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Blending Cattle and Goats Rick Core finds harmony with two livestock species at his Greenwood, Ark., farm

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Simmons to be inducted into Hall of Fame: Mark Simmons of Siloam Springs, Ark., is among the five agriculture leaders who will be inducted into the Arkansas Agriculture Hall of Fame in March. Simmons has been chairman of the board of Simmons Foods since 1987. He first joined the family business in 1968 after graduating from the University of Arkansas. He was named president in 1974, following the death of his father. He was a founding member of the Northwest Arkansas Council, serves on the board of trustees at John Brown University and is a board member of the Walton Family Charitable Support Trust.

University of Arkansas professor begins duties: Andrew Sharpley, professor, University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture, began his duties as president of the Soil Science Society of America on Jan. 1. Sharpley was elected in 2015 and served as president-elect in 2016. Sharpley has been a member of Soil Science Society of America for more than 35 years and has served the society in several capacities, most recently as editor-in-chief. He is a Fellow of SSSA and the American Society of Agronomy, received the Environmental Quality Research, Soil Science Applied Research, and Soil Science Research Awards from these societies, and was inducted into the U.S. Department of Agriculture – Agricultural Research Service Hall of Fame in 2008.

NEO awards scholarships: Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College’s Agriculture Department and rodeo team recently awarded scholarships at the 7th Annual NEO Alumni/Recruiting Rodeo, with a full ride scholarship going to Ethan Griffin, high point winner and senior from Afton, Okla. The NEO Development Foundation also provided a $500 book scholarship to Martie Shockley of Alma, Ark. Harrison farmer honored: Dustin Jones of Harrison, Ark., recently won the Young Farmer and Ranchers Discussion Meet.

Jones runs a commercial sheep and goat breeding operation and sells brood stock for show goats. The Discussion Meet provides a forum for young farm leaders to demonstrate their verbal and problem-solving presentation skills while they discuss their views on issues affecting agriculture. There were 14 competitors in the Discussion Meet. Jones, 21, won $7,000 toward the purchase of a Polaris All-Terrain Vehicle or side-by-side courtesy of Southern Farm Bureau Life Insurance Co., and $2,500 from Farm Bureau Bank.

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A parting quote: “There are two spiritual dangers in not owning a farm. One is the danger of supposing that breakfast comes from the grocery, and the other that heat comes from the furnace.”

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Youth in Agriculture spotlights Alyssa Anderson

Rick Core finds harmony between goats and cattle

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live in a community full of pranksters and practical jokers. It can lead revoto nwaolot rC yofrrehiJ yB larious moments, but it can also, as often as not, bring about confusion and turmoil.

Jerry Crownover is On one occasion of my 27 years of living a farmer and former at this address, I opened my mailbox to discover professor of Agriculture one-half of a polka-dot bikini. It did not belong Education at Missouri to my wife, but it did cause her to have a number State University. He is a of questions for me. In another instance of mailnative of Baxter County, box trickery, my wife retrieved the mail, only to Arkansas, and an find a long, slender, baked sweet potato that was author and professional wrapped in clear cellophane. Do you know what speaker. To contact Jerry, a baked sweet potato resembles? She wouldn’t go to ozarksfn.com and touch it. click on ‘Contact Us.’ I, nor any of my neighbors, ever truly know how much rain we’ve gotten, because everyone knows where everyone else’s rain gauge is located, and water is usually added, or poured out, by the time the real owner gets a chance to look.

Whenever any of us get a newer vehicle, someone is likely to add fuel to the tank for a few weeks until the new owner starts bragging about the great mileage they’re getting, only to have the same person siphon out gas for the next few weeks, causing great consternation – and maybe even a trip back to the dealership to have the engine checked out.

Of course, there are always the Father’s Day cards (with no return address, but locally postmarked) saying, “Hi, Dad. Sure would like to have been part of your life.”

Or a nice, official looking, computer-generated envelope that certainly looks like it is from the county department of health, except that it is stamped with “STD Test Results” in big red letters all across the front. Now, I know why the mail delivery lady looks at me a little strangely.

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Capitalism is a good thing. I love competition – both in business and my personal life. I’ve learned it is possible make money without raking your customers over the coals. I had a great example of this watching my parents run their business. My husband is also a fierce competitor. Nobody LIKES losing. Not a bid for a project or a game of monopoly. Losing isn’t fun, but it doesn’t make you a loser.

Two of our children joined a wrestling program in recent months. We’ve watched them learn a new sport and compete like ladies and gentlemen. The wrestling matches are an absolute hoot! Our kids are built like Mighty Mouse not Hulk Hogan. I had no idea what to expect at their first tournament.

The matches began with a handshake between opponents. The referee blew the whistle and yelled, wrestle! Off they went. Our 7-year-old son concentrated and practiced the moves he’d learned in practice. He won some matches and lost some too. Throughout the season, I am always proud of him for walking off the mat with his head up.

Our 9-year-old daughter was a completely different story. Being the product of competitive parents, the desire to win and succeed runs wildly through this child’s veins. We realized at her most recent tournament, we had failed to teach her an important lesson.

She lost a hard-fought match and thundered off the mat like a raging bull. Tearful and red-faced, this child was MAD and unsportsmanlike! I was mortified. So was my husband. We had to take her behind the bleachers to get her to calm down. This child loves sports, competition and ultimately – the thrill of a game. She hates to lose. The biggest losers that day were us. We quickly realized we hadn’t honed in on the importance of winning humbly and losing gracefully.

After a calming discussion with my husband, she settled down and listened to us.

Not everyone wins every time. Not everybody gets a trophy or a medal. You have to be at peace with that. We praised her effort. Somehow she was able to pull it together that day and shake off the loss. She worked hard at her next practice. She kept head up and had a humble attitude. We still have more work to do.

I hope we raise our little competitors to be decent, hardworking people like Johnny Georges. He didn’t care about winning if it was on the back of a hardworking farmer.

We could all learn something here. Lose AND win like a winner, neighbor.

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Over the next couple of days, the ewes and I developed our routine; I would walk out the back door in the morning to feed and they would run off. When I would get home in the evening, they would run off.

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Across the Fence Continued from Previous Page scurried under the panels and into the pen with the steers, which began chasing the newborn. Dad tried to get the steers away from the lamb and I threw my shoe, the only thing I could get my hands on other than the ewe, at one to distract him. We managed to get momma and baby reunited and they took off back to the loafing shed. As fast as that lamb made laps round that pen, I knew it would be just fine, and it was.

The other ewes soon began to lamb out as well, but I still couldn’t get near them and the lambs were just as wild.

About a month or so later, I came home to yet another surprise, a Barbados ram with impressive, curled horns. I named him Dodge; he was a runner as well.

As time went on, I had to explain to people that the exotic looking animals were not goats, but haired sheep; that they were not part of the deer family, but they could jump as high as my head; and no, I had no idea what we were going to do with them.

We sold ram lambs, but Dodge and the girls just kept having babies. It became difficult to catch them because they figured when I moved their feed into the alley that meant someone was going to

get caught. I also didn’t have another pasture where I could separate the ram lambs from their moms or sisters, or Dodge from his daughters.

Finally, we had a flock dispersal. At the sale, I reminded Dad that just because he had a trailer on, it didn’t mean he had to buy anything. It was touch and go there for a little while, but the trailer was empty when we left.

I will grant PETA one thing, these sheep might have been just fine in the wilds of Dallas County, Mo., but their unique look would have made them a target for those thinking they had stumbled across exotic deer-like creatures, not domesticated – and I use that term loosely – sheep. Then there were predator dangers and “wild” sheep running in front of vehicles. They were dependant on me to keep them safe.

So again PETA, your argument about allowing sheep to roam free still doesn’t hold much water.

Life Is Simple Continued from Page 3 All of the aforementioned stories are presented so that you can understand my confusion last week, when I entered my bull pasture to deliver them a fresh, new, round bale of alfalfa hay. As I neared the feeder to dump the bale from the frontend loader of my tractor, there was NO FEEDER there. I was in a bit of a dither as I started looking around for the missing bale-ring. It was there yesterday, so where could it be?

The field is only a few acres in size, is entirely open, and right next to a county road. After driving the tractor around the perimeter, I finally discovered the round,

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bale-ring, at the bottom of the hill, sitting perfectly in the dry bed of a small creek that runs through the edge of the pasture.

It was also underneath an overhanging tree and completely intact and unbent.

A normal, logical person could only assume that the bulls had become bored and started butting and playing with the bale-ring until they had it up on its side, and then nudged it down the hill, until it landed at the bottom of the slope, in the center of the dry creek bed, underneath the old tree.

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Bobby James has improved production at his family’s farm by switching operations Bobby James from Green Forest, Ark., balances four jobs.

The first three jobs are agriculturally related: raising turkeys, growing commercial hay, and serving as a distributor for EcoConcept Incinerators. Bobby decided to become a distributor after purchasing one of their incinerators to replace his composting facility. He found it so much more efficient than composting that he wanted to help other poultry growers save time as

“Even though raised in the country, I did not grow up on a farm,” she explained. “We were living in Springdale with wonderful jobs, a nice home, financial security and able to go on vacations. I was worried. After passing through a ‘valley of unknowns,’ I saw God had us exactly where he wanted us and have no desire for what we left behind.”

When the couple returned to the 90-acre farm, the operation was a combination of turkeys and cattle, with time management Photo by Terry Ropp

Bobby James convinced his mother that their family farm was more profitable if they sold their cattle and began producing hay, in cooperation with their turkey operation.

well. His last job is working almost full- a significant factor. Bobby put pencil to paper in 2008, showing his mother Peggy time for the city of Green Forest.

Bobby’s wife Tiffany does marketing con- that switching from cattle to hay producsulting work for Ozark Physical Therapy tion made sense for them, especially since in Berryville, substitute teaches for Green he had a local broker to purchase as much Forest Public Schools handles, all the book- as Bobby could raise on the 70 acres available. Another factor contributkeeping for the farm and is deing the switch was that Bobby voted to raising their children, Green Forrest, Ark. uses deeper winter litter and 11-year-old Reese and 6-yearbedding from the turkey houses old Brooklyn. as fertilizer in the spring, which Tiffany was very reluctant offsets haying inputs. In addition, about moving to the farm Bobby distributes Bermuda seed on after Bobby’s father Jerry the floor of the house he uses for own passed away.

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fertilizer before placing the bedding so that when the house is cleaned out, reseeding and fertilizing occur simultaneously. Finally, the farm already had its own haying equipment. Peggy agreed and the 40-cow commercial herd, as well as the bull, was sold.

Bobby explained the biggest change in the industry is the turkeys themselves and most of the change is due to genetics tremendously increasing efficiency.

The first system at the farm was free range and was used by Bobby’s father until 1991. The system was extremely laborintensive and allowed for only two flocks a year due to weather constraints, and constant predator issues.

When Bobby was 10, his father built the turkey houses, and for the next six years the farm operated as two-stage and free range. A two-stage system is where a farm is never without birds. A flock of newly hatched poults are delivered to a brood house and raised for six weeks before being divided into two flocks, one for each of the two, 18,000-square-foot range houses, where birds are kept for 10 to 12 weeks or until they reach their target weight.

Butterball worked on the health issue in North Carolina and in 2013 began instituting a revised system where brooding and finishing occur in different facilities. Poults are raised in one facility and transported to a finishing facility in clean trucks, where the birds are raised to their target weight.

If a health issue arises, the farmer can enhance the cleaning process and eradicate the problem. If the issue is serious enough, the farmer will not have a disruption in the number of flocks per year. The biggest transition issue from two-stage to single stage facilities was matching the number of brooding facility birds to finishing facilities so that sizes were compatible. Initially the time between flocks was as much as six weeks but now routinely lasts from 2 to 4 weeks. That length of time is another bio security measure because it promotes the natural death of disease factors.

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Rick Core finds harmony with two livestock species at his Greenwood, Ark., farm Many poultry producers have cattle because litter is a free, high-quality fertilizer for pastures, but few farmers combine goats and cattle. Rick and Suzanne Core of rural Greenwood, Ark., raise the more unusual combination because the goats help keep control of brush on their ridge top acreage and worming is unnecessary. Both sides of Rick’s family

“We’d have lunch with one set of grandparents and supper at the other, and Sundays were always family time because shopping wasn’t possible sense nothing was open.”

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have been part of Arkansas agriculture zine for herbicide free farming. Rick carries for more than 140 years. His father’s fam- on the tradition by hacking weeds with a ily began in the 1820s with two uncles machete after spring spraying rather than farming in Logan County. His mother’s spot spraying every time he’s on the land.

While Rick’s uncle, Dan Core, still owns family became dairy, as well as soybean and cotton farmers, in the late 1880s also the family farm, Rick has a small, but growin Logan County. Ricks grandfather, J.H. ing operation of his own. He owns 32 acres Core Senior, was a World War I vet who near his house and leases another 30 nearby.

The home acreage is primarily reserved took Rick with him in a horse and wagon for goats and first time heifers, whenever possible. Rick, with the goat herd size down who is a delivery manager from a high of 30. Currently for Acuative Corporation Greenwood, Ark. they have six nannies custom in New Jersey and is responbred from a billy purchased sible for delivery teams going from Sweet Creek Goat Farm in to Fortune 500 companies to Poteau, Okla. The billy has a balperform various projects on ance of 65 percent Boer, 25 percent their computer networks, said.

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“The advantage of having the heifers and goats together is they eat each other’s worms so I don’t have to worm.

I watched the goats’ eyes by using the FAMACHA method, and they are always good and healthy,” Rick said.

The goats are turned into a small wooded area twice per week to provide roughage. The goats eat grass, hay and one-quarter pound of five-way feed with 15 percent protein and 11 percent fiber to balance their diet.

The biggest issue in the goat operation is being located next to Fort Chaffee and military aircraft which scare the goats when the aircraft get too close. The solution is totally fencing this part of the farm with 4-inch goat fencing, which is strong enough to handle panicked goats and will also “keep varmints” out. The area currently has traditional fencing and electrified square netting.

“For me, the ideal fence is cedar on the outside with 4-inch square fencing on the inside supported by a hot wire,” Rick said.

“I call my billy El Destrcto because he keeps butting the current 6-inch fence hard and bending it though he is friendly with me.

The cattle herd is composed of 13 Angus mommas and a purebred bull because Rick believes black cattle and black baldies bring more money. The couple moved back to Arkansas in 2003 and they bought whatever bottle babies were available because those babies cost less and Suzanne loved feeding them, with the first calf being a Brangus named

Velvet. At that time the couple had only a 2-acre strip of land with the house, and the calves were sold as feeders.

In 2005, the couple bought adjoining acreage, as well as Angus cows from a breeder Rick knew and trusted. He bought another six bred heifers from the same breeder last year, which has temporarily disrupted his fall calf cycle. Rick likes fall calves due to fewer parasites and flies during the winter and the good early spring grass when the calves are ready to graze.

From spring through fall, all cattle receive 5 pounds of feed twice a week to keep them accustomed to Rick’s presence. In the winter, however, they are fed more often.

Rick weans at 5 or 6 months, works the cattle, and keeps the calves another month or two to put some weight on before selling them. Active in the cattlemen’s Association, Rick said, “Surprisingly, 82 percent of cattlemen don’t castrate or band calves even though they lose 6 cents per pound.”

One unusual decision on the Core farm was reseeding with forage crabgrass.

“The crabgrass is more drought tolerant and grows faster than Bermuda,” Rick explained.

While crabgrass seed can cost more, it can be spread on top rather than drilled and germinates quickly. According to Rick, the cattle thrive on the unusual pasture, which also contains some white clover. Rick also prefers using commercial fertilizer.

Rick came to farming without much knowledge and learned “on the fly.” He believes the best advice he ever received was to listen, read and research. As a result, he took training from Kansas State University to learn best practices and is now Beef Quality Assurance Certified.

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Saving the Stories

By Terry Ropp

The history of the Durham School lives on History books, often dry and information dense, can fail to capture the flavors of the past.

Historians have long known original documents and stories are the best sources. Now nothing but weedchoked chimneys after a fire in 2012, Durham School was once the heartbeat of a vibrant community. Some places are lost forever, but others are saved for future generations when someone has a passionate interest in learning about their family’s past. One such person is Cheri Lynn Clark Coley of Fayetteville, Ark., whose father graduated from Durham School in 1938, 10 years before the school closed when the district consolidated with nearby Elkins.

Durham existed during the Victorian and Edwardian eras, Roaring 20s periods, the Great Depression and two World Wars. Although records are scarce, glimpses into Durham’s picturesque past are possible. Cheri gathered as many records as she could find and issued a survey to collect the almost forgotten but delightful details from a rapidly diminishing number of past students.

“I wanted to find out what life was like in old rural communities and of how my family lived,” Cheri said.

The Clarks were among the early families in Durham in the 1880s although earliest recorded settlers were Richard and John Robbins who bought US land grants in the 1830s. Cheri’s Grandfather Elbert (Eb) Clark and his siblings attended the Durham school. Cheri’s grandmother Irma McKee Clark sparked Cheri’s passion for the history of Durham. Cheri’s memories of going to her grandmother’s every Sunday for lunch and on Decoration Day never faded. The last Clark surviving relative to attend the Durham School is 92-year-old Mary Todd, who doled out information, pictures and assignments done by her siblings to her determined niece, including handwritten homework relating to how the community, the students, and the district could better improve their school.

While Arkansas school districts were originally organized by township location, in 1874 reorganization organized around communities. Washington County reorganization was completed by 1884 with approximately 170 school districts.

In 1892, Durham had a druggist, blacksmith, railroad and ticket agent, a physician and two general stores, as well as a flour, grist and saw mill, and three churches in addition to a hotel noted in 1900. Durham School opened in the upstairs room of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows hall in 1883.

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In 1885, a new school building was erected. The property for this school faced east toward the Ozark Road and was between the Ozark Road and the home of John Samuel White, who is Cheri’s great-great grandfather.

This building was in use until approximately 1927.

In 1924, the Watts family donated land to build a new school. It was completed in 1929 and had three classrooms for the first through eighth grade. The school eventually serve through the twelfth grade with three classrooms and a fourth room that served as a teacher’s living quarters. It was a single story, wood frame building with four interior brick chimneys.

The new school was bordered by a cornfield that soon became pasture area when a rail-line was installed only two years after the school’s construction. The tracks, only 50 feet from the school, caused expected problems with cattle grazing in the playground. The pasture/playground area was an ongoing problem until the 1920s when the community raised money to pay for fencing by selling pies during a community pie supper with local men building a boundary fence, which improved recess immeasurably.

A new building was finished across the road in 1929 and had three school rooms, plus an additional room as teacher living quarters. However, in her survey, Florence Parker, who attended when she was 12 years old starting in the year 1924, remembers teachers staying in their home. Snippets of history include teachers’ salaries, ranging from $40 a month for five months in 1892, $30 a month for three months in 1903 and $40 to $65 a month for eight months in 1939. One story concerns Fayetteville High School and University of Arkansas graduate Bonnie Paschal. She taught at the Durham in the mid-1930s, but decided to return to the university when school board members drove to her home and offered her a $5 a month raise from her $40 salary if she would return. Her record of schools where she taught implies that she did not. Another teacher story is about young Orval Faubus who would bring a basketball team from Pinnacle Mountain to play Durham. If his team didn’t have enough players, Orval himself would play. He went on to become the longest reigning Arkansas governor.

“Durham school was the center of the community, and in small towns today they still are,” Cheri said.

“Even though people move away, they take the heart and values of the school and community with them.”

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Location: Natural Dam, Ark. Owners: Jamie and Christina Marion History: “In 1999, I decided it was time to work for myself and decided to go into a dozer service because I could also make use of the equipment on my own farm.

I began using a leased dozer with an option to buy, but within a year opted instead to purchase an 850 Case dozer that was more dependable and versatile,” owner Jamie Marion said. “Next I added another dozer and a dump truck and backhoe. Recently I purchased articulating dump trucks that rotate in the middle. My first jobs were cleaning fence rows and building ponds. The business grew large enough that my wife Christina takes care of the paperwork and is the backbone of the business.”

Services: “I have a variety of equipment: dozers, dump trucks, articulated dump trucks, track hoes and backhoes so that I can meet a wide variety of needs.

Dump trucks move material to where we are working, but also deliver to individual farmers. While my most common jobs are ponds and clearing land and fence rows, I also do road building for farmers and road easements for the county. I construct driveways and lanes as well as pads for new construction. I even build lakes which are usually for recreational purposes. In addition, we subcontract cleaning out lagoons for Denali Water Solutions in Russellville, Ark. My crew and I also travel to other states such as Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas, but usually lease equipment when we go out of town. I have seven full-time, cross trained employees though only three of us do the finish work. ” Philosophy and future: “I have good workers and good workers produce good work. Being dependable and accountable is the best kind of customer service this business can provide. Reputation is everything. Most of my business is with friends and neighbors, and my philosophy is I want to do the kind of quality job for everyone that I would do for myself. My 14-year-old son Cole is starting to help me on the job occasionally, and I hope someday he and my daughter, 12-year-old Kenzie, take over.”

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James Lockhart balances life on the farm and his duties as an Oklahoma lawmaker Some people know early on exactly what they are going to do, with those in agriculture sometimes staying on the same piece of dirt an entire lifetime. James Lockhart, Oklahoma State Representative of District 3, is not one of those.

He was raised amidst hundreds of chicken and beef farms near Heavener,

James worked in New York protecting the remains of the victims from scavenging birds and rodents, and later monitored wildlife for disease outbreaks threatening domestic livestock and for biological weapons attacks.

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vented me from getting a job near home and I wanted to see if I could do something about that.”

James, therefore, moved back to Heavener, serving in the Oklahoma legislature for the Okla. He has pursued opportunity and last six years. With his wife Carrie, he bought a drought devastated and neglected farm in passion wherever it led him.

“I got a fortune cookie one time that said, 2011 to provide their children an agricultural ‘May you lead an interesting life.’ I think lifestyle. James categorizes himself as an old school, rural, conservathat describes me tive Democrat. While well,” he said. not as successful as he James’ career hoped in battling polife started with U.S. DepartHeavener, Okla. litical patronage, he ment of Agriculture as a wildlife specialist and branched into energy.

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Family: Wife, Gwen; and son, Jordan, 19 Hometown: Batavia, Ark. Town Life: “I have been market president of the Berryville Cornerstone Bank

for eight years. I began here as an agriculture and commercial lender when the branch just opened but became president when the past president retired. God gave me the ability to read and understand numbers with an analytical mind but an agriculture heart. Here I get to put both together. Other previous positions include working for the Arkansas State Bank Department regulatory arm for Arkansas Chartered Banks and at another time purchasing the John Deere dealership in Harrison. I am civically active and am the outgoing president of the Berryville Chamber of Commerce and an appointee to an Arkansas commission that provides grants for different entities such as rural fire departments, county fairs and community centers. I am also the finance chairman at the First United Methodist Church. My wife Gwen has worked for Acxiom, a data management company, for 20 years and is currently the customer service manager on a remote basis. She is also on the Wesley Board, which connects college students to on campus ministries. Our son Jordan, a criminal justice major at the University of Arkansas, likes helping us but prefers Razorback games and being the resistance assistant at the Wesley House.”

Country life: “Gwen and I have an 11-acre farm in Batavia only five minutes from town but with a rural atmosphere. We raise Dorper and Dorper /Katahdin cross meat sheep because they do not require shearing and have natural parasite and heat resistance. We have 16 females and ram. The sheep are our pets like in the Bible and they recognize their names. These sheep are therapy for both of us. In the mornings we count the number of feet and divide by four and after work we water and feed with Powell Sheep and Goat Mix which helps keep them tame but also keeps our rescue donkey named Donkey happy, important because Donkey keeps persistent predators away. However, Nutter Butters are the ticket to the best cooperation from everybody.

We also feed Bermuda/orchard grass hay because it is easier to digest and they clean it up better especially since we feed out of a manger that is above their heads so they have to reach up to feed. We sell our lambs at the Harrison sale barn during their all breed goat and sheep sale on the third Friday of every month.

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35.00-57.00 † Not Reported*

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Not Reported* 43.00-66.50 † 4 38.00-64.00 † 42.00-68.00 † 38.00-65.00 † 35.00-61.00* 32.00-64.00 † 3 46.00-65.00 † 40.00-66.50 † 35.00-71.00 † 50.00-66.00*

OKC West - El Reno Ouachita Livestock Auction Ozarks Regional Stilwell Livestock Auction Tulsa Livestock Auction Welch Stockyards

Steers, Med. & Lg. 1 300-400 lbs.

400-500 lbs.

500-600 lbs.

600-700 lbs.

700-800 lbs.

Bulls, Med. & Lg. 1 300-400 lbs.

400-500 lbs.

500-600 lbs.

600-700 lbs.

700-800 lbs.

Heifers, Med. & Lg. 1 300-400 lbs.

400-500 lbs.

500-600 lbs.

600-700 lbs.

700-800 lbs.

14 14

40

60

80

Ark. Cattle Auction, LLC - Searcy 1/10/17

Ash Flat Livestock

775 1-6 Higher

St-3 Higher

150.00-175.00 145.00-166.00 131.00-150.00 127.00-133.50 118.00-130.00 ----138.00-154.00 125.00-145.00 116.00-127.00 ----122.00-136.00 118.00-131.00 116.00-127.00 108.00-121.00 123.00-125.00

100

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National Sheep Summary

1/13/17

Compared to last week slaughter lambs were firm to 4.00 higher, except at San Angelo, TX weak to 5.00 lower.

Slaughter ewes were steady to 3.00 higher, instances sharply higher. No comparison on feeder lambs. At San Angelo, TX 3750 head sold. No sales in Equity

students to classrooms is influencing fluid milk demand.

As schools restart after winter breaks, demand for single serve containers has increased. Bottling demand in the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic and Southeast has been strong as wintery conditions prompt an upsurge in fluid milk demand ahead of the storms, and retailers restock shelves

stocker & feeder

120

Benton Co. - Siloam Springs 1/12/17

----148.00 ----130.00 -----

1/12/17

Receipts: 265 At this month’s special dairy sale at the Producers Auction Yard, demand was good on a moderate supply. The supply consisted of 4 percent Springer Heifers, 5 percent Bred Heifers, 25 percent Open Heifers, 7 percent Fresh and Milking Cows, 2 percent Bred Cows and 23 percent baby calves. The balance was made up of weigh cows and beef animals. All quotes are on a per head basis for 130 Holsteins unless noted otherwise.

Springer Heifers Bred Seven to Nine Months: Supreme 1470.00-1625.00, Approved Individual Shorthorn 900.00, Medium Individual Crossbred 810.00.

Heifers Bred Four to Six Months: Approved Jerseys 1150.00-1225.00, Medium Brown Swiss 875.00-910.00, Common Individual Brown Swiss 625.00, Individual Crossbred 450.00.

Heifers Bred One to Three Months: Approved 950.00, Individual Brown Swiss 980.00, Medium Individual Jersey 885.00, Common Crossbred 450.00-675.00.

Open heifers: Approved 200-300 lbs Pkg 12 hd 225 lbs 310.00, Ind. Jersey 350.00, 300-400 lbs Pkg 9 hd 394 lbs 480.00, Ind. Crossbred 400.00, 600-700 lbs Pkg 9 hd 696 lb Jerseys 610.00, Pkg 11 hd 899 lbs 865.00, Medium 400-500 lbs Pair 410.00, 500-600 lbs Individual 500.00, Individual Crossbred 500.00, 600-700 lbs Individual 700.00.

Fresh Milking Heifers and Cows: Approved Individual 1375.00, Individual Crossbred 1350.00, Individual Jersey 1025.00, Medium 825.00-975.00, Individual Crossbred 875.00, Individual Brown Swiss 850.00, Common 710.00750.00, Individual Crossbred 730.00.

Bred and Springer Cows: Scarce Baby Calves: Holstein Heifers 100.00-220.00, Holstein Bulls 35.00-85.00, Jersey Bulls 30.00-40.00, Crossbred Heifers Individual 110.00, Crossbred Bulls 70.00-125.00, Beef Cross Heifers 185.00-200.00, Beef Cross Bulls 160.00200.00.

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1/11/17

Cleburne Co. - Heber Springs 1/9/17

County Line Sale Ratcliff 1/11/17

1655

264

165

Uneven

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Firm-3 Higher

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154.00-170.00 140.00-163.00 130.00-157.00 124.00-147.00 123.00-126.00

150.00-179.00 140.00-155.00 130.00-145.50 120.00-135.00 118.00-125.50

157.00-175.00 145.00-165.00 140.00-152.00 127.00-133.00 131.00

160.00 131.00-170.00 141.00-149.00 126.00 110.00

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130.00-140.00 120.00-136.00 115.00-128.50 114.00-125.00 110.00-120.50

130.00-144.00 120.00-141.00 115.00-136.00 111.00-119.00 108.00-119.00

130.00-140.00 120.00-135.00 113.00-124.00 112.00-115.00 110.00-114.00

120.00-130.00 110.00-120.00 115.00-122.00 115.00 100.00-104.00

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39.00-79.00 † 3 Not Reported*

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1/15/17

5 Area (Tx-Ok, Ks, Neb, Ia, Colo) Live Basis Sales - Over 80% Choice Steers: 116.00-120.00; wtd. avg. price 118.74.

Heifers: 115.00-120.00; wtd. avg. price 118.67.

Dressed Basis Sales - Over 80% Choice Steers: 186.00-190.00; wtd. avg. price 189.66.

Heifers: 186.00-190.00; wtd. avg. price 189.62.

70.00-89.00 † 67.50-75.50 †

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cattle

Midwest - High Plains Direct Slaughter Cattle

Electronic Auction. In direct trading slaughter ewes and feeder lambs were not tested. 4200 head of negotiated sales of slaughter lambs were steady. 10,800 head of formula sales had no trend due to confidentiality. 3,006 Diamond, Mo. • TS Whites Sheep and Goat Sale 1/5/17 lamb carcasses sold with 45 lbs down 3.06 higher; Receipts: 1589 45-65 lbs no trend due to confidentiality; 65-75 lbs Supply was good and demand was very good. All markets 1.85 higher; 75-85 lbs .10 lower and 85 lbs up 2.43 were mostly steady compared to last month. Supply lower. All sheep sold per hundred weight (CWT) unless included 8 percent slaughter ewes and rams, 27 percent otherwise specified. slaughter and feeder lambs, 37 percent kid goats, and Slaughter Lambs: Choice and Prime 2-3 90-160 lbs: 17 percent bucks and does. All prices are per hundred San Angelo: shorn and wooled 115-150 lbs 129.00-140.00, weight (CWT) unless noted otherwise. few 146.00.

SHEEP: VA: no test.

Feeder Lambs: Medium and Large 1-2 23-38 lbs 200.00PA: shorn and wooled 90-110 lbs 232.00-250.00, few 225.00.

255.00-257.00; 110-130 lbs 220.00-235.00; 130-150 lbs Slaughter Lambs: Wool lambs: Choice and Prime 2-3 210.00-235.00; 150-200 lbs 182.00-200.00.

67-80 lbs 200.00-227.50.

Ft.Collins, CO: wooled 125-175 olbs 140.00-165.00.

Hair lambs: Choice and Prime 2-3 43-80 lbs 225.00South Dakota: shorn and wooled 107 lbs 159.00; 115-140 237.50; 80-86 lbs 194.00-215.00; 100-113 lbs 105.00lbs 139.00-145.00; 150 lbs 139.00; 155-175 lbs 136.00135.00. Good 1-3 40-79 lbs 210.00-220.00; 80-93 lbs 138.00.

150.00-170.00.

Billings, MT: no test.

Several families of Hair Ewes with single or twin lambs: Kalona, IA: wooled 120-150 lbs 134.00-155.00.

65.00-90.00 Per Head.

Missouri: 105-130 lbs 125.00-135.00.

Slaughter Wool Ewes: Utility and Good 1-3 85-172 lbs Equity Elec: no sales.

90.00-110.00.

Slaughter Lambs: Choice and Prime 1: Slaughter Hair Ewes: Good 1-3 83-152 lbs 100.00-115.00. San Angelo: 40-60 lbs 240.00-252.00, few 260.00; 60-70 Utility 1-2 70-102 lbs 80.00-90.00. lbs 218.00-244.00; 70-80 lbs 212.00-230.00; 80-90 lbs Slaughter Hair Rams: Good 1-3 85-100 lbs 87.50-100.00. 186.00-216.00, few 224.00; 90-110 lbs 165.00-172.00.

GOATS: Pennsylvania: 40-50 lbs 305.00-325.00; 60-70 lbs 260.00Feeder kids: Selection 1 30-35 lbs 235.00-250.00. Selec290.00, few 305.00-315.00; 70-80 lbs 250.00-270.00; 80-90 tion 2 30-37 lbs 200.00-225.00. Selection 3 24-39 lbs lbs 235.00-255.00.

130.00-150.00.

Slaughter Kids: Selection 1 40-75 lbs 265.00-280.00; 7595 lbs 220.00-250.00. Selection 2 40-80 lbs 240.00-265.00.

Selection 3 40-75 lbs 150.00-195.00. Several Families with single and twin kids Selection 1 and 2 50.00-100.00 Per National Dairy Market at a Glance 1/13/17 Head.

Cheese: Barrels closed at $1.6400 and 40# blocks at Slaughter Does: Selection 1 and 2 78-190 lbs 130.00$1.7250. The weekly average for barrels is $1.6250 155.00. Selection 3 50-110 lbs 100.00-127.50. (+.0350) and blocks, $1.7200 (+.0556).

Slaughter Bucks: Selection 1 and 2 80-170 lbs 150.00Fluid Milk: Across the nation, various weather patterns 175.00. Selection 3 90-140 lbs 120.00-147.50. are influencing milk production and the return of

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Farmer’s & Farmers Ranchers Livestock Vinita, Okla.* Springdale ----1/13/17

prices 1/9/17

I-40 Livestock Ozark 1/12/17

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871

7,338

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158.00-168.00 142.00-160.00 130.00-141.00 124.00-126.00 125.00-126.50

150.00-175.00 120.00-158.00 127.00-143.00 117.00-131.00 112.00-126.50

152.50-170.00 119.00-150.00 126.00-145.00 119.00-131.00 116.00-122.00

175.00-179.00 157.50-175.00 140.00-164.00 125.00-148.25 125.00-140.00

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156.00-164.00 132.00-157.00 122.00-138.00 117.00-124.00 109.00-112.00

135.00-158.00 127.00-150.50 120.00-134.00 118.00-125.00 118.00

131.00-157.50 128.00-139.00 118.00-142.00 117.00-128.00 115.00-121.00

----160.00 125.00-135.00 110.00-123.00 100.00-117.00

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130.00-132.00 122.00-134.00 114.00-127.00 113.00-118.00 110.00

121.00-155.00 120.00-138.00 106.00-131.00 110.00-122.00 107.50-123.00

131.00-145.00 119.00-135.00 110.00-125.00 115.00-126.00 117.00-126.00

141.00-145.00 134.00-147.00 121.00-140.00 120.00-134.50 117.50-130.00

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127 5(3257('

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500

1000

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10.75

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4.65

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500

850.00-1525.00 † None Reported †

1150.00-1525.00 † None Reported * 850.00-925.00 †

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2500

Welch Stockyards*

1/9/17

Tulsa Livestock Auction 1/9/17

7,338

337

2568

13,319

602

3,816

905

3,618

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0 0 0 0 0

152.50-170.00 119.00-150.00 126.00-145.00 119.00-131.00 116.00-122.00

175.00-179.00 157.50-175.00 140.00-164.00 125.00-148.25 125.00-140.00

140.00-181.00 125.00-163.00 121.00-149.00 118.00-135.00 110.00-131.00

154.00-166.00 140.00-160.00 133.00-157.00 130.00-145.00 120.00-135.00

176.00-199.00 159.00-180.00 136.00-141.00 126.00-146.00 127.00-136.75

145.00-169.00 118.00-154.00 126.00-147.00 120.00-128.00 115.00-126.00

157.00-173.00 150.00-165.00 138.00-159.00 130.00-145.00 123.00-134.00

150.00-184.00 140.00-169.00 125.00-157.00 110.00-141.00 102.00-128.00

173.00-191.00 160.00-177.00 139.00-164.50 131.00-143.50 119.00-129.00

0 0 0 0

131.00-157.50 128.00-139.00 118.00-142.00 117.00-128.00 115.00-121.00

----160.00 125.00-135.00 110.00-123.00 100.00-117.00

140.00-170.00 128.00-152.00 112.00-136.00 105.00-118.00 90.00-111.00

150.00-158.00 130.00-150.00 125.00-148.00 118.00-129.00 113.00-122.00

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133.00-145.00 120.00-140.00 113.00-139.00 112.00-122.00 101.00-111.00

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155.00-178.00 139.00-165.00 123.00-159.50 114.50-133.00 100.00-110.00

131.00-145.00 119.00-135.00 110.00-125.00 115.00-126.00 117.00-126.00

141.00-145.00 134.00-147.00 121.00-140.00 120.00-134.50 117.50-130.00

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135.00-146.00 125.00-142.00 115.00-136.00 115.00-127.00 112.00-127.00

157.50-170.00 130.00-158.00 125.50-136.75 122.00-134.50 120.00-132.00

122.00-134.00 105.00-129.00 101.00-128.00 111.00-119.00 100.00

130.00-151.00 127.00-139.00 121.00-135.00 122.00-135.00 121.00

113.00-140.00 110.00-138.00 105.00-132.00 96.00-120.00 95.00-119.00

158.00-168.00 127.00-139.50 115.00-140.00 111.50-125.00 108.00-123.00

JANUARY 23, 2017

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2000

Week of 12/18/16

Week of 12/18/16

Not Reported * 1000.00-1350.00 †

Ozarks Regional West Plains 1/10/17

871

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135.39

Ouachita Livestock Ola, Ark. 1/13/17

Mid-State Stockyards*

142.20

143.10

710.00-1250.00 † 800.00-1300.00 * 570.00-1150.00 †

1500

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1/11/17

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I-40 Livestock Ozark 1/12/17

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113.50 133.60

147.08

116.95

132.09 141.27

126.74 115.65

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124.92

143.29

121.65

149.33

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118.12 118.39

114.66

130.50

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127.04 119.00

120.56

139.82 137.09

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heifers 550-600 LBS.

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750.00-1000.00 †

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10.73

pairs

steers 550-600 LBS.

1250.00-1375.00 †

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16

Soft Wheat

2000

Jan. 16 Feb. 16 Mar. 16 Apr. 16 May 16 June 16

(Week of 1/8/17 to 1/14/17)

Decatur Livestock Auction Farmer’s & Ranchers

Soybeans

1500

$80

Week of 12/25/16

at $1.6400 and 40# blocks at verage for barrels is $1.6250 1.7200 (+.0556). nation, various weather patterns oduction and the return of s influencing fluid milk demand. winter breaks, demand for single creased. Bottling demand in the c and Southeast has been strong rompt an upsurge in fluid milk orms, and retailers restock shelves

Ash Flat Live 500.00-1125.00 † Barry County Regional Stockyards Not Reported* Benton County Sale Barnn 700.00-1500.00 † Cattlemen’s Livestock 750.00-1200.00 * Cleburne County 560.00-900.00 † County Line Sale - Ratcliff 86.00-96.00 † Prices reported per cwt Decatur Livestock Auction Not Reported* Farmer’s & Ranchers - Vinita Not Reported * Farmers Livestock 810.00-1150.00 † Ft. Smith Livestock 800.00-1750.00 † I-40 Livestock - Ozarkk 625.00-1650.00 † Joplin Regional 510.00-1575.00 † Mid-State Stockyard 600.00-1275.00 * North Arkansas Livestock 775.00 † OKC West - El Reno 700.00-1460.00 † Ouachita Livestock 680.00-800.00 † Ozarks Regional 600.00-1400.00 † 6 Stilwell Livestock Auction 1100.00-1410.00 * Tulsa Livestock 6 650.00-1725.00 † Welch Stockyards Not Reported *

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1/13/17

$120

750.00-1125.00 † 7

Arkansas Cattle Auction

Barry County Regional Stockyards Benton County Sale Barn Cattlemen’s Livestock Auction Cleburne County County Line Sale - Ratcliff 750.00 †

Week Ended 1/17/17

$160

Prices reported per cwt

Week of 1/1/17

lance

avg. grain prices

cows

(Week of 1/8/17 to 1/14/17)

Week of 12/25/16

dairy sales

replacement

Week of 1/1/17

following the storms. Milk production in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states is mostly steady, while production is building in Florida. Colder weather in the South Central area has suppressed milk output slightly. However, milk handlers in the North Central region report on-farm milk pickups are steady to higher. Demand for spot loads of milk from cheese plant operators is building. Current prices on loads range from $2.00 under to $1.50 over Class depending on the type of cheese made. Heavy rains ice and Prime 2-3 90-160 lbs: in areas of California have swamped some dairy zones, wooled 115-150 lbs 129.00-140.00, pushing quality and volumes down a bit. Milk yields in Arizona and New Mexico are rising due to comfortable daytime temperatures in the region. Milk production in the 90-110 lbs 232.00-250.00, few Pacific Northwest is following typical seasonal patterns, 0 lbs 220.00-235.00; 130-150 lbs returning to normal levels as temperatures moderate. Last 0 lbs 182.00-200.00. week’s winter storm in the mountain states suppressed milk d 125-175 olbs 140.00-165.00. production, but industry contacts expect milk volumes to nd wooled 107 lbs 159.00; 115-140 return. Manufacturers are seeing plenty of milk available lbs 139.00; 155-175 lbs 136.00for processing. Demand for condensed skim is increasing and NDM/SMP manufacturers are pulling heavy volumes.

Cream is generally in good supply. The Eastern cream 0-150 lbs 134.00-155.00. market is weak, but some spot loads are finding homes in 125.00-135.00. the Central region. Ice cream manufacturers are starting to ramp up production schedules. With the Super Bowl ice and Prime 1: approaching, some cream cheese and sour cream producers 0 240.00-252.00, few 260.00; 60-70 are pulling more cream. Cream multiples range from 1.000 lbs 212.00-230.00; 80-90 lbs 1.20 in the East, 1.08-1.21 in the Central, and 1.00-1.20 .00; 90-110 lbs 165.00-172.00. in the West. s 305.00-325.00; 60-70 lbs 260.00- SPOT PRICES OF CLASS II CREAM, $ PER .00; 70-80 lbs 250.00-270.00; 80-90 POUND BUTTERFAT F.O.B. producing plants: Upper Midwest - $2.4192-2.7104.

550-600 lb. steers

$200

Week of 1/8/17

direct trading slaughter ewes and tested. 4200 head of negotiated s were steady. 10,800 head of rend due to confidentiality. 3,006 th 45 lbs down 3.06 higher; to confidentiality; 65-75 lbs .10 lower and 85 lbs up 2.43 er hundred weight (CWT) unless

12 Month Avg. -

$240

Week of 1/8/17

es reports

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75

95 115 135 155 * No price reported in weight break **USDA Failed To Report *** No Sale

175

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meet your neighbors The Legislating Cattleman

Carrie has a biotech degree graduate from Oklahoma State University and teaches food safety/ meat science at Eastern Oklahoma State College, also caring for the farm while James is in session from February until May. Because this proved to be more difficult than anticipated, James is now off on a new career adventure and working toward certification in nursing

Continued from Page 12 did make strides in improving regulations on state ran nursing homes and veteran facilities, protecting natural resources in southeast Oklahoma and bringing much needed road funding to his area.

home administration while finishing his tenure as a State Representative.

James is determined to return the farm to good condition in spite of being hit by a tornado two weeks after purchasing it.

“I was taught in college how to make a 3-foot-by-3-foot grid to determine pasture composition,” he said. “We’re getting better with 60 percent grass and only 40 per-

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cent weeds but still have a long way to go.”

In 2015, James sold all his cows and tractor and then bought back black Brangus and red Angus cows, as well as two Hereford bulls. The goals are to produce Super Black Baldies with Hereford/Angus crosses and to find the best three way cross for hybrid vigor. He currently has 30 cows with a goal of 50 mommas after the land has recovered.

James also has one Jersey cow, an important part of his management system.

She helped save several calves last year, some he bought as orphans.

James competed in calf roping and found retaining the best growing roping heifers generally produces highly efficient mommas.

“The greater efficiency (feed to weight) is real and well documented though the exact reason is open to debate,” James said.

In the past, James used a projected birthing date of May 31 to accommodate his political career, but is now looking toward April 1 for easier calving during cooler weather. James weans calves at 6 months and works them by vaccinating, worming and castrating.

“I have found that worming the calves at least twice adds to the weaning weights, it definitely pays to worm calves,” he said.

James said his heifers typically sell well each year.

“While Super Black Baldie steers do not sell as well as the heifers, those replacement heifers more than compensate for the price difference. Our area is simply too hot for purebred Angus.”

James believes Super Black Baldie mothers are more disease and heat resistant, as well as protective and able to produce a good milk supply for their calves.

The Lockharts also have 20 Boer goats, most of which are registered, producing show does. Carrie and daughter Hope are looking into AI and embryo transfers using the highly sought after bloodlines and the possibility of purchasing sexed semen.

Right now James and Carrie are involved in raising their children and developing their farm. However, James readily admits to being open to change 20 or 30 years down the road.

“Wyoming is beautiful, and I just might live there someday,” James said. “The wildlife biologist in me wants to explore and observe.”

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As long as go as the great Greek tion indexing, and general philosopher Plato, man has un- plant health assessment.

Russell Burroughs is a Other land usage inderstood that “necessity is the cattle producer, as cludes forest conservation, mother of invention.” well as a distributor Drones are one such example. In 2000, erosion prevention and of drones that are the extremely difficult terrain of Afghani- analysis of grazing patused in the stan promoted the use of drones for recon- terns, especially useful in agriculture field. naissance with 9/11 giving birth to the idea rotational grazing where Russell said he can of using them as weapons. Now drones are daily oversight allows use dones to check considered the cutting edge of technology for optimum land usage livestock and fields through accurately timed in agriculture. quicker than he can Fifteen years ago, Russell Burroughs of rotations. As important complete the tasks Greenbrier, Ark., tried to put a camera on a is monitoring fences and in person. remote control helicopter to get pictures of property after significant their land on Farris Burroughs Farms, home weather events.

Russell finds livestock usto both a row crop and cattle operation specializing in registered Charolais. Russell’s age as valuable. Drones alspecific needs were to check for erosion and low for checking livestock to provide documentation. However, pilot- without having to go out ing the little helicopter was difficult, and it into the fields, monitoring birthing without disturbcrashed before the pictures ever got taken.

In 2013, Russell began researching ing the process unless inquadcopter drones because he had read tervention is needed, and they were now easier to fly. He decided to searching for lost animals more quickly and future developments. These may include purchase a drone from DJI. Four models efficiently with severe weather events mak- the ability to take individual animal temlater, DJI perfected stability issues from ing that critical. perature through a system that will idenThe cattle are not spooked and soon tify each animal through a chip or tag and factors and inserted a camera with 4K become accustomed to the zippy little supply current drone gathered information high definition.

Few local distributors exist across the quadcopter and the buzzing sound. Due in addition to that specific animal’s data country, and Russell, seeing value for other to software compatibility, videos can eas- and history. A possible future crop appliily be loaded onto individual farm web- cation may be combining drones with curfarmers began selling drones.

“My niche is personalized service as part pages or sent to Facebook and online sale rent combine technology including GPS barn and auction sites. In addition, if a in order to assess specific land health and of the purchase,” Russell said.

“My goal is to eliminate the stress that prospective buyer asks a question about a condition while harvesting. new technology sometimes creates. Most specific animal, such as one of Farris BurAn important part of Russell’s current customers can successfully fly the drone roughs Farms’ Charolais bulls, Russell can customer base is schools. EAST is an Arwith only 30 minutes of training. I want send an immediate live feed to that indi- kansas originated and technology centered this experience to be a purchase and use vidual or post on Facebook. partnership among students, businesses and “The fact that smaller farmers can now the community with the teacher being event, something that doesn’t happen when consumers buy new technology and market on equal footing with larger pro- a facilitator rather than educator. EAST ducers economically is a huge advantage for programs are beginning to use drone-based get a box in the mail.” our farmers.” Russell said.

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“My grandma Betty Anderson is the most influential because I can always ask her and she always has an answer for me. We do farm chores together every night and go to church together on Wednesdays and Sundays. I also enjoy cooking with her. She taught me to be myself not what other people think I should be.”

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t wasn’t all that long ago that agriculture was one of the bright spots in the overall Joel Maneval is the U.S. economy. But, with the decline in crop Agricultural/Commerand livestock markets, many producers are cial Lender at Arvest searching for ways to cut costs and market Bank in Joplin, Mo. their commodities in such a way as to make a profit.

He and his wife, Tami, If the ag economy were compared to a road, we have a small farm with had been traveling on a smooth, straight blacktop their two sons near Jashighway that was headed slightly downhill and in per, Mo., where they perfect driving weather. But, now the road is going have beef cows and Boer goats. uphill, with lots of curves and potholes. While we can wish the circumstances were different, the reality tells us we have a rough road ahead of us.

From a practical standpoint, two keys to successfully navigating a rough road is making sure your truck can handle the load you’re carrying, and that you don’t run out of fuel. First, the truck you’re driving is the equity you have in your farm. This needs to be figured using a realistic balance sheet that compares your assets at current market values with your existing debts.

The load you’re hauling are pallets of seed – which represent the debt you have with your bank, JD Credit, payables due to your suppliers, etc. Depending on the size of the truck, you can haul either a little bit or a lot. Just as a 1-ton truck can safely haul more seed than a half-ton truck, so a producer with more equity can handle more debt than one with a lower amount.

If you’re hauling a small load, then you can accelerate or stop quickly, or swerve to avoid an obstacle without risk of wrecking or damaging the truck. But, in an effort to make a trip count, it is tempting to try to load the truck with more than what it’s designed to handle. The consequences of overloading the truck aren’t as noticeable when the road is good. But, when the road is rough and full of potholes, or uphill and in bad weather, the risk of danger increases significantly for a truck that’s not loaded properly.

In this analogy, your banker is the mechanic who is evaluating your truck’s ability to handle the load. You may be looking to put another pallet of seed on by upgrading your combine, buying a new tractor, purchasing a new farm, etc. But, given the current ag economy, the driving conditions are much more risky, making it vital to make sure the truck is not overloaded.

If your equity represents a farm truck, your working capital is like fuel in the truck.

When you’re heading downhill on a straight, smooth road with a tailwind, fuel is less of a concern – even when the truck is loaded to the max. But, when you’re heading uphill and you can’t see around the corner to know if you’re at the crest yet, then you need to watch your fuel closely. You certainly don’t want to run out of gas when you’re transporting a heavy load up a challenging road.

As a final note, all of us in the ag industry will be facing similar driving conditions.

Even if you have a properly loaded truck that’s got plenty of fuel, you will still need to keep both hands on the wheel and your eyes wide open. We may have a rough road ahead, but it’s one that we’ll have to handle one curve and one pothole at a time.

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By Klaire Howerton

Where is the agriculture industry going in the next decade?

As a farmer, sometimes it can be difficult to make the transition to the next decade.

Now more than ever, it is hugely important for farmers and ranchers to look up from their fence repairs, bookkeeping, seed catalogues and tractor cabs to prepare for the future of farming. The world of agriculture we know now is very different from the one left for the next generation, and today’s farmers should strive to make the transition to the next generation of farmers to make the changes and transitions as seamless as possible.

People often say that one must look to the past to see the future, and Dr. Clint Rusk, the department head of Animal Science at Oklahoma State University, agrees.

“The past is a pretty good indicator of the future, and the changes in the past 10 years have been unbelievable,” said Dr. Rusk. This is in no small part due to the advancements of technology that continues to amaze. Thanks to technology, most farmers now possess a smartphone and have access to the Internet and its contents at all times – they want information and they want it now. “People want answers within the hour,” Rusk said when asked how technology is changing the industry and the communication within it.

While this technological phenomenon might startle some of the older generations still involved in agriculture, the younger up and coming aggies are embracing it.

“They are comfortable with technology, not afraid of it,” Rusk said, describing the younger generation of farmers. “They will grow up on computerized tractors – who would have thought one day you could program a computer and let go of the steering wheel?” It is a wonder that Rusk encourages his students to continue to explore.

“We want to make sure we are moving along at the rate of technological change, and creating lifelong learners,” he explained.

Change has not just come in the form of smartphones, fertilizer calculation apps and cattle checking drones, but in the form of marketing too. Rusk recalls when he grew up, his family simply weaned their calves in the fall and took them to the sale barn. Today’s modern society has “changed the marketing of animals tremendously.”

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“I would use a drone to check the cows, especially during calving season. My wife could even do it while drinking coffee on the porch.”

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“Everybody knows what the market is, it’s at their fingertips,” Rusk said. “You can buy a purebred animal without leaving your home.” Breeding and genetic selection in the livestock industry has made enormous strides as well. Artificial insemination (AI) has become commonplace for many farms, and embryo and flush work have improved the gene pool.

“We now have the opportunity to breed to really good animals, there is no excuse for subpar breeding,” Rusk said.

“We’re starting to see a trend back to a systematic crossbreeding program,” noted Eldon Cole, livestock specialist for the University of Missouri Extension. “This, combined with the use of EPDs and genomic testing to develop a feeder calf for your targeted market, makes sense.”

In a recent survey conducted by Cole and the MU Extension, “using genomic (DNA) testing more in breeding stock selection was frequently mentioned. Some said they would breed more cows artificially after synchronizing estrus.”

While no one can predict the future, some common themes do arise – grow more food on less land, and better distribution and utilization of the current amount of food being produced.

“Clearly, technology is going to be a factor here – it has to be,” Rusk explained.

Farmers are going to have to continue reaching out to their consumers, and the consumers to the farmer, to work together in creating and growing/raising sustainable food sources. The farmers of today are far more aware of the consumer’s preferences than in years past, due to technology and the opportunities people have to connect with each other, Rusk said this has changed the way many producers are raising and growing the food needed to feed the masses.

Another common theme that arises in the predicted future of agriculture is whether or not people will continue to choose to return to farming as lifestyle and a career. “There’s going to have to be more conveniences than what my grandma and grandpa put up with,” Rusk said. Perhaps, with the continued advancements in this field, farming might be a little less risky, a little more profitable, and a lot more efficient in the future. There’s a lot of changes on the horizon and “farming is going to have to fit in.”

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3E Series Tractors can be equipped with a field-installed rear hydraulic remote kit, providing two additional hydraulic spools on the back of the tractor. This kit can be field installed on a tractor with a loader or without a loader. The functions are completely separate from the loader. These rear remotes can be hooked up to a wide variety of implements and attachments such as follows: Hydraulically angled blade; hydraulically controlled chute/spout on a 3-point hitch-mounted snow blower; hydraulic scarifiers on a box blade; many other hydraulic rear attachments. This versatile kit gives 3E Series Tractor operators the options they desire for putting their tractors into a wide range of tasks. The first spool is equipped with a float position, giving the operator the ability to contour the landscape and improve the final grade with certain implements.

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A healthy and stress-free cow makes for more milk in the tank. One of the features of the milking robot is the unique I-flow concept, which provides a straight route for cows, which means that the cows can easily enter and exit the robot when it is time for milking, and can be milked more rapidly, increasing the capacity of the robot. It is flexible and fully trained to prepare the cow for milking, to attach the teat cups, to reattach in the event that this is required, to detach after milking and to carry out post-treatment.

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Keeping the Water Flowing

By Meghan Anderson

Tips to keep water available to livestock during below freezing temperatures On the top of a producer’s winter daily agenda this time of year is breaking ice in frozen stock tanks.

Because water is vital in livestock production, farmers must find ways to keep the water flowing.

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Water circulating tanks/systems Water circulators don’t use heat to keep ice from forming, but work the same way that a stream or creek does and moving water doesn’t freeze as fast. Circulators generally run off of batteries and have the option of hooking the batteries up to a solar power system to recharge them. Keep in mind, though, that circulators work best with automatically filled tanks, as the circulators need to be in contact with the water to keep working.

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Concrete tanks An option to assist producers during the winter are concrete, frost-free, livestock stock tanks. These tanks were designed to go underneath pond dams.

Concrete tanks have also shown to be great options with pressure systems. The back of the tank being buried insulates the tanks to help them from freezing.

Information from the University of Oklahoma Extension states that these types of systems reduce cloudiness and improve water quality for livestock. The water is also warmer than the surface water in ponds.

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Lid and ball waters There are also other types of freezeproof tanks, including metal or plastic lid and ball tanks. While convenient, some electrical styles of tanks can have their drawbacks. Electric tanks, for example, need to be in close proximity to an electricity source or solar.

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also assists in keeping the water flowing.

These type of tanks need to be bolted to concrete slabs to ensure that the flotation devices work properly.

Tire Tanks Tire tanks are also very popular and cost effective by putting old tractor tires to good use. The size of the tire depends upon the size of the spring and/or water source and the herd. Pressure systems can also be installed to tire tanks.

Tire tanks can be connected to existing water lines, but they can easily be constructed next to ponds or any other water source and provide a watering alternative that will protect the pond structure.

The tires should be placed on a gravel pad, either placed half into the ground or placed directly on the existing ground.

The gravel helps drain spilled water and keeps the area from becoming muddy.

According to the USDA, steel belted tires should not be used because the cables can possibly injure the livestock. Tire tanks can also be adjusted to be freeze-proof.

Electric tank heaters and deicers There are numerous heaters for most sizes of tanks. The downside is that they require a ready supply of electricity and will fail to work once power is lost.

Look for a unit that has a built-in thermostat so that it will shut off during warmer weather. However, be sure to check that the unit is working during colder weather and that your animals haven’t removed it.

Frost-free hydrants Frost-free hydrants can also be installed below the frost line, and outside of the pasture.

Hydrants can supply water by hauling by hand or from hoses attached during the time of filling the tanked, then removed so they won’t freeze.

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Feed resources should play a part in the decision to sell or hold When it comes to selling your cattle, you want to be sure you get as much as you can out of the transaction – after all, you put valuable time, effort and resources into each cow on your farm.

But as every farmer knows, it can be tricky to walk the line between selling cows when prices aren’t at their best, and hanging on to cows that aren’t performing are costing you money. So what is a producer to do in today’s market?

University of Missouri Extension Livestock Specialist Eldon Cole said culling or holding an animal will largely depend on your feed resources.

“A lot depends on the forage you have and the condition of the cow,” Cole explained.

If you have good quality forage source, but it’s in limited supply, it might be time to send your lower performing cows on down the road.

“If your feed resources are a little slim you’re probably better off taking your losses now, rather than feeding them good feed that your other cows could put to better use,” said Eldon.

If, however, you have cows that you are ready to cull and you happen to have forage or feed to spare, putting a few extra pounds of flesh on your cull cattle never hurts.

“If you have some thin, old and open cows and have some concentrate and good forage (even stockpiled fescue) for them, feeding them for up to 60 days could put them in a better condition to sell after the first of the year as killers.”

Producers should consider the time of year when it comes to getting a good price for cull cows on the market.

“The fall months are typically the low point of the cull cow price cycle. We have more cows calving in the first half of the year than in the fall months,” Cole said. “Thus, when you wean calves, you mark those who are open, weaned a dink calf or are aged, as culls.”

The cull cow market tends to perk back up in the spring, and this coming spring season is shaping up to be no different.

“Cull cow prices normally rise into the spring, and if you have plenty of forage and some money to buy concentrate feed, keeping culls is a risk but could pay off,” said Cole. He went on to advise that if cows have a good mouth and are short-breds, keeping and selling as third stage cows in the spring is an option.

“There seems to always be someone looking for third-stage cows when the grass starts in March,” he said.

If a producer chooses to sell their cows now, they shouldn’t be too terribly surprised if the market is not as high as it has been recently. Cole said to just remember to weigh the price against the potential revenue drain of continuing to hold on to cows that meet the “Three O’s Adage” – old, open or ornery.

“The slaughter cows now are in the $50 to $60 per hundred range, or worth $600 per head,” said Eldon. “As bad as that seems, remember when cows were easily two times that, so this is an evening out period.”

The decision to sell or hold your cull cows ultimately comes down to the resources you have available to you. Make a cull cow plan that works best for your farm, no matter when you choose to send them down the road to the sale barn.

What does cull mean?

Culling is performed whenever it makes the most economic sense to remove cows from the herd. Older animals are culled because they are not productive or during times of unfavorable weather conditions, such as a prolonged drought.

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