Feeder Cattle - Midwest Cattleman

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The Midwest Cattleman ·August 22, 2013 · P3
August 22, 2013 Volume 19 No. 7
A stronger feeder cattle
market looming this fall
After being on the defensive
for much of the first half of 2013,
feeder cattle markets are poised
to hold stronger in the second half
of the year.
Derrell Peel, Oklahoma State
University Cooperative Extension livestock marketing specialist, explains good prospects for a
big corn crop and corn price relief
combined with significantly improved forage conditions are being reflected in stronger feeder cattle
prices and opening up more marketing options for cow-calf and stocker producers.
“Oklahoma feeder cattle prices have increased about $20 per huncontinued on page 10
IMPROVED BEEF DEMAND
SUPPORTING CATTLE PRICES
Strength in beef demand continues to drive cattle prices, according to
calculations by the Kansas State University Department of Agricultural
Economics. The quarterly All-Fresh Beef Demand Index for April through
June showed a 4.5% increase compared to the second quarter of last year.
Underlying this positive trend is data indicating both per capita beef consumption and all-fresh beef prices increased compared to the second quarter of 2012. According to K-State Associate Professor of Ag Economics Glynn
Tonsor, when both consumption and prices increase, the result is improved
demand.
The All-Fresh Beef Demand Index now has increased year-over-year in
four consecutive quarters and 12 of the last 13 quarters. During several of
these periods, per capita consumption fell, while prices increased more than
would have been the case if beef demand was stagnant. Tonsor said this
indicates beef and cattle prices would have been lower the past three years
had it not been for ongoing improvements in beef demand.
KLA
Nebraska could overtake Texas
in cattle feeding numbers
By Art Hovey
Those who believe in cause and
effect in the cattle business in Nebraska could make a connection between recent events in Denver and
at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Just days after three of the four
latest inductions into the Cattle
Feeders Hall of Fame went to Nebraskans, livestock analysts on
UNL’s East Campus said Nebraska appears to be on its way to displacing
Texas as the nation’s leading cattle-feeding state.
“If the current five-year trend continues for the next five to seven years,
Nebraska will lead the U.S. in number of cattle on feed,” a UNL research
team said in a 50-page report that explores the state’s role in the livestock
industry.
As the wording implies, the eventual effect of shifting cattle trends in
Texas, Nebraska and Kansas, the big three of beef, isn’t a done deal. But the
Nebraska foundation Hall of Famers Louis Dinklage, Leo O. Timmerman
continued on page 10
July one of the wettest
in the U.S.
By Daniel Pfeiffer
If two words could summarize the weather this last July, they would be
“warm” and “wet.”
According to NOAA’s July 2013 State of the Climate report, the average
temperature this past month for the contiguous U.S. was 74.3 degrees Fahrenheit. While this monthly average is 0.8 degrees above the 20th century
average and ranks as the 30th warmest July on record, nobody is complaining about temperatures after last year’s heat wave.
This July was also unique in that the U.S. saw unusually high amounts of
precipitation. The national average was 3.47 inches, about 0.7 inches above
average, making it the 5th wettest July on record for the contiguous United
States.
Despite this rain, drought affected 46 percent of the U.S., especially the
Plains region. Most of this drought is considered “moderate,” however.
The NOAA report mentions that the real concern is the weather this fall.
Because of late planting and slow crop maturation, farmers likely won’t be
able to harvest until later this fall. While crops this year escaped the usual
summer heat stress, they may not fare so well if frost starts entering the
forecast before harvest.
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FSA AUTHORIZES HAYING AND
GRAZING ON CP25 IN 66 COUNTIES
Kansas Farm Service Agency (FSA) officials recently announced emergency haying and
grazing of Conservation Reserve
Program (CRP) acres devoted
to rare and declining habitat
practices (CP25) has been authorized in 66 Kansas counties.
The state has more than 840,000
acres currently enrolled in CP25. This announcement came after requests by U.S. Sens. Pat Roberts and Jerry Moran, Kansas Agriculture Secretary Dale Rodman, State FSA Director Adrian Polansky,
KLA President Mark Harms and other private and public officials.
Harvesting hay is limited to a single cutting per field. No more
than 50% of a CRP field may be hayed. Haying must be completed
by August 31, 2013. Grazing is permitted through September 30,
2013. Livestock must be removed at the end of the grazing period or
when the minimum average height reaches 5”.
The sale of hay will be permitted as long as hay was not sold from
the same acreage during the previous two years. Producers without
livestock may rent or lease the haying or grazing privileges.
State FSA Committee members ruled the emergency use of CRP
does not apply to acres hayed or grazed in 2011 or 2012, unless
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tle unique – after all it’s close to where
Lewis (of Lewis and Clark) almost perished at the hands of the Blackfeet, and
really not all that far from where Custer
did perish at the hands of the Sioux. It
is just a morning’s ride from ‘Cow Island’ where Chief Joseph was captured,
and across the Judith River from where
C.M. Russell painted his original paintings of the vanishing ‘West’ that today
each sell for millions. One of my classmates there had a grandpa who walked
11 miles to the railroad in Osceola Missouri when he was 12 years old and ended up there in that Montana community
– he went on to become one of the largest land owners in the area. He passed
away in 1990 at the age of 93. Today, I
live about 11 miles from Osceola, Missouri.
I handed the book to one of my sons the
other day, “You should read this over.” I
told him, “It will give you a whole new
perspective on life.” I guess I was a little
surprised when he said that he would.
“It’s all there,” I thought to myself –
people ‘starting out’, working hard, enduring hardship, finding friends, finding
love, sometimes finding loss and heartache. Raising their families, trying to
survive by raising their livestock and
crops, raising the next generation who,
Lord willing, may go on to do the same.
Along the way some flourished, some
gave up, some perished; some are forgotten, but not all.
Jesus told a story about a wise man
and a fool in the book of Matthew. The
‘wise man’ acted wise because for some
GROW NATURE’S
reason he could see the ‘sign’ right in
front of him and he acted on it. The
‘fool’ on the other hand just couldn’t, or
wouldn’t see it. He wanted to grab all
he could in the ‘present’ – I guess he
thought it would last forever. The truth,
the sign… it’s all right there in front of
all of us who will see it. Time marches on, and let it be said that we were
among the ‘wise’ when our time comes…
to move on.
Compiling the 700 pages of history had
to be a monumental challenge. I want to
express my thanks to every person who
had a part in it. Those who worked tirelessly to complete it by the July 4th celebration provided their community and
each of those families a wonderful, truly
priceless gift. If your community hasn’t
compiled a volume of its history, you
might consider it.
I remember my dad saying from time
to time, usually when something had
gone wrong and it was beyond his power to fix it, “Well, no one will know the
difference in a hundred years anyway.”
As it turns out, he was wrong. On page
178 of the beautifully bound volume is
a photo of him and his young family,
as well as the story you may have read
here, on this page, back in April. If Dad
would have lived even a few more days,
his story would not have made it into
that book. I know he would have liked
the way that it turned out – he would
have considered it a good trade.
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flooded through my mind as I opened
that volume, some of teachers, classmates, but mostly just folks we considered neighbors and friends. They were
the people that we ‘branded calves’
with, hunted deer with, played cards
with and went to school with – some we
fought with (It is Montana). There were
the faces of the people that pulled us
out of a snow bank on a ‘twenty-below
zero’ morning and also the ones that
we may have pulled out once or twice
Tools of the Trade Private as well. There in black and white was
Treaty Sale
the guy who castrated our colts, the
This summer I had planned to attend
guy who drove the school bus, and all
Bulls & Bred
Heifers
a centennial celebration
back in
the litthe guys who pulled my dad out from
tle town in Montana where I grew up.
under a smoking, overturned tractor
Because of unforeseen events, I wasn’t
one morning when I was about seven.
able to be there, but my mom and one
They all looked younger than I rememof my brothers did attend - they had a
ber. Their stories are all woven together
great time visiting with old friends and
in the volume; much like all of our stomeeting some new ones as well. Beries are woven together in the history of
cause I wasn’t able to make the trip,
America… dare I say the history of the
they picked up a book for me – It’s
world. Many were immigrants. Many
called Dog Creek
Chronicles
– A15,
HistoSaturday,
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2011 came for land and homesteaded – but
ry of Northern Fergus County. Family
some came later. They became neighby family, it tells a hundred years of the
bors and friends (titles that, in that
area’s history, from 1913 to 2013, one
community, are both ‘earned’ and rarely
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My family lived on Dog Creek
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nounced ‘crick’) north of Lewistown, for
to war together – some returned. Some
10 years, in what is called ‘The Missouri
married and raised their children there,
River Breaks’. I opened
the book to see
some stayed – but some moved on.
names and faces –some that I had not
Like every community, its history is
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filled with many interesting ‘twists and
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category of forestry is always
at, or near, the top of their annual survey of the most dangerous professions.
Other than farming, I have
had more relatives engaged
in logging than any other job.
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One of my uncles logged his
entire life, while several of
my distant cousins continue
to be successful in that industry in other states. One of my
father’s cousins even lost his
life to a chainsaw accident,
which further emphasizes
the inherent danger of that
industry.
My first participation in
the logging business was
pretty short-lived. I was
twelve at the time, and the
farm income was less than
meager that year. Dad decided that we could supplement
our cash flow by logging out
the cedar on a remote and
steep hillside that we didn’t
even have fenced for cattle.
Fifty years ago, Dad’s chainsaw was a behemoth piece
of machinery that was much
too heavy and dangerous
for a twelve-year-old to han-
dle. Unfortunately, the three
pound axe fit my stature perfectly.
My job, after Dad would
fell the tree and cut it into log
lengths, was to trim the limbs
with the axe before chaining
the log to the harness of our
only remaining draft horse. I
would then lead ‘Old Buck,’
with log in tow, to a clearing
near the dirt road. I would un-
Pasture Prices and Rents
By Ron Plain, Extension Economist, UMC
Each year USDA-NASS publishes their estimate of average
farm land values and rental rates.
For 2013, they have estimated the
average rental rate for Missouri
pastures at $29 per acre per year.
This is a new record, up $1 from
last year and up $5.50 from 10
years ago. USDA estimated the
average sales value of Missouri
pastureland at $1,950 per acre.
This also is a record, up $130 from
last year and up $900 from 10
years ago.
Being in the cattle business
usually means one also is in the
land business. This is particularly
true for cow-calf operations. Cows
spend most of the year on pasture
and stocking rates require several
acres per cow. One might wonder,
which has gone up faster during
the past decade, cattle prices or
land prices? Over the last 10 years,
fed cattle prices have increased by
58.6%, 775 pound steers have increased in value by 58.5%, rental
rates for Missouri pastures are up
23.4% and the market value of pastureland is up 85.7%.
So, the sales value of pastureland has increased a lot faster than
cattle prices while the rental rate
for pasture has increased more
slowly than cattle prices. Why?
There are a couple of key factors.
First, the record crop prices in recent years have driven up the market value of cropland and pulled
the value of pastureland up with
it. Second, falling interest rates
have been a boost to all land prices.
In June 2013, the average 30 year
home mortgage rate was 4.07%. A
decade ago, it was 28% higher at
5.23%. Lower interest rates make
purchases of durable assets, like
land, more attractive. Low interest
rates do relatively little to boost
rent or cattle prices.
Given current land values and a
stocking rate of say, 3.5 acres per
cow, a typical cow-calf operation
might have about $8,525 invested
per cow with $1,400 in animals,
$6,825 in land, $250 in equipment
and $50 in facilities. Given that
land may account for 80% of the
investment in a typical cow calf operation, the change in land values
often has a greater impact on the
overall financial condition of cattlemen than does the profit from
selling cattle.
Over the last 63 years, Missouri
farmland has increased at an average rate of 6% per year. During the
same period, cattle prices have increased at an average rate of only
2% per year, which is less than the
rate of inflation. Thus, the old adage about farmers – they live poor
and die rich. Cattle prices provide
the cash flow for living. Land prices provide the wealth for the estate
at death.
If the futures market is right,
cattle prices are likely to set new
records in 2014. Pasture rent and
feeder cattle prices tend to go up
and down together. Thus, it seems
reasonable to expect pasture rent
to increase in 2014.
The market value of pastureland is not as closely correlated
with cattle prices as are pasture
rents. Thus, the likelihood of an
increase in pastureland prices
next year is not as great as for an
increase in pasture rent. USDA is
predicting a record corn harvest
this fall and the biggest year-toyear decline in corn prices ever. If
this occurs, the recent run up in
cropland prices may be close to its
peak. If cropland prices stall, then
prices of pastureland may be constrained.
For cattlemen thinking of buying more pasture land, there are
several things to keep in mind.
History says that the period after
a big jump in land prices is not a
good time to buy. Sharp run ups
in land prices are often followed
by years of price decline or modest
increases. Recently, interest rates
have been at their lowest level in
the last 50 years. If you do borrow
money to buy land, you probably
should lock in a fixed interest rate
for the term of the loan. Record
cattle prices won’t last. Most likely,
the cattle cycle will turn and cattle
prices will tumble long before newly purchased land is paid off.
PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO
CATTLE’S FOOT AND HOOF
mance and even animal loss. This
HEALTH
article will review this problem and
discuss methods to prevent and treat
By Stephen B. Blezinger, Ph.D., PAS
when grazing cattle contract the disease. In one multi-year study, Brazle
(1993) reported that affected steers
gained 2.3 lbs. per day, while steers
not affected gained 2.76 lbs. per day.
Foot rot is usually sporadic in occurrence, but the disease incidence has
been reported as high as 25 percent
in high-intensity beef or dairy production units.
Foot rot is a subacute or acute necrotic (decaying) infectious disease
of cattle, causing swelling and lameness in one or more feet. The disease
can become chronic, with a poorer
likelihood of recovery if treatment
the condition. Aside from simple injuries to the animal’s foot or hoof,
foot rot tends to be the largest primary problem although there can be
other related conditions that have
similar symptoms. Approximately 20
percent of all diagnosed lameness in
cattle is actually foot rot.
Economically in stocker cattle,
weight gain is significantly reduced
Waukaru
There are few problems that are
as miserable as foot pain. Having
endured some minor problems with
my feet over the years I can attest
that foot pain will certainly shut
you down. The same goes for cattle.
Who hasn’t looked out across their
herd from time to time only to witness one animal or another limping
to some degree? These situations are
not unique to any part of the country and there are no singular causes.
Additionally, it’s almost impossible
to estimate the countless dollars
lost annually by cattle producers in
terms of labor, medicine cost, perfor-
is delayed, resulting in deeper structures of the toe becoming affected.
Causes of foot rot can vary. Normally,
an injury of some type, mechanical or
otherwise, occurs or there is a softening and thinning of the interdigital
(between the toes) skin by continuous exposure to wet conditions (common in Spring and late Fall). These
situations are typically the cause of
entrance points for infectious agents.
A common bacteria known as Fusobacterium necrophorum is the organism most often isolated from infected feet, but can also be found in
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Live Cattle:
The beef cow slaughter is starting to get interesting. This year, from March
through May, beef cow slaughter was 14% OVER last year. During this time
frame, the Plains cattlemen were still begging for water and the cow/calf
producers said “I just can’t hack this anymore” and threw in the towel. Since
mid-June this year, this has started to change. In the past four weeks beef
cow slaughter has been 9% UNDER last year. The biggest cow liquidation
was of course in 2011 when the Plains were really hit hard. The 2012 problem was more of a Midwest situation. Kansas, Oklahoma have been getting
more than normal rain for this time of year. Texas still has some ways to go
yet, but they are seen as improving, along with Nebraska, South Dakota, and
Montana. Basically, producers are seeing moisture and are retaining cows
and are out buying feeders to eat their grass. The fat cattle market has probably seen its low for this summer. The real question is just how much can the
consumer afford to pay for the meat. This inevitably will determine the extent of the fat cattle rally. The fat cattle market currently is “over-bought”.....
probably needs to pull back and rest for a while before it goes another leg up.
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Pilot Grove, MO 65276
660-834-5625 (Office)
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Feeder Cattle: Probably the hardest thing for a farmer or rancher to do is to differentiate
between “what he WANTS the market to do, and what his brain tells him it is
GOING to do. Most can NOT accept anything other than what they WANT the
price of feeders to do. Obviously, that’s up. I’m no different. I raise cattle.....
cow-calf to be exact. I’m proud of my purebreds and their offspring. I “think”
they’re worth more that what others are usually willing to pay. What’s new
about that? I too always WANT the market to go up. But I study this market
every day. Right now, I’m going to have to break down and listen to my brain
and realize that we’ve probably taken the feeders up too much too fast. My
brain tells me that the feeders currently are in a perilous situation with the current rally in corn and with current economic news. If corn rallies 75 cents (or
maybe a LOT higher if we have an early frost) and the Dow futures don’t give
us better signals, I could see these feeders dropping $10.00. I’m not saying
they WILL.........but it could happen.
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What Does this Report Mean to Me?
Q: What is the biggest argument AGAINST expansion taking place in the cattle
industry?
A: Probably people’s life-styles. Once these guys get out of the cattle business they usually find that they like it. I’m not sure we have the incentive for younger or even middle -aged farmers to get back into beef. Even I wonder how much longer I’ll stick with it. Last winter when we had back to back “snow dumps”, that 1/4 mile trudge
through the snow on foot to get the cows fed sure didn’t help my enthusiasm. “Owning cattle on paper” sure has it’s
advantages.
Q: What is the biggest factor FOR expansion taking place?
A: Moderating grain prices. Many will choose to “walk their grain to town”. Also when expansion takes place,
it first is met with dwindling supplies at its earliest stage. (Smaller cow slaughter plus fewer heifers in the feedlots). This will hold up prices and the cattle guys will think “this is here to stay”. Just like the grain guys thought
for the last three years. Maybe now IS a good time to get out.
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dredweight for all weights since
the lows in late May,” he said.
“Calf prices are currently about
$25 per hundredweight higher
than this time last year.”
In 2012, calf prices increased
$20 to $22 per hundredweight between August and November. The
basis for lightweight feeder cattle
continues to be relatively strong
compared to feeder cattle futures.
“An average basis and the current feeder cattle futures price
would indicate that 500-pound
steers in Oklahoma City would be
at least $172 per hundredweight
in November,” Peel said. “However, the current strong basis suggests the price could be $180 per
hundredweight or higher this fall.
Both the current cash market and
the feeder cattle futures suggest
cow-calf producers should expect
calf prices to be $10 to $15 per
hundredweight higher than last
November.”
The recent increase in feeder
cattle prices has significantly increased the value of additional
weight gain for feeder cattle. The
most recent combined Oklahoma
auction prices reflect a stocker
value of gain between $1.05 and
$1.15 per pound for all combinations of beginning weight and
gains of 50 to 350 pounds.
“This suggests cow-calf producers have an opportunity to improve calf value even more with
preconditioning or retained ownership,” Peel said. “It’s an alternative cow-calf producers should
consider relative to available feed
resources, management and labor
constraints.”
Improved value of gain suggests
stocker producers have strong fall
and winter grazing opportunities
despite higher purchase prices for
stocker calves this fall.
“Current moisture conditions
have Oklahoma set up for the
best fall and winter grazing prospects in several years,” Peel said.
“Whether selling weaned calves,
retaining raised calves or purchasing stockers, the feeder market is
offering generally strong revenue
potential for most producers.”
Cattle and calves represent
the number one agricultural commodity produced in Oklahoma,
accounting for approximately 46
percent of total agricultural cash
receipts, according to National Agricultural Statistics Service data.
Oklahoma State University
and Harry Knobbe helped build is a
solid base for what’s ahead, Cuming
County cattleman Tom Feller said.
The contributions of Dinklage, who
died in 1984, and Timmerman, who
died in 1997, go back to the 1930s
and ‘40s, Feller said.
“Louie Dinklage was feeding 2,0003,000 cattle with a scoop shovel,” he
said of his Cuming County predecessor. “And that’s 2,000-3,000 scoop
shovels a day, every day -- and no
electricity. And they picked the corn
by hand.”
Cattle-feeding many decades
later is a much more mechanized
business in all major cattle-feeding
states. But UNL’s analysis of the recent past gives the nod to Nebraska
as the eventual leader in beef on the
hoof.
Kate Brooks, one of the study authors and an extension livestock
marketing specialist, said the proximity of beef-processing plants and
corn stockpiles in Nebraska are part
of that picture. So are a multi-year
drought and the closing of a major
processing plant that have put a
crimp in Texas’ cattle-feeding style.
“Some of that has to do with corn
and the distillers’ byproducts that
we have available in this region,”
Brooks said.
Distillers grain is passed along to
cattle feeders after the state’s two
dozen ethanol plants extract what
they need to make grain-based fuel.
Ethanol is a much bigger force in
Nebraska than in Kansas or Texas.
continued from page 3
FSA Authorizes
the local FSA office determines
there is adequate moisture to
produce sufficient growth and
vigor before the end of the 2013
growing season.
The national FSA office also
announced the annual CRP payment reduction for emergency
use has been changed from 25%
to 10% in 2013. This reduction
also will apply to producers who
were granted emergency haying
and grazing prior to this week’s
announcement.
CRP participants in the 66
counties should contact their local FSA county office to request
emergency haying and grazing
on an individual contract basis prior to haying and grazing.
If CRP cover is destroyed, the
practice must be re-established
at the contract participant’s own
expense.
KLA
Feller said the UNL team appeared
to be offering a solid forecast, although it certainly could change.
“It’s all about economics, in my
opinion,” he said. “If it’s more profitable to be in the north, the cattle
will follow that possibility. That’s
just the whole deal of it.
“Texas, Kansas -- those are good
operators, good places to feed cattle.
But the feed is just too high, and
that’s not going to go away.”
Steve Kay of the Cattle Buyers
Weekly said circumstances could
play out Nebraska’s way.
“Nothing is inevitable,” he said
from his office in Petaluma, Calif.
And one of the pivotal factors “is to
have expanded cow-calf numbers in
northern states that the Nebraska
feedlot industry can draw on.”
Largely because of drought, Nebraska’s beef cow numbers are
down 79,000 head. But Texas is off
by 550,000.
“Probably the key factor is that
the cattle will gravitate more to
where the cheapest cost of gain is,”
Kay added.
Jeff Stolle of the Nebraska Cattlemen said there had been a lot of
reasons for a northward shift in the
nation’s cattle-feeding epicenter.
Another is the presence of “some
fairly diversified operations” that
can shift their grain and livestock
output to compensate for tough
times in one or the other.
“Diversification is still a strength
for a good many operations,” Stolle
said, “and not just the real small operations.”
The UNL report also explored
trends in pork, dairy and poultry
production in the state.
Nebraska typically ranks sixth in
pork production. But it’s not within striking distance of Iowa, North
Carolina and Minnesota, the dominant states in pork.
Although the UNL report didn’t
address consolidation in livestock
production, Brooks said the state’s
standing in pork has much to do
with a trend toward fewer people
raising more pigs.
There’s been a slight increase in
animal numbers on the pork side,
she said, “but we’re not getting
more people in who are producing
pigs. It’s more those of larger size.”
Nebraska is much farther back in
the pack in dairy and poultry.
And so far, the state has not been
among leading destinations for
dairy producers moving from such
major milk states as California and
Wisconsin.
In contrasting prospects for more
broiler and egg production with Nebraska’s well-established reputation in beef, Brooks said, “Honestly,
I don’t think we’re going anywhere
with that.”
Lincoln Journal Star
U.S. states plan tour to Russia
promoting beef cow genetics
By Brett Wessler
Representatives from Kansas,
South Dakota and Montana are
planning an eight-day trip to Russia
to promote beef cow genetics in the
Northern Plains.
The trip is co-hosted by the state
departments of agriculture, and is
accepting applications from beef
producers and beef industry representatives to represent the industry
during the trip.
Representatives will build on the
relationship between the two countries with additional information
about high-quality beef cow genetics.
The Brandon Valley Challenger
reports funding for the trip is provided by U.S. Livestock Genetics
Export (USLGE), a non-profit international trade organization.
Notable stops on the mission trip
include Moscow and Novosibirsk.
Contact Ty Eschenbaum at
605.773.5146 for more information.
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Beef producers should strive to
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Legumes are highly beneficial in beef cattle diets. They provide high quality feed for cattle and
nitrogen for companion grasses.
By Frank Wardynski,
Michigan State University
Maintaining grass and legume pastures as well as hay
fields are important management factors for feeding beef cattle. Many beef producers plant
a mixture of grass and legumes
during hayfield establishment –
but over time legumes can die
out and become a lower percentage of the forage stand.
Legumes generally contain
lower fiber content with slightly
higher energy and protein values
than grasses. Consequently, cattle must consume more grass forage to attain the same quantities
of energy and protein as compared to legume forages. Unfortunately, cattle cannot consume
grass forages at the same rate
as legumes due to fiber content
differences.
Another benefit of maintaining legumes in a mixed forage
stand comes from their ability
to fix nitrogen. Rhizobia bacteria
During hay production, the top
portion of the plant is removed
from the field along with the
contained nitrogen. Hay fields
should contain legume percentages closer to 60 percent to compensate for the lost nitrogen.
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Maintaining legume stands near
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release nitrogen in urine and
manure to feed the grass plants.
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Pay Close
non-diseased, interdigital skin. The
majority of F. necrophorum isolated
belong to one of two types (types A or
B) which produce toxins that cause
necrosis (death) or decay of the infected tissues.
Regardless of the source once loss
of skin integrity occurs, bacteria gain
entrance into subcutaneous tissues
and begin rapid multiplication and
production of toxins that stimulate
further continued bacterial multiplication and penetration of infection
into the deeper structures of the foot.
Spread of the Disease
Feet infected with F. necrophorum
serve as the primary source of infection for other cattle by contaminating the environment. Researchers
and veterinarians disagree on the
length of time F. necrophorum can
survive off of the animal, but estimates range from one to ten months.
This means that the condition can
crop up again in a given area even
after no cattle or no observed cases appear for a period of time.
Signs, Symptoms Related Problems
While this foot disease occurs in all
ages and classes of cattle, increased
incidence is noted during wet, humid conditions. When case incidence
increases in hot and dry conditions,
attention must be directed to areas
where cattle gather, which are often
crowded and may be wet from urine
and feces deposited in shaded areas.
The first signs, following a growth
and development period of the organism for a period of five to seven
days, are lameness, acute swelling
of interdigital tissues, and swelling
evenly distributed around the hairline of both hooves. Eventually the
interdigital skin cracks open, revealing a foul-smelling, necrotic, corelike material. Untreated, the swelling may progress up the foot to the
fetlock or higher. More importantly,
the swelling may invade the deeper
structures of the foot such as the navicular bone, coffin joint, coffin bone,
and tendons.
A potential problem is that there
are other conditions that can cause
lameness in cattle and can be mistaken for foot rot and would require
different treatment. These include:
interdigital dermatitis, sole ulcers,
sole abscesses, sole abrasions, infected corns, fractures, septic arthritis, and inflammation or infection
of tendons and tendon sheaths, all
of which generally only involve one
claw of the foot and not the areas of
skin or soft tissues between the toes
or claws.
Another common foot condition,
digital dermatitis (hairy heel warts)
is often confused with foot rot because of foot swelling and severity
of lameness. Digital dermatitis affects only the skin, beginning in the
area of the heel bulbs and progressing up to the area of the dewclaws;
whereas, foot rot lesions occur in
the interdigital area and invade the
subcutaneous tissues. Cattle grazing
endophyte infected fescue pastures
that develop fescue toxicity, causing
loss of blood circulation to the feet
and subsequent lameness, are sometimes mistaken as having foot rot.
Treatment of the Problem
Treatment of foot rot is usually
successful, especially when caught
and started early in the disease
course. Treatment should always
begin with cleaning and examining
the foot to establish that lameness is
actually due to foot rot and not one
of the other conditions discussed. At
this point, a topical treatment should
be applied. Some very mild cases will
respond to topical therapy only but
most cases require the use of systemic (injectable) antimicrobial/antibiotic therapy. There a number of
antibiotic products on the market
that can be useful. Please consult
your veterinarian for his recommendation. Since many of these now require a prescription he can provide
this as well.
If at all possible, affected animals
should be kept in dry areas until
healed. If improvement is not evident within three to four days, it may
mean the infection has invaded the
deeper tissues. Infections that do not
respond to initial treatments need to
be re-evaluated by your veterinarian
sooner rather than later. He or she
will want to determine if re-cleaning,
removing all infected tissue, application of a topical antimicrobial, and
bandaging are appropriate, along
with a different antibiotic. In the more
severe cases, management of the animal will be between salvaging for
slaughter (following drug withdrawal times), claw amputation, or in particularly valuable breeding animals,
claw-salvaging surgical procedures.
Nothing Beats Prevention
Preventive measures are focused
on the prevention of mechanical
damage to the foot as caused by frozen or dried mud, shredded weeds or
brush (resulting in stubble), and minimizing the time cattle must spend
standing in wet areas. Other preventive measures presently used include
the use of footbaths (most often used
in confinement dairy operations, 10%
Zinc Sulfate – 16 lbs per 20 gallons
of water or 10% Copper Sulfate – 16
lbs. per 20 gallons of water). Footbaths are not very practical in range
cattle situations and are normally
used primarily in dairies. Other preventative measures include:
• feeding low levels of chlortetracycline.
• addition of organic and inorganic
zinc and organic iodine to the feed or
mineral mixes.
• injection with trace mineral solutions such as MultiMin® (prescription required).
Low level feeding of chlortetracycline (CTC) is labeled through the
Food and Drug Administration for
beef cattle, for the reduction of liver
abscesses at 70 mg per head per day.
As discussed above F. necrophorum
is the major infective agent in liver
abscesses and foot rot in cattle. CTC
is labeled at 350 mg per head per
day (at least 0.5 mg per lb. per day)
in beef cattle under 700 lbs., and 0.5
mg per lb. per day in cattle over 700
lbs., for the prevention of anaplasmosis. Consequently, many mineral
mixes and commercial supplements
are formulated to provide 350 mg per
head per day, to control those diseases listed on the CTC label. Since foot
rot is caused by the same organism
as liver abscesses, some control of
foot rot should occur at the 350 mg
per head per day level.
Supplemental zinc may reduce the
incidence of foot rot. Improvements
have been seen in foot health even
when zinc is not deficient in the diet
when organic sources are included
and overall zinc concentrations in
supplements are increased. Zinc is
important in maintaining skin and
hoof integrity; therefore, adequate
dietary zinc should be provided to
help minimize foot rot and other
types of lameness. In one three-year
study, zinc methionine added to a
free-choice mineral supplement reduced the incidence of foot rot and
improved daily weight gain in steers
grazing early summer pasture.
Feeding of organic sources of iodine
have been shown to also be effective
in this type of a system. Iodine from
EDDI (ethylene diamine dihydriodide), an organic source, is believed
to be effective in preventing foot rot
although it should not be routinely fed at elevated levels year-round.
Studies have reported that organic I
fed at a rate of 10 to 15 mg per head
per day was helpful in the control of
foot rot on some farms.
Evidence has indicated that the
use of injectable trace mineral solutions such as Multimin®, which contains significant levels of organic zinc
as well as manganese, selenium and
copper, has been shown to effectively increase zinc status in the animal
and subsequent reductions in the incidence of foot rot has been observed.
Conclusions
Foot rot is one of many conditions
of the foot that cause lameness in
cattle. For treatment to be effective it
must be started early in the course of
the disease. It is normally necessary
to have a break in skin integrity for
foot rot to occur. The most important
preventive measures are centered
on the protection of interdigital skin
health. All this said, however, solid
preventative measures can dramatically reduce the expense of a foot rot
outbreak and in general may be the
most cost-effective method available
to the cattleman.
Dr. Steve Blezinger is nutritional
and management consultant with an
office in Sulphur Springs, Texas. He
can be reached at 667 CR 4711 Sulphur Springs, TX 75482, by phone at
(903) 352-3475 or by e-mail at sblez@
verizon.net.
Cattle Today
The MidwestThe
Cattleman
·August
22, 2013
· P13
Midwest Cattleman
September
30, 2010
28
Plush pastures,
falling
feed prices
lead toIn
some
heifer retention
Recent
Ruling
Exhibits
Trend
Valuing
“Public Good” Over Individual Liberties
By Jennifer Stewart, Purdue
University
Recovering
pastures and
reWhen
U.S. Magistrate
Judge
duced
feed
prices
are
likely
Candy Dale ruled in favor to
of
spark
a slow trend ofgroup’s
heifer retwo eco-extremist
attention
forgain
U.S.private
beef producers,
tempts to
informaPurdue
Extension
agricultural
tion regarding federal
grazing
economist
Chris
Hurt
permits, she
put
at says.
great risk
Beef
cattle
numbers of
nationwide
the
rural
backbone
the west
have
been
falling
since
2007itbeand the families that hold
tocause
of
drought
that
ransacked
gether. On September 13, Westpastures
and drove
feed
crop
ern Watersheds
Project
(WWP)
prices
sky-high.
More
favorable
and WildEarth Guardians
weather
bringing
normal
gained the
judge’smore
approval
in
forage
and
grain
production
their effort to obtain personal
should
result in
more producers
information,
including
names,
keeping
replacement
addresses, phone heifers.
numbers,
“Beef
cow operations
in some
and
financial
data of individuparts
of
the
country
where
pasals who hold permits to graze
tures
have
been
restored
livestock on federal lands. are
probably
getting
ready
reNot only
should
this to
cause
tain heifers,” Hurt said. “Beef
cow numbers have declined in
the Southeast by about 700,000
head, or 12 percent, since 2007.
Midwest numbers have dropped
by 680,000 head, or 14 percent,
since 2007. Both of these areas
should have the pasture and the
feed to begin heifer retention.
“The northern Plains is another
great alarm for all ranchers and individuals who conduct business with the federal
government, but also for all
citizens. When a court of law
determines that an individual’s private demographic and
financial information is outweighed by the public’s interest, alarm bells should ring for
all who hold dear the values of
American freedom. This ruling
follows a current, disturbing
political trend within the fedarea
is ripe forinherd
expaneral that
government
degrading
sion.”
individual liberties in the name
the
U.S. Department
ofCurrently,
the public
good.
ofWe
Agriculture
has
ratedthat
72 percan only assume
the
cent
of
the
nation’s
pastures
as
reason the environmental exfair, good or excellent, compared
with just 46 percent in 2012.
Prices for feedstuffs such as corn
and soybean meal are expected to
fall when new-crop harvest begins in the fall. Corn prices could
fall by $1.50 per bushel, and fall
soybean meal prices could be as
low as $150 per ton lower than
current old-crop prices, Hurt said.
tremists are so anxious to get
this personal information is so
that they can pursue with ease
their agenda of harassment
against ranching families. The
groups who brought this litigation have a long and proven
record of pursuing a path of intimidation and threats against
those who do not share their
beliefs. Over the last 15-plus
years, WWP has made it their
sole mission to rid the public lands of livestock and the
But
parts that
of theown
country
haven’t
ranchers
them,
thus,
yet
had enough
pasture recovery
seriously
undercutting
the
for
producers
consideron
growing
multiple
use to
concepts
which
their
herds.lands
Suchare
areas
include
the public
based
and
the
central
and rangeland
southern Plains
ignoring
sound
manand the western U.S., which have
about 43 percent of the nation’s
beef cows.
“Initial retention of heifers likely will occur this fall in areas
primarily east of the Mississippi
River, plus the Delta, the western Corn Belt and the northern
Great Plains,” Hurt said. “This is
a large area that currently has 57
percent of the nation’s beef cows.”
Lower feed prices on their own
might not be enough to encourage
agement
do
major
herdprinciples.
expansion,They
though.
this by pursuing
“ambiAccording
to Hurt,their
it will
take
tious litigation
higher
calf pricesstrategy”
as well. while
achieving
realprices
on the are
ground
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up
conservation.
slightly
since June, but likely
Forenough
its part,
Idaho Cattle
not
to the
stimulate
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Association
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expansion.
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can to and
seekexpansion
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of
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this ruling
and
protect
Idaho
begin
this year,
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duction
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and
citizens
cent
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of 2013
and 5
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of personal
percent
in invasion
the first half
of 2014,
privacy. to USDA.
according
The drop should lead to highIdaho
Cattle
Association
er
finished
cattle
prices, which
would lead to higher calf prices.
“The industry might see the
start of heifer retention this fall,
but the magnitude of expansion
is expected to be low and slow to
get underway,” Hurt said. “Beef
cow producers know that herd
expansion is a long-term investment, and they generally want
a more extended period of favorable returns before making major
financial commitments.”
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Early weaning of calves is one tool used by cow-calf producers to maximize profits.
By Kate Brooks & Matt Stockton, UNL
Early weaning of calves is one
tool used by cow-calf producers
to maximize profits. This may be
done during a time of drought
to conserve range resources or
as part of an overall strategy to
accomplish a specific business
or personal goal. Early weaning
means different things to different managers. There are at least
as many options to wean calves
early as there are managers. The real
question is which choice might lead
to increased profits or reduced losses.
This of course depends on the current
situation and the producer.
Since resources and rainfall are
highly variable among producers,
forage conditions may continue to
be short with reduced hay supply,
and a shortage of capital, making it
necessary for some producers to consider early weaning as one mitigating option. In a typical year, many
producers wean their calves at least
180 days after birth. Weaning earlier may be an economical way to
conserve short resources, limit this
year’s losses or increase profits. Given these facts producers facing these
conditions may wish to consider the
following options and any other that
may look promising:
1) weaning early (latter part of
July) and immediately selling the
calves, taking advantage of selling
off season, possibly obtaining higher
prices for lighter weight calves, and
minimizing use of their current forage supply,
2) weaning now and removing the
calves from the pasture but utilizing
an alternate feed source other than
their range until calves reach their
normal weaning age/weight, or
3) wait and do nothing which
might require supplementing both
the cow and calf pair.
The second scenario, early weaning calves and feeding them until the
normal weaning age might include
different feeding strategies, such as
putting calves on a ration that would
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this or any other proposed option. For
example, if hay prices soften and calf
prices remain strong the additional
weight gain in the calves will more
than likely offset the added costs.
Tools producers may find useful
in making these calculations are the
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the best and most complete information possible with professional help
if needed (Extension Professional,
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to cow costs. It is a straightforward
process of changing the costs and
price ranges of calves, feed costs, calf
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increase weight beyond the average
weaning weight expected. Producers could feed a number of different
rations to alter their average daily gain (ADG). Three such rations
we thought might be applicable assuming July/August weaned calves
weighing about 300 pounds were:
1) to feed hay and cake to achieve
an ADG of 1.9 pounds, making them
gain similar to what they would as
un-weaned calves,
2) feed hay and distillers grains
to achieve an ADG of 2.4 pounds, a
higher plan of nutrition with higher
than normal gains, or
3) feed just hay and limit ADG to
about 1.12 pounds.
Various calf prices and costs alter which strategy provides the best
outcome, making it important to do a
thorough analysis.
The idea of weaning early and
selling immediately is a stop loss
strategy that allows producers with
limited access to capital resources to
potentially continue to ranch by minimizing losses or increasing profits.
However, it is important to note, that
this is not guaranteed and may lead
to larger losses or decreased profits.
It is only through careful analysis
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Are You Ready for the Fall-calving Season?
By Glenn Selk,
35 days at 4 days after the AI
season. The weather prior to
Fall-calving season is just calving was significantly difaround the corner. In fact, ferent for late pregnancy in
the start of the fall calving the two groups. The average
season may be closer than
many producers realize.
Now is the time to get the
calving kit ready and make
certain that the calving
shed is clean, in good operating condition, and ready
for business.
Oklahoma State University physiologists studied early fall (August) and late fall
(October) calving cows. Data
from two successive years
were combined for 50 Angus
X Hereford crossbred cows.
The “early” and “late” fall
calving cows had been artificially inseminated in early
November or early January,
respectively. Semen from the
same sire was used for all
cows. All cows were exposed
to a single cleanup bull for
maximum temperature the
week before calving was 93
degrees F. for the “early” fall
group. The average maximum
temperature the week before
parturition in the “late” calving group was 66 degrees F.
There was a 100% survival
rate for calves in both groups
and both groups of cows had
very high re-breeding rates
(90% and 92%, respectively).
The average gestation length
for the “early” cows was 6
days shorter (279 days) as
compared to the “late” cows
(285 days) in year one.
The average gestation
length for the “early” cows
was 4 days shorter (278 days)
as compared to the “late” cows
(282 days) in year two. Producers with early fall-calving
cows should expect calves to
start coming several days
ahead of the “textbook gestation table” dates. They should
begin their routine heifer and
cow checks at least a week to
ten days ahead of the expected first calving date.
ttle shaping up
pects for Oklahoma ca
Fall grazing pros
Much of Oklahoma experienced
significant rainfall as July gave
way to August, providing a number of cattle producers with what
appears to be the best opportunity
for fall and winter grazing in more
than three years.
Derrell Peel, Oklahoma State
University Cooperative Extension
livestock marketing specialist, said
the moisture had two significant
effects: First, it boosted summer
forage production of both pastures
and hay, and second, it enhanced
prospects for wheat pasture this
fall.
“Conditions could turn dry at any
time, and there remain critically
dry areas in the state’s western
counties and the Oklahoma Panhandle,” he said. “Still, the soil
moisture now in place likely means
early wheat establishment for
grazing will be possible for a good
portion of the state.”
Feeder cattle prices have improved significantly since the lows
of late May, with most classes of
feeder cattle up $10 to $12 per hundredweight. Prices for heavy feeders have improved proportionately
more than for the calves and that
has improved the stocker value of
gain offered in feeder markets.
At current prices, the value of
weight gain for stockers is more
than $1 per pound of gain for a
wide range of beginning stocker
weights – from 400 pounds to more
than 600 pounds – and for weight
gain ranging from 250 pounds to
400 pounds.
“This value of gain reflects the fact
feedlot cost of gain continues to run
well in excess of $1.10 per pound
in most cases,” Peel said. “Some of
the strength in feeder prices reflects expectations of a large corn
crop and a roughly $2 per bushel
decrease in average corn prices in
the coming crop year, compared to
the 2012-2013 crop year.”
Peel said this suggests the potential for feedlot cost of gain to decrease into the 80 cent to 90 cent
per pound range.
Lower feedlot cost of gain will have
implications relative to the overall
demand for feeder cattle and also
for the relationship of feeder cattle
prices by weight. Lower corn prices
imply higher prices for lightweight
feeders relative to heavy feeders at
a given market level.
For example, at the current time,
the price of 825-pound steers in
Oklahoma is about $144 per hundredweight compared to $160 per
hundredweight for 575-pound
steers, which is consistent with a
feedlot cost of gain of roughly $1.07
per pound.
“If the feedlot cost of gain decreases to 85 cents, the 575-pound
steer price would increase by
roughly $10 per hundredweight,
with the same price for 825-pound
steers,” Peel said. “As we move into
the new crop year and lower corn
prices, this implies lightweight
feeder cattle and calves are likely
to increase in price relative to the
heavyweight feeders this fall.”
As for the overall feeder price
level this fall, October Feeder futures are currently trading near
$158 per hundredweight. For an
825-pound steer, basis Oklahoma
City, this suggests an October price
of roughly $156 per hundredweight
given average basis levels.
“Basis for the heavy feeders has
been weaker recently,” Peel said. “If
that persists into the fall, it could
imply an 825-pound steer price in
the range of $148 to $154 per hundredweight, an increase of $5 to
$10 per hundredweight from current levels.”
Combining the cheaper feedlot
cost of gain and these futures price
levels suggests the 575-pound
steer price could average from
$165 to more than $170 per hundredweight this fall.
“That would imply an 825-pound
steer off wheat in early March 2014
would have a breakeven of approximately $149 per hundredweight,”
Peel said.
March Feeder futures are currently more than $159 per hundredweight, which implies an
825-pound steer price of $150 to
$153 per hundredweight.
“There appears to be some margin
potential for fall and winter stockers at this time,” Peel said. “Weather conditions, with respect to both
corn markets and fall forage potential, will be very important, as will
the beef demand impacts on wholesale beef and fed cattle prices this
fall and into 2014.”
Midwest Cattleman
September
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placed in a syringe containing
chemical residue from cleaning
agents that rendered it ineffective.
5) Modified-live vaccine components were mixed, and then
the leftover mixture was saved
for later use. Once mixed, these
products need to be used within
a few hours.
6) The vaccination administration technique was incorrect
(e.g., the needle was pointed upward when the vaccine was released from syringe causing the
product to leak excessively from
the administration site).
7) The dosage was incorrect, or a
booster shot was missed.
A case in point of this type of
weak link actually occurring is
documented in a recent University of Idaho study. Only one-third
of beef cattle producers’ and animal health product retailers’ refrigerators were deemed acceptable for animal health product
storage. The majority of their
refrigerators did not adequately maintain the recommended
temperature range for animal
health product storage. Exposure to temperatures outside of
the recommended range can affect the efficacy (effectiveness)
of animal health products such
as vaccines. In fact, it has been
suggested that the leading cause
of immune response failure is
improper vaccine storage. So,
not only were the animal health
products stored by the producers whose refrigerators did not
function as needed potentially
compromised, but it is also plausible that some of the producers
with properly functioning refrigerators could have purchased
vaccine from retailers with malfunctioning refrigerated storage
units and also experience product effectiveness problems.
Critical Control Points
Persons involved in the meat
processing industry are likely
familiar with the HACCP (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points) concept. It is a management system to address food
safety through the analysis and
control of various hazards at all
stages of production, distribution, and other processes to the
point of consumption. In essence,
HACCP is a preventative system
to control hazards in foods. It in-
volves hazard analysis, critical
control point identification, and
establishment of critical limits,
monitoring procedures, corrective actions, verification procedures, and documentation procedures. Critical control points
are steps where control measures are needed to achieve the
desired outcome. In the case of
meat processing, a desired outcome may be food safety; whereas, a desired outcome in a cattle
operation might be a particular
rate of reproductive efficiency or
average daily gain.
There are many important
critical control points on cattle
operations. A review of financial,
economic, and biological data
from domestic cow-calf producers in the late 1990’s revealed
a particularly crucial critical
control point that is likely still
very relevant today. Feed cost
was determined to be responsible for over half of the herd-toherd variation in profit. Thus,
it was deemed to be a “critical”
control point for improving herd
profitability. This suggests that
if cattle operation managers do
all the little things right when
it comes to managing feed cost,
then they will take control of
profitability in large part. By
identifying and controlling other key control points, producers
can also improve their chances
of realizing desired production
or financial outcomes.
Assess and Act
So how do cattle producers put
these concepts into practice? A
logical place to start is by developing a farm-level procedure
similar to HACCP. A self-audit
of the beef cattle operation is one
way to begin this self-monitoring
exercise. Start by developing a
thorough review checklist or set
of questions for important processes on the operation. Then go
through and answer these questions for the operation. From
this self-audit, farm managers
can determine where improvements or better controls are
needed. Corrective actions must
then be followed through with
and then reviewed once again to
determine future adjustments
needed to continue fine-tuning
production processes.
There are some existing self-assessments available that apply
specifically to cattle operations.
The Beef Quality Assurance program offers free cow-calf and
stocker self-assessment booklets
online to help producers benchmark their operations: http://
www.bqa.org/assessments.aspx.
Producers may also want to develop their own assessment tools
tailored to their specific resources, circumstances, and goals.
Another useful approach is to
ask someone from outside the
operation to assist in reviewing
it. This helps provide a fresh set
of ideas to be tapped that might
not come to light from people engrained in the operation themselves.
To be effective over the longterm, producers must not view
this approach as a one-time
event that permanently “fixes”
all of the inefficiencies or ineffective aspects of the operation. It
must be done from time to time
on a continuous basis to maintain and advance production efficiency and effectiveness. If pro-
ducers do not continue to closely
monitor and manage the various
production processes, then they
risk lapsing into wasteful or useless decisions that ultimately
take away from productivity and
profit.
Cattle operations could take a
page from the playbook of industrial manufacturers. Just ask a
manufacturer about what lean
manufacturing can do to improve
an operation. This approach can
work for cattle operations, too.
There are plenty of books and
other references on lean manufacturing to learn more about it.
Try searching online for “lean”,
“six sigma”, “continuous improvement”, or “kaizen”.
Mississippi State University
Pondering Grass
The efficiency of a beef production system is perceived to be based on rapid growth with an early harvest. Is that true?
By Kris Ringwall, Beef Specialist
The Dickinson Research
Extension Center had three
pens of yearling steers. One
pen (A) was harvested when
the steers were 18.1 months
old. The next pen (B) was harvested when the steers were
21.4 months old and the last
pen (C) was harvested when
they were 22.1 months old.
The world of beef revolves
around the steer because it
is the principle product of a
beef production system. The
efficiency of a beef production system is perceived to be
based on rapid growth with
an early harvest.
Is that true? Having personally assumed that for years,
considerable pondering is required to change things. As
producers, what we learn and
ultimately do is assumed to
be correct, but times change
and so does the world, and so
I ponder and hope many oth-
ers also ponder.
Let me repeat that the Dickinson REC had three pens of
yearling steers. Pen A was
harvested when the steers
were 18.1 months old. Pen
B was harvested when the
steers were 21.4 months old
and pen C was harvested
when they were 22.1 months
old.
In addition, the steers in pen
A were on feed for 142 days,
pen B for 66 days and pen
C for 91 days. Having lived
through a few decades of beef
production with the driving
force being efficiency and
growth based on affordable
energy inputs, none of the statistics for these pens are very
impressive. In fact, the only
limiting factor for growth was
pelvic size because, no matter
how much effort was put on
growth, the calf still had to
get out of the cow.
Prebirth and subsequent
growth still is highly correlated, although gestational
length and some tweaking of
growth genes have allowed
for some change in the prebirth and post-birth scenarios. However, the basic concept
has not changed.
The other limiting factor to
rapid growth was the limitations placed on carcass size
at harvest. These limitations
most certainly have varied
with time and are somewhat
correlated with beef supplies.
That’s because the larger
beef numbers limit the need
to push for heavier carcass
weights. With today’s beef
supply numbers being down,
there certainly is a logical acceptance of needing heavier
carcasses.
So, what do I ponder? Well,
efficiency still is paramount
in any industry. The efficient
use of resources should generate a positive outcome if
there is a positive outcome
Is she open? Why it pays to preg check
By Katie Pfeiffer,
University of Wisconsin
When it comes to determining pregnancy status, the
producer has many options.
Certainly the most simple
and accurate would be to wait
until she calves. According
to the USDA, almost 80% of
producers go with this option
and do not preg check their
herd.
In livestock production the
decisions you make affect
your bottom line but it is difficult to predict what is going
to occur in the future. Fortunately, a management decision you make now will let
you know where you will be
sitting next spring. By checking females for pregnancy,
you can make sound management decisions on those animals that are pregnant and
decide what to do with those
animals that are open.
Identifying pregnancies allows you to establish an anticipated calving season and
plan the management of labor associated with it. Separation of early and late calving animals can reduce the
amount of winter forage used
if animals are fed by their
stage of pregnancy. The last
1/3 of gestation has the greatest impact on calf growth
and performance. Nutrition
during this stage impacts the
quality of the dams’ colostrum impacting calf health.
In addition, the heifer calves’
reproductive potential and
the bull calves’ ability to fin-
ish as steers are affected by
the dams’ nutrition during
the last 90 days of pregnancy.
Knowing the pregnancy status of the dam has long-term
potential to affect the future
of your herd.
Knowing that an animal is
pregnant is important but
more importantly is the identification of open females.
Feed resources are at an alltime low and these resources
account for the majority (6070%) of the costs of keeping a
cow. By culling open females
you will be able to divert feed
resources to your productive females. If you are culling more aggressively, preg
checking allows you to tighten your calving season by removing the late calving cows.
If using an ultrasound to preg
check, the sex of the calf can
be determined at 60-80 days
allowing for value-added
marketing.
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By Ryan Reuter
Not long
ago, we discussed lowstress cattle
handling
techniques
with beginning
cattle producers. The review was also
helpful to remind experienced cattlemen of the techniques we need to
employ when handling cattle.
A common misconception is that
“low-stress” must mean “no pressure.” That is absolutely false. Cattle, like all other animals, respond
to appropriate application and release of pressure. There are times
when significant pressure must be
applied to get the animals to move
how and when you need. Pressure,
used appropriately, does not cause
long-term, harmful stress.
A good cattle handler understands
two key principles: flight zone (the
“bubble” around an animal that,
if invaded by a handler, will cause
the animal to move away) and
point of balance (the point, usually
around the front shoulder, at which
pressure in front of that point will
cause the animal to stop or back
up, and vice versa). When a stockman is at the edge of the flight zone
and properly balanced, only slight
movements are needed to control
the animals in a low-stress manner. To make cattle speed up, walk
against their direction of travel; to
make them slow down, walk with
them. As you pass the point of balance, notice how each animal responds to your movement and position.
A good stockman will stay quiet
when working cattle. If cattle aren’t doing what you want, it is not
because they can’t hear or see you.
It is because you are in the wrong
place doing the wrong thing. Don’t
yell and scream, and don’t make
wild movements. Move calmly,
purposefully and in straight lines.
Cattle will be able to predict your
movements and respond appro-
priately to them. If you move like
a predator (hesitating, followed by
sudden movements and in curves
around them), the cattle will treat
you like a predator.
A good stockman is patient. The
cattle don’t care that you are late
for dinner. Keep doing the right
things until the cattle respond
correctly. After you have mastered
the art of stockmanship, you can
usually work cattle quickly when
you need to. But realize that if you
make cattle do something before
they are ready to do it, then it is no
longer low-stress handling.
Train cattle how to behave every
time you are with them. Go to the
pen or pasture, and use these techniques to just move them around,
teaching them to respond. If possible, move cattle through your corrals on their way to feed or to another pasture. Always make your
cattle walk past you, single file,
out of a gate. Don’t let them run
wildly, or they will hurt themselves
and you, tear up your gates and be
stressed when they finally stop.
When moving cattle from a pas-
ture, ignore the few cattle that quit
the herd. If you drive the main herd
in a low-stress manner and don’t
chase the few on the edge, they will
usually come back to the herd of
their own volition.
Work to incorporate these habits,
and they will make you a better
stockman. And don’t say, “I’ll try.”
“Try” is an excuse to fail.
Noble Foundation
Ag Research Associate Kent Shankles
demonstrates proper cattle sorting
technique at the Noble Foundation’s
Oswalt Road Ranch. Proper positioning and use of pressure reduces stress
while handling cattle.
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By Rory Lewandowski, OS
While all beef producers
face extreme challenges
during a time of drought,
those calving in the fall, following a summer of record
breaking temperatures and
rainfall values well below
average, face a unique set
of challenges that warrant
additional
management
considerations. Body Condition Score
Body condition scoring
(BCS) is a tool that can be
used to estimate the energy
reserves of cattle. In the beef
industry a 9-point scale is
used, with 1 being emaciated and 9 being obese. Using
BCS, producers can estimate
the energy balance of their herd.
Research has revealed that
the BCS prior to calving has a
greater impact on subsequent
reproductive performance of
a female, than BCS following
calving, regardless of BCS or
weight gained following calving.
It is recommended that cows
calve in a BCS of 5 to 5.5 for optimal reproductive efficiency.
With the nutrition value of
range forage being less then
optimal during a drought, BCS
must be closely monitored to
ensure that fall calving cows do
not enter into a negative energy
balance and begin to lose BCS
prior to calving. This will have
a detrimental impact on subsequent pregnancy rates. In addition, cows that are thin (BCS
≤ 4.5) or in a negative energy
balance are at a higher risk of
experiencing calving difficulties, which not only puts the cow
and calf at risk during birth, but
also may reduce the reproductive performance for the following breeding season.
Birth Weights and Gestation
Length
Uterine blood flow is critical
not only for the development of
the placenta, but also for the
continued growth of the fetus.
In times of heat stress, thermal
regulation mechanisms are activated to maintain homeostasis
and normal body temperatures
within the animal. One of the
main mechanisms mitigating
heat stress is the direction of
blood flow. During periods of
high temperatures, blood flow is
directed away from the core of
the body, to the surface for cooling. Nutrients are delivered to
the fetus via the maternal blood,
therefore this cooling process results in a reduction of nutrients
available for placental and fetal
growth. Research has shown
that reduced uterine blood flow
resulted in a reduction of cotyledonary mass, reducing the total surface area for maternal to
fetal nutrient exchange. Therefore with the reduction of nutrients available for growth, it is
common to experience reduced
birth weights following a period of heat stress during gestation. In addition to lower birth
weights, calving dates may be
earlier than expected. While in
most cases calves will not be
born early enough to have serious consequences, producers
should still be prepared.
South Dakota State University
The Benefits Of Baleage
By Fae Holin
Baleage has gained a following.
The wrapped round-bale silage
takes less field-drying time than
baled hay and has a wider moisture-content window compared to
chopped material stored in bunker
or bag silos.
So says Kevin Shinners, a University of Wisconsin ag engineer
who has studied its advantages
and disadvantages and offers the
following baleage advice.
“Since the bale is wrapped in
plastic, it’s not going to be exposed
to rainfall and snowfall, and you
don’t have that biological degradation during storage like you do
when you store a round bale outdoors,” he says.
“You’re also going to get a more
uniform product. If anyone’s ever
tried to feed a round bale that’s
been stored outdoors, you know
that the rind can be degraded, the
bottom of the bale is almost like
manure, and the core of the bale
is in pretty good shape. But with
a wrapped bale, you’re going to get
a uniform product in front of your
animal.”
Baleage has its disadvantages,
though. Baled hay is more marketable, easier to transport, requires
less equipment and doesn’t have
film to dispose of. Chopped material ensiled at higher moisture has
better fermentation, can be harvested faster, is easier to mix into
a TMR and is harder for cattle to
sort. But baled silage requires less
equipment and labor than chopped
material, can more easily be segregated by forage quality, doesn’t
require a taxable structure and is
“ideal” for small operators.
“Lots of people ask, ‘Should I
wrap in a tube or should I individually wrap?’ ” Shinners says.
“With a tube wrapper, you’re only
wrapping the circumference of the
bale, not the ends. Our research
shows that you’re using about 50%
less plastic when you use one (compared to single wrapped bales).”
That saves time, labor and money. But tube-wrapped bales aren’t
portable, are less marketable, and
can’t be stacked, taking more storage space than single, wrapped
bales.
Tube-wrapped baleage may also
incur higher aerobic losses at feedout because one bale is constantly
exposed.
“If you want to make good baleage, it starts with cutting,” Shinners says. “Make sure that you lay
the crop wide so you’re getting all
the solar energy you can. Condition
that material so it dries quickly, and
don’t cut too low because that will
bring soil into the windrow. That
also applies to when you’re forming
a windrow; avoid using wheel rakes
because they tend to kick dirt along
with them. Rotary rakes, parallel
bar rakes or especially mergers are
really good devices to use in either
haylage or baleage to keep soil out
of the windrow.”
Harvest bale silage at 45-55%
moisture, the ag engineer recommends. “At 55-65% moisture, you’re
going to get great fermentation, but
you get a wet, rank layer, 1-2” deep,
around the outside of the bale.”
Forage baled and wrapped at lower than 35% moisture will undergo little fermentation. Those bales
should be wrapped with an extra
layer or two of plastic, and, when
they’re opened, be fed as quickly as
possible to reduce aerobic stability
issues, he suggests.
Make a uniform bale shape and
size. That’s especially important
in tube wrapping, because it keeps
plastic from stretching unnecessarily. “If you have a 5’-diameter bale
followed by a 6’-diameter bale followed by a 5’-diameter bale, you get
this funnel effect that really stretches the film. That tends to be a perfect place for oxygen to get through
the plastic and into the bale.”
Avoid using rodenticide-treated
sisal twine, which can degrade the
film. Shinners recommends using
net wrap, because it more completely constrains stems, reducing chances of them poking through film.
Wrap bales as soon after baling as
possible to prevent aerobic deterioration, he says.
The plastic film, usually a blown,
low-density polyethylene about
1-mil thick, should stretch 7080%. “If you’re really aggressive on
stretching, you may need to put another layer or two of wrap on to take
into account that you’ve reduced the
thickness of the material,” Shinners
advises.
“High temperatures tend to make
it more permeable for oxygen to get
through, so if you’re wrapping in
the middle of July, you may need to
increase the number of wraps one
or two more layers.” Also increase
the number of layers at lower moistures, when the crop is more mature
and when stems are particularly
sharp, he says.
Wrap bales with at least five layers
The Benefits
of plastic. A University of Wisconsin
study that looked at temperature
rise vs. the number of wraps on a
bale showed that three or four layers weren’t enough.
“It really needed to go five to six
or more layers to get down to those
temperatures that we would like to
see inside a bale.”
Don’t wrap during a rainstorm, because the film can lose its tackiness.
Wrap as close to the storage site as
you can to minimize handling, and
don’t handle bales 12 hours or more
after wrapping. “You have the potential, when you squeeze them, to
break the film layers a little bit, get
oxygen back into the bales and restart that aerobic phase.”
Store bales away from woods,
where rodents and other “critters”
are found, and avoid areas with
sharp stubble and poorly drained
soil.
Remember to periodically check
bales for stems poking through or
rodent damage and repair where
needed.
If you open bales with a strong
caramelized or tobacco smell, they
have heat damage, Shinners says.
“In all likelihood, you waited too
long between the time that you
baled and when you wrapped.”
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that moisture content down.
“If you’re getting a lot of heat and
mold at feed-out, that means you
baled at a relatively low moisture
content, producing little fermentation. Producers have had much
success preserving wrapped bales
at relatively low moisture contents.
But because there is so little fermentation, it is important to use
the bales quickly to prevent aerobic
instability at feeding.”
Once baleage is fed, the plastic
film should be recycled, since most
states prohibit open burning.
“Even if your state allows you to
burn plastic, it’s a bad idea because
low-temperature burning releases
dioxins, and those are known toxins
and potential carcinogens. If you go
to your state’s DNR site and, on the
search box, type in ‘ag plastic recycling,’ almost every state’s going to
send you to a site that will give you
great information about recyclers
who will take ag film in your state.”
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Tom Murray, owner of Big Branch Simmentals and Big Branch Breeder’s Service, lives in the Avilla community, 20 minutes west of Little Rock. He is, like
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Arkansas breeder Tom Murray’s approach to primarily herd efficiency and reproductive management.
“If it makes economic sense, then let’s do it. If the math doesn’t make sense,
business is based on a philosophy of
then let’s just drop it,” he says. “That’s the bottom line foundation of the various
sound economics.
businesses that I have been involved with over the years.”
A native of Indiana, Murray graduated from Valparaiso Technical Institute
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and immediately went to work for Texaco, performing seismograph work and
maintaining electronic equipment. His duties required him to travel extensively
throughout the US and into several foreign countries. His first trip was to El
Dorado, Arkansas, where he met his future wife, Elene, married her and started
a family.
After 16 years with the company, his family grew tired of their frequent moves
and constant travel. “I resigned from Texaco and knew I had to find something
else to do since I had a wife and three children by then,” he explained. “It was
always our dream to live in the country, to farm and be as self-sufficient as we
could be, raising our own vegetables and meat. So in 1985, we started with 15
acres and a few commercial cows.”
At that time, with no trash pick-up in a large portion of the county, folks were
hauling their garbage into the woods and disposing of it by dumping it into county-sanctioned holes in the ground. Occasionally, the county would bring in heavy
equipment and cover it up. When the Arkansas Pollution Control & Ecology Department began to heavily fine the county for that practice, the Murrays, who are
environmentally aware, saw an opportunity and started Big Branch Waste Management on a shoestring. “We stayed in that business for 10 years, expanding
from two customers to several thousand — utilizing a number of big commercial
trucks, and provided the only recycling pickup in the county,” said Murray.
“After some time passed, we received an offer that was too good to pass up and
Tom and Elene Murray. we sold the business. It was time to focus on our farm and family.”
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Murray jumped into cattle breeding
with both feet. “By then, I had established my Simmental cow herd. I’d read
about the breed and I liked all of their
characteristics. I eliminated the few
cows I’d had from another Continental
breed. Those cows would put you right
up in the back of your truck,” he said.
“That was at the height of the big exotic
cattle era, they were all spotted and tall
enough to walk over the top of a fivewire barbed wire fence,” he laughed.
“Then, I ran into Dr. Robert Messer of
Texas. He convinced me to purchase my
first Fleckvieh cow. I really didn’t know
what I was doing, but she proved herself
to be awesome and made a Simmental
believer out of me. She was a little yellow cow that weighed 1,100 pounds and
weaned off blocky, 700-pound calves.”
Murray continued to build his herd
with Messer genetics. “I bought several
females from him, and before long, my
herd was all Fleckvieh. Even today, my
best cows can be traced back to his cattle. I still love the Fleckvieh, but now
we’re breeding a few to red and black
pure bred bulls,” he added.
“I really like those Fleckvieh-pure
bred cross calves. I believe that we get
some within-breed heterosis out of that
combination, and they are very marketable. The commercial cattlemen around
here are mostly breeding Angus with a
few Herefords, but they are coming to
realize that they need to get away from
straightbreds. These half-blood bulls
are in high demand,” he said.
Before the record-breaking drought of
the past few years, Murray had built
his herd to 50 head, but has been forced
to cut back to their present level of 35
cows due to the resulting shortage of
grass. He plans to rebuild when climatic
conditions permit.
For the past decade or more, he has
had a contractual relationship with
Laura’s Lean Beef, based out of Lexington, Kentucky. “Laura’s focuses on
Continental, heavy-muscled, lean cattle
breeds including Simmental, Charolais,
Limousin and Gelbvieh. It’s a branded
market and they do pay a premium for
all natural — no hormones, or antibiotics” he says.
“They’ll take intact bulls, cows, heifers or steers. The steers and heifers we
don’t keep are marketed through Laura’s Lean Beef. We sell a few breeding
bulls and heifers, but I haven’t been
selling a lot of breeding stock lately
since I’ve had so much success selling
to Laura’s Lean Beef. I’ve gone right to
market with 700-pound calves. It’s a relationship that works,” says Murray.
Murray and several of his neighbors
who also produce Simmental genetics, combine their cattle to assemble a
truckload for Laura’s Lean Beef.
“Laura’s comes down here to our fairgrounds, weighs them, and loads them
up. That way, they pick up quite a few
head with just one stop.”
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Big Branch Breeder’s Service, a
company he formed several years
after selling the waste management
business, is also named after Big
Branch Creek, the stream that flows
through the farm.
Murray has been an Artificial Insemination Representative for an
extended period, first with Genex
and Accelerated Genetics, then, for
the past 10 years with ABS Global
as their representative for the state
of Arkansas. “Big Branch Breeder’s
Service is a full-service company; we
supply semen and liquid nitrogen for
A.I. tanks, conduct instructional clinics, and breed cows for our clients,”
he said.
“We employ two men full time, in addition to ourselves. We are the largest
provider of liquid nitrogen, semen,
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40 people a year,” he says. “Our crew
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year for our clients.”
Big Branch Breeder’s Service goes
one step further, assisting their clients in selling their bred heifers. “We
add value to our breeding projects by
working with producers to market
their A.I. bred heifers through an
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barns. This added value has proven
to be a great incentive,” he advised.
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was killed in a traffic accident 19 years ago.
“I wasn’t raised in agriculture, but I made a conscious
decision to get into it. Elene and I like the idea of being
as self-sufficient as possible,” he concluded. “We continue to believe that if something makes sense economically, we’ll go for it.”
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Their farm is the family hub with
four generations currently residing
in the valley. Land owned by his
parents, Eric and Lucy, touches the
eastern boundary of the farm. They
moved south from Indiana after
Eric, a British immigrant, concluded a career with Uniroyal. Lucy
was a nurse and together, they had
four sons.
Residing on the northwestern perimeter is their son, Andy, and his
wife, Ginna, and their two boys,
Drew, 11 and Matt, 10. Andy works
for Harris Electronics, maintaining
telecommunications systems, while
Ginna owns a speech pathology
clinic, Therapy Providers, PA.
Daughter, Emily Norman, an adjunct instructor at a local college,
is a middle school teacher-turnedstay-at-home mom, keeping an eye
on Joseph, 2, and 10-month-old
baby, Elizabeth. Her husband, Jonathan, is a computer programmer
for Southwest Power Pool. They,
live on the northern perimeter of
the farm on their own six acres.
Tragically, the baby of Tom and
Elene’s family, 12-year-old Tommy,
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45-year history
of the American
Simmental
Association, retired
from his post in
late April. The ASA Board accepted his letter of retirement and immediately replaced him with Wade
Shafer, who has served as the organization’s Director of Performance
Programs under Lipsey for the past
decade.
“We are grateful to Jerry for his
leadership, industry insight and
strength to stay the right course,
even in tough times. When there
was no direction for the breed he
provided one,” said Board Chairman Jessie Driggers, Glenville,
Georgia. “When he was hired in
1996, he was exactly the right man
for the job and my hat is off to the
Board that hired him. Jerry and I
have become close friends and I
have tremendous respect for what
he did as Executive Vice President,
and as a teacher and mentor.”
Lipsey was raised on a family
farm at Grand Ledge, Michigan,
just a few miles from the campus of
Michigan State University, where
he earned Bachelors and Masters
degrees in Animal Husbandry, under the legendary animal scientist Harlan Ritchie. Lipsey then
obtained his own Ph.D. in Food
Sciences from Kansas State University, where he studied under
Drs. Michael Dikeman and Robert
Schalles, both Simmental breeders.
Following graduation, Lipsey
joined the animal science faculty at
the University of Missouri, coaching the judging team among many
tasks, then took a four-year leave of
absence, from 1978 to 1982, to join
the staff of the American Angus Association in nearby St. Joseph, Mis-
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organization’s youth program and
was involved in establishing the
highly successful Certified Angus
Beef Program.
He then rejoined the MU staff until 1996, when he accepted the challenge of becoming ASA’s fifth CEO,
succeeding Dale Lynch (1968), Don
Vaniman (1969-1978), Earl Peterson (1978- 1990), and Brian Kitchen (1990-1996).
Lipsey and his wife, Peggy, a Bozeman-area realtor, are the parents of
one son, Jason; a daughter, Amanda; and a much-loved grandson,
four-year-old Max.
Under his watch, a litany of existing or newly created programs
were significantly enhanced, refined or implemented:
-He is widely credited with restoring the reputation and image of
ASA after a lengthy period of turbulence marked by lawsuits, dissident
members, and cattle that had lost
much of their appeal to commercial
breeders.
-Successfully guided the Association and its subsidiary magazines
back to the positive side of the financial ledger.
-Streamlined the staff, consolidating responsibility and adding a contingent of field representatives.
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-Development of All-Purpose (API)
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with new EPDs for stayability,
shear force and disposition.
-Established the Carcass Merit
Program, which led to higher accuracy carcass EPDs, to strong relationships with University animal
science personnel, an innovative
joint calving program with Montana State University, and to an allbreeds carcass evaluation project
funded by the Beef Checkoff.
-Entered into an unprecedented
partnership with the Red Angus Association of America for the purpose
of advancing genetic evaluation.
-Pulled together the industry’s
largest collaboration of breed associations for genetic evaluation,
including Canadian Simmental,
Canadian Angus, Canadian Gelbvieh, American Gelbvieh, American
Maine Anjou, American Chianina,
American Red Angus and American
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granddaughter, Kiah.
“The Board believes that Dr. Shafer is the right man for the job and
we have the utmost confidence in
his vision, intelligence and leadership as we move toward continued
success in the cattle industry,” Driggers concluded.
Board Wastes No Time
“I heard a long time ago that ‘if it
ain’t broke, don’t fix it’!” said Driggers. “At this point, ASA is definitely not broke and there is no need of
fixing. For the past 10 years, Wade
Shafer has been well groomed for
this very moment. Wade has proven
himself time and again that he has
what it takes to keep the Simmental ship moving in the right direction.”
Shafer’s roots are deep in the Simmental breed –Shafer’s Shoestring
Ranch, located near Detroit Lakes,
Minnesota, has been centered on
Simmental genetics ever since 1972,
when they were issued ASA membership number 1740. From 1991
to 2003, Wade managed the family’s 600-head Simmental, Charolais
and SimAngus seedstock herd, selling 200 bulls a year at their peak.
He holds a B.S. from North Dakota State University and earned
both his M.S. and Ph.D., in Quantative Genetics and Systems Analysis from Colorado State University.
While at CSU, he was heavily vested
in beef cattle research and teaching.
Shafer originally joined the ASA
staff after being contacted by Lipsey.
“He had heard that I’d finished my
Doctoral dissertation at CSU and
called to see if I was interested in
coming out to Bozeman. At the time,
I wasn’t thinking along those lines,
but he convinced me that I should
come and give it a try. I liked what I
saw and liked doing it. I’ll always be
grateful to Jerry for being a mentor
and a friend,” he said.
“I accepted this position because
of a desire to keep this Association
headed in a scientific direction. I
was concerned that when Jerry left
the focus on science at ASA might
wane. I am absolutely committed to
keeping ASA and our industry partners at the forefront of scientific
animal breeding — for the sake of
our membership and the entire industry,” he stated. “One of our core
functions is to facilitate our members’ ability to breed the best cattle
they possibly can by supplying them
with the necessary information and
tools — and encouraging their use!”
He is pleased with the role of the
American Junior Simmental Association. “The 2013 Classic experienced a record attendance, illustrating that our unique emphasis on a
scientific and educational approach
works,” he said. “We see a number of
individuals who come through our
AJSA program who are excelling in
the beef industry.”
Shafer and his wife, Kathy, have
four grown children: Tony, Mike,
Jake and Kristi, and a one-year-old
Wade Shafer, shown addressing the 2013 Annual Meeting, with the Board of Trustees as a backdrop,
has become ASA’s sixth Chief Executive Officer.
Pasture
Management
in the Fall
By Rory Lewandowski, OSU
The fall period, particularly
the months of September and
October, is an important time
to manage pastures. Specifically, pastures must be managed to insure that the desirable grass and legume plants
are able to build up and store
carbohydrate reserves for the
winter period. It is this ability to store carbohydrate reserves and thus keep a root
system living over the winter months that distinguishes a perennial plant from an
annual plant. It is during
the short day, long night periods in the fall of the year
that flower buds are formed/
initiated on the crown of the
plant. While the leaf tissue
dies during the winter, the
buds and roots of the plant
remain as living tissues over
the winter and continue to respire and burn energy. If root
reserves are insufficient the
plant may die over the winter.
If the plant survives but root
reserves are low, spring regrowth and vigor of the plant
is reduced.
So, what is necessary for
plants to build up these carbohydrate reserves? Simply
put, there must be adequate
leaf area so that the
plant can maximize
the photosynthetic process. Pastures
must continue to be
managed in the fall
of the year so that
they are not over
grazed. We know that
regrowth is slower in
the fall of the year. P l a n t
growth is more temperature
sensitive than photosynthesis. This means that even if
plant growth is very slow because of cool temperatures in
the fall, if leaf area is present,
photosynthesis is still taking
place at a good rate. Therefore, the mistake of overgrazing is amplified in the fall
of the year. Depending upon
the severity of overgrazing,
the plant may not regrow
enough and develop enough
leaf area to take advantage
of sunshine and produce carbohydrates.
We often hear the term carbohydrate root reserves used
when talking about winter
storage. The root is the storage area of carbohydrates
for plants with a taproot,
including legumes like alfalfa and red clover. For white
clover, the carbohydrate
storage area is the stolen.
Technically, our cool season
grasses store the majority
of carbohydrate reserves in
stem and tiller bases, some
in rhizomes and only a little
in roots. However, this technicality does help us to understand some management
aspects of pasture grass and
fall carbohydrate storage.
For example, orchardgrass
stores carbohydrates in the
lower 3 to 4 inches of stem
bases and tillers. Tall fescue
and bluegrass both maintain
carbohydrate storage at the
base of tillers as well as rhizomes. Tall fescue and bluegrass can both tolerate lower grazing/clipping heights
than orchardgrass.
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plants be managed to insure that adequate leaf area
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extra. For orchardgrass this
probably means 4 to 5 inches at a minimum. Tall fescue
and bluegrass should probably be managed to leave a 3
to 4 inch residual.
Pasture management in
the fall of the year that insures there is adequate leaf
area to allow plants to maximize photosynthesis and
build carbohydrate reserves
will pay off in quicker spring
green up and more vigorous
spring plant growth.
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Missouri State Fair’s
Women In Ag
Brenda Black Honored at the Missouri State Fair
You see her everywhere,
but you saw her here first!
MWC’s own Brenda Black
has been a busy woman this
year. You may know her as
the main feature writer in
The Midwest Cattleman, but
she also writes for many other publications as well. She
is a wife, a mother, an author
and is currently serving as
the Missouri CattleWomen’s
Association President and is
also a member of the National
Cattleman’s Beef Board.
Last week Brenda was selected at the Missouri State
Fair as a winner in its Missouri State Fair’s Women In
Ag Contest. The competition
was sponsored by Monsanto.
Brenda chose the Missouri
CattleWomen’s Upper Class
Scholarship Fund as the agriculture-related beneficiary
of the $1,000 donation sponsored by Monsanto.
Brenda has been active in
the State Fair all her life –
her parents actually met at
the Fair 55 years ago. She has
shown horses and cattle at
the Fair and works to promote
beef at the Missouri CattleWomen’s Beef Showcase.
Congratulations Brenda!
Photo Courtesy Of Today’s Farmer
Retaining an
interest
By Steve Suther
I never thought I would feed
cattle, until I got to know
more than a few cattle feeders.
Some were all about buying
low, selling high and happiest when they beat both their
supplier and buyer. But in
the mid 1990s, more feeders
made new commitments to
customer service, reaching
out into the country. They
wanted “relationships” with
producers.
That was the beginning of
the end for the island mentality, and the start of win-win
alliances between ranchers,
feeders and packers. Trust
usually grew where it was
given a chance.
The old idea of partnering
was reborn in the common
cause of improving cowherds
so that future generations of
cattle would have more po-
tential to gain efficiently and
earn higher quality grades
without giving up yield.
I had to overcome the barrier of weaning at home or with
local family and friends before taking the further leap to
go 50/50 with a new friend in
the feeding business in 1999.
But I had only half a load and
it was a good enough year for
other farm income to defer
some into 2000.
We had a few health problems for the first several
years, but less and less with
experience and as the cattle
got better.
Now, you can find custom
feeders that will coordinate
health programs and timing
to care for calves weaned on
their inbound trucks. Even
early-weaned calves less than
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34
that misses a single calving
prior
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producing
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calves
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teeth (32.1%),
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temperament
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chase.
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since
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dates
and
evaluation
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train
dogs
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Salmon
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first-time
ry
(2.9%),
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problems
tions
of
our
fall
clinics.
Call
the
above
veterinary
at weaning
is the
single
sionate
they (1.8%),
talk about
spectator
at the
trial
that largitofis
(2.7%), when
bad eyes
and fices
for
your
appointment
time.
their faithful farm help.
all
about
accurately
applying
est
factor
that
affects
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(1.8%).
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11 - Barry
County
Vet Of
course, there’s
a limit
to the
“Theyproblems
simplify
my
job,” East
pressure.
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pressure
continued
on
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number
of
bulls
the
clinics
can39
thermore,
15.6%
animals
says.
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it of
easier
and on at the right time in apage
close
Contact:
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Voyd
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so
you
may
need
to
pick
a
more
enjoyable.”
culled
were less than 5 years area where you can have some
2677
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continued
on next
page
veterinarian.
It’s just
important
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A survey of cow-calf farms in
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BSE clinics in the past
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Pharo,
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calves this fall?
By Warren Rusche
The snowstorms that year, and a shortage of highplagued ranchers in the er quality feedstuffs resulted
Northern Plains this spring in many cows that were in
seem like a distant memo- less than ideal body condiry. Warm weather and the tion. Thinner cows have been
prospects for better cattle shown to produce colostrum
markets heading into fall do that contains fewer immuhave a way of helping the noglobulins. The conditions
The Midwest
Cattleman
September
22
mind forget about the snow,
the calves
were
born30,in2010
also
mud, and difficult days. But plays a role in immunoglobcontinued from page 21
as ranchers and cattle feed- ulin intake and absorption.
United
States
currently
supportunder
the domestic
market
ers
begin
to prepare
forholds
fall Calves
cold stress
take
30 percent of the South Korean and underpin U.S. wholesale
weaning
and
marketing,
it
longer
to
nurse
and
may
beef import market, second to beef prices. In 2011, 2.15 not
bilmay
be worth
one last look be
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they
Australia’s
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pounds
of beef when
are forecast
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at conditions
calving
to nurse.
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to stand
be exported,
while
demand
ditionally
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U.S. beefain
Asian markets
time
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spring markets
and those
convincing
case
also boostedcould
U.S. beef
exports
should
strengthening.
conditions
impact
the can
be continue
made that
there were
in 2010,and
with performance
4 percent andof3 aThe
2011
beef export
forecast
health
large
number
of calves
born
percent of U.S. beef exports remains a robust figure, considcalves
entering
the
feedlot
last
spring
where
the
passive
through July going to Russia ering tighter domestic supplies
this
of immunity
has
and fall.
Egypt, respectively. Al- transfer
due to the smaller
U.S. calf crop
As
we
think
about
the
conbeen
compromised.
though periodically elevated, and total cattle inventory regisU.S. beefthis
exports
to these
mar- tered
for this year
and forecast
ditions
spring,
there’s
Conventional
wisdom
might
have been
historically
for next.that once these calves
akets
strong
likelihood
that negthe suggest
ligible. Overall,
global get
USDA
- ERS
passive
transferstrong
of immunito the
weaning phase the
demand for beef continues to
ty that normally occurs from impacts of that rough start
dam to calf was less than are gone. Actually results
optimal. The combination of from research studies sugthe entire
livestock conditions,
industry is gest
tory disease
alone.
winter
weather
that the
effects of poor
striving
for,”
Osterstock
says.
“We
can
hopefully
breedlast
for
poor pasture production last transfer of immunity
Beef Export
Cattlemen Look
“There’s potential to move to- feeder cattle that have more
wards what in the human side bulletproof immune systems
they’ve referred to as ‘individu- from the get-go,” Andersen says,
alized medicine.’ The decisions “and then pair them with the
regarding how we prevent or right animal health programs
treat disease in a specific ani- to really maximize production
mal
will be
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much longer than originally
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by the USDA Meat Animal
Research Center found that
calves that received little to
no colostrum at birth were
three times more likely to get
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A study using dairy heifer calves in Arizona showed
an even longer-term impact
of colostrum intake. In that
study heifer calves fed an increased amount of colostrum
at birth produced about 1200
more pounds of milk when
measured over the first two
lactations. Considering what
we know about how early development and management
affects carcass quality, it is
certainly plausible that problems with immunoglobulin
intake and passive transfer
of immunity could show up
as poorer performing cattle
with reduced quality grades.
How does this affect how to
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assumption that calves born
during the worst conditions
this fall will be at a higher
risk for disease compared
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risk levels would be a very
prudent approach. If these
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stress and easing their transition into the feedlot would
also be warranted, and well
worth the extra effort.
Weaning and receiving
calves can be challenging
even under ideal conditions.
While we don’t know the level of environmental stressors
we may experience this fall,
we do know what many of the
calves that will be marketed
went through this spring.
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this fall, spending additional
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first group is gathered or the
first trucks arrive looks to be
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Rain has cattle producers seeing
green, rebuilding in line
By Brett Wessler
Increasing live and feeder
cattle prices, lower feed costs
and green pastures across
the Great Plains have cattle
producers interested in herd
rebuilding following consecutive years of drought.
The previous two years of
dry weather in most cattle-producing states dropped
cattle herds to their lowest
levels in 60 years. As corn
prices fall below five dollars
and grazing pastures remain
green through August, cattle
producers are ready to talk
about adding more cattle to
their operations.
The return of rain this
summer has done more than
keep pastures green, ponds
are filling up, too. According
to the Associated Press, the
weather change has shifted
producers’ outlook, but many
are still waiting to make the
commitment. One Kansas
cattleman was forced to decreased his herd by 40 percent because of the drought
and admitted it will take
three years or more to come
back from that decline.
“We have had enough rain to
at least change our attitude,”
said Kansas cattleman Ken
Grecian. “We are not out of
the woods by any means, but
we are green again.”
Grecian told the Associated
Press restoring resources is
as important to managing his
operation as adding more animals.
Data from the USDA show
inventories may still be falling in 2013. The August Livestock, Dairy and Poultry Outlook shows lower inventories
are expected in the January
1, 2014 cow inventories. A
survey of analysts by LMIC
shows some variation with
expectations for replacement
heifers ranging from a slight
decline to an increase.
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Ergot Poisoning in Cattle
By Richard Randle & Dee Griffin, University of Nebraska
There have been recent reports
across the Midwest of cattle suffering
from ergot poisoning.
Ergot is a fungus that grows on the
seed head of cereal grains and grasses.
Historically rye was commonly affected
by the ergot fungus but wheat, rye, barley, oats, brome, fescue, blue, Timothy,
Western and Intermediate Wheatgrass
and other grasses can also be infected.
Environmental conditions associated
with a cool wet spring followed by hot
early summer temperatures are ideal
for the ergot fungus to grow. Delayed
harvesting of grass hay because of rain
also means that late cut hay may also
be at risk of ergotism.
Cattle Are Most Affected
All animals are susceptible to ergot
but cattle are often most affected.
The fungus produces toxic compounds
called ergot alkaloids, which are vaso-active causing severe vasoconstriction of small arteries.
• The extremities of cattle are most often affected causing loss of the tips of
ears and tail.
• Depending on the level of ingestion,
feet and legs can be affected as well –
causing signs of lameness with potential swelling observed in the fetlocks
and hock joints and, in severe cases,
loss of hooves.
• Changes in blood flow can also affect
thermoregulation and result in heat intolerance.
• Cattle will commonly develop a rough
hair coat, lose weight and have extended periods of time standing in water or
shade if available.
Examine Pastures and Hay
Pastures and hay should be examined for the presence of the fungus. If
present, the fungus can be identified
as dark brown, purple or black bodies
within the seed head.
There is no practical way to eliminate
the ergot-producing fungi from pastures. The incidence and severity of outbreaks vary with climatic conditions.
Producers that rely on fescue grass may
be at additional risk since the toxins
produced by endophyte infected fescue
are very similar to ergot toxins.
Recommendations
Removing the animal from the source
of the ergot toxins and providing supportive care is the only treatment for
affected animals. Animals can recover if
they are removed early enough before
severe clinical signs are present.
Grass in pasture or hay should be
examined to determine if the fungus is
present. Since the ergot fungus is only
in the seed head, grazing of infected
pasture before the seed head develops
is advised. Grass that has developed a
seed head can be clipped before allowing cattle to graze.
Hay produced from ergot infested
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Missouri Hereford Assoc Sale, Sedalia, MO
Oct 26
Double J Shorthorns & Crow Creek Farms Shorthorn 500 Sale, Marietta, OK
Dec 10
Central MO Show-Me-Select Heifer Sale, Palmyra, MO
Dec 14
Ridder Farms 3rd Annual The Showgirls Sale, Hermann, MO
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friday november 1st, 2013
5:00 PM - Kansas City, MO
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