News Update
January 16, 2012
Briarwood Buys Foundation Pair
Curtis and Ann Long of Briarwood Angus Farms, Butler, Mo., bid $65,000 Jan. 11 to purchase the 2012 Angus Foundation Heifer Package during the National Western Stock Show (NWSS) in Denver, Colo. Eddie and Connie Sydenstricker, owners of Sydenstricker Genetics of Mexico, Mo., donated SydGen Buena 9511 and her heifer calf, SydGen Foundation Buena, to headline the package. Omega Farms of Williamston, Mich., was the contending bidder.
This is the second year in a row that Briarwood Angus Farms has purchased the Angus Foundation Heifer Package. Last year, the Longs purchased the package for $50,000. Proceeds from the fundraiser benefit the Angus Foundation’s education, youth and research endeavors. More than $1.5 million has been raised from this Angus Foundation fundraising activity since its inception in 1980.
The heifer calf carried a special incentive for purchase. At the 2011 Angus Foundation Supporter Recognition Event in Louisville, Ky., Angus registration No. 17 million was purchased for $10,000 by David and Mary Ann McMahon, of Belle Point Ranch, Lavaca, Ark. McMahon generously donated the elite registration number to the heifer calf.
SydGen Buena 9511 sold bred to SydGen Googol, the $25,000 top-selling bull of the 2011 SydGen production sale. The maternal brother to the popular docility leader SydGen CC&7 is sired by one of the breed’s top $B sires, DAAR Infinity 313.
In addition to the cow-calf pair, Briarwood Angus Farms will receive 30 days of free insurance from American Live Stock Insurance Co., Geneva, Ill.; free transportation to the buyer’s ranch provided by Lathrop Livestock Transportation, Dundee, Ill.; and an Advanced Reproductive Technology Package from Trans Ova Genetics, Sioux Center, Iowa.
MU Sets Three Show-Me-Select Meetings in Northwest Missouri
Cow-calf producers in northwest Missouri can join in developing and keeping or selling Show-Me-Select heifers this fall if they sign up this winter. Three regional meetings are set for Jan. 26-27, says David Patterson, University of Missouri (MU) Extension beef specialist.
At noon, Jan. 26, Jim Humphrey plans a meeting at the Clasbey Center on North Banyon Street, Savannah, Mo. A beef lunch will be served. RSVP to the Andrew County MU Extension Center at 816-324-3147.
At 7 p.m., Jan. 26, Amie Schleicher, Rockport, Mo., will be hostess in Maryville, Mo., at the Nodaway County Administration Center first-floor meeting room. Call Schleicher at 660-744-6231.
Friday, Jan. 27, at 10:30 a.m., Shawn Deering will host a meeting at the Daviess County Library, 306 W. Grand, Gallatin, Mo. Call Deering at 660-726-5610 in Albany, Mo.
Protocols for producing calving-ease heifers with high-quality genetics will be explained at each meeting. Heifer calves that were weaned in the fall of 2011 are eligible for enrollment for fall 2012 sales.
“Short supply and high demand bodes well for beef prices the next few years,” said Scott Brown, MU Extension beef economist. “The cow herd is shrinking and there will be need for replacement heifers.” He will give the outlook at the meetings.
Sales are a small, highly visible part of the Show-Me-Select Replacement Heifer Program, but most heifers from the yearlong educational program go back into the home farm herds, Patterson said. “Producers learn that cows from superior heifers stay in the herd longer, producing more calves. That adds value by cutting replacement costs.”
The program includes total management of health and nutrition in addition to genetics. Local veterinarians work with producers in herd health, prebreeding and pregnancy exams. The meetings will explain requirements for the program.
API Posts Coverage of the 2011 Range Beef Cow Symposium
Practical beef production knowledge was the name of the game at the 22nd Range Beef Cow Symposium (RBCS), in Mitchell, Neb., Nov. 29-Dec. 1. Nearly 600 participants traveled to the biennial event, which has a reputation for providing an excellent educational program. This year’s program was no exception.
Angus Productions Inc. (API) was on hand to provide online coverage of this year’s event at www.rangebeefcow.com. Post-event coverage is available in the site newsroom. There you will find coverage of the following presentations:
- Policy affecting the cattle industry, by U.S. Sen. Mike Johanns (R-NE)
- Public issues, by Trent Loos, a sixth-generation U.S. farmer and author of Loos Tales
- Challenges for cattle producers, by Ivan Rush, professor emeritus, University of Nebraska (NU)
- How will the cattle industry compete with the crop and ethanol industry? by Ted Schroeder, ag economics, Kansas State University (K-State)
- Current inventory — causes and effects, and where are we headed? by Jim Robb, ag economist, Livestock Marketing Information Center
- Calculating your unit cost of production, by Aaron Berger, extension educator, NU
- The future structure of beef production: calf-feds, yearlings, stockers, by Tom Brink, chief risk officer and senior vice president, JBS Five Rivers Cattle Feeding LLC
- What are subtheraputic antibiotics and can we do without them? by Mike Apley, production medicine, clinical pharmacology, K-State
- Weaned calf growing options: How do we economically produce a 1,000-lb. steer for feedlot entry? by Terry Klopfenstein, ruminant nutrition, NU
- The cow side of producing a 1,000-lb. feeder: cow size and expenses, by Ken Olson (presenter), beef specialist, South Dakota State University
- Determining who makes land use decisions, land ownership or land control, and what decision options exist, by Dave Goeller, assistant director/TAA specialist, NU North Central Risk Management Education Center
- Land/enterprise and ownership transfer, by producer panel Lucy Meyring of Walden, Colo.; Ed Blair of Sturgis, S.D.; and Tom Marcy, Marcy Cattle Co., Hay Springs, Neb.
- Genomics for the rancher: How does it work and what does it mean? by Jack Whittier, beef specialist, Colorado State University
- Implementation of marker-assisted EPDs, by Matt Spangler, beef geneticist, NU
- Feed efficiency: How should it be used for the cow herd? by Andy Roberts, research scientist, U.S. Department of Agriculture — Agricultural Research Service
- Importance of steak origin to restaurant customers, by Chris Calkins, meat scientist, NU Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources
- How to capture added value for the calves produced, by Troy Marshall, Marshall Cattle Co., Burlington, Colo.
- Adding value to calves: How to get age- and source-verified and how to capitalize on it, by Todd Thrift, associate professor, beef cattle management, University of Florida
- Cutting through the myths to feed a growing global population, by Travis Choat, director of beef technical consulting, Elanco Animal Health
- Activities and benefits from exporting beef, by Paul Clayton, senior vice president, export services, U.S. Meat Export Federation
- 50 years of beef reproduction through my eyes: past, present and future, by George Seidel, distinguished professor, biomedical sciences, CSU
- How do we achieve proper vaccination immunity? by Jerry Stokka, Pfizer Animal Health
- Labor solutions for ranch operations: How to find and retain quality employees, by Harry Knobbe, Knobbe Cattle Co., West Point, Neb.
- Economic model for multiple land use, by John Ritten, agricultural and applied economics, University of Wyoming
- Optimizing range management for game bird habitat, by Ben Geaumont, wildlife biologist, North Dakota State University
- Planning ahead to save AUMs and the cow herd in times of forage shortage, by Jerry Volesky, range and forage specialist, University of Nebraska
- Market outlook, by Mike Miller, CattleFax
Proceedings from the event are available for $22 and can be ordered online at https://carrieregistration.unl.edu/
coursestatus.awp?&course=11beef1129pa.
The Range Beef Cow Symposium is sponsored by the Cooperative Extension Service and animal science departments of the University of Wyoming, South Dakota State University, Colorado State University and the University of Nebraska. Its location rotates among those four states.
Range Beef Cow Symposium XXIII will be Dec. 1-3, 2013, in Rapid City, S.D. API’s www.rangebeefcow.com will feature hotel and registration information and the symposium schedule when they become available.
Angus Supporters Contribute $48,000
at ‘Night on the Mountain’ Event
Angus supporters bid Jan. 11 on seven exclusive packages, an elite heifer pregnancy and a raffle to generate nearly $48,000 in gross proceeds for the Angus Foundation’s education, youth and research efforts and for the 2012 National Junior Angus Show (NJAS).
“Angus Night on the Mountain,” a fundraising event to benefit the Angus Foundation and 2012 NJAS, was hosted and underwritten by Tom and Lois Ames at their Spruce Mountain Ranch at Larkspur, Colo. The event was hosted in conjunction with the National Western Stock Show (NWSS) in Denver.
Package donors and buyers included Trans Ova Genetics; Bovance; Soo Line Cattle Co.; Ames Construction and the Terry Stade Family of Terry Stade Farms Inc., Minn.; Sen. Percy and Donna Malone of Malone Supreme Angus, Ark.; Bill Davis, Sidney, Mont.; Leo McDonnell, Columbus, Mont.; Bob and Lisa Norton of Biozyme Inc., Mo.; Dixon Land and Cattle, Okla.; Spruce Mountain Ranch; Sam Johnson, Ohio; Buford Ranch, Texas; Kathy and Scott Ledbetter and Linda and Frank Smith of Lone Oaks Farm, Tenn.; KiamichiLink Ranch, Okla.; Buford Ranch, Texas; Express UU Bar Ranch LLC, N.M.; Cotter Travel Associates, Mo.; Stillwater Angus, N.Y.
Gary Taylor, Tenn., had the $11,500 winning bid on an elite heifer pregnancy package to support the 2012 NJAS, set for July 15-21 in Louisville, Ky. Gardiner Angus Ranch, Ashland, Kan., donated the elite heifer pregnancy from the multitrait feature of the Gardiner Angus 2-year-olds, New Design 1779, sired by the popular ABS roster member Daybreak. The donor dam of this pregnancy blends the multitrait leading sire, New Design 5050 with the featured donor in the Southern Cattle Co. program, Objective 1067.
A silver cuff bracelet donated by Gist Silversmiths, Placerville, Calif., was raffled during the event and raised nearly $2,000 for the Angus Foundation. Jessica Sawyer, Bassett, Neb., won the Angus bracelet.
Assisting the Angus Foundation in event management was Larry Cotton and his team at Cotton & Associates. Larry and Ryan Cotton served as event co-emcees. Steve Dorran was the auctioneer for the evening, and he was assisted by ringmen Terry Cotton, Matt Printz, Alan Sears, Jim Gies, Justin Stelzer and Delvin Heldermon.
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