Cow Country News - February 2018 by The Kentucky Cattlemen's Association

STOCKER CONFERENCE COMING TO LEXINGTON Page 17

BUILDING STRONGER NUTRIENT CYCLES IN KENTUCKYâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S PASTURES Page 22

THE NEW TAX LAW & THE LIVESTOCK INDUSTRY Page 42

KCA CONVENTION HIGHLIGHTS Pages 68-91

62nd Annual

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Friday - March 2 & Saturday - March 3, 2018

Lot 9 - Voyager Georgina 4127 AAA 18939117

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Lot 38 - Voyager Queen 997 AAA 18767928

SELLING 67 HEAD: 14 BULLS • 53 FEMALES SELLING 59 HEAD: 12 BULLS • 45 HEIFERS • 1 COW/1 CA 14 Bulls: 4 born 2017, 8 born 2016, 2 born 2015

5 born 2016 & 7 born 2015 53 Females: 38 Show Heifer Prospects, 9 Bred Heifers,123 Bulls: cows with 3 calves

45 Heifers: 34 Show Heifer Prospects & 11 Bred Heifers Auctioneer: Eddie Burks 1 Cow with 1 Calf Park City, KY • 270.991.6398

Lot 10 - SFA Miss Blackbird 7417

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Friday, March 2

Show - 9 a.m. Judge: Justin Adcock

Lot 16 - R & K Emulous 697 AAA 18849329

Lot 20 - Johnson Georgina 711 AAA 18961236

Lot 23 - Covells Lady 1713

AAA 18843706

Lot 31 - Legacy Emulous 142E AAA 19001338

Park City, KY • 270.99

937 Phillips Lane Louisville, KY 40209

SALE LOCATION:

Saturday,SPECIAL GUESTS: SALE DAY PHONES: 502.367.5472 859.238.3195 March 3Ryan Quarles..................... Commissioner of•Agriculture

859.583.0364 Sale - Noon Warren Beeler .........KY Agricultural Development Board HEADQUARTERS: Chris Caudill..................... KY HOTEL Department of Agriculture Hilton GardenFarm Inn Bureau David Beck .................................. Kentucky Phone: 502.637.2424 John Chism .....................President, Kentucky Beef Gate Expo 4, At Crittenden Drive, Angus Activities at the 2018 Wendell Kentucky Beef Expo Bruce .........Vice President, Kentucky Beef Expo ExpoCenter entrance to Kentucky Thursday, March 1, 2018 Alex Tolbert ..........Regional Mgr. American Angus Assn. Arrival of Cattle SALE MANAGER: KY Angus Association Board of Directors MeetingVice Pres. Charlie Boyd............... American Angus Assn. TIM DIEVERT Friday, March 2 James Coffey ................Director, American Angus Assn. 478 Dry Fork Road 9 a.m., KY Angus Sweepstakes Show TimBulls Jeffries ................ President, Kentucky Angus Assn. Show Order: Pen Entries, Females Danville, KY 40422 Judge: Justin Adcock Gil Ray Cowles ...........Vicewww.dievertsales.com Pres., Kentucky Angus Assn. 7 p.m., Annual Banquet Off: (859)Kentucky 236-4591Angus Mob: (859) Anne Clark DeMott ......Secretary, Assn.238-3195 Location: Hilton Garden Inn Logan Goggin (859) 516-3199 at the gate 4 entrance to the KEC tdievert@dievertsales.com 502/637-2424 REPRESENTATIVES & RINGMEN:BY THE: (Call or text Anne ClarkPRESS now for tickets: CO-SPONSORED 606.782.1118) Alex Tolbert ..............................................Angus Journal Kentucky Angus Evening activities include Frankfort, KY (706) 338-8733 Awards Presentations Association, the Kentucky KY Angus Assoc. AnnualMatt Meeting Jackson.................................................... Ringman Farm Bureau Federation KY Junior Angus Meeting & the Kentucky(502) DepartNewcastle, KY 667-0142 Crowning of KY Angus Queen Auction of KY Angus Directory preferred pages ment of Agriculture Ringman Tim Dietrich ..................................................... Saturday, March 3 Lawrenceburg, KY 619-0342 Online (859) catalogs available at Noon: KY Angus Sweepstakes Sale dievertsales.com, angusjournal.com, Chuck Grove .................................................... Ringman Evening, time TBA: KY Owned Expo Junior Show DVAuction & kybeefexpo.com Forest, VA (816) 390-6600 Catalog will be mailed with the February Sunday, March 4 issue of the Angus Journal. KY Beef Expo Open Junior Show, Heifers & Steers (Breed show order to be determined) Advertising for the 2018-2019 KY Angus Directory is now being accepted.

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TIM DIEVERT tdievert@dievertsales.com Lot 46 - CHF 1425 Forever Lady 1608 478 Dry Fork Road • Danville, KY Off: (859) 236-4591 AAA 18725567 Mob: (859) 238-3195 Logan Goggin (859) 516-3199 www.dievertsales.com

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Kentucky Angus Sweepstakes March 3 & 4, 2017

Visit the Angus Journal® Webs angus.media, and view this s References: American Angus Association®, AHIR®, Angus Source®, CAB®, Pathfinder

20 of January 4, 2017. Updated EPDs can be viewed at www.angus.org.

Angus bulls are sired by SAV Renown, SAV Bismarck, SAV Recharge, SAV Universal, MAR Innovation, Capitalist, Insight. SimAngus and Simmental bulls are sired by Catalyst, Dream Doctor, Revival, Bullseye, Vision, Upper Class, Wide Body, Lock N Load. The Progressive Breeders below are bringing you the sale offerings. Bulls

Heifers

Cowles’ Pleasant Hill Farms, Gil Cowles

(270) 843 - 9021

Jim Faulkner

(615) 473 - 3759

Corbin Cowles

(270) 991 - 2534

Andrew Watt

(270) 887 - 2039

Harvey Mast

(270) 791 - 6873

Bryan Creek

(270) 725 - 6467

Jason Smith

(256) 338 - 0023

Ronnie Creek

(270) 725 - 6730

Cooper Cattle, Paul Cooper

(931) 624 - 8659

Estes Brothers, Joe Estes

(270) 202 - 6653

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Contact any of the breeders listed for a sale book or any additional information. See you February 24! Sale starts at 1:00 and a complimentary lunch will be served at 11:30.

TABLE OF CONTENTS COLUMNISTS 7 Bobby Foree: President’s Thoughts 8 Ryan Quarles: The National Farm Machinery Show Is Near! 10 Dave Maples: Convention Highlights 12 Baxter Black: Old Bulls 22 Chris Teutsch: Building Stronger Nutrient Cyces in Kentucky’s Pastures 34 Dr. Michelle Arnold: Be Aware When Feeding Ionophores to Cattle 110 Roy Burris: How Cold Is It?

FEATURE STORIES 17

Stocker Conference Coming to Logan County

Cattlemen Kick Off Campaign to Prevent Regulation

Obituary: Robert S. Vickery

Food Purchase Decisions of Millennial Households

CBB Names Scott Stuart to CEO Position

Moonlight Meat Processing

Corn Yield and Soybean Production Up in 2017, USDA Reports

Seventh Annual Bovine Beauties Contest

The New Tax Law and the Livestock Industry

A Resurging Interest in Cover Crops Raises a New Set of Practical Questions

Small Ruminant Grazing Conference Set for Feb. 10 in Madisonville

How to Control Winter Weeds in Summer Pastures

2017 President Chuck Crutcher Reflects on His Year Leading the KCA

November Pork Exports Set New Value Record; Beef Exports Also Strong

Calving Season Preparation

Kentucky Farm Bureau Beef Expo

NCBA Utilizes Research to Help Secure Beneficial USDA Grading Changes

2018 KCA Convention Recap

Using Anitbiotics Responsibly: Stewardship Takes a Collaborative Approach

A Farmer First, Meet 2018 KCA President Bobby Foree 14-15

County News

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Economic & Policy Update

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Membership

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Kentucky Beef Council

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Kentucky Beef Network

103

Letter to the Editor

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Kentucky Angus Assoc. News

107

News Releases

108

Calendar of Events

Advertisers Index 109

Classifieds

ON THE COVER... Congratulations, Kelli Jo Sparks of Fleming County! “Cash’s Calf Kisses” won our Seventh Annual Bovine Beauties contest. See our other top submissions on pages 40-41.

3rd Annual Bull Sale 6:30 PM Monday - 3/26

ALSO SELLING: A select group of females. Dennis Craig & Randy Sparks, Owners Sammy Ayres, Manager • 859-983-9488 2661 Clintonville Road Winchester, KY 40391

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KENTUCKY CATTLEMEN’S ASSOCIATION 2018 LEADERSHIP KCA REGIONAL DIRECTORS: REGION 1

Jeff Pettit, Vice President*.......(270) 836-2963 Bobby Bell................................(270) 547-8547 Gary Woodall...........................(270) 725-0819 Ricky Haynes..................................................... Keith Johnson..........................(270) 635-0723 Wayne Johnson.......................(270) 726-7896 John Walpole..........................(270) 542-4240 Martin Hayden........................(270) 281-4076 JJ Tucker.................................(270) 257-8548 Dennis Wilson.........................(270) 952-1714 Caleb Jenkin...........................(270) 952-0767

REGION 2

Joe Lowe, Vice President*........(270) 202-4399 Craig Thompson.......................(270) 590-5174 Mark Thomas...........................(270) 723-6175 Joe Stults..................................(270) 358-8182 Joe Mike Moore......................(270) 670-7493 Frank Rowland....................... (270) 646-0882 Reva Richardson.....................(270) 735-2959 Dr. Kenneth Green.................(270) 879-0229 Richie Thompson...................(270) 678-4000 Kirk Cecil..................................(270) 692-7698 Hunter Galloway.....................(270) 745-5972 Donald Reynolds....................(270) 528-5239 Gerry Bowman.......................(270) 427-6922 Phyllis Gentry.........................(502) 549-3798 Adam Estes.............................(270) 528-3302

KCA 2018 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OFFICERS: PRESIDENT

TREASURER

Bobby Foree 2440 Eminence Road Eminence, KY 40019 (502) 845-4947

Ken Adams 90 E Horseshoe Ave. Upton, KY 42784 (270) 734-1443

PRESIDENT ELECT

PAST PRESIDENT

Tim White 3660 Military Pike Lexington KY 40513 (859) 223-0326

Chuck Crutcher 4364 Berrytown Rd. Rineyville, KY 40162 (270) 877-0239

VICE PRESIDENT Steve Dunning 8200 Antioch Road Hopkinsville, KY 42240 (270) 498-8180

KCA PROGRAM CHAIRMAN Chris Cooper 2140 Tates Creek Rd. Richmond, KY 40475

(859) 200-7711 KBC CHAIRMAN Andy Bishop 6135 High Grove Road Cox’s Creek, KY 40013 (502) 275-6177

REGION 3

Jon Bednarski, Vice President*...(502) 649-8706 Danny Cooper..........................(606) 782-1361 Nathan Lawson.......................(859) 734-3765 Dallas McCutchen...................(502) 255-7020

KBN CHAIRMAN Cary King 250 Bright Leaf Drive Harrodsburg, KY 40330 (859) 734-2173

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Charles Miller - Jessamine Larry Clay - Perry Jack Kimbrough* - Shelby Mark Williams - Crittenden Paul Napier - Lincoln Eddie Young - Washington Greg Ritter* - Barren Don Pemberton - Christian Billy Glenn Turpin - Madison Scotty Parsons - Christian Corinne Kephart - Shelby Greg Robey - Mercer Mike Bach - Bath Don Reynolds - Hart Steve Downs - Marion Gary Woodall - Logan David Lemaster - Clark Chuck Crutcher - Hardin

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Jeremy Jones*.........................(859) 749-2233 Mickey Staton..........................(606) 674-2195 David Lemaster.......................(859) 749-0258 Ron Ray...................................(859) 825-8516 Bo Tate....................................(859) 661-2325 Larry Swetnam........................(859) 293-5600 Jason Sandefur.......................(859) 987-0336 Danielle Harmon....................(606) 748-8059 Ronnie Lowe...........................(606) 782-5058 Clay Wills.................................(859) 749-8248 Jason Crowe............................(606) 723-6062

REGION 5

Gary Ford, Vice President*........(270) 402-2194 Steve Devine............................(859) 583-7824 Steve Downs............................(270) 865-2611 Brent Woodrum.......................(859) 583-3193 Ian Thomas..............................(859) 613-2453 Anne Bays................................(615) 478-8450 Larry Parman...........................(606) 878-7516 Greg Robey...............................(859) 734-0067 Eddie Young.............................(859) 262-5682 Adam Chunglo.........................(859) 613-2985 Brenda Williams......................(606) 669-2909 Tommy Glasscock...................(270) 692-4336 * Denotes member of Executive committee

176 PASADENA DRIVE • LEXINGTON, KY 40503 PHONE: (859) 278-0899 • FAX: (859) 260-2060 WWW.KYCATTLE.ORG • INFO@KYCATTLE.ORG Executive Vice President Dave Maples

KBC Director of Product Development Katelyn Hawkins

Communication & Special Project Coordinator Emilee Wendorf

Membership Coordinator Nikki Whitaker

Staff Accountant Kelly Tucker

Communications Manager Jacob Redway

Director of Kentucky Beef Network Becky Thompson

Publication Coordinator Carey Brown

KBN Industry Coordinator Dan Miller

Graphic Designer Todd Brown

KBC Director of Consumer Affairs Kiah Twisselman

National Advertising Sales, Livestock Advertising Network, Debby Nichols, (859) 321-8770

KBC Director of Education Niki Ellis

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KCA’S PAST PRESIDENTS: 1972-73 Jere Caldwell* - Boyle 1974-77 Smith T. Powell* - Lincoln 1978-79 Larry Lovell - Union 1980-82 John Masters* - Mason 1983-85 Seldon Hail* - Laurel 1986-87 Bob Vickery* - Wayne 1988 Glenn Mackie - Bourbon 1989 Dale Lovell - Muhlenberg 1990 Steve Henshaw* - Union 1991 Jerry Fraim - Grayson 1992 Glen Massengale* - Wayne 1993 Dell King - Christian 1994 Kenneth Lowe - Warren 1995 Dr. J.L.Cole - Monroe 1996 Harvey Mitchell - Mercer 1997 Jim Naive* - Spencer 1998 Shelby Hughes - Logan 1999 Hoppy Lovell - Barren

John Ellegood.........................(502) 532-7573 Kevin Perkins..........................(502) 269-7189 Larry Bryant............................(502) 845-4615 Wanda Hawkins......................(502) 220-2264 Jerry Oak................................(502) 255-7502 Phillip Douglas........................(502) 845-4620 Lincoln Clifford.................................................

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PRESIDENT’S THOUGHTS BOBBY FOREE Kentucky Cattlemen’s Association President How does one follow a KCA President as great as Chuck Crutcher? I want to begin this new series of articles by thanking Chuck for his selfless and outstanding service to KCA for many, many years. I assume that most of you know, but KCA directors and officers serve without compensation and with minimal reimbursement for expenses. This means we owe a huge debt of gratitude to Chuck for putting over 10,000 miles on his personal vehicle in 2017, while traveling to 33 counties and spending 15 nights away from home. Thank you Chuck – one of the all-time great KCA Presidents! I next want to thank Dave Maples and his wonderful staff for their support of me (and all Kentucky cattle producers) over the years. I know of no organization that has as dedicated or passionate staff as ours. I have stated many times that the staff’s enthusiasm and passion for excellence is what has allowed our KCA to surpass all other states in becoming the largest Cattlemen’s Association east of the Mississippi. I also want to thank our Executive Committee for their confidence in allowing me to serve as your 2018 KCA President. It is an honor of which I feel unworthy; but I promise to give my best effort! Please feel free to call on me whenever I may be of assistance in representing KCA at your county meetings and/or any KCA-sponsored function. Since many of you know that I practice law, in addition to farming, the more notice I have, the more likely my schedule will permit me to attend. Finally, I want to thank our KCA gold, silver, and bronze convention sponsors for making our recent KCA convention such a huge success. I especially want to thank our one platinum sponsor, Blue Grass Livestock Marketing Group, for their Premier sponsorship. If you were unable to attend, please take a few minutes to browse the following pages to see what you missed. When I attend a convention such as ours, I always return home reinvigorated with new ideas and information. This year was no exception. A few highlights for me are as follows: COW COUNTRY NEWS

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Dr. Dan Givens, of Auburn University, discussed BVD in detail. Doc recommended that replacement heifers receive two shots of a BVD modifiedlive vaccine (i.e., best around weaning or shortly thereafter) for adequate immunization. But if one attempts to vaccinate with a modified-live BVD vaccine within thirty days of breeding, conception rates fall dramatically. I will change to Dr. Givens’ suggested protocol.

just a couple of our numerous projects in the works. As of this writing, we have been entered in the Kroger database (thanks to Alison Smith’s hard work), and the Chop Shop has received its GFSI-certification that Kroger requires. Kentucky Cattlemen’s beef should be on Kroger shelves in the near future. Obviously, the consumers will drive the demand, but we will need beef producers to cooperate in the marketing of your cows to ensure a steady and uniform supply of the 80/20 ground beef to be marketed. More information on the cow marketing

will be forthcoming. Additionally, Dave and others are in discussions with representatives from China for possible export to that country. If the project comes to fruition, the Chinese product must be implant-free. Some may want to keep this in mind when processing your calves at weaning. Again, thank you for the opportunity to serve you! Please feel free to contact me via my cell at (502)939-4607, or via e-mail at robertforee@bellsouth.net, if I may be of assistance.

Per Dr. Givens, if a BVD persistently infected calf is placed in a group, it takes less than 48 hours for the virus to spread. Doc illustrated how contagious BVD is by stating if a calf drinks from one side of an Olympic-sized swimming pool and deposits just a few ml of BVD-infected mucous in the pool as it drinks, then if the water is stirred, a calf drinking on the other side is 30% likely to become infected! In a conversation with Chris Mitchell, a young farmer from Fleming County, I learned that he tags any open cow he keeps with a goat tag. Since the cow will rarely lose a goat tag, you can immediately identify her as she passes through the chute. I plan to insert a goat tag in any open female given a second chance. Chip Ramsay, from Rex Ranch, manages 13,000 cows on 300,000 acres in the sand hills of western Nebraska. Chip said they work cattle by setting up portable corrals, then herd groups of a couple hundred cows and calves (on horseback) into a u-shaped corral. While some cowboys hold the cattle in the u-shaped corral, others ride in, rope the calves’ back legs, and drag them out a few feet to be worked. Chip said, “The process is not as efficient as a “calf cradle” – but you have to be “fun-haters” to not enjoy watching something like that!” Chip said that they once worked 1600 head by lunchtime – but had 75 cowboys working at the time. Chip said the cooks were the only ones overworked on that day! I could go on and on with information I learned at the convention, but I hope you will make plans now to attend our 2019 convention in Owensboro, KY on January 17-18, 2019. You, too, will come away excited and informed!

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THE NATIONAL FARM MACHINERY SHOW IS NEAR! RYAN QUARLES

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Commissioner of Agriculture One of my favorite events on Kentucky’s agricultural calendar is the National Farm Machinery Show at the Kentucky Exposition Center in Louisville. This year’s show is Feb. 14-17, and as always, it will be a golden opportunity to see some of the latest and greatest “toys” for big farm girls and boys. It’s also a good time to rub elbows with farmers from throughout Kentucky and across the country, and it’s a chance to get the message to the national ag media that Kentucky’s ag industry is on the move. The National Farm Machinery Show is the nation’s largest indoor farm show. Last year’s show attracted more than 300,000 visitors and had an estimated $17 million economic impact to Louisville. The people who crowd into the Kentucky Exposition Center for the show leave lots of money behind – and many make lasting memories that will inspire them to come back. The National Farm Machinery Show is just one of several large events that take place in the Kentucky Exposition Center. The Kentucky State Fair is, of course, Kentucky’s signature mid-summer agricultural event, and the North American International Livestock Exposition is the largest allbreed, purebred livestock show in the world. The Expo Center is the scene of the Championship Tractor Pull, the

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World’s Championship Horse Show, and the North American Championship Rodeo. It also hosts the Kentucky Farm Bureau Beef Expo and the Kentucky National Dairy Show and Sale. Add in the various trade shows, athletic competitions, concerts, and other events, and it’s easy to see that the Kentucky Exposition Center is a major driver of Louisville’s economy – and that’s good for all of Kentucky. Kentucky is blessed to have a facility like the Kentucky Exposition Center with its 1.2 million square feet of enclosed, climate-controlled exhibition space. As your Commissioner of Agriculture, I am proud to serve on the Kentucky State Fair Board that governs the Expo Center and the Kentucky International Convention Center in downtown Louisville (both facilities now carry the Kentucky Venues brand). I can tell you that the current fair board is very responsive to the agriculture community and dedicated to making the Expo Center one of the leading sites of major agricultural events in the nation. The Kentucky Exposition Center attracts millions of dollars into Kentucky and provides an ideal setting for the Commonwealth’s biggest agricultural events. I hope to see you there!

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Jim G. Bennett (434) 664-7935 Brian R. Bennett (434) 664-8309 Scott R. Bennett (434) 660-7268

is the leading authority on BVD, one of the more costly diseases that our industry is faced with. Dr. Givens did an excellent job in illustrating and communicating the effects and transmission of BVD.

FROM DAVE’S DESK

CONVENTION HIGHLIGHTS

During the Livestock Marketing Association meeting as well as several other meetings the topic of Electronic Logging Devices and Hours of Service for or livestock haulers was a major topic of conversation

DAVE MAPLES Executive Vice President The Kentucky Cattlemen’s Association Annual Convention and Trade Show was attended by 1,187 people this year. Down a few hundred from previous years but still a great attendance considering all of the weather issues that were going on across the Commonwealth. It is a wonderful testament to the cattlemen that make the effort to attend the annual meeting. From the Association it is much appreciated that the attendance is as strong as it has been over the years. Also it is much valued that the KCA staff are recognized for the efforts that have been put forth in presenting a program that is attended by so many people. Some of the highlights and takeaways from the annual meeting were from the Beef Efficiency Conference. This had to be one of the best conferences I have ever attended. Mr. Chip Ramsey, Manager of the Rex Ranch in Nebraska was the lead speaker followed by Dr. Daniel Givens from Auburn University and then Mr. Darrell Busby from Iowa. The committee that planned this line-up of speakers did a wonderful job. Native Kentuckian Dr. Dan Givens and now Associate Dean at the College of Veterinary Medicine at Auburn University delivered one of the best education sessions I have ever attended. The topic was “Preventative Health Protocols That Enhance Beef Production Efficiency.” All I can say to you is if you are in the cattle business you better have, or begin developing, a Preventative Health Program on your farm. Dr. Givens

Under the ELD rule, truckers have an hour of service limit of 11 hours of driving in a 24 hour period. Drivers can be on-duty a total of 14 hours consecutively, including the 11 hours of drive time. After 11 hours are reached, drivers must rest and be off-duty for ten consecutive hours. The hours of service conditions will make it difficult to transport livestock from Kentucky to Kansas, Colorado, or Texas without either stopping to unload midway at holding facilities or keeping livestock in the trailer for the ten hour wait time. Another option to stay within regulations would be using teams of drivers, but there has been a shortage of drivers, especially for livestock transportation. Trade was another topic of conversation and was highlighted in several presentations. In addition Jay Chu was in attendance and was representing China’s interest in American beef. Jay has spent many days in Kentucky looking at options for his company to source beef from Kentucky farms. Prior to Convention there were calls that came into the KCA office about two Wall Street Journal articles and the commercial application of using “clean meat” technology. The technology is already in place just not at a competitive level. But just think about technology and what has already happened in agriculture. Could you ever picture a “steerless steak” and “driverless truck?” Issues like BVD, ELD’s, China, and clean meat keep our industry always on the edge. There is never time to let your guard down and just relax. Positioning your farm or Kentucky beef industry in the correct place is a job that takes a lot of perception and a little luck.

Kentucky Farm Bureau BEEF EXPO Kentucky Fair & Expo Center • Louisville, KY • March 2-4, 2018 ANGUS Show: 9 AM, Friday Sale: 12 PM, Saturday Tim Dievert, 859-236-4591 859-238-3195 (Cell)

GELBVIEH Show: 1 PM, Friday Sale: 11:30 AM, Saturday David Slaughter, 270-556-4259

PEN HEIFER Show: 2 PM, Friday Sale: 2 PM, Saturday Doug Parke, 859-987-5758 859-421-6100 (Cell)

SHORTHORN Show: 10 AM, Saturday Sale: 1 PM, Saturday Aegerter Marketing Services Inc. 402-641-4696

OTHER EVENTS:

BEEFALO Show: 2:30 PM, Friday Sale: 9:30 AM, Saturday Kyle Skidmore, 502-641-7878

HEREFORD Show: 1 PM, Friday Sale: 1 PM, Saturday Earlene Thomas, 859-623-5734 LIMOUSIN Show: 10 AM, Saturday Sale: 3:30 PM, Saturday Keith Kissee, 804-353-2220 817-821-6263 (Cell)

SIMMENTAL Show: 4 PM, Friday Sale: 11 AM, Saturday Doug Parke, 859-987-5758 859-421-6100 (Cell)

Kentucky Junior Heifer Show Saturday, Check In: 10:00 - 1:30 PM Show: 4:30 PM

CHAROLAIS Show: 12 PM, Saturday Sale: 4 PM, Saturday KY Charolais Assn. Jeff Harrod - 502-330-6745

RED ANGUS Show: 10 AM, Friday Sale: 10 AM, Saturday Johnnie Cundiff, 606-871-7438 606-636-6896 (Work) RED POLL Show: 4 PM, Friday Sale: 9:30 AM, Saturday Kyle Young, 502-321-9892 (Cell)

TRADE SHOW March 2 - March 4 John McDonald, 859-498-0189 859-404-1406 (Cell)

Major Co-Sponsors: Kentucky Farm Bureau and the Kentucky Department of Agriculture

Don’t Miss These Other Expo Events!! Junior Heifer, Steer, and Market Heifer Jackpot Shows Trade Show and Youth Judging Contest

Youth Judging Contest Saturday, Check In: 6:45 AM, Contest: 8:00 AM Awards: 3:00 PM

Junior Steer Show Saturday, Check In: 5:00 - 7:30 PM Sunday, Show: 8:00 AM Open Junior Heifer Show Saturday, Check In: 1:30 - 4:00 PM Sunday, Show: 8:00 AM *Kentucky heifer exhibitors will show separately Saturday, March 3 at 4:30 PM and may choose to show in the Open Junior Heifer Show, Sunday, March 4 at 8:00 AM.

More information available at www.kybeefexpo.com

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Stone Gate Farms

Annual Production Sale Monday, March 5, 2018 • 12:30 p.m. At the Farm • Flemingsburg, KY

Selling 123 Lots

Stone Gate Thunder 735 - LOT 1 CED BW +7 +1.0

WW YW +55 +104

Milk +26

60 Bulls

30 Fall Yearlings 30 Spring Yearlings

10 Cows

Stone Gate Cedar 446 - Lot 31 CED BW +7 -0.1

WW YW +37 +65

Milk +26

Most with fall calves at side

15 Bred Heifers

Due to start calving by sale day

Stone Gate Comrade 6907 - LOT 2 CED BW +17 -4.0

WW +42

YW Milk +78 +30

18 Bred Heifers

Due to calve in Fall 2018

20 Open Heifers

Stone Gate Eurotia 344 - Lot 62 CED BW WW YW Milk +6 -1.3 +49 +87 +25

Bulls Guaranteed for the first breeding season Free Delivery up to 250 miles

Stone Gate Windbreak 516 - LOT 11 CED BW +5 +2.2

WW YW +63 +114

Milk +26

We encourage you to consign your feeders calves sired by Stone Gate Bulls to a special feeder calf sale at Bluegrass Maysville Stockyards in November 2018. Take advantage of higher prices by selling in load lots or larger groups at this special sale. Contact us for more information.

Auctioneer Eddie Burks Cell: 270-991-6398 For more information or sale catalog contact:

Stone Gate Blackbird 606 - Lot 79 CED BW WW YW Milk +14 -1.8 +30 +57 +27

Stone Gate Farms

Stone Gate Jipsy 46 - Lot 17 CED BW WW YW +7 +0.3 +39 +80 COW COUNTRY NEWS

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1669 Mill Creek Rd. • Flemingsburg, KY 41041 Charles Cannon: 606-849-4278 • Cell: 606-748-0747 Jere Cannon: 606-849-4360 • Cell: 606-748-6306 Chris Cannon: 606-748-0407 Victoria Cannon: 606-748-5420 • www.stonegatefarms.com e-mail: stonegateangus@gmail.com

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Stone Gate Elba 5346 - Lot 82 CED BW +7 +0.1

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If our wives had picked their husbands with the care we buy a bull There’d be a lot more bachelors on the street. We’d be bucked up in the willers with the other mossy horns Just waitin’ for a straggler still in heat.

6’ & 8’ Galvanized Steel I Beam Posts “The Best Posts for the Best Corrals!”

They would check us all as yearlin’s on the lookout for bad eyes And notice how we traveled in the rocks But thank goodness we weren’t cattle ‘cause a lot of us sneaked by Nearsighted, deaf and showin’ sickle hocks.

Call for Pricing. Neat Steel 606-787-7600

If they’d marched us through the sale ring as she sat there in the crowd And studied us and read our pedigree Could she see we might get paunchy and the highest grade we got In heifer satisfaction was a ‘C’?

Keeney’s Corner Our top 35 bulls sell the first week of April; one price, $2200 One purpose: The most fertile, problem free, profitable cows that ever stood in a commercial producer’s pasture.

Would it make her any difference if she knew we’d lose our teeth And slough our hair and let our toes grow long? Would her herd sire valuation be affected by the fact When we were born they used a come-along? And our famed yearlin’ libido she’d observed when we were young A’crackin’ horns and tearin’ up the ground Now occurred about as often as a paid bank holiday. Could she know then we’d all wind up unsound? ‘Course, we tell ourselves she’s lucky to have had a private bull For all these years, through all the ups and downs But, down deep each cowman’s thankful that he curled his lip just right Before she had more time to shop around.

304, our kind, sold in 2014, back home to breed some cows and heifers

For more details, follow us on Facebook or give us a call.

Keeney Angus

5893 Hwy. 80 West • Nancy, Ky. 42544 • 5 mi. W of Somerset on Hwy. 80 606/305-4501 • e-mail: mwkeeney1@windstream.net www.facebook.com/mike.keeney.71

www.baxterblack.com

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A program committed to breeding superior high quality, fault free Angus and Hereford cattle for over 100 years.

www.boydbeef.com

Angus & Hereford

BULL SALE

N O O N - S A T U R D A Y, M A R C H 1 0 , 2 0 1 8 M A Y S L I C K , K Y COMMITMENT

For over 100 years we have been committed to the beef cattle business.

PROGRAMS

The Boyd Beef Cattle and Myers Angus Farm programs are family owned and operated and backed by multiple generations of cattlemen.

FOCUS

We focus each and every breeding season on selecting genetics that will impact the bottom line of our commercial bull customers. Focused on calving ease and strong maternal values while increasing pounds and performance.

CUSTOMER SERVICE

Our annual Boyd Beef Cattle and Myers Angus Farm Feeder Calf Sale held at Paris Livestock continues to grow each year. Calves sired by bulls backed by our genetics continue to top the market – all of our valued customers are invited to participate in this unique feeder calf market.

The 2017 Boyd and Myers Genetic Influenced Feeder Calf Sale 800 hd. Earned our valued customers $7-$10 PREMIUMS per cwt!

CED +8 BW +.1 WW +70 YW +121 Milk +31 $W +83.67 $B +148.89

BOYD PAID TO WEIGHT 6164

Calved: 10/25/16 • Reg. 18693375 Basin Payweight 1682 x SAV Pioneer 7301 Tremendous power and muscle dimension with extra body capacity and volume with excellent structure!

CED BW WW YW Milk $W $B

BOYD GRANITE PAVER 6118

CED BW WW YW Milk BMI$ CHB$

+13 +1.8 +78 +131 +29 +84.08 +175.02

Calved: 09/02/2016 • Reg. 18693344 Connealy Black Granite x Boyd Rosetta 4300 A flawless phenotype in this massive, high performance herd sire who offers the strong maternal traits of the Rosetta family and a curve-bending EPD profile.

+1.1 +4.5 +65 +113 +31 +22 +36

BOYD 31Z VICTOR PLUS 7041

Calved: 1/29/17 • Reg# 43794874 TH 223 711 Victor 755T x NJW 73S M326 Trust 100W This impressive herd sire is a maternal brother to BLUEPRINT! Bred-in maternal excellence with a flawless pedigree and a superb EPD profile!

Call or email to request a sale book (606) 584-5194 or cboyd2@maysvilleky.net. Sale Managed By

RANCE LONG

918.510.3464 rlong@rancelong.com www.rancelong.ocm

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WITH GUEST MYERS ANGUS FARM Harrodsburg, KY 40330 David Myers - Colby Myers Joe Myers (859) 265-0097

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6077 Helena Rd. Mays Lick, KY 41055 Charlie Boyd II (606) 763-6418 cell (606) 584-5194 Blake Boyd (606) 375-3718 E-mail: cboyd2@maysvilleky.net

COUNTY NEWS BARREN COUNTY

The Barren County Cattlemen’s meeting was held Thursday evening, December 14th at the Barren County High School Trojan Academy. During the meeting Brad Towe representing Farmers Regional Livestock Market presented a program on Weaned Calf Program and Video Sales. Pictured above from left to right is; Loren Posey, Jamie Scott, Brad Towe, Ryne Towe representing Farmers Regional Livestock Market, and Gerry Bowman, President of the Barren County Cattlemen’s Association. A delicious steak dinner was served which was sponsored by Farmers Regional Livestock Market During the Barren County Cattlemen’s meeting which was held December 14th, at the Barren County High School Trojan Academy, the 2018 officers were elected.

The Barren County Cattlemen’s meeting was held Thursday evening, November 16th at the Barren County High School Trojan Academy.During the meeting Mike Kramer representing Wright Implement Company presented a program on new John Deere Equipment and Haylage Harvesting.Pictured (from left to right): Joe Moore, Vice President of the Barren County Cattlemen’s Association; Eric Walton, Mike Kramer, and Kenny Arterburn all of Wright Implement Company. A delicious steak dinner was served which was sponsored by Wright Implement Company.

(pictured from left to right); Frank Rowland, Past President; Dave Weaver, Director; James W. Bailey, Reporter; Gerry Bowman, President; Joe Moore, Vice President; Don Wilson, Treasurer; Taylor Craine, Secretary; Stuart Nunn, Director; Mark Craine, Director, and Trent Jones, Director. A delicious steak dinner was served which was sponsored by Farmers Regional Livestock Market. 14

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During the Barren County Cattlemen’s meeting which was held Thursday evening, November 16th at the Barren County High School Trojan Academy, 141 members and guests were in attendance. A delicious steak dinner was served which was sponsored by Wright Implement Company.

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COUNTY NEWS METCALFE COUNTY Submitted by Moe Hensley The final meeting of the year of the Metcalfe County Cattlemen was held on December 20th at the Metcalfe County Extension Office. There was a huge crowd on hand for the meeting sponsored by 68 Tractor and Ma’s Deli of Edmonton. After routine business, new officers and board members were accepted with Christi Wilson being the incoming President. Greg White of 68 Tractor and Ma’s Deli talked about what they provide at their business on Hwy 68. Besides a good meal at the Deli, their parts business offers all kinds of parts, for all brands of equipment, at prices that will match or beat any competitor. They also offer gates, hay rings, feed troughs and other items. Miss Kentucky, Molly Matney, was also on hand to explain her role as a spokeswoman with the Department of Agriculture. Molly does all kinds of educational programs such as “Kentucky Proud,” “Buy Local,” and “Thank a Farmer.” We are very proud of Molly and all her accomplishments and wish her the best of luck in her future endeavors. The Metcalfe County Cattlemen Association would like to say thank you to all businesses that donated items for our meeting. And don’t forget, “A farmer is always going to be rich...next year.”

Greg and Diane White with 68 Tractor and Ma’s Deli

Miss Kentucky, Molly Matney

The Cooking Crew pulled double duty this week. They also cooked for the Burkmann Feeds of Edmonton Customer Appreciation Day. Shown from left to right, James Morris, H.J. Hawkins, Jr. Caffee and Mousy Lloyd. COW COUNTRY NEWS

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OVER 500 Beef Industry Relevant Bulls will sell in Seedstock Plus Sales this spring!

Arkansas Bull Sale

North Missouri Bull Sale

- in conjuction with the 4 State Classic Female sale

February 24, 2018 12 noon Kingsville Livestock, Kingsville, MO Selling 200 - 18 month old bulls! Gelbvieh & Balancers! ALL BLACK!

CALL TOLL FREE FOR YOUR CATALOG TODAY 877-486-1160

Hope Livestock, Hope, AR March 3, 2018 * 3 pm 75 - 2 year old & 18 month old bulls! Balancer, Angus & Gelbvieh - red & black! bulls sell after females

• Guaranteed Sight-Unseen Purchases! Let us help you find the bull to fit your program & needs! • Free Trucking on every bull! No fine print! • The best disposition & soundness sort! • Extensive Data & Genomic EPDs! • All Bulls Are Semen & Trich Tested! • Over 200 RFI tested bulls sell in these sales! • Videos of sale bulls on website the week before the sale! www.seedstockplus.com.

South Missouri Bull Sale

RED REWARD Bull & Female Sale

March 24, 2018 12 noon Joplin Regional Stockyards, Carthage, MO Selling 200 - 18 month old & yearling bulls! Gelbvieh & Balancers! ALL BLACK!

March 10, 2018 1 p.m. United Producers Humansville, MO Selling 50 RED Gelbvieh & Balancer bulls and 50 RED open heifers 16

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FEATURE

tradition • technology • trust

STOCKER CONFERENCE COMING TO LOGAN COUNTY

2018 SEED DAYS

By Dr. Jeff Lehmkuhler, Extension Beef Specialist

Annual Feature Days: February 16 & 17 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The Mid-South Stocker Conference will be back in Kentucky in 2018 at the Logan County Extension office in Russellville, Kentucky. Mark your calendars to join us on March 7th, 2018 beginning at 8:00 am CT with registration and plan to stay the day with us.The Logan County Extension office will be a great venue for the conference.The facility provides plenty of space for the tradeshow as well as the educational sessions.The Logan county area had been identified as a desirable location several years ago.It is near the Tennessee border and between the I-65 corridor and the western Kentucky region that is home to several stocker and backgrounding operations. This year’s theme, “Pursuing Greater Profits,” lays the foundation for this year’s conference.Speakers from South Carolina, Kansas, Tennessee and Kentucky will be providing valuable information to assist the stocker and backgrounding operations in the region to find additional profit margins in their business. Confinement housing considerations, recent findings in miner-

al supplementation, and alternative forage options topics are slated to kick off the educational sessions.Participants will have time to view the trade-show and visit with vendors in the morning, lunch and early afternoon to learn about products and services available.In the afternoon, topics include accessing international markets, virtual tours of local operations, managing health of feeder cattle and a cattle market outlook will round out the program. Early-bird registration is $50 and ends January 31, 2018.After January 31st, registration will increase to $65. You may register either online or by mailing in the registration form. Additional information on how to register and the complete agenda can be found on the Mid-South Stocker website housed by UT at https://ag.tennessee.edu/midsouthstocker conferenceYou may also contact Dr. Jeff Lehmkuhler, jeff.lehmkuhler@uky. edu or 859-257-2853 for additional information.We look forward to seeing you in March in Logan county.

located at: 2000 Ky. Hwy. 643, Waynesburg

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CATTLEMEN KICK OFF CAMPAIGN TO PREVENT FARMS AND RANCHES FROM BEING REGULATED LIKE TOXIC SUPERFUND SITES By National Cattlemen’s Beef Association

The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) today kicked off a media campaign aimed at spotlighting and correcting a recent court decision that will require livestock producers to comply with laws that are only meant to apply to highly toxic superfund sites. The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) was enacted to provide for cleanup of the worst industrial chemical toxic waste dumps and spills, such as oil spills and chemical tank explosions. The Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) was enacted to ensure that parties who emit hazardous chemicals submit reports to their local emergency responders to allow for more effective planning for chemical emergencies. Both of these laws include reporting requirements connected to the events at hand. Neither of these laws was ever intended to govern agricultural operations, for

whom emissions from livestock are a part of everyday life. To make this clear, in 2008, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized a rule to clarify that farms were exempt from CERCLA reporting and small farms, in particular, were exempt from EPCRA reporting, given that low-level livestock emissions are not the kind of “releases” that Congress intended to manage with these laws. Upon being sued in 2009, the Obama Administration’s EPA defended the exemption in court on the grounds that CERCLA and EPCRA do not explicitly exempt farms because Congress never believed that agriculture would be covered under these statutes, so a specific statutory exemption was not viewed to be necessary. Unfortunately, in April 2017, the D.C. Circuit Court vacated the EPA’s 2008 exemption, putting nearly 200,000 farms and ranches under the regulatory reporting authorities enshrined in CERCLA and EPCRA. The new reporting

requirements could go into effect as soon as Jan. 22. “This is just another example of radical environmental groups using the courts to wildly distort the original Congressional intent behind legislation,” said NCBA President and Nebraska cattleman Craig Uden. “Unless this ridiculous situation is fixed, agricultural producers will soon have their operations treated like toxic Superfund sites, and government agencies like the U.S. Coast Guard will be inundated with unnecessary questions and reports.” NCBA’s issue campaign kicked off with a new online video featuring the group’s Chief Environmental Counsel, Scott Yager. In the video, Yager dons a yellow hazmat suit and explains the issue at an actual toxic Superfund site near Fredericksburg, Virginia. He then shows the contrast between the contaminated Superfund site and a cattle farm in nearby Louisa County, Virginia, that would likely have to comply with the new

reporting requirements. “This is most certainly not a toxic Superfund site,” Yager explains from the Virginia cow pasture. “Unfortunately, a recent court decision may force cattle producers and other agricultural operations to report a bunch of information about their cow poop to the federal government under the Superfund laws that were only meant to deal with toxic waste. That is unless Congress acts soon.” NCBA is working with allies on Capitol Hill to introduce and quickly pass legislation that would correct the situation. The group is also working with other agricultural organizations to spotlight the issue and build support for a legislative fix. The groups will compile information and run a grassroots mobilization campaign through FreedomToFarm.com, a website hosted by the National Pork Producers Council (NPPC.)

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Robert S. Vickery, “Bob,” age 93, widower of Gladys D. Vickery, passed away Friday, December 22 at the Wayne County Hospital. He was preceded in death by: His mother and father, Ala “Shearer” & Ike Vickery; one brother, Harold Vickery; and his beloved wife of 64 years, Gladys Dalton Vickery. He is survived by: Two sisters, Vivian V. Todd and Imogene Vickery of Lexington; Four children, Dan (Kathy) and Paul Vickery of Monticello, Ann Vickery of Bowling Green, and Jane (Mike) Brown of Columbia, TN; three grandchildren, Darran (Melissa S.) and

Derrick (Amber N.) Vickery of Monticello, and Laura Neyman of Columbia, TN; six great grandchildren, Ben, Luke, and Allie Vickery, and Kaden and Karson Vickery of Monticello, and Lily Neyman of Columbia, TN. Bob was a life-long promoter of all things Wayne County; 4-H Club, FFA,Wayne County High School Varsity Basketball Player, and the Sports Hall of Fame. He served three years in the U.S. Navy, and Sea Bees in Alaska and the South Pacific. He operated the family farm upon his return from military service. In the early 1950’s he promoted feeder pig sales at the Clinton County Stockyards. In 1952 he organized the first farmer centered feeder calf sales which

became the Kentucky Feeder Calf Association which then became the Kentucky Beef Cattle Association. He was a member of the KBCA from 1952-present, Vice President of the KBCA Feeder Calf Division 80-82, President of KBCA 86-87, a member of the KBCA Hall of Fame, National Cattlemen Association Director 84-88, and on the Board of Directors Beef Promotion and Research Board 87-89. He received rewards and recognition for: farm testing of Ralgro and Tramiso, Vitamin A testing for pinkeye, KBCA Commercial Producer of the Year 1984, Farm Bureau Federation Distinguished Service to Agriculture Award 1984, Wayne County Conservation District Forage Management 1985, and Outstanding Service to KBCA 1985.

He was a life long member of the Shearer Valley Church of Christ where he was a Sunday school teacher, song leader, and shared in the minister duties. He served on the Board of Directors for the Wayne County Museum from 2008-2017 and was a member of the Board of Directors for First Southern National Bank from 1985 to present. His life’s motto was, “You can get a lot done, if you don’t care who gets the credit.” He accomplished much, but made others better than they thought they were. He was respected and loved by many and will be missed. Rest in Peace, you have earned it.

ONE OF THE AMERICAN BLACK HEREFORD PREMIERE SHOW AND SALE EVENTS

IS THE Color Black P ro d u c t i o n S a l e

IS THE Color Black Production Sale

Sale • Saturday, FEBRUARY 24th • NOON CT

Approximately 100 Lots: BULLS w SHOW PROSPECTS w OPEN HEIFERS BRED HEIFERS w YOUNG BRED COWS w 3-IN-ONES. L . D. B ROW N AG R IC U LT U R A L E X P O SI T ION C E N T E R Western KY University w B ow ling Gre en, KY

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Sired by the breed leader in progeny Black Dynasty. Low Birth weight 1.18 BW and backed by a strong maternal pedigree 81% Sure to be a herd sire favorite.

Sired by the breed leader in progeny Black Dynasty. Low Birth weight 1.18 BW and backed by a strong pedigree 81% Sure 2maternal E to be a herd sire favorite. Backed by pedigrees from two of

Approximately 100 Lots: JANUARY 2018

If you’re looking for a purebred bull that is performance packed look no further. Sire by Mohican Revved up and a natural calf from our Iron Lake donor cow. He is the right kind to move your program to a higher plateau.

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A female to build a herd on. Performance bred and functional for the real world. AI Safe to Taw Taw 516will calf before sale.

Tim & Teresa Tarter 606-305-2289 2616 Hwy 1664 Nancy, KY 42544 ngsstriper@hotmail.com

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female from the breed leader for production daughters. Once again Dynasty has proven himself as a leader for producing great daughter . She sells safe in calf for a fall calf.

A female to build a herd on. Performance bred and functional for the real world. AI Safe to Taw Taw will calf before sale.

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One of our rock solid herd performing females. Sired by the great 9405 bull. Great disposition, solid in 646 every way with a proven progeny record. Pictures say it all. another great

the strongest programs in the breed. This yearling heifer’s dam is a Dynasty Daughter and is sired by Black Jack. Rarely, can we offer a open female that is this strong.

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FOOD PURCHASE DECISIONS OF MILLENNIAL HOUSEHOLDS By Annemarie Kuhns and Michelle Saksena

What Is the Issue?

than any other generation.

Millennials, those born between 1981 and the mid-2000s, are now the largest, most diverse living generation—surpassing Baby Boomers—in the United States. As such, their purchasing behavior heavily influences the current retail landscape. They are more diverse and have higher levels of education (on average) than previous generations. In addition, some of them began establishing careers during the Great Recession (December 2007June 2009), an economic downturn that likely affected their food spending.

What foods are people buying? Wealthier households tend to buy more primary/ unprocessed ingredients, reducing their purchases of processed foods and starchy carbohydrates like pasta and increasing their purchases of fruit and vegetables. Millennial households with lower per capita income have a greater tendency to make more FAH purchases than do higher income Millennial households. Among all generations, Millennials devote the smallest share of food expenditures to grains, white meat, and red meat. Though Millennials spend less on FAH in total, they allocate more proportionately to prepared foods, pasta, and sugar/sweets than any other generation.

Millennials will be an important driver in the economy for years to come. Their grocery store habits may change as they age, but current differences from older generations could have implications for future food demand. Market analysis has shown that this generation is demanding healthier and fresher food and spending less of their expenditures on food at home (FAH). This report focuses on associations between generation and food purchasing decisions using 2014 as a representative year. It looks at food spending differences by income within generations, using per capita income as a way to control for different household sizes. Additional analysis looks at food purchasing decisions within the Millennial generation by age and income.

When partitioning by income per capita, fruit expenditure shares for Millennials essentially matched those of Traditionalists, who allocate the largest share to fruits. Moreover, as Millennials become richer, they apportion more of their FAH budget to vegetables, suggesting that the Millennial generation may have a stronger preference for fruits and vegetables compared to older generations. How much time do people devote to food consumption and preparation?

What Did the Study Find? How much are people spending? While each preceding, older generation spends more on FAH than the younger generation after it, there seems to be a distinct difference between the oldest and youngest generations—the spending patterns of Traditionalists (born before 1946) and Baby Boomers (born 1946-65) and those of Gen X’ers (born 1965-80) and Millennials (for this report, born between 1981 and 1996) are very similar. Within each generation, households with higher per capita incomes and higher total per capita food expenditures have higher food-at-home expenditures. Of course, consumers adapt their purchasing behaviors depending on budgetary limits, which are determined not only by income but by family size. For instance, Millennials who are early in their careers may earn less than Gen

Millennials spend, on average, 12 minutes less eating and drinking than Traditionalists, who devote the most time toward those activities at 77 minutes per day. However, all four generations spend essentially the same amount of time in secondary eating (i.e., eating a snack while watching a movie). X’ers but their food budget may stretch farther than higher earning Gen X’ers with larger families and more mouths to feed.

per capita, also frequent foodstores more often. Traditionalists are of retirement age and thus may have the leisure time to frequent foodstores more often.

How often do people food shop? Traditionalists make the most foodstore trips per month of all generations, and the frequency of visits is generally lower with each successive generation. Millennials frequent foodstores the least. Higher income (per capita) seems to reduce the frequency of foodstore trips as well. Traditionalists, who spend more on FAH

In addition, younger generations may increasingly prefer to eat outside the home, with reduced foodstore trips only becoming more prominent as per capita income rises; in short, as households richer, food away from home (FAFH) may crowd out FAH consumption. Millennials consume food in a restaurant or bar around 30 percent more often

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Millennials, however, spend significantly less time on food preparation, presentation, and cleanup—55 minutes less than Gen X’ers, who spend the most time at 143 minutes. This time observation supports the finding that Millennials purchase more ready-to-eat foods; nearly two-thirds of Millennials reported buying some form of prepared food within the prior 7 days, suggesting a preference for time savings. By separating Millennials into “recession Millennials,” those who likely entered the

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job market during the Great Recession (2007-09), and younger “non-recession Millennials,” who likely entered the job market after the recession, we can see whether these two groups have different spending patterns. •

“Recession Millennials” purchase more FAH overall than “nonrecession Millennials,” even when they have similar incomes. This difference in purchasing behavior may be attributed to changes in earning trajectories due to the recession.

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However, when comparing higher (per capita) income recession and non-recession Millennials, their food spending patterns (FAH and FAFH) are similar, suggesting that the recession may have only affected lower income and middleincome “recession Millennial” food shopping behaviors. This could be because higher income Millennials were less affected by the recession or were wealthy enough to maintain food purchasing patterns.

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How Was the Study Conducted? We used two datasets to conduct our analysis. The Information Resource Inc.’s (IRI) 2014 Consumer Network data sample includes over 116,000 distinct households from across the United States. This report focuses on a smaller subset (consisting of around 28,000 households) that includes not only UPC-coded purchases but purchases of random-weight items like fresh fruits and vegetables. The data also provide rich demographic information that allows the panel to be sorted by generation. After sorting, the types of purchases made were analyzed by classifying them into 1 of 22 broad food categories. To complement our food purchase findings, we also provide statistics from the American Time Use Survey (ATUS) and the Healthy Eating Module, 2014, on time use associated with food consumption, preparation, and purchase. The survey includes data for nearly 25,000 individuals selected randomly from a subset of house-holds that participated in the Current Population Survey (CPS). The ATUS is a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics survey, while the Healthy Eating Module is maintained by USDA’s Economic Research Service. The data provide a recall of the individual’s time use for the previous day as well as demographic and geographical data. COW COUNTRY NEWS

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BUILDING STRONGER NUTRIENT CYCLES IN KENTUCKY’S PASTURES CHRIS D. TEUTSCH UK Research and Education Center and Grain and Forage Center of Excellence chris.teutsch@uky.edu

Nitrogen is an important building block of amino acids and proteins and is closely related to both dry matter yield and crude protein concentrations in grasses and non-leguminous forbs. Since nitrogen is highly mobile in the soil, soil testing is not commonly used to make nitrogen fertilization recommendations. In crop production, nitrogen recommendations are commonly based on yield goals. However, in well managed grasslands strong nitrogen cycles can be developed over time. A key component of these cycles is the use of legumes such as red and white clover and alfalfa (Figure 1).

Figure 1: This pasture sward contains a strong legume component. Legume

Nitrogen Fixed

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Table 1: The amount & value of nitrogen fixed by commonly used pasture legumes.

Legumes fix nitrogen in the air to a plant available form. The importance of legumes in grasslands has long been recognized. They bring nitrogen into grassland ecosystems via symbiotic nitrogen fixation, improve forage quality and animal performance, and dilute the toxic effects of the endophyte found in tall fescue. It is estimated that commonly used pasture legumes will fix between 50 and 250 lb nitrogen per acre per year (Table 1). This nitrogen is valued at $35 and 250 per acre per year. Legumes share nitrogen with grass indirectly. Nitrogen is transferred to grass grown in association with legumes through the ingestion of legumes and subsequent deposition of dung and urine by grazing animals (Figure 2), death and decomposition of above and below ground plant parts including roots, shoots, and nodules, and to a lesser extent direct legume to grass transfer. The sharing of nitrogen is limited during the first growing season after establishment. Overseeding legumes is not the same as applying commercial nitrogen fertilizer.

Figure 2.Nitrogen from legumes is shared indirectly with grasses through grazing. 22

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Mixed stands of grasses and legumes may yield as much or more than grass monocultures fertilized with moderate rates of nitrogen, but a significant proportion of that yield will be made up of the legumes. In other words, legumes not only increase grass growth by supplying nitrogen, but also compensate for lower grass production.

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Applying nitrogen fertilizer to mixed stands sifts botanical composition. The addition of nitrogen fertilizer to grass-legumes mixtures tends to sift the composition of the mixture toward grass. It also reduces nitrogen fixation in the legumes since legumes would rather use nitrogen from the soil if it is available. Improved legumes require good soil fertility to be productive and persistent. Improved legumes such as red and white clover and alfalfa require relatively high soil fertility and pH’s above 6.0 to be productive. This means that an initial investment in potash, phosphorus, and lime must be made. These applications need to be based on a recent soil test. Legumes are most productive when rotationally stocked. Like other forages legumes respond well to improved grazing management. Resting pastures allows leaf area to regrow and carbohydrate reserves to be stored up. In general, tall growing legumes like alfalfa and red clover are more dependent on stored energy for regrowth. This means that they need time to rest and replenish their stored carbohydrates between grazing events. That is the reason that alfalfa does not persist well in continuous grazing systems. Even white clover that tolerates close grazing very well benefits from rest. Rotational stocking is a tool to manage botanical composition. How we graze our pastures has a profound impact on botanical composition. In grasses, energy for regrowth is dependent on leaf area remaining after grazing. The remaining leaf area is like a solar panel that captures sunlight and converts it into energy (sugars and carbohydrates) that the plant can use to fuel regrowth. The more leaf area we leave, the larger the solar panel, the faster pastures will regrow, and the more competitive the grass will be with the tall growing legumes. If we graze closely with a rest period between grazings, we will tend to favor tall growing legumes in the sward CONTINUED ON PAGE 24

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since they are more dependent on stored carbohydrates for regrowth. Mixed stands can be stockpiled for winter grazing. Grass-legumes mixtures can be stockpiled for winter grazing, but they need to be used first since legumes tend to deteriorate before grasses. Save pure stands of grass that were fertilized with nitrogen for late winter grazing. Overseed when needed to introduce and maintain improved legumes. Approximately 25 to 30% of the pasture on a dry matter basis should be made up of clover or other legumes. Even improved red clover varieties only last two to three years. Annual lespedeza will sometimes reseed itself, but as a general rule this is not dependable. A good general mix for overseeding pastures in Kentucky is 6-8 lb medium red clover, 1-2 lb of ladino or grazing type white clover, and in some cases 10 lb of annual lespedeza per acre. At current seed prices this mixture would cost around $20 to 30 per acre. This cost

Always use improved clover varieties. Work done at the University of Kentucky shows that improved red clover varieties will last 1-2 years longer than common medium red clover. Using certified seed guarantees that you are getting the genetics that you are paying for. Always inoculate or use pre-inoculated seed. Since legumes fix nitrogen from the air by forming a symbiotic relationship with Rhizobium bacteria, inoculating seed with the proper strain of nitrogen fixing bacteria prior to planting is the best way to ensure optimal fixation. In today’s world where everything is instantaneous, it is important to remember that building stronger nitrogen cycles in your pastures takes time. To bring about measurable change in a grazing system it usually takes at least three grazing seasons. So set your goals, make your changes, and remember good things come to those who are patient.

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CBB NAMES SCOTT STUART TO CEO POSITION After an extensive search, the Cattlemen’s Beef Promotion & Research Board (CBB) has named Scott Stuart of Colorado as the new chief executive officer, effective February 1, 2018. “The beef industry is very complex,” notes Brett Morris, CBB chairman from Ninnekah, Oklahoma. “Scott has the background and understanding to bring all those pieces together to help producers meet their goal of promoting beef and getting the most value from their checkoff dollar”. “The outstanding work he has done with National Livestock Producers Association (NLPA) illustrates the type of CEO we were looking for to fulfill the expectations we had. “Scott is a visionary with a strong ability to be very productive. He is thorough and

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productive, with an immense amount of enthusiasm for this industry. I am most excited about his cowboy background. He will resonate with farmers and ranchers from all over the country, helping them to better understand the benefits of their beef checkoff investments,” Morris added. Stuart has an extensive background in the livestock industry, including board management and as a contractor to the beef board. He currently serves as the President and CEO of the National Livestock Producers Association (NLPA), which comprises several regional livestock marketing cooperatives marketing over 2.5 million cattle annually. He graduated from Colorado State University with a degree in Agriculture Business and completed a law degree at the University of Wyoming.

In accepting the position, Stuart said, “My goal is ensuring the administration of the beef checkoff continues to be above reproach, as the producer’s dollar must be invested within all guidelines and to the greatest benefit to the industry. In addition, it is my goal to work hard to assist leadership and contractors in achieving the goals of the beef industry’s Long Range Plan.” “Scott has taken our organization to places it would never have gone without his leadership,” says Gary Smith, current chairman of NLPA. “I am sure he can, and will, do the same for Cattlemen’s Beef Board. The thing that comforts me is knowing Scott will still be working on the side of livestock producers, helping to promote the industry and making it better. We look forward to working with him in his new capacity,” Smith added.

CBB’s former CEO, Polly Ruhland, served as CEO for six years before accepting a similar position at the United Soybean Board in November. CBB’s Chief Financial Officer, Katherine Ayers, has been acting CEO during this transition. The Beef Checkoff Program was established as part of the 1985 Farm Bill. The checkoff assesses $1 per head on the sale of live domestic and imported cattle, in addition to a comparable assessment on imported beef and beef products. States may retain up to 50 cents on the dollar and forward the other 50 cents per head to the Cattlemen’s Beef Promotion and Research Board, which administers the national checkoff program, subject to USDA approval.

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KENTUCKY AGRICULTURAL ECONOMIC SITUATION AND OUTLOOK Contributors: Kenny Burdine, Todd Davis, Jerry Pierce, Will Snell, Tim Woods, (Ag Economics), Jeff Stringer, Bobby Ammerman, Chad Niman, and Billy Thomas (Forestry)

U.S. Agricultural Economy The U.S. agricultural economy entered 2017 following three straight years of declining income and prices, after an unprecedented/record breaking period of growth during the 2007-2013 period. USDA is projecting 2017 net farm income to total $63.2 billion, up $1.7 billion (+2.7%) relative to 2016, but still off nearly 50% from the record high established in 2013. U.S. ag cash receipts are forecast to be 2.4% higher in 2017 in response to improved livestock sales (+7.6%) versus slightly lower crop receipts (-2%). Production expenses were up slightly (+1.5%) with higher labor, fuel, livestock, and interest costs, but lower feed, seed, fertilizer and chemical expenses. Government farm payments fell to $11.2 billion (-$1.8 billion) as large declines in Agricultural Risk Coverage (ARC) payments offset higher Price Loss Coverage (PLC) payments. These direct government payments (excludes crop insurance indemnities) accounted for 17.6% of the U.S. net farm income in 2017 vs 21.1% in 2016. Despite a lot of political discussion and ag-related concerns about trade this past year, U.S. agricultural exports rebound to $140.5 billion (+8%), in FY 2017, benefitting from a weaker U.S. dollar, an improving global economy, and abundant U.S. supplies. The U.S. exports agricultural commodities/products to nearly 200 nations, but our top three foreign customers – China, Mexico, and Canada, account for nearly one-half of the U.S. ag export value. Undoubtedly the strong export market helped support ag prices in 2017 in the midst of abundant global supplies. Any future disruption in trade could put additional downward pressure on prices. 28

Ag lenders remain cautious in the midst of a prolonged downturn in the farm economy. Relatively low interest rates (along with cash purchases) have constrained growth in farm debt levels and also provided support to land values in the midst of the sharp-downturn in the U.S. ag economy. Despite the slumping farm economy, the overall balance sheet for U.S. agriculture as a whole remains relatively strong compared to the farm

Politically, agriculture will continue to monitor changes in trade policy, tax, health care, and immigration reform, along with debate over the 2018 farm bill and the increasing concentration among agricultural input suppliers and processors. Food price inflation remained benign in 2017 and is expected to remain below historical levels in 2018 as consumers benefit from intense competition in the grocery

(+5%), dairy (+12%), and hogs (+11%). Poultry also benefitted from a rebound from avian influenza outbreaks, which constrained growth the past two years. Increased soybean acres and record yields are expected to elevate soybean production to record levels. Potentially record corn yields will help offset lower acres and depressed prices. Kentucky’s tobacco sector rebounded from a poor crop in 2016, with sales expected to once again exceed $300 million. Poultry remained Kentucky’s number one ag enterprise, accounting for 20% of projected 2017 sales, followed by equine (18%), soybeans (15%), cattle (14%) and corn (13%). For 2018, Kentucky ag cash receipts are expected to be relatively flat ($5.7 billion) with modest gains in poultry, horses, and soybeans, offsetting expected losses in tobacco, corn, and cattle. Look for continued growing demand for local produce/ meats, nursery items, and value-added agriculture.

crisis days of the early 1980s. However, available cash flow/working capital for lower-tiered managers and some highly leveraged/young producers remains a concern for bankers, especially if the current economic conditions lingers. Without a major supply shock, prices for most ag commodities will likely remain relatively low in 2018 (compared to levels observed during the 2011-2014 period) in response to abundant global grain supplies, growing meat supplies, and potentially a stronger U.S. dollar. COW COUNTRY NEWS

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sector, abundant ag/food supplies, and continued food marketing efficiencies and innovations. Kentucky’s Agricultural Economy The University of Kentucky’s Department of Agricultural Economics is forecasting that Kentucky ag cash receipts will rebound in 2017 to $5.6 billion, 3.5% higher than last year, but well below the record $6.5 billion in 2014. Improved prices will enable sales growth for most Kentucky livestock enterprises --poultry (+10%), horses (+10%), cattle

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Kentucky net farm income has followed national trends, falling to $1 billion in 2016 compared to averaging $2.1 billion over the 20132015 period. Average net farm income for farms participating in Kentucky’s Farm Business Management (KFBM) program declined to around $100,000 in 2015 and 2016, down from record highs exceeding $400,000 during 2011-2013, and compared to a ten year average of $283,000. Preliminary indications reveal that KFBM average net farm income will improve modestly in 2017 due primarily to higher crop yields, improved livestock prices, and stable input prices. Educational programs of Kentucky Cooperative Extension serve all people regardless of race, color, age, sex, religion, disability, or national origin.

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COMMODITY SPOTLIGHTS Beef Cattle Calf prices rallied from fall 2016 levels and are roughly $30 per cwt higher than one year ago. Growth in the beef cow herd still ongoing, but has likely slowed. Increases in production for all major meats will pressure beef (and cattle) prices in 2018. Backgrounding/stocker operations should be opportunistic on placement and aggressive with price risk management strategies. Poultry Wholesale broiler prices are up from 2016 levels. Sector largely back on track following avian influenza outbreaks in recent years. Production likely to increase another 2% nationally in 2018, with continued growth in Kentucky. Hogs Kentucky inventory continues to grow, breeding herd up 7% in 2017. Eastern Corn belt hog prices to average $7 per cwt carcass basis higher in 2017. Sizeable production increase likely at national level for 2018, prices unlikely to hold at 2017 levels. Equine Equine market has generally been steady since recovering from the global recession. Signs point to strength in 2017 --Keeneland yearling sale up 13%, Fasig Tipton yearling and breeding sale up as well. Equine likely to gross nearly $1 billion in Kentucky farm receipts for 2017, with modest growth in 2018. Dairy Farm level milk prices increased by more than $1 per cwt in 2017, with lower feed and hay prices leading to improved margins. 2017 was a better year than 2016, but certainly not a good year for dairy producers. Kentucky dairy cow numbers continue to decline. Increase in U.S. cow numbers and milk COW COUNTRY NEWS

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per cow suggest another production increase and consequently lower farm prices in 2018. Corn U.S. corn harvested area reduced by 3.6 million acres in 2017 to 83.1 million acres. A record U.S. yield of 175.4 bu./ acre producedthe 2nd largest crop of 14.6 billion bushels. Carryout expected to increase to 2.5 billion bushels, which is the largest quantity since 1987. The stocks-use ratio in 1987 was 55%but is 17% in 2017 because of strong use. The 2017 U.S. Marketing Year Average Farm Price projected at $3.20/bushel, which is only 5% above the 2006 U.S. MYA price. Soybeans U.S. soybean planted area increased by 6.8 million acres in 2017 to 90.2 million acres. The 2nd largest U.S. yield of 52.5 bu./acre produced a record crop of 4.4 billion bushels.

Tobacco Global burley supply and demand appears more balanced entering the 2017 marketing season, primarily in response to a 30% reduction in world burley production over the past three years. U.S. burley demand remains soft with exports down nearly 30% since 2015, domestic cigarette production down 8% so far this year, and imports currently accounting for nearly 2/3 of use by domestic manufacturers. A better quality crop and improved supply/demand balances should result in leaf prices being stable to slightly higher, boosting the value of Kentucky’s tobacco crop to around $350 million in 2017 compared to a post-buyout low of $283 million in 2016. Anticipated ample burley supplies and softening demand will likely reduce U.S. burley contracts in 2018, with modest growth in snuff consumption enabling dark contracts to remain relatively stable.

Carryout expected to increase to 425 million bushels, which is the largest quantity since 2006. The stocks-use ratio in 2006 was19% but is 9.8% in 2017 because of strong use.

Fruits, Vegetables and Greenhouse Markets were generally stronger for produce in Kentucky in 2017 as hurricane effects substantially elevated prices for late summer and fall crops.

The 2017 U.S. Marketing Year Average Farm Price projected at $9.30/bushel which is 45% above the 2006 U.S. MYA price.

Market signals typically tied to nursery production and services (home improvement market, housing starts) have indicated steady recovery from the most recent recession.

Wheat Wheat harvested area reduced by 6.3 million acres in 2017 to 37.6 million acres. The 2017 yield was also reduced 6.4 bu./acre from last year to 46.3 bu./ acre. The 2017 wheat crop is 568 million bushels smaller than last year to 1.7 billion bushels. Carryout expected to decrease by 246 million bushels to 936 million bushels. The stocks-use ratio in 2017 is 43.8%, and is below 50% for the first time since 2014. War of attrition on supply side is reducing stocks – not strong growth in demand. The 2017 U.S. Marketing Year Average Farm Price projected at $4.60/bushel, which is $0.71/bu. higher than last year. However, the 2017 U.S. MYA price is only 8% above the 2006 U.S. MYA price.

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Accelerating local food movement and demand for value added products provides additional opportunities for growth, but labor uncertainties remain a major concern potentially constraining future growth. Forestry Overall forestry sector increased to an estimated $14.5 billion in total economic contribution to Kentucky in 2017 with primary industries including sawmilling showing the largest increase of over 14% from 2016.

The Agricultural Economics Department publishes the Economic and Policy Update towards the end of each month.  Each issue features articles written by extension personnel within the department and other experts across the country.  Topics will vary greatly but regularly include marketing, management, policy, natural resources, and rural development issues. If you would like to recieve this newsletter by email, please contact Kenny Burdine at kburdine@uky.edu. You can also view current and past issues online at http://www.ca.uky.edu/ agecon/index.php?p=209 Co-editors: Kenny Burdine, Alison Davis, and Greg Halich

Exports and high domestic demand for white oak and tie logs will remain strong in 2018 pushing overall timber prices up. Pulpwood markets still sluggish but potential re-opening of Wickliffe pulp and paper plant may positively affect markets in Western Kentucky.

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For intramuscular and subcutaneous use in beef and non-lactating dairy cattle only. BRIEF SUMMARY (For full Prescribing Information, see package insert.) INDICATIONS: Norfenicol is indicated for treatment of bovine respiratory disease (BRD) associated with Mannheimia haemolytica, Pasteurella multocida, and Histophilus somni, and for the treatment of foot rot. Also, it is indicated for control of respiratory disease in cattle at high risk of developing BRD associated with M.haemolytica, P. multocida, and H. somni. CONTRAINDICATIONS: Do not use in animals that have shown hypersensitivity to florfenicol. NOT FOR HUMAN USE. KEEP OUT OF REACH OF CHILDREN. Can be irritating to skin and eyes. Avoid direct contact with skin, eyes, and clothing. In case of accidental eye exposure, flush with water for 15 minutes. In case of accidental skin exposure, wash with soap and water. Remove contaminated clothing. Consult physician if irritation persists. Accidental injection of this product may cause local irritation. Consult physician immediately. The risk information provided here is not comprehensive. To learn more, talk about Norfenicol with your veterinarian. For customer service, adverse effects reporting, or to obtain a copy of the MSDS or FDA-approved package insert, call 1-866-591-5777. PRECAUTIONS: Not for use in animals intended for breeding. Effects on bovine reproductive performance, pregnancy, and lactation have not been determined. Intramuscular injection may result in local tissue reaction which persists beyond 28 days. This may result in trim loss at slaughter. Tissue reaction at injection sites other than the neck is likely to be more severe. RESIDUE WARNINGS: Animals intended for human consumption must not be slaughtered within 28 days of the last intramuscular treatment. Animals intended for human consumption must not be slaughtered within 33 days of subcutaneous treatment. Not approved for use in female dairy cattle 20 months of age or older, including dry dairy cows as such use may cause drug residues in milk and/or in calves born to these cows. A withdrawal period has not been established in pre-ruminating calves. Do not use in calves to be processed for veal. ADVERSE REACTIONS: Inappetence, decreased water consumption, or diarrhea may occur transiently. Manufactured by: Norbrook Laboratories Limited, Newry, BT35 6PU, Co. Down, Northern Ireland. The Norbrook logos and Norfenicol ® are registered trademarks of Norbrook Laboratories Limited.

When customers walk through the doors of Moonlight Meat Processing, they are usually greeted by the good-humored voice of owner, Anne Bays. Anne and her husband, John, opened Moonlight Meat Processing in Williamsburg, October of 2017. Many from the south eastern part of Kentucky will remember Moonlight as being the old A.J. Sutton and Sons Meat Processing which began operation in the late 1980’s. “After AJ, two others owned the facility before we acquired it,” said Anne. “I never dreamed this is what I would end up doing, but all the puzzle pieces seemed to fit. The whole thing seems like a God send.” Anne and John began farming in Corbin on John’s grandfather’s farm in 2011, which had set idle and been allowed to deteriorate for over 15 years. “It took about 2 years to repair the farm to a typical working operation,” explained Anne. They moved around 40 head of cattle from their farm in Knox County and made their new home in Whitley County. Their 450 acre farm, also known as Moonlight Farm, maintains a herd of 160 beef cattle, 75 of which are registered Scottish Highlands. These cattle are COW COUNTRY NEWS

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raised naturally, given no steroids, growth hormones, or antibiotics (unless ill) and are maintained on a diet of only grass and hay. In addition, the Bays also raise Red Wattle hogs and free range chickens. Anne markets and sells the premium beef, pork, chicken and eggs, at local farmers markets. “I started selling beef at the Whitley County Farmers Market 7 years ago,” says Anne. Her husband laughs and interjects, “All she had was a Coleman type cooler of ground beef!” After her third year selling beef at the farmers market, Anne added pork and bought a trailer with a freezer inside. After her fourth year, she added chickens to the items list. After her sixth year, she began driving her trailer 60 miles north to sell in Richmond on Saturdays to reach a more urban audience. Today, Anne sells her products between Richmond, Corbin, and Chattanooga, where Anne was born and raised and still visits frequently. When Anne heard that her local processing facility was in need of a new owner, it didn’t take her long to consider the idea of purchasing the business. “Being a producer and dealing with customers the past seven years has

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prepared me for this role,” says Anne. “I love being hands on. I love being in the back with the meat. I’ve always wanted to be transparent with my own product, and now I can.” John and Anne began working on the facility early 2017. Half of the freezers and coolers were inoperable and the entire facility needed cleaned and updated. Anne approached the Kentucky Center for Agriculture and Rural Development (KCARD) to help facilitate her goal of developing a processing plant with a retail store front for the community and on October 2, Moonlight Meat Processing opened to the public. “We have had so much local support,” John and Anne both agree. “In the first 13 weeks we processed 208 animals (not counting deer) and cut and packaged almost 60,000 pounds of meat. That means a lot.” To contact Anne and John at Moonlight Meat Processing plant, you can call (606) 515-8813 or visit them at 90 AJ Sutton Road in Williamsburg. For the month of February, bring in an animal for processing, and get 10% off all retail purchases that day only.

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Practical Performance Angus Since 1935

Robert Elliott & Sons Angus “FORM FOLLOWS FUNCTION...THINK ABOUT IT”

Registered Angus and Polled Herefords Largest Selection of Polled Hereford Bulls in Central Kentucky, also a few select Angus Bulls! BULLS ALWAYS FOR SALE! John Tucker II 1790 Hidden Valley Lane Hudson, KY 40145 270-617-0301

83rd Anniversary Production Sale Monday, February 26, 2018 1291 N. Stroudsville Road, Adams, TN At the Farm

Selling 55 Fall Yearling Bulls 36 Fall Calving Pairs, 3-in-1’s

Sale will be broadcasted and a video of each lot may be viewed, before sale day, on DVAuction at dvauction.com ✴ Over 40 of the bulls are suitable for breeding heifers. All bulls qualify for TAEP at the top rate and the Kentucky Genetic Improvement Program ✴ All cows selling are less than six years old; many are three and four years old. ✴ All animals selling have genomic enhanced EPDs, even the calves at side of dam. ✴ Bulls are sired by: Remedy, Sure Fire, Weigh Up, Thunder and Sitz Lightning

Tim Dievert 478 Dry Fork Rd. • Danville, KY 40422 Office:859/236-4591 (C)859/238-3195 • tdievert@dievertsales.com Logan Goggin • 859/516-3199 www.dievertsales.com

Catalogs or more information available by contacting Tim Dievert or Logan Goggin. KENTUCKY ANGUS SWEEPSTAKES 62nd Annual Show & Sale March 2 & 3, 2018 Kentucky Exposition Center, Louisville, KY See ad on page 2

✴ Cows are sired by: Final Answer, Mentor, Thunder, Aberdeen, Right Answer, Capitalist and Ten X ✴ Calves are sired by: Remedy, Cowboy Up, Sure Fire, Patriot and Hickok ✴ All from a production cow herd that has been developed and maintained “in the real world on grass” with no grain, commercial protein or creep for over 60 years. ✴ Herd is Certified and Accredited with years of clean test for Johne’s, BVD, BLV and Antiplasmosis ✴ For an in-depth look at our breeding and management philosophy, to view videos of sale cattle and our catalog visit our website at www.robertelliottandsonsfarm.com

Robert Elliott & Sons Angus

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BE AWARE WHEN FEEDING IONOPHORES TO CATTLE AN OVERDOSE MAY PROVE DEADLY MICHELLE ARNOLD DVM-Ruminant Extension Veterinarian

A special thanks to Dr. Jeff Lehmkuhler (UK Beef Extension Specialist) for his valuable input and comments in the development of this article. Ionophores have been used for many years in the beef and poultry industries for improved feed efficiency and control of coccidiosis. Generally, ionophores are considered safe and effective in the correct (target) animals receiving the recommended amounts. However, poisonings do occur and are often due to accidental contamination of feed and feed supplements for the wrong species (horses, for example) or errors in feed mixing resulting in excessive concentrations in the diets of cattle. The ionophores approved for use in cattle include monensin (Rumensin®), lasalocid (Bovatec®) and laidlomycin propionate (Cattlyst®). Although all ionophores can be toxic, this article will focus on monensin, simply because more information is available due to its longstanding and widespread use in the cattle industry since the mid-1970s. In the US, monensin (trade name “Rumensin”-manufactured by Elanco Animal Health) is a feed additive for cattle indicated “for improved feed efficiency, for increased rate of weight gain, and for the prevention and control of coccidiosis caused by Eimeria bovis and Eimeria zuernii”. Monensin is technically considered a “monovalent carboxylic polyether ionophore antibiotic” produced by the fungus Streptomyces cinnamonensis. Although originally developed for poultry, monensin has beneficial health and growth-promoting properties when fed to cattle. In the rumen, monensin decreases the proportions of acetic and butyric volatile fatty acids and increases propionic acid production, the most efficiently utilized of the ruminal fatty acids. It also selectively kills bacteria

that produce methane, resulting in less carbon loss and greater energy efficiency. Lastly, it reduces the ruminal degradation of protein, which improves protein utilization. When monensin is used correctly, cattle weight gains can be maintained with less feed, resulting in significant feed savings. Other beneficial effects of feeding monensin to cattle include reduction in bloat (less methane production), less rumen acidosis, and fewer cases of acute respiratory distress syndrome or “fog fever”. When used incorrectly, toxicity caused by an overdose may cause symptoms ranging from decreased feed intake all the way to death due to heart failure. There is no antidote or specific treatment for poisoning due to ionophores except general supportive care. Of primary importance is the recognition of a potential feed problem and removal of suspect feeds until testing can confirm or deny excessive exposure. Unfortunately, samples of feed taken for testing may not represent what the cattle actually ate, especially in cases of incomplete mixing of ingredients. Feed samples should be taken as soon as a problem is suspected and, if possible, from the trough where the animals were fed to get the most accurate picture of what was consumed. The toxicity of monensin for cattle and other species is well-documented and is known to be dose dependent. Lethal dose (LD) is one way to measure the short-term poisoning potential (acute toxicity) of a material and is usually expressed as the amount of chemical administered in milligrams per kilogram of the body weight of the animal. LD stands for “Lethal Dose” and LD1 is the amount of a material, given all at once, which will cause the death of 1% of a group of animals. The normal safe range used in stocker and feeder calves for increased rate of weight gain COW COUNTRY NEWS

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and prevention/control of coccidiosis is 50-200 mg/head/day. The LD1 (lethal dose in which 1% of exposed cattle die) of monensin is estimated to be 2.5 mg/ lb of body weight. Using this estimate, for a calf weighing 500 lbs, the dose where 1% of exposed animals would be expected to die would be 1250 mg/ head/ day. Although this seems difficult to achieve, it is a relatively easy mistake to make, given the very small amount of monensin used (measured in grams) in a ton of feed. In cattle, the clinical signs of acute monensin toxicity are: 1.

Loss of appetite, reduced feed intake or completely off feed (24 to 36 hours after consuming a high dose)

2. Diarrhea, signs of abdominal pain 3. Dullness, lethargy, depression 4. Weakness, ataxia, incoordination, loss of balance, stumbling, muscular stiffness 5. Difficult, rapid and/or labored breathing 6. Recumbency (down) and death usually within 3 to 14 days of the ingestion of the contaminated feed Ionophore toxicity will usually involve a recent change in feed supplementation and will generally involve more than one animal with clinical signs Cattle that recover from the initial poisoning event may die suddenly from heart failure if exercised or stressed. Later development of congestive heart failure can occur as a consequence to an earlier poisoning. With heart failure, cases may look very similar to pneumonia with difficult, labored

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breathing due to fluid buildup in and around the lungs. Deaths can occur for extended periods after exposure has stopped depending on the severity of the permanent heart damage. Diagnosis of monensin toxicosis is not a simple task. The clinical signs and lab findings can be mimicked by other ionophores, toxic plants, and vitamin and/or mineral deficiencies that can cause similar types of muscle damage. Cattle that die from ionophore overdoses normally have evidence of heart failure, but it is not uncommon for nothing to be found in an animal that dies very quickly. In the diagnostic lab, typical findings at necropsy associated with monensin toxicosis in cattle are cardiac (heart) and skeletal muscle degeneration that look like pale or yellow areas in the muscle and secondary problems of fluid buildup in the and around the lungs (pulmonary edema) due to the inability of the damaged heart to pump adequately. In addition to examination of a dead animal, samples of the suspected diet must be analyzed as well. One complicating factor which is poorly understood is the interaction of monensin with other compounds (such as use of tiamulin, oleandomycin, chloramphenicol, erythromycin, sulfonamides, or furazolidone) that has also resulted in death, even though monensin was given in the approved range. This is seen more often in other species (poultry and swine) but has been described in cattle, too. One potential reason this occurs is certain types of antibiotics may delay clearance of monensin by the liver, resulting in accumulation to toxic levels. Whatever the case may be, information on tissue and blood concentrations following overexposure to ionophores is lacking which makes a definitive diagnosis challenging.

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Careful use, avoidance of overdosing, and reading label recommendations will help prevent the occurrence of adverse effects associated with this class of compounds. One consistent mistake made by many producers is offering a medicated mixing mineral to their cattle free-choice. “Mixing minerals” are designed to be mixed in feed before offering to cattle to control intake. “Free choice” products, on the other hand, are formulated to limit intake and reduce the risk of overconsumption. The feeding directions on the label should be followed and cautions observed (see Figure 1). If mineral feeders are allowed to stay empty for a period of time or the mineral becomes like concrete due to excess moisture, the potential exists for overconsumption of monensin when a new bag of mineral is finally offered. Additionally, excessive rain can dissolve salt forms of minerals which, if leached from the mineral feeders, can increase the concentration of ionophores remaining. Important take-home points: Some feed ingredients, if given incorrectly, can be toxic to cattle. Feed ingredients need to be monitored carefully and precautions taken to prevent toxic situations. The greatest risk of intoxication occurs when cattle receive a feed containing monensin for the first time because

the rumen microflora are not adapted to the new ingredient. The first sign of a problem is feed refusal. It is important to monitor feed ingredients when they are delivered and initially fed. Rapid recognition of clinical signs with the introduction of a new feed, followed by the prompt removal of the new feed until testing can be completed, may help avoid more severe consequences and losses.

Gelbvieh/Balancer® Show 1:00 PM ET, Friday, March 2, 2018

Gelbvieh/Balancer® Sale

Development and implementation of standard operating protocols can reduce the risk of mistakes occurring. Employee training is essential. Assuming that employees new to feeding cattle know the differences in feed ingredients and the importance of correct measurement of feed ingredients can lead to disaster. Communicate what employees need to do, why it is important then follow-up, follow-up, and follow-up to insure it is done correctly. Minimizing sorting of feed ingredients is critical to ensure consistent intakes. Additionally, sound mixing techniques are necessary to ensure even distribution through the diet. Be careful if offering feed with ionophores that a free-choice medicated mineral is not accessible at the same time.

Figure 1: Example of a mixing mineral label. Note the feeding directions include mixing with feed and the caution states not to feed this product undiluted (free-choice).

11:30 AM ET, Saturday, March 3, 2018

Junior Heifer & Steer Show

8:00 AM ET, Sunday, March 4, 2018

Selling 35 Lots:

Bulls • Bred Heifers • Open Heifers • Cow/Calf Pairs

2017 Beef Expo Champions

Grand Champion Gelbvieh Bull 3G Day Money 673D Consigned by 3G Ranch Purchased by Keith Hubble

Grand Champion Balancer Bull Big League 2075C Consigned by Cody Moore Purchased by Sugar Creek Farms

Grand Champion Gelbvieh Female Claire 504C Consigned by Pleasant Meadows Farm Purchased by Rock N Fox

Grand Champion Balancer Female Miss JENJ 605D Consigned by JenJoe Farms Purchased by Kyler Day

This mineral is designed to be fed to cattle on summer pasture. For increased rate of weight gain in growing cattle on pasture or in dry lot (stocker and feeder; dairy and beef replacement heifers). Feed as directed. ACTIVE DRUG INGREDIENT: Monensin......................................................................................1,600 grams/ton

FEEDING DIRECTIONS: Each ounce of this medicated mineral contains 50 mg Monensin. Feed 4 ounces of [ p r o d u c t n a m e ] per head daily mixed into 1 LB of non-medicated feed ingredients to supply 200 mg of Monensin per head per day. During the first 5 days of feeding, cattle should receive no more than 100 mg of Monensin per head per day contained in not less 1 LB of feed. Provide plenty of fresh clean water at all times.

Sale Managed by: Slaughter Sale Management David Slaughter 162 Hasting Lane Fredonia, KY 42411 270-556-4259

CAUTION: Do not allow horses or other equines access to feed containing Monensin. Ingestion of Monensin by equines has been fatal. Monensin-medicated cattle and goat feeds are safe for use in cattle and goats only. Consumption by unapproved specied may result in toxic reactions. Do not feed undiluted. Feeding undiluted or mixing errors resulting in high concentrations on Monensin has been fatal to cattle and could be fatal to goats. Do not exceed the levels of Monensin recommended in the feeding directions, as reduced average daily gains may result. If feed refusals containing Monensin are fed to other groups of cattle, the concentratioun of Monensin in the refusals and amount of refusals fed should be taken into consideration to prevent Monensin overdosing.

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CORN YIELD AND SOYBEAN PRODUCTION UP IN 2017, USDA REPORTS WINTER WHEAT SEEDINGS AND GRAIN STOCKS ALSO REPORTED Across the Midwest, a lack of extreme heat helped boost the nation’s corn yield to its highest level on record – slightly above 2016. The nation’s soybean yield was down 6 percent from 2016, but production reached a record level due to record high acreage, according to the Crop Production 2017 Summary released today by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS). U.S. corn growers produced 14.6 billion bushels, down 4 percent from 2016. Corn yield in the U.S. is estimated at a record high 176.6 bushels per acre, 2.0 bushels above last year’s average yield of 174.6 bushels per acre. Area harvested, at 82.7 million acres, is down 5 percent from 2016. The 2017 corn objective yield data indicate the third highest number of ears

per acre on record for the combined objective yield states with record high ear counts in South Dakota. Soybean production for 2017 totaled a record 4.39 billion bushels, up 2 percent from 2016. With record high levels across much of the southern United States, from the Delta to the Appalachian Mountains, the average soybean yield is estimated at 49.1 bushels per acre, 2.9 bushels below last year’s record yield. Harvested area in 2017, at a record 89.5 million acres, is up 8 percent from 2016. For 2017, all cotton production is up 24 percent from 2016, at 21.3 million 480-pound bales. The U.S. yield is estimated at 899 pounds per acre, up 32 pounds from last year’s yield. Harvested area, at 11.3 million acres, is up 19 percent from last year.

Sorghum grain production in 2017 is estimated at 364 million bushels, down 24 percent from 2016. Area planted for sorghum, at 5.63 million acres, is down 16 percent from last year. Harvested area, at 5.05 million acres, is down 18 percent from 2016. Grain yield is estimated at 72.1 bushels per acre, down 5.8 bushels from last year. Record high yields are estimated in Colorado, Georgia, and Missouri. Also released today were the Winter Wheat and Canola Seedings and Grain Stocks reports. The Winter Wheat Seedings report is the first indicator of this year’s winter wheat acreage. Planted area for harvest in 2018 is estimated at 32.6 million acres, down less than 1 percent from 2017 and down 10 percent from 2016. This represents the second lowest

U.S. acreage on record. In the Grain Stocks report, corn and soybean stocks were estimated to be up 1 and 9 percent from 2016, respectively. Corn stored in all positions totaled 12.5 billion bushels, while soybeans totaled 3.16 billion bushels. All wheat stocks were down 10 percent from last year. All wheat stored in all positions totaled 1.87 billion bushels. The full Crop Production 2017 Summary is available online at www.nass.usda. gov/Publications. The report contains year-end acreage, yield and production estimates for grains and hay; oilseeds; cotton, tobacco and sugar; dry beans, peas and lentils; and potatoes and miscellaneous crops.

2018 Kentucky Seedstock Symposium Speakers include: Dr. Bob Weaber, Kansas State University; Dr. Jeff Lehmkuhler, University of Kentucky; Dr. Darrh Bullock, University of Kentucky

WEDNESDAY, April 25 Shelby County Extension 1117 Frankfort Road, Shelbyville, KY

Registration begins at 9:00 a.m. $25 registration fee includes lunch. For more information, contact: Trimble County Extension (502Ҹ255Ҹ7188 or kevin.perkins@uky.edu) or Hancock County Extension (270Ҹ927Ҹ6618 or evan.tate@uky.edu).

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MLH Puff Baby 220E April 2017, Dual registered, % Simmental and Maintainer, W/C Agent Utah x Daddy’s Money

MLH Philli 483E March 2017, Purebred Simmental

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Saturday March 24, 2018 1:00 PM • White Farm • 3664 Military Pike • Lexington, KY

MLH Brilliant Man 717D MLH The Hammer 779D Sept. 2016, Purebred Angus Sept. 2016, Purebred Simmental Mr. TR Hammer x X139 Top 10% WW, Top 4% YW

SAV Brilliance x BR Midland Top 5% CED, Top 10% BW

MLH Cut Above 139D Aug. 2016, Purebred Simmental

MLH Golden Boy 848D Sept. 2016, Purebred Simmental

“Fat Butt” x X139 Top 20% API

Goldmine x Uno Mas Top 15% CE, Top 15% BW

For photos and videos of all our bull offerings: Visit mapleleafholdings.net All bulls are covered by exclusive 3-year guarantee. All bulls have genomically-enhanced EPDs. Selling PB Simmental/SimAngus/PB Angus. Bulls developed for the commercial cattleman.

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MLH Grandmaster 276D Sept. 2016, 3/4 Simmental Grandmaster x 3C Macho Top 25% BW

MLH Easy Out 429D Sept. 2016, 50% Maine Daddy’s Money x Hairy Bear Calve Ease Specialist

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35th Annual Fayette County Farm Bureau Farm Equipment Consignment Auction Saturday, March 10, 2018 – 8:30 A.M. OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

KENTUCKY HORSE PARK Alltech Arena parking lot 4089 IRONWORKS PIKE, LEXINGTON, KY (Exit 120, I-75, at Ironworks Pike)

$5.00 Parking Fee will be charged by the Horse Park the day of the sale.

All Types of Farm Equipment And Lawn & Garden Equipment

Equipment Accepted on Thursday, March 8th & Friday, March 9th - 9:00-5:00p.m. (No equipment will be accepted the day of the sale) No Fuel Tanks, Tobacco Sticks, Float Trays, Camper Tops or Junk. Auctioneer Has The Right To Refuse Any Item

For More Information Call:

Carrie McIntosh – Farm Bureau- (859) 253-0023 Todd Clark- (859) 621-6471 Bob James (859) 229-4642

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$10% Commission $30.00 Minimum Per Lot $750.00 Maximum Per Lot $30.00 Buy-Back Fee including tractors $50.00 Buy-Back Fee for Trucks & Boats

No Trucks, Trailers, Boats or ATV’s will be accepted without proper titles.

Check Out Times: Sat., March 10th, after the sale till 6:00 P.M. Sun., March 11th, 9:00 A.M.- 6:00 P.M., Mon., March 12th 8:00 A.M.- 12 Noon (All items must be removed no later than 12 Noon, Mon., March 12th)

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Auctioneers: Walt Robertson, Ryan R. Mahan & Tom Biederman Do you have an item that you would like to donate for a tax write-off? Please bring any useable item to the Auction, NO JUNK! All items will be auctioned off with 100% of the proceeds going to the Fayette County Farm Bureau Education Foundation. You will receive a tax slip for your records.

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SEVENTH ANNUAL BOVINE BEAUTIES CONTEST First Place: Cash’s Calf Kisses (Kelli Jo Sparks - Fleming Co.)

The Kentucky Cattlemen’s Association hosted their seventh annual “Bovine Beauties” photo contest on Facebook during the month of December. The contest allowed participants from across the state to submit photos that represented the cattle industry and winners were determined by the number of “likes” on the featured photos. The announcement was made on Facebook in early December and a total of 40 photos were submitted from across the state. All of the photos submitted were great and we have shared many of them here. We encourage you to log on to Facebook and “like” the Kentucky Cattlemen’s Association to view the entire “2017 Bovine Beauties” album. Winners were determined on December 31 at noon. Kelli Jo Sparks, Fleming County won the $100 prize with over 1100 votes for her photo titled “Cash’s Calf Kisses.” We look forward to sharing more photos in the coming year!

Second Place:“Thank God I’m a Country Girl!”(Jodi Buckley - Pendleton Co.)

Third Place: “Summer Days” (Ashley Crupper - Bourbon Co.) 40

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THE NEW TAX LAW AND THE LIVESTOCK INDUSTRY By John Alan Cohan, Attorney at Law

are already independent contractors, such as trainers, laborers, farriers, veterinarians, vendors, etc.

The new tax law signed by President Trump, called the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), has several provisions beneficial to owners and breeders in the horse and livestock industries. I will discuss some of the highlights.

Immediate Expensing and Bonus Depreciation: For property placed into service in tax years beginning after December 31, 2017, the new law increases the maximum amount a taxpayer may deduct (or “expense”) to $1 million, and increases the phaseout threshold to $2.5 million.

New Deduction for Pass-Through Businesses: The new law changes how “pass-through” entities, such as sole proprietorships, partnerships, S corporations and LLCs, are taxed. This includes 85% of owners in the horse and livestock industries. Now, for the first time ever, the owner’s qualified business income (QBI) from pass-throughs is allowed a 20% deduction, subject to restrictions that can apply at higher income levels. This constitutes a 20% tax cut for pass-through filers.

The “bonus depreciation” deduction for breeding stock, race horses, farm machinery and equipment will now be 100%, an increase from the former 50% rate, for property placed in service after September 27, 2017. This applies to new or used property purchased by the taxpayer. (Starting in 2023, bonus depreciation will go down to 80%.)

QBI is generally defined as the net amount of qualified items of income, gain, deduction and loss from any qualified business of the noncorporate owner. (QBI does not include certain investment items, reasonable compensation paid to an owner for services rendered to the business or any guaranteed payments to a partner.)

Estate Tax: The long-disputed estate tax has been modified so that the exemption for married couples will be $10.98 million, compared to the former exemption of $5.49 million. This will greatly reduce the number of family businesses susceptible to the estate tax.

Also, the new law provides the top rate on income earned by owners of pass-through business at 37% -which is a slight reduction from the former 39.6% rate.

New Corporate Tax Rate: For operations conducted as C corporations, the new law reduces the corporate income tax rate from 35% to 21%. Many large breeders and ranchers, as well as racetracks, conduct business as C corporations.

The pass-through provisions are an incentive for employees to become independent contractors. Many personnel working in the horse and livestock industries

Limitation on Losses: There are stricter rules for deducting losses. The maximum amount of taxable income that can be offset with net operating loss (NOL) deductions is generally reduced from 100% to 80%. NOLs can be carried forward indefinitely. However, NOLs can no longer be carried back to an earlier year, except for certain farming losses, which can be carried back for two years. The “hobby-loss” rules remain the same in terms of the taxpayer’s need to prove that the activity is engaged in for profit if there is a history of losses. This means that, as before, it is important not only to keep records to prepare accurate income tax returns, but to also keep records that measure your activity’s financial performance. The IRS is already grappling with a prolonged funding cut, a staff reduced by 23% since 2010, and outdated computers. The IRS will need to write countless guidelines and regulations to clarify key terms and concepts in the new law, as well as design new forms. Thus, enforcement and auditing capabilities are likely to drop significantly. Call Mr. Cohan if you have problems with the IRS. He can be reached at: (310) 278-0203, or visit his website at www.cohanlawoffice.com.

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A RESURGING INTEREST IN COVER CROPS RAISES A NEW SET OF PRACTICAL QUESTIONS FROM FARMERS LOOKING TO IMPROVE SOIL HEALTH WITH “GREEN MANURE.” By Laura Beil, Writer

Three generations have worked the 9,000 acres of southwestern Oklahoma farm and ranch land Jimmy Emmons’ grandfather bought in 1926. About seven years ago, though, the yields for all his crops – sorghum, winter wheat, sunflowers and more – hit a wall. No matter what he tried, his output remained stubbornly flat. “It didn’t matter if we put on more fertilizer or it rained more,” he says. “We had reached a peak in production.” In search of fresh ideas, Emmons began to attend conferences and seminars. In one, he heard a farmer from central Ohio talk about how he transformed his land by planting cover crops, which are grown specifically for the benefit of the soil. Cover crops often remain where they are planted until they die or are killed, the organic matter dissolving into the ground below. In the seminar, Emmons was told that cover crops leave healthier soil, which leads to plants that grow better even as you cut back on fertilizer and water. “I thought, man, if I could do that here in Oklahoma that would be great,” Emmons says. He went back home energized, determined to give cover crops a try. In doing so, he became part of a new trend that is in fact centuries old, possibly as old as farming itself. Native Americans used a concept called “Three Sisters” in which corn, beans and squash were grown together to enrich the earth. George Washington and Thomas Jefferson, who were gentleman farmers before they were revolutionaries, also hailed the benefits of planting crops specifically to replenish the soil after a harvest. In the 1800s, cover crops became known as “green manure” and were widely embraced. With the invention of synthetic fertilizers in the mid-20th century, however, the practice fell out of favor. Cover crops seemed like a quaint idea of yesteryear, not a tool of modern farming. Their use fell and, by the 1970s, almost all farmland lay bare as it awaited next season’s planting. But now, cover crops may be on the verge of a new golden age as more farmers recognize that planting a cover

Pollinators are attracted to sunflowers, one of many species evaluated as cover crops for the Southern Great Plains by consultant Jim Johnson.

crop makes sense both agriculturally and economically. “There is a renewed interest in the old practice of using covers,” says Twain Butler, Ph.D., a research agronomist at the Noble Research Institute. Butler serves as project manager for a national cover crop research initiative jointly supported by the Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research and Noble Research Institute. The agriculture industry – and consumers – are showing a greater interest in farming practices that naturally tend the soil while protecting the environment. By reducing the need for chemical fertilizers, cover crops also lower the danger of

nitrogen and phosphorus runoff into nearby waterways. (Excess nutrients in ground and surface water can contribute to the excess growth of algae and other aquatic plants.) So-called green manure is green in more ways than one. Based on a national farmer survey, funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, cover crop users in 2012 were planting just more than 200 acres per farm. By 2016, that number had doubled, reflecting a rapid rise in adoption. Still, the estimated 17 million acres of cover crops in the U.S. today represent just a small fraction of the 250 million acres of row crop fields in the U.S. as of the most

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recent census, from 2012. In encouraging cover crop planting, scientists like Butler and others stress the benefits to farmers. They are working to provide data to address some of farmers’ practical questions: Which is the best type of crop to use for which field? How do short-term costs compare with longterm gain? When is the best time to kill the cover crop? How do cover crops affect soil moisture? “There’s not going to be one answer,” Butler says. “It’s going to be different in Oklahoma and this part of the country than elsewhere.” The most common types of cover crops in use today are cereal grains, mustards such as tillage radishes and turnips, legumes like crimson clover and winter peas, and summer annuals. The choice of what to plant depends on climate and each farmer’s need – including the location, growing season and type of farm, says Rob Myers, Ph.D., regional director of extension programs for the Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education program, which is part of the USDA, and an adjunct professor at the University of Missouri. Each type of plant has its own particular character. Soybean farmers in northern states harvest shortly before the first fall frost. The most common cover crop for them is quick-growing cereal rye. But some issues are overcome with creative management, Myers says. Farmers with shorter growing seasons can overseed cover crops before the main crop is harvested. The cover crops won’t get big enough to interfere with harvest, and they gain a head start going into winter. Other cover crops have surprising dual uses. Those with oversized roots, such as turnips and radishes, burrow deep into the ground and can break up the hardpan, a packed layer of soil largely impervious to water. But turnips can also be planted as a grazing crop for cattle, allowing farmers to either graze their own cattle or rent out their farms for grazing fees. Turning a crop field into a temporary pasture for livestock also adds actual manure into the soil, not just the green kind. CONTINUED ON PAGE 48

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Honeycutt says. “And that’s just in the top 6 inches alone.”

This ancient practice from the past may be one thing that carries us into the future, says Wayne Honeycutt, Ph.D., chief executive officer of the nonprofit Soil Health Institute. “The reality is that we need to grow more and more food for this burgeoning population,” he says. “Our concern is that we are not only losing land at an alarming rate but that a lot of our soil has become diminished. Some of it is still quite productive, but it’s not as productive as it could be.”

On his farm, Emmons uses a mixture of different types of crops, including forage sorghums, radishes and mustards. He plants them immediately after harvesting, right behind the combine. In the summer months, he turns his fields of winter wheat into grazing land for cattle by planting cover crops.

One obstacle to cover crops, Honeycutt says, is that they are perceived as an added expense. However, after a few years they usually pay for themselves. “We know they generate a return,” he says. Over time, soil nutrients leach deep into the soil. “Cover crops bring those nutrients back to the surface so you don’t have to buy as much fertilizer.” With their added carbon content, cover crops bind different components of the soil together into aggregates. This helps create more pore space for water. Over time, the soil becomes more drought tolerant. “When you increase organic carbon by 1 percent, you increase the soil’s ability to hold water by 2,500 to 12,000 gallons per acre,”

Each year he planted a cover crop, Emmons saw his soil turn darker from the extra organic matter. The thick roots of the radishes break up the soil. He’s stopped tilling entirely. And as he had hoped from the beginning, cover crops have improved his efficiency. After about three years of use, they started to more than make up for their cost. Emmons says he has cut back his fertilizer use 40 percent, and he hopes soon to reduce it by more than half. “In economic terms, that’s real dollars pretty quick,” he says. Whenever he can, Emmons now educates other farmers on the uses of cover crops. Most of all, cover crops have made him appreciate that what happens beneath the ground is just as important as what happens above, he says. “I’m never going back.”

Close-up views of plants being evaluated as cover crops for the Southern Great Plains by consultant Jim Johnson. While farmers are increasingly interested in cover crops, answers to their questions, including which cover crop species to use, will vary from region to region.

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Kentucky’s quality forage base provides ample opportunities for goat and sheep producers when it comes to grazing pastures. New and established producers can benefit from educational opportunities at the upcoming annual Kentucky Small Ruminant Grazing Conference. The University of Kentucky College of Agriculture, Food and Environment is teaming up with Kentucky State University, the Kentucky Sheep and Goat Development Office, the Kentucky Goat Producers Association and the Kentucky Sheep and Wool Producers Association to offer the conference Feb. 10 at the Ballard Convention Center in Madisonville. “As usual, we have some great speakers lined up and, of course, the popular producer panel,” said Tom Keene, UK agronomy specialist. “Each year, we move the conference around to different areas of Kentucky to try and reach the

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2017 PRESIDENT CHUCK CRUTCHER REFLECTS ON HIS YEAR LEADING THE KCA By Lesley Ward

To understand how seriously Chuck Crutcher took his role as president of the Kentucky Cattlemen’s Association in 2017, all you need do is look at his car’s odometer. During his tenure, Crutcher put around 10,000 miles on his vehicle, driving around the state to different county events held by Kentucky cattle producers. “I did a lot of traveling this year,” said Crutcher. “The great thing about going to all of these counties is that you get caught up in the passion of what these guys are doing to promote our product. That’s always good to see.” Crutcher was encouraged by the fact that he saw many young farmers at the KCA events. “The age of farmers and ranchers is going up. It doesn’t matter whether it’s in the grain or livestock sector,” he explained.

“Many of these counties are seeing good growth by reaching out to younger people and bringing them to the meetings. Across the agricultural industry, we have to get young people out. “I saw young families bringing their children to the meetings in every county I went to. These kids didn’t disrupt the meetings. They sat in their parents’ laps or played on the floor. They were well-mannered,” he continued. “Their behavior was a big tribute to their parents. Whether these children go into agriculture or not, they’re going to be a positive force in the future.” In addition to KCA events, Crutcher traveled to Arizona in January for the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association’s Industry Convention, and he attended the NCBA’s Summer Business Meeting in Denver where he and other officials

networked, adopted resolutions and established policy priorities for the upcoming year. Back in Kentucky, Crutcher was one of many cattle producers who was glad to see the rebirth of the Blue Grass Stockyards in its new home near Georgetown. Crutcher thinks the new-and-improved stockyards will be a game changer for the KCA. “Two years ago, we were all talking about the tragedy of the Blue Grass Stockyards burning down, but I think the new stockyard is going to be a big drawing card for the association,” said Crutcher who is excited about the stockyard’s museum and the meeting rooms that can be used for educational purposes. “In the first two months after the stockyards opened, we saw around 4,000 people coming through there,” said Crutch-

er. “There were lots of high school kids and college students. It’s a big educational opportunity for the KCA. Producers are able to come to the stockyards and educate people on the beef process. “There’s a classroom with a glass window that overlooks the stockyard. People can see how cattle are penned and how they are brought in to the sale arena. That’s something we haven’t really been able to do in the past.” Crutcher thinks the stockyards’ location near the Kentucky Horse Park is a big plus. “Tourists go to the horse park and then stop by the stockyards,” he explained. “This helps us reach more of the urban population. We’re able to teach them about the job farmers are doing and where the products they eat come from. It answers a lot of questions about how cattle are handled. Our industry is well aware of how animals need to be treated. We have classes on animal handling, and what people learn is put into practice at the stockyards.” Crutcher is also very enthusiastic about a new KCA project called Beef Solutions which is set to kick off in the next couple of months. “Beef Solutions was started well over a year ago when Kroger came to the KCA and the Beef Council and said that they’d

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like to have Kentucky hamburger in their meat case,” explained Crutcher. “So, Allison Smith and the people in the KCA office started working on the project, but it’s been far more complicated than anyone ever thought.” “We had to provide a facility which could process the hamburger to the standards that Kroger requires, and we had to find a distribution center. Creation Gardens is going to package the beef and put it in the case.” To meet changing consumer demand, Kroger also asked for a one-pound package of hamburger that they called a brick. This meant that Creation Gardens had to buy a machine that costs around $450,000 to create that package. “The KCA and Creation Gardens went to the Agricultural Development board to seek loans to buy the machine to package the hamburger,” said Crutcher. “The KCA also asked for some operating capital to buy the cattle from the farmers as they come in. When I sell something at the stockyards, I get a check a few days later. You’ve got to have the same thing with this project. We set up an LLC to do

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just that.” Crutcher is pleased that Kentucky farmers will be selling their product locally. “The cows that would normally be sold here and shipped out of state to be processed into hamburger will stay home. Kentucky cattlemen will see their product listed in the grocery case as ‘Kentucky Hamburger.’ “I think once this gets going, the sky’s the limit. We’re working with Kroger to get this started, but we’re not locked in with them. If we have more product that Kroger can handle, then we can go to other grocery chains and market our products. It’s another way to keep money at home and on our farms.” Another project Crutcher has been working on is the prospect of building a new office or finding an existing building in which to move the KCA office. “The KCA has outgrown its office space,” explained Crutcher. “That little kitchen area and the classroom were fine when we moved in, but we can’t get large groups in there. And with membership growth, we’ve been able to add new di-

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rectors, but we’ve outgrown our board room. We can’t have a full board meeting right now. “We have a seven-member committee that will be going out and looking at sites and then it will come back to the directors to decide what we’re going to do. It won’t be one individual making that decision. Where we locate it depends not only on the staff, but for members who visit the office.” Speaking of the KCA staff, Crutcher was quick to sing their praise. “We’ve made some good hires, including Kiah Twisselman who has been doing so much with social media,” he said. “We see social media as a way to engage people across the state. No matter what age you are, it seems like everyone is watching videos on YouTube. “We’ve also got Jacob Redway who has a video background and is going out and doing segments on producers.” “It seems like everyone at the KCA is thinking about the future,” said Crutcher. “When I go into a meeting with the KCA staff, it kind of brings you alive.

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NOVEMBER PORK EXPORTS SET NEW VALUE RECORD; BEEF EXPORTS ALSO STRONG U.S. pork exports recorded the highest-ever monthly value in November while U.S. beef export value took another step toward a likely full-year value record, according to export results released by USDA and compiled by the U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF). November pork exports totaled 223,962 metric tons (mt), down slightly from a year ago. But through the first 11 months of 2017, export volume remained on pace for a new record at 2.23 million mt – up 7 percent yearover-year. November export value was a record-high $615.6 million, up 5 percent year-over-year and just the fourth time monthly export value has topped $600 million. Through November, pork export value increased 10 percent to $5.9 billion. Exports accounted for 27.7 percent of total pork production in November (down slightly from November 2016) and 24.1 percent for muscle cuts only (up about one percentage point). For January through November, these ratios increased about one percentage point from a year ago to 26.5 percent of total production and 22.2 percent for muscle cuts. November pork export value averaged $58.38 per head slaughtered, up 6 percent from a year ago and the highest in six months. Through the first 11 months of the year, per-head export value averaged $53.18, up 7 percent. Beef exports reached 111,915 mt in November, down 3 percent from the large volume of November 2016 but still the second-highest monthly total of the year. Export value was also the second-largest of 2017 at $666.4 million, up 8 percent year-over-year. January-November export volume totaled 1.15 million mt, up 7 percent, while export value climbed to $6.6 billion – up 15 percent from a year ago and slightly above the record pace established in 2014.

to $1.06 billion, setting a full-year record and exceeding $1 billion for the first time. “For all livestock producers, variety meat exports make a very important contribution to carcass value,” explained USMEF President and CEO Dan Halstrom. “USMEF has made it a priority to help our international customers develop more uses for pork variety meat and to broaden the global market for these products. At a time of record-large pork production, it is especially gratifying to see variety meat export value jump nearly 20 percent, which boosts the bottom line for everyone in the supply chain.” Other January-November highlights for U.S. pork exports include: In South Korea, where most U.S. pork now enters the market duty-free under the Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement (KORUS), strong November growth pushed January-November volume up 28 percent year-overyear to 153,569 mt, valued at $420 million – up 30 percent. Pork exports to Mexico moderated slightly in November but remain poised for a sixth consecutive volume record in 2017. Through November, volume was up 12 percent from a year ago to 726,717 mt, while export value increased 15 percent to $1.37 billion. Mexico is a critically important destination for U.S. hams, especially with the current high level of U.S. hog production. In Australia, which is also a leading market for U.S. hams, November exports climbed 29 percent from a year ago in volume (6,393 mt) and 23 percent in value to $18.4 million. Through November, exports totaled 62,675 mt (up 9 percent) valued at $183.8 million (up 14 percent).

Beef exports accounted for 13.1 percent of total production in November, the highest since July but down from 14.9 percent in November 2016. For muscle cuts only, the percentage exported was 10.9 percent – down from 11.7 percent a year ago. For January through November, beef exports accounted for 12.8 percent of total production (down from 13.5 percent in 2016) and 10.3 percent for muscle cuts (steady with 2016).

Exports to leading value market Japan posted a strong November performance, increasing 4 percent in volume (38,979 mt) and 7 percent in value ($164.5 million) from a year ago. This pushed Japan’s 11-month totals up 1 percent (to 361,401 mt) and 4 percent (to $1.49 billion), respectively. Chilled pork export volume to Japan was steady at 200,856 mt, while value increased 4 percent to $949 million.

November beef export value averaged $306.63 per head of fed slaughter, up 4 percent from a year ago and the highest in nearly three years. January-November export value averaged $282.34 per head, up 9 percent.

November pork exports to South America edged higher year-over-year in both volume and value, as the region continued to build on the full-year records already achieved in October. January-November exports to South America were up 64 percent from a year ago in both volume (96,763 mt) and value ($248.9 million). Regional growth has been driven by record-large exports to leading market Colombia, while exports to Chile and Peru have also set full-year records.

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Exports to Central America and the Dominican Republic are also on a record pace in 2017. Led by strong growth in mainstay markets Honduras and Guatemala, January-November exports to Central America were up 5 percent year-over-year in volume (65,056 mt) and 8 percent in value ($158.5 million). Export volume to the Dominican Republic climbed 24 percent to 28,836 mt, while value increased 31 percent to $66.2 million. Pork exports to China/Hong Kong trended lower in 2017, reflecting an increase in China’s domestic pork production, though muscle cut shipments regained some momentum beginning in October, ahead of Chinese New Year. Through November, exports to the region dropped 9 percent year-over-year in volume to 454,816 mt, but value dipped just 1 percent to $973.9 million. China/Hong Kong is the leading contributor to the aforementioned pork variety meat value record, as January-November variety meat exports increased 4 percent in volume (293,756) while value soared 17 percent to $667.6 million. Pork variety meat export value to China/Hong Kong equated to $6 for every hog harvested from January through November. Japan, Hong Kong drive beef export growth; new value records in Korea and Taiwan Japan continued to be the pacesetter for U.S. beef exports in November, with volume increasing 5 percent year-over-year to 24,819 mt and value up 6 percent to $159.2 million. This pushed Japan’s 11-month totals to 285,336 mt (up 20 percent) valued at $1.75 billion (up 27 percent and a new post-BSE record). Chilled beef exports reached 137,707 mt through November, up 35 percent, valued at a record-high $1.02 billion, up 39 percent. Approaching Chinese New Year, beef exports to Hong Kong gained momentum in October and climbed again in November, with volume up 20 percent from a year ago to 16,106 mt (the largest since December 2014) and value soaring 43 percent to $119 million. Through November, exports to Hong Kong climbed 13 percent in volume (113,440 mt) and 26 percent in value ($765 million). November exports to China were 655 mt, the largest since the mid-June market opening, valued at $5.7 million. Through November, exports reached 2,225 mt valued at $22.8 million. “U.S. beef has only really scratched the surface in China, so exports are still relatively small but the value per pound is among the highest in the world,” Halstrom said. “This makes China an exciting addition to our strong portfolio of Asian markets, where beef exports continue to expand at an impressive rate. 2017 was a

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tremendous year for U.S. beef in Asia, and the coming year looks very promising as well.” Other January-November highlights for U.S. beef exports include: Driven by strong retail demand and reduced tariffs under KORUS, beef exports to South Korea have already set a new value record. Through November, exports increased 5 percent year-over-year in volume to 167,532 mt, valued at $1.1 billion – up 19 percent from a year ago and edging past the 2016 record of $1.06 billion. Chilled beef exports to Korea accelerated at an even faster rate, jumping 88 percent in volume to a record 41,086 mt – valued at $368.5 million, up 93 percent. A new value record was also established in Taiwan, where U.S. beef holds more than 70 percent of the chilled beef market. Through November, exports to Taiwan increased 3 percent from a year ago in volume (40,402 mt) while value climbed 16 percent to $369.9 million – breaking the 2016 record of $362.8 million. November beef exports to Mexico dipped 8 percent in volume from a year ago to 20,161 mt, but value increased 2 percent to $80.8 million. Through November, exports to Mexico were steady with the first 11 months of 2016 in both volume (216,765 mt) and value ($894.1 million). Mexico is the second-largest volume market for U.S. beef (behind Japan) and ranks third in value (after Japan and Korea). Strong year-over-year growth in Indonesia, the Philippines and Vietnam pushed January-November exports to the ASEAN region to 38,039 mt (up 46 percent year-over-year), valued at $193.3 million (up 39 percent). Led by Chile, Peru, and Colombia, beef

exports to South America have already set new annual records. Through November, exports increased 27 percent from a year ago in volume (26,786 mt) and 23 percent in value ($106 million). Since shipments began in April, exports to Brazil have shown solid potential, reaching 1,998 mt valued at $7 million. November lamb exports struggle, but value still higher year-overyear U.S. lamb exports were 520 mt in November, down 36 percent from a year ago and the lowest since April, while export value fell 11.5 percent to $1.75 million. For muscle cuts only, November volume was down 12 percent to 284 mt but value increased 2 percent to $1.51 million. Through November, lamb exports dropped 16 percent from a year ago in volume (6,659 mt) but increased 6 percent in value to $17.8 million. Muscle cuts exports moved higher year-overyear in both volume (2,197 mt, up 10 percent) and value ($12.89 million, up 18 percent). Despite an unusually severe hurricane season, muscle cut exports to the Caribbean increased 12 percent in volume (596 mt) and 37 percent in value ($4.84 million). Complete January-November export results for U.S. beef, pork and lamb are available from USMEF’s statistics web page. Monthly charts for U.S. pork and beef exports are also available online. If you have questions, please contact Joe Schuele at jschuele@usmef.org or call 303-226-7309. NOTES: Export statistics refer to both muscle cuts and variety meat, unless otherwise noted. One metric ton (mt) = 2,204.622 pounds.

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CALVING SEASON PREPARATION By Dr. John Comerford, Extension Beef Specialist, Penn State Extension

After baling hay and fighting snow to feed the cows, a dead calf can be a frustrating and costly result. Preparation and timely action will help make a successful calving season. Calving Difficulty Calving trouble can result in some bad stuff -- dead calves, dead cows, increased rebreeding periods, uterine infections, and others. Preparation and timely action are the keys to overcoming calving difficulty. The following things should be handy at calving time: People People are first on the list because problems have to be identified in a timely and accurate way. We can talk about birth weight, calving assistance, and health treatments to get a live calf, but vigilance from managers during calving seasons is the first step to success. Obstetrical chains Younger cows are usually the biggest problem, and even the best birth weight EPD for a bull can produce a big calf. The chains should be clean and sanitized regularly. It is also a good idea to know how to use them -- broken legs in calves and other injuries happen when people do not know how to use them properly. Check with your vet to be sure you know how the chains should work. Sanitizer Invasive actions such as using chains and reaching in a cow’s reproductive tract are an invitation to infection. You can help prevent post-calving infection by using a sanitizer on OB sleeves, your hands, and the OB chains. An iodine-based sanitizer or Nolvasan® is usually recommended. Obstetrical sleeves To help prevent infection when assisting in a calf birth, get some OB sleeves and use them when reaching in a cow. They are available from most animal health suppliers, or you can buy a few from your vet. Lubricant Chains, sleeves, and hands should be lubricated with KY Jelly® or a similar lubricant to prevent injury to the cow or the calf when assisting a birth. Assistance When should you provide assistance? I

worked with an extension veterinarian once who said he never saw a calf pulled too early, but he saw a lot of them pulled too late. The proper position of the calf is the front feet out with the head between them. Any other position requires timely adjustment. Physical adjustment of the calf (such as for a head or a leg back) is necessary to prevent problems, so adjust them quickly once the improper position is identified. One should not be afraid to manipulate the calf in the birth canal as long as the umbilical cord remains attached, but do so gently to prevent tearing or otherwise injuring the cow. I have seen numerous calves born upside down or completely backwards, but this kind of birth should be monitored closely. If progress is not being made within 2 hours after labor started, call the vet. In the case of a breech birth (the head and legs both turned back), call the vet immediately. This kind of adjustment usually cannot be made. When pulling a calf, remember to pull downward toward the cow’s hocks. In the case of a hip lock (the hips cannot get through the pelvic opening), rotate the calf so the widest portion of the hips is in a diagonal position to the pelvis. The pelvic opening is usually wider diagonally than it is horizontally. Calf Management So, you have a live calf on the ground. Now is the time to do some other things that will be much harder to do later. Selenium Injections Many areas in Pennsylvania are selenium deficient, so selenium supplementation or injections may be needed. If the cow herd has had access to a high-quality mineral mix with significant additional selenium (1-3 ppm daily intake), the calf probably will not need an injection. The selenium level in “trace-mineralized salt” will not be enough. Injectable selenium is available from many animal health suppliers. Remember, more is not better, so follow label dosages correctly. Ear tags and taggers: Animal identification is a key to successful records and breeding. Tattoos for purebred cattle will be much easier to accomplish in the first few hours. Colostrum Intake The key to a healthy calf is colostrum COW COUNTRY NEWS

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intake within 12 hours after birth. Colostrum intake has been shown to have a lifelong effect on the health and productivity of cattle, including carcass grades and incidence of respiratory disease. Nursing the dam within 12 hours of birth numerous times will usually be enough, but there are always exceptions. Young cows in poor condition at calving will usually have less colostrum of lower quality. Colostrum can be reserved and stored for use as a supplement at birth. It is best to reserve colostrum from your own farm rather from the dairy down the road, but that from a neighbor is better than none at all. Freeze it as fast as possible in quart-sized containers. Thaw it in a warm water bath and never put it in the microwave. A calf should get 2 quarts of stored colostrum from two feedings within 24 hours of birth-as soon after birth as possible will be best. Some calves will nurse colostrum from a bottle, but tubing the calf will be needed for many calves. Get some training in using a tube to drench the calf because drenching the lungs by mistake can cause bad things to happen. Scour Control Second only to dystocia, scours is a primary killer of young calves. It is caused by the ingestion of bacteria from the environment, usually from dirt on the udder of the cow. Successful containment of scours is similar to most diseases-get started quickly. Allow calves to continue to nurse when treating scours, but do not mix milk with scour control medicines. Milk does not cause scours-bacteria do, and the calf needs the energy and protein from the milk. Mixing milk with some scour control medicines does not allow the milk to curd in the calf’s stomach, which will result in intensified problems from the scours. Dehydration is the cause of death in calves with scours.

calf is in a barn where other, older calves are. If they must be in a barn, separate younger calves from older calves and keep the area clean where the younger calves are housed. As calves are rotated in with older ones, clean up behind them. This process of keeping new calvings in a clean area (the Sandhills protocol) can be practiced on pastures as well by moving cows to clean pastures as they approach calving and leaving older calves out of the pasture. Cold Stress Canadian researchers Robinson and Young (1988) determined the best methods of warming the cold-stressed calf. They chilled calves to 86oF and tried four methods to revive them to the normal 101oF body temperature: •

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In all cases the water bath provided a 30% faster warmup than thermal insulation or infrared lamps. Part of the issue with blankets is that it requires the calf to produce heat that is trapped against the skin. When the calf is chilled, little heat is being produced. There was no advantage shown for the ethanol drench (similar to the whiskey drench some managers use). Caffeine from strong coffee or tea may actually help by revving up the metabolism, but great care should be taken when using caffeine in a calf at a very low temperature. Of course-don’t drown them!

Electrolytes: At the first sign of scouring, give the calf 6-8 pints per day of an alkaline-based solution over 2-4 feedings. After 2 days use a non-alkaline, high energy solution at 3-4 pints over 2-4 feedings per day. If there is no noticeable improvement after this protocol, the calf probably can no longer absorb fluids. Intravenous addition of electrolytes from your vet will be needed. Life Guard®, Revive®®, and Bio-Lyte® are examples (among others) of alkaline-based solutions, and Resorb®, Ionaid®, and Calf-Lyte® are examples of non-alkaline solutions. The worst environment for a newborn

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March 2-4, 2018 Kentucky Fair & Expo Center Louisville, KY 2017 Sale Total number of lots Gross sale Average

493

SHOW

SALE

ANGUS

Friday, March 2, 10:00 am

Saturday, March 3, 12:00 pm

BEEFALO

Friday, March 2, 2:30 pm

Saturday, March 3rd, 9:30 am

CHAROLAIS

Saturday, March 3, 12:00 pm

Saturday, March 3rd, 4:00 pm

GELBVIEH

Friday, March 2, 1:00 pm

Saturday, March 3rd, 11:30 am

LIMOUSIN

Saturday, March 3, 10:00 am

Saturday, March 3rd, 3:30 pm

HEREFORD

Friday, March 2, 1:00 pm

Saturday, March 3rd, 1:00 pm

RED ANGUS

Friday, March 2, 10:00 am

Saturday, March 3rd, 10:00 am

RED POLL

Friday, March 4 , 4:00 pm

Saturday, March 3rd, 9:30 am

SHORTHORN

Saturday, March 3, 10:00 am

Saturday, March 3rd, 1:00 pm

SIMMENTAL

Friday, March 2, 4:00 pm

Saturday, March 3rd, 1:00 pm

PEN HEIFER

Friday, March 2, 2:00 pm

Saturday, March 3rd, 2:00 pm

$1,147,805 $2,326

Consignors

213

States represented

and in the junior show...

Steers

Market Heifers

Heifers

147

Total KY Animals

223

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60th Kentucky National Hereford Show & Sale 32nd Annual Kentucky Farm Bureau Beef Expo March 2nd - 4th, 2018 • Ky Fair & Expo Center • West Wing Louisville, Ky

SHOW: Friday, March 2nd - 1:00 PM SALE: Saturday, March 3rh - 1:00PM JUNIOR SHOW: Sunday, March 4th - 8:00 AM

Selling 65 Lots:

This is a Jackpot Show open to all 4-H/FFA members regardless of residence.

Lot 1 • HH 4040 Exquisite 21E • P43806846 Calved June 2017

Show & Sale Co-Sponsored by the Kentucky Hereford Association, Kentucky Department of Agriculture, Commissioner Ryan Quarles, and the Kentucky Farm Bureau COW COUNTRY NEWS

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SELLING SHOW PROSPECTS BRED & OPEN HEIFERS SERVICE AGE BULLS

16 service age bulls 49 females

Lot 2 • Boyd 4325 Eclipse 7089 • P43791638 Calved April 2017

Lot 17 • Rock Ridge Maui Babe 7005 • P43826638

For Catalogs: EARLENE THOMAS, KHA SECRETARY 2396 Union City Road • Richmond, KY 40475 859.623.5734 phone/fax • thomasep@roadrunner.com

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Auctioneer: Dale Stith 918.760.1550 63

KY Farm Bureau Beef Expo Simmental Show & Sale

Show: March 2, 4 PM • Sale: March 3, 11 AM Fair & Expo Center Louisville, KY

SHOW

Saturday • March 3 12 PM ET

Kentucky is the place to be to select your Simmental and Sim-Angus Genetics! Selling breds, opens, herd sires, pairs and genetic lots. Both Purebreds and Sim-Angus.

SALE

Saturday • March 3 4 PM ET

Selling: Bulls, Cow/calf pairs Breds, Show heifer prospects Embryos, Semen

220E

483E

D090

E014

E072

E723

E104

253E

255E

35B

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NCBA UTILIZES RESEARCH TO HELP SECURE BENEFICIAL USDA GRADING CHANGES Anticipating their first bite into a juicy steak, consumers have often trusted a United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Choice or Prime designation to deliver a savory eating experience. Now that trust will be even stronger when consumers head to the meat case. Thanks to checkoff-funded research and forceful advocacy from the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA), the USDA announced late last year that they would be modernizing the U.S. beef grading standards to improve accuracy. The move could save the industry $60 million annually and benefit producers up and down the supply chain.

as older than 30 months of age using the previous process. These carcasses were designated either B- or C-maturity (meaning they could not obtain Choice or Prime designation). The carcasses in the latter group may have exhibited premature skeletal ossification, contributing to the confusion of their age. When comparing the two groups, trained sensory panelists found no difference in tenderness, flavor or juiciness. What’s more, the studies found that tenderness as measured using Warner-Bratzler or

USDA grading standards could still be evaluated on a regular basis to ensure they are current and relevant based on the latest science available. The previous use of physiological indicators of chronological age were implemented based on a study involving 1,005 cattle back in 1980. The new studies, conducted by J.D. Tatum, Ph.D., at Colorado State University, were robust and represented the full age, sex and grade mix of fed cattle available today. The statistical power of these studies suggested additional studies would be

Understanding the Science The checkoff - funded research was coordinated by NCBA, a checkoff contractor, and conducted between 2011 and 2015. It compared the eating quality of strip loin steaks from two groups of fed steers and heifers. The first group had been classified as less than 30 months of age using dentition. The second group of steaks came from carcasses that were known to be under 30 months of age, but had been classified by USDA graders

Two critical points added extra weight to NCBA’s petition. First, the checkofffunded research clearly demonstrated that consumer confidence would not be harmed by the modernization, while the benefit to the beef industry would be significant. Second, modernization of USDA classifications was not seen as a drastic change by the industry. Dentition has long been used in federally inspected processing plants, with oversight from USDA, for U.S. product destined for foreign markets. With the full breadth of scientific evidence backing up NCBA’s position, the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service decided to adopt NCBA’s petition. In December 2017, USDA formally updated the U.S. Standards for Grades of Carcass Beef.

Prior to the modernization, USDA grading standards were based on research dating back more than three decades. USDA graders would use carcass indicators of skeletal and lean maturity to classify carcasses into maturity groups designated A through E. These physiological indicators of age included assessments of ossification of the bones and cartilage. For many people, details of the beef grading process aren’t important. A team of checkoff-funded researchers knew how critical the process is. Their research found that an alternative assessment method, known as dentition, could enhance the accuracy of age determinations. Instead of looking at carcass indicators, dentition assessments analyze the number of teeth present at the time of processing. Carcasses produced by cattle with fewer than three permanent incisors are classified as less than 30 months of age; carcasses from cattle with three or more permanent incisors are classified as 30 months of age or older.

age verification be used as a legitimate method for assessing carcass age.

“This will benefit U.S. beef producers in every segment of our industry,” NCBA President Craig Uden said. “By basing carcass quality grades on the most current scientific data available, we will improve grading accuracy and ensure that producers are getting maximum value out of each head. We are grateful to Secretary Perdue and the staff at USDA for implementing this decision, which demonstrates their continued commitment to supporting American cattlemen and women.”

slice shear force instrumental measures of tenderness did not differ between the maturity groups. The implication of these findings was clear: Carcasses that should have been eligible for Choice or Prime grades were being overlooked, decreasing their value. Ultimately, the key contention of the research was that beef quality would not be compromised if grade standards were modernized. Older carcasses producing tougher beef would not be lumped in with young, tender carcasses, and more accurate grades could be assigned to carcasses that had been incorrectly classified as older than their actual age. In addition, NCBA contended that

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unnecessary in evaluating the value of dentition for beef grading purposes. Making an Impact With a new and improved assessment method identified, NCBA started to act. In 2014, the organization convened a working group composed of the cow/ calf, feeder, and packing sectors to examine the issue of beef grading standards modernization. Recognizing the limitations of the previous grading process, and the economic harm caused to beef producers, the group recommended petitioning USDA for a change. NCBA also recommended that

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Analysis of the data suggested Uden was right. Before the modernization, carcasses incorrectly classified were sold at an estimated discount of nearly $275 per head. Cattlemen and women who lost real dollars can now have added confidence in the grading process. “Checkoff-funded research that is not utilized is not fully successful,” added Bridget Wasser, NCBA executive director for meat science and supply chain outreach. “Because this important information was adopted by the USDA, consumers can have more confidence in the grade of the beef they’re eating, and the beef cattle industry can benefit by having its products more accurately classified. It was great research that can result in a more confident beef consumer and a more successful beef industry.”

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KY Farm Bureau Beef Expo 20th Annual All Breeds Pen Heifer Show & Sale March 2nd - 4th, 2018

KY Fair & Exposition Center, Louisville, KY

Selling Over 100 Head Registered & Commercial Heifers Opens, Breds and Pairs

The Pen Heifer Sale is a dependable source of high quality, home raised replacement females. The majority of the heifers are AI sired and/or bred to AI sires. They were inspected by Kentucky Department of Agriculture personnel and will be offered for sale in uniform groups of either 2 or 3 head. Many of the heifers will meet requirements of the Kentucky Genetic Improvement Cost Share Program for Heifers. Don’t miss this opportunity to build a herd. Top genetics from 25 consignors.

Schedule of Events

Friday, March 2 Show: 2:00 pm

Saturday, March 3 Sale: 2:00 pm

Auctioneer: Eddie Burks 270-991-6398

Sale Co-Sponsors

Sales Manager:

Doug & Debbie Parke 153 Bourbon Hills Paris, KY 40361 859-987-5758 (C) 859-421-6100 office@dpsalesllc.com Drew & Holli Hatmaker 423-506-8844

Kentucky Department of Agriculture Ryan Quarles Commissioner, Kentucky Farm Bureau Watch for updates, Sale Book, pictures and videos at either www.kybeefexpo.com or www.dpsalesllc.com

RED....it’s the new black.

Selling Bulls, Cows, Bred Heifers, Open Hefers

2018 Kentucky Red Poll Show & Sale Kentucky Fair & Exposition Center Show: Friday, March 2, 4:00 p.m. Sale: Saturday, March 3, 9:30 a.m.

A gentle dispostion, great mothering abilities, easy-keeping, naturally polled, and now proven tenderness on the plate... what more can you ask for?

Be Bold. Make a Statement. Invest in Red Poll Cattle.

For more information and a list of Red Poll breeders in your area, contact:

For Kentucky Breeders: Jeff Doll, President Kentucky Red Poll Association 859-743-7923 Fax: 859-694-1672 COW COUNTRY NEWS

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Kyle Young 1057 Reed Lane Simpsonville, KY 40067 Cell: 502-321-9892

Co-Sponsored by: Kentucky Farm Bureau Kentucky Red Poll Association Kentucky Department of Agriculture, Commissioner Ryan Quarles

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CONVENTION 2018 The 2018 KCA Convention was in Lexington January 11-12, 2018. Approximately 1187 producers, educators and industry professionals joined the KCA for the 45th convention. For the 8th year, KCA welcomed back the partnership with Burley Tobacco Growers Coop to host their individual convention and a joint Ag Industry Trade Show. Registration Registration opened early Friday morning and helped to keep the lines down. Over 500 people pre-registered this year. By pre-registering it ensures a smooth check-in while giving KCA staff time to plan accordingly for events and meals during the convention. To say thanks for pre-registering each registrant received a pair of gloves. Attendees that completed pre- or on-site full registration were given five tickets for $100 cash drawings during the Beef Efficiency Conference, Ag Industry Breakfast, Opening General Session, Forages Session, and Closing Session. After the drawings were complete tickets were combined for a chance to win 1 of 2 Yeti Coolers. The winners of the Yeti coolers were Ben Lloyd, Daviess County and Jason Crowe, Estill County.

Beef Efficiency Conference This was the 5th Annual Beef Efficiency Conference sponsored by the Kentucky Agriculture Development Fund, Kentucky Beef Network, and University of Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service. The conference hosted an impressive list of guest speakers including Chip Ramsay, Rex Ranch; Dr. Daniel Givens, Auburn University; and Darrell Busby, Tri-County Steer Carcass Futurity. Speakers discussed “Enhancing Efficiency Beyond the Farm’s Fences.” (more on p. 98) Trade Show Welcome Lunch The convention kicked off in the Trade Show on Friday with a lunch chili bar for attendees. During the lunch participants had the opportunity to sample two beef products.. City Barbecue showcased their beef brisket and the Beef Solutions sampled burgers from their new product, Kentucky Cattlemen’s Ground Beef.

Pre-Registration Prizes This year, it paid to pre-register! All members who pre-registered before December 31st were entered in for $100 cash. The winner was Charlene McCutchen from Trimble County. Trade Show The Ag Industry trade show was a great success this year. There were 116 exhibitors to share their products with our members. More information about the trade show can be found on page 86. Thanks to everyone who participated in the trade show. Hope to see everyone at the 2019 Ag Industry Trade Show in Owensboro.

Jane Venable Brown is presented a Certificate of Appreciation for a donation to the Kentucky Cattlemen’s Foundation.

Steve Higgins was recognized for his support of Kentucky Beef Network and Eden Shale Farm. Pictured (l to r) Dan Miller, KBN; Steve Higgins, UK Director of Environmental Compliance; Becky Thompson, KBN; and Cary King, KBN Chairman.

Kiah Twisselman (right) presented Carly Guinn with the Kentucky Beef Advocate award during the KCA Convention.

City Barbecue brought samples to the KCA Convention to highlight an upcoming promotion with the Kentucky Beef Council.

Opening General Session The Opening General Session began with a video promoting the year in review for the Kentucky Cattlemen’s Association as well as a video from our platinum sponsor Blue Grass Livestock Marketing Group. KCA President, Chuck Crutcher from Hardin County welcomed everyone to Lexington during the Opening Session on Thursday afternoon. Keith Rogers, Chief of Staff with the Kentucky Department of Agriculture gave an overview of the Kentucky Agriculture Economy and updates within the KDA. Dan Miller gave the Kentucky Beef Network’s Annual Report highlighting the work KBN has been doing at the Eden Shale Farm and with the Kentucky Agriculture Development Funds it uses to execute beef producer COW COUNTRY NEWS

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education and marketing opportunities. Becky Thompson and Dan recognized Steve Higgins, Director of Environmental Compliance for the University of Kentucky for his support of KBN and Eden Shale Farm.Kiah Twisselman then presented the Kentucky Beef Council Annual Report. KBC has been busy this year beefing up education programs from classroom visits to teacher trainings, promoting beef in unique ways such as Ibotta app promotions and Lexington Burger Week, continuing to build relationships with valuable partners including Kroger and the Kentucky Soybean Board, and advertising to key target markets. County President’s Award Banquet There were approximately 150 people in attendance at the annual County President Awards Dinner. Kentucky Cattlemen’s coffee mugs, jackets and monetary prizes were awarded to counties that increased their membership significantly.

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Steve Dunning was honored with the Kentucky Beef Council Service award for his role as KBC Chairman from 2015-17.

The dinner was once again sponsored by Kentucky Livestock Marketing Association. Guests heard from KDA Chief of Staff, Keith Rogers who issued a challenge to each county to donate beef to their local food pantries. Ryan Goodman with the National Cattlemen’s Beef As-

Keith Rogers, Chief of Staff with the Kentucky Department of Agriculture, addressed the crowd during the Opening General Session.

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Glen Aiken was honored for his support of the Kentucky Beef Network and Eden Shale through his work with USDA ARS.

Theresa Stanley of Smiley Pete Publishing won the KBC Outstanding Service Award for her work with Lexington Burger Week.

Many enjoyed a fun night of playing blackjack at the Allied Industry game night.

sociation also spoke to the group on the importance of telling their story. The night ended with a presentation of the “Big Bull” award, which honored Breckinridge County for having the largest membership in the state last year with 523 members. Congratulations again to Breckinridge County and we look forward to seeing who comes out on top next year. Allied Industry Game Night The evening ended with a very popular Allied Industry Council Game Night. The event was held in the trade show. Everyone who came into the trade show was given money to play Blackjack. Over $640 was raised during the event. At the end of the evening the tickets won could be used to purchase items donated by the Allied Industry Council during an auction. There were a variety of items donated including mineral, jackets, caps, ear tags, and many other items. Thanks to all of the Allied Industry members who donated to the auction and for all of those who played. Ag Industry Breakfast The Agriculture Industry Breakfast at Convention is always a great event to showcase the working relationships with our fellow commodity groups. This year was no exception. The breakfast could never happen without the support of the Kentucky Poultry Federation, Cassinda Bechanan, Promotions Coordinator and Executive Director Jamie Guffey. They organized multiple crepe stations and the Kentucky Beef Council also sponsored a breakfast casserole that was supported by Bluegrass Dairy and Food cheese, eggs donated by the Kentucky Poultry Federation and cooked by Sullivan University.

Also, milk was donated by Prairie Farms and was enjoyed by all. The breakfast is a great way to unite all of our commodities at our convention. The breakfast was ended by program updates. Membership Awards and Closing Session Membership Awards were presented during the closing session this year, which allowed us time to celebrate ending 2017 with over 10,668 members. Treasurer Ken Adams gave the financial report, Nikki Whitaker presented the Community Involvement and Membership Awards while also giving a KJCA report. Carey Brown provided everyone an update on KCA Communication efforts which included Cow Country News, Livestock Advertising Network, and other communication efforts allowing Dave Maples to wrap up with an annual report for KCA outlining a year full of activities. Regional reports were given from meetings held that morning and election of the 2018 KCA officers followed. New officers include Bobby Foree, President; Tim White, President Elect; Steve Dunning, Vice-President; Ken Adams, Secretary/ Treasurer; and Chuck Crutcher, KCA Past President.

Farm Credit Mid-America awarded three youth with $2,000 each to be used to purchase a heifer. The winners were Sidney Sowder from Harrison County, Caleb Kernodle from Boyle County, and Nelson Paul from Bourbon County.

The Outstanding Education Service Award was presented to Dr. Rebekah Epps, University of Kentucky.

John Thomas & Tom Dawson, Creation Gardens were acknowledged for their support and work in the beef industry with the Beef Backer Award

Forages The Kentucky Forage and Grasslands Council held the Annual Forages at KCA Program. The agenda included speaker Mark Coyne from the University of Kentucky discussing soil, Dr. Chris Teutsch, UK Forage Extension Specialist focusing on Nutrient Cycles in Kentucky’s Pastures, and producer, John Bell who pulled it all together by explaining how CONTINUED ON PAGE 72 COW COUNTRY NEWS

Jacob Settles (far left) was awarded the Jeff Settles Leadership Award during the banquet.

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he manages the soil, plants and animals on his farm. Ladies Program Over 50 women gathered for this year’s annual Ladies Program. This year the Beef Council encouraged ladies to be proud beef advocates in their community

Ryan Goodman works with the Ladies Program to encourage ladies to be proud beef advocates in their community.

through their session themed “Backyard to Big Screen.” Ryan Goodman, Director of Grassroots Advocacy for NCBA, shared tips and tricks for how to be a positive voice for the beef industry online through social media and in their communities. Their skills were put to the test with mock role plays where they were able to address a vegan’s concerns by sharing their story as a cattle producer. One lucky attendee, Mary Bach from Bath County, had her recipe selected for a live cooking demonstration and mock TV cooking show appearance with local TV celebrity Lee Cruse from LEX18 News. The ladies were able to sample her Every Day and Everybody’s Steak recipe and learn how they too can take their skills to the big screen. All attendees left with their very own beef cooking kit with all the tools necessary for their own cooking demo. We can’t wait to see how each of them put their learnings in action as beef advocates in their home counties across the Bluegrass!

SELLING: 15 Fall Yearling Bulls 15 Spring Yearling Bulls 12 Fall Bred Heifers 18 Spring Yearling Heifers 20 Fall Cow/Calf Pairs 20 Spring Cow/Calf Pairs

Feeder Calf Sale Friday night’s Feeder Calf Sale was well attended, despite a first ever empty trade show due to the impending weather. Blue Grass Stockyards went on with the sale and sold 40+ loads through the internet sale.

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Livestock Marketing Group, the Platinum Sponsor of the KCA Convention. All other sponsors were also recognized. A complete list is on page 86. The 2018 Hall of Fame class was inducted and the winners included: Dr. Roy Burris, Region I; Hansell Pile, Region II;Billy Glenn Turpin, Region IV; and Jay Price, Region V. Please see page 78 for a complete release. Awards were also given to three Heifer Initiative winners at the Banquet. The money must be used to purchase a heifer from a KCA member in the state of Kentucky to show in the upcoming year. This year’s winners were Sidney Sowder from Harrison County, Caleb Kernodle from Boyle County, and Nelson Paul from Bourbon County. Congratulations to all three and best of luck in the coming year! Dr. Glen Aiken, retired USDA ARS Research Leader for the Forage Animal Production Research Unit, was honored for his support to the Kentucky beef industry through his years of service with USDA. After dinner and awards the Kentucky Cattlemen’s Foundation auction was held. he second annual Junior Auctioneer contest was hosted once again with two auctioneers competing for the grand prize of a free trip to the 2018 Livestock Marketing Association World Livestock Auctioneer Championship. Special thanks to both contestants, Ben Allen and Robert Guess as well as the KJCA for their ringmen services. Congratulations to the winner, Robert Guess! A total of $1,007 was raised during the silent auction and $4,250 was raised during the live auction. The KY Beef Council Service Award The Service Awards are presented to recipients that go above and beyond the call of duty to help farmers supply a safe and wholesome product and promote beef all at the same time. Theresa Stanley of Smiley Pete Publishing in Lexington received KBC’s Outstanding Service Award this year for her continuing support promoting Kentucky’s beef industry through her work on Lexington Burger Week. Armed with her camera and a good pair of wedges, Theresa works with restaurants all over the Lexington area to make beef the center of the plate selling over 100,000 burgers in 7 days every July. Taking consumers on a culinary experience, Burger Week provides us the opportunity to show case beef by pairing together new

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CONVENTION 2018 and exciting ingredients to burgers everyone will love and encourage people to share their days over America’s favorite beef dish. Theresa and her two sons ( the unofficial Burger Week interns) admire the love, hard work, and dedication cattlemen and women put into providing high quality product for chefs and consumers, and is honored to be receiving this award. Dr. Rebekah Epps was the recipient of the Outstanding Education Service Award. Dr. Rebekah Epps started her career as an educator as a high school agriculture teacher in Georgia. As most of us can relate, she loves teaching about agriculture and advising the FFA chapter. Her goal was always to continue on in her personal education, which led her to choosing a more specific goal to master. She looked at herself and colleagues to draw inspiration on what she needed to peruse. Quickly realizing that many of those who were in teaching positions weren’t as prepared as they should be to enter the classroom. It was then that Dr. Epps dedicated her further learning and now career, to equipping pre-service teachers with every tool and training she has available. It was through this dedication to her students that a partnership was formed between The University of Kentucky Agriculture Education program and the Kentucky Beef Council. Dr Epps and KBC designed a scenario where her students were given a beef industry topic to teach to a group of producers. It’s out of the box thinking, like this, that is keeping beef as a Center-plate subject in agriculture classrooms and beyond. We thank Dr Epps for always taking the extra step, caring about the quality of teaching our youth are receiving, and for helping drive KY’s beef story into lessons all over the world. Beef Council Beef Backer Award The Beef Backer Awards seeks to recognize retail and food service members who have demonstrated commitment to outstanding beef marketing, merchandising, and/or menuing through beef Checkoff-funded programs as well as through retailer/food service-originated beef initiatives. While Creation Gardens began as a small produce company in 1997 with a long term plan of bringing the most difficult items in foodservice under one roof, their story in the meat industry began in 1946 with Dawson Baker Packing COW COUNTRY NEWS

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House and A. Thomas Meats. Dawson Baker was established in the Irish Hill neighborhood of Louisville by Tom Dawson’s father and business partner Ike. In the 1970’s with John Baker, Tom established Irish Hill Foods (an extension of Dawson Baker). Tony Thomas started A. Thomas Meats, a small meat market in the Haymarket District of Downtown Louisville operating as a retail meat market and over time servicing wholesale and retail customers. The merger of A. Thomas and Irish Hill, two of the oldest and most successful meat companies in Louisville, under Mattingly Foods of Ohio brought together the best customers, butchers, and knowledgeable meat people in the region. With meat being a key area Creation Gardens wanted to excel in, Mattingly Foods became part of Creation Gardens. Today Tom Dawson and John Thomas work together to manage the protein division of Creation Gardens and oversee all aspects of purchasing, processing, and sales from Creation Gardens state of the art SQF certified meat processing facility. Through their day to day operations they provide new opportunities for beef producers to source their beef to foodservice operators and soon retailers to build more demand for Kentucky beef. Their passion for bettering the Kentucky Beef Industry shines through their family history in the meats industry as well as their devotion to development of Kentucky Cattlemen’s Ground Beef. We thank Tom, John, and all Creation Gardens protein division for backing the Kentucky Beef Industry in 2017 and beyond. Priefert Chute Membership Drawing Priefert Ranch Equipment and KCA joined up once again to present a Priefert squeeze chute and head gate as a prize for one member who joined or renewed KCA by January 1st. This year 8,254 members were entered in for the drawing. The winner of the Priefert S0191 Squeeze Chute was David Weisbrodt from Allen County. KJCA The Kentucky Junior Cattlemen’s Association had their annual membership meeting during the Convention. They had a large crowd with over 50 in attendance and had a full day of educational activities such as touring Blue Grass Stockyards and sitting in a mini auctioneer class. After returning to the Con-

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CATTLEMEN’S CONVENTION CLOSES WITH ELECTION OF NEW OFFICERS

Kentucky cattlemen from across the state voted for new officers during their Annual Convention held January 11-12 in Lexington, KY. Over 1187 producers were on hand to see Bobby Foree, a cow/calf producer who farms in Henry and Shelby Counties, elected to serve as the president for 2018. “I am looking forward to the coming year and visiting with our cattlemen all over the state,” stated Foree, “I hope to see our Association grow to over 11,000 members this year.” Foree has been a KCA Regional Director, Regional Vice President, served as Kentucky Beef Network Chairman, and also sits on the Agricultural Development Board. He is a seventh-generation farmer operating three different farms and over 350 beef cows. He has two kids and is married to his wife, Jean Kaye. Other officers include President-Elect, Tim White, Lexington, KY, Vice President, Steve Dunning of Hopkinsville, KY, Secretary/Treasurer, Ken Adams, Upton, KY and Past President, Chuck Crutcher of Rineyville, KY. Others on the Executive Committee include KCA Program Chair Chris Cooper, Richmond, KY; KBC Program Chair, Andy Bishop, Cox’s Creek, KY; KBN Chairman, Cary King, Harrodsburg, KY. Regional vice presidents from across the state were elected by their regions at the convention including: Daniel Hayden, Region 1; Joe Lowe, Region 2; Jon Bednarski, Region 3; Jeremy Jones, Region 4; and Gary Ford, Region 5.

New officers were elected at the convention including front row from left to right: KCA President, Bobby Foree; President Elect, Tim White; Vice President, Steve Dunning and Past President, Chuck Crutcher. Standing left to right: Secretary/ Treasurer, Ken Adams;Chris Cooper, KCA Program Chair, Andy Bishop, KBC Program Chair and Cary King, KBN Program Chairman.

KCA is an organization representing the state’s livestock industry on legislative, regulatory and industry issues at both the state and federal levels. The KCA mission is to provide a strong, proactive voice for all of Kentucky’s Beef Farm Families, serve as a resource for information and education for producers, consumers and the industry and be a catalyst for enhancing producer profitability. You can find additional information at www.kycattle.org.

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Byron Seeds Dominates The 2017 World Dairy Expo Forage Super Bowl Again 3 Grand Champions • Grand Champion Haylage • Grand Champion Corn Silage • Grand Champion Organic Hay Top 5 finalists in the haylage division • Placing 1st through 5th including Grand Champion • Plus, four more finalists in top 20 for 9 of the top 20 Six out of ten finalists in Grass Hay division • 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 7th, 10th Five out of 10 finalists in the Baleage division • 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 10th First 9 finalists in Organic Hay division including Grand Champion Two finalists in the Conventional Silage division including Grand Champion • Byron wins Grand Champion in a division with more than 500 entries submitted 33 out of the 100 finalists • Byron customers dominated with only 93 entries out of over a thousand entrants. One company submitted over 700 entries with only 22 finalists!

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Friends gather at the County President’s Awards Banquet. Top five largest counties overall received a cash prize. Awarded this year were Breckinridge, Barren, Shelby, Marion, and Grayson.

County presidents who exceeded their membership from the previous year were awarded a KCA coffee mug.

Top ten recruiters overall received a KCA polo at the Closing Session.

County presidents who exceeded their membership by 10 members or more received a red jacket at the County Presidents Awards Banquet.

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Barren County wins the Community Involvement Award for Division 1.

Bobby Bell is awarded the Big Bull as president of Breckinridge County for having the largest county membership for 2017.

Laurel County wins the Community Involvement Award for Division 2.

Top ten recruiters overall received a blue jacket at the Closing Session.

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Kent Robertson spoke as the LMA sponsor for the County Presidents Awards Banquet.

Bracken County wins the Community Involvement Award for Division 3.

Breckinridge County (Bobby Bell) and Bracken County (Danny Cooper) win a cash prize for largest numerical increase for membership.

Top five recruiters overall received a cash prize at the Closing Session.

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CONGRATULATIONS TO THE 2018 KENTUCKY CATTLEMEN’S ASSOCIATION HALL OF FAME INDUCTEEES REGION 1

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Princeton, KY with Karen, his wife of 45 years. They have three children and four grandchildren.

Former KCA President Billy Glenn Turpin has impacted not only his community but individuals across the state. He was a vocational agriculture teacher at Madison Central High School for 31 years and led 10 national champion land judging teams. He worked closely with Madison County Extension Service to host several field days and demonstrations on his cow/calf farm. Billy’s involvement in the CPH-45 program helped improve the quality of cattle in his county as well as across the state. Billy’s peers say that “his heart is with the beef cattle industry.” Billy has been married to his wife Mildred for 48 years. They raised two children and have one grandchild.

such as freeze branding, fencing, and forages that impacted the operations of local cattlemen. After teaching vocational agriculture for 27 years, Jay touched the lives of not only local cattlemen but many beef leaders across Kentucky. Despite recent health issues, Jay continues to be a strong voice for beef cattle farming. Jay and his wife Carol have lived on the family farm since 1980, and have raised two children and have three grandchildren. Their grandchildren will be the sixth generation to have lived on the farm.

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Four deserving cattlemen were honored during this year’s Evening Banquet at the Kentucky Cattlemen’s Association Annual Convention in Lexington. Roy Burris, Hansell Pile Sr., Billy Glenn Turpin, and Jay Price were the association’s 2018 Hall of Fame inductees. In his role as a Professor and Extension Beef Specialist with the University of Kentucky, Roy Burris has been instrumental in implementing educational programs that have greatly benefited the beef cattle industry. Roy secured a $750,000 grant from USDA along with other funding that helped start programs such as Master Cattlemen, Master Stocker, and Integrated Resource Management. He is well known for his writing, as he’s authored numerous extension publications and wrote for 31 years in the Cow Country News. His friends and peers say, “Roy changed Kentucky Agriculture.” Roy lives in

HARDIN COUNTY

Hansell Pile Sr. was remembered as a true gentleman. In 1942, he began raising Polled Hereford cattle at his farm in Hardin County, KY. He raised breeding stock which were sold in 13 states across the country. Along with helping start the Hardin County Beef Association, Hansell was the county fair chairman and was active in helping 4-H and FFA members exhibit and raise cattle. Hansell was recognized by the Kentucky State Fair Board for over 50 years of consecutively exhibiting his cattle at the fair. Hansell was a steward of the land, and was always studying and learning to leave the land better than how he found it. Hansell passed away on March 1, 2006. His wife Frances passed away in 1989. They were married for 44 years, raising four children and two grandchildren.

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The Kentucky Cattlemen’s Association would like to congratulate all of these deserving individuals for their years of service and numerous contributions to the agriculture industry. Videos of the 2018 inductees can be viewed on the KCA Youtube and Facebook pages.

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Children loved the Kids Corral in the trade show this year. Special thanks to RT Outfitters for providing the pedal tractors and McBurney Livestock for providing the hay ring.

The Leadership Reception is a great time for former classmates to catch up!

The Ag Industry Trade Show provides a great atmosphere for learning and catching up with friends.

Past President, Chuck Crutcher, and 2018 President, Bobby Foree.

NCBA President, Kevin Kester, updated the crowd on current NCBA policy.

Dave Maples updates the Kentucky Livestock Marketing Association on the Kentucky Beef Checkoff.

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Chuck Crutcher helps incoming President, Bobby Foree, with his KCA blazer.

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Alison Smith and Katelyn Hawkins talk to producers about Kentucky Cattlemen’s ground beef.

The registration area at convention stayed busy. Special thanks to the 500+ who pre-registered this year.

Special thanks to the 2018 KCA Convention interns, Elizabeth Osbourne Samantha Woerner, Carly Graves, and Randa Morris.

There were over 100 booths to visit during the Ag Industry Trade Show.

There were ten KCA Past Presidents at the Leadership reception.

Participants in the ribeye cookoff worked hard to create the perfect steak.

The shoe shine in the Central Kentucky Ag Credit booth was a big draw for attendees.

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Ray Smith moderated the Forages at KCA program.

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Jim Akers and Tim Dietrich talk with the Kentucky Junior Cattlemen’s Association while they visit Blue Grass Stockyards.

Special thanks to the Kentucky Poultry Federation for providing crepes at the breakfast in the trade show.

Juniors take bids during the Kentucky Cattlemen’s Foundation auction at the banquet.

KJCA members had the opportunity to search for a golden ticket in the trade show to win $100. Ryan Underwood and Konner Walters (pictured) found it on Thursday. Kaley Thompson and Ryan Underwood found it on Friday (not pictured).

Chip Ramsay, Manager of the Rex Ranch speaks at the Beef Efficiency Conference.

Blue Grass Livestock Marketing Group hosted their Feeder Calf Sale Friday afternoon during convention.

The Allied Industry Game night is a great time to catch up with friends and have a little fun.

The Beef Efficiency Conference hosted a great set of engaging speakers for over 200 producers in attendance.

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Warren Beeler with the Governors Office of Ag Policy addresses the Beef Efficiency Conference.

Five cooking teams from across the state competed in the 5th Annual Cattlemen’s Ribeye Cook-Off. Dr. Dan Givens talks to the crowd about Preventative Health Protocols that Enhance Beef Production Efficiency.

Jim Akers gives KJCA members a tour of the new Blue Grass Stockyards.

Many cattle producers were on hand to choose the Cattlemen’s Choice Award for the ribeye cookoff.

Katelyn Hawkins, Sara Crutcher and Kathryn Goodman slice the ribeyes from the cook-off.

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Brutus the Bull made an appearance at the 2018 KCA Convention.

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FIFTH ANNUAL CATTLEMEN’S RIBEYE COOK-OFF DRAWS LARGE CROWD The Kentucky Beef Council hosted its fifth annual ribeye cook-off during the Kentucky Cattlemen’s Association Convention January 11th at the Lexington Convention Center. The event welcomed five teams from across the state. Six half-inch ribeyes were generously donated by Hill View Farms Meats to each team to prepare their beef before heading outside to the grill to cook them to perfection. Teams had their choice of a gas or charcoal grill to cook on, and many remained true to the charcoal. After grilling, the teams came back in to present their masterpiece to a panel of judges. Our judges this year included Dr. Rebekah Epps, Theresa Stanley, Steve Dunning and Jay Chu. The judges were given two steaks per team to score based on presentation, preparation, taste, and creativity to choose the winner of the Judges Award. The remaining steaks were then sliced up and served to trade show attendees who then voted for the Cattlemen’s Choice Award. The awards were presented on Friday night during the Evening Banquet. The Judges Award went to The World Famous Marion County Grillers of Marion County who upset the reigning team of Barren County . Team members were Tommy Spalding, Mike Spalding and Thomas Glasscock.

The Cattlemen’s Choice Award went to the Barren County Master Grillers team.

The Cattlemen’s Choice Award went to the Barren County Master grillers team. Members of the team included Ken Wininger, Robert Gerring and David Billingsley. “The Kentucky Cattlemen’s Association has some very active cooking groups across the state and they all claim to have the best ribeye. I must admit, I’m happy I’m not in charge of choosing the winner because they all taste so delicious!” stated Kiah Twisselman, Director of Consumer Affairs with the Kentucky Beef Council. “We love the comradery and friendly competition between the cattlemen at the event who all make great efforts throughout the year at the county level to promote beef and keep the consumers coming back for more!” The Kentucky Cattlemen’s Association, a grassroots organization with 99 chapters in 120 counties, works to protect, advance and be a strong voice for the state’s 38,000 + cattle producers. For more information visit www.kycattle.org. The Judges Award went to the World Famous Marion County Grillers.

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CONVENTION 2018

YOUNG AUCTIONEERS RETURN TO THE KCA CONVENTION Two young Kentucky Auctioneers were a highlight of the meeting for many cattlemen attending the KCA Convention in Lexington, January 11-12. These auctioneers were given the chance to auction off one item and the winner won a trip to Billings, MT for the 2017 World Livestock Auctioneers Contest. The auctioneers included Ben Allen and Robert Guess. They also had a room full of KJCA ringmen who participated in a class on auctioneering earlier that day at Blue Grass Stockyards. After a random draw to see who went first, the plan was simple, whoever sold their items for the highest amount won. After a lot of excitement and fundraising, Robert Guess was the winner,

selling his items for the highest amount. Robert then went on to sell a custom made Kentucky Cattlemen’s firepit to end the auction. Proceeds from the auction will be used to benefit KCA youth events like NYBLS, KCA Scholarships, leadership programs and more. Special thanks for all of the donated items and buyers (listed on pg. 75) as well as the Kentucky Cattlemen’s Foundation, Livestock Marketing Association, and Kentucky Livestock Marketing Association for donating the trip to the Auctioneers Contest.

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ROBERT GUESS My name is Robert Guess. I am from Paintsville, Kentucky in Johnson County. I work in construction and am a part time farmer. I attended the Kentucky Auction Academy in Bowling Green, Kentucky. I have completed the 80 hour requirements for auctioneers. My professional goal is to become an auctioneer and cattle farmer. I want to thank David Lemaster for his encouragement to participate in the KCA Foundation Auction. It was fun to meet so many people and to have the opportunity to be on stage before so many people. COW COUNTRY NEWS

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A third generation auctioneer and recent competitor in our KJCA Contest, Mr. Ben Allen is a resident of Rockcastle County where he is active in his community and also has a cattle operation. Ben is an Auctioneer with his family firm, Ford Brothers, Inc. where since childhood he regularly participates in the sale of estate properties, farms, and equipment auctions. He attended Missouri Auction School and became a licensed Auctioneer in 2013. He has sold livestock for the Lake Cumberland Livestock Market, sold vehicles for the KASP Auto auction as well as worked the ring for Manheim Louisville. He is a member of and has competed in the Kentucky Auctioneers Association Division placing first in the Apprentice Category in 2015 and recently placed second, in the Professional Auctioneer Division. Should you have an interest in auctioneering or have any questions about the auction process, you may contact Ben at (606) 219-0032 or email him at ben@fordbrothersinc.com.

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KCA’s mission is to provide a strong, proactive voice for all of Kentucky’s Beef Farm Families, serve as a resource for information and education for producers, consumers and the industry and be a catalyst for enhancing producer profitability. NOW IS THE TIME to join or renew your Kentucky Cattlemen’s Association. Unite and become a unified voice for all cattle producers.

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2018 KJCA OFFICERS President: Kathryn Goodman Vice-President: Will Blaydes Secretary: Kalli Flanders Treasurer: Reba Prather Reporter: Kailey Thompson KJCA Directors Directors at Large: Jessica Tucker, Jordan Stephens, Ryan Underwood, Savanna Hill, Mandy Cloe Region 1 Zach Imbruglio & Walter Steely Region 2 Megan Underwood & Abigal Smoot Region 3 Will Banks & Jeremy Miller Region 4 Addie White & Nelson Paul Region 5 Julia Weaber & Josh Netwon

KENTUCKY JUNIOR CATTLEMEN’S ASSOCIATION By Nikki Whitaker

The Kentucky Junior Cattlemen’s Association had their annual convention in conjunction with the KCA Convention January 11-12. Over 50 youth came to the two-day event from all over Kentucky. During the convention, the juniors participated in several educational and team building events, including a trade show scavenger hunt to find a “golden ticket” worth $100! The juniors were able to tour the new Lexington Blue Grass Stockyards where they received a mini auctioneer class. Later, the juniors heard from Ryan Goodman on how to become a better advocate for agriculture through social media. Afterwards, many of the KJCA members attended the KCA Closing Session to hear the KJCA Annual Report and applaud outgoing KJCA President, Sara Crutcher, who thanked the KJCA Board of Directors and the KCA for their support of the KJCA. The KJCA events wrapped up Friday afternoon with the election of the 2018 slate of officers and directors for KJCA, where several new KJCA Directors were elected. After a quick year-end review, the group concluded the meeting with a junior reception with light snacks and talking about the upcoming year’s events. Kathryn Goodman, incoming KJCA President from Hardin County, is excited about the upcoming year and the new KJCA programs. “I’m excited for my last year as a Kentucky Junior Cattlemen’s member and serving as the KJCA President! The KJCA has grown this past year, and we are excited to get more involved around the state.” If you have any questions about the KJCA or would like to get involved, please contact the KCA office at 859-278-0899. 88

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USING ANTIBIOTICS RESPONSIBLY: STEWARDSHIP TAKES A COLLABORATIVE APPROACH Important roles in preserving antibiotic efficacy in 2018 and beyond

animals get sick, we all have an obligation to help them regain health.”

Preserving the efficacy of antibiotics so they help treat life-threatening bacterial infections in cattle takes the collaboration of you and many other experts in a One Health approach.

Several organizations share positive messages about proper use of antibiotics to the nonagricultural community. For example, the Food and Drug Administration communicates about their rigorous approval process for animal health products, enforcing proper use according to labeling and imposing penalties for improper use. The U.S. Department of Agriculture shares a consumer-facing message about how they ensure safe food with routine surveillance of meat and milk.

A One Health approach brings together leaders in human and veterinary medicine, human health professions, the food industry and public health. Leaders from across these sectors work together to create a common understanding and best set of solutions that help advance the responsible use of antibiotics, protect animal health and well-being and safeguard human health. “We’re all working together to make sure we’re preserving antibiotics so that the response we achieve today is the same response we’ll get in 10 years in both human and animal medicine,” said Doug Hilbig, DVM, Beef Technical Services at Zoetis. “The responsibility of keeping these important resources available and effective doesn’t, and can’t, just fall to those directly caring for cattle. When

“We’re bringing insights from our team of veterinarians who work daily with producers and veterinarians,” Dr. Hilbig said. “We spend a lot of time and effort training on the appropriate use of antibiotics because proper use according to the product label is key to helping avoid violative residues and controlling the spread of antibiotic resistance. We’re also helping monitor antimicrobial resistance so the industry can be confident the products they are using are effective.”

So, what does a One Health collaborative approach mean for your role as beef cattle producers and veterinarians in the new year and beyond? It means that you just need to keep doing everything you’re already doing right and, as experts in the industry, sharing about your efforts. As producers, you’re already working closely with a veterinarian to find the right treatment when cattle get sick. (Read more about the veterinarian’s valuable role in the responsible use of antibiotics in Part 1.) You’re spending time training people on the appropriate use and application of antibiotics, such as Draxxin® (tulathromycin) Injectable Solution and Excede® (ceftiofur crystalline free acid) Sterile Suspension. As veterinarians, you’re helping ensure that the right antibiotic is prescribed when medically needed and administered at the right time. (Read more on the relationship between treatment success and responsible use of antibiotics in Part 2.)

day — caring for cattle and keeping them healthy,” Dr. Hilbig said. “We all have the same goals. We want to keep people healthy. We all want our families to have the healthiest food.” About Zoetis Zoetis is the leading animal health company, dedicated to supporting its customers and their businesses. Building on more than 60 years of experience in animal health, Zoetis discovers, develops, manufactures and markets veterinary vaccines and medicines, complemented by diagnostic products, genetic tests, biodevices and a range of services. Zoetis serves veterinarians, livestock producers and people who raise and care for farm and companion animals with sales of its products in more than 100 countries. In 2016, the company generated annual revenue of $4.9 billion with approximately 9,000 employees. For more information, visit www.zoetisUS.com.

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KCA MEMBERS ENJOY THE 2018 CONVENTION By Lesley Ward

A dire weather forecast that included snow and icy rain didn’t keep Kentucky cattle producers away from the 2018 Kentucky Cattlemen’s Association Convention held in Lexington on January 1112. While many people were frantically emptying the shelves at Kroger of milk and bread, Kentucky farmers and their families were attending meetings, walking around the ag industry trade show and eating filet of beef at the banquet. Cow Country News caught up with a few KCA members at the trade show to find out what was on their minds.

chores at home,” she said.

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Emily lives on a small Angus farm with five horses and three cats. She is excited to start showing cattle this year, and thanks to her friend, Anna, Emily’s ready for the show ring. “Anna gave me a show stick for my birthday!” she explained.

er will have to unload and feed or water those cattle or switch trucks. It all takes time and money. It will affect cattle that are going to western Kansas, Iowa or Colorado. The rule might not get eliminated, but it needs to have some changes made to it.” Caleb Kernodle & Ryan Underwood

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Anna Weaber and Emily Chunglo Ronnie Lowe is a farmer from Mason county. He runs about 500 cows and calves with his brother, Jerry. “We have commercial cattle that are bred to registered Angus bulls,” said Lowe. “We sell cattle on the internet and at the Bluegrass Stockyards in Maysville.”

Ron and Rebecca Kernodle traveled to the convention from Boyle County so their son Caleb, a KJCA member, could attend meetings and go to the banquet.

Anna Weaber, 12, and Emily Chunglo, 11, are best buds who live on farms in Mercer County. They were running around the trade show hunting for the KJCA Golden Ticket. The lucky KJCA member who found the ticket was going to win $100, and these two were determined to find it first! Both girls are in 4H too, and are very active in the livestock club and Skillathon. “We’re here to learn more about being a junior cattleman,” said Anna, who has been showing cattle since she was three years old! “Being in the KJCA gives us the opportunity to know more about what our families do.” Anna’s family raises Limousin, Belted Galloways, Hereford and Angus cattle, and Anna helps around the farm. “When my stepdad, Jeff, goes to London to manage another farm every few days, my sister and I usually end up doing the 90

Rebecca believes being in the KJCA has been good for Caleb. “It’s taught him values and responsibility. He’s made some good friends in the KJCA,” she said. “He’s also learned a lot about managing his finances.” “He’s learned to deal with disappointments, and at the same time he’s learned about generosity,” added Ron. “He won the Mercer County Justin Worthington “I Love Cows” essay contest two years ago. “He’s also one of the recipients of the Kentucky Heifer Initiative this year, and at some point, he’d like to give back and donate a heifer to the Justin Worthington program. That’s his goal. “We’ve developed a deep relationship with the breeder who donated the heifer he won. They have been over the top with their assistance, and that has really spurred Caleb on to help others.”

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Lowe has been coming to the KCA convention for five years. He’s the chairman of the Mason County KCA. He says he comes to the convention to learn and to try to pick up new ideas that he can take back home. On Friday morning, he attended a seminar on forage. He also likes looking around the trade show. Lowe is impressed with the new Bluegrass Stockyards in Lexington. “They’re a big deal,” said Lowe. Lowe says 2017 was a pretty good year for his farming operation. “We’ve had lots of grass and plenty of hay,” he explained. “Crops were good this year.” There is one thing Lowe is concerned about for the coming year: the new ELD mandates for trucking. The Electronic Logging Device rule requires interstate motor carriers to have devices installed in their trucks to track the driver’s hours on the road. Generally, the rule requires that truckers stop driving after 14 hours. “The worst thing with the trucking deal is that if cattle have to ride 16 hours, they’ve got to stop,” said Lowe. “This rule will affect the price of cattle, because the driv-

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Caleb Kernodle and Ryan Underwood are both members of the KJCA, and they both enjoy showing Herefords. Caleb helps his grandfather and uncle farm cattle on about 2400 acres in Boyle County. Currently, the farm is home to around 2500 feeders. “Right now, I have four cows and one heifer,” said Caleb. “The cows are bred. Two are expected to calve in the next month and the other two in October. By the end of this year, I hope to have 10 cattle in all with the calves.” Caleb planned to attend the KCA banquet that night where he was going to receive $2,000 from Ag Credit as part of the Heifer Initiative. “I haven’t decided yet if I’m going to buy another show heifer or feeder calves with the money,” he admitted. Ryan, who is from Taylor County, was at the convention to attend meetings, and he was also hoping to get elected to the KJCA board. Caleb’s interest in Herefords was sparked after seeing one in a field. “I’ve always grown up around black cat-

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tle. I had never seen a Hereford,” he explained. “About four years ago, we were driving down the road and I saw a Hereford standing out in the field and from that day on I was just in love with them.”

Campbell felt positive about the new year.

Ryan’s grandfather owned Herefords.

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“I like them because they are gentle. They are good cows overall,” he said. I’ve shown them at the Hereford Junior Nationals in Louisville, three state fairs in a row and at the Southeast Regionals in Virginia.” The young men had just come out of a breakout session for KJCA members.

“2017 was an extremely good year for us,” he said. “Cattle prices stayed steady and the economy in general was good.”

“Also, the cattle handling equipment is a good mover this time of year,” added Campbell. Campbell says trade shows like that of the KCA are a good place for him to talk to farmers.

Convention. This is probably the sixth year they have come to the event. Both Williams and Woodrum have been county directors. The pair farm around 650 acres between them and both run cow/ calf operations. They specialize in Angus cattle. Woodrum also has a business picking up dead animals. “It’s carcass composting,” he explained. “We pick up anything: cows, horses and sheep. We’ll do mothers-in-law, too, but if they’re red-headed it’s another $500.” Williams said that she likes to wander around the trade show.

“We met a blogger who works with cattlemen associations,” said Caleb. “He talked to us about how we can spread the word about farming. He told us how to work with people who have a negative view on farming and how to change their opinions into more positive views.”

“We always take feedback from the farmers,” he explained. “They tell us what needs to be changed. We are always making changes and bettering the quality of our products. I just had some folks talk to me about some different options they’d like to have on hay rings like covers and inserts.

“We get to see equipment that is new on the market,” she explained. “You can see several brands here, like Kubota and John Deere, without having to go to the different dealerships.”

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“Farmers are buying our products, so their opinions are very valuable to us.”

Williams said that 2017 had been a good year for her farm, but Woodrum was not so sure.

Brenda Williams & Brent Woodrum

“It’s been fair,” he said. “It’s picked up a bit, but it’s not on pace with inputs like diesel or fertilizer.”

Woodrum was doing research on skid steers.

Williams was looking forward to the banquet that night. “One of our fellow Casey County farmers, Jay Price, is going to be inducted into the KCA Hall of Fame,” she explained. “We’ll have four tables of Casey County farmers. Jay’s an important man in our community.” Andrea Sexton Jason Campbell is a sales and territory manager for Tarter Farm and Ranch Equipment. He was surrounded by a bright red selection of hay rings, feeders, cattle handling equipment and gates.

Brenda Williams and her gentleman friend, Brent Woodrum, had traveled from Casey County to attend the KCA

Andrea Sexton teaches at Eastern Kentucky University in the Animal Science program. “I’m here for professional development, and to stay up to date so I can pass in-

formation on to my students. I’ve been teaching there since the fall of 2015.” “We came to the convention for the beef efficiency course and we went to both general sessions. We also went to part of the forage session.” Sexton grew up in Jessamine County, but moved out west to work on a PhD at Oklahoma State University. Then she taught for four years at Kansas State University. After she and her husband, Austin, had a son, they moved back to Kentucky to be closer to family. “My parents have always raised beef cattle, and we live close to them,” said Sexton. “We have about 20 acres of our own. We’ve got some cow/calf pairs. “At this point we’re just getting started,” she continued. “The CAIP funds have been really helpful to us. This is the first group of heifers that we bought with the money.” Sexton is talking about the CAIP Cost Share Program. It’s a grant made possible by the Governor’s Office of Agricultural Policy and the Ag Development Board. It provides funds for agricultural projects, including farm infrastructure, forage improvement, purchasing livestock, farm marketing and fencing. The program is based on a 50/50 cost share.

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A FARMER FIRST, MEET 2018 KCA PRESIDENT BOBBY FOREE By Lesley Ward

Bobby Foree, is a gentleman who divides his time between two very different careers. Not only is Foree a seventh-generation farmer who runs three farms in Henry and Shelby Counties, he’s also a lawyer who specializes in helping other farmers with their legal matters. Foree, the 2018 Kentucky Cattlemen’s Association President, is equally comfortable driving his John Deere tractor around his farm as he is sitting behind the desk of his law office on Main Street in New Castle, Ky. But, he admitted that while he enjoys both farming and practicing law, only one of the professions truly has a hold on his heart. “I always say I like the practice of law, but I love farming,” said Foree, 64. Foree grew up on Old Homestead Farm a mile or so outside New Castle. The farm was a land grant, consisting of 1500 acres, that was given to his ancestor Peter Foree for his services during the Revolutionary War. It has been farmed by the Foree family ever since. The stately brick home with four white columns where Foree spent his childhood with his brother, John Baird, was built in 1810, and many of the bricks were made from clay from the farm. Foree was a typical farm kid and he participated in 4H and Future Farmers of America throughout his school years. “We had a diversified farming operation that included cattle, hogs and tobacco primarily,” said Foree. “My dad really enjoyed growing tobacco.” Foree left the farm briefly to attend the University of Kentucky, graduating with a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Animal Science in 1975. “I followed the pre-vet curriculum all the way through at UK, thinking I wanted to go to vet school,” said Foree. “I had my application ready to apply and then I thought to myself, ‘I don’t really want to work on cows,’ but I was becoming interested in genetics and animal breeding. “Dr. Fred Thrift was a UK professor who had a big impact on my life. He got me interested in breeding cattle.”

Foree with some of his cattle on Old Homestead Farm Breeding Polled Herefords It was around this time, Foree fell in love with one particular breed: Polled Herefords.

“Bruce was a teacher and I was a junior in college, but he spent an immense amount of time with me teaching me about the bloodline.”

I started breeding them and you could really see the improvements. You could go out into the field and pick out the AI calves.”

“I just liked their temperaments,” admitted Foree. “They’ve got good maternal traits. And, if you breed them correctly, they have good growth traits.”

Foree was so intrigued by the breed that he traveled down to Georgia to attend a sale of Polled Herefords and to meet R.W. Jones in person.

After graduating from UK, Foree decided to go to law school. He got accepted by the University of Louisville.

“Bruce Layne of Fountain Run Kentucky, got me interested in Polled Herefords and the R.W. Jones Victor Domino bloodline,” remembered Foree. “There used to be a 4H publication called The Winner’s Way, and it featured Bruce. He had just won the National Reserve Grand Champion Bull with the RJW Victor bloodline, so I contacted him.

“The Jones family had sold cattle for more than 40 years, but they had never sold any semen. They would only sell bulls,” said Foree. “But, I started communicating with Mr. Jones and he agreed to ship me some semen. To my knowledge, I was the first person he ever sent semen to. I was around 21 years old.

“I figured that I would farm during the day and go to law school at night,” he recalled. “But, I didn’t realize that when you go to law school in the day, you study at night. And, when you go to law school at night, you study during the day. I couldn’t do that and farm, so I quit after one class and came back to the farm full time.”

“I just got interested in the genetics part.

Foree did manage to find the time to re-

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11,000 members. He also wants the organization to help young farmers. “Maybe we could give them a priority on some of our programs,” he said. “I’m on the Agricultural Development Board and it seems like we’re giving a lot of loans to young farmers for poultry houses. It’s a good thing to get them into farming, but at the same time its competition for meat producers.” Like past president Chuck Crutcher, Foree is excited about the Beef Solutions program that will provide Kroger with hamburger produced and branded by Kentucky farmers. “My fear is that it will become too successful too quickly,” he admitted. “All indications are that the consumer will want to purchase something that says Kentucky Cattlemen on it, so we must ensure that it is the safest and best product on the shelf.” Foree is quick to praise his predecessor, Crutcher. Foree with Farm Manager Justin Atchison in front of the ear corn he grows to feed his cattle turn to UK and earn a Master’s of Science degree in Agriculture Education in 1977. “I would farm during the day, and I had classes in the evening,” remembered Foree. In 1981, Foree married Jean Kaye LeCompte, a librarian who grew up on a nearby farm. The couple have two children. Their son, Roby, is renovating the brick house on Old Homestead Farm with his wife, Tabitha. Their daughter, Ashley, lives in Nashville. Back to School Although Foree was happy with the farming life, he just couldn’t stop thinking about the law degree he never got. “It was the only thing I ever quit in my life, and it really bugged me,” he admitted. So, at the age of 35, with Jean Kaye’s support, he went to UK law school full time and earned a degree in 2½ years. Foree didn’t begin practicing law right away though. He had a different thought process. “I wanted to do it backwards from everyone else,” he explained. “Most people go to law school to make a lot of money so they can retire and farm or whatever. My goal was the opposite. I wanted to farm while I was young enough to enjoy it. I wanted to be physically able to do the COW COUNTRY NEWS

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work. So, I ended up farming most of my life, but I always said that I’d use my law degree when I get older.” Foree began practicing law part-time about 25 years ago. Just a little bit for a change of pace. But, when he turned 60, the opportunity came up to take over a law practice located in New Castle. “I got the chance to buy this office and to have wonderful clients at the same time,” said Foree. He considers himself a general practitioner, and he does a lot of estate planning for farmers and their families. “I think that’s my strength; where I can combine agriculture and the law,” he explained. Foree admitted that it can sometimes be difficult to balance farming and law. And Old Homestead Farm requires a lot of his time. It consists of around 915 acres in three locations, and approximately 360 beef cows are maintained annually. Fifty percent of the cattle are Registered Black Angus and the rest are Black Angus/ Polled Hereford crosses. Foree also grows around 60 acres of corn every year which is harvested and stored as ear corn for grinding into cattle feed. About a year and half ago, Foree finally hired a farm manager, Justin Atchison, to help him run his operation. “Justin does a great job,” he said. “He’s

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freed me up to practice a lot more law.” Foree also gives credit to his other employees, including Ed Rockwell, Dale Lefler and Nectally Castilles. “Those guys work day and night for me.” Their help will be needed in 2018, because as president of the KCA, Foree will be spending even more time off the farm tending to the association’s business. Leading the KCA Foree has been a member of KCA for more years than he can count. He’s been a regional director and he served as chairman of the Kentucky Beef Network. He was also a member of the executive board for several years, and he’s been a Regional Vice President. “I’ve also participated in quite a few KCA programs,” he said. “I went through the Master Grazer Program and it was one of the best I’ve ever gone through. I had taken graduate-level grazing courses at UK and I thought to myself, ‘What am I ever going to learn from this program?’ “Well, I learned a tremendous amount. It was practical knowledge about rotational grazing that I could take back to my farm.” In 2018, Foree hopes to see the membership of the KCA grow to more than

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“Chuck is going to be a hard person to follow,” he said. “I’ve got some big shoes to fill. He is a dedicated advocate for the Kentucky beef industry.” Foree has good things to say about the team at the KCA, as well. “One reason I continue to be involved with the KCA is Dave Maples and the staff,” he explained. “Dave has assembled a wonderful, passionate, hard-working staff. I enjoy working with every single one of them. They advocate for Kentucky cattlemen and breeders. Everyone is doing a fantastic job there.” As a successful breeder of cattle himself, Foree had one last story to share with Cow Country News readers. It was about his mentor at UK, Dr. Fred Thrift. “When I was a young farmer, we used to have a lot of people down from UK for field days,” he remembered. “One day, Dr. Thrift brought a class, and we were judging a class of bulls. He asked the students to tell him what the most important factor was when purchasing a bull. The answers were all over the board, including feet and legs, fertility, weight gain and calving ease. Dr. Thrift shook his head and said, ‘No sir. The most important factor when purchasing a bull is the integrity of the breeder.’ “That statement has always stuck with me. The breeder is actually the most important factor.”

MEMBERSHIP DIVISION 1 (151+ MEMBERS)

2018

2017

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DIVISION 2 (76-150 MEMBERS)

2018

2017

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Barren

381

465

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Allen

145

126

Monroe

127

132

-5

Shelby

296

361

-65

Marion

275

332

-57

Adair

256

278

Breckinridge

243

Grayson

226

Madison

207

DIVISION 3 (UP TO 75 MEMBERS)

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2017

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Grant

Louisville Area

-8

Henry

119

141

-22

Pendleton

Laurel

115

128

-13

-22

Out of State

-19

Northern Kentucky

109

138

-29

Trigg

-11

523

-280

Metcalfe

109

117

-8

Todd

-15

283

-57

Franklin

104

112

-8

Twin Lakes

Pulaski

114

-21

Whitley

-3

Daviess

131

-38

Montgomery

Nelson

-22

Ohio

-17

Woodford

-26

Oldham

-11

Mason

-19

Hancock

-15

Estill

-4

Rockcastle

-21

Highlands

-14

264

-57

Logan

196

273

-77

Fleming

133

-46

Clark

194

193

Trimble

116

-30

Hart

186

194

-8

Garrard

103

-21

Lincoln

185

240

-55

Northeast Area

115

-33

Jackson

100

-19

Washington

175

205

-30

Bourbon

-4

Hardin

172

183

-11

Edmonson

-23

Larue

167

210

-43

Boyle

-21

Bath

164

257

-93

Bracken

163

156

Scott

111

-38

Campbell

-13

Purchase Area

-19

Nicholas

-3

-2

Christian

146

192

-46

Anderson

104

-34

Simpson

Mercer

140

196

-56

Mountain

-33

Wayne

-14

Harrison

132

159

-27

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Meade

126

167

-41

Jessamine

123

240

-117

Warren

121

184

-63

Casey

117

169

-52

Green

166

-70

Russell

-19

Carroll

Owen

-24

Butler

Caldwell-Lyon

-20

Lewis

-11

Muhlenberg

-18

McCreary

-18

Clinton-Cumberland

-18

Union

-15

Taylor

-27

Bullitt

-6

Fayette

-25

Clay

-12

Webster

-49

Crittenden

McLean

-6

Calloway

-11

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Robertson

-21

Livingston

-9

Hopkins

-7

Menifee

-9

River Hills

Magoffin

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Henderson

-9

Pike

Powell

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Eastern Foothills

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Knox

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Harlan

Bell

Gallatin

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Allen ................................$40 Anderson ........................$25 Bourbon ..........................$20 Boyle ...............................$35 Bullitt ...............................$20 Butler ..............................$25 Franklin ...........................$25 Highlands .......................$20 (Boyd, Floyd, Johnson, Lawrence, & Martin)

Hopkins ...........................$35 Laurel ..............................$35 Lewis ..............................$35 Lincoln ............................$25 Louisville Area ................$20 (Jefferson, & Spencer) McCreary ........................$25 Magoffin ..........................$20 Menifee ...........................$25

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

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751-1000

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KENTUCKY BEEF COUNCIL ALISON SMITH Retail and Foodservice Ah! The month of February! The month of love! I had the opportunity to write the February article last year and decided to talk about the cut of beef that I love. Well, this time around, I thought I would share with you what I love about working for the KY Beef Council. What I love most about this job is the people and the relationships! I have the privilege of working with and for you all – meeting your families, seeing your farms and learning about how hard you work to raise amazing beef. But I also have the privilege of working with the folks that put our beef in the grocery stores and on the plates at restaurants. And you know what? These folks are just as passionate about their jobs and their love for beef! Because of the Beef Checkoff, KBC has been able to develop RELATIONSHIPS with retailers and foodservice professional across the state by providing free point-of-sales materials (POS), hands-on training, new menuing ideas, cut technology, social media materials and so much more. These relationships have allowed KBC to work with retail and foodservice professionals to sell more beef.

KENTUCKY BEEF COUNCIL NAMED 2018 KENTUCKY RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION SUPPLIER OF THE YEAR The Kentucky Restaurant Association recently held its Annual Gala in Louisville where they recognized foodservice professionals and industry organizations who furthered their vision. The Supplier of the Year award honors deserving suppliers in the Kentucky restaurant industry. A good supplier works with a restaurant on many levels not simply filling orders. A great supplier creates a partnership and successful partnerships lead to a successful restaurant. The 2018 Supplier of the Year Award was presented to the Kentucky Beef Council. Over the years, KBC has served on the KRA Board, worked with numerous suppliers and restaurateurs to educate them about beef as well as help them sell more beef. Recently, the Kentucky Beef Council became an annual sponsor of ProStart Kentucky, which encourages high school students to pursue a culinary path.

Just this past December, KBC teamed up with Kroger to host a four-week Beef Challenge that focused on thin meats – cubed steak and stew beef. Eighty-one meat departments in the Kroger Louisville Division created additional selling displays and adjacencies to normal display space while maintaining normal retail promotional activity so not to dip below cost of goods. They also utilized educational videos and handouts about the cuts to become better equipped to sell the items. The results not only turned the heads of the division management, but also the corporate management. Stores achieved a 42 percent increase in tonnage on 3 items (32,000lbs), which totaled over 100,000 pounds sold. In comparison to the period last year, they saw a 15 percent increase in thin meat sales. Additionally, armed with KBC resources on cooking beef, they reached new customers giving them confidence to try something new. Simultaneously, stores handed out Holiday Roasting brochures, provided by KBC, which assisted in securing additional sales by engaging customers on Holiday related roasts. This Challenge was enhanced by a Holiday Roasting Beefy Video on Kroger’s Facebook. The post received over 53,000 views, 57 comments, and 871 likes. I know many of you have great relationships with your meat departments, butchers, local processors, or chefs at your favorite restaurant. Next time you’re around them, give them a little “love”, tell them how much you appreciate them making our beef look or taste good because in the end it’s all about the relationship! Blessed and Blessings! 96

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GO FOR THE GOLD! In honor of the 2018 Olympics in South Korea, this traditional Korean dish features stir-fried strips of Flank Steak alongside veggies and brown rice.

KOREAN-MARINATED FLANK STEAK Ingredients: 1 pound beef Flank Steak Marinade: 2 tablespoons minced green onions 2 tablespoons reduced-sodium soy sauce 1 tablespoon packed brown sugar 1 tablespoons sesame oil 2 teaspoons minced garlic 2 teaspoons minced fresh ginger Hot cooked brown rice Korean red chili sauce (Gochujang) (optional) Vegetables: Steamed broccoli florets, sautéed shitake mushrooms, shredded carrots, fresh bean sprouts

Instructions: 1. Cut beef steak lengthwise in half, then crosswise into 1/8 to 1/4-inch thick strips. Combine Marinade ingredients in medium bowl. Add beef; toss to coat. Cover and marinate in refrigerator 30 minutes to 2 hours. Cook’s Tip: One-half cup prepared Korean barbecue sauce (bulgogi) may be substituted for marinade ingredients. Korean barbecue sauce is available at Asian markets and the Asian section of most supermarkets. 2. Heat large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat until hot. Remove beef from marinade; discard marinade. Add half of beef to skillet; stir-fry 1 to 2 minutes or until outside surface of beef is no longer pink. (Do not overcook.) Remove from skillet; keep warm. Repeat with remaining beef. 3. Serve beef over rice and vegetables, as desired. Serve with chili sauce, if desired.

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KENTUCKY BEEF NETWORK

THINK PAST THE TRAILER GATE:

BEEF EFFICIENCY CONFERENCE ATTENDEES CHALLENGED By Dr. Jeff Lehmkuhler, Extension Beef Cattle Specialist

The 5th Kentucky Beef Efficiency Conference was well attended in Lexington. Participants from more than 35 counties from across the Commonwealth attended the program. Dr. Gordon Jones, retired professor Western Kentucky University, welcomed everyone and shared how important it was for beef producers and industry personnel to continue to learn. The Kentucky Beef Efficiency Conference, supported by the Kentucky Agricultural Development Fund, is a key educational event bringing expertise from across the United States to the Commonwealth for the beef industry in the state. Mr. Warren Beeler, Executive Director of the Governor’s Office of Agricultural Policy, shared how rewarding it has been to see the impact of the $542 million investment in agriculture as farm sales have increased by nearly $1.5 billion. He indicated that Kentucky producers were managing beef cattle the best they have in history as a result of the funds available through CAIP, educational programs such as Master Cattleman, Master Grazer and the IRM FARM project offered through the collaborative efforts of the KADF, Kentucky Beef Network and UK Extension. Mr. Beeler challenged the audience to think of the next step on how to maximize the state’s investment into the beef industry. Next, Mr. Chip Ramsay, manager of Rex Ranch, told the audience to view him as that cousin that was going to tell them about a cattle operation in the sandhills of Nebraska. He indicated that even on their ranch they utilized managed grazing as it was important to maintain the production of the land. Mr. Ramsay indicated they believed in investing in people and the need for continued education for their employees. He also revealed that keep and culling decisions were driven by data. He admitted that at times it is difficult to cull a bull or cow that really looks like the ideal cow yet has poor performance numbers. Mr. Ramsay also indicated that he believes that a crossbred cow will be 25% more productive

in her lifetime than a straightbred cow as the data would suggest. Additionally, he shared how the ownership of a feedlot has resulted in management changes at the ranch. A guest appearance by state Senator David Givens was made to introduce his brother, Dr. Daniel Givens. Dr. Givens is the associate Dean of Academic Affairs for the Veterinary Medicine School at Auburn University. Dr. Givens, with the assistance of a young audience member, clearly demonstrated how immunization, biosecurity and biocontainment were the pillars for herd health. He shared with participants his view on an effective immunization approach for bovine viral diarrhea (BVD). This included the use of modified live vaccine (MLV) products for replacement heifers. Dr. Givens shared research illustrating that following vaccination with an MLV product, killed products could be utilized for annual boosters. He also cautioned on the use of MLV products and suggested MLV products should be administered 30 days or longer from the initiation of the breeding season. Dr. Givens, however, also indicated that there was much to be learned about vaccination protocols. Dr. Givens also presented Ms. Jane Veneble Brown with a certificate of appreciation on behalf of Auburn University Veterinary School of Medicine for her family’s financial support of scholarship funds for Kentucky students attending veterinary school at Auburn University.

er cattle value assigned at the location of origin, transportation expenses to the feedlot and the actual feedlot expenses such as medical, feed and yardage to calculate overall profit per head after the individual steer value is determined when sold on the grid. Cattle were grouped into six profit groups. Factors that impacted profitability were feeder calf value, weight upon arrival, and health. Cattle that had to be treated for respiratory disease or other disorders were significantly less profitable than cattle that remained healthy. Several producers from Kentucky, particularly the Hardin County area, have fed cattle through this program. Overall, the Kentucky Beef Efficiency Conference provided a great learning environment. It is estimated that 200225 people attended the program. I hope those in attendance found the program worth their time and look forward to reviewing the program evaluations to see how we can improve it in the future. Thank you to all the KBN/KCA staff as well as the planning committee for their assistance this year.

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February 1, Steers & Heifers, Owensboro February 14, Steers & Heifers, Springfield

March

March 21, Steers & Heifers, Lexington

April

April 4, Steers & Heifers, Springfield April 26, Steers & Heifers, Owensboro

June

June, 27, Steers & Heifers, Springfield

Lastly, Dr. Darrh Bullock, UK Extension Beef Specialist, introduced Mr. Darrell Busby, retired Iowa State University feedlot specialist, to share how producers can participate in the Iowa Tri-County Steer Carcass Futurity program. Mr. Busby indicated how the program focuses on providing feedlot performance and carcass data to beef cattle producers. Cattle from the southeast, Midwest, and Canada are fed at participating feedlots. Mr. Busby shared with producers data from more the 77,000 head that had been through the program. He shared that the program utilizes the USDA feed-

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EDEN SHALE FARM UPDATE DAN MILLER KBN Industry Coordinator

The bedroom was still dark when I woke up. I could hear the wind howling as the windows struggled to keep the frigid air outside. I could tell that the bedroom was much colder than normal which meant that the temperature had plummeted overnight. My bed was warm and cozy and I hesitated to get out of it as I knew what lied ahead. The alarm clock read 5:45.

room suggested. It was -1 and the wind was blowing the snow that had fallen during the night. It appeared to be about 4 inches, but parts of the yard were bare, and other places around the garage looked to have a foot or more where it had drifted. The farm truck sat in front of the garage covered in snow, and it looked as cold and reluctant to start the day as I was.

I made my way to the kitchen to start a pot of coffee. The thermometer by the back door confirmed what the cold bed-

As the coffee brewed I went to the little wood stove in the living room and started a fire. The wife and kids were still asleep

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as school had already been canceled the night before. They would be home all day and would enjoy the warmth of a fire. I went back to the kitchen and made myself breakfast and poured some coffee. I returned to the warmth of the wood stove to eat. As I sat there in the quiet house enjoying the soft, flickering flames of the fire, I couldn’t help but feel sorry for the cattle outside that were having to endure the harsh weather. I wasn’t sure how much relief I could offer them, but I would spend the rest of the day making sure they had clean hay and thawed water. I finished eating and stoked the fire. I poured another cup of coffee into my Yeti to keep in the truck. When I got to the back porch I realized that I had forgotten

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to set my boots by the wood stove. As I proceeded to get dressed in what seemed like every article of Carhartt clothing I owned, I could hear the wind blowing more prominently and I already missed the warmth of the little wood stove.I laced up my cold boots, threw up my hood, then put on my gloves and headed out the door. It was still dark out but the sun would be coming up soon. And although I knew what was coming, the harshness of the cold wind somehow still seemed to surprise me. The -1 degree wind relentlessly tore at my face and caused my eyes to water as I tried to hide as deep as I could inside my hood. I was only halfway to the truck when I realized this was going to be a long day…

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Kentucky Beef Expo Simmental Show Friday, March 2 at 4 PM Simmental Sale Saturday, March 3 at 11 AM. KY Junior Heifer Show Saturday, March 3 at 4:30 PM Contact Doug Parke for more info 859-987-5758 859-421-6100 (cell)

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Dear KCA Board

February 17, 2018

of Directors and Executive Committee,

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Thank you so much

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application now and anticipating annual savings of over $8,000, as compared to our existing individual family plan that expires at year end. Your decision and effort speaks volumes of where your passion for helping our farm families continue and thrive.Thank you for being proactive and impacting our farm in such a positive way! Sincerely, Shane and Mary Courtney

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KY Angus Association Membership Application

2016-2017 KY Angus Association Officers: President: Tim Jeffries Camner, KY V. President: Gil Ray Cowles Rockfield, KY Sec/Tres.: Anne DeMott Lexington, KY

Name:____________________________________________ Farm Name:_______________________________________ Address:__________________________________________ City:__________________State:_______ Zip:___________ Phone: Bus-_______________________________________ Res-_____________________________________________

8 • COOL SPRINGS CREEK FARM Guy & Aline Babin 269 Paul Coomer Rd Gradyville, KY 42742 270-205-1669 www.coolspringscreekfarm.com • gdbabin@outlook.com 9 • COUNTY LINE ANGUS Ottis Wright 150 Busy Baker Road Campbellsville, KY 42718 270-469-0339 • Registered Angus Bulls

Email:___________________________________________

Return to: Anne DeMott 1220 Angus Trail • Lexington, KY 40509 Annual Dues $35

10 • D&D LONGVIEW ANGUS Danny & Debbie Burris 550 Willie Nell Road Columbia, KY 42728 270-348-5766 • 270-250-3701 • 270-250-1277

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

18 • LEGACY FARMS Daniel and Lindsey Reynolds 1709 South Jackson Highway Hardyville, KY 42746 270-528-6275/270-528-6120 www.legacyfarmsangus.com

18 • MILLERS RUN FARM

William N. Offutt IV 3790 Paris Road Georgetown, KY 40324 Phone: (859) 533-2020 Email: millersrunfarm@aol.com Website: www.millersrunfarm.com Heifers for sale 19 • MUD RIVER ANGUS 10 Oak Hill Drive Russellville, KY 42276 Wayne Johnson 270/303-6354 Gary Johnson 270/498/7208

20 • FOUR KINGS ANGUS 250 Bright Leaf Dr. • Harrodsburg, KY 40330 Cary & Kim King Email: Carymking@yahoo.com Fourkingsangus.com Cary Cell - 859-613-3734 • Colby Myers - Purebred Manager

1 • BOYD BEEF CATTLE 6077 Helena Rd. Mayslick, KY 41055 Charlie Boyd II: 606-584-5194 • Blake Boyd: 606-375-3718 www.boydbeef.com • email: cboyd2@maysvilleky.net

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

2 • BRANCH VIEW ANGUS 927 Old Liberty Pike • Hustonville, KY 40437 859/238-0771 • www.branchviewangus.com James S. & LuAnn Coffey Donald & Donna Coffey Evelyn Hoskins Annual Production Sale- 2nd Saturday in April

12 • FALL CREEK ANGUS 448 Corder Farm Road Monticello, KY 42633 Ronnie Corder 606/348-6588

22 • PLEASANT HILL FARMS Gil, Mary, Corbin, Caroline, and Catherine Cowles 500 Rockfield Richpond Road Rockfield, KY 42274 270/843-9021 • Fax 270/843-9005 Located 7 miles west of Bowling Green, 1/2 mile off Hwy 68/80

13 • HAINES ANGUS FARMS 5294 Park City- Glasgow Rd. Park City, KY 42160 Kenneth Haines, Jr. 270/749-8862

Richard and Glenda Stallons 1240 Dogwood Kelly Road Hopkinsville, Kentucky 42240 Home- (270)885-4352 Cell- (270)839-2442 rstallons@bellsouth.net

3 • BURKS CATTLE CO. 531 Rick Rd. Park City, KY 42160 Eddie Burks • 270-991-6398 www.burkscattle.com

4 • BURTON & SONS ANGUS Joe D. or Karen Burton Bryan Carman, Partner, Ridgeview Angus 480 Hominy Hill Rd. Nancy, KY 42544 Joe: 606-305-3081 Bryan: 606-875-3453

klburton01@windstream.net

14 • HERITAGE FARM Tom McGinnis 1024 Hinkle Lane • Shelbyville, KY 502-633-1634, home • 502-633-5100, work 502-655-0164, cell

5 • CARDINAL HILL FARMS 405 Cedar Grove Rd. • Glasgow, KY 42141 Mike Elmore: (270) 404-6589 Bob Johnson: ( 270 ) 427-1410 www. cardinalhillfarms.com mike@cardinalhillfarms.com 6 • CLAIREBROOK FARMS, LLC PO Box 192, Carlisle, KY 40311 Paul B. Mulhollem, 217/621-3123 Chad Daugherty, 217/369-0466 Watch for our consignments in upcoming KY sales!

15 • HIGHVIEW FARMS 827 West Main Street Campbellsville, Kentucky 42718 Ben T. Cox DVM 270-469-5517 Registered Angus Cattle 16 • HILL VIEW FARMS Jimmy Gilles 5160 Lee Rudy Road Owensboro, KY 42301 270/686-8876 270/929-5370

Located 15 mi. W of Somerset

Bulls & females sold private treaty. Inquiries Welcome. Sell only what we would buy.

7 • COFFEY ANGUS FARMS 661 Hopewell Road Liberty, KY 42539 Matt Coffey - (270) 799-6288 Dewey Coffey - (606) 787-2620 Genetics for Maximum Profitability since 1984 104

17 • JOHNSON FARMS ANGUS Angus Bulls & Females Slaughters, KY Keith: 270-635-0723 Reese: 270-635-1137 COW COUNTRY NEWS

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21 • OLD BARK FARM 370 Ferrill Hill, Buffalo, KY 42716 Kenley Conner 270/358-8057 Registered Angus Cattle

OLD BARK FARM

23 • RAGS ANGUS FARM

24 • SHAW FAMILY ANGUS Jim & Cathy Shaw 935 Miller Road • Hodgenville, KY 42748 Cell: 270-769-8260 www.shawfamilyangus.com Quality Registered Angus Cattle since 1975

SF A

25 • SMITHLAND ANGUS FARM 5202 East Hwy 80, Russell Springs, KY 42642

Charles “Bud” & Pam Smith 270/866-3898 Henry & Melissa Smith 270/866-2311 26 • ST. CLAIR FARMS REGISTERED ANGUS Eric & Sherry St. Clair 13433 Falls of Rough Road • Falls of Rough, KY 40119 (H) 270-257-2965 (C) 270-617-1079 www.stclairangus.com Performance Tested Bull & Female Sale April2016

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

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KENTUCKY ANGUS ASSOCIATION NEWS Anne Stewart DeMott, Secretary/Treasurer Greetings Fellow Breeders! I enjoyed visiting with everyone at the Kentucky Cattlemen’s Association Convention in January! It was a pleasure to share the booth with the Central Kentucky Angus Association and join forces in promoting Angus. Several of our producers and the Kentucky Angus Association generously donated items to give away. Kentucky Proud Basket donated by Kentucky Angus Association Winner: Tommy Glasscock Davis Bend Farm Products donated by Davis Bend Farm Winners: Kim King and James C. Driskoll 2018 Profit Thru Performance $500 Sale Credit donated by White Farm Winner: Kim Henson 2018 Central Kentucky Angus Association $250 Sale Credit donated by CKAA Winner: Jason Crowe Certified Angus Beef Loin donated by Smithland Angus Winner: Robert Siddens Angus Window Sun Shield donated by Dievert Sales Winner: Michele Witt 2018 Grass Time Partners $100 Sale Credits (2) donated by Grass Time Partners Winners: Nathan Grace and Phil Copher 2018

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membership donated by KY Angus Assoc. Winner: Matt Adams 2018 Annual Banquet Tickets donated by KY Angus Assoc. Winner: Robin Dalton Congratulations to our winners and a big thank you to those who donated!

Wednesday; cattle will be available for initial inspection by Thursday afternoon.

Western Stock Show’s Junior Angus Show!

The event officially kicks off with a show on Friday morning, March 2, followed by an opportunity to visit with consigners and inspect the cattle that afternoon. The KAA annual banquet and business meeting is March 2, 2018, at the Hilton Garden Inn located at Gate 4 of the KY Fair & Exposition Center, Crittenden Drive. The annual banquet begins at 7 pm (EST) but feel free to show up a bit early to visit with current friends and make new ones. You are invited to join us at the banquet; tickets can be purchased by contacting Anne DeMott or any of the Officers or Directors. Order your tickets by February 15 to guarantee a seat at the dinner table! Cattle will be available for inspection once again on Saturday morning, March 3, up until the start of the sale on that same day. The weekend events close with a Kentucky Beef Expo Junior Show and an Open Beef Expo Junior Show. Juniors who purchase calves through the sale on Saturday and exhibit them in one or both of the junior shows will be eligible for added premiums! The KJAA Roll of Victory Show Season, a program where Kentucky Junior Angus Association members receive points and awesome awards through their exhibition of cattle at a variety of shows throughout the year, begins at the KY Beef Expo. Program participation is free. Forms are available on our website or by contacting Paula Boyd, Jamie Gray or Anne DeMott. Congratulations to Logan Boyd who exhibited two champions at the National

EXAR Envious Blackbird 6671 won reserve early junior champion heifer at the 2018 National Western Stock Show’s Junior Angus Show, Jan. 11 in Denver, Colo. Logan Boyd, May’s Lick, Ky., owns the winning heifer. Photo by Chris Jeffcoat, American Angus Association.

PVF Proven Queen 7149 won reserve late junior heifer calf champion at the 2018 National Western Stock Show’s Junior Angus Show, Jan. 11 in Denver, Colo. Logan Boyd, May’s Lick, Ky., owns the winning heifer. Photo by Chris Jeffcoat, American Angus Association. As always, we are here to serve. Please feel free to reach out to any of our Officers and/or Directors!

Upcoming events February 23, 2018: Bridgeview Angus Bull Sale, Lexington, KY February 24, 2018: Pleasant Hills Farms March Madness Sale, Bowling Green, KY February 27, 2018: Woodall Angus Farm, Quality KY March 1, 2018: Kentucky Angus Association Board Meeting March 2, 2018: Kentucky Angus Sweepstakes Show March 2 2018: Kentucky Angus Association Annual Banquet & Business Meeting March 3, 2018: Kentucky Angus Sweepstakes Sale, Louisville, KY March 5, 2018: Stone Gate Farms, Flemingsburg, KY March 10, 2018: Boyd Beef Cattle/Myers Angus Farm Bull Sale, May’s Lick, KY March 22, 2018: Kentucky/Tennessee PT Bull Sale, Glasgow, KY March 23, 2018: Cardinal Hill Inaugural Spring Sale, Glasgow, KY March 24, 2018: Profit Through Performance Bull Sale, Lexington, KY March 26, 2018: Solid Rock Angus Bull Sale, Winchester, KY March 27, 2018: St. Clair Farms, Falls of Rough, KY March 31, 2018: Heritage Farm Inaugural Sale, Shelbyville, KY March 31, 2018: Premier Breeders Group Inaugural Sale, Hillsboro, KY April 7, 2018: Angus Opportunity Sale, Canmer, KY April 9, 2018: Grass Time Partners Sale, Mt. Sterling, KY April 14, 2018: Branch View Angus, Hustonville, KY April 21, 2018: Central Kentucky Angus Association Spring Sale, Danville, KY April 27, 2018: Rock Ridge Farms, Lawrenceburg, KY April 28, 2018: Great Meadows Angus Association Spring Sale, New Castle, KY April 29, 2018: Black Gold Genetics Female Sale, Crestwood, KY April 29, 2018: Bridge View Angus, Frankfort, KY May 5, 2018: Lambert Angus at Richland, Caneyville, KY

The Kentucky Angus Sweepstakes is right around the corner! Held in conjunction with the KY Farm Bureau Beef Expo, the Sweepstakes is an event you will not want to miss! Arrival of cattle begins on

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PRIEFERT MANUFACTURING CELEBRATES 20 YEARS OF ROPING CHUTE DOMINATION MT. PLEASANT, TX - Priefert Rodeo and Ranch Equipment is proud to celebrate two decades as the leader in the roping chute industry. Although the company began manufacturing chutes in the early 90s, this year marks the twentieth anniversary of the release of the model RC98 Manual Roping Chute. In its first year, the RC98 became the Official Chute of the United States Team Roping Championships. Today, from the home practice pen to the highest levels of competition, the RC98 is the most popular roping chute in the nation. “It is really hard to believe it’s been 20 years since we put that roping chute on the market,” states owner and CEO Bill Priefert. “It’s been a surprising 20 years... we didn’t expect to have this kind of volume in roping chutes, but the industry has grown and we’ve grown with it,” continues Bill. What began with a single chute, has grown into a complete product line for Priefert, including a variety of roping chute options, roping accessories, and full arena kits. Having been tested under every condition, the RC98 has more than withstood the test of time; it has proven to be reliable, durable, and innovative, managing to

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stay at the forefront of the sport. Trusted by the pros and amateurs alike, Priefert is now the Official Roping Chute of the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association, the United States Team Roping Championships, the Priefert World Series of Team Roping, the Women’s Professional Rodeo Association, the National Team Roping League, and countless other events and organizations. The company plans to mark the occasion with a year-long celebration of the chute, including a giveaway contest and monthly video content that explores the history and success of the RC98.

The first preventative for the three primary scours-causing pathogens in newborn calves. Portland, Maine [December 19, 2017] – ImmuCell introduces First Defense® TriShield™, a first of its kind USDA-approved scours preventative for all three primary scours-causing pathogens in newborn calves: rotavirus, coronavirus and K99+ E. coli. The new First Defense® Tri-Shield™ combines the E. coli and coronavirus antibodies contained in ImmuCell’s legacy product, First Defense®, with a guaranteed level of rotavirus antibodies.

Priefert is one of the largest ranch and rodeo equipment manufacturers in the world. Founded in 1964 by Marvin Priefert and located in Mt. Pleasant, Texas, Priefert is considered the leading innovator in the livestock handling industry. With 1,000 employees and a dealer network of over 1,200 dealers around the world, Priefert is recognized as having the highest quality equipment on the market. Priefert is proud to have its equipment used and endorsed by the top cattle, equine, rodeo and roping associations in the country. For more information, visit www. priefert.com.

“This is a game changer,” says Bobbi Brockmann, vice president of sales and marketing with ImmuCell. “First Defense® Tri-Shield™ breaks the mold when it comes to scours protection, providing an alternative to the traditional calf- or damlevel vaccinations.” Administered orally in a single-dose gel tube, First Defense® Tri-Shield™ eliminates the need for calf- or dam-level scours vaccinations. “No scour vaccine means the calf can save its energy for what’s important – growth – instead of diverting energy away to mount a vaccine immune response. Eliminating dam vaccination(s) means less stress on the cow, increases the response rate to critical

vaccines and clears room in the vaccination schedule,” says Brockmann. “First Defense® Tri-Shield™ offers the industry an opportunity to go Beyond Vaccination, providing a better way to protect calves from scours.” One dose of First Defense® Tri-Shield™ provides immediate immunity. There’s no need to stimulate an immune response or follow-up with annual boosters. All calves are protected equally with guaranteed antibody levels in every dose. And, the investment is made only in live-born, valued calves, as opposed to dam vaccines where the money needs to be spent before the calf is even born. Contact Bobbi Brockmann directly at 515450-2035 or bbrockmann@immucell.com. Learn more about First Defense® Tri-Shield at firstdefensecalfhealth.com. ImmuCell (NasdaqCM: ICCC) provides revolutionary solutions to dairy and beef producers looking for “a better way.” Today it’s going Beyond Vaccination to protect newborn calves from scours. Tomorrow it’s a better way to treat mastitis without meat or milk withhold. At ImmuCell, innovation is born from research. Solutions are practical and science-based - the anti-fairy dust. ImmuCell believes in unconventional solutions that break the mold and always has an eye on the future. Find a better way at immucell.com.

MARKET REPORT

SOUTHEAST FEEDER CATTLE PRICES 19 JANUARY 2018 STEER weights

HEIFER

Alabama

Arkansas

Florida

Georgia

Louisiana/ Mississippi

Kentucky/ Tennessee

9-10

129-135

125-131

128-134

129-135

138-144

8-9

134-142

130-138

133-141

138-146

Alabama

Arkansas

Florida

Georgia

Louisiana/ Mississippi

Kentucky/ Tennessee

7-8

135-143

131-139

134-142

135-143

140-148

127-135

123-131

126-134

127-135

126-134

6-7

140-150

144-154

135-145

137-147

139-149

141-151

130-140

127-137

130-140

128-138

5-6

155-167

154-166

152-164

155-167

152-164

131-143

128-140

129-141

133-145

4-5

158-172

166-180

158-172

154-168

134-148

144-158

134-148

133-147

134-148

139-153

COWS weights

Alabama

Arkansas

Florida

Georgia

Louisiana/ Mississippi

Kentucky/ Tennessee

UTIL

52-57

52-58

50-55

52-59

50-60

CN/CUT

45-50

52-57

47-54

44-54

49-56

BULLS

71-77

74-79

72-80

76-83

75-85

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MONTHLY MARKET BEEF UPDATE! Feeder cattle traded from $3 higher to $3 lower for the week. Calves were near steady. Market cows were mixed from $2 higher to $2 lower.

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CALENDAR OF EVENTS GENERAL January 31-February 2 Cattle Industry Convention and NCBA Tradeshow, Phoenix, AZ February 14-17 National Farm Machinery Show, Louisville, KY, See ad on pg. 18 February 16-17 Mayhaven Farm 2018 Seed Days, Waynesburg, KY, See ad on pg. 17 February 20-24 Hinton Mills 35th Annual Seed Days, See ad on pg. 71 March 2-4 Kentucky Farm Bureau Beef Expo, Louisville, KY, See ad on pg. 10 March 7 Mid-South Stocker Conference, Russellville, KY, See article on pg. 17 March 10 Fayette County Farm Bureau Farm Equipment Consignment Auction, Lexington, KY, See ad on pg. 38 April 25 2018 Kentucky Seedstock Symposium, Shelbyville, KY, See ad on pg. 36 ANGUS February 17 Yon Family Farms Spring Sale, Ridge Spring, SC, See ad on pg. 103 February 23 Bridgeview Angus Bull Sale, Lexington, KY See ad on pg. 4 February 24 West Tennessee Angus Association Spring Sale, Martin, TN, See ad on pg. 57 February 26 Robert Elliott & Sons 83rd Anniversary Production Sale, Adams, TN, See ad on pg. 33 February 27 Woodall Angus Buyer’s Choice Bull Sale, Quality, KY, See ad on pg. 15 March 3 BoPat Farms 23rd Annual Bulls & More Sale, Bradford, TN, See ad on pg. 73 March 5 Stone Gate Farms Annual Production Sale, Flemingsburg, KY, See ad on pg. 11 March 9 22nd Annual Bull & Female Sale, Russell Springs, KY, See ad on pg. 5 March 17 Circle A Angus Ranch Spring Bull and Heifer Sale, Iberia, MO, See ad on pg. 38 March 23 Cardinal Hill Farms Inaugural Spring Sale, Glasgow, KY, See ad on pg. 23 March 24 Whitestone Angus Bull & Female Sale, Aldie, VA, See ad on pg. 43 March 26 Oak Hollow 39th Annual First Choice Bull Sale, Smiths Grove, KY, See ad on pg. 7 March 26 Solid Rock Angus 3rd Annual Bull Sale, Winchester, KY, See ad on pg. 4 March 31 Heritage Farm Inaugural Sale, Shelbyville, KY, See ad on pg. 72 April 14 Branch View Angus Sale, Hustonville, KY, See ad on pg. 112 Black Hereford February 24 Black Is the Color Production Sale, Bowling Green, KY, See ad on pg. 19

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Louisville, KY, See ad on pg. 35 April 7 J&D Kerstiens Gelbvieh Auction, Huntingburg, IN, See ad on pg. 50 HEREFORD March 2-4 KY National Hereford Show & Sale at KY Beef Expo, Louisville, KY, See ad on pg. 63 February 16 Beef Maker Bull and Female Sale, Cedartown, GA, See ad on pg. 85 MULTI-BREED February 1 CPH Sale, Owensboro, KY, See ad on pg. 98 February 14 CPH Sale, Springfield, KY, See ad on pg. 98 February 24 Cowles’ Pleasant Hill Farms, Bowling Green, KY, See ad on pg. 3 February 24 North Missouri Bull Sale, Kingsville, MO, See ad on pg. 16 March 2-3 20th Annual All Breeds Pen Heifer Show and Sale at KY Beef Expo, Louisville, KY, See ad on pg. 67 March 3 Arkansas Bull Sale, Hope, AR, See ad on pg. 16 March 3 Maple Leaf Farm Sale at KY Beef Expo, Lousiville, KY, See ad on pg. 37 March 10 Boyd Beef Cattle Angus and Hereford Bull Sale, Mays Lick, KY, See ad on pg. 13 March 10 Red Reward Bull and Femal Sale, Humansville, MO, See ad on pg. 16 March 17 More Than a Bull 13th Annual Sale, Lafayette, TN, See ad on pg. 15 March 21 Blue Grass Lexington CPH Sale, Lexington, KY, See ad on pg. 79 March 24 South Missouri Bull Sale, Carthage, MO, See ad on pg. 16 March 24 White Farm Profit Through Performance 4th Annusl Bull and Female Sale, Lexington, KY, See ad on pg. 74 March 24 Candy Meadow Farms “The Cowman’s Kind XXI” Bull & Female, Lexington, KY March 24 Genetic Advantage Bull Sale, Paris, KY, See ad on pg. 49 March 27 St. Clair Farms 9th Annual Bull and Female Sale, Falls of Rough, KY, See ad on pg. 4 April 4 CPH Sale, Springfield, KY, See ad on pg. 98 April 5 Top of Kentucky Bull & Heifer Sale, Owenton, KY, See ad on pg. 111 April 7 Laurel Co. Cattlemen’s 6th Annual Commercial Open Heifer Sale, East Bernstadt, KY, See ad on pg. 74 April 14 Knoll Crest’s Total Performance Bull Sale, See ad on pg. 9 April 26 CPH Sale, Owensboro, KY, See ad on pg. 98 April 28 Highland Cattle Auction, Lebanon, MO June 27 CPH Sale, Springfield, KY, See ad on pg. 98 RED ANGUS March 3 Red Angus Sale at KY Beef Expo, Louisville, KY, See ad on pg. 63 RED POLL March 2-3 Kentucky Red Poll Show and Sale at KY Beef Expo, Louisville, KY, See ad on pg. 67

CHAROLAIS March 2 Myers Circle Farm Bull Sale, Trenton, KY, See ad on pg. 53 March 3 Kentucky Charolais Show and Sale at KY Beef Expo, Louisville, KY, See ad on pg. 64 GELBVIEH March 24 Bluegrass Gelbvieh Invitational Bull & Female Sale, Mt. Sterling, KY, See ad on pg. 26 March 2-4 Gelbvieh/Balancer Show and Sale at KY Beef Expo,

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SHORTHORN March 3 Kentucky National Shorthorn Show and Sale at KY Beef Expo, Louisville, KY, See ad on pg. 89 SIMMENTAL March 2-3 Kentucky Simmental Show and Sale at KY Beef Expo, Louisville, KY, See ad on pg. 64

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Aegerter Marketing Services....................................89 Alltech........................................................................39 American Angus Association....................................51 Amonett Farms..........................................................52 B & L Farm Cattle Company....................................101 Blue Grass Gelbvieh Invitational.............................26 Blue Grass Stockyards .............................................79 BoPat Farms...............................................................73 Boyd Beef Cattle.........................................................13 Branch View Angus Farm.......................................112 Bridgeview Angus Farm...........................................45 Burkmann Feeds.......................................................48 Bush Hog....................................................................27 Byron Seeds................................................................75 Cardinal Hill Farms..................................................23 Cargill Animal Nutrition...........................................61 Caudill Seed...............................................................32 Central Farm Supply...............................24, 47, 56, 69 Circle A Angus...........................................................38 CPH-45.......................................................................65 Crystalyx..................................................................8 Dievert Sales Service.................................................33 Fayette County Farm Bureau...................................38 Gelbvieh/Balancer Show and Sale...........................35 Green River Livestock .............................................52 Hayes Trailer Sales....................................................48 Heritage Farms..........................................................72 Hinton Mils................................................................71 J & D Kerstiens..........................................................50 John Deere.................................................................25 Keeney Angus.............................................................12 Kentucky Angus Association..................................104 Kentucky Angus Sweepstakes....................................2 Kentucky Beef Expo..................................................10 Kentucky Charolais Association.....................64, 100 Kentucky Gelbvieh Association..............................101 Kentucky Hereford Association.......................63, 106 Kentucky Hoop Barns..............................................42 Kentucky Red Poll Association.................................67 Kentucky Salers Association.....................................91 Kentucky Simmental Association..........................102 Knoll Crest Farms........................................................9 Kuhn Knight...............................................................18 Kuhn North America.................................................31 Laurel County Cattlemen’s........................................74 Leitchfield Truck & Trailer..........................................7 Maple Leaf Farm.......................................................37 May Haven Farm........................................................17 McBurneys Livestock & Equipment........................50 Mid-South Ag............................................................38 Myers Circle Farm.....................................................53 Neat Steel .................................................................12 Norbrook..............................................................30, 31 Oak Hollow...................................................................7 Pen Heifer Show........................................................67 Pleasant Hill Farms.....................................................3 Red Angus Sale..........................................................63 Red Hill Farms...........................................................15 Robert Elliott & Sons................................................33 Seedstock Plus...........................................................16 Silver Stream Shelters...............................................59 Simmental Show & Sale............................................64 Smithland Angus Farm...............................................5 Solid Rock Angus........................................................4 Southern States Cooperative.....................................17 St. Clair Farms.............................................................4 Stephens Beef Cattle.................................................49 Stone Gate Farms.......................................................11 Top of Kentucky Sale................................................111 Triple T Farms............................................................19 Tucker Stock Farms..................................................33 Walters Buildings.....................................................101 West Tennessee Angus Association.........................57 White Farm................................................................74 White Hawk Ranch...................................................85 Whitestone Farms.....................................................43 Woodall Angus...........................................................21 Yon Family Farms....................................................103

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battles there were some of the bloodiest in the Pacific and was the beginning of the end for the Japanese.) I asked if he knew where that was. He kinda shrugged, said “Yeah, I was there” and changed the subject.

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HOW COLD IS IT? DR. ROY BURRIS UK Extension Beef Specialist How cold is it? As I write this the temperature is in single digits. Thus far December and January have been cold! But dealing with cold weather can be different depending on where you are and what you are doing. A few years ago our Beef IRM team had taken a group of agents and cattle producers on a “Value-added study tour” to the Biltmore Estate in North Carolina. It was March and, although the weather started off nicely, there was a spring-time blizzard on the way. We were meeting inside until lunch and then we were going to be outside – in the snow. No big deal if you’re dressed for it. I noticed that one older cattleman from eastern Kentucky left the room that morning and was walking across the parking lot toward town. I hurriedly got the van and caught up with him to give him a ride. I inquired if everything was alright and he said that he was fine just going to get some warmer clothes before the cold weather arrived. It was plain to see that this man wasn’t wanting to make a big deal out of this but I asked if cold weather bothered him. I will never forget his reply. “Well, I was in World War II and spent the winter in the Ardennes Forest. I made myself a promise that, if I made it, I would never be cold again as long as I had a penny in my pocket.” Ironically, I had been watching “Band of Brothers” on television and had just seen a depiction of the hardships of that war. In December, 1944 and January, 1945 American forces battled a German Panzer division in the Ardennes Forest as part of the Battle of the Bulge. Our American forces endured the cold weather while living in foxholes and being attacked by the Germans. I realized that I was in the presence of a Kentucky cattleman that was a real American hero. We were going to find some warm clothes! He was a very humble man and said to me “I appreciate you doing this”. No Sir! I appreciate what you did! He was truly part of Tom Brokaw’s “Greatest Generation”. I have also noticed that the people that have done the most seem to talk the least. When I was a young college student, my uncle was in our house and looked curiously at some ROTC things that were lying out. He asked me what we were studying and I said “military history”. He inquired again “what part?”. I knew that he had been a decorated machine gunner in World War II. I told him that we were studying World War II – the invasion of Leyte. (Leyte was an island in the Philippines and the

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Now back to the cattle, as we deal with the discomfort of cold weather, we can keep things in the proper perspective. We are truly blessed and caring for our animals is a rewarding experience. I personally wish that it would warm up enough that our water systems and pipes wouldn’t freeze but that it would stay just cold enough so that the ground would stay frozen during this winter feeding period. Maybe we could eliminate the mud and not tear up our pastures so much. At any rate, let’s hope that it will warm up some before we start spring calving.

TIMELY TIPS FOR FEBRUARY Spring-calving Herd Get ready for calving season this month! Have calving equipment, supplies and labor ready for the spring calving season. Some supplies which may be needed are: eartags and applicator (put numbers on eartags now), tattoo pliers and ink, record book, scales for calf weights, iodine for calves’ navels and colostrum supplement. Calving equipment (puller and chains, etc.) and facilities should be ready and clean. Overall condition of the cow herd should be evaluated. Cows losing weight now are more likely to have weak or dead calves. These cows will likely be a poor source of colostrum milk for the newborn calf. Feed cows, if necessary to keep them in good body condition. Heifers may begin head-start calving in early February. Move them to a clean, accessible pasture, away from cow herd and near facilities so that calving assistance can be given. Cows may start calving later this month. Signs of calving are relaxation of pelvic ligaments, enlargement and swelling of the vulva, and enlargement of the udder. Expect calving difficulty if (1) calf’s head and two feet are not visible, (2) only the calf’s tail is visible, and (3) the cow has been in labor for 1½ hours. Be sure calf is being presented normally before using calf puller. Recognize situations that are beyond your capability and seek professional help as early as possible. Calves that aren’t breathing should receive assistance. Try sticking a straw in nostril to stimulate a reflex or try alternate pressure and release on rib cage. Commercial respirators are also available. Calves should consume colostrum within 30 minutes of birth to achieve good immunity.

for mature cows and about 8 lb. for first-calf heifers) may be needed if you are feeding lower quality hay. Supplementation may have a beneficial effect on date and rate of conception. The most important time to feed a beef cow is after calving. Thin cows don’t come into heat very soon after calving. We must have cows in good condition, if we plan to breed them early in the season for best pregnancy rates, especially on high-endophyte fescue pastures. Sub-zero weather can mean death for newborn calves. During extremely cold spells, bring the cow(s) into a sheltered area as calving approaches to protect the calf. Be prepared to warm-up and feed newborn, chilled calves. Calving in mud can also cause problems. Watch for scours in newborn calves. Consult your veterinarian for diagnosis, cause, and treatment. Avoid muddy feeding areas so that cows’ udders won’t become contaminated and spread scours. Don’t confine cows to muddy lots. Replacement heifers should be gaining adequately to reach target breeding weights by May 1. Be sure that their feeding program is adequate for early breeding. Start looking for herd sire replacements, if needed. Fall-calving Herd Breeding season should end this month – maybe Valentine’s Day. Remove bulls and confine them so that they regain condition. Consider creep feed or creep grazing (wheat, etc.) to supply extra nutrition to fall-born calves which may have to depend solely on their dam’s milk supply for growth. They are not getting much except their dam’s milk now (i.e. there is nothing to graze). February/ March is the worst time of the year for fall-born calves. Provide windbreaks or clean shelter for calves. General Increase feed as temperature drops. When temperature falls below 15 degrees, cattle need access to windbreaks. For each 10 degree drop below 15 degrees, add three pounds of hay, two pounds of corn, or six pounds of silage to their rations. Provide water at all times. Watch for frozen pond hazards. If cattle are watering in a pond, be sure to keep ice “chopped” to keep cattle from walking on the ice and, possibly, breaking through. Keep automatic waterers working.

Record birthdate, cow I.D., and birthweight immediately (use your Beef IRM calendar). Identify calf with eartag and/or tattoo. Registered calves should be weighed in the first 24 hours. Male calves in commercial herds should be castrated and implanted as soon as possible.

You should be feeding a mineral supplement with adequate magnesium to prevent grass tetany (~ 15% Mg) now. The Hi-mag UK Beef IRM mineral can be used now.

Separate cows that calve away from dry cows and increase their feed. Increase feed after calving to 2527 pounds of high quality hay. Concentrate (3-4 lb.

Begin pasture renovation. You can overseed clover on frozen or snow-covered pastures.

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APRIL 14, 2018 Hustonville, KY

Largest Angus Sale in Kentucky BV Rampage 6533

Basin Lucy 262S

EPD % Rank

Selling 10 sons! BW 2.2 65

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WW 58 15

YW 104 10

RADG 0.32 2

DMI -0.38 10

CW 68 1

RE 0.89 2

$W 56.08 15

$F 78.71

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CED

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262S has amassed a powerful progeny record here at Branch View Angus and Basin Angus, Mt. She shows progeny ratios of BW 5/97, WW 5/104, YW 5/103, IMF 43/105 and RE 43/103. At twelve years old 262S still ranks in the top 1% of all Angus dams for $B, top 4% $F and 15% $W.

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Grandson of Basin Lucy 262S

Son of Basin Lucy 262S

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Top 1% WW, YW, CW, $W, $F, $B EPD % Rank

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85 1

150 1

RADG

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