Tennessee Cattle Business - March 2024

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A couple of years ago we had a wreck going and needed a solution. ENDOVAC-Beef was it! A neighbor recommended the product. I knew it didn’t cost much and I knew what I was doing wasn’t working, so when I found out it covered E. coli, Salmonella, Pasteurella, and Mannheimia, I gave it a try. I vaccinated my calves and it worked! Plus, it’s just so easy on them. I give it to my calves around two months of age and again at weaning. The heifers I hold back get it again in June when they go through the chute. It’s just a good product.

The first year we started using ENDOVAC- Beef we had good results. The second year was even better because we implemented it in everything. I vaccinated my cows in April and gave them a booster in June to ensure full protection for my fall calvers and it solved all my scour problems. For those who have spring cows, I would give them a dose in the fall and again in January, about six to seven weeks before they start calving.

Since implementing ENDOVAC-Beef, my medical bill went down and I’m just not treating calves anymore. I haven’t had to doctor one with foot rot either. I can tell you that vaccinating them is cheaper than losing them… it’s worth it.

Everything that goes through the chute; cows, calves, and bulls, gets a shot of Endovac at least twice a year now.

–JW Henson, –Hillview Farms

ENDOVAC-Beef has been a Game Changer for me. I run a good sized cow-calf operation in addition to starting cattle. 100% of my cattle get ENDOVAC-Beef

Since using ENDOVAC we don’t have to treat as many cattle for respiratory, or even other common problems like pinkeye and foot rot. I am getting my Pasteurella and the stimulant that makes the vaccine work better with ENDOVAC-Beef.

If everybody knew what I knew, everyone would be using it!

–Brad Haun, –Haun Ranch

RBR BLACKCAP H779 *19920320

Blackcap H779 is an outstanding growth and phenotype female sired by the proven leader of the Antczak Angus, Linz and Wall Street herd sire rosters, Exemplify 71124 and stems from a dam who combines the foundation female sire, Payweight 1682 and the multi-trait leader, Rampage. Blackcap H779 sells due in February to GAR Apex.

JACS ELSA 9511 19774762

Elsa 9511 is a balanced-trait female who combines the featured female sires, Inertia and the now-deceased Deer Valley Farm headliner, Weigh Up while stemming from the proven and productive Thomas Angus Ranch Elsa family. Elsa 9511 sells with a heifer calf at side by the Circle G herd sire, EWA 0114 of 8176 West Point.

CIRCLE G BLACKCAP 9056 +*19507774

Blackcap 9056 is a second-generation Circle G donor and direct daughter of the powerful and prolific Circle G Ranches headliner, Blackcap 4H64 sired by the record-selling Rooney Angus Ranch and Vintage Angus sire, Power Play. Blackcap 9056 sells with a heifer calf at side by the Genex roster leader, Iconic G95.

CIRCLE G RITA 2S63 +*20507027

Rita 2S63 is a growth, carcass, $B and $C combination daughter of the third-generation Friendship Farms donor, Rita 8M10 and is sired by the longtime leader of the Grimmius Cattle Company roster, Salvation.

YOUTH AWARDS BANQUET

SPONSORED BY KUBOTA TRACTOR CORPORATION

The sixth annual Tennessee Cattlemen’s Association (TCA) Youth Awards Banquet was held on Saturday, January 20, 2024, at the Lane AgriPark in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. The event was sponsored by Kubota Tractor Corporation. Approximately 175 Tennessee Cattlemen’s Youth Association (TCYA) members, parents, and industry supporters gathered to celebrate the accomplishments of the youth award winners.

Over 35 youth were recognized for their achievements in the 2023 Tennessee’s Top Tier sponsored by Merck Animal Health program. Additionally, 12 youth members were recognized as recipients of the TCA/Farm Credit Mid-America Youth Beef Heifer Initiative scholarship, TCA Outstanding Youth Award, and TCA educational scholarships. A highlight of the banquet was the inspirational keynote message from Dr. Keith Carver, senior vice chancellor and senior vice president of the UT Institute of Agriculture.

For the sixth year, the TCA Youth Awards Banquet was a fun-filled event with fellowship and celebration. The future is bright for the cattle industry in Tennessee.

THANK YOU TO THE FOLLOWING SPONSORS...

Banquet Sponsor

Kubota Tractor Corporation

Tennessee’s Top Tier Title Sponsor Merck Animal Health

Youth Beef Heifer Initiative Sponsor

Farm Credit Mid-America

Outstanding Youth Award Sponsor Oakdale Farms

Diamond Sponsors

United Farm & Home Coop

Tennessee Farmers Cooperative

TransOva Genetics

Gallagher

Gold Sponsors

3C-YB Cattle

Lubrisyn

Northwest Tennessee Cattlemen’s Association

West Tennessee Angus Association

Champion Show Supply

Carter Cove Graphics

UT Animal Science

Silver Sponsors

M&M Cattle

Tennessee Simmental/SimBrah Association

Tennessee Shorthorn Association

Bronze Sponsors

Perkins Family Cattle

Umbarger Show Feeds

Swallows Insurance Agency

Friend of TCYA

DS Farms

Tennessee CattleWomen’s Association

Shady Bottom Ranch

Freebird Farms

Tennessee Hereford Association

Higgins Farms

Tennessee Angus Association

Jared Hart

Cedar Forrest Farms

TCA Youth Awards Banquet Photos by 2024 TCA Youth Ambassadors, Gracie Giles and Lila Sims

TENNESSEE’S TOP TIER sponsored by MERCK ANIMAL HEALTH

Top 5 Overall Heifers

Show Heifer of the Year, Kutler Tinin; 2nd Overall Avery Rowlett; 3rd Overall Sydney Cherry; 4th Overall Jaclyn Thomas; 5th Overall Annie Meier (not pictured)

High Point TN Bred Heifer Avery Rowlett; 2nd Sydney Cherry; 3rd Annie Meier (not pictured); 4th Kutler Tinin; 5th Evan Jackson

1st Remi Gardner; 2nd Avery Rowlett; 3rd Evan Jackson; 4th Ellie Hensley; 5th Lucas Berner

1st Kutler Tinin; 2nd Kelbie Rowlett; 3rd Jaclyn Thomas; 4th Tillman Staley; 5th Grayce Hunigan

Show Steer of the Year Collin Cook; 2nd Overall Kate Lamon; 3rd Overall Tillman Staley; 4th Overall Brevin Hutson; 5th Overall Collin Cook

1st Emma Armstrong; 2nd Abigail Henry; 3rd Augustus Rye; 4th (tie) Sydney Cherry; 4th (tie) Brevin Hutson; 5th Riley Smallen (not pictured)

1st Parker Staley; 2nd Jackson Overbay; 3rd Ivy McGillis; 4th Layne Stover; 5th Sam Teeple

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1st Knox Logan;

Top 5 Overall Steers

Top 5 Tennessee Bred Heifers

Top 5 Senior Level II Showmanship

Top 5 Senior Level I Showmanship

Top 5 Junior High Showmanship

Top 5 Junior Showmanship

Top 5 Explorer Showmanship

2nd Laine Whipple; 3rd Mattie King; 4th Harmon Locke; 5th Curtis Bomar

CONGRATULATIONS!

TCA/FCMA Youth Beef Heifer Initiative Scholarship

(front row, l-r) Harmon Locke, 1st place youth; Caroline Waters, 1st place junior high; Remi Gardner, 1st place senior high; (back row, l-r) Amy Olt, FCMA Representative; Curtis Bomar, 2nd place youth; Ivy McGillis, 2nd place junior high; Cori Hopkins, 2nd place senior high; Dustin Pearson, TCA President.

TCA Outstanding Youth Award

(l-r) Sponsor, Luke Teeple; senior division winner, Jana Owen, Lincoln County; junior division winner, Allie Harrison, Washington County; Dustin Pearson, TCA President.

2023-2024 TCA Educational Scholarships

(l-r) Sarah Beth Callicott, Madison Maupin, Ben Mayfield, Dustin Pearson, TCA President

2023 Friend of the Tennessee Cattlemen’s Youth Association

Tennessee Beef Industry Council

(l-r) Valerie Bass, TBIC Executive Director; RuthAnn Johns, Sydney Cherry, Emma Armstrong, 2023 Youth Ambassadors

2023 TCA Youth Ambassadors

(l-r) TCA Director of Youth Programs & Outreach Melinda Perkins, RuthAnn Johns, Sydney Cherry, Emma Armstrong, Augustus Rye, TCA President, Dustin Pearson, Caroline Garrell (not pictured)

2024 TCA Youth Ambassadors (l-r) Lauren Wingler, Evan Jackson, Lila Sims, Gracie Giles, Ellie Hensley

Rockingham Co. Fairgrounds

Southern

Shady

WHERE SEAMLESS SETUP AND UNPARALLELED SAFETY MEET.

CRAZY K RITA 6726

The Inaugural AAA Farms Production Sale

Reg# +*18604882

ALSO FEATURING FULL SISTERS TO THE POPULAR AAA HERD SIRE HEADLINER, TRUE BALANCE 1311 AND THE PROVEN EDISTO PINES FARM, EZ ANGUS AND SELECT SIRES ROSTER MEMBER, STEP UP 9178.

SPRUCE MTN ERICA 8364

Reg# +*19221717

CED +12, BW -.4, WW +83, YW +143, Milk +33, CW +61, MARB +1.43

RE +.41, FAT +.045, $AxH +158, $AxJ +115, $M +91

$W +90, $F +99, $G +87, $B +186, $C +332

Featuring two daughters of this $55,000 $M and $W leader of the AAA donor program sired by the $175,000 AAA, Spruce Mountain RS Angus and Express calving-ease specialist, True Balance and the popular ST Genetics roster member, Kenny Rogers. Express Ranches boought a heifer pregnancy by the multi-trait sire, True Balance in the 2023 Bases Loaded Sale for $25,000.

CED +13, BW +.5, WW +65, YW +120

Milk +26, CW +57, MARB +1.44, RE +1.05

FAT -.009, $AxH +214, $AxJ +217 , $W +53

$W +54, $F +109, $G +100, $B +210, $C +326

Headlining the proven donors selling in this first time event, Rita 6726, the Marb., RE, $B and $C leading feature who is a direct daughter of the foundation Hillhouse Angus and Maplecrest Farms female, Ingenuity 3132 by the Marb. leader, Momentum. Progeny from this AAA cornerstone includes: Fervent 2549, the Lot 2 headliner of the 44 Farms Spring Bull Sale; Rita 1503, the $90,000 top-selling female of the recordsetting first Gobbell G3 Farms sale selected by Vintage Angus Ranch; and Rita 0024, the $70,000 selection of Audley Farm in the 2021 Spruce Mountain Ranch Sale. Rita 6726 sells with heifer calf at side by True Balance, and open and ready to flush.

VINTAGE RITA 5008

Reg# *18066030

CED +4, BW +1.7, WW +85, YW +147, Milk +20, CW +72, MARB +1.02 RE +.65, FAT -.019, $AxH +91, $AxJ +94, $M +39 $W +68, $F +120, $G +74, $B +195, $C +292

A special highlight from the Rita family, daughters of this $240,000 valued AAA and Vintage Angus donor sell by the record-selling Jameson, the multi-trait leader of the ST Genetics roster, Breakthrough and the now-deceased ST Genetics roster member, Clarity.

Full and maternal sisters include: Rita 8204, the $160,000 valued selection of Herbster Angus and Linz Heritage Angus; Rita 0227, the $120,000 selection of EZ Angus and Optum Angus; a $35,000 heifer pregnancy selling to Circle G Ranches; and two females selling to Vintage Angus Ranch in the record-setting 2023 Gobbell G3 Farms Sale.

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Why roll the dice?

Not all “Angus” bulls are REGISTERED Angus bulls.

Don’t gamble on unproven genetics. There are a lot of Angus bulls on the market, but not all are backed by the power of 80 million datapoints and a registration paper. Invest wisely in a registered Angus bull.

Alex Tolbert Regional Manager 706.338.8733 atolbert@angus.org

Alex Tolbert Regional Manager 706.338.8733 atolbert@angus.org

Look for the REGISTRATION NUMBER. Bring the Power of Angus to your herd. Angus.org/PBA.

SM

PO Box 215 Cross Plains, TN 37049

Phone: 615-478-4483

Tennessee News

UT Institute of Agriculture Hosts 2024 Field Days Across Tennessee

Advanced research and tried-and-true techniques will be on display throughout the year and across the state during the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture in-person and online field days in 2024. Most events are hosted at UT AgResearch and Education Centers throughout the state and feature UTIA researchers and Extension specialists as expert speakers.

The 2024 beef/cattle schedule includes (all times local):

• Weed Tour – June 20, 8:30 a.m. CDT, West Tennessee AgResearch and Education Center at Jackson

• Tobacco Beef & More – June 27, 8 a.m. CDT, Highland Rim AgResearch and Education Center at Springfield

• Milan No-Till – July 25, 7 a.m. CDT, AgResearch and Education Center at Milan

• Steak and Potatoes – August 22, 8 a.m. CDT, Plateau AgResearch and Education Center at Crossville

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• Precision Livestock Technologies: Beef & Forage Systems –September 24, 8 a.m. CDT, Middle Tennessee AgResearch and Education Center at Spring Hill

• Northeast Tennessee Beef Expo – October 17, 7:45 a.m. EDT, Northeast Tennessee AgResearch and Education Center at Greeneville

• Beef Heifer Development School – October 18, 8 a.m. CDT, Middle Tennessee AgResearch and Education Center at Lewisburg

For more information and to see all of the field days available, visit https://agresearch.tennessee.edu/field-days/

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