Fall 2014 charolais connection

Special thanks to: Alton Century Farm Aurele Maguet Boyd Abas Brad Single Brian Sillen Bruce Fitzmaurice Caul Charolais Clint and Rick Miller CSS Charolais Darren Smith Dean Sykes Dennis Puhach Destiny Cattle Co Evan Hamrlik FDKL Charolais Fischer Charolais Garry Wasylowski George Williams Gordon Evenson Hunter Charolais Keith Warrener Ken Rintoul Ken Routledge Lady Fane Charolais McKeary Charolais Mike Minshull Murray & Deb Moffat Palmer Charolais Pee Vee Charolais Pleasant Dawn Charolais Richard Puhach Rudolph Singbiel Shawn Cobak SKE and Mo-Jo Charolais

HTA DELIGHT 438B 438B is consigned to the 2014 NATIONAL SALE, November 6, 2014, Brandon, MB

BW 4.9 WW 60 YW 111 M 14 TM 44 RGP Remington 101Y x HTA Senator 8130U

HTA 128Y – dam of HTA 438B

HTA CHALLENGE 161Y

RGP REMINGTON 101Y

Calving Ease BW –.3 WW 42 YW 82 M 22 TM 43

Performance BW 5.5 WW 66 YW 120 M 11 TM 44

Watch for sons in the 2015 Edition of the HTA CHAROLAIS & GUESTS BULL SALE – MARCH 25, 2015 Other sires used in the HTA program: HTA CONRAD 248Z, HTA BRAVIA 855U, HTA ICE 19X, WINN MANS QUIGLEY, KEYS ALL STATE, plus more!

Preview our program at the 2014 National Charolais Show, Manitoba Livestock Expo, November 6-8, 2014, Brandon, MB Watch for consignments to the No Borders Select Sale, December 9, 2014, Virden, MB

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@htacharolais

204-328-7704 204-724-8823

204-328-7103 204-724-3605

Box 639, Rivers, MB R0K 1X0 • htacharolais@gmail.com Visitors always welcome to come for an on-farm inspection of the herd

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The Charolais Connection 124 Shannon Road Regina, Saskatchewan S4S 5B1 Ph. (306) 546-3940 • Fax (306) 546-3942 www.charolaisbanner.com charolaisbanner@gmail.com ISSN 0824-1767 Manager/Publisher Helge By Managing Editor Candace By charolaisbanner@gmail.com @ByCandace

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From the Field ..................................................................................................8 Du champ........................................................................................................10 Canadian Charolais Association ..................................................................12 Herd Health: Preconditioning........................................................................16 Profile: Making Hay with Charolais Cattle - Planz Farms ............................19 Industry Info ..................................................................................................30 Canadian Charolais Youth Association News ..............................................31 Diagnosing, Treating Hoof Cracks ................................................................34 Thinking About Herd Expansion ..................................................................38 GM Foods: Myths and Facts ..........................................................................41 Inside Farming: Hormones ............................................................................42 Charolais Success............................................................................................44 Canadian Charolais Association Whole Herd Enrollment ..........................47 What Will Drive the Next Cowherd Expansion?..........................................53 Calendar..........................................................................................................61 Index ..............................................................................................................62

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STEPPLER VIGOR 185A FDKL Charolais (4)

STEPPLER ARADO 75A Leonard & Bonnie Zdan

STEPPLER MAVERICK 133A Darryl Munro

Beck Farms, SK Lane Bina, ND Scott Johnston McAvoy Charolais, SK Wrangler Charolais, AB R&G McDonald Livestock Dudgeon-Snobelen Land & Cattle, ON Mike Kavanaugh, PQ Gilliland Bros. Charolais, SK Dan Teeple, ON Kevin Cuvelier Robert Budey (2) Van Buuren Charolais Jason McDonald (2) Laurie Backman Russ & Nancy Rach Dick Hamilton (3) Robert & Linda Smith Olmstead Charolais (2) Mark Pollock (2) Larry Cockerill Boyd Mullin (2) Michael Sveistrup Marshall & Beth Rempel Sellman Farms Gerry Dousselaere Darryl Kulbacki (2) Ken Hanslip Joe Gilmore Darren Odowichuk (2) Earl Sigurdson Jason Turetsky Neil/Maryanne Ronald (2) Kent Donald Garth Monk Don Yake Glen Podolsky Rejean Bruneau Mark & Gisele Lanouette Paul Bakken

STEPPLER VULTEE 260A J&S Ferguson (2)

STEPPLER PROWL 217A Sellman Farms

STEPPLER WILDCAT 201A Richard Rey

STEPPLER EMPIRE 96A Shane Eastman WATCH FOR US THIS FALL at the NATIONAL CHAROLAIS SHOW at MLE and AGRIBITION, as well as our consignments at the National, Agribition, and No Borders sales PRIVATE TREATY ~ Packages of bred cows, bred heifers, and heifer calves for sale at the farm

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STEPPLER WESTLAND 262A Erixon Charolais (3)

Box 7, Miami, MB R0G 1H0 Dan & Pat 204.435.2021 Andre & Katie 204.435.2463 Cell 204.750.1951 steppleran@hotmail.com • @steppler_andre www.stepplerfarms.com 6 miles west of Miami and 1.5 miles south

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POINTS TO PONDER

From the Field Helge By

What a difference a decade can make! Besides being 10 years older and hopefully 10 years wiser, I have found the last six months in complete contrast to 10 years ago. I know we don’t like remembering the post BSE market but the thing I have found the most interesting is how the attitudes have turned 180 degrees with good justification. Coffee shop talk now is about hearing what someone got for their calves or cull bulls or cows.

Everyone is relaying the best prices they have heard and most are amazing. 10 years ago it was the opposite with guys telling stories of producers taking cows to market and getting a bill.

The prices we are seeing are the highest on record but when you put it into inflationary terms or equipment and land buying terms they are not any higher than they need to be. We just have trouble thinking in these new levels, but I am sure we will get used to it in the next number of years.

Social media is also playing a big part in spreading the good news with instant market reports being posted on Facebook or being tweeted by everyone interested. On that note, I invite you to follow me on Twitter at Helge By @CharolaisBanner. I try to pass on news that I think everyone in the cattle business would be interested in while giving some Charolais highlights along the way.

Like the other day a cull bull in Swift Current brought $4,100. I would suggest at these levels for cull bulls and cows it is time to replenish some older stock with some fresh new genetics for the future.

I saw an article on twitter the other day that showed only 34% of the price of meat in the store is related to the primary producer. This means that our higher calf prices really don’t drive the prices to the consumer completely with wages, fuel and many other factors all playing into it.

This is the reason that meat in the store hasn’t gone up as fast in comparison as some of the middle men have tightened their belts a little.

Although, we have been in a somewhat unique situation where all sectors, including the cow/calf producer, the feedlots and the packers, have been in positive territory for most of this year. More times than not one sector is paying the price for another’s profit. Be nice if this could continue.

The other most talked about topic in the business right now is when the cowherd re‐building will begin in North America. I don’t see this happening really quickly as I get the feeling many producers are going to have trouble holding back heifer calves worth $1,500 to breed and make cows. There is still the air of caution in not believing these prices will stay or go higher as some are predicting. The other factor is the drought situation in the U.S.A. Although many parts of Texas have gotten rain, there are areas that are still not out of the weeds. As well, California has been selling cows to market as they experience one of their worst droughts ever. So at this point cow numbers are still dropping and heifer retention has not started.

When it does, it will put even more pressure on feeder numbers and should push the prices even higher.

The biggest beauty of this situation

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is that it isn’t just a North American one. Australia has been in a severe drought and their cow numbers are way down as well. One article I read projected when it does rain there, the cattle business as they have known it will be over. The heifer retention will start, prices will skyrocket and they will be into a higher level than they have ever seen before as well. Looks like a number of good years ahead to me.

Later in this issue you will see many of the youth that showed Charolais influence animals and won this past season. There is a definite increase in winners across the country. Congratulations to all of them and thank you for showing Charolais. The Charcross steers and Charolais heifers have been very popular winning many shows across North America so don’t be afraid to encourage your children to take one for their next project. There are a number of sales that will have some show quality heifer calves available this fall. Come check it out.

At www.charolaisbanner.com you can subscribe to our email list from a link on our home page. We occasionally send out emails with Charolais updates and if you want to receive these please add your name to our list. You can unsubscribe at any time if you don’t find this information beneficial.

May this issue find you finishing harvest and getting your fall work wrapped up. I wish you all the best in your marketing this fall and winter and look forward to seeing many of you down the trail.

Until next time, Helge

Thank you to these discriminating producers for believing in our program, with many being repeat customers Lewis Family Van Buuren Charolais Turnbull Charolais Derek Van Buuren Travis Martin Marc Van de Kerchove Mutrie Farms Semex Neal & Sandra Hainsworth Christopher Walswin Brimner Cattle Co. Garth Elliott Randy Bryant Kevin Harmon Wendt & Murray Farns Lyle Salmon Delton Martin Lee Flannery Bryson Farms Pete Penner Brian Sillen Lester Whittingham Closs Family Farm Andy Firman Garth Slimmom Mel Patton PFRA Royce Reiss K&M Salmon Donald Crow Quinton Ranching Scott Clark

Our 13th Annual Bull Sale, March 21st, 2015 in Virden will feature progeny from these proven herdbulls

EATONS BIG BUD 10402P

FOOTPRINTS CROSSFIRE 113Y

The sire of many high sellers in our sale this year Calving Ease, Performance & Thickness

½ French adding extra thickness to his sons

Sells in National Sale

LT LEDGER 0332 P

Sells in Agribition Sale

Calving ease Specialist in the top 1% for CE and BW

Stop by the stall at the NATIONAL SHOW in Brandon or AGRIBITION in Regina and see some of next year’s prospects TLJ 875A

TLJ 803A

Box 40, Oak Lake, MB R0M 1P0 Tully & Arlene Hatch, Kevin Hatch • 204-855-2402 C 204-748-7595 • tahatch@rfnow.com Trent & Ashley Hatch • 204-855-3078 C 204-721-3078 • trent.hatch@gmail.com

See more at www.pleasantdawn.com

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POINT A SURVEILLER

Du champ Helge By

Quelle différence une décennie peut faire! Dix ans plus tard et j’espère dix années plus sages, j’ai trouvé les six derniers mois en contraste complet d’il y a 10 ans. Je sais que nous n’aimons pas nous souvenir de l’épisode de l’ESB mais la chose que j’ai trouvé la plus intéressante est le virage à 180 degrés qui s’est effectué.

C’est intéressant d’entendre ce que quelqu’un a reçu pour ses veaux, taureaux et vaches de réforme. Tout le monde rapporte ce qu’ils ont entendu à propos des prix qui sont incroyables.C’est tout le contraire d’il y a 10 ans, ou les producteurs parlaient de projet de loi . Les prix que nous connaissons sont les plus élevés jamais enregistrés, mais quand vous les mettez en perspective en termes d’inflation, d’achat d’équipements ils ne sont pas plus élevés de ce qu’ils doivent être. Nous avons juste du mal à penser à ces nouvelles gammes de prix, mais nous allons nous y faire très rapidement pour les prochaines années. Les médias sociaux jouent également un grand rôle dans la diffusion de bonnes nouvelles avec les rapports de marchés instantanés étant affichés sur Facebook ou sur twitter pour tous ceux qui s’y intéressent. Sur cette note, je vous invite à me suivre sur Twitter à HelgeBy@CharolaisBanner.

J’essaie de faire suivre les nouvelles concernant l’élevage bovin en général et sur les faits saillants sur l’élevage du Charolais qui peut tous nous intéresser. Comme l’autre jour un taureau de réforme à Swift Current s’est vendu pour $ 4100. Je dirais qu’avec des prix semblables il est temps de reconstituer notre cheptel avec de la nouvelle et plus jeune

génétique pour l’avenir. J’ai lu un article sur twitter dernièrement que seulement 34% du prix de la viande dans les magasins sont liés au producteur primaire. Cela signifie que les prix de nos veaux plus élevés ne contribuent pas vraiment à la hausse dans les magasins , avec les salaires et le prix des intrants que nous avons à payer et de nombreux autres facteurs. C’est pour cette raison que le prix de la viande dans les magasins n’a pas augmenté aussi vite en comparaison. Bien, nous avons été dans une situation assez unique ou tous les secteurs, y compris le producteur vache / veau, les parcs d’engraissements et les abattoirs, ont été des plus positifs pour la plupart du temps de l’année.

Plus souvent qu’autrement, un secteur en paie toujours le prix pour q’un autre en fasse des bénéfices. En espérant que cela pourra continuer.

L’autre sujet qui retient notre attention c’est quand recommencera la re‐construction des troupeaux en Amérique du Nord. Je ne pense pas que la reconstruction se fasse très vite quand les producteurs vont chercher des prix pour leurs génisses à $1500.00 ce n’est pas vraiment intéressant de faire des vaches. Il y a encore l’ère de la prudence, ces prix le resteront‐ils ou iront ‐ils plus haut comme certains le prédisent. L’autre facteur est la situation préoccupante de la sécheresse aux Etats‐Unis. Bien que de nombreuses parties du Texas ont obtenues de la pluie, il y a des zones qui ne sont pas encore affectées. En outre, la Californie a procédé à la vente de vaches sur le marché, avec leur expérience c’est une des pires sécheresses à vie. Donc, à ce stade, le nombre de vaches est toujours en baisse et la rétention des

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génisses n’a pas commencé. Lorsque ce sera le cas, il mettra encore plus de pression sur les marchés et devrait faire monter encore les prix. La bonne nouvelle de cette situation est que ce n’est pas seulement en Amérique du Nord. L’Australie est en situation extrême de sécheresse et le nombre de vaches est à la baisse. Un article que j’ai lu, les projections quand il pleut là‐bas, l’élevage des bovins comme ils l’ont connu, ce sera fini. La rétention des génisses va commencer, les prix vont monter en flèche, et ils seront à un niveau supérieur jamais vu. Alors il y aura de très bonnes années à venir. Plus loin dans ce numéro, vous verrez beaucoup de jeunes avec des animaux d’influence Charolaise depuis l’an passé Il ya une nette augmentation de producteurs à travers le pays. Félicitations à tous ceux qui exposent du Charolais. Les bouvillons et les génisses charolais Charcross ce sont très bien classés dans les Expositions à travers l’Amérique du Nord n’ayez pas peur d’encourager vos enfants dans cette direction. Il y aura un certain nombre de ventes qui auront des génisses d’exposition de très grande qualité disponibles cet automne. Venez nous rencontrer. Au www.charolaisbanner.com vous pouvez vous abonner à notre liste d’envoi à partir d’un lien sur notre page d’accueil. Nous envoyons de temps en temps des e‐mails avec des mises à jour charolais et si vous voulez recevoir ces e‐mail s’il vous plaît ajouter votre nom à notre liste.

Vous pouvez vous désabonner en tout temps, si vous ne trouvez pas nos informations pertinentes et utiles Jusqu’à la prochaine fois, Helge

THE HIGH SELLERS

GBR 72A

GBR 203A

Sold to King’s Polled Charolais

GBR 152A

Sold to TK Cattle Co.

GBR 87A

Sold to Bricney Stock Farm • B Bar D Charolais • Darwin Plewis • Bricney Stock Farm • Alex B King • Ernest Hickie • TK Cattle Co. • Brian Perras

Sold to D&L Plewis Charolais • Greg Els • Ross Petterson • Clipper Cattle Co. • Ellen Hondl • Chad Frecon • Maurice Sorokowski • Wood Valley Ranch

• Cudmore Farms • Tom Trithart • Doug Hindmarch • Dave & Shelly Kotylak • Hugh Garrett • Jens Hansen

Plan to attend our ANNUAL BULL SALE next April 18th with WRAZ Red Angus, featuring sons of…

BAR J TROJAN 68X Top 2% of the breed for Calving Ease and Birth Weight EPD

Box 93, Manor, SK S0C 1R0 Kelly, Tracy, William & Wyatt Brimner

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FROM THE CANADIAN CHAROLAIS ASSOCIATION

Industry Enthusiasm Mel Reekie, General Manager

CANADIAN CHAROLAIS ASSOCIATION 2320, 41st Avenue NE, Calgary, AB T2E 6W8 403.250.9242 F 403.291.9324 www.charolais.com @canCharolais www.facebook.com/cdncharolais PROVINCIAL REPRESENTATIVES: ALBERTA President: Lyle Bignell, Stettler Secretary: Kristina Prokuda, Glenevis SASKATCHEWAN President: Greg Gilliland, Carievale Secretary: Dave Blechinger, Rosetown MANITOBA President: Shawn Airey, Rivers Secretary: Rae Trimble, Portage la Prairie ONTARIO President: Brad Buchanan, Victoria Harbour Secretary: Doris Aitken, Mount Forest QUEBEC President: Mathieu Palerme, Gatineau Secretary: Laurent Jourdain, Saint-Hyacinthe MARITIMES President: Ricky Milton, Cornwall, PE Secretary: Jennifer MacDonald, St. Mary’s, Kent Co., NB STAFF: General Manager: MEL REEKIE Registry Manager: LOIS CHIVILO Registry: JUDY CUMMER French Membership: ANNE BRUNET CharolaisEnFrancais@gmail.com EXECUTIVE: PRESIDENT: BRENT SAUNDERS RR 3, Markdale, ON N0C 1H0 519.986.4165 C 519-372-6196 F 519.986.4273 email: saunders@bmts.com 1st VICE-PRESIDENT: JOHN WILGENBUSCH Box 4, Halbrite, SK S0C 1H0 306.458.2688 C 306-458-7873 F 306.458.2371 email: wilgenbusch@sasktel.net 2nd VICE-PRES: BRIAN COUGHLIN RR3 1012 Snake River Line, Cobden, ON K0J 1K0 613.646.9741 C 613.312.0270 email: bh.cornerview@gmail.com PAST PRESIDENT: WADE BECK Box 5, Lang, SK S0G 2W0 306.436.4564 C 306.436.7458 F 306.436.4553 email: wcbeck@sasktel.net DIRECTORS: RICKY MILTON 4558 Route 19, Nine Mile Creek, PEI C0A 1H2 902.675.3091 C 902.393.8699 email: rmilton@upei.ca BERNARD BEGIN 1630 Rg St-Martin, Ste-Marie, PQ G6E 3A8 418.387.7514 C 418.389.7181 F 418.387.5623 email: louberfarm@hotmail.com ANDRE STEPPLER Box 248, Miami, MB R0G 1H0 204.435.2463 C 204.750.1951 F 204-435-2021 steppleran@hotmail.com DARWIN ROSSO 78 325 4th Ave SW, Moose Jaw, SK S6H 5V2 306.693.2384 rosso.c@sasktel.net DORY GERRARD RR 2, Innisfail, AB T4G 1T7 403.227.5632 C 403.302.1016 F 403.227.2583 email: gerrardcattle@gmail.com ROD McLEOD 293113 Twp Rd 263, Rockyview County, AB T4A 0N5 403.932.4622 C 403.540.7986 F 403.250.8928 rodmcl@telus.net TRAVIS FOOT Box 414, Esther, AB T0J 1H0 403.664.3167 C 403.664.0961 Travis@bigskyrealestate.ca

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These last few months I’ve met with beef producers and ranchers across Canada and the world; the passion for the beef industry is reaching new heights.

Unprecedented successes in the markets have made for a contagious enthusiasm throughout the Canadian Beef Industry and beyond.

As one of the top breeds in Canada, Charolais continues to be a crowd favourite. Spring bull sales for 2014 saw averages among the highest on record.

Summer show season saw a number of Charolais influenced steers, including the Canadian bred Calgary Stampede champion. With market prices strong coming into fall there’s a buzz in the industry – Charolais sires and mamma cows have produced superior calves that are sure to reap the benefits at sales yards.

The beauty, from all the enthusiasm in

the industry, is the young families that are coming into the beef sector with a positive outlook. Agriculture has been a way of life for many generations directly involved, but the zest is now blanketing many. Canada Beef has partnered with the Canadian Football League; this unique opportunity to broadcast nutritionally focused messages about the wholesome protein of beef will be shared at tailgate parties and living rooms across the country. Whether it’s steak on the queue or hamburger soup on the stove, the positive impact on everyday nutrition that is accessible to Canadians will be shared across the masses.

I encourage you to review the listing of Charolais Breeders in this issue; capitalize on the solid foundation of Charolais genetics in Canada and add profit to your program!

DE LA CHAROLAIS ASSOCIATION CANADIENNE

L'enthousiasme de l'industrie Mel Reekie, General Manager

Ces derniers mois, jʹai rencontré plusieurs producteurs de bœufpartout au Canada et même à l’extérieur du pays; la passion pour lʹindustrie du bœufa atteint de nouveaux sommets. Un succès sans précédent des marchés actuels fait que l’enthousiasme est contagieux parmi tous les différents secteurs de production.

La race Charolais continue de jouir d’une place de choix au Canada. Les ventes de taureaux du printemps 2014 ont fait des moyennes record. Les expositions d’été ont mis en vedette plusieurs bovillons de descendance Charolais, dont le champion du Calgary Stampede. La saison d’encans de veaux d’embouches débute avec des prix solides, confirmant l’excitation dans l’air.

Votre génétique Charolais, qui produit annuellement des veaux supérieurs, vous portera fruit plus que jamais.

La beauté de tout cet enthousiasme de lʹindustrie repose sur les jeunes familles Charolais Connection • Fall 2014

entrant dans le secteur de production avec une perspective positive.

Lʹagriculture a été un mode de vie pour de nombreuses générations directement impliquées, mais maintenant on peut envisager une rentabilité atteignable.

Bœuf Canada a établi un partenariat avec la Ligue canadienne de Football ; une occasion unique de diffuser des messages sur le plan nutritionnel ciblés sur la protéine saine de la viande bovine, sera partagée parmi tous les partisans à travers le pays. Que ce soit le steak sur le grill ou une soupe à viande hachée sur la cuisinière, lʹimpact positif sur la nutrition quotidienne accessible aux canadiens est partagé entre les masses.

Je vous encourage à examiner la liste des éleveurs dans ce numéro du Charolais Connection. Comptez sur les fondations solides qu’offre la génétique Charolais canadienne et contribuez aux revenuesde votre élevage !

The High Sellers

MCTAVISH GRANITE 104A DOWN EAST CHAROLAIS purchased this Agribition Sr. Bull Calf Champion by Merit 9874W

MCTAVISH AUTHENTIC 79A BEEF STU FARMS bought this thick son of Pleasant Dawn Magnum 49Y

The Buyers

The feature sires of next year’s sale

Ken Day (2) PFRA (6) Van Buuren Charolais (3) Gord White Ron Bray Jeremi Miller Pipestone Breeders Co-op (2) Francis Lewis Murray Rabb Scott Mannle (2) Double C Red Angus Deroo Family Farms Inc. (2) Ridgeroad Charolais Little Rainbow Ranch Ken Botterill (4) Cory Noble John Van Eaton Don Ferguson Blair Adams James Hoehn Jeff Roy Brad Polvi (2) Glen Taylor Rudy Twardzik Harvey McDougall Wm. Cowan

Stop by the farm to see some prospects consigned to the NO BORDERS & AGRIBITION sales or stop by our stall at Agribition

PLEASANT DAWN MAGNUM 49Y Homozygous Polled • EPD in the top 1% of breed for Weaning & Yearling weights

MERIT 9874W Double Polled • Calving ease and hair all put together

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MCTAVISH HIGH VOLTAGE 51A HORSESHOE E CHAROLAIS purchased this son of Merit 9874W

BBMT 23A A great daughter of Pleasant Dawn Magnum 49Y bred LT Ledger

SVY MONUMENT PLD 159Y Polled • Meat and performance in the top 5% for growth and milk

We invite you to attend our 4th ANNUAL BULL SALE of Charolais & Red Angus at the farm, MARCH 10th, 2015 Charolais Connection • Fall 2014

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White Cap Charolais C2 Charolais Planz Farms (2) Norheim Ranching Dr. Kelly Lightfoot David & Alison Krogedal (2) Kattle Kountry of Mortlack (5) D.R.Thul Farms Frischholz Farms

Demarah Farms Lohse Farm & Ranch David Warren (2) Arlo Setrum Garth & Jana Vancuren (2) Jordan Martinson Clint Marshall (3) Garnet Marin South 24 Farms (2)

Rene & Crystal Bouffard Harlan Throssell PFRA (2) Skyline Farms Inc. Cal Robertson Quinton Warken Deep Sands Livestock Calvin & Sandra Knoss Wade Popescul

We invite you to stop by the stall at Manitoba Livestock Expo in Brandon, or Agribition in Regina, to view some of our bull calves. Or stop at the farm to see all of the prospects

for our 5th ANNUAL BULL SALE, MARCH 26th, 2015 at the farm Featuring sons of…

ELDERS

Zeus 22Z

SPARROWS

Nixon 111Y

A sample of their sons, taken the middle of July 2014

KLR 321B

KLR 285B

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Visitors Welcome

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HERD HEALTH

Preconditioning is Good for the Entire Cattle Industry Roy Lewis DVM

Back in the mid 1980s a lot of Alberta producers will remember the preconditioning program, which was implemented in Alberta by the provincial agriculture department.

Certain criteria were followed as far as procedures and shots. Veterinarians certified the procedures, such as dehorning and castrating, were or had been done properly and that the correct preimmunization shots were given properly. Two categories of calves, either preimmunized or preimmunized and weaned a finite period of time to be certified preconditioned. Calves were identified with different coloured tags to distinguish preimmunized versus preconditioned and necessary paperwork accompanied the calves so there was visible credibility to the program.

The science made complete sense but the program didn’t take off past a few years. Why was this? Well for starters, producers needed a premium for the extra work and risk that comes with weaning the calves at home. Feedlots didn’t necessarily pay a premium because the critical number to reaching a full pen of cattle purchased at once could not be maintained and various other reasons.

Then everyone started having non sanctioned “Preconditioned Sales”.

Everybody claimed their calves were preconditioned because it was the buzzword of the day. When farmers wrote on the manifest “my calves were preconditioned“ I questioned them, only to find out they had only been given a blackleg vaccine.

It’s time for the cow‐calf producer to start preconditioning calves again for the betterment of the entire industry, but the cow‐calf producer should share in the huge value‐added this creates. Morbidity and mortality should be reduced, treatment costs should decrease, weight gains and 16

efficiencies will improve among a multitude of other things. It is good for sustainability and less chance for antimicrobial resistance when less antimicrobials are used. It simply is good for a calf’s health and welfare to maximize protection to respiratory disease, minimize stress and make an easy transition to a different feed.

This also supports responsible use of antibiotics. More preconditioning should yield less calves needing treatment and or less groups of calves considered high risk so less metaphylactic antimicrobials required.

Stress being reduced should help maintain a healthy immune system.

Preconditioning at home gives producers the option of using the low stress either fence line weaning or some may opt for the nose flaps so the only thing removed initially is the calves’ ability to suck. This helps motivate them to find the feed and watering areas while free of other stressors such as co‐mingling, transportation, and bad weather. If the forecast calls for bad winter storms, weaning can be delayed a few days.

Castration is more and more commonly being done on younger calves and polled bulls take care of the horns eliminating the need for dehorning. A good percentage of calves with horns are pasted or are dehorned with other methods long before weaning is contemplated. If a higher and higher premium is paid for these procedures done in advance cow‐calf producers generally will oblige. I was not too surprised to learn at a recent feedlot tour in the U.S. a large feedlot sent all bulls back.

The risk to castrate and losses associated with this are too great to justify performing it at the feedlot level. We can nil afford as an industry to have all these stagy animals ending up in the feedlot.

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calves are already preimmunized but the weaning on farm has been avoided as producers have received top dollar for fresh calves right off the cow. Feedlots have been able to counteract this with the long acting macrolide antibiotics. The proper principle though is maximum protection from vaccines and minimal stress at weaning. If weaned long enough (45 days plus) all of a sudden compensatory gains occur and producers will be selling heavier calves.

We need consistency in both the diseases the vaccines protect for and the length of time of weaning.

Pharmaceutical companies have been one of the drivers of this. The only thing here is the companies that promoted this had the programs trade name or product specific.

Melding of different vaccines from different companies is okay as long as efficacy is comparable. In Western Canada, at least vaccines against the common viral pathogens for pneumonia, IBR, BVD(types 1 and 2), BRSV, PI3 as well as the common bacterial pathogens Histophilus, Pasteurella, Mannheimia and of course a 7 to 9 way blackleg vaccine are commonly used. If the right combinations are selected, these diseases can be combined in no more than two shots. More and more top producers are already giving the priming shots at turnout to pasture so only the booster is required at weaning. Therefore a very high percentage of calves are already preimmunized at weaning.

Other important preconditioning procedures besides the obvious are deworming and treating for lice.

More and higher worm counts are being detected, especially at pasture or on entry to the feedlot with the resistance we are seeing to the Macrocytic Lactone type products. In the future, both deworming with an oral product like fenbendazole continued on page 17

HERD HEALTH, CONTINUED FROM PAGE 16 (Safeguard) and still using the percentage loss. With retained Macrocytic Lactone (ivermectin like) ownership, all these procedures are a products for lice and warbles should no brainer. The key is to what degree be included in any good is the cow�calf producer compensated preconditioning program. when selling these certified calves.

Direct shipping will maximize the Most producers almost always gain both parties receive and a fair precondition their replacement price can be set plus the home raised heifers so this simply applies the cattle could implement the feedlots same principals to all their calves. implant program or implanting and Heifers could be sold certified open identification may be the only thing whether they were pregnancy left to do as the cattle enter the feedlot. checked or the bulls pulled early.

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many calves deal with a low�grade pneumonia and the adhesions lead to poorer performance. Since adhesions are caused by respiratory disease anything that prevents them is a good thing as far as cattle production is concerned. Less cattle sick means less death loss or chronics.

Production will be increased and there will be less reliance on the metaphylactic administration of antibiotics if preconditioning can again gain momentum. We then can produce more beef for the growing world population.

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Thank you to all our buyers this spring:

Merit 8789U (Rhapsody) Proven performance & meat

CSS Sir Jr. Navigator 78Y Big weaning weight & hair

HTA Countdown 9103W Big performance & great temperament

HTA Parker 12X Used on our heifers siring extra length

K McLeod Farms Qu’Appelle Trails Ranch Ltd. BCS Farm Ltd. Gord Miller Doug Kutcher Cal Logen Kattle Kountry of Mortlach Finley Cameron PFRA Stan & Sherri McCrea Haveldean Farms Greg Appleyard Darrell Stein Bruce & George Peacock Guy Federspiel Matador Grazing Co-operative Darryl Riunk HTA Charolais Indi Lake Farm Ltd. Francis Fuchs Gord Johnson Ron Rogoschewsky K&L Ricken Farms Chris Rogoschesky Harder Cattle Co.

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Photos taken July 8, 2014, unless otherwise marked

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lanz Farms is a unique operation in south central Saskatchewan. Their land block of 29 quarters borders the United States and their home place is all of one mile from the line.

In 1998, the family operation, of Nathanial (known as Nat) and his two sons Calvin and Darel, came to a crossroads. “The machinery was getting played out and the cost of re‐investing in new machinery was too high. Dad wanted out and our kids were all gone. It was just too much. Dad and Mom moved to town and we took over the operation.”

Calvin and Darel explain. That is when the decision was made to seed everything to hay.

Calvin and Darel both worked stripmining coal in the Coronach area.

They were both doing shiftwork and trying to farm and ranch on the side.

It just wasn’t an optimal situation.

Seeding everything to hay, made their management practises quite a bit different. They had to market

their own product in order to cash in on their crop. Their closest market is right next door in the U.S. It is a large market with lots of opportunity but there is a bit of extra paperwork involved to get it across the border.

“When they are in a drought situation, they don’t put up much of a fuss at the border,” Calvin states.

Being that close to the border, they used to be able to visit their

neighbours on the U.S. side without an issue. Not anymore. Since 9‐11 things have really changed. They see helicopters come over if they are out checking fence on the border, but not as many as they did right after 9‐11.

The border crossing at Scobey has 38 employees now, which is a huge increase over pre 9‐11. If a cow got out on the U.S. side, you used to be able to chase it back. The last time Darel and Calvin Planz

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they had this happen, they had to get a U.S. vet, there was brand inspection and quarantine before the animal was brought home.

They started by placing some advertising to sell hay in Montana and worked out a deal with a trucker in Scobey, Montana. He has remained a business associate of theirs and has helped in many ways. “He is pretty well known and he’ll phone us and say someone needs a load tomorrow,” Darel says. Because of licensing, many truckers cannot cross the border, so their guy gets it to Scobey and from there it can go anywhere in the U.S. Two years ago they sent 13 loads to Texas, all round bales. They managed to get back hauls from drill pipe coming up to Williston, North Dakota to save on trucking costs.

They have two brokers, one in Nebraska and one in Wyoming. They normally sell between two and three thousand tons of hay each year. In 2012 they sold a record 11,000 bales, but only because they had some carry over from the year before and a great crop.

They have 16‐1900 acres of hay, which was previously grain land.

They tried taking two cuts one year and found the hay just didn’t do well the next year, as there isn’t enough rain in their area. They normally get 2‐2.5 ton/acre but this year the crop will likely be 1‐1.5 ton/acre. They missed a rain in early May and it froze three nights in a row at the first

of June, affecting the yield. It was seeded alfalfa/crested wheat fifteen years ago and now it is time to rejuvenate the crop. The plans include grazing some of the older

Twenty years ago you threw them a bale and if they ate it, it was fine.

Now it is big business.

hay, reseeding some and utilizing fertilizer on some. Grazing some would allow them to increase their cow numbers.

They sell their hay to repeat buyers now and Calvin has a black book with the names and addresses of every single one of their customers.

Last year their hay sold for $80/ton, so the price has been good.

“We have been fortunate to not get stuck with a load of hay. We know lots of people who haven’t been paid, but our trucker looks after us,” Darel says.

“Once when he thought he has taking the hay to a questionable customer, he required a certified cheque before he would unload,” Calvin adds. “Those guys don’t like selling crap and don’t like people getting stuck with it. He knows the quality of the hay because he buys

some of ours himself,” says Darel.

They have started selling their hay to a feedlot in Wolf Point. They are starting to ask for feed analysis, which is something they haven’t had to bother with in the past. More people are using it as a means of marketing their product, so they will have to do some this year. It may enable them to collect a premium based on the protein in the feed. “It is pounds per gain on your animals and dollars in your pocket,” says Darel.

“Twenty years ago you threw them a bale and if they ate it, it was fine.

Now it is big business,” Calvin says.

“You can’t blame them for wanting it.

When calves are bringing $2 or $2.50 a pound, you don’t need poor quality feed,” adds Darel.

Darel started with the mine in 1985 and is now a pit foreman. “The shift work is getting tougher,” says Darel.

“Especially your shift,” laughs his Mom, Rosina. “I have to make sure the coal gets to the plant. We get it to the silo to load on the train and haul

Above: Rosina Planz Below: Hay field with the Planz farm in the background.

Photo by Donna Ross, 2013

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HICKS CHAROLAIS Herd Reduction Sale Saturday, November 22ND, 2014 • Carson Auctions, Listowel, ON OFFERING 55 HEAD Bred Cows, Bred Heifers, Heifer Calves & Bull Calves All are Polled • All are Bred Homozygous Polled

Females like this…

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Only because of the need to reduce work and pasture demands are we selling these solid females.

We are only retaining a nucleus herd of all Homozygous Polled females, so there are some top cows offered in this sale that are polled but not Homozygous Polled.

Call for a catalogue or more information Sale Manager 306-536-4261 Helge By 306-536-4261 Candace By 306-536-3374 charolaisbanner@gmail.com

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Left: A line up of their haying equipment. Right: With the price of calves and cheaper feed, they are creep feeding this year.

it to the plant,” Darel explains.

“When I started, work was five miles from home near Elder’s place. Their house shook when they dropped the bucket,” Darel tells.

Calvin started in 1984 and retired this year from being a dragline operator after 29 years. The new dragline came in and six months later I started, now the dragline is wore out and so am I,“ Calvin chuckled.

“In the drought years of the eighties, it would have been tough to keep farming in this country.”

“If it wasn’t for that mine, a lot of these young farmers wouldn’t be going,” Rosina confirms.

“It isn’t just the 400 plus jobs it provides, it is the spin‐offs it creates in the community that help too,” says Darel.

A lot of the young people that hired on when the mining started are getting to their retirement stage and there will be a big turnover of people in the next few years.

Nat Planz bought his first quarter

in 1951 for $800 from his Dad. This land is more suited for ranching and it has been a good life. They have a good water supply, lots of springs and a good well.

When they decided to seed

All of their replacements are bought and they put in about forty bred heifers each year.

everything to hay, they were running 150‐175 cows. Now they have 250 Simmental x Red Angus females, which they terminally cross with Charolais bulls. All of their replacements are bought and they put in about forty bred heifers each year. They haven’t had trouble buying replacements that start calving at the beginning of March

and hope it doesn’t become an issue.

Quality is a concern when buying replacements, as they invested in the Reserve Grand Champion Pen of 10 Replacements Heifers at Canadian Western Agribition Commercial Sale a few years back.

If they took some land out of hay production, they could increase to 300 cows, but at the moment, this is all their land base can handle.

As their land is all in one block, they don’t have trouble with cows and bulls from neighbouring pastures. They don’t have to chase cows for miles to move or rotate them in pastures.

They try to keep the cowherd young. Ninety percent would be under seven years of age and the oldest cows would be around ten.

The first year they put up the calving barn (1996), they had 56 bred heifers and ended up with 57 calves. “It is a god‐sent blessing, that calving barn,” Calvin confirms. When asked how big the calving barn is, Rosina continued on page 24

Photo by Donna Ross, 2013

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quickly responded “not big enough.”

It is 32 x 64 and there is a 40 foot addition of an old hip roofed barn they have butted up against it.

“Our cows are pretty spoiled. If there is a five mile an hour wind, they don’t come out,” Calvin chuckles.

They start calving March 1. They used to market their calves in Heartland in Regina, but when that closed five years ago, they moved to Moose Jaw. They could sell in a Charolais pre‐sort sale, but trucking is always an issue. There are fewer and fewer guys hauling cattle and they usually end up selling a couple of weeks after the feature sale.

They wean the day before they go to town and keep the cows out on grass until they preg check. Their calves normally average 630‐640 for steers

and 600‐610 for heifers.

They run their bulls for 60 days and sell all of their calves at once.

It’s the bull that makes the calves. If you buy scrub bulls, you will have scrub calves and we don’t want scrub cattle around here.

They run nine bulls on 200 cows.

They normally have about 120 calves in the first cycle of the cows, so it is

over half, as you have to take the replacements off the total.

They got started in Charolais kind of by chance. Calvin and Nat went to Shaunavon to buy a Simmental bull and didn’t like what they were offered. Calvin suggested they go into town and look at a paper for guys that had bulls for sale. They saw an ad for Darneth Charolais and went to look at their bulls. Ken and Darlene Plewis sold them their first Charolais bull in the mid eighties and they continued to buy from them until their neighbours started selling Charolais bulls.

“Nat used to say, ‘It’s the bull that makes the calves. If you buy scrub bulls, you will have scrub calves and we don’t want scrub cattle around here.’” Rosina quotes.

They run their cows in one big group, but keep the first calvers separate. They run in pastures of a quarter, half or three quarters and rotate them regularly to keep the grass coming. Trying to keep the calving interval small, you can’t have too many bulls. When selecting bulls Darel goes by the 205 day weight the most and Calvin goes by the calving ease. Neither of them have any patience for poor temperament.

Having said that, it is important to note they select performance bulls with a 96 to 106 pound birth weight.

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Left: Solar panels supply the power to pump water from the dugout into troughs. Right: Opening this year’s hay fields

important than whether or not he is polled.

“When you live 60 miles from a vet, you have to have something that works for you,” Calvin explains.

“We have 13‐1400 pound cows and aren’t afraid of birth weight. We have no calving trouble. We helped two cows calve this spring and one was backwards,” Darel states.

“We’re here 24‐7 when it comes to calving. We don’t miss anything. We take time off work at calving time,” says Calvin. “If you calve later, you have to keep them longer. You only get out what you put into it. If you don’t want to put anything in, you won’t get anything out. Calving is our harvest time.”

“If you work one shift and lose a calf, you have worked for nothing anyway,” Darel expands.

They cull cows hard on disposition and ultrasound to preg‐check at the end of November or first of December, after the calves are gone and the cows are dried up. The culled females are fed and sold at the end of

December or mid February. “You can’t afford to keep problem cows with the prices now,” Calvin says.

They use a bale processor to feed in

We have no calving trouble. We helped two cows calve this spring and one was backwards.

the winter and don’t use any grain.

They are creep feeding the calves this year after quitting for a few years. For a while they didn’t feel the prices were paying for the cost, but they are going to do it again this year. They also had issues with the creep fed calves being a little harder to handle when it came time to sort them off in the fall. Their market manager suggested they pull them off the feed a month before weaning

and they are going to try that this year. They don’t creep feed the first calf heifers’ calves because the Red Angus calves will get too pot bellied.

They creep with straight oats. “With the prices this year, if you can put another 20‐40 pounds on them, it pays to creep feed,” Darel figures.

“Our cows don’t graze native hay until the first of July. It’s all tame hay until then. And they kind of get that hard finish on them when they get on the native pasture and it is a little dryer. They really pack the pounds on,” Calvin adds.

This second generation operation is succeeding by hard work and good management. They have a plan and it has worked well for them, year in and year out. Buying quality replacements and top quality bulls shows in the calves. They express sincere grattitude to the people they have bought their bulls from (Ken and Darlene Plewis, Ron, Donna, Michael and Judy Elder), as they know their bulls have raised the type of calves providing their success.

Left: The calving barn. Right: 2013 Commercial Producer of the Year– Donna Ross presented Lois, Darel, Calvin and Joanne Planz the Saskatchewan Charolais Association Commercial Producer of the Year Award at the SCA AGM 2013

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Bred Cows

Sale Manager:

He Sells

Bred Heifers

MAPLE LEAF BAR PUNCH 901W • Homozygous Polled John Hoff has decided at age 89 it is time to quit after nearly 50 years in Charolais.

Many of the females he has aquired in the past few years were the high sellers in several sales.

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They Sell

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The females that produced these top heifers sell.

These heifers sell in the No Borders Sale in Virden: Four heifers by 4-G Red Saturn 5R

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EABD 50A

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NEWS

Industry info Grilling with Beer Beneficial?

Many experienced cooks apparently use beer in cooking of meat.

Researchers based in Portugal and Spain are reporting that marinating meat in beer prior to grilling could reduce formation of substances suspected of being harmful. Grilling meats at high temperatures creates polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH), which have been associated with risk of colorectal cancer.

According to the research, black beer showed the highest inhibitory effect, reducing formation of PAH by 53%, followed by non‐alcoholic Pilsner beer with a 25% reduction.

Disposition Affects Fertility Producers who AI their cows realize that unruly and nervous animals are less likely to conceive. Now it seems that even in the serenity of a natural breeding pasture, cows with bad dispositions are less likely to conceive.

University of Florida scientists analyzed blood samples for cortisol concentrations, a hormone released when mammals are stressed or excited.

They also scored cows with a score of 1 equaling a calm disposition, on up to 5 for excited and/or aggressive.

Results suggest that excitable temperaments and the consequent elevated levels of cortisol are detrimental to reproductive function.

Bacteria Control by Virus Treating food products with select bacteriophages – viruses that target and kill bacteria – could significantly reduce concentrations of E.coli, according to researchers at Purdue University. In one case, an injection of bacteriophages nearly eradicated a toxin‐producing strain of E. coli in contaminated spinach and ground beef.

“Bacteria have viruses, just as other organisms do,” researchers explained.

“We’re taking what already exists in nature and concentrating it to have an impact on these harmful bacteria.

Applying this kind of therapy to contaminated foods will make

them safer.”

PETA’s Record of Hypocrisy The People for Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) organization is well known for championing rights for animals by generating millions of dollars in donations through vigorous public relations campaigns featuring a host of well‐known sympathetic celebrities.

However, a recent report by the Virginia Department of Agriculture reveals that PETA killed 82% of the dogs and cats taken into its Norfolk shelter. Since 1998, 31,190 animals have been euthanized. Despite an annual budget of $32 million, PETA elects to spend its funds on an all‐out propaganda campaign rather than on the animals it claims to protect.

Influencing Calving Time More and more science is available to support a simple management strategy that can increase the number of cows that will calve during the daylight hours, when a cow is more likely to be seen and assisted, if needed.

The easiest method, according to multiple studies, of inhibiting nighttime calving is by feeding cows at night. The physiological mechanism is unknown, but some hormonal effect may be involved.

Rumen motility studies indicate the frequency of rumen contractions falls a few hours before parturition. It is suggested that night feeding causes intraruminal pressures to rise at night and decline in the daytime.

Animal Protein May Benefit Aging A diet high in animal protein may be of great benefit in aging individuals, according to results of a new study published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. With life expectancies rising and the number of older people on the increase, the discovery takes on added significance.

The research, performed by Japanese scientists, focused on “identifying nutritional factors that

contribute to maintaining higher‐ level functional capacity, to prevent deterioration of daily living.” In general, they found that animal proteins help the body build and repair tissue along with fighting infections.

Organics Not More Nutritious Although buying organic fruits and vegetables helps protect the environment, research published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition found they have no nutritional advantage over their conventionally grown counterparts.

While conventionally grown products contain more chemical residue, no studies have proven that the amount of chemicals we ingest cause any harm. Much of the research linking pesticides with disease has been done on farmers who have been exposed to huge quantities.

Animal Protein May Benefit Aging A diet high in animal protein may be of great benefit in aging individuals, according to results of a new study published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.

With life expectancies rising and the number of older people on the increase, the discovery takes on added significance.

The research, performed by Japanese scientists, focused on “identifying nutritional factors that contribute to maintaining higher ‐ level functional capacity, to prevent deterioration of daily living.” In general, they found that animal proteins help the body build and repair tissue along with fighting infections.

Home Cooked Food Healthier Food prepared away from home is typically higher in calories and lower in nutrition and now makes up more than one‐third of all calories purchased in the US. Consumers tend to believe that full‐service restaurants provide healthier food than fast‐food restaurants, but some studies have continued on page 31

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CANADIAN CHAROLAIS YOUTH ASSOCIATION NEWS

Conference and Show a Success Rachael Verwey, Director

CCYA NATIONAL BOARD charolaisyouth@gmail.com President: Sarah Weinbender sarah.weinbender@gmail.com Vice-President: Shae-Lynn Evans evans32s@uregina.ca Treasurer: Courtney Black petunia-101@hotmail.com Secretary: Tomina Jackson tomi_j_@hotmail.com Director: Luke Marshall lsm742@mail.usask.ca Director: Megan McLeod rmeganmcleod@rvschools.ab.ca Director: Wyatt Ching gw.ching@sasktel.net Director: Rachael Verwey verweyr@myumanitoba.ca 2015 CCYA Conference & Show Exec.

President: Sarah Weinbender sarah.weinbender@gmail.com Vice-President: Wyatt Ching jppreston223@gmail.com Sec-Treas: Laura Weinbender CCYA Provincial Advisors SK: Suzanne Smyth suzanneblake@hotmail.com ON: Billie-Jo Saunders dbjsaunders@gmail.com MB: Donna Jackson Jackson7@mymts.net AB: Kasey Phillips kphillips@mcsnet.ca Youth Coordinator: Kirstin Sparrow kp.sparrow@hotmail.com

I am Rachael Verwey, current president of the Manitoba Junior Charolais Association. As many of you know, Manitoba hosted the Canadian Charolais Youth Association annual Conference and Show from July 23 to July 26 in Portage la Prairie. We had a great turn out of 41 youth members, 3 American Charolais Youth members and 47 head of cattle.

We started off the week on Wednesday with an interactive, educational seminar presented to us by our partners, Ag More Than Ever. We learned how to spread the word of agriculture in a positive way and how we can shed light on some common myths about the agriculture industry. We ended the day with a famously messy mixer put on by the National Board directors.

On Thursday it was down to business as we completed the judging competitions, marketing, team judging as well as team marketing, and ended the day at Splash Island for a fun evening of swimming and waterslides! Friday was the showmanship competition, which was a tough class as usual and as a twist the American Juniors that were visiting made the senior

members show like they do in the USA! Friday was also our team grooming competition and the top 5 teams were pulled to compete in the finals on Saturday morning. That evening we all jumped on a bus and headed out to LEJ Charolais for a great supper followed by keep and cull judging.

Saturday morning were the team grooming finals where 5 teams of 3 had an hour to completely clip and groom an animal for the show ring. That afternoon was conformation and with periodic rain and 47 head of cattle, it was a busy day at the fairgrounds. Later that evening we all dressed up and attended the closing banquet where awards were given out and it was a chance for all of us to dance and have fun with the friends we won’t see until next year in Yorkton!

All in all it was a successful conference and it was a blast. I’d like to say a quick thank you once again to all of the sponsors, judges, parents, and youth for coming out and making it memorable conference, it wouldn’t have been possible without you all!

Good luck with harvest.

INDUSTRY INFO, CONTINUED FROM PAGE 30 found higher calories, fat and sodium levels in the food provided by full‐ service establishments. Furthermore, nutrition information provided at full‐service restaurants has lagged behind that of fast‐food businesses.

Lean Beef Reduces Heart Risk Research from Penn State University has found that eating lean beef can actually reduce risk factors for heart disease, in direct contrast with popular belief. The study adds to a growing body of research that indicates that beef, consumed in moderate amounts, actually provides health benefits.

The research indicates lean beef can be enjoyed as the predominant protein source in a diet along with

fruits, vegetables and low‐fat dairy products to effectively help lower blood pressure, which helps lower risk for cardiovascular disease.

43% of Food Budget to Foodservice The average American household spent 43% of its food budget away from home, a figure that has grown substantially from 30% in 1977, according to a study by the USDA’s Economic Research Services.

Limited‐service restaurants (those where customers pay at a register before eating) were on average one‐ third of the price of full‐service restaurants. Sandwiches were the most expensive limited‐service item, averaging $6.74, while Mexican food was the cheapest at $3.27.

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Convenience Stores Adding Produce A new partnership has been formed which is designed to significantly increase the sale of fresh produce in convenience stores.

Involved in the effort are the United Fresh Produce Association and the National Association of Convenience Stores (NACS).

With more than 150,000 locations across the US, convenience stores are increasingly seen as a destination for consumers looking to buy fruits and vegetables. The movement, which has seen modest growth over the past few years, reached total sales of $328 million in 2013, but studies have shown there is potential for much greater expansion.

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ASSOCIATION NEWS

Diagnosing, Treating Hoof Cracks In Cattle Heather Smith Thomas, BEEF magazine (beefmagazine.com)

Hoof wall cracks are divided into two categories – vertical (sand cracks) and horizontal. If a crack goes clear through the hoof horn, it causes pain and lameness.

Paul Greenough, DVM and professor emeritus in Saskatchewan’s Western College of Veterinary Medicine (WCVM), has studied hoof cracks for many years. In that time, he’s examined the feet of thousands of cattle in western Canada and says dry conditions are probably the biggest predisposing factor.

Meanwhile, Jan Shearer, Iowa State University professor and Extension veterinarian, says vertical wall cracks are much more common in beef cattle than dairy cattle, but horizontal cracks are common in all cattle.

Horizontal cracks Cracks that run parallel to the coronary band often represent a benign physiological change that creates disruption of hoof‐horn formation, Greenough says. Rings around the hoof are normal because the hoof wall grows at different rates during various seasons and physiological reasons, however the growth rings occasionally become cracks.

“The hoof horn is like a history book,” Greenough says. “You can see what happened to the animal at any given time during the past 12 months. Some growth lines become deep horizontal grooves, which means something happened to that cow. If a cow had a retained placenta, difficult calving, or a long period of really bad weather or some other stress, you may see a deep groove in the hoof wall.”

Shearer adds that every time a cow calves, she undergoes a period where hoof growth slows or stops.

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he says. “Interruption of hoof‐horn growth creates a horizontal groove, or a growth arrest line, which is associated with calving,” he says.

Seasonal changes are another factor in growth rate. This may be partly nutritional (when feed is plentiful, with green grass), or due to longer hours of daylight. “Growth rate is affected by physiological factors.

Some of these things aren’t well understood, but people need to realize that not all horizontal rings are indicative of cattle disease,” Shearer explains.

Some rings, for instance, are associated with extreme changes in nutrient level, balance or availability.

“With horizontal growth arrest lines, we sometimes see a true hardship groove – an extremely significant or deep horizontal groove – which we associate with something beyond normal physiological changes,” Shearer says.

Greenough says a nutritional glitch, disease or some type of shock causes the horn to stop growing.

When horn formation resumes, a full‐ thickness crack sometimes develops.

“Severe disruptions in hoof‐horn formation create ridges and grooves,” Shearer says. In the most extreme cases where the fissure is deep enough to create a full thickness defect in the wall, this lesion is called a ‘thimble’.”

When a deep crack gets down to the level of the corium – the sensitive “quick” underneath – the fragment below the crack may become separated from the hoof wall above it.

“As this fragment (thimble) is growing down the foot, a deep crack may become painful because every time that fragment moves, it pinches the underlying corium tissues,” Shearer says. The fragment must be removed or the cow will be in constant pain and won’t travel, he adds.

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Vertical cracks Fewer than 1% of dairy cows develop vertical wall cracks (sand cracks), but up to 64.5% of beef cows get vertical cracks, Shearer says. More than 80% of these cracks occur on the outside claw of the front foot. The inside claw is slightly larger, and bears most of the weight, but there is more movement and strain on the outer claw.

Greenough says 27% of all mature beef cattle in Saskatchewan have a sand crack; incidence can be as high as 65% in some pedigree herds. These cracks also are more common in heavy and older animals. And, size of the foot in relation to the weight of the animal plays a role.

“We don’t know why most cracks appear on the outside claw of the front foot, but this may be due to the weight and conformation of those particular animals that puts additional stress on that claw. There is a genetic component, but actual causes are far from clear; there are probably several contributing factors,” Greenough says.

“Some people think cracks are related to the fact that front feet have a steeper angle than the hind foot and are subjected to more stress. Yet dairy cows have the same steep angle in the front feet, and don’t get vertical cracks,” Shearer adds.

Based on the numbers, there seems to be a breed predisposition to wall cracks, Shearer says. For instance, some family lines, in any breed, have more tendency to crack. And, in certain herds, the cows that develop vertical cracks are often related.

“Other factors associated with vertical cracks include vitamin and trace mineral deficiencies,” Shearer says.

Dry, brittle feet may be prone to cracking. “We see brittle feet in dry regions,” Greenough says. “The

moisture content of hoof horn is probably a factor. The outer layer of the hoof is waterproof, but this protective layer wears off in sandy environments allowing moisture to evaporate through the hoof wall.”

Chris Clark, DVM and an associate professor of large animal medicine at WCVM, studied the causes of hoof cracks for his master’s degree project.

“We didn’t come up with complete answers, but did discover that the water content of hoof horn varies considerably throughout the year on western Canadian prairies. In summer, the moisture content of the hoof is close to optimal. But as cattle go through winter, the hoof dries out,” he explains.

In the cold, dry climate, feet are not exposed to water, because snow is dry, not wet, he explains.

“Humidity is extremely low here in winter. We took hoof samples of cattle in February, when it’s typically ‐30°C. As the hoof wall dries out, it becomes brittle and less pliable. Heavier cattle probably have more force on their feet, and brittle feet may crack,” Clark says.

One factor he investigated was whether long toes made claws more susceptible to cracking, due to added strain.

“We found bigger feet were more prone to cracking, rather than a longer toe. We examined hooves from cows at slaughterhouses – cows that did and did not have sand cracks – and did biomechanical testing of the hoof; we were unable to find a difference. Many theories have been proposed regarding causes, but my final conclusion was that drying was the biggest risk factor,” Clark says.

Cracks and lameness Cracks almost never penetrate the entire thickness of the wall; they just exist in the outer layer, Clark points out. “The hoof matrix has a crack‐ diversion mechanism. As the crack penetrates deeper, it’s diverted away from going in a straight line,” he adds.

“The animal’s body responds to a crack by thickening the wall in that area, to protect itself. Often the worst‐looking cracks don’t cause lameness. If you cut into a dead hoof,

the wall in that area may be 2 to 3 times thicker than normal. If the wall gets very thick, you may also see remodeling of the bone, to accommodate the increased thickening. Some of these cracks persist for years,” Clark says.

“The way the hoof is formed, it’s like reinforced concrete. The hoof wall is made up of tiny tubules that run vertically, like rebar, which is why most cracks form vertically rather than horizontally; it’s the natural cleft between the tubules. But the crack diversion mechanism ensures that the crack doesn’t split inward,” he says.

“Once in awhile, however, the animal goes lame and you may find an abscess at the bottom, or deepest portion, of the crack. In my experience in dealing with lame cattle, the crack itself is rarely the cause of lameness. We see many lame cows, and the owner often thinks it’s due to the crack. When we trim the foot, we often find an abscess somewhere else in the foot, rather than under the sand crack,” Clark says. Usually the crack is incidental.

Treatment “Our usual advice is that ‘if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it,’ but if the animal is lame, you need to clean the crack out – grind it out or trim it – to try to get back to healthy horn,” Clark says.

“The risk factors for crack formation still exist, however, so even if you get that one cleaned up, the chances of it reforming are high.”

Palpating the area over the crack, as well as the coronary band above it, is required to determine if a sand crack is painful. “If there’s an abscess, it will be hot. We use hoof testers to put pressure over the crack; if she winces, we suspect an abscess and clean it out,” Clark says.

Debriding the area (removing all damaged horn) and draining the abscess will relieve pain and lameness.

“I tell my students to not focus on the sand crack when faced with a lame cow. Look at it like any other foot, and try to find the true cause of the problem – is there an abscess and where is it? If it happens to be in the Charolais Connection • Fall 2014

sand crack, then we deal with the sand crack. In some cases, I’ve tried filling the crack with an epoxy, but I don’t think it really helps in the long run,” Clark says.

Sometimes, limiting the animal’s movement is required, Shearer adds.

“If one side of the foot is better than the other, we try to stabilize it and take the weight off the affected claw.

We may nail or glue a wood block under the healthy claw. If we get the weight off, the corium won’t continue to be traumatized, and will hopefully heal and start to produce new horn.

“The main objective is to stabilize the two portions of the wall that are loose and moving/pinching.

Sometimes, the fragments are wired together,” he says.

“If the foot is overlong, we trim it back, and sometimes can remove the fragment, or a portion, so it won’t be flexing so much. This may provide the cow some relief from movement and pinching until the foot can grow out,” Shearer says.

Nutritional factors in hoof care “Copper and/or zinc deficiency (and other feed deficiencies) can be a contributing factor in sandcracks,” says Paul Greenough, DVM and professor emeritus in Saskatchewan’s Western College of Veterinary Medicine. Most cows in badly affected herds have horizontal “hardship” grooves as a result of some kind of nutritional stress.

Iron and sulfur inhibit uptake of certain trace elements – including copper and zinc – in the animal. “A problem with hoof cracks may be specific to any given area depending upon climate, soil and multiple other factors, including how the stockman manages his farm and cattle,” he explains.

Mike Mehren, a livestock nutritionist in Hermiston, OR, says hoof cracks can suddenly occur on a ranch, leaving one wondering if something changed in the feed or management. The important thing nutritionally is to ensure a balanced diet that includes all the crucial trace minerals that play a role in hoof health. Chelated minerals are more readily utilized in the body. continued on page 36

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HOOF CRACKS, CONTINUED FROM PAGE 35 Selenium is important to hoof health and strength, but overdose can be toxic.

“With selenium toxicity, cattle can actually lose their feet and tail switch. You might not think excess selenium would be possible in the Pacific Northwest, which is a selenium‐deficient area. However, people tend to think that if a little is good, a lot is better.

Suppose you injected selenium, fed a trace‐mineral salt with selenium and fed a protein supplement with selenium. Each source might supply 3 mg/day, the maximum legal amount of selenium. But, the combination would provide 9 mg, which might not cause death, but could conceivably, in some instances, cause hoof cracking,” Mehren says.

Vitamins A, D and biotin (one of the B vitamins) play a role in hoof growth, and fatty acids help maintain a waterproof barrier on the outside of the hoof. Many nutrients are important to hoof health, so there isn’t one “magic” ingredient that will solve hoof problems.

“Having a balanced mix of vitamins and minerals seems to bring about a long‐term correction of problem in most herds,” Mehren says. “We recommend staying on a year‐ round mineral supplement, not just during winter. Many ranchers do a good job with minerals in fall and winter, but figure the cattle are okay on green grass and plain salt.

If you’re having foot problems, it’s best to continue the mineral program because animals don’t store minerals.”

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MARKET NEWS

Thinking About Herd Expansion?

Keep These Points In Mind Harlan Hughes in Market Advisor, BEEF magazine (beefmagazine.com)

We all know it costs money to expand a beef cowherd, and net cash flow will decrease in the early years of expansion. Hereʹs how that could impact your cowherd.

Expanding a beef herd in 2014 means doing so at a time of record expansion costs. In addition to the record opportunity cost of not selling 2014 heifer calves at weaning, the economic challenge is further compounded by the fact that the early years of herd expansion reduce the net cash flow of the existing beef cowherd.

For example, in my study herd of 250 cows, expanding by 40 more heifers will reduce my net cash flow in 2014 by $49,800 or $1,240/head.

That’s because 40 fewer heifers will be sold at weaning in fall 2014.

In 2015, it will take about $550/head (or another $22,000) to develop these 40 weaned heifer calves into 32 pregnant females (a conservative 80% pregnancy rate).

The projected cost of 32 preg‐checked heifers is $71,600. When I adjust for the market value of open heifers ($9,250), these 32 preg‐checked heifers are projected to cost $1,948/head.

I then must run these heifers for a year before they have their first calves in spring 2016. The projected full economic cost for my study herd in 2014 averages $880/cow. Assuming that 32 pregnant heifers cost at least as much to run for a year as the mature cows, the cost to carry these added pregnant heifers until their first calves are weaned in 2016 calculates to $28,160 (32 times $880).

Thus, my total expansion bill is projected to be $90,510 to produce 32 extra calves in 2016. These 32 calves could be worth $1,250/head, for an additional income of $40,000 in fall 2016. This reduces my projected expansion cost by the end of 2016 to

$50,510, or $1,578/added heifer pregnant with her second calf.

How long will it take to pay for these replacement heifers?

Replacement heifer costs need to be paid from annual net income (not gross income), and it will take 3.9 more calf crops after 2016 to break even. If I net $400 annually from the sale of each calf, I need four additional calves to break even (until 2020), and to start making money from this expansion.

It will take five annual calf crops to cover the added costs of these 2014 added replacement heifers. By then, I fully expect calf prices to have weakened.

I have built in the replacement cost of any of these 32 replacement heifers that turn up open during their mature lifetime. The big increase in profit from this expansion is projected to occur when I sell my remaining replacement heifers as cull cows at 7‐10 years down the road.

The bottom line is that it takes a high‐profit herd to make it through a major expansion, especially with today’s record‐high expansion costs.

So, be sure you enter into expansion only if you have a highly profitable beef cowherd.

Now, let’s look at the economics of getting better. Ranchers commonly believe that increased production is preferable to cutting costs per cow, and I agree that the focus should not be on cutting costs per cow. My integrated resource management (IRM) work with producers in the 1990s indicated that it’s not the cost per cow that ranchers should focus on, but the unit cost of producing 100 lbs. (cwt.) of calf (UCOP). Generally, the lower the UCOP is, the higher the herd’s total profits. The only way a herd can have a low UCOP is to have high production per cow.

Of all the production factors I’ve studied, UCOP has the highest correlation with profits — even more than pounds weaned/female exposed, average weaning weight, or weight per day of age. The most important point is that high‐profit herds tend to be the lowest UCOP herds, and that the best way to lower UCOP is to increase production, which generally means a high percent calf crop and/or high weaning weights. I like to measure this high production by “pounds of calf weaned per female exposed.”

Last month, I ended my article with a table relating “profit per cow” with “cost of calf gain” and “pounds weaned/female exposed.” I have simplified that table this month.

The revised table represents my April 2014 projections for my eastern Wyoming/western Nebraska study herd of 250 cows. My projections for spring 2014‐born calves marketed in fall 2014 are based on: • An 87% calf crop (live calves weaned/females exposed in the previous breeding season) • 569‐lb. average weaning weight • 203‐day average calf age at weaning • 495 lb. of calf weaned per female exposed • 2.8‐lb. average gain per day of age • UCOP of $1.56/lb. of calf produced • A $341/cow profit is projected for my study herd producing 2014 calves.

These data were presented in detail in my last Market Advisor column and are incorporated into Figure 1.

The yellow cells in Figure 1 illustrate the production parameters and the UCOP for this study herd; the center highlighted number is the projected $341/cow profit from producing 2014 spring calves weaned in the fall. continued on page 39

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Figure 1. Profit projections for study herd producing spring-born calves weaned in fall 2014 (87% calf crop) Cost of calf gain/lb.

Production parameters $1.45 Weaning weight

Weight/female exposed

Weight/day of age

610 589 569 549 528

531 513 495 460 424

3.00 2.90 2.80 2.70 2.60

The best way to increase profits is to lower the UCOP for the herd, and if this herd weaned 513 lbs. of calf per female exposed, it would be equivalent to an average weaning weight of 589 lbs./calf weaned, which would drop UCOP to $1.50/lb. This would increase the projected profit to $369/cow. The market price for the heavier calves was adjusted down by

$1.50

$1.56

$1.61

$1.67

Profit/cow $394 $369 $341 $316 $288

current sale‐barn market price slides.

On the other hand, if this herd weaned only 460 lbs./female exposed, the UCOP would increase to $1.61/lb., and the projected profit would drop to $316/cow. In this case, the market price was adjusted upward based on current sale‐barn market price slides.

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corner of the table are prime candidates for “getting bigger.” My recommendation for herds in the lower right‐hand corner is to “get better” before getting bigger. I say this because it costs money to expand a beef cowherd, and net cash flow will decrease in the early years of expansion. What’s your situation: Should you get bigger or get better?

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ADVOCACY

GM Foods: Myths and Facts Lynn Orsak, Summer Educational Resrouces Co-ordinator, Agriculture Awareness Unit, Regional Services Branch, Saskatchewan Agriculture

With debates and referenda on genetically modified (GM) food labelling occurring in the United States, it is hardly surprising that GM food are one of the hottest topics for discussion in agriculture today.The media is filled with mixed messages and contradictory information, so it is easy to see why consumers can be confused.

Earlier this year, Saskatchewan Agriculture commissioned a survey of attitudes towards agriculture. The survey found that 50 per cent of Saskatchewan residents agreed that GM technology is necessary to feed a growing global population. One of the responsibilities of Saskatchewan Agriculture is to reassure the public of the safety of Canada’s food supply

(both GM and non‐GM) by providing science‐based information about agricultural innovations and practices.

In light of National Biotech Week (September 26 ‐ October 3, 2014), some benefits of biotechnology in food production to consumers are worth noting.

GM food are safe to eat. Before they reach the market, GM seeds are studied extensively and are the most safety‐tested products in history. The years of safety testing have concluded that GM foods are the equivalent to non‐GM foods.

GM foods can have added health benefits. New GM foods, including tomatoes and pineapples, are being developed that are healthier and Charolais Connection • Fall 2014

more nutritious than the originals. A “super banana” has been developed by researchers in Australia to contain Vitamin A. An article published in June on the online version of Scientific American states that this fruit could potentially reduce blindness and even death from diseases common in developing countries.

Genetic modification can reduce food waste. A Canadian company, Okanagan Specialty Fruits, has developed the Arctic apple that does not go brown when exposed to oxygen, improving the shelf‐life and reducing waste of valuable nutrients.

To learn more about the benefits of biotechnology and genetic modification, visit www.biotech.ca.

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Inside Farming: Hormones are Everywhere, Incuding in You Chloe Gresel, CanACT member, University of Guelph

The beef with growth implants in cattle production Many Canadians actively search for hormone‐free beef for their next meal, but hormonal implants may not be the enemy. In reality, growth implants help beef animals convert feed more efficiently, which results in leaner meat and keeps the price of beef more reasonable for the consumer. In addition, the levels of hormones in these animals may not be as worrisome as some think.

There is much buzz in today’s media about wanting hormone free meat. Can I let you in on a secret?

There is no such thing. You see, just like humans, all animals have naturally occurring hormones in their bodies. What the consumer is actually trying to get when they ask for “hormone‐free beef” is animals that are raised with no hormones outside of their own. Companies such as A&W are trying to scare consumers into thinking that their products are better because they are using beef that is raised without growth hormone implants.

Can I let you in on another secret?

Implants are not the enemy. Growth implants are used to help beef animals convert feed more efficiently.

This means the animals develop more lean meat and grow more on less feed. Beef animals that are implanted have increased weight gain from 5 to 23 per cent and convert feed to meat 3 to 11 per cent more efficiently than non‐implanted cattle. By using less feed, costs are reduced for the farmer and beef is kept at a reasonable price for the consumer. There is also a smaller environmental impact when cattle are implanted, as farmers are using fewer resources to get them finished and ready for harvesting. A 2012 study published in the Journal of Animal Science stated that if we were to remove growth implants from our cattle production system, we 42

would need 10 per cent more cattle, 10 per cent more land and feed, and 7 per cent more fuel and fertilizers to raise the same amount of beef.

You might be thinking that it’s great that implanted beef has a smaller environmental impact, but you still don’t want all those extra hormones in your own body. Well then, let me share this tidbit of information: 15 ml of soybean oil has over 28,700 nanograms of plant

estrogen, while a 100 gram serving of beef raised with growth hormones has only 2.2 nanograms. Surprising, isn’t it? Studies have shown there are greater differences in hormone levels between the different sexes of cattle then there are between cattle raised with growth hormones versus cattle raised without growth hormones.

So, what exactly are these implants?

Implants are a tiny pellet that is inserted in the back of an animal’s ear which stays and releases a small amount of hormones each day into the animal’s bloodstream. Implants contain estradiol, progesterone, testosterone, or a combination of these hormones. In Canada, we are prohibited from using implants that are strictly testosterone based. The hormones that are released work in conjunction with the animal’s own natural hormones to convert feed more efficiently, produce a leaner carcass, and promote larger growth.

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Depending on the implant brand and type, it will last anywhere from 60 to 168 days. At this point, the implant is no longer effective, and depending on the animal’s age and stage of growth, it will either be implanted again or will be ready for processing.

There are many considerations the farmer must think about before choosing a type of implant. Implants are designed specifically for certain age groups, sexes, and breed types.

Cost is another factor that producers take into consideration, as the return of increased gains must be higher than the price paid for the implant and the labour needed to insert the implant into each animal.

Implants have been tested and found to be safe for humans by several food and drug agencies, including Health Canada, The World Health Organization, and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

To ensure farmers are following proper protocols, beef is inspected and tested by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. In Canada, the level of synthetic hormones that can be left in beef is zero.

Eating beef that has been raised with growth hormones is not something that should be feared. As consumers, we need to take away the power of companies trying to scare us into thinking that their product is better because it was raised a certain way. At the end of the day, it really is up to you to decide what you are putting into your body, and I don’t know about you, but some steak sounds pretty good right about now.

Inside Farming is a series of articles written

by Canadian Agricultural Communicators of Tomorrow (CanACT) members at the University of Guelph.

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CHAROLAIS

Success Left: Shae-Lyn Evans, Kenaston showed LAE Gypsy 251Z by CSS Sir Gridmaker 2W and her Merit Roundup 9508W heifer calf at side LAE Blitz 459Z to Grand Champion Female of the Saskatoon (SK) 4-H Regional Show at the Prairieland Junior AG Showcase July 5th.

Right: Judge Mike Howe named LAE Adelida Rose 304A

by Merit Roundup 9508W as the overall Reserve Grand Champion Female shown by Shelby Evans, Kenaston.

Above – left: Wyatt Ching of Rockglen won Reserve Grand Champion Heifer at the Swift Current (SK) 4-H Regional Show June 28 with Borderlands Lacy 13A by Sparrows Eldorado. Competing against 40 heifers, the judges were Karla & Lexi Hicks.

Right: Josie Rampton, Waldeck won Reserve Grand Champion Steer the next day with a Charcross that was also Reserve in the heavy class and sold for $2.80/lb. to Bob Sawatzky. The 137 steers were judged by Darby & Sarah Delorme.

Congratulations to Megan McLeod from Cochrane who had the Champion Steer at the UFA Steer Classic at Calgary Stampede. This 1316 lb. silver steer was selected over 70 other steers by Judges Lee and Dawn Wilson from Bashaw. This was the tenth show for this steer and he had only been beaten once.

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Left: A silver Charolais sired Charcross steer won the Whitewood (SK) 4-H Regional Show on July 8th. Shown by Devon Lamontagne, Wawota, this 1,420 lb. steer won over 48 steers as judged by Raymond & Barb Airey, Rivers, MB. In the sale he sold for $4.40/lb. to Prairie Livestock and Vern & Karen Hall, Moosomin.

Below: Chloe Woods won Reserve Grand Champion Steer with a Charcross steer.

Above - Top: Trinity Marshall, Enderby, BC, won Reserve Grand Champion Fed Calf at the Okanagan 4-H Stock Show held June 9-12 in Armstrong. The steer weighed 1,300 lb. and sold for $3.50/lb. to Shepards Hardware, Armstrong. 37 steers were judged by Keith Altwasser.

Bottom: Ashton Marshall, Enderby, BC, won Grand Champion Fed Calf at the Okanagan 4-H Stock Show held June 9-12 in Armstrong. 37 steers showed under Judge Keith Altwasser. Weighing 1,300 lb. the steer sold for $4.50/lb. to Mormac Investments, Vernon.

Keegan Blehm, LaRiviere, MB, won the Manitou Regional 4-H show July 7th with a Charcross steer. Weighing 1,450 lb., he topped 20 steers as judged by Jake and Allan Rawluk and sold for $3.30/lb. to ARK NewTech and Teemo Ent., Manitou.

A silver Charcross steer won the Carman (MB) 4-H Regional Show July 12th. Shown by Amanda McCullough, the steer weighed 1,350 lb. and sold for $3.60/lb. to Tri-Star from Carman. There were 25 steers in the show judged by Cody Allison.

Megan McLeod, Rocky View County, AB, won Grand Champion Open Division Champion at the Canadian National Junior All Breeds Show, August 16th in Bashaw with PZC TR Desirae 012, sired by CML Diablo 2X, with her heifer calf sired by Gerrard Pastor 35Z. The judge was Mark Kelly and the show had a total of 82 entries.

A 3/4 French, tan Charcross steer from Veronqic Lusson, of Clyde, AB, topped eight other steers and won the Clyde 4-H Carcass Competition.

With a final weight of 1,655 lb. the steer had an ADG of 3.67 lb/day, a carcass weight of 1,065 lb., 112 cm2 ribeye and graded AAA.

A purebred Charolais steer shown by Shawna Meier of Kerrobert, SK won Grand Champion honours at the Kerrobert Regional 4-H Show held June 4th. 32 steers were judged by Kurtis Reid and the steer weighed 1,160 lbs. and sold for $3.65/lb to Kerrobert Sand and Gravel. Danielle Meier of Kerrobert also had champion heifer with Tri-N Malibu 216A.

A Charolais sired silver steer won Reserve Grand Champion honors at the Maple Creek (SK) 4-H Regional Show held June 10th. The steer was raised by Brandon Waterman and competed against 46 steers judged by Kurtis Reid. The steer gained 3.97 lb/day on a coasting ration and weighed in at 1,390 lb. and sold for $1.85/lb. to Nilsson Bros. Livestock & Koncrete Construction.

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Above: A purebred Charolais steer shown by Marshall Prokuda, Glenevis, AB, won Reserve Grand Champion over 40 steers at the Stony Plain Regional 4-H show held June 3rd. The steer weighed 1,294 lb. and sold for $3.20/lb. to Roszko Farm Equipment, Mayerthorpe. Marshall also showed the Reserve Champion heifer.

Right: Sister Kendal Prokuda won the DG award with her purebred Charolais steer which weighed 1,369 lb. and sold for $3.15/lb. to Centurian Energy Services, Stony Plain.

Above: A silver Charcross steer shown by Serena Franc won Grand Champion at the Prince Albert (SK) 4-H regional show June 7th & 8th. Judged by Dennis Serhienko, the steer sold for $5.00/lb. to Sask. Rivers MLA Nadine Wilson, Fremont Trucking and Steve’s Auto Electric.

Keegan Franson won the Spiritwood (SK) 4-H Regional Show judged by Lance Leechman with a Charcross steer. Weighing 1,235 lb. the steer sold for $4.05/l to the Spiritwood Credit Union.

A 1,415 lb. Charolais sired, Angus dam silver Charcross steer topped 29 steers at the Red Deer (AB) District 4-H show. Shown

by Ward Marshall, Innisfail, the steer cut 64%, had an 89 cm2 ribeye, a 3.41 lb. ADG and graded AAA.

Left: Cassidy Serhienko, Maymont, had a Charcross steer top 75 others to be named Grand Champion the next day in the steer show. Weighing 1,356 lb. he sold for $6/lb. to Weaver Order Buying, Lloydminster and Bar SK Cattle, Lloydminster. The steer went on to be Reserve Champion at the Lloydminster Steer Classic.

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THE FOLLOWING IS AN ALPHABETICAL LIST BY FAMILY NAME, THEN FARM NAME OF ALL CURRENT MEMBERS WHO HAVE COWS ENROLLED IN THE WHOLE HERD ENROLLMENT (WHE) PROGRAM OF THE CANADIAN CHAROLAIS ASSOCIATION. THE LIST IS DIVIDED BY PROVINCE ALPHABETICALLY, SO YOU CAN USE IT TO SOURCE REGISTERED CHAROLAIS BULLS IN YOUR AREA. IF YOUR CURRENT BULL SUPPLIER IS NOT ON THIS LIST, YOU MAY NOT BE PURCHASING REGISTERED CHAROLAIS BULLS.

ALBERTA ACADIA COLONY FARMING CO. LTD. OYEN BABWIK, P & J LABYRINTH LAKE CHAROLAIS MILLET BAKER, LYNDA CANADA/ALTA LVST RESEARCH TRUST INC LACOMBE BIGNELL, LYLE & KENDALL BUFFALO LAKE CHAROLAIS STETTLER BULLICK, TIM PRAIRIE COVE FARM BOWDEN CASSITY, ELDON & MARILYN WEMBLEY CHAMBERS, BRADLEY LOMOND CHOMIAK, JOHN & CATHIE CHOMIAK CHAROLAIS MUNDARE CHRISP, BRIAN VERMILION CIRCLE CEE CHAROLAIS LAMONT CORPATAUX, GEORGE & URSULA SAN DAN CHAROLAIS FARMS ERSKINE CORPATAUX, JILL P. SAN DAN CHAROLAIS FARM ERSKINE DAVIDSON, DEAN XXX FARMS LTD. KITSCOTY DOWELL CHAROLAIS DIDSBURY EDMUNDS, KRISTEN OSSIM LIVESTOCK OLDS EHRET, JAMIE HILDA FANKHANEL, CANDACE FERINTOSH FANKHANEL, COLIN FERINTOSH FOAT, GENE & MIKE FOAT VALLEY STOCK FARM CARSTAIRS FOOT, TRAVIS FOOTPRINT FARMS ESTHER FORD, BLAIR & COLETTE THURSTON IRMA GALLELLI, RUSSELL GALLELLI CHAROLAIS CROSSFIELD GARNIER, GUS & YVONNE GARNIER CHAROLAIS MARWAYNE GERRARD, DAVE, TERRY & DORY GERRARD CATTLE COMPANY INC RED DEER COUNTY GIBB, DALE & DARCIE ALTA PRIDE CHAROLAIS CHAUVIN

109 403-664-2406 15 780-352-4982 114 403-392-0670 96 403-742-6792 7 403-224-3341 44 780-766-2887 35 403-792-2147 116 780-632-7108 81 780-853-2648 55 780-796-2108 184 403-742-3337 2 403-742-3337 208 780-846-2452 8 403-710-8651 5 403-335-9992 6 403-504-6265 5 780-877-2598 3 780-877-2598 105 403-337-2192 145 403-664-3167 3 780-806-4074 5 403-946-5953 51 780-847-2353 10 403-227-2503 24 780-858-2241

GIBBS, G.A. & CAROL GOLD IN BOULDERS FARMS ST LINA GOMKE, K. BORDER RIDGE FARMS HILDA GOOD, DON GOOD ANCHOR CHAROLAIS VERMILION HARABA, D. & L. VINCENT LAKE CHAROLAIS ST PAUL HARASIUK, GARY WHITE ROCKS CHAROLAIS CLANDONALD HARDER, JAMY & DOUG GRASSY KNOLL CHAROLAIS WANDERING RIVER HARVIE, IAN HARVIE RANCHING CO OLDS HATCH, KEVIN CALGARY HEINS, WES PETER HEINS & SONS LTD DIAMOND CITY HENDERSON, WARREN LITTLE VALLEY VIEW RANCH FORESTBURG HIRCH, REINHOLD & SHEILA ROLLING HILLS HOFER, EDWARD HIGH RIVER COLONY FARMING CO HIGH RIVER HOFF, JOHN BAR PUNCH RANCH LTD MEDICINE HAT HOLDSWORTH, JACK SULLIVAN LAKE CHAROLAIS CALGARY HUBER, BENJAMIN REDCLIFF HUNT, MARVIN SWAN VALLEY KINUSO JENSEN, SVEN WARBURG JOHNS, STAN, SKEELS & VYKKI LAZY S CATTLE CO RIMBEY JOHNSON, BYRON & BERNICE BIG JOHNSON CHAROLAIS AMISK JOHNSON, HERB BARRHEAD JORGENSEN, A. DALE/SALMON,JESSE CIRCLE J CHAROLAIS DEL BONITA DALE JORGENSEN FARMS DEL BONITA KAISER, BARRY KAISER CATTLE CO HUSSAR KENDZE, MARK & DEBORAH DEMARAH FARM BOWDEN

140 780-726-2579 22 403-838-2505 72 780-853-2220 34 780-645-4104 33 780-853-6513 17 780-623-1424 95 403-335-4180 9 403-829-5032 18 403-328-1946 80 780-582-2254 61 403-964-2202 10 403-333-5950 56 403-528-4150 76 403-249-3776 30 403-952-0187 25 780-775-2146 37 780-643-7265 26 403-843-6801 52 780-856-2175 42 780-674-5957 7 403-758-3726 84 403-758-6614 12 403-787-2489 19 403-556-7110

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KEVIN STEEVES, LAVERNE & DEB, MIKE, STEEVES FARM BLUFFTON KING, JARET DAPP KLASSEN, BRUCE & TINA DEWBERRY LABOUCAN, EVERETT EZ RANCH DRIFTPILE LAKUSTA, LORNE SPRUCE VIEW CHAROLAIS ANDREW LAKUSTA, SYLVESTER ANDREW LETNIAKS CHAROLAIS CONSORT LEWIS, SHELDON & BRANT CHAR-LEW RANCH PINCHER CREEK LITTLE, RUSSELL STONE CREEK FARMS ROCKY MTN HOUSE LOHUES, G. M. COYOTE FLATS CHAROLAIS COALDALE LUSSON, PHILIPPE VALANJOU CHAROLAIS RANCH CLYDE MAETCHE, D. & D. KEY FARMS OLDS MARSHALL, ALLAN FUTURE FARMS RED DEER COUNTY MARTIN, LEROY LEEMAR CHAROLAIS THORSBY MAUFORT, K SNAKE TRAIL CHAROLAIS PINCHER CREEK MCLEOD, ALLEN CLARESHOLM MCLEOD, MAURY & MARLA CLARESHOLM MEAKIN, W WRANGLER CHAROLAIS FARM WESTLOCK MCKEARY, R&M/BOUCHARD, KAREN & CHAD MCKEARY CHAROLAIS COMPEER MULHOLLAND, BOB MUNDARE MULHOLLAND, CAROL MUNDARE MURPHY, RAY BONNYVILLE MURRAY, GRANT WENDT & MURRAY FARMS LTD. LLOYDMINSTER MURRAY, LORI 7-F CHAROLAIS LLOYDMINSTER MURRAY, ROBERT LAKEVIEW RANCH MARWAYNE

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NELSON, ASHLEY HIGH RIVER NISH, WAYNE NISH CHAROLAIS CARDSTON O'NEILL LIVESTOCK RED DEER COUNTY PARKLANE CHAROLAIS THREE HILLS PARSONAGE, ARLANE M P & H RANCHING CO LTD RED DEER COUNTY PASCHKE, COREY & ANNA FERN CREEK CHAROLAIS PINCHER CREEK PHILLIPS, KASEY KAY-R CHAROLAIS WASKATENAU PITTMAN, GLEN MILK RIVER PRATT, FRANK & RUTH PRATT RANCHES LTD. HIGH PRAIRIE PREDIGER, RON & JOAN CENTRAL ALBERTA CHAROLAIS PONOKA PROKUDA, DAVID & KRISTINA PRO-CHAR GLENEVIS RASMUSSEN, H & J MEN IN BLACK RED DEER COUNTY RASMUSSEN, HENRIK & JERALYN HEJ CHAROLAIS RED DEER COUNTY RASMUSSEN, MARINA RED DEER COUNTY RASMUSSEN, PAUL EDMONTON RAWE, DAN W. TRIPLE AAA CHAROLAIS ASHMONT RAWE, JOHN & MYRNA RAWES RANCHES LTD. STROME REESE, BARRY & SIMONE REESE CATTLE CO. DIDSBURY RETZLAFF, RALPH SADDLERIDGE LAND & CATTLE LTD ROSEMARY ROBBINS, ALVIN A & L ROBBINS RANCHING LTD. PINCHER CREEK ROSS, RICHARD & LINDA GENESIS LIVESTOCK INT. LTD. CROSSFIELD SCHWEITZER, R. LAZY S CHAROLAIS BEAVERLODGE SHUTTLEWORTH, DARRYL G AIRDRIE SHUTTLEWORTH, GRANT ROCKY VIEW COUNTY SHUTTLEWORTH, WAYNE ROCKY VIEW COUNTY SILBERNAGEL BAR 7 EASY RANCH BOWDEN SMITH, RICHARD G. BE-RICH FARMS KITSCOTY

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SODERGLEN RANCHES LTD AIRDRIE SPADY, BARRY HENRY CASTOR STACH FARMS LAMONT STEWART, GEORGE W MAPLE LEAF CHAROLAIS FALUN STEWART, TOM E & CAREY L MAPLE LEAF CHAROLAIS FALUN SWENSON, BILL RAINER TAMS, BEN AND CAROL THISTLE RIDGE RANCH TABER TAYLOR, HAROLD & GEORGINA POPLAR BLUFF STOCK FARM CHAUVIN TAYLOR, JOHN POPLAR BLUFF STOCK FARM CHAUVIN TELLIER, LUC TELLIER BAR LD RANCH BONNYVILLE THURSTON, GORDON & LEONE IRMA TURNBULL, CURTIS R TURNBULL CHAROLAIS PINCHER CREEK VAAGE, DARREL, ALVIN & MARV SNAKE VALLEY FARM LTD CHAMPION VIKSE, DAVE & TRACEE VIKSE FAMILY FARM DONALDA VOSSLER, CRAIG VOSSLER LIVESTOCK IRVINE WAGSTAFF, QUINN DESERTLAND CATTLE COMPANY LTD SEDALIA WALGENBACH, RHONDA,TROY & DIANNA LEGACY CHAROLAIS BOTHA WELSH ROCKY CREEK CHAROLAIS STRATHMORE WHITE HEATHER CHAROLAIS CROSSFIELD WILKIE, CLIFFORD ENDIANG WILLIS, LEVI AUSTIN BEAVERLODGE WINSNES, WILLIAM & CHRISTA RYLEY WIRSTA, JANICE & KEVIN K-COW RANCH ELK POINT WUNSCH, RANDY RANAMAN RANCH TROCHU WYATT, NEELTJE & PETER WYATT FARMS ARROWWOOD ZIMMER, BRUCE & GRACE STROME

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ALTWASSER, KEITH & CHERYL ALTWASSER CHAROLAIS LUMBY

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BOLIN, G & L BAR B CHAROLAIS CECIL LAKE DONALSON & FAMILY, ROB & PAT BRADNER FARMS ABBOTSFORD DRSCHIWISKI 8 WAY CHAROLAIS CECIL LAKE DRY CREEK RANCH CECIL LAKE DUNBAR & SONS, DARWIN & EILEEN GROUNDBIRCH GIDDINGS BROS TELKWA HOLLAUS, ADOLF LANGLEY MILES, ROBERT SEVEN QUARTER CIRCLE CHAROLAIS WILLIAMS LAKE MILES JR, ROBERT WILLIAMS LAKE PAGE, TATE & KOLBY TK CATTLE CO VANDERHOOF PALMER, BEE & LARRY BURNS LAKE REMPEL, JAKOB & VIKTOR REMPEL FARMS LTD GROUNDBIRCH ROSE/SHANE, KEN/KATHY SOUTHSIDE CHAROLAIS BURNS LAKE SCHLEPPE, DAN ROSEBUD CREEK CHAROLAIS DAWSON CREEK SPRINGSIDE FARMS SALMON ARM STOWARDS, ROB & TINA RRTS CHAROLAIS ARMSTRONG WILLIS, JEREMY CLINTON WILLIS, ROBERT L & E A ANCHOR RANCH CLINTON

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MANITOBA AIREY, SHAWN & TANYA/HARRY & JOAN HTA CHAROLAIS RIVERS ANGUS, WAYNE LAKE IN THE HILLS CHARO HAMIOTA BAYDUZA, ERNIE & AL BREEZY DAWN FARMS DAUPHIN BECKER, M. & D. RED DIAMOND CHAROLAIS WHITEMOUTH BERTHOLET, MIKE WHITE MEADOW CHAROLAIS PIPESTONE BREMNER, JACK BREMNER CHAROLAIS FARM DAUPHIN BULLIED & SONS, JACK HOLLAND BURNSIDE, CORY NEEPAWA CAREFOOT, KEVIN SCISSORS CREEK CHAROLAIS MCAULEY

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CAVERS, JEFF C2 CHAROLAIS LA RIVIERE CLINE, BRAD AND JUANITA CLINE CATTLE COMPANY BELMONT COOK, D TRIPLE C CHAROLAIS STEEP ROCK DEFOORT, GORD & SUE DEFOORT STOCK FARM CYPRESS RIVER DEVRIES, KEITH OCHRE RIVER DIGBY, BRIAN & ROBYN E. BENSON LONESOME EAGLE FARMS STE ANNE FORSYTH BROS CHAROLAIS ERIKSDALE GAUDRY, DALE & MELODY DMG CHAROLAIS BIRCH RIVER GERVIN, ALLAN & MICHELLE GERVIN CHAROLAIS VIRDEN GILLILAND, ROB SCARTH CATTLE COMPANY VIRDEN GRAYDON, CLIFFORD W WALKING PLOW CHAROLAIS WOODMORE GRAYDON, W. NEE-HI CHAROLAIS WOODMORE HAGAN, K K E H CHAROLAIS VIRDEN HATCH, ASHLEY OAK LAKE HATCH, TRENT OAK LAKE HATCH, TULLY J PLEASANT DAWN FARM OAK LAKE HINSBURG, EDWARD RAPID CITY HOPCRAFT, KEN & VONDA SUNNY RIDGE STOCK FARM WAWANESA HUDON, COLIN & DAWN F & F HUDON FARMS ROSSER HUNTER, DOUG & MARIANNE HUNTER CHAROLAIS ROBLIN JACKSON, CARMAN & DONNA HIGH BLUFF STOCK FARM INGLIS JACKSON, GLEN SINCLAIR JOHNSON, T & M TEE M JAY FARMS ASHERN KERR, ROBERT KERR CHAROLAIS VIRDEN KRAUSE, ROYCE, NOREEN, DARRY KRAUSE CHAROLAIS PORTAGE LA PRAIRIE MARCHANT, CLINT JAMES SILVER LAKE FARMS CARTWRIGHT

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MARTENS, B & E MARTENS CHAROLAIS BOISSEVAIN MCDONALD, BERT/JUDY J M B CHAROLAIS BROOKDALE MCDONALD, RON R & G MCDONALD LIVESTOCK, SIDNEY MURRAY, SCOTT WHITE PRIDE CHAROLAIS MELITA MYHRE, HANS MYHRE LAND AND CATTLE DAUPHIN NEUFELD & BECKER NEW ASPEN ACRES STEINBACH NYKOLIATION, MERVIN TRI-N CHAROLAIS LENORE ODOWICHUK, DARREN PRAIRIE VIEW CHAROLAIS SHORTDALE OLSON, JIM LEJ CHAROLAIS PORTAGE LA PRAIRIE PERIL, BARRY CONNECTION CATTLE CO. LORETTE PETRE, MILTON DAYBREAK CHAROLAIS WOODMORE PRESTON, JARED STE. ROSE DU LAC RAMSEY, WAYNE RAMMER CHAROLAIS CARDALE ROBERTSON, JACK & JUSTIN BAR J CHAROLAIS AMARANTH SPRINGER, D SPRINGER CHAROLAIS RANCH ASHERN STEBELESKI, DON & LILLIAN HAPPY HAVEN CHAROLAIS OAKBURN STEBELESKI, KEVIN OAKBURN STEBELESKI, KORY OAKBURN STEPPLER, DAN STEPPLER CHAROLAIS MIAMI TOMS, DONALD SUN DANCE CHAROLAIS AMARANTH TRIMBLE-OLSON, RAE LEJ CHAROLAIS PORTAGE LA PRAIRIE TROST, FRED ST AMBROISE VAN BUUREN, JENNA VAN BUUREN CHAROLAIS PIPESTONE WILKINSON, TYLER CATTLE LAC CHAROLAIS EDDYSTONE ZAMRYKUT, KAYLA RORKETON

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BOSS, ALLAN & INEZ RODNEY HILLTOP CHAROLAIS SPRING HILL CROUSE, BOYD R. LUNENBURG CO. HILTZ & FAMILY, TREVOR & PAULA AYLESFORD KNOWLES, RYAN & DAVID KNOWLES BROS CHAROLAIS HANTS COUNTY LANGILLE, KEN GOLDEN BROOK FARMS MALAGASH MACDONALD, RONALD WESTCHESTER REDDEN, JOSH PROSPECT CHAROLAIS FARM WINDSOR

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AITKEN, BRIAN BRIDOR MOUNT FOREST ALL GIRL ACRES OAKWOOD ARMSTRONG, BRUCE J WINDY LANE FARM CAYUGA ARMSTRONG, DONALD ARMSVIEW NEWBURGH ARMSTRONG, ELLIOTT CAYUGA BAKER, COLIN BAKER FARMS MADOC BAKER, JIM & SUSAN SUNRISE CHAROLAIS STAYNER BAKER, KEVIN & SHERRY BAKER FARMS MADOC BALDWIN, BARRY MELBAR FARMS AMELIASBURG BATEMAN, BOB & ARLENE LAND O'LAKES CHAROLAIS MADOC BELLHAVEN FARMS COLDWATER BLACK, K. BLACKBERN FARM FORESTERS FALLS

41 519-323-2538 12 705-341-0553 5 905-772-0472 14 613-378-0222 1 519-546-5587 1 613-473-2452 35 705-428-3205 24 613-473-2452 9 613-967-0075 48 613-473-4743 12 705-835-6675 57 613-646-2673

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What Will Drive The Next Cow Herd Expansion?

Dr. Kenny Burdine and Dr. Greg Halich, University of Kentucky

With cattle inventory at levels not seen since the early 1960ʹs and a massive corn crop in the bin from 2013, it seems appropriate to evaluate the future of US cattle numbers.

Numerous factors have affected cattle numbers over the last several years and undoubtedly those, and many more, will determine when we start to see expansion of the US cow‐herd.

The chart to the left depicts USDA‐ NASS January 1 beef cow numbers from 1920 to 2014. While there has been obvious variation in inventory from year‐to‐year, a clear upward trend can be seen from the 1930ʹs to the mid‐1970ʹs, followed by a sharp and then more gradual reversal that has continued until today.

When thinking about cow herd expansion, it important to note that no single factor drives an individual producerʹs decision to expand or reduce the size of their cow herd.

Producers respond to a wide array of market signals and operate within a wide range of constraints. The purpose of this article is to discuss some key factors that will likely impact producer decisions to expand their herds over the next few years.

Expansion Occurs at the Cow‐Calf Level: This should be obvious, but it is sometimes easy to forget that the beef cattle sector remains one of the most segmented in all of agriculture.

While there are examples of vertical integration in the beef sector, it is still primarily comprised of a large

number of independent operations and this is especially true at the cow‐ calf level. While feedlot profitability and retail beef prices are certainly important to the overall beef system, expansion can only occur at the cow‐ calf level. These factors only impact cow numbers when signals are sent back through the segmented beef system and cow‐calf operators choose to hold heifers. Collectively, it is the cow‐calf industry that determines the number of cows in production and the number of calves that hit the market each year.

Producers Respond to Profits, Not Prices: Often it is assumed that producers expand when prices reach a certain level, but this is an oversimplification. Prices donʹt tell us any more about profitability than oneʹs income does about their financial status. Costs matter just as much. While it is true that calf and feeder cattle prices are at historically high levels, it is also true that production costs have also risen dramatically. In order for the market to send an expansionary signal to producers, it is not enough that prices rise. Prices must rise by enough to translate to increased profits at the cow‐calf production level.

Breeding Stock is a Long‐term Capital Investment: Too often we discuss cow‐calf operations as though they make decisions year‐to‐year, when expansion decisions take a long‐term outlook. Cows are likely to remain in production for ten years or more. When a producer purchases additional bred heifers (or holds back their own heifers), they make an investment that requires multiple years to pay back. Ultimately, breeding stock is an asset that requires a significant upfront cost, yields a return over the course of some productive life, and then has a

salvage or cull value in the end.

Producers make this investment requiring some reasonable return over the course of that cowʹs productive life. Put simply, current profit levels matter, but long‐term profit expectations are what really drive the expansion decision.

Profit Expectations get "Bid‐into" Breeding Stock Values: In additional to the overall strength of the cattle market, another factor driving heifer values involves the capitalization of assets. While it is true that breeding stock is a long term capital investment, it is also true that the value of breeding stock is heavily influenced by profitability expectations.

When profitability in the cow‐calf sector increases, so does the cost of replacement females (and mature cows), as those heifers are likely to yield a greater positive cash flow over their productive lives. This is an additional reason why bred heifers are selling for so much more today than they were 5 years ago. The related impact on heifer calf values also has the potential to stall expansion as those heifers calves increase in value. The first expense of heifer retention is the value of the heifer that is not sold at weaning time.

Greater Risk Leads to Greater Return Requirements: Since breeding stock represent a long‐term investment, producers expand with an expectation of a positive return on this investment. Just like any other investment, producers will compare this expected return to that of other investments such as other farm enterprises, mutual funds, stocks, bonds, CDs, etc. They will choose to invest in their cow herd when the expected return reaches a suitable level for the amount of risk they perceive. Most producers perceive greater risk in livestock production continued on page 54

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than was present 10‐20 years ago as they have dealt with a lot of variability in both cattle and input prices. Higher perceived risk means that producers are likely to have higher return requirements for the next expansion phase than they did the previous one.

Cattle Compete With Other Land Uses: The last few years have done an excellent job illustrating a basic economic principle ‐ units of production are allocated to their most profitable use. In many states like Kentucky, we have historically run cattle and produced hay on ground that was suitable for row crop production. As the expected profitability of corn and soybean production increased over the last several years, much of this land has become increasingly attractive to grain crop producers. The result has been an increase in land rents (and land values), to levels that cattle production simply cannot compete with in many areas of the state. As a result, many of these acres were placed into row‐crop production.

Itʹs Easier to Covert Pasture to Row Crops than Vice‐Versa: Many have also speculated that as grain prices decrease and grain profitability declines, we will see conversion of row crops back into pasture. This is likely an oversimplification. While many of these acres came out of pasture pretty quickly, we are not likely to see them return with comparable speed. Pastures can be plowed under or burned down, planted in corn or beans, and harvested for grain within a growing season. However, re‐establishing forages takes more time. Also, land rents tend to be sticky and are unlikely to fall drastically in the next few years. Grain producers are still likely to be able to pay more than cattle producers for that ground, even at $4‐$5 / bu corn, especially when re‐establishment costs and timing are considered.

This potential for conversion is even more complicated when one considers capital investments required. As land was being 54

converted from pasture to row crop production, in some cases the fences were removed. Once those fences are gone, the cost of returning that land to pasture has been drastically increased. Much like breeding stock, fencing is an expensive, long term investment, that will only be made when investment in cattle and fencing is well justified by the market.

Profit Canʹt Make it Rain: Despite the attention given to loss of pasture ground to row crops, the single biggest factor that has driven the recent decrease in cattle numbers at the national level has probably been weather. Over the last ten years, most major cattle producing areas have dealt with drought at some point. At the time of this writing (April 2014), the Southern Plains (especially Texas) were coming off three very challenging weather years and much of the Western part of the US is under severe drought. Most cattle producing areas of the US have dealt with drought in recent years which has impacted their carrying capacity, forced them to sell off breeding stock, and increased production cost for remaining inventory.

There are Areas that Would Like to Expand, Weather Permitting: Given that so many areas were forced to reduce numbers recently, it is very likely that there will be interest in rebuilding in those areas once weather conditions improve. The best example is the Southern Plains where beef cow numbers in Texas are down 22% from 2011 to 2014, and where much of this ground is probably not well suited to row crop production.

While expansion has begun in some areas, it is very likely that other areas will follow suit when weather allows.

We Might Could Expand Fairly Quickly in the Early Stages: While heifer retention gets a lot of attention dealing with expansion, another factor worth consideration deals with the impact of the deep culling that we have seen in much of the US. We have actually seen increased heifer retention over the last several years, but this has not been enough to offset the reduction in beef cow numbers Charolais Connection • Fall 2014

brought about by higher than normal culling. As the herd shrinks, it tends to be less productive and older cows that are culled first. This culling pattern has also likely been amplified by extremely high cull cow prices.

Put simply, higher cull cow prices will tend to encourage producers to cull cows sooner, rather than later.

Given these culling patterns, it is likely that the average age of the US cow herd has decreased slightly over the past few years. If true, culling rates are likely to be lower once expansion begins. If decreased culling is combined with increased heifer retention, expansion may be more rapid that would have been expected.

Do We Have Farmers/Ranchers to Expand the Herd? The previous discussion so far has assumed that farmers/ranchers are there at the ready to expand when conditions improve. However, there is growing concern that fewer and fewer of the next generation are willing to take on the challenges and opportunities of raising cattle. It is relatively easier for fewer grain farmers to get bigger to make up for fewer numbers compared to cattle farmers. One of the main reasons for this deals with renting land that is scattered and non‐contiguous. The additional management cost of farming two hundred acres in four parcels vs. one parcel is reasonably low for a grain farmer. For a cattle farmer, it will involve almost four times as much work. It takes almost the same amount of time to check on 25 cows compared to 100 cows in one location. Grain farmers only spend a few days on each parcel of land each year, while cattle farmers need to be out there every week. This dynamic makes is difficult for cattle farmers to rent multiple tracks that are not contiguous. In most of the US, land tends to be broken into smaller parcels over time, further exacerbating this problem. The end result of fewer cattle farmers coming up through the ranks and a decrease in large tracks of land suitable for cattle will make it more difficult to expand the cattle herd in the future.

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October 28 – 30 Prairie Cove Excellence Online Sale, on Cattle In Motion

December 9 No Borders Select Sale, 1:00 p.m, Heartland Livestock, Virden, MB

November 4 – 9 Farmfair International, Northlands Park, Edmonton, AB (A BOSS Show)

December 11 Alberta Charolais Association AGM, 4:00 p.m., Red Deer (AB) Westerner

November 6 Canadian National Sale, 6:00 p.m., Manitoba Livestock Expo, Brandon, MB

December 11 & 12 Alberta Charolais Select Show & Sale, Red Deer (AB) Westerner

March 20 12th Annual Family Tradition Bull Sale, 2:00 p.m., Rolling D Charolais, Dropmore, MB

December 15 Sandan Charolais Winter Calving Dispersal, 1:00 p.m., at the farm, Erskine, AB

March 21 Pleasant Dawn Charolais 13th Annual Bull Sale, 2:00 p.m., Heartland Livestock, Virden, MB

November 7 Royal Agricultural Winter Fair, 11:30 a.m., Exhibition Place, Toronto, ON (A BOSS Show)

December 17 Wood River Charolais/Blake’s Red Angus Fantastic Female Sale II, 1:00 p.m., Johnstone Auction Mart, Moose Jaw, SK

March 24 Steppler Farms 4th Annual Bull Sale, 1:00 p.m., at the farm, Miami, MB

November 15 Bar Punch Ranch “The Final Roundup” Full French Cowherd Dispersal Sale, 1:00 p.m., Olds (AB) Cow Palace

December 17 White Cap Charolais/Howe Red Angus Female Sale, 5;00 p.m., Johnstone Auction Mart, Moose Jaw, SK

November 18 Acadia Colony Charolais & Angus Bull Sale, 1:00 p.m., at the farm, Oyen, AB

December 18 Char‐Maine Ranching 10th Annual Charolais Bull Sale, 1:00 p.m., Southern Alberta Livestock Exchange, Fort McLeod, AB

November 7 Canadian National Charolais Show, 1:00 p.m., at Manitoba Livestock Expo, Brandon, MB (A BOSS Show)

November 22 Hicks Charolais Reduction Sale, 1:00 p.m., Carson’s Sale Barn, Listowel, ON November 27 Canadian Western Agribition Charolais Sale, 3:30 p.m., Auditorium, Evraz Place, Regina, SK November 28 Canadian Western Agribition Charolais Show, 2:30 p.m., Stadium, Evraz Place, Regina, SK (A BOSS Show) December 2 Breezy Dawn Farms Complete Dispersal, 1:00 p.m., Ste. Rose (MB) Auction Mart

2015 February 17 Rawes Ranches Ltd. 32nd Annual Performance Tested Charolais Bull Sale, at the ranch, Strome, AB February 25 Beck Farms & McCoy Cattle Co. Bull Sale, 1:00 p.m., at Beck Farms, Milestone, SK March 2 Palmer Charolais with Nielson Land & Cattle Co. 4th Annual Bull Sale, 1:30 p.m., at the Palmer farm, Bladworth, SK

Charolais Connection • Fall 2014

March 10 McTavish Charolais 4th Annual Charolais & Red Angus Bull Sale, 1:00 p.m., at the farm, Moosomin, SK March 13 A. Sparrow Farms Bull Sale, 2:00 p.m., at the farm, Vanscoy, SK March 19 13th Annual Diamond W Charolais, Red & Black Angus Bull Sale, 1:00 p.m., Minitonas, MB

March 25 HTA Charolais & Guests Bull Sale, 1:00 p.m., Neepawa, MB March 26 Elder Charolais 5th Annual Bull Sale, 1:00 p.m., at the farm, Coronach, SK March 28 Wilgenbusch Charolais 4th Annual North of the 53rd Bull Sale, 1:30 p.m., at CSS Charolais, Paynton, SK April 6 Wilgenbusch Charolais 12th Annual North of the 49th Bull Sale, 1:00 p.m., at the farm, Halbrite, SK April 7 Cedarlea Charolais & Windy Willows Angus Bull Sale, 1:00 p.m., Windy Willows Farm, Hodgeville, SK April 9 9th Annual Size Matters Bull Sale, 1:30 p.m., at Sliding Hills Charolais, Canora, SK April 18 Cornerstone Bull & Female Sale, 1:30 p.m., Whitewood (SK) Auction Mart

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Advertisers Index Acadia Colony Farming Co. Ltd. ................27

Footprint Farms ..........................................56

Palmer Charolais ....................................18,60

Alberta Charolais Association ....................32

4-G Charolais Ranch....................................59

Parklane Charolais ......................................57

Amabec Charolais ......................................58

Future Farms ..............................................56

Patton Charolais..........................................59

Anchor J Charolais ......................................56

Gerrard Cattle Co. ......................................56

Phillips Farms ..............................................60

Arntzen, Dean ............................................55

Gilliland Bros. Charolais..............................59

B Bar D Charolais ........................................58

Good Anchor Charolais ..............................56

Baker Charolais ..........................................58

GRP Ltd. ......................................................55

Bar B Charolais ..........................................36

H.S. Knill Company Ltd. ..............................55

Bar H Charolais............................................59

Happy Haven Charolais ..............................57

Bar Punch Ranch ....................................28,56

Hard Rock Land & Cattle Co.......................57

Bar 7 Easy Charolais ..................................56

Harvie Ranching ........................................56

Prairie View Charolais ................................58

Beau Char Charolais....................................56

HEJ Charolais ..............................................56

Pro-Char Charolais ......................................57

Beck Farms ............................................59,IBC

Hicks Charolais ......................................21,58

Qualman Charolais ....................................60

Be-Rich Farms ..............................................56

High Bluff Stock Farm..............................5,57

Rawes Ranches ......................................17,57

Blackbern Charolais ....................................58

Holk Charolais ............................................56

Rebuild with Steel ......................................55

Bo-Jan Enterprises ......................................59

Horseshoe E Charolais ................................59

Reykdal Farms Charolais ............................58

Bova-Tech Ltd. ............................................55

HTA Charolais Farm ................................3,57

Rollin’ Acres Charolais ................................59

Bow Valley Genetics Ltd. ............................55

Hunter Charolais ........................................57

Breezy Dawn Farms ....................................28

JMB Charolais ............................................57

Bricney Stock Farms ....................................59

Johnstone Auction......................................55

Bridor Charolais ..........................................58

Jordan River Charolais ..........................23,59

Brimner Cattle Company ......................11,59

Kaiser Charolais Farm ................................56

Buffalo Lake Charolais ..............................56

Kanewischer, Jerry ......................................55

By Livestock ......................................21,28,39

Kay-R Charolais ..........................................56

Scarth Cattle Co. ........................................58

Canadian Charolais Association............47-52

KCH Charolais..............................................57

Serhienko/Voegeli Cattle Co. ....................60

Carey, Brent ................................................55

Kirlene Cattle ..............................................58

Sharodon Farms ..........................................59

Cedardale Charolais....................................58

La Ferme Patry de Weedon ........................59

Skeels, Danny ..............................................55

Cedarlea Farms..............................................7

Land O’ Lakes Charolais..............................58

Sliding Hills Charolais ............................23,60

Charla Moore Farms ..................................59

Langstaff Charolais ....................................58

A. Sparrow Farms ......................................IFC

Char-Maine Ranching ............................29,56

Laurel Creek Ranch ....................................60

Sproule Charolais ........................................57

Charolais Journal ........................................55

Leemar Charolais ........................................56

Charworth Charolais Farms ........................56

LEJ Charolais................................................58

Chomiak Charolais ....................................56

Lindskov-Thiel Charolais Ranch..................60

Circle Cee Charolais Farms..........................56

M & L Cattle Co. ..........................................58

Cougar Hill Ranch ......................................59

Mack’s Charolais..........................................58

Creek’s Edge Land & Cattle Co. ............25,59

Maple Leaf Charolais ..................................56

C2 Charolais ................................................57

Martens Cattle Co. ......................................60

Sunrise Charolais ........................................59

Davis-Rairdan ..............................................55

Martens Charolais ......................................58

T Bar C Cattle Co. ..................................14,27

Diamond K Cattle Co. ................................33

McAvoy Charolais Farm ..............................60

Temple Farms ..............................................60

Diamond W Charolais............................23,59

McKay Charolais..........................................58

Thistle Ridge Ranch ....................................57

Diana’s Monogramming ............................37

McKeary Charolais ......................................56

Transcon Livestock Corp. ............................55

Dorran, Ryan ..............................................55

McLeod Livestock........................................55

Tri-N Charolais ............................................58

Double L Ranch ..........................................56

McTavish Charolais ................................13,60

Turnbull Charolais ......................................57

Double P Stock Farms ................................57

Medonte Charolais ....................................58

Dubuc Charolais ..........................................59

Miller Land & Livestock ..............................58

Dudgeon-Snobelen Land & Cattle ............58

Murphy Livestock........................................57

Eaton Charolais ..........................................60

Mutrie Farms ..............................................60

Elder Charolais Farms ............................15,59

Myhre Land and Cattle ..............................58

Ericson Livestock Services ..........................55

Nahachewsky Charolais ..............................60

Ferme Palerme ............................................59

Norheim Ranching ......................................55

Wilgenbusch Charolais ......................60,OBC

Fischer Charolais ........................................56

Northlands ..................................................36

Wilkie Ranch ..............................................57

Fleury, Michael ............................................55

P & H Ranching Co. ....................................57

Winters Charolais........................................59

Foat Valley Stock Farm ..............................56

Packer Charolais..........................................58

Wrangler Charolais ....................................57

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Pleasant Dawn Charolais ........................9,58 Poley, Chris ..................................................55 Potter Charolais ..........................................59 Prairie Cove Consulting ..............................55 Prairie Gold Charolais ................................60

RRTS Charolais ............................................57 Saddleridge Charolais ................................57 Sandan Charolais Farms ........................14,57 Saskatchewan Charolais Association ........40 Saunders Charolais......................................59

Spruceview Charolais..................................57 Stephen Charolais Farm..............................60 Steppler Farms Ltd. ................................6,58 Stock, Mark ................................................55 Stockmen’s Insurance..................................55

Valley Auction ............................................37 Western Litho..............................................56 Whiskey Hollow Cattle Company ..............59 White Cap Charolais ..................................60 White Heather Charolais ............................57

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