cow country news - january 2015

Cow Country NewsCattlemen’s Association

January 2015

Ky Cattlemen’s Assoc.176 Pasadena DriveLexington, KY 40503

Issue Highlights -2015 KCA Convention Program Inside

Producers See Benefits of Adding On-farm Storage - pg. 26

Kentucky Beef Checkoff Coverage - pg. 42-43

Preparing Equipment for Winter Storage - pg. 45

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Central Kentucky Angus Association51st Annual Winter Sale

“The Showcase Event of Central Kentucky Angus Association”SATURDAY, JANUARY 24th, 2015 w 1:00 PM EST

CENTRAL KENTUCKY ANGUS SALES PAVILION DANVILLE, KENTUCKY 4 Miles northeast of Danville on State Route 34, then Chenault Bridge Road then Fork Church Road.

GPS address: 2286 Fork Church Road, Lancaster, KY40444

Sale Sponsor: Central KY Angus Assn. President: Tom McGinnis, Shelbyville, KY

Vice-President: Bob Clark, Harrodsburg, KYSecretary: Jamie Marksbury, Hodgenville, KY

Treasurer: John Goggin, Danville, KYJunior Advisor: Jamie Marksbury, Hodgenville, KY

Directors: Jared Ayres • Greg Slone • Stan Carnes • Randy Sparks

Joe Goggin • Joe Myers • Butch Nunn • Pete Dennen

Tim Dievert478 Dry Fork Rd. • Danville, KY 40422Offi ce (859) 236-4591 • Cell (859) 238-3195email: [email protected] Book online available after 1/1/15 at:www.dievertsales.com

Auctioneer: Eddie BurksSale Day Phones: (859) 583-0364 • (859) 238-3195

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SAV Madame Pride 0098 (16637886)

Myers Queen M197 (16637886)

2 Bar Objective 5546 (15263522)

AAR TEN X 7008 SA: Selling 5 sons, 1 daughter, 5 females carrying his service, 16 embryos sired by him, & 5 straws of semen.

BASIN LUCY X140: A direct daughter of Basin Lucy 178E. Selling a 9-27-14 heifer calfsired by Absolute out

of X140., Lot 1.

WOF 10X 8252 831 17609910: 9-5-13 10X son with a $B OF 116.44, lOT 46. Videos available on YouTube. Search: 17611948 and 17609910

Selling 60 Head8 Show Heifer Prospect • 6 Bred Heifers • 29 Cows/18 Calves

46 Embryos • 10 Bulls (See QR code for info on bulls.)Semen: More than 90 straws

Consigned By:MYERS ANGUS FARMMYERS ANGUS FARMLEONARD NEWMANLEONARD NEWMANLEONARD NEWMANLEONARD NEWMANSOLID ROCK ANGUS

G & RG & RG & RG & R

Dam SAV MADAME PRIDE0098 (16637886)

MYERS QUEEN M197 (15875354)CHAMPION HILL GEORGINA 8016 (17107984)CHAMPION HILL GEORGINA 8016 (17107984)

CHAMPION HILL EMBLYNETTE 6052 (15734182)CHAMPION HILL EMBLYNETTE 6052 (15734182)

2 BAR OBJECTIVE 5546 (15263522)RITA 7M24 OF RITA 2V5 PRED15674644 RITA 7M24 OF RITA 2V5 PRED15674644 RITA 7M24 OF RITA 2V5 PRED15674644

RITA 6M71 OF RITA 3X29 PRED 15498619

SireAAR TEN X 7008 SA (15719841)AAR TEN X 7008 SA (15719841)CONNEALY BLACK GRANITESITZ UPWARD 307R (14963730)AAR TEN X 7008 SA (15719841)

GAR PROPHET (16295688)AAR TEN X 7008 SA (15719841)

EXAR UPSHOT 0562B SITZ UPWARD 307R

SAV BRILLIANCE 8077SAV BRILLIANCE 8077

Sale Features:• ET fall Heifer Calf from Cliff side Farm: Dam is a 004 out of Basin Lucy 178ESired by Absolute.

Will sell with a registered recip.• MYERS QUEEN M257 (15875356)- Predestined daughter with a fancy October show heifer

prospect by Connealy Black Granite.• E C A LADY EXPECTATION 978 with an8-14-14 heifer calf by DHD TRAVELER 6807.

• 4 bred heifers from D & D and Caney Creek: Sired by IN FOCUS, C C & 7, PROSPERITY, & DUFF STIMULUS 856. Due in the spring to PROPHET, CAPITALIST, REGIS, & 10X.

• 4 Show Prospect Heifers from KB ANGUS, Kevin Beckington: December senior calves by Ten X and GAR Anticipation. A January by Safeguard and a February by Connealy Consensus 7229.

• 10 head from MIDDLE CREEK Vince Hartlage. Featuring the get and service of Ten X.

203rd Sale Sponsored by CKAA

Myers 257 Black Granite.October show prospect.

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Cowels’ PLEASANT HILL FARMSMARCH MADNESSBULL AND

HEIFER SALE

Thursday • March 5, 2015 • 6:30 PMUnited Producers Inc. Livestock Center

(One mile off of I-65 at exit 28 in Bowling Green, KY)Selling: 70 Bulls • 90 Commercial Heifers

45 Eighteen-month-old Angus and Sim/Angus Bulls 25 Yearling Angus and Sim/Angus Bulls

All Bulls are Registered, Performance Tested, Ultrasound Tested, have passed a Breeding Soundness Evaluation.

90 Black and Black Baldy High-quality Replacement Yearling Heifers All heifers have been vaccinated, de-wormed and reproductive tract scored.

BullsCowles’ Pleasant Hill Farms, Gil Cowles

270-843-9021 or Jerod Metzger 270-779-6260Estes Cattle Co., Joe Don Estes 270-791-4084

Burks Cattle Company, Scott Burke 270-670-3100

Contact any of the breeders above for a sale book or any additional information.See you on March 5, 2015 • Sale starts at 6:30 PM • Complimentary dinner served starting at 5 PM

Coleman RegisS A V Resource 1441

HeifersCooper Cattle, Paul Cooper 931-624-8659Estes Brothers, Joe Estes 270-202-6653

Connealy Right Answer

LF Dream Doctor

The following Progressive Breeders are bringing you the sale offerings:

Sires Represented:

Partisover Promotion

SAV Bismark


STONE GATE FARMSANNUAL PRODUCTION SALE

Monday • March 2nd, 2015 At the farm, Flemingsburg KY

60 Bulls30 Fall Yearling

20 Spring Yearling 10 Cows

Most With Calves At Side20 - 2 Year Old HeifersMany With Calves At Side

15 Bred Heifers Due To Calve In Fall Of 2015

15 Open HeifersPlease Contact Us for More Information:

Stone Gate Farms • 1669 Mill Creek Rd. • Flemingsburg, KY 41041Charles Cannon: 606-849-4278 • Jere Cannon: 606-849-4360Chris Cannon: 606-748-0407 • Victoria Cannon: 606-748-5420

Corey Story: 606-209-1543 email: [email protected]

TABLE OF CONTENTSQualityRegistered

Angus Bulls Bulls Qualify for Cost Share

Dennis Craig & Randy Sparks, Owners • 859-621-4182Sammy Ayres, Manager • 859-983-9488

2661 Clintonville RoadWinchester, KY 40391

Save the

Date! Inaugural Production Sale1 0 - 1 0 - 1 5

CONVENTION PROGRAM INSIDE!

COLUMNISTS7 Steve Downs, R eview ing Go als8 James Comer, T w o N ew B eef G raders R eady to Assist

Kentu ck y Produ cers10 Dave Maples, A Year fo r th e R ecord B ook s12 Baxter Black, Th e H erd S ire22 Garry Lacefield, F orage I mp rovement Practices th at

W ork66 Roy Burris, W inter f eeding means more M U D!

FEATURE STORIES2 6 Produ cers S ee B enef it of adding on- f arm S torage2 8 E mergency Calf M anagement Considerations af ter

Dystocia 30 B eef Ch eck of f E nsu res F armers and R anch ers Are

H eard at M aj or F ood f or T omorrow Conf erence32 Kentu ck y Ag E conomy R emains S trong, B u t Concerns

Are f or 2 01535 M ak ing th e S h if t...U nderstanding th e new b ase f or

N ALF E PD’s38 V ariety M eat Demand B oosts O ctob er B eef , Pork

E xp orts40 O b itu ary: Dr. J ack S . Kimb rou gh42 Kentu ck y B eef Produ cers Pass R ef erendu m to Create

Kentu ck y B eef Ch eck of f44 S tep s tak en now can p revent f u el p rob lems du ring

w inter month s45 Prep aring E q u ip ment f or W inter S torage46 N ever. G ive. U p .55 U S DA S u rveying Cattle O p erations57 CPH R ep ort

14 National News15 State News16-21 County News 24-25 Economic & Policy Update48-49 Membership 52-53 Kentucky Beef Network50-51 Kentucky Beef Council61 News Releases64 Calendar of Events 65 Classifi ed Section: - Classifi ed ads - Advertisers I ndex


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KCA 2014 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OFFICERS:

PRESIDENT Steve Downs830 Arthur Mattingly RdLebanon, KY 40033(270) 865-2611

PRESIDENT ELECT Gary Woodall619 McReynolds Rd.Quality, KY 42256270-725-0819

VICE PRESIDENT David Lemaster1859 Irvine RoadWinchester, KY 40391(859) 749-0258

Kentucky Cattlemen’s Association 2014 Leadership

SECRETARY/TREASURER Ken Adams90 East Horseshoe Ave.Upton, KY 42784(270) 734-1443

KCA PAST PRESIDENT Don Reynolds1405 Jonesville Mill Rd.,Magnolia, KY 42757(270) 528-5239

KCA PROGRAM CHAIRMAN Tim White3660 Military PikeLexington KY 40513(859) 223-0326

KBC CHAIRMAN Chuck Crutcher 4364 Berrytown RdRineyville, KY 40162(270) 877-0239

KBN CHAIRMAN Bobby Foree2440 Eminence Road, Eminence, KY 40019(502) 845-4947

KCA Regional Directors:

176 Pasadena Drive,Lexington, KY 40503 Phone 859/278-0899 Fax 859/260-2060

Web Site: www.kycattle.org or kybeef.com E-Mail: [email protected]

IS PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY THE KENTUCKY CATTLEMEN’S ASSOCIATION.The publisher reserves the right to refuse publication of any material which he feels is unsuitable for the

publication. Although the highest journalistic ethics will be maintained, the Kentucky Cattlemen’s Association

limits its responsibilities for any errors, inaccuracies or misprints in advertising or editorial copy. Advertisers

and advertising agencies assume liability for all content of advertisements printed, and also assume

responsibility for any claims arising from such advertisements made against the publisher.

Cow Country News

KCA STAFF

* Denotes member of Executive committee

Volume 27 Issue 12

REGION 1*Steve Dunning, Vice President, 270-498-8180

Bobby Shilts, 270-547-6470Daniel Hayden, 270-570-2815Richard Russellburg, 502-233-4285Jeff Pettit, 270-884-5305Greg Whitson, 270-725-5906Lonnie Epley, 270-726-0844Chris Milam, 270-726-1803Lanny Boyd, 270-889-9682Jim Gilles, 270-929-0558

REGION 2*Ryan Miller, Vice President, 859-779-5461

Jerry Gaddie, 270-325-3703Dr. Kenneth Green, 270-879-0229Mike Highbaugh, 270-735-3184Andy Bishop, 502-275-6177 Wayne Pedigo, 270-670-9238Laura Cooper-Green, 270-230-3463Mike Elmore, 270-678-2494Marty Lile, 270-202-3282Bob Gerring, 270-427-2007Marion Crutcher, 270-877-5709Tony Reynolds, 270-528-6142Mitchel Logsdon, 270-524-0266Kelly Flanders, 270-528-6272Casey Shaff, 270-392-0852

REGION 3*Bobby Foree, Vice President, 502-845-4947

Chris McBurney, 502-741-7088

REGION 3 continuedIrvin Kupper, 502-633-6858Kevin Perkins, 502-269-7189Paul Redmon, 859-749-7788Chris Browning, 502-268-9181John Brent Smith, 502-541-7237Rondal Dawson, 502-829-5489James Lyons, 859-361-1222

REGION 4*Chris Cooper, Vice President, 859-200-7711

John Middleton, 859-623-1682Mike Stokley, 859-771-9195Doug Marshall, 859-885-3919Harold Rice, 606-652-4605Randy Warner, 859-771-5280Clay Wills, 859-749-8248Ron Ray, 859-858-4326Jeremy Jones, 859-749-2233John Tudor, 859-624-3834

REGION 5*Dave Rings, Vice President, 270-866-5535

Tim Shepherd, 859-265-7804C. Mike Spalding, 270-699-6587Gary Ford, 270-402-2194Larry Clay, 606-438-9914Bonnie Rings, 270-585-3500Joe Goggin, 859-238-9437 Adam Chunglo, 859-613-2985Phillip Reese, 606-787-1629

Cary King, 859-734-2173

Executive Vice President Dave MaplesStaff Accountant Kelly TuckerDirector of Kentucky Beef Network Becky ThompsonKBN Program Coordinator Brandy GravesKBN Industry Coordinator Dan MillerKBC Director of Consumer AffairsCaitlin Swartz

Membership Coordinator Nikki WhitakerCommunication Manager Leanna McGuirePublication Coordinator Carey BrownNational Advertising Sales Livestock Advertising Network, Debby Nichols, 859/321-8770

1972-73 Jere Caldwell - Boyle

1974-77 Smith T. Powell* - Lincoln

1978-79 Larry Lovell - Union

1980-82 John Masters* - Mason

1983-85 Seldon Hail - Laurel

1986-87 Bob Vickery - Wayne

1988 Glenn Mackie - Bourbon

1989 Dale Lovell - Muhlenberg

1990 Steve Henshaw - Union

1991 Jerry Fraim - Grayson

1992 Glen Massengale* - Wayne

1993 Dell King - Christian

1994 Kenneth Lowe - Warren

1995 Dr. J.L.Cole - Monroe

1996 Harvey Mitchell - Mercer

1997 Jim Naive - Spencer

1998 Shelby Hughes - Logan

1999 Hoppy Lovell - Barren

2000 Charles Miller - Jessamine

2001 Larry Clay - Perry

2002 Jack Kimbrough* - Shelby

2003 Mark Williams - Crittenden

2004 Paul Napier - Lincoln

2005 Eddie Young - Washington

2006 Greg Ritter* - Barren

2007 Don Pemberton - Christian

2008 Billy Glenn Turpin - Madison

2009 Scotty Parsons - Christian

2010 Corinne Kephart - Shelby

2011 Greg Robey - Mercer

2012 Mike Bach - Bath

2013 Don Reynolds - Hart

*(Deceased)


Well gu ys, th is is it. M iss Carey B row n tells me th at th is w ill b e my f inal

article f or Cow Cou ntry N e w s. I w ant to of f er you a b ig “ T H AN K YO U ! ” f or all you r su p p ort and k ind comments over th e p ast year. I w as talk ing to M r. Davenp ort, a retired dairy f armer, af ter th e Logan Cou nty Annu al/ Ch ristmas M eeting and h e told me h e enj oyed my talk and arti-cles b ecau se I w as a p lain talk er and didn’t try to sp eak “ over th eir h eads” . I took th at as a h igh comp liment, as my goal h as b een to talk and w rite to you as f riends, b ecau se th at is w h at I f eel you are to me and to ou r Association.

I look ed b ack at my f irst article to review w h at my goals w ere f or th e year. I ncreasing memb ersh i p w as th e f irst goal mentioned and w e f inish ed th e year w it h 9 676 memb ers, a new record. T h e credit f or th at goes to ou r cou nty leaders w h o got th e good new s ou t ab ou t KCA memb ersh i p and h elp ed u s get closer to th at 10,000 memb er mark . I t h ink incoming President, G ary W oodall, w ill h ave a good sh ot at leading u s to th at 10,000 mark .

T h e second goal listed w as to try to get a KY state sales tax exemp tion f or vet su p p lies. W e h ad several b eh ind th e scenes discu ssions w ith legislators in conj u nction w ith KY F arm B u reau early in 2 014. At th e end of th e day ou r su p p orters f elt th at if agricu ltu re tax exemp tions w ere op ened u p f or ch ange, w e cou ld p ossib ly lose more th an w e gained. At th e N ovemb er F arm B u reau Commodity M eeting , oth er commodity grou p s exp ressed an interest in p u rsu ing th e vet sales

tax exemp tion again at t h e next Kentu c k y Legislative S ession. W e at KCA w ill certainly b e th ere once again w ork ing tow ards t h is goal. H op ef u lly w e can f inally get on even f ooting w ith ou r f ellow cattlemen in su rrou nding states th at are allow ed th is exemp tion.

T h e th ird goal w as to continu e to w ork on ou r KCA H ealth Plan to mak e it more af f ordab le f or ou r memb ers to h ave h ealth insu rance. T h e p lan is w ork ing w ell f or KCA staf f f amilies and a f e w ag b u sinesses w ork ing w it h KCA. W e are still u nab le to sign u p individu al M om and Pop f armers, b u t can w ork w it h small emp loyer grou p s. I f you r f arm h as an emp loyee along w ith M om and Pop , th is p lan cou ld def initely b e of valu e to you .

T h e f ou rth goal set last J anu ary w as to p u rsu e th e additional dollar f or t h e KY B eef Ch ec k of f . T h at c h allenge w as met h ead on b y ou r w h ole KCA staf f , b u t most imp ortantly b y ou r lead man, Dave M ap les. I t w ou ld h ave b een mu ch easier f or Dave to sit b ack and w atch ou r KY B eef Cou ncil f all b eh ind as dollars coming in slow ed dow n du e to decreasing cattle nu mb ers w h ile p rograms w ere cu t du e to rising exp enses. Dave h ad a f irm conviction th at w e ow ed it to ou r Kentu c k y cattlemen to stay comp etitive w ith oth er states th at h ave already p assed th eir ow n state ch ec k of f s and to b e a leader in th e f ield ,as w e are th e largest cattle state east of th e M ississip p i R iver. H ad Dave k now n going into th is p roj ect j u st h ow time consu ming it w ou ld b ecome and th e b u tt ch e w ing h e and h is top notch staf f w ou ld endu re in th e p rocess, w e may h ave h ad a h ard time getting h im to move on th is initiative. B u t th en again, k now ing Dave’s ch aracter, if h e realiz ed th e end resu lt w ou ld b e a great b enef it f or ou r cattlemen, h e w ou ld h ave sw allow ed h ard and took th e b u tt ch e w ing anyw ay.

S p eak ing of th e ch eck of f , let me

of f er my sincere th ank s to all w h o took p art in th e p rocess and a sp ecial th ank s to ou r su p p orters w h o sh ow ed u p to vote YE S on th is investment in th e f u t u re of ou r cattle b u siness in Kentu c k y. W e are esp ecially gratef u l f or Ch arles M iller w illingness to h ead th e T ask F orce th at estab lish ed th e grou nd w ork f or getting th e KY Ch eck of f R e f erendu m started and laid ou t th e f ou ndation of h ow t h e KY B eef Promotion Cou ncil w ou ld b e str u ct u red. H is gu idance and p ersonal involvement w ere greatly ap p reciated and an integral p art of th e su ccess of th e R ef erendu m. All th e memb ers of th e T ask F orce h ad a voice on h ow t h e ref erendu m w ou ld b e p u rs u ed and imp lemented and th ey all deserve ou r th ank s as w ell. I t is al w ays a h ard sell to get someone to give additional money f or a cau se, even w h en it is a w orth w h ile cau se. W e w ou ld also lik e to th ank th e KY Dep artment of Agricu ltu re and th e

U K E xtension S ervice f or all th eir h elp in h olding th e R ef erendu m vote. O u r eventu al s u ccess w as du e to ou r grassroots cou nty organiz ations su p p ort on getting th eir memb ers ou t on N ovemb er 2 0th to vote. O u r Cou nty Presidents , ou r R egional V ice - Presidents and strong individu al cou nty memb er’s su p p ort w ere all instr u mental in reach ing t h e s u ccessf u l conclu sion of t h is camp aign. T H AN KS f or mak ing it h ap p en! T h e KY Ch eck of f w ill go in ef f ect Ap ril 1st and rest assu red, it w ill b e imp lemented and dollars sp ent, w it h integrity.

All Kentu c k y cattlemen lost a treasu red leader in Decemb er w it h t h e p assing of Dr. J ack Kimb rou gh . Dr. Kimb rou gh f ou nded th e S h el b y Cou nty Cattlemen’s Association in 19 9 6, and served as KCA President in 2 002 . H e later served as Ch airman of

PRESIDENT’S THOUGHTS

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OAK HOLLOW Performance Tested Purebred Angus Cattle

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Kenneth D. Lowe (270) 202-7186 Joe K. Lowe II (270) 202-4399 �

Smiths Grove, Kentucky

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ANGUS FEMALES FOR SALERegistered and purebred fall pairs, registered spring

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WWW.OAKHOLLOWANGUS.COMKenneth D. Lowe (270) 202-7186

Joe K. Lowe II (270) 202-4399

Reviewing GoalsSteve

Downs -----------------

Kentucky Cattlemen's Association President

Contʼd on pg. 34


Th e Kentu ck y Dep artment of Agricu lt u re’s b eef grading p rogram h as h el p ed many

Kentu ck y cattle p rodu cers w h o sell b eef at retail or directly to consu mers. KDA h as a contract w ith U S DA to p erf orm th is service f or ou r p rodu cers u nder th e training and su p ervision of f ederal graders.

I am p leased to introdu ce th e dep artment’s tw o new b eef graders, Donovan Pigg and T odd H enning,

w h o recently comp leted th eir training and testing in M ich igan and are ready to p rovide th is vital service. Donovan and T odd are k now ledgeab le cattle p eop le w ith a u niq u e u nderstanding of th e indu stry.

I n case you are not f amiliar w ith th e b eef grading p rocess, it req u ires b reak ing th e rib eye b etw een th e 12 th and 13th rib s th en measu ring th e rib eye area in sq u are inch es, measu ring f at th ick ness, and getting a carcass w eigh t. T h ese th ree measu rements are entered into a f ormu la, resu lting in a yield grade. Yield grades are nu mb ered 1 th rou gh 5, w ith # 1 b eing extremely lean and h eavy mu scled, w h ile # 5 is extremely ligh t mu scled and very f at. T yp ically, Yield G rades # 2 or # 3 are p ref erred.

W h ile th e rib eye is op en, th e

grader w ill evalu ate th e degree of intra- mu scu lar f at or marb ling and determine a q u ality grade – Prime, Ch oice, S elect, and S tandard. Prime h as th e h igh est degree of marb ling, w h ile S tandard h as nearly none. M ost p rodu cers seek to p rodu ce Yield G rade # 2 w ith a q u ality grade of Low Ch oice. G rass- f ed cattle p rodu cers w h o p rodu ce a leaner p rodu ct th an conventional b eef may f ind th e S elect grade very mark etab le.

T h e graders’ j ob is to give th e p rodu cer an ob j ective, th ird- p arty evalu ation of th e animal carcass. T h ey can give you th e inf ormation you need to assess th e q u ality of you r p rodu ct and determine w h ich mark et b est su its you r op eration. T h ey are w illing to assist you in any w ay, inclu ding a f arm visit.

T h is Kentu c k y Prou d p rogram is p aid f or w ith tob acco settlement f u nds ap p rop riated b y th e Kentu ck y Agricu ltu ral Develop ment B oard.

T h is service p u ts th e small f amily f armer on a more level p laying f ield w ith p rodu cers of mainstream p rodu ct . G rading enab les p rodu cers to evalu ate th eir op erations’ genetics and nu trition w h ile h elp ing th em sell th eir b eef at mark et. And grading standards are th e same f or everyone, w h eth er you h ave one cow or 1,000.

I f you ’d lik e to tak e advantage of th is service, you can call T odd H enning in w estern Kentu c k y at ( 502 ) 2 2 9 - 18 42 or Donovan Pigg in eastern Kentu ck y at ( 502 ) 2 2 9 - 9 18 7, or call th e Kentu ck y Dep artment of Agricu ltu re’s main of f ice in F rank f ort at ( 502 ) 573- 02 8 2 .

James Comer

--------------Commissioner of

Agriculture

Two New Beef Graders Ready to Assist Kentucky Producers

C OM M ISSIONER’S C ORNER

ANGUSShow: 10 AM, FridaySale: 12 PM, SaturdayTim Dievert, 859-236-4591859-238-3195 (Cell)

BEEFALOShow: 2:30 PM, FridaySale: 11:30 AM, SaturdayKyle Skidmore, 502-641-7878

CHAROLAISShow: 12 PM, SaturdaySale: 4 PM, SaturdayKY Charolais Assn. Jeff Harrod - 502-330-6745

GELBVIEHShow: 1 PM, FridaySale: 3:30 PM, SaturdayDavid Slaughter, 270-556-4259

HEREFORDShow: 1 PM, FridaySale: 1 PM, SaturdayEarlene Thomas, 859-623-5734

LIMOUSINShow: 10 AM, FridaySale: 3:30 PM, SaturdayKeith Kissee, 804-353-2220817-821-6263 (Cell)

PEN HEIFERShow: 2 PM, FridaySale: 2 PM, SaturdayDoug Parke, 859-987-5758 859-421-6100 (Cell)

RED ANGUSShow: 10 AM, FridaySale: 10 AM, SaturdayJohnnie Cundiff, 606-871-7438606-636-6896 (Work)

RED POLLShow: 4 PM, Friday Sale: 9:30 AM, SaturdayKyle Young, 502-321-9892 (Cell)

SHORTHORNShow: 10 AM, SaturdaySale: 1 PM, SaturdayAegerter Marketing Services Inc.402-641-4696

SIMMENTALShow: 4 PM, FridaySale: 11 AM, SaturdayDoug Parke, 859-987-5758 859-421-6100 (Cell)

TRADE SHOWMarch 6 - March 8John McDonald, 859-498-0189859-404-1406 (Cell)

OTHER EVENTS:

Youth Judging ContestSaturday, Check In: 6:45 AM, Contest: 8:00 AMAwards: 3:00 PM

Kentucky Junior Heifer ShowSaturday, Check In: 12:30 - 1:30 PMShow: 7:00 PM

Junior Steer ShowSaturday, Check In: 5:00 -7:30 PMSunday, Show: 8:00 AM

Open Junior Heifer ShowSaturday, Check In: 1:30 - 4:00 PMSunday, Show: 8:00 AM

* Kentucky heifer exhibitors will show separately Saturday, March 7 at 7PM and may choose to show in the Open Junior Heifer Show Sunday, March 8 at 8AM.

Kentucky Farm Bureau BEEF EXPOKY Fair & Expo Center • Louisville, KY • March 6 - March 8, 2015

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Th is year is going to go dow n in h istory as a very good f inancial year f or Kentu ck y’s cattle indu s-

try. Cash reciep ts are $ 2 50,000,000 more th an 2 013 w h ich is nearly a 30% increase in receip ts. Don’t f orget th at 2 013 w as $ 18 0,000,000 b etter th an 2 012 ! Kentu ck y’s b eef indu stry h as p lenty to b e p rou d of . W h en talk ing to Dr. Kenny B u rdine at th e U niversity of Kentu ck y, h e is p roj ecting th e cattle receip ts to b e $ 1,08 5,000,000.00 f or 2 014. I f cattle receip ts are th at large j u st th ink of th e valu e of th e Kentu ck y b eef h erd standing in ou r p astu res b ack h ome. Kentu ck y’s b eef indu stry is a mu ltib illion dollar indu stry w h en you tak e th e inven-

tory into accou nt. I n reality it is argu ab ly Kentu ck y’s most imp ortant commodity. Cattle are in every Kentu ck y cou nty and are p rodu ced b y so many dif f erent p rodu c-ers, b oth large and small. T h e b eef indu stry sp reads th e cash sales to th e h ands of th ou -sands of Kentu ck y f arm f amilies all across ru ral Kentu ck y.

T h e leadersh ip of th e Kentu ck y Agricu ltu re Develop ment B oard made th e correct call b ack in 2 002 w h en th ey p in p ointed th e b eef indu stry as a w ay to invest maj or ADB dollars. Kentu ck y b eef p rodu cers u sed th ese f u nds to p rep are f or th e f u tu re. T h e nice increase in sales receip ts th at w e are enj oying is j u st icing on th e cak e. T h e investments in genetics, cattle h andling eq u ip ment, f encing and many oth er CAI P p rograms along w ith th e edu cational op p ortu nities h ave really p aid of f . T h e years of p rep aration and th e op p ortu nity of increased p rices b ecau se of low cattle su p p lies made f or good timing. As a gentleman told me yesterday it is b etter to b e lu ck y th an good sometimes. B u t lu ck

is w h en p rep aration meets op p ortu nity. T h e Kentu ck y b eef ch eck of f vote

p assed w ith 56% ap p roval. A total of 32 39 Kentu ck y b eef p rodu cers made time to vote in th e ref erendu m p rocess. T h is may seem lik e a low tu rnou t and it is b u t w h en you look at oth er states th at h ave done th is p rocess b ef ore Kentu ck y it w as a b etter tu rnou t p ercentage th an th e oth er states. I w ou ld h ave lik ed f or th e ap p roval to h ave b een h igh er. I f eel lik e I did as a k id grow ing u p and f arming w ith my G randdad and Dad. W e w ou ld w ork cow s and j u st ab ou t all th e time Dad h ad an idea on w h at sh ou ld b e done and G randdad h ad a dif f erent one. S o it of ten made it h ard to really get th e j ob done in th e most ef f icient manner. I h op e w e can get ou r indu stry on somew h at of a common p lan as w e move f orw ard.

T h e b eef ch eck of f is not a b ad th ing. As a matter of f act, it h as b een a good th ing f or th e indu stry over th e years. O ne examp le w ou ld b e w h ere you r ch eck of f f u nded th e mu scle- p rof iling research th at

lead to th e f lat iron steak . R ath er th an grinding th e ch u ck f or h amb u rger, p ack ers now carve mu ch of th e clod into steak s and one of th ose is th e f lat iron w h ich sells f or arou nd $ 8 p er p ou nd or ab ou t dou b le th e p rice of h amb u rger. T h is p ast year, th e indu stry sold ab ou t 71 million p ou nds of f lat iron steak s, top p ing th e comb ined total of 65 million p ou nds of p orterh ou se and T - b one steak s sold.

I , along w ith many oth ers, lost a good f riend th is p ast month in Dr. J ack Kimb rou gh . Dr. Kimb rou gh w as a p ast KCA p resident and adamant su p p orter of th e association at b oth th e cou nty and state level. Doc b elieved in w h at KCA w as doing and h e w as a strong su p p ort of th e p eop le th at w ork ed f or th e association. H e did not alw ays agree w ith th e ou tcome of a vote b u t in th e end h e w ou ld su p p ort th e organiz ation and sp ok e h igh ly of KCA. Dr. Kimb rou gh w as a very good veterinarian as w ell as a su p p orter of activities in h is commu nity, tow n and state. I w ill miss h is smile, encou ragement and advice..

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Th is is one of th ose stories th at sou nd so u nb elievab le th at you ’ll k now I didn’t mak e it u p !

M ik e stu died th e b loodlines. H e ch eck ed p erf ormance records. H e k new h is h erd lik e th e top tw o layers of h is tool b ox! H e w as a good you ng cattleman. W h en h e decided on th e cou rse of action to imp rove h is h erd’s genetics h e called th e b reed association rep . T h ey discu ssed h is needs. Plans w ere made f or th e f ieldman to attend a b u ll sale in T exas w ith th e exp ress instru ctions to buy exactly th e righ t bull.

T h e call f rom T exas deligh ted M ik e. Th e f ieldman h ad bo u gh t th e p erfec t yearlin’ bull th at w ould carry M ik e’s cow s into th e 2 1st centu ry f or $ 10,000...h alf interest. H e agreed th at th e co- ow ner, a p u reb red b reeder f rom O k lah oma, cou ld u se th e b u ll th at f all. T h en h e w ou ld sh ip h im to Pine R idge cou ntry of north w estern N eb rask a in time f or M ik e’s sp ring br eeding.

I n F eb ru ary arrangements w ere made to p u t th e b u ll on th e b ack of a load going as f ar as S terling, Colorado. Th e truc k er w ould call M ik e on arrival.

M ik e w aited anxious ly. S everal days p assed and nob ody called. H e called h is p artner only to f ind th ey’d lef t O k lah oma territory a w eek b ef ore! F eeling u neasy, M ik e called th e S terling sale b arn. “ N o? N o,” th ey didn’t rememb er any b u ll. “ Let u s ch eck .” T h ey su ggested p ossib ly th e bull M ik e w as look in’ fo r h ad been bo ug h t b y a trader!

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M ik e smelled lik e b u rnin’ ru b b er and w as ch ew in’ th e u p h olstery w h en h e b oiled into th e f eedlot in a clou d of du st! T h e f oreman w as su rp rised b u t led h im over to th e receiving p ens. T h ere stood M ik e’s f u tu re; road w eary, cou gh in’ and covered w ith sale b arn tags!

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NATIONAL NEWS

WASHINGTON,

The $1.1 trillion omnibus package passed by the Senate today held several strong

wins for the cattle industry. National Cattlemen’s Beef Association President Bob McCan and Public Lands Council President Brenda Richards remarked on Senate Passage of 2015 Funding Legislation:

“We greatly appreciate Congress’ passage of this important legislation which contained a number of critical provisions that will support the viability of our industry for the year to come. The bill made a major step in addressing over-burdensome regulation from the EPA by withdrawing the Interpretative Rule as part of the Waters of the United States proposed regulation. The rule, which attempts to clarify farming and ranching provisions under the

Clean Water, adds uncertainty rather than explanation for landowners and threatens fines of up to $37,500 per day. While not a complete fix, this is a critical step in addressing the strong concerns farmers and ranchers have with this regulation.

“Viable public lands and the ranchers who l ease those acres are critical not only to the cattle industry, but to the preservation of those lands for multiple use, wildlife habitat and wildfire prevention and suppression. The bill kept ranchers in the West on the land, holding budgets for the BLM and Forest Service level, despite the President ’s request to cut funding for federal grazing and range programs.

“There is language included that prevents the Interior Department from listing the sage grouse under the Endangered Species Act for the fiscal year and the additional funding

to continue sage grouse conservation efforts is important to prevent a future listing of the bird. Listing the sage grouse would take the most successful natural resource stewards, ranchers, off the land.

“The bill also contained continued assurance on a number of environmental regulations. Specifically, the bill prevents funding for the EPA to require cattle producers to obtain greenhouse gas permits for livestock and to prevent mandatory reporting of greenhouse gas emissions from manure management systems.

“The passage by both the House and Senate is a clear message that Congress supports our industry and is willing to put a stop the overzealous Administration and their attempt to take production agriculture off the land.”

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The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association’s Cattlemen’s College, now celebrating its

22nd year, has established a reputation as one of the most thorough cattle producer education programs in the nation. Sponsored by Zoetis, the 2015 edition of Cattlemen’s College offers a wide range of informative, hands-on educational workshops designed for cattle operations of every size and sector.

The program will be held Feb. 3-4, 2015, in San Antonio, Texas, headlining the first day of activities at the 2015 Cattle Industry Convention and NCBA Trade Show.

Early registration for Cattlemen’s College and the convention ends Jan. 9, 2015.

Cattlemen’s College workshops include an outstanding lineup of industry experts during the course of two jam-packed days. On Tuesday, Feb. 3, participants will first hear from Gary Smith, Keith Belk, Daryl Tatum and Dale Woerner on “Feeding to Increase the Quality, Consistency, and Competitiveness from Market Cows.” This first hands-on class will help attendees improve the beef from market cows, identify production practices and learn value concepts from feedlot to retail.

On Tuesday evening, Cattlemen’s College participants will be treated to a Texas BBQ Welcome Reception

sponsored by Zoetis. The reception will be an opportunity to visit with fellow cattlemen as well as the afternoon’s speakers.

Starting Wednesday morning at 7:00 am, Cattlemen’s College classes begin with a keynote address followed by classes focusing on rebuilding the herd, the future of beef production, and many other valuable topics will be held, concluding with lunch session, with legendary farm broadcaster Max Armstrong. Armstrong will talk about how in his view from nearly forty years as a broadcaster, it ’s a great time to be in the beef business.

“Cattlemen’s College gives producers an opportunity to hear from some of the leading experts in topics that impact their cattle operations

every day, as well as the chance to interact with those experts and ask questions,” said NCBA President and Texas cattleman Bob McCan. “Many of the presenters are legends in the beef industry, and the wide variety of classes offers something for every producer. We highly encourage cattlemen and women to take advantage of this informative and educational program.”

Cattlemen’s College registration information, as well as a complete schedule for the 2015 Cattle Industry Convention and NCBA Trade Sh ow are available online at www.beefusa.org.

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FRANKFORT, KY

Kentuc k y h as been aw arded f ive grants fr om th e U .S . Dep artment of Agricu ltu re totaling nearly

$ 313,000 aimed at getting more local f oods into Kentu ck y sch ools, th e U S DA annou nced on T u esday.

T w o grants f or a total of $ 8 7,9 57 w ent to th e Kentuc k y Dep artment of Agricult ur e.

“ T h ese grants w ill enab le th e dep artment and th e oth er grantees to p rovide Kentu ck y sch ool ch ildren greater access to fr esh , local fo ods,” Agricult ur e Commissioner J ames Comer said. “ T h is w ill h elp ou r ch ildren grow u p to b e h ealth y and strong. Th is also w ill h elp Kentu ck y f armers h ave th e certainty of a mark et f or th eir p rodu cts.”

T h e KDA w ill u se a grant f or $ 71,2 2 3 to exp and its F arm T o S ch ool Program in p artnersh ip w ith p rodu cers, p rocessors, sch ool f ood service

au th orities, edu cators, f ood distrib u tors, th e U niversity of Kentu ck y Coop erative E xtension S ervice, and th e Kentu ck y F arm to S ch ool T ask F orce. A second grant, f or $ 16,734, w ill b e u sed b y th e KDA and th e Kentuc k y Dep artment of E du cation to p rovide f u ll- day trainings on p rocu ring local f oods f or ch ild nu trition p rograms in each of eigh t distrib u tion regions th rou gh ou t th e state.

T ina G arland, coordinator of th e KDA’s F arm to S ch ool p rogram, ap p lied f or th e grants and w ill b e in ch arge of administering th em. “ W ith ou t T ina’s ef f orts, w e w ou ld not b e receiving th ese f u nds,” said B ill W ick lif f e, director of th e dep artment’s Division of F ood Distrib u tion, w h ich inclu des th e F arm to S ch ool Program. “ T h ank s to T ina’s leadersh ip , th e F arm to S ch ool Program continu es to grow .”

O th er grants aw arded to Kentu ck y entities w ent to:

T h e F ood Literacy Proj ect at

O xmoor F arm I nc., $ 100,000, f or a w ork ing vegetab le f arm th at w ill give stu dents h ands- on gardening exp erience and p rovide vegetab les f or stu dents in th e J ef f erson Cou nty Pu b lic S ch ools system;

T aylor Cou nty S ch ool District, $ 45,000, f or a sch ool garden w h ere stu dents w ill grow p rodu ce th at w ill b e sold to th e sch ool f ood service of f ice. T h e district also w ill develop an assessment f or a f arm- to- sch ool p rogram; and

O w sley Cou nty S ch ool District, $79,750, to p ur ch ase equip ment needed to exp and th e acreage th e district u ses to grow f ru its, diversif y crop s, and increase th e amou nt of locally p rodu ced f oods served in th e sch ools’ caf eterias.

T h e Kentu ck y p roj ects are among 82 p roj ects in 42 states and th e V irgin I slands funded in th is round of U S DA F arm to S ch ool grants. F or more inf ormation on Kentu ck y’s F arm to S ch ool Program, go to w w w .k yagr.com/consu mer/ f arm- to- sch ool.h tml.

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STATE NEWS

FRANKFORT, KY

Kentu ck y f armers ach ieved a record $ 5.67 b illion in f arm cash receip ts in 2 013, th e

N ational Agricult ur al S tatistics S ervice annou nced T u esday.

“ T h ese statistics p rove th at Kentu ck y’s investments in diversif ying and moderniz ing ou r agricu ltu re indu stry and develop ing ou r local f ood economy are p aying of f ,” Agricu ltu re Commissioner J ames Comer said. “ W e b enef ited f rom an excellent grow ing season and strong p rices f or row crop s, cattle, and h orses in 2013. B ut Kentu ck y’s f armers deserve all th e credit f or adap ting to th e many ch anges in Kentu ck y agricu ltu re over th e p ast 15 years and mak ing th eir op erations more ef f icient and p rof itab le. Congratu lations

to Kentuc k y’s fa rmers on a great year.”T otal f arm cash receip ts w ere u p 16.8

p ercent over th e total of $ 4.8 6 b illion f or 2 012 , according to N AS S .

Pou ltry and eggs remained Kentuc k y’s top agricult ur al commodity in 2 013 w ith f arm sales of $ 1.2 b illion, 15.1 p ercent ab ove th e 2 012 total, N AS S rep orted. S oyb eans w ere next at j u st over $ 1 b illion ( a 45.5 p ercent j u mp over 2012) , fo llow ed b y cattle and calves at $ 8 36 million ( u p 2 7.3 p ercent) and corn at $ 766 million ( dow n 12 .2 p ercent) . Cash receip ts f rom sales of tob acco w ere dow n less th an 1 p ercent at $ 404.3 million.

S ales of h orses and mules totaled $392.3 million in 2013, a 30.2 p ercent increase over th e p reviou s year. N AS S revised its meth od of calcu lating equine

sales to inclu de only eq u ine ow ned b y Kentu ck y f arms, exp lained David Knop f , director of th e N AS S E astern M ou ntain R egional F ield Off ice. Th e f igu re fo r h orses and mu les f ormerly inclu ded equine ow ned b y fa rms and non- fa rms, Knop f said.

Cash receip ts w ere b alanced b etw een crop s ( 50.7 p ercent) and livestock ( 49.3 p ercent) , th e N AS S rep ort stated.

“ I f eel lik e w e still h ave p lenty of room to grow ,” Commissioner Comer said. “ T h e Kentu ck y Dep artment of Agricu ltu re w ill continu e to do its p art b y h elp ing ou r f armers f ind new mark ets f or th eir p rodu cts, p rotecting our livestock h erds fr om fo reign animal disease, and standing u p f or Kentu ck y’s f armers in F rank f ort and W ash ington.”

Kentucky Farm Cash Receipts Hit a Record $5.67 Billion in 2013

Kentucky Beef Producers Approve State Check OffFRANKFORT, KY.

Kentu c k y b eef cattle p rodu cers voted to assess t h emselves an additional $ 1 p er h ead

on cattle mark eted in Kent u c k y in a state w ide ref erendu m h eld in N ovemb er.

T h e f inal tally w as 1, 8 16 in f avor of t h e state ch ec k of f and 1,42 3 against. T h e assessment w ill tak e ef f ect Ap ril 1, 2 015.

Produ cers w h o p ay t h e assessment may re q u est a re f u nd f rom t h e Kentu c k y Cattlemen’s Association in w riting w it h in 30 days of t h e date t h at t h e assessment is collected.

T h e Kentu c k y S tate B oard of Agricu lt u re called f or t h e ref erendu m in Au gu st at t h e req u est of t h e KCA. S tate la w re q u ires t h e Kentu c k y Dep artment of Agricu lt u re to carry ou t a ref erendu m at t h e direction of t h e b oard.

I n a letter to t h e b oard re q u esting t h e re f erendu m, Dave M a p les, execu tive vice p resident of t h e KCA, said t h e assessment w o u ld b e u sed “ to p romote [ and] stimu late, b y research , mark et develop ment, and edu cation, t h e u se and sale, domestic and f oreign, o f b ovine animal p rodu cts. ” T h e entire $ 1 state c h ec k o f f w ill b e u sed f or p rograms in Kentu c k y, w h ereas t h e $ 1 national c h ec k o f f is divided b et w een th e state and th e national Cattlemen’s B ee f Promotion and R esearch B oard.

F or more inf ormation, contact Dave M a p les at ( 8 5 9 ) 2 7 8 - 0 8 9 9 or dmap les@ k ycattle.org.


COUNTY NEWS

Larue CountyT

he Larue County Cattlemen’s Association held its annual Christmas Dinner on Th ursday, December 4th. A big crowd was on hand to enjoy a steak dinner.

Barren CountyThe Barren County Ca� lemen’s mee� ng was held Thursday evening, November 20th, at the Barren County High School Trojan Academy. During the mee� ng Chris Schalk, University of Kentucky Extension Agent of Barren County, Presented a program on Beef Quality Assurance and Ca� le Handling and Care. Pictured above (from le� to right) is Stan Buchanon, of B&B Fence Co., Chris Shalk, County Agent; David Pedigo, of Superior Fence Co., and Robert Siddens, President of the Barren County Ca� lemen Associa� on. A delicious dinner was served which was sponsored by SUPERIOR FENCE COMPANY, AND B&B FENCE COMPANY.

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Equipment Consignment AuctionSaturday January 3, 2015 at 9:00 A.M.

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Sale conducted by Chuck Marshall Auction & Real Estate CompanyChuck Marshall, Auctioneer 606-782-0374 or 606-845-5010 Flemingsburg, KY

Above: Kalli Flanders is assis� ng President Phyllis Gentry drawing for door prizes.

Right: Larue County Junior Ca� lemen: Kenny Jones, Dawson McDowell, Clay Rodgers, Bailey Rodgers, Kalli Flanders, and Colton Thompson being presented sweat shirts in apprecia� on for all their help throughout the year (Jacob Gentry was also honored but not present).

CATTLEMEN’S APPRECIATION AWARD. During the Barren County Ca� lemen’s mee� ng which was held at the Barren County High School Trojan Academy, Thursday evening, November 20th, in memory of Mr. Omar Barbour, Mr. Frank Rowland, vice president of the Barren County Ca� lemen’s Associa� on, presented Mrs. Omar Barbour with a plaque commemora� ng Omar’s great service to the Barren County Ca� lemen’s Membership Team.


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Gastrointestinal Roundworms LungwormsBunostomum phlebotomum – Adults and L4 Dictyocaulus viviparus – Adults

Cooperia oncophora – Adults and L4

Cooperia punctata – Adults and L4

Cooperia surnabada – Adults and L4

Haemonchus placei – Adults GrubsOesophagostomum radiatum – Adults Hypoderma bovis

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Ostertagia ostertagi – Adults, L4, and inhibited L4

Trichostrongylus axei – Adults and L4 MitesTrichostrongylus colubriformis – Adults Sarcoptes scabiei var. bovis

Parasites Durations of Persistent Effectiveness

Gastrointestinal RoundwormsBunostomum phlebotomum 150 days

Cooperia oncophora 100 days

Cooperia punctata 100 days

Haemonchus placei 120 days

Oesophagostomum radiatum 120 days

Ostertagia lyrata 120 days

Ostertagia ostertagi 120 days

Trichostrongylus axei 100 days

LungwormsDictyocaulus viviparus 150 days

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COUNTY NEWS

Frank lin County Cattlemen’s T ripBY KEENAN R. BISHOP

Every year th e F rank lin Count y Cattlemen’s Association tak es an edu cational trip to somew h ere in

th e U nited S tates to learn ab ou t agricu l-tur e and sp ecif ically, cattle p roduct ion, in th at region. T h is year, 11 memb ers visited U tah , I dah o and N evada b ack in Oct ober 2 014.

Th e group fle w into S alt Lak e City on a S atu rday, j u mp ed into th eir rental vans and h eaded sou th to get ou t of th e city and see some sigh ts. T h e w eek end w as sp ent exp loring th e Gr eat S alt Lak e, W asatch and U inta M ou ntains and th e mount ain tow ns such as Park City. M ost of th e leaves h ad fa llen but th e Asp ens still h ad th eir b righ t yellow leaves and w ere strik ing in contrast to th e w h ite b ark . S ome of th e mou ntain p eak s h arb ored traces of snow .

M onday morning w e met u p w ith Dr. T om J ones w ith th e U S DA- AR S at U tah S tate U niversity. Dr. J ones h ad

organiz ed several sp ecialists to visit w ith u s and f amiliariz e u s w ith th e region. F irst of f w as E xtension Agent E arl Creech w h o exp lained th at 66% of U tah w as F ederal land and most of th e p op ula tion lived in th e central corridor. Alf alf a is th e nu mb er one crop and is u sed f or dairies and h orses or comp ressed and sh ip p ed overseas via Portland OR . Th e region is called th e central b asin b ecau se th ere is no external drainage. Due to lack of rain ( 10- 15” ) all crop s mu st b e irrigated and most all th e w ater comes f rom snow melt. S ome f armers are now f inding it more lu crative to sell th eir w ater to tow ns or mines rath er th an grow a crop w ith it.

Dave Z oB ell, U tah S tate B eef S p ecialist, enligh tened u s on cattle p rodu ction exp laining th at U tah w as still mostly traditional ranch es. M eadow s are flo oded to p rodu ce h ay th en graz ed. Cattle graz ing on B u reau of Land M anagement ( B LM ) land cannot be fed h ay so th ey mu st b e moved as th e grass

is graz ed dow n. T h ere is little grass b u t w h at is th ere is very concentrated and nut ritious . M ost calves are not w eaned and are sold th rou gh video sales and go to Colorado, N ebr ask a or O k lah oma.

R ange S p ecialist E ric T h ack er def ined “ range” as any land th at can’t b e tilled. H e said th at U tah is now an ur ba n state. S ome count ies h ave less th an 3% of p rop erty p rivately ow ned w h ich means little or no p rop erty tax f or th e local governments alth ou gh th ey do receive p ayments f rom th e B LM . Law s allow p rop erty ow ners to graz e b u t w ith limitations. Th ese h ave been amended to account fo r w ildlife and now h orses. W ild h orses are a maj or issu e th at th ey are dealing w ith since th ey are at ab ou t dou b le th eir carrying cap acity righ t now .

N ext w e h eaded tow ards M ontana and w e h ad to p ack ou r lu nch , f or w h ere w e w ere h eaded th ere w ere no restau rants and only a f ew small stores. Th e Deseret R anch is ow ned b y th e M ormon Ch u rch w h ich is th e largest

land and cattle ow ner in th e U S . T h ere w e met th e manager, M ik e M eek , w h o drove u s arou nd th e ranch and talk ed ab ou t th eir 5,600 h ead of cattle and w ildlif e/ h u nting op eration. T h e massive ranch is divided into 2 00 p astu res and h as 11 emp loyees. T h ey u se generators to p u mp w ater f or cattle and th ey try to h ave tank s alw ays w ith in one mile. F ou r emp loyees w ork f u ll time irrigating 8 00 acres. B ef ore h eading b ack w e w ere ab le to visit th e h u nting lodge and even met some mu le deer h u nters f rom Kentu ck y.

T u esday morning w e w ere lu ck y enou gh to visit th e U S DA- AR S Poisonou s Plant Lab w h ere Dr. Kip Panter tou red u s. T h is is th e only lab of th is caliber in th e w orld and it w as qu ite imp ressive. M u ch of th e landscap ing w as done w ith p oisonou s p lants f or edu cational p u rp oses. T h ey h ou se a h erb ariu m w ith over 5,000 samp les f rom arou nd th e w orld. T h ey even h ave a 12 0 acre research f arm w ith livestock . O u r grou p w as most imp ressed w ith th e

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resu lts of th e Lu p ine G raz ing Program w h ich h ad an extremely interesting

resu lt. T h rou gh research w ith goats, w h ich can develop a clef t p alate fr om

graz ing Lu p ine, colleges develop ed a w ay to rep air th e inf ant goat p alate. T h is led to rep airing h u man inf ants w ith clef t p alates in- vitro. Amaz ing w h at can result fr om research w ith livestock .

Af ter visiting Promontory U tah w h ere th e U nion and Central Pacif ic railroads met in 1869 w e visited T arter W est f or a taste of h ome. M anager Ken M itch ell exp lained th at th e Kentu ck y gate and f arm p rodu ct comp any op ened th is b ranch f or a w estern p resence. W e received a tour of th e fa ctory w h ich sh ip s ou t tw o tractor trailer loads of p rodu ct a day. O ne su rp rise w as th eir line of p ink gates, h ay rings and f eed b u nk s w h ich h e says sells w ell to f emale h orse ow ners mostly. Th is is Pow der R iver territory and th ey h op e to comp ete w ith th eir Kentuc k y ba sed p rodu cts.

W e h eaded north into I dah o p assing mou ntains of h arvested su gar b eets b ef ore w e arrived at th e f amily f eed lot of I ntermount ain B eef . Th ird generation ow ner Cevin J ones gave u s a tou r of th e 16,000 h ead fa cility. Th e w estern

ba rley crop h ad j u st been ru ined b y an errant rain so th ey w ere f eeding a lot of rej ect malting b arley. T h ey also f eed a lot of w h ey f rom a nearb y dairy as w ell as h u sk s fr om a Gr een Gia nt p lant along w ith su gar b eet p u lp . H e also fa rms 1,500 acres w h ere h e is abl e to sp read h is manu re and h arvest some f eed. F eed b u nk drivers h ave a data k ey th at au tomatically b u ilds th e ration f or each lot of calves. H e soon p lans to go w ireless. B efo re w e lef t h e sh ow ed u s th e 2,000 h ead of b u ffa lo h e f inish es. I t tak es ab ou t a year to tak e th em f rom 400lb s to th eir f inish w eigh t of 1,100 f or b u lls.

Dow n th e road w e stop p ed in at S i- E llen Dairy, a 12,000 h ead fa mily ow ned dairy ru n b y M ik e R oth . T h e dairy w as started b y h is S w iss grandp arents in O regon bu t moved to I dah o du e to more f avorab le su p p ort of agricu ltu re. W h ile sh ow ing u s arou nd th e 7,000 acres M ik e w ondered if th ey h adn’t gotten to b ig as now h e w as ba sically a bu siness manager and not a

Contʼd on page 20

Ron Torell, Nevada Cattlemen’s Association president (far right), dis-cusses the impact of Cheatgrass on grazing at the TS Ranch in Neva-da. Listening (L-R) is Reid Bishop, Franklin County, Mitch Stevenson, University Nevada Reno, Dan Gralian, Elko Land and Livestock, James Herndon and Todd Akers, Franklin County.


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fa rmer anymore. His main w orries are animal h ealth , labo r sup p ly and p ublic p ercep tion ( q u ite similar to ou r w orries h ere) . Th e 200 emp loyees milk th ree times a day to p rodu ce ab ou t a million p ou nds of milk a day. T h e manu re and comp osted b edding is sp read on th eir crop grou nd w h ere th ey p rodu ce 9 0% of th eir ow n silage.

Driving across th e h igh p lains desert w e w ere su rp rised to come across a h u ge canyon gorged ou t b y th e S nak e R iver. W e w ere look ing fo r it bec aus e fo lk s h ad told us to visit S h osh one F alls but w e w eren’t p rep ared f or th e scop e and scale of th e gorge. At 2 12 f eet th e f alls are h igh er th an N iagara and ab ou t 9 00 f eet w ide. S ince it w as Oct ober th ere w as not a lot of w ater over th e f alls b u t it w as still very imp ressive and bea ut iful.

F or th e last leg of ou r trip w e h eaded sou th into N evada. W e w anted to see at least a p art of it and w e w ere told th e north ern p ortion w as th e only p art w ith muc h agricu ltu re. W e also h eeded local

advice and f illed u p at every gas station w e saw . W e h ad once again p ack ed ou r lu nch es f or th e same reason as b ef ore. I n E lk o w e met up w ith R on T orrell, retired B eef S p ecialist and cur rent p resident of th e N evada Cattlemen’s Association ( you read h is article ab ou t ou r encou nter in th e December CCN ) . He told u s th at N evada w as th e driest state in th e

unio n w ith an average of 10” of rain. S o dry th at th e Humbo ldt R iver th ere doesn’t go anyw h ere, it j u st dries u p . 8 7% of th e state is government ow ned and th eir b iggest natu ral resou rce is non-renew ab le gold and silver. As w e drove to th e TS R anch th roug h a lot of sageb ru sh R on p ointed ou t th at acclimation is as imp ortant as genetics in cattle ou t w est.

Th e 400,000 acre T Laz y S R anch w as fo u nded in th e 1870’ s and is now ow ned b y E lk o Land and Livestock . At th e w ork ing p ens w e met ranch manager Dan Gr alian and R esou rce M anager J eff W h ite. T h eir op eration is comp rised of th ree oth er ranch es b u t th e T S is th e h u b and contains th e feed lot w h ere Dan exp lained th at th ey still u se traditional cow b oys ( no AT V s) w h ich are called b u ck aroos, each of w h ich h as a string of seven h orses. T h eir gear can cost f rom $ 7,000 to $ 15,000 each . T h e f eedlot w as at 40% cap acity w ith 3,600 calves. W e drove ou t onto th e range th rou gh th e “ b u g du st ” ( w h at th ey call th e p ow dered dirt along th e road) to meet M itch S tevenson and see h is U niversity of N evada R eno Ch eatgrass S tu dy. Ch eatgrass is an invasive annu al th at b u rns easily w h ich not only accou nts f or a lot of w ild f ires bu t also su p p resses th e native p erennial grasses and is only good f or graz ing w h en very you ng. T h e ranch is exp erimenting w ith rotational f all graz ing fo r su p p ression and monitors

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Ken Mitchell, Plant Manager for Tarter Gate West in Corrine Utah, shows (L-R) Kerry Redding, Reid Bishop and Sherman Peyton the process for building feed bunks.


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th e cattle’s p atterns w ith G PS collars. E lk o Land and Livestock is ow ned

b y N ew mont M ining Corp oration and w e cou ldn’t h elp b u t notice th eir ow n coal f ired p ow er p lant in th e b ack grou nd th at not only runs all th eir op erations b u t h elp s f u el V egas as w ell w h ile it consumes 114 rail cars of coal daily. O ur last stop w as at one of th e N ew mont gold and silver mines itself . W e donned h ard h ats and saf ety glasses as w e drove out to one of th e op en p it mines w h ich w as a h alf mile w ide. I nside th e mine p rop erty th e traf f ic sw itch ed to driving on th e lef t so th e massive du mp tru ck s and equip ment w ill see you as you meet to p ass. W e also got to see th e cleaning and p rocessing p lants b u t u nf ortu nately w eren’t allow ed to tak e any sou venirs h ome.

Anyone w h o f ollow s ou r adventu res k now s th at eating good local cu isine is ou r second p riority, only af ter exp loring local agricu ltu re. S everal years ago in f act one memb er q u ip p ed th at w e don’t eat w h en w e’re h ung ry – w e eat to p revent h u nger! R on su ggested w e h ave su p p er th at nigh t at th e S tarr w h ich is an old B asq u e restau rant f rom E lk o’s sh eep h erding p ast. H e h ad made reservations fo r us and th at w as a good th ing as th e p lace w as p ack ed. W e ate f amily style and eat w e did. Anyone traveling to E lk o sh ou ld p lan to h ave a meal th ere. T h e next morning w e f aced a long drive b ack to S alt Lak e City and ou r f ligh t h ome. M u ch of th e drive w as th roug h th e B onneville S alt F lats and th e Gr eat S alt Lak e w h ere w e saw th e salt mining op erations alongside th e interstate.

As u su al, w e h ad a great time togeth er and enj oyed mak ing new f riends in th e agricu ltu ral indu stry and learning ab ou t a new region of ou r cou ntry b u t it’s alw ays nice to get b ack h ome. B esides, w e h ad th e Cattlemen’s Annu al M emb ersh ip M eeting th e next M onday and needed to p rep are.

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Th e Annua l KCA meeting w ill b e at th e N E W O w ensb oro Convention Center J anu ary

16- 17. W e are look ing fo rw ard to h av-ing KCA come W E S T . Come early or stay af ter f or at least one B B Q meal at M oonlite and f or you B lu egrass f ans a stop at th e mu seu m is w ell w orth th e visit.

Th is year mark s th e 20 th Anniversary f or ou r F orages at KCA p rogram. I t w ill start on S atu rday af ternoon at 2 : 00. S ince it is ou r 2 0th I am f eatu ring f ive leading f armers addressing a very imp ortant p ractical top ic: M y T op 5

F orage I mp rovements/ Practices” ( F igu re 1) . Produ cers w ill b e rep resentatives of ou r b road F orage I ndu stry inclu ding

Commercial h ay, Dairy, G oats and S h eep , Cow - Calf and S tock er. I ask ed th ese sp eak ers fo r th ree reasons: 1) I consider each to b e tru ly ou tstanding fo rage p roducer s and are leaders in th eir Cou nty & S tate, 2 ) th ey are all very sp ecial f riends, and 3) th is w ill b e th e last one I w ill ch air so I w ant to go ou t look ing good and f rom exp erience th ese f olk s alw ays mak e me look good.

I realiz e I h ave ask ed th em to do a very diff icu lt task . Th ink abo u t it, h ow w ou ld you address th at q u estion? W h at w ou ld you list as th e T op 5 F orage I mp rovements on you r f arm over you r f arming career? T h ink ab ou t it and p lan to attend to see w h at each sp eak er w ill sh are w ith u s and also b e p rep ared to discus s th is top ic and sh are your th ou gh ts dur ing th e 45 minu te discus sion time.

Figure 1. Forages at KCATheme: Forage Improvement

Prac� ces that WORK

2:00 pm Welcome, Introduc� on & Overview - Garry Lacefi eld

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2:15 Commercial Hay - Clayton Geralds

2:30 Dairy - Bill Payne

2:45 Goats and Sheep - Jason Tower

3:00 Cow-Calf - Chris Pantle

3:15 Stocker - Russell Hackley

3:30 Top TEN Forage Improvements: The BIG Picture - Garry Lacefi eld

3:45 Panel Discussion

4:30 Adjourn

35th Kentu ck y Alfa lfa Confer ence: I h op e you are p lanning to b e w ith u s F eb ru ary 2 6 at th e Cave City Convention Center f or th is ou r 35th Anniversary Kentu ck y Alf alf a Conf erence. I w ill h ave more inf ormation ab ou t th is H istoric event in next month ’s colu mn.

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The Agricultural Economics Department publ i shes t he Economic and Policy Update towards the end of each month. Each issue features articles written by extension personnel within the department and other experts across the country. Topics will vary greatly but regularly include marketing, management, policy, natural resources, and rural development issues. If you would like to recieve this newsletter by email, please contact Kenny Burdine at [email protected].

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ECONOMIC & POLICY UPDATE

BY WILL SNELL

USDA released an updated financial outlook summary for U.S. agriculture on November

25, 2014; which reflected a projected 21% decline in U.S. net farm income for 2014. U.S. cash receipts are only expected to fall by 1% in 2014 as the anticipated drop in crop receipts (-12%) was nearly offset by the fore-cast increase in livestock receipts (+14%). Production expenses were up nearly 6%, with government pay-

ments down 4%. Keep in mind that cash receipts reflect the calendar year in which the commodity was marketed, while net farm income reflects the calendar year when the commodity was produced. Thus, a significant volume of 2013 high-er valued grains that were market-ed in 2014 represents an inventory adjustment in the net farm income calculations. For more details on the 2014 U.S. agricultural financial sum-mary, go to http://www.ers.usda.gov/topics/farm-economy/farm-sector-in-

come-finances/2014-farm-sector-in-come-forecast.aspx.

The University of Kentucky College of Agriculture Food and Environment will release its 2014 review and 2015 outlook for the Kentucky agricultural economy at the 2014 Kentucky Farm Bureau annual convention on December 4th, 2014. Highlights from the press conference will be shared in our December 2014 newsletter.

U.S Net Farm Income Projected to Fall in 2014

Tax Planning for 2015BY RUSH MIDKIFF

In making farm visits this fall, Kentucky Farm Business Analysis specialists are finding some clients

with a potentially high 2014 taxable income. Kentucky grain farmers had a large carryover crop from 2013 that sold for a relatively high price during the 2014 tax year. In addi-tion, some producers prepaid 2014 expenses during the 2013 tax year, so actual cash expenses are lower for the 2014 tax year.

Kentucky grain farmers have experienced record profits in agriculture in recent years and some of the profits have been used to upgrade equipment and/or building facilities. If this was been done in cash, then producers could potentially have taken 50% additional first year depreciation on new equipment and buildings. Producers also had the option to use I.R.C. 179 expensing on purchases of selected used and new equipment of up to $500,000.

However, current tax law has the 50% additional first year depreciation expiring on 12/31/2013. In other words, it’s not available for purchases made in 2014. Another potential problem is that I.R.C. 179

expense election is currently at $25,000 with the total investment limit at $200,000. So if a producer buys over $225,000 of section 179 property then all property must be depreciated over the life of the equipment or buildings.

Most reading in the tax and agriculture popular press indicate that a bill will be passed during the current lame duck session to reinstate the 50% additional first year depreciation and increase I.R.C. 179 expensing back up to $500,000 with a phase out starting at $3,000,000. But it hasn’t happened yet. Specialists are advising clients to have two plans ready for the 2014 tax year. If Congress does update the tax law,

then one can use the expanded bonus and Section 179 rules to write off accelerated amounts of the equipment and buildings for current tax year expenses. If Congress fails to act on this issue, producers need to have enough cash or operating money available to prepay expenses. Producers need to realize that they cannot prepay over 50% of their total cash expenses for the year.

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CEDIK Updates Agriculture & Food County ProfilesBY JAMES ALLEN

Great news: the Community and Economic Development Initiative of Kentucky (CEDIK)

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Producers See Benefits of adding on-farm Storage BY KATIE PRATT

As ow ner of one of th e state’s largest dairies, Logan Cou nty f armer Lee R ob ey is a very

b u sy man. I n th e f all, h e and h is crew are all- h ands- on- deck , as th ey w ork to h arvest h is grain crop s in a timely manner to maintain op timu m q u ality. Any u nnecessary dow ntime cou ld b e a real inconvenience and detrimental to th e h arvest p rogress.

T o mak e th e h arvest r u n smooth er, R ob ey h as tak en some of h is p rof its f rom th e p ast f e w years of record grain p rices and invested in on- f arm storage. I n th e p ast f ou r years, h e’s nearly dou b led h is storage cap acity.

“ I t does give you f lexi b ility, and in most cases, f u t u res p rices and b asis w ill p ay f or you r storage costs and f acility maintenance,” h e said. “ I t also h elp s u s w it h lab or management and allow s u s to k eep ou r grain eq u i p ment r u nning in th e f ield instead of w aiting in line at an elevator.”

According to grain exp erts at th e U niversity of Kentu c k y College of Agricu ltu re, F ood and E nvironment, R o b ey is not t h e only Kentu c k y f armer seeing th e b enef its of adding on- f arm storage str u ctu res.

“ A lot of grain f armers h ave reinvested t h eir p rof its f rom th e p ast f e w years into inf rastr u ctu re, ” said S am M cN eill, U K agricu ltu ral engineer. “ Last year, h arvesting in a timely manner b ecame a real p rob lem w ith some p rodu cers w aiting as long as f ou r h ou rs to u nload grain at th e elevator.”

M ore Kentu c k y f armers are seeing t h e p ositives of on- f arm storage t h is year as tigh t p rof it margins and h igh yields h ave f orced some to rent storage or seek temp orary or alternative storage str u ctu res in

h op es of h igh er p rices.“ T h e silo b ags t h at are really

p op u lar in S ou t h America h ave made th eir w ay to th e U . S ., ” said T odd Davis, U K grain mark eting sp ecialist. “ W h ile th ose b ags are an inexp ensive w ay to store grain, th ey are designed to tu rn corn material into silage. S o it ’s imp ortant f or p rodu cers to k eep th e grain in good condition, as it cou ld really damage th e q u ality. Alternative storage str u ctu res are a risk y p rop osition, b u t you can mak e a lot of money if it w ork s. ”

W h ile some p rodu cers may b e f eeling p ress u re to add on- f arm storage str u ctu res to th eir f arm, th e decision to do so sh ou ld b e b ased on each individu al’s situ ation, U KAg exp erts said.

“ Produ cers s h o u ld scale t h eir storage siz e to th at of th eir op eration,” M c N eill said. “ Produ cers in areas of Kentu c k y th at h ave large p rodu ction or increased p rodu ction and don’t h ave a lot of storage cap acity are

look ing at on- f arm storage str u ctu res to h elp t h em h arvest more smooth ly and mark et more easily. ”

“ U nderstanding w h at you need f rom th e mark et to cover costs lik e inf rastr u ctu re and inp u ts is going to b e very individu al sp ecif ic, b u t you also h ave to tak e into accou nt f amily living exp enses and existing deb t, ” Davis said. “ Accou nting f or all of th ese costs is critically imp ortant w h en mak ing a b u siness decision.”

Develop ing a w ritten mark eting p lan can also h elp p rodu cers mark et th eir grain more ef f iciently and more easily w eat h er p rice f l u ct u ations, Davis said.

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Emergency Calf Management Considerations after Dystocia (Difficult Birth) BY DR. MICHELLE ARNOLD, UK RUMINANT EXTENSION VETERINARIAN

Dystocia can b e def ined as a dif f i-cu lt or ab normal calving du e to a p rolonged, u nassisted b irth or du e

to a p rolonged and/ or severe assisted calf delivery. F actors k now n to cau se dystocia inclu de p elvic siz e of th e dam, calf siz e, calf p resentation ( f or examp le, b ack w ards or h ead tu rned b ack ) , and maternal f actors inclu ding w eak lab or, insu f f icient dilation of th e cervix and u terine tw ist or torsion. T h e most common cau se is a mismatch in dam p elvic siz e and calf w eigh t, of ten seen in h eif ers delivering large b u ll calves. I nap p rop riate timing of h u man inter-vention or excessive f orce ap p lied du ring delivery may cau se additional f etal trau ma, stress and even stillb irth . F ollow ing dysto-

cia, a calf is 6 times more lik ely to get sick th an a calf b orn normally, w ith 69 % of all death s b etw een b irth and w eaning occu r-ring w ith in 9 6 h ou rs of b irth .

T h e k ey event in th e transition f rom lif e inside th e u teru s to an indep endent existence is th e initiation of b reath ing so th e lu ngs b ecome inf lated and th e b lood oxygenated. T h e f irst b reath is th e h ardest to tak e- similar to th e f irst h ard p u sh of air necessary w h en inf lating a b alloon. I n order to f acilitate th is p rocess af ter a dystocia, immediately af ter delivery ( w ith in 30 seconds) , th e calf sh ou ld b e p laced u p righ t on its sternu m ( b reastb one) to maximiz e ventilation. Calves sh ou ld h ave th eir u p p er resp iratory tract ( nose and mou th ) cleared of any f lu id or oth er p h ysical ob stru ction, eith er b y h and or su ction b u lb . Calves sh ou ld never b e h u ng b y th eir rear legs f or more th an 9 0 seconds

or sw u ng arou nd b y th eir b ack legs to remove f lu ids b y gravity f low . I nstead th ese p rocedu res h ave b een p roven to increase p ressu re w ith in th e ch est cavity, mak ing it mu ch more dif f icu lt to exp and th e lu ngs. Calves sh ou ld mak e active resp iratory movements w ith in 30 seconds of b eing delivered.

I f sp ontaneou s b reath ing does not b egin, it is imp erative to estab lish an airw ay and stimu late resp iration. M any meth ods h ave b een tried b u t very little p u b lish ed inf ormation is availab le as to th eir ef f icacy. O nce th e calf is p laced on its sternu m, vigorou s stimu lation of th e calf b y ru b b ing arou nd th e h ead or b ody and p lacing a f inger or p iece of straw in th e nose sh ou ld initiate a gasp ing ref lex th at h elp s aerate th e lu ngs. Pou ring cold w ater over th e calf ’s h ead or dow n th e ear h as also b een u sed w ith some su ccess to stimu late resp iration. M ou th -

to- mou th or mou th - to- nose resu scitation is commonly tried b u t very dif f icu lt to do ef f ectively. E stab lish ing a tigh t seal to p revent air leak age is dif f icu lt b u t, even more imp ortantly, th e air b low n in h as a tendency to go dow n th e esop h agu s and f ill th e stomach w h ich mak es b reath ing more dif f icu lt f or th e stru ggling calf . T o avoid th ese p rob lems, a veterinarian may u se a cu f f ed endotrach eal tu b e to p rovide p ositive p ressu re ventilation ef f ectively. Certain p rescrip tion medications su ch as doxap ram may also b e u sed to stimu late resp iration alth ou gh severely af f ected calves do not seem resp onsive to it. V eterinarians may also ch oose to u se b u f f er th erap y w ith inj ectab le sodiu m b icarb onate to correct metab olic acidosis, a condition th at of ten occu rs f ollow ing dystocia in w h ich th e calf ’s b lood is more acidic th an it sh ou ld b e. I n general, cardiac

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resu scitation is not attemp ted in calves b orn w ith ou t a h eartb eat du e to very p oor ch ance of su rvival. S imilarly, calves th at do not resp ond to resp iratory stimu lation tech niq u es and cannot sit u p on th eir ow n af ter 10 minu tes generally do not su rvive.

I n moving f rom th e u teru s to th e ou tside environment, b ab y calves exp erience a dramatic sh if t in temp eratu re. Calves delivered normally maintain th eir b ody temp eratu re ( th ermoregu lation) b y sh ivering and b y mob iliz ing energy f rom b row n adip ose ( f at) tissu e. S imp le, natu ral p h ysical activity su ch as standing, w alk ing, and consu ming colostru m w ill also generate b ody h eat. F ollow ing dystocia, calves h ave an imp aired resp onse to cold temp eratu res. I nadeq u ate oxygen can redu ce mu scle tone and p revent sh ivering as w ell as decrease th e calf ’s ab ility to u tiliz e its b row n f at. Calves w ith th ermal stress and low vitality are slow to stand and nu rse, limiting th eir ab ility to w arm th emselves th rou gh th is natu ral p h ysical b eh avior. T h ese calves sh ou ld b e exp osed to an inf rared h eater to imp rove rectal

temp eratu re, b lood oxygen level, and resp iratory rate. I f electric h eating p ads are u sed, th ey mu st b e closely monitored b ecau se th ey can get h ot enou gh to cau se b u rns, p articu larly if th e calf is u nab le to move of f th e p ad. H eat lamp s mu st also b e monitored to p revent b u rns.

O f cou rse th e single most imp ortant f actor in calf su rvival is th at it receives and ab sorb s adeq u ate colostru m. I t is essential th at all calves receive 3- 4 q u arts of colostru m w ith in th e f irst 6 h ou rs of lif e. Consu mp tion of colostru m b y calves in f etal distress h as b een f ou nd to b e redu ced b y u p to 74% in th e f irst 12 h ou rs of lif e. S ince a calf is u nlik ely to volu ntarily su ck le af ter dystocia, it is recommended to f eed colostru m via stomach tu b e ( “ esop h ageal f eeder” ) w ith in one h ou r of b irth if th ere is any dou b t as to th e calf ’s vitality. [ S tep - b y- step instru ctions on h ow to u se an esop h ageal f eeder can b e f ou nd in th e Decemb er 2 014 issu e of Cow Cou ntry N ew s.] Colostru m contains immu noglob u lins th at f orm th e calf ’s immu ne system as w ell as nu trients vital to

th e new b orn su ch as f at- solu b le vitamins and su gars. Dystocia resu lting in a w eak new b orn calf is a maj or cau se of f ailu re of p assive transf er ( F PT ) du e to low volu me and delayed consu mp tion of colostru m. F PT is k now n to increase su scep tib ility to inf ectiou s disease, increase neonatal sick ness and death as w ell as resu lt in long-term decreases in p rodu ctivity ( su ch as low er average daily gain) if th e calf su rvives.

O th er p rob lems may arise du e to comp licated deliveries. Calves th at are w edged in th e p elvic canal f or p rolonged p eriods may b e b orn w ith a sw ollen h ead and/ or tongu e. T h is condition w ill u su ally resolve itself w ith in one to tw o days b u t f eeding th e calf w ith a stomach tu b e is req u ired since th e calf cannot su ck le. Dystocias may resu lt in trau ma su ch as f ractu res of th e legs, rib s and sp ine and lu xations of th e h ip and sp ine. T h e extent of th ese inj u ries may not b e ob viou s at b irth b u t w ill b ecome ap p arent over th e next one to tw o w eek s. T h e u mb ilicu s ( or “ navel” ) may b ecome inf ected du e to p rolonged contact w ith th e grou nd, p redisp osing th e

calf to sep ticemia or “ navel ill” . M ild antisep tics sh ou ld b e u sed on th e cord b u t avoid strong, cau stic agents as th ese w ill cau se irritation and inf lammation of th ese sensitive tissu es. M aintaining a clean, dry u mb ilicu s and ensu ring adeq u ate h igh -q u ality colostru m ingestion are th e b est w ays to p revent disease in new b orns.

I n su mmary, su ccess in saving a calf af ter dystocia w ill dep end largely on th e condition of th e calf at b irth . M any w ill su f f er maj or trau ma du ring delivery resu lting in severe b ru ising, f ractu red rib s, b leeding in th e central nervou s system, and oth er maladies resu lting in death irresp ective of treatment. O th er calves w ill b e b orn w ith a h eartb eat b u t not b reath ing; th ese calves are good candidates f or resu scitation. E stab lish ing a p atent airw ay, initiating b reath ing, and estab lish ing adeq u ate circu lation are th e cornerstones to immediate calf su rvival. H ow ever, early and adeq u ate colostru m intak e is essential f or p assive transf er of immu noglob u lins, energy, th ermoregu lation, and long- term su rvival.

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n Nov. 11-12, 2014, the beef checkoff, through the U.S. Farmers & Ranchers Alliance

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The theme of the event was “Farm Better. Eat Better. Feed the World.” It was hosted by the New York Times with prominent positioning of celebrity chefs and authors, such as Mark Bittman, Michael Pollan, Sam Kass, Tom Colicchio and many others. The event was well-attended by food influencers and decision-makers around the country, yet prior

to USFRA’s involvement, the voices of conventional agriculture were not represented anywhere in the panel discussions. USFRA, through the beef checkoff, sponsored a panel of farmers on the topic of “Big Ag, Big Food: How being good for the Environment is not about Size.” The panel was moderated by Frank Sesno, director of George Washington University School of Media and Public Affairs and former CNN Washington, D.C., bureau chief.

Farmers and ranchers serving on the panel included:

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The panel discussed everything from transparency to antibiotic use on farms and ranches to their desire to be part of the dialogue about raising food. Ruskamp pleaded passionately with the audience, saying: “We want to feed you. We don’t want hungry kids either. That is a passion for us too. We will get better. We want to be part of the conversation you are having. PLEASE let us be involved in your conversation about our food for tomorrow!”

Similarly, Seth Watkins, a farmer feeder from Iowa, who is very involved with Iowa Beef Council, Iowa Cattlemen and Iowa Team Beef, was invited to be part of the last panel discussing “Who Will Farm and How?” which was moderated by Mark Bittman. Watkins shared his thoughts on the challenges facing farmers today and shared the conversation efforts he’s implementing on his farm to be able to raise food for future generations.

“I believe we changed the tone of the conversation at this significant event from one of attack on ‘industrialized agriculture’ to one of dialogue - a key goal for us in conversation with all detractors,” said

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While not all opinions may have been changed, farmers, ranchers and other members of the agriculture community had the chance to engage in one-on-one dialogues with major food influencers.

“Mark Bittman, in particular, although he remained critical about antibiotic use, government involvement in agricultural regulation and the food industry in general, seemed to welcome our farmers’ voices,” said Krotz. “We would never expect to change his opinions - but we would like him and others to understand and acknowledge farmers’ and ranchers’ commitment to providing healthy food for everyone in a sustainable way.”

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Kentucky Ag Economy Remains Strong, But Concerns Are for 2015 BY CAROL LEA SPENCE

Th ou gh th e f orecast f or 2 014 crop receip ts is dow n 2 p ercent, a 15 p ercent increase in b eef , p ou ltry,

dairy and h og p rices is exp ected to b oost 2 014 Kentu ck y agricu ltu ral cash receip ts to $ 6 b illion, u p sligh tly f rom $ 5.7 b illion in 2 013. T h e ou tlook f or 2 015, h ow ever, is exp ected to drop b ack to th e $ 5.7 b illion range.

O verall, Kentu ck y is f aring b etter th an mu ch of th e rest of th e nation w h en it comes to its f arm economy. W h ile U .S . f arm cash receip ts are exp ected to f all b y 1 p ercent th is year, U niversity of Kentu ck y agricu ltu ral economist W ill S nell p redicts Kentu ck y’s receip ts w ill increase b y ab ou t 5 p ercent.

“ T h ese h igh er receip ts, cou p led w ith th e last year of tob acco b u you t p ayments and a relatively large p ercentage of th e 2 013 corn crop b eing sold th is year, w ill enab le Kentu ck y net cash income to remain relatively strong in 2 014,” S nell said. “ O u r b iggest concern is w h at is looming in 2 015 w h en b u you t p ayments h ave ended and a mu ch low er p riced grain crop is mark eted.”

U K College of Agricu ltu re, F ood and E nvironment f acu lty S nell, Kenny B u rdine, T odd Davis and T im W oods, all f rom th e Dep artment of Agricu ltu ral E conomics, J ef f S tringer, f rom th e Dep artment of F orestry, and Kentu ck y F arm B u siness M anagement Program coordinator J erry Pierce sh ared th eir agricu ltu ral economic ou tlook f or 2 015 and an overview of 2 014 du ring th e Kentu ck y F arm B u reau F ederation conf erence Dec. 4 in Lou isville.

“ Desp ite a lot of concern over cu rrent and p roj ected crop p rices, w e p artially attrib u te Kentu ck y’s agricu ltu ral economy b eing b etter th an th at of th e U .S . to th e diversity of agricu ltu re w e h ave in ou r state,” S nell said. “ I n th e midst of a cu rrent dep ressed grain economy, comp are

Kentu ck y’s gross or net f arm income to th at of a grain state, lik e I llinois. T h ey are really nervou s look ing into 2 015.”

T h at is b ecau se signif icantly low er anticip ated grain p rices, cou p led w ith modest ch anges in land rents, w ill ch allenge grain p rof itab ility in 2 015.

“ W e are seeing low er p rices b ecau se stock s of w h eat, corn, soyb eans and cotton are increasing b oth domestically and glob ally,” Davis said. “ W e’re lik ely to see less corn p lanted in th e U .S . in 2 015 du e to f armers sh if ting to more p rof itab le crop s.”

Kentu ck y is more livestock dep endent th an th e cou ntry as a w h ole. T h rou gh ou t 2 014, tigh t su p p lies, strong f ed cattle p rices and decreasing corn p rices resu lted in u np recedented f eeder cattle p rice levels.

“ S h ort su p p lies and decreased grain p rices sh ou ld su p p ort f eeder cattle mark ets in 2 015,” B u rdine said. “ I exp ect a record calf mark et in th e sp ring of 2 015 and lik ely th e second h igh est f all mark et on record, second only to 2 014.”

H og p rices, w h ile sh ow ing extreme variab ility, w ere u p more th an 15 p ercent in 2 014. T h ese increased p rices and low er f eed costs resu lted in h igh er p rof itab ility. T h is w ill p ossib ly lead to 2 to 4 p ercent more p ork on th e mark et in 2 015, w h ich may p u sh p rices dow n b y 10 to 15 p ercent f or th e year. O n th e p lu s side, low er p rices w ill h elp U .S . p ork comp ete in w orld mark ets, w h ich cou ld add ab ou t 4 p ercent to exp ort levels.

Pou ltry continu es to b e th e top agricu ltu ral enterp rise in th e state. I n 2 014 b roiler p rodu ction continu ed its u p w ard trend, w ith p rodu ction increasing b y 3 p ercent over 2 013. Declining f eed costs w ill enh ance p rof its in 2 015, w h ich w ill lead to a 2 to 4 p ercent increase in p rodu ction. T h e increased p rodu ction w ill drive p rices dow n sligh tly, b u t th e low er p rices w ill k eep th e U .S . comp etitive in glob al mark ets.

T h e tob acco situ ation ch anged th is year, driven b y increasing w orld p rodu ction,

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low er b u rley demand and a mixed q u ality crop . S nell exp ects 2 014 U .S . b u rley p rodu ction w ill b e greater th an anticip ated u se, w h ich w ou ld lead to more critical grading and p rices retreating f rom th eir h igh of $ 2 .06 p er p ou nd in 2 013.

“ E xcess w orld b u rley su p p lies and slu mp ing demand w ill lik ely indu ce tob acco comp anies to redu ce contract volu mes in th e U .S . in 2 015,” S nell said. “ Cou p led w ith lab or and inf rastru ctu re ch allenges, acres w ill lik ely f all, w ith th e valu e of Kentu ck y tob acco p rodu ction lik ely retreating b elow $ 400 million next year.”

T h e eq u ine mark et continu es to sh ow recovery f rom th e th ree- year low s of 2 009 to 2 011. B u rdine said maj or sales in 2 014

are comp arab le to a year ago, b oth in terms of valu e and nu mb ers sold. H e p redicts th at strength in maj or mark ets w ill lik ely continu e to su p p ort sales and stu d f ees in 2 015, w h ile sof ter commodity p rices w ill redu ce th e p ressu re to convert h ay grou nd to row crop s, w h ich cau sed a decrease in su p p ly over th e p ast f ew years.

Direct mark ets and p rograms su ch Kentu ck y Prou d, F arm- to- S ch ool, R estau rant R ew ards and Kentu ck y F arm B u reau Certif ied R oadside F arm M ark et Program continu e to drive demand and grow th f or p rodu ce in Kentu ck y. M ore th an 50 p ercent of p rodu ce is sold th rou gh direct mark ets, w h ile au ction mark ets resu lt in 10 to 15 p ercent of sales.

T h e f orestry sector saw a 5 p ercent increase f rom 2 013, w ith an estimated direct economic imp act of $ 8 .3 b illion. E mp loyment in th e indu stry is u p 2 p ercent over last year. All f orestry sectors increased; p u lp and p ap er p rodu cers and converters saw th e b iggest gains.

“ Prices f or all timb er commodities w ere stab le or increased in 2 014. Prices f or saw logs f or lu mb er p rodu ction, ou r most imp ortant timb er commodity, increased 2 4 p ercent on average f or all sp ecies and grades. T h ese p rices are exp ected to continu e into 2 015, resu lting in good op p ortu nities f or grow ers, loggers and p rocessors,” S tringer said.

T h e exp ort valu e of Kentu ck y’s w ood

p rodu cts is estimated to reach more th an $ 2 73 million in 2 014, an increase of more th an 30 p ercent f rom 2 013.

Preliminary stu dy resu lts w ere released th at indicated th e economic imp ortance of th e entire agricu ltu ral clu ster, w h ich inclu des p rodu ction, agricu ltu ral inp u ts and f ood p rocessing, w as $ 43 b illion, u sing data f rom 2 012 , th e most recent availabl e. Th e f inal rep ort w ill be made availab le b ef ore th e end of th e year.

A cop y of th e ou tlook p u b lication inclu ding inf ormation on individu al f arm sectors can b e f ou nd at h ttp : / /w w w 2 .ca.u k y.edu / cmsp u b sclass/ f iles/O u tlook 2 015.p df .

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KB N , served on th e KY Cattlemen’s F ou ndation B oard and w as indu cted into th e KCA H all of F ame. H e w as an old time cow vet w h o enj oyed lif e and dearly loved h is KY Cattlemen’s Association. T h e f amily h as ask ed t h at any memorial donations b e given to th e Kentu c k y Cattlemen’s F ou ndation V eterinary S c h olarsh i p . H e w ill b e missed b y all of u s.

I n closing, I w ant to once again th ank you f or th e tremendou s h onor and p rivilege of serving as you r KCA President th is p ast year. I k now I am leaving you in good h ands and w ou ld ask th at you sh ow incoming President, G ary W oodall, th e w onderf u l su p p ort you h ave given me th is p ast year. I w ou ld also lik e to sh are w it h you h ow l u c k y w e are to h ave th e talented staf f at KCA w ork ing on ou r b eh alf t h rou gh ou t th e year. I n w ork ing w ith

t h em on a regu lar b asis th is p ast year, I am continu ally imp ressed w ith t h e p rof essionalism and p assion f or th eir w ork t h at th ey deliver on each day. F inally ,I w ant to th ank my w i f e , M iss Peggy, my Dad Doyle, son M ark and all my f amily and f riends f or tak ing care of th e f arm and f or th eir great su p p ort th is p ast year. M ayb e I w ill get b ack to f arming a little more regu larly now .

R ememb er th at even on th ose

mu ddy, dreary days , t h ose days w h en even af ter you r b est ef f orts th e calf still died, you are tired and w orn ou t , b u t th ere is still f eeding to b e done, tak e h eart. You are a Kentu c k y Cattleman, l u c k y to b e ou t in G od’s Creation tak ing care of you r F amily, f arm and animals. E ven in tou gh times, “ Lif e I s G ood T oday! ” Adios F riends, h op e to see you in O w ensb oro f or ou r KCA Convention.

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BY BOB WEABER, PH.D., ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR/COW-CALF EXTENSION SPECIALIST, KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY

Last month in this column, Joe Epperly, NALF Assistant Executive Director, outlined

some of the motivations for a shift in genetic evaluation service providers. The decision to join the collaborative evaluation undertaken by International Genetic Solutions (IGS) will bring a number of advantages to commercial cow-calf producers and other participants in the beef value chain. The IGS system now includes over 15 million animals and 35,000 genotypes making it the

largest and most powerful beef cattle genetic evaluation in the world. The IGS system provides EPDs for the American and Canadian Simmental Associations, American and Canadian Gelbvieh Associations, American Maine Anjou Association, American Chianina Association, American Shorthorn Association, Canadian Angus Association, and the Red Angus Association of America.

In early 2015, NALF and the Canadian Limousin Association will release their first EPDs from this new collaboration. In addition to forming the largest multi-breed, multi-association

genetic evaluation in the world, several of the breeds have agreed to report their EPDs on a common base. Use of a common base makes the EPDs from Simmental, Red Angus, Gelbvieh, Shorthorn and soon Limousin, directly comparable without the use of

any adjustments. This makes mating decisions in a planned crossbreeding system much easier for commercial producers using genetic inputs from these breeds.

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the contemporary group definition. This realignment of contemporary groups into larger groups contributes to higher accuracy EPDs for animals in these groups. The inclusion of a large amount of Angus and Red Angus genetics represented in many of the cooperating breed databases effectively ties all the data sets together.

Correlations between IGS test run and NALF published EPDs were high indicating a strong relationship between the two different genetic evaluation systems. Due to changes in contemporary group structure, differences in models used for calving ease and carcass traits and a large number of related animals

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p roviding genetic inf ormation f rom oth er sou rces, correlations of 1 w ere not exp ected.

Adop tion of th e common b ase u sed b y a nu mb er of p articip ants in I G S w ill req u ire th at Limou sin b reeders and end u sers of Limou sin inf lu enced genetics recalib rate th eir ‘ eye’ to th e new averages. T o assist in th e transf ormation, a nu mb er of tab les h ave b een assemb led th at illu strate th e dif f erences b etw een th e existing N ALF E PDs and th ose coming f rom th e new I G S collab oration. T ab le 1 inclu des th e average E PDs f or active Limou sin sires, dams and calves as w ell as LimF lex sires and calves rep orted on th e b ase u sed f or N ALF F all 2 014 E PD release as w ell as th e I G S F all 2 014 b ase. As you stu dy th e valu es, you note th at many of th e ch anges in th e averages are f airly modest.

N atu rally, Limou sin b reeders w ant to u nderstand w h ere th e b reed rank s comp ared to oth er p articip ants on th e common b ase. T h e average E PDs of active sires f rom Limou sin ( Limou sin

and LimF lex) , S immental, R ed Angu s and G elb vieh f rom th e F all 2 014 I G S ru n are rep orted in tab le 2 . I n general, th e Limou sin inf lu enced sire grou p s are comp etitive w ith th e oth er b reeds. T h is is evidence th at N ALF memb ers h ave b een

p u rsu ing genetic imp rovement across a range of economically imp ortant traits u sing th e b est science and tech nology availab le.

F inally, tab le 3 rep orts th e E PDs of several w idely u sed Limou sin, LimF lex

and Angu s b u lls rep resented in th e N ALF data. E valu ation of th is data sh ou ld lead to an increased u nderstanding of th e dif f erences in E PD b ase b etw een th e F all 2 014 evalu ation and th e new common b ase f rom th e I G S evalu ation.


Variety Meat Demand Boosts October Beef, Pork ExportsS

trong variety meat exp orts h elp ed of f set low er volu mes f or b eef and p ork mus cle cu ts in O ctober ,

according to data released b y U S DA and comp iled b y th e U .S . M eat E xp ort F ederation ( U S M E F ) .

O ctob er b eef exp orts w ere u p 2 p ercent f rom a year ago to 109 ,8 58 metric tons ( mt) , w h ile exp ort valu e w as a record- h igh $687.1 million – u p 2 2 p ercent f rom a year ago. M u scle cu t volu me w as dow n 2 p ercent to 76,472 mt, b u t still increased 19 p ercent in valu e to $596.5 million. V ariety meat exp orts increased 14 p ercent in volume ( 33,386 mt) and 39 p ercent in valu e ( $ 9 0.6 million) .

F or J anua ry th roug h Oct ober , beef exp ort volu me w as u p 3 p ercent f rom a year ago to j u st over 1 million mt. E xp ort value reach ed $5.87 billio n – 15 p ercent ah ead of last year’s record p ace.

O ctob er p ork exp orts w ere dow n 2 p ercent in volume ( 182,363 mt) , bu t still ach ieved a 5 p ercent increase in valu e ( $ 567.2 million) . T h ese resu lts w ere also b olstered b y strong variety meat exp orts, w h ich w ere u p 2 4 p ercent in volume ( 51,440 mt) and 23 p ercent in valu e ( $ 101.9 million) f rom a year ago. Pork mu scle cu t exp orts w ere dow n 10 p ercent in volu me ( 130,923 mt) , bu t increased 2 p ercent in value to $465.3 million.

T h rou gh th e f irst 10 month s of 2014, p ork exp ort volu me w as 4 p ercent h igh er th an a year ago at 1.8 3 million mt. E xp ort valu e is on a record p ace, u p 13 p ercent to $5.61 bil lion.

U S M E F President and CE O Ph ilip S eng said th at w h ile th e slow dow n in mus cle cut volu mes is concerning, O ctob er resu lts w ere solid overall.

“ Alth ou gh glob al demand f or b eef and p ork mu scle cu ts remains strong, th e U .S . indu stry is f acing some h eadw inds,” S eng said. “ Low er slau gh ter nu mb ers

h ave imp acted availab le su p p ly, and th e U .S . dollar continu es to strength en relative to th e cu rrencies of a nu mber of ou r k ey comp etitors and imp ort cu stomers. O n th e p ork side, w e continu e to see large volu mes of E u rop ean p rodu ct entering Asian mark ets at low er- th an-normal p rices. Th is is lik ely to continu e u ntil th e E U ’s trade imp asse w ith R u ssia is resolved.”

S eng added th at th e O ctob er resu lts serve as a reminder of th e imp ortance of variety meat exp orts to th e U .S . meat and livestock indu stries.

“ S trong demand f or variety meat is very p ositive new s f or th e indu stry b ecau se th ese p rodu cts contrib u te signif icantly to th e p rof itab ility of U .S . p rodu cers and p rocessors,” S eng said. “ U S M E F h as also h eigh tened th e f ocu s on alternative mu scle cu ts in many of ou r edu cational w ork sh op s and seminars. F amiliariz ing bu yers w ith th ese economically p riced cu ts h as b een h elp f u l in addressing p rice and exch ange rate concerns.”

Japan, Korea, Hong Kong drive beef export growth

O ctob er b eef exp orts eq u ated to 15 p ercent of total p rodu ction and 11 p ercent of mu scle cu t p rodu ction, comp ared to 13.5 p ercent and 11 p ercent, resp ectively, a year ago. F or J anu ary th rou gh O ctob er, exp orts eq u ated to 14 p ercent of total p rodu ction and 11 p ercent fo r mu scle cu ts ( u p fr om 13 p ercent and 10 p ercent) . E xp ort valu e p er h ead of fed slau gh ter w as $321. 28 in O ctob er ( u p $ 70 f rom a year ago) and $ 2 8 7.32 f or J anu ary- O ctob er ( u p $42.80) .

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totaled 206,879 mt ( up 2 p ercent) valued at $1.33 b illion ( up 11 p ercent) .

O t h er J anu ary- O ctob er b eef h igh ligh ts include:

E xp orts to S out h Korea w ere up 12 p ercent in volume ( 96,040 mt) and 41 p ercent in value ( $674.9 million) . O ctob er exp ort volu me w as th e largest of th e year at 11,167 mt.

E xp orts to H ong Kong h ave already set a new annua l value record of $898 million, easily su rp assing th e 2 013 f u ll-year total of $823.3 million. Oct ober exp ort volu me w as th e largest ever at 16,779 mt.

Led b y strong grow th in th e Dominican R ep u b lic, exp orts to th e Caribbea n w ere up 20 p ercent in volume to 19,042 mt and 26 p ercent in value to $ 12 4 million – j u st sh ort of th e f u ll- year value record ( $127 million) set in 2012.

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O ctob er p ork exp orts eq u ated to 24 p ercent of total p roduct ion, w h ich w as steady w ith last year, b u t j u st 18 p ercent of mu scle cu t p rodu ction – dow n f rom 2 0 p ercent in O ctob er 2 013. F or J anua ry- Oct ober , exp orts equa ted to 2 7 p ercent of total p rodu ction ( u p f rom 2 5.6 p ercent) and 2 2 p ercent f or mu scle cu ts ( u p f rom 2 1.5 p ercent) . E xp ort valu e p er h ead slau gh tered w as $ 56.9 9 in O ctob er ( u p 10 p ercent f rom a year ago) and $63.63 fo r J anua ry- Oct ober ( up 19 p ercent)

E xp orts to leading volu me mark et M exico continu e to sh ine, w ith J anu ary-O ctob er volu me reach ing 563,601 mt – u p 12 p ercent f rom a year ago. E xp ort valu e w as u p 35 p ercent to $1.3 billio n – already br eak ing th e full-year value record ( $1.22 billio n) set in 2 013. S ince U S M E F lau nch ed ef f orts to b olster overall p ork consu mp tion in M exico in 2011, demand h as increased signif icantly and exp orts are on p ace to set a new volu me record f or th e th ird consecu tive year.

“ M exico’s p er cap ita p ork

consu mp tion h as increased an average of 3.3 p ercent in each of th e p ast th ree years, and now exceeds 16 k ilograms,” S eng exp lained. “ S o w e f eel th is camp aign h as def initely enh anced th e image of p ork in th e minds of consu mers and h ad a very p ositive imp act on demand.”

O t h er J anu ary- O ctob er p ork h igh ligh ts include:

Af ter a dow n year in 2 013, exp orts to Korea h ave rebo unded. E xp ort volume w as up 42 p ercent to 108,187 mt, w h ile value increased 64 p ercent to $345.4 million.

Led b y exp ort grow th to Colomb ia, exp orts to th e Central/ S out h America region remain on a record p ace, increasing 7 p ercent in volume ( 99,349 mt) and 19 p ercent in valu e ( $277.4 million) f rom a year ago.

M u scle cu t exp orts to leading valu e mark et J ap an w ere dow n 4 p ercent in volu me ( 32 8 ,338 mt) b u t valu e w as steady w ith last year at $ 1.54 b illion. As noted abo ve, J ap an is one of th e mark ets in w h ich large volu mes of relatively inexp ensive E u rop ean p ork h ave limited U .S . grow th .

Lamb exports still trending upwardU .S . lamb exp orts continue to recover

f rom a slow start in 2 014, ach ieving a year- over- year increase f or th e f ou rth consecu tive month . J anu ary- O ctob er exp orts w ere still dow n 15 p ercent in volume ( 8,956 mt) and 1 p ercent in valu e ( $ 2 3.5 million) , b u t p osted solid grow th in th e Carib b ean, th e U nited Arab E mirates, Panama and th e Ph ilip p ines.

Lamb mus cle cut exp orts w ere 5 p ercent b elow last year’s p ace in volu me ( 2,432 mt) , bu t increased 7 p ercent in value to $14 .3 million.

Comp lete J anu ary- O ctob er exp ort totals f or U .S . b eef , p ork and lamb are availab le f rom U S M E F ’s statistics w eb p age.

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Dr. Jack S. Kimbrough, 79, died Thursday, December 4, 2014, at the Crestview Center

in Shelbyville. Born and raised on a Harrison County dairy farm, he knew as a small child farming was his passion. This was fostered by his involvement in 4-H and FFA, even serving as the FFA State treasurer in 1953. He attended the University of Kentucky and then Auburn University for his DVM, graduating in 1961. He served 36 years as a Veterinarian in Shelby County. In 1988 he purchased a 125-acre farm to raise beef cattle and tobacco.

Dr. Kimbrough’s leadership roles began in 1996 when he founded the Shelby County Cattlemen’s Association. He then served as the president of the organization for six years and was a driving force behind the association’s success. In 2002, he was appointed as president of the Kentucky Cattlemen’s Association (KCA) where he was

instrumental in starting the Junior Cattlemen’s Association. Later, as chairman of the Kentucky Beef Network from 2004-2008, Dr. Kimbrough worked with KBN cooperators in

overseeing endeavors such as animal identification, CPH coordination, and the implementation of programs such as Master Cattlemen and Master Grazer. He was also a supporter of the Shelby County 4-H and FFA Livestock Club, active in the Shelby County FFA Alumni, on the Shelby County Fair Board, served on the Kentucky Cattlemen’s Foundation Committee, and was a past Shelby County Farm Bureau director. In 2002 he was awarded Farmer of the Year and was inducted into the KCA Hall of Fame for Region III in 2013. Known as “Doc” around the KCA office, he was not only a leader within the organization, but he was a friend to all who met him.

He was preceded in death by his parents, William and Elizabeth Kimbrough; and his sister, Judy Kimbrough. He is survived by his wife of 56 years, Liz Kimbrough of Shelbyville; his son, Clint S. Kimbrough (Carol) of Shelbyville; his daughter, Beth Kimbrough Summers (Stephen) of

Shelbyville; his brother, Jerry Kimbrough (Darlene) of Cynthiana; his sister, Jill Kimbrough of Lexington; and his 2 granddaughters, Emily Abell Goodlett (Dusty) of Lawrenceburg and Sara Abell of Louisville.

A memorial service will be held 4:00 p.m. Sunday, December 14, 2014 at the Shelbyville First Baptist Church. Visitation will be 2:00-4:00 p.m. Sunday, December 14, 2014 at the church. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Kentucky Cattlemen’s Foundation Veterinary Scholarship.

The following is a sonnet written by Michael F itzgerald with artwork by his wife D oreen F itzgerald. The artwork depicted D r. K imbrough and was done by the couple as a way to donate to the K entucky C attlemen’s F oundation “ B uilding for the F utre” campaign back in 2 0 0 6 . The artwork raised $ 7 ,0 0 0 and was bought by the S helby C ounty C attlemen’s and is displayed today in the S helby C ounty E x tension O ff ice. W e thought this was a f itting tribute to D r. K imbrough.

Dr. Jack S. KimbroughOBITUARY


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OBITUARY

A Conversation at DaybreakA Poetic Sonnet By Michael B.

FitzgeraldH ey little f ella… I k now I ’m h ere a

b it early today, b u t I never k now h ow many of th ese su nrises I may h ave lef t. You migh t not remember , but I w as h ere w h en you w ere b orn… h eard th e

f irst sou nds you made w h ile you w ere still w et and sh iny… stood b y w h ile you nu rsed and th en w atch ed you r mama b ath e and dry you . W e go w ay b ack … me and your fa mily. I sp ent nearly every day w ith you r mom and dad… k new your grandma, too. M atter of fa ct, I ’ve even k now n all of you r br oth ers and sisters.

I caug h t your br oth er u p th ere in th e corner of th e b arn one day and p ok ed a needle in h is b u tt, ru ined a good ru mp roast too. B ut I mus t confes s, w h en w e w ent to mark et, I w as a certainly p rou d and I bea med a bit w h en h e came into th e ring and someb ody said h e b elongs to J ack .

B y th e w ay, my bo y w ill be h ere w h en h e gets h ome f rom w ork , and don’t you try noth in’ w ith h im eith er or h e’ll k ick you r rear end… . M yself , I don’t k ick muc h th ese days, b u t w h ile w e’re on th e su b j ect, th at k ick ing stu f f h as got to stop . T h e last time you got mad at me… I limp ed f or a w eek . S ur e I w as h ollerin… b u t mayb e w e cou ld w ork someth ing ou t w h ere I w ou ld h oller a little less and you w ould k ick a little less and w e’d bo th w in.

H ow ab ou t w e consider th is conversation a little verb al h andsh ak e on th e matter… B u t don’t th ink you ’re getting ou t of th at sh ot, cau se my granddau gh ter’s a J r. Cattleman and w h en sh e gets h ome f rom sch ool sh e’s

got p lans f or you and th ey inclu de sh ots and some k ind of b u tton in you r ear… . S ometh ing ab ou t k now ing w h o you are and w h ere you go. Cou rse I ’d k now you a mile of f … . I ’ve grow n accu stomed to you r f ace. W h y it w ou ld b e easier to dam u p N iagara th an get th is cattle b u siness ou t of my system.

I do f orget more th ese days… . b u t I w ill never misp lace in my memory, th e time sp ent w ith you and th ose lik e you . W h y, I ’ve b een u sing th is old tob acco stick to w alk ou t h ere and ch eck on you long befo re th ey made th ose fl imsy f ib erglass p ok es. W e b elong togeth er… you and me. W e are bo th p rodu cts of th e good earth and th is ole f arm… . I k now you h aven’t b een h ere long, b u t it seems lik e I h aven’t eith er.

W ell, I b est b e going now , th e missu s w ill b e w orried and b esides, you r momma’s b een staring at me ever since w e started th is little talk . I ’d lik e to see you again tomorrow b u t th ese days I ’m never q u ite su re w h at th e next daybr eak w ill b ring.

Dr. Kimbrough with Doreen and Michael Fitzgerald at the 2006 KCA Convention with the painting and sonnet they donated to the Foun-dation Auction that featured Dr. Kimbrough.


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KENTUCKY BEEF PRODUCERS PASS REFERENDUM TO CREATE KENTUCKY BEEF CHECKOFFLEXINGTON, KY.

Kentu ck y b eef p rodu cers p assed th e ref erendu m in f avor of creating th e Kentu ck y B eef

Ch eck of f . I n a vote condu cted at local Kentu ck y Coop erative E xtension of f ices T h u rsday, N ovemb er 2 0th , b eef and dairy p rodu cers voted in f avor of

collecting an additional $ 1.00 p er h ead sold. T h e f inal tally w as 1,8 16 in f avor of th e state ch eck of f and 1 ,42 3 against. Collections of th e state ch eck of f w ill b egin Ap ril 1, 2 015.

Kentu ck y Cattlemen’s Association President, S teve Dow ns, is enth u siastic to get started, realiz ing th e w ork really b egins now . “ A tremendou s th ank you

needs to b e p aid to all of th e cattlemen and w omen th at took th e time to vote. W e h ave an exciting op p ortu nity in f ront of u s and an eq u ally talented team to w ork to ensu re th e f u tu re of th e Kentu ck y b eef indu stry is secu re and p rosp erou s.”

T h e Kentu ck y S tate B oard of Agricu ltu re ap p roved th e Kentu ck y

Cattlemen’s Association req u est f or a ref erendu m du ring th eir Au gu st 2 1, 2 014 b oard meeting.

F or more inf ormation ab ou t th e Kentu c k y B eef Ch eck of f , contact Dave M ap les at ( 8 59 ) 2 78 - 08 9 9 or dmap les@ k ycattle.org or visit w w w .k yb eef ch eck of f .com.

Adair 12 2 3 35Allen 31 10 41Anderson 13 16 2 9B allard 3 2 5B arren 60 60 12 0B ath 14 16 30B ell 0 0 0B oone 12 3 15B ou rb on 37 13 50B oyd 3 1 4B oyle 2 2 13 35B rack en 30 16 46B reath itt 1 3 4B reck inridge 34 18 52B u llitt 2 15 17B u tler 5 3 8Caldw ell 12 4 16Callaw ay 3 4 7Camp b ell 6 7 13Carlisle 1 1 2Carroll 9 8 17Carter 10 7 17Casey 38 9 47Ch ristian 46 4 50Clark 42 35 77Clay 3 2 5Clinton 2 2 13 35Crittenden 0 3 3Cu mb erland 1 11 12Daviess 32 3 35E dmonson 6 3 9

E lliott 5 11 16E still 12 7 19F ayette 2 4 4 2 8F leming 12 2 45 2 57F loyd 0 1 1F rank lin 3 2 5F u lton 0 0 0G allatin 0 0 0G arrard 9 18 2 7G rant 8 7 15G raves 2 1 3G rayson 44 2 0 64G reen 7 42 49G reenu p 6 14 2 0H ancock 10 4 14H ardin 2 9 2 2 51H arlan 2 0 2H arrison 48 6 54H art 2 8 18 46H enderson 3 3 6H enry 2 6 16 42H ick man 3 2 5H op k ins 7 1 8J ack son 18 2 2 0J ef f erson 1 3 4J essamine 36 11 47J oh nson 0 0 0Kenton 9 10 19Knott 2 3 5Knox 2 19 2 1Laru e 45 2 3 68

Lau rel 33 2 6 59Law rence 6 0 6Lee 2 0 2Leslie 0 0 0Letch er 2 0 2Lew is 6 12 18Lincoln 2 8 14 42Livingston 9 6 15Logan 14 10 2 4Lyon 8 0 8M adison 69 37 106M agof f in 12 0 12M arion 9 6 2 6 12 2M arsh all 4 7 11M artin 0 0 0M ason 14 49 63M cCrack en 1 0 1M cCreary 0 0 0M cLean 4 5 9M eade 14 8 2 2M enif ee 15 2 17M ercer 44 2 5 69M etcalf e 13 8 2 1M onroe 32 2 6 58M ontgomery 12 11 2 3M organ 4 6 10M u h lenb erg 3 15 18N elson 2 4 12 36N ich olas 11 5 16O h io 19 2 2 1O ldh am 8 12 2 0

O w en 16 2 2 38O w sley 1 0 1Pendleton 9 4 13Perry 6 5 11Pik e 0 0 0Pow ell 9 4 13Pu lask i 9 34 43R ob ertson 4 13 17R ock castle 7 14 2 1R ow an 1 4 5R u ssell 15 2 9 44S cott 2 5 7 32S h elb y 45 19 64S imp son 2 0 2S p encer 13 4 17T aylor 2 4 13 37T odd 3 2 5T rigg 12 2 14T rimb le 18 6 2 4U nion 9 3 12W arren 2 4 6 30W ash ington 8 0 2 3 103W ayne 14 10 2 4W eb ster 8 4 12W h itley 8 4 12W olf e 9 1 10W oodf ord 18 16 34

Ab sentee T otal 9 9 18

TOTAL 1816 1423 3239

County Yes No Sum County Yes No Sum County Yes No Sum County Yes No Sum

2014 Beef Referendum Results by County


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What Are the Next Steps?

Th e f ollow ing timeline is th e p rocess th e Kentu c k y Cattlemen’s Association and

Kentu ck y B eef Cou ncil w ill f ollow f or imp lementation of th e f ederal and state ch eck of f monies as def ined b y th e op erating p rocedu res f or b oth entities. T h e Kentu ck y Cattlemen’s Association is named th e management entity of th e state ch eck of f monies th rou gh Kentu ck y law .

January 2015 – A 2 4 p erson committee w ill b e estab lish ed to create b u dgets and mark eting p lans f or th e f ederal and state ch eck of f monies. Produ cer nominations w ere su b mitted to th e Kentu ck y Cattlemen’s Association N ominating Committee

th rou gh J anu ary 2 , 2 015 f or 10 p rodu cer rep resentatives to serve on th e Kentu ck y B eef Cou ncil Committee. T h e b alance of t h e committee memb ers w ill b e recommended b y indu stry organiz ations or elected p ositions.

February 2015 - T h e Kentu c k y B eef Cou ncil w ill h ave th eir f irst meeting to estab lis h op erating p rocedu res.

Februar y/March 2015 – R emittance and comp liance f orms w ill b e develop ed f or collection of state ch eck of f f u nds.

March 2015 - M eet w ith collection p oints to train of f ice staf f on new

f orms and p rocedu res f or collection and remittance p rotocols.

April 2015 – Collections of th e state ch eck of f f u nds b egin.

April/May 2015 - T h e Kentu ck y B eef Cou ncil w ill h ave th eir second committee meeting to develop a mark eting p lan and b u dget f or th e f ederal and state ch eck of f monies.

June 2015 – Kentu ck y B eef Cou ncil ch airman w ill p resent th e mark eting p lan and b u dget f or b oth th e f ederal and state ch eck of f p rograms to th e Kentu c k y Cattlemen’s Association B oard.

July/August 2015 - All b u dget and

mark eting p lans f or b oth th e f ederal and state ch eck of f monies w ill b e f inaliz ed. U p on comp letion of f inal docu ments th ey w ill b e review ed b y th e Kentu ck y Cattlemen’s Association E xecu tive Committee.

September 2015 - F inal b u dget and mark eting p lans w ill b e p resented to th e f u ll Kentu c k y Cattlemen’s Association B oard f or ap p roval in p rep aration f or th e new f iscal year starting in O ctob er 2 015.

October 2015 - T h e 2 015/ 2 016 f iscal year b egins.

October 2015 - I mp lementation of th e f ederal and state ch eck of f b u dgets and mark eting p lans b egins.


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As h arvest season w inds dow n, grow ers sh ou ld tak e th e necessary step s to minimiz e f u el- related p rob lems w h en temp eratu res dip b elow f reez ing.

Cold w eath er can b e a seriou s issu e f or u sers of b oth N o. 2 diesel and b iodiesel, and p rob lems associated w ith tank maintenance can add to th e dif f icu lty.

M any f armers lik e to u se b iodiesel b lends of 2 0 p ercent or greater du ring th e su mmer month s. W h ile not imp ossib le to u se h igh er b lends in th e w inter, it does req u ire a h igh

degree of f u el management and a vigilant tank - maintenance p rogram.

I t is h igh ly recommended th e average diesel consu mer redu ce th eir b iodiesel b lend to 5 p ercent du ring th e w inter month s.

H igh w ater concentration in f u el can lead to w ater- logged f u el f ilters. W h en th e temp eratu re of th e f ilter gets b elow 32 degrees, th e w ater f reez es and b lock s th e f low of f u el th rou gh th e f ilter.

Paraf f in is a natu rally occu rring comp onent of diesel f u el. W h en th e temp eratu re of f u el is at or b elow its clou d p oint, p araf f in material can collect on th e b ottom of th e tank . W ax anti- settling agent ( W AS A) additives can b e u sed to k eep p araf f ins f rom collecting at th e

b ottom of th e tank w h ere th ey can cau se f ilter p lu gging.

A f ew k ey p oints to k eep in mind inclu de:

• B ef ore colder w eath er sets in, ch eck tank s f or w ater.

• Alw ays install a disp enser f ilter on a storage tank to k eep contaminants f rom reach ing th e veh icle tank s.

• I n th e w inter, install a new disp enser f ilter, 30 micron or h igh er to h andle th e increased viscosity of th e f u el.

• Ch eck h oses, f ill/ vap or cap s and gask ets f or leak s.

• T ransition to a low er- p ercentage b iodiesel b lend in w inter month s.

• U se an ap p rop riate additive p ack age

and/ or u se N o. 1 diesel to ensu re op erab ility.• F ill you r tank af ter h arvest season. F u el

tank s sh ou ld alw ays b e k ep t as f u ll as p ossib le to redu ce f u el degradation f rom exp osu re to oxygen.

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WINTER OPERABILITY FOR ABOVE GROUND STORAGE TANKS

Fuel 5% biodiesel blend (B5) B5 with 20% #1 diesel B5 with 30% #1 diesel B5 with 40% #1 diesel

Additive With Additive containing WASA

With Additive containing WASA



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W ade Assu rance

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Preparing Equipment for Winter StorageAGCO

As h arvest w rap s u p , many f armers are tu rning th eir attention to next sp ring, b u t w interiz ing

f arm eq u i p ment is imp ortant to consider b ef ore cold temp eratu res settle in. T o h elp f armers rememb er h ow to w interiz e th eir eq u ip ment, AG CO is introdu cing F AR M S . F AR M S consists of f ive step s f armers sh ou ld tak e to p rotect th eir eq u ip ment investment and p rep are f or next sp ring: f ill tank s, adeq u ately lu b ricate, rep air damage, maintain and clean and store eq u ip ment.

The five steps of FARMS to effectively protect equipment until next spring include:

Fill Tanks - Condensation can occu r as th e w eath er ch anges f rom cool

to w arm, and can cau se w ater to enter emp ty tank s, cau sing costly damage. T op of f b oth th e f u el and th e h ydrau lic oil tank s to eliminate condensation. S tore diesel exh au st f u el ( DE F ) in its original container du ring th e w inter. B e su re th e tank vent is p lu gged and k eep th e container aw ay f rom any h eat and direct su nligh t.

Adequately Lubricate - O ne of th e most ef f ective w ays to p rotect eq u ip ment is to mak e su re it is lu b ricated w ell. R ef er to th e op erator instru ction b ook and lu b ricate as indicated. G rease u np ainted metal p arts, su ch as h ydrau lic cylinder rods, to p rotect th em f rom th e elements.

Repair Damage - H arvest tak es its toll on f armers and eq u ip ment alik e. B e su re to f ix any damage th at occu rred du ring th e year. T h is w ill ensu re th at

b rok en p arts don’t w orsen or ru st du ring th e w inter, and w ill allow immediate access to th e eq u ip ment w h en it is needed next sp ring or su mmer.

Maintain and Clean - At th e end of h arvest, b e su re to remove du st and deb ris f rom inside and ou tside of th e eq u ip ment. Condu ct regu lar maintenance, su ch as ch anging th e oil and f lu ids, and ch eck ing air p ressu re in th e tires. Protect th e air inlet and exh au st f rom h u midity. Low er each link age f u lly to avoid p ressu re b u ildu p in th e h ydrau lic rams, and if p ossib le, slack en th e engine accessories’ b elt tensioner. F inally, if p ref erred, remove th e b attery and store in a dry location.

Store Equipment - O b viou sly, th e b est w ay to p rotect eq u ip ment is u nder a roof . H ow ever, th at is not p ossib le f or every f armer. Cover th e eq u ip ment if lef t ou tdoors, and p rotect

comp u teriz ed mech anisms f rom su n damage b y covering w ith a cloth . F or extra p rotection, u se w ater- resistant p rodu cts su ch as w ax to h elp k eep eq u ip ment f rom ru sting and cau sing p rematu re w ear.

H ay eq u i p ment req u ires some additional step s to ef f ectively w interiz e it, b u t th e additional step s w ill h elp maintain th e valu e of th e eq u ip ment. F u rth er, w h en th e time comes to cu t and b ale h ay, th e w indow of time may b e q u ite narrow . H aving eq u ip ment th at is ready to go immediately into th e f ield w ith ou t rep air h elp s h ay f armers b e more ef f icient w ith th eir time. T o w interiz e h ay eq u i p ment, AG CO recommends draining any p reservatives h ou sed in th e b aler; remove tension on rou nd b alers’ f orming b elts and remove th e f ire extingu ish er ( w ater variety) f rom sq u are b alers and store p rop erly.


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32nd Annual Fayette County Farm Bureau

Farm Equipment Consignment Auction Saturday, March 21, 2015 – 9:30 A.M.

OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

KENTUCKY HORSE PARK Main Entrance

4089 IRONWORKS PIKE, LEXINGTON, KY

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All Types of Farm Equipment And Lawn & Garden Equipment

Equipment Accepted on Thursday, March 19th & Friday, March 20th - 9:00-5:00p.m.

(No equipment will be accepted the day of the sale)

No Fuel Tanks, Tobacco Sticks, Float Trays, Camper Tops or Junk. Auctioneer Has The Right To Refuse Any Item

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Check Out Times: Sat., March 21st, after the sale till 6:00 P.M. Sun., March 22nd, 9:00 A.M.- 6:00 P.M., Mon., March 23rd 8:00 A.M.- 12 Noon

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Auctioneers: Walt Robertson, Ryan R. Mahan & Tom Biederman DONATED ITEMS! PLEASE BRING ANY USABLE ITEM TO THE AUCTION, NO JUNK! ALL ITEMS WILL BE AUCTIONED OFF WITH 100% OF THE PROCEEDS GOING TO THE FAYETTE COUNTY FARM BUREAU EDUCATION FOUNDATION. TAX ID # WILL BE AVAILABLE.

Never. Give. Up.

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Th e texts messages started as soon as b reak f ast w as over and everyone cleared ou t of th e

h ous e.‘ 2 h eif ers are ou t on h orse h ill’‘ I need lu nch money’‘ I ’m ou t of gas or th e b attery is dead,

I ’m not su re w h ich ’‘ T h ere’s noth ing w rong w ith th e

ba ttery, sh e’s j us t out of gas and sh e doesn’t k now th e differ ence.’

‘ O k I ’m coming.’‘ B ring th e gas can’‘ k k ’

I donned my b arn cloth es and h eaded out th e door and w h en I sp otted th e h eifer s, my h ead started to sp in…. should I put the heifers in or let them graze in the yard? The kids needed to get to their respective schools but should I leave the heifers out? How far will they go if I just leave? Probably not very far. No, I better put them back in quick. They know where to go, they’ll probably go right back in.

T en minu tes later th ey w ere ru nning in differ ent directions and w ords w ere coming ou t of my mou th th at sh ou ldn’t h ave been. One last attemp t at ou t-maneu vering th em sent th em ru n f u rth er dow n th e road and I f igu red since th is w asn’t going too w ell, I migh t as w ell let th em go and go rescu e my k ids instead.

I stood in th e middle of th e road h op eless and f ru strated w h en I saw th e neigh b or driving u p th e road on h is w ay to w ork . I f igur ed h e w ould j us t drive

b y, seeing h eif ers ou t is not an u nu su al occu rrence on ou r road. J u st as I started to h op in th e tru ck , th e h eif ers trotted p assed me, dow n h orse h ill and b ack into th e p astur e. And as I w atch ed my neigh bo r drive b y I th oug h t… how did he do that?

T h ank f u l f or th at miracle, I p u t th e gas can in th e truc k and met my k ids on th e side of th e road. I h u rriedly drop p ed one k id of f at sch ool, ran to th e gas station and w ent b ack to p ou r th e gas in th e tru ck f or my dau gh ter so sh e w ou ldn’t smell lik e gas in h er math class. I n th e meantime, my p h one w as b low ing u p w ith text messages and p h one calls, all of w h ich I w as ignoring. I w as eager to get b ack to th e f arm f or anoth er cu p of cof f ee— I needed it… .no, I deserved it!

H ave you ever h ad th is exp erience? You feel lik e a goalie deflec ting th e p uc k s as th ey come at you relentlessly.

You get one p u ck def lected and th en it comes righ t b ack at you even h arder. You stand u p and get you r w its ab ou t you and anoth er f lies at you r h ead. You reach u p j u st in time to def lect th at one and you feel anoth er one h it you in th e gu t.

Lif e is lik e th is some days. And standing u p to th e ch allenge w ith all th e cou rage you can mu ster can tu rn you into one strong def ender. B u t standing u p to th e ch allenge w ith all th e cou rage you can mu ster k now ing th ere is a b ig, strong, loving Go d standing beh ind you can mak e you f earless.

Don’t cow er in th e corner f rom th e conf idence- bu ilding ch allenges th at stand b ef ore you . T ak e th em on k now ing th at on th e oth er side, someth ing great w ill come f rom endu ring and conq u ering you r f oe. N ever. G ive. U p .

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Beef Promotion and Research ProgramPrivate Treaty Sales Checkoff Investment Form

Provided for in the Beef Promotion and Research Order Section 1260.172, paragraph (2) assessments: Any producer marketing the cattle of that producer’s own production in the form of beef or beef products to consumers, either directly or through retail or whole-

sale outlets, or for export purposes, shall remit to a qualified state beef council or to the Board an assessment on such cattle at the rate of one dollar ($1) per head of cattle or the equivalent thereof.

Date________________Sellers Name_________________ Buyers Name_______________________Address______________________ Address____________________________City/State/Zip________________ City/State/Zip_______________________Seller Signature_____________ Buyers Signature___________________

Both the seller and the buyer have the responsibility to have the $1 per head assessment collected and remitted to the qualified state beef council. This form is designed for the seller to use in private treaty sales.

Total Number of Cattle Sold_________ X $1 per head=$_____________Date of Sale_____________________________________________________ State of Person remitting assessment Seller_______ Buyer_________State of Origin of Cattle__________________________________________ Brand Inspection Number (if Applicable)__________________________

Send Form & Remittance to: Kentucky Cattlemen’s Association, 176 Pasadena Drive, Lexington, KY 40503

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MEMBERSHIP

Let’s Make HistoryBY NIKKI WHITAKER

Th e Kent u c k y Cattlemen’s Association is ready to b egin t h e N e w Year and w e h o p e

t h at you w ill j oin u s. Last year, w e made h istory w it h ou r b iggest memb ersh i p total ever and ou r goal is to do th e same th is year. I f you h ave already j oined f or t h e 2 015 memb ersh i p year, t h ank you ! I f not, I w o u ld li k e to w elcome you to j oin an organiz ation in w h ic h over 9 ,500

memb ers already tak e great p ride in. KCA’s mission is to p rovide a strong, p roactive voice f or all of Kentu c k y ’s b eef f arm f amilies, serve as a resou rce f or inf ormation and edu cation f or p rodu cers, consu mers and th e indu stry and b e a catalyst f or enh ancing p rodu cer p rof itab ility.

I h o p e everyone h as made p lans to attend t h e KCA Convention and I ndu stry T rade S h o w . T h ere is p lenty to of f er t h e w h ole f amily! Ch ec k ou t t h e convention p rogram

inside t h is issu e to see all t h e great s p ea k ers, events and trade s h o w vendors. I f you are p lanning on attending, b e s u re to b e p resent at t h e E vening E xtravaganz a to see w h o w ins t h e Prief ert S q u ee z e Ch u te donated b y Prief ert and CPC Commodities. All memb ers w h o w ere p aid b y J anu ary 1 w ere entered into t h e draw ing. You r name cou ld b e called!

Division 1 (151+ MEMBERS) 2015 2014 Difference

Division 2 (76-150 MEMBERS)

2015 2014 Difference

Division 3 (0-75 MEMBERS)


Division 3 (CONTINUED)


If you need anything for membership, please contact Nikki Whitaker at (859)278-0899 or

[email protected].

Barren 312 461 -149

Shelby 215 333 -118

Marion 206 328 -122

Adair 183 207 -24

Grayson 181 236 -55

Madison 177 238 -61

Lincoln 173 229 -56

Breckinridge 146 283 -137

Washington 144 195 -51

Mercer 141 198 -57

Christian 140 213 -73

Larue 139 213 -74

Warren 131 214 -83

Meade 121 179 -58

Clark 115 162 -47

Hart 114 214 -100

Casey 109 152 -43

Bath 105 171 -66

Hardin 103 163 -60

Henry 98 151 -53

Jessamine 93 263 -170

Logan 90 283 -193

Green 79 153 -74

Metcalfe 104 121 -17

Daviess 99 134 -35

Monroe 93 141 -48

Harrison 91 137 -46

Northern Kentucky 89 123 -34

Allen 85 100 -15

Trimble 82 122 -40

Boyle 78 105 -27

Laurel 77 110 -33

Muhlenberg 76 90 -14

Garrard 73 81 -8

Edmonson 73 111 -38

Scott 70 106 -36

Franklin 70 102 -32

Fleming 70 93 -23

Jackson 70 76 -6

Campbell 70 85 -15

Caldwell-Lyon 70 88 -18

Fayette 64 91 -27

Mountain 63 86 -23

Mason 59 80 -21

Northeast Area 58 87 -29

Purchase Area 55 85 -30

Bourbon 54 90 -36

Ohio 43 91 -48

Anderson 35 93 -58

Grant 59 59 0

Out of State 55 67 -12

Russell 53 69 -16

Whitley 46 51 -5

Louisville Area 46 63 -17

Owen 44 65 -21

Oldham 43 62 -19

Trigg 42 68 -26

Taylor 41 74 -33

Todd 41 64 -23

Pendleton 40 47 -7

Woodford 40 58 -18

Highlands 39 56 -17

Hancock 31 44 -13

Wayne 31 47 -16

Webster 29 53 -24

Carroll 29 36 -7

Pulaski 29 59 -30

Rockcastle 25 57 -32

McLean 24 33 -9

Nelson 24 71 -47

Bullitt 24 36 -12

Clinton-Cumberland 24 35 -11

Butler 23 28 -5

Estill 23 37 -14

Montgomery 20 47 -27

Union 20 29 -9

Crittenden 20 32 -12

Nicholas 18 41 -23

Calloway 17 23 -6

Livingston 17 27 -10

Simpson 17 32 -15

Bracken 17 21 -4

Hopkins 16 26 -10

Twin Lakes 16 42 -26

Clay 13 30 -17

Menifee 12 24 -12

Robertson 11 28 -17

Henderson 11 17 -6

Powell 8 9 -1

Magoffi n 8 12 -4

River Hills 5 10 -5

Lewis 3 3 0

Pike 3 2 1

Eastern Foothills 2 5 -3

Knox 2 6 -4

Gallatin 1 3 -2

Harlan 1 1 0

Bell 0 0 0

McCreary 0 2 -2

TOTALS AS OF: DECEMBER 15, 2014

6352 9676 -3324

M ak e su re to attend th e

evening E xtravanganz a

at th e Convention to

see if you h ave w on th e

Prief ert Ch u te donated

b y Prief ert and CPC

Commodities!

You m us t h ave been a KCA member b y J anua ry 1 to be

eligible .


By Anne Stewart

Name:_________________________________________________________Spouse Name:____________________________________________________________

Farm Name:_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Address:__________________________________________________________City:____________________________State:______Zip:______________________

County:___________________________________________________________Recruited By:_______________________________________________________

Phone: (___________)__________________-____________________________Fax: (___________)_________________-_________________________________

E-Mail:_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

* Payments of KCA membership dues are tax deductible for most members as an ordinary and necessary business expense. However, charitable contributions of gifts to KCA are not tax deductible for Federal Income Tax purposes. Due to new IRS regulations, $2.24 of your dues would not be deductible. Approximately $12 of your dues will go towards the monthly publication Cow Country News.

2015 Membership Application* Membership Year 10/1/14– 9/30/15

Please check the Membership(s) you would like to join:

___ KCA Membership : $30/yr ____ New ____ Renewal

(Membership Dues are $30 unless otherwise listed below.)

___ KCA Couple Membership

(To add your spouse please add $15 to your KCA Membership)

___ Kentucky Junior Cattlemen’s Association:

$10/year ___ New ___ Renewal

___ I would like more information on the Young Producer’s Council

Total Membership:

KCA: $________________

KJCA: $________________

Total Contributions:

Cattlemen’s Foundation Donation (Voluntary): $_________

** All donations to KCF are tax deductible.**

Total Amount Enclosed:$____________

Complete and return to: Kentucky Cattlemen’s Association 176 Pasadena Dr. • Lexington, KY 40503

For faster service, join online at www.kycattle.org

County DuesDues are $30 except for the counties listed below.

Allen $ 40Anderson $ 25Bourbon $ 20Boyle $ 35Bracken $ 25Bullitt $ 20Butler $ 25Franklin $ 25Highlands $ 20( Boyd, Floyd, J ohnson,Lawrence, & Martin)Hopkins $ 35Laurel $ 35Lewis $ 35Lincoln $ 25Louisville Area $ 20( J efferson, & Spencer)

McCreary $ 25Magoffi n $ 20Menifee $ 25Mountain $ 25( Breathitt, Knott, Lee, Leslie, Letcher, Morgan, Owsley, Perry & Wolfe)Oldham $ 35Taylor $ 20Twin Lakes $ 20Warren $ 40Washington $ 25Wayne $ 25Whitley $ 25Woodford $ 25

If you would also like to join the National

Cattlemen’s Beef Association......

NCBA Annual Producer Dues:

# Head Dues # Head Dues

1-100 $100 501-1000 $400 + Fair Share1________

101-250 $200 1001-1500 $550 + Fair Share1________

251-500 $300 1501 & Up $750 + Fair Share1________ 1Fair Share is 25¢ cow/calf and 12.5¢ stocker/feeder

The NCBA is now a State Marketing Partner with the KCA. You can pay your dues to both organizations with one check, at the same time.


KENTUCKY BEEF COUNCIL


KENTUCKY BEEF COUNCIL

1-1/2 pounds beef Flat Iron SteaksMarinated Cucumbers (recipe follows)Toasted Sesame Seeds (recipe follows)1/2 cup vegetable oil12 frozen wonton wrappers, thawed1 medium red bell pepper, thinly slicedSesame-Soy Marinade:1/4 cup soy sauce1/4 cup fi nely chopped green onions2 tablespoons water2 tablespoons packed brown sugar1-1/2 tablespoons dark sesame oil1 teaspoon minced garlic1 teaspoon minced fresh ginger1/4 teaspoon black pepper

1. Prepare Marinated Cucumbers and Toasted Sesame Seeds.

2. Cut beef steak lengthwise in half, then crosswise into 1/4 inch strips; set aside. Combine Sesame-Soy Marinade ingredients in medium bowl. Place beef strips and marinade in food-safe plastic bag; toss to coat. Close bag securely and marinate in refrigerator 30 minutes.

3. Meanwhile heat 1/2 cup oil in large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat until hot. Fry 3 wonton wrappers 15 seconds per side or until crispy; drain on paper towels. Repeat with remaining wonton wrappers.

4. Remove beef strips from marinade; discard marinade. Heat pan over medium heat until hot. Add 1/2 of beef; stir-fry 1 to 2 minutes or until outside surface of beef is no longer pink. (Do not overcook.) Repeat with remaining beef. Evenly divide beef strips over wonton crisps; top beef with 1 tablespoon Marinated Cucumbers and 1/2 teaspoon Toasted Sesame Seeds. Garnish plate with red bell pepper strips, if desired.

Marinated Cucumbers: Whisk together 2 tablespoons sugar and 1/2 cup rice vinegar in medium bowl until sugar is dissolved. Stir in 1 cup diced seeded cucumbers; place mixture in food-safe plastic bag. Close bag securely and marinate in refrigerator 1 hour. Drain cucumbers in large colander; discard marinade.

Toasted Sesame Seeds: Heat large nonstick skillet over medium heat until hot. Add 2 tablespoons white sesame seeds. Cook and stir 5 minutes or until seeds are lightly toasted and golden. Set aside until ready to use.

SESAME-SOY STEAK STIR-FRY ON WONTON CRISPS

Makes 12 appetizers

Events

December

31 New Year’s Eve, fi nd beef-inspired appetizers

at beefi tswhatsfordinner.com and serve up

something your guests will really love!

January

14 Beef University with Ken’s New Market stores, Paris

16-17 KCA Convention - 16th - Ribeye Cookoff - 17th - KBC Beef Ambassador Contest

Courtesy The Beef Checkoff

Announcements

Total recipe time: 30 Minutes

Does your county have the best grilling team in the state? KBC is in search of the best grilling teams in the state to come together for a little friendly competition at the KCA Convention in January. KBC will be sponsoring the annual Cattlemen’s Ribeye Cook-off Challenge, where counties will compete to see who really grills the best steak! Rules and registration can be found at www.kybeef.com, if you have questions please contact Caitlin Swartz at [email protected].


I h op e th at you h ad a w onderf u l h oliday season and w ere ab le to enj oy time w ith fr iends and fa mily.

B u t it’s now time to h ead b ack to w ork and try to imp lement our N ew Year’s resolu tions. I ’m su re b y th is time next year w e w ill all b e h ealth ier, h ave learned a new langu age, and w ill h ave traveled th e w orld. O r at least th at is th e p lan unt il abo ut F ebr ua ry…

M ayb e k eep ing all th ose resolu tions w on’t h ap p en again th is year, but at least th ere are p roj ects at E den S h ale F arm th at w ill h ap p en. W e h ave b een w ork ing w ith Dr. S teve H iggins at

U K to develop some w inter f eeding areas to demonstrate th e benef its and ef f ectiveness of getting cattle ou t of w inter mu d. W e p lan to install mu ltip le designs to b e ab le to sh ow h ow ef f ective each one is, as w ell as, th e cost dif f erence of installation. W e are still in th e design p h ase fo r th ese struct ur es and h op e to start th e actu al constru ction of th em in early sp ring.

W e h ave h ow ever, started to clear a site f or one of th ese w inter f eeding areas. T h e h istoric “ w ire p ile” th at collected old f encing w ire f or th e p ast 50+ years sat righ t in th e w ay of th e p rop osed feedin g p ad. Dr. H iggins w ork ed to get th e w ire p ile removed. An excavator w as u sed to load it into roll off du mp sters and h auled to a recycling f acility. I n all, 37 tons of old ru sty w ire w as h au led of f th e f arm and w e now h ave a clean, level site fo r our feeding p ad.

W e h ave also b ou gh t some

h eifer s th at w e are going to develop as rep lacements in ou r h erd. W e h ave comb ined 41 p u rch ased h eif ers w ith ou r 2 1 f arm raised h eif ers th at w e are going to be develop ing and be br eeding AI th is sp ring. O f th e 62 h eif ers w e are h op ing to get 30 br ed h eifer s to calve next year. Th ese fema les w ill rep lace some of ou r old/ cu ll cow s and allow u s to stay at ou r goal of 100 h ead of momma cow s on th e f arm.

I n th e next cou p le of w eek s I am h op ing to install one of th e tire w aterers th at w e cut last month . I w ill k eep

you u p dated w ith th e r e s u l t s of t h is installation. U ntil th en I leave you w ith th is q u ote I read r e c e n t l y ab ou t h ow to mak e w inter not last so long. “ T o sh orten w inter, b orrow some money du e in sp ring” . M ak es sense to me…

KBN is supported in part by a grant from the Kentucky Agricultural Development FundKENTUCKY BEEF NETWORK

Eden Shale Farm Update

CPH 45 Sale Dates

BEN LLOYD Whitesville, KY Phone: [email protected]

ORVILLE WHITAKER Crab Orchard, KY PH 606-669-8557

RON SHROUTWinchester, KY Ph: 606-205-6143 [email protected]

GREG COLEOwenton, KY PH [email protected]

HEATH MINEERFlemingsburg, KYPH [email protected]

KBN Field Associates

January 2015January 21, Steers & Heifers, LexingtonJanuary 26, Steers & Heifers, Guthrie

February 2015February 5, Steers & Heifers, Owensboro

March 2015March 18, Steers & Heifers, Lexington

April 2015April 23, Steers & Heifers, Owensboro

Dan Miller

-----------------KBN Industry

Coordinator


KENTUCKY BEEF NETWORK

DR. JEFF LEHMKUHLER, EXTENSION BEEF CATTLE SPECIALIST

The Kentucky Beef Network and the University of Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service held

the Managing Beef Cattle in Confinement Conference at the Fayette County Extension office on November 24th. The windy and rainy weather didn’t keep the near 100 attendees from coming to the program. The weather left an impression taking down power lines along Versailles Road causing a power outage just as the conference was kicking off.

Guest Dr. Alfredo DiConstanzo, University of Minnesota Extension Beef Specialist, took it in stride and offered to give his presentation in the dark commenting that in his 20 plus years of giving presentations including trips to other countries, giving one in the dark was a first. Dr. DiConstanzo began his discussion sharing research findings from the early 2000’s from South Dakota and research conducted in the 1970’s in Minnesota. Comparisons of open lots to confinement barns on efficiency revealed varying responses with no improvements to as much as 0.34 units of improvement in gain efficiency. DiConstanzo indicated that the movement back toward slatted floor buildings were being revitalized in some areas as well. He indicated newer slat design combined with options for rubber floor matting have been introduced. Trade-offs exist between the type of housing and one should consider these when deciding what type of structure is to be built.

Proper ventilation was a point of discussion as well. Dr. DiConstanzo shared pictures of barns showing the impact on poor ventilation. In colder regions, the moisture in the barns can “snow” back down on the cattle and cause a fog in the barn. During warmer periods, moisture can rise to the roof where it condenses when coming in contact with the cooler metal roof and “rain” back down. Proper design for ventilation is a critical point.

Dr. DiConstanzo went on to discuss

the increasing fertilizer prices as a potential driver to managing cattle in confinement. He shared that in the last decade, 60% of the years it was more advantageous to feed grain to cattle than to directly market the grain. Drivers which enhanced corn prices by feeding it to cattle included greater fed steer to corn price ratio, increased roughage prices, and a low fertilizer to corn grain price ratio. I recall when I started in Extension in the upper Midwest, the grain farmers indicated that feeding corn to fat cattle added $1.00 to $1.50 per bushel in the early 2000’s before the corn price took off. In the last five years, Dr. DiConstanzo reported the yearly nitrogen, P

2O

5 and K

2O yields per head of

capacity for bedded pack barns were 86, 50 and 80 lbs, respectively. Fertilizer values can be assigned based on these numbers and current commercial fertilizer prices. Using $480, $490, and $560 per ton for urea, potash and diammonium phosphate, the manure value per head is $45, $22 and $12 or totaling $79 per head of capacity annually. Accounting for this value is important when looking at the financial feasibility of building a confinement livestock building.

Managing beef cows in confinement was the next item on the agenda. A portable generator allowed the audience to see Dr. Karla Jenkins, University of Nebraska Extension Beef Cattle Specialist, presentation materials. Dr. Jenkins set the stage for managing beef cows in confinement with chronic drought conditions, reduced grass acres as of result of cropping, and urbanization leading to increased value of grass. Thus, rethinking the utilization of grass that is worth more was introduced with high quality grass used for gain (i.e. stockers) and lower quality grain residues for maintenance (i.e. dry cows). She challenged attendees to “Think Outside the Box” as she shared research findings from Nebraska.

Dr. Jenkins shared the importance of understanding the cow nutritional needs and the nutritional content of various feedstuffs. She also indicated it was important to not overlook the feed allowance for calves as they continue to grow. When late gestating, dry cows were limit fed a diet that was balanced

to meet the maintenance nutrient needs, they observed no differences in performance for cows receiving alfalfa hay or those fed a 30% wet distillers grains/70% wheat straw diet. They found that when limit feeding cows, increased sorting may be necessary to better match feed delivery and nutrient needs.

Health concerns are certainly to be a consideration when confining beef cows. Dr. Jenkins indicated that a modified Sandhills Calving System worked well for their confinement efforts. They modified the system such that calves born within two weeks were moved with their dams to a new pen. Cow and calves were then not commingled with others until calve were at least four weeks old. Cows were vaccinated prior to calving for scours, leptospirosis, infectious bovine rhinotracheitis, bovine viral diarrhea, parainfluenza and bovine respiratory syncytial virus. Dr. Jenkins indicated they had to modify their initial calf health protocol. At birth navels were sprayed with iodine and bull calves were castrated. At 30 days of age, they were vaccinated intranasally for bovine respiratory disease complex (BRDC) causing organisms and given a clostridial vaccine. Later at 70 days of age, calves received a modified live vaccine for BRDC, mannheimia vaccination and boostered for clostridials.

A few summary points Dr. Jenkins shared with the group was that energy density of the ration is key to limit feeding cows and that lactation greatly increases energy needs of the cow. Because of the increased competition in limit fed systems, adequate bunk space is important and ensuring a consistent feeding schedule is critical. Lastly, be sure calves can reach water and feed.

Following lunch, the lights come back on and Joe Cain, Kentucky Farm Bureau, shared with attendees the importance of being engaged in their industry and the need to be informed. He shared current issues that the Farm Bureau is working on for producers in the state. He was followed by two producers that manage cattle in confinement.

Steve Fogelsong, former National

Cattleman’s Beef Association president and manager of Black Gold Ranch and Feedlot, shared his experience in managing a larger slatted floor confinement building for finishing cattle. He shared with how the liquid manure was incorporated on the surrounding crop ground providing valuable nutrients for the crops. Steve noted they have several tour groups annually with the Garrard County beef group touring the facility earlier this year. Interesting he indicated that as they acquire funds, rubber mats are being placed on the concrete slats as he notes improved animal comfort.

Mercer county native, Myron Ellis shared with attendees his farming operation. Mr. Ellis managing light weight beef heifers in confinement. As nearby grazing land was lost, to sustain cash flow he moved to confinement. Working with local and state extension persons, they modified an existing structure to house cattle completely under roof. He provided an overview of the operation and that it has been a successful transition for them.

Additional speakers included Dr. Steve Higgins who addressed the land needs for confinement beef cattle operations. He discussed the need to account for manure allocation to fields that needed fertility and that a comprehensive nutrient management plan is a necessity. Dr. Kenny Burdine shared information on the value of gain considerations when managing cattle in confinement. Randy Smallwood, Natural Resource Conservation Service, discussed the programs available to beef cattle producers. Joey Becker and Tom Gabbard, Division of Water, shared with producers the rules and processes in place to protect the waters of the Commonwealth.

Th ough it was not without its challenges, just as managing beef cattle in confi nement, the meeting was a success and power was restored. Th anks to the following sponsors and exhibitors. Cargill, Hallway Feeds, Kentucky Band, Farm Credit Mid-America, Hinton Mills, Performance Feeds, Kentucky Beef Network, Kentucky Agricultural Development Fund, Anchor Industries Inc., and Hoop Beef Systems.

Lights Out Program Brings New Ideas to Kentucky Cattle Producers


14 • HERITAGE FARMTom McGinnis1024 Hinkle Lane • Shelbyville, KY502-633-1634, home • 502-633-5100, work502-655-0164, cell

24 • ST. CLAIR FARMS REGISTERED ANGUSEric & Sherry St. Clair13433 Falls of Rough Road • Falls of Rough, KY 40119(H) 270-257-2965 (C) 270-617-1079www.stclairangus.comPerformance Tested Bull & Female Sale (New Sale Date) - April 7, 2015

Angus - The Business BreedKENTUCKY ANGUS ASSOCIATION

KY Angus Association Membership Application

Name:____________________________________________

Farm Name:_______________________________________

Address:__________________________________________

City:__________________State:_______ Zip:___________

Phone: Bus-_______________________________________

Res-_____________________________________________

Email:___________________________________________

Return to: Anne Clark • 777 Mills Lane • Frankfort, KY 40601

Annual Dues $35

1 • BOYD BEEF CATTLE 6077 Helena Road • Mays Lick, KY 41055Charlie Boyd II 606-763-6418Charles Boyd Sr. 606-763-6688Fax 606-763-6343 • E-mail [email protected]

2 • BRANCH VIEW ANGUS7580 Danville Pike • Hustonville, KY 40437-9404Mr. & Mrs. J.L. Hoskins 606/346-3571 • 859-229-8210Mr. & Mrs. Donald Coff ey 606/346-2008James S. and LuAnn Coff ey 859/238-0771www.branchviewangus.comAnnual Production Sale- 2nd Saturday in April

10 • FALL CREEK ANGUS

448 Corder Farm Road

Monticello, KY 42633

Ronnie Corder

606/348-6588

11 • FOUR KINGS ANGUS250 Bright Leaf Dr. • Harrodsburg, KY 40330Cary & Kim KingEmail: [email protected] Fourkingsangus.comCary Cell - 859-613-3734 • Colby Myers - Purebred Manager

4 • BURTON & SONS ANGUSJoe D. or Karen Burton � Bryan Carman, Partner, Ridgeview Angus480 Hominy Hill Rd. Nancy, KY 42544Joe: 606-305-3081 � Bryan: 606-875-3453Located 15 mi. W of Somerset [email protected] & females sold private treaty. Inquiries Welcome. Sell only what we would buy.

15 • HILL VIEW FARMSJimmy Gilles5160 Lee Rudy RoadOwensboro, KY 42301270/686-8876270/929-5370

18 • MUD RIVER ANGUS 10 Oak Hill DriveRussellville, KY 42276Wayne Johnson 270/303-6354Gary Johnson 270/498/7208

20 • PLEASANT HILL FARMSGil, Mary, Corbin, Caroline, and Catherine Cowles500 Rockfi eld Richpond RoadRockfi eld, KY 42274270/843-9021 • Fax 270/843-9005Located 7 miles west of Bowling Green, 1/2 mile off Hwy 68/80

23 • SMITHLAND ANGUS FARM5202 East Hwy 80, Russell Springs, KY 42642

Charles “Bud” & Pam Smith 270/866-3898Henry & Melissa Smith 270/866-2311

25 • TWIN CREEK FARM Shawn, Melissa, Devin & Dylan Gibson270/337-3072 or 270/692-5304Dennis & Emily 270/337-2128 or 270/402-4338Watch for us in Branch View Production Sale in April

12 • GREEN OAKS FARMKenneth & Debbie Whitt, OwnersPO Box 757 • West Liberty, KY 41472Res. 606-743-7070 • Cell 606-495-5183Lynn Reed, Cattle ManagerCell 606-495-6655

“Breeding

Cattle Today

for the Future”

13 • HAINES ANGUS FARMS5294 Park City- Glasgow Rd.Park City, KY 42160Kenneth Haines, Jr. 270/749-8862

7 • CRAIG FARMS41 Mount Freedom Lane Harrodsburg, KY 40330

Dan: 859.612.2061 Leslie: 859.325.1018

Doug: 859.248.2762 Visitors welcome anytime

2013-2014 KY Angus Association Offi cers:

President: James Coffey � 859/238-0771V. President: Tim Jeffries � 270-528-6605

Sec/Tres.: Anne Clark � 606-782-1118

5 • CLAIREBROOK FARMS, LLCBLUE RIDGE CATTLEPO Box 192, Carlisle, KY 40311Paul B. Mulhollem, 859/289-7019Chad Daugherty, 217/369-0466Watch for our consignments in upcoming KY sales!

Contact Anne Clark to pay for your Kentucky Angus Association dues!

6 • COFFEY ANGUS FARMS661 Hopewell RoadLiberty, KY 42539Matt Coff ey - (270) 799-6288Dewey Coff ey - (606) 787-2620Genetics for Maximum Profi tability since 1984

19 • OLD BARK FARM370 Ferrill Hill, Buff alo, KY 42716Kenley Conner 270/358-8057

Registered Angus Cattle

OLD BARK FARM

16 • JOHNSON FARMS ANGUS

Angus Bulls & Females Slaughters, KYKeith: 270-635-0723Reese: 270-635-1137

K 43 • BRIDGE VIEW ANGUS Roger, Cory, Kip & Kyle Sparrow3264 Jones Lane Frankfort, Kentucky 40601Cory (859) 338-5826Kip (859) 608-7798 � Kyle (502) 330-8914

9 • EAGLE REST PLANTATION Jimmy Don Robinson 7665 Paducah Road Kevil, KY 42053 270-462-2150

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22 • ANNE PATTON SCHUBERT

4040 Taylorsville Rd • Taylorsville, KY 40071

Phone: (502) 477-2663 • Fax: (502) 477-2637

Gordon Schubert, Cowboy

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21 • RAGS ANGUS FARM Richard and Glenda Stallons 1240 Dogwood Kelly Road Hopkinsville, Kentucky 42240Home- (270)885-4352 Cell-(270)[email protected]

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17 • MILLERS RUN FARMWilliam N. Offutt IV3790 Paris Road Georgetown, KY 40324Phone: (859) 533-2020 Email: [email protected] Website: www.millersrunfarm.comQuality Angus bulls for sale by private treaty.

8 • D&D LONGVIEW ANGUSDanny & Debbie Burris550 Willie Nell RoadColumbia, KY 42728270-348-5766 • 270-250-3701 • 270-250-1277

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Broken Fence FarmsMarion & Lisa GilreathP.O. Box 33Pine Knot, KY 42635606-354-3344

Diamond J Salers FarmDonald & Lana Johnson11660 N. Hwy 1247Eubank, KY 42567606-379-1558 (H) � 606-305-8747 (C)www.diamondjsalers.com

King’s Fallen Barn Salers FarmW.D. King995 Webster RoadDanville, KY 40422859-326-3006

Ridge Gap Farms, INC.David & Jewell PratherDavid Duncan974 Jacksboro RoadBronston, KY 42518606-561-4550 � 606-305-3272

Coe, Daryl45 Coe LaneRussell Springs, KY 42642270-866-6942

Diamond J Salers Farm IIStephen & Alesa Johnson410 Cave Springs RoadSomerset, KY 42503606-423-5060

Knob Lick Farm SalersLarry Cox1315 Knob Lick RoadIrvine, KY 40336606-723-3077 � 606-975-1716

Soggy Bottom FarmClay GilreathP.O. Box 366Pine Knot, KY 42635

Cross Creek FarmRhonda Willard & Peggy Goff 375 Brown LaneFrankfort, KY 40601502-223-5198 (H) � 502-640-5251 (C)

Dunham Ridge FarmMichael & Carl Ford501 Hartmantown RoadJonesborough, TN 37659423-753-2479

Konow Farms, INC.Joe Konow4170 Robey Bethel Grove RoadFranklin, KY 42134270-791-9164 � 270-586-9961

Taylor Hill FarmEdward & Faye TaylorP.O. Box 62Science Hill, KY 42553606-423-3472

Del-Su FarmsHoward & Sue Edwards420 Rose RoadSomerset, KY 42501606-679-1675

King Bee Cattle Co.Daniel Engle290 Clines RoadScience Hill, KY 42553606-423-2971

Lee FarmsJeff rey Lewis Lee1338 Beech Bottom RoadAlbany, KY 42602606-387-7267

Willis FarmDanny Willis964 Johnson RoadFrankfort, KY 40601502-803-5011

Kentucky Salers Producers Randall Farms Everett & Shelby Jean Randall 102 Hidden Crest Somerset, KY 42503 606-678-5800

Contact Donald Johnson at 606-305-8747 for more information.

USDA Surveying Cattle OperationsJ anu ary 2 014 R ep ort R evealed U .S . Cattle I nventory at I ts Low est in 60

Years, Cur rent Count N eededLOUISVILLE, KY

In J anu ary, th e U . S . Dep artment o f Agric u lt u re ’s N ational Agricu lt u ral S tatistics S ervice

( N AS S ) w ill s u rvey more t h an 40,000 cattle op erations nationw ide to p rovide an u p - to- date measu re of U . S . cattle inventories.

“ I n J anu ary 2 014, N AS S rep orted th at th e cattle inventory in th e U nited S tates w as th e low est since th e 8 2 .1 million h ead recorded in 19 51,” said Kentu c k y S tate S tatistician David Knop f . O b taining th e cu rrent cou nt of cattle w ill serve as a critical decision- mak ing tool f or p rodu cers and th e entire agricu ltu re indu stry. ”

Du ring th e f irst tw o w eek s of J anu ary, Kentu c k y p rodu cers w ill h ave th e op p ortu nity to rep ort th eir

b eef and dairy cattle inventories, cal f crop , death loss and cattle on f eed op erations. T o mak e it as easy as p ossi b le f or p rodu cers to p artici p ate in t h e s u rvey, N AS S of f ers t h e op tion of resp onding

via th e I nternet, telep h one, mail or a p ersonal interview w it h a local N AS S rep resentative.

“ T h is inf ormation h elp s p rodu cers mak e timely, inf ormed mark eting decisions and p lan f or h erd exp ansion or redu ction. I t also h elp s p ack ers and government evalu ate exp ected slau gh ter volu me f or f u t u re month s

and determine p otential su p p lies f or exp ort, ” Knop f exp lained.

As is th e case w ith all N AS S s u rveys , inf ormation p rovided b y resp ondents is conf idential b y law . N AS S saf egu ards th e p rivacy of all resp onses and p u b lish es only state- and national- level data, ensu ring th at no individu al p rodu cer or op eration can b e identif ied.

T h e J anu ary Cattle rep ort w ill b e released on J anu ary 30, 2 015. T h is and all N AS S rep orts are availab le online at www.nass.usda.gov. F or more inf ormation, call t h e N AS S Kentu ck y F ield O f f ice at 1- 8 00- 9 2 8 -5 2 77.

In January 2014, NASS reported that the cattle inventory in the United States was

the lowest since the 82.1 million head recorded in 1951,


KENTUCKY SIMMENTAL ASSOCIATIONCall or visit one of these Simmental breeders for cattle that work!

www.kentuckysimmental.com • Send application to: Tonya Phillips, 8183 Stonelick Rd Maysville, KY 41056 • Membership Fee is $25.00

MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION NAME ____________________________________ FARM NAME________________________________________________

ADDRESS______________________________________________CITY_________________STATE_________ ZIP______

PHONE (BUSINESS)_______________________________ (HOME)___________________________________________

Kentucky Simmental Offi cers

President: Derek Tingle502-845-2589

Vice Pres: Johnny Moore270-434-4616

Secretary: Lori Graves 859-481-8143

Treasurer: Tonya Phillips 606-584-2579

Wayward Hill Farm

1939 Huntertown RoadVersailles, KY 40383

Bulls for Sale

Swain Select Simmental 12113 Green Valley Dr. • Louisville, KY [email protected] • www.swainselect.com

Fred & Phyllis Chi & Angie 502-245-3866 502-477-9727 502-599-4560 502-287-2116

Judy and Rondal Dawson1156 Buzzard Roost Road Shelbyville, KY 40065


“UNBELIEVABULL SIMMENTALS” Graves Grandview

Simmental Farm

Timothy Graves560 Rudd Lane Springfi eld, KY 40069(859) 481-3954 • [email protected]

Dr. Henry Allen859-229-0755

Chris Allen859-351-4486

[email protected]

Roy, Jessica and Cooper Canada600 Cumberland Drive • Morehead, KY 40351


Ratliff Cattle Company100 Carpenter Ridge

Salyersville KY, [email protected]

Jim Ratliff 606.496-6522

RCC

Brian & Heather Swain3906 Pottertown RoadMurray, KY 42071270-293-4440 [email protected]

Simmental and SimAngus Bulls for Sale


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KEVIN LAURENT UK EXTENSION ASSOCIATE - ANIMAL SCIENCES

Th e CPH R ep ort exp ands th e analysis of CPH - 45 sales b y calcula ting th e net added retur ns

p er h ead f or all sales on all classes of cattle across th e state. E ach month , w e examine th e resu lts f rom th e p reviou s month ’s sales u sing actu al p rices and costs to determine p rof itab ility f or th ose p rodu cers p articip ating in CPH - 45 sales. T h is rep ort summa riz es th e CPH-45 sales h eld in G ut h rie - December 1, Paris - Decemb er 2, O w ensbo ro – Decemb er 4, R ich mond – December 9 and Lexington – Decemb er 10.

Column DescriptionsWeaning Weight - rep resents th e

p ayw eigh t of th e cattle at th e time of w eaning.

Sex - sex of th e calf .Wean Avg. Price - th e average p rice

of calves in th at w eigh t category as rep orted on th e KDA M ark et

R ep orts ap p roximately 50 days p rior to th e CPH sale ( $ / c w t ) .

CPH Weight - t h e p ay w eig h t at t h e CPH sale assu ming an average daily gain of 2 .6 lb s / day.

CPH Price - t h e average p rice of calves in th at w eigh t range at t h e CPH sale h eld on th e date listed ( $ / c w t ) .

State Avg. - th e average p rice of calves in th at w eig h t category as rep orted on th e KDA M ark et R e p orts t h e same w eek as th e CPH sale ( $ / c w t ) .

CPH vs State Avg. Price - t h e dif f erence in $ / c w t b etw een th e CPH p rice and th e state average p rice.

Cost of Gain - t h e cost of gain u sing average f eed p rices ( b u l k f eed-3 ton minimu m) f or th e dates listed. R ations are f ormu lated

f or 2 . 8 l b s. of average daily gain. An additional 10% w as added to calcu late h eif er cost of gain.

Estimated Net Added Returns - t h e net retu rns p er h ead to lab or, management and cap ital af ter f eed, vet / tag( $ 15.00) , mineral ( $ 3.75) , commission ( 3 % & $ 2 / h ead) , mortality ( 0.5% ) and

interest ( 6.0% ) exp enses.

F or more inf ormation on h ow t h ese f igu res w ere calcu lated or to look at all sales, visit th e CPH - 45 w eb site at w w w .cp h 45.com/ I f you are interested in selling in a CPH -45 sale, contact you r local Cou nty E xtension Agent f or Agricu ltu re and N atu ral R esou rces.

CPH Report

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Jimmy & Linda Evans960 Vallandingham Road

Dry Ridge, KY 41035859/ 428-2740

Amburgey Charolais FarmPolled Breeding Since 1966

Robert Amburgey, Jr.3171 Camargo Rd. • Mt. Sterling, KY 40353

859/ 498-2764 (Home) 859/ 404-3751 (Mobile)

Montgomery Charolais

Darby Montgomery36 Thompson Road • Lancaster, KY 40444

(859) 339-3922BULLS FOR SALE

Masters Charolais FarmCharlie & Rose Ann Masters

3850 Helena RoadMayslick, KY 41055

(606) 849-4969

Allison CharolaisJohn Allison

545 Eminence RoadNew Castle, KY 40050

5 0 2 - 8 4 5 - 2 8 0 65 0 2 - 2 2 0 - 3 1 7 0

Bulls & Heifers For Sale at the

Farm

*Fall 2010 Charolais National Cattle Evaluation

Contact Jacob Miller, KCA President for further information at 502-507-4987

Kentucky Charolais Association

Kemper CharolaisFarms

Bob Kemper 2000 Hwy. 127 N502-641-4211 Owenton, KY 40359

Floyd’s Charolais2039 Nina Ridge RoadLancaster, KY 40444

Home (859)792-2956 • Cell(859)339-2653fl [email protected]

Cox Charolais1194 Smith Ridge Road • Campbellsville, KY 42718

270-465-7584 (H)270-403-4562

Bulls & Select Heifers for Sale

J.M. LANEBULLS FOR SALE

Lane Farms Charolais7860 Troy PikeVersailles, KY 40383 Cell (859) 312-7606

Candy Sullivan3440 Ruddles Mill Road

Paris, KY 40361

859-338-0170Quality Charolais Cattle in the Heart of the Bluegrass

For a directory of our members contact:

Kentucky Charolais Association:

4430 Bloomfi eld RdBardstown, KY 40004

Double T FarmsMatthew Trowbridge 34 Linda Lou Lane Science Hill, KY 42553 606-669-2753

Kyle TrowbridgeP O Box 672

Nancy, KY 42544 606-669-9169

Hayden Farm 4430 Bloomfi eld Rd. Bardstown, KY 40004

James HaydenHome: Offi ce: Mobile:

502-349-0128 502-349-0005 [email protected]

44 Bard

JameHome: O

502-349-0128 502


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Polled Hereford and Gelbvieh Cattle 3459 KY Hwy. 1284 E.

Cythiana, KY 41031(859) 234-6956

Ben, Jane, Shelby and Lincoln

WOLF FARMRegistered Polled Herefords

Bulls & Females for saleTim & Peggy Wolf

12939 Peach Grove Rd.Alexandria, KY 41001

(859) 635-0899

Thomas FarmEric & Ronnie Thomas

2396 Union City Rd.Richmond, KY 40475

(859) 623-5734 • Eric’s Cell (859) 314-8256

“Cattle for sale at all times”

Peyton’s Well Polled Herefords The Lowell Atwood Family

133 Edgewood Drive Stanford, KY

(606) 365-2520 home/fax (606) 669-1455 cell

Victor- infl uenced cattle bred for performance on grass.

“Black cows need a good Hereford Bull”

BECKLEY HEREFORDS

Kentucky Hereford Association

Boyd Beef Cattle5754 US 62 • Mayslick, KY 41055

606-763-6688 • 763-6497 • 763-6418Annual Bull Sale second Saturday in March

Hereford and Angus Bulls

Underwood FarmsRegistered Polled Herefords

VitaFerm DealerDoug & Darrelyn Underwood

1883 Old Mac Road • Campbellsville, KY 42718(270) 789-7788

TK4 HerefordsTony & Kathy Staples2880 Fairgrounds Rd.

Brandenburg, KY 40108270-422-4220

[email protected]

Windy Hills FarmJackie D. Perkins II

367 Mt. Pisgah Rd. • Bremen, KY 42325270-525-6533

Breeding to produce good cows since 1981.

Chambliss Hereford FarmsBrad, Carla, Clay and Clint Chambliss

916 Winchester Blvd. • Elizabethtown, KY 42701

Home (270) 982-3905 • Cell (270) 668-7126fax 270-735-9922

www.chamblissherefordfarms.com

MPH FarmsRegistered Polled Herefords

Monty G. Hancock Paul L. Hankcock7300 KY 56 8559 KY 56

Owensboro, KY 42301 Owensboro, KY 42301 270-771-4118 270-771-4194

“Breeding Polled Herefords for over 58 Years”Breeding cattle for sale at all times.

1999 Walnut Hill Rd. • Lexington, KY 40515(859) 271-9086 • cell (859)533-3790

Tucker Stock Farms “Registered Angus and Polled Herefords”

John Tucker II1790 Hidden Valley Lane

Hudson, KY 40145270-617-0301

“Bulls always for Sale”

KHA Offi cersPresident: Robert Botkin

President-elect: Charlie BoydSecretary/ Treasurer: Earlene Thomas

[email protected]

Visit our website at www.kentuckyhereford.org

Sweet T FarmPete & Gayla Szak

1040 Hick Hardy Rd.Cynthiana, KY(859) 484-2265

Bulls • Heifers • Show Calves

KHA Invites any Hereford Breeder to Become a Member!Dues are $25. Send to 2396 Union City Rd. Richmond, KY 40475

T S F

BBL BeefRaising Polled Hereford for over 50 Years

Sarah & Bo Layne866 Capitol Hill Rd. • Fountain Run, KY 42133

[email protected]

Pile Stock Farm Registered Polled Herefords

Hansell Pile, Jr. 12045 St. John Rd. Cecilia, KY 42724

Cell: 270-735-5192Highway 1357 or St. John Rd.12 miles West of Elizabethtown

------- M -------Masters Herefords

383 Walker Parke RoadRichmond, KY 40475

Frenus & Donna MastersHome: 859-623-3077 • Cell 859-582-7487

Old Fall Creek FarmsAHA & KHA member • Proven bloodlines

Private treaty sales • Visitors always welcome1874 Old Fall Creek Road • Monticello, KY 42633

Reed Bertram 606-348-7486David Bertram 606-278-3630

www.ofcfarms.com

2015 KY Farm Bureau Beef ExpoMarch 6-8, 2015

Hereford Show March 6 at 1PMHereford Sale March 7 at 1PM

National Farm Machinery ShowFebruary 11-14, 2015Make plans to stop by

the KHA booth.

LINEBRED VICTOR DOMINO CATTLE

Popplewell’s Herefords

Registered Hereford & Angus FarmService Age Bulls

Open and Bred Females For SaleHome (270) 866-4480Cell (270) 566-1852

Vince, Tracy & Alex1526 Clearfork Rd.

Russell Springs, KY 42642

Wells FarmPolled Herefords

439 Flatwoods Frozen Camp Road • Corbin, KY 40701Bobby & Brenda Wells606-523-0569 - Home606-344-0417 - [email protected]

Kevin, Angela, Kenlea & Kyler Murray606-528-1691 - Home

606-682-8143 - Cell

Danny Millerwww.jmsvictordomino.com

270-465-6984 • 270-566-2694

www.beckleyherefords.com

L. Wayne Beckley1420 Fitchburg Rd.Ravenna, KY 40472Home: 606-723-3021Cell: 859-779-0962

L.W. Beckley D.V.M284 Pyrse Lane

Irvine, KY 40336Cell: 859-779-1419

Clinic: 606-726-0000

WCN Polled Herefords Since 1961

Bill & Libby Norris2220 Celina Road Burkesville, KY 42717

Phone (270) 433-7256 Cell (270) 433-1525“Every calf needs a white face”

Elm Tree Farm, LLCJody & Michelle Huckabay566 Hume Bedford Road • Paris, KY 40361Herdsman: Ty McGuire • [email protected] • www.elmtreefarmky.com

P i KY 403616161

Contact Earlene Thomas for more information:859-623-5734 � www.kentuckyhereford.org

Upcoming Events:


Debby Nichols 859-321-8770

[email protected]

Cathy Campbell609-865-9200

[email protected]

C o n n e c t i o n sADVERTISING & MARKETINGSpecializing in the Agricultural Industry

153 Beverly Avenue ~ Lexington, KY 40505

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EPRINEX® (EPRINOMECTIN) POUR-ON FOR BEEF AND DAIRY CATTLE GETS A MAKEOVER

The next time veterinarians and cattle producers stock up on their dewormers, they may notice the

packaging for EPRINEX® (eprinomectin) has a new look.

The highly regarded pour-on dewormer manufactured by Merial features a new packaging design that highlights the EPRINEX brand and its numerous benefits for beef and dairy cattle. “We’ve given EPRINEX a bit of a facelift, so to speak,” says Steve Vandeberg, director of endectocide marketing at Merial. “We know we’ve got a fantastic product on our hands, and we’re pleased to give it the visual enhancement it deserves.”

Most notably, EPRINEX kills 39

species and stages of internal and external parasites in cattle – more than any other conventional dewormer available on the market.1 EPRINEX also ensures zero milk or meat withholding after use, offering producers peace of mind when determining the best deworming schedule for their operations.2

Parasite infections can lead to a number of herd health problems, including negative effects on the immune system,3 decreased appetites,4 decreased weaning weights5 and lower conception rates.6 But by implementing a deworming strategy with EPRINEX, producers can be confident in their ability to treat cattle and focus on what really matters: a healthy herd, and quality beef and dairy production.

“If you aren’t prepared, parasites can do a number on your bottom line,” Vandeberg says. “But producers who choose EPRINEX can sleep well at night knowing that they’ve chosen a product that can help keep their herd healthy and

thriving.”Learn more by visiting www.

EPRINEXkillsit.com.

NEOGEN LAUNCHES 80 ML PRIMA TECH

® DRENCHER

AND POUR-ON GUNS

Neogen has expanded its line of highly accurate Prima Tech® drencher and pour-on guns

to include larger capacity versions of existing products that administer oral and transdermal treatments to livestock.

Neogen’s new Prima Tech 80 mL Drencher and 80 mL Pour-On Gun adjust from 20 mL to 80 mL in 2 mL increments, and feature dial-a-dose systems with large finger grips to make dosing changes easy even in difficult conditions. Especially when treating animals of a mixture of ages and weights, the simple dose changing system enables an operator to easily change dosage

without wasting product. “These new products are the result

of customer feedback that asked for larger capacity dosing,” said Neogen’s Kim Quinn, who joined Neogen with the company’s acquisition of Prima Tech in November 2013. “Both products will have numerous immediate applications, but the pour-on version will be especially of use with the expanding use of transdermal applications in the animal health industry.”

As with previous versions of Prima Tech veterinary drenchers and pour-on guns, with the new products the gun barrel fills completely after each shot then pushes from the back. The products’ soft tubing stays flexible, and does not become brittle in cold weather, nor kink or catch on objects while in use. Large 12 mm inlet spigots ensure faster fill times and quick treatments.

Neogen offers numerous accessories for the new drencher and pour-on guns,

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Registered Gelbvieh Craig, Tammy, Tyler

& Kolt Bitzer Shelbyville, KY 502-829-9264

KENTUCKY GELBVIEH ASSOCIATION

DYER FARMS2050 Glasgow Road

Burkesville, KY 42717270-864-5909 or 270-864-3310

Bulls- Heifers Available- Black/ GoldBrian- Hall- Barnie- Barry

JM GELBVIEHS Purebred & Percentage Gelbvieh Cattle

Jimmy & Nicholas MarcumPaint Lick, Kentucky 40461

859/925-4159 • 859/582-6180

Bar IV LivestockBarry, Beth & Ben Racke • Brad Racke

7416 Tippenhauer Rd. • Cold Spring, KY 41076

Phone (859) 635-3832 • Barry cell (859) 991-1992Brad cell (859) 393-3677 • Ben cell (859) 393-3730

Fax (859) 635-3832 • [email protected]

Bray’s Gelbvieh 1568 Bray Ridge Road

Bedford, Kentucky 40006Phone: 502.255.3584

Double-Doc Farm Gelbvieh Cattle Darrell, Beth, Justin & Jessica Johnson

50 Tar Lick Road • Parksville, KY 40464

Farm- (859) 332-2270Cell- (859) [email protected]

Mockingbird Hill Farm

Bee Lick GelbviehsEddie Reynolds

277 Old Bee Lick Rd. Crab Orchard, KY 40419

606-379-2281(H) 606-305-1972(C)Bulls & Females for sale

Shane & Felicia Wells (270) 934-2198 Registered Gelbvieh Cattle

10072 Provo Road Rochester, KY 42273

Clifford Farms3459 Ky Hwy 1284E

Since 1937859.234.6956

Black & Gold Gelbviehs

Cattle for Sale at all times.

Kilbourne GelbviehEast Bernstadt, KY

606-843-6583cell 606-309-4662

Black Replacement Heifers & Bulls AvailbleEmbryo transplant & AI sired calves

Gary, Pat & Carrie Ann Tilghman Daniel, Lindsey, Clayton & Braylin Jones 690 Lick Branch Road Glasgow, KY 42141 270.678.5695 � [email protected]

Full Circle FarmsRegistered Gelbvieh Cattle

Brad Burke989 Metcalf Mill Rd. • Ewing, KY 41039(H) 606-267-5609 • (C) 606-782-1367

[email protected]

Upcoming Gelbvieh Events: Annual Membership Meeting

Saturday, January 24, 2015Nelson County Extension Office

Bardstown, Ky11:30 am (eastern)

Happy Holidays!From the Kentucky Gelbvieh Association

For More Information Contact:Joe Piles, President w (502) 507-3845

David Slaughter, Vice President w (270) 556-4259Pat Tilghman, Secretary/Treasurer w (270) 678-5695

Pleasant Meadows Farm

Larry Clark & Sons LLC Registered Gelbvieh Cattle

1153 Robert Landis Road Greensburg, KY 42743Larry Clark, Owner � (270) 299-5167

Gary Tilghman, Cattle Manager � (270) [email protected]

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Mike and Shelley Meyer 859-298-9931Kevin and Shannon Farrell 859-588-9121Randy and Wanda Wade 859-234-4803

doublediamondfarmsllc.com � Find us on FB!

Diamond FarmsGelbvieh, Simmental

& Club Calvesouble

Cynthiana, KY 41031

NEWS RELEASES

inclu ding angled, h ook ed and T - b ar ap p licators, th at allow th e p rodu cts to f it th e req u irements of almost any op eration.

N eogen Corp oration ( N asdaq : N E O G ) develop s and mark ets p rodu cts dedicated to f ood and animal saf ety. N eogen’s Lexington, Ky.- b ased Animal S af ety Division mark ets a comp lete line of diagnostics, veterinary instru ments, veterinary p h armaceu ticals, nu tritional su p p lements, disinf ectants, and

rodenticides.

KENTUCKY FISH AND WILDLIFE COMMISSION PROPOSES 2015-2016 DEER SEASON DATES AND MODIFICATIONS TO ELK HUNTING

Th e Kentu ck y F ish and W ildlif e Commission p rop osed th e dates of th e 2015- 2016 deer seasons

and numer ous ch anges to deer and elk

regu lations in th e state at its q u arterly meeting Dec. 12.

Commission memb ers p rop osed allow ing resident h unt ers 65 or older to u se crossb ow s du ring th e entire arch ery deer season as w ell as deer z one ch anges f or H op k ins, Laru e, G reen, N elson, B u llitt, G rayson, O h io, B reck inridge and Allen cou nties. T h ey also recommended modif ying deer h u nting regu lations on 10 w ildlif e management areas ( W M As) and on O tter Creek O u tdoor R ecreation Area.

T h e commission also recommended

several ch anges to elk h u nting management as w ell as institu ting a new landow ner vou ch er p ermit system.

T h e commission recommends all h u nting, f ish ing and b oating regu lations f or ap p roval b y th e G eneral Assemb ly and ap p roves all exp enditu res b y th e Kentu ck y Dep artment of F ish and W ildlif e R esou rces. All recommendations mu st b e ap p roved b y legislators b ef ore th ey b ecome law .

2015-2016 deer season dates ( no ch anges f rom last season, dates ref lect

Contʼd from pg. 61


SOUTHEAST FEEDER CATTLE PRICES 12 Dec 2014wts. STEER HEIFER

AL AR FL GA LA/MS KY/TN

9-10 210-214 212-216 204-208 208-212 210-214 217-221

8-9 215-219 226-230 210-214 214-218 215-219 225-229

7-8 226-231 235-240 223-228 227-232 226-231 227-232

6-7 245-252 253-260 240-247 243-250 243-250 236-243

5-6 280-290 290-300 265-275 267-277 275-285 265-275

4-5 310-322 318-330 316-328 318-330 318-330 293-305

AL AR FL GA LA/MS KY/TN

202-206 206-210 198-202 202-206 202-206 208-212

211-216 217-222 206-211 210-215 210-215 216-221

226-233 227-234 220-227 223-230 225-232 220-227

241-251 250-260 236-246 238-248 240-250 230-240

COWS

wts. AL AR FL GA LA/MS KY/TN

UTIL 112-118 103-113 111-118 112-119 105-115 107-114

CN/CUT 105-110 99-109 104-111 105-112 95-105 105-112

BULLS 130-135 122-132 136-144 138-145 130-140 124-134

MONTHLY MARKET BEEF UPDATE!Feeder cattle prices ranged from steady to $5 lower. Calf values

ranged from steady to $6 higher. Market cows were near steady.

— Troy Applehans

NEWS RELEASES

calendar sh if t) :All zones:Archery: S ep t. 5, 2015 – J an. 18,

2016, eith er sex ( antlered or antlerless deer)

Crossbow: O ct. 1 – Oct . 18; N ov. 14 – Dec. 31, 2015, eith er sex

Early Youth Weekend: Oct . 10 – 11, 2015, eith er sex

Early Muzzleloader: Z ones 1, 2 and 3: Oct . 17 – 18,

2015, eith er sexZ one 4: antlered only

Modern Firearms:Z ones 1 and 2: N ov. 14 – N ov.

29, 2014, eith er sex Z one 3: N ov. 14 – N ov. 23,

2015, eith er sexZ one 4: N ov. 14 – N ov. 23,

2 015, antlered onlyLate Muzzleloader: statew ide: Dec.

12 – Dec. 20, 2015Z ones 1, 2 and 3: Dec. 12 –

Dec. 20, 2015, eith er sexZ one 4: Dec. 12 – 17 antlered

only, Dec 18 - 2 0, 2 015, eith er sexLate Youth Weekend: Dec. 26 – 27,

2015, eith er sexB ag limits remain th e same as last

season.I n oth er deer- related bu siness, th e

commission recommended several z one ch anges. H op k ins, Larue , G reen, N elson and B u llitt cou nties w ill ch ange f rom Z one 2 to Z one 1. G rayson, O h io and B reck inridge count ies w ill move fr om Z one 3 to Z one 2 w h ile Allen Cou nty w ill go f rom Z one 2 to Z one 3.

R esident h u nters 65 or older may u se crossbo w s du ring th e entire deer arch ery season, starting w ith th e 2 015- 2 016 arch ery deer season.

Commission memb ers also p rop osed several ch anges to deer h u nting on some p u b lic lands. T h ese ch anges w ill b e ef f ective f or th e 2 015- 2 016 deer seasons:

· O p en Clay W M A in N ich olas, B ath and F leming cou nties u nder statew ide regula tions fo r th e December mu z z leloader season.

·Onl y allow arch ery and crossbo w h u nting f or deer on th e tw o new tracts of Dew ey Lak e W M A in F loyd Cou nty.

·Allo w eith er sex deer to be h arvested

dur ing th e f irst 10 days of modern gu n deer season on Yatesville Lak e W M A in Law rence Count y.

· Allow h u nters on V eterans M emorial W M A in S cott Cou nty to earn one p ref erence p oint f or each f emale deer ( u p to f ou r) du ring th e Decemb er f irearms q u ota h u nt and create a f irearms antlerless q u ota h u nt th e f irst w eek end in December .

· Create a f irearms q u ota h u nt du ring th e f irst w eek end in N ovemb er of Kentuc k y R iver WM A in He nry and O w en count ies.

· R emove th e q u ota h u nt and op en M arion Cou nty W M A u nder statew ide regula tions fo r deer h u nting.

· R emove th e f irst q u ota f irearms h u nt in N ovemb er on th e O tter Creek O u tdoor R ecreation Area in M eade Count y.

· O p en crossb ow h u nting on H igginson- H enry W M A in U nion Count y.

· O p en th e Du ck I sland T ract of Lak e B ark ley W M A in T rigg Cou nty f or th e O ctob er mu z z leloader season.

· Allow h u nters at B allard W M A in B allard Cou nty to earn one p ref erence p oint f or each f emale deer ch eck ed in ( u p to f ou r) du ring th e N ovemb er f irearms q u ota h u nt.

· O p en R edb ird W M A in Clay and Leslie cou nties f or th e f irst w eek end of modern f irearms season u nder statew ide regu lations.

I n elk - related b u siness, th e commission p rop osed a redu ction in th e total nu mb er of q u ota h u nt elk p ermits b y 100 to 9 10 total p ermits f or th e 2 015-2 016 elk seasons. T h is redu ction is only f or cow elk p ermits.

T h e commission also exp anded elk crossb ow h u nting. E lk h u nters may u se crossb ow s du ring th e elk arch ery seasons f rom th e f ou rth S atu rday in S ep temb er th rou gh th e fo u rth F riday in December annu ally. Commission memb ers also moved th e second cow f irearms season to op en th e f irst S atu rday in J anu ary ( J an. 2, 2016) .

T h e commission p rop osed imp lementing a landow ner vou ch er system to increase access to land fo r th ose p articip ating in th e elk qu ota h u nts and modif ied th e tagging requ irements f or elk .

T h ey also recommended some ch anges f or p u b lic land elk h u nting.

T h ese ch anges w ill b e ef f ective f or th e 2 015- 2 016 elk seasons:

· O p en th e M iddlesb oro T ract of Corrigan W M A to elk h u nting and create a limited entry area arou nd th is tract called th e M iddlesb oro Limited E ntry Area.

·C reate a limited entry area arou nd th e Cz ar H u nting Access Area and su rrou nding p rop erties and call th is tract th e Prestonsb u rg Limited E ntry Area.

· R emove th e Caney Limited E ntry Area and op en it to h u nters w ith at- large elk tags.

· Comb ine th e N orth and S ou th at- large elk h u nting areas into a single at- large area.

T h e next Kentu ck y F ish and W ildlif e Commission meeting is sch edu led f or 8 : 30 a.m. ( E astern time) F riday, M arch 6, 2 015. M eetings are h eld in th e Arnold M itch ell B u ilding, located at 1 S p ortsman’s Lane in F r ank f ort.


CALENDAR OF EVENTS

SALERSDEL-SU FARM

Howard & Sue Edwards420 Rose Road • Somerset, KY 42501

606/679-1675

KONOW FARMSJoe, Chad, & Corey Konow

4170 Robey Bethel Grove Road Franklin, KY 42134

270/586-8780

DIAMOND J SALERSDonald Johnson

11660 N. Hwy 1247 • Eubank, KY 42564606/379-1558

WILLIS FARMS • Danny Willis964 Johnson Rd • Frankfort, KY 40601

502/803-5011 • [email protected] Craig, Farm Mgr. 502-604-0821

The Balanced Breed

GeneralJanuary 3 Equipment

Consignment Auction, See ad on pg. 16

January 16-17 KCA Convention, More info on pg. 32-41

Feb 11-14 National Farm Machinery Show, Louisville, KY

March 21 Fayette County Farm Bureau Farm Equipment Consignment Auction, Lexington, KY, See ad on pg. 46

AngusJan 3 11th Annual

Genetic Excellence Angus Bull Sale, Cookeville, TN

Jan 10 Tanner Farms Pasture Performance-Tested Bull Sale, Wiggins, MS

Jan 17 Oesterling Angus 10th Annual Production Sale

Jan 24 CKAA Winter Sale, Danville, KY, See ad on pg 2

Feb 23 Robert Elliott and Sons Annual Production Sale, See ad on pg. 16

Feb 24 Woodall Angus Buyer’s Choice Bull Sale, Quality, KY, See ad on pg. 21

March 2 Stone Gate Farms Annual Production Sale, Flemingsburg, KY, See ad on pg. 4

March 5 Pleasant Hill Farms March Madness Bull and Heifer Sale, Bowling Green, KY, See ad on pg. 3

March 13 Smithland’s Lake Cumberland Bull & Female Sale, Russell Springs, KY, See ad on pg. 18

April 11 Branch View Angus Bull and Female Sale, Hustonville, KY, See ad on pg. 68

GelbviehMarch 7 KY Beef Expo

Gelbvieh Show and Sale, Louisville, KY

March 28 Bluegrass Gelbvieh Invitational Bull and Female Sale

HerefordFeb 20 Beef Maker

Bull and Female Sale at Barnes Herefords Sale Facility, Cedartown, GA, See ad on pg.39

May 23, 2015 Barnes Herefords & White Hawk Ranch “ Inaugural Production Sale “ at Barnes Herefords , Cedartown, Georgia

Multi-BreedFeb 28 Seedstock Plus

North Missouri Bull Sale, Kingsville, MO, See ad on pg. 34

March 6-8 Kentucky Farm Bureau Beef Expo, KY Fairy & Expo Center, Louisville, KY, See ad on pg. 8

March 16 Maplecrest Farms 3rd Annual Spring Bull Sale, Hillsboro, OH, See ad on pg. 41

March 21 More Than A Bull X Sale

March 28 Seedstock Plus South Missouri Bull Sale, Carthage, MO, See ad on pg. 34

March 28 Profit Through Performance Inaugural Bull Sale, Lexington, KY, See ad on pg. 36

March 28 Candy Meadows Farms, The Cowmans Kind XVIII Bull and Female Sale, Lexington, TN

SimmentalMarch 7 Kentucky Farm

Bureau Beef Expo Simmental Show & Sale, Louisville, KY

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Get ou t th e muc k bo ots – w inter is h ere! I f th ere is one th ing th at is associated w ith w inter

f eeding in Kentu ck y – it w ou ld b e mu d! M u d cau ses lots of p rob lems f or cattle p rodu cers – loss of f eed nu trients f rom h ay, calf scou rs, calving losses, etc. B u t, p erh ap s a b igger issu e is th e ef f ect th at w inter feeding can h ave on your p astur es.

F eeding h ay on p astu re, even w ith h ay rings, w ill cau se a lot of damage to grass and mak e a mu ddy mess b ecau se of th e intense “ traff ic” around th e h ay b ale. Cou p le th is w ith th e ru ts made in th e f ield b y th e tractor th at h au ls th e h ay across th e p astu re and you are messing u p a lot of grass. B y late w inter, w e h ave made a muddy mess – j us t in time fo r sp ring calving!

I sn’t th ere a b etter w ay? S ome p roducer s br ing all th e cow s into th e ba rn lots to minimiz e p astur e damage – b u t mu d is still a maj or p rob lem and cow s are b etter of f calving on good sod. B ut w h en you try to p rogress to year-rou nd graz ing and rotational graz ing, it is essential to leave th e cow s ou t on grass giving th em access to sup p lemental feed as needed w ith minimal p astu re damage.

S everal years ago mu ddy f eeding/calving areas w ere a common p rob lem at th e U KR E C- Princeton. T h at is w h en w e w ere fo rtuna te to get th e assistance of Dr. S teve Hig gins, U K Director of E nvironmental Comp liance. W h oa! W h en w e say “ environmental” f olk s get a little u neasy b u t th is is not only h elp ing th e environment – it p rovides b etter care f or you r cattle, you r p astu re and you r land. T h at’s a w in- w in situ ation.

T h ese p ictu res are of variou s f eeding struct ur es and a fr ost- fr ee w aterer at th e

Princeton S tation. T h e h ay f eeding “ p ads” allow cattle f rom dif f erent p astu res access to h ay and can b e scrap ed of f and sp read on p astu res. R ou nd b ales of h ay can b e added as needed. I t is bes t to locate th ese fa cilities near all- w eath er roads fo r easy access and minimal p astu re damage.

Concrete f eed trou gh s ( f or silage and/ or concentrate feeding ) are conveniently located b y f arm roads f or minimal p astu re damage and ease of delivery. B e su re to h ave adeq u ate b u nk sp ace f or th e nu mb er of cattle th at w ill ut iliz e it and adequa te area th at is covered w ith geotextile fa br ic and rock around th e bunk s.

F rost- fr ee w aterers w ill h elp control th e p rob lems w ith th e w ater su p p ly fr eez ing up . Ho w ever, mud can be a p roblem around th e w aterers, too. I f you p ou r a concrete p ad or p rep are an area of f ilter fa br ic and rock , be su re th e area is w ide enoug h fo r th e length of a cow and not j u st th eir f ront f eet ( see p h oto) .

I sn’t it time th at you and you r cattle q u it “ slogging” th rou gh th e mu d? M ak e you r N ew Year’s resolu tion ab ou t p roviding b etter environmental conditions f or you , you r cattle and you r neigh bo rs. Ch eck in w ith your Count y E xtension Agent fo r Agricult ur e and N atu ral R esou rces f or more inf ormation on design and resour ces availabl e fo r f eeding stru ctu res. Ask f or I D- 18 8 “ S trategic W inter F eeding of Cattle U sing a R otational Gr az ing S tru ctu re” .

Timely Tips for JanuarySpring-Calving Cow Herd

• S tu dy th e p erf ormance of last year’s calf crop and p lan f or imp rovement. Plan you r b reeding p rogram and consider a b etter h erd sire( s) . S elect h erd sires w h ich w ill allow you to meet your goals and be w illing to p ay fo r sup erior animals.

• Keep rep lacement h eif er calves gaining enou gh to reach th eir “ target” br eeding w eigh t ( 65% matur e w eigh t)

b y sp ring.• S tart cow s on th e h igh magnesiu m

mineral su p p lement soon. Consider p rotein su p p lementation if h ay is less th an 10% cru de p rotein. I f cow s are th in, beg in energy ( grain) sup p lementation now .

• Consider vaccinating th e cow s to h elp p revent calf scour s.

• G et ready f or calving season! S ee th at all eq u i p ment and materials are ready, inclu ding o b s t e t r i c a l e q u i p m e n t , record f orms or b ook lets, eartags, scales f or obt aining bir th w eigh ts, etc. Prep are a calving area w h ere assistance can b e p rovided easily if needed. Pu rch ase ear tags f or calves and number th em ah ead of time if p ossible . Plan f or enou gh lab or to w atch / assist du ring th e calving p eriod.

• M ove early- calving h eif ers and cow s to p astur es th at are relatively small and easily accessib le to f acilities in case calving assistance is needed. Keep th em in good condition b u t don’t overf eed th em at th is time. I ncrease th eir nu trient intak e af ter th ey calve.

Fall Calving Cow Herd• Provide clean w indb reak s and

sh elter f or you ng calves.• B reeding season continu es. Keep

f all calving cow s on accu mu lated p astu re as long as p ossibl e, th en start feedin g h ay/ grain. Don’t let th ese cow s get too th in.

• R emove b u lls b y V alentine’s Day. T h at means th at you r 2 015 f all calving season w ill end in N ovember .

• Catch u p on castrating, deh orning and imp lanting.

General• F eed h ay in areas w h ere mu d is

less of a p rob lem. Consider p rep aring a f eeding area w ith gravel over geotextile fa br ic.

• I ncrease f eed as th e temp eratu re drop s, esp ecially w h en th e w eath er is extremely cold and damp . W h en temp eratu re drop s to 15° F , cattle need access to w indb reak s

• Provide w ater at all times. Cattle need 5 to 11 gallons p er h ead daily even in th e coldest w eath er. B e aw are of f roz en p ond h az ards. Keep ice “ b rok en” so th at cattle w on’t w alk ou t on th e p ond trying to get w ater.

• Consider renovating and imp roving p astu res w ith legu mes, esp ecially if th ey h ave p oor stands of grass or if th ey contain h igh levels of th e f escu e endop h yte. Pu rch ase seed and get eq u ip ment ready th is month .

Dr. RoyBurris

-----------------University of Kentucky

Extension Beef Specialist

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