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ILLINOIS HEREFORD BULLETIN
NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2020
CONTENTS NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2020
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President’s Note
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A Minute With the Meents
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Illinois Hereford Association Membership Form
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IHA Hosts Successfull Tour
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Noah Benedict selected as 2020 Chris Stephens Memorial Scholarship Recipient
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Calling IJHA Members Interested in a Membership Services/Media Internship
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Genetic Evaluation Improvements Set to Be Implemented
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Commercial MD Test Now Available
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Show Results
BC CHB Recipe: Spaghetti Squash with Meat Sauce
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
ADVERTISERS INDEX
PRESIDENT Dave Roome 309-945-8400
Baker Farms Ellis Farms Lorenzen Farms Lowderman Cattle Company Milligan Herefords Perks Ranch Torrance Herefords
VICE-PRESIDENT Gene Stumpf 618-407-8374 TREASURER Buddy Edenburn (217) 649-0108 MEMBERSHIP SERVICES Dr. Tamar Crum 217-820-0964 illinoishereford@gmail.com BOARD OF DIRECTORS Randy Kline, 309-824-9937 Matt Johnson, 309-883-9466 Phil Tjardes, 815-383-0003 Brent Lowderman, 309-221-9621 Luke Goldstein, 217-663-3390 Cody Crum, 217-248-7282 Jodi McMillan, 815-751-2293 Chad Benedict, 217-246-5099 Kent Burns, 618-521-3199
CONTACT To place advertisements or your latest Hereford news contact: Betty Haynes Driector of Communications Illinois Beef Association 2060 West Iles Ave., Suite B Springfield, IL 62704 217-787-4280 betty@illinoisbeef.com www.illinoisbeef.com
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On the Cover: Taken by Cindy’s Livestock Photos (Codee) Below: Taken by Cindy’s Livestock Photos
PRESIDENT’S NOTE
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ello Hereford Breeders,
The fall sales have been strong and the enthusiasm for great Hereford cattle continues despite the challenges of Covid -19 and the overall agricultural markets. Simply put, this demand reflects what you have been actively breeding for year; quality functional beef cattle that meet the demands of consumers. As you may attend some fall shows, pay attention to the combination of genotypic as well as the phenotypic qualities of the popular animals winning in the show ring. The combination of these factors is what will assist you in making great breeding decisions next spring and summer. The AHA has many tools that can help your purebred and commercial customers. Ultimately, Illinois bred cattle continue to exceed at all levels and as our sales continue throughout the winter months, I would encourage you to look closely at what your fellow Illinois breeders are offering for your consideration. Be safe and we hope to see you at the annual meeting in early 2021; with a little luck with the status of the COVID-19 pandemic. Regards,
- David
David Roome, IHA President
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A MINUTE WITH THE MEENTS John Meents, AHA Field Staff, jmeents@hereford.org, 419-306-7480 The 14th Annual Greater Midwest Certified Hereford Feeder Calf Sale will be held Monday, Jan. 4, 2021, at Carthage Livestock, LLC, Carthage, Ill. This sale has been a very successful event for producers the past decade, and I encourage you to take advantage of placing your feeders in a sale with proven success.
14th ANNUAL GREATER MIDWEST CERTIFIED HEREFORD FEEDER CALF SALE Monday, January 4, 2021 • • • • • • • • • • •
Selling both steer and heifer calves Calves will be sorted by weight, type and sex. Sale cost will be $25/head. This includes sale barn’s commission and insurance, and sale administration. An additional $50 per head fee will be assessed to all cattle that are deemed ODDS by sale management. ODDS are cattle that are not Hereford appearing, have hanging bags, horned or not properly dehorned, bad feet, bad eyes, sick, extremely thin or are absolute terrible quality. Cattle under 300 pounds may also be considered an ODD! Check off will be charged at state of origin rate. Ex: Illinois is $1.50/hd Yardage charge at barn for hay,water $1.25/head/day. Postage to mail tags will be deducted from sale check. All cattle will be required to have a CHB tag... Tag orders will be available Sept 1, 2020. Transportation to the sale is the seller’s responsibility. Sale committee can assist in pooling loads Send in registration/tag order by December 11, 2020. Contact Brent Lowderman for early arrivals or questions regarding vet work (309) 221-9621
NEW 2020-2021 PRECONDITIONING REQUIREMENTS • Veterinary Certified • Calves must be weaned a minimum 45 days prior to sale date • Calves must have a Carthage Livestock tag • Calves should have dewormer at Pre-weaning or Weaning time (See attached product list) 2 doses, one pour-on and one white oral • Two rounds of Vaccinations ( See attached product list). • Modified Live Vaccine (BYD Type la & 2), IBR, PB, BRSV • Pasteurella (Both Mannheimia haemolytica and Pasteurella multocida) • Two rounds of Clostridial Vaccine • Haemophilus Somnus • Adjusted to feedbunks and water tank • Castrated ( healed, not clamped) and dehorned (healed) Visit, www.Carthagelivestock.com, to view the Hereford sale information, print off vet form, tag registration form and to see vaccine options. NOTE: To sell on this sale, all vet work must be submitted on the attached vet form and received in our office prior to sale day. Approved Preconditioning Product Options Modified Live Vaccines Parasite Products Pasteurella Vaccines (Both • Vista • lvermectin (Branded or Mannheimia haemolytica and • Bovishield Generic, injectable or Pasteurella multocida) • Pyramid pour-on) • Pulmo-Guard MHM-1 • Titanium • lvomec Plus (For cattle • Once PMH SQ • Express coming from Liver Fluke • Presponse HM or SQ • Respivax infected states) • One Shot • Dectomax • Nuplura PH Clostridial Vaccines • Cydectin • Respivax • UltraBac Line • Safegard • UltraChoice Line • Valbazen • Vision 7 Line • Synathic • BarVac Line Make your cattle better today because you have to market them tomorrow! 2
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IHA HOSTS SUCCESSFUL TOUR It was a great weekend for the Illinois Hereford Tour in southwestern Illinois on Aug. 29-30, 2020. We had a large crowd and absolutely beautiful weather for this year’s tour! The IHA Tour committee would like to send a BIG thank you to our hosts for this year’s stops Burn’s Polled Herefords, Fauth Polled Herefords, Stumpf Land & Cattle Company and Shingle Oak Polled Herefords. The committee was excited to have 100-125 fellow members of the Hereford family in attendance over the course of the weekend. Stay tuned for next year’s tour announcement and updates to the schedule for 2021!
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Attendees look through cattle at Burns Family Farm
The Burns Family
Tour attendees enjoy lunch at Fauth Polled Herefords
The Fauth Family
Attendees look through cattle and barns at Shingle Oak
The Allscheid Family
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Tour attendees sort cows at Stumpf Land and Cattle
The Stumpf Family
A special thank you to the Stumpf Family for hosting the Saturday evening program!
STEPHENS FAMILY SELECTS NOAH BENEDICT AS 2020 CHRIS STEPHENS MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENT Noah Benedict is the recipient of the 2020 Chris Stephens Memorial Scholarship. Noah is a fifth-generation Hereford breeder and enthusiast that grew up in Mahomet, Ill. He is currently a Junior at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign where he is majoring in Agribusiness: Markets and Management and minoring in Animal Sciences and Leadership Studies. Noah has served on the Illinois Junior Hereford Association Board of Directors for many years and was the Association’s 2019-2020 president. He was also elected on to the National Junior Hereford Association Board of Directors in 2019, and he currently serves as the Association’s fundraising chair. For the future, Noah wants to work in the Agriculture industry, both with the products that it can produce and the great people involved. “Being selected as the recipient of this scholarship is quite an honor for me. Mrs. Stephens stood for the Hereford breed and specifically, the youth involved. To be even considered for the scholarship is humbling, and I hope that I can continue to exhibit the same great qualities that Mrs. Stephens did,” Benedict says.
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CALLING IJHA MEMBERS INTERESTED IN A MEMBERSHIP SERVICES/MEDIA INTERNSHIP The IHA is seeking qualified junior/retired junior members to assist with IHA membership services duties. The internship will begin Jan. 1, 2020 through June 30, 2020 (opportunity for a second term through Dec. 31, 2020 may be available pending performance and interest). Successful applicant will work closely with IHA membership services chair, Dr. Tamar Crum. Potential responsibilities will be website design/content, IL Hereford Bulletin content creation, social media management and banner advertisement creation. Responsibilities will lend to the capabilities and interests of the successful applicants. Interested applicants should be high school seniors or older. Scholarship dollars will be provided based on workload and experience at the completion of the internship. If interested email, Dr. Tamar Crum at illinoishereford@gmail.com.
GENETIC EVALUATION IMPROVEMENTS SET TO BE IMPLEMENTED Many of you participated in the Whole Cow Herd DNA project, which netted over 10,000 genotypes. This project allowed our science team to better understand the genomic contributions and relationships of the markers impacting maternal traits such as Sustained Cow Fertility (SCF), Calving Ease Maternal (CEM) and Milk (M). Currently, when an animal is genotyped there is no genomic contribution to the aforementioned traits and, thus, no improvement in accuracy. With the submission of female genotypes, the American Hereford Association (AHA) now has the data to take this needed step. Starting July 12, 2020, the genomic component will be added for SCF, CEM and M. As a result, animals will receive increased accuracies as well as improved predictions for each of these traits. Some changes for these specific expected progeny differences (EPDs) will be noted, particularly for nonparent animals without production data in regard to maternal traits. Adding the genomic component to SCF, CEM and M is great step forward in determining a sire’s maternal ability earlier in life, opposed to waiting until he has daughters in production for results. Beyond adding the genomic component to the SCF model, the handling of contemporary groups in that model will be restructured. In the current model, all daughters of a sire are compared across the breed to one another. In the new SCF model, the herd will be fit for comparison and, consequently, the new analysis will factor in environment more suitably. Because of this improvement, you may see changes in SCF values for some proven sires, although the correlation to the current and new SCF models is 0.70. Given SCF is a significant driver for the Baldy Maternal Index and the Brahman Influence Index, some animals will move ranks in their respective indices. In regard to the model updates for CEM and M, breeders should note minimal changes as a whole with the genomic component being added. In fact, the overall correlations comparing the current production run to the updated run with the genomic component added is 0.98 for both models.
COMMERCIAL MD TEST NOW AVAILABLE The American Hereford Association (AHA) is pleased to announce NeogenÂŽ has developed a commercial test for Mandibulofacial Dysostosis (MD) and is ready to test all animals recorded in the AHA database. Members must contact AHA Customer Service either by phone or email to request an official MD test. Consequently, you cannot request an MD test on MyHerd. There are two pricing structures available for this test. If you request a test for MD on a DNA sample already at the lab or request an MD-only test on a new sample, the cost is $20. To test for MD on a new sample in combination with our basic test (genomic profile, parentage and all other AHA abnormalities) the charge is $13 plus the $42 basic test fee, making the MD plus basic combination package $55. The University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) will no longer test samples for MD now that Neogen has a commercial test available. The AHA appreciates your cooperation and patience while this commercial test was being developed and we thank UNL for providing testing options in the interim.
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Show Results 2020 Illinois Junior Livestock Expo Show
Springfield | Sept. 19-20 | Judge: Jimmy Williams, Texas, Kyle Perez, N.M. & Drew Perez, Texas Photos by Cindy Cagwin-Johnston
Champion Hereford Steer
Champion Horned Herford Heifer - 5th Overall
Mandy Hacker
Kendall Boatman
Champion Polled Hereford Heifer Ashley Miller
Reserve Champion Polled Hereford Heifer Kade Boatman
Reserve Champion Horned Hereford Heifer
CoraBelle Champman
Reserve Div. 1 Champion Polled Hereford Heifer Rhett Lehman
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Show Results 2020 Illinois Junior Livestock Expo Show
Springfield | Sept. 19-20 | Judge: Jimmy Williams, Texas, Kyle Perez, N.M. & Drew Perez, Texas Photos by Cindy Cagwin-Johnston
Reserve Div. 2 Champion Polled Hereford Heifer Mandy Hacker
Reserve Div. 4 Champion Polled Hereford Heifer Ellie Lehman
2020 Illinois District Show Series
2020 Illinois Junior Livestock Classic
Photos by Cindy Cagwin-Johnston
Photos by Cindy Cagwin-Johnston
Farmer City | Aug. 29-30
4th Overall Steer Champion Hereford Steer Reserve Champion Land of Lincoln
Bloomington | Aug. 20-21
Champion Hereford Steer Reserve Champion Land of Lincoln Dash Simpson
Dash Simpson
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CHB RECIPE: SPAGHETTI SQUASH WITH MEAT SAUCE It’s easy to cut the carbs and get an extra serving of vegetables with this dish! Spaghetti squash is a great substitute for pasta. With this great taste, will you even miss the extra carbs? Ingredients: • 1 pound Ground Beef (93% lean or leaner) • 1 medium yellow onion, chopped • 1 tablespoon minced garlic • 1 can (15 ounces) no salt added or regular tomato sauce • 1 can (14.5 ounces) Italian-Style diced tomatoes, undrained • 1 can (6 ounces) tomato paste • 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper • 1 medium spaghetti squash (about 3 to 3-1/2 pounds), cut in half lengthwise, seeds removed Heat stockpot over medium heat until hot. Add ground beef, onion and garlic; cook 8 to 10 minutes, breaking beef into 3/4-inch crumbles and stirring occasionally. Stir in tomato sauce, diced tomatoes, tomato paste and crushed red pepper; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer 20 minutes to develop flavors, stirring occasionally. Remove from heat; stir in basil, if desired. Meanwhile, place squash in 8 x 8-inch microwave-safe baking dish, overlapping halves slightly. Microwave on HIGH 10 to 12 minutes or until squash is tender. Let stand 5 minutes. Scrape squash with fork to separate strands. Serve sauce over squash. Serve with toppings, if desired.
Lorenzen Farms Chrisman, IL Adam Harms, Herdsman 217-369-3609 adamdharms@hotmail.com Steve Lorenzen: 217-822-2803
Jack and Sherry Lowderman Monte, Carrie and Rhett Brent, Kris, Blake and Morgan Cody, Abby, Nash and Tuck P.O. Box 488 Macomb, IL 61455 Office: 309-833-5543
www.lowderman.com
Kings, IL 61068 James home 815-562-4946 James cell 815-761-7523 Malcolm 815-761-8462