SimTalk March 2015 by American Simmental Publication, Inc

VOLUME 23 – NO. 2

Linking SimGenetics to Commercial Cattle

Table Of Contents

IN THIS ISSUE 10 A Search For Solutions By Dan Rieder

20 Management Strategies to Maximize Reproduction By Dr. M. Wayne Ayers, DVM, University of Idaho

38 Genetic Selection Part II By Jackie Atkins, Ph.D., and Darby Line

46 Managing Newly Purchased Yearling Bulls By Dr. Twig Marston, CEO, Red Angus Association of America

84 Vaccines — Their Use, Handling and Care By: T. R. Thedford, DVM

DEPARTMENTS 54 From The Director of Education 56 Industry Update 90 Calendar of Events 95 Rates & Policies 98 Ad Index

About the cover: Simbrah bulls from the herd of Tim Smith, Giddings, TX. Photo by Hannah Wine.

JMB Angus

Rains Simmental

N Bar Cattle Co.

Bull Sale – Thursday, March 5, 2015 • 12:30 PM MST At the JMB Ranch, 9 miles southeast of Sharon Springs Kansas Sitz Top Game

Upgrade

Hamley

Selling:

50 Angus Bulls 14 Angus Heifers Angus Sires: Sitz Top Game, JMB Traction, CCA Emblazon, AAR Ten Fold, Boyd Forword, Connealy Final Solution, E&B Cahoots

25 Simmental/SimAngus™ Bulls 20 Simmental/SimAngus™ Heifers Simmental Sires: NLC Upgrade, Manifest, Longevity, SFI In Command, TNT Eveready

30 Red Angus Bulls 18-20 mo. 5 Reg. Red Angus Bred Heifers Red Angus Sires: Nbar Hamley, Mulberry, N Bar Ike, Lightning McQueen

This sale will be broadcast live on the internet. JMB Angus Joel and Mary Bunker Sharon Springs, KS 785-852-4229 jmbangus.com

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Rains Simmental Mike and Celeste Rains Oakley, KS 785-672-0010

N Bar Cattle Co. Nolind and Zane Ward Russell Springs, KS 785-751-4438

EPDs, as of 2.12.15 CE

BW WW YW MCE Milk MWW DOC

12 -1.1 83 127 11

REA $API $TI

59 10.8 42.9 -.15 .06 -.06 .48 132 81

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BW WW YW MCE Milk MWW DOC

16 -2.9 58 77

2 Simmental Way Bozeman, Montana 59715-9733 USA 406-587-2778 • Fax: 406-587-8853 register@simmgene.com Business Manager Linda Kesler

CEO/Co-Editor Dr. Wade Shafer

National Ad Sales Nancy Chesterfield

Co-Editor Paulette Cochenour

Production Manager Jim Largess

Accounts Receivable Randall Mealer

Contributing Editor Dan Rieder

Design & Production Joel Coleman Cynthia Conner

Advertising & Editorial Assistant Rebecca Price

ASA Publication, Inc., Board Chairman Dale Miller7 Vice-Chairman Susan Russell

Tim Smith Brian DeFreese Bob Lanting

Executive Secretary-Treasurer Dr. Wade Shafer

540 Deep Creek Road Manhattan, KS 66502 785-587-5968 cdrake@interkan.net

JW Brune (2017) 414 E 700 Road Overbrook, KS 66524 785-865-6624 jwbrune@embarqmail.com

Erika Kenner (2017) 440 6th Avenue SE Leeds, ND 58346 406-581-1188 erika.kenner@gmail.com

Claye Kaelberer (2018) 4215 County Road 85 New Salem, ND 58563 701.220.3124 kaelbererranch@outlook.com

Eastern Area: Gordon Hodges (2017) 1025 Pineview Farms Drive Hamptonville, NC 27020 336-469-0489 pvfghodges@yadtel.net

Cliff Orley (2017) 1486 Mt. Wilson Road Lebanon, PA 17042 717-269-0128 corley01@comcast.net

Brian DeFreese (2018)

American

Simmental Association

1 Simmental Way Bozeman, Montana 59715-9733 USA 406-587-4531 • FAX: 406-587-9301 Canada Publications Agreement Number: 1875191

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REA $API $TI

BOARD OF TRUSTEES Executive Committee Bob Lanting, Chairman Dale Miller, Vice Chairman Tim Smith, Treasurer Susan Russell Brian DeFreese Dr. Wade Shafer, Executive Vice President Jim Butcher: Immediate Past Chairman North Central Area: Dr. Calvin Drake (2016)

Published By the Register

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7643 St Rd 25 S West Point, IN 47992 765-491-7421 bdefrees@purdue.edu

Barry Wesner (2018) 1821 W 700 S Chalmers, IN 47929 219.863-4744 wesnerlivestock@yahoo.com

Western Area: Robert J. Lanting (2016) 2181 B. North 2300 East Twin Falls, ID 83301 208-655-4257 lant4257@filertel.com

Susan S. Russell (2016) 24614 Road G Sugar City, CO 81076 719-267-3265 wwfeed@centurytel.net

Dale Miller (2017) PO Box 174 Gildford, MT 59525 406-376-3109 7dm0174@ttc-cmc.net

Michael Forman (2018) 2451 Number 81 Road Ellensburg, WA 98926 509.929.0312 trinity@fairpoint.net

South Central Area: Tim Smith (2016) PO Box 330 Giddings, TX 78942 512-587-7896 smithgenetics1@gmail.com

Blake Nelson (2017) PO Box 172 Warner, OK 74469 918-484-2291 mblakenelson@hotmail.com

Fred Schuetze (2018) P. O. Box 968 Granbury, TX 76048 817.894.0563 bhr@speednet.com

Jon Willis (2018) 2876 Simmental Lane Marietta, OK 73448 580-276-4884 jonwillis99@yahoo.com

Great cows raise great calves. If you notice which dams of ours are good producers, they have a common denominator. They are daughters of Goldmine. He is a cow maker. If you’re serious about keeping your own replacements, this Upgrade son is a great place to start. He’s a +75 WW, +110 YW, +26 Milk and an $API of 140! Oh, he’s broke to lead and has a fantastic disposition. We will keep 1/2 semen interest on all the bulls we sell. You’re buying full possession and 100% of the natural breeding rights.

Mark and Juli Hintz 1610 Dove Road Hebron, NE 68370

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This Upgrade son is an ET bull out of Magnetic Lady M25 and a full brother to SS Upscale, the $40,000 bull that resides way down south at Pigeon Mountain Simmentals and is doing a great job for John Howard. Arrow H Boardwalk is a pretty impressive individual and should be approaching 1,500 lbs. by the end of the test. Boardwalk is a highly coveted property in the game of Monopoly and so to should be Arrow H Boardwalk in the business of beef production! Buy with confidence.

402-768-6672 (home) 402-768-8329 (cell) mhintz@diodecom.net

Yearling Simmental and SimAngus™ Bulls for sale on the ranch, give us a call for more information.

As of fall 2014, this bull’s donor dam, Magnetic Lady M25, ranks 2nd for registrations in the American Simmental Association. Her progeny accumulated nearly $100,000 in last fall’s New Direction Sale for Sloup Simmentals at Seward, NE. She’s been validated across the country as one of the most prolific donors of the breed. Her son, Arrow H Bold Face is a big sprung, heavily muscled, big time potential herd sire. His sire, In Dew Time, certainly needs no introduction as he’s left his mark on many herds in the USA. Buy with confidence on pedigree alone, but reassure yourself by taking a look. You won’t be disappointed!

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A Search for

Solutions

A Montana cattle ranch, operating in a harsh environment, turns to Simmental genetics in an on-going effort to solve perplexing efficiency and fertility problems.

By Dan Rieder

he 9,500-acre Huntley Ranch, located in Southwestern Montana’s historic Big Hole Valley, has been in one family for five generations. It was established in 1914, only 37 years after the well-chronicled Battle of the Big Hole that pitted Chief Joseph and the Nez Perce Tribe against the US Army; and a mere 50 years after nearby Bannack temporarily served as capital of what was then the Montana Territory. (Bannack, now a ghost town, served as capital in 1864). “The ranch was founded by my great grandfather, William Huntley,” explained Blake Huntley, who is among the fourth generation to earn his living on the ranch. “Our headquarters is located at about 6,100 feet, although some of our mountain pastures range up to higher elevations. We normally get a lot of snow and some bitterly cold winter temperatures.”

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Residents of the Big Hole can count on an average of just 45 frost-free days during the spring and summer growing season. “Some of the old-timers say that ‘we have 11 months of winter and one month of tough sledding’,” Huntley joked. “This area hasn’t changed as much as many regions of the state, though — there are several ranches around here that are being run by fifth and sixth generations.” The picturesque valley, which is ringed by snow-capped peaks for much of the year and lined by numerous streams that flow together to form the legendary Big Hole River, not far from the Continental Divide, stretches 60 miles from north to south and 30 miles on an east-west axis. The Valley’s thriving cattle industry taps into the abundant water and rich native grasses for year-round sustenance. “We put up 2,000 acres of grass hay, at an average of about 2½ tons an acre,” Huntley says, “and we need most of it to get our 1,500-head cowherd plus replacement heifers, steers and our bull battery of 100 head through the winter. About 6,000 acres, both pasture and hay land, is under flood irrigation. We’re fortunate to have a good water right, but it takes considerable effort and long days to manage it efficiently.”

Evolution of the Cow Herd “Looking back at my teenage years, our herd had a Heinz 57 kind of a look,” Huntley recalled. “We were long on Herefords at one time, and in the Big Hole with our usual heavy snowfall, Herefords had two major problems based on white pigmentation on their udders and around the eyes. They were great mothers, but their udders would sunburn and we’d spend a lot of frustrating hours applying bag balm in order to get their calves to nurse. The second problem had to do with their increased potential for cancer eye.” In the late 1960s, the Huntleys added Angus to their herd mix, producing F1 black baldies, which were very popular at the time and also provided a boost from heterosis. “We went both ways to get that combination, using Angus bulls on Hereford cows and Hereford bulls on Angus cows. Our goal was to add pigmentation to those cows and even experimented with some Red Angus bulls.” A few years later, some big, red and white, spotted Simmental bulls were introduced and in the mid-1970s, Charolias were added. The Huntleys have few fond memories of their initial exposure to Simmental. “Those big old Simmentals were problematic, primarily because it was so tough to get those 130-pound calves to get up and nurse. We called them ‘wooden tongues’ — they just had no will to even stand up, so our first association with Simmental ended quickly,” he said. “With the Charolais crosses, we noticed inconsistencies in milk production — they either had adequate milk or they had no milk — so we wound up grafting a lot of calves on to cows that did have milk. We did keep the Charolais bulls for terminal purposes on our black cows over a period of several years, before eventually phasing them out,” Hundley explained.

Over much of the period between 1985 and 2005, the Huntley breed emphasis was focused on Angus. “Because the Angus breed was so successful and popular on a national level, we went hook, line and sinker into the breed. We made some rapid decisions and good progress in getting rid of the Heinz 57 composition of our herd,” he stated. “I sent a letter to a dozen Montana Angus seed stock breeders, telling them that I’d like to be a partner in profit — ‘I’ll supply the heifers, you provide the semen and we’ll start testing’,” he explained. “The Stevenson Basin Ranch at Hobson was the only registered outfit to respond and we did test proven sires against many of their bulls — and that alliance moved us even deeper into the world of Angus.” In addition to their effort to strengthen the herd by rotating various breeds in and out of the program, other management plans had been implemented. Land was added at lower elevations, by purchase and by lease, on the theory that the corresponding milder temperatures and lighter snowfall would allow the ‘cows to be cows’ — rustling for their feed and getting by on far less winter hay. Except for one parcel of leased land near the town of Dillon, most of the operation has since been consolidated back to the original home place. CONTINUED ON PAGE 14

The Valley’s thriving cattle industry taps into the abundant water and rich native grasses for year-round sustenance.

The cowherd strings in to the feedground.

Blake Huntley and his son, Brian. CONTINUED ON PAGE 00

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LOT 14

SSS Lotta Butt 527A

LOT 4

Double CC 469A

LOT 31

RHF Rebel 266A

For more information contact: Mark Smith: 601-310-6695 Moley Herring: 601-673-0273

www.cppbullsale.com

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SSS Phideaux B32B

LOT 36

RHR B25

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Bringing Back Simmental “Before long we began to realize that we were experiencing fertility problems. More and more of our cows were not getting bred. We had been content with a 90% pregnancy rate because we’d been able to keep our overhead costs at a reasonable level, but figured that we could certainly do better,” he commented. In the spring of 2007, armed with the thought that it was time to add some heterosis to their overwhelmingly Angus cow herd, he decided to return to Simmental. “I figured heterosis might be the only thing that could help us correct what we were seeing. We had heard that the Simmental breed had made some drastic changes in color, size and calving ease in recent years, so we bought a dozen purebred Simmental bulls and began producing halfblood calves out of our Angus cows. A couple of years later, we introduced SimAngus bulls to breed back on those halfblood females,” he elaborated. Huntley and his family discovered that halfblood Simmental x Angus females were drastically more fertile than their straightbred Angus herdmates. “We A.I. bred 200 three-to-six- year-old halfbloods and 185 four-tosix-year-old straight Angus and preg-checked them. We found an overall average of 6.1% opens which pleased us, but when we broke them down, the halfbloods had only 3% open compared to 9.4% for the straight Angus,” he reports. “Then, we compared two-year-old heifers with even more impressive evidence. The overall average was 16% open, but 72 halfbloods averaged 9.3% open and 182 staightbreds were open at a rate of 19.4%. We’ve been seeing the same trend over several years now and are absolutely convinced that we need to keep heading in that direction,” he said. This coming spring, more than half of their calf crop will have some degree of Simmental influence, ranging from one-quarter to halfbloods. Recently, Huntley had the opportunity to purchase a strong set of 130 Angus females, registered with the American Angus Association. Tentatively, he is considering breeding them A.I. to top-of-the-line Simmental bulls and to register the resulting halfblood calves with the American Simmental Association. “We may even get into producing SimAngus bulls for sale,” he chuckled. “But first of all we intend to develop bulls that we can use in our own herd.” For the past five years, Huntley calves have been sold primarily through Superior Livestock Auction, a rela

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tionship that has worked well. Dry cows, salvage bulls and culls generally go to local auction barns at Butte and Dillon. The Huntley operation supports an extended family. Blake and his wife, Brenda, are the parents of three grown children. Daughter. Brandee. lives in Butte, 75 miles to the northeast and the nearest community of any size. Brian is the oldest son and is involved in the ranch operation year-round along with his wife, Madison, who works off the ranch at a Dillon bank. Their youngest, Blaine, is a professional fishing guide, and assists on the ranch during his off-season, which just happens to match up with calving season. Brenda owns and operates the Nez Perce Motel, located in the nearby small town of Wisdom (population: 98), catering mostly to tourists, hunters and fishermen. After several years, she has now put the eight-unit facility up for sale. Blake’s parents, Clayton and Barbara, both 85, are still actively involved in decision-making and the welfare of the ranch, while Blake’s older sister, Patti and brother-in-law, Tony Monaco, have played a vital part in the operation since the 1970s. “The solution to our pregnancy problem has been to add Simmental genetics. We have determined through trial and error that it is impossible to make an infertile cow fertile,” he proclaimed. “We must remember that fertility is far more profitable than any other given trait. We wanted to return to day’s past when we were always 95-96% bred up in a 60-70 day breeding season,” Huntley concluded. “We have realized we can accomplish this by adding Simmental genetics on Angus cows while still meeting feedlot performance conversion and carcass attributes. Heterosis and breed complementarity are not bad things.” T

58th Annual Performance Selected Bull Sale Saturday, April 4th, 2015, Starting at 11:00 am At The University Of Wisconsin Platteville Pioneer Farm Three miles south of Platteville on Highway 80, then 3 miles east on College Farm Road

BULLS WERE FED A FORAGE BASED RATION — COME CHECK THEM OUT

Selling 70 Yearling Performance Tested Bulls Angus • Simmental • Red Angus • Tarentaise To take a look at the sale catalog, performance information, pedigree information and video of the bulls go to:

www.wisconsinbeef.com or call 608-342-1119 for more information Complimentary lunch served by the Grant County Livestock & Meats Judging Team

New this year — buy a WBIA Tested Bull from your living room, office or the test station!! Go to DVAuction.com

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2015 Spring EPDs pulled 1.12.15

FBF1 Combustible Y34

SS/PRS Gunslinger 824X

CARD Uproar 49Y

EPDs: CE BW WW YW MCE Milk MWW $API $TI

6 2.6 54 83

46 115 59

ASA# 2588018 The hottest sire in the country!

13 1.6 59 76

48 123 66

ASA# 2571741 Calving ease with outstanding profile!

$60,000 valuation Combustible daughter at NAILE sale!

Featured Gunslinger daughter at Hilbrands.

Ruby’s Wide Open 909W

TLLC One Eyed Jack 15Z

EPDs: CE BW WW YW MCE Milk MWW $API $TI

6 2.9 68 97

47 120 70

ASA# 2492312 He sires awesome quality!

11 -.2 77 109 8

55 126 72

Supreme Champion Female World Beef Expo

58 132 78

ASA# 2668223 One Eyed Jack’s first calves are awesomely balanced with pizazz!

Calf Champion for Morgan Phillips at NAILE!

5 3.4 68 99 ASA# 2623651 First progeny are winners!

One Eyed Jack’s first progeny are looking extra special across the country!

One Eyed Jack

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FBF1 Supremacy Y93

Long’s Shear Pleasure W6

W/C No Remorse 763Y

EPDs: CE BW WW YW MCE Milk MWW $API $TI

9 3.7 62 87 10 13

44 105 62

ASA# 2588017 Adding amazing body depth and soundness! This Supremacy daughter was a NAILE Class Champion and World Beef Expo Res. Champion.

8 2.5 74 108 6 ASA# 2496326 Has been a great calving-ease, baldy maker for breeders around the country.

66 105 70

One Eyed Jack was thought by many to be the best bull in Denver.

9 -.7 51 73 10 23

49 112 59

ASA# 2614801 Calving ease, high profile sire producing high valued progeny! $20,000 No Remorse daughter at Huston Cattle Co.’s Sale.

FHEN Halftime A127

WS Revival B26

W/C Loaded Up 119Y

EPDs: CE BW WW YW MCE Milk MWW $API $TI

14 -.6 61 99 11 25 56 146 75 ASA# 2884737 2014 NAILE Champion % Bull!

7 1.7 57 80 6 18 47 99 58 ASA# 2913874 • Spectacular $160,000 top seller at 2015 “The One Denver” Sale

5 -.1 59 97 11 22 51 109 63 ASA# 2654155 Werning’s HOT Lock n Load Son!

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Mr. Hoc Broker X623

KLS Halfblood X217

EPDs: CE BW WW YW MCE Milk MWW $API $TI

-2 4.3 70 108 13 13

92 57

ASA# 2531081 Grand Champion at the NAILE, Royal and Denver!

16 -1.4 63 91 13 25

WC Lockdown 206Z 56 148 72

ASA# 2537824 Awesome Calving Ease and profile! $190,000 Broker Heifer

Halfblood progeny are cool lookin’!

JF American Pride 0987X

STF Royal Affair Z44M

EPDs: CE BW WW YW MCE Milk MWW $API $TI

10 2.2 68 111 10 27

61 128 75

ASA# 2573743 His first progeny verify his individual greatness! Bull calf champion at NAILE by A.P.

6 2.2 49 84

44 103 57

EPDs: CE BW WW YW MCE Milk MWW $API $TI

16 -1.8 79 140 10 18 ASA# 2658496 Proven calving ease on heifers, yet produces incredibly sound, functional, good looking progeny!

$17,000+ Lock Down at Plendl’s

STF Shocking Dream SJ14 EPDs: CE BW WW YW MCE Milk MWW $API $TI

19 .5 64 89

ASA# 2639758 The ultimate Dream On outcross!

57 153 85

49 148 70

ASA# 2335795 Produces the best fronts in the business!

Awesome Royal Affair son at Janssen Farms. Jordan Simmentals $15,000+ Shocking Dream daughter

$75,000 High Regard daughter at Jones Show Cattle, OH.

High Regard feature for Hara Farms, OH.

Yardley High Regard W242

866-356-4565

EPDs: CE BW WW YW MCE Milk MWW $API $TI

1 1.2 63 93 7 24 56 77 57 ASA# 2522822 • High Regard is stamping his progeny with outstanding quality, making him a must use regardless of his “old-school” pedigree and EPD profile.

Entire lineup online at:

National Junior Heifer Hudson Pines/Circle M Show Champion Farms sold for $11,000. Female Exhibited by Vickland.

www.cattlevisions.com Semen available on the best Angus and Clubbie sires too.

2015 Spring EPDs pulled 1.12.15

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MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES TO MAXIMIZE REPRODUCTION IN POSTPARTUM BEEF COWS

By Sarah E. Dickinson and Dr. Michael F. Smith, Division of Animal Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia

Sarah Dickinson

The early calving cow is a profit driver in a cow-calf operation. The first, and most logical, benefit of early calving females is the added age of their calves at weaning. A second benefit is that early calving cows have a longer time to return to estrus before the start of the breeding season compared to late calving cows, which increases the probability they will continue to calve early. Most operations wean the entire calf crop on a set date resulting in a difference in the weaning age of their calves, as calf birthdates span the entirety of the calving season. Despite the effect of genetics, sex of calf, and nutrition on weaning weight, calf age is the number one factor determining weaning weight. Early born calves are heavier at weaning, primarily because of their advantage in age. Just how much influence does birthdate have on weaning weight? Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s look at a simple example comparing calves born during the first, second, and third 20 days of the calving season (Table 1). It is clear from the table below that early born calves are older, heavier, and more profitable at weaning time. Table 1: Effect of calf birth date on weaning weight and economic return Day of Calving Season in which calf was born 10 30 50

Calf Age at weaning

Calf Weight

Calf value at weaning ($310/cwt)

210 190 170

500 460 420

$1,550 $1,426 $1,302

Economic loss due to reduced weaning weight $0 $124 $248

Assumptions: 80 lb birth weight, preweaning gain = 2 lbs per day Dr. Michael F. Smith

The advantage of early born calves does not end at weaning. Data from Dr. Rick Funston and associates at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln have shown that calves born the first 20 days of the calving season maintain an advantage over calves born the second or third 20 days of the calving season throughout their productive lifespan. In a terminal scenario, early born steer calves have greater carcass value compared to calves born later due to increased hot carcass weight, a higher marbling score, and a higher probability of grading choice. Furthermore, in regards to development of replacement females, heifer calves born early in the calving season have a distinct advantage compared to heifers born during the second or third 20 days of the calving season. Heifers born the first 20 days of the calving season are heavier at weaning, have a greater prebreeding weight, higher proportion cycling at the start of the breeding season, and a higher pregnancy rate. Furthermore, early born heifers calve earlier than their younger herdmates, wean a heavier first calf, and have a greater probability of becoming pregnant during their second breeding season. Utilizing the crossbred cow to improve reproductive performance: There are many advantages to crossbreeding in a commercial herd. In addition to the benefits of breed complementarity, crossbreeding results in heterosis, which is the increase in the performance of a crossbred individual compared to the average performance of the straight bred counterparts. Importantly, crossbreeding has the greatest benefit to lowly heritable traits (e.g. reproduction). Crossbred calves have greater survivability and experience higher rates of gain (4%) than do straightbred animals. However, the benefits of a

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crossbreeding system can be extended further by utilizing crossbred cows. Here, we see the advantages in calf performance mentioned above, but also reap the benefits of maternal heterosis through increased calving rates (4%), increased longevity in the herd (17%), and lifetime pounds weaned (25%; heterosis estimates are adapted from a report by Cundiff and Gregory, 1999). Postpartum interval: The calving interval consists of two stages: the interval from conception to calving (i.e. gestation) and the postpartum interval (interval from calving to conception.) For a cow to calve at the same time each year, she must maintain a 365-day calving interval. To accomplish this goal, her postpartum interval cannot exceed 80 days. Rebreeding cattle within this time period can be quite challenging when cows are faced with environmental stressors such as thin body condition at calving, sub-adequate postpartum nutrition, dystocia, or the additional energy requirements of their first lactation. Why might a cow need 80 days or more to return to estrus and conceive? The first limitation is the time required for the uterus to return to normal size, which generally takes about 20 days. After that, the cow must have a short cycle which consists of an ovulation without estrus followed by a short luteal phase, and then a normal estrus and ovulation. There are several general factors that affect the length of anestrus, including cow body condition at calving, the incidence of dystocia, and the suckling frequency of the calf. Armed with the knowledge of such factors that determine postpartum interval length, producers can implement management strategies to successfully shorten the postpartum period in the cowherd.

Management tools to shorten the postpartum period Cow Body Condition at Calving: Cow body condition at calving determines postpartum interval length, with cows in thin body condition having a prolonged period of anestrus. Cow body condition score (BCS) can be assessed by manually or visually determining the amount of fat cover over the vertebrae, ribs, and pelvis. BCS is normally measured by using a scoring system of 1 (emaciated) to 9 (obese). The general recommendation is that cows have a minimum BCS of 5 and heifers a minimum BCS of 6 at calving. The best time to measure BCS is at weaning since the nutritional 24

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requirements of a cow are reduced at this time and there is normally adequate time to increase BCS to the 5 to 6 range by calving. Depending upon cow size the general recommendation is that a cow must gain approximately 80 lbs, in addition to fetal weight and the surrounding fluids, to increase one body condition score. Therefore, it is possible to project how much weight a cow will need to gain to attain a minimum BCS of 5 at calving. Postpartum cows should be placed on a nutritional plane that allows them to maintain an appropriate BCS into the breeding season. Precalving and postcalving nutrition are important for rebreeding. Precalving nutrition has an effect on postpartum anestrus length via BCS at calving; whereas, postcalving nutrition has a greater effect on conception rate than the length of postpartum anestrus. Fixed Time AI: Much progress has been made in the development of protocols that effectively synchronize ovulation in both cycling and anestrous beef cattle. Consequently, large groups of heifers or cows can be inseminated at a fixed time to achieve pregnancy rates similar to those following estrous detection. This technology increases the number of cows conceiving early. An additional benefit of using a fixedtime AI protocol is that you can shorten the anestrous period if a progestin-based protocol is used. An intravaginal insert (CIDR), that contains the hormone progesterone, mimics the luteal stage of the short cycle that normally occurs before the first ovulatory estrus in postpartum cows. This allows for a fertile estrus following CIDR removal in a proportion of anestrous females. The general recommendation is not to insert a CIDR into a cow that is less than 20 days postpartum, since prior to this time the uterus is still decreasing in size. Over time, fixed-time AI can shift the calving dates of the entire herd such that more females calve within the first 20 days of the breeding season. Figure 1 shows data collected by Dr. Dave Patterson, University of Missouri, comparing the percentage of cows that calved during the calving season among the following treatments: 1) Fixed-time AI, 2) Estrous synchronization with AI following estrous detection, or 3) natural service alone. Note that fixed-time AI had the greatest impact on increasing the percentage of early born calves. The reason that fixed-time AI increased the proportion of calves born early compared to estrous synchronization with AI following estrous detection is that with fixed-time AI ovulation is synchronized and all cows are inseminated, rather than just the females that are detected in heat. CONTINUED ON PAGE 28

12th Annual

Saturday April 4, 2015 • 1:00 PM “Our cows work for us; so our bulls will work for you.” Featuring Sons of: Simmental:

Angus:

W/C United 956Y DKSR Mr. Olie X4 Ellingson Legacy M229 “Olie” TJ Easy Money 101W CCR Pathway 9354Y MF Dual Gambler 57X MCDF Dual Combo 262Z

since 1763

SDS In Force 112Y J Bar J Nightride 225Z PVF-J 4P14 Hyb Rookie GW Premier 754Y GCCR Easy Money Y108 TNT Ever Ready R232

AAR Ten X 7008 SA Connealy Capitalist 028 44 Conveyance 0X52 GAR Prophet And Others . . .

2070 Walnut Springs Rd. Blacksburg, VA 24060 info@mcdonaldfarms.com

Guest Consignors:

www.McDonaldFarms.com 540-552-2520 540-230-6225 (C)

Jim and Kim McKenzie 196 Kimberlin Rd. Rural Retreat, VA 24368 276-620-8897

Member of AGR and Performance Advocate

Roy and Teresa Foglesong 13366 Farmington Rd. Meadowview VA 24361 Home 276-944-5561 Cell 276-356-8159 foglesongfarm1@gmail.com

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Figure 1: Percentage of cows calving throughout the calving season for fixed-time AI, estrus detection and AI, or natural service

Estrous Synchronization and Natural Service: Some producers want to increase the proportion of cows that conceive early in the breeding season, but not utilize AI. In this case it is possible to inject all the cows with prostaglandin F2α (e.g. Lutalyse) on day 4 following bull turn out. Normally you would avoid injecting prostaglandin F2α into cows that have been exposed to breeding. However, the corpus luteum is not responsive to prostaglandin F2α until five days after estrus; therefore the cows that were mated before the injection will not abort. This method has been used to increase the proportion of cows that conceive early in the breeding season under natural mating conditions. However, it is most effective when a large proportion of the cows are cycling at the time of the injection. If you want to implement an AI program in addition to estrous synchronization, it is a relatively easy transition to make. Restrict Suckling Frequency: The suckling stimulus in cattle delays the return to postpartum estrus. Under drought conditions or in the case of cows in thin body condition, strategies that reduce suckling frequency have been used to increase pregnancy rates during the breeding season. In extreme conditions, an early weaning program may prove a viable option. Here, calves are weaned around 40 days of age and placed on a 14% crude protein diet. All cows should begin cycling within two weeks of weaning. Less extreme options include limiting calves to once daily nursing or 48 hour calf removal. When using once daily suckling, calves 40 days and older 28

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are penned away from their dams, given access to a similar high protein diet, and allowed to nurse once daily until their dams are seen in estrus. Then, calves can be returned to their dams. Perhaps the most user friendly method of restricting suckling frequency is 48-hour calf removal. Here, calves are penned away from their dams for 48 hours. Forty-eight hour calf removal alone has been shown to increase the final pregnancy rates by 5-6%, by increasing the proportion of anestrous cows that show estrus during the breeding season. Pregnancy Diagnosis — A key to maintaining early calving cows: Diagnosis of pregnancy after the conclusion of the breeding season provides producers with essential knowledge of the reproductive status of their animals. The use of real-time ultrasonography is becoming more prevalent as a means of pregnancy diagnosis and can yield useful information, in addition to pregnancy status, such as cycling status. At pregnancy detection time, open cows and cows that conceived late in the breeding season can be identified. Armed with such knowledge, producers can cull nonpregnant and late breeding females to systematically shorten the calving season. Therefore, the subsequent calving period will yield earlier born calves, more time for the cowherd to return to cycling after calving, and heavier weaning weights due to increased calf age.

Summary: Proper management of the postpartum cow, preand post-calving, will enhance her chances of conceiving early in the breeding season. In general, early calving cows tend to continue to calve early and are more profitable than late calving cows. Early calving cows produce offspring that are heavier at weaning, and the cows will have more time postpartum to return to cyclicity by the start of the breeding season. The management tips mentioned above can be combined with pregnancy detection to greatly increase the number of early calving cows. Sound postpartum management strategies that increase postpartum reproductive performance and thus the value of the cowherd include the following (see Table 2): 1) Select and properly develop early calving heifers as replacement females, 2) Pay attention to BCS (≥ 5) at calving (affects anestrus length) as well as postcalving nutrition (affects conception rate), 3) Decrease the incidence of dystocia by using calving ease bulls, 4) Consider

implementing a progestin-based fixed-time AI protocol to increase the proportion of cows that conceive early, 5) Systematically shorten the breeding season, and 6) Utilize bulls that have passed a breeding soundness exam. Table 2: Management Strategies to Increase Reproductive Success of Postpartum Cows — Select older, heavier heifers Properly Develop at weaning. Replacement Heifers — Select heifers that have not received growth promoting implants. — Feed heifers to obtain an appropriate target weight (e.g. 60-65%) of their mature weight by the start of the breeding season. — Reproductive tract score heifers 6 weeks before the start of the breeding season. Greater than 50% of heifers should have a score of 4 or 5. — Consider fixed-time AI with a progestin based protocol. — Utilize proven, calving ease sires — Heifers should attain 85% of their mature weight at approximately 24 months (i.e. calving).

— Consider utilizing a progestin based synchronization protocol and fixed time AI or — Consider synchronization with natural service. — Select calving ease bulls to decrease dystocia.

Post Breeding

Additional Strategies

— Utilize pregnancy diagnosis to identify and cull open or late breeding cows to shorten the calving season. — Consider early weaning or temporary calf removal in extreme conditions. — Consider bull exposure as a means to induce estrus.

About the authors: — Perform BCS at weaning. Pre-Calving — Cows should have a condition score of 5-6 at calving. — Determine weight gain needed to reach this BCS goal and provide adequate nutrition (about 80 lbs per condition score). — Continue to provide adequate nutrition after calving to allow cows to maintain their condition.

Pre-Breeding Season

— Work with veterinarian to implement a pre-breeding vaccination program. — Perform a breeding soundness examination on all potential herdsires. — Provide extra nutrition to thin cows.

Sarah Dickinson is a student at the University of Missouri, where she is completing a Master’s degree in reproductive physiology with Dr. Michael Smith. She is a recent graduate of Auburn University and owns a small herd of Simmental cattle at her home in Citronelle, Alabama. Sarah served as a trustee and was an active member in the American Junior Simmental Association, and continues her membership and involvement within the breed. Michael F. Smith, Ph.D., is a professor of Animal Sciences at the University of Missouri, where his academic responsibilities include research and undergraduate/graduate education. The long range goal of his research program is to increase reproductive efficiency in beef cattle. He and his wife own and operate a beef cattle farm (Windrush Farm) near Columbia, Missouri. T

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■ This is the bull that will compliment your Predestined 701T and Shear Force females as well as many others. ■ As the son of GAR Prophet, this bull has the top of the chart numbers: $API of 183.2 and $TI of 96.8 without Predestined Lineage. ■ His docile attitude makes him very easy to work. ■ This bull is double black and double polled that will not disappoint. ■ Your result will be a low birth weight calf that will quickly grow and have a high carcass value.

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■ Alloy was bred to compliment Predestined 701T and Shear Force females, but will greatly enhance any herd. ■ As the son of GAR Prophet, this bull has the top of the chart numbers: $API of 186.8 and $TI of 95 without Predestined Lineage. ■ He is a very docile and easy to work bull that is both double black and double polled. ■ You will get low birth weights and fast growing calves that will end up with an exceptional carcass value.

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• Unlimited mirrors his brother well, he is just a little smaller framed, is softer made with more rib shape, he is thicker and bigger butted, and his foot and leg structure is excellent. • We are expecting over 45 calves this spring and another 35 next fall.

Bill Begger: 406-796-2326 John Begger: 406-795-9914 482 Custer Trail Road Wibaux, MT 59353 darbegger@yahoo.com

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• This bull is very docile, easy keeping, big butted, and loaded with libido. • He is the brother that collected immediately and produced 170 freezable straws the very first collection as a yearling. • His EPD profile is excellent, he is homozygous black and homozygous polled.

GENETIC SELECTION PART II

USEFUL AND RELEVENT GENETICS FOR COMMERCIAL CATTLE PRODUCTION

INSIGHTS FROM DARBY LINE OF TRIANGLE J RANCH Note: This is the second in a series relating to use of genetic information for purposes of selection.

n our Late Fall 2014 issue we started a series of articles providing various breeders’ approaches to the art of genetic selection. BEEF recently featured the top 100 Seedstock operations in the U.S. including several SimGenetic Seedstock operations. At the end of the article, Wes Ishmael stated, “ . . . useful, relevant genetics are the price of admission to successful, sustained seedstock production”. This seems obvious but how can breeders ensure that they continue to provide useful and relevant genetics. What does useful and relevant mean in beef production? Darby Line from Triangle J Ranch (Miller, NE) weighs in on how they produce useful and relevant genetics for their customers. Line recognizes the importance placed on indexes with his customers. “Our commercial customers educated themselves as to how $API & $TI are calculated and are now using the numbers as a quick and useful tool in evaluating our bulls. Therefore, we are firm believers that ($API & $TI) numbers are extremely useful and important in selection decisions. We believe that the high emphasis placed on calving ease and high carcass value is important and plan to continue using high $API & $TI genetics to improve quality.” Triangle J Ranch focuses their breeding program on the needs of the commercial cattleman. Triangle J Ranch emphasizes birth weight and calving ease first and foremost by using AI bulls with average to below average birth weight EPD and

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a high calving ease EPD. Triangle J selects AI bulls with average to slightly above average growth numbers. As many of Triangle J’s customers feed their cattle until slaughter Line also select for high carcass value. In order to prove young sires and to find outcross bloodlines from other herds, approximately 20% of Triangle J’s herd is bred to promising younger sires. Line states, “It is important for our breed to prove new young sires and to try to improve outcross sires that are maybe slightly below standards in certain traits by complementing them with cows that can improve the bull and our breed.” When it comes to selecting replacement females Triangle J evaluates heifers while they are still at their mother’s side noting strengths and weaknesses. After weaning, Line culls first for disposition and structure issues, followed by selecting females with excellent fleshing ability to maintain themselves in harsh conditions. Lastly Line uses EPDs, other phenotypes and pedigrees to make his final decision. When asked what role SimGenetics plays in the beef industry, Darby Line says, “I think it is important that SimGenetics looks past the question of how we can be a role player, and looks at the possibility or probability that we can be the main player. I think it is important to analyze the largest and most productive commercial herds and evaluate the type of quality genetics it takes for those herds to be profitable and successful.”

Using ASA’s new EPD search tool to help select bulls: Since the first part of this series, ASA launched a new version of our EPD search tool. In the new EPD search page, you can specify the following search options: breed type, sex, registration status, animal type (active parent or active non-parent, or all), age of the animals, phenotypes for specific traits (color and horned/polled/scurred), Sire registration number, or breeder. To include a certain EPD or index, click on the “+” button and enter your parameters. You can select ranges, type in exact minimum or maximum values, choose percentile ranking, and add minimum accuracies for each EPD or index of interest. You can choose how you would like the list to be sorted (by descending $API for instance). If you are uncertain what values to include in the fields, hover your mouse over the word and more information will appear about that option.

‘We are firm believers that ($API & $TI) numbers are extremely useful and im portant in selection decision s.’ Description of Triangle J Ranch: Triangle J Ranch is located in central Nebraska and is a diverse farming operation. They raise corn, soybeans and alfalfa mainly used to feed the 900 head cow/calf herd. The majority of the cows are purebred Simmental, Angus or SimAngus™. Triangle J markets over 200 bulls/year in their annual bull sale (the last Sunday in January) and by private treaty. Females sell as open heifers through an online sale in the fall or in large groups by private treaty. Their cattle graze the native grasses for six months during the spring and summer. In the fall and early winter, they graze cornstalks fields before entering the calving pastures where they are supplemented with alfalfa, prairie hay and corn residue at calving and breeding time. T

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Selling: 41 Registered Yearling Angus Bulls 5 Registered Yearling Simmental Bulls 19 Open Angus Yearling Heifers 6 Open Yearling Simmental Heifers

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Lot 42 1/2 Blood Simmental DLN Upgrades Legend

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Lot 54 PB Angus SAV Populist 0470

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Reference Sires: SAV Populist 0470, SAV Angus Valley, VinMar O’Reilly Factor, Koupal’s Identity, Barstow Cash, Stiz Upward, Styles Brilliance, Frontman, MCC Slamdown, TC Vance, DLN Upgrades Legend, Mr NLC Upgrade, Lazy H Upgrade, Lock-n-Load

Lot 48 PB Angus TC Vance

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MANAGING NEWLY PURCHASED YEARLYING BULLS By Dr. Twig Marston, CEO, Red Angus Association of America

Introduction Yearling bulls represent a large commitment to beef operations. Besides their purchase price, they are the future genetic material of the herd that can influence several generations of stock. Because yearlings still have a significant amount of growth and development ahead of them, they require a higher level of care and management than their older counterparts. This is especially true now as yearling bulls can possess considerably more genetic potential for growth than their ancestors.

PREBREEDING SEASON MANAGEMENT Nutritional Management One of the most common complaints of yearling bull purchasers is the run down condition these bulls can exhibit after their first breeding season. This situation can be largely avoided with good bull management. Whether the bulls were developed on the ranch, in a commercial facility, or at a centralized bull test, they were probably fed to gain from 2.5 to 4.0 pounds per day from weaning to one year of age. After coming off of test, and until they are turned out with females, they should continue to gain around 2.0 pounds per day. Table 1 was created to show examples of diets formulated to grow yearling bulls at various weights. Dry matter intake, energy and protein requirements as well as diet formulation is provided as a management aid. Bulls grazing a grass paddock may need to receive 8 to 13 pounds of grain per day, similar to those on dry hay. Some will argue that bulls should not be pampered with grain supplements, but to insure a long and reproductive life, their basic nutrient requirements must be met. Quality of forage is extremely important to formulating proper bull diets. Many diet formulations can easily satisfy yearling bull maintenance and growth requirements. For example, some producers will allow bulls to graze cereal grain pastures with minimal supplementation, while others will have to feed a complete diet in a drylot situation.

Fat vs. Thin Bulls If yearling bulls are fat they will need to be toned up before the breeding season. This may mean that energy intake will be set below the levels indicated in Table 1. However, fat bulls should not be let down too quickly, or their performance during the breeding season may be impaired. Conversely, thin bulls may need to be fed harder than indicated by Table 1. Ideally, yearling bulls should be purchased several months prior to their first

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breeding season so there is adequate time to prepare for the rigors of duties. At turn out time, ideally, a yearling bull should exhibit a body condition score of 6 (the upper end of moderate, scale 1 to 9).

Protein Requirement After achieving their first birthday, bullâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s protein requirements settle to about 10% of their total diet, depending on their dry matter intake. Usually this requirement can be met by adding one pound of a protein supplement per day to the grain portion of the diet. If high quality forage (pasture or hay) is fed, the additional protein supplement may not be needed. Forage testing and balancing the diet will pinpoint supplemental needs.

Mineral Requirements Calcium and phosphorus are major minerals. Diets that contain approximately .40% calcium and .20% phosphorus are sufficient to meet dietary goals. The ration between calcium and phosphorus should be maintained at 2:1 or greater. In addition, trace mineral requirements should be met. Research has shown that feeding zinc at 60 ppm of the diet is beneficial to male reproduction. Other trace minerals like copper, manganese, and selenium should be monitored. Many commercial sources of trace minerals are available, but if desired a mixture of 40% dicalcium phosphate, 20% limestone, 30% trace mineral salt and 10% Selenium 90 premix can be used.

Vitamin Requirement Any diet that includes high-quality, green forages should provide enough vitamin A to meet the yearling bullâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s requirement. Vitamin A is inexpensive to feed, and therefore diet fortification near 30,000 IU per day would be cost effective. If forages are weathered and/or of low quality, an intramuscular injection of 3 million IU of vitamin A is advisable. Injectable vitamin A will maintain adequate liver stores for over 100 days.

Breeding Soundness Exam All yearling bulls should have a complete breeding soundness exam (BSE) prior to herd turn out. A complete BSE includes a scrotal circumference measurement, a semen exam and a physical exam. Breeding soundness exam research has reported that bulls with scores greater than 71 have a dramatically higher conception rate than those scoring 70 or less points. When compared to the cost of using a sterile or sub-standard bull, the money invested in a BSE is well spent. Tables 2 and 3 can be used as a guide for minimum scrotal circumCONTINUED ON PAGE 50

INDIANA BEEF EVALUATION PROGRAM INDIANA TESTED BULLS The 2014 Winter Test is underway with 211 bulls representing 6 breeds. Bulls were consigned by 71 cooperators from Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin. There are 7 Simmental and 24 SimAngus™ bulls in the test. At IBEP, every bull is evaluated for those factors related to profitability in his progeny. Performance is recorded for growth, structure, breeding soundness, and disposition. Carcass merit is evaluated using ultrasound measurements taken by a CUP Certified Technician, and frame size is recorded on each bull.

SVF Allegiance Y802

ASA# 2638036

GIBBS 0601X Raisin Cain

IR Range Boss Y623

ASA# 2602502

ASA# 2281133

W/C United 956Y

JF American Pride 0987X

ASA# 2614725

ASA# 2573743

Contact us at: Indiana Beef Evaluation Program Lilly Hall, Dept. of Animal Sciences 915 W. State St. • West Lafayette, IN 47907-2054 Phone: (765) 494-6439 • Fax: (765) 494-9346 Web Site: http://www.ansc.purdue.edu/ibep/

Visit the Test Station and see the bulls at: Feldun-Purdue Ag Center 1117 State Road 458 • Bedford, IN 47421 Phone: (812) 279-8554

The IBEP test station is located at the Feldun-Purdue Agricultural Center in Bedford, Indiana. Bulls are fed a moderate energy diet, consisting of corn silage, corn grain, DDGS, and balancer. This allows them to express their genetic potential for growth, yet not put on excess condition. Our facilities are practical — outside, mounded lots with open-front sheds and fence-line bunks, TMR feed delivery — all very comparable to the management and environment many of the future progeny of these bulls will be in.

The 75th IBEP Bull Sale will be Thursday, April 16, 2015 at Springville Feeder Auction and can be viewed online at DVAuction.com. You can monitor the bulls’ performance on the IBEP web site or stop by the test station.

The IBEP would like to be a part of your herd’s improvement program. We conduct two tests each year, and invite you to consign bulls with us: • Summer Test for bulls born May 1 to October 31 of the previous year. For the 2015 Summer Test, entries are due April 6, 2015, and bulls are delivered April 28. The test ends September 21, with the sale held on October 17, 2015. • Winter Test for bulls born January 1 to April 30. For the 2015 Winter Test, entries are due September 25, 2015, and bulls are delivered October 27. The test ends March 21, with the sale held on April 14, 2016.

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ference measurements. Research indicates that bulls with larger scrotal circumferences are more fertile and tend to be more sexually mature than their lesser endowed contemporaries. Generally, bulls should have scrotal circumferences of 32 centimeters or more by their first birthday for breeding considerations.

Foot Care A structurally sound, yearling bull should not require any foot care. Occasionally, however, foot rot, toe ulcers, and abscesses develop and require immediate attention. Excessive hoof growth may call for a foot trimming. If trimming is needed, it should be done well in advance of the breeding season (3 to 6 weeks) so the bull can recover from any soreness the trimming may have caused.

Housing Exercise is important for good health and fitness. Many times yearling bulls need to harden up prior to the breeding season and the best accommodations are outside lots, fields or pastures. Bulls should be protected from severe cold and heat prior to turn out. Providing bedding during winter and spring storms will protest testicles from frost bite. Likewise, extreme heat can be detrimental to sperm production.

Length of Breeding Season A maximum of 45 to 60 days is an ideal length of breeding season for yearling bulls. Ninety days is an absolute maximum. One method of saving wear and tear on a yearling is to turn him out after an older bull has been with the herd for the first one or two heat cycles. Some producers rotate bulls in and out of pastures to assure a lazy bull’s mates can get covered by another. Regardless of the management style, it is not advantageous to run yearling bulls with cows for long periods of time. They will waste a considerable amount of energy chasing cows and losing body condition instead of building up reserves for the next breeding season.

Observation Try to observe the yearling bull closely to make certain he is detecting heat and breeding cows. Also, keep an eye on his condition. If he is getting too thin and rundown, he needs a rest. Thin bulls are more apt to hurt themselves, become less fertile, and have increased nutritional needs after the breeding season. Yearling bulls should not be pastured mated to cows that are extremely larger than themselves. Physically, this height mismatch may cause injury and failure to mate properly.

Running Multiple Bull Breeding Batteries Immunizations The newly purchased bull should be vaccinated against IBR, BVD, PI3, leptospirosis, and vibriosis. It is also a good idea to immunize him with a 7-way clostridial bacterin. The total cost of these vaccines are minor when compared to the cost of the diseases. Knowing the vaccination history will greatly influence your vaccination decisions. Bulls should also be treated for internal and external parasites.

BREEDING SEASON MANAGEMENT Age and Size Assuming all other factors are in good order (breeding soundness exam, body condition score, feet and legs, health, etc.) the newly purchased bull should be at least 13 months old and weigh a minimum of 1,100 pounds before being turned out for the first time. The older and larger he is, the better his chances are of coming through his first breeding season without problems.

Number of Females Setting absolute guidelines for cow-to-bull ratio is difficult because there are several variables that have an impact on this number. Examples are a bull’s age, size, condition, and sex drive. Environmental factors like: size of the breeding pastures, type of terrain, climate, and length of the breeding season can also affect the correct cow-to-bull ratio. Absolutely, a yearling bull will not be able to service as many cows as an older counterpart. As a rough guideline, however, the working range is approximately 10 to 25 females per yearling bull during a 45 to 60 day breeding season.

Research shows that when bulls are run together in a breeding pasture, they should be as close to the same size and age as possible. Larger, stronger, older bulls tend to dominate smaller, younger bulls and may prevent them from performing satisfactorily.

AFTER THE FIRST BREEDING SEASON Feeding Yearling bulls will probably lose from 100 to 300 pounds during their first breeding season. In addition to gaining back this weight during their first rest, they must also gain enouch body mass as to achieve 75% of their mature weight by their second birthday. For example, if a bull’s potential mature weight is 2,000 pounds, he should weigh at least 1,500 pounds at two years. If he weighed 1,250 pounds at turn-out time as a yearling and lost 200 pounds during the breeding season, he would need to gain about 2.0 pounds per day during the nine months until his second birthday. In order to gain 2.0 pounds per day, coming 2-year-old bulls may need to be fed 13 pounds of grain, protein supplement, and a fullfeeding of hay. High quality forages could be utilized to reduce the grain and supplement portions of the diet. A word of caution: do not try to bring a bull back too fast with too much grain because of risk of foundering him.

Health Management In the fall, after the first breeding season, treat the bull for internal and external parasites. The following spring, when he is two-years old, deworm him again and give him annual booster vaccinations against the diseases listed earlier.

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Table 1. Feeding yearling bulls of varying weights to gain approximately 2.2 pounds per daya 1,000 Ingredient: Medium-quality hay, lb/day Corn, lb/day Soybean meal, lb/day Limestone, lb/day Dry Matter Intake, lb/day

17.4 7.5 1.1 0.3 26.3

Body Weight, pounds 1,200 1,400 19.7 8.5 1.3 0.3 29.8

18.5 10.8 1.3 0.3 30.9

1,600 20.5 12.1 1.0 0.3 33.9

Nutrient Composition: NEm, Mcal/lb .71 .71 .74 .74 NEg, Mcal/lb .44 .44 .46 .46 TDN, % 68.3 62.2 70.1 70.1 Crude protein, % 9.5 9.5 9.5 9.5 Calcium, % 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 a Ingredient cost and availability will allow a wide array of correct diet formulations to be used.

Table 2. Guidelines for scrotal circumference measurements Age: Large 12 – 14 months > 34 cm 15 – 20 months > 36 cm 21 – 30 months > 38 cm Over 30 months > 39 cm a Information from Ron Bolze.

Adequate 30 – 34 31 – 36 32 – 38 34 - 39

Small < 30 < 31 < 32 < 34

Table 3. Recommended minimum scrotal circumference (cm) measurements for reproductive adequacy in breeds of bulls at different agesa Age, months Breed 12 - 14 15 - 20 Angus 32 34 Charolais 32 34 Gelbvieh 33 35 Hereford 32 33 Limousin 30 32 Maine Anjou 32 34 Shorthorn 32 34 Simmental 33 35 a From Coulter GH: Scrotal circumference-A review. Proc Soc Therio 1991; pp 113-116

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FROM THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION By Jackie Atkins, Ph.D. According to Dr. Robert Walton, his lifelong mission is to breed better cattle. As a teenager, Walton’s goal was to breed cattle “homozygous for all the good genes”. Dr. Walton pursued this ambitious plan through college, graduate school (with Dr. Johansson at the Agricultural College of Sweden), academia (University of Kentucky), and into the breeding industry with ABS Global, Inc. Dr. Walton was the president for 20 of his nearly 30 years with ABS Global Inc. and started many key programs in animal breeding including the earliest progeny test program in 1962, the Genetic Mating Service and database, and a sire evaluation program later adopted by the USDA as the Predicted Difference system. Dr. Walton is also a long-time breeder of Simmental cattle and raised Simmentals at his home in DeForest, Wisconsin for roughly 40 years before the dispersal in 2011. In 2013, Jim Berry of Wildberry Farms, Hanover IL, started a grant to honor Dr. Walton’s dedication to animal breeding and Simmental cattle. In an environment of less grant money available, and fewer graduate students interested in applied agriculture, it is increasingly difficult to conduct research in animal breeding espe-

cially in production agriculture. The Walton-Berry Graduate Student Support Grant provides $8,000/year (one $5,000 and one $3,000 grant) for faculty to further graduate research and education in genetics of livestock species. The grant aims to “aid in the professional development and success of young animal scientists at the regional and national level, by providing support for graduate study.” In return the recipients write editorials about their research for publication in both SimTalk and the Register. The American Simmental Association is currently seeking applicants for 2015. Faculty members can submit an application explaining their area of research and how these funds will be used. The application should include a description of the research and a letter of support from the Department Administration. The Award is payable as a gift to the research account of the selected faculty member(s). Applications may be submitted electronically or in hard copy to the American Simmental Association, One Simmental Way, Bozeman, MT 59715 or simmental@simmgene.com. The application deadline is April 15, 2015 and the committee will announce the recipient(s) by May 15, 2015. For more information on past recipients, donors to the fund, or to become a donor yourself check out the tReg story (www.simmental.org/tReg) called Investing in the next generation of Animal Breeders.

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INDUSTRY UPDATE Pork To Surpass Beef USDA has raised its pork production forecast for the calendar year that ends in September of 2015 to show that pork will pass beef for the first time since 1952 as hog farmers recover rapidly from the deadly Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea virus. That disease killed more than 8 million pigs and was a devastating setback for the pork industry. The estimate puts pork production at 23.9 billion pounds, compared to beef production for the same period at 23.8 billion pounds. Compared to beef, pork has a short generational turnaround, months instead of years. It can take a beef animal, on the other hand, up to two years before it is ready for processing.

The ASA Science Forum has two main purposes: provide information on timely topics and • To subjects our readers want to better understand. provide a platform for our readers to ask • To questions, comment, or communicate with one another about the topics posted.

We currently have multiple posts in the following forums: Evaluation • Genetic Examples: “Varying degrees of dominance”, “Where do SimGenetics fit into the US and/or global beef industry?”, and “Genomically enhanced EPDs are up and running.” Conditions • Genetic Examples: “What is the ASA policy for DD?”, “Changes to TraitTrac”, “What does it mean to be a carrier, free, or affected for different genetic defects?”, and “Using a defect carrier in your herd.” Testing • DNA Examples: “Which animals should you test with the new GGP-LD DNA test?”, “Changes to DNA testing through the ASA”, and “What is a SNP?”

How to use the forum: Visit www.simmental.org/forum. Select “Science Forum” which contains forums on a variety of subjects. Click on any of these forums to pull up a list of individual posts. When you click on a specific post you can read more about the topic, read replies, or post your own reply by clicking the “postreply” button. We sincerely hope our readers will use this forum to communicate with us and one another about important scientific topics that affect beef cattle production. If you have an idea about a topic you would like to see posted, please send an email to jatkins@simmgene.com.

Pastures Appreciate from High Prices The average value of US pastureland soared 11% through the first months of 2014 to $1,300/acre. That’s another new high for pasture and well ahead of the 7.6% increase experienced by more expensive cropland. Since the 2008 economic downturn, this is the first year that pasture appreciation rates have outstripped cropland. Pasture prices are being “pulled” higher by a combination of record-high cattle prices, low interest rates and continued low returns from competing investments.

Income Determines Restaurant Dining The growing disparity between the highest-earning consumers in the US and those classified as lowest-earning, is having a huge negative impact on overall restaurant performance, according to new research by a Chicago-based firm. Low-income consumers are heavier users of quickservice restaurants, and were most adversely affected by the economic downturn of the past few years. Visits to fine-dining (or more expensive) restaurants on the other hand, represent only 1% of total dining out traffic. The rapidly shrinking middle class no longer is able to afford frequent fine dining, as it did just a decade ago.

Intake Influenced by Companions A study by Cornell University suggests that the weight of a dining partner or people dining nearby may influence a individuals food selection and the amount they consume. The research was based on 40 women and 42 men, ages 18 to 33 and was designed to examine the effect the presence of overweight people have on fellow diners’ food choices. CONTINUED ON PAGE 60

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CNS Dream On L186 Sire: SVF Steel Force S701 SVF Sheza Beauty L901

■ Combustible daughter ■ Sold for $25,500 for 1/2 interest in Louisville in 2013. ■ Class winner at the NAILE in both 2013 and 2014. ■ Reserve Champion Simmental Female at the 2014 Dixie National. ■ Grand Champion Purebred Simmental Female at the 2014 WI State Fair.

Glorious Lady

Combustible son

Ignition

Combustible x In Dew Time daughter from Ruby Cattle Co.

Ruby’s Rhythm 472B

Combustible x Josie daughter from Grass Lunning Simmentals that sold for $10,000 in the 2014 NAILE sale.

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Combustible x STCC Sheriff Taylor

GCC Marmalade 131B

Combustible x JF Blackbird Lady 8008U. 3/4 sister to the dam of Ignition. Sold for $9,250 in the 2014 Sandeen Sale.

Fiery Lady

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■ With the unmistakable style of Steel Force and the infamous Burn Baby Burn backing him, Combustible is sure to light this industry on fire. ■ Arguably the stoutest Steel Force son in the breed, this majestic baldy is a striking combination of eye-catching elegance and real world functionality. ■ His extraordinary structural soundness and ease of movement is made more impressive by his ideal bone mass, foot shape and muscle pattern. ■ He possesses tremendous power, capacity and rib shape, as well as an unmatched quiet disposition. ■ To top it off, he’s both homozygous polled and homozygous black.

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MCE Milk MWW Stay DOC CW

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EPD 10.9 0.3 52.9 69.9

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CNS Dream On L186 Sire: WAGR Dream Catcher 03R 3C Melody M668 BZ

Heterozygous Black Polled/S

Sold at Ohio Beef Expo 2014

This is his first progeny that sold as a bred heifer in Louisville

■ Catchin A Dream is structurally correct.

■ A must bull for stock show and commercial cattlemen.

■ First-calf heifers have excellent udders, teat size and milk.

■ Proven Heifer Bull.

INDUSTRY UPDATE As illustrated by the study’s results, people will consume larger portions or higher calorie food items when eating with individuals who are overweight, because they are less focused on personal health goals.

Consumers Losing Taste for Fast Food Americans are visiting quickservice restaurants much less frequently than before, according to a new study by the consulting firm Brand Keys. The study surveyed three age-based groups: Baby Boomers, Millennials and Generation X. Baby Boomers experienced an 18% drop in visits to fast-food stores, but a 20% increased visits to “fast-casual” brands such as Panera, Au Bon Pain and Applebees. Millennials decreased their visits to fast-food joints by 20%, but had a 42% jump in fastcasual visits such as Chipotle, Panera and Five Guys; while Generation X decreased their fast food visits by 11%, while prefering fastcasual outlets Subway, Chipotle and Au Bon Pain.

Cal-Davis Ranked Number One For the second consecutive year, the University of CaliforniaDavis ranks number one in the world for teaching and research in the area of agriculture and forestry, according to rankings recently issued by the QS World University Rankings. The University was also ranked in the top 10 in the natural sciences and in the top 15 in environmental sciences. This year, 2,838 universities were evaluated on a global scale, with 689 ranked by Quacquarelli Symonds, a British firm widely considered to be one of the most influential international university rankings providers.

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14% of Citizens Food Insecure USDA, in its Household Food Security Annual Report, reveals that 14.3%, (or one in every seven) of US households were food-insecure in 2013. This number is a slight decline since 2011, but remains well above levels of food insecurity recorded prior to the recession. The USDA defines food insecurity as “when consistent access to adequate food is limited by a lack of money and other resources at times during the year.” While unemployment declined between 2011 and 2013, inflation and increased price of food relative to other goods continued to rise.

US Consumers Ignore Meatless Mondays The impression that the wideranging campaign called “Meatless Monday” has grown rapidly in popularity is often trumpeted by its supporters. However, statistics compiled through a survey by Oklahoma State University economists fail to support that premise. Interestingly enough, 80% of survey participants said they have not participated in Meatless Monday. In addition, 51.6% said they have never even heard of it and furthermore, 31% individuals surveyed say they had heard of it but ignored it. Only 8.4% admitted to regularly making a conscious effort to following the campaign’s message.

Increase in Global Ethanol The Global Renewable Fuels Alliance (GRFA) projects that fuel ethanol production will surpass 90 billion liters during 2014. Despite a fragile world economy, GRFA has predicted growth of 2.7% in output to 90.38 billion liters, up from 88 billion liters produced in 2013. CONTINUED ON PAGE 62

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The growth has been significant in most major ethanol-producing areas. Brazil and the US are the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s two largest producers with growth at 2.5%, while the European Union has seen a major increase of 8% and in Africa, which is an emerging region with huge biofuel potential is projected to experience unprecedented growth of 136%.

Scientists, Farmers Disagree on Climate A study jointly conducted by Iowa State and Purdue Universities has found that crop producers and scientists hold deeply different views on climate change and its possible causes. A total of 6,795 people from the agricultural sector were surveyed to determine their beliefs. The study found that 90% of scientists and climatologists said they believed climate change was occurring and more than half attribute the changes primarily to human activity. In contrast, 66% of corn producers said they believe climate change is occurring, but only 8% say that humans are responsible. Agricultural activity accounts for a calculated 10-12% of humancaused greenhouse gas emissions.

Climate Change Costly Climate change will impose enormous costs on the US economy in the form of lost property, reduced industrial output and even deaths, according to a report backed by the Risky Business Project, an affiliation of individuals with vast business experience. The report predicts that considerable coastal property will be under water by 2050; that the productivity of outdoor labor could be reduced by at least 3% due to increased temperatures; and demand for electricity to power air conditioners will also increase dramatically. CONTINUED ON PAGE 64

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USDA Soliciting Checkoff Comments USDA has indicated that it is moving ahead with a plan to create a separate beef Checkoff, in the absence of consensus from the industry as it pertains to how to overhaul the existing program. USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack has indicated that he will continue with this plan until the industry reaches consensus. Cattlemen’s groups are split on the idea, with NCBA the leading opponent, urging the secretary to back off, arguing that USDA’s alternate program would give the government too much control. Other beef-related organizations claim that NCBA, the primary contractor for promoting beef through the Checkoff, already has too much control.

Safety Program Controversial The Childhood Agricultural Safety Network’s (CASN) “Keep Kids Away from Tractors” campaign is drawing considerable criticism from farm owners and agricultural parents. Many farmraised adults consider riding a tractor with parents or grandparents a memorable childhood tradition and “quality time” for children. The campaign states that it is never okay for a child younger than 12 to be on a tractor, and that the earliest a child should be on a tractor is when he or she is old enough to take and pass a tractor safety class. The CASN is a coalition of 38 health, safety and youth organizations who advocate for child safety on the farm. The organization’s website is www.childagsafety.org. CONTINUED ON PAGE 66

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INDUSTRY UPDATE Work Progressing on NBAF Facility Planning and preliminary work continues on the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility (NBAF) in Manhattan, KS, but it may be another decade before animaldisease research can be conducted at the 580,000 square foot, $1.25 billion site. Initial planning began in 2006 when Manhattan was selected as the site, to replace the aging and outdated Plum Island, NY, facility, which had opened in 1954. Through the current year, federal appropriations have been committed in the amount of $638 million, while the state of Kansas has contributed $307 million and the city of Manhattan has allocated $5 million. Another $300 million in federal funding is pending.

Beef Stocks Projected to Decline As 2015 arrives, beef stocks are projected at 595 million pounds, down 89 million from 2014, according to USDA forecasters. In addition, beef production for the year is projected at 23.74 billion pounds, a decline of 794 million. Beef imports are projected at 2.7 billion pounds, down by 123 million. Total US beef supplies (production + imports) is projected at 26,931 billion pounds, which is 1 billion less than in 2014. Also, beef exports will be down by 74 million pounds to 2,525 billion in 2015. Beef consumption is also forecast to fall, down 922 million pounds to 52.2 pounds per capita. Last year, per capita consumption was 54.6 pounds per person.

Coalition Advocates Balanced Nutrition As the US Departments of Health and Human Services and Agriculture finalize developing nutritional policies to be released this year, a coalition of 18 food organizations is calling for a more balanced, practical and achievable dietary guidance.

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The coalition, named Back to Balance, was formed in response to public policy efforts that were occurring at the local, state and federal levels to malign and restrict certain foods when both scientific and the nutrition community have stated that such efforts are unlikely to work. A majority (93%) of healthcare professionals say that healthy eating is all about balance and that favorite foods can be enjoyed in moderation with a lifestyle that includes physical activity.

Feedlot Heifers Declining All indications are that heifer sales directly off the ranch are declining, although the decline is slow and careful. In November’s feedlot inventory comparison report, heifers made up about 35%, down about 1% from one year ago. Many observers believe that increasingly, producers are experiencing a high level of confidence and may be on the verge of beginning retention of more females in their herds, thus initiating an uptick toward rebuilding the nation’s cowherd.

City Folks Growing More Food City dwellers in the US are growing more of their own food than was previously realized — collectively farming an area roughly the size of a mid-size state, according to a study on the scale of urban agriculture. Urban farmers typically grow relatively inexpensive, easy-to-grow foods, primarily vegetables, when compared to wheat and corn which, are produced on large, rural holdings. The findings are seen as good news for food security as the population becomes increasingly urbanized. Urban farming, much of it in the form of backyard gardens and small scale greenhouses, is also praised for helping to reduce emissions while enhancing a green economy. CONTINUED ON PAGE 68

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Vegetarians Return to Meat A recent Harris poll of 12,000 adults has found that 84% of vegetarians and vegans eventually go back to eating meat. The findings directly contradict rumored reports that a ‘vegetarian movement” is underway in the US and around the world. Furthermore, the poll found that only 2% of American adults currently classify themselves as vegetarians or vegans, while 10% acknowledge that they formerly practiced some form of that antimeat status. In addition, more than half of those who returned to meat did so within one year.

Rural Employment Weak While most of the US economy continues to recover from the recession of 2007-09, rural areas of the country have struggled to recover jobs lost during the downturn. Urban employment now has surpassed pre-recession levels, but rural employment remains well below its 2007 peak and continues to fall is many areas. By contrast, urban employment grew by 5% between 2010 and 2014. At the end of 2014, rural employment was more than 3% below pre-recession levels despite a recent uptick. Most notable areas of rural unemployment can be found in the Deep South, Appalachia and the Mountain West.

“Sustainable” Definition Debated Several consumer organizations have signed a letter which harshly criticizes the Global Roundtable on Sustainable Beef’s (GRSB) recently approved principals and criteria for beef production. CONTINUED ON PAGE 72

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PVF-BF BF26 Black Joker Dam: Oval F Nicolette N443 Oval F Linda L320

MCE Milk MWW Stay DOC CW

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Ellingson Legacy M229 Sire: Mr. NLC Upgrade U8676 Ms. NLC Mojo S6119 B

Adcock Land and Livestock 2350 E. 1900 N • Moweaqua, IL 62550 217-768-3059

Homozygous Black Homozygous Polled

Dam of First Ascent

Oval F Nicolette N443

Full sister to First Ascent

JWA Nicolette 119Y

■ Full sister topped the 2012 Pride of the Prairie Sale at $21,000.

■ Top 1% for Shr, top 10% for WW, YW, MWW and CW, top 15% for BF and REA, top 20% for DOC, and top 25% for Stay and YG.

■ Backed by the powerful 2004 North American Reserve Grand female, Oval F Nicolette N443.

■ Square-hipped and big-bodied, yet still clean-necked and balanced.

■ Soundest made, softest pasterned Upgrade son available, all with an enhanced scrotal and large feet.

EPDs: CE: 11 $API: 130 $TI: 66

EPDs: CE: 9 $API: 124 $TI: 69

Dam: URA Baby Doll

Dam: LLSF Eye Candy

LLSF Pays To Believe ZU194

LLSF Addiction AY792

ASA#: 2659897 • Pays To Dream x Trademark Homozygous Black/Heterozygous Polled Granddam: Rockin Robin Pays To Believe is the spectacular 2015 NWSS and 2014 NAILE Grand Champion Bull! His first calves are averaging 5 digits in public auctions and his full-sib sisters averaged $16,000 in Lee’s 2014 fall sale.

ASA#: 2762392 • Top Grade x Steel Force Smooth Polled, Homozygous test pending. Addiction is a sleek fronted baldy bull with awesome EPDs out of tremendous cow family!

EPDs: CE: 8 $API: 110 $TI: 58

EPDs: CE: 8 $API: 132 $TI: 68

Reserve Champion NWSS Pen of Three Bulls for GLS, all sired by New Direction.

Famous donor dam, Hope Floats

GLS New Direction X184

TNGL Grand Fortune Z467 ASA#: 2654876 • Grandmaster x STF Montana Black 2014 NWSS Champion Bull! Homozygous Black & Homozygous Polled Exciting, extra complete first progeny with lots of extension!

2014 NWSS Champion Bull $16,000 Grand Fortune daughter

EPDs: CE: 7 $API: 113 $TI: 61

2015 Spring EPDs pulled 1.12.15

Granddam: LLSF Cayenne

ASA#: 2536539 • Better Than Ever x Powerline New Direction is the homozygous polled, Dream On free, outcross pedigree sire that you can use with confidence to make sound, soggy, Sim-Influenced progeny! New Direction sired the “Power Simmy” selection at The One Sale a heifer brought in from Hilbrands HILB Fashionista — $10,000 Cattle Co. MN. New Direction daughter at The One Sale.

New Direction bred at GLS, MN

HILB Maverick — $50,000 New Direction son at The One Sale

EPDs: CE: 15 $API: 160 $TI: 81 Heterozygous Black Homozygous Polled Ignition’s fantastic full sister

FBF1/SF Ignition A811 ASA#: 2749323 • Combustible x In Dew Time Homozygous Black/Homozygous Polled Ignition packs an unprecedented load of muscle shape and internal dimension together with excellent structure and profile.

Calving Ease Outcross Ignition’s donor grandam

Long’s Damien A37

Damien is a fantastic, calving ease prospect who’d we never imagine to own this much eye-appeal studying his pedigree. Genetic outliers with “look” are rare and we’re wayyy excited about Damien!

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The safety of genetically modified (GM) or genetically engineered (GE) crops remain a controversial social, political and topic of concern through the US and globally. A newly published article from the peer-reviewed and highly respected Journal of Animal Science concludes that feeding livestock feed from GM crops has no impact on the animal’s health or productivity. Since they were introduced in 1996, GM feed crops have been an increasing component of livestock diets. It has been calculated that in the US alone, 95% of food-producing animals consume feed containing GM crops. CONTINUED ON PAGE 80

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■ Ignition’s Granddam ■ She is the cornerstone of the Forest Brook Farms breeding program.

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Forest Brook Farms LLC Jay Juckem 920-378-3698

ASA#: 2749323 PB SM

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■ 3/4 sister to the dam of Ignition. ■ Combustible x JF Blackbird Lady 8008U. ■ Sold for $9,250 in the 2014 Sandeen Sale.

Fiery Lady

■ Full sibling to Ignition ■ Sold for $25,500 for 1/2 interest in Louisville in 2013. ■ Class winner at the NAILE in both 2013 and 2014. ■ Reserve Champion Simmental Female at the 2014 Dixie National. ■ Grand Champion Purebred Simmental Female at the 2014 WI State Fair.

Glorious Lady

■ Ignition himself was Supreme Champion of the World Beef Expo as a calf. Get in early on these exciting new genetics.

■ Ignition’s dam, Gorgeous Lady’s, first three progeny have sold for a combined valuation of over $100,000.

■ Ignition’s grandam, JF Blackbird Lady 8008U, has long been the cornerstone donor of the Forest Brook breeding program. Producing many high-quality and high-selling bulls and females.

■ His full sister, FBF1 Glorious Lady, sold in Louisville for $25,500 for 1/2 interest.

■ Ignition is packed with eye appeal and pedigree. Combustible’s best son to date.

■ Ignition is one of the most exciting up-and-coming young bulls in the Simmental breed today.

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Terry Ellingson & Family

www.northdakotasimmental.com

SRF Simmentals Roger Roger and and Susan Susan Finke Finke family family 35500 35500 114th 114th Ave. Ave. NW NW • • Berthold, Berthold, ND ND 58718 58718 701-453-3157 701-453-3157 Roger Roger • • 701-453-3105 701-453-3105 Todd Todd email: email: srf@srt.com srf@srt.com

Edge of the West Bull & Female Sale February 8, 9, 2016 2015

5065 125th Ave. NE • Dahlen, ND 58224 tellings@polarcomm.com • www.ellingsonsimmentals.com Annual Production Sale, February 20, 2016

Peck Simmentals Breed of Excellence

ENNE

Roger, Jeanette, & Erika Kenner

5606 57th St. NE Leeds, ND 58346 Phone 701-466-2800 Erika 406-581-1188 erika.kenner@gmail.com Fax 701-466-2769 www.kennersimmental.com

SIMMENTALS

Available by Private Treaty SimAngus™ Bulls, Bred Cows and Heifers Bill & Marianne Peck 129 Yellowstone Trl • Whitehall, MT 59759 406-287-5669 • pecksimm@gmail.com www.pcksimm.8m.net

Curtis Olafson 13043 84th St. NE Edinburg, ND 58227 701-993-8240 or 8450 Performance colafson@polarcomm.com Predictability www.bataolafson.com Personal Service

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SIMMENTALS Kevin & Lynette Thompson

5125 53rd St. Almont, ND 58520 701-843-8454 www.tntsimmentals.com Annual Bull Sale • Friday, February 12, 2016 Visitors always welcome. Only 15 miles off I-94

SYS SIMMENTALS Gary Sys 9400 205th Ave. SW Douglas, ND 58735 701-722-3244

5831 Highway 7, Wibaux, MT 406-588-3371 nlcsim@midrivers.com www.nelsonlivestockco.com

Watch for our Annual Bull Sale April 18, 2015.

Prickly Pear Simmental Ranch Birthplace of the first Polled Black Simmental Bull Made in Montana Sale • February 6, 2016 Troy Wheeler, Cattle Manager: 406-949-1754 Don and Nancy Burnham • Gary Burnham 2515 Canyon Ferry Road • Helena, MT 59602 ASA No. 174 E-mail: burnhams@mt.net

Hill’s Ranch Simmentals Box 186 Stanford, MT 59479 406-566-2479

Bull Sale • March 2, 2015

hillssimmentalmt@yahoo.com • www.hillsimmental.com

www.oklahomasimmental.com

Lazy U Ranch Dave & Debbie Umfleet 20858 West 10th St N • Haskell, OK 74436 918-693-9420 • davelazyu@aol.com TM Simmental & SimAngusTM Bulls & Females

Willis Simmentals 5759 Enville Road Marietta OK 73448 willissimmentals@arbuckleonline.com

Quality Simmental Breeding Cattle 10 miles east on Hwy. 32, 1/4 mile north on Enville Road.

Bobby 580-276-2781 (ph. & fax)

Jon 580-795-4601

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Triangle J Ranch Darby & Annette Line 35355 Arrow Road • Miller, NE 68858 308-627-5085 Darby Cell Just 30 minutes of I-80 www.trianglejranch.com

Annual Production Sale last Sunday in January

www.nesimmental.com FORSTER FARMS Just 20 minutes off I-80

www.illinoissimmental.com

Verlouis Forster Family 74096 Road 434 Smithfield, NE 68976-1039 Ph/FAX 308-472-5036 Verlouis Ph 308-876-2316 Alan Email: alan_forster@hotmail.com

“Red and Black, Polled, Pigmented Simmentals”

Berger’s HerdMasters Angus x Simmental Hybrids Both Red and Black

402-643-4429 402-641-2936 Cell 303 Northern Heights Drive • Seward, NE 68434 a.sloup@juno.com Nick, Andrea, www.sloupsimmentals.com Shane, Shelbi, Brevin, Natalie Join us at the Farm, October 17, 2015 and Haylie for our 21st Annual Production Sale.

Owner: Jim Berry

Loren & Peggy Berger 308-532-0939 9339 E. Autogate Rd. 308-520-3836 Stapleton, NE 96163 berger@nque.com www.bergersherdmaster.com

Commercially Targeted Seedstock

Cattle Manager: Robbie Duis 815-858-4129 6502 Rt. 84 South Hanover, IL 61041 815-591-3731

James, Merlin, and Delores Felt, Renee & Matt Schulte www.wildberryfarms.net

J&C SIMMENTALS

Anthony Rhodes

Black Simmental Bulls & Females Purebred to Percentage Jay & Kim Volk Clark & Leslie Volk Bob & Jeanette Volk 402-478-4565 402-478-4503 402-478-4350 volkjk@aol.com • 20604 US Hwy 30 • Arlington, NE 68002

Online Female Sale — December 9-10, 2015 Bull Sale — January 30, 2016

Foxy Ladies Bred Heifer Sale November 28, 2015 • West Point, NE Ohlrich/Felt Farms Bull Sale February 6, 2016 • Norfolk, NE

Western Cattle Source

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Larry and Suzy Rhodes 9350 Rte 108 Carlinville, IL 62626 217-854-5200 rhodesangus@royell.org www.rhodesangus.com

Our Business Is Bulls

57977 857 Road • Wakefield, NE 68784 402-287-2488 home • 402-369-1069 cell delores@feltfarms.com • www.feltfarms.com Herdsman, James Felt 402-369-0513 cell • jamesfelt02@gmail.com

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Slate Farms &

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O M P A N Y

Female Select Sale/Herd Bull Select Sale Visitors Always Welcome

Steve Slate 4437 Highway 49 W Vanleer, TN 37181 931-206-5026 slatefarms@att.net www.slatefarms.com 78

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Jock & Brenda Beeson 100 Wohlers Drive Crawford, NE 69339 308-665-1111 (home) 308-430-2117 (mobile) 308-430-0668 (mobile) Email:wcsbeeson@bbc.net

SIMBRAH Sarah J. (Sally) Buxkemper

2617 CR 400 Ballinger, Texas 76821 325-442-4501 sbuxkemper32@gmail.com www.rxsimbrah.com

www.breedingcattlepage.com/ INSimmAssoc/index.htm

Mark, Jame, Anna & Peter Krieger PO Box 145 Universal, IN, 47884 www.kriegerfarms.com

Heat Adapted Cattle Simbrah TM SimAngusTM TM SimAngusTM HT Simmental

www.texassimmentalsimbrah.com

812-239-5102, Mark mark@kriegerfarms.com 812-208-0956, Jame jame@kriegerfarms.com 269-470-7553, Anna 812-208-8224, Peter

Annual Sale First Sunday in October

Annual Production Sale March 20, 2015

Simmental Angus SimAngusTM

Steve & Mary Gleason • Jake, Becky, Ben, Joe & Sam

www.kansas-simmental.com

Dixson Farms, Inc. Carol Dixson, Kevin Dixson, & Lyle Dixson, D.V.M.

www.breedingcattlepage.com/ Simmental/iasimmassoc/

Jass Simmentals

13703 Beaver Creek Rd • Atwood, KS 67730 785-626-3744 • drlyle@live.com www.dixsonfarms.com

www.jassimm.com • email: jassimm@comm1net.net

Joe Mertz 785-456-9650 Bob Mertz 785-456-9201 Harold Mertz 785-456-9605 7160 Zeandale Road Manhattan, KS 66502 www.rivercreekfarms.com

26th Annual Production Sale February 10, 2016

Kaser Brothers Simmental ROCK CREEK RANCH

Reds and Blacks Available Steve, Alan & Mark Jass 1950 Quincy Avenue • Garner, Iowa 50438 641-587-2348 or 641-587-2174 641-860-0645(c) or 515-689-6219(c)

12410 Blazingstar Rd • Maple Hill, KS 66507 Phone: 785-256-6461 • Steve: 785-640-8060 • Jake: 785-640-8062 www.Sunflowergenetics.com

B L A C K , P O L L E D S I M M E N TA L S Jim & Jean Houck, 250 Road 392, Allen, KS 66833 • 620-443-5700 Jeff & Lori Houck, 3031 Road G, Americus, KS 66835 • 620-443-5751 Toll Free 866-687-4656 • www.houckrockcreekranch.com

Stephen Kaser H 785-346-5181 • C 785-346-6077 629 County 388 Drive Osborne, KS 67473

Ralph Brooks Cassidy Brooks 7440 Lake Elbo Rd. Manhattan, KS 66502 C: 785-556-0385

Cow Camp Ranch Kent, Mark and Nolan Brunner 3553 Upland Rd. Lost Springs, KS 66859-9652 785-466-6475 Kent 785-466-1129 Nolan Black and Red Purebreds 785-258-0173 Mark Angus nolan@cowcampbeef.com SimAngusTM Halfbloods

THE MOSER RANCH SimAngus • Simmental • Angus

Harry & Lisa Moser & Family Wheaton, KS 66521 Phone 785.396.4328 www.moserranch.com

24th Bull Sale • November 14, 2015

Spring Bull Sale - Friday, February 26, 2016

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Children Need Meat According to a new study first published in the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, children need to eat more meat as early as 12-16 months of age. Researchers cautioned that inadequate meat consumption compromises iron levels of youngsters in a period of crucial growth. What has been called the current world wide “low-meat trend” has been linked to an increase in the use of infant formula instead of meat, eliminating a natural source of iron and other nutrients. It was determined that as many as one in five children is not receiving any meat and almost half were receiving inadequate amounts.

Infertility Linked to Y Chromosome According to a USDA study, a major reason for infertility in beef cattle cows may be because they have received fragments of the male (Y) chromosome in their DNA. The research results came out of the Agricultural Research Service at the US Meat Animal Research Center in Clay Center, NE. Females usually inherit an X chromosome from each parent (XX), while males inherit an X and a Y (XY). Researchers found fragments of the male Y chromosome only in the DNA from non-pregnant animals. CONTINUED ON PAGE 82

www.southdakotasimmental.com

Eichacker Simmentals

25446 445th Ave • Salem, SD 57058 Steve & Cathy Eichacker 605-425-2391 or 605-421-1152 email: es@triotel.net Annual Bull Sale • March 6, 2015

TRAXINGER

Reds, Blacks • Bulls and Females Private Treaty Sales

“Mark of Performance”

Mike and Terri Traxinger 11176 – 406th Avenue Houghton, SD 57449 Home: 605.885.6347 Mike’s cell: 605.294.7227 mtrax@nvc.net www.traxinger.com

Kipp Julson • 605-351-9088 48672 252nd St • Sherman, SD 57030 doublejfarms@alliancecom.net www.doublejsimmentals.com Females by Private Treaty in the Fall. Bulls for sale by Private Treaty.

Benda Simmentals Jim and Jay Benda 26106 366th Ave. Kimball, SD 57355 605-778-6703

Jim: 605-730-6703 (Cell) Jay: 605-730-0215 (Cell) bendaranch@midstatesd.net

Black and Red Breeding Stock

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www.washingtonsimmental.org

Angus • SimAngusTM • Simmental Mike & Paulette Forman Ellensburg, WA 98926 509-968-4800

Robb & Debbie Forman Ellensburg, WA 98926 509-201-0775

Generations of Excellence Sale March 7, 2015

www.trinityfarms.info

Genetics That Work

JRW Farms, LLC Richard Woolwine, Owner 562 Marson Trigg Road Seminary, MS 39479

1103 Artesia Road Starkville, MS 39759 Home: 662-323-0744 Cell: 662-418-0686 Office: 662-324-7721

Mikell & Mary Cheek Davis, Owners

Farm Manager: Alex Gardner 662-769-2577

Brad Woods 601-441-0539 Johnny Ingram 601-408-4186 www.jrw-llc.com

www.littlecreekcattle.com

www.breedingcattlepage.com/ vsa/index.htm

www.mnsimmental.com Dr. Lynn Aggen Office: 507-886-6321 Mobile: 507-421-3813 Home: 507-886-4016

Performance with Quality

Matt Aggen Mobile: 701-866-3544 Home: 507-772-4522 Email: mattaggen@hotmail.com

Harmony, MN 55939 www.oakmfarm.com

Promise Land Ranch Mike & Cathy Stoltey Family 374 Promise Lane • Plummer, ID 83851 208-686-1515 (H) • 208-699-2335 (M) plrlivestock@gmail.com

Sargeant Farms

Lanting Enterprises, LLC

Simmental Cattle BULLS

AND FEMALES AVAILABLE BY PRIVATE TREATY

Owner • Howard E. Sargeant Box 400, Forest Lake, MN 55025 651-464-3345 • 651-464-2662

Farm Manager: Adam Trest 52309 Fleming Logging Road Sandstone, MN 55072 320-245-2830 • 320-630-3608

2181 B N 2300 E Twin Falls, ID 83301-0643 208-655-4257 208-731-6646 Bob’s Cell 208-655-4371 John’s Home lant4257@filertel.com

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Calm Cattle = Carcass Quality

Farm Technology Use Increasing

Excitable cattle are well known to be dangerous to themselves and to handling personnel. According to recent research at North Dakota State Univesity, they also have lower quality carcasses than calmer cattle. The study found that temperament did not have a significant correlation with feeding behavior or growth performance traits. However, with regard to carcass characteristics, the calmer animals had considerably better hot carcass weights and marbling, and tended to have better yield grades than steers with excitable tendencies.

A survey by the American Farm Bureau Federation has found that more farmers are reaping the benefits of the latest agricultural technologies, but may remain somewhat wary of risks involved with big data collection. An overwhelming 77.5% surveyed said they feared that regulators and other government officials would gain access to their private information without their knowledge. However, farmers say that they are receiving positive results from using precision technologies such as collection of weather data, tracking seed varieties, analyze nutrient applications and map crop yields. As a result, they have been able reduce costs by 15% and increase crop yields by an average of 13%.

Bulls for your heifer expansion with top of the breed genetics, SimAngus™, Balancers (GvAn)

PBG Bull Sale March 28, 2015, 1:00 pm Windsor Livestock Auction All 18-month-old and forage developed to settle more early in the season.

Harriman Santa Fe (Bob)

Over $1,500 more life time production per cow exposed from crossbreeding.

Montrose, MO • 660-492-2504 bharriman39@hotmail.com

Fall calving bred heifer mates to run with the best.

37th Annual Pride in Performance Sale Friday, April 3, 2015 • 1:00 PM Stockmen’s Livestock Auction East Hwy 50 • Yankton, South Dakota Sale Day Phone: 605-665-9641

Selling: 30 Simmental and Angus Bulls F1 to Purebreds • Sired by top-performing test station bulls and AI Sires. • Ingenity tested for performance traits. • Our program is backed by over 40 years of AI breeding to trait-leading bulls.

Sale Day Phone: 605-665-9641 Contact us for catalog

Grilling/Alzheimer’s Link Suggested A study from the Icahn School of Medicine in New York makes the startling suggestion that compounds found in high levels in grilled and broiled meats may increase the risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease and pre-diabetes.

Slowdown Hurting Exporters A workplace slowdown at west coast seaports, sparked by a dispute between the Pacific Maritime Association and the Internatinal Longshoremen and Warehouse Union, has caused serious problems for US meat exporters. Containers of meat destined for export were piling up and growing old at seaside docks. Roughly 10% of US beef production, along with 22% of pork and 20% of chicken is exported each month. At the end of December the US had 441 million pounds of beef in cold storage, up 10.9% from November, but down 0.4% compared to December of 2013. During all of 2014, 30.17 million head were processed, the lowest figure for any year since 1963.

Ethanol Production Impacts Feeders As the US corn-based ethanol industry makes continued advancement in technology, new production methods have directly impacted cattle feeders. A growing trend has been the extraction of corn oil during ethanol production, which has resulted in decreased fat content of the sweet, malty byproduct. Recent reports show that cattle fed distillers grains consistently had less dry matter intake measurements. However, mixed results in cattle performance has made it difficult to measure the impact of oil removal.

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VACCINES — THEIR USE, HANDLING, AND

CARE

By: T. R. Thedford, DVM

Distributed by the Oklahoma Cooperative Extension. Fact Sheets are available on their website at: http://osufacts.okstate.edu

All livestock producers use vaccines at one time or another in the day-to-day operation of their farms. If these products are not properly handled, little or no immunity will result from the use of the product. In addition to being costly, the false sense of security gained by the producer could result in severe losses before the actual cause of the disease is discovered. Vaccines are used to produce immunity to livestock diseases. The immunity that is produced will vary in its protective ability due to the type of vaccine used, organism (bacteria or virus) the immunity is to protect against, and the degree of challenge the animal receives from the virulent (infecting) organism. Stress and environmental conditions as well as handling of the vaccine and equipment used for the process, will affect the production and duration of immunity in the animal.

Types of Immunity Passive immunity. This is a short-lived immunity. It will last from two weeks to six or seven months. In farm animals it is usually derived from the transfer of antibodies in colostrums to the newborn within the first 24 hours of life. The longevity of this immunity depends on the amount of antibody passed, the type of antibody, and what disease the protection is for. Passive immunity can also be transferred by blood transfusions or use of specific antisera or antitoxins. Active immunity. This is a longer-lived immunity. It usually lasts from six months to one year or longer. In some instances activity immunity will last a lifetime. This type of immunity is developed in animals that have actually had and recovered from a disease or from inoculating them with a vaccine derived from the disease organism. These vaccines produce an immune response, i.e. immunity, without the symptoms or problems associated with the disease. Biological products or vaccines are produced in several different forms for several specific types of immunity responses. The following list and definitions are to help explain these differences: 1. Vaccine — Any biological agent used to produce an activity immunity. 2. Bacterins — Suspension of killed or inactivated disease organisms. They will not cause the disease but do initiate an immune response. An example of a bacterin is blackleg bacterin. 84

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3. Toxoids — Inactivated toxins or poisons or disease organisms. They will not cause the disease but produce an immunity to the disease. The inactivated bacterial poisons no longer are capable of harming the animal but prevent the establishment of the living organism. An example of a toxoid is tetanus toxoid. 4. Live virus and bacterial suspensions — Occasionally used to produce immunity, these are given in very small doses or at a time in the life of the animal when it is not as susceptible to the disease. An example of a live bacterial suspension is Bang’s Vaccine – Strain 19. A live virus vaccine example is contagious ecthyma or sore mouth in sheep and goats. 5. Modified live virus-vaccines — These are prepared from live viruses that have been modified by passage through an unnatural host until they no longer cause the disease but still produce immunity. An example of a modified live virus in I.B.R. (Infectious Bovine Rhinotrachetis) vaccine. 6. Inactivated viruses — These vaccines are produced by killing the virus through various methods, thereby rendering the virus incapable of causing the disease yet still capable of producing protection. An example of an inactivated virus vaccine would be killed I.B.R. (Infectious Bovine Rhinotracheitis or red nose) vaccine. 7. Antisera or antitoxins — These are products designed to produce a short-lived passive immunity. They are produced by exposing an animal to massive doses of vaccine or live disease organisms. The cell-free portion of the blood from these animals is used to produce the antisera or antitoxins. An example of an antiserum or antitoxin is tetanus antitoxin.

Care and Handling of Vaccines All animal biological products are produced under license from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. They must all be pure, effective, and safe (won’t produce the disease) before permission is given to sell the product in interstate commerce. All government control is lost after the product leaves the manufacturing plant. It is important for you to know how these products are handled after leaving the plant and until they are injected into the animal. CONTINUED ON PAGE 88

J.W. Brune 414 E 700 Road Overbrook, KS 66524 785-865-6624

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Mike, Kay, Erin, Dalton and Katy Hartman RR 3, Box 103 Tecumseh, NE 68450 402-335-2577 • 402-335-3177

Mark, Jame, Anna & Peter Krieger PO Box 145 • Universal, IN, 47884 www.kriegerfarms.com

SVF Steel Force S701 Sire: Mr. Hoc Broker JM BF H25

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1. All biologicals should be shipped in a cool and well-insulated container. They should be stored in a refrigerator. 2. Lyophilized dry products should not be mixed until ready to be used. These products come in two containers, one containing a small dry power or cake, the other, a liquid. Do not mix more than what will be used in one hour maximum. Never keep mixed portions, even until the next day, as all of these products lose their immunizing properties after a few hours of being mixed. 3. Always observe the expiration date printed on the bottle. If the product has expired, do not use it. 4. Never allow biologicals to sit in the sun before or after being mixed. Sunlight will destroy as well as heat the product. Maintain your biological products in a cooler chest with frozen water-filled cans. This will keep them cool as well as keep them out of the direct sunlight. 5. Do not save parts of vials. If using a multiple dose container, never enter the container with a needle that isn’t sterile. 6. Never use syringes and needles that have been sterilized in chemical disinfectants. Sterilize all syringes and needles used for vaccines by boiling in distilled water for 20 minutes. Chemical disinfectants will destroy modified live and live biologicals. Do not waste the effort of livestock handling and the cost of vaccine by trying to clean equipment in alcohol or some other chemical disinfectant. 7. Always burn or otherwise destroy vaccine bottles. Do not leave them lying around as a hazard to man and animal.

8. Be as clean as possible with the inoculation procedure. This doesn’t mean efficiency need be sacrificed. Keep an adequate supply of clean, sterilized needles available and change when one becomes contaminated. It is a good idea to change needles about every five to 10 cows if anaplasmosis is a problem in your area. 9. Always give biologicals according to the manufacturer’s directions. Intramuscular means in the muscle and should be given with a 11/2inch long needle. Subcutaneous means under the skin and 3/8- to 1/2-inch needles should be used. A 16 gauge needle will not bend as easily and last longer for both routes. If the manufacturer recommends the use of large quantities such as antiserum, use 3/8- to 1/2-inch needles and do not put more than 10-15 cc in each site. Do not increase or decrease the manufacturer’s recommended dose. The dose is based on the number of immunizing units per cc and this concentration may very from one manufacturer to the next. Always read the instructions. If the intranasal route is used as is recommended for some products, remember to change cannulas often. Do not hurry the process. To do a good job of immunizing, a certain amount of vaccine must come in contact with the lining of the nose. Do not reduce the dose. 10. You should not expect the vaccination to offer protection until after 10 days after giving the vaccine. The exception to this is the intranasal route. This route will give a relatively short duration of protection within a few hours to a few days after administration. In conclusion, use extreme care in purchasing and caring for your immunizing products. Do not use chemical disinfectants. Keep them cool, out of the sun, and don’t save parts of unused or mixed bottles. Do not mix products unless specifically recommended by the manufacturer. Do not use outdated material and follow the manufacturer’s recommendation on dosage and route of administration. Consult your local practicing veterinary on what products are recommended in your area and on effectiveness of the various vaccines. Above all, do not be in a hurry or be sloppy with your procedures. The idea of using immunizing agents is an aid in the prevention of diseases. Don’t waste your time, money, and effort trying to set a new world record for speed of administration at the risk of a severe disease outbreak. ST

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CALENDAR MARCH 1 2 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 5 5 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 9-10 9 9 10 11 11 12 12 12 13 13 14 14 14 14 14 15 16 17 19 20 20 20 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 23 25 25 27 27 28 28 28 28 28 28 28 28 29

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PRO-CHAR 4th Annual Charolais and Simmental Bull Sale — Glenevis, AB Hill’s Ranch Simmentals’ Bull Sale — Stanford, MT (pg. 77) Cattlemen’s Classic Bull Sale — Redmond, OR Doll Simmental Ranch 35th Annual Production Sale — Mandan, ND Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo Simmental/Simbrah Sale — Houston, TX Broken Heart Ranch Red Angus Annual Production Sale — Firesteel, SD Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo Simmental/Simbrah Show — Houston, TX Mertens Cattle Co.’s Bull Sale — Watertown, SD (pg. 42) Tifton Bull Test Sale — Chula, GA JMB Angus/Rains Simmental/N Bar Cattle Co.’s Bull Sale — Sharon Springs, KS (pg. 2) Pleasant Hill Farms March Madness Bull and Heifer Sale — Bowling Green, KY KSU Annual Legacy Sale — Manhattan, KS Eichacker Simmentals’ Annual Bull Sale — Salem, SD (pg. 80) Flying H Genetics Spring Bull Sale — Arapahoe, NE (pg. 1) Kentucky Beef Expo — Louisville, KY Ludvigson Stock Farms Ozark Bull and Female Sale — Diamond, MO RS&T Simmentals, LLC Bull Sale — Savannah, MO Trinity Farms Generations of Excellence Sale — Ellensburg, WA (pg. 80) Walsh Simmental Bull Sale — Hubbard, NE (pg. 60) Hudson Pines Farm Online Embryo Event, Round II — dponlinesales.com Keller Broken Heart Ranch’s Annual Production Sale — Mandan, ND (pg. 77) Rockin H Simmental Production Sale — Watertown, SD (pg. 61) Calvo Family 2nd Annual Bull Sale — Valentine, NE “JF Scalebuster” Bull Sale — Dunlap, IA Lechleiter Simmentals 27th Annual Bull Sale — Loma, CO (pg. 76) Cattleman’s Kind Bull Sale — San Saba, TX Hall-Pokorny Red Angus Bull Sale — North Platte, NE Schmig Simmental Ranch’s 31st Annual Production Sale — Stockholm, SD 74-51 Red Dirt Bull Sale — Marshall, OK (pg. 49) Quest of the West Cattle Sale — Spanish Fork, UT Carcass Performance Partners 13th Annual Bull Sale — Lucedale, MS (pg. 12) Gonsior Simmental Production Sale — Fullerton, NE (pg. 62) Great Lakes Beef Connection Bull Sale — Clare, MI (pg. 35) Tennessee Beef Agribition — Lebanon, TN Yardley Cattle Company’s 42nd Annual Bull Sale — Beaver, UT WSA Spring Spectacular Sale — Lancaster, WI Hudson Pines-Hayes Ranch Genetic Legacy Bull Sale — Billings, MT Open Gate Ranch Sale — Simms, MT (pg. 27) Parker Cattle Co.’s Inaugural Bull Sale — Burlington, CO (pg. 58) 3C Christensen Ranch/NLC Simmental Ranch Annual Production Sale — Wessington, SD Gengenbach Cattle Company’s 7th Annual Production Sale — Grant, NE (pg. 87) Sunflower Genetics Annual Production Sale — Maple Hill, KS (pgs. 40, 79) Altenburg Super Baldy Ranch’s 23rd Anniversary Annual Bull and Heifer Sale — Fort Collins, CO (pg. 53) Drake Cattle Co Bull Sale — Centerville, IA (pg. 63) Flying H Genetics Spring Bull Sale — Lowry City, MO (pg. 1) Hilltop Simmentals’ Private Treaty Bull Sale — Hudson, SD Michigan Bull Test Sale — Crystal, MI Ohio Beef Expo and Eastern Spring Classic Sale — Columbus, OH Red Hill Farms’ More Than a Bull X, Bull and Female Sale — Lafayette, TN (pg. 108) UIBA Bull Test Sale — Salina, UT Bridle Bit Simmental’s All Terrain Bull Sale, Springfield, CO (pg. 75) Pelton Simmental and Red Angus Annual Sale — LaCrosse, KS (pg. 41) Premium Sourced Cattle Third Annual Bull and Female Sale — Eckley, CO (pg. 103) Pennsylvania Spring Simmental Female Sale — Pennsylvania Furnace, PA Rust Mountain View Ranch “Ace in the Hole” Bull Sale — Turtle Lake, ND (pg. 32) Back to the Basics Sale — Fountain Run, KY (pg. 64) Dickinson Simmental Ranch 43rd Annual Production Sale — Gorham, KS (pg. 74) Professional Beef Genetics Open House Bull Sale (pgs. 76, 83) Hawkeye Simmental Bull Sale — Bloomfield, IA SW VA BCIA Bull and Heifer Sale — Wytheville, VA (pg. 45) T-Heart Ranch’s High Altitude Bull Sale — La Garita, CO (pgs. 30, 76) Vertical Edge Genetics’ “Bulls in Bancroft” Annual Production Sale — Bancroft, ID (pg. 106) Wildberry Farms Annual Production Sale — Hanover, IL (pg. 105) Northern Plains Simmentals’ 9th Annual Bull Sale — Bowbells, ND (pg. 8) CONTINUED ON PAGE 92

Lot 1

Power Herdsire Prospect

Lot 42

GCCR BDiamond X126 B ASA# 2924217 ADJ.BW: 90 lbs. CE

ADJ. WW: 937 lbs.

GCCR Conair S24 B ASA# 2924349

BW WW YW MCE Milk MWW $API $TI

2.8 87 136

117 81

BW WW YW MCE Milk MWW $API $TI

1.4 81 127

103 75

Lot 12

Lot 46

GCCR EAnswer 8312S B ASA# 2924304 CE

GCCR Priority T303 B ASA# 2924211

BW WW YW MCE Milk MWW $API $TI

14 -.6

67 102

147 79

BW WW YW MCE Milk MWW $API $TI

12 -.1

70 112 11

143 81

Lot 14

Lot 52

GCCR Upgrade U3039 B ASA# 2924412

GCCR Prophet T8664 B ASA# 2924236

BW WW YW MCE Milk MWW $API $TI

1.7 75 112

15 -1.2 73 123 11

132 80

BW WW YW MCE Milk MWW $API $TI

189 102

Lot 70 GCCR Ms Wisdom Clem B ASA# 2924322 CE

BW WW YW MCE Milk MWW $API $TI

11 -0.9 71 110

Lot 20

Purebred Simmental

GCCR Dewtmztg 120 B ASA# 2924330 CE

BW WW YW MCE Milk MWW $API $TI

12 1.9 69

127 74

132 76

EPDs pulled 2.15

Lot 56 GCCR Limelight ZXR2487 B ASA# 2924236 CE

BW WW YW MCE Milk MWW $API $TI

73 121 11

165 92

Lot 21 GCCR Easy TA93 B ASA# 2924057

Lot 56 GCCR Identity YSA123 B AAA# 18038053

BW WW YW MCE Milk MWW $API $TI

CED BW

1.5 69 105

I+9 I+1 I+53 I+92 I+14 I+31 +114

117 74

CEM

Milk

CALENDAR

CONTINUED

APRIL 1 1 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 6 10 11 11 11 11 11 11 14 16 17 18 18 24 25 25 30

74th Annual Kansas Bull Test Performance Tested Bull Sale — Beloit, KS (pg. 6) Midland Bull Test Sale — Columbus, MT Canaday SimAngus™ Bull Sale — Yankton, SD (pg. 82) Bulls of the Bluegrass — Mt. Sterling, KY Iowa Beef Connection 10th Annual Performance Tested Bull Sale — Knoxville, IA (pg. 16) McDonald Farms’ “Pick of the Pen” Bull Sale — Blacksburg, VA (pg. 25) Michigan Beef Expo — East Lansing, MI Shoal Creek Land & Cattle “The Gathering” — Excelsior Springs, MO (pg. 66) WBIA 58th Performance Selected Bull, Sale — Platteville, WI (pg. 16) Apex Cattle’s Annual Bull and Heifer Sale — Kearney, NE (pg. 17) South Dakota State University Bull Sale — Brookings, SD (pg. 12) Brant Farms Production Sale — Hinckley, MN (pgs. 65) Cattlemen’s Choice Sale — Hartwell, GA (pg. 98) Ludvigson Stock Farms Herdbuilder Bull Sale-Spring Edition — Shepherd, MT (pgs. 55) New Day Bull Sale — Lowry City, MO (pg. 87) Southeast All Black Classic — Greenwood, FL West Virginia Beef Expo Simmental Sale — Weston, WV 43rd Annual Thomas Ranch Bull Sale — Harrold, SD 75th IBEP Performance Tested Bull Sale — Springville, IN (pg. 47) Virginia Beef Expo — Harrisonburg, VA (pg. 104) Nelson Livestock Co. Production Sale — Baker, MT (pgs. 70, 77) Owen Bros. Diamonds & Spurs SimGenetic Sale — Bois D’Arc, MO (pg. 67) New York Bull and Heifer All Breeds Sale — Seneca Falls, NY Family Traditions Female Sale — Auburn, KY Heartland Performance with Class Bull Sale — Waverly, IA (pg. 68) Nelson Simmental and SimAngus™ Bull Sale — Glasgow, MT

MAY 1 2 2 9 16 26

Southern New England Simmental Association’s 4th Annual All Breed Sale — Springfield, MA Stars and Stripes Sale — Gettysburg, PA Timberland Cattle’s SimAngus™ & Black Angus Female Sale — Vernon, AL (pg. 76) Sloup and Hilltop Simmentals Spring Turn Out Sale — Seward, NE Buzzard Hollow Ranch’s 21st Annual Designer’s Classic Sale — Granbury, TX Williams Cattle Co.’s Perfect Blend Online Sale — www.breedersworld.com (pg. 15)

JUNE 7-11 16-19 24-27 26-28

AJSA South Central Regional Classic — Springfield, MO AJSA North Central Regional Classic— Austin, MN AJSA Eastern Regional Classic— West Springfield, MA AJSA Western Regional Classic— Bozeman, MT

JULY 5-11 23-26 25

AJSA National Classic — College Station, TX Simmental Breeders Sweepstakes — Louisville, KY Summer Stakes Elite Sale — Louisville, KY

AUGUST 1 22

Genetic Connection Sale — Cullman, AL Generations of Value Sale — Colbert, GA

SEPTEMBER 5 12 13 16 19 26 28

NC Fall Harvest Sale — Union Grove, NC Silver Towne Farms 29th Annual Production Sale — Winchester, IN Field of Dreams Production Sale — Hope, IN Bullseye Breeders Bull Sale — Modesto, CA Family Matters Sale — Auburn, KY Head of the Class Sale — Louisburg, KS The Genetic Harvest Sale — Janesville, WI

OCTOBER 2-3 3 4 10 16

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Bar 5 Extravaganza Fall Production Sale — Markdale, ON Buckeye’s Finest Sale — Belle Center, OH The Harvest at Krieger Farms — Universal, IN (pg. 79) Belles of the Bluegrass, Mt. Sterling, KY MN Beef Expo-White Satin On Ice — Minneapolis, MN

Direct

Maternal

.27

Sexed Heifer Semen $200/5ml • $125/3ml

ASA Sire Evaluation, as of 2.11.15

.26

.44

.46

.60

.32

58.1

.15

.38

.20

7.5 33.4 -.31 20

.34

.27

REA

Shr

$ Index API

.14 15

.23 2

.34 10

-.036 .98 -.59 131.9 78.1

Fat

ASA#: 2668223 PB SM

Conventional Semen $50/unit Semen available through owners and Cattle Visions

–

YG Marb

Carcass

SVF Steel Force S701 Dam: Long’s Miss Sweet Treat Long’s Miss Sweets

MCE Milk MWW Stay DOC CW

ACC .45

19.4

BW WW

EPD 11.0 -0.2 77.3 108.6 7.5

Trait CE

Hook’s Shear Force 38K Sire: Long’s Shear Pleasure MCM 514R

KA Cattle Co. Roger and Koty Allen 715-684-9222 or 217-552-8558 Jared Royer 573-489-2900 Long’s Simmentals Rob Long 641-344-3028 or 641-344-5085

Homozygous Black Homozygous Polled

Trennepohl Farms Jeff 765-620-0733 Scott 765-620-1700 Grand View Cattle Co. Jeff and Christa Wiarda AKA Andy and Katy Allen

■ Impressive EPD profile. Out of the 16 traits listed, Jack is in the top 25% of 9 of these.

■ Uniquely produces both valuable bulls and high-quality females that are in great demand.

■ Amazing fertility. Most impressive bull to ever freeze sexed semen, more than double the average of freezable units.

■ True calving ease bull. With 115 progeny reported his calving ease number changed from 7 to 11 and birth weight number changed from 2 to a 0.2. light birth weights with extreme vigor.

■ Most impressive sire group this year, powerful with great eye appeal!

■ Ranks in Top 2% for SHR; Top 10% for WW and $TI; Top 15% for BW, YW and REA; Top 20% for Marb; Top 25% for MWW and $API.

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SIMTALK

■ PRR Topline 327X is a high-quality carcass, very long, and Homozygous Polled Simbrah bull.

Semen: $35/straw Contact Bill Travis for purchase. Domestic and International CSS semen is available.

Red Homozygous Polled PRR Pacesetter 205C Sire: PRR Palisade 813T PRR Optima 677J Direct Trait CE

EPD

BW WW

Maternal YW

6.0 2.0 69.4 92.8

ACC .48

.65

.60

PRR Prevail 774S Dam: PRR Catalina Babe 287U PRR Catalina 1123S

.52

YG Marb

6.4

22.2 56.9

–

8.5 27.3 -.25 -.18

.28

–

.08

.36

ASA#: 2590951 5/8 SM 3/8 BR

Carcass

MCE Milk MWW Stay DOC CW

.43

.28

.38

Fat

$ Index REA

-.063 .51 .29

Sire: PRR Palisade 813T

.29

Shr

API

.24

80.0

57.2

.33

Bill and Jane Travis 9876 Plano Rd. • Dallas, TX 75238 Cell: 214-850-6308 • Office: 214-369-0990 billtravis@bigplanet.com

www.simbrah.com

ASA Sire Evaluation, as of 2.10.15

■ PRR Pilgrim 008X is a Homozygous Polled, high-quality carcass, multi-generational, proven Pine Ridge Ranch Simbrah bull.

Semen: $35/straw Contact Bill Travis for purchase. Domestic and International CSS semen is available.

Homozygous Polled PRR Pioneer 961M Sire: PRR Whata Dude 536P TMS Karlita F55 Direct Trait CE

EPD

Maternal YW

7.0 2.8 59.5 78.5

ACC .52 %

BW WW

.63

.58

PRR Accolade 119K Dam: PRR Ms. Optima 11N PRR Optima 677J

.50

ASA Sire Evaluation, as of 2.9.15

ASA#: 2586450 5/8 SM 3/8 BR

Carcass

MCE Milk MWW Stay DOC CW

YG Marb

Fat

$ Index REA

Shr

API

75.2

47.6

8.2

17.7

47.4

–

8.9 20.0 -.33 -.29 -.076 .60

-.02

.29

.28

.29

–

.05

.00

.42

.26 2

.24

PRR Whata Dude 536P — Pilgrim’s Sire

.32

.22

Bill and Jane Travis 9876 Plano Rd. • Dallas, TX 75238 Cell: 214-850-6308 • Office: 214-369-0990 billtravis@bigplanet.com

www.simbrah.com

AD INDEX Alabama Gibbs Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 Genex Custom Collection . . . . . . . . . 72 Moore Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 Timberland Cattle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Colorado Altenburg Super Baldy Ranch, LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53, 76 Bridle Bit Simmentals . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Campbell Simmentals . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 L-Cross Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Lechleiter Simmentals. . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Parker Cattle Co.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Premium Sourced Cattle, LLC. . . . . 103 Reflected R Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Ritchey Livestock ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 SRS Red Angus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 T-Heart Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . 30, 75, 76

Georgia Akins, Chandler. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Alford, Todd and Holly . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Britt Angus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 C&C Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Cattlemen’s Choice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 Jenkins Cattle Company . . . . . . . . . . 21 Partisover Ranch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Taylor, Robert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Idaho Vertical Edge Genetics . . . . . . . . . . 106 Lanting Enterprises, LLC. . . . . . . . . . 81 Promise Land Ranch. . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Illinois Adcock Land and Livestock. . . . . . . . 69 AKA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 Allied Genetic Resources . . . . 5, 25, 27, 30, 32, 35, 41, 48, 51, 53, 58, 69, 70, 72, 75, 86, 87, 92, 108, 109, IBC Bar QH Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . 22, 37 Blackford Show Cattle . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 C-Mor Beef . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Hopewell Views Simmentals . . . . . . . 78 Martin Cattle Sales, Larry . . . . . . . . . 72 Rhodes Angus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Sandidge, John . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Wildberry Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . 78, 105

Indiana Indiana Beef Evaluation Program (IBEP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Krieger Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79, 85 Silver Towne Farms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Trennepohl Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Iowa Big M Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Brink Fleckvieh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 Drake Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Drake Simmental. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 GNB Cattle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Grand View Cattle Co.. . . . . . . . . . . . 94 Heartland Simmentals. . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Jass Simmentals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 JS Simmentals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Long’s Simmentals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 Ludvigson Stock Farm . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Springer Simmentals . . . . 21, 22, 23, 79 Stanley Martins Farms . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Thompson Brothers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 SM

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99 Bar Cattle Company Gary and Paula Bischoff PO Box 31 Alzada, MT 59311 406-828-4073

Hudson Pines-Hayes Ranch Josh Chappa 934 Flathead Pass Road Wilsall, MT 59086 406-920-0945 www.hayesranch.com 5.4

Direct YW

.18

.16

4.2 59.0 87.7

BW WW

Maternal

.12

7.0

.14

.08

.12

.14

.13

45.3 19.5 11.1 28.4 -.41

Semen available through owners and:

.13

15.8

.14

.06

YG Marb

REA

Shr

API

$ Index

ASA#: 2730831 PB SM

.17

.14

.01

-.058 1.05 -.24 105.7 59.0

Fat

Carcass

Wheatland Bull 468P Dam: HPF Caliente U335 GCF Miss Caliente

MCE Milk MWW Stay DOC CW

Semen: $25/unit

ASA Sire Evaluation, as of 2.5.15

ACC .16

EPD

Trait CE

STF Dominque R170 Sire: Mack AF W273 Miss Thunder Pine S273

Red Polled

Dam of Mack That

HPF Caliente U335

Sire of Mack That

Mack AF W273

■ Great structural design and overall body dimension.

■ With limited supplies of semen on his sire MACK AF W273, now is your chance to acquire these heavily sought after genetics.

■ His dam, HPF Caliente U335, recently sold in the HPF Living Legacy X Sale for $19,000.

■ Incredible cow family pedigree, consistently making its mark in the Simmental breed.

■ All around solid structured bull with tremendous width from behind.

Card Uproar 49Y

SS/PRS Gunslinger 824X

WS A Step Up X27

Mr. Hoc Broker C623

By Mr. NLC Upgrade EPDs: CE: 5 $API: 126 $TI: 72

By STF Shocking Dream SJ14 EPDs: CE: 13 $API: 123 $TI: 66

By SS Ebony’s Grandmaster EPDs: CE: 4 $API: 123 $TI: 58

By Steel Force EPDs: CE: -2 $API: 92 $TI: 57

Long’s Shear Envy Y34

STF Shocking Dream SJ14 Remington Secret Weapon 185 OBCC King Pin W42Y

By Hooks Shear Force 38K EPDs: CE: 12 $API: 140 $TI: 76

By CNS Dream On L186 EPDs: CE: 19 $API: 148 $TI: 70

By Trademark EPDs: CE: 8 $API: 105 $TI: 62

By RC Club King EPDs: CE: 10 $API: 113 $TI: 65

SimAngusTM

CSCX Bandwagon 513A

TLLC One Eyed Jack 15Z

WC No Remorse 763Y

W/C Lock Down 206Z

By TJSC Optimus Prime EPDs: CE: 7 $API: 105 $TI: 62

By Long’s Shear Pleasure EPDs: CE: 11 $API: 132 $TI: 78

By Yardley High Regard W242 EPDs: CE: 9 $API: 112 $TI: 59

By Lock N Load EPDs: CE: 16 $API: 153 $TI: 85

SimAngusTM

GCC Whizard 125W

Long’s Steel Shot X21

W/C United 956Y

By SVF Steel Force S701 EPDs: CE: 7 $API: 97 $TI: 57

By SVF Steel Force S701 EPDs: CE: 7 $API: 118 $TI: 57

By TNT Tuition By 3C Macho M450 BZ EPDs: CE: 12 $API: 146 $TI: 93 EPDs: CE: 6 $API: 111 $TI: 70

SimAngusTM

WLTR Renegade 40U ET

SimAngusTM

R Plus Reload 2006Z

KLS Halfblood X217

R&R Chamberlain X744

WLE Quota U547

By R Plus Hard Rock (outcross) EPDs: CE: 10 $API: 135 $TI: 78

By SP The Answer 813 EPDs: CE: 16 $API: 148 $TI: 72

By Mr. NLC Upgrade EPDs: CE: 3 $API: 94 $TI: 80

By SVF/NJC Built Right N48 EPDs: CE: 13 $API: 119 $TI: 68

Angus

TJSC 152A “Vindication”

S S Incentive 9J17

Silveiras Style 9303

SP The Answer 813

By Flying B Cut Above EPDs: CE: 5 $API: 102 $TI: 60

SS Objective T510 0T26 EPDs: CE: 15 $API: 129 $TI: 74

By Gambles Hot Rod EPDs: CE: 17 $API: 138 $TI: 64

By SAV Final Answer 0035 EPDs: CE: 21 $API: 148 $TI: 69

2015 Spring EPDs pulled 1.12.15

GLS/JS Sure Shot Y18

LLSF Pays To Believe ZU194 K-LER Make It Rain 696S

By GLS/GF Brigade 31R By CNS Pays To Dream T759 EPDs: CE: 10 $API: 131 $TI: 70 EPDs: CE: 11 $API: 130 $TI: 66

By Foundation 724N EPDs: CE: -5 $API: 62 $TI: 54

STF Royal Affair Z44M By Lock N Load EPDs: CE: 6 $API: 103 $TI: 57

LLSF Addiction AY792

Long’s Damien A37

FBF1 Supremacy Y93

GWS/SCF Rendition T310

By Top Grade EPDs: CE: 9 $API: 124 $TI: 69

By Hooks Shear Force 38K EPDs: CE: 15 $API: 160 $TI: 81

By STF Dominance T171 EPDs: CE: 9 $API: 105 $TI: 62

By Trademark EPDs: CE: 7 $API: 112 $TI: 62

FBF1 Combustible Y34

Wheatland Mr. Bojangles 97X

FBFS Warsaw 068W

SS/PRS Tail Gater 621Z

By Steel Force EPDs: CE: 6 $API: 115 $TI: 59

By Wheatland Bull 680S EPDs: CE: 7 $API: 105 $TI: 62

By Sure Bet EPDs: CE: 16 $API: 139 $TI: 62

By HTP/SVF Duracell T52 EPDs: CE: 13 $API: 129 $TI: 69

Westfall Voyager 721P

W/C Catchin A Dream 27X

Rubys Wide Open 909W

WAGR Dream Catcher 03R

By Power Surge EPDs: CE: 14 $API: 105 $TI: 55

By Dream Catcher EPDs: CE: 11 $API: 134 $TI: 66

By The Foreman EPDs: CE: 6 $API: 120 $TI: 70

By Dream On EPDs: CE: 13 $API: 146 $TI: 71

GLS New Direction X184

HTP/SVF Duracell T52

Yardley High Regard W242

Wheatland High Octane 169Y

By Better Than Ever EPDs: CE: 8 $API: 110 $TI: 58

By Dream On EPDs: CE: 14 $API: 147 $TI: 75

By Yardley Impressive T371 EPDs: CE: 1 $API: 77 $TI: 57

By Wheatland Predator EPDs: CE: 2 $API: 88 $TI: 58

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AJE/PB Montecito 63W

WLTR Nashville 22A ET

By Steel Force EPDs: CE: 5 $API: 98 $TI: 66

By High Voltage By King of the Yukon (outcross) EPDs: CE: 10 $API: 130 $TI: 66 EPDs: CE: 6 $API: 103 $TI: 61

2015 Spring EPDs pulled 1.12.15

SAS Big Bruzer Y131

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Kansas

Kentucky

ART-JEN Simmental Farm . . . . . . . 110 Brooks Simmental Ranch . . . . . . 66, 79 Cow Camp Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Diamond D Simmentals . . . . . . . . . . 66 Dickinson Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Dixson Farms, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Gold Bullion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 HBE Simmentals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Hofmann Simmental Farms . . . . . . . 79 Irvine Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 Jensen Simmentals . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 JMB Angus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Kansas Bull Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Kaser Brothers Simmental . . . . . . . . 79 Moser Ranch, The. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 N Bar Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Pelton Red Angus • SimAngus • Simmental . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Rains Simmental . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 River Creek Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Rock Creek Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Schaake Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 SEK Genetics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Sunflower Genetics LLC . . . . . . . 40, 79 White Star Cattle Co.. . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Bulls of the Bluegrass . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Double Diamond Farms . . . . . . . . . . 93 DP Sales Management, LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93, 98, 104 Hill Country Cattle Co.. . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Misty Meadow Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Rocking P Livestock . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Stephens, Jeff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Swain Select Simmental . . . . . . . . . . 93 Wayward Hill Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Welsh Simmentals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

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Raspberry Ridge Ranch . . . . . . . . . . 31 Salinas Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Triple Z Simmental . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Minnesota Brant Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Crazy Fate Simmental Ranch . . . . . . 61 Eberspacher Enterprises, Inc. . . . . 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68 Oak Meadow Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Rockin H Simmentals . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Sargeant Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Louisiana

Mississippi

Genex Custom Collection . . . . . . . . . 72 Global Fleckvieh Genetics. . . . . . . . 110 Robinson Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 Rugged R Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Carcass Performance Partners . . . . . 12 JRW Farms, LLC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Little Creek Farm, LLC. . . . . . . . 81, 110 Rockhill Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Tanner Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Michigan Freedom Run Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 Great Lakes Beef Connection . . . . . . 35 Green Valley Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 J Bar J Ranch, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 JC Simmentals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Missouri Cattle Visions . . . 18, 19, 23, 31, 37, 43, 57, 59, 71, 72, 73, 94, 100, 101 Double R Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 CONTINUED ON PAGE 104

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Missouri (continued) Flying H Genetics . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1, 69 Gathering, The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Genex Custom Collection . . . . . . . . . 72 Harriman Sante Fe “Bob” . . . 76, 82, 83 Lucas Cattle Company . . . . . . . . 76, 90 New Day Genetics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Oval F Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Owen Brothers Cattle Company . . . . 67 Professional Beef Genetics . . . . . 82, 83 Rotert Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Royer, Jared . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 RS&T Simmentals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Shoal Creek Land & Cattle . . . . . . . . 66 Steaks Alive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BC

Montana 99 Bar Cattle Company . . . . . . . . . . . 99 Begger’s Diamond V Ranch . . . . . . . 36 Bulls of the Big Sky . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Gateway Simmental & Lucky Cross . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IBC Genex Custom Collection . . . . . . . . . 72 Hill’s Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Hudson Pines-Hayes Ranch . . . . 69, 99 Ludvigson Stock Farm . . . . . . . . . . . 55

McCafferty, Joel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IBC Miller Simmentals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Nelson Livestock Company. . . . . 70, 77 Olsen, Todd R.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IBC Open Gate Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 ORIgen . . . . . . . . . 51, 69, 72, 109, IBC Peck Simmentals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Prickly Pear Simmental Ranch . . . 4, 77 Universal Semen Sales, Inc. . . 4, 13, 72

Sandy Acres Simmental . . . . . . . . . . 78 Sloup Simmentals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Sonderup Angus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 T&B Livestock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Triangle J Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78, 86 Two Rivers Livestock . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Volk Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Walsh Simmental . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Western Cattle Source . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Windy Ridge Simmentals . . . . . . . . . 62

Nebraska Apex Cattle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Arrow H Cattle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Benes Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Berger’s HerdMaster . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Buehler Show Cattle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Canaday Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Ediger Simmentals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Felt Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Flying H Genetics . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1, 69 Forster Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Gengenbach Cattle Company . . . 78, 91 Gonsior Simmentals . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Hartman Cattle Company . . . . . . . . . 85 J&C Simmentals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Kasl Simmentals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

North Dakota Dakota Xpress. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Ellingson Simmentals . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 James Creek Simmental . . . . . . . . . 110 Keller Broken Heart Ranch . . . . . . . . 77 Kenner Simmentals . . . . . . . . . . 77, IBC Northern Plains Simmentals . . . . . . . . 8 Olafson Brothers Simmentals . . . . . . 77 Rust Mountain View Ranch . . . . . . . . 32 SRF Simmentals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 SYS Simmentals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 TNT Simmentals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 CONTINUED ON PAGE 106

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Oklahoma

Ohio

7451 Cattle Company . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Angle SimAngus . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26, 44 Griswold Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Lazy U Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Matt C. Sims Auction Incorporated . . 49 Morris Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 White Farms LLC . . . . . . . . . 26, 44, 89 Williams Cattle Company . . . . . 15, 107 Willis Simmentals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Ferguson Show Cattle. . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Select Sires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5, 31, 109

Oregon Bar CK Cattle Company . . . . . . . . . . 76

South Dakota 3C Christensen Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Benda Simmentals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Double J Farms Simmental Cattle. . . 80 Eichacker Simmentals. . . . . . . . . 69, 80 Genex Custom Collection . . . . . . . . . 72 Graesser Brothers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Mertens Cattle Company . . . . . . . . . 42 NLC Simmental Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . 48 S/M Fleckvieh Cattle . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 South Dakota State University . . . . . 12 Traxinger Simmental . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Werning Cattle Company . . . . . . . . . 80

Tennessee Red Hill Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Texas 4W Cattle Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 7N Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Bois dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Arc Land & Cattle Co. . . . . . . . 79 Bovine Elite, LLC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Brush Country Bulls . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Flying F Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 Fullblood Simmental Fleckvieh Federation . . . . . . . . . . 110 Johnson Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Knott Lake Cattle Co. . . . . . . . . . . . 107 McCrary Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Monte Christo Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Pine Ridge Ranch . . . . . . . . . . . . 76, 96 Reavis Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 RX Simbrah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Shipman, Jered, Auctioneer . . . . . . . 72 Shipwreck Cattle Co.. . . . . . . . . . . . 107 Smith Genetics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Southwestern Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Virginia Black Creek Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Foglesong Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 McDonald Farms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Rocky Hollow Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 SWVA Test Station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Virginia BCIA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Virginia Simmental Association . . . . 104

Washington Trinity Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Wisconsin ABS Global, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 3, 80, 109 Accelerated Genetics . . . . . . . . . . 7, 72 Elm Mound Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Forest Brook Farms, LLC . . . . . . 57, 73 Genex Cooperative, Inc. . . . . 9, 72, 109 KA Cattle Co.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 See Farms, LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

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Canada Bohrson Marketing Services . . . . . . . 32 Double Bar D Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 R Plus Simmentals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Associations American Chianina Association . . . IFC

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American Gelbvieh Association . . . IFC American Maine-Anjou Association IFC American Shorthorn Association . . IFC American Simmental Association . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IFC, 16, 54, 56 Canadian Angus Association . . . . . IFC Canadian Gelbvieh Association . . . IFC Canadian Limousin Association . . . IFC Canadian Shorthorn Association . . IFC Canadian Simmental Association . . IFC Fullblood Simmental Fleckvieh Federation . . . . . . . . . . 110

North American Limousin Foundation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IFC Red Angus Association of America . IFC Virginia Simmental Association . . . . 104 Wisconsin Beef Improvement Association . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Livestock Services ABS Global, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 3, 80, 109 Accelerated Genetics . . . . . . . . . . 7, 72 Allied Genetic Resources . . . . 5, 25, 27, 30, 32, 35, 41, 48, 51, 53, 58, 69, 70, 75, 86, 87, 92, 108, 109, IBC Bohrson Marketing Services . . . . . . . 32 Bovine Elite, LLC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 BreedersWorld.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Cattle Visions . . . . . . 18, 19, 23, 31, 37, 43, 57, 59, 71, 73, 94, 100, 101 CattleUSA.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 DP Sales Management, LLC . . . 93, 104 DVAuction . 2, 16, 41, 42, 45, 47, 55, 75, 91, 103 Eberspacher Enterprises, Inc. . . . . 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68 GeneSeek a Neogen Company . . . . 16 Genex Cooperative, Inc. . . . . 9, 72, 109 Gold Standard Labs . . . . . . . . . . . insert International Genetic Solutions (IGS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IFC LiveAuctions.TV. . . 6, 40, 62, 64, 65, 66 Matt C. Sims Auction Incorporated . . 49 ORIgen . . . . . . . . . . . . 51, 69, 109, IBC Ritchey Livestock ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Select Sires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5, 31, 109 Shipman, Jered, Auctioneer . . . . . . . 72 Superior Livestock Auction . . 17, 55, 70 Superior Productions . . . 30, 53, 70, IBC Universal Semen Sales, Inc. . . . . . 4, 13

Miscellaneous ASA DNA HD . . . . . . . 31, 73, 85, 94, 96 ASA Performance Advocate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25, 77, 79, 80, 108 ASA Science Forum . . . . 33, 56, 78, 80 Best of the Barns. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Carcass Merit Program (CMP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31, 77, 108 Have you Herd? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Sales Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72, 77 SimAngusâ&#x201E;˘ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 SimGenetics Profit Through Science . . . . . . . IFC, 16, 54 SimTalk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33, 34 Sire Source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Total Herd Enrollment (THE) . . . . . . . . . . . 76, 77, 78, 79, 81 tReg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33, 77

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