American Red Angus Magazine: December 2016

VOLUME 52, NUMBER 10

DECEMBER 2016

Have a blessed

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HERD STAYABILITY Beckton is the #1 Herd in the breed for Stayability, and has been for many years. 43 of the top 50 sires in the breed for Stayability EPD are Beckton sires or descended from Beckton sires including 15 of the top 20. High reproduction rate and cattle that work for their owners, rather than the other way around. These are the cattle that stay in your herd.

LOW MAINTENANCE ENERGY This has also been the #1 Herd for Low Maintenance Energy requirements for many years. 6 of the top 20 sires in the entire breed for lowest Maintenance Energy EPD are Beckton sires. No other cattle will do a better job cutting you cowherd feed requirements and saving you money.

EASY CALVING The #1 Herd for easy calving, with the best average Calving Ease EPD of any major herd. 13 of the top 20 sires in the breed for low Birth Weight EPD are Beckton sires. No other genetics come close.

Thank you to all of our 2016 customers and may you have a healthy and prosperous New Year!

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GROWTH from Birth to Market Beckton bulls are leaders in total rate of growth, from birth to market weight. The average birth weight EPD of our sale bulls last year was minus 4.0, and the average yearling weight EPD is plus +80. Beckton cattle start with low birth weight and reach a high market (yearling) weight quickly – for quicker marketability and less cost to market.

The new HERD-BUILDER Index recently developed and implemented by the Red Angus Association combines economically relevant EPD’s (maternal, growth and carcass traits as well as fertility), and weights each EPD for its contribution to overall herd profitability. Designed for commercial producers retaining replacement heifers, this single index measure compares and ranks all Red Angus sires in the breed, to provide a single measure of expected profitability for every sire compared to all other Red Angus sires.

41 of the 50 highest ranking sires on the Red Angus Herd Builder Index are Beckton sires or descended from Beckton sires, including 16 of the top 20.

Miles and Miles of Red Angus Add Profit to Texas Ranch ...36

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Board Commentary

RAAA Board of Directors President Bob Morton Three Forks, Montana info@gmracattle.com

First Vice President/ Area 3 Director - Rocky Mountain Kevin Miller Briggsdale, Colorado kmiller@wigginstel.com Region A Director Chuck Feddes Manhattan, Montana feddesredangus@gmail.com Region B Director Connie Mushrush Strong City, Kansas redcows@mushrushredangus.com Region C Director/Treasurer Johnny Rogers Roxboro, North Carolina jrrogers1968@gmail.com Area 1 Director - West Sam Lorenzen Bend, Oregon lorenzensam@gmail.com Area 2 Director - Montana Bruce Ketchum Plevna, Montana ketchum@midrivers.net Area 4 Director - Southwest Kyley DeVoe Justin, Texas kyley@3klandandcattle.com Area 5 Director - Northern Plains/ Board Secretary Steve Koester Steele, North Dakota koester@bektel.com Area 6 Director - Great Plains Newley Hutchison Canton, Oklahoma newley@chainranch.com Area 7 Director - Northeast John Langdon Benson, North Carolina johnlangdon5@gmail.com Area 8 Director - Southeast Raymond Prescott Gray Court, South Carolina bullhill2@prtcnet.com Area 9 Director - Midwest Stuart Gilbert Stockport, Iowa redcowrelocators@gmail.com

by Raymond Prescott, Area 8 – Southeast Director

Investing in JRA Today Secures Our Future Calving season is one of the most anticipated times of the year to me, and as I ride through the pasture this morning looking for the first calf of the season, my thoughts turn to the parallels between young people and baby calves.

I’ve just become an “empty nester” and the first similarity that I’ve noticed is that neither kids nor calves stay young for very long. That fragile baby calf that struggles today to stand and nurse, will be out on its own a year from now and possibly having its own progeny in two years.

Thankfully, children don’t grow up quite that quickly, but they grow quite fast enough, and it is extremely important to invest time and resources in them while they are young.

No doubt that for the newborn calf every day is a classroom, learning about the environment, how to find food, comfort and safety. The calf is born with part of the knowledge it needs – its instincts – but it learns a lot from its mother and from other cows.

And, while this may sound scary, we all should realize that someone is watching us. I’m not talking about aliens, stalkers or government spies. I’m referring to young people everywhere who look to adults as role models of how to live in our environment. We have a responsibility to our young people, not just to leave this world better than we found it, but also to prepare them to thrive here as well.

themselves, but also to take the Red Angus message to young people all over the nation. By holding educational meetings and activities in their respective regions, the JRA Board is able to come in contact with more of our 800-plus junior members and build awareness for the beef industry.

Our five JRA directors are super individuals and together they make a great team, but they cannot accomplish this task alone. Volunteer leaders play a vital role in helping JRA members prepare to be future leaders and “agvocates” as well.

The Red Angus Foundation also provides assistance to our juniors with resources and funding of scholarships, travel assistance and other training programs.

As you can see, there are countless opportunities for making an investment in our young people and preparing them for the future world of agriculture. If you are not already involved in a state or regional junior Red Angus program, contact Kim Heller, junior programs coordinator, at kim@redangus.org to inquire how you can be a part of working with the tremendous young people that are involved with Red Angus cattle. Whether you are best suited to offer time, talents, resources or all of the above, I encourage you to get involved with these great, young Red Angus enthusiasts. You will be glad that you did and they will keep you young! n

The Junior Red Angus Association of America has a goal of equipping and preparing all JRA stakeholders to be leaders, innovators, stewards and advocates for the Red Angus breed, the beef industry and agriculture.

Our JRA Board members work throughout the year to not only develop as leaders

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Association Commentary

RAAA National Office

4201 N. Interstate 35 Denton, TX 76207 (940) 387-3502 • Fax (888) 829-6069 Email: info@redangus.org RedAngus.org

RAAA National Staff Chief Executive Officer Tom Brink Ext. 4 • tombrink@redangus.org

Director of Breed Improvement Larry Keenan Ext. 12 • larry@redangus.org Accounting Director Jeanene McCuistion Ext. 11 • jeanene@redangus.org

Director of Commercial Marketing Gary Fike Ext. 20 • gary@redangus.org Commercial Marketing Programs Coordinator Harold Bertz Ext. 19 • harold@redangus.org

Commercial Marketing Specialist Katie Ochsner Ext. 16 • katieochsner@redangus.org Tag Program Coordinator and Member Services Specialist Chessie Mitchell Ext. 2 • chessie@redangus.org

ARA Publisher/Advertising Director Kevin LeMaster (515) 225-0051 • kevin@redangus.org ARA Editorial Coordinator Tracey Koester tracey@redangus.org

Communications Coordinator Beth Gaines Ext. 17 • beth@redangus.org

Junior Programs Coordinator Kim Heller (515) 851-2019 • kim@redangus.org

Database and Registration Consultant Kenda Ponder Ext. 15 • kenda@redangus.org Member Accounts Charli Crawford Ext. 3 • charli@redangus.org

Registry & Office Manager Angelia Brooks Ext. 5 • angelia@redangus.org Assistant Registry Manager Lori Ireland Ext. 18 • lori@redangus.org

Registry Specialists Fax: (888) 829-6069 Amanda Travis Ext. 6 • amanda@redangus.org Elizabeth Gamble/Lefebvre Ext. 8 • liz@redngus.org Registry/Accounts Specialist Heidi Henson Ext. 14 • heidi@redngus.org DNA/Breed Improvement Projects Coordinator Halla Pfeiff Ext. 10 • halla@redangus.org

by Tom Brink, RAAA Chief Executive Officer

The Future of Genetic Selection Incorporating DNA to Eliminate Low-Value Animals Beef’s Genetic History During the 1980s and 1990s, genetic selection in U.S. beef cattle focused primarily on obtaining MORE of the desired traits. This was especially true when it came to growth and size. We wanted heavier pay weights (a good thing), but for a while the industry let cattle get too big while pursuing growth.

Time and experience made us wiser, and so while we have continued to emphasize growth, the approach has changed.

The more recent past has been about finding outlier animals that grew rapidly to a year or 18 months of age, then slowed down and matured at an acceptable size.

Breeding such antagonistic traits into a single animal was not easy and took time to achieve. Now, however, we have become well accustomed to curve-bender bulls whose progeny grow fast early on, but mature at an average or below-average size. The industry now has many bulls (including many Red Angus) that excel at producing both steers for the feedlot and heifers for the replacement pen. We no longer need to accept a large mature size to get rapid growth. Nor must we tolerate slow growth animals to be assured of moderate mature sizes. That is quite a genetic accomplishment!

Along the way, breeders also successfully de-coupled birth weights and growth. It is now common to see bulls with good calving ease that still produce calves which are competitive in both pre- and postweaning growth. Not every bull available

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can do this impressive feat, but an increasing number are up to the task.

Here is a phenotypic attribute that has also seen great improvement in the past couple decades. Remember when finding sires with adequate depth and spring of rib was difficult? Twenty years ago there was no over-abundance of bulls that were deep ribbed and deep flanked, while also demonstrating that bold-sprung look most of us favor. Back in the day, deepbodied bulls were too often slab-sided and flat. In some breeds, pencil-gutted bulls were everywhere. Fast forward to today and this is not a problem. Lots of bulls are deep and bold in their rib shape, which provides a wider range of choices and frees us up to focus on other traits and characteristics we choose to work on within our breeding programs.

These are all examples of genetic progress that are real and tangible. Success came slowly, but it came nonetheless. And because of these efforts, we have a much stronger genetic foundation to build on in the years ahead.

Shifting from history to looking ahead, the next question logically becomes, “What path should our genetic improvement efforts follow during the rest of this decade and the next? What approach should we take to make further progress?”

Linear Trait Selection Not as Important Today First, the need to increase EPD traits like Weaning Weight, Yearling Weight and Milk in a purely linear fashion has decreased.

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Association Commentary Some cattle in the overall population still need more growth and milk, but the top end of the bell curve is pretty high for those traits already. A greater need in genetic selection going forward is to eliminate bottom-end performers. Diligently culling the low end of the bell curve for all important traits is, perhaps, the next big thing in beef cattle selection. Eliminating below-average animals and multiplying those ranking above average offers real opportunity, both genetically and economically. But how can we do that?

Cull Bottom-End Heifers in Every Way Possible This may not sound new, but the way we go about heifer selection is about to take a big jump forward. To explain, let’s look at the heifer culling and retention process as it takes place currently. Heifer selection is critical to herd improvement in seedstock and commercial herds alike. When it comes to picking replacement heifers, we are accustomed to culling the bottom end

for those attributes we can visually see and/or easily measure. We cull dinks, bad attitudes, along with heifers that have bad feet and legs and otherwise poor structure or phenotype. We cull heifers that ratio poorly in important trait(s). We cull heifers whose dams have bad udders, dams that calve late, or have other physical problems. In fescue country, we cull heifers that do not shed hair very well.

We might even cull heifers that don’t breed in the first 45 to 60 days of the breeding season. The list could go on, and there is no question that these culling decisions affect our long-term success. We need to keep diligently culling for these observable, physical traits, because we do not want to propagate any subpar genetics into future generations of our herds.

But our efforts should not stop there.

Though it is fairly new on the scene, DNA can also play a key role in this process by helping to identify heifers with poor genetics for the traits we cannot see. For ex-

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ample, suppose a group of commercial Red Angus heifers are tested with the Red Navigator DNA test and those heifers that rank in the bottom 25 percent of the breed for multiple traits are eliminated no matter how good they look. Heifers that rank low in only two or three DNA-quantified traits are given a pass, but those ranking toward the bottom of the bell curve in five or six traits are culled with no questions asked. Then, we apply our normal selection criteria to those heifers remaining in the replacement candidate group.

Would this be an effective way to incorporate DNA technology with visual appraisal in the heifer selection process?

YES, indeed. This combination will be an exceedingly powerful pathway toward genetic progress that avoids extremes.

Look for the most progressive producers in the business to rapidly engage this approach in the years ahead, while continuing to buy and use the best bulls they can find. n

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TRAIT

CED

BW

WW

YW

MILK

ME

HPG

CEM

STAY MARB

EPD

+10 .61

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+69 .80

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HB

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YW

MILK

ME

HPG

CEM

STAY MARB

EPD

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+63 .36

+107 .37

+25 .27

+0 .00

+13 .25

+4 .35

+12 .38

ACC

+0.99 .32

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YG

CW

REA

FAT

HB

GM

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Corporate Office Relocating to Denver Area in 2017 RAAA Announcement:

After a unanimous vote by its Board of Directors in October, the Red Angus Association of America will relocate its corporate office to the Denver, Colorado, vicinity during the first half of 2017. Plans for the new location are currently being finalized.

RAAA President Bob Morton said such a move has been considered off and on for at least a decade.

“Moving the office to a more geographically central location of the U.S. has been discussed since I started on the Board six years ago,” said Morton. “Plus, our building in Denton, Texas, is showing its age.”

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Morton explained, “We are in a financial position to make the move and believe the northeast Denver area will serve us well for decades to come. Denver is a well-established hub for the livestock industry and a great place to recruit talented people for our staff.”

CEO Tom Brink noted that a transition plan is in place, with Denton office staff a top priority in the relocation. “We want to see everyone land on their feet whether they choose to make the move with us or not,” he said. All of the Denton staff has the option to continue in their current roles at the new location.

“Some of the staff will be coming with us to the Denver area, while others may ultimately elect not to relocate,” Brink continued. “Either way, we will do everything possible to make the transition smooth for both our staff and for the Association. Business will continue every day up to and through the move.

There will be a brief overlap period during which we will be operating in both locations, old and new, to minimize any disruption to our operations.”

More information on the move to Denver will be provided to RAAA members in the coming months as additional details become available. n

Marketing Update

The first USDA Process Verified Program of its kind, FCCP has long been a leader in value-added marketing for feeder cattle and replacement heifers in the industry. FCCP-enrolled cattle are USDA age, source and genetic verified. This past year, over 160,000 head were enrolled in the program and RAAA noticed a 20 percent increase in enrollment from the prior fiscal year.

by Chessie Mitchell, Tag Program Coordinator

Looking Back While Thinking Forward

What’s that old David Lee Murphy song say? “It’s one of those things that gets sweeter with time.” The Red Angus Feeder Calf Certification Program may be 20 years old, but it is booming in the beef industry today.

My father-in-law always tells us, “Before you take that next step, stop and think about what we have done to get where we are today. All of the hard work, long hours and dedication that has gone into our operation to get us to this point is critical to embrace as me make our next decision.”

I guess the true meaning of that statement never really hit me until we started talking about growth and expansion. I think this is ever so true at RAAA. Presently we are experiencing growth and expansion in every aspect of our breed. Ranches are expanding to accommodate more Red Angus calves. The Red Angus membership is growing at an unprecedented scale.

Marketing programs are at an all-time-high enrollment rate.

Everything we look at shows a growth trend at Red Angus!

Allied Access In 2012, RAAA initiated a program called Allied Access to complement FCCP by assisting commercial ranches that capitalize on heterosis in their respective crossbreeding programs. Allied Access presents the same simple approach to age and source verification as FCCP but without the genetic restrictions for producers whose calves may be less than half Red Angus. We have seen a growth in enrollment in recent days. Here is yet another example where we have built on past thinking by our forefathers in our breed, and expanded the scope of our programs to meet the needs of our customers in the industry.

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Although my father-in-law reminds us of the past, he has always been a forward thinker – a visionary for the future while respecting history. I think this is exactly what the Red Angus marketing programs have done. We have envisioned 10-year goals for Red Angus through our Strategic Plan, made progress towards those objectives and innovated programs to assist our customers in reaching these milestones, all while honoring the leadership and vision of the founding members of this great breed. Red Angus has long been the leader in marketing in the beef industry because of this.

Let’s take a stroll down memory lane to fully understand just how we have reached this leading position in marketing within the industry.

FCCP Starting in 1994, the Red Angus Feeder Calf Certification Program was initiated to help commercial ranches add value to cattle as they navigate the supply chain. Members and staff wanted to find a way to increase value and recognition of the Red Angus breed in the commercial industry, all while adding money to the producer’s pocket.

Top Dollar Angus Let’s jump ahead to early 2016 when RAAA invested $ in an initial stock offering of Top Dollar Angus, Inc. Top Dollar Angus is a genetic-certification and valueadded-marketing company that assists producers with highgrowth, high-carcass-value Angus and Red Angus feeder calves. This investment brings faster rewards to cow-calf producers who purchase bulls with high-genomic merit and match those with good health management and nutrition programs. Once again, RAAA has expanded on our prior thinking in order to assist our producers. ®

I’m happy you took a moment to reflect on our history in the Red Angus marketing programs. It’s always nice to take a step back and look at the ideas that earlier leadership at RAAA have made in order to get us to this point in the beef industry.

We have made excellent decisions over the years to expand the critical mass of this great breed and assist producers in marketing their cattle.

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As 2017 draws closer, I am excited to think of what will come for Red Angus marketing programs and the producers who utilize these services. Happy Holidays! n

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Friday & Saturday May 5th & 6th ‘Sign In’ Tables Open from 8AM-10PM - Friday, May 5th 8AM-Noon - Saturday, May 6th Translators Available for our Latin American Friends Both Days Sale Cattle Viewing All Day Friday and Saturday AM

“UNIQUE” Red Angus cow with a Goodfella heifer at side. Fifty more like her with calves at side sired by Crush and Goodfella will be selling at the Jubilee

“DIAMOND C JUBILEE CELEBRATION” May 5th & 6th • 6 PM to 11 PM

• Socializing and Dancing to the Songs of the past with Disc Jockey - Jody Caudle • Food and Beverages Available • Announcement of Angus Champion of the World • r{ 5Ph D^dcW 2UaXRP] DPUPaX 2dRcX^] S^]PcTS Qh 4^\aT DPUPaXb QT]TocX]V cWT Junior Red Angus Association of America • Recognition of all past Diamond C Employees in Attendance • Silent Bull Auction (10 bulls) • Results of the Bull Auction (10 bulls) • A BIG celebration cake to show our appreciation to all our guest and to celebrate John B’s 70th birthday!

• Free shipping • Financing for all Jubilee Cattle is available through Lone Star Ag Credit, Stephenville, Texas • Cattle Insurance Available

JUBILEE ROOM ACCOMMODATIONS: May 4,5,6,2017

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Food and Beverages Available ALL DAY Both Days Freelance & CNN Roving Reporter’s “UNIQUE” is the one word that describes all successful pure bred breeding programs in all breeds. Diamond C Ranch and Northline Angus will offer to the Red Angus Industry the most “UNIQUE” Red Angus Cattle to ever sell. Whether you are a small Breeder looking to Produce the High Seller at your State Association Sale or a large breeder looking at ways c^ ZTT_ h^da QdhTa¬b bPcXboTS cWXb Xb _[PRT c^ QT c^ o]S h^da new “UNIQUE’ Red Angus Genetics.

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Ask for “Collier Jubilee Sale” when making reservation

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Member Services Update Many producers are preparing for various deadlines over the next few months. These deadlines could be reporting birth, weaning and yearling data which all impact sale catalog printing dates as well as sale day. Then after sale day, animals should be transferred within 60 days. With the planning in process to collect and report this data, let us help you.

If you know roughly when data will be collected or that a transfer will occur, set up a reservation number to obtain a rough completion date. This process allows for you to gain a place in line, while you make preparations to fully submit all data. This process is very similar to making a table reservation at a restaurant.

Under the Herd Management Tab 1. Create a group or select a default group of animals you are interested in.

2. My Reports – Highlight group and then select either SCDE Limited Version or SCDE/Pedgree.

• SCDE Limited Version – Only has two generations of the pedigree included • SCDE/Pedgree – Has five generations of the pedigree included 3. Download into the .csv or Excel format to view all information.

THR Fall Total Herd Reporting billing has been sent to those members that have a fall-calving herd.

Sale Catalog Data Extracts SCDEs are available for request, however there is an option within REDSPro to pull this information directly.

To request from RAAA, send an email to SCDE@redangus.org with a list of animals’ registration numbers to be pulled. Also, if a template is needed, please denote the template type you would like, Template A or B, within the email. To view the step-bystep request process, visit redangus.org/scde. Please allow for three business for the SCDE to be returned. To pull information directly, follow these brief steps.

Significant DNA Updates and Reminders Are my animals listed as “on file?”

Animals that have been requested for DNA testing must have a registration number submitted either at the time of submission for testing, or reported to the RAAA after the results have been returned to the member for the animal(s) to properly be reflected as such in the RAAA database as being on file. If you would like to have the animal reflect the testing completed, please add the registration number to the original results file sent, and send back to DNA@redangus.org for application of results to the RAAA database. This will become very important with the new bull requirement starting with the 2017 calf crop.

We have been partners with Zoetis since 2012, however a new process between Zoetis and RAAA has been implemented. This process now includes the evaluation and submission

of samples through the RAAA National Office. Samples were originally submitted directly to the Zoetis lab, but now samples will be required to be received at the RAAA, 4201 N I-35, Denton, TX 76207. This will allow for increased communication between the producer and RAAA regarding results and questions.

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How to submit a “Reservation Request” 1) Submit “Reservation Request” in writing, either via email, mail or fax.

2) Provide an explanation of what is to be submitted: Registrations, Transfers, Weaning or Yearling Updates. Include the approximate number of head and an approximate date the data will be complete and submitted. Reservations are only taken up to six weeks in advance. Do not request a reservation for work that will be submitted more than six weeks later.

3) Send request to appropriate email address.

Registrations, Weaning Updates or Yearling Updates: web.rrts@redangus.org Transfers: web.transfer@redangus.org 4) Once a reservation request has been received, a confirmation and “reservation job number” will be returned to you. Do not lose this number, as it is required to submit remaining data. If the reservation number is not included with the subsequent submission, a new job will be created and processed separately in date-received order.

The reservation number is critical.

5) Once you have completed your animals’ updated information, return it to the correct email, (listed above) and in the subject line include “Reservation job #000000.”

The submitted data will then be placed into the initial reservation file to be pulled in date-received order for processing.

If you have any questions about what will be accepted for reservations, please contact the office for clarification.

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Member Services Update visions, so make sure to download the new version for all future testing at redangus.org/genetics/dnatools/genetic-merit.

With this change has come a slight difference in the appearance of the Zoetis order form. To access the new order form please use the link at redangus.org/genetics/dnatools/genetic-merit.

Please be aware that the order forms between the two labs are different, and the respective order form must be used to designate which lab is to be used.

Payment of Tests Needed at Time of Submission Regardless of which lab is used, payment must be made at the time of submission for samples to be sent to their requested lab. Sending a check is the preferred method, however you can denote on the order form to call for credit card information. This does delay the submission process if payment is not received at the same time that the samples arrive.

GeneSeek has made a new product available. The product is called the uLD (Ultra-Low Density) test. This is very similar to the LD product, however it doesn’t include the two genetic defects, OS and MA. It will only include parentage and, of course, genomically enhanced EPDs. Due to the genetic defects not being included, the cost will be lower than the LD at $34/head. The GeneSeek Red Angus form has been updated to reflect this test along with a few other minor re-

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“FREE” straw ws of Blac B k Jeans semen are being offfe erred due to the fa act when processing his semen fo or International n shipment, the lab fo forgot to run one (1) test and proceeded o to put up 3,000 units nits of his semen. Faced with the h decision to throw his semen s aw way y or store it, Collier Diamond iamond C Ranch decided to offfe er it to ranchers in the USA fo or the cost of shipping and nd handling charges.

Thank Th ks to the h eigh i hty ht h -six i (86) rancher h s representing ti g seven (7) difffe erent breed ds or crossbreds (Registered Red d Angus was by fa ar the lea ader in request) who called to get their free straw ws.

1,720 are spoken fo for at time of RAA Magazine deadline dline 1,000 units are stilll av vailable Contact Diiamond C Ranch to take advantag a e of this offe er.

Minnesota Red Angus Association Great Northern Sale

December 17, 2016 McLeod County Fairgrounds | Hutchinson, Minnesota The Minnesota Red and Black Angus Associations are offering this elite female sale combining the best Red Angus and Black Angus genetics from across Minneosta.

This LSF Saga 1040Y daughter sells!

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Friday, December 16 Social & Banquet: 6 p.m. | Days Inn, Hutchinson, MN

Saturday, December 17 Sale Time: 12 Noon | McLeod County Fairgrounds For more information visit:

www.mnredangus.com This LSF Saga 1040Y daughter sells!

Auction management by:

Gilchrist Auction Co. Kyle and Lisa Gilchrist

A production of Star G Ranch, Inc.

14075 120th St. • Douds, IA 52551 Kyle: 641/919-1077 • Lisa: 515/669-9945 redcowseller@yahoo.com

View this catalog online at www.redcows.net

This Bieber Hard Drive daughter sells!

Zoetis Genomic Testing Now Available Through RAAA Distribution agreement gives breeders access to enhanced genomic testing

Zoetis and the Red Angus Association of America recently announced a distribution agreement between the two organizations. Red Angus breeders are now able to order the Zoetis HD 50KTM and i50K™ genomic tests, as well as tests for parentage and genetic conditions for seedstock animals directly from the RAAA. The RAAA will process orders, execute billing and submit samples on behalf of breeders to Zoetis for genotyping.

“We’re excited about the partnership with Zoetis and are looking forward to having them more involved in the Red Angus breed,” said Tom Brink, RAAA CEO. “We want as many Red Angus cattle as possible to be genomically tested as to further grow our base population. This is good for all Red Angus breeders.”

The agreement means a new process for Red Angus breeders to submit orders and

DNA samples for testing directly to the RAAA, as well as new billing procedures and a new order form.

progeny, daughter and carcass records contributing to its traditional EPDs. (Approximate progeny equivalents associated with accuracy of GE-EPDs powered

by HD 50K based on verified pedigree and HD 50K information.)

“This partnership between RAAA and Zoetis is a collaboration for dependable member service, further advancement of Red Angus genetics, and ongoing opportunities for innovation in cattle breeding,” said Kent Andersen, Director of Genetics Technical Services, U.S. CattleEquine with Zoetis. “Zoetis is pleased to offer Red Angus breeders and commercial users of Red Angus genetics another means to get more dependable genomicenhanced expected progeny differences (GE-EPDs) for the complete range of traits to make more profitable selection, breeding and marketing decisions.”

Red Angus breeders and their bull buyers can use GE-EPDs and parentage verification powered by i50K to help make more dependable breeding decisions involving young animals. This is especially beneficial for difficult, time-consuming and expensive-to-measure traits (i.e., direct and maternal calving ease, stayability, marbling). Early in life, more information about an animal’s genetic potential can be known than if that animal had 10 to 20

Knowing more, sooner, about an animal’s genetic potential helps breeders make selection, mating and marketing decisions with greater efficiency. Early on, breeders can more dependably know, for example, if animals should be selected to enter the breeding herd as replacement females, further developed and marketed as open or bred females, used as donor females in embryo transfer, or culled for feeding purposes. i50K also better guides decisions on whether bull calves should be performance tested and eventually sold as bulls for a variety of more clearly determined purposes, or castrated for feeding.

Zoetis i50K for Red Angus is available now. To learn more about i50K and how it can be used to help improve the accuracy, scope and profitability of breeding decisions – as well as ordering – contact a Zoetis or RAAA representative or visit www.i50K.com. ■

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"You Buy We Bid” Bull Sale

Tuesday, February 21, 2017

1:00 P.M. (MT) • AT THE RANCH • TIMBER LAKE, SD

SELLING

230 BULLS - 115 COMING TWO YEAR OLD BULLS - 115 YEARLING BULLS

60 Registered Bred heifers for Sale by Private Treaty

3rd Generation Bull Customer, Aberle Ranch Selling Steers at Mobridge Livestock

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JRA Update Tracking Red Angus EPDs in Action

by Kacey Koester, JRA President Have you ever wondered how accurate EPDs are? Those small numbers on a piece of paper that we use to make selection decisions on our cowherds?

The Junior Red Angus Association of America is very excited to start our new project, LiveWiRED – Tracking Red Angus EPDs in Action. Thanks to Penny, a purebred Gelbvieh cow, we have collected over 100 embryos sired by four different Red Angus bulls. Two bulls have sets of EPDs that lie on the high end of a bell curve (upper 25 percent). The other two bulls have sets of EPDs that fall on the low end of the bell curve (lower 25 percent). These embryos were implanted into recipient cows in mid-November and their progeny will be tracked from conception to harvest.

Over the lifetime of these calves, the JRA will be collecting data at various stages in their lives to determine the accuracy of the EPDs that are assigned to these calves. The JRA will be coordinating our national programs with events going on in the lives of the calves (calving, weaning, developing rations for the feedlot, etc.). We are very excited about this upcoming project and look forward to seeing the data and results this project unveils.

Don’t miss this unique opportunity!

Follow Penny and her progeny through this unique and exciting project. Become a follower of her blog on epdsinaction.blogspot.com to keep up with the action!

Young Stockman Program

by Genna VanWye, JRA Director and First Vice President The JRA Young Stockman Program will be held in conjunction with the Red Angus events at the National Western Stock Show in Denver, Colorado, Jan. 5 – 7. The schedule is designed to provide an educational opportunity for both exhibitors and non-exhibitors.

This conference will create a hands-on experience for juniors who are interested in learning more about beef production while gaining stockman skills.

Participants will also meet other Red Angus juniors, Board members and industry leaders from across the country.

This year, participants will take an indepth look at beef reproduction and good reproduction practices. They will have the opportunity to hear from industry leaders and engage in hands-on learning. At the conference, participants will dissect reproductive tracts, conduct a breeding soundness exam, design feed rations that enhance reproductive performance, load an AI gun, discuss EPDs and more.

The program will include a trip to Genetics West, a company that provides specialty veterinary services. At Genetics West, participants will have the opportunity to see the cow flushed for the

Engage with JRA! 2016-2017 Board

Kacey Koester, North Dakota President jrakacey@gmail.com Genna VanWye, Illinois jragenna@gmail.com

Joseph Groce, North Carolina jrajoseph1@gmail.com

Royce McPhee-Bayha, California jraroyce1@gmail.com

Savannah Howard, North Carolina jrasavannah@gmail.com Kim Heller Junior Program Coordinator kim@redangus.org

Website: redangus.org/jra Facebook: /JuniorRedAngus Instagram: jraassoc

LiveWiRED – Tracking Red Angus EPDs in Action project, learn more about the experiment and tour the facilities. Attendees will also have the chance to participate in some fun activities with their new friends.

If you are interested in beef reproduction, gaining hands-on experience, making new friends and having fun, check out the JRA Young Stockman Program. Young Stockman Program participants may apply for the Heather Presser Memorial Scholarship to assist with travel and registration costs. Registration and scholarship applications are due Dec. 1. For more information, visit redangus.org/juniors. ■

SAVE the DATES 2017

January 5-7 • Young Stockman Program and NWSS Junior Show in Denver February 15 • JRA Scholarship Application Deadline June 28-July 1 • Round-Up

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90 Bulls Ȋ 25 Yearling Heifers Ȋ 10 Bred Heifers Selling at the Ranch, Powers Lake, ND 1:00 p.m. CST

Reg. #1626723 Our herd sire, Loosli Right Solution 3071, was recently added to the Select Sires line-up for fall of 2016. He ranks in the breed’s top 1% HB and GM, as well as the top 15% for 12 different traits!

Herd Sire - Feddes Big Horn Z150 Reg. #1516301

Herd Sire - Larson Sun King 016 Reg. #1384618

Herd Sire - PIE Code Red 199 Reg. #1483973

Herd Sire -LSF SRR Jumbo 3104A Reg. #1623890

AI Sire - PIE The Cowboy Kind 343 Reg. #1651710

AI Sire - Andras New Direction R240 Reg. #1506922

Barenthsen Bullinger Red Angus Mark and Kathy Barenthsen & Family 701-464-5741 mkbar@nccray.com Jeremy and Jessica Bullinger & Family 701-464-4893 jbullinger@nccray.net

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Miles and Miles of Red Angus Add Profit to Texas Ranch

by Lindsay G. Allen for American Red Angus Magazine

The renowned Texas swing band, Asleep at the Wheel, sings a song about seeing “miles and miles of Texas” and that phrase could easily describe the view at Bar 7R Ranch. Vast space, picturesque scenes and grassland with Red Angus cattle are found on this north central Texas ranch. With the Red River backing up to the ranch’s property and row crops leading the way to the ranch’s entrance, it’s easy to get lost in the miles and miles of open land and enjoy the room to roam.

“The Pease River runs through my place. I need cows who can handle the river bottom and cover the terrain from the river back to the pasture, and Red Angus females do just that,” said Rusty Riddle, owner of Bar 7R Ranch in Vernon, Texas, and former Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association bareback rider.

Red Angus Transition Riddle, who grew up on a dairy farm, began ranching in the mid-70s with Brahman-cross and F1 cattle, along with other commercial females. In the late 90s, he bought some crossbred females and the purchase included Red Angus bulls. After the first calving season with the red bulls, Riddle saw

the value and was attracted to the breed.

“These calves did well and they adapted well, so I went and bought more Red Angus bulls. A few years later, I decided it was time to start the process of turning my herd into a Red Angus operation. We aren’t fully there yet, but we are close with only a few remnants of my original herd still in the pasture,” he explained, adding that Bar 7R uses only Red Angus bulls now.

Bar 7R keeps retains their own replacement females each year. In addition to the 300 head of mama cows, the ranch will run 2,000 to 2,500 stocker calves each year, too.

Rusty Riddle, former PRCA bareback rider, owns and operates Bar 7R Ranch, along with his oldest son, Caine.

Miles and miles of Red Angus genetics cover the Bar 7R Ranch.

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Miles and Miles of Red Angus Add Profit to Texas Ranch Tagging for Premiums In 2004, the ranch made another pivotal decision and that was to enroll in the Red Angus Feeder Calf Certification Program.

The program is one of the commercial marketing services through the Red Angus Association of America and it assists not just with the marketing of the calves, but also in acquiring premiums.

The FCCP is the beef industry's first genetic, source and age USDA process-verified program, originating two decades ago with over 2 million calves enrolled.

Plus, enrollment is free – the only cost is the 99¢ panel tag or $3 panel-EID combo.

The yellow FCCP ear tag verifies that the calf is at least 50 percent registered Red Angus bloodlines.

The 2003 Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy findings in the United States was a motivating factor in the initial purchase of FCCP tags for Bar 7R. Following the BSE findings, rules and regulations changed for beef producers, especially those who sell in an all-natural

buying, which the tags also provide. Buyers are looking for the yellow tags and they appreciate the FCCP certificate I hand over at the time of purchase,” Riddle noted. “Those who understand the meaning behind the tags are aggressive about seeking cattle wearing them.

The program requires cattle to be at least 50 percent Red Angus genetics.

Riddle's calves are all sired by Red Angus bulls and qualify for the FCCP tag.

market, like the majority of Riddle’s calves are marketed. Because the tags prove source and age of the calves, they were an easy fit and allowed Riddle to continue selling his calves as all natural.

“I have seen a premium every year, whether it’s feeder steers, replacement heifers or all natural. Breeders like to know the heritage of the females they are

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Between the two calving seasons at Bar 7R, over 300 calves will receive the valuable yellow tag each year and go on to receive the marketing help and prices after weaning and backgrounding.

“I think highly of this program – it’s why I have tagged my calves the last 12 years with the yellow tags,” said Riddle.

FCCP-tagged cattle have exclusive access to two grids – Tyson Fresh Meats’ Choice+ Premium Red Angus Grid and Greater Omaha Packing’s G.O. Red Grid.

These grids are prime examples of the partnership between the RAAA and the packers that result in helping producers get the most for their genetically superior cattle.

Miles and Miles of Red Angus Add Profit to Texas Ranch n’t take long for me to learn that Red Angus fit the mold and have the traits that buyers are looking for,” he said, “These cattle provide the carcass value the packers are looking for; they grade well with lots going Choice and Prime, and their carcass is the right size.”

Through the use of the FCCP tags, producers and feeders have the opportunity to market their calves through either grid.

Looking out at the pastures of cattle at Bar 7R Ranch, one will find a sea of red cattle with yellow tags. “The RAAA does a great job of promoting FCCP and educating buyers, but I also think it is my responsibility to advocate for and make people aware of the program,” Riddle continued, “If buyers don’t know what the yellow tags mean, then I can’t expect a premium.”

Riddle says that those aware of the FCCP tags are aggressive about buying cattle with the yellow tags.

Riddle noted that for the buyers who are aware of the FCCP, their desire to purchase calves with yellow tags is high.

Once others learn about the program and its benefits, they are attracted to FCCPtagged Red Angus calves that are tagged and become repeat customers.

tion associated with the tags. “It’s another market for us and one we hope to dip into soon. We have full confidence we can, because of our FCCP tags,” said Riddle, who sells all his calves private treaty.

Looking forward, Riddle knows the tags provide value in an international market because of the verification and informa-

Being in the stocker cattle business has led Riddle to shy away from the Brahman-cross calves he used to raise. “It did-

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The ranch sits on sandy soil next to the Pease and Red Rivers, so the Bermuda grass thrives along with the wheat and coastal grass that the cattle graze. Mama cows at Bar 7R live on the forage, except when calving season nears. All calves are backgrounded after weaning and put on wheat pasture for three to six months, depending on conditions and cutting season.

The ranch has two calving seasons, with the spring yielding the biggest crop.

Those calves are weaned around 7 months of age, while the fall-born calves are weaned around 8 to 9 months of age due to ample forage at that time. “I really think this is an ideal time to wean them.

Miles and Miles of Red Angus Add Profit to Texas Ranch â&#x20AC;&#x153;The size of the calf is right for taking them into a stocker program, sending steers to the feedlot or breeding the females after taking them off wheat pasture. It works really well for any scenario,â&#x20AC;? said Riddle, who aims to wean calves that are 50 percent of the motherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s body weight.

The Red Angus business is becoming a family business with his oldest son, Caine, working full time on the ranch and Riddleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s daughter and her husband have

Rusty and Dollie with their 3 grandchildren; the oldest is now trick riding too.

began buying their own Red Angus cattle for their Weatherford, Oklahoma, property.

Rodeo Tradition But the cattle business isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t the only thing that has been passed on in the Riddle family. Rodeo has been the way of life for both Rusty and his wife Dollie. They have passed that passion to the next two generations of Riddles. Dollie is the daughter of a rodeo stock contractor and used to trick ride. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I saw her riding on a Paint horse at a rodeo and knew I had to meet her,â&#x20AC;? Riddle recalled. Their daughter had a career in trick riding and now their 10year-old granddaughter has picked up the sport too.

Riddle was a professional bareback rider in the 1970s and the rodeo way of life has been passed down to his children and their children.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was working for a stock contractor and started riding some horses at his place.

One thing led to another and a few years later I was at the NFR,â&#x20AC;? he said of his rodeo career start. Their oldest son, Caine, is also competing in bareback riding and chasing NFR dreams like his father.

Riddle is best known for his bareback riding days, where he competed in the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo for eight consecutive years from 1972 to 1979, and finished second in the world for four consecutive years. He was inducted into the Texas Rodeo Hall of Fame in 2009, as well.

Red Angus genetics have found a home on this ranch and Riddle is just fine seeing miles and miles of red when he looks at his cowherd, and the positive impact to the bottom line that their yellow tags garner. â&#x2013;

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Producers frequently ask if DNA scores are truly predictive of phenotypic results. The table below presents a recent example in which IgenityÂŽ DNA scores accurately predicted carcass weight, marbling score and overall carcass value in a group of highpercentage Red Angus steers harvested earlier this year.

The cattle were raised and owned by Bob and Elaine Yackley of Onida, South Dakota, and fed at a custom feed yard. A total of 91 head of 2015-born steers comprised the group that was DNA tested with Igenity Silver and followed through harvest to obtain carcass data on each individual animal.

Next, the top 25 head with the highest DNA scores for Average Daily Gain (ADG) and marbling were compared to the bottom 25 head which exhibited the lowest combined DNA scores for the same two traits. Summarized results for the two groups are shown in the table at right.

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This comparative analysis reveals that the top-DNA-scoring steers produced heavier carcass weights as a result of faster rates of gain (21-pound advantage). They also had higher average marbling scores and higher quality grades, with notably more upper-two-thirds Choice grade carcasses.

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RAFI ‘Plants Trees’ for the Future

by Tracey Koester, ARA Editorial Coordinator

Consider the Chinese proverb, “One generation plants the trees; another gets the shade.” While the Red Angus Foundation, Inc. is not in the business of growing trees, its sole focus is to ensure a solid ‘root structure’ for the Red Angus breed and provide security and ‘shade’ for future generations of stakeholders.

RAFI’s mission is “to provide support that enhances the Red Angus breed and its stakeholders through investments in leadership development, scientific research and educational opportunities.”

Since its inception in 2010, RAFI is fulfilling its mission to enhance the Red Angus breed’s position within the beef industry, securing long-term sustainable growth. The Foundation’s goal is to develop tomorrow’s industry leaders, harness the best peer-reviewed science and technology, and seek opportunities to improve education and communication within the Red Angus community.

The Gardeners and Their Tools RAFI is overseen by a Board of Directors. For more information, please visit redangusfoundation.org.

Steve Newberry, President, Montana Judy Kay Ferguson, Vice President, Texas Esther Fischer, Secretary, Montana Ryan Ludvigson, Director, Montana Larry Daniel, Director, Georgia Raymond Prescott, Director, South Carolina Frank Wedel, Director, Kansas Tom Brink, RAAA Representative RAFI supporters may contribute in many ways: Cash Gifts When sending a cash contribution to RAFI, please include a short note designating either the Junior, Sal Forbes Research and Development or General Fund.

Memorial or Honor Gifts Gifts may be given in memory of or to honor a special person. Recognition of the gift (no amount disclosed) will be sent to the family or person notifying them of the gift. A form to establish a memorial or honor gift can be found at redangusfoundation.org.

The Seedling In 2010, the RAFI Board met at the National Red Angus Convention in Springfield, Missouri, and established fundraising goals. Red Angus believers showed their faith int he breed by generously donating auction items, aggressively bidding on those items and pledging additional financial gifts. At the conclusion of the Springfield Convention, RAFI had raised a respectable amount of funds.

Over the years, RAFI fundraising initiatives included the Tim Cox print, Where Change Comes Slowly, and the coffee table photo book, Red Angus Trails.

Establish a Scholarship A scholarship provides donors an opportunity to permanently leave their own Red Angus legacy, or honor or pay tribute to a Red Angus mentor or fellow esteemed Red Angus breeder.

Matching Gifts Many employers will match gifts to foundations for education or research. Contact the human resources department of your company to find out if your employer has a matching program and how to participate.

Planned Gifting A "planned gift" is a major gift, given in lifelong form or in death, that is a part of financial or estate planning. Visit with your financial advisor or attorney to help you decide the best path to follow when making a decision on planned giving to benefit RAFI and the donor.

Will/Living Trust – Include a bequest provision in your will or revocable trust. You control the property funding the bequest during your lifetime. At your death, RAFI receives the bequest you specified.

Securities – Securities may be a part of the planned-giving process depending on the donor’s wishes and financial objectives. A popular benefit of such a gift beyond the

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charitable income tax deduction is the avoidance of capital gains tax on the appreciation.

Real Estate/Real Property – Real estate and real property may be donated to RAFI. Items include farm or ranch, vacation homes, cash, art, copyrights, antiques, stock, jewelry or any item that has a determined value.

Donated Auction Items Supporters may also contribute to RAFI by donating auction items or opportunities such as pick-of-the-herd. Please contact any RAFI Director to express your donation intentions.

RAFI appreciates all contributions – large and small. If you would like a RAFI representative to contact you to visit about gifting options, please email info@redangusfoundation.org.

Contributors may send a check or utilize Visa, MasterCard or Discover options.

Please make checks payable to: Red Angus Foundation, Inc. 4201 N. Interstate 35 Denton, TX 76207

RAFI ‘Plants Trees’ for the Future Stakeholders have bid on various special-edition rifles, statues, paintings and commemorative items, and attended special RAFI dinners at conventions.

The walls of the Board room at the Red Angus Association of America corporate office in Denton, Texas, sport the brands of Red Angus breeders who paid for the right to burn their livestock mark and legacy into the wood.

Red Angus cattle have also played a role in endowing RAFI. At the 60th National Red Angus Convention in Lewistown, Montana, in 2013, organizers solicited six breeders to each donate one heifer calf, then sold limited raffle tickets to supporters. The goal for the “6 for 60” campaign was to raise $60,000.

At the 2016 Convention in Oklahoma City, Bieber Red Angus of Leola, South Dakota, donated pick of their bred heifers with funds designated for the Sal Forbes Research and Development Fund. Following spirited and active bidding, Gifford Leu, a commercial rancher from Sutherland, Nebraska, won the final bid at $43,000. Additional donated auction items bolstered the event’s efforts to over $51,000.

The Branches RAFI was organized under IRS code 501(c)(3), and therefore can receive tax-deductible contributions. RAFI is comprised of

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three separate branches – or funds – and contributors may specify which they wish to support.

The Junior Fund is a restricted fund, disbursements from which must support the Junior Red Angus Association of America’s annual budget and other approved Red Angus youth activities.

The “Sal Forbes” Research and Development Fund is a restricted fund designated to assist with scientific research.

Named for the RAAA’s first executive secretary and founding member, Sal Forbes, this fund grew out of donations to honor Mrs. Forbes as both the first Red Angus breeder and first woman in the livestock industry to have her portrait hung in the Saddle and Sirloin Gallery in Louisville, Kentucky.

The General Fund is non-restricted. Disbursements may be used for any purpose that the RAFI Board of Directors deems important in advancing the Red Angus breed.

Sapling’s Shade The generosity of many during these early fundraising efforts has afforded RAFI the opportunity to disperse funds through scholarships, leadership training and research grants.

Annually, a sum of $5,500 in college scholarships is awarded

RAFI ‘Plants Trees’ for the Future to six of Red Angus’ brightest and most-talented juniors. The JRA also promotes leadership development through events such as Round-Up, Loaded 4 Leadership, Young Stockman Program and regional gatherings.

As defined in RAFI’s mission statement, scientific research aimed towards advancing Red Angus’ position in the beef industry is a high priority. To date, RAFI has partially funded four unique research projects: • Next Generation Red Angus Fertility Evaluation – Colorado State University • Development of Novel Hoof, Foot and Leg Structure EPD in Red Angus Cattle – Kansas State University • Novel Methods of Genomic Predictions Using Haplotype Information ¬– University of Lincoln-Nebraska • Environmental Adaptability of Red Versus Black Hair Coat in the Southeast – Mississippi State University This fall, RAFI issued a call for new research proposals. Funding for these research opportunities is made possible through the Sal Forbes Research and Development Fund. RAFI personnel will evaluate submitted applications based on the project’s potential to improve RAAA’s ability to accurately describe the genetic merit of Red Angus cattle. The traits of primary interest are environmental adaptability, feedlot performance and cowherd-building traits.

Sunshine and Water As with trees, RAFI must be cared for – pruned, fertilized and watered – to promote growth and a healthy root structure.

“The responsibility to foster and nurture RAFI belongs to all of us,” said Judy Kay Ferguson, RAFI vice president, of Lewisville, Texas. “Through financial stewardship, gifting and contributions, RAFI will continue to grow, flourish and give back to all Red Angus stakeholders for generations to come.”

As 2016 concludes, Ferguson encouraged year-end giving, and reminded stakeholders that there are many ways to support RAFI. “Please consider a tax-deductible gift to RAFI this December as a cash donation or memorial. It’s also a perfect time to consider setting up planned giving, benefiting our great Red Angus breed’s future through research and development, and its budding leadership in our juniors.”

Another Chinese proverb fittingly encourages action today to benefit the forthcoming generations.

“The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago.

The second-best time is now.”

Consider ‘planting trees’ for future generations of Red Angus stakeholders through contributions to RAFI. ■

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Chuck & Annette Steffan • Belfield, ND 701/575-8145 • 290-9745 • 260-4630 heartrivergenetics@yahoo.com

BUEE RED ANGUS

Bryan & Emmy Huber • Jud, ND 701/685-2687 • 701/320-8054 emmy@drtel.net • huberredangus.com

Justin and Brandi Buee Burlington, ND 701/725-4369 • 701/721-4232

JACOBSON RED ANGUS

CAMPBELL RED ANGUS Robert Campbell McIntosh, SD 701/422-3721 • 605/845-4812 campbellra@westriv.com www.campbellredangus.com

Gary & Val Jacobson • Hitterdal, MN 218/962-3360 • 701/361-3189 gjrangus@feltontel.net www.jacobsonredangus.com

KAL-KOTA RANCH

CARGO STOCK FARM Seth, Laci, Dylon, Preston, Ritch Cargo Arnegard, ND 701/586-3010 • 701/537-3320 cargostockfarm@RTC.coop badlandsgeneticsplus.com

CUTTING EDGE RANCH Rick & Amber Rohrich • Steele, ND 701/475-2285 • 701/391-1911 cuttingedgeranch@bektel.com www.cuttingedgeranch.com

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HUBER EY RED ANGUS

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Ed Kalianoff • Steele, ND 701/475-2694 • 701/471-4006 kalkota@bektel.com

KOESTER RED ANGUS Steve & Tracey Koester • Steele, ND 701/475-2736 • 701/400-1611 koester@bektel.com www.koesterredangus.com

LELAND RED ANGUS

SPUR M RED ANGUS

TNT SIMMENTAL & RED ANGUS Kevin & Lynette Thompson Almont, ND 701/843-8454 • 701/391-1631 kevinandlynette@westriv.com www.tntsimmentals.com

Melvin & Luella Leland Todd & Carla Leland • Sidney, MT 701/565-2347 • 406/489-1466 lelandra@restel.net lelandredangus.com

Frank & Deana Mack • Bismarck, ND 701/222-1418 • 701/226-0811 tmrmack@hotmail.com www.tmrmack.com

MCGEE RED ANGUS

TURTLE RIVER CATTLE CO.

TRIPLE M RANCH

Meryl & Stacy McGee • Rhame, ND 701/279-5539 • 701/523-6995 mcgeeredangus@ndsupernet.com www.mcgeeranch.com

NORDLUND STOCK FARMS LLC

Ron & Ryan Clemetson Grand Forks, ND 701/739-0639 • 701/739-6407 trreds@hotmail.com

TWEDT RED ANGUS

Mike and Sam Norlund Clearbrook, MN • 701/799-0943 nordlundstockfarm@gvtel.com norlundstockfarm.com

Sam Twedt • McHenry, ND 701/262-4768 • 701/388-4035 twedtredangus@hotmail.com www.twedtredangus.com

OHR RED ANGUS

URIELL RED ANGUS

Edward, Jeanne & Carl Olson Argusville, ND 701/484-5779 • 701/238-3601 olsoncandc@aol.com

Ed Uriell • Lakota, ND 701/247-2844 • 701/739-2560 eduriell@polarcomm.com

VALNES RED ANGUS RANCH

PRESSER RED ANGUS

Emit Valnes • Eden, SD 605/698-6596 • 605/228-8857 valnesranch@hotmail.com valnesranch.com

Troy & Annette Presser Turtle Lake, ND 701/447-2855 • 701/220-0189 tpresser@westriv.com

RUST MOUNTAIN VIEW RANCH Josh & Trista Rust • Mercer, ND 701/447-2479 • 701/391-9769 rustmountainviewranch@hotmail.com www.rustmountainviewranch.com

WEST BRANCH RANCH

SCHRIEFER RED ANGUS Marc, Jodi, Riley, Cheyenne & Cassi Schriefer • Golden Valley, ND 701/983-4292 • 701/870-4292 701/870-2609 • marcjodi@westriv.com schrieferredangus.com

Dukart Ranch Sale, Ranch Flemmer Red Angus Dispersion, Stockmen’s Livestock, Dickinson NDRAA Annual Meeting & Banquet, Best Western Ramkota, Bismarck ND Red Select Sale, Kist Livestock, Mandan Ressler Land & Cattle, Kist Livestock, Mandan, ND Rohrich’s Cutting Edge Ranch, Kist Livestock, Mandan, ND Grassy Meadow Ranch,, Jamestown Livestock, Jamestown, ND

WASEM RED ANGUS Chris & Jolyn Wasem • Halliday, ND 701/938-8365 • 701/260-1513 701/290-9634 kcjwasem@ndsupernet.com Greg Bailey • Baldwin, ND 701/255-2424

North Dakota Red Angus Association President: Bryan Huber Vice President: Jodi Schriefer Immediate Past President: Todd Leland Directors: Ron Clemetson, Doug McGee,

Josh Rust & Scott Kueffler Secretary/Treasurer: Emmy Huber

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701/685-2687 • emmy@drtel.net

Fetal Programming Defines Calf’s Lifetime Health

by Trinity Lewis for American Red Angus Magazine

Great character is developed during times of adversity. For most producers, the current markets are adverse enough to build plenty of fortitude. With input costs remaining steady and calf prices lower than recent years, cattlemen are re-evaluating the economics of their operation to reduce volatility.

The current challenges facing the cattle industry beg for a guarantee that each female will throw a fast-growing, healthy calf. Fetal programming will help insure calves start out vigorous and maintain that well-being throughout their lifetime. The idea of fetal programming is nothing foreign to veteran producers. It is the concept that the developing fetuses are influenced by maternal stimulus – or insult.

The research behind fetal programming was originally introduced by the Southampton University’s David Barker who studied human birth records across several countries and took into consideration maternal stress, nutrition and the impact on their offspring from infant to adulthood.

While not as well researched as it pertains to the cattle industry, experts are now digging into the fetal programming phenomenon and are discovering better ways to ensure the birth of healthy calves that will grow into healthy beef animals.

Significance of Nutrition “The thing about fetal programming is that we know the impact of the environment of the fetus as it is growing can make a big impact on a calf after it is born,” explained Cliff Lamb, beef cattle specialist at the University of Florida. According to Lamb, fetal programming represents common-sense ideas and management practices that most producers have taken into account for a long time – primarily good nutrition.

He went on to explain that the last trimester of livestock pregnancy is the best researched thus far. Researchers have deduced that good nutrition to the mother cow in the last months of fetal development is pivotal.

“If the fetus has been exposed to nutrient restriction during the middle third of gestation, there is a reduction in muscle fiber and muscle mass. If a cow is restricted from some of the major nutrients like energy and protein, then the calf will have less muscle and reduced fiber when he is born,” said Lamb.

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“If animals are restricted from nutrients in the last third of gestation, there is a decrease in fat disposition, which eventually can result in reduced marbling,” he said. He went on to explain that bred cows restricted from energy and protein in the last third of gestation will often have lower birth-weight calves which will likely lead to lower weaning and yearling weights - a mistake that should be easily avoidable.

The University of Nebraska has also delved into the topic of fetal programming. Rick Funston, an expert on beef cattle reproductive physiology, headed up a series of research projects on bred cattle.

In one study researchers grazed a group of cows on native range during their second trimester of pregnancy and another group on improved pasture during the same period. For the third trimester both groups of cows were turned out on native range.

Calves from the improved-pasture group averaged 50 pounds heavier at finishing, exhibited higher marbling scores and produced more tender meat. This difference was likely caused by more muscle fibers and fat cells as a result of their improved pasture during the second trimester.

The University of Nebraska also compared two groups of cattle in their third trimester. One group was given energy and protein supplements while the other had none. The calves from the supplemented group averaged 31 pounds heavier at finishing than offspring of the non-supplemented cows.

Although the majority of research about fetal programming in cattle has primarily focused on the third-trimester, NuTech Bioscience’s Chris Schuetze said it is imperative to have good nutrition for the entire life of your animal.

“Fetal programming really starts at conception,” he said. “You have to have the cells in as healthy a state as you can. Trace minerals are important at the cellular level. That animal is growing at all nine months – not just the last three.”

Fetal Programming Defines Calf’s Lifetime Health In his opinion, trace minerals like copper, magnesium and zinc have been misunderstood by producers for too long. Schuetze said that the easiest thing we can do for the betterment of our cattle is to provide trace minerals.

“The problem is that it’s the easiest thing to neglect because we know animals will survive without them,” he said. We aren’t in this to have animals just survive. We want them to be productive at the highest possible level so we need to make sure we feed them right.”

Schuetze concluded, “Minerals are the foundation of this whole thing.” He admitted that trace minerals are far from simple to understand and recommends producers thoroughly research their differences and advancements.

Environmental Stress While nutrition is the common denominator in good fetal health, it isn’t the only variable to consider concerning embryonic strength and fortitude. Stress on cattle in any stage of gestation can negatively affect their calves.

When under stress females release stress-related hormones that change the uterine environment in which the embryo is developing. Embryos are most heavily influenced by the stress of their mothers early on in gestation, between days 5 through 42.

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Although stress from trailering cows to another location or shipping them long distances is very impactful, cattlemen must also keep in mind excessive heat can also negatively affect fetus.

Mississippi State University is currently researching environmental adaptability of red-hided versus black-hided cattle.

Through GPS collars, the researchers track cattle movement and behavior – such as grazing, cooling off in a pond and utilizing shade. Since heat stress can be attributed to early embryonic loss, the next phase of research will also include monitoring internal body temperature differences.

Shade sources and quality water supplies are always good stockmanship practices so cattle can naturally reduce heat stress during hot summer days.

Likewise, colder weather demands more energy from cows in order to keep them – and the calf they are carrying – healthy.

With a correct nutritional panel, cold weather should be uneventful for bred cows.

The agriculture industry is one of the most innovative industries world-wide. Understanding the impact of fetal programming, and putting research to practical use are ways producers can ensure a bright future for their operation and America’s beef industry as a whole. ■

Member News

“Cattle Business Weekly” recently announced its 2016 class of the Top 10 Industry Leaders Under the Age of 40. Each year the publication chooses individuals who lead by example through their successes in the agriculture industry. This year, two Red Angus breeders made the cut.

Jesse Crump Jesse Crump of Arvada, Wyoming, along with his wife Charity and five children (David, 10; Carter, 9; Titus, 6; and twins Willow and Echo, 5), own Crump Red Angus.

The ranch is located in the dry, rough Powder River breaks of northeastern Wyoming.

He grows hay, winter wheat, is experimenting in cover crops, and has implemented pasture health practices, but still 75 percent of the hay and all other feed resources are hauled in. The management decisions and lack of feed the environment forces on the Crumps is hands down their biggest challenge.

“I will never overcome it – I just try to stay one step ahead of it,” Crump said. “We describe our rangeland as a cattle-culling environment. The very rough, up-and-down terrain weeds out any structural issues in a hurry. It is also relentless on fleshing ability. At a stocking rate of 30 acres per animal unit, we have to demand top performance from every cow; we cannot afford any slackers.”

Crump keeps close track of animal performance and likes to see every cow wean 50 percent of her body weight. Raising a calf proportionate to her body weight combined with her ability to breed up in a 45-day-breeding window while maintaining an acceptable body condition score sets a pretty high standard for Crump cattle.

Crump is proving the Red Angus breed can live up to those expectations. He is a registered Red Angus seedstock operator today, but Crump grew up in a grass yearling stocker environment. It was there that he bore witness to all types of genetic influences in cattle.

“We experienced influence from just about every Angus cross imaginable. The Red Angus-influenced cattle excelled in our environment and their dispositions were second to none,” Crump said.

“Our bulls are developed in a 40-acre pasture on a slanted hillside that requires them to continue the ‘uphill to water, downhill to feed’ rhythm they’ve grown up with. Our bulls are developed to the point that the carcass and growth measurements have merit but they are hard and ready to go to work.

They have natural thickness and are not feedlot finished. Bulls that are lasting five and six years are protecting our customers’ bottom line. We are very proud of that.”

Announcing the The Bull Hill Ranch Open House & “More Bull for a Buck” Sale January 21st, 2017 at the ranch in Gray Court, South Carolina Featuring 35 outstanding Herd Sire Prospects and 40 Registered and Commercial Red Angus Heifers!

AI SIRES INCLUDE:

5L Advantage 221Y

Andras New Direction R240

THESE BULLS ARE: • Bred for performance • Fescue developed • Climate adapted to Southeastern heat and humidity.

• Ready to deliver more profit to your program’s bottom line.

• Managed with fertility, soundness and longevity in mind.

Beckton Epic R 397K

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Visit our website for more information, a catalog link and video links!

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Or call 864-981-2080 for your catalog!

You can also find us on Facebook and Instagram

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2008 South Carolina Seedstock Producer of the Year • 2011 RAAA Gridmaster Award Winner

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Southeast Red Angus Association www.seraa.org

Directors

Dr. Mikell Davis • (662) 323-0744

Deborah Dwyer • (352) 544-0326 Jim McLean • (912) 632-7985

Lowell Morgan • (912) 754-1445

Johnnie Cundiff • (606) 305-6443 Jeff Pettit • (270) 836-2963

Officers

Tim Whitley - President • (205) 446-5090 • tm_whitley@yahoo.com Rhonda Deist - Vice President • (931) 625-2001 • swancreek@tds.net Michelle Pettit - Secretary/Treasurer • (270) 836-1651 • michelle@noashconstruction.com

Mercer Farm Registered Red Angus Cattle

Owners: Jim & Nancy Mercer & Rebecca Burnette 32237 Hwy. 58 N. • Ten Mile, TN 37880 Sales: Steve Burnette • Home (423)334-3649 Farm (423)334-5433 • Cell (865) 804-8156 mercerfarms@gmail.com

Sycamore Farm

Darryl & Rhonda, Matthew & James Deist 1780 McDaniel Hollow Rd • Lewisburg, TN 37091 (931) 293-2148 • Email: swancreek@tds.net

Red Angus Cattle

770 Northeast Tammy Ln. • Lake City, FL 32055 (386) 755-4819 • sycamor@atlantic.net

CREEK FARM CF LITTLE Fleckvieh Simmental &

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Alex Gardner, Farm Manager 2638 Turkey Creek Rd • Starkville, MS 39759 Michael (662) 418-0686 • Alex (662) 769-2577 Fax: (662) 324-7721 • www.littlecreekcattle.com

Red Angus Cattle

Registered Red Angus Commercial Heifers

10320 Hwy. 501 South Forest, MS 39074 Home: 601-789-5896 Office: 601-782-9606 Cell: 601-498-5969

BEATTY FARMS, L.P. Registered Red Angus 2699 New Highway 7 Santa Fe, TN 38482 (931) 682-2658 • (931) 682-3436 FAX beattyfm@bellsouth.net Carl Hollinsworth, Herd Manager (615) 758-7437

McLean Red Angus Jim & Alynda McLean

Whitley Red Angus

Contact Steve at 225.603.8220 or steve@rockingkredangus.com

Joe Tally

Pure Bred & Commercial

Dale & Shonia Parrish, Owners

TYLERTOWN, MS

RockingKRedAngus.com

206 Morningside Drive Alma, GA 31510 (912) 632-7985 • (770) 595-3542 mcleanredangus@aol.com -Registered Red Angus since 1970 -

1408 Co. Rd. 35 Horton, AL 35980

Breeding Red Angus since 1965!

Henry, Jane, Jim, Kathy, Tim, James Ray & Natalie (205) 466-7612 • Tim Cell (205) 446-5090 tim@whitleyredangus.com

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788 Red Belt Rd. • Chickamauga, GA 30707 Randy Garner 423.421.9884 Christa Garner 423.595.2029 RedBeltRedAngus@yahoo.com

Osborn Red Angus 21053 AL HWY 251 Athens, Alabama (256) 679-6307 Email: dko2005@hotmail.com

Jarvis Red Angus

12745 St. Rt. 181 N. Bremen, Kentucky (270) 525-3403 Registered 100% 1A Certified Herd David • Sandra Chris • LaDonna davidandsandra65@bellsouth.net

Jim and Alvina Meeks • (864) 682-3900 1986 Trinity Church Rd. • Gray Court, SC 29645 Raymond Prescott, Mgr. • (864) 682-2828 bullhillredangusranch.com Visit our website at bullhill.home.mindspring.com

Registered Red Angus

300 Pisgah Pike • Pulaski, TN 38478 (931) 424-8127 • (931) 424-8227 Fax (931) 424-0319 email: rca@energize.net

Hh Performance with Style

Hickory Hill Farm Red Angus

The Wiley Finley Family 143 Robertson Hollow Rd. Taft, TN 38488 (931) 425-6111 John Carter, Mgr. (931) 703-0090

Member News Crump concluded, “Grandpa and Dad taught me that customer service has to be your top priority no matter what industry you are in. Without your customers, you are nothing.”

Jesse and Michelle Weber Jesse and Michelle Weber run Weber Land & Cattle, near Lake Benton, Minnesota. The couple has three children – Wacey, 4; Reese, 18 months; and Andi, 5 months.

Their passion for raising cattle drives the couple, both graduates of South Dakota State University. “I do it for my kids. I want to be able to give them something down the road,” said Jesse.

To build his herd over the years, Jesse purchased Red Angus genetics from surrounding states. One of the first cows he bought had a heifer calf he named Dolly, who raised two bull calves that won Denver. Dolly lived to be 15 years old.

The Webers host two sales. Their heifer sale, “Ladies in Red,” is in conjunction with two partners in late November. They are also part of the “Red Connection” bull sale located in South Dakota in March.

Michelle started working for Jesse and his dad five years ago after leaving her graphic design job. As her own art business has grown – and three children later – her day-to-day involvement with the ranch has changed.

Jesse bought his first Red Angus heifer calf at the age of 12. In the back of his mind, he wanted to grow into a seedstock operation. His neighbors ran Red Angus and he had seen positive things about the cattle.

Today, she coordinates sale catalogs, updates the website and maintains a social media presence. She has quickly built her cattle-based painting business. She said social media, and more importantly, her cattle industry connections, have advanced her career.

“Now, there wouldn’t be any other breed I’d want to be in,” he said. He likes how they are a dual-purpose breed, with good attributes like maternal and calving-ease traits, along with being functional and low input.

On numerous occasions, she has helped ag organizations raise funds through the auctioning off of her paintings. “It’s been a crazy adventure for the last five years,” she said. The Webers are grateful to other cattlemen.

ADAMS ANGUS RANCH Quality & Performance Since 1965 Registered Bulls, Heifers and Bred Cows Available

Scott C. & Patty Adams • (308) 750-7949 78250 464th Ave • Litchfield, NE 68852

FICK RED ANGUS

NEBRASKA RED ANGUS www.nebraskaredangus.com

Inman, NE • Visitors Welcome!

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(402) 394-5489

DOUG Balance from (402) 394-5486 Start to Finish! (402) 340-9910

The Sieberts - Kim, Lindy, Samantha & Kendall 108 Road 3 • Henderson, NE 68371 (402) 723-4376 • Email: sdiamond@telcoweb.net website: sdiamondangus.com

Pieper Red Angus

Mark and Deb Pieper (308) 638-4557 HC 70 Box 13 • Hay Springs, NE 69347

(308) 870-3133 (cell) paul@flatwaterredangusgang.com www.flatwaterredangusgang.com

RAFTER JX RANCH

Rob Brawner

Ross A & Lane Knott

P.O. Box 43 • Petersburg, NE 68652 Home (402) 386-5411 Work (402) 386-5297 Cell (402) 843-8726

Red Angus & Composite Seedstock info1@schulerredangus.com Butch & Susan Schuler • (308) 262-0306 Darrell Schuler • (308) 262-0925 7522 Rd 74 • Bridgeport, NE 69336 Red Angus with built-in Performance!

610 S. 7th Ave. Broken Bow, NE 68822

Registered Red Angus Cattle Michael & Kathleen Jackson Traci Turek (308) 380-2240 • Taylor Turek (308) 380-2642 33070 Shelton Rd. • Ravenna, NE 68869 (308) 467-2366 • Cell (308) 390-3960

www.fickredangus.com 27th Annual Bull Sale February 2017!

Paul & Milissa Birnie

CHOAT RED ANGUS GENETICS

Cattle Company St. Edward, NE

Wayne & Jody Choat • 402-678-3439 Dave & Kathy Stodola • 402-981-1586

BULLIS CREEK RANCH

HC 68 Box 1 Wood Lake, NE 69221 Phone/Fax (402) 967-3060

Scott & Kim Ford (308) 876-2211 Bertrand, NE 68927

www.crossdiamondcattle.com Bartlett & Stapleton Nebraska

Annual Sale in March www.hallpokornyredangus.com

Brad & Paula Pokorny (308) 636-2275

Helen Hall (308) 654-3220

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Member News “We want to give all the credit to our customers. They are who built both of our businesses. It’s the heart of what we’ve been working for,” said Michelle.

The people behind the operation are just as important as the quality of the cattle,” said Jesse. The Webers say their success comes from the quality of their cattle, but also from the support of their families. Both of their families have been supportive of what they are trying to build – a future for themselves and their children.

“We’ve made it our life. It’s the first thing I think about when I wake up and the last thing when I go to sleep. I think about how we can grow the operation and how I can put food on the table,” he said.

Minnesota Beef Expo

The 16th Annual Minnesota Beef Expo, held Oct. 20 – 23, in St. Paul, Minnesota, brought together cattle producers and youth livestock exhibitors to celebrate and promote the beef industry. The four-day event is the largest all-beef show in Minnesota and includes youth contests, cattle sales, a trade show, educational seminars and an 860-head junior show.

Exhibitors and attendees hailed from all over the Upper Midwest. In 2016, more than 700 youth exhibitors competed in the weekend’s junior events. Plus, some of region’s best seedstock producers sold cattle and embryos at three sales during the weekend.

One of the most unique aspects of the Minnesota Beef Expo is the Minnesota Youth Beef Experience Program. Eleven heifers were presented to lucky youth who went through an intensive application process. Each winner is responsible for raising, breeding and maintaining complete records on care of the animal, while providing monthly progress reports to the original owner and the Minnesota Beef Expo. The breeders who donated heifers will also serve as mentors to the respective winners.

Katilin Geyer of Lisbon, North Dakota, received the Red Angus heifer sponsored by the AgStar Fund For Rural America and is mentored by Steve Pomerenke of AgStar Financial Services.

Judges Dan Harker and Barry Wesner, both of Indiana, sorted through an impressive 858 head on Sunday’s Junior Show.

Supreme Champion Heifer honors went to Sydney Zehnder of Stanchfield, Minnesota, with her Red Angus female, WDZ Girl Power 5028. n 66 American Red Angus Magazine n December 2016

Welcome to our Newest RAAA Members!

Area 1 – West Director – Sam Lorenzen JESSICA D’AGOSTINI 12214 DOLAN HARDING RD BROWNS VALLEY, CA 95918 SOUSA CATTLE DAVID OR DARLENE SOUSA 4112 S DEMAREE ST VISALIA, CA 93277

Area 3 – Rocky Mountain Director – Kevin Miller AHLBERG CATTLE ROD & VICKY AHLBERG 311 TERRY ST LONGMONT, CO 80501

DEREK CORTESANO PO BOX 277 WYLIE, TX 75098

HANGIN F RANCH MATTHEW OR GINA FANTASKEY 838 COTTONWOOD CREEK RD WORLAND, WY 82401

ELY WOODARD 242 E BERKELEY AVE TULARE, CA 93274

Area 4 – Southwest Director – Kyley DeVoe JESSICA LEWIS 1790 S LINDSAY RD GILBERT, AZ 85295

MACKENZIE FORBES 9803 CHELAN CT PASCO, WA 99301 Area 2 – Montana Director – Bruce Ketchum DOUBLE D RED ANGUS JEREMY DUNBAR 2923 LOGAN TRIDENT RD THREE FORKS, MT 59752

OWEN BOURLAND 8769 CR 285 ANNA, TX 75409

HARGROVE FARMS CHRISTOPHER OR FELICIA HARGROVE 400 CR 3445 CLIFTON, TX 76634

KAYCEE JO CLARK PO BOX 621 SAINT JO, TX 76265

HHH RANCH TITON OR MELANIE HOQUE 366 N COUNTY LINE RD ELGIN, TX 78621

EMILY CUNNINGHAM 1323 TAGE RD BOWIE, TX 76230 JAM RANCH JOHN OR TONI DAY 9591 DRIPPING SPRINGS RD DENISON, TX 75021 BFT RANCH JENNIFER OR PAUL DWYER 2940 CR 3080 BEN FRANKLIN, TX 75415

JAYCEE HUESKE 615 COUNTY ROAD 610 DAYTON, TX 77535 JESSICA JONES PO BOX 344 SUNRAY, TX 79086 JUSTIN LEIMER 1022 BROOKSHRIRE CIRCLE GARLAND, TX 75043 JONATHAN MALLARD 6409 OLIVER CREEK RD JUSTIN, TX 76247

Texas Red Angus Association www.TexasRedAngus.org

Mark E. Harbin

Home 254-527-4650 3955 Co. Rd. 314 mobile 512-413-0384 Jarrell, TX 76537 harbinredangus.com fax 254-527-3475

BAR C RED ANGUS

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Dennis Coe Forney, Texas 214-632-8711

(361) 782-2510 • jakolle@tisd.net

ANGUS PLUS Enough Ear, But Not Too Much.

TRIPLE CREEK RANCH 1995 National Champion Bull Bulls, Cows & Heifers—All Ages

www.RABrownRanch.com 150 Bulls & 100 Females offered every October

Registered Red Angus Kelly & Sallye Box

7371 Sherman Rd. • Justin, TX 76247 Cell (817) 929-7773 • Home (940) 242-3216 kelly_box@msn.com • morrisboxranch.com

G.W. LAND & CATTLE COMPANY Registered Red Angus Breeders in the Texas Hill Country

Mac Williams 116 Fox Hall Cv San Antonio, TX 78213 (210)684-1071 • (210) 341-6701

One of the largest herds in the South • Rockwall, TX

Ty Davenport DVM (972) 524-5105

Tim Head

R.A. Brown Ranch Donnell & Kelli Brown Throckmorton, Texas (940) 849-0611

Morris/Box Ranch

961 N. FM 444 Inez, TX 77968

REGISTERED RED ANGUS & ANGUS PLUS

RED ANGUS SINCE 1964

Mark & Celia Miller Rt. 1 Box 9 • Abernathy, TX 79311 (806) 328-5210 • Email: mfmrraider@aol.com “Your source of foundation pure Chiefline Genetics”

KOLLE RED ANGUS

Jim Kolle

!NNUAL 3ALE IN /CTOBER s -ILES 4EXAS 325-895-0544 www.halfmannranch.com

CHIEFLINE RED ANGUS

Judy Kay Ferguson Kyley DeVoe 214-536-6902 940-367-4708 judykay@3klandandcattle.com kyley@3klandandcattle.com Justin, TX • 3klandandcattle.com

P.O Box 1380 Van Horn, TX 79855

Bobbe McClure

(432) 284-9664 REGISTERED RED ANGUS qgra@hughes.net

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MADILYNN MALLARD 6409 OLIVER CREEK RD JUSTIN, TX 76247

ERIKA KENNER 440 6TH AVE SE LEEDS, ND 58346

BAILEY MCCOLLUM 1829 CR 4310 WHITEWRIGHT, TX 75491

KENNER SIMMENTAL RANCH ROGER KENNER 5606 57TH ST NE LEEDS, ND 58346

BO’K RED ANGUS BLAKE & KAYLA O’QUINN PO BOX 452 GLEN ROSE, TX 76043 HARLEY STABLER 5812 CR 113A IOLA, TX 77861 QUADE WEST 1804 N CARROLL ST HENRIETTA, TX 76365 TY WILSON 120 HOOKER LANE SHEPHERD, TX 77371 Area 5 – Northern Plains Director – Steve Koester R & R FAMILY FARMS ROBERT W. ORSTEN 8481 15TH ST NW WILLMAR, MN 56201 THORESON RED ANGUS SCOTT THORESON 37005 211 AVE BAGLEY, MN 56621

Area 6 – Great Plains Director – Newley Hutchison COLE ERWIN 2 BROOKSIDE LN OTTAWA, KS 66067 LONESOME RIVER REDS JESSE JOHNSON 43581 DRIVE 818 ANSELMO, NE 68813

BAKER RANCH JASON OR ASHLEY BAKER 15467 STATE HWY 24 PURCELL, OK 73080 SADDLE RIVER RANCH CATHY OR STEPHEN CONNER 12500 THREE OAKS RD JONES, OK 73049 JAMES LAND & CATTLE JOHN OR KATIE JAMES 502 E MAPLE ST CARRIER, OK 73727 Area 7 – Northeast Director – John Langdon HARRISON STOFER 1151 W 300 S WARSAW, IN 46580

BAR 7 R RED ANGUS DAVID OR MICHAEL MILLER WALNUT CREEK CROSSING 84247 529TH AVE FARMS OAKDALE, NE 68761 WILLIAM (BILL) STOFER 1151 W 300 S 3T RED ANGUS WARSAW, IN 46580 TAYLOR, TRACI OR CYDNEY TUREK MORRISVILLE STATE 19550 WEST ABBOTT RD COLLEGE RAVENNA, NE 68869 COREY HAYES PO BOX 901 BACA FARMS MORRISVILLE, NY 13408 REBECCA, STEVE OR MARIA BACA TRACEY YOUNG PO BOX 501 15936 ROUTE 187 OKARCHE, OK 73762 TOWANDA, PA 18848

Area 8 – Southeast Director – Raymond Prescott VETO VALLEY FARMS B SCOTT DAVIS 20325 UPPER FORT HAMPTON RD ELKMONT, AL 35620 C&L FARMS KEITH OR KIM LARUE 378 GILL ROAD ONEONTA, AL 35121 CULLEN LOVELL 24488 FLANAGAN RD ATHENS, AL 35614 BEAR CREEK RANCH CHAD OR BRIONY JENKINS 201 BRIAR RIDGE LANE DEQUEEN, AR 71832 GARNETT HILL FARM WALTER HULETT 160 ONEAL RD LONDON, KY 40741 MILLSTONE CREEK WHITE ANGUS CATTLE DONALD & MARY ANN WENZEL 994 AIRPORT RD FALMOUTH, KY 41040 WILLIAMS FARM DAVID M. WILLIAMS II 2540 SIMPSON CREEK RD BLOOMFIELD, KY 40008

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DOUBLE G LIVESTOCK DAVID OR BILLIE JO SITZMANN 27824 C-70 HINTON, IA 51024

CHARLIE WILSON 160 ONEAL RD LONDON, KY 40741 BARKLEY FARMS LLC CHRIS OR HEATHER BARKLEY 13050 HWY 28 EAST DEVILLE, LA 71328

CEDAR CREEK FARM AARON OR JOE OWENS 7133 E CO HWY 20 AVON, IL 61415

ARROWHEAD INVESTMENTS, LLC ROBERT GREEN PO BOX 381 POPLARVILLE, MS 39470

ALLISON STEININGER 8 S 625 MCCANNON RD SUGAR GROVE, IL 60554 ALAN WINTE 12 PRIMROSE LN TRENTON, IL 62293

HALEY RENFROE 174 REHOBETH RD PELAHATCHIE, MS 39145

DOUBLE H RED ANGUS HEATH OR DAVID HALLEY 12488 327TH RD UNIONVILLE, MO 63565

TRUETT TOLAR PO BOX 186 TAYLORSVILLE, MS 39168 DILLARD ANGUS FARM TROY & LISA DILLARD 505 FIRETOWER RD DICKSON, TN 37055

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1506 29th Ave S Moorhead, MN 56560

PEACOCK ANGUS RANCH

Bryan Gill

Sales Manager 701.730.0134 bigredgenetics@hotmail.com

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Building Better Beef Proud to be a part of Montana’s Red Angus history!

Harold Isaacs Family P.O. Box 49 Jordan, MT 59337 (406) 557-2371 Fax (406) 557-6158

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(406) 632-5598 P.O. Box 2913 Harlowton, MT 59036

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88 Redland Ranch Ln • Hysham, MT 59038 redland@rangeweb.net • www.redlandredangus.com

Bob & Rita Dige

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Double Tree Red Angus

(406) 288-8171 • angelocattleco@blackfoot.net 96 N Mullan Trail • Drummond, MT 59832

www.sutherlinfarms.com

Bob (406) 855-3614 Jon (406) 581-7800 Chad (406) 740-0099

Ron and Esther Fischer

suthfarm@gmail.com Spooner Creek Lane Stevensville, MT

Convenience Traits until the Cows Come Home!

Mark & Sue Mees • (406) 347-5413

Leland

Fertility Tested Bulls - Private Treaty

RED ANGUS RANCH

Annual Production Sale: 2nd Friday in March (701) 565-2347 Melvin & Luella Leland 34 mi. SE Sidney, MT Todd Leland 42 mi. N Beach, ND 192 ND Hwy 16 N Mile Mark 118 Hwy 16 Sidney, MT 59270

Tim & Julie Shick

P.O. Box 311 Lodge Grass, MT 59050

(406) 639-9112 • tjshick@dishmail.net

Ken & Cheri Graves (307) 738-2247

2384 Barnum Rd. • Kaycee, WY 82639 Email: gravesredfork@wildblue.net

Visit our website for more informaion, sales and events!

202 East Hunter Road Sand Coulee, MT 59472 (406) 736-5602 (406) 899-2733 rdige@3rivers.net

Bulls for Sale Private Treaty

Bob & Julie Morton 2435 Logan Trident Road • Three Forks, MT 59752 (406) 285-6773 • www.gmracattle.com Annual Bull Sale Third Tuesday in March Big Sky Elite Female Sale First Wednesday in December

Glacier Red Angus Harold, Pat & Chris Hughes

40126 Eli Gap Road • Polson, MT 59860 (406) 883-4654 • www.GlacierRedAngus.com

The Forbes Family 37 Beckton Dr. • Sheridan, WY 82801 (307) 674-6095 • Fax (307) 672-7281 Email: becktonwyo@gmail.com

MONTANA RED ANGUS ASSOCIATION 1-877-Red-Angus • email: mtraa@mtredangus.com • www.mtredangus.com

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

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in Big Sky Country!

- We Focus on The Female -

1721 Plevna Rd. • Plevna, MT 59344 (406) 778-3819 • ketchum@midrivers.com

Vic & Shari Westphal

Email: klmpnra@gmail.com Registered Red Angus Cattle

RED ANGUS P.O. Box 72 Grass Range, MT 59032 • (406) 428-2179

North American Curly Horses

MARS RANCH

Maddy & Andy Roberts marsranch@midrivers.com 142 Silo Loop • Kinsey, MT 59338 406-234-2652 www.midrivers.com/~marsranch

FRITZ RED ANGUS

1542 Fritz Ranch Ln Joe & Heidi Fritz Brady, MT 59416 (406) 627-2374 fritzra@3rivers.net

Shepherd Red Angus Jim & Ginger Shepherd

3631 Maple Leaf Ave. Cody, Wyo. 82414 406-698-6657 • 307-578-8741 jsgshepherd@gmail.com - PRIVATE TREATY SALES -

LUCHT RED ANGUS ML

Bozeman, MT • 406-585-0874 greg@luchtredangus.com

ROCK CREEK RED ANGUS Box 396, Joliet, Mt 59041 "Females & Bulls For Sale Year Round"

Charlie & Linda Lewis

(406) 962-3330

Breeding Joint Bull Sale for with Feddes Balance Red Angus Craig & Taryn DeBoer Manhattan, MT • (406) 282-9029 Cell (406) 570-3304 • www.ctredangus.com

Contact us today for a breeder near you!

MTRAA Officers

President: Julie Morton - Three Forks, MT - info@gmracattle.com Vice President: Francis Koenig - Winnet, MT - francis@midrivers.net Sec/Treasurer: Chris Pierce - Molt, MT - MTRAASecretary@gmail.com

MTRAA Directors

Karen Raisland - St. Ignatius, MT - sti4058@blackfoot.net Veronica Christensen - Park City, MT - criters@charter.net Mark Jansma - Acton, MT - angus_baron@yahoo.com American Red Angus Magazine ■ December 2016 71

SHEAMAN RANCH

AREA 1 - West

Sam Lorenzen, Director District 1 Breeders can be found on page 76

AREA 2 Montana

Kerry and Debbie Sheaman

400 East Douglas Road • Fort Collins, CO 80524 (970) 493-7346 • Kerry.Sheaman@colostate.edu Maternal, Disposition, Calving Ease & Stayability Traits

Kevin Miller, Director

KRAVIG RED ANGUS “Cattle Working for You”

Sound udders-Great Dispositions Moderate Frames-Calving Ease-Excellent Growth www.kravigredangus.com h1: 719-446-5355 • h2: 719-446-5391 Karval, Colorado

Joe, Cindy & Emily Frasier • Ronny & Kelsey Pope 45965 County Road 118 • Limon, CO • (719) 775-2790

www.solidrockredangus.com

AREA 4 - Southwest

Texas • New Mexico • Arizona

Texas Breeders can be found on page 67 Kyley DeVoe, Director

AREA 5 - Northern Plains Steve Koester, Director

FLATIRON RED ANGUS

RED ANGUS

5822 CR 23 • Veteran, WY 82243 Cory 307-575-0169 • Katy 307-575-2677

Scott & Connie Kueffler Michala & Kirsti • Bonnie Kueffler Box 187 • Grenora, ND 58845 701-694-3620 (h) • 701-641-0519 (c) redangus@nccray.com • www.dkredangus.com

MAINTENANCE/FEED EFFICIENCY EXPERTS

Cory & Katy Johnson

Fort Garland, CO 81133 Mobile (719) 588-1877

www.smithredangus.com

CATTLECLIFFS RANCH

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609 Pass Creek Rd. • Parkman, WY 82838

Red Angus & Red Angus Cross Steers & Heifers For Sale Edith Clarke & Gordon Harper (307) 655-9720

Female Sale First Saturday in December Bull Sale Second Saturday in April Gary, Elaine, Tory & Tyler Sonstegard (320) 269-7290 (320) 226-2340 www.3scc.net

BROKEN HEART RANCH

HC 83 Box 9 Firesteel, SD 57633 (605) 865-3236 or (605) 865-3190 Email: bhrranch@lakotanetwork.com www.pedersonbhr.com

Barenthsen BBRedAngus.com Bullinger Red Angus Mark & Kathy Barenthsen Jeremy & Jessica Bullinger 701-464-5741 701-464-4893

American Red Angus Magazine ■ December 2016

8815 81st St. NW, Powers Lake, ND

Scott Farm Red Angus Box 67 Lengby, MN 56651 (218) 668-2277

Quality Breeding Stock & Semen Available

Forster Red Angus Raising 100% 1A Red Angus since 1967 Kenneth Forster & Family 8285 30th St, SW • Richardton, ND 58652 (701) 974-2450 • Cell (701) 290-2450 www.forsterredangus.com

Gary & Val

JACOBSON RED ANGUS Registered & Commercial Catttle Bulls & Heifers - Open & Bred

28280 75th Ave. N. (218) 962-3360 Hitterdal, MN 56552 Cell (701) 361-3189 www.Jacobson RedAngus.com Tony & Karen Messmer

8860 39th St. S.W. Richardton, ND 58652 (701) 974-3966 Cell (701) 290-2556 Email: tmessmer@ndsupernet.com

Private Treaty Sales of all Embryos & Semen Many Rare Sires!

Minnesota Red Angus Association

Contact MNRAA President Gary Jacobson (701) 361-3189 Check out our New Web Site at

www.mnredangus.org

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Producing Cattle that Perform for the Cattleman

Minnesota North Dakota • South Dakota

1A BULLS & HEIFERS

"We Breed Excitement"

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American Red Angus Breeder Directory

Utah • Colorado • Wyoming

ANGUS

The Olsons

Harold & Family Robert & Kara 5094 93rd St. S.W. McIntosh, SD 57641 (701) 422-3726

Bob Morton, President Chuck Feddes, Region A Director Bruce Ketchum, Director MT Breeders can be found on pages 70-71

AREA 3 Rocky Mountain

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Alaska • California • Hawaii Idaho • Nevada • Oregon Washington

Ranch Red Angus

John & Stephanie Jung Family Mina, SD • (605) 380-1796 www.lazyjbarranch.com

Valnes Ranch Red Angus

Emit & Jayme Valnes • Eden, SD (605) 698-6596 • Cell (605) 228-8857 valnesranch@hotmail.com Registered & Commercial Red Angus

AREA 7 - Northeast

Jared, Lacey & Paisley Namken • 605.881.3845 cell 45536 189th Street • Lake Norden, SD 57248 www.namkenredangus.com • jarednamken@hotmail.com

BASEL RED ANGUS Private Treaty Sales

Dallis Basel (605) 985-5205

Box 29 Union Center, SD 57787

AREA 6 - Great Plains

Connecticut • Delaware • Indiana Maine • Maryland • Massachusetts • Michigan New Hampshire • New Jersey • New York North Carolina • Ohio • Pennsylvania • Rhode Island Vermont • Virginia • West Virginia

John Langdon, Director

CEDAR HILL FARM …suppliers of profitable, low maintenance, high performance genetics

Dan & Alicia Stickel Phone & Fax (304) 884-7993 Rt. 2 Box 85A Email: cedarhillredangus@frontier.com Jane Lew, WV 26378 www.cedarhillfarmredangus.com - Bulls, females, embryos and semen by Private Treaty -

ELMWOOD FIELDS

Kansas • Nebraska • Oklahoma

Dedicating Backgrounded Red Angus Calves to Certified Feeder Calf Sales

Nebraska Breeders can be found on page 65 Kansas Breeders can be found on page 75 Newley Hutchison, Director Connie Mushrush, Region B Director

(918) 473-6723 Route 4 Box 520 Fax (918) 610-0016 Checotah, OK 74426 Email: jjeffriescattleco@lakewebs.net

AREA 9 - Midwest

Registered Red Angus Bulls • Bred Heifers

If you’re looking for Efficiency...

Look under “R” for RED ANGUS! (740) 985-3444 Day (740) 591-9900 Cell 34740 State Route 7 Pomeroy, OH 45769

Ernest & Betty Jo Christian P.O. Box 566, Union Bridge, MD 21791 (410) 775-0225 • Email: eschris@msn.com

Red Angus • Red Simmental • Red SimAngus

2734 Old Washington Rd. • Westminster, MD 21157

ANGUS, RED ANGUS & COMMERCIAL

RANDY & PAULA - (580) 829-3150 CODY & MEGAN - (405) 880-4587 CASEY & TRACY - (520) 906-8509

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Contact Kevin LeMaster at kevin@redangus.org

Put a Valentine in your herd!

Russ Dahl Deerfield, WI 608-444-8295

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Alva, Oklahoma

Stuart Gilbert, Director Missouri Breeders can be found on page 76

Red Angus Bulls and Heifers For Sale Great Genetics at an Affordable Price

Kathy Zepp • (410) 848-2160 Gabe & Kelly Zepp • (410) 635-3922 David & Laura Zepp • (410) 751-2719

MCMURPHY FARMS

Iowa • Illinois Missouri • Wisconsin

Tom Karr

WILLOWS FARM COMPANY RED ANGUS

BIM

Raymond Prescott, Director Region C SERAA Breeders can be found on page 64

Valentine Farms Red Angus Bulls, Cows, Calves & Semen with Breed Leading EPDs

30 years breeding cattle with Richard & Bob Johnson 2687 Moriah Rd. performance & longevity in mind in a highly intensive Oak Hill, OH 45656 grazing management system.

740.682.7869 Cattle that work for a living!

740.418.5022

JUDY LOONAN (641) 322-3921 • 1724 Holly Ave. • Corning, IA 50841 Located 75 mi. east of Omaha, NE, in the hills of Southwest Iowa

Bruce Westhuis

Registered Red Angus N 2802 490th St. Menomonie, WI 54751 (715) 664-8854

American Red Angus Breeder Directory

Oscar and Janet Stine 7633 Flowing Springs Road Shepherdstown, WV 25443 (304) 876-2009

AREA 8 - Southeast

Alabama • Arkansas • Florida • Georgia • Kentucky Louisiana • Mississippi • Tennessee • South Carolina

WRIGHTS MILL FARM RED ANGUS

Steven Harris DVM

4720 Wrights Mill Road Trappe, MD 21673 410-924-3905 WWW.WMFREDANGUS.COM EMAIL: SPHARRISDVM@YAHOO.COM

Rob & Amy Hess

Hershey, PA 717-821-1782 bowcreekbeef.com

Pasture to Plate Performance Tested

Embryos, Semen and Cattle by Private Treaty

920-982-1670 Brad Ketterhagen khiddencreek@aol.com Sales/Customer Service www.hiddencreekfarm.com 417-669-1619

ROUSE RED ANGUS

Gene Rouse 515-231-9129 Dan Bormann 515-520-7707 53966 290th St. • Huxley, IA 50124 www.rouseredangus.com email: rousefam@huxcomm.net

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Paul Hildreth, President â&#x20AC;˘ (815) 482-3742 Bill Embry, Vice President â&#x20AC;˘ (309) 264-3192 Chad Daugherty, Sec/Treasurer â&#x20AC;˘ (217) 369-0466

DEICHMANN LIVESTOCK BROKERAGE

Foreign Breeders

Joel Birdwell

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Sales & Services

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Auctioneer â&#x20AC;˘ Sale Manager (641) 919-1077

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Licensed & Bonded with Packers & Stockyards

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Sales Manager 701.730.0134

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www.KansasRedAngus.org Tim Flaming 620-382-4894

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Ryan Flaming 620-382-5107

FLAMING LIVESTOCK CO. REGISTERED RED ANGUS 465 170th • Hillsboro, KS 67063 620-367-8350 hm

FAYLOR RED ANGUS

SINCE 1975 • PRIVATE TREATY SALES Dwight (785) 298-3463 • Dale (785) 298-3251 St. Francis, Kansas

GRIFFITH SEEDSTOCK

John Griffith • (785) 743-2553 RR 1 Box 31 • Wakeeney, KS 67672 In the Flint Hills of Kansas 2346B N Road • Strong City, KS 66869 Joe Mushrush: (620) 273-8581 • Bob Mushrush: (620) 273-8604

Annual Sale March 17, 2017

Janssen Red Angus Cattle Co.

Registered Bulls • Commercial Bred Heifers

Jack & Roxie Janssen

1825 Ave. X • Geneseo, Kansas 67444 (620) 824-6426 • Cell (620) 562-7041 janssen@hometelco.net “Seedstock Producers with a Commercial Focus”

HARMS PLAINVIEW RANCH Mark and Kim Harms 2528 250th St. • Lincolnville, KS 66858 (620) 924-5544 • hprbulls@tctelco.net Red Angus - Angus - Charolais

“Your Partner in Progress” Bulls, Females and Embryos by Private Treaty

H & F Red Angus Cattle Bred Replacement Heifers

Abilene, Kansas Brian- 785-479-6048 Daryl-785-479-0536 www.hfredanguscattle.com “Bred with You the Cattleman in Mind”

Darryl & Susie Rhodes 3932 N. Sage Ct. Maize, KS 67101 Phone: (316) 722-6900 Cell: (316) 648-8310 rhodesredangus2@gmail.com

www.rhodesredangus.com Registered & Commercial Red Angus

HOFT RED ANGUS

18 mo.& 2 yr. old Registered Bulls No feed ration, range tested, hard ‘n ready Commercial Bred Heifers in the fall Rick Pflughoeft • Ellsworth, KS 785-472-3734 • 785-472-1033

Ramsdale Reds “Red Angus since 1964”

John & Dan Ramsdale 780 S.E. 130 Ave. • Murdock, KS 67111 (316) 542-3297 • (620) 532-6060

KEVIN & MARY ANN KNIEBEL 428 S. 2600 Road • White City, KS 66872 (785) 349-2821 • Fax (785) 349-2822 Email: kniebel@tctelco.net www.Kcattle.com

Visit our website to locate a breeder near you!

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Calendar of Events December 1 1 2 3 3 5 7 8 10 12 12 17 17 19 31

Final Ad Reservation/Editorial Deadline for January ARA Magazine Las Rojas Annual Red Angus Production Sale, Frederick, OK Hueftle Cattle Co. Holiday Invite Bull & Female Sale, Cozad, NE Osborn Red Angus Bull and Female Sale, Athens, AL Sonstegard Cattle Co. Female Sale, Montevideo, MN Six Mile Ranch Comm. Heifer Sale, Swift Current, Saskatchewan, CA Big Sky Elite Female Sale, Logan, MT Blairs.Ag & Six Mile Red Angus Females Sale, Regina, SK, CA North Dakota Red Select Sale, Mandan, ND Cross Diamond Cattle Co., Bertrand, NE Solid Rock Red Angus, Bertrand, NE Money Makin’ Mommas Sale, Ames, IA MRAA Great Northern Sale, Hutchinson, MN Forster Red Angus, Dickinson, ND Lazy J Bar New Year’s Eve Extravaganza, Aberdeen, SD

1 7 7 7 8 8 9 15 20-21 21 28 28 28 29 30 31

Final Ad Reservation/Editorial Deadline for February ARA Magazine NWSS Red Angus Junior Show, Denver, CO Reds On The Rocks, Denver, CO Western Heritage Red Angus Sale, Denver, CO Mile High Classic Sale, Denver, CO NWSS Red Angus Pen Show, Denver, CO NWSS Red Angus Open Show, Denver, CO Ressler Land & Cattle Bull & Female Sale, Cooperstown, ND K2 Red Angus Bull & Female Internet Sale Bull Hill Ranch “More Bull for a Buck” Sale, Gray Court, SC Rohrich’s Cutting Edge Ranch, Mandan, ND M.C. Quantock “Canada’s Bulls” Bull Sale, Loydminster, Alberta, CA Ft. Worth Red Angus Showcase Sale, Ft. Worth, TX Ft. Worth Red Angus Regional Show, Ft. Worth, TX Bullis Creek “Generations of Predictability 17”, Burwell, NE Grassy Meadow Ranch, Jamestown, ND

1 1 3 4 4 4 7 7 14 15 16 18 20 21 24

Final Ad Reservation/Editorial Deadline for March ARA Magazine Badlands Genetics Plus Sale, Dickinson, ND TJS Red Angus Sale, Buffalo, WY Hill 70 Quantock Ranch, Lloydminster, Alberta, CA Loonan Stock Farm Private Treaty Day, Corning, IA Sutphin Cattle Production Sale, Lamar, CO Lemke Cattle Bull Sale, Lawrence, NE Twedt Red Angus, McHenry, ND Forster Red Angus, Richardton, ND Barenthsen-Bullinger Red Angus, Powers Lake, ND Olson’s Red Power Bull and Female Sale, Argusville, ND Crump Red Angus “Forever Red” Sale, Buffalo, WY Turtle River Cattle Co., Napoleon, ND Gill Red Angus “You Buy We Bid” Bull Sale, Timber Lake, SD Brenner Angus, Mandan, ND

January

February

RAAA Feeder Calf Sale listings can be found on page 14.

Visit RedAngus.org for an extended list of sales and events.

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Missouri

Red Angus Association

Route 61 Box 851 • Cabool, MO 65689 • 417-962-0181 kmassey.moredangus@gmail.com • www.missouriredangus.com

Balancing Performance with Maternal Mike and Stephanie Smith

Scott Bachman • (660) 247-1112

scott_bachman@yahoo.com www.bachmancattlefarms.com

Dan (913) 909-1912 Kay (816) 657-4655

Balanced & Proven Genetics www.lacysredangus.com

"As Good as the Best, Better than the Rest"

McPhee Red Angus

17520 Hwy. JJ Chillicothe, MO 64601

SPREUTELS FARM RED ANGUS

ELLSINORE, MO 573-593-4299 Cell: 573-300-8112 lazyws@yahoo.com

Ken & Brenda Keesaman

Columbia, MO 573-881-0395 • 573-449-1809

Bulls & Females at Private Treaty Commercial Replacements

Rt. 2 Box 129A • Koshkonong, MO Wilbur, Elsie or Steve Spreutels (417) 867-5695 • (417) 867-5545

Red Angus Bulls • Heifers

Osborn,MO 64474 25 E. St. Joseph on Hwy. 36 (816) 675-2503

Look to THE WEST! In Your RED ANGUS QUEST...

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RED ANGUS CATTLE

DOUG and BETTY DUNN 9695 Lowerbridge Way • Terrebonne, OR 97760 (541) 923-1705 • Fax (541) 923-5005 A Leachman Cattle Company Cooperator

North Santiam Red Angus

Ralph and Louise Bochsler 41210 Kingston Lyons Drive Stayton, Oregon 97383 Residence Business Fax (503) 769-6483 (503) 769-3436 (503) 769-7358 Registered Red Angus

John & Jennifer Menke 10935 Quartz Valley Rd. (530) 468-5341 Ft. Jones, CA 96032

Leonard & Naomi Wood • (208) 263-5246 481649 Hwy 95 North • Sandpoint, ID 83864 • woodvxranch@aol.com

LORENZEN RANCHES P.O. Box 1519 Pendleton, OR 97801 (541) 276-6108 Larry Lorenzen

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Carl, Jodi & Scott Lautenschlager

(509) 657-3301 • carljodi@hotmail.com Rt. 1 Box 12 Endicott, WA 99125

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Advertiser Index

3K Land & Cattle Co ............................67 5L Red Angus ......................................79 9 MIle Ranch ........................................15 ABS Global ..........................................11 Adams Angus Ranch............................65 Andras Stock Farm ..............................78 Angelo Cattle Company .......................70 Angus World ........................................74 Atkinson Reds ......................................64 Axtell Cattle Co ....................................72 Bachman Cattle Farms ........................77 Bar C Red Angus..................................67 Barenthsen-Bullinger Red Angus ...34,72 Basel Red Angus..................................73 Beatty Farms .......................................64 Beckton Stock Farm ..........................3,70 Bieber Red Angus ................................7 BIM Red Angus ....................................69 Birdwell, James ....................................74 Birdwell, Joel ........................................74 Birnie Red Angus..................................65 Bola Red Angus ..............................67,68 Booth, CK Sonny..................................74 Bovine Elite ..........................................28 Bowles J5 Red Angus ..........................71 Brenner Angus......................................54 Broken Heart Ranch.. .....................62,72 Broseco Ranch ....................................33 Brown, RA ............................................67 Brylor Ranch ........................................74 Buffalo Creek Red Angus ....................24 Bull Hill Ranch ................................63,64 Bullis Creek Ranch..........................65,69 C-T ..................................................40,71 Campbell Red Angus............................72 Canadian RA Promotion Society ..........74 Cattlecliffs Ranch ................................72 Cedar Hill Farm ....................................73 Chappell Red Angus ............................73 Chain Ranch ........................................77 Chiefline Red Angus ............................67 Christensen Red Angus........................71 Choat Cattle Co....................................65 Clark Cattle Services............................74 Clay Maxey Ford ..................................44 Collier Diamond C Ranch 18,19,21,22,24 Country Acres Farm ............................73 Croissant Red Angus............................72 Cross Diamond................................65,79 Crump Red Angus ..........................39,72 D&D Cattle Co .....................................65 DK Red Angus......................................72

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Damar Farms ......................................55 Deichmann Livestock Brokerage..........74 Diamond H ......................................16,75 Double Eagle Ranch ............................77 Double Tree Red Angus ......................70 Elmwood Fields ....................................73 Faylor Red Angus ................................75 Feddes Red Angus ..............................40 Fick Red Angus ....................................65 Fischer’s Red Angus ......................56,70 Flaming Livestock Co ..........................75 Flat Iron Red Angus..............................72 Forster Red Angus ..........................32,72 Fritz Red Angus....................................71 Genex/CRI ......................................74,80 Gibson Red Angus, GA ........................64 Gilchrist ................................................74 Gill Red Angus......................................27 Glacier Red Angus ..............................70 Green Mountain Red Angus ............10,70 Griffith Seedstock ................................75 G.W. Land & Cattle Co ........................67 H & F Red Angus .................................75 Halfmann Red Angus ........................2,67 Hall - Pokorny Red Angus ....................65 Harbin Red Angus ...............................71 Harms Plainview Ranch ......................75 Hickory Hill Farm ..................................64 Hidden Creek Farm ..............................73 Hoft Red Angus ...................................71 Hueftle Cattle Co ..................................65 IGS Seminar ........................................51 Illinois Red Angus Association..............73 Immucell ..............................................26 JST Red Angus ....................................77 Jacobson Red Angus ..........................72 James Red Angus ................................78 Janssen Red Angus ............................75 Jacobs, Roger ......................................74 Jarvis Red Angus ................................64 Jeffries Land & Cattle ..........................73 K2 Red Angus ......................................50 Karr Farms ..........................................73 Kernen’s Cattle ....................................69 KK Farms ............................................77 Klompien Red Angus............................71 Kniebel Cattle Co ................................75 Kolle Red Angus ..................................67 Kravig Red Angus ................................72 Lacy’s Red Angus ................................77 Laubach Red Angus ........................37,70 Lautenschlager & Sons ........................77

JoAnn James (641) 593-6526 Fax (641) 593-6646

78 American Red Angus Magazine ■ December 2016

Lazy J Bar ......................................45,72 Lazy W Farm ........................................77 Leland Red Angus ..........................13,70 Liberty Ranch ......................................75 Little Creek Farm..................................64 Loonan Stock Farm ........................48,73 Loosli Red Angus ................................77 Lorenzen Ranches ..............................77 Lucht Red Angus .................................71 Ludvigson ............................................43 MARS Red Angus ................................71 Maple Oaks Red Angus........................77 McLean Red Angus ..............................64 McMurphy Farms. ................................73 McPhee Red Angus..............................77 Meado-West Farms..............................73 Mees Ranch ........................................70 Mercer Farm ........................................64 Messmer Red Angus. ..........................72 Mile High Classic Sale..........................17 Milk Creek Reds. ..................................71 Minnesota Angus Sale..........................23 Minnesota Red Angus Assoc................72 Money Makin’ Mommas Sale ..............35 Morris/Box Ranch ................................67 Mushrush Red Angus. ......................5,75 Namken Red Angus ............................73 North Dakota Red Angus Assn ............58 North Dakota Red Select Sale ............29 North Santiam Red Angus....................77 OHR ................................................49,72 Oak Ridge Farms ................................73 ORIgen ................................................74 Osborn Red Angus ..............................64 Ozark Bull Sale ....................................29 Ozark Hills Genetics.............................77 Peacock Red Angus ............................69 Pelton Red Angus.................................75 Pieper Red Angus ................................65 Pifers Livestock Marketing ..............69,74 Plain Jan’s ......................................68,76 Pool Ranch...........................................74 ProTernative ........................................12 Quality Genetics ..................................71 Quartz Valley Red Angus ....................77 RCR Promotions ..................................74 Rafter JX Ranch ..................................65 Ramsdale Reds ...................................75 Red Angus Brain Trust ........................37 Red Angus Society of Australia ............74 Redland Red Angus ............................75 Red Belt Red Angus ............................64

Red Cow Relocators ......................31,74 Red Fork Red Angus ............................70 Reds On The Rocks Sale ....................25 Rhodes Red Angus ..............................75 Robertson-Lindsay Cattle Co ..............69 Rock Creek Red Angus ........................75 Rocking K Ranch..................................64 Rohrich’s Cutting Edge Ranch ............61 Rouse Red Angus ................................73 S Diamond Angus ................................65 Sandbur Ridge Red Angus ..................65 Sandhill Red Angus ........................51,71 Schuler Red Angus ..............................65 Schumacher Trust ................................75 Scott Farm Red Angus ........................72 Sheaman Ranch ..................................72 Shepherd Red Angus ..........................77 Shoal Creek..........................................77 Smith Land & Cattle Co........................80 Solid Rock Red Angus.....................42,72 Sonstegard Cattle Co. ....................41,72 Southeast Red Angus Association .......64 Spear J Red Angus ..............................70 Spreutels Farm Red Angus ..................77 Stanton ................................................46 Stout, Justin..........................................74 Strauss Free Raised ............................76 Sun River..............................................70 Sutherlin Farms ..............................33,70 Swan Creek Red Angus ......................64 Sycamore Farm....................................64 Tally Farms ..........................................70 Thunder Grove Angus ..........................73 Trinity Creek Red Angus ......................64 Triple Creek Ranch ..............................67 Turtle River Cattle Co. ..........................57 Twedt Red Angus ................................53 VF Red Angus ........................................9 Valentine Farms ..................................73 Valnes Red Angus ................................72 Wedel Red Angus ................................75 Western Heritage Red Angus Sale ......47 Westphal Red Angus............................71 Whitley Red Angus ..............................64 Willows Farm Company ......................77 Windrush Farm ....................................77 Woods V Bar X Ranch ..................38,77 Wrights Mill Farm Red Angus ..............73 York Creek Red Angus ........................31

Andras

Stock Farm

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Steve: 217-473-2320 • Will: 217-473-2355 P.O. Box 71 • Manchester, IL 62663 email: andras@irtc.net

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PERFORMANCE AND CARCASS 1AR00959 BIEBER

DEEP END B597

Reg. No. 1694338

Deep End combines the growth and carcass merit of his popular sire with the maternal potency of his highly productive dam. Breeders will appreciate this bull’s substance of bone, depth of body and masculinity in a deep cherry red package.

HB

107

GM

CED

2%

24%

54

BW

7 -1.5 .32 .33

WW

77 .29

122 .28

YW

MILK

4%

4%

4%

30 .24

ME

3

HPG

13 .15

14%

CEM

6 .32

STAY

8 .01

MARB

0.74 .32

-0.20 .27

YG

CW

8%

4%

6%

40 .24

REA

FAT

1.14 0.020 .30 .37

Bieber Roosevelt W384 Bieber Rollin Deep Y118 Bieber Tilly 399W LJC Mission Statement P27 Bieber Laura 158W Basin Laura 5301

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