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Ranch Profile:
Story by Kim Holt • Photos by Kim & Scott Holt & submitted by Frank Rodgers Read More »
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Breed Review:
By Kathy Peth • Photos courtesy of J Spear Ranch
It seems old fashioned out here, traditional. The rhythms at the J Spear Ranch on the edge of the Great Basin near Paisley, OR, are the same as when this territory’—and parts of this ranch—was settled 130 years ago. The needs of the J Spear’s commercial Hereford herd are the same as for cattle anywhere—daily, and paramount: feed, water, and someone to look after them, and ‘most times the helper is a horseback; the new West looks a lot like the old West. Read More »
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Event/Sales Roundup:
The quality ran deep and the competition was strong as 205 Herefords competed for champion titles at the Western Nugget National Hereford Show in Reno, NV, Dec. 5-7. Dale Spencer, Brewster, NE, judged the horned and polled shows, and Frank Ward, Orland, CA, judged the junior show. Bruneau Cattle Co., Bruneau, ID, was honored during the event by the Western States Hereford Assn. as the commercial producer of the year. Read More »
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Health:
By Ron Torell, University of Nevada Cooperative Extension Livestock Specialist
The primary production question over my desk this fall deals with areas where input costs can be cut without economically sacrificing production. Many cattlepersons are considering cutting out the complete mineral package from their beef cow management program. Complete mineral packages that were priced at $600 per ton just one year ago are now fetching twice that. What once cost $20 per pair to annually supplement is now costing $40. “Grandpa got by feeding just plain white salt so why shouldn’t we go back to that? We have to cut somewhere.” Read More »
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Humor:
By Lee Pitts
Before auction markets came along with a better form of price discovery there existed a class of characters known as ‘traders’. There were three prerequisites to be a member of this cattle tradin’ fraternity: a big Cadillac with a glove box full of speeding tickets, a silver stick pin that cost more than the price of two calves on an up market, and female acquaintances in every state where you did business. Read More »
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The American Simmental Association (ASA) in Bozeman, Montana is offering two internships for Spring 2009. One position begins February 1, and the other on March 15 with both concluding around June 15. These positions are involved with the ASA Carcass Merit, Calving Ease and Feed Efficiency Projects. Each year these ASA Research Projects individually identify more than 1000 calves.
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Back to Basics
Feed, fertilizer, fuel, parts, vaccines, machinery, trucking, labor; they have all recently increased by well over 20 percent. Grass hay is over $150 per ton, and alfalfa hay prices are well over $200 per ton. On the income side, prices received for calves, yearlings and cull cows have remained the same or even dropped compared to recent years.
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