsy turvy these days. Surely, I’m not the only one who has noticed. In the upheaval and chaos, there’s much sadness, sickness, disconnectedness, isolation, fear, and anxiety. With ugly headlines dominating the mainstream news, it can be hard to take it all in. And its even harder to grasp that this is the world my kids are growing up in.
It makes me sad. I know it makes a lot of you sad as well...
How do I know this? Because you’ve gotten vulnerable, and you’ve reached out. I know that’s hard to do for tough-as-nails cowboys like you, but I’ve heard your cries and shared your concerns. I just want you to know — you’re not alone. Despite the negativity in this world, there’s good news — rural America is still
here, and there is goodness in the Heartland. We are still here.
We are still standing.
We are still raising food for the world.
We are still standing in our truth.
We are still nurturing the land and the animals. We are still raising food for the world.
And we are still one big family.
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You see I’ve had the chance to travel quite a bit this summer speaking at agricultural meetings and conservative events across the country. Stepping away from my quiet and peaceful life on the ranch isn’t always the easiest thing for me to do, but let me tell you — connecting with others in the heartland who are facing the same struggles but who have the same grit and determination to succeed anyway — well that’s worth the trip for me.
Because no matter where I go, I see the same things: - the Veteran proudly wearing an American hat. - the mother pushing a stroller full of rambunctious kids. - the rancher father-son duo seeking solutions for their business. - the energetic college kid eager to serve and learn. - the multi-generation families navigating tough times with a smile, but always willing to lend a helping hand to someone else. - the American flags adorning main street. - the church bells ring. - the small town cafes serving up hot coffee and rolls. - the truckers dutifully passing through. - the small acts of kindness wherever you go. - the smile and one-finger wave from the driver traveling on the gravel road. - the kids in the park playing with delight. - the small town businesses providing goods and services. - and the collective belief that if you work hard and love your family and your neighbors, that anything is possible in this great country we call home. Yes, these sentiments are alive and well across the United States of America. Despite the doom and gloom sold on the evening news each and every night, the reality is that there are still good people out there, millions of them for sure, who still believe rural America is worth fighting for. So don’t dismay over the ugliness of the world. Don’t fear for your children or your grandchildren. There’s beauty and goodness everywhere if you have eyes to see it and a heart to attract it. This week, I challenge you to seek the good. Reach out to a friend and make sure they are okay. Slow down for a moment to enjoy the views on the ranch. Make time for that coffee date. Volunteer to help with a youth group in town. Do what you can do to make your rural community the best place to visit in America, and I guarantee happiness and fulfillment will be the result. *Amanda Radke is a South Dakota rancher and advocate for keeping Producers on the land and Beef on the dinner plate. Learn more at www.AmandaRadke.com. Sourced from beefmagazine.com. August 2021
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A mythical road trip of legendary proportions was something I had referenced in an article back in February. Of course, at the time, it was part fantasy and part idealized. Getting back to “normal” was something not only all Americans were hoping to get to, but the rest of the world as well. Some still are. Last year brought many challenges, but we still managed a few trips in the process. Derek and I had decided that we needed to take advantage of our so called down time between publishing our May/June and August issues and visit a few ranches to pay some attention to a few customers, plus stock up on some photo’s as well. We travel well together considering he’s a whole year older than me and since we’re both are quite childish in the end. We both thought it a good idea to head South into Missouri, possibly Oklahoma, Texas, then head back north through Kansas and the Dakota’s before returning me home to Minnesota. But the guardian angels that watch over us on our travels apparently wanted to go North first, so that we did. I tried lining places up to the south, but just couldn’t get er done. So North was our new direction for now. We started towards Pequot Lakes, MN. However, we had one little unscheduled stop by a state trooper first. I was driving at least 20 mph over the posted speed limit, and I knew it as soon as I made the curve and saw the patrol car on the side of the road. Derek just looked at me and said “I guess it’s your turn”. Eluding to his speeding ticket on our last road 12
trip, somewhere at 2am in South Dakota. I already had the window down and license in hand as the officer approached. “Where you going”, he asked. “Pequot Lakes” I responded. “What are you doing there” he asked. I responded simply – “checking on cattle”. He gained a puzzled look on his face, as I turned my cap around so that it showed our ABP logo – “Does this help”? I asked. Again he looked, asked a few more questions and told us to wait there as he took my license back to his mobile office. He returned about five minutes later, handed me my license, and mentioned that he had just taken a few steers in to process, and he was hoping to build some shelters but the price of lumber was too much…. You boys have a nice day, was all he said, not even a warning! Wow am I grateful to whatever angel was watching over me that day. Our first scheduled stop was WR Bar ranch, where Richard Wiese took us around his property as we checked on some of his Angus herd. His grandparents moved to the area in 1935 from Nebraska, when his father Eldon was 10 (now 98), and they have been there ever since. Our next stop was Richard‘s nephew Dustin, who began running Flying W ranch from his father Danny a few years ago. Dustin & his son Owen took us out to a few of their pastures, and we learned along the way that Owen had not seen anything but Black Angus American Beef Producer
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left page top: Mt Rushmore, middle: Ellingson Angus, bottom: Tim Amdahl & his Angus, above: old barn in North Dakota
Anthony for a delicious lunch break at Rusty’s Saloon and grill. Which from what I understand has an always changing menu. As I said, we don’t like to make time commitments when we travel, because we just don’t know how the visits might go. They can be 1 hour meet and greet photo ops to 49 hour windows because there’s such a good rapport. Derek was on his way back home after one of our tours last fall and showed up for a 1.5 hour meeting and ended up staying for 2 days. He still talks about how much fun he had on that visit. This is why we leave things open-ended. After we left Chad, we headed back towards Mandan to visit Chimney Butte Ranch. Doug & Carol Hille provided a relaxed visit and possibly the most unique of all of our stops. It was the one stop we made where we didn’t see any cattle. Instead, we toured their land and conversed about the lack of rain, quality of grass, and enjoyed an iced tea on a hot summer day. I’m just wanting to express I never knew North Dakota to be so hot, as its usually starting to get chilly by the time the fall August 2021
tour rolls around. After we bid our farewell to Doug & Carol, it was time to return to Mandan for some dinner, and some much needed rest for our last night in town. Following Derek’s usual morning coffee run to a local shop and a fast food breakfast, we headed to Hatzenbuhler’s Diamond J Angus. This was supposed to be a rather quick visit as Stephanie had informed me they were working cattle that day. But some much needed rain finally showed up that morning, and provided some relief to the dry land that surrounded us. It also gave us much more time than expected to speak with her & John about their ever changing needs. Stephanie was the one who first called this the Drought Tour and that just stuck with us the entire trip. With hay at a premium, they’ve had to get creative in their feeding efforts and are supplementing with some liquid feed options this year to get them American Beef Producer
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Guardian and Patriot, top Charolais Bulls at Lindskov-Thiel Ranch in Isabel, South Dakota
I was a little concerned about hotels in the Black Hills, and good thing I looked before we set off on this trip. I was shocked to find a very limited selection of hotels, and the ones that were available were around $400+ per night per person – much out of our budget. I did end up finding a less than desirable place in Belle Fourche for less money but it was good drive away from where we wanted to be at this point. After checking into our hotel, we decided to drive a bit more, looking for some food, and ended up in Deadwood. Great spot to waste a few hours, as time spent away from that hotel, the better. The next morning we headed to Amdahl Angus & Hereford’s in Piedmont. Amdahl’s have been raising beef in South Dakota since 1884. They have a rich history of marketing their cattle and beef through out the Midwest. Tim seems to be continuing that tradition as he mentioned they recently went door to door with some fliers on ranch raised beef. In an attempt to get some new local buyers to buy freezer beef direct from them. JD even spoke about expanding on that idea some more in the future. JD, Tim & Marcia are gracious hosts. We had a steak lunch, spent around 5 hours looking at cattle, touring his property, talking about their history and of course their lives on the former 18
Baker Hereford ranch they’ve called home since 2014. You can look forward to more from them in our November issue this year. We spent the rest of the afternoon driving around in this beautiful country, enjoying the views of Mt. Rushmore through the tunnels on the needles highway, of which Derek had never been. See Derek‘s Mt Rushmore photo at the top of page 14, it earned so many likes in the first hour that it crashed South Dakota‘s facebook page. Our next stop wasn’t until the next afternoon, so we returned in the morning to the area again, as we still hadn’t seen one buffalo. Just about as were starting on the wildlife loop, I received a text fron Bo Slovek that we could head his way. So turning around, we headed east toward Wall. Bo, along with his Father Bill run Slovek Angus ranch today. 4th & 3rd generation respectively, the Slovek’s have been on the land for more than 100 years. They’re located 23 miles from Philip, and 32 miles from Wall. This visit taught us a whole new meaning of remote. In fact we gave Bo the prize for most distance traveled between pastures. We spent a bit of time around their homes and the herds there, before heading to their other pasture on the edge of the badlands, probably 40 miles away. We could
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have easily spent another 2 hours with Bo, and his wife Aubrey & their newborn son. But we needed to start heading south as we were due in Kansas the following morning. Slovek’s also deserve a return trip at a future date, as there’s much more to see in their operation. Our next scheduled stop was with Justin & Jade Herl of Diamond H Ranch in Victoria, KS. Most of their 200 pair were pastured elsewhere, and Justin working in town, which made for probably a quicker visit than we were planning, but we made it all the way into Kansas nonetheless. It was impressive to see what this young couple and younger family has done since they started just 14 years ago. As their bio states, it all started with a dream, very little infrastructure, a newlywed budget, a lot of determination and hard work. Leaving Diamond H, we headed back North to Nebraska on the exact route we took to get there. Our second visit to Kuck ranch was something both Derek and I had planned since our first visit here last fall. When we stopped during harvest last year, there was little time to spend with Abe Kuck as he was quite busy with getting the crops out. But his make believe wife Stacy showed us around, and we had enough of a visit with Abe and his father Kallen that we both knew we had to come back. Abe we’ve now nicknamed the Cow Whisperer after seeing him operate around his herd of Angus. We also got to meet grandma Loretta this trip and learn some back story on this incredible family. Loretta loves to tell stories of their past, and we sat and talked for well over 3 hours to nearly midnight. So watch for more about the Kucks in a future issue as well. After driving a short distance and spending the night in Holdrege, we continued on our journey North to Calvo Red Angus in Bassett. Along the way, we stopped in briefly to introduce ourselves to Sherry Andrews at Spring Valley Ranch in Rose, NE. Sherry is Richard Wiese’s daughter, and we almost thought of calling this the Wiese family tree tour.
We spent the first hour at Calvo Angus just chatting with Rick & his son Joe in their living room and enjoying the air conditioning during this hot spell that, considering it was 100+ in the pacific NW at the time, was pretty bearable. They have a female sale scheduled for November this year, so we decided to look at some of their offering. The pasture they wanted to take us to was 23 miles away, so we opted for the closer one, which I think was 22.8 miles away. We left their place which we thought was fairly remote and drove even deeper into the sandhills before we all hopped into their ranger to drive probably another 5-10 miles into their pastures to find their cattle. After some hunting, we finally found some broken fence, and discovered a very mixed herd with some neighbors that, as Joe said, turned into a pretty bad day. So after dropping us back at our vehicle, we left him to sort that mess out. En route to the pasture, I had noticed we drove right by A&B Cattle. So another unscheduled stop and a quick meet and greet with Adam. A short but memorable visit, as it was unscheduled and he was just leaving. But we’re glad we stopped and made the connection. Onward to our final stop of the night, Keyes Angus. Kevin Keyes and his Angus has recently relocated from Springfield to a picturesque location near Brewster. Kevin and his wife Theresa (who happens to be Weise’s cousin) had recently purchased this ranch as their prior location was bought out by what is becoming known as Silicon Prairie. Facebook & Google are both setting up headquarters in land surrounding Springfield and allowed Kevin a rare opportunity to expand his business, in ways before he could only dream of. I’m excited for them to see their operation grow and change in their new location. I’m expecting to be hearing a lot more from Keyes Angus in the future. Dark was rapidly approaching, and we proba-
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bly could have stood and talked for another hour, but I think the mosquitos were starting to regroup and plan a full on assault of us humans so that forced us to leave and find a resting spot for the night. After staying in O’Neil, we had one final stop that I insisted we make as I had noticed it the last time I came through this area in April. Monowi, NE has had some national recognition in the past couple years of being the smallest town in the US with a population of 1. Elsie became the sole resident after her husband Rudy passed away in 2004. Together they ran the Monowi Tavern for the past 50 years. Elsie, now 87, still does, as many of her other jobs of mayor, clerk, etc. Fascinating woman who will cook you lunch and talk your ear off, who I’m speculating she’s probably tired of answering question about her new found fame. If you’re in the area, be sure to stop in. It was nice to be back in MN after a long journey. I shoved Derek onto an airplane, and returned to normal life. We covered 5 states in 8 days, 2,971 miles and close to 8o hours sitting in our truck traveling from place to place. I‘m sure we drove by countless of missed opportunities for other visits, but I‘m sure we’ll be back in those same areas again. As we cross people off our list of places to visit, we just keep adding more and more back in for future visits. By the time you are receiving this in the mail, we’re already on the second leg of this tour which will take us to California, Oregon, and Washington and perhaps beyond. But you can read about that next month. ABP
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left: Herefords, Tim and JD @ Amdahl Ranch, left below: Slovek Angus calves, above: Slovek Ranch Badlands, below: Diamond H Ranch
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above: Calvo Red Angus, below: Keyes Angus, right photos: Abe Kuck the “Angus Whisperer” & Stacy @ Kuck Ranch
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Sale Calendar 2-Oct JAC’s Ranch Bentonville, AR
HIGH FOREST
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6996 County Rd 6 SW, Stewartville, MN 55976
2-Oct
Mann Cattle Co. Production Sale
Caldwell, TX
2-Oct
Point Pleasant Angus
Bland, VA
2-Oct
Soaring Eagle of the Ozarks
Springfield, MO
2-Oct
World Class Angus Sale
Sullivan, WI
3-Oct
Badger Southern Select
Burlington, WI
3-Oct
Cal Poly Bull Test Sale
San Luis Obispo, CA
3-Oct
Jounragan Ranch/ MO State U
Springfield, MO
3-Oct
Matt Hutchin’s Mill Creek Angus
Zanesville, OH
3-Oct
Purple Reign Cattle Co.
online
3-Oct
Trynham Ranches
Fort Klameth, OR
4-Oct
Case Ranch Herefords
Eldorado, TX
4-Oct
Express Ranches
Yukon, OK
5-Oct
Burns Angus Online
Oxford, IA
5-Oct Copeland& Sons Online 7-Oct
Bar 7 Genetics
Scottsboro, AL
7-Oct
Dudley Bros. 60th Anniversary Sale
Comanche, TX
8-Oct
Bowling Ranch Fall Production
Newkirk, OK
8-Oct
Colorado Angus Tour
Holyoke, CO
26-Sep WMC Cattle Co Ladies of the Ozarks Wasola, MO 27-Sep Gardiner Angus Ranch
Ashland, KS
27-Sep Hoffman Ranch Female Sale
Thedford, NE
27-Sep WMC Cattle Co. Ladies of the Ozarks Wasola, MO 28-Sep Lylester Ranch Online
Martell, NE
28-Sep South Dakota Hereford Tour
North Central region
30-Sep Marcy Cattle Co
Gordon, NE
30-Sep Vin Mar Cattle Co Hereford Dispersal Gordon, NE 1-Oct McKellar Angus Mount Pleasant, TX 1-Oct
Prairie View Farms
Gridley, IL
2-Oct
2 Bar/ Goode Angus Female
Hereford, TX
2-Oct
Beastrom Ranch Female Sale
Pierre, SD
2-Oct
Bradley Cattle & Hankins Farms
Springfield, MO
2-Oct
The Breeders Classic
Gettysburg, PA
2-Oct
California Breeders Bull Sale at TLAY Turlock, CA
2-Oct
Cattlemen’s Delight
Mausten, WI
2-Oct
Colyer Herefords & Angus
Bruneau, ID
2-Oct
Horstman Cattle Co. Female Sale
West Lafayette, IN
2-Oct
Huwa Cattle Co
Roggen, CO
2-Oct
Isa Beefmasters 60th Performance Test San Angelo, TX
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SCHEDULE DAY 1 – Mon. September 20, 2021
DAY 2 – Tues., September 21, 2021
Start: Ramada Inn, 1525 W. Havens Ave., Mitchell, SD 57301
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8:00 AM Mogck & Sons Angus (LaGrand, Roth) – Breakfast –
42193 282nd St., Olivet, SD 57062 Moke Angus (Assmus) – 27218 398th Ave., Corsica, SD 57328 Lau Angus – 39765 277th St., Armour, SD 57313 Koupal Angus and Koupal B&B – Lunch – 40050 303 Street, Dante, SD 57329 Varilek Angus (Pfaff) – 29208 374th Ave., Geddes, SD 57342 Mohnen Angus – 25770 370th, White Lake, SD 57383 Ramada Inn – Supper – 1525 W. Havens Ave., Mitchell, SD 57301
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8:00 AM Blacktop Farms – Breakfast – 41366 258th St., Mitchell, SD 57301 Moore Angus – 23317 412th Ave., Artesian, SD 57314 Callies Angus – 43831 235th St., Howard, SD 57349 Bruns Angus – Dinner – 22843 452nd Ave., Madison, SD 57042 JK Angus (Busemen, Carter) – 25831 454th Ave., Montrose, SD 57048 Rock Creek Livestock (Mogck Angus Farms & Red Rock Cattle Co.) 25525 406th Ave., Mitchell, SD 57301 Custom Genetic Solutions – 40275 257th St., Mitchell, SD 57301 Return: Ramada Inn – 1525 W. Havens Ave., Mitchell, SD 57301
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Sale Calendar 8-Oct
Deer Valley Farm Okeechobee
Okeechobee, FL
10-Oct Next Generation Genetics / MGM
8-Oct
Rockin W Polled Herefords
Schulenburg, TX
10-Oct Ridgeview Farms Definitely Different Alto, MI
8-Oct
Sitz Angus Female Sale
Dillon/ Harrison, MT
10-Oct Schu-Lar Herefords
Lecompton, KS
8-Oct Smith Valley Angus Salem, MO
10-Oct Vintage Angus Ranch
Modesto, CA
8-Oct
Teixeira Cattle Company
Pismo Beach, CA
11-Oct
Bischoff’s Ravine Creek Ranch
online
9-Oct
Black Grove
Newberry, SC
11-Oct
EZ Angus Ranch
Porterville, CA
9-Oct
Blackjack & Guests Female Sale
Seminole, OK
11-Oct
Indian Mound Ranch
Canadian, TX
9-Oct
Boyce – Bonebrake
Stratford, MO
11-Oct Rader Herefords Online
Endeavor, WI
9-Oct Byergo Angus Savannah, MO
12-Oct 9 Peaks Angus Ranch
Fort Rock, OR
9-Oct
California / Nevada Hereford Classic Yuba City, CA
12-Oct Abrakadabra Cattle Co
Online
9-Oct
Clemson Edisto Forage Bull Test
Blackville, SC
12-Oct Checkerhill Angus Online
West Plains, MO
9-Oct
Definitely Different sale at Ridgeview Farm Alto, MI
12-Oct Coleman Angus Female Sale
Charlo, MT
9-Oct
East Central Angus Assoc. sale
Cuba, MO
12-Oct
Wills Point, TX
9-Oct
Fawcett’s Elm Creek
Online
12-Oct Powell Herefords
Ft. Mckavett, TX
9-Oct
McCloud Farms & Guests
Jayess, MS
13-Oct R.A. Brown Ranch
Throckmorton, TX
9-Oct
Pleasant Hill Farms
Rockfield, KY
13-Oct Valley Oaks Angus
Oak Grove, MO
9-Oct
Seldom Rest
Niles, MI
14-Oct MN Beef Expo (Through Oct 17th)
St. Paul, MN
9-Oct
Silveira Bros.
Firebaugh, CA
14-Oct Wilks Ranch Eastland, TX
9-Oct
Sloup Simmental New Direction
Seward, NE
15-Oct Bramlet Simmental
9-Oct
TX Angus Assoc, Breeders Select
Salado, TX
15-Oct W4 Ranch Morgan, TX
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5 QUESTIONS Our resident Angus expert, Doug Ward of Mabel, Minnesota has been overwhelmed with demand for his “Turn N Burn Hay Service” this year. We asked Doug a few questions and we‘re also wondering if he has slept lately...
Doug Ward Tur n N Bur n Hay Ser v ice What is your biggest enterprise on your farm?
I raise over 225 acres of hay that is sold to various customers usually within a 25 mile radius of the farm. The Amish are my biggest purchasers of hay. I sell hay 5-6 days a week throughout the year. With the widespread drought this year, the phone is ringing off the hook! I am kind of getting numb to the amount of calls, but I do answer everyone of them. Calls from North Carolina, Texas, western North Dakota and northern Minnesota are a few places that are calling this week. In fact a buyer drove here from 300 miles north of me and wrote a check for a sizeable amount of money and said he will be back to get the hay this fall. Another guy drove from St. Cloud yesterday and just showed up and bought some hay. Today I heard from Ontario, Canada and sold them 2 semi-truck loads! Find me more as I need 1,000 5x6 bales for a fall delivery. Haha!
What forms of hay do you put up?
My main size of bale is the 4x5 round bale that weighs roughly 925 pounds. Also 3x3x7 big squares are put up. Small squares are also packaged both in the field and by rebaling in the off season from round bales.
What services do you provide?
I do deliver quite a bit of hay to those that do not have the ability to do it themselves. I try and put up high quality, fine textured hay that animals like to eat. A little bit of financing is offered. If a person doesn’t have the funds available, I will hold a check for a minimal amount of time.
What do you call your hay?
Turn N Burn Forage is what I call the high quality hay. It’s a name I came up with as kind of a joke one night. Everyone else sells hay but I sell Turn N Burn. The name has stuck and is used in my social media posts. Turn N Burn is hay that is of high quality, good color and hasn’t been rained on. It is of fine texture and is very palatable. Not all hay will qualify for the name. Some gets rained on or is just a little coarse in texture. ---> 30
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What‘s your biggest challenges in the hay business?
Labor is the biggest challenge. All of the hay is handled mechanically to reduce labor. All Turn N Burn is stored inside, so it is important to remove from the field ASAP. Having equipment that is reliable is important, plus having the ability to get custom balers to come helps. Weather is a challenge. Forecasts of the weather are watched continuously. I wish every weather person had 200 acres of hay of their own. They might be a little more accurate in their forecasting. Having a 24% chance of rain in the forecast everyday makes for some tough decisions.
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Sale Calendar 15-Oct Wooden Shoe Farms Female Sale
Blackfoot, ID
31-Oct WMC Cattle Co
16-Oct 3C Cattle Co.
Carrollton, MO
16-Oct Beef On Forage Bull Sale 16-Oct Bill Carr & Others Fall Sale
Springfield, MO
2-Nov
Cobb Charolais
Great Falls, MT
Brenham, TX
4-Nov
5L Red Angus
Sheridan, MT
Floresville, TX
4-Nov
Kempfer Cattle Co
Deer Park, FL
16-Oct Bradley Cattle Charolais & Red Angus Springfield, MO
5-Nov
Beefmaster E6 Commercial Female Sale McAlester, OK
16-Oct Buck Cattle Co
Madill, OK
5-Nov
Ward/ Ratliff
Lexington, KY
16-Oct Fink Beef Genetics
Randolph, KS
6-Nov
Barnett Angus Ranch
Washington, GA
16-Oct
Campbellsburg, KY
6-Nov
BF Cattle Co
Butler, MO
16-Oct Haught Farms Harrisville, WV
6-Nov
Christensen Genetics Year end
Weston, ID
16-Oct Heart Of The Ozarks Angus Assoc. Sale West Plains, MO
6-Nov
The Fall Bull Sale Mid State Stockyard Letohatchee, AL
16-Oct IBEP PT Bull Sale
Springville, IN
6-Nov
Wright Charolais
16-Oct Lambert Ranch
Oroville, CA
6-Nov Worthington Angus Dadeville, MO
Great Meadows Angus Assoc
Kearney, MO
16-Oct McWherter Farm Dresden, TX
10-Nov Cline Cattle Co.
Manhattan, KS
16-Oct Top Notch Angus Wheeler, TX
11-Nov Circle G Ranches
Adel, GA
17-Oct Express Ranches
Yukon, OK
11-Nov Lone Star Angus Gainesville, TX
17-Oct Frank/ Hazelrigg Cattle Co.
Fulton, MO
12-Nov Green Valley Cattle Complete Dispersion Atkinson, NE
17-Oct Ludvigson Stock Farms Ozark
Nevada, MO
13-Nov Bear Mountain Angus Female sale
Palisade, NE
17-Oct Reynolds Herefords Decades of Design Huntsville, MO
13-Nov Deer Valley Farm
Fayeteville, TN
18-Oct Hinkle’s Prime Cut Angus Sale
Nevada, MO
13-Nov Friendship Farms
Canoochee, GA
18-Oct White Hawk Ranch
Buchanan, GA
13-Nov Lesikar Angus Bull Sale
Athens, TX
21-Oct Thomas Angus
Baker City, OR
13-Nov T & S Strand Charolais & Friends
Formoso, KS
21-Oct Jensen Bros.
Louisburg, KS
15-Nov Bichler Simmental & Red Angus
Linton, ND
23-Oct 44 Farms Bull Sale
Cameron, TX
18-Nov Bear Creek Farms Female Sale
Leonard, TX
23-Oct Best Of The Bluegrass
Winchester, KY
19-Nov Bear Creek Farms Bull Sale
Leonard, TX
23-Oct Clearwater Farms Clear Choice Sale
Milan, IN
20-Nov Baldridge Tiedeman Angus
North Platte, NE
23-Oct Flying H Genetics
Butler, MO
20-Nov MM Cattle/ Callaway Cattle Co.
Hogansville, GA
23-Oct L.G. Herndon Farms Inc.
Lyons, GA
20-Nov Sonderup Charolais Ranch
Fullerton, NE
23-Oct Lacy’s Red Angus & MC Livestock
Drexel, MO
20-Nov Sydenstricker Genetics
Mexico, MO
23-Oct Mead Farms Production Sale
Versailles, MO
22-Nov Connealy Angus Bull Sale
Whitman, NE
23-Oct
Wytheville, VA
27-Nov Butch’s Angus Jackson, MO
SW VA Angus Assoc
24-Oct Baker Angus Butler, MO
27-Nov Galaxy Beef Female Sale
25-Oct Audley online sale
Berryville, VA
30-Nov Western Video Auction @ Silver Legacy Reno, NV
27-Oct Soaring Eagle Farms
Springfield, MO
1-Dec
Big Sky Elite Female Sale
Logan, MT
29-Oct CK Cattle Headquarter Sale
Hope Hull, AL
3-Dec
Calhoun Bull Test Sale
Calhoun, GA
30-Oct Angus Breeders of Texas
Canton, TX
3-Dec
It’s All Black & White Bull Sale
Montgomery, AL
30-Oct Fox Hollow Farms
Hulbert, OK
3-Dec
Lone Star Angus Alliance
Hallettsville, TX
30-Oct Ludvigson Stock Farms
Shepherd, MT
3-Dec
Meadows Creek Farm
Montgomery, AL
30-Oct Nipp Charolais
Wilson, OK
4-Dec
2 Bar C Ranch
Luling, TX
30-Oct Pollingon Simmentals Bred For Success Marion, MI
4-Dec
Lonesome River Ranch
Merna, NE
30-Oct Wall Street Cattle Co
Lebanon, MO
6-Dec TK Angus Valentine, NE
30-Oct Yon Family Farms
Ridge Spring, SC
11-Dec Cowboy Logic
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EPD SCIENCE “Expected Progeny Difference: Why, What, When, and How. Part I” by Randie Culbertson, PhD, ASA, Lead Geneticist for International Genetic Solutions
Reporting the phenotype as well as DNA will increase the overall reliability of the EPD. you are selecting for the underlying genetics, but EPD vs. EPDs you are also selecting the Historically in editorial content, the ASA has used environmental influences that cannot be passed EPDs for the plural form onto offspring. Phenotypof EPD. However, expectic selection gives no indied progeny differences is cation of how much of the abbreviated EPD for both performance is influenced singular and plural forms. by the environment. EPD account for environmental differences Why and influences as well as Why use EPD? Simple: genetics. EPD therefore genetic improvement! Unhelp you to select for derlying the performance the heritable portion of a of every animal is both trait that can be passed environment and genetics. to offspring. Using EPD to Every calf on an operation select for traits of interest has a genetic propensity will dramatically increase for performance of a trait. the rate of improvement, When genetic potential especially when compared is lacking, even when an to using phenotypic selecideal environment is protion. vided, the calf will have limited performance. To maximize performance, What both environment and In the most basic sense, genetics need to be maxian EPD is a solution remized. sulting from the genetic Phenotypic selection evaluation. The evaluation for improvement can be is a series of statistical utilized, but by selecting and mathematical models on phenotype the rate where performance, DNA, of improvement is sigand pedigree information nificantly slower. When are included. These staselecting on phenotype, tistical and mathematical 36
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models are developed based on our knowledge of biology and genetic inheritance. Utilizing the information provided, these models are able to differentiate environmental influence from genetic influence to create a prediction of genetic potential for an animal as a parent. When we consider an animal’s performance, there are two major influential components: genetics and environment. Environmental factors are any effect that is non-genetic and can range from management, to the physical environment, to the maternal influence of the dam on a calf. The environmental influences are important to an animal’s own performance, but they cannot be passed on to the next generation of calves. Appropriately accounting for environmental factors is crucial for reliable EPD. When developing the models for a genetic evaluation, tremendous focus is placed on how to account for all non-genetic influences on August 2021
a trait. The assignment of contemporary groups (animals raised in the same environment with the same opportunities to grow, conceive, marble, etc.) is crucial in accounting for the non-genetic components that would influence an animal’s performance. With environmental effects properly accounted for, the evaluation solves for the genetic effects using animal relationships from the pedigree. The pedigree maps out all known relationships to an individual animal and the relatives of that individual. These relationships are assigned numerical values to represent the amount of genetics shared. For example, calf A shares 50% of his genes from his sire and 25% of his genes from a half-sib. If the half-siblings were inbred, the percentage of genes shared would be higher. The evaluation uses these relationship ties within the pedigree in conjunction with performance records and environmental effects, to solve for the genetic potential of animals for a given trait. It is important to point out a biological law of genetic inheritance referred to as the law of independent assortment. The law of independent assortment states that the segregation of genes is independent during the formation of reproductive cells. In other words, each parent possesses two ver-
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Two Sales....Endless Opportunity
WATCH FOR US AT THE CAL POLY AND ARELLANO BRAVO BULL SALES FEATURING PROGENY OF THESE LEADING ANGUS SIRES AND BREED INFLUENCING DAM BALDRIDGE ISABEL Y69
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ARELLANO BRAVO & DIABLO VALLEY ANGUS BULL SALE | GALT, CA STERLING ALTERNATIVE 056 AAA 19821641 DOB 2/29/20 Sire: Baldridge Alternative E125 CED +10
BW +0
WW +71
YW +129
MILK +24
CW +44
STERLING STONEWALL 016
Sire: Jindra Stonewall CED +4
BW +2.4
WW +86
YW +167
MILK +28
CW +78
MGS: Styles Upgrade J59 MARB +0.86
RE +0.58
CED +13
BW -0.1
WW +74
YW +135
MILK +18
CW +65
$C $258
AAA 19821645 DOB 1/21/20
MGS: Baldridge Colonel C251 MARB +0.93
RE +0.82
STERLING ALTERNATIVE 012 AAA 19823376 Sire: Baldridge Alternative E125
$B +152
$B +203
DOB 1/18/20
MGS: JIndra Megahit
MARB +1.02
RE +0.63
$C $323
$B +185
$C $285
STERLING ALTERNATIVE 014 AAA 19823378 DOB 1/18/20 Sire: Baldridge Alternative E125 CED +7
BW +1.3
WW +81
YW +152
MILK +15
CW +81
STERLING ENTICE 018 Sire: MOGCK Entice CED +1
BW +3.4
WW +95
YW +163
MILK +25
MGS: Plattemere Weigh Up K360 MARB +0.80
RE +1.00
$B +199
$C $286
AAA 19823389 DOB 1/23/20 CW +80
MGS: K C F Bennett Citation MARB +0.95
RE +1.07
$B +192
$C $318
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CAL POLY BULL TEST SALE | SAN LUIS OBISPO, CA STERLING ENFORCER 0111 Sire: S S Enforcer E812 CED +11
BW -0.1
WW +87
YW +167
MILK +27
CW +77
STERLING ENFORCER 0103 Sire: S S Enforcer E812 CED +3
BW +1.3
WW +96
YW +169
MILK +29
CW +69
STERLING GARY 0106 Sire: Connealy Gary CED +6
BW +1.5
WW +105
YW +193
MILK +26
CED +1
BW +2.7
WW +83
YW +153
MILK +31
MGS: Connealy Confidence Plus MARB +0.75
CED +6
BW +2.1
WW +98
YW +168
MILK +37
$B 191
$C $314
AAA 19901476 DOB 8/2/20
MGS: Styles Upgrade J59 MARB +0.82
CW +81
RE +1.08
$B +171
$C $311
CW +82
MGS: V A R Discovery 2240 MARB +0.96
RE +0.91
$B +188
$C $309
AAA 19901495 DOB 8/22/20
MGS: Basin Payweight 1682
STERLING ENFORCER 0124
Sire: Baldridge Alternative E125
RE +0.97
AAA 19903778 DOB 8/3/20
STERLING NO DOUBT 0142 Sire: Hoover No Doubt
AAA 19903093 DOB 8/5/20
CW +81
MARB +0.35
RE +0.98
$B +185
$C $319
AAA 19901487 DOB 8/15/20
MGS: Styles Upgrade J59 MARB +0.99
RE +0.69
$B +180
$C $315
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