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Horned Hereford • Polled Hereford • Angus Two-Year-Olds Senior Yearlings Yearlings
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12:30 P.M. MST AT THE RANCH Bulls developed on pasture and big lots with special attention to feet and legs. 31058 Colyer Road • Bruneau, ID 83604 GUY: (208) 845-2313 • CELL: (208) 599-0340 KYLE: (208) 845-2098 • CELL: (208) 250-3924 RAY: (208) 845-2312 • Email: guy@hereford.com 2
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If you Sell’em by the pound... BULLS WITH PAYWEIGHT
56th Anniversay Sale • March 9, 2017 - 1 PM At the Okanogan Livestock Market - Okanogan, Washington
The Bull for Tomorrow is here ToDAY! Also Featuring Connealy Arsenal Connealy Comrade Connealy Earnan Connealy Capitalist JMB Traction
SAV Priority Sitz Bull Durham Platemere Weigh Up Musgrave Boulder
Sale Feature
Sired by: Connealy Arsenal Weaned September 20th Weighing 940lbs Born: January 2016
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CRAIG 509-322-2780 • TODD 509-429-2276 • SCOTT 509-429-2176
CRAIG, TODD & SCOTT VEJRASKA BOX 1708 • OMAK, WA 98841
46th Annual A A R Ten X 7008 S A
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SALE S: Mytty In Focus MGS: S A V Adaptor 2213 CED +8 BW +0.2 WW +65 YW +124 Milk +26 W$ 77.77 B$ 173.72
SELLING 220 YEARLING & 18-MONTH-OLD BULLS 70 HEAD OF ROLLIN ROCK SIRED HEIFERS
EXAR Powerhouse 2077B
MARCH 10, 2017 S: Connealy Consensus 7229 MGS: Bon View New Design 1407 CED -4 BW +3.7 WW +65 YW +110 Milk +30 W$ 59.64 B$ 129.44
Double M Sale Facility in Hermiston, OR Lunch: 12 pm | Sale: 1 pm Dinner: March 9th at 6 pm
S A V Resource 1441
WE USE
RR Consensus 1175
S: Rito 707 of Ideal 3407 7075 MGS: S A V 8180 Traveler 004 CED -4 BW +3.5 WW +70 YW +132 Milk +25 W$ 65.91 B$ 172.29
S A V Resource 1441
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S: Connealy Consensus 7229 MGS: H A Image Maker 0415 CED +14 BW -2.6 WW +64 YW +112 Milk +29 W$ 77.38 B$ 120.94
S: GAR-EGL Protege MGS: Woodhill Foresight CED -4 BW +3.8 WW +70 YW +121 Milk +18 W$ 52.02 B$ 183.95
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Genetic Edge Bull Sale
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RIVERBEND PEERLESS C1164
March 11, 2017 RIVERBEND RAMPAGE C1541
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18230064 Birthdate: 7/25/2015
Sire: Riverbend Peerless 0016 • Dam: Riverbend Blackcap T099 MGS: Leachman Right Time
RIVERBEND TEN X A029
Birthdate: 7/23/15
Sire: Quaker Hill Rampage 0A36 • Dam: SJH Consensus of 9360 2701 MGS: Connealy Consensus 7229
RIVERBEND NO LIMIT C1450
+18349415 Birthdate: 9/10/2015
Sire: AAR Ten X 7008 SA • Dam: Ankony Miss Primrose 2424D MGS: Emulation 31
RIVERBEND RESERVE C1049
18230141 Birthdate: 8/22/2015
Sire: PA No Limit 3736 • Dam: Riverbend Everelda Z1213 MGS: Connealy Impression
RIVERBEND TOP GAME C1230
18235275 Birthdate: 7/8/2015
Sire: VAR Reserve 1111 • Dam: Riverbend Blackcap A1323 MGS: Riverbend SF Montana 104
18233565 Birthdate: 7/24/2015
Sire: Sitz Top Game 561X • Dam: Riverbend Blackcap X237 MGS: OCC Emblazon 854E
2880 N 55 W • Idaho Falls, Idaho 83402 • 208-528-6635
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• He ranks in the top 1% for API (cow herd profit index) • He ranks in the top 1% for Marbling (actually the top 1% of Red Angus Marbling) • He ranks in the top 3% for TI (post-weaning profit index) • He is a “Heifer Bull” with best 2% Calving Ease • He’ll add heterosis to your cow herd for improved reproductive efficiency
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F E A T U R E S On Duty 10 Drones Drones might just be that piece of equipment you’ll need for the new year. By Kindra Gordon
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New Breed 18 The A legacy, a living and a life on the Great Plains. By Nik Bristow
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Drugs 24 Designer Autogenous vaccines could be the perfect option for your herd’s disease prevention. By Heather Smith-Thomas
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32 Multi-Tasking Ranch moms face big demands daily, learn what it takes to multi-task the day. By Jeri Tulley
Sentinals 40 Range They’re a part of our American landscape; we give you a glimpse of history for these timeless machines. By Heather Smith-Thomas
You Need To Know 48 What The new 2017 law all beef producers must comply with. Learn all you need to know. By Heather Smith-Thomas
Weather Outlook 54 2017 What’s this year going to bring? By Kindra Gordon
The World According to Hooter McCormick 64 “Bullish Approaches” By Wes Ismael
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Ridin’ Drag
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Riding the Gap
“Stuck in Reverse” By Tyrell Marchant
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Index
Thank you to all of our Advertisers.
“Fewer & Bigger” By Wes Ishmael
Recipes for life and food
“Wintery Ride” By David Stoecklein
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Western Cowman, is owned and published monthly except May/June and July/ August combined by James Danekas & Associates, Inc., P.O. Box 8629, Woodland, CA 95776. Subscriptions are $20.00 per year. Presort Standard U.S. Postage Paid: Tucson, Arizona. Address corrections requested. contributing writers: Sherry Danekas, Heather Smith-Thomas, Kindra Gordon, Wes Ishmael, Jeri Tulley, Nik Bristow and Tyrell Marchant.
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Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbor and let every year find you a better man. ~Benjamin Franklin~ We celebrated Christmas just 24 hours ago and are now spending the week getting ready to release 2016 and embrace 2017. I’ve been trying to reflect back over 2016, and quite frankly it really is a blur to my senses. Between moving, a new baby in the house and beginning construction on my new home I just haven’t had the chance to really digest all that has taken place. I’m all for embracing 2017 with all my gears in low speed, this year I want to plant flowers and garden, learn to take deep breaths instead of catching my breath, and cherish every growth stage that Sutter James passes through. It’s time to begin gathering moments, to treasure the way the light hits a certain tree in every season, and at the end of each day take a twinkling to reflect on each blessing collected. We live in a very tumultuous world, news travels so fast whether it’s real or not, and not once in my life did I ever think that one day we would be blaming the Russians for the way Americans voted in their presidential election. I watched this year’s presidential election on the edge of my seat and was excited to see even if it’s not a candidate everyone is behind, we are at least no longer doing the Washington business as usual shuffle. Although the day after the election was somewhat appalling, all of the rioting and crying in the streets by so many of the young people of this nation left me wandering who the hell raised these people. It’s time and yes I’ll say it “Let’s Make America Great Again”. The one thing that didn’t require the Russians or an election to shake things up is the “great” issue of the Western Cowman you’re holding in your hands. We parked our state to state tour bus and found ourselves all over the west exploring a big range of topics that I know are going to peak your interest. We begin with a timely piece on how agriculture both farming and cattle ranches are making drones the new work horse. It’s such an informative story, that at the end you might just be googling where you can get one for your own operation. “The New Breed” no it’s not about Trumps new cabinet members. It’s a tale of how hard the men and women who ranch this great country work every day despite freezing blizzards and the hardships that are endured daily. It is a testament to a family who has generation after generation improved the land they farmed and journeyed forth to raise a new breed of cattle “Black Herefords”. This is a story that will touch your senses. It the article titled “Designer Drugs” we open up a new avenue for you on how autogenous vaccines can be an option in disease prevention in your own herds. It’s truly a revealing article that you may find some answer for those shelf vaccines that just aren’t working for you any longer. I think we all know that women on the ranch are always multi-tasking, but it’s never truer for those ranch moms with babies and toddlers, in our piece aptly labeled “MultiTasking” you’ll meet four young mothers who have found solutions and answers on how to make it all work. Included in that group is Mercedes who will readily admit that every day brings new answers and a whole new set of issues to solve. I’m very proud of her and Sutter on just how well they adjust to every new task. This just might be one of my favorite pieces, in the article “Range Sentinels”, we look at the history of the windmill and just how Americana it truly is, talk about form and function the windmill is an amazing piece of equipment. In the article “What you Need to Know”, we bring you up to date on all of the ins and outs of the 2017 new rule “Veterinary Feed Directive (VFD). It is a rule aimed at creating better management of certain antibiotics and will affect all ranchers. This is a good piece to check in with. All of the Western Cowman folks are back in play in this issue with excellent editorials from Wes Ishmael and Tyrell Marchant, and Hooter weighs in on defining the types of bull buyers that you find at every auction across this great country. I’ve got a case of holiday fatigue and deadline depression that I need to work off as the trail takes us into February and our issue that will be celebrating the state of Idaho. Not all trails are smooth and there are days when some are a bit bumpier then others, sometimes to just stay in the saddle you have summon up the great trail memories to get on down the road. So it’s time for me to wish everyone a Happy New Year and Happy Trails throughout 2017.
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From cropland to the calving pasture, drones offer an array of options to add farm and ranch efficiency.
Drones On by Kindra Gordon
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with real-world applications. Near Chico, California, Justin Garcia is actively using drone technology on his farm. He owns and operates a rice farm and helps manage his father’s almond and walnut crops. During the growing season, Garcia
flies a drone once a week – he has a Matrice 100 quadcopter – to monitor fields and look for signs of plant stress or weeds. He notes, “You don’t know what’s in the middle of the field – especially a rice field that’s under water.” Today, his drone is providing
him that eye in the sky. Of the imagery he gets from his drone, Garcia, who is also a certified pilot, says, “It’s like I went and rented a plane.” As examples of how he uses the drone, Garcia says he can zoom in and out and count the trees that need to be ordered for replanting. With the near infrared camera, he also uses the drone images to gain insight into plant health and plant stress. If weeds, insects or disease is noted, management practices of spraying can be implemented. He can also monitor fertilizer and soil nutrients like nitrogen, and says, “You can see a vein on the images.” Presently, Garcia is focused on building an image database of his fields that provides a year-to-year field history. Working with the Chico-based company Ag One Solutions, Garcia says, “With my image database over the next three to four years, we eventually plan to be able to do variable rate applications of nitrogen – and even herbicides.” Garcia explains that the drone images will help show where more or less applications are needed for the crop, which ultimately adds to efficiency of product use which reduces cost and is better for the environment. Garcia adds, “Right now we spray 100%. In the future, we can create on and off zones and may spray only 30-40%.... Drone technology is helping make that | Continued on page 12 possible.”
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With regard to working with drones, Garcia notes that there’s a bit of a learning curve, but overall it’s fairly easy. He uses an iPad tablet to program the drone and set the data points of the area to be mapped and surveyed. He sets the altitude and the drone does the rest. Garcia works with the software company Drone Deploy, a subscription service that handles information collected from UAV flights and produces images. Garcia reports that their software is compatible with any DJI system such as Matrice 100, Phantom or Inspire. Garcia notes that drones are becoming more affordable. For those looking at the technology for the first time, he says some factors to consider when purchasing a drone are that it comes with a durable case, as well as the service and training that are offered by the company. Lastly, Garcia underscores that drones are not a be-all, end-all. He
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concludes, “I don’t think drones will be the complete answer, you still have to have foot traffic in your fields, but using a drone definitely allows some better planning and efficiency.”
Calving Helper
Near Baker, Oregon, Duane Chandler of Chandler Herefords is using a ground drone as an extra set of eyes in the calving pasture, and even to herd cattle. Chandler, who admits to being a “gearhead,” built the one-of-a-kind drone himself by modifying a Traxxas brand E-Revo remote control 4x4 and adding a video system to it. The unit has a front camera and a back camera. With a calving pasture near his house, Chandler can send the drone out to the pasture to monitor the calving herd within a half mile range. Because the system is elec-
tric, it makes no noise to disturb the cattle, and he can view the images on-screen in the house. If a cow is calving, Chandler can have the drone loiter in the area and keep an eye on her to monitor if the calf arrives in due time, or if assistance will be needed. Chandler says cattle do notice the ground drone, but they’ve gotten used to it. Their Hereford operation includes 600 mother cows – about half registered and half commercial – with about 500 head calving in March and April and the balance calving in the fall. Of his ground drone, Chandler says, “It does fine, there’s no terrain it can’t handle.” He notes there can be a lot of mud, which requires he just cleans it up some and makes sure the camera lens is clear between runs. The battery in the unit remains charged for three days. The ground drone isn’t Chandler’s only set of eyes. Chandler, 45, says he started dabbling with
remote control planes 15 years ago, and he has modified a remote control airplane with a video camera to look over the ranch and check their irrigation system. For others interested in rigging up their own systems, Chandler notes it takes some tweaking to ensure the frequencies for the vehicle and camera won’t interfere with one another. He presently uses a 433 MHz system for the remote system and a 900 MHz frequency to broadcast the images. A patch antenna in the yard helps make it all work. Chandler says he has not used the quadcopter drones because of their short flight times, which would not be suitable for the ground he is trying to cover or if he needs the unit to loiter and wait for a cow to calve. All told, Chandler is using his systems to provide some extra help on the ranch – and have some fun, while doing it. He tells that their calving pasture is near a busy highway, and he’ll often have people tell him, “There’s a badger or something out in that field.” Chandler says with a chuckle, “I have to explain often that it’s just a ground drone.” Chandler has a YouTube channel and has three videos with more information about his ground drone at https://www.youtube.com/playlist ?list=PLqrBscjZsEFyddO__19pgHf 9pTSGpHRVU
More Ideas
Scott Gregory with Ag One Solutions in Chico, California, gets to work with and see drones used for a variety of agricultural applications every day. Gregory is an FAA-Certified drone operator, and offers a crop and rangeland mapping service using drones in conjunction with some very sophisticated analytical software, including Esri GIS, photo
Duane Chandler
stitching software. For others starting to explore the use of drones he says, “It’s important to understand that drones are just the conveyance to carry the sensors. I make an analogy that drones and sensors are like tractors and implements.” To that end, Gregory explains that sensors are the tools that producers need to match to what they are trying to accomplish. Different sensors include near infrared sensors, multi-spectral sensors or full color cameras. Thermal infrared sensors that show heat are also coming of age. Based on the different sensors, the images produced can
then show vegetation and alert producers to plant stress or nutrient loss – even before it is visible to the human eye. As examples of applications, Gregory says when vegetation stress becomes visible, nutrient or chemical applications may be necessary; thermal images may be used for irrigation management, to detect broken irrigation lines underground, or to detect animal illness in a herd or feedlot setting. He says some ranchers use drones in the high country like a periscope – sending it straight up 400 feet to give an image and scout for animals in rugged country. “That can save a lot of time,” he notes. | Continued on page 14
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Gregory also notes that drones are not a silver bullet to solve all problems, but he says, “They are another tool in the toolbox. It’s not going to replace a horse or quad on the range, but if you find a few extra cattle when you are rounding them up in the high country, it will pay for the drone.” In offering advice to those making a drone purchase, Gregorgy says two important factors to consider include: 1) size of the acreage you plan to fly and 2) the type of weather. He notes that drones can’t
fly in rain, but he says in an area with a lot of wind, a hobby-level drone won’t hold up. If you need to scout a lot of acres with a longer flight time, a more expensive drone may be needed.
The Future
With FAA rules recently finalized for drones, it’s likely their use will increase in the near future. Drone use no longer requires that a pilot fly the machines – and you can hire out the work. FAA has lifted
the restriction on hiring a consultant to gather information. This will allow crop scouts and other specialists to get into the act of gathering data for land owners. But one rule that hasn’t changed is that drones must be kept under 400 feet and must be visible by the operator. Some experts suggest that for first-time drone users buying an inexpensive drone with a camera on it for $100-200 may be a good way to get started and learn to operate it, before in investing in a more WC expensive unit.
Two maps generated from a single drone flight. They show 132 acres of rangeland in both color and in the form of a vegetation index map (an NDVI map), where green areas denote the highest level of relative chlorophyll greenness and red shows bare soil, water, or less healthy vegetation. These maps were generated from 297 color georeferenced photos that were stitched together into a master map. The drone mapped the 132-acre survey area at 350 feet above ground level, which took approximately. 20 minutes. These maps, especially the color map, can be used to monitor features such as forage growth, the presence of water, and even the movement patterns of livestock. This type of reconnaissance is particularly useful when the area is re-mapped throughout the season for comparative purposes, explains Scott Gregory with Ag One Solutions.
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Elkington Polled Herefords Outcross and South Devons Polled Genetics & Unique Pedigrees s t n e 2017 Efficiency Experts s throughout the e Pr he entire offering! t Ranged Raised Cattle Sale • Friday, February 3rd, 2017 •
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We have been buying bulls from the Elkington sale for years. Their bulls are very gentle and sound. We have never had an issue with health or longevity. They have deeply improved the genetics of our herd for steers that will sell and heifers you want to keep. Overall the whole buying experience is honest and worth your bottom line’s time. Buy one, get a dog for free! Paul Dixon - Dixon Farms Elkington Polled Herefords have made a positive impact on our cowherd. When we sorted our replacement heifers, most of the Hereford cross calves retained were sired by Elkington Bulls. They’re are high volume, deep ribbed females that will make moderate-framed, easy fleshing cows that we appreciate in our family operation. We plan to add more Elkington Bulls this year. Judy Ranch - Blackfoot, ID Our severe environment culls inefficient poor fleshing cattle. Forty years of selection has greatly increased the efficiency and fleshing ability of our cattle. Line bred Elkington Bulls will produce high performing calves and easy fleshing high producing cows that will work anywhere on less feed then they are accustomed to. Our bulls live in harsh conditions and are developed on a high roughage ration at high altitude. At high altitude between 6000 and 7000 feet.
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Stuck in Reverse It was an unusually warm spring; I remember that. Warm enough that by late March, my classmates and I were already staring longingly out the school windows, wishing summer vacation would come already. The snow was still pretty low in the mountains, but the sun was shining bright, and the valley was unusually green for that time of year. It had to have been about 65 degrees when my dad showed up at the school and pulled me out of fourth-period history. That was weird, since my parents never pulled us out of class—school was important, and not much trumped time spent in the classroom. But a late-calving heifer had been trying all day to bring her baby into the world, and the calf was backwards. Dad had gotten the new mama cornered and roped in the stackyard, but pulling the calf turned out to be a two-man job. The calf was surely dead, six inches of its tiny back feet being all that had so
far seen the light of day. The poor girl was on the verge of collapsing, but, being of the half-crazy bloodline that has somehow survived generations of attempts to breed it out of our cow herd, she was not particularly receptive to our help. Temperamental genetics notwithstanding, she needed our help, and she was going to get it. Luckily for me, by the time I arrived she had resigned herself to offering up only some cursory snot-blowing and head-tossing, with a few weak
bellers thrown in for good measure. After a little persuasion, we had her on her side and relatively calm. We hooked the chains around those little feet and set to work on the hopelessly unpleasant task of pulling a dead calf. For a calf traveling in reverse, it was actually a pretty easy pull. A few good tugs, and out into the spring sunshine slid the slick little body. But instead of the sickeningly depressing sight of glazed-over eyes for which I had prepared myself, I was shocked to see the little ribcage rise and fall with the calf ’s first shallow breaths. That little sucker was alive! “Quick, get the rope off of her,” Dad said, waking me from my momentary shock. I scrambled to my feet and did as instructed. Dad gave
the new mother a solid shove, urging her to get up and tend to her motherly duties: “You did good, sis. C’mon now, on your feet.” After a minute or two, the heifer stood up, sniffed her new baby, and began the work of getting him cleaned up. Ten minutes later, the little guy was up and sucking, getting his first taste of earthly nutrition. I had seen a zillion brand new calves in my life, had even helped my fair share of them come into the world. But that calf, whom I had mentally given up for dead, drove home to me—perhaps for the first time—what a miracle life really is. He proved to me that no matter how bleak things may look, the fu-
ture should always be perceived as bright. This first part of the year represents a time of hope for a lot of folks. Amid everything life throws at you, it’s pretty easy to feel mired in a massive mudhole of despair or, at the very least, doubt. Whether it’s in your professional or personal life, we’ve all had those moments. But now is the time to look forward with optimism that whatever we may be
tempted to leave for dead may in fact prove to be a miracle. Whip and spur enough, and you can get out of any bog. There really was nothing special about that particular heifer. She was black with a medium frame and rough hair. She was a decentlooking commercial cow, but certainly not pretty enough to have ever graced a show ring; I don’t think any of her calves ever made it to the county fair, either. But across the years, she and her first spindlylegged baby have stuck in my mind as a reminder that no cause is truly hopeless. Life rarely—if ever—goes as planned. Sometimes it seems that more often than not, the calf is coming out backwards. You know what, though? Three days from now, that calf will be running across the field, tail in the air, racing into the sunrise. WC
By Tyrell Marchant
28TH annual
WinnemuccA R HR
Ranch Hand Rodeo Weekend Mark your calendars for our 28th annual event
March 1 - March 5, 2017 Winnemucca Events Complex
Join us at the Winnemucca Events Complex to experience Nevada’s largest & most exciting Ranch Hand Rodeo and Horse Sale! Over 30 teams compete for prizes and bragging rights!
Tentative Schedule
Wednesday & Thursday, March 1-2, 2017 Winnemucca Cow Dog Trial and Finals
Friday, March 3, 2017 Stock Horse Challenge & Horse Sale Preview Winnemucca RHR Barrel Bash
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Top Ten Average ~ $10,440 High Selling Horse Not Smart Smokin~ $17,500
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This premier sale will feature top quality ranch, rope, and performance horses, both finished and started prospects. The Winnemucca Horse Sale has become well known for quality horses and an efficient crew year after year! 2016 Winning Team - TL Ranch
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The New Breed A legacy, a living and a life on the Great Plains. By Nik Bristow
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cold blast of air accompanies the herdsman, Brandon Furr, as he pushes open the door and steps into the barn. He looks red-faced and stern under his black cowboy hat, his collar flipped to the wind, blonde whiskers bristling. Behind him, the Kansas winter howls and booms like the prehistoric ocean it once was, echoing the clang of buoys from every loose gate and chain within earshot. It is 48 hours before the winter livestock sale at J&N Ranch. It’s a time when exhaustion hides at the bottom of each polystyrene cup of coffee, when red-eyed stares are broken by dirty jokes and half-laughs from the ranch hands. It’s a time when the massive Black Hereford bulls stand smoothed and shining under the barn lights at midnight—tonweight blocks of rippling obsidian, trot-
ting and twirling like cartoon prizefighters in the ring. It’s a time when the sale barn stalls are raked clean and shaken with the sweet spread of cedar chips. It smells like optimism; like hope. But most years in Kansas, hope hibernates until May or October or sometime next year. In the barn alley, rancher Dirck Hoagland waits for news from his herdsman. He tugs on the bill of his baseball cap, like the pitcher he was in college, when the count was suddenly stacked against him. “How many did we lose?” Furr takes the last drag of his cigarette and drops it outside before pulling the door closed behind him, a final shiver and stomp in protest. “Two leet’l heifers and a leet’l bull,” says the stout Texan, weaving
Mexican vowels in his Panhandle lilt. The accent is hard to place, sounding almost Irish. It turns out to be a one-off, a hybrid, a habit from Furr’s years as the lone native English-speaker on the feed yards where he’d cowboyed. “Foundem down by the river bottoms,” he says. “Under a big broken tree branch that fell on them.” At the news of the dead calves, Hoagland begins digging his heel in the pine chipped floor, like a worried pitcher on the mound, or like a man chopping through a problem in his mind. He doesn’t look up at Furr. “And a fourth one,” adds Furr, lighting another cigarette with his ungloved hand. “Leet’l heifer I found in the creek and doctored didn’t make it.” Hoagland tenses his jaw. Four dead calves in one night is certainly not un-
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heard of in ranching; but with the added strain of the upcoming sale, just two days away, and with the below freezing weather, this is news the 35-year-old rancher could’ve done without. He is beginning to question his luck, maybe more. Four calves gone in one night... gone in a single snap... gone with the wind. What else could you do but joke about it? When your lower back was in spasm. When your hands hurt to hold a glass of water. When the frozen manure broke your fingernails and got stuck underneath where no pocketknife could free it. What else could you do but joke about your family’s fortunes? About possible concussions? About life
and death... when so much wasn’t up to you? If you couldn’t laugh, you might lose hope. True, his ancestors had managed to hold on. In fact they’d thrived here in Kansas for more than a century and a half—a hundred and fifty winters this bad, worse even. They must have laughed a lot. He knows it’s a mental game. That it’s always extra innings. That there is no off-season. But tonight, he’s too tired for good humor or metaphor or self-pep talks. Tonight, he feels something cold creeping in. “Sometimes...” he says, biting off the words. “Sometimes I think this is a stupid way for us to make a living.”
The Legacy Joe and Norma Hoagland live in the house on the hill, just off the main ranch road. They are the “J” and “N” in J&N Ranch. The couple sold another farm to buy this place a little over 30 years ago and together they and their children have kept it up ever since. While still involved in the day-today, Joe and Norma have steadily been handing the reins to son Dirck over the past several years. Dirck and his wife Natalie and their boys Dayton and Reed live on the ranch as well, in their own residence. In fifteen or twenty years, if the little boys make the decision to come home and be ranchers like Daddy did, they will take
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their places in an agricultural legacy stretching back six generations here. Dirck is the fifth generation; Joe is the fourth; and so on back to the first members of their family in Kansas, literally the first generation of Kansans. In 1866, Norma’s great-grandfather purchased a farm in eastern Shawnee County that the family still owns today. At the time the farm was purchased, a year after the Civil War ended, Kansas had been a U.S. State for only five years. It’s a proud legacy to be sure, but when you work livestock, regardless of how well you’ve done in the past, the future is never guaranteed. The Land J&N Ranch, Leavenworth KS — Back in 1902, long before this place was called J&N Ranch, human remains were discovered nearby during the digging of a cellar. That archaeological find, bones of a man and young boy, became known as “Lansing Man” and were later attributed to native persons living around 3600 BC. The fact that a man and boy were walking over this very ground 5000 years before Christopher Columbus landed in the Caribbean seems significant somehow. Surely, these earlier people were kin to one another. Likely, they were a father and son. Were they nomads following the river or the game trails? Or did they perhaps, like the land’s current inhabitants, consider this place their home? Admittedly, it’s a good spot. Probably was back then, too. From the hilltops high above the river, a person has good sight lines in all directions. A good view of the water. A clear advantage over ap20
proaching predators. Even a perch from which to spot the migrating herds that once stampeded this country in unstoppable, hundred-mile parades; and occasionally still do, a little farther west. Gunbarrel Ranch, Eskridge, KS— Famed explorer Zebulon Pike (on his way to naming Pike’s Peak in Colorado) is said to have first coined the name by which these hills are known today, for the abundance of flint rock in the soil. The presence of that flint rock, which can chew through car tires like pencil erasers, is chief among the reasons the soil in the Flint Hills of Kansas, a state otherwise known for wheat and nicknamed “America’s Breadbasket,” has never been successfully broken up and farmed. It’s as if the Flint Hills were meant for cattle grazing and wind harvesting alone, both of which are abundant in the region.
There are no wind turbines on Gunbarrel Ranch, however. Aside from shipping pens the Hoagland family constructed in 2006, and a small ranch cabin, the land is largely vacant. Just 5000 contiguous acres of grass and barbed wire. Its borders and pastures require 26 miles of fencing, the maintenance of which presents a literal marathon. The Lineage J&N Ranch is the birthplace of the Black Hereford. The breed was developed here in the 1990s and the first registered Black Hereford bull was born on the ranch in 1997. The main purpose of the Black Hereford breed is to produce bulls with Hereford heterosis for use on Angusbased herds, while keeping the calves black. The logic behind the breed is one of simple math; black hides enable the cattle to qualify for market premiums not available to red-hided cattle. So, black sells; but, by adding Hereford docility and feed efficiency to Angus carcass traits, the resulting animals are something more than the sum of their genetics. Today, the Hoagland family is concentrated on remaining the nation’s premier Black Hereford breeder. At J&N,
the focus is on calving ease and Angus squawks. It’s the herdsman, Furr, reportcarcass traits while monitoring feed in- ing that he’s off to tag calves, that he’d take and dry matter conversion from the seen several new ones during his night Hereford genetics. In the past twenty checks. years, they’ve seen some fantastic reHe puts down his sun visor, strugsults, and they remain optimistic for the gling to keep watch on his end of things future of the breed. through the glare. His other senses comThe Living pensate. He smells the coffee and the Thankfully, despite the threat of bad weather, the February 2016 bull sale at J&N Ranch was a great success. Strong turnout and good word-of-mouth publicity both before and after the sale were credited with the positive results. One rancher called from Colorado to say he would only be buying J&N Black Hereford bulls from now on; that their offspring were the best he’d seen. The auctioneer himself Hoagland Family said people had been calling him personally, askJ&N Sale Barn ing if the bulls looked as good as rumored. Those particular phone calls had the whole Hoagland clan smiling. The turn above freezing weather the day after the sale didn’t hurt either. The Life Two days after his family’s big sale, Dirck Hoagland is behind the wheel of the feed truck at sunrise. He is watching steam roll out from the feed troughs, a hungryheaded cattle fog, rising along both sides of the ranch road, hot breath and hot silage rolling from the chute and smoking like the long, cold Missouri River in the distance. He sips his coffee and checks the horizon. He sees his father’s truck parked outside the office attached to the sale barn, silhouetted by the sun on the opposite hill. The CB radio
sour-yeast odor of the feed all around, mixing with the bittersweet whiff of diesel fumes. It’s warm in the idling truck and he’s comfortable in his thick winter work clothes. He is thinking of his father in the office, still an early riser, an early worker, when other men his age are on the golf course in Kansas City or still asleep. He is thinking of his own young sons, eating breakfast prepared by his wife in the small brick house down below. It’s another breakfast he has to miss, another meal he takes in the truck, a tradition and consequence of the family business. He is even thinking of his great-great grandfather, buying land on a frontier still in its infancy, in this new place called Kansas. After so many generations of this life, why had they stayed? There had to be a reason greater than pure stubbornness, greater even than legendary Kansan fortitude. And surely, he thinks, they knew easier ways to make money. He decides it must be about place. Not geography, but a place in time, a place in a family’s proud history. This ranching life, this inheritance, is about generations, past and present. It’s about parents and their offspring, about fathers and sons, about a man and a boy, the ones who died on the other side of the hill long ago — families watching the river pass by — watching the herds move across the land — as if ordained to be this way forever. “You know,” he says, squinting and smiling into his coffee mug. “I think we might just make it in the cattle business.”
2017
400 Bulls Consigned!
Bull & Gelding Sale January 24-28
2017 Schedule
Tuesday, January 24 7:30AM Kick-Off Breakfast & Beef Forum-Preparing for the Future: VFD & SB 27, Merck Animal Health. 9:00AM Sifting & Grading of all RANGE READY CALVING EASE AND RANGE READY BULLS. 7:00PM Roots & Boots starring Sammy Kershaw, Pam Tillis & Collin Raye, State Theater, Downtown Red Bluff.
Wednesday, January 25
9:00AM Sifting & Grading of all HALTER CALVING EASE AND HALTER BULLS, Don Smith Pavilion. 12:00PM Trade Show and Art Show open. Close at 7:00PM. 1:00PM Working Stock Dogs - All dogs work OUTSIDE. 6:00PM Buyer & Consignor Dinner - $20/person. Fairgrounds Cafeteria. Cocktails 6:00PM - Dinner at 7:00PM Youth Activity Fund Raffle: 7:30PM and Auction of Red Bluff’s Buckin’ Best Bull Riders.
Thursday, January 26
7:30AM GELDINGS - Shown at halter, in age order, youngest to oldest. Pauline Davis Pavilion. 9:00AM Trade Show and Art Show Open. Close at 7:00PM. 9:00AM Elanco Seminar, Don Smith Pavilion. 11:00AM WVM INTERNET FEEDER/FEMALE SALE, presented by Animal Health International/Elanco, Don Smith Pavilion. 12:30PM GELDINGS - Dry, Trail and Cattle Works, Pauline Davis Pavilion. 3:00PM GELDINGS Calf Branding, Pauline Davis Pavilion. 5-8:00PM Art Show Wine & Cheese Tasting, Gem Building. 5:45-7:00PM Clinic/Demonstration presented by Zoetis, 2016 World’s Greatest Horseman, Clayton Edsall, Pauline Davis Pavilion. 7:00PM GELDINGS - Conformation Horse Selected. Pauline Davis Pavilion. WORKING STOCK DOGS. Working all Stockdogs inside, Pauline Davis Pavilion.
Friday, January 27
8:00AM GELDINGS - Cutting, Snaffle Bit/Hackamore, Stock Horse & Team Roping Contests. SELECTION OF THE CRAIG OWENS IDEAL RANCH HORSE, Pauline Davis Pavilion. 8:00AM CCA Drought Forum: On-Farm Management practices to cope with drought. Don Smith Pavilion. 9:00AM Trade Show and Art Show Open. Art Show closes at 7:00PM, Trade Show closes at 9:00PM. 11:00AM Heifer Development Seminar, with Dr. Che Trejo presented by Zoetis, Don Smith Pavilion. 1:00PM WORKING OF STOCK DOGS - Final Round - Work outside. 3:30PM SALE OF STOCK DOGS, PRESENTED BY LOYALL, Don Smith Pavilion. 3:30PM DOORS OPEN FOR GELDING SALE, Pauline Davis Pavilion. 4:00-7:30PM Ag Social Sponsored by Chico State College of Agriculture, Fairgrounds Cafeteria. Information: Sarah DeForest (530)898-3737 / Shelley Macdonald (530)527-1941. 4:00PM Vic Woolery’s Famous Tri-Tip BBQ before & during the Gelding Sale. $10.00/person. Pauline Davis Pavilion. 6:00PM SALE OF QUARTER HORSE & PAINT GELDINGS, presented by Rolling Hills Casino. Pauline Davis Pavilion. Admission is $10.00/person. Tickets available at door, or call office.
Saturday, January 28
9:00AM Trade Show and Art Show open. Art can be removed at 2:00PM, Trade Show closes at 7:00PM. 9:30AM SALE OF ALL BULLS, PRESENTED BY ZOETIS, Don Smith Pavilion. 7:00PM CINCH JEANS PRESENTS RED BLUFF’S BUCKIN’ BEST BULL RIDING featuring Top Cowboys going head-to-head with the rankest bucking bulls & broncs in rodeo! Party & Dance immediately following. Pre-Sale General admission: $20/person, $25 at door; Arena Floor Seating Pre-Sale $30/person, $35 at door: V.I.P. Premier Seating, Parking, Reception, Appetizers: Pre-Sale $75, $80 at door.
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3H Hartzell Ranch Barry Ranches Apache Herefords Avila Cattle Co. Daniels Hereford Ranch Barry Ranches Bar KD Ranch Emmanuel Polled Herefords Bianchi Ranches Barry Ranches England Ranch Chandler Herefords Charolais Cardey Ranches Genoa Livestock, LLC. CX Ranch CB Ranch Hannan Family Farm England Ranch Bianchi Ranches CE Cattle Happy Valley Ranch Genoa Livestock, LLC. Broken Box Ranch Charron Ranch Lambert Ranch High Desert Cattle Co. Cardey Ranches Cooper Cattle Macfarlane Livestock Kudlac Herefords Cedar Creek Charolais Double D Cattle Morrell Herefords Lambert Ranch Rafter DN England Ranch Murphy Herefords Macfarlane Livestock Romans Ranches Charolais England/VX Livestock Potter Ranch Herefords Morrell Ranches Flint Hill Angus Rocking K Herefords Oak Knoll Herefords Ford Cattle Co. Redwood Counrty P. Herefords Sonoma Mtn. Herefords Shorthorn HAVE Angus Wunschel Ranch Sonoma Mtn. Herefords Hogan Ranch Stam Farming & Consulting Albiani Shorthorns Zanolini Cattle Co. Jackson Mtn. Angus Woo, Charlie & Kallie Stateline Cattle Co. JY Angus Wunschel Ranch K Bar D Red Angus Y Cross Herefords Maine Little Shasta Ranch New Century Farm.MAC Angus 6R Ranch Brocco Show Cattle Oak Ridge Angus Bianchi Ranches Sim-Angus Andres, Stewart Owings Cattle CB Ranch P&M Waltz Ranches England Ranch Bar N Bar Angus Rusher’s 4R Ranch Kool Breeze Red Angus Simmental England/VX Livestock Sammis Ranch Lazy J Red Angus Hinton Ranch Simmentals Simmie Ranch Owings Cattle Hinton Ranch Little Shasta Ranch Spencer Cattle Co. Rafter C Reds Simmentals Strickler Livestock Sunbright Angus Sintek Livestock Teixeira Cattle Co. Teixeira Cattle Co. Double D Cattle The Bull Mart T&S Livestock Trident Farm & R&C Pettitt Twinpine Angus T&S Livestock Wulff Brothers Livestock Zanolini Cattle Co. Cardey Ranches LCS/Bull Mart
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erd health management for disease prevention is crucial, and vaccination is an important part of herd health programs for cattle producers. However, if a vaccine does not perform to satisfaction, or does not include protection against the strain of pathogen causing trouble in a certain herd, or there is no commercial vaccine available for a specific disease, an autogenous vaccine can be created. This is a custom-made vaccine, often called a herd-specific vaccine, utilizing a pathogen in a tissue or fecal sample that a veterinarian takes from an animal or several animals within that herd. The sample is sent to a laboratory that isolates the pathogen, cultures and grows it, creating the vaccine specifically for that herd. There are a number of reasons that autogenous vaccines may be needed. Due to high costs of research and development, there may not be a vaccine for a certain pathogen that only exits in one region of the country or affects only a small segment of the livestock industry. Pharmaceutical companies want to make sure there is a large market before investing in the development, safety and efficacy studies, and licensing of a vaccine. Even if there is a vaccine available, it may not contain all the strains of the organism that might cause the disease that is affecting a certain herd There’s also the fact that pathogens change and new strains/types may appear. Many vaccines are mass produced using decades-old bacterial and viral strains, and may not have been updated to include new strains or strain variations. Thus a producer in New Mexico may be using a bacterin or vaccine made from an organism isolated 12 years ago in Michigan or Ohio. Fortunately, a more precise alternative is available, creating vaccines from pathogens isolated from animals on your own ranch. The autogenous vaccines target only the specific problem organisms. The producer does not have to pay for unnecessary vaccine strains included in standard vaccines, says Gary Spina, Hygieia Biological Laboratories in Woodland, California (near Sacramento).
Spina has been with this company for nearly 10 years. Hygieia was started in 1991 by owner/founder James Wallis. “At first this company did local work in California with some autogenous vaccines—just bacterial diseases, and on a small scale. I have been in this industry since 1984 and was able to convince the company to obtain other autogenous licenses, so they became licensed to also do viral and some bacterial-viral combinations as well as oral killed autogenous products, which are sometimes used in the turkey industry,” he says. “I have also launched and have been instrumental in getting 6 full licensed new products. Before I came, this company did not have a full licensed product; they only had conditionally licensed products. I brought in a research scientist, Dr. Girish Sarma from a company I used to be with, and with his knowledge he has been instrumental in achieving those full licensed products. With his expertise in viral products, we have since come out with a poultry live product, which we have a patent pending on—combining what the industry has been doing, mixing in the field. We came out with a tri-valent product and have since captured over 65% of the egg-layer industry.” Cattle producers have not been big users of autogenous vaccines, compared with the poultry industry or dairy, with the exception of pinkeye vaccines utilizing Moraxella bovis or M. bovoculi. The commercial pinkeye vaccines don’t protect against both of these, or some of the other strains that may be causing a problem in a particular herd. “We offer autogenous pinkeye vaccines, and occasionally Salmonella. Those are the two biggest ones in beef cattle and dairy. If something else comes up that they are not being protected against, if we have the means to grow the bacteria or the viruses we can do it. We have the licenses to do these--and if that pathogen cooperates we can create the vaccine. They don’t always work; you have to grow them to an antigenic level so that you have enough antigen to put in the product to make it successful,” he says. “The only difference between an
autogenous vaccine and a commercial product is that a commercial product has to have proven efficacy. With an autogenous vaccine the determination of efficacy is left up to the producer— to know if it works or didn’t work. But we can create a product for the producer when they have no other solution for a disease problem,” says Spina. For instance, some ranchers have problems in calves with Clostridium perfringens causing acute toxic gut infections. C. perfringens type C and D are readily prevented by vaccination, either with a specific commercial vaccine or included in combination toxoid products (7-way or 8-way vaccines that include blackleg, redwater, malignant edema, and other clostridial diseases) but there are also some other types that are not included in the commercial vaccines. There is now a vaccine against type A, but there are a few other types that occasionally cause serious problems and the only way to protect against those is with autogenous vaccines. “We work with Clostridium quite frequently so that is something we can do to help cattle producers,” Spina says. Producers can work with their veterinarians to obtain an accurate diagnosis and samples for the lab. “There are some gram negative situations that can be problematic, but with our techniques and methods we produce products with lower levels of endotoxins than anyone else in the industry. This is a key factor when vaccinating (you don’t want to double up gram negative products) to avoid abortions or other problems. When you stack gram negative products, giving too many at the same time, this can cause trouble,” says Spina. Endotoxin is released during manufacture of any gram-negative vaccine, so simultaneous administration of multiple gram-negative vaccines creates risk of endotoxic shock or some less obvious problems such as early embryonic loss, decreased production, and immunosuppression. “During the development of our overthe-counter J5 E. coli bacterin, we perfected manufacturing techniques designed to reduce the levels of free endotoxin in the vaccine. These same | Continued on page 26
COST FOR AUTOGENOUS VACCINES “Hygieia is very user-friendly, however, in terms of taking into ac-
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techniques are employed in our creation of autogenous vaccines,” he says. Vaccinating animals is not as simple as going to the farm supply store and buying the vaccines you think you need. Producers need to know what they are doing, and have some input and advice from their herd health veterinarian regarding appropriate vaccines and when and how they should be given. “We are one of the largest autogenous vaccine makers in the country in terms of total volume (for poultry, sheep, goats, cattle, horses, etc.),” Spina says. “We can make autogenous vaccines for just about any pathogen, in any species, but sometimes the USDA puts certain strains or pathogens off limits—on what is called a select agent list. As long as a pathogen is not on that list, we can work with it. The reason a certain pathogen might be on that list is that it might be something that could be used in biological warfare. This could include things like anthrax, or even a certain strain of Clostridium (though it’s not one that we worry about in livestock),” Spina says. “There are also a few pathogens we choose not to work with. These include wart viruses. For those you typically need a lot of wart tissue because you are physically using the warts to create the vaccine--grinding them up. That’s your antigen. We can do this, but we’ve chosen not to, because often the producer can’t supply enough wart tissue to make it feasible,” he explains. Someone who only has 2 or 3 cattle may not be able to afford to do this either; it would be very expensive to do it for only a few animals.
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count our minimum allowed, compared to some other companies. We know the producer has a specific need in which no one else is helping them (there’s no commercial vaccine available). Our company is very good about allowing this, and trying to help; I can do small projects that no other company will touch,” says Spina. “I’ve done this for a number of people that may not need a lot of product, though we do have a minimum dollar amount, which means the per-bottle cost will be higher than if they ordered a larger volume,” he says. The minimum order for an autogenous bacterin is one 250 cc bottle. Depending on the dose size, this may be 50, 125, or 250 doses. “The cost of the vaccine varies with the difficulty of bacterial propagation and number of strains involved. For instance, E. coli, Salmonella, and Staphylococcus bacterins are typically cheaper than Hemophilus and Mycoplasma strains. A preliminary estimate is discussed with the veterinarian before the initial culture is performed. Final cost and delivery estimates are provided after determining what is involved in propagating the strain for manufacture,” says Spina. All billing is done through the attending veterinarian. Since Hygieia Biological Laboratories is primarily a research and manufacturing facility, field samples should be sent first to a diagnostic laboratory for isolation and culture, unless other specific arrangements have been made. In California, the samples would be sent to the state lab.
HOW IT WORKS “I always recommend that producers work with their veterinarian. I am available 24/7 by e-mail, text or cell phone, however, to answer questions. I can give producers suggestions on how and what to do—procedures to follow in the field, but also in working with the labs and state labs. California, for instance, has some particular requirements that other state labs do not,” says Spina. “If a herd has a pinkeye issue, the producer’s veterinarian will take a swab from an infected eye, to send to the lab for culture. A lot of vets make the mistake of getting their sample near the corner of the eye where the tear duct is located. That’s the wrong place to take it from because you can end up with a lot of mixed flora that may have nothing to do with the actual infection. It should be taken from the center of the eye, over the pupil. Then you will not get the mixed flora, in most cases,” he says. Samples also need to be taken very early in the disease. “By the time you’ve seen pinkeye (the calf has an obviously painful eye), you may be past the point of isolating the bacterium. You need to look at other cattle that are not showing all the symptoms yet, and take samples from them as well—such as animals just starting to get a runny eye. If the disease is full blown, sometimes you can’t isolate the bacteria because it is already past the point of isolation. A veterinarian may have tried and tried to get the bacteria in a sample and missed it, yet he/she knows it’s there—but they are checking eyes that are already damaged and past the initial infection.” There are various types of swabs that can be used. “There are some that you can get from the lab, and after you swab the eye you break it and there’s a hood to keep that swab moist. Those are the best,” says Spina. “After you turn these in to the lab, they’ll do the isolation and typically find Moraxella bovis but often find M. bovoculi as well—which is not in the commercial vaccine. I make a number
WORKING WITH THE VETERINARIAN
“In California the veterinarians make their submissions— samples from the animal—to the state laboratory, California Animal Health and Food Safety Laboratory (CAHFS), which is in three locations—Tulare, Turlock and Davis. Most of the dairy work is done in Tulare. Samples can be sent to any of the locations, but all the virology and isolation is done at the lab at UC-Davis,” says Spina. “The veterinarians I work with send me a copy of the accessions (the case report from the lab of their findings, and it may be a preliminary report before the final report). At that point, to fulfill USDA regulation, I have to create a lab submissions form with all the pertinent information that USDA requires. I supply that back to the veterinarian and then he/she has to request a laboratory release, from the state lab. Then the veterinarian and the producer both sign that and present both items back to the lab before the lab is allowed to send us the isolate. We supply the permit that allows them to send the isolate. It gets a little complicated and requires some paperwork, but I walk people through this and make it as easy as possible,” he says. It all takes a little time, so it is important to start on this project as early as possible. “I work with the veterinarians and make it simple for everyone. They just make sure they have the product, and I make sure they don’t run out. The producers mainly just need a relationship with the veterinarian, who supplies the product to them.” Spina has worked closely with several veterinarians in California to create the needed autogenous vaccines for various herds. “One of the best dairy vets I’ve worked with (for 25 years, starting with the company I was with before I came to Hygieia) is Dr. Ralph Walton. He has a practice in Tulare and works with a lot of cattle, both dairy and beef, and is very knowledgeable.”
of vaccines with bovoculi and bovis or bovoculi only—whatever is needed in that particular herd. The bacteria are spread by flies so pinkeye is most problematic during summer. But in the spring you need to get a jump on it, because a vaccine will take several weeks to manufacture from the time we receive the isolate,” he explains. If a producer is thinking about using an autogenous vaccine it is important to get ahead of the game and start working on it before the disease is going through the herd. The vaccine needs to be created, and administered to the animals allowing a long enough time for them to start developing immunity. “Vaccines are not drugs. They are working on the animal’s own immune system (to build resistance to the pathogen), which is not instantaneous. You give them one shot, and then follow it up with another (booster).” One shot won’t give much protection. As with any vaccine, it just alerts the immune system, and it’s the second injection that stimulates the body to build immunity. “That second shot creates what is called an anamnestic response, and in some cases a third shot is necessary to gain peak immunity. With vaccination you are creating an immunological response, and the duration of immunity is based on how high you get that response,” explains Spina. This immunity will wane over time, so the higher you get it in the beginning, the longer it will take to drop to the point it is no longer protective. The isolate is good for one year, for use by the producer. “The date the lab isolates the pathogen is the starting date on the clock (based on USDA regulations). If a producer needs to use the same vaccine again the next year, there is a provision to allow this. If it’s working and you’re searching for a new isolate for another year’s vaccination program, there is a provision to get an extension on an isolate for up to 24 months. This is just a matter of the veterinarian writing a letter to request this,” Spina says. “For instance a producer might want to vaccinate again the next year
and is looking for a new sample. While the veterinarian and the lab are looking and trying to re-isolate the bug, the veterinarian can write an extension letter and we can work with the original isolate up to 24 months. In actuality it’s only 22 months, because it takes we have to grow it before the clock runs out,” he explains. If the producer is not seeing the problem again the next year, maybe they don’t need the vaccine, but if it’s a serious disease the producer may want to make sure he/she can be able to prevent it for at least one more year. “Sometimes a problem disappears for one reason or another. If they stop vaccinating, and suddenly an animal breaks with the disease again, they’ve got a new isolate and we can create another vaccine.” ONE VETERINARIAN’S EXPERIENCES WITH AUTOGENOUS VACCINES Dr. Ralph Walton (Cross Street Large Animal Clinic) works with many dairy herds and a few beef herds in California, and utilizes autogenous vaccines created by Hygieia Laboratories in Woodland, California. “I do mainly dairy practice, but I grew up on a cattle ranch and have a few cattle of my own,” Walton says. “The advantage of an autogenous vaccine is that it is made for the specific organism causing problems in your cattle. The disadvantage is that it takes some time to make it. You can’t just run down to your feed store or veterinary clinic to buy some. We have to find the isolate, grow it, and make the vaccine,” he explains. “If the pinkeye outbreak starts in June, you are looking at August or September by the time you get the vaccine. So in reality we are probably talking about next year before it can really help us. When the weather cools off in the fall the flies go away, and since pinkeye is mainly transmitted by flies, you won’t have much problem with new cases during the late fall and winter. This puts us behind the curve for this year,” he says. “This is the frustrating aspect, though the autogenous vaccine works as well or better than the commercial
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you will find it. Many shedders are not showing any sign of disease, but we’ve been very successful in simply sampling the flush lanes and taking in the samples we get,” says Walton. If a beef herd is having a problem with scours in calves, however, you need to get the sample from a sick animal. Some herds have problems with Clostridium perfringens because the calves are infected with a type that is not included in the C and D toxoid. “Clostridia can be challenging to pinpoint as a cause because these bacteria are always present in the environment, and in dead bodies. Just because you find them in your sample doesn’t always mean they are the cause of the problem,” explains Walton. STEPS IN CREATING AN AUTOGENOUS VACCINE
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vaccine, especially since it targets the specific pathogen in your herd.” “Most of the autogenous vaccines we use from Hyiegia are Salmonella vaccines. This is often more of a problem in dairies, but can also occur in confined beef cattle (such as in feedlots, or in young calves when the herd is confined for calving). This vaccine has worked very well for us and we’ve used it in some large herds,” he says. The veterinarian obtains the sample—and fecal samples are very easy to obtain. “In dairies it’s very 28
simple; I just put some gauze rolls in the flush lanes and let them sit there for 24 to 48 hours. When I pull them out I put them in a sample bottle with a little liquid. The collection and processing is not much of a challenge,” he says. As long as there’s an animal on the farm shedding or harboring the pathogen, there are ways to get a sample. “On dairies with Salmonella you don’t even have to try to find a sick animal because at least 3% of the animals are shedding bacteria at any given time. Therefore if you sample the flush lanes
Under federal regulation, an autogenous vaccine is manufactured from bacteria or viruses which are isolated in conjunction with animal disease. “The autogenous product developed from these strain(s) may only be sold back to the veterinarian or farm from which they were isolated. Farmers/ranchers in the same region who share common veterinarians may be able to obtain the same autogenous vaccine under regulations which permit adjacent or at-rick premises to use a product developed for the initial farm,” says Spina. The government mandates the following disclaimer with any autogenous vaccine: “Potency and efficacy of autogenous products have not been determined.” In other words, the autogenous vaccine is not tested for its ability to induce a measurable titer rise in animals (potency), nor has its ability to treat or prevent disease (efficacy) been measured. However, the amount of bacteria formulated into each dose (antigenic mass) is known. While Hygieia cannot guarantee positive results to any autogenous vaccine, every step is taken to ensure safety and adequate antigenic mass in every vaccine produced. The staff at Hygieia work closely with the veterinarian and producer to develop the product best suited for each herd. Production of an autogenous
vaccine typically proceeds along the following lines: 1. The veterinarian and the producer recognize an infectious disorder in the herd. 2. The veterinarian contacts Hygieia Biological Laboratories to discuss the possibility of an autogenous vaccine with the staff veterinarians. 3. Appropriate samples are taken from infected animals by the herd veterinarian. 4. The samples are sent to the local or state diagnostic laboratory for culture and isolation unless specific arrangements have been made. 5. If using a diagnostic laboratory for culture and isolation, the diagnostic laboratory sends the appropriate cultures to Hygieia in an overnight shipment. 6. Hygieia begins antigen production and vaccine manufacture. The vaccine is manufactured with either an aluminum hydroxide or oil-based adjuvant, determined in consultation with the attending veterinarian. 7. The vaccine undergoes rigid safety testing and quality control before is it shipped to the veterinarian for use in the herd. 8. The first vaccine lot is typically ready for shipment three to four weeks after reception of the pure culture. COLLECTING SAMPLES FOR A PINKEYE VACCINE [from Hygieia’s website] Note: This procedure is best done by your herd veterinarian 1. Select animals which are exhibiting signs of pinkeye: tearing, reddening, opacity in the cornea of one or both eyes. Do not swab eyes that have penetrating injuries or those with anything protruding from the eye. 2. Use adequate restraint for operator and animal safety. 3. Use a separate, sterile culturette tube or equivalent for each eye. 4. Use a new pair of latex gloves for each animal. Remove the culturette swab from the sterile packaging and hold it by the handle in one hand. Using the other
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with the materials at hand are essential to success - as well as the ability to reprioritize when the inevitable monkey wrench is thrown in the works. These qualities are not only indispensable to a being a great rancher, but are absolutely crucial to being a good mother. Both ranching and motherhood take an amazing amount of strength, flexibility, and tenacity. Here’s how several ranching moms make it all work for them. New mom, Mercedes Danekas-Lohse of James Danekas and Associates, Inc. and Pheasant Trek Ranch said that she had a plan of how motherhood was going to work into her ranching life. When asked how that was working out, Mercedes laughed and said, “It is absolutely not going as planned. I
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figured it would be a lot of easier. I thought I would throw Sutter into a backpack and that he would go everywhere with me.” At two weeks old, Sutter weighs six pounds and doesn’t quite fit into a backpack yet, so from the get-go Mercedes has had to improvise. Her new BOB stroller has already gotten a workout and is covered in mud. Mercedes’ primary focus is to balance her involvement in Sutter’s young life and achieving her goals with the ranching businesses. Already realizing that time management is going to be her biggest challenge in raising Sutter while working on the ranch, Mercedes has enlisted lots of help from her husband, Matt, and other family members. A portable laptop along with flexible work hours as the business owner allow Mercedes to be able to produce and edit Wagyu World magazine, put together sales brochures and ads, and help with the ranch. It is also very convenient that her new office is right next door to her home on the ranch – she just runs a few yards over to nurse Sutter. Mercedes and her mom, Sherry Danekas, own Pheasant Trek ranch – ninety acres in Woodland, California,
that Mercedes describes as every kid’s dream to grow up on. The land has a creek running through it, a huge barn with a hayloft, and lots of wildlife. Pheasant Trek’s pastures and creek are enveloped by acres of olive trees that run a half mile to the road and encircle the rest of the ranch, leaving lot of safe places for Sutter to wander and play as he grows. Raising Angus pairs and taking in bulls to feed out and manage them for sale, Pheasant Trek ranch focuses mainly on cattle. When she was young, Mercedes showed cattle all over the country. She says that Sutter’s arrival “inspired us to get back on the show road and to start raising show calves again. It gives us a spark to do so, because it does take a lot of work.” They are also starting to dabble a bit in Hereford genetics because one of Sutter’s first gifts was a bunch of Hereford embryos from Grandma. The main things that Mercedes hopes to teach her son are what her parents and ranching taught her, “… hard work, ethics, responsibility, and respect for the animals. And that there is always something that needs to be done.” Darcy Sexson of Sexson Charolais, says that “although my first Mother’s Day was spent on an airplane flying home from my cousin’s wedding, I expect that my next Mother’s Day will be spent in an AI barn with Chandler toddling by my side,” and she can’t think of a way that she would rather spend Mother’s Day - or any day. During the week, she works as a County Executive Director for the Farm Service Agency in Pendleton, Oregon. On weekends, she and her husband, Clint, raise purebred Charolais cattle and do AI work for surrounding ranches. Their son, Chandler, who is just shy of a year old, is Darcy’s ranching shadow. When he was born, Clint and Darcy both adopted the attitude that if they could take him along then they would like to do that, and, if they couldn’t, then it probably wasn’t worth doing that job. At first, Chandler stayed in his carseat off to the side of the barn. Now that he is bigger, he rides around in a
backpack carrier while Darcy works the cattle. Darcy says that Chandler loves to be outside and be on the go. “He’s a trooper. We make sure that he is fed and diapered before we start, and he is perfectly content as long as stuff is going on and cattle are moving. Hopefully that will continue!” Darcy intends to buy a steel hiker-type backpack for when Chandler gets a bit bigger. She also has some space in their AI barn where they can block off a safe area with a plastic baby gate when he is three. They joke that by the time he is four or five that Chandler will be in the thick of things helping to AI the cows. Being a mother means that Darcy can’t do quite as much as she used to do on the ranch. She can’t power through lunch to finish up the last few head or wake up and just go. However, she juggles her ranching responsibilities and motherhood by preparing for the day ahead as best she can, keeping lots of snacks on hand, and having her trusty backpack carrier. Her main priority is Chandler, and she just wants to “keep Chandler safe and adapt to whatever we are doing so that we can take him with us and just go from there.” Laughing, Darcy says you might be a ranching mom if you keep diapers and wipes along with needles and syringes in your purse or if you can simultaneously feed the baby a bottle while driving the feed truck to feed the cows. Shannon Crouthamel of Crouthamel Cattle, a registered Angus seed stock operation located in the Walla Walla Valley of the state of Washington, grew up on a ranch raising Shorthorn and Angus cattle. She was involved in 4-H and the Junior Angus Association, and she showed all over the western side of the US until she aged out at twenty-one years old. She went to school and became a registered nurse. After graduating, Shannon took a vacation in Europe, volunteered for several months at a hospital in Africa, and then returned home to pursue her career in nursing. The direction of her life changed when one day she received a call from Cory, now her husband, asking her to clip with him. They instantly clicked, and after dating for six months, they were married. | Continued on page 34
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Shannon and Cory worked side-byside to build their cattle herd. When their first son, Coye, was born, Shannon went through a series of adjustments figuring out how to keep helping with the cattle. Coye accompanied his momma in a frontpack, a backpack, a jumper in the side of the chute, a stroller, and a carseat strapped into the truck. Then Cutter came along, and both Cory and Shannon had to readjust their expectations of Shannon working. “I’ve become almost completely out of the picture when it comes to working cattle. I can write numbers and make tags, but that is about it. It is nearly impossible to wrangle a two year old and watch the baby and pay attention to my job at the chute too. I’m not the same help I was two years ago.” This was a tough for Shannon to concede because she loves working with cattle. Shannon says, “I have to remember that just by me showing up and allowing my two year to ‘help’ his dad for thirty minutes or to show up with lunch and brownies and give the guys a half hour lunch break where my boys get to hang out with their dad at the chute… that that is now where I get my enjoyment rather than working alongside my husband. I am enabling my kids to be there and be part of it.” The weirdest place Shannon has ever changed a diaper was the in the mixing box. She looked around asking herself what was clean? “Grain is pretty clean for a newborn compared to the other options around the barn and that same grain box turned out to be a pretty safe place to put the baby until he was able to pull himself up,” Shannon explained. Shannon knows that unless you are raised working and being around cattle, it is not something you can learn overnight. The values of hard work are engrained from an early age, and she smiles inside when she sees that in Coye as he helps fork out hay for the cattle at age two. Thinking of all of the ranching things she loves, Shannon declares, “We are super blessed that we can give our kids the opportunity to be ranch kids.” Located deep in the heart of Texas, Lucky 7 Cattle Ranch’s slo-
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gan is “The harder I work, the luckier I get.” Each day Jeri Tulley models that hard working attitude for her two boys, Mason, age ten, and Caleb, age thirteen. Originally, Jeri was what she terms “support staff” - a stay-at-home mom raising her boys while her husband and father did the ranching work. She brought lemonade, made parts runs, and kept the boys out of harm’s way while letting them watch and learn and experience the cattle. Several years ago when her husband suddenly passed away, she became caretaker of her personal herd of cattle and full business partner in her family’s large Wagyu cattle operation. During her first year of ranching, Jeri kicked a few tires, cried tears of frustration, and said a couple of choice words under her breath while she battled up a steep learning curve. She used her problem solving skills to determine what she needed to do to survive as a rancher and decided the first order of business was to get her boys more involved. As a first step, she bought a new, four-door pickup truck. Jeri explained, “My husband’s old truck only had three doors - one on the driver’s side and suicide doors on the passenger’s side. For the boys to get out of the truck, I had to get out and go around to let them out. They couldn’t get the gates for me or hop in the back and help feed. It was easier for me to do all of the work than to get them in and out.” Her next steps were to teach the boys how to call for help on her phone and how to give responders directions to the ranch. Although, thankfully, they’ve never needed to get help, Jeri also started giving the boys driving lessons. When her back hurt the entire winter from lifting feedbags, Jeri realized she wasn’t physically strong enough to do ranching. She promptly joined a gym and started lifting weights. Those solutions and the grace of God allowed Jeri to make it through. Three years later, Jeri’s boys and cattle are thriving. She has learned more about cattle than she ever thought possible. Combining her writing skills and her Masters in Business Education with ranching, Jeri writes feature ar-
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mill in 1854, and later the Aermotor and Dempster designs, which are still in use today. The first windmill manufactured in the United States was designed by Daniel Halladay, who began making windmills in 1854 in his Connecticut machine shop. Windmills soon covered the country, because the ability to pump water from under the ground allowed farmers and settlers to live in areas that were otherwise too dry to sustain them. Before the use of windmills, people relied on shallow hand-dug wells. A windmill could pull water up from a deeper level after pounding a pipe down into a water source. Kevin Moore, owner of Rock Ridge Windmills in northern California, sells windmills to people all over the country for various purposes. He says most people are surprised that Rock Ridge Windmills still delivers new windmills that are a copy of the original Aermotor windmill. “A windmill was generally the first large investment a settler made. Early photos often included the windmill in a photograph of the home and family, showing us that pioneers erected a windmill as soon as possible to provide water and declare to everyone they had invested in the land and were here to stay,” says Moore. “Even though the family home was built from hand-dug sod, the family spent money on a windmill. The wise
photographer understood this investment, and to talk a ‘dirt poor’ farmer into spending money on a photo, he would offer to include the windmill in the family photo to show the prosperity. Having a windmill on the homestead also proved to the government that the homesteader had invested in the land and meant to stay. The homesteader had to prove up the land and be on it for a certain number of years in order to gain title to it, and a windmill was part of that proof,” says Moore. “Manufacturers of water pumping windmills have always proudly displayed the makers name and often the model name or a catchy phrase on the tail vane. Model names like GEM Windmill, Cyclone Windmill and Star Zephyr Windmill became more recognizable than the manufacturer’s name. One catalog agent advertised that if you bought the windmill directly from them, they would add your name or cattle brand to the tail. This selling point was a major success and a handy benefit to the working cowboys and pioneer traveler as they journeyed across the wide open western plains,” says Moore. “My dad, who was born on the Oklahoma prairies, once said the ground there was as flat as a pancake. My grandfather said the ground on his ranch was even flatter--as day old beer.” Often there wasn’t any kind of landmark for miles, so the windmills on various ranches made the best landmarks for riders to know where they were. “You could get lost in a sea of grass until you stood on the back of your horse and saw or heard a windmill. You would then ride to the windmill and look for the ranch name or cattle brand on the tail to know your
location. A windmill was as good to a working cowboy or lost traveler as a modern GPS,” Moore says. “You’d ride your horse to the windmill to get water for yourself and your horse (since it might be the only water for miles) and then you’d also know from the brand or name on the windmill that you were on such-andsuch ranch,” he says. There were many windmills on the bigger ranches, and the individual windmills often had nicknames. “Some of the cowboys gave them names, like you’d name a ship; there were windmills named Suzy or Mary or some other name of a girlfriend or special person.” These windmills were an important part of ranch life, and some of them had designs, names or ranch brands painted on the tails. Rock Ridge Windmills still provides custom art work on windmill tails. Moore says that at one time windmills were as common as pickup trucks. “They were the tools you needed to keep a working ranch going. On the bigger ranches, there was always a dedicated windmill crew who would maintain windmills and water systems. The early models, before 1915, had to be greased regularly. The ranch boss might say Suzy is really squawking and someone better go up there and take care of Suzy!” On a windmill replacement job in Orange County California, Moore found a monument dedicated to the windmill hands who kept the Irvine Ranch’s 1,200 windmills working. “It’s hard to believe as you stand atop this windmill and look at the Starbucks and McDonalds everywhere, that at one time there were more than a thousand working windmills on the ranch that was here earlier,” Moore says.
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His windmill business is a direct link to the past. “We are still making the same kind of windmills that were being made in 1933, and some of those are still in existence. They were built to last. The ones we sell today are used for several purposes. Some of our customers have them for pumping water, and some people buy them for advertising. For instance this past Labor Day weekend I delivered windmills to Oklahoma and Texas and came home via Boise, Idaho to deliver a windmill to a residential area where a new group of houses is being built—right behind a Walmart store.” This particular windmill is simply decorative, to set the tone for the neighborhood as a landscaping feature. “In this instance I set up a brand new 1933 model windmill for a new subdivision. In another instance I put
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it stolen, because it’s so hard to get windmill parts in their own country. There are American windmills all over South America as well as in China and Cuba. Third World countries are realizing the advantages of drinking clean water.” Pumping water up from an uncontaminated underground source is much healthier than relying on surface water or a shallow well. “Every time we put in a windmill and the wind starts blowing, and it starts pumping water, people are so surprised and delighted, like ‘Wow! It really works!’ Most people today in the U.S. haven’t seen a working windmill,” he says. There were countless windmills across America until the Rural Electrification Act during the Depression, when many rural areas got electricity for the first time. “After electricity came in, the government wanted people to buy electric pumps, washing machines, etc. and modernize. Many windmills were no longer used. Then during World War II those windmills were the number one source of scrap metal targeted by the government--because they were heavy, and generally made of cast iron, which is easy to recycle. Scrap metal drives in many rural communities took down a lot of windmills, including many that people gave up for the war effort. This is what happened to the windmills. They didn’t wear out and quit working. We often find a windmill that’s 75 years old or older, with a worn-out motor. We just replace the motor and it all still works again. How many modern inventions can give that kind of service?” asks Moore. “We give a 10-year warranty on our windmills and there are very few things today that have that kind of warranty. Windmills, however, have been proven over time.” Windmills have a nostalgic appeal to many people, and it’s amazing how many modern companies today have a windmill as part of their icon—everything from tractor supply stores to RFD TV, dairies, etc. The image of a windmill evokes an enduring rural picture.
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PHEASANT TREK The Danekas - Lohse Family 32640 County Rd. 19 Woodland, CA 95695 916/849-2725 916/837-1432 pheasanttrek@aol.com RED RIVER RANCH Bob & Michael Mullon 13625 West 10th Ave. Blythe, CA 92225 760/922-2617 Bob 760/861-8366 Michael 760/464-3906 ROADRUNNER ANGUS Don & Diana Cardey 9233 East Ave. Turlock, CA 95380 209/634-5491 209/585-8650 cell David & Sandy Olson 209/634-1857 Schnoor sisters 11400 Ave. 25 Chowchilla, CA 93610 559/665-1991 schnoorsis@wildblue.net SILVEIRA BROS. P.O. Box 37 Firebaugh, CA 93622 Rick & Allison Blanchard 559/674-9067 Darrell Silveira Office: 559/655-3312 Rick cell: 559/217-1502 TARA FARMS Joel & Ruth Popken 6861 Hwy. 32 Orland, CA 95936 530/865-3600 cell- 530/720-5818 tarafarms@att.net TEHAMA ANGUS RANCH 23820 Tehama Ave. Gerber, CA 96035 Kevin & Linda Borror 530/385-1570 Bryce Borror 530/526-9404 Bill Borror 530/384-2788 www.tehamaangus.com
VINTAGE ANGUS RANCH Jim Coleman Family 2702 Scenic Bend Modesto, CA 95355 Doug Worthington, General Manager 209/521-0537 Office Brad Worthington, Operations Mgr. www.vintageangusranch.com Westwind Ranch Angus David J. Holden 1359 Central House Rd. Oroville, CA, 95966 530/736-0727 westwind@hotmail.com YORK RANCHES Terry & Todd York PO Box 18 Alturas, CA 96101 530/708-0487 I D A
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Riverbend Ranch Frank Van Der Sloot Idaho Falls, ID 83402 208/528-6635 Steve Harrison 208/681-9815 SOUTH MOUNTAIN RANCH Matt Duckett 18061 Elbow Ln. Caldwell, ID 83607 208/230-5650 TLC ANGUS Laura Hooper • Roderick Atwood Willis & Cindy Kinder 1150 E. 2600 S Hagerman, ID 83332 208/837-6064 208/837-4950 M ontana Rollin’ Rock Bill & Jennifer Davis 7111 Sherman Dr. Belgrade, MT 59714 406/569-2311 rolnrok@restel.com N E V A
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BLUE MTN ANGUS Steve and Carolyn Mullin 64444 Indian Creek Rd. Prairie City, OR 97869 541/820-3371
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THOMAS ANGUS RANCH Rob & Lori Thomas 42734 Old Trail Road Baker City, OR 97814 541/523-7958
COUNTRY INN CATTLE Lee & Glenda Stillwell 14043 Algoma Rd., Klamath Falls, OR 97601 541/884-4881 FESSLER ANGUS Rod & Sherry Fessler 5260 NE Clark Dr. Madras, OR 97741 541/475-3132 K Bar D Kim Delashmutt 3220 NW Way Redmond, OR 97756 503/807-6861 kbard@kbardranch.com KC ANGUS Ken & Sandy Coleman 7337 Northwest Ryegrass Rd., Prineville, OR 97739 541/749-8986 KESSLER ANGUS Randy Kessler & Family 49838 Fruitvale Rd., Milton-Freewater, OR 97862 541/558-3821
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TRINITY FARMS The Foremans 2451 Number 81 Rd., Ellensburg, WA 98926 509/968-4600
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s of January 1, 2017, beef producers must comply with a new rule regarding use of antibiotics in feed. This rule is aimed at better management of certain antibiotics that are considered medically important to humans—putting them under more veterinary supervision. This is part of a larger movement to minimize the development of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has taken several steps in recent years to change how these antibiotics can be legally used in livestock production, particularly regarding the addition of antibiotics to feed and water to enhance growth of the animals. The FDA’s goal is for more judicious use of antibiotics, to protect public health (with no antibiotic residues in meat) and to prevent potentially resistant bacteria. Many cattle producers are wondering if and how FDA’s new Veterinary Feed Directive (VFD) applies to them. David R. Smith, DVM, PhD, DACVPM (Epidemiology) Mississippi State University College of Veterinary Medicine, Dept. of Pathobiology and Population Medicine describes it this way: “Beginning January 1, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will require that medically important antibiotics delivered to livestock in feed or water be administered under the supervision of a veterinarian. Adding medically important antibiotics to livestock feed or minerals will require that a veterinarian, licensed in the state where the animals reside, write a Veterinary Feed Directive (VFD). Medically important antibiotics delivered to livestock via water will now require a veterinary prescription. In order for a veterinarian to write a VFD or a prescription there must be a valid veterinary client patient relationship (VCPR),” says Smith. He describes a veterinary client 48
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patient relationship as a specific set of conditions required before a veterinarian can write a VFD or prescription. “The exact requirements differ by state, but in general, the veterinarian has agreed to take responsibility for the medical care of the animals, the producer has agreed to follow the veterinarian’s orders, and steps are taken to avoid chemical residues in the harvested food. When the state does not define a VCPR then the federal definition applies,� says Smith. Thus the VFD that ranchers will need after January 1, 2017 is a written statement from a licensed veterinarian
authorizing the producer to purchase and use certain antimicrobial drugs in and on livestock feed. It does not apply to antimicrobial drugs that are injected into individual animals for treatment of disease or to medications added to drinking water, but any antibiotics put into the water will require a prescription. The regulations for injectable livestock drugs have not changed. Russ Daly, DVM (Extension Veterinarian/Professor, South Dakota
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State University) says that the way the new VFD works is to also think of it in terms of a prescription. “For instance, if a person needs some medication and goes to a doctor, you get a form filled out by the doctor and you take that to the pharmacy to have the prescription filled. In this instance, you take the form from your veterinarian to the feed store or supplier and they sell you the medication for your cattle,” he explains. This process is designed to give veterinarians more say, and more overview of how certain medications are used in livestock feed. “This was FDA’s intent, to add a layer of checks 50
and balances regarding certain feed additives. It is important for beef producers to know that it doesn’t affect every feed additive. For most beef producers in our part of the world, we are looking at the tetracyclines, which are drugs that seem to be used very often. So things like CTC crumbles and oxytetracycline are the antibiotics for which the new order will affect most of the producers who use feed additives,” Daly says. There are many other products that are not affected. “If people are only using ionophores like lasalocid (Bovatec) or monensin (Rumensin) or melengestrol (MGA) and other things that are
What are medically important antibiotics?
“The medically important antibiotics are those classes of antibiotics considered important for treating human infections (some examples are penicillin, chlortetracycline, and tylosin),” explains Smith. The ionophore antibiotics, such as rumensin and lasalocid are not medically important antibiotics.
Why is this happening?
“The World Health Organization, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and other international agencies describe antibiotic resistance as one of the world’s most pressing public health threats,” says Smith. “Antibiotic resistance is a problem in hospitals and communities, but it may also present a serious challenge to cattle producers, due to negative impacts on animal welfare –antibiotic resistant bacteria may make cattle infections more difficult to treat,” he says. “This new rule also came about because of concern expressed by many people that antibiotics used in cattle and other food animals is a public health hazard; they feel that humans may ultimately become exposed to antibiotic-resistant bacteria in their food. The FDA estimates that 94% of the medically important antibiotics are delivered to livestock in feed or water, so having more oversight on feed and water medications seemed prudent,” says Smith.
How will this affect me?
Smith says the regulation will affect the way many producers obtain and use antibiotics in feed. “Feed mills will require a VFD to mix or distribute feeds containing medically important antibiotics. Some producers will need to establish a Veterinary Client Patient Relationship (VCPR) with a veterinarian to obtain a VFD or prescription. Antibiotics may only be used in feed exactly as labeled. Some producers may learn that the way they had been using antibiotics in feed was illegal. The VFD will be limited to a specified use, for specified animals, for a specified time. Medicated feeds already in stock will require a VFD to be fed after January 1, 2017.”
Where can I learn more?
“If you have questions (and you should have questions, if you use medicated feeds), contact your local veterinarian,” says Smith. “You can also look for information from your state’s extension service, contact the drug manufactures, or go to the FDA website,” he says. You can search the Internet for FDA,VFD or go to: http://www.fda. gov/AnimalVeterinary/DevelopmentApprovalProcess/ucm071807.htm
not on the list, the new directive won’t affect them at all. When combinations of these products are used with VFD drugs, however, the VFD form would be required, since they include one of those drugs that are on the list,” says Daly. “It’s a good step for producers to talk with their veterinarians ahead of time to discuss the feed-grade medications they are currently using and find out which ones will be affected. It would be good to talk with a veterinarian about how the process is going to take place in their particular operation. Some producers will find that it won’t affect them as much as they thought it
would,” he says. The client-veterinarian relationship is important, to discuss the medications being used, and the ones the client might plan to use. “Producers also need to understand that the VFDs can only be written for what’s on the label of the medication. This includes the feeding rate, length of time it will be fed, and the uses of the drug. When a veterinarian fills out the VFD, he/she is required to follow exactly what’s on the label as far as approved dosages, etc.” The beef producer must stay within those directives. “It always has been, and continues to be, illegal to use any medication in
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a manner that is not on the label. In the past, however, because these were drugs that were available very freely over the counter, there was no way to make sure these rules were being followed. Now that a veterinarian is involved, and has to fill out the form in a very specific manner, there won’t be any leeway regarding going off label in a different dosage rate, or using the drug for a disease that is not on the label,” says Daly. As in the past, here is no provision for off-label use, at all. Thus everyone is assured that these medications are being used in the manner they were designed for. This is just one more step toward assuring the consumer that the beef industry is providing a safe and healthy product, and not contributing to possible development of antibiotic-resistant pathogens. “Most producers and veterinarians are eager to show the public that the industry is using and always has used these medications in a responsible and appropriate manner,” says Daly. We want to make sure that our industry continues to have a good reputation. 52
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The issue about antibiotic use has been a controversial one but we don’t want to get into a situation where the public thinks we are abusing this use and responsibility, in food animals. “It is frustrating for producers and veterinarians in dealing with some of the new regulations because there is not a lot of hard science behind them regarding how this actually is going to affect antibiotic resistance in humans. At the same time, we want to be able to keep using these drugs, and have them still available for us to provide treatment,” he says. When we have a sick animal, we want to be able to treat that animal and have it recover. “Thus this is also an animal welfare issue. We have to make sure that these drugs continue to work for our animals, and will still be available for us to use for the animals,” says Daly. “By the January 1 start point, the drug manufacturers will have all of their labels up to date, reflecting the FDA requirements. Anyone wishing to use those antibiotics after January 1 will need to have the form in hand. That
also goes for any of these drugs that you may have purchased earlier, and still have on hand and want to use. The VFD is considered an authorization to feed that medication, and not just to buy the medication.” Every producers’ situation is a little different, so it will be helpful to talk with their veterinarian. The veterinarian is the one who initiates and fills out the VFD, giving a copy to the producer, who can then take it to their supplier. “There will be various ways this can be done. It can be done in paper form, or electronically through on-line services. This is another reason why producers should talk with their veterinarians, to understand the logistics of how this will happen, with their own operations,” Daly says. “The new rules did leave a lot of flexibility in terms of how these can be written. Many of the antibiotic companies will be coming out with their own forms that are specific to their product, and in some cases this will be very helpful,” he says. Along with changes in the authorization needed for use of these medically important food grade drugs in feed, there will be changes in medically important drinking water medications. These water medications will now be classified as prescription drugs. “It will be very similar to how producers currently go to the veterinarian to get a prescription for antibiotic treatment of respiratory disease in a certain animal. This includes water formulations of tetracyclines and sulfas. Being a prescription drug means there is some flexibility in their use. Veterinarians could authorize extra-label use for these if they think it is necessary, on a case-by-case basis,” he says. “In some cases, with some diseases, we might find that water medication is more feasible for a certain group of animals than feed grade medications, because there may be more options available,” he says. Your veterinarian will be aware of the options and possibilities for treating your animals in the best and most appropriate manner. This is another reason to discuss all of this with your veterinarian. “It’s also helpful to talk with your
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to prevent and treat diseases besides what they’ve traditionally used in the feed,” explains Daly. “There will always be more details for some producers, but these are best hashed out in meetings with their veterinarians.” There will be some questions for some producers that won’t apply to others. Beef production is always an evolution, dealing with the various circumstances that come along, and the new VFD is just one of these. “I think it will go pretty well, though
there may be a bit of a learning curve as some people tackle this new challenge, yet I am confident that it will all get sorted out. There will be some producers (such as the ones who raise grass-finished beef) who won’t be affected at all,” he says. The feedlot and backgrounding operations will be most affected, and need to come up to speed on this new directive.
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a Niña is forecast to influence the winter weather pattern through February 2017, according to the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration Climate Outlook.
In the Midwest and Northern Plains, AccuWeather forecasters say winter will have “shots of brutally cold air slicing through the region.” They anticipate temperatures will
La Nina typically favors drier, warmer winters in the southern US and wetter, cooler conditions in the northern US. However, the 2017 La Nina appears to be a weak event, which means its effect may not last long, and there is less certainty in the winter climate outlook. Presently, forecasters suggest it will “feel like an extended winter for those living from the northern Plains to the eastern US as cold and snowy conditions stretch into spring 2017.” Specficially, the Northeast could see several large snow systems in the course of the season, resulting in above normal snowfall. Temperatures in the New England states are also expected to be below normal.
average 6 to 9 degrees lower than last winter. Meanwhile, drier and milder weather is expected in the majority of the southern half of the nation. However, in January sudden bursts of cold air could penetrate the region, which could damage the region’s citrus crop. California and the Southwest and Southern Plains are expected
to remain warm and dry. This could exacerbate ongoing drought conditions in Southern California. The Pacific Northwest is expected to have a stormy start to winter, with snow piling up and producing wetter than normal conditions. This will help lessen
drought effects in northern California. The stormy snows should ease by late January and February. Forecasters and climatologists will be watching jet stream and Arctic circulation patterns closely. These patterns typically set up for two to four weeks at a time and can help forecasters predict if cold air is more likely to come down from Canada or if warmer air will prevail from the south. WC
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Hooter McCormick always loved a bull sale. At least he did when the bulls were worth bidding. Such sales are always sprinkled with promise; new genetics spreading across commercial cow pastures, and perhaps the discovery of a new sire line or cow family. There’s also the promise of continuity, one generation building on the last as seedstock producers complete another cycle of selection and management, with the understanding they were deciding at least two years earlier what their commercial customers would need today. Then, there’s the auction sale, bidding competition underscoring the dynamics of free-market capitalism. Hooter remembered a frigid sale up North years ago when there were, literally, eight people in attendance and no one on the phone. It was exactly the right eight people, though—the bulls all sold at gangbuster prices. Hooter also remembered standing-room only sales where genuine bids were scarcer than pliers when you need them. His personal relationship with bull sales varied over time. In his wayward youth, he earned extra money working the ring. Along the way, he’d buy a bull for a buddy— no commission, of course. These days, if he went to a sale it was as the guest of someone wanting his input for one reason or another. Hooter always marveled at the diversity of bull buyers, what caught the attention of some and
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left others cold. In general, malleable and non-specific terms, Hooter fit buyers into five main categories.
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First, there were the Mechanics. As the name suggests, Hooter defined Mechanics as those who understand cattle and the cattle business inside and out. They have an eye for cattle, but they also know as much about genetic selection tools—like EPDs and specific indexes—as topdrawer seedstock suppliers. They have specific goals and know how to apply selection pressure in order to move their herd in a defined direction. They are artists who understand the science of selection, along with the economics associated with incremental change. In Hooter’s view, Mechanics are the ones who sit ringside, glance at their marked catalogues from time to time and bid with confidence. It never pays to push them; they never seem to have a specific price point in mind. Tally up their purchases at the end, however, and the average price provides insight to the number they were working with all along. Hooter’s buddy, Peetie, was a living definition of the Mechanic. Hooter suspected he spent as much time on the phone with molecular geneticists and animal breeders as those who pursued the specialty for a living. At least as much time as he spent poring over spreadsheets in the name of finding added
economic efficiency. Peetie bought at least seven bulls every year in order to keep his genetics fresh and to prevent buying or selling his entire bull battery at the market high or low. Any sale Peetie considered had to have lots of bulls and lots of the right kind. “About the only index they’re missing is the one for B.S.,” Peetie would say as he slung an unwanted catalogue into the trash. Next came what Hooter thought of as Tinkerers. They were the sort that wanted to use and understand cattle and selection tools, like the Mechanic. Despite their desire and effort, though, and by no fault of their own, it just wasn’t in them. Numbers—usually the bigger the better—made their eyes sparkle like a raccoon’s in the headlights. Hard as they tried to resist, the temptation to focus on a single trait or two sometimes got the better of them. In their desire to understand, they asked everybody what they thought, which only added to the confusion. Uncas Bingelmeyer, Hooter’s
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Whether the proverbial chicken or egg, another round of agricultural consolidation appears to be spurred along by suppliers dealing with narrow margins. More specifically, CoBank analysts say that continued low commodity prices, increased foreign competition and the strong U.S. dollar will stress U.S. crop and animal supply chains leading to more industry consolidation, which will introduce the next phase in the evolution of the agricultural industry. “The U.S. grain and farm supply industries have reached another historic inflection point that will be good news for some and bad news for others,” says Tanner Ehmke, CoBank senior economist and author of a new CoBank report. “This trend is expected not only to continue, but to accelerate as agribusinesses adjust to a climate of low prices and thinning margins.” Similarly, Justin Sherrard, Rabobank’s global strategist—animal protein says, “In a market driven by supply, we expect prices to come under pressure next year–a boon to consumers but a clear challenge for producers and processors…” Sherrard’s comments are based on the recent Rabobank report, Prices Under Pressure in a SupplyDriven Market: Global Outlook for Animal Protein in 2017. Rabobank predicts an increasingly complex production market, making it more challenging for producers to exploit opportunities. They may come under additional pressure to adapt their systems to mitigate threats including the focus on antibiotics use, the attention on livestock as a source of greenhouse gases and growing retailer compe-
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tition. Rabobank analysts say this complexity is creating new growth opportunities for the producers and processors that read the market accurately and respond swiftly. Responses are likely to include strengthening supply chains, coordinating inputs and increasing transparency to improve traceability in supply chains, according to Rabobank. “The onus is very much on producers to mitigate the concerns of consumers, particularly around animal health and welfare issues, by adapting their production models and supply chains,” Sherrard says. “This is a challenge which will continue to be a major theme in 2017.” The confluence of market factors that CoBank says will dramatically reshape the U.S. grain and farm supply industries between 2017 and 2019, include: • the current global glut of grains and the expectation that production will continue to outplace demand over the next several years, barring a severe weather event in a key production country. • increased competitiveness of foreign producers—particularly countries such as Argentina, Brazil and Russia—which have expanded production to take advantage of the export opportunities created by their weaker currencies. • the strong U.S. dollar will continue to impede U.S. exports, CoBank analysts say, and is causing many producers to reconsider their crop rotations, switching from wheat to more profitable and higher-performing crops, such as corn and soybeans. CoBank expects these conditions to exert additional pressures
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across the U.S. agricultural spectrum—from producers to farm suppliers to retailers—which will drive a continuing trend of consolidation. CoBank analysts expect farm size to increase as farmers acquire acreage outside their existing territory, which will exert consolidation pressure on the retailers that serve them. In addition to consolidation within the respective retail and wholesale categories, some wholesalers are expected to merge with retailers, resulting in compression of the supply chain. While global meat consumption continues to rise, according to the Rabobank report, a supply-driven and more competitive market will create challenges for producers, putting pressure on prices and margins. Late-season Price Strength In the meantime, cattle producers are heading into 2017 with increasing hope. “Fed cattle prices are now five to six weeks into a rally off the lows set in early October. The rally in feeder cattle is less steadily strong but is still decidedly off seasonal lows,” explained Stephen Koontz, agricultural economist at Colorado State University, in a mid-December issue of In the Cattle Markets. “So far the main bullish fundamental news appears to be that that low prices do what they are supposed to do…we continue to see strong volumes of fed cattle marketed and strong Saturday kills at beef packing plants. Retail prices continue to soften but there is as of yet little weakening of the retail margin. Fur-
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